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The Weeknd Casually Dropped an Alternate Video For "Can't Feel My Face" 6 Years Later

Few YouTube videos verge into the billion views territory, but over the last six years, The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face" music video [1] has amassed over 1.2 billion views, making it one of the most watched videos on the platform. Two albums and a whole Super Bowl halftime show [2] later, the "Blinding Lights" singer has released an alternate version of the music video that puts a twist on the song's meaning.

Infamously interpreted to be about drug dependency, the song's original video — which show's The Weeknd performing in front of an unenthusiastic crowd and eventually catching on fire — expresses his seemingly turbulent journey into the spotlight. The new video, released on Sept. 2, shifts the focus to a woman who represents an infatuation with sex, drugs, and the nightlife scene. Packed with a lot of nostalgia and a few NSFW scenes, the video takes us right back to 2015, and it's definitely a #ThrowbackThursday post that can't be beat. Watch the full alternate music video for The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face" above.


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