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THE Weeknd returned to his old look in the new Super Bowl commercial promoting his upcoming Pepsi halftime show at the February event.

Just days ago, the singer shocked fans after revealing what appeared to be to his face.

The Weeknd appeared with his old face in the commercial for his upcoming Super Bowl performance
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The Weeknd appeared with his old face in the commercial for his upcoming Super Bowl performanceCredit: Pepsi

On Friday, a one-minute promo video for The Weeknd’s Super Bowl LV performance was released, and it saw the artist’s facial features looking just as they used to.

He appears at the very end of the commercial, after 45 seconds of various people all over singing and dancing along to his song Blinding Lights, while they’re either working or just hanging out.

The final person to be rocking out to the synthwave-R&B track is a security guard inside of his glass booth.

Just as he’s getting into the song, the singer himself rolls up in a convertible in order to get through the gate, and the security guard has to do a double-take.

He showed off his 'plastic surgery' look earlier this week
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He showed off his 'plastic surgery' look earlier this weekCredit: Instagram
His face returned to its usual state for the new Pepsi Halftime promo video
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His face returned to its usual state for the new Pepsi Halftime promo videoCredit: Pepsi

He had no problem recognizing The Weeknd as the driver because his face was back to its old appearance, prior to a year of wearing bandages around it and prior to posting a surgery-looking selfie and music video.

Earlier in the week, he left his fans "scared" after he debuted his new, freaky face in his new music video for Save Your Tears.

The singer had been wearing face bandages at in his videos, on his album cover and at 2020 events, including the American Music Awards in November.

He seemed to be showing fans the results of what those wraps were covering when he appeared in the new music video with an altered face.

He had no bandages on and no face prosthetics
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He had no bandages on and no face prostheticsCredit: Pepsi
He showed off his changed face in his Save Your Tears music video last week and fans thought he looked like ex Bella Hadid
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He showed off his changed face in his Save Your Tears music video last week and fans thought he looked like ex Bella HadidCredit: Twitter

One fan wrote: "WHATTT did The Weeknd do to his face and WHYYYY???? I have too many questions."

A second one begged someone to "explain what happened to The Weeknd’s face!?

In actuality, the 30-year-old had .

Starboy hitmaker 's freaky face looked to have been pumped with fillers in his cheeks and lips, as well as his nose chiseled.

The look was created using different prosthetics and makeup
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The look was created using different prosthetics and makeupCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Fans thought it was 'scary' and 'horrifying'
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Fans thought it was 'scary' and 'horrifying'Credit: Twitter

Despite it all being fake, fans couldn't help but be shocked – and "horrified" – with his face change.

Some thought he .

One fan wrote: "With the nose job and cheekbones, is the Weeknd mocking Bella Hadid?"

Others also said they thought the music video's leading lady looked like his other ex, Selena Gomez
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Others also said they thought the music video's leading lady looked like his other ex, Selena GomezCredit: Getty - Contributor
They noted how they think the song is about her, as well
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They noted how they think the song is about her, as wellCredit: YouTube

A second one shared: "I think is shading Bella Hadid, look at the nose and the lips and the pout, plastic!"

Meanwhile, others noted that the leading lady in the .

Commenters wrote as such on the YouTube video, with one saying: "Girl dancing looks like Selena…even sounds like he said her name."

The Weeknd shows off freaky face from 'plastic surgery' in new music video Save Your Tears after wearing bizarre bandages at awards show

Another person wrote: "Am I the only one hearing ‘Selena’ [in] the background."

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The Weeknd is set to headline the Pepsi Halftime Show at the 2021 Super Bowl on February 7.

It's currently unknown as to whether he will don face prosthetics for the performance or not.

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