in the beginning it was not hitler, he is the king of ethiopia named emperor Haile Selassie, he ruled ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, since the weekend families are from Ethiopian, the wants to show/represent where he comes from in his video, i know this cause i am from ethiopia,
And the video is mixed with history and becoming a god after knowing every thing 1. History, if you closely at the beginning you see Haileselasie thrown by Durg regime, and a man standing at Lalibela (8 wonder of the world) with The arc of the covenant (which is in Ethiopia for more than 3000 years, it was kept in Lalibela once) then you see the man and the arc disappear at the same time which is actually happened for the rest of the world 2500 years ago. And you will see The Aksum stones that are carved 2000 years ago by the Axumite Empire (which is mysterious) 2. Emperor Haileselasie is Considered as God's Elect in Ethiopia and as God's Incarnated by the Rastafarians. The Emperor have a solomonic dynasty lineage, a dynasty that originated from Queen of Sheba and King Solomon and that lineage lasted when the emperor thrown. And The Weeknd at the final scene of the mv he turned to the emperor him self which means he is now god and he gets to know everything.
Thank you so much for doing this!!! Lmao I know exactly how you feel, I legit had to look up the meaning on Wikipedia and watch it multiple times in order to figure out wtf was going on! But yes such a sad song, and one of my all time favs.❤️❤️❤️
I hope this video becomes part of the curriculum of a history, art class. The song on the surface is straight foward and relatable for people that has live the situation in a relationship. The video itself is a deep masterpiece I know to this day still hidden gems and meaning behind it. It's worth to keep in mind he was between 20 to 21 years old when he writed this song.
Lmao that not what it is. I’m sure he would love to go back to making music like this but the music labels want what they want. They like pop hits. He explains that in his rolling stone song. He was going to sell it soul and change for ever
@@abelabera421 I understand that, which is why I said “very loved by the people of Ethiopia AND “the supposed reincarnate of Jesus Christ in RASTAFARIAN CULTURE”
And btw, the videos is basically all symbolization. Look into the comment section and try to find an explanation because you're not going to understand at all what's happening in the video. Also I recommend listening to the song by itself without the video and looking up the lyrics to understand the song because the song and the video are kinda 2 different things. So happy you reacted to this amazing song though, do more Trilogy or Kiss Land tracks when you guys can! And maybe next time try to just do the songs of those 2 eras cause all the MV are explicit and nude lmao.
I have some idea but not entirely; so the person you see first is Emperor Haileselasie of Ethiopia with PM Mengistu pointing a gun on the emperor trying to over through the emperor from power then the voice narration in the background is saying the " the king will be kept safe and there is a heaven like resting place that is prepared just for the emperor"(i.e so that the ppl won't rebel against him) except he went and killed the emperor and buried them in his castle under his chair with cruelty, I guess the weeknd is tying to tell you that i know what you did and he is trying to connect it to his own betrayal stories ! that is the general vibe. But there are more clues about Ethiopia in this video !! comment if you know any of them because i know i have missed 70% of them!
Her smile is me every time I see anything or hear anything related to The Weeknd. I used to cry because of how excited I was😂😂 hopefully it toned down a bit
This song video is about ETHIOPIA past glory's and prophesy like AXUM, LALIBELA, The holder of the ark of the covenant and The end of Solomonic dynasty king Haileslase the first. All of that will be forgotten by the world and rise back when the time comes. Some of it is biblical prophesy's, his saying that I know my history his own artistic way.
At the beginning that was Emperor Haileselasie I of Ethiopia aka Ras Teferi (Rastafarian's God reincarnated) and i think you know that The Weeknd's family is from Ethiopia
Can you PLEASE REACT TO MY VIDEO I promise you it’s sooo touchingg ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I watch ALL YOUR REACTIONS I WAS WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR YOU TO REACT TO ONE OF MY WORK :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uCZ3JVRHa00.html
Really? Surprised everytime I see these classic songs having a “first reaction” by this couple. And this isn’t an official video, it was done by an overzealous fan that misinterpreted the lyrics.
