{"id":57009,"date":"2020-08-31T03:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-weeknd-kicks-off-vmas-2020-with-hudson-yards-performance\/"},"modified":"2020-08-31T03:09:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T00:09:00","slug":"the-weeknd-kicks-off-vmas-2020-with-hudson-yards-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-weeknd-kicks-off-vmas-2020-with-hudson-yards-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Weeknd kicks off VMAs 2020 with Hudson Yards performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Weeknd kicks off VMAs 2020 with Hudson Yards performance<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        August 30, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 8:09pm               <span>|<\/span> Updated <span>August 30, 2020 | 8:32pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                <span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zFzwgFO2bsg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" title=\"Video\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n                        The Weeknd lit up the 2020 VMAs Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Canadian singer kicked off the show with his performance, described in advance as a \u201ckeyed-up, dazzling\u201d showcase. He lived up to the hype with a rooftop version of his hit single \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d from the observation deck at Hudson Yards, complete with a background of fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>The Weeknd pre-taped parts of his performance there and in Brooklyn last week. While out and about in NYC, the artist was all-in, embracing a red jacket and bloody makeup reminiscent of his battered visage in his VMA-nominated, frenetic \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d music video. He wildly cruised through big-city streets in a Mercedes-Benz in the film, which was shot over the course of four days in Las Vegas and LA.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Grammy-winner\u2019s song \u2014 a tale of loneliness, intoxication and yearning \u2014 includes familiar hints of electronic keyboards, a perhaps unintentional nod to a-ha\u2019s 1985 chart-topper \u201cTake on Me\u201d (which won six VMAs in 1986). The tune was the second single from his latest album, \u201cAfter Hours,\u201d which dropped in February.<\/p>\n<p>A six-time VMA nominee this year, The Weeknd was up for video of the year, artist of the year, best R&#038;B, best direction, best cinematography and best editing. He joined a performance roster that included a quarantine-weary Lady Gaga and \u201cRain on Me\u201d collaborator Ariana Grande, Maluma, BTS, DaBaby, Miley Cyrus, Doja Cat, CNCO and the Black Eyed Peas.<\/p>\n<p>The Weeknd,\u00a0born Abel Tesfaye, previously fired up the VMAs stage in 2015 with a performance of his breakout hit \u201cCan\u2019t Feel My Face.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16217629\"><img alt=\"The Weeknd performs at Hudson Yards to kick off the 2020 VMAs.\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"662\"><\/img><figcaption><span>The Weeknd performs at Hudson Yards to kick off the 2020 VMAs.<\/span><span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Entertainment <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/30\/the-weeknd-kicks-off-vmas-2020-with-hudson-yards-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#The Weeknd kicks off VMAs 2020 with Hudson Yards performance&#8221; August 30, 2020 | 8:09pm | Updated August 30, 2020 | 8:32pm The Weeknd lit up the 2020 VMAs Sunday night. The 30-year-old Canadian singer kicked off the show with his performance, described in advance as a \u201ckeyed-up, dazzling\u201d showcase. He lived up to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61428],"class_list":["post-57009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-the-weeknd-kicks-off-vmas-2020-with-hudson-yards-performance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}