The Weeknd's Complete Hair Evolution

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April 2012

At Coachella in 2012, Abel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd) rocked a full beard with a square trimmed hairline. At the start of his career, the singer kept his hair short.

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July 2012

By that summer, The Weeknd found his hair groove. He appeared on-stage at Lollapalooza sporting locs.

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March 2013

The singer let his hair grow longer over the winter and debuted tied up locs when he performed at the Ultra Music Festival in 2013.

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August 2013

The singer walked the red carpet of the MTV Music Video Awards wearing what become his signature look: locs and a goatee.

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January 2014

He kept his tied up hairstyle in tact, but opted for fuller facial hair at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014.

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September 2014

The Weeknd changed his hairstyle in 2014 with a half-up style, featuring longer locs hanging down in the back with the top section in a ponytail.

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October 2014

In 2014, the rapper debuted his choppiest and longest look yet, with locs hanging out from the side.

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November 2014

The singer added more height to his hair in November 2014 when he attended the American Music Award with a slightly modified style.

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June 2015

While attending the iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards in Toronto, the singer wore his usual look. The biggest difference here? Tightly trimmed sides.

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August 2015

The Weeknd's top locs stood less straight here, almost creating a side bang look that we truly couldn't get enough of.

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September 2015

The singer styled his tied up pieces so that they jutted out in all different directions at New York Fashion Week in 2015.

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February 2016

At the 88th Annual Academy Awards, he sported a hairstyle that was shorter, tighter, and precisely trimmed.

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May 2016

A slightly modified style with more defined locs was The Weeknd's look of choice while accompanying his model girlfriend, Bella Hadid, to the 2016 Met Gala.

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July 2016

In the summer of 2016, the rapper twisted his locs on top of his head for a new look we hadn't seen before.

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October 2016

The Weeknd reinvented himself for his Starboy era. He ditched the locs he'd been wearing for years and embraced a short fro.

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November 2016

The Weeknd chopped off even more hair a month later. He debuted his short and trimmed haircut at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards.

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November 2016

The Weeknd added some volume to his new style, trimming the back of his hair shorter than the front. The result? A pompadour fade.

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June 2017

The following summer, it appeared like the singer was letting his hair grow long again. He showed off an high and tight look at a private performance.

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August 2017

The singer trimmed the back of his hair, leaving only the front with some height, a couple months later.

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September 2017

We're starting to get flashbacks of The Weeknd's old look. He styled the front of his hair with curls that twisted upwards in late 2017.

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