The Weeknd’s career has been blowing up lately with the huge success of his single“Can’t Feel My Face.” Last month feel finally shared the visuals for the summer hit, and the results were definitely attention-grabbing. The song and video seem like an obvious tribute to Michael Jackson, however it now appears there’s more to the video than simply paying homage.
Director Mitch Moore claims that Grant Singer—the director of The Weeknd’s video—actually stole the treatment from a Majical Cloudz video that inevitably got scrapped. Moore shared his thoughts on Instagram along with side-by-side clips from both videos that show the similarities.
