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Don't Forget How Unlikely The Weeknd Once Seemed as a Reliable Pop Superstar

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The Internet had a good laugh last September when Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, resurfaced on the red carpet of the Toronto Film Festival with a thin mustache and poofy, 'fro-like hairdo, suddenly looking a whole lot like Bruno Mars.

Even Mars himself couldn't help but chuckle about the comparison, making an Instagram meme of the occasion, poking fun at his new quasi-doppelgänger.

But if the yuks bothered Tesfaye, he didn't show it -- instead leaning into the comparison by wearing big sunglasses and a red blazer against a Vegas backdrop in his new promotional materials, a seeming composite of Mars circa Unorthodox Jukebox and Mars circa 24K Magic.

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