While celebrities usually appreciate fan arts by sharing them on their social media accounts, The 30-year-old went beyond his way and made the illustration, his Instagram profile picture. Canadian singer and songwriter Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, who is better known by his stage name The Weeknd, changed his Instagram profile picture to a work fan art and also ended by kickstarting a trend in which people tried to draw him.
According to reports, the caricature by Twitter user Ballpoint Papi had been shared in 2017.
@theweeknd fan art pic.twitter.com/1kjsYRN3qQ
— Ballpoint Papi (@Tw1tterPicasso) November 15, 2017
It’s not clear what prompted the singer to make the drawing his profile picture years later.
Take a look at some of the reactions here:
The Weeknd’s profile picture on Instagram is why I love him so much 🤣🤣🤣
— New Year New Nigga 🥵🎊 (@yagirlnalani) January 4, 2021
The fact that The Weeknd made this his Instagram profile photo still has me shocked pic.twitter.com/rCt6B7MVRG
— Sanade 🇯🇲🇺🇸 (@sweetsanade) January 3, 2021
my respect for him 📈📈📈
— kayla (@__nyquil__) January 2, 2021
King behavior
— don’t want no friends🌈🔥🌈🔪 (@misto404) January 3, 2021
He did it. The mad man actually did it
— njsimpknight (@DarkKnightOfNJ) January 2, 2021
Fans around the world too came up with fan arts of the singer, kick-starting the trend ‘I drew The Weeknd’. Take a look at some of the entries here:
i drew the weeknd because why not pic.twitter.com/wJNXEnvHcp
— الشاي بلبن المزمزء (@Shaybelaban_) January 4, 2021
i drew @theweeknd pic.twitter.com/UYXb3CL2Ge
— kurt (@KurtJustinTan) January 3, 2021
Hi I also drew the weeknd 😁 @theweeknd pic.twitter.com/aRjf973wlO
— Shaujat.art (@shaujat_art) January 5, 2021
I drew @theweeknd #TheWeeknd #XOTWOD #xofam #drawing pic.twitter.com/xmAFGsoY8e
— Aiko_gin (@Aikogin2) January 2, 2021
i DrEw ThE WeEkNd pic.twitter.com/QmFcJQQ6aS
— LeoXO (@ReppingXO) January 3, 2021
I drew the @theweeknd pic.twitter.com/AZ8S1EdYk2
— @rooturaj1420 (@rooturaj1420) January 5, 2021
