Miguel went viral over the weekend for a stunning stay efficiency throughout which he hung from again piercings over the stage.
The jaw-dropping efficiency came about throughout the singer’s particular four-song live performance at Sony Studios in Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 25.
Based on videos shared on-line, steel rods had been connected to the piercings in Miguel’s again, which allowed him to be suspended by hooks and wires whereas he sang his music “Rope.”
“I am hanging on to nothing / I am hanging from the ceiling / Rope round my neck,” Miguel sings on the observe.
Based on TMZ, the “Certain Factor” singer spent a number of months getting ready for the stunt alongside consultants who focus on physique suspension.
“Initially, it was a little bit of, ‘What’s the most excessive option to push exterior of what’s anticipated?’ How far can I’m going in demonstrating how far I am prepared to go for artwork, for dialog? I could not have identified how dedicated I used to be to the true objective of this s–t till I had hooks in my again,” Miguel advised The Los Angeles Occasions in regards to the stunt.
“It was a scary and releasing expertise and emotion to undergo as a result of it is such a light-weight swap. It has a lot to do with ache. What does ache imply?” he added.
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Many followers on-line had been shocked by the wild stunt.
One particular person in contrast the trick to the singer “hanging like a rotisserie hen.”
One particular person even claimed to have been on the present, the place they witnessed “individuals within the viewers throwing up and passing out.”
“On the present I labored [tonight] Miguel bought pierced and suspended from hooks by his naked pores and skin after which sang … it was insane,” the fan tweeted.
Others praised Miguel’s “stage of dedication” to his artwork.
Miguel’s new album, Viscera, is out this fall.
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