Artists usually go to nice lengths to entertain followers whereas performing, however singer Miguel’s current stage antics have left social media customers hanging on by a thread.
During a particular live performance on Friday to announce his upcoming album, “Viscera,” the 37-year-old singer pulled off a stunning feat by suspending himself within the air from hooks connected to his again piercings.
Before performing his new tune “Rope” on the Sony Studios in Los Angeles, two assistants hit the stage to pierce Miguel, whose full title is Miguel Jontel Pimentel, with metallic rods earlier than hoisting him up.
In a number of clips captured by concertgoers, Miguel is seen hanging above the gang for round 4 minutes as he sings the track’s lyrics: “I’m hanging on to nothing / I’m hanging from the ceiling / Rope around my neck.”
Fans on X, previously referred to as Twitter, ignited the social platform with reactions over the “insane” stunt.
Sources instructed TMZ that the “Quickie” crooner labored with a staff of specialists for months to nail the jaw-dropping stunt.
In a separate interview with the Los Angeles Times earlier this month, Miguel spoke about what the outlet described as an “ancient body modification practice” that includes securing massive metallic hooks in somebody’s again to hold them up. The singer referred to as the observe an “exercise in trust.”
“Initially it was a bit of, ‘What is the most extreme way to push outside of what’s expected?’” Miguel recounted. “How far can I go in demonstrating how far I’m willing to go for art, for conversation? I couldn’t have known how committed I was to the real purpose of this shit until I had hooks in my back.”
He stated the expertise was “scary” but “freeing.”
Miguel added: “It has so much to do with pain. What does pain mean?”
The Grammy-winning artist, whose now-ex-wife, Nazanin Mandi, filed for divorce in October 2022 following three years of marriage, instructed the outlet that he wrote the track “Rope” throughout a “period of loss and turmoil” earlier than he tied the knot.
“I don’t think I’d ever been in a place where I was creating from there,” he shared.
Miguel discovered himself in scorching water a decade in the past after one other head-turning incident onstage left his followers scratching their heads.
During the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, he tried to leap off the stage whereas performing, however missed his mark and ended up touchdown on a couple of members of the viewers, sparking outrage from concertgoers.
Miguel’s “Viscera” marks his first full-length album since 2017.
