--- title: 'Can't Feel My Face' Covered Using Dental Equipment description: YouTube singer Andrew Huang imagines the summer hit from the perspective of a patient at the dentist. canonical: https://time.com/4016337/cant-feel-my-face-weeknd-andrew-huang-cover/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-30T18:16:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:24:02.508Z og:title: Watch a Cover of 'Can't Feel My Face' Using Dental Tools og:description: "I can't feel my face when I'm with you" og:url: https://time.com/4016337/cant-feel-my-face-weeknd-andrew-huang-cover/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Cover of 'Can't Feel My Face' Using Dental Tools twitter:description: "I can't feel my face when I'm with you" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Cover of The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' Using Dental Tools > Sponsored content. 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He once [covered the _Breaking Bad_ theme](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/13/watch-breaking-bad-theme-song-played-with-items-youd-find-in-a-meth-lab/) using equipment you would find in a meth lab. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4016337/cant-feel-my-face-weeknd-andrew-huang-cover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4016337/cant-feel-my-face-weeknd-andrew-huang-cover/"},"headline":"Watch a Cover of The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' Using Dental Tools","datePublished":"2015-08-30T18:16:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:02.508Z","description":"\"I can't feel my face when I'm with you\"","url":"https://time.com/4016337/cant-feel-my-face-weeknd-andrew-huang-cover/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4016337/cant-feel-my-face-weeknd-andrew-huang-cover/","name":"Watch a Cover of The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' Using Dental Tools"}}]}] ```