If The Weeknd is being retired as a moniker, it’s going out with a bang. Just days after the release of his sixth studio album Hurry Up Tomorrow, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye has released the first images from the psychological thriller tied to it, which he co-wrote, produced, and played the lead role.
In Hurry Up Tomorrow, Tesfaye plays a version of himself, a “musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.”
Also in the cast are Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan.
The film is directed and co-written by Trey Edward Shults, the filmmaker behind acclaimed films Krisha, It Comes at Night, and Waves. Reza Fahim, Tesfaye’s collaborator on short-lived series The Idol, was a co-writer, as well.
Lionsgate describes the film as “the culmination of The Weeknd’s trilogy of studio albums, following the blockbuster hits Dawn FM (2022) and After Hours (2020). This third album represents the creative apex of the project, serving as the final chapter crafted with existential and self-referential themes and accompanied by visionary teasers that have set fans ablaze with anticipation for this concluding installment.”
Lionsgate opens Hurry Up Tomorow on May 16th.
