US EditionThe Weeknd on How His Music Helps Tells the Story of ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ & More
- Abel Tesfaye, known as The Weeknd, released the album Hurry Up Tomorrow in January 2025 alongside a psychological thriller film of the same name currently in theaters.
- The film was shot two years before the album, and its music was created afterward to complement the movie as a connected artistic piece.
- The Weeknd explained the music functions as a sister piece to the film, drawing inspiration from Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye and Justice’s work to match the movie’s themes.
- Tesfaye called merging film and music “amazing,” describing the album as integral to the story, while the film depicts a fictionalized Weeknd persona facing personal and professional struggles.
- Though critics gave the film mixed reviews for lacking depth and resonance, the project signals Tesfaye’s exploration of blending cinematic and musical storytelling.
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The Weeknd Reflects On ‘The Idol’s Negative Reviews, Admits It “Could Have Been Great” But There Were “Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen”
As his debut feature bows in theaters and to largely negative reviews by critics, The Weeknd (née Abel Tesfaye) is admitting he understands the lampooning of HBO’s The Idol, the spiritual forbearer to the Trey Edward Shults-helmed Hurry Up Tomorrow that also explores musical mythologizing. In a new profile by The Guardian, Tesfaye acknowledged that […]
The Weeknd Tweeting About 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Director’s 'It Comes At Night' Led To Collaboration
Trey Edward Shults and Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, are excited for fans to see the culmination of their professional and friendly partnership, Hurry Up Tomorrow. The film, which follows a musician suffering from insomnia who gets visited by a mysterious stranger, is a fictionalized yet semi-autobiographical story about a point in Tesfaye’s life. Tesfaye co-wrote the screenplay with Shults and Reza Fahim. Blavity/Shadow and Act Managing Editor …
Review: 'Hurry Up Tomorrow': Weeknd vanity project wastes the talent in front of, and behind, the camera
Not even Jenna Ortega or Barry Keoghan can save director Trey Edward Shults' 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' which unravels as a sloppy, superficial extended music video for the Weeknd.
‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’: Why Abel Tesfaye Created a Dark Fictional Backstory for His Music and The Weeknd Persona
In conversation with IndieWire, writer/director Trey Edward Shults breaks down the fact, fiction, and psychological meaning of the dark mythology he and Abel Tesfaye created for their film.
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