Watch The Weeknd’s ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ trailer with Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega

The Weeknd has shared the primary trailer for his psychological thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow. Watch the clip, by which he’s alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, beneath.

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Within the two-minute-long clip, which dropped in the present day (February 4), the singer, actual title Abel Tesfaye, performs a model of himself who’s scuffling with insomnia and appears to be dealing with a breakdown.

Tesfaye has spoken about retiring his stage title just lately, and that is one thing hinted to within the trailer. A voice says, “Name me by the acquainted title,” as somebody within the background yells “Abel.”

The Lionsgate film is about for launch on Could 16. It was written by Tesfaye alongside Trey Edward Shults and Reza Fahim, with Shults additionally directing. Becoming a member of Tesfaye, Ortega and Keoghan within the solid are Gabby Barrett and Charli D’Amelio.

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The official synopsis reads: “A musician [Tesfaye] suffering from insomnia will get pulled into an odyssey with a stranger [Ortega] who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.”

The Weeknd launched his newest studio album, additionally referred to as ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow‘, on January 31, and it’s the ultimate a part of a trilogy following 2020’s ‘After Hours‘ and 2022’s ‘Daybreak FM‘. The film has been described as an “extension” of the LP.

In a four-star assessment, NME wrote: “If it is a swansong for The Weeknd, it’s a becoming one. Tesfaye is pushing ahead earlier than he exhausts the collective fascination together with his alter ego, and that’s no small achievement. When he sings ‘I’d reasonably go away considerably of a legacy’ on ‘The Abyss’, it’s clear there’s no ‘considerably’ about it.”

On Sunday (February 2), in the meantime, Tesfaye made a shock look on the Grammys to carry out his new single ‘Cry For Me’, ending a boycott of the Grammys that started in 2021.

The star has a collection of dwell dates lined up for the summer season, too, with a North American stadium tour operating from Could to September. Playboi Carti and Mike Dean are set to affix as particular friends, and you will discover tickets here.