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19-05-2025
- Entertainment
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'Hurry Up Tomorrow': The Weeknd's film debut or just a misfire? Online reactions say it all
The film, which also stars Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega, presents a stylised portrait of celebrity breakdown and fan obsession. Image: X/@AnAntLife Some musicians should know when to stay in their lane. And no, that's not shade. The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye), one of pop's moody chart-toppers, has just made his official film debut in a movie called "Hurry Up Tomorrow," and let's just say… it's not giving what it was meant to give. This isn't some blink-and-you-miss-it cameo either. The Weeknd is the leading man in a psychological thriller directed by Trey Edward Shults, the same director behind "Waves" and "It Comes at Night". So expectations were understandably high. But somewhere between the slow pans, cryptic dialogue, and fragmented storytelling, audiences have been left scratching their heads. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ In the film, The Weeknd plays a fictionalised version of himself (which you'd assume would be easier to nail?), a global superstar grappling with fame fatigue, obsessive fans, and a spiralling sense of self. It's like watching someone read their diary out loud with all the drama of a theatre kid on open mic night. Barry Keoghan steps in as Lee, a kind of chaotic cheerleader-meets-therapist figure, while Jenna Ortega plays Anima, a fan whose admiration crosses every imaginable line. But even with those two trying to prop the thing up, the central problem remains: The Weeknd's acting abilities. Social media has been lit up with commentary, from Reddit threads picking apart the movie's erratic structure to X (formerly Twitter) users calling his performance emotionally bankrupt. To be fair, "Hurry Up Tomorrow" is a moody, artsy companion piece to The Weeknd's latest album - more visual album than a traditional feature film, which might explain the stilted pacing and lack of conventional narrative. One X user said, "Easily one of the worst movies of the decade, a movie that can't even be saved by a powerhouse of a performance by Jenna Ortega." "'Hurry Up Tomorrow': Soulless, exhausting, forced. Essentially a feature-length commercial for the album. All style, no substance. Not even Jenna Ortega dancing to Blinding Lights could save this self-insistent slop," said another. Hurry Up Tomorrow: Soulless, exhausting, forced. Essentially a feature length commercial for the album. All style, no substance. Not even Jenna Ortega dancing to Blinding Lights could save this self-insistent slop. — cob (@sillierdeadite) May 15, 2025 But not all things said were negative, die hard fans had his back, as one wrote: "I just watched hurry up tomorrow and it was for sure something I've never seen before. "There's a different understanding for everyone. Any hate towards the film is straight up stupid because Abel done his job well, expressing everything he wanted to, I loved it so much" I just watched hurry up tomorrow and it was for sure something i've never seen before. Theres a different understanding for everyone. Any hate towards the film is straight up stupid because Abel done his job well done expressing everything he wanted to, I loved it so much 🎥💞 — vivii ﾒ𝟶 saw abel live 2x (@vivii_luvAbel) May 16, 2025 "Hurry up tomorrow was a good movie, yall (you people) just never pay attention to back stories," commented another. Hurry up tomorrow was a good movie, yall just never pay attention to back stories — idk ❤️🩹 (@70sbirdonwire) May 19, 2025 YouTuber @penguinz0, known for his no-nonsense movie reviews, breaks it down nicely in his "Worst Movie of the Year Just Came Out" video clip. Spoiler alert
USA Today
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
The Weeknd talks 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' and how his life is a 'never-ending' movie
The Weeknd talks 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' and how his life is a 'never-ending' movie Show Caption Hide Caption 'Hurry Up Tomorrow': The Weeknd endures emotional turmoil Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, plays an insomniac musician who goes on an existential journey with a young woman (Jenna Ortega) in "Hurry Up Tomorrow." LAS VEGAS − Abel Tesfaye, the musician known as The Weeknd, is a certified smash. Tesfaye, the movie star, is more of an unknown commodity. Audiences get to see both at work in the psychological thriller 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' (in theaters now), a metafictional tale of a pop superstar dealing with the complexities of fame and celebrity. The movie is a companion project to The Weeknd's album of the same name (released in January), even as Tesfaye himself looks to be moving into a new phase of his creative life. Tesfaye loves that partnering on the film – his first – with co-writer/director Trey Edward Shults ('It Comes at Night') gave him a chance to focus his artistry. 'With all my past work, the music video is when I'm always kind of micromanaging everything. And it was the first time I got to just do my job and be an actor,' Tesfaye tells USA TODAY in an interview alongside Shults and co-star Jenna Ortega. Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' the album is the third part of the 'After Hours' trilogy for the R&B/pop singer/songwriter, who's headlined the Super Bowl, won four Grammy Awards, nabbed a Guinness World Record and topped charts with hits like 'Blinding Lights,' 'Can't Feel My Face,' 'Starboy' and 'Heartless.' The concept for the movie 'Hurry Up' existed well before the music. After pitching the story idea to Shults, Tesfaye sent him song demos, unfinished material and references from older songs that the director would put in the script. 'It was amazing,' says Tesfaye, 35, who had a cameo in Adam Sandler's "Uncut Gems" and starred in HBO's short-lived "The Idol." Tefaye stars in the movie as a fictionalized version of The Weeknd struggling in his professional and personal lives after a painful breakup. His coke-snorting, hype-man manager Lee (Barry Keoghan) enables Abel's toxic, self-destructive narcissism, but after Abel's voice fails him during a sold-out concert (which happened to the real Tesfaye in 2022), he meets a mysterious young woman named Anima (Ortega). Feeling an instant connection, they enjoy a night of Santa Monica Pier rides and deep conversation, which leads to a harrowing journey of self-reflection on Abel's part. Like the album, the movie "Hurry Up Tomorrow" builds to the title track. A key scene where the onscreen Abel needs to be the most honest with himself 'originated with a monologue in the script and then a song was also required,' Shults recalls. 'So Abel wrote this song, and I was like, 'Well, we don't need the monologue anymore. Get that out of here!' ' Akin to Shults, Tesfaye found another like-minded collaborator in Ortega. He says he was 'blown away' finding out the actress was a fan of Daniel Lopatin, the electronic musician also known as OPN, who co-composed the film's score with Tesfaye. 'I was like, that's a deep cut. She has real taste. And that was an incredible sign for us.' As a music lover, Ortega was excited to be part of a movie that blends the sonic and the emotional. (She also gets her own music moments, including singing in the shower.) Her character represents 'this sensitive side' of Tesfaye 'that he maybe didn't feel like he got the opportunity to show so often, in a delicate way,' she says. Tefaye's music is "so much deeper and darker" than it sounds, Ortega adds. 'The lyrics are always very profound or very isolating, and they resonate with a lot of people. And I love the juxtaposition of this music that you'd hear in a club but then also that feeling that you have on the car ride back.' Tesfaye's bold and electric presence onstage and onscreen is an intriguing counterpoint to the thoughtful and soft-spoken man who sits for a chat about his movie. (When someone pays him a compliment, he beams with politeness and humility.) Ortega points out that Tesfaye has 'a cinephile's brain,' and while music has long been a passion for the Canadian-bred son of Ethiopian immigrants, 'my first love was always film,' says Telfaye, who's currently on tour as The Weeknd. Telfaye used music to 'get me closer to making movies,' and he would 'implement the DNA of cinema in my music videos.' 'So The Weeknd, to me, is just one long film that was like a never-ending 15-year movie. Now I feel like I got to the end of it, and I'm starting this new journey with these incredibly talented artists.' Wherever he goes from here, it'll probably sound great.
Express Tribune
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
The Weeknd says new album was inspired by a film he created first
The Weeknd has revealed that his latest project, Hurry Up Tomorrow, started not as an album—but as a film. In a recent interview with Fandango, the Grammy-winning artist, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, shared that the cinematic universe behind his new psychological thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow actually came before the music. 'The film came first, the album didn't exist,' said The Weeknd. 'We were scoring and writing music to picture. The idea came from a real-life incident. I always saw it as a film.' Directed, co-written, and edited by Trey Edward Schults (Waves, It Comes at Night), Hurry Up Tomorrow stars The Weeknd alongside Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega. The film is scheduled for theatrical release on May 16, 2025, and is already generating buzz for its moody, immersive aesthetic. Schults echoed The Weeknd's comments, adding, 'It started with Abel's idea, and we both just got creatively charged. The influences ranged from Persona to Purple Rain to Audition and more.' Fans have already seen glimpses of the project's cinematic flavor in the music video for 'Drive,' directed by Schults and featuring Ortega. The video acts as a teaser for the film and showcases the crossover of visuals and sound central to the Hurry Up Tomorrow experience. As anticipation builds for the movie's release, many are calling this The Weeknd's most ambitious artistic endeavor yet—potentially solidifying his place not just in music, but in film and pop culture history.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jenna Ortega Threatens The Weeknd in New Hurry Up Tomorrow Trailer
Lionsgate has released a new trailer, which previews the upcoming psychological thriller starring The Weeknd and Jenna Ortega. The new trailer highlights Anima (Ortega) as she travels to watch The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye playing himself). The trailer also shows the pair becoming intimate, and Tesfaye growing more concerned about who Anima might be. Hurry Up Tomorrow is set to premiere in theaters on May 16, 2025. It is based in part on The Weeknd's album of the same name, which released on January 31. Check out the new Hurry Up Tomorrow trailer below (watch other trailers): Hurry Up Tomorrow is directed by Trey Edward Shults (It Comes at Night, Waves), and is co-written by Shultz, Reza Fahim, and Abel Tesfaye (a.k.a. The Weeknd). Alongside Tesfaye and Ortega, Hurry Up Tomorrow also stars Barry Keoghan. While the film's exact plot is unknown, prior reports noted that the film shared similarities with 1990's Misery and would revolve around a stranger stalking a famous artist. A brief logline for the film teases that 'a musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.' 'This experience was really introspective and cathartic for me,' Tesfaye said on making the film in a statement earlier this week. 'From writing to production and through post — I realized just how much of a catalyst this art form can be for conversations about our emotions, mental health, and vulnerabilities.' The post Jenna Ortega Threatens The Weeknd in New Hurry Up Tomorrow Trailer appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
