Stream The Weeknd’s new album ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ ft. Lana Del Rey & more
It concludes the trilogy that began with 2020’s After Hours and 2022’s Dawn FM, and he’s also hinted that it could be the final Weeknd album.
The Weeknd‘s new album Hurry Up Tomorrow is here. It concludes the trilogy that began with 2020’s After Hours and 2022’s Dawn FM, and he’s also hinted that it could be the final Weeknd album. It was largely produced by The Weeknd himself, with contributions from Giorgio Moroder, Oneohtrix Point Never, Max Martin, Pharrell Williams, Mike Dean, and others. The album was prefaced by the singles “Timeless” (ft. Playboi Carti), and “São Paulo” (ft. Anitta), and while it’s credits aren’t public at the moment, you might notice that’s Lana Del Rey on “The Abyss.” Travis Scott and Future appear to be on there too, on “Reflections Laughing” and “Enjoy the Show,” respectively. The album has a total of 22 songs and clocks in at an hour and 24 minutes.
There’s also an accompanying Hurry Up Tomorrow film due out May 16 via Lionsgate, directed by Trey Edward Schults and starring The Weeknd alongside Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan, and Gabby Barrett. Variety recently spoke to The Weeknd (and Giorgio Moroder) about the album and film:
“Giorgio is a huge inspiration for this album,” the Weeknd says of Moroder, who contributed keyboards, arrangements and vocals to “Hurry Up Tomorrow.” “His DNA has always been in all of my music, but I’m really honing in on it here, especially the operatic synths in ‘Scarface.’ This album feels almost like an opera to me,” he concludes, “this gothic, operatic finale to the trilogy.”
Moroder tells Variety, “I’m thrilled to continue bridging the gap with Abel between the past and the future, creating something timeless yet innovative.”
With such a dream team of collaborators on the album and film, “Sometimes I even felt like, ‘Why not just tell the same story but with a different actor?,’” the Weeknd muses, “because it’s all kind of meta. But to connect it with the album, I felt like it was the only way to close the chapter.”
Read much more here and stream the album below. He also performed its song “Open Hearts” on Kimmel and you can watch that below too.
Tracklist
Wake Me Up
Cry For Me
I Can’t Fucking Sing
São Paulo
Until We’re Skin & Bones
Baptized In Fear
Open Hearts
Opening Night
Reflections Laughing
Enjoy The Show
Given Up On Me
I Can’t Wait To Get There
Timeless
Niagara Falls
Take Me Back To LA
Big Sleep
Give Me Mercy
Drive
The Abyss
Red Terror
Without a Warning
Hurry Up Tomorrow
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The Weeknd also has a pop-up installation in NYC this weekend:
