The Weeknd is formally closing the curtain on an period along with his upcoming album Hurry Up Tomorrow.
His sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow is ready to drop on January 24, 2025, by way of XO and republic Data, per an announcement made by the artist on Wednesday, November 27. The album serves as the ultimate chapter in his acclaimed trilogy, following After Hours (2020) and Daybreak FM (2022).
Hurry Up Tomorrow has already delivered three singles: Dancing within the Flames, Timeless that includes Playboi Carti, and São Paulo with Anitta, with Timeless peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.
Hurry Up Tomorrow additionally ties right into a psychological thriller movie of the identical title, starring The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega, and Barry Keoghan, directed by Trey Edward Shults. The singer and Daniel Lopatin will rating the movie, mixing music and cinema in a novel approach.
This venture is especially vital for the artist, born Abel Tesfaye, as he prepares to retire his Weeknd persona. In Could 2023, he instructed W Journal, “The album I’m working on now is probably my last hurrah as The Weeknd.”
He famous, “It’s getting to a place and a time where I’m getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter. I’ll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd. But I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually.”