Trey Edward Shults directs 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' about an emotionally tortured pop music star played by Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd.

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.

Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan co-star in this film about a tormented pop star, which doubles as a feature-length promotion for The Weeknd's new album.

The movie, directed by Trey Edward Shults, is a fictionalized odyssey through a version of The Weeknd suffering from a bout of insomnia during a world tour, causing his sanity to come undone.

The Weeknd has used music to "hide" his vulnerabilities. The 35-year-old singer stars alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan in 'Hurry Up Tomorrow', the Trey Edward Shults-directed psychological ...

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“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 ...

Trey Edward Shults, Abel Tesfaye a.k.a. The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan at the “Hurry Up Tomorrow” World Premiere After Party held at the Boom Boom Room on May 13, 2025 in New York ...

At least that's what Barry Keoghan, Jenna Ortega and director Trey Edward Shults thought when they were approached about working with The Weeknd (who is credited by his real name, Abel Tesfaye) on ...

In that same interview, director, co-writer and executive producer Trey Edward Shults says the film — a kind of hallucinatory, poetic autobiography — is meant to have the “soul and impact of ...

The Weeknd – whose real name is Abel Tesfaye – told the Guardian newspaper: “If it wasn’t for [Trey], I would have kept it in the vault – I’ve kept a lot of albums in the vault.