Abel Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd, has released his sixth studio album titled “Hurry Up Tomorrow”.
The album which was originally scheduled for release on Jan. 24, was postponed due to the wildfire crisis in Los Angeles in which he donated 1 million dollars to relief efforts.
He also canceled his one-night-only album release stadium show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, which was originally set for Jan. 25.
“Hurry Up Tomorrow” serves as the third and final installment of his latest trilogy, following 2020’s After Hours and 2022’s Dawn FM.
The album was preceded by three singles: “Dancing in the Flames”; “São Paulo” featuring Anitta; and “Timeless” featuring Playboi Carti, which reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Canadian-Ethiopian artiste will also make his feature film debut in the accompanying psychological thriller titled “Hurry Up Tomorrow”.
The movie is scheduled to be in cinemas on May 16 and will be distributed by Liongate film studios.
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The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter best known for his explicit songs about sex and drugs, many of which are autobiographical, and for his soaring falsetto and its singular tremolo.
Breakthrough and albums
With Drake as an admirer and backer, Tesfaye had greater access to recording opportunities, and by March 2011 he had put together a nine-song mixtape, House of Balloons, which he released as a free download. The album gained critical notice and was short-listed for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize. Tesfaye made his first public appearance as The Weeknd in a Toronto nightclub in July that year. He released two more free mixtapes in 2011, Thursday and Echoes of Silence. In addition, he contributed to the 2011 Drake release Take Care.
The Weeknd partnered with Republic Records in September 2012. Two months later he released Trilogy, made up of remastered versions of the songs on the three mixtapes; it became a best seller. However, The Weeknd’s first studio album, Kiss Land (2013), failed to penetrate beyond his fan base.
