Hurry Up Tomorrow is a similar act of leave-taking. It is touted as the last album that Abel Tesfaye will make as The Weeknd. Bowie is a reference point. The Canadian is an admirer: he titled The Weeknd’s 2016 album Starboy in tribute to Ziggy Stardust’s anthem,

With his sixth album, “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” the Weekend is retiring his moniker and going out on his own terms.

Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, is making his big-screen debut in a leading role in "Hurry Up Tomorrow." This feature-length film, which shares its name with his sixth studio album, will hit theaters on May 16.

Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan star in 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' the big-screen companion to the singer's latest album, in theaters May 16.

The Weeknd has issued a trailer for his upcoming film, Hurry Up Tomorrow.

Trey Edward Shults directed Abel Tesfaye's first feature inspired by the pop star's upcoming album and concert tour of the same name and set for a May 16 theatrical release by Lionsgate.

Described in Tuesday's teaser as a "surreal cinematic odyssey," the plot of the film is still shrouded in mystery. Per its official logline: "A musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.

In the newly released trailer, Tesfaye plays a musician struggling with insomnia, spiralling into an emotional breakdown. His character, also named Abel Tesfaye, embarks on an intense journey with a mysterious stranger who begins to challenge his very sense of self.

O n Hurry Up, Tomorrow, his (allegedly) final album as the Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye is a singer haunted by death. And now, in the trailer for his new film, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Tesfaye

On what might be his last album as the Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye revisits much of the sonic and thematic territory that has defined his career, singing of his darker impulses and debauchery over moody synth-pop beats.