Hurry Up Tomorrow is The Weeknd’s sixth studio album launched on January 31, 2025. It marks the obvious finish of his trendy trilogy that started with 2020’s groundbreaking After Hours and continued with 2022’s high-concept Daybreak FM. Born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, the Weeknd has emerged as one of many preeminent R&B pop singers of the twenty first century, with huge hit singles equivalent to “Starboy”, “The Hills”, “Depraved Video games”, and “Name Out My Title”.
Tesfaye can also be a notable actor, enjoying himself within the critically acclaimed Safdie Brothers instant classic Uncut Gems (2019) earlier than starring within the divisive HBO collection The Idol alongside Nosferatu’s Lily-Rose Depp. He additionally contributed to the Grammy-winning Black Panther soundtrack produced by Kendrick Lamar and Anthony “High Dawg” Tiffith. The Weeknd at the moment has 4 Grammy wins, his most up-to-date for his characteristic on Kanye West’s “Hurricane” for Finest Melodic Rap Efficiency in 2022. He is at the moment nominated in the identical class for his iconic “We Nonetheless Don’t Belief You” collab with Future and Metro Boomin.
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The Weeknd has teased that Hurry Up Tomorrow is not simply the top of a trilogy however is the ultimate farewell of the artist and alter-ego fully. Provided that he simply headlined the Tremendous Bowl in 2021, a well-deserved acknowledgment of After Hours getting robbed at that 12 months’s Grammys, it is laborious to consider Tesfaye will grasp it up for good. His newest carries components of the signature heartbreak and soul-bearing anthems wrapped round a narrative of a self-loathing movie star in despair. The Weeknd’s persona is trapped inside his highlight like a jail and tortured by the perils of fame.
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I Cannot F*****g Sing
Monitor 3 – 0:12
This 12-second non-song is a fast snippet of Abel complaining that he cannot sing in between “Cry For Me” and “São Paulo”. That is doubtless an allusion to when The Weeknd could not carry out at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA on the final leg of his tour in 2022 as a result of he misplaced his voice. It is an essential piece of Hurry Up Tomorrow however as a quick skit, it may’t stand by itself.
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Till We’re Pores and skin & Bones
Monitor 5 – 0:22
One other brief bridge observe arrives within the first half of the album, transitioning the top of “São Paulo” into what feels like an alternate actuality earlier than “Baptized In Concern” performs. The instrumental manufacturing is straight out of a sci-fi film and the orchestration with a medley of synths is actually out of this world.
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Huge Sleep
Monitor 16 – 3:45
“Huge Sleep” is likely one of the most sonically fascinating songs on the album. Its opening minute borders on psychedelic like one thing out of Mac Miller’s Balloonerism. It is a gradual, eerie track that sounds just like the background music for strolling by the gates of Hell. Manufacturing and vocals are a number of the greatest on the album, creating an unsettling soundscape that seems like one thing undead has risen.
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São Paulo (feat. Anitta)
Monitor 4 – 5:02
This observe divided followers when it was launched as a single and nonetheless feels considerably misplaced on Hurry Up Tomorrow regardless of being a “banger” that includes Brazillian famous person Anitta. The best temper and setting would make this one of many go-to tracks on the album, which is probably going why it is included. It affords a refuge from the largely darkish and nightmarish different songs.
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Drive
Monitor 18 – 3:09
“Drive” is a straightforward, broken-down observe that exemplifies a sense of escape and longing because the world falls down round you. The Weeknd pleads for the thrilling peace that comes with hitting the street and having no vacation spot, shedding all accountability and discovering bliss with a Bonnie in his passenger seat to match his Clyde.
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Give Me Mercy
Monitor 17 – 3:36
Whereas the overall manufacturing of Hurry Up Tomorrow is unparalleled and utterly immersive, “Give Me Mercy” has one of many extra distinctive and experimental beats. Sounding like a hidden observe on a Nineteen Eighties Toto or Phill Collins album, “Give Me Mercy” showcases what The Weeknd does greatest, mixing an upbeat tempo with heartfelt lyrics.
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Get pleasure from The Present (feat. Future)
Monitor 10 – 5:01
Certainly one of many collaborations between The Weeknd and Future, “Benefit from the Present” is powerful however would not scratch the floor of the duo’s all-time greatest, like “Low Life” and even “Coming Out Robust”. Future courageously meets The Weeknd the place he is at, singing with little to no autotune earlier than dropping some signature bars. “Benefit from the Present” is extra atmospheric and reserved than what some would anticipate from a Future and The Weekend link-up.
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Take Me Again To LA
Monitor 15 – 4:14
An obvious response to After Hours’ “Escape from LA”, The Weeknd revisits an previous relationship on “Take Me Again To LA”, stress-free that it is higher when he is by himself. A deeply nostalgic track, “Take Me Again To LA” is a self-assuring observe through which Abel realizes what he does and would not need. Most of all, he desires to be in contact along with his soul once more, a typical theme in lots of the Hurry Up Tomorrow songs.
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Cry For Me
Monitor 2 – 3:44
The manufacturing on “Cry For Me” is fantastically unusual, making an important early observe on the album that may solely turn into extra unstable over its 85-minute runtime. One of many extra replayable tracks on the album, the beat construct on “Cry For Me” has a satisfying payoff. The track as an entire would not take a breath, pulling the listener into the world of Hurry Up Tomorrow.
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I Cannot Wait To Get There
Monitor 12 – 3:09
It feels like The Weeknd is doing his greatest Bruno Mars impression over a Tyler, the Creator beat on “I Cannot Wait To Get There”, one of many easiest-listening tracks on the album. As the start observe of Hurry Up Tomorrow’s second half, arriving simply earlier than “Timeless”, it is a can’t-miss track which will have its highest replay worth for these summertime cruises.
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Purple Terror
Monitor 20 – 3:52
A part of an epic 4-track run to shut out the album, “Purple Terror” sounds similar to its title implies. Opening with an odd and dissonant association of synths, The Weeknd sings to an unnamed baby as if he’s saying goodbye in a everlasting sense. The outro instrumental is ominous and haunting as The Weeknd assures, “Deah is nothing in any respect, it doesn’t rely.”
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Opening Evening
Monitor 8 – 1:36
If “Opening Evening” was only a bit longer it could be one of many high 5 tracks on Hurry Up Tomorrow, simply. The heavy reverb on The Weeknd’s vocals attracts comparisons to Tame Impala, together with the tones of a phone ringing that conjures up flashbacks of the synth-heavy “Previous Life” on Currents. It is actually a disgrace “Opening Evening” could not hit at the very least 2 minutes however transitions properly into “Refections Laughing”.
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Given Up On Me
Monitor 11 – 5:55
The almost 6-minute lengthy “Given Up On Me” has the wildest beat change on the album. Its opening jiffy are a number of the greatest on the album as Abel spirals in a bout of insecurity and self-doubt. Mike Dean and Metro Boomin each produced the observe, making it a direct standout even when its beat change is considerably abrupt and disjointed.
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Reflections Laughing (feat. Florence + The Machine & Travis Scott)
Monitor 9 – 4:51
Travis Scott lends his vocals and manufacturing skills on the eerie “Reflections Laughing” which opens with a close to Western-like acoustic guitar. The track is likely one of the most cinematic on Hurry Up Tomorrow, and Trav’s bars are dropped an octave or two to boost a way of trippy mysticism heard all through.
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Niagara Falls
Monitor 14 – 4:37
“Niagara Falls” grows on listeners after the primary hear and finally turns into one of many best songs to revisit. Practically sounding like a 2010s Drake instrumental, “Niagara Falls” is likely one of the extra accessible tracks on the album that may be a low-key love track at its core.
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With out a Warning
Monitor 21 – 4:58
The construct on “With out a Warning” is what The Weeknd is all about and feels just like the true conclusion of the album, regardless of being the penultimate observe. No different track on Hurry Up Tomorrow captures the “tragic movie star” persona in addition to “With out a Warning”, hitting on the overarching theme of the undertaking in its closing act because the curtains shut.
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Baptized In Concern
Monitor 6 – 3:52
“Baptized in Concern” has one of the vital impactful lyrics on Hurry Up Tomorrow after its darkish industrial intro that sounds proper out of the Blade Runner universe. “Voices’ll inform me that I ought to keep on” echoes all through “Baptized in Concern” over a number of the most deeply confessional lyrics on the album.
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Open Hearts
Monitor 7 – 3:55
It feels fallacious to not put “Open Hearts” after “Baptized in Concern” contemplating the 2 songs have probably the most seamless and satisfying transition on Hurry Up Tomorrow. Listening to “Baptized in Concern” and never listening to “Open Hearts” instantly afterward feels prefer it ought to be against the law. One of many pop-leaning singles, “Open Hearts” is a protected guess for all celebration and membership playlists.
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Hurry Up Tomorrow
Monitor 22 – 4:51
The title observe finds The Weeknd absolving himself, or reasonably being absolved, from previous sins talked about all through the album and your entire After Hours trilogy. The track is a standard ballad that enables Abel to point out off his magnificent voice whereas closing the guide on the album, the trilogy, and possibly with The Weeknd, as he embraces Heaven.
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Timeless
Monitor 13 – 4:16
The Pharrell-produced “Timeless” is simply as addictive because it was when it was launched as a single months earlier than the discharge of Hurry Up Tomorrow. As he normally does, Playboy Carti steals the present on a characteristic that debuts all kinds of recent voices and cadences. The track is, as its title suggests, actually timeless.
