That September night in 2022 marked a turning point for Tesfaye. He mines the scene in “Hurry Up Tomorrow, ” where, ironically, it arrives too late. The tedium of an incoherent first act paints the charismatic performer — one of the last few decades' most popular — as an unempathetic protagonist in a nonlinear and nonsensical world.

Two years after he starred in and co-created the much-derided HBO original series, "The Idol," Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, is back with a new, ambitious visual project, "Hurry Up Tomorrow." The film,

Pop star The Weeknd enlists director Trey Edward Shults for a fictionalized recreation of the circumstances around a disastrous tour appearance.