The Weeknd is doing the job on a tv sequence for HBO, which he is established to star in as properly as co-create.
As initial claimed by Wide range, the sequence, at this time titled The Idol, facilities close to a woman pop singer who gets to be romantically concerned with an enigmatic Los Angeles club operator who is also the chief of a top secret cult.
The Grammy Award-successful artist will co-create and govt generate The Idol along with his inventive producer Reza Fahim and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. In addition, Joseph Epstein (Wellness and Wellness) will provide as showrunner and be portion of the demonstrate’s crafting workforce together with Mary Legislation (Preacher, Succession).
This isn’t the initial time The Weeknd (authentic identify Abel Tesfaye) has ventured into tv. In 2020, he co-wrote an episode of the TBS animated comedy American Father with the demonstrate’s producer Joel Hurwitz. And he also has performing working experience, possessing performed a variation of himself reverse Adam Sandler in the critically lauded element Uncut Gems.
Before this calendar year, the “Blinding Lights” hitmaker executed at the Tremendous Bowl LV halftime demonstrate. Immediately after Hrs, his most the latest album, was unveiled in March 2020 and has amassed seven billion world audio and video clip streams. In spite of the file’s vital and business accomplishment, The Weeknd was snubbed at the 63rd Yearly Grammy Awards, sparking controversy among admirers and critics.
“The Grammys stay corrupt. You owe me, my admirers and the market transparency…,” the Canadian singer tweeted subsequent the snub. He would afterwards convey to Billboard, “Look, I individually don’t treatment any longer. I have a few Grammys, which imply nothing at all to me now, definitely […;] It’s not like, ‘Oh, I want the Grammy!’ It’s just that this took place, and I’m down to get in entrance of the fireplace, as prolonged as it hardly ever comes about once again. I suck at offering speeches in any case. Neglect awards reveals.”