The new project covers 22 songs over 84 minutes of music and marks the end of a trilogy of The Weeknd’s albums that began with “After Hours” in 2020. Friday, July 11, 2025.

One reason is that in many ways the Weeknd is a character for him to inhabit, a costume to put on when he goes onstage or picks up a mic. And like many such costumes, it’s one he may have outgrown.

The video plays clips of the Weeknd singing the haunting lyrics in front of several cement backdrops that show the star stuck in a sort of purgatory. “I’ve been baptized in fear, my dear ...