"Made the film first": The Weekend shares intricate details about his latest musical thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow

Hurry Up Tomorrow makes its much-anticipated global premiere today, and the audience could not be more excited about it. Four-time Grammy-winning star The Weeknd, aka Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, has set the bar quite high in the industry over the years with his unique dance-pop-centric electronic music—not to mention the vibrant videos that accompany it.

However, his latest big screen entry, Hurry Up Tomorrow (which basically revolves around a fictitious avatar of himself, a struggling musician with borderline depression until he stumbles upon a stranger), is now the talk of the town. It is also linked to The Weeknd's 6th music album (going by the same name) that was released earlier in January. However, the star opened up about the project's timeline recently on The Tonight Show, and much to the surprise of the fans, he mentioned:

"I made the film first."

The Weekend mentions that he worked on Hurry Up Tomorrow (the film) first; shares other details from the project

Shortly before Hurry Up Tomorrow's long-awaited premiere, The Weeknd appeared on The Tonight Show, where he shared intricate details about his latest project and its production timeline. As confirmed by the star, the music album (on which the movie centers) is more than 70 minutes long.

However, immediately after, he mentioned that they are not 'usually that long,' and for this one, he had a story to tell. To quote his exact words:

"My albums aren't usually that long. It's just this one felt -- it's part of a trilogy. It's 'After Hours', 'Dawn FM' and then 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' is, like, the final chapter to this trilogy."

The Weeknd further added that he is a big 'fan of epic sagas,' and visionary artists like 'Peter Jackson and George Lucas' have been quite the inspiration for him. While asking about his other albums, Jimmy Fallon spoke highly of his music videos, saying how they are always 'very cinematic' and have a story to tell—not to mention that he praised The Weeknd's brilliance in converting the album Hurry Up Tomorrow into a film.

Surprisingly, the 35-year-old star mentioned at this point that the movie was made first. To quote him:

"I always had the idea for the album, but the film came first."

The revelation came unexpectedly, and when Fallon mentions that he sings in the film, The Weekend justifies saying:

"I do sing in the film. I had to sing in the film, but my album wasn't done yet, so I had to finish songs, like, day before scenes. "

He further talked about the last scene of Hurry Up Tomorrow, where he is seen singing, and as per his statement, The Weeknd had to complete the lyrical part as well as 'the melody' one day prior to filming. Furthermore, when asked about what the movie is mainly based on, he said that it is a loose adaptation of something that happened to him 'a few years back.'

The Weeknd then narrated that he was at a concert in Los Angeles, some time ago, when he suddenly lost his voice in front of a crowd of 80,000. Like the star mentioned, he later sat down and reflected on the same, thus figuring out that it was mainly 'a psychological thing' rather than an actual 'physical injury' to his voice.

At that point, as Abel said in the interview, he tried to figure things out with a clear mind. He also added that music has always been like therapy to him. And with Hurry Up Tomorrow, The Weeknd wanted his fans to witness what he actually went through. To quote his exact words:

"This time, I wanted my fans to ivisualize what was happening."

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