Abel Tesfaye, the singer and sometime actor (“The Idol”) better known as the Weeknd, has called “Hurry Up Tomorrow” a “love letter” to his fans in an interview with the New York Times. Tesfaye, as he’s credited here, co-wrote the movie, and also produced it, stars in it and, with Daniel Lopatin, composed the music for it.

The Weeknd's first feature film is a surrealist vanity project, writes Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman.

It's not like a pop exploitation film needs to have a diamond-sharp screenplay like The Usual Suspects. Hell, A Hard Day's Night and Purple Rain are classics because they are super light on plot, heavy on music, and offer a stage to make the artists look really cool.