Tomorrow finally arrived with the release of The Weeknd’s highly anticipated “final” album, “Hurry Up Tomorrow”, after being postponed due to the LA fires. Containing 22 songs and featuring 8 artists, this album is sure to be a worthy sendoff as The “Weeknd” persona comes to an end, and Abel Tesfaye returns. 

Initially meant to be released on Jan. 24, 2025,  the anticipation for “Hurry Up Tomorrow” only continued to grow as each day passed for fans across the globe. But, Tesfaye announced the delay of the album out of respect for those affected by the LA fires, moving the date to Jan. 31, 2025. 

Within the 24 hours of being on the Spotify charts, “Hurry up Tomorrow” earned an astounding 58 million streams, setting the bar high for albums to come in 2025. Not only was this shocking, but the album hit #1 in the charts in multiple countries. 

As for the 22 tracks on the album;

1. Wake Me Up (feat. Justice)
2. Cry For Me
3. I Can’t F***ing Sing 
4. São Paulo (feat. Anitta)
5. Until We’re Skin & Bones 
6. Baptized In Fear
7. Open Hearts 
8. Opening Night 
9. Reflections Laughing (feat. Travis Scott, Florence + The Machine) 
10. Enjoy The Show (feat. Future)
11. Given Up On Me 
12. I Can’t Wait To Get There
13. Timeless (feat. Playboi Carti)
14. Niagara falls
15. Take Me Back To LA 
16. Big Sleep (feat. Giorgio Moroder)
17. Give Me Mercy 
18. Drive
19. The Abyss (Feat. Lana Del Rey)
20. Red Terror
21. Without a Warning
22. Hurry Up Tomorrow

The tracks dive into some different themes and topics, including death, love, and panic, with most of the album emerging from the breakdown caused by the loss of his voice on the last night of his 2022 tour at Sofi Stadium. 

“I knew that I really needed to sit the f*** down and figure out my life,” Tesfaye tells Variety. “To understand what happened, face it, learn something new and start again. I’d had a kind of a mental breakdown, which is pretty much what this new album’s about.” 

The tracks also get into the persona of “The Weeknd” and how it’s a “headspace” he “no longer has a desire for.” Telling Variety, “I feel like it comes with so much… you have a persona, but then you have the competition of it all.” He continues, “It becomes this rat race: more accolades, more success, more shows, more albums, more awards, and more #1s. It never ends until you end it.” 

The tracks not only tell the story of the persona of “The Weeknd” and the loss of his voice, but feature parallels to songs on his previous albums, from: 

“Save your Tears” (After Hours) to “Cry For Me” (HUT)

“Out of Time” (Dawn FM) to “Timeless” (HUT)

“Escape from LA” (After Hours) to “Take Me Back to LA” (HUT)

“I Was Never There” (My Dear Melancholy,) to “I Can’t Wait To Get There” (HUT)

“Heartless” (After Hours) to “Open Hearts” (HUT)

“Until I Bleed Out” (After Hours) to “Until We’re Skin & Bones” (HUT)

Fans also quickly picked up how the end of the final track of the album, “Hurry Up Tomorrow”, transitions directly into the first song, “High For This”, on Tesfayes first project “House of Balloons”. This was not the only standout transition within the album, including the interlude, “I Can’t F***ing Sing”, an audio of Tesfaye breaking down after losing his voice and seamlessly flowing into the high energy “São Paulo”.

Each track on the album flows together, making it feel very connected and coherent with the themes as well, either with a seamless transition or just jumping into the next song depending on the mood.  

As The Weeknd comes to an end, fans can look forward to a new era of Tesfaye as he moves onto a new chapter of his life. 

“But everything needs to feel like a challenge. And for me right now, the Weeknd, whatever that is, it’s been mastered. No one’s gonna do the weekend better than me, and I’m not gonna do it better than what it is right now.” Tesfaye told Variety. “But I just want to know what comes after, I want to know what tomorrow looks like.”