The song originally appeared on Hurry Up Tomorrow, the Weeknd’s latest album, and the basis of an upcoming feature film of the same name starring Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan
Late nights turn into lonely mornings in the Weeknd‘s music video for “Drive,” a deep cut from his latest album, Hurry Up Tomorrow. The somber video stars Jenna Ortega, who passes time by soaring to new heights with the musician on amusement park rides, rocking in the seats of a Ferris wheel with a quiet sense of disconnection. Later in the Trey Edward Shults-directed visual, their paths diverge.
Ortega rides out the video cruising through striking landscapes and cranking up the volume dial on the radio. The Weeknd, on the other hand, slips into the dark as “Drive” transitions into “Baptized in Fear.” The camera locks on his face as water rises to cover his mouth and nose. “I fell asleep in the tub, I was met with paralysis/My foot hit the faucet, water started flowing in/Couldn’t scream for help, I just slowly felt the pressure hit,” he sings.
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The Weeknd and Ortega both star in Hurry Up Tomorrow, the forthcoming feature film set for release on May 16. Also featuring Barry Keoghan, the film directed by Shults has been described as a “musically driven psychological thriller.” In one trailer for the film, Ortega tells the musician: “I know this is really intense, but I’m not trying to hurt you. You are hurting yourself and you are hurting everyone around you … something has to change.”
Hurry Up Tomorrow is presumably the final project Abel Tesfaye will release as the Weeknd, hence the grand finale theatrics. “Everything needs to feel like a challenge. And for me right now, the Weeknd, whatever that is, it’s been mastered,” Tesfaye told Variety earlier this year. “No one’s gonna do the Weeknd better than me, and I’m not gonna do it better than what it is right now. I think I’ve overcome every challenge as this persona.”
