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The Weeknd
'Is There Someone Else?'
19 January 2023 4 mins 14s

The Weeknd's masked period continues with a steamy promo for 'Is There Someone Else?' Abel Tesfaye dons a creepy AF disguise as he observes his partner through a telescope, well aware that he's past the point of no return ("I don't deserve someone loyal to me/Don't you think I see?"). As it turns out, the woman's bit on the side is, erm, him.

This version of Tesfaye wears sunglasses and a shit-eating grin—'the other guy' in his most overt form. The result is a paranoid, erotic thriller that would go down a storm in the 1980s, with clear visual nods to Brian De Palma's 'Body Double' and Michael Mann's 'Manhunter'.

Scored by a dark synth-pop ballad drenched in neon heartache ("If you're hurting him, or you're hurting me/If I ain't with you, I don't wanna be"), it's another intriguing insight into The Weeknd's psyche. Good news for his mask technician's bank account, too.

Product Category: Promos

Territory: UK



Somesuch
Director: Cliqua
Producer: Roisín Moloney
EP: Tim Nash
DOP: Nicholas Bupp
Final Cut
Editor: Antonio Gomez-Pan
Producer: Kelly Budish
Producer: Ghazal Zargar Elahi

  The Weeknd - 'Is There Someone Else?'


The Weeknd
'Is There Someone Else?'
19 January 2023 4 mins 14s

The Weeknd's masked period continues with a steamy promo for 'Is There Someone Else?' Abel Tesfaye dons a creepy AF disguise as he observes his partner through a telescope, well aware that he's past the point of no return ("I don't deserve someone loyal to me/Don't you think I see?"). As it turns out, the woman's bit on the side is, erm, him.

This version of Tesfaye wears sunglasses and a shit-eating grin—'the other guy' in his most overt form. The result is a paranoid, erotic thriller that would go down a storm in the 1980s, with clear visual nods to Brian De Palma's 'Body Double' and Michael Mann's 'Manhunter'.

Scored by a dark synth-pop ballad drenched in neon heartache ("If you're hurting him, or you're hurting me/If I ain't with you, I don't wanna be"), it's another intriguing insight into The Weeknd's psyche. Good news for his mask technician's bank account, too.

Product Category: Promos

Territory: UK



Somesuch
Director: Cliqua
Producer: Roisín Moloney
EP: Tim Nash
DOP: Nicholas Bupp
Final Cut
Editor: Antonio Gomez-Pan
Producer: Kelly Budish
Producer: Ghazal Zargar Elahi

The Weeknd 19 January 2023
'Is There Someone Else?' 4 mins 14s

by Andrew MacGregor

The Weeknd's masked period continues with a steamy promo for 'Is There Someone Else?' Abel Tesfaye dons a creepy AF disguise as he observes his partner through a telescope, well aware that he's past the point of no return ("I don't deserve someone loyal to me/Don't you think I see?"). As it turns out, the woman's bit on the side is, erm, him.

This version of Tesfaye wears sunglasses and a shit-eating grin—'the other guy' in his most overt form. The result is a paranoid, erotic thriller that would go down a storm in the 1980s, with clear visual nods to Brian De Palma's 'Body Double' and Michael Mann's 'Manhunter'.

Scored by a dark synth-pop ballad drenched in neon heartache ("If you're hurting him, or you're hurting me/If I ain't with you, I don't wanna be"), it's another intriguing insight into The Weeknd's psyche. Good news for his mask technician's bank account, too.

Product Category: Promos

Territory: UK



Somesuch
Director: Cliqua
Producer: Roisín Moloney
EP: Tim Nash
DOP: Nicholas Bupp
Final Cut
Editor: Antonio Gomez-Pan
Producer: Kelly Budish
Producer: Ghazal Zargar Elahi