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Get ready for a steamy, sleazy look into the music industry courtesy of “The Weeknd”.
On Sunday, HBO unveiled its first look at “The Idol”, the upcoming series co-created by the “Blinding Lights” singer and “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson. Amy Seimetz (“The Girlfriend Experience”, “Atlanta”) directs all six episodes in the first season.
The series focuses on an emerging pop star (Lily-Rose Depp) who falls in with a charismatic cult leader (played by The Weeknd, using his real name, Abel Tesfaye), and the first official teaser for the show is chock-full of sex, drugs… and more sex and drugs.
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The series, notes HBO’s press release, “set against the backdrop of the music industry, centres on a self-help guru and leader of a modern-day cult, who develops a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop idol.”
“When the multi-talented Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye, Reza Fahim and Sam Levinson brought us ‘The Idol’, it was clear their subversive, revelatory take on the cult of the music industry was unlike anything HBO had ever done before,” said HBO executive vice president of programming Francesca Orsi in a statement.
A premiere date for the show hasn’t been set, but the teaser promises that “The Idol” is “coming soon.”
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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJennie, part of the K-Pop girl group Blackpink will appear in the upcoming HBO TV series “The Idol.” She joins a cast that is headed by The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp.Co-created by The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye), Sam Levinson (“Euphoria”) and Reza Fahim, “The Idol” is set against the backdrop of the music industry. The plot follows a self-help guru and cult leader who develops a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop idol.Jennie, expected to be credited under her full name Jennie Kim, appeared briefly in a recently released trailer for the show. The show’s release date has not been announced.HBO subsequently confirmed Jennie’s participation via Twitter.
Johnny Depp's daughter Lily-Rose Depp is notoriously private and rarely shares posts on social media.MORE: Lily-Rose Depp had this to say when asked a rare question about dad Johnny DeppHowever, this week the 23-year-old took to Instagram to share some personal news with her followers.Lily shared a trailer for upcoming HBO show The Idol, where she plays rising pop star Jocelyn in the six-episode drama.VIDEO: Inside Johnny Depp's family life away from the spotlight Lily wrote alongside the footage: "The sleaziest love story in all of Hollywood. From the sick and twisted minds of @samlev00 & @theweeknd , #THEIDOL coming soon.
Lily Rose Depp is about to show us what the price for stardom really is! Looking absolutely stunning in the highly anticipated HBO series ‘The Idol’ acting alongside The Weeknd, in a new trailer that gives a glimpse into the Hollywood life of an up-and-coming pop star.With many special guests, the new TV series created by The Weeknd and Sam Levinson, best known for his success in the two seasons of Euphoria, ‘The Idol’ will be running for seven episodes and will include fan-favorite BLACKPINK star Jennie, singer Troye Sivan, and more stars.HBO has now released the first look at the long awaited show, showing the lavish lifestyle of the rich and famous under the California sun, with money, mansions, drugs, champagne and a lot of bizarre situations about to develop on the small screen.The new trailer also referred to “the sick and twisted minds” of Levinson and The Weeknd, hinting at what’s to come and describing “the sleaziest love story in all of Hollywood.”Lily Rose’s character can be seen working at the studio, practicing choreography with back up dancers, and later having a conversation with The Weeknd’s character. “Why don’t you just be yourself,” he asks.
The Idol starring Lily Rose-Depp (daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis) and The Weeknd. The teaser says that the show comes “from the sick and twisted minds" of Sam Levinson, Euphoria's creator, and The Weeknd, and promises to tell “the sleaziest story in all of Hollywood.” The series follows a female pop singer (Depp) who starts a romance with an L.A.
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Euphoria was debauched? Wait until you get a load of what its co-creator, Sam Levinson, has been working on. ‘The sleaziest love story in all of Hollywood’ is quite a bold claim for a brand new series to start throwing around, but given Levinson’s previous form, it’s probably justified. And the trailer for The Idol certainly sets up the stall for the new HBO show: hot young things writhing around by a pool, in parties, in strip clubs; spraying Champagne and racking up lines; literal pants being dropped and steamy sex scenes against the illuminating backdrop of La La Land by night.
HBO is very happy to be in business with Sam Levinson. The writer-director-producer is the mastermind behind the Emmy-winning hit drama, “Euphoria.” And now, he is about to launch his latest HBO project, “The Idol.” As seen in the teaser for “The Idol,” the new series from the creator of “Euphoria,” has all the style of the popular teen drama but with a heavy dose of sleaze.
HBO drama gives a glimpse into the indulgent process of making a star as self-help guru, played by Abel Tesfaye, shapes Depp’s career.The series stars Depp, who debuted her acting career in “Tusk” (2014), and later scored roles in “The Dancer” (2016), “Planetarium” (2016) and “The King” (2019). The official teaser for “The Idol,” which intercuts footage from the series with a production of a music video, features the necessities for becoming a pop star: champagne popping, lines of cocaine, a wad of cash and a scantily clad Depp.
The Weeknd and creator Sam Levinson's latest series,.The opening sequence reads “From The Sick & Twisted Minds of the Creator of Euphoria Sam Levinton and Abel 'The Weeknd' Tesfaye" before it cuts to over a minute of footage from the series. Lily-Rose Depp is seen on screen practicing sexy dance moves, stripping down and riding shotgun in the passenger's seat next to The Weeknd -- in addition to — clips of cocaine use, dinner scenes and more seductive dancing.