Lily-Rose Depp in “The Idol” Eddy Chen/HBO
HBO’s brand-new collection The Idol may not be a preferred with the movie critics (which is a kind exaggeration), however Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, the program’s music mastermind, can bask in the reality that choices from its soundtrack have actually ended up being tiny occasions each brand-new songs Friday.
Less than a month after the launch of “Popular,” the Weeknd’s shock collab with Queen of Pop Madonna and also craze rap leader Playboi Carti, we’re obtaining a brand-new Weeknd collab; this is with BLACKPINK’s Jennie and also starlet Lily-Rose Depp, both of whom sign up with Tesfaye on the fame-skewering collection.
“One of the Girls” is a down-tempo, mentally traumatic track regarding control, popularity, need and also Stockholm disorder (“F–k me up and throw away the key) that will appear on the full soundtrack to the series, which drops June 30. The song directly tips to the show’s plot, which features Tesfaye as a cult leader and Depp as the pop star he has his sights set on. “Hands on my neck while you push it up,” she sings, a linkup to the programs various choking-related sex scenes. “Force me and choke me ‘til I pass out,” the Weeknd includes.
“There’s nothing sexy about it,” Tesfaye previously informed GQ of the sex-filled program. “With this show, we love to play with the emotions. We’re puppet-mastering your feelings through the show.”
“One of the Girls” notes JENNIE’s initial main solo launch because 2018, when the BLACKPINK vocalist launched the appropriately labelled “Solo” (2022 likewise saw her show up in Grimes’ “Shinigami Eyes” video clip). Depp, that plays the pop celebrity lead in The Idol, normally sings throughout the collection; until now we’ve heard her on “World Class Sinner” and also “Fill the Void” with the Weeknd and also Ramsey.
