The Weeknd Taps Gaspar Noé to Direct His Apocalyptic ‘Big Sleep’ Video: Watch

Being the cinephile that The Weeknd is, fans shouldn’t beryllium amazed to spot him pat Gaspar Noé to nonstop his hallucinatory “Big Sleep” video, which arrived connected Friday (Oct. 10).

The chaotic clip is simply a changeable of adrenaline arsenic Abel blinds viewers with the lights. There’s adjacent a informing connection for those suffering from epilepsy oregon photosensitive fans to instrumentality enactment of earlier watching: “This video contains sequences of flashing lights and imagery that whitethorn impact photosensitive viewers.”

In the video, an aged antheral — played by Hiep Tran Nghia — gingerly hobbles astir a chromatic municipality earlier an apocalypse of sorts strikes. Statue heads of The Weeknd and “Big Sleep” shaper Giorgio Moroder hover implicit the metropolis portion colorful lights flash from the clouds.

Nghia lies successful the halfway of the deserted municipality arsenic his tone is seemingly overtaken by Abel and Moroder, whose eyes mimic the colors of the lights surrounding them.

“Big Sleep” landed connected the XO leader’s Hurry Up Tomorrow medium and features co-production from disco trailblazer Giorgio Moroder.

After a mammoth tally done North America arsenic portion of the After Hours Til Dawn Tour, Abel’s heading overseas in 2026. Earlier this week, helium announced seven further shows for the U.K. and European leg.

There are present 36 dates successful total, with Abel adding shows successful Manchester, U.K.; Copenhagen, Denmark; Munich; Lille, France; Barcelona, Spain; and Lisbon, Portugal. There is besides a 4th day slated for Paris’ Stade de France. Fans tin expect Playboi Carti to service arsenic enactment connected the European trek.

Watch the ominous “Big Sleep” video above.