What are your thoughts on The Weeknd's 'The Idol'? Have you watched it?

[No Seas Cortes]

This show draws abundant inspiration from Britney's life but also pays homage to the influence of other remarkable female artists.

Have you seen it? What are your thoughts on it?

Personally, I thought the show had so much potential, and I really liked the first few episodes. But those gross and unnecessary *** scenes were just too much. The ending made no sense at all.

As for The Weeknd's acting, it was just terrible. After seeing that cringeworthy performance and his Twitter meltdown, I can't look at him or listen to his music the same way anymore. The show overall felt like his sick s*xual fantasy

[Wendy Williams]

Have you watched it?

No.

[rik]

Didn’t see it but hyped it up to everyone I knew until I discreetly disappeared into the dark when people started to talk about how cringe it was. I also stopped associating Britney with it when that happened  it’s a selena Gomez biopic even though it obviously isn’t BYE

[rik]

I will watch it but I also wonder if the original conception of the show was filmed? It would be so interesting to see a baby one more time and more feminist outlook on the show 

[No Seas Cortes]

1 minute ago, River Red said:

Didn’t see it but hyped it up to everyone I knew until I discreetly disappeared into the dark when people started to talk about how cringe it was. I also stopped associating Britney with it when that happened  it’s a selena Gomez biopic even though it obviously isn’t BYE

I'm screaming

[rik]

1 minute ago, Henry. said:

I'm screaming

It was humiliating and demoralizing to find out the show was bad and that I was lying to my friends that the weeknd and Britney wrote it 

[No Seas Cortes]

1 minute ago, River Red said:

I will watch it but I also wonder if the original conception of the show was filmed? It would be so interesting to see a baby one more time and more feminist outlook on the show 

I would love to see her career evolution. The show had a vibe and fashion similar to In The Zoney but during the Blackout/Circus era

Omg storm I'm scared

[rik]

1 minute ago, Henry. said:

I would love to see her career evolution. The show had a vibe and fashion similar to In The Zoney but during the Blackout/Circus era

Omg storm I'm scared

Literally it would have been so good. I don’t even know what to say. Such a missed opportunity 

[No Seas Cortes]

5 minutes ago, River Red said:

It was humiliating and demoralizing to find out the show was bad and that I was lying to my friends that the weeknd and Britney wrote it 

It could have been such a good show tbh, and and they definitely should have re-cast The Weeknd with someone who exudes a dangerously s/xy vibe and can act

Edited July 24, 2023 by Henry.

[rik]

1 minute ago, Henry. said:

It could have been such a good show tbh, and they definitely should have re-cast someone hot with a dangerously **** vibe instead of The Weeknd

Literally. But when I told my producer that the weeknd can’t act he was like “you shouldn’t tell someone what they can and can’t do. Imagine if someone said you couldn’t singl BYEEEEEE but HES a Stan of his so

but he also agreed he is a better singer than actor omfg. The shade though bye 

Edited July 24, 2023 by River Red

[No Seas Cortes]

1 minute ago, River Red said:

Literally. But when I told my producer that the weeknd can’t act he was like “you shouldn’t tell someone what they can and can’t do. Imagine if someone said you couldn’t singl BYEEEEEE but HES a Stan of his so

but he also agreed he is a better singer than actor omfg. The shade though bye 

SCREAMING, no but for real it was so cringy These s/x scenes... And his meltdown on Twitter because people were dragging his a/s left and right

[No Seas Cortes]

1 minute ago, Henry. said:

SCREAMING, no but for real it was so cringy These s/x scenes...

@River Red

[Brat]

Just now, Henry. said:

@River Red

This is the reason I won’t 

[rik]

1 minute ago, Henry. said:

@River Red

SORRY HHHH

[rik]

1 minute ago, Brat said:

This is the reason I won’t 

U know I went to high school with his first cousin 

[Brat]

1 minute ago, River Red said:

U know I went to high school with his first cousin 

Did he try to stretch that tight little tiny? 

[rik]

2 minutes ago, Brat said:

Did he try to stretch that tight little tiny? 

JAILLL

[Martian_M00d]

I saw it, and I gotta say The weeknd's acting scenes were definitely cringey. It just didn't feel cohesive at all. There were moments of interesting cinema like her shooting the music video scene, but that was about it. There's this twist at the end of the show that is supposed to be this big swerve, but i didn't really see anything in the series that warranted that character shift. It does seem like they removed one episode, so the finale felt like I was missing a lot of context.

One giant "meh"

[Danielle1987]

The cinematography and atmosphere are gorgeous - but cannot make up for the lack in storyline and character development. I wanted to like it so much more. It’s also obvious this series majorly suffered due to poor editing. I read somewhere it was cut from 6 to 5 episodes & that is painfully obvious. 
 

I sensed much potential, but something went wrong. I’m not hating - more bummed out. 

Edited July 24, 2023 by Danielle1987

[Danielle1987]

19 minutes ago, Martian_M00d said:

I saw it, and I gotta say The weeknd's acting scenes were definitely cringey. It just didn't feel cohesive at all. There were moments of interesting cinema like her shooting the music video scene, but that was about it. There's this twist at the end of the show that is supposed to be this big swerve, but i didn't really see anything in the series that warranted that character shift. It does seem like they removed one episode, so the finale felt like I was missing a lot of context.

One giant "meh"

I did read it went from an original 6 episodes to 5 episodes. And it shows!