Watch the trailer for a new HBO show from the Weeknd and the creator of Euphoria
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Lily-Rose Depp and the Weeknd in The Idol. | Image: HBO HBO has released the first teaser trailer for The Idol, a new show co-created by Sam Levinson, creator and primary director of Euphoria, as well as Abel Tesfaye, better known by his stage name The Weeknd. The Idol stars Tesfaye as a Los Angeles club owner and modern-day cult leader as he embarks upon a complicated relationship" with a rising pop idol played by Lily-Rose Depp.
As you'd expect from a show that shares its creator with Euphoria, The Idol's trailer is a debauched affair that promises the series will tell the sleaziest love story in all of Hollywood." Levinson is directing each of the show's six episodes after director Amy Seimetz stepped away from the project in April, Deadline reported at the time. News of the change in...