Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, has released the music video for his song “Baptized in Fear,” taken off his latest album Hurry Up Tomorrow.
The haunting, cinematic clip is shot in and around an old church, with eerie statues transforming in ghostly ways and the screen dark, except for the pews. Statues dissolve as Tesfaye sings, and he watches as his hand is slowly engulfed in a liquid marble, which according to a release, is “akin to the soulless statues that populate the visual before wandering out into the equally empty grounds of the churchyard, which represents the singer’s battle with inner demons, a purgatory that he must endure, fighting for rebirth.”
Baptized in Fear follows the videos for “Open Hearts,” “Cry For Me,” and “Drive,” and The Weeknd’s new film, Hurry Up Tomorrow – the full-length psychological thriller directed by Trey Edward Shults that serves as a companion piece to the album, starring Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan.
See the video for Baptized in Fear – HERE.
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