The Weeknd has teamed up with Playboi Carti and on a raunchy new single for his .
With a cast led by The Weeknd and , the show follows a pop star who falls for a cult-leading nightclub owner, according to .
Its new song, entitled Popular, includes scathing lyrics about a woman so obsessed with fame she will ‘sell her soul’ and ‘kill anyone’ to attain it.
‘I’ve seen the devil down Sunset, in every place, in every face,’ Madonna, 64, says in a mesmeric, low voice during the intro.
Then The Weeknd proposes to ‘give her a little taste’ of notoriety, leaving her ‘runnin’ back to me.Put it in her veins, pray her soul to keep.’
Incoming: The Weeknd has teamed up with Playboi Carti and Madonna on a raunchy new single for his upcoming miniseries The Idol
Wow: With a cast led by The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp, the show follows a pop star who falls for a cult-leading nightclub owner, according to Deadline
He makes fun of the subject of his song, who ‘lives a lie’ to the point she ‘calls the paparazzi, then she acts surprised.’
The chorus begins: ‘Beggin’ on her knees to be popular./ That’s her dream, to be popular. / Popular, just to be popular. / Everybody scream ’cause she popular. / She mainstream ’cause she popular. / Never be free ’cause she popular.’
‘Money on top of me, money on top of her,’ Playboi Carti interjects.’Shawty f*** with me ’cause she know I’m popular.’
‘I know that you see me, time’s gone by,’ the Queen Of Pop then croons. ‘Spend my whole life runnin’ from your flashin’ lights.’
The Idol caused a media sensation last month after it was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, ahead of its season premiere this Sunday.
Lily-Rose put on an incredibly chic display at Cannes with The Weeknd, who co-created The Idol with former nightlife entrepreneur Reza Fahim as well as Sam Levinson, the writer behind Euphoria.
Sam, whose own history with drugs helped inspire Euphoria, is Lily-Rose’s fellow ‘nepo baby’ as the son of the acclaimed director Barry Levinson.
Upon its premiere at Cannes, The Idol got a five-minute standing ovation but also provoked a raft of blistering responses from critics.
Classic theme: Its new song, entitled Popular, includes scathing lyrics about a woman so obsessed with fame she will ‘sell her soul’ and ‘kill anyone’ to attain it
‘I know that you see me, time’s gone by’: The Queen Of Pop croons in the number that she could ‘Spend my whole life runnin’ from your flashin’ lights’
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