The latest trailer for The Idol gives off the impression that the show's creators might not exactly understand how to tell a tale about seduction, desire, and power.
Sunday marked the debut of the new superteam for New York.
Sam Levinson and The Weeknd, the co-creators of The Idol, have spent the last few months adamantly denying reports that their upcoming Max series is self-indulgent "torture porn" .
Sunday marked the debut of the new superteam for New York.
But rather a provocative work of heightened commentary on the dangers of fame.
Sunday marked the debut of the new superteam for New York.
The latest trailer for The Idol makes it seem like it might be a little from column A and a lot more.
Sunday marked the debut of the new superteam for New York.
From column B while also making a very strong effort to demonstrate how willing it is to "go there."
Sunday marked the debut of the new superteam for New York.
The Idol's spiraling superstar Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) and Tedros (Abel Tesfaye), the cunning, new-age cult leader who enters her life after.
Sunday marked the debut of the new superteam for New York.
She suffers a very public mental breakdown, have a complicated power dynamic that includes sexuality.
Sunday marked the debut of the new superteam for New York.
The new trailer describes how the two, as a unit, set themselves to injecting some of their personal erotic energy into her public persona as a performer.
Sunday marked the debut of the new superteam for New York.