The Ilya Naishuller-directed music video is basically a cross between an action film and an intense game of 'Call of Duty'.
- Oct 14, 2016
AceShowbiz - The Weeknd debuts action-packed music video for his latest single "False Alarm". Directed by Ilya Naishuller, the nearly six-minute video is basically a cross between an action film and an intense game of "Call of Duty".
The parental advisory warning flashes before the video plays out like a first-person shooter game with the camera showing the perspective of one bank robbery. A young girl is taken hostage as the robber and his crew try to escape police. At one point, the getaway car catches up and the robbers are transporting the money and the hostage into the moving van.
One robber attempts to kill his accomplice after losing a bag of money, but the girl saves him. After the van crashes, the survived robber throws her the key to her handcuffs so she can help him, but she takes the money and runs away. He insists that the girl run to safety and reveals himself to be The Weeknd, wearing the same cross necklace in "Starboy" video. He puts the gun up to his throat as the cops draw closer.
"False Alarm" is the second single off The Weeknd's upcoming album "Starboy", which is due out on November 25.
