The Weeknd to GQ - “Picture the album being like the listener is dead. And they’re stuck in this purgatory state, which I always imagined would be like being stuck in traffic waiting to reach the light at the end of the tunnel. And while you’re stuck in traffic, they got a radio station playing in the car, with a radio host guiding you to the light and helping you transition to the other side. So it could feel celebratory, could feel bleak, however you want to make it feel, but that’s what The Dawn is for me."
HERE'S MY TAKE ON THE CONCEPT: since a lot of the musical and lyrical ideas feel very similar to his other albums regarding falling in love and losing someone... here's how i take this. the weeknd is the purgatory's dj and entertainment even in old age, unable to find peace and forever forced to sit in this loop of musical tragedy where his life and sorrows are washed up and engulfed in dance music, watching the crowds move on to the next life. i feel like it is this very layered concept that has both in-universe implications about the exaggerated character of the weeknd but also meta ideas about that persona and how the fans view it. they constantly never want the character of the weeknd to find peace and to move back to this claustrophobic and harsh world of the trilogy mixtapes. he's stuck in this tragic loop while the world dances around him and people beg to hear more heartbreak and revel in it, while a song like blinding lights that's about him regressing into this obsessive and fame-blinded mindset becomes some amazing hit. that's why the ending of dawn fm makes so much sense especially with the visuals from the livestream: he sheds a single tear as he watches the crowd he entertains with his endless loop of heartbreak move on like he is unable to, and maybe every time he spreads his arms wide towards the light and hopes he can move on.
@@thedogfromraditude5449 Yeah, it definitely recontextualized the whole album for me. I realized a bulk of it during the last track because it ties it all together so well. The second listen brought so much more out of it for me.
I was surprised to hear the sample on Out of Time, it’s from a city pop song called Midnight Pretenders by Tomoko Aran. Good song, hope it gives more attention to city pop
The Weeknd said in an interview that imagine the album experience like you're dead and you're in a purgatory state waiting to reach the after life, like in your car waiting to reach the end of the tunnel while the radio jockey is taking you through these songs.
He said this and After Hours are parts of a new trilogy so if you consider this as a continuation of where he ended in After Hours, it kinda makes sense: at the end of After Hours he was devastated and was at the lowest point where he returned to taking drugs and nearly died to forget about his lover and then on this album it seems he is going through a near death experience disguised as a radio program.
I was very apprehensive going in and I was sooo pleasantly surprised, big fan of how this album turned out. And the album version of Take My Breath works so well!
Quite a few artists have used that same line with the double meaning, it's not original, and the weekends lyrics is exactly why I don't like him, lacking
I really don’t get how he didn’t pick up on it being a journey in purgatory from the first mention of getting close to the light, this is when over analysing doesn’t work.
I was scared that I was going to find this album boring, but after the first 10 minutes I forgot about that, and without knowing, I was almost done with the album. I love the OPN co-producing on almost every track, it's hard to find people who make synths sound so juicy and full as him. Something about the livestream event made the album better, aesthetically at least. The only thing I'm not too crazy about is the features, I felt like they were sonically out of place, especially Tylers. Don't know how to rank this album compared to his others, definitely his most cohesive work yet.
@@peexl3739 Hahaha thanks, never thought of someone saying this to me. I got it from a couple of years back when someone on Instagram posted it. I'm pretty sure it's a customized character in a fighting game from around 1990-2000's. It annoys me that I can't remember the name of the game, someone even pointed it out in the comments of the original post
The only story you need to hold on for this album is this: he's driving on a dark tunnel and this RADIO is playing. I wouldn't face it as a strong linear narrative, and Abel himself don't see it like this.
I’m a big fan of The Weeknd and have been for a good few years now, I have to be honest I didn’t really enjoy this album first listen but I’m hoping it grows on me over time (I’m sure it will with more listens) but regardless of me I’m glad people are enjoying it cause Abel deserves the praise
I was honestly in the same boat at first, but after listening to the album a few more times I’m definitely enjoying it way more now than at first. Hopefully it will grow on you overtime
@@NickTHEnooB74 Imagine writing the whole thing off after first song lmao. You the type of guy that turns of the movie because it's boring, after 20 mnutes.
Love your breakdowns but I think you're missing the whole theme of the album. He dies at the end Of After Hours, this album is in purgatory on the ride to (what I think his next record will be called) After Life
When he said at the start of the album I don’t understand the albums story it feels like we are already in the middle of something it made me wanna shoot msuelf
I really liked that you kept in that "fuck this intro dude" bit. You've always been real and true to yourself. Like Mac DeMarco said to Jean Dawson on MENTHOL*: "take it easy on yaself, ENJOY, what you're doing... And if you stop enjoying it at some point, hey! No problem. Don't do it anymore. ❤️ Ciaooo"
Some of your predictions on what’s going on we’re pretty spot on for first listen . Like you noticed it was the middle of a some , part of the second trilogy , and that the old man was getting beaten at the end of gasoline . I’m not finished watching but those were two things I noticed that were impressive to me.
I picture this album like sequel or Even a after credits scene to Afterhours, Afterhours ends off on the song until I bleed out I take this album as the character moving on to the after life. I believe this album to be a car ride to the after life, the music sounds same-ish throughout because the character spent his life to drugged up to differentiate the days, he spent his whole life partying, the radio DJ is a Angel like being that is there to externalize the thoughts he is having as he heads to the great unknown full of regret and remose for the songs all sound similar, the songs are memories, this goes back to when I said the character spent his whole life to drugged up to know the difference between days all the songs are similar because all the memories are similar.
I'm of a certain age that experienced the 70s and 80s growing up surrounded by music. My family had a pretty decent record collection that expanded alongside mine and my siblings vinyl-contribution. Everything from Tchaikovsky to Sex pistols. I hear familiar sounds from the past echo in the music of today which feels fetid and ridiculous for the most part, unless it's done really well, which is the feeling I get from Abel's Dawn FM. This is such a gorgeous album - and the way Abel shows us Pink Floyd is probably, in my opinion, as cheeky and cavalierly lovingly done as 'Rosebud' did back in the day. Dawn FM is one of the most striking and memorable (to the degree that I've heard the songs repeating in my mind over and over) albums I've listened to in the 2020's. I appreciate Jim Carey's appearance too.
There’s a reason artists do rollouts when releasing an album. If you don’t pay attention to them it’s not the artists fault you don’t understand a concept on first listen.
I would argue that if an album needs a rollout to get the concept, it has failed at least a little bit in the sense that people getting first exposure years after release wont be privy. The expectation that listeners will be up on everything you say and do as an artist forever is a mistake. When you go in on a concept, it lives and dies by how well executed it is in the music. The buildup pre release is meaningless outside of launch sales if it doesnt come together on the album. Ive always figured thats why its not done on a high level often. Its a high stakes move in that everything you present has to actually be in there somehow or you end up leaving people feeling baited.
This might be my favorite Weeknd project. Sounds like it’s starting to… dawn… on him that partying and pretending to be a bad boy for a decade doesn’t lead to a good place
What a way to start off the year! I don’t think it’s quite as good as After Hours, but it’s still yet another banger in Abel’s discography. The man never misses.
here we go again is brad’s worst take in a while… that song is a BEAUTIFULLY petty jab at bella hadid, and i love how the lyrics clash with the heavenly instrumental. and the tyler feature is both well mixed and lyrically hilarious. one of my favorite songs on the album for sure. love u tho brad
Just listened to it and this is better than his last album. People are way to quick to judge. This album actually is a cohesively better and I think a lot of people forget that the last album had massive hits but some weaker songs aswell. This doesn't have those big hits but *hits* more as an overall experience and in my opinion. Production is crazy good aswell, of course.
I think this new album flows better than the previous one, but the previous one has better songs that are good and work well on their own, without being in the context of the album. I don't know, I still prefer the AH tho.
@@andremartinez4411 After hours had just as substantial of a theme/story, while also having more diverse and unique production along with more standout songs. After hours was also a great album off first listen for many which from what I have seen, Dawn fm is not. Critics are loving this album but the general audience seems mixed
I really enjoyed this album, but with it promising something more high-concept, I couldn't help but feel disappointed by the story. I don't think he took enough advantage of the radio station framework and this journey from purgatory to the afterlife. After Hours managed to tell a stronger narrative with a looser concept
Brad you don't understand Abel is making a radio commerical theme album because he actually lost his car radio in college the radio isn't symbolism you really should educate yourself
The sound palette is beautiful. The baselines are nasty. Synths are a beauty. Even the concept, in it's broken pieces, can be comprehended. Unfortunately, it falls a bit short on the writing. What even was "i heard you're married". Or maybe I expect too much of Abel. The interludes that were interesting at first, felt like it was overdone by that song "every angel is terrifying". Doesn't mean I will not blast this album throughout 2022
This album is definitely solid, but nothing on here hit me like hardest to love, faith, escape from LA, after hours, etc...production definitely carries but something keeps me from getting totally lost in it.
Listening to an album like your doing Brad is a pretty shitty first listen. Constantly pausing and trying to come up with critiques or things to say about a song throughout the song.
I listened through the album twice. Imo along the songs were very similar sounding 80s synth pop. The lyrics weren’t anything to crazy as well. I was told im not understanding the “story” of abel and the story of the album but that should not alone make the album good or not. Also I love 80s pop but I want a fan of a lot of these tracks
Unrelated but what if you made a 'best album interludes' video. i think it'd be cool to find some good sounding tracks that were just used sort of as filler
@@jjonjjoe No way. Best album interludes would be awesome! Here are some of my favorites: For Free (from TPAB) Climb (From Pacifico) Sometimes (From Flower Boy)
Nobody Brad, before he’s even finished what he’s saying: well no actually now that I think about it this is actually genius but its also kinda bad which makes me wonder why it’s here until I listened to it further and it makes sense now and I feel like it suits it but i wouldn’t listen again 0/0 would not form an opinion
Yes I understand the theme. Doesn’t mean I can’t feel disappointed in this album. Yes I know it can possibly grow on me. But compared to After hours it won’t come close because that was a instant hit from the opening song and I don’t understand people saying that album grew if I remember correctly a lot of the sentiment was that it was a instant classic the day it dropped/first listen and if only went higher from there. I understand that this is cohesive and they blend, the problem I have is that all the songs sound the same. Saying “that’s how it’s supposed to be” doesn’t work because you can (and probably will) say that for all valid criticism. That’s cool that it’s supposed to be like for a mindless drive through purgatory doesn’t prevent it from feeling like purgatory itself and just a never ending chasm. Maybe if it was like a short mixtape like my dear melancholy maybe I would feel different.
I’d say on a song to song basis, although there are some similarities in the lyrics and sound choice, this album goes in a lot of different directions. Listen closer, and more attentively, with all due respect
The second half of this album really does not do it for me, after Here We Go Again the album lost its momentum, the last song with Jim Carrey's narrating is interesting, i really enjoyed that. Overall this album is just 5-6, Take My Breath is probably the only song i will come back to
@@xertz2502 what the fuck is the point of this reply..? Seriously what has happened to Brads comment section lol, this is one of many brain dead comments I’ve read
After first listen the albums production just didn’t do it for me. The album as a whole had a very strong identity in terms of production, but aside from 3-4 tracks, the rest just melt together
I like the album all things considered, but it’s definitely not too special to me. I think it could’ve been more, it started really strong, but I don’t know if I got fatigued from the synths or something, but ideas started to seem really recycled and I was getting a little bored. still a fun lp, just a noticeably flawed one
I feel like you made a video about this recently, but you kinda seem like you need to switch things up man. As great as these videos are, you seem really tired of making them, and it can't be great for your mental health. Just gotta switch up the format or something idk. Hope you're doing alright.
"reacting" to a piece of art implies that your potential for criticizing it in a positive manner is non-existent or to shallow to make sense. To critique something, you should at least not do it while you're reacting to it for the first time, i hate you, thanks for the reaction
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The Weeknd to GQ - “Picture the album being like the listener is dead. And they’re stuck in this purgatory state, which I always imagined would be like being stuck in traffic waiting to reach the light at the end of the tunnel. And while you’re stuck in traffic, they got a radio station playing in the car, with a radio host guiding you to the light and helping you transition to the other side. So it could feel celebratory, could feel bleak, however you want to make it feel, but that’s what The Dawn is for me."
I cant find this interview anywhere. Do u have a link??
Damn I didn't even see the interview he portrayed that perfectly with the album
Doesn’t excuse it from being criticized
this album is really bad
The entire album is the radio station while you're on the road in purgatory. Definitely not "tacted on". It was the entire theme.
I mean I love this dudes videos, he's funny and got great content but I felt the need to say it.
You can have a concept and still suck doesn’t excuse it
sounds like the worst radio station ever
HERE'S MY TAKE ON THE CONCEPT: since a lot of the musical and lyrical ideas feel very similar to his other albums regarding falling in love and losing someone... here's how i take this. the weeknd is the purgatory's dj and entertainment even in old age, unable to find peace and forever forced to sit in this loop of musical tragedy where his life and sorrows are washed up and engulfed in dance music, watching the crowds move on to the next life. i feel like it is this very layered concept that has both in-universe implications about the exaggerated character of the weeknd but also meta ideas about that persona and how the fans view it. they constantly never want the character of the weeknd to find peace and to move back to this claustrophobic and harsh world of the trilogy mixtapes. he's stuck in this tragic loop while the world dances around him and people beg to hear more heartbreak and revel in it, while a song like blinding lights that's about him regressing into this obsessive and fame-blinded mindset becomes some amazing hit. that's why the ending of dawn fm makes so much sense especially with the visuals from the livestream: he sheds a single tear as he watches the crowd he entertains with his endless loop of heartbreak move on like he is unable to, and maybe every time he spreads his arms wide towards the light and hopes he can move on.
Very cool theory.
Man, that makes so much sense now that I think about it:
@@thedogfromraditude5449 Yeah, it definitely recontextualized the whole album for me. I realized a bulk of it during the last track because it ties it all together so well. The second listen brought so much more out of it for me.
Abel is the Purgatory DJ, and Jim Carrey is the radio stations host. Makes a lot of sense now
that's really clever
I was surprised to hear the sample on Out of Time, it’s from a city pop song called Midnight Pretenders by Tomoko Aran. Good song, hope it gives more attention to city pop
I was legit thinking to myself that it had string city pop vibes this makes so much sense hahaha
Same man
it feels so weird listening to it that it just sounds like some fan mash up song.
Did he help produce the album?
@@adrianadames5934 what??
The Weeknd said in an interview that imagine the album experience like you're dead and you're in a purgatory state waiting to reach the after life, like in your car waiting to reach the end of the tunnel while the radio jockey is taking you through these songs.
He said this and After Hours are parts of a new trilogy so if you consider this as a continuation of where he ended in After Hours, it kinda makes sense: at the end of After Hours he was devastated and was at the lowest point where he returned to taking drugs and nearly died to forget about his lover and then on this album it seems he is going through a near death experience disguised as a radio program.
I was very apprehensive going in and I was sooo pleasantly surprised, big fan of how this album turned out. And the album version of Take My Breath works so well!
you should be apprehensive of this ratio
@@fiscalizacaoletterboxd who the heckerooni are you
@@AtaraxiaPNW the biggest ratioer of the world
@@fiscalizacaoletterboxd but you failed to ratio i fear
@@romeadeline source?
Dawn FMʼs just great, albums that click on the first listen are always great to hear. I hope it will click on other people too.
I hope it ratio you too
REM is also the deepest phase of sleep so he’s not just talking about the band
Its not the deepest
@@eternalnaptime6168 sorry yeah ur right not the deepest but the stage when dreams occur
Quite a few artists have used that same line with the double meaning, it's not original, and the weekends lyrics is exactly why I don't like him, lacking
@@71hammyman ok but nobody here said the line was original or that abel came up with it
@@71hammyman okay but who asked
Gasoline was a pleasant surprise imo, it would be cool for Abel to cover some 80s UK pop
Very Pet Shop Boys sounding
@@colonelfrost8 I love Pet Shop Boys! 🥰🥰🥰
Bri'ish innit
@@countyfacts6920 damn bro that’s hilarious
8:50 “How do you make…. How do I make love?” Brad, 2022.
Your Weeknd reactions have been some of my personal favorites from you, excited to see what you have to say about this one.
I really don’t get how he didn’t pick up on it being a journey in purgatory from the first mention of getting close to the light, this is when over analysing doesn’t work.
This review is pretty bad ngl
yeah exactly, it was annoying
He is really bad at interpreting album meanings. He thinks every album is telling a linear story and refuses to buy into or understand concepts.
Dawn FM sounds like a radio station run by the cult from far cry 5
I was scared that I was going to find this album boring, but after the first 10 minutes I forgot about that, and without knowing, I was almost done with the album. I love the OPN co-producing on almost every track, it's hard to find people who make synths sound so juicy and full as him. Something about the livestream event made the album better, aesthetically at least. The only thing I'm not too crazy about is the features, I felt like they were sonically out of place, especially Tylers. Don't know how to rank this album compared to his others, definitely his most cohesive work yet.
out of context but your profile picture brings so many memories back!
OPN is Oneohtrixpointnever?
@@coastercraziness yup.
@@Gomu. ok I figured, thanks for the clarification
@@peexl3739 Hahaha thanks, never thought of someone saying this to me. I got it from a couple of years back when someone on Instagram posted it. I'm pretty sure it's a customized character in a fighting game from around 1990-2000's. It annoys me that I can't remember the name of the game, someone even pointed it out in the comments of the original post
The only story you need to hold on for this album is this: he's driving on a dark tunnel and this RADIO is playing. I wouldn't face it as a strong linear narrative, and Abel himself don't see it like this.
Bro here we go again is beautiful, especially the chord progression and melody
AMAZING album, i listened to the livestream in the middle of the night, lights off... trascendental!!
The radio parts of this album feel straight-up inspired by Alan Wake.
this ratio feel straight-up inspired by this ratio
@prod. euli go back to this ratio
@@fiscalizacaoletterboxd counter ratio
It reminds me more of the audiobook interludes of X Ambassadors' The Beautiful Liar.
@@fiscalizacaoletterboxd just give up lol your ratios aren’t even working
I’m a big fan of The Weeknd and have been for a good few years now, I have to be honest I didn’t really enjoy this album first listen but I’m hoping it grows on me over time (I’m sure it will with more listens) but regardless of me I’m glad people are enjoying it cause Abel deserves the praise
I was listening on the twitch stream and I was completely turned off at Gasoline
I was honestly in the same boat at first, but after listening to the album a few more times I’m definitely enjoying it way more now than at first. Hopefully it will grow on you overtime
@@NickTHEnooB74 dude that's the first track
@@NickTHEnooB74 Imagine writing the whole thing off after first song lmao. You the type of guy that turns of the movie because it's boring, after 20 mnutes.
It's incredible synthwave
Love your breakdowns but I think you're missing the whole theme of the album. He dies at the end Of After Hours, this album is in purgatory on the ride to (what I think his next record will be called) After Life
When he said at the start of the album I don’t understand the albums story it feels like we are already in the middle of something it made me wanna shoot msuelf
I really liked that you kept in that "fuck this intro dude" bit. You've always been real and true to yourself.
Like Mac DeMarco said to Jean Dawson on MENTHOL*: "take it easy on yaself, ENJOY, what you're doing... And if you stop enjoying it at some point, hey!
No problem.
Don't do it anymore. ❤️ Ciaooo"
love the jean dawson representation
@@lasseheller9863 u know it bb
Shane Dawson talked to Mac DeMarco?
Fun fact: take my breath is actually about a chocking fetish
Legit after I finished the album I said 'this is what scaled and icy could have been if it was good' glad you agreed
Some of your predictions on what’s going on we’re pretty spot on for first listen . Like you noticed it was the middle of a some , part of the second trilogy , and that the old man was getting beaten at the end of gasoline . I’m not finished watching but those were two things I noticed that were impressive to me.
This already album of the year contender for me and here we go again is a song of the year contender
Out of time is my favorite I don’t understand the city pop sound works so well
First Brad reaction of the year! (Rich White man doesn’t count 😤)
I just heard this album, it's so good! It's like if After Hours and The Beautiful Liar had a lovechild.
it's interesting how the weeknd make take my breath longer song on the album it really made me like it more ngl
I figure that A Tale by Quincy is a backstory for Out of Time. I mean... looking back is a bitch, isn't it?
I picture this album like sequel or Even a after credits scene to Afterhours, Afterhours ends off on the song until I bleed out I take this album as the character moving on to the after life. I believe this album to be a car ride to the after life, the music sounds same-ish throughout because the character spent his life to drugged up to differentiate the days, he spent his whole life partying, the radio DJ is a Angel like being that is there to externalize the thoughts he is having as he heads to the great unknown full of regret and remose for the songs all sound similar, the songs are memories, this goes back to when I said the character spent his whole life to drugged up to know the difference between days all the songs are similar because all the memories are similar.
I'm of a certain age that experienced the 70s and 80s growing up surrounded by music. My family had a pretty decent record collection that expanded alongside mine and my siblings vinyl-contribution. Everything from Tchaikovsky to Sex pistols. I hear familiar sounds from the past echo in the music of today which feels fetid and ridiculous for the most part, unless it's done really well, which is the feeling I get from Abel's Dawn FM. This is such a gorgeous album - and the way Abel shows us Pink Floyd is probably, in my opinion, as cheeky and cavalierly lovingly done as 'Rosebud' did back in the day. Dawn FM is one of the most striking and memorable (to the degree that I've heard the songs repeating in my mind over and over) albums I've listened to in the 2020's. I appreciate Jim Carey's appearance too.
The vocal melody in the chorus of Here We Go Again is the same as in Alone Again
i like this album a lot
There’s a reason artists do rollouts when releasing an album. If you don’t pay attention to them it’s not the artists fault you don’t understand a concept on first listen.
I would argue that if an album needs a rollout to get the concept, it has failed at least a little bit in the sense that people getting first exposure years after release wont be privy. The expectation that listeners will be up on everything you say and do as an artist forever is a mistake. When you go in on a concept, it lives and dies by how well executed it is in the music. The buildup pre release is meaningless outside of launch sales if it doesnt come together on the album.
Ive always figured thats why its not done on a high level often. Its a high stakes move in that everything you present has to actually be in there somehow or you end up leaving people feeling baited.
If you didn't know, the radio voice is Jim Carrey
Thanks
Banger album
Iove this album so mach
brad, R.E.M. stands for rapid eye movement , which is how your eyes move really fast when you’re in the deepest sleep
great band tho 😘
It’s a double entendre because the band R.E.M. has a song called losing my religion
@@ianf6_ great point
I believe that this album is not a story, but an experience if you listen it as a whole
Bro that is really pretentious
@@man4437 It’s facts.
This might be my favorite Weeknd project. Sounds like it’s starting to… dawn… on him that partying and pretending to be a bad boy for a decade doesn’t lead to a good place
7:00 I see where Brad's priorities are.
U ARE A BEAST BRAD MAD GOOD CONTENT
Had a feeling you were gonna react to this album :)
Love you bradley
What a way to start off the year! I don’t think it’s quite as good as After Hours, but it’s still yet another banger in Abel’s discography. The man never misses.
what a way to start this ratio
@@fiscalizacaoletterboxd what a way to miss a ratio completely
@@fries5849 radio
I wasn’t a huge fan of this my first time, I hope it really grows one me
out of time grows on you so fast
here we go again is brad’s worst take in a while… that song is a BEAUTIFULLY petty jab at bella hadid, and i love how the lyrics clash with the heavenly instrumental. and the tyler feature is both well mixed and lyrically hilarious. one of my favorite songs on the album for sure. love u tho brad
Bruh, here we go again was my favorite track
Na, vocals on gasoline are brilliant
fax they grow on you so much with every listen
I love what he does with them. Love the sound of them, and the idea of him playing with different vocal styles as well. Very UK new wave/goth inspired
To be honest I really love this album.
Sacrifice is so good
Just listened to it and this is better than his last album. People are way to quick to judge. This album actually is a cohesively better and I think a lot of people forget that the last album had massive hits but some weaker songs aswell. This doesn't have those big hits but *hits* more as an overall experience and in my opinion. Production is crazy good aswell, of course.
Snowchild, after hours, faith, heartless and blinding lights are enough to make that album better. I like dawn FM but afterhours was better overall.
@@stillnotchill2560 No it wasn't and you'll see a few weeks from now.
@@andremartinez4411 lol ok. stans are crazy
I think this new album flows better than the previous one, but the previous one has better songs that are good and work well on their own, without being in the context of the album. I don't know, I still prefer the AH tho.
@@andremartinez4411 After hours had just as substantial of a theme/story, while also having more diverse and unique production along with more standout songs. After hours was also a great album off first listen for many which from what I have seen, Dawn fm is not. Critics are loving this album but the general audience seems mixed
Ayo brad you doing good? You seemed a bit down on this video… hope everything is alright!
The fact that in Here We Go Again he is clearly talking to Bella abt Angelina .-.
OH MY GOD THANK YOU
I really enjoyed this album, but with it promising something more high-concept, I couldn't help but feel disappointed by the story. I don't think he took enough advantage of the radio station framework and this journey from purgatory to the afterlife. After Hours managed to tell a stronger narrative with a looser concept
i felt the same way about all of the tracks tbh, really great reaction
Brad you don't understand Abel is making a radio commerical theme album because he actually lost his car radio in college the radio isn't symbolism you really should educate yourself
I actually enjoyed the Tyler feature and thought it worked. The Wayne feature though, jeez that was bad.
What I have learned from this review is that you dont like slow songs haha
Hey Brad, you should totally react to Torches by Foster the People! Every song on there is a banger and unique. Go for it!
Only good album from foster the people
No one cares
2011 called they want their most overrated spoken about less
@@jjonjjoe oh ok thx for letting me know
@@haleyanne6162 definitely their best, but in my opinion I think supermodel is also great
Lets Go Bradleyyyyy
I already finished the video easily top 20 videos of 2014
The sound palette is beautiful. The baselines are nasty. Synths are a beauty. Even the concept, in it's broken pieces, can be comprehended. Unfortunately, it falls a bit short on the writing. What even was "i heard you're married".
Or maybe I expect too much of Abel. The interludes that were interesting at first, felt like it was overdone by that song "every angel is terrifying". Doesn't mean I will not blast this album throughout 2022
Just great (from Brad)
Ah gasoline is by far the best song…
This album is definitely solid, but nothing on here hit me like hardest to love, faith, escape from LA, after hours, etc...production definitely carries but something keeps me from getting totally lost in it.
Listening to an album like your doing Brad is a pretty shitty first listen. Constantly pausing and trying to come up with critiques or things to say about a song throughout the song.
I listened through the album twice. Imo along the songs were very similar sounding 80s synth pop. The lyrics weren’t anything to crazy as well. I was told im not understanding the “story” of abel and the story of the album but that should not alone make the album good or not. Also I love 80s pop but I want a fan of a lot of these tracks
"That should not *alone* make the album good or not" THIS THIS THIS
your taste is your taste. appreciate you listening w an open mind
I like gasoline voice weeknd
damn he really didn't get here we go again, like at all, it's reeeeally far from being a song about flexing
Yeah dude was way off
Unrelated but what if you made a 'best album interludes' video. i think it'd be cool to find some good sounding tracks that were just used sort of as filler
That sounds so fucking boring what??
@@jjonjjoe No way. Best album interludes would be awesome! Here are some of my favorites:
For Free (from TPAB)
Climb (From Pacifico)
Sometimes (From Flower Boy)
@@jjonjjoe just an idea no need to get heated
@@toiletjoseph4167 sorry I was up late and just trolling lol
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Brad, before he’s even finished what he’s saying: well no actually now that I think about it this is actually genius but its also kinda bad which makes me wonder why it’s here until I listened to it further and it makes sense now and I feel like it suits it but i wouldn’t listen again
0/0 would not form an opinion
Yes I understand the theme. Doesn’t mean I can’t feel disappointed in this album.
Yes I know it can possibly grow on me. But compared to After hours it won’t come close because that was a instant hit from the opening song and I don’t understand people saying that album grew if I remember correctly a lot of the sentiment was that it was a instant classic the day it dropped/first listen and if only went higher from there.
I understand that this is cohesive and they blend, the problem I have is that all the songs sound the same. Saying “that’s how it’s supposed to be” doesn’t work because you can (and probably will) say that for all valid criticism.
That’s cool that it’s supposed to be like for a mindless drive through purgatory doesn’t prevent it from feeling like purgatory itself and just a never ending chasm.
Maybe if it was like a short mixtape like my dear melancholy maybe I would feel different.
As someone who likes Dawn FM that's perfectly fine. There's nothing wrong if an album doesn't click with you.
I’d say on a song to song basis, although there are some similarities in the lyrics and sound choice, this album goes in a lot of different directions. Listen closer, and more attentively, with all due respect
lets go
The second half of this album really does not do it for me, after Here We Go Again the album lost its momentum, the last song with Jim Carrey's narrating is interesting, i really enjoyed that. Overall this album is just 5-6, Take My Breath is probably the only song i will come back to
it’s gonna grow on so many people, just like after hours did
Afterhours was better, but sacrifice is a fire song You're tripping
@@stillnotchill2560 i like the instrumental but the song just does not have that oomf you know, that's just my opinion
@@loganharvey8026 how can you not like out of time and less than zero tho
u tripping album is amazing 8/10
Great album took me a few listens but I really enjoy.
Bro😨.... just listen to the album once and add the songs you like to your playlist.
@@xertz2502 what the fuck is the point of this reply..? Seriously what has happened to Brads comment section lol, this is one of many brain dead comments I’ve read
Out of Time is one of the best tracks because it’s so basic. Brad is just a contrarian
After first listen the albums production just didn’t do it for me. The album as a whole had a very strong identity in terms of production, but aside from 3-4 tracks, the rest just melt together
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Oh god is the joe biden the president of the free world
I like the album all things considered, but it’s definitely not too special to me. I think it could’ve been more, it started really strong, but I don’t know if I got fatigued from the synths or something, but ideas started to seem really recycled and I was getting a little bored. still a fun lp, just a noticeably flawed one
ur trippin the album is amazing and a 8/10
Bro you gotta listen to Before The Dawn Heals Us by M83
I feel like you made a video about this recently, but you kinda seem like you need to switch things up man. As great as these videos are, you seem really tired of making them, and it can't be great for your mental health. Just gotta switch up the format or something idk. Hope you're doing alright.
"reacting" to a piece of art implies that your potential for criticizing it in a positive manner is non-existent or to shallow to make sense. To critique something, you should at least not do it while you're reacting to it for the first time, i hate you, thanks for the reaction
bruh you're 3 tracks in how are you comparing it to the last album
I mean it does make sense as it is all part of a trilogy
The Weeknd is sober
Well, that's not an album that hit on first listen to me.
rem sleep
Bradley Taste in Mysic??????
Ame este álbum, en momentos me recordó a Michael Jackson.
defo better than after hours
tyler does well on this beat wtf idk wym
his flow on this beat is pretty unique
Great profile picture. That's one of my favorite albums of all time.
Unique?
@@chagrin6919 unique is the wrong word lol it is pretty fitting with the beat tho
not really, it sounds like iphone vocals tacked on
Ghost Stories reacting ?
Why no react to Arca's kicks??? transphobia?
I was bummed out that Tyler’s verse didn’t grab my attention, I thought it was going to be one of my fav songs, but unfortunately no. Big sad.
completely agree. i still like it but tyler could’ve done so much more, he’s too talented and creative to just give this boring line
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