Bro what? None of these songs come close to 20+ of the original trilogy songs in my opinion. After Hours is a good album, but it's not on the same level as Trilogy.
Fun fact: both Tears In The Rain and Blinding Lights have the same tone and same chord progression. I'm surprised no one has ever made a mashup of these 2 songs yet
I dont understand how you can have faith and after hours on the same album. Its been years now and they are 2 of the absolute best songs ive ever heared in my entire life.
I wish nothing compares would've made the album instead of being a bonus track, but this album helped me thru the pandemic and a breakup at the same time. So it's a 10/10 for me
I think he didn't include it because the original part of the album feels like a loop and the deluxe one is like him breaking a loop and moving to Dawn FM theme
When you listen to Dawn FM and After Hours back-to-back, the interacting themes are really cool and unify the two as a concept. Nihilism and hopelessness vs. love and hope. Selfishness vs. selflessness. Regret vs. forgiveness. Death and afterlife vs. rebirth. Chaos vs. peace. The after hours vs. the dawn. What comes next fascinates me.
After Hours is my favorite album by The Weeknd especially the top tier music videos that were released for the songs! I also love it’s cinematic feel. Glad you listened to it!
I just can't put any of these songs above a single song in Trilogy. It's good music, but I just can't feel the same way about it like I did in 2011 when I first heard his stuff.
@@kalen1702 I understand where you are coming from because all my top 5 were in trilogy at 1 point but the more and more I listened the more I was understanding the Lore and understanding why songs like after hours and faith are better than wicked games and the morning
@@JonathanMiamii to each their own I guess. I do respect The Weeknd for trying new sounds and just making music that he likes instead of conforming (mostly), so I can’t be too let down. His new stuff is still great, but for now I’ll stick with Trilogy for the most part
A little fun fact, so able said in an interview that the ending of faith depicts a moment from his past, him being in the back of a police car after getting in a fight while being drunk, he said that him being on that cop car was the lowest point of his life, where he rethough all of his decisions, deep stuff.
*Hearing songs on this album and Dawn FM live is something I’ll never forget. The album was already very cinematic, but live it was an out of body experience . With Mike Deans synths, the music became entrancing. Excellent album*
I feel like people hate Blinding lights too much. It's the first song I ever listened from him and I knew in an instant I had to look at this guy. It still remains my 3rd favorite from the album. I get teary eyed when I remember the first time I listened to his beautiful voice:)
The Weeknd dropping Blinding Lights as a single before the album and literally everyone listening to it and thinking it was about him being blinded by the “media lights” and such, was genius. Cos then the true fans listen to it after the ending of Faith and realize there’s WAY more to it
Love how much you loved Faith. I think it’s one of his most underrated songs and arguably one of the best he’s ever made. I debate whether this or Wicked Games is my personal favorite
I’m gonna watch this later simply because I like to read what the community says about it and I’ll wait for more people to comment, this is definitely my favorite album of this decade, ir helped me go through tough times
THIS IS HIS BEST PIECE OF WORK! An album which can cater to all of his polarized audiences, nothing is better than this! Both the mainstream and the xo audience love it
I think After Hours is one of his best most cohesive projects. Alone Again is such a good opener and Until I bleed Out is such a good closer when you realize he’s dying and going to purgatory in Dawn FM. I always find myself going back to it when driving at night. My fav songs are definitely Faith and After hours. The music videos also give the album a new dimension XO
After Hours, the song, was never officially released as a single, but an audio RUclips video of the song was uploaded about a month before the album’s debut.
Blinding Lights is actually my favorite Weeknd song so I'm not even close to tired of it. I still listen to it every week. I think it's just a perfect pop song that I can never get tired of, kinda like Billie Jean
Since you can not decide whether After Hours or Until I Bleed Out is the better closer, make sure you check out the bonus tracks Nothing Compares, Missed You and Final Lullaby. These song close it all out even better imo
Many artists have tried to recreate the authentic vibe of 80s Pop, but only few did it so well like Abel with Save Your Tears, In Your Eyes and Blinding Lights. As an 80s kid I could really imagine this songs blasting out of the radio along the likes of "Never Ending Story" and "When The Rain Begins To Fall" on a sunny day in 1984.:)
If you want to know my honest opinion of Blinding Lights as a 0.05% fan of Abel then this is it: It is not only his best song ever, it’s probably the best song of this generation. It’s not as deep or complex as some of his other work (Kiss Land/HoB) for example, but i don’t care when it comes to this song. There is just something so unbelievably special about the melody, rhythm and feel of Blinding Lights that makes me unable to get tired of it. Its probably at this point my most listened to song ever at this point, i still have the same euphoric feeling when i listen to it as i had at first listen. Statistically the GOAT, and subjectively imo, the 🐐.
Please do the 3 bonus tracks to After Hours too, Final Lullaby is the true closer to this album. Also please do the Live at So-Fi album it's amazing! Keep up the great vids 👍
@@turtleboy35 That's fair, I love both tracks as endings tbh. Personally I just feel Final Lullaby is a better ending just because he's putting the idea of them being together and the mental images of their past to bed, I just think it's the perfect ending to the album.
As someone who has been listening to every weeknd song for a long time you start to go from having a top 5 to a top 3 to a top 1. And I have come to the conclusion that After Hours is The Weeknd’s best song ever. It is The Weeknd at his peak and I feel like the song is all of the weekend put into 1 song.
After Hours is my fav song of all time from the Weeknd, the moment when I listened to it as a single on the day it dropped, it was just a whole new experience musically for me, I don't remember listening to a song with such build up atmosphere before. Also Until I bleed out is heavily underrated to my opinion , that song is so intense and it has the perfect music video to represent it, whenver I listen to it when I am heavily down *that is rare I promise* I feel myself dying like him, specially with those suffocating sounds in the background. loving your reaction videos as always looking forward for more ❤
Would be interested in hearing your thoughts on Nothing Compares, Missed you, and Final Lullaby from the album's deluxe version. Nothing compares is one of my favorites
After hours is portal through which I discovered abel. Even after crossing the ocean of his discography, the title track remains the pearl of the ocean for me:)
your reactions are great as always! you should also listen to the bonus 3 tracks in your spare time because 'Nothing Compares' i think is up there as one of the best songs from the album
Having gone through what was sung about in Until I Bleed Out, the song hits harder, as I think it would for people who have gone through the particular situation, it's very weird to be put back into a dark moment in life from just a song that doesn't reference it directly, but I love that song.
After hours the track is my favorite song on the album and one of my favorite songs from the weeknd. This coming from a guy who is XO till we overdose here since before the trilogy. Like you said its a pefect song... so many levels to it. reminds me a lot of Tears in the Rain which is also one of my favorites from the Weeknd. I love your channel and insight, keep doing what you do.
This album turned 3 years old today. I’ve listen to it and watched reactions over and over but you somehow gave me several new impressions of this absolute masterpiece. You’re very good at reacting to music 🤝
Until I bleed out is the perfect transition between After Hours and Dawn FM. He essentially dies in Until I bleed out (the bonus tracks sort of add onto that) and then he wakes up in purgatory in Dawn FM
I really like blinding lights and also can't feel my face for that fact. I just think they are super catchy and. I don't really care how much they are played.
The story of this album is really underrated. Starts out with Abel accepting responsibility for his mistakes in his past relationships. In Snowchild, he talks about not wanting to relapse and become toxic again. But LA lifestyle catches up to him and he reverts to his old ways in escape from LA and Heartless. Faith, blinding lights, in your eyes is him embracing that lifestyle. The last few tracks is him coming to grips with who he is and there’s a glimpse of hope for him by the end of the album to do right again.
Repeat After Me’s purpose is to show that even though The Weeknd wants to go back to his old lover on Save Your Tears after leaving her for Hollywood and fame, he cannot because his old lover has inevitably found someone new
you're 90% into finally becoming a true xo family member. listen to his unreleased songs now. and also watch his mvs, they hit differently. oh, and listen to the bonus tracks as well. 'nothing compares' is just 👌🏻
Takes me back to 2020, this album was so claustrophobic and everyone was quarantined, it was the perfect match. I lived with this album for two years playing it everyday!
I feel I never tell someone to play Blinding Lights because it was played so much before, BUT when I hear it, how can I not dance to it 😂 Faith was my favorite track on first listen, easily. As I kept listening to the album, putting pieces together, understanding the lyrics better, and getting a full picture of the story, I enjoy it more and more. Too Late grew on me a little bit, but a song I wouldn't mind not being on the album. Escape From LA also grew on me and is now one of my top five tracks for sure 😌
I love until I bleed out as the closer, especially along with the music video it has, it also feels a lot sadder as an outro which makes the project as a whole hit harder imo
Once you hear after hours live you’ll see how much the fandom appreciates it😭
Oh hell yeahh!!!
IM FAAALINNNGG INNNN TOO DEEEEEEP
His SoFi performance live album is a masterpiece
Ohhhhhh babbbbbyyyyyy
Where are you now when I need you most
After Hours definitely gets the respect it deserves, most people in the fandom consider it their favorite song of his
Your pfp 🧎
It does, After listening to every song on repeat for 3 years I’ve come to say that After Hours is my favorite song, especially Live.
@@Alejandro_2003 the same thing happened to me
@@JonathanMiamii It’s gotten to the point where that song makes me emotional for no reason😂
Bro what? None of these songs come close to 20+ of the original trilogy songs in my opinion. After Hours is a good album, but it's not on the same level as Trilogy.
Idc how popular the song is, Blinding Lights deserves all the praise. Album is great!
Fun fact: both Tears In The Rain and Blinding Lights have the same tone and same chord progression. I'm surprised no one has ever made a mashup of these 2 songs yet
exactly
This. It gets less love because of how popular it is but in all honesty it’s one of his best songs.
Blinding lights is highly overrated
@@hitzs why
Don't worry, I think I speak for all of his fans when I say After Hours is one of his best songs.
It’s his second best for me right before the knowing
@@Prodbyjah464 cause I know everythinggg
It’s number 3 on my weeknd list, behind adaptation and faith.
it’s 2 for me after wicked games
It’s number 1 for me. One of my favorite songs of all time by any artist.
Faith + After hours personal favourites, absolute classics
Same 🔥
Same
Great taste 👌🏽
I dont understand how you can have faith and after hours on the same album. Its been years now and they are 2 of the absolute best songs ive ever heared in my entire life.
I dont understand how you can have ; escape from la until after hours😭 just masterpeace
until i bleed out tho
I@@Giorgiopino24 at this point i dont understand how an album like this was able to be made
I wish nothing compares would've made the album instead of being a bonus track, but this album helped me thru the pandemic and a breakup at the same time. So it's a 10/10 for me
Same nothing compares is one of my all time favorite songs
Nothing compares is soooo good
I think he didn't include it because the original part of the album feels like a loop and the deluxe one is like him breaking a loop and moving to Dawn FM theme
You & I bro… you & I 🫡
yep！🫡
When you listen to Dawn FM and After Hours back-to-back, the interacting themes are really cool and unify the two as a concept. Nihilism and hopelessness vs. love and hope. Selfishness vs. selflessness. Regret vs. forgiveness. Death and afterlife vs. rebirth. Chaos vs. peace. The after hours vs. the dawn. What comes next fascinates me.
hm I feel like third has to be some kind of rebirth or revival
@@stian7479 afterlife is next bby
im so fucking hyped for the 3rd album in this trilogy, it's gonna be a masterpiece
the amazing thing is that he sings in very different styles. whether it's dark rnb to retrosynth style, and it all sounds beautiful in its own way
After Hours is my favorite album by The Weeknd especially the top tier music videos that were released for the songs! I also love it’s cinematic feel. Glad you listened to it!
After hours is The Weeknds best song ever IMO. It’s The Weeknd at his absolute peak and some of the best production I’ve ever heard.
I just can't put any of these songs above a single song in Trilogy. It's good music, but I just can't feel the same way about it like I did in 2011 when I first heard his stuff.
@@kalen1702 I understand where you are coming from because all my top 5 were in trilogy at 1 point but the more and more I listened the more I was understanding the Lore and understanding why songs like after hours and faith are better than wicked games and the morning
@@JonathanMiamii to each their own I guess. I do respect The Weeknd for trying new sounds and just making music that he likes instead of conforming (mostly), so I can’t be too let down. His new stuff is still great, but for now I’ll stick with Trilogy for the most part
Trilogy better
@@kalen1702 the way I would describe it is that I don’t consider After Hours a song I consider it an experience
blinding lights is the definition of pop perfection, i don't care if it's overplayed, when a song is great, is great, i love it sm
A little fun fact, so able said in an interview that the ending of faith depicts a moment from his past, him being in the back of a police car after getting in a fight while being drunk, he said that him being on that cop car was the lowest point of his life, where he rethough all of his decisions, deep stuff.
bro it's abel
quarantine 2020 was a time to be alive especially when this album came out.
Faith and After Hours definitely receive lots of love from the fans
This album is absolutely great
Escape From LA is my favorite all time
Sameeeee
Same
OHH ESCAPE FROM LA APPRECIATION I LOVE THAT TRACK. my favourite on after hours
He should've released "take me back to LA"
💯 least I'm not the only one 😅
Repeat after me is so underrated! It’s in my top 5 of the album
For reallll
It's a better interlude than stargirl
I agree
Repeat after me , Stargirl & Demonz by Brent Faiyaz are the 3 greatest interludes I’ve ever heard in my life … 🔥
It reminds me Trilogy
Already a classic album. A staple for the 2020s
Abel’s way of building worlds with his music is so fascinating to me
*Hearing songs on this album and Dawn FM live is something I’ll never forget. The album was already very cinematic, but live it was an out of body experience . With Mike Deans synths, the music became entrancing. Excellent album*
Maybe my fav album ever. The sound, the aesthetics, the storytelling, the videos… the entire world created by this album is so amazing.
Greatest album of the decade.
Heartless, Faith, Blinding Lights and After Hours. First listen experience is out of this world.
can we talk about why this girl has only 7k followers? i really love the way she describes the songs... she surely deserves more
Don’t worry the title track is often placed as the best song he’s ever made in the fandom and if not the best it’s top 5.
I feel like people hate Blinding lights too much. It's the first song I ever listened from him and I knew in an instant I had to look at this guy. It still remains my 3rd favorite from the album. I get teary eyed when I remember the first time I listened to his beautiful voice:)
The Weeknd dropping Blinding Lights as a single before the album and literally everyone listening to it and thinking it was about him being blinded by the “media lights” and such, was genius. Cos then the true fans listen to it after the ending of Faith and realize there’s WAY more to it
Love how much you loved Faith. I think it’s one of his most underrated songs and arguably one of the best he’s ever made. I debate whether this or Wicked Games is my personal favorite
when i first heard blinding lights it instantly became a song i loved and was addicted to and still to this day i’m obsessed with it
she’s my new fav reacter, idc cry abt it
Until I Bleed Out has lyrics that really affect the psychology of those who have already been through what is sung in the song.
Love this album and era from Abel. Middle of the pandemic and dude was dropping nonstop content for AH. You gotta listen to live at Sofi!
This Album being new during peak quarentine made some of these songs hit even harder at the time!
I’m gonna watch this later simply because I like to read what the community says about it and I’ll wait for more people to comment, this is definitely my favorite album of this decade, ir helped me go through tough times
THIS IS HIS BEST PIECE OF WORK! An album which can cater to all of his polarized audiences, nothing is better than this! Both the mainstream and the xo audience love it
I think After Hours is one of his best most cohesive projects. Alone Again is such a good opener and Until I bleed Out is such a good closer when you realize he’s dying and going to purgatory in Dawn FM. I always find myself going back to it when driving at night. My fav songs are definitely Faith and After hours. The music videos also give the album a new dimension XO
as a storyline I think after hours is better but as an album set including transitions and effect, I think Dawn Fm is more cohesive
After Hours, the song, was never officially released as a single, but an audio RUclips video of the song was uploaded about a month before the album’s debut.
The transition from Faith into Blinding Lights is literally to die for.
It’s the toxicity in the interlude that ppl relate and gravitate towards it… hands down a great interlude in my opinion
Blinding Lights is actually my favorite Weeknd song so I'm not even close to tired of it. I still listen to it every week. I think it's just a perfect pop song that I can never get tired of, kinda like Billie Jean
I'd say its more like After Hours is death, dawn FM is purgatory, and the third album will be the after life
Since you can not decide whether After Hours or Until I Bleed Out is the better closer, make sure you check out the bonus tracks Nothing Compares, Missed You and Final Lullaby. These song close it all out even better imo
I became a weeknd fan with this album...from then,I have dig into his past discography and After is still my favorite with trilogy being second
Many artists have tried to recreate the authentic vibe of 80s Pop, but only few did it so well like Abel with Save Your Tears, In Your Eyes and Blinding Lights. As an 80s kid I could really imagine this songs blasting out of the radio along the likes of "Never Ending Story" and "When The Rain Begins To Fall" on a sunny day in 1984.:)
If you want to know my honest opinion of Blinding Lights as a 0.05% fan of Abel then this is it:
It is not only his best song ever, it’s probably the best song of this generation.
It’s not as deep or complex as some of his other work (Kiss Land/HoB) for example, but i don’t care when it comes to this song. There is just something so unbelievably special about the melody, rhythm and feel of Blinding Lights that makes me unable to get tired of it. Its probably at this point my most listened to song ever at this point, i still have the same euphoric feeling when i listen to it as i had at first listen. Statistically the GOAT, and subjectively imo, the 🐐.
36:51 That smile mirrored my exact first reaction. Thanks for blessing us with such a brilliant first reaction!
Please do the 3 bonus tracks to After Hours too, Final Lullaby is the true closer to this album. Also please do the Live at So-Fi album it's amazing! Keep up the great vids 👍
I disagree. I think the bonus tracks are worth a listen, but Until I Bleed Out is the perfect ending
For reals!!
@@turtleboy35 That's fair, I love both tracks as endings tbh. Personally I just feel Final Lullaby is a better ending just because he's putting the idea of them being together and the mental images of their past to bed, I just think it's the perfect ending to the album.
As someone who has been listening to every weeknd song for a long time you start to go from having a top 5 to a top 3 to a top 1. And I have come to the conclusion that After Hours is The Weeknd’s best song ever. It is The Weeknd at his peak and I feel like the song is all of the weekend put into 1 song.
You nailed it on the two fan favorites too. Faith and After Hours are the two best on the album
After Hours is my fav song of all time from the Weeknd, the moment when I listened to it as a single on the day it dropped, it was just a whole new experience musically for me, I don't remember listening to a song with such build up atmosphere before.
Also Until I bleed out is heavily underrated to my opinion , that song is so intense and it has the perfect music video to represent it, whenver I listen to it when I am heavily down *that is rare I promise* I feel myself dying like him, specially with those suffocating sounds in the background.
loving your reaction videos as always looking forward for more ❤
After Hours is voted as his best song so no worries there, but Until I Bleed Out is also a fan fav so that was your most arguable statement
A discography ranking would be amazing!
Wish I could go back to when this album dropped. Saved my quarantine
I swear it’s so nostalgic, crazy to say but the whole quarantine set the mood for this album even more
The whole album is just perfection. Love to see all the appreciation the title track is getting, has to be his best song
That smile while listening to After Hours>
after hours: death
dawn fm: purgatory
third album: after life
after hours (track) was a mf experience to listen to
only youtuber where i look forward to the next video dropp every time
Faith, Escape from LA and After Hours will always hold a special place in my heart ♥️
Until i bleed out is underrated. I can't stop listen to it full volume at 2 am when theres too much stress in my life and i can't sleep
Once you complete Dawn fm ,
Please do his latest "live at sofi stadium " live album .. it's too good for even live
She absolutely needs to
The faith reaction was as expected and I loved it😂
36:50 realizes that After Hours is a MASTERPIECE
Would be interested in hearing your thoughts on Nothing Compares, Missed you, and Final Lullaby from the album's deluxe version. Nothing compares is one of my favorites
After hours is portal through which I discovered abel. Even after crossing the ocean of his discography, the title track remains the pearl of the ocean for me:)
your reactions are great as always! you should also listen to the bonus 3 tracks in your spare time because 'Nothing Compares' i think is up there as one of the best songs from the album
After hours hands down is a masterpiece!!!
Having gone through what was sung about in Until I Bleed Out, the song hits harder, as I think it would for people who have gone through the particular situation, it's very weird to be put back into a dark moment in life from just a song that doesn't reference it directly, but I love that song.
After hours is the best album of this decade ❤
Just started watching you yesterday, so it's cool that you dropped today
After hours the track is my favorite song on the album and one of my favorite songs from the weeknd. This coming from a guy who is XO till we overdose here since before the trilogy. Like you said its a pefect song... so many levels to it. reminds me a lot of Tears in the Rain which is also one of my favorites from the Weeknd. I love your channel and insight, keep doing what you do.
Blinding lights is still amazing and the title track is literal perfection.
You're officially an xo for sure 😊.
XO girls are top tier.
What's xo ?
@@Abhi-un9lk a Weeknd fan
This album turned 3 years old today. I’ve listen to it and watched reactions over and over but you somehow gave me several new impressions of this absolute masterpiece. You’re very good at reacting to music 🤝
Until I bleed out is the perfect transition between After Hours and Dawn FM. He essentially dies in Until I bleed out (the bonus tracks sort of add onto that) and then he wakes up in purgatory in Dawn FM
I really like blinding lights and also can't feel my face for that fact. I just think they are super catchy and. I don't really care how much they are played.
Your analysis of Repeat After Me about hypnosis has me rattled holy cow. Thousands of times I've listened to it, never realized that
One of the greatest albums of our time.
Ayy finally I’ve been waiting for this reaction from you
Your reaction to the after hours song is priceless ❤
after hours and until i bleed out are my favorites from this album
So you finally listened to After Hours..All love and respect for u Briana
Welcome to After Hours, the most brilliant music you will ever hear
It's been quite the journey with B's deep dive to Abel's discography and it's been a great one to say the least 🚗
The story of this album is really underrated. Starts out with Abel accepting responsibility for his mistakes in his past relationships. In Snowchild, he talks about not wanting to relapse and become toxic again. But LA lifestyle catches up to him and he reverts to his old ways in escape from LA and Heartless. Faith, blinding lights, in your eyes is him embracing that lifestyle. The last few tracks is him coming to grips with who he is and there’s a glimpse of hope for him by the end of the album to do right again.
Repeat After Me’s purpose is to show that even though The Weeknd wants to go back to his old lover on Save Your Tears after leaving her for Hollywood and fame, he cannot because his old lover has inevitably found someone new
After hours, alone again,faith,repeat after hours ,until i bleed out, snowchild,escape from la is my favorites 😍
Favorite album of all time
The best album of last decade
Until I Bleed Out always brings tears to my eyes.
you're 90% into finally becoming a true xo family member. listen to his unreleased songs now. and also watch his mvs, they hit differently.
oh, and listen to the bonus tracks as well. 'nothing compares' is just 👌🏻
Hardest to love is my fav 💕,also bonus tracks are banger
Hardest to live never gets appreciated. It’s such a good song
Takes me back to 2020, this album was so claustrophobic and everyone was quarantined, it was the perfect match. I lived with this album for two years playing it everyday!
I feel I never tell someone to play Blinding Lights because it was played so much before, BUT when I hear it, how can I not dance to it 😂
Faith was my favorite track on first listen, easily.
As I kept listening to the album, putting pieces together, understanding the lyrics better, and getting a full picture of the story, I enjoy it more and more. Too Late grew on me a little bit, but a song I wouldn't mind not being on the album. Escape From LA also grew on me and is now one of my top five tracks for sure 😌
You should do the bonus tracks. Nothing compares, missed you and final lullaby ❤️
Honestly ii can't pick a favourite song ii literally love every song on that album .
I feel like the after hours bonus tracks are an extension of the album (not the Ariana remix, that came later) those are definitely worth listening to
Wake up babe! New Briana weeknd upload! 😁
I love until I bleed out as the closer, especially along with the music video it has, it also feels a lot sadder as an outro which makes the project as a whole hit harder imo
Happy 3 Years to this absolute classic ❤