This is the Weeknd. This is the persona all of us lost, heartbroken, drug loving souls that are searching for ourselves in things that we know will break us more followed. Here we are friends, gracefully falling. XO til we overdose.
@@TheGiovaaaan lol doing real well.. life hasn't ended yet. If anything i feel smarter then i was at 21. My husband and I were laughing that when we met we exchanged BBM pins and there was no such thing as tinder lol dont worry kid.. we party just like we did at 19
@@moni2606 sounds nice, 30 is still very young so enjoy it while you can! im gonna take singing lessons this year so i can sing songs like these when i feel like it lol
@@TheGiovaaaan well I've decided to learn to play the acoustic guitar. My son is 4 and very interested in music, he asked if we can start a band 😆 well mommys still young so why not
for anyone listening in 2050 - this man was a legend and touched the world. Ironically the perception of him was polarising at first but I saw him 3 times in the UK first time opening for Drake. xo
I wish I could hear this song for the first time again. To feel that intense emotional energy. Thanks to my girlfriend at the time, 10 bloody years ago, this song will always be one of my favourite songs of all. Thank you Jaz you ledge.
Got introduced to The Weeknd's music by an ex girlfriend almost a decade prior as well, but I haven't been able to enjoy a single song of his without thinking of her😂
If you listen carefully, this version is slightly different from the one released other platforms (like spotify, itunes etc, even the music video version is different). It has a different echo, sounds deeper and with more repetitions, fade quicker and sound stronger. Try comparing with headphones and full volume and you'll notice. It's great, I'm used to listen to the spotify version always all the time on my car. when I come to my computer I listen to this version and it's amazing too.
I remember when I was high af and pasted out during the transition between abel and drake. As soon as drake said "woah", i woke tf up and the experience was history. Great feeling.
This exactly happened to me, and was the reason i actually got into the Weeknd. I really didn't give him a chance til this song, but when it hit something changed, and then he pretty much became my favorite artist since... power.
2 0 2 3 I can not believe how fast my teen years came & went! I was in high school when I discovered Abel. Way before the ride of everyone else and people used to look at me like “Why do you listen to this” not knowing the art I then classified as a classic is now literally legendary! God is so Good ! ❤ I know a rising legend when I hear one ! Sheesh what a memory #TheZone
Whenever you feel mentally tired, lay down on your bed or couch, play this song , not too loud, close your eyes and just let your brain follow the rhythm... Breath calmly
+Soheir KG Man I remember when I first heard him I hella bumped him . Then he wasn't making music for a minute so I didn't bump him as much as before . Then next thing you know he's all over the place and I'm just like wtf .
The first The weeknd song I heard was unfortunately "I can't feel my face", I thought it was ok, but then I accidentally heard The hills, after that I found High for this on youtube, then I just fell down the rabbit hole.... The weeknd
+Emma K I know right? You just hear of him and dig deeper into his old music and then become obsessed. I have listened to the weeknd literally every day for like 3 months now lol
+Michael Fenchel I knew a guy once thats long lost on repeat because he only knew 3 songs before he got a smart phone. Didn't even know his name. Only the songs. What a looooser.
It was exactly the same for me...I was listening to the Hills, found Often The knowing and rolling stone and ended up liking all of them...there will never be another artist as unique as him.😍
Heard this for the first time on my first acid trip 5 years ago. Lying down tripping out never heard of the weeknd before. Got completely lost in the song and then Drake's verse comes in out of nowhere, damn. Listened to Trilogy on repeat for the rest of the trip and loved The Weeknd ever since. XO
MrBRomero7 I honestly wish he hadn't released these songs as an album. It was so special to the people who been there from the start. Newbies will never understand smh they don't deserve it.
Ok this what I hear after listen to every song at least 120180+ times its more of a reach then anything else :he: CHARACTERS The Weeknd: He's The Weeknd he parties every weekend he is in love with a girl named Valerie and another girl named Drugs, Alcohol and Sex. Valerie: Valerie is a innocent perfect girl at the starting of the story she turns to drugs that The Weeknd introduced her to and honestly regrets ever meeting The Weeknd by the end of the whole tale. Valerie is always a metaphor for the fans. Dirty Diana: Dirty Diana is any stripper, coke addict, ****, or groupie that The Weeknd meets. He meets the first one in The Morning. HOUSE OF BALLOONS Intro: The story starts of with House Of Balloons a story about a girl named Valerie that falls for The Weeknd a guy that isn't really isn't her kinda guy but this tape like all the others with foreshadow the future to come. 1) High For This: Ok so the story begins on a Friday in The Weeknd's loft and he is telling this innocent girl named Valerie that she should hold him tight and don't let anything get in the way of there night. The Weeknd moves on from there and tells Valerie that she should be high with him for this night and that she should roll X with him even though she's never done it. She decides to drop the X he gives her and she starts getting high and she takes off her clothes from the high feeling. Now The Weeknd is telling Valerie to take deep breaths and calm down, there is nothing to worry about he has done this before and he is watching over her. 2) What You Need: Now they are still high from the X and The Weeknd is telling Valerie that she should ** him. The Weeknd says that her boyfriend is who she wants and loves but she is high right now and she is horny so she needs The Weeknd. They start having sex and she is doing freaky stuff she could never imagine doing because she is high on X. 3) House Of Balloons: This song starts off with The Weeknd saying that he has been on a whole new level of happiness since she has gotten here and they need to party now. They go to a party and everyone is doing all kinds of drugs. Valerie is starting to get lost in the music and the atmosphere and she does some drugs and drinks. Now she is getting anxiety from all the drugs she has never done, and she is tweaking badly. Her mind just wants to leave this place but she can't because The Weeknd has her under his spell and keeps telling her that this is a happy house and she is having fun. He also makes a warning that nothing she is doing is his fault and it is not his issue if her parents find out. 4) Glass Table Girls The Party is cooling off and Valerie is still tweaking and she is really trashed. The Weeknd tells her that it is time to roll back to his crib and it's time to bring out the glass tables. She is so gone that she decides to do coke for the first time.. She starts ****in him again and the time hits half past 6 in the morning and then they crash... 5) The Morning It is now the next morning it is Saturday and The Weeknd is explaining that they ****ed like crazy last nite and made the walls shake like they were 6 months pregnant. The both of them are super hung over so they are drinking alcohol with there cereal to try and calm the hangover. Now Valerie calls a cab and leaves back to her boyfriend to spend the weekend with him because the weekend is a time to spend with your loved ones for The Weeknd thats coke, sex and other drugs.. for her its her boyfriend. He now is angry and sad that Valerie left his ass so he goes to a strip club at 4 a clock in the afternoon. He is kinda drunk from the alcohol he drank in the morning and he is drinking more. He begins to throw money at strippers to drowned his pain and he starts to say that he is getting drunker and higher and that the fall will hurt but he needs this downtown lovin. He takes home a Dirty Diana at the end of her shift later that night and.. 6) Wicked Games The Weeknd tells her that he left his thoughts about Valerie back home and he doesn't love her anymore (Which is a joke rofl). He wants to sleep with Dirty Diana and he needs her body and the drugs she has to erase the shame and pain because the girl he fell in love with last night just ****in left his ass. They start ****ing and getting trashed and says he can offer her fame and his love if she just lies and says she loves him for this night because he needs this for his confidence. 7) The Party It is the next morning and it is Sunday The Weeknd wakes up to the sound of Dirty Diana sniffing coke in the bathroom. He tells her that he understands that she needs coke and he is fine with it and she should come outside and put that ** on the table because he loves coke to. He even says they should snort together. Hell she can even call some friends up to join and he can can even supply. 8) The After Party The Weeknd keeps doing lines with her and he feels amazing, everything he touches feels amazing. They head to her place to get more coke and The Weeknd is shocked they made it to her place. He says that all these girls are talking about how she has no love for him and she just wants him from his fame but he just says that none of these girls have ever had a blow job from her (lol). At this point his mother is calling worried about him and he wants her to stop calling because he won't pick up because he is coked up. 9) Coming Down (Letters To Valerie [Part: 1]) He is now coming down off the coke and he is back home... He tells Valerie that he sleept with Dirty Diana but its okay he was fadded and coked up and he forgot about his love for her. He goes on to say that he always wanted her and he is coming down he is off the drugs and all he wants is her. He keeps leaving voicemails on her phone saying that and saying that he just wants to talk he is all alone :( 10) Loft Music (Letters To Valerie [Part: 2]) Now it is late Sunday it the end of the weekend and The Weeknd is telling Valerie that she should roll through the city with him tonight to end the weekend and that it doesn't matter if her going back to him looks like she has lost her morals because in his loft that doesn't matter. He end the voicemail by saying that she is ed for not wanting to go to his loft and he wants to know if she is even thinking about him because he can't get his mind off her. 11) The Knowing Valerie calls The Weeknd back and tells him that she just wants to stay with her boyfriend. He tells her that he knows all about how she doesn't care for him anymore and she should look at what she has done and how she has made him feel. Also the weekend is now over, they both are drunk because they both are hurt from what has happened and he just keeps telling her this is her fault. 12) Twenty Eight This is months after Echoes Of Silence and this is his over view of how it all started House Of Balloons. The Weeknd is looking at the fame and the women and he comes back to Valerie. He says that she isn't truly welcome in his home but when he says that he means in his mind. He continues to say that she isn't welcomed but thoughts of her still stay on his mind. Next he sees that its not her fault she's not even there the thoughts of her are all his own doing. And that he should have never welcomed her into his world. The next verse is about all the DDs one in particular that he gave his number that keeps giving it away to other people. These girls are clearly flooding his mind though and there controlling him like Dirty Diana. (This verse also is talking about how the fans told everyone to listen to his music and now he has more fans then he is personally wanted at first, he is saying why did you guys share all my music I'm becoming to big and I can't get out of the spot light. He also goes onto say that he would never made this music if he knew he couldn't go back to the way it was). Now he goes onto say that he wishes he never picked up these love less groupies. The song is also a double entendre for Coke he is pretty much saying that he should have just left the Coke in the club but it keeps following him into his everyday life because he is so addicted to it. (Video analyzation: He is doing a interview and its show the media and how he doesn't enjoy the media and how it bores him.. All the imagery out side of the media is what going threw his head. The girl on the bed is suppose to be Valerie (she is dressed like she was back in the House Of Balloons days) that can only see him from the outside (the tv) but she is in his mind always haunting him even durning the interview. Know the visuals for the next two verse are simply all the women that he's have **ed and he doesn't really care about them he still only cares about Valerie. He knows all these women are fake and just want him for his status which is why he sits back and just enjoys them for there looks in return but he is still haunted by Valerie. The final scene shows him leaving the studio and walking back to where Valerie is because he wants her back. On a music level this shows that he is leaving behind all the bull ** again and he just wants to put out music for the fans. And like always Valerie represents the OG fans. So when he is being haunted by her he is actually being haunted by the OG fans that want quality music and he knows he would be no where without them.. So he is coming back to us with and he just wanted to make this video to close the chapter and all the media and money that came with it. With a single music video and he is saying that he is going back to the art, the music :D)
Ooh, why Why, why Hold on Why, why Why you rushing me baby? It's only us, alone I don't want to die tonight baby So lemme sip this slow I'll give you what you called for Just let me get in my zone I'll be making love to her through you So let me keep my eyes closed And I won't see a damn thing I can't feel a damn thing But I'ma touch you right Oh, I won't see a damn thing I can't feel a damn thing But I'ma touch you right, oh yeah I'ma touch you right (Let me sip this slow) I'ma touch you right (Let me get inside my zone) I'ma touch you right (Just let me) Woah, ooh yeah And I'ma lean, 'til I fall, ooh yeah And I don't give a damn I felt the ground before I left it all behind, baby I didn't need no one But I'm in need tonight baby I've been alone for too long Oh, oh yeah So, I won't say a damn thing I can't feel a damn thing But I'ma touch you right, ooh yeah oh I can't see a damn thing I can't feel a damn thing But I'ma touch you right ooh I'ma touch you right, oh yeah (Let me sip this slow) I'ma touch you right (Let me get inside my zone) I'ma touch you right (Just let me) Woah, ooh yeah Whoa, all these broken hearts on that pole Man, if pole dancing's an art, you know how many fuckin' artists I know? Got some new bills in the mail, got some big favors I owe Got some good things ahead of me when these bad bitches let go Well girl let's go, walk your broken heart through that door Sit yo sexy ass on that couch Wipe that lipstick off of your mouth I take it slow She in love with my crew She said make enough so I can try some I thought taking drugs just ain't you, be you Yeah girl, just be you And I do this shit for my hometown, it been going down, it ain't new That's that north north, that up top That OVO and that XO Your girlfriend at our next show But it's all good, don't stress though First night fuck, never really planned it Take a deep breath, no one need to panic Lips so French, ass so Spanish She don't really like attention, I don't know if she gon' manage out here But she got me all up in my zone Said she like the view I got in this place, shit I did all of that on my own Aw yeah
@@danielandrescubidesrodrigu6980 yeah. Some of his solo songs are hard asf as well like headlines. That's my personal fav of drake. His verse in here is still better than many of his solo songs though like hotline blings. Ayy😂😂
I remember being in high school driving at night listening to the three mixtapes and just getting lost in my thoughts and emotions and experiencing something i can't explain. His music really has a higher power as cheesy as it sounds.
9 years later and im still stuck on “I’ll be making love to her through you, so let me keep my eyes closed” the lyrics are so toxic but gotdamn i love this song 😫
It's so painfull. Like some girl broke your heart badly so you try to fulfill the emptiness in your heart by fucking other girls while imagining her on their place. It's just so fookin deep mate...
Drake specifically said he tries to make all his music for driving at night vibes. Shit hits diff off a baby blue perc 30 and a lonely road headed up the hills.
Nothing on Trilogy aged Wicked Games, Party n the after party, The morning, Coming Down, Rolling stone, High for this, 28, and What you need all still hit harder then they did before hell nothing is even as musically advanced as the House of balloons/GTG song
I remember when I first found this song back before kiss land tour became a thing. I had a chance to go but never took the shot being young and scared of my "first concert" what could I say didt expect parents to say yes feels. Fast fwd today I do stage production and have seen and built many shows. The fear of going to concerts alone is beyond broken as im a raver at heart. I had a chance to see Abel twice after his starboy album released. I'm pleased to have seen an artist I listen religiously (eos, hob, trilogy) , but a part of me wishes I could have seem abel when he was at this mindset. Each song from this era was genuine to each its own. xotwod
To this day... And to be honest this song takes me back to Iowa cause that's where I first heard this song... Song is older than the time I heard this, but still it's crazy how time flies. "Live it up, be safe and cheers, here's one puff to the sky while I jam this.
i remember listening to this song i think it was like the september october 2011 time frame when i was in afghanistan. i use to put this song on when they would mortar our camp. it would relax me like no other i still listen to this song n think back to those times in RC East CJTF 101 Kabul AFG Jan 2011- Feb 2012
Bro I was in Kandahar when these tapes dropped and used to ride around on patrol blasting this....i stayed up all night in the USO downloading the tapes haha
Listening to this song while driving those lonely dark back roads with nobody around just you and your ride while the windows are down and blasting this song on your radio. The best 🤙🏽
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i listen to this when driving home late at night when the roads are empty and the air is cool and crisp. settings.
p palm thought I was the only one
Yeees
I enjoy this as well, reason why I go see the man w/ that go fast @ night.
+p palm Damn bro definitely feel you on that one! I guess I'm not alone either
Perfect late night cruise, playlist on repeat..I lose hours that way lol
All the people who come back to this are legends
STRAIGHT DROP..!!!
coming back to the zone
Thanks bro
@@childofgod4747 Pp pp of
7 minutes of Heaven....
This is the Weeknd. This is the persona all of us lost, heartbroken, drug loving souls that are searching for ourselves in things that we know will break us more followed. Here we are friends, gracefully falling. XO til we overdose.
XOTWOD
XO for life
lol we don’t overdose we here to live xo
this shit hit different the older you get
Fr.. i first heard it when i was 21... im 30 now and i take it differently
@@moni2606 ive just become 19 so life has just started :D you doin good?
@@TheGiovaaaan lol doing real well.. life hasn't ended yet. If anything i feel smarter then i was at 21. My husband and I were laughing that when we met we exchanged BBM pins and there was no such thing as tinder lol dont worry kid.. we party just like we did at 19
@@moni2606 sounds nice, 30 is still very young so enjoy it while you can! im gonna take singing lessons this year so i can sing songs like these when i feel like it lol
@@TheGiovaaaan well I've decided to learn to play the acoustic guitar. My son is 4 and very interested in music, he asked if we can start a band 😆 well mommys still young so why not
2020, this shit never gets old. especially during the fall/winter.
Bianca A word 👌
100%
His creations are timeless 😍
True words.
Bianca A facts. This track hit hard asf too
2024 anyone?
Back from the FUTURE 🥷
2099
@@Fantastico_choco love it
@@marissa2819 The Greatest of aLL Time.
He’s The MJ
From This Generation
Meee 😭
I’m here!! With the same XO tat from 2013😂
for anyone listening in 2050 - this man was a legend and touched the world. Ironically the perception of him was polarising at first but I saw him 3 times in the UK first time opening for Drake. xo
Absolutely
Drake put Canada on his back
Who besides Fantano didn't like The Weeknd when he came out in 2011? I don't remember anything being polarizing.
The Weeknd made Drake
@@meademeade6126 negative
I wish I could hear this song for the first time again. To feel that intense emotional energy. Thanks to my girlfriend at the time, 10 bloody years ago, this song will always be one of my favourite songs of all. Thank you Jaz you ledge.
Got introduced to The Weeknd's music by an ex girlfriend almost a decade prior as well, but I haven't been able to enjoy a single song of his without thinking of her😂
THIS
If you listen carefully, this version is slightly different from the one released other platforms (like spotify, itunes etc, even the music video version is different). It has a different echo, sounds deeper and with more repetitions, fade quicker and sound stronger. Try comparing with headphones and full volume and you'll notice. It's great, I'm used to listen to the spotify version always all the time on my car. when I come to my computer I listen to this version and it's amazing too.
True.. I am listening this version first time and felt the same.. I find this one is better..
Wow, you have a car
thats bcs this is the original mix and the trilogy version is remastered lol cmon
@@aleksastarinac9755 thank god you called that out
I heard this instantly. Glad I found a comment confirming.
3am in my feelings... In my zone I don't even need weed. The weeknd has me on an emotional high.
I be feeling this way too!!!!
Brittny.NaOmi facts
AndyBLuvrInReverse what I’ve been saying this whole time😎
Preach!
BrittnyTheNaija hey can we exchange contact ms
there’s not a single song in the world that makes me feel the way this one does
Totally agree.
Sick
I even don't know why maybe we can relate to the things he saying
Same
its the vibe it creates i totally agree
The weekend doesn't need a Grammy,
Grammy needs him ❤️
YASSS cant believe they robbed him like this😢
u mean justin bieber
Word
oh yeah
JAJAJAJA fake xo
1. Get to bed
2. Wear headphones
3. Play "the zone"
4.Close your eyes
5. *Fall in love*
🔥🔥🔥🔥
HELL YES!!!!!
@@user-xt5ms1eo2e legendary comment fam lol
i do this shit wit kissland lol
I done done it
you forgot a joint
I remember when I was high af and pasted out during the transition between abel and drake. As soon as drake said "woah", i woke tf up and the experience was history. Great feeling.
XjawFann23 🙌🙌🙌
Lol
YOOOOO SAMEEEE WTF
dude that literally happened to me before wtf
This exactly happened to me, and was the reason i actually got into the Weeknd.
I really didn't give him a chance til this song, but when it hit something changed, and then he pretty much became my favorite artist since...
power.
2 0 2 3
I can not believe how fast my teen years came & went!
I was in high school when I discovered Abel. Way before the ride of everyone else and people used to look at me like “Why do you listen to this” not knowing the art I then classified as a classic is now literally legendary!
God is so Good ! ❤
I know a rising legend when I hear one ! Sheesh what a memory #TheZone
Whenever you feel mentally tired, lay down on your bed or couch, play this song , not too loud, close your eyes and just let your brain follow the rhythm... Breath calmly
i do this
specific but helpful
I play it at maximum, the vibrations are more intense.
Don't tell Me what to do
@@fadibokinno3465 who told what to do?
drake fits so perfectly in this song... he and abel did a hell of a job
Shout out to everyone that's been there from the start 💯
+RageDawq13 BIG TIME BRO! :)
+Soheir KG Man I remember when I first heard him I hella bumped him . Then he wasn't making music for a minute so I didn't bump him as much as before . Then next thing you know he's all over the place and I'm just like wtf .
+Soheir KG I heard him in December of 2011
Been XO Since Thursday
+RageDawq13 i remember staying up till 1 or 2 in the morning for this nigga to drop EOS on December 21st XD
I was singing this passionately when I was 15.
At 25 I sing it with conviction.
Abel's angelic vocals before Drake's verse is SO Beautifully satisfying!!! goosebumps every time!!
The first The weeknd song I heard was unfortunately "I can't feel my face", I thought it was ok, but then I accidentally heard The hills, after that I found High for this on youtube, then I just fell down the rabbit hole.... The weeknd
+Emma K I know right? You just hear of him and dig deeper into his old music and then become obsessed. I have listened to the weeknd literally every day for like 3 months now lol
+Emma K haha same here.
Ya it's too bad for that dood.
+Michael Fenchel I knew a guy once thats long lost on repeat because he only knew 3 songs before he got a smart phone. Didn't even know his name. Only the songs. What a looooser.
It was exactly the same for me...I was listening to the Hills, found Often The knowing and rolling stone and ended up liking all of them...there will never be another artist as unique as him.😍
This song produces so many emotions within its listeners. It's amazing.
That is a great description
This ... This right here is ABEL, he still makes good songs but this version of him was something else.
This will be one the best song the weekend and drake will ever recorded.
The Ride???
@@lee9315 The Zone
@Kaylee Price the ride is better??
Sorry but The Ride is by far the best song. Especially if you can relate to the song.
Crew Love comes close second
this is probably the best song i've ever heard. i've been listening to it FOR YEARS, and i'm not even a bit tired of it. a masterpiece.
Heard this for the first time on my first acid trip 5 years ago. Lying down tripping out never heard of the weeknd before. Got completely lost in the song and then Drake's verse comes in out of nowhere, damn. Listened to Trilogy on repeat for the rest of the trip and loved The Weeknd ever since. XO
#SOUNDS #DOPE
#THEWEEKND #IZ #THEILLEST
I feel bad for those who never got to experience 2011…..the vibe was it man…
I can replay this song a thousand times and never stop singing along! My favorite from the trilogy!!
This is a close second to the song Thursday for me🙏🏾
@@KennethLane90 lol true Thursday is best
@@KennethLane90 🤌💯💯💯 my #1 THURSDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY (only on Thursday)🙏💕
This song STILL gives me goosebumps...The same way it did when I first heard it back in 2011... XO.
same here
😂😂😂
Same asf dude lol
How the fuck dose this give you Goosebumps
Yaaasssss !
Classic shit. Take me back to 2011 when he was still coming up. His 3 mixtapes changed everything, I wish he still made that type of music.
+MrBRomero7 yesss sameee !
MrBRomero7 omg yes ! I just said this on another comment
MrBRomero7 I honestly wish he hadn't released these songs as an album. It was so special to the people who been there from the start. Newbies will never understand smh they don't deserve it.
who does?
It's what made me a fan. Now he makes a song like this every blue moon.
Ok this what I hear after listen to every song at least 120180+ times its more of a reach then anything else :he:
CHARACTERS
The Weeknd:
He's The Weeknd he parties every weekend he is in love with a girl named Valerie and another girl named Drugs, Alcohol and Sex.
Valerie:
Valerie is a innocent perfect girl at the starting of the story she turns to drugs that The Weeknd introduced her to and honestly regrets ever meeting The Weeknd by the end of the whole tale. Valerie is always a metaphor for the fans.
Dirty Diana:
Dirty Diana is any stripper, coke addict, ****, or groupie that The Weeknd meets. He meets the first one in The Morning.
HOUSE OF BALLOONS
Intro: The story starts of with House Of Balloons a story about a girl named Valerie that falls for The Weeknd a guy that isn't really isn't her kinda guy but this tape like all the others with foreshadow the future to come.
1) High For This:
Ok so the story begins on a Friday in The Weeknd's loft and he is telling this innocent girl named Valerie that she should hold him tight and don't let anything get in the way of there night. The Weeknd moves on from there and tells Valerie that she should be high with him for this night and that she should roll X with him even though she's never done it. She decides to drop the X he gives her and she starts getting high and she takes off her clothes from the high feeling. Now The Weeknd is telling Valerie to take deep breaths and calm down, there is nothing to worry about he has done this before and he is watching over her.
2) What You Need:
Now they are still high from the X and The Weeknd is telling Valerie that she should ** him. The Weeknd says that her boyfriend is who she wants and loves but she is high right now and she is horny so she needs The Weeknd. They start having sex and she is doing freaky stuff she could never imagine doing because she is high on X.
3) House Of Balloons:
This song starts off with The Weeknd saying that he has been on a whole new level of happiness since she has gotten here and they need to party now. They go to a party and everyone is doing all kinds of drugs. Valerie is starting to get lost in the music and the atmosphere and she does some drugs and drinks. Now she is getting anxiety from all the drugs she has never done, and she is tweaking badly. Her mind just wants to leave this place but she can't because The Weeknd has her under his spell and keeps telling her that this is a happy house and she is having fun. He also makes a warning that nothing she is doing is his fault and it is not his issue if her parents find out.
4) Glass Table Girls
The Party is cooling off and Valerie is still tweaking and she is really trashed. The Weeknd tells her that it is time to roll back to his crib and it's time to bring out the glass tables. She is so gone that she decides to do coke for the first time.. She starts ****in him again and the time hits half past 6 in the morning and then they crash...
5) The Morning
It is now the next morning it is Saturday and The Weeknd is explaining that they ****ed like crazy last nite and made the walls shake like they were 6 months pregnant. The both of them are super hung over so they are drinking alcohol with there cereal to try and calm the hangover. Now Valerie calls a cab and leaves back to her boyfriend to spend the weekend with him because the weekend is a time to spend with your loved ones for The Weeknd thats coke, sex and other drugs.. for her its her boyfriend. He now is angry and sad that Valerie left his ass so he goes to a strip club at 4 a clock in the afternoon. He is kinda drunk from the alcohol he drank in the morning and he is drinking more. He begins to throw money at strippers to drowned his pain and he starts to say that he is getting drunker and higher and that the fall will hurt but he needs this downtown lovin. He takes home a Dirty Diana at the end of her shift later that night and..
6) Wicked Games
The Weeknd tells her that he left his thoughts about Valerie back home and he doesn't love her anymore (Which is a joke rofl). He wants to sleep with Dirty Diana and he needs her body and the drugs she has to erase the shame and pain because the girl he fell in love with last night just ****in left his ass. They start ****ing and getting trashed and says he can offer her fame and his love if she just lies and says she loves him for this night because he needs this for his confidence.
7) The Party
It is the next morning and it is Sunday The Weeknd wakes up to the sound of Dirty Diana sniffing coke in the bathroom. He tells her that he understands that she needs coke and he is fine with it and she should come outside and put that ** on the table because he loves coke to. He even says they should snort together. Hell she can even call some friends up to join and he can can even supply.
8) The After Party
The Weeknd keeps doing lines with her and he feels amazing, everything he touches feels amazing. They head to her place to get more coke and The Weeknd is shocked they made it to her place. He says that all these girls are talking about how she has no love for him and she just wants him from his fame but he just says that none of these girls have ever had a blow job from her (lol). At this point his mother is calling worried about him and he wants her to stop calling because he won't pick up because he is coked up.
9) Coming Down (Letters To Valerie [Part: 1])
He is now coming down off the coke and he is back home... He tells Valerie that he sleept with Dirty Diana but its okay he was fadded and coked up and he forgot about his love for her. He goes on to say that he always wanted her and he is coming down he is off the drugs and all he wants is her. He keeps leaving voicemails on her phone saying that and saying that he just wants to talk he is all alone :(
10) Loft Music (Letters To Valerie [Part: 2])
Now it is late Sunday it the end of the weekend and The Weeknd is telling Valerie that she should roll through the city with him tonight to end the weekend and that it doesn't matter if her going back to him looks like she has lost her morals because in his loft that doesn't matter. He end the voicemail by saying that she is ed for not wanting to go to his loft and he wants to know if she is even thinking about him because he can't get his mind off her.
11) The Knowing
Valerie calls The Weeknd back and tells him that she just wants to stay with her boyfriend. He tells her that he knows all about how she doesn't care for him anymore and she should look at what she has done and how she has made him feel. Also the weekend is now over, they both are drunk because they both are hurt from what has happened and he just keeps telling her this is her fault.
12) Twenty Eight
This is months after Echoes Of Silence and this is his over view of how it all started House Of Balloons.
The Weeknd is looking at the fame and the women and he comes back to Valerie. He says that she isn't truly welcome in his home but when he says that he means in his mind. He continues to say that she isn't welcomed but thoughts of her still stay on his mind. Next he sees that its not her fault she's not even there the thoughts of her are all his own doing. And that he should have never welcomed her into his world. The next verse is about all the DDs one in particular that he gave his number that keeps giving it away to other people. These girls are clearly flooding his mind though and there controlling him like Dirty Diana. (This verse also is talking about how the fans told everyone to listen to his music and now he has more fans then he is personally wanted at first, he is saying why did you guys share all my music I'm becoming to big and I can't get out of the spot light. He also goes onto say that he would never made this music if he knew he couldn't go back to the way it was). Now he goes onto say that he wishes he never picked up these love less groupies. The song is also a double entendre for Coke he is pretty much saying that he should have just left the Coke in the club but it keeps following him into his everyday life because he is so addicted to it.
(Video analyzation: He is doing a interview and its show the media and how he doesn't enjoy the media and how it bores him.. All the imagery out side of the media is what going threw his head. The girl on the bed is suppose to be Valerie (she is dressed like she was back in the House Of Balloons days) that can only see him from the outside (the tv) but she is in his mind always haunting him even durning the interview. Know the visuals for the next two verse are simply all the women that he's have **ed and he doesn't really care about them he still only cares about Valerie. He knows all these women are fake and just want him for his status which is why he sits back and just enjoys them for there looks in return but he is still haunted by Valerie. The final scene shows him leaving the studio and walking back to where Valerie is because he wants her back. On a music level this shows that he is leaving behind all the bull ** again and he just wants to put out music for the fans. And like always Valerie represents the OG fans. So when he is being haunted by her he is actually being haunted by the OG fans that want quality music and he knows he would be no where without them.. So he is coming back to us with and he just wanted to make this video to close the chapter and all the media and money that came with it. With a single music video and he is saying that he is going back to the art, the music :D)
Ey bro I’m wondering where did you get all these from, also there’s tracks kissing from Lonely Star to Till Dawn
Missing*****
this deserves a helluva alot more likes!!!!!!
@@csranonymous2647 he got it off google lyrics meanings
@@noir-hearted6 :(
If you listening in 2024 you the goat 🐐
this was the first song i ever heard from the weeknd. i fell in love instantly.
Words cannot explain..
Mine was wicked games that's how I started to love his music
ME TOO!!!
same ......
yes me too 💛💛
song never gets old
Crxsh never!
What you doing here nigga? Lmao
William Bozatti ever!
right.
because it's a classic
This song brings back a lot of memories. Scary.
care to share ?
Ooh, why
Why, why
Hold on
Why, why
Why you rushing me baby?
It's only us, alone
I don't want to die tonight baby
So lemme sip this slow
I'll give you what you called for
Just let me get in my zone
I'll be making love to her through you
So let me keep my eyes closed
And I won't see a damn thing
I can't feel a damn thing
But I'ma touch you right
Oh, I won't see a damn thing
I can't feel a damn thing
But I'ma touch you right, oh yeah
I'ma touch you right (Let me sip this slow)
I'ma touch you right (Let me get inside my zone)
I'ma touch you right (Just let me)
Woah, ooh yeah
And I'ma lean, 'til I fall, ooh yeah
And I don't give a damn
I felt the ground before
I left it all behind, baby
I didn't need no one
But I'm in need tonight baby
I've been alone for too long
Oh, oh yeah
So, I won't say a damn thing
I can't feel a damn thing
But I'ma touch you right, ooh yeah oh
I can't see a damn thing
I can't feel a damn thing
But I'ma touch you right ooh
I'ma touch you right, oh yeah (Let me sip this slow)
I'ma touch you right (Let me get inside my zone)
I'ma touch you right (Just let me)
Woah, ooh yeah
Whoa, all these broken hearts on that pole
Man, if pole dancing's an art, you know how many fuckin' artists I know?
Got some new bills in the mail, got some big favors I owe
Got some good things ahead of me when these bad bitches let go
Well girl let's go, walk your broken heart through that door
Sit yo sexy ass on that couch
Wipe that lipstick off of your mouth
I take it slow
She in love with my crew
She said make enough so I can try some
I thought taking drugs just ain't you, be you
Yeah girl, just be you
And I do this shit for my hometown, it been going down, it ain't new
That's that north north, that up top
That OVO and that XO
Your girlfriend at our next show
But it's all good, don't stress though
First night fuck, never really planned it
Take a deep breath, no one need to panic
Lips so French, ass so Spanish
She don't really like attention, I don't know if she gon' manage out here
But she got me all up in my zone
Said she like the view I got in this place, shit I did all of that on my own
Aw yeah
Thanks!!!!!😁
Wsridkann 123
that's that north north, that up top, that ovo & that XO
Xoxo😈
Nor nor
Initiation
Representing Sarnia aye lol
No mames
those kind of songs you listen to at 5 am
wake and bake
Yes Yes ! Right now at 6:00 AM
Роси К 6.55 bro!
Those drunken booty night calls bro.
lol, yeah kind of :D
The little piano in the background in the chorus....and the guitars making it sound so deep...master piece
This is 1 of my favorite songs that will never get old.. got me thru dark times
Yo somebody is playing this in my apartment building really loud and I’m singing along and feeling so proud 😂😂
They must be drugged up.
@@nrthe2videos514 nah bro they fuckin
😂😂😂
good for you
The 7 minute version is the only one I can fucks with
***** I think he means he prefers the 7 min version as apposed to the 5 min lol
Opposed ***
This is the best track Drake’s ever been on, he goes hard asf
I mean come on that’s just very debatable even tho this is a great song
@@raffidedeyan4230 yeah true
@@danielandrescubidesrodrigu6980 yeah. Some of his solo songs are hard asf as well like headlines. That's my personal fav of drake. His verse in here is still better than many of his solo songs though like hotline blings. Ayy😂😂
I just want to say thank you to the Spanish guy in my computer class who introduced me to this masterpiece of artistry 12 years ago .
we can say Abel is an artist's, he writes his own music on what he feels in the moment and it works for him. Even my 56 year old mom plays his music!
he didn't write sandpaper kisses I know it sucks
milf
I'm a 56 year old mom and I love his artistry.
Baby I'm 64 and I've been listening to him for years. I feel him.
You wanna step daddy?
I remember being in high school driving at night listening to the three mixtapes and just getting lost in my thoughts and emotions and experiencing something i can't explain. His music really has a higher power as cheesy as it sounds.
This song is nothing other than a master piece
2:49 and 3:02 are some incredibly hard runs to hit, absolutely amazing. My favorite part of the song tbh haha
Trusttt meee brooo caught me off guard
The lyrics are same in the fall too
When I used to be on the path of self destruction, this song was what made things seem okay.
I can relate :(
This is his best song. Nothing will ever top this. This song changed my life and for that, it will always have a special place in my heart.
9 years later and im still stuck on “I’ll be making love to her through you, so let me keep my eyes closed” the lyrics are so toxic but gotdamn i love this song 😫
It's so painfull. Like some girl broke your heart badly so you try to fulfill the emptiness in your heart by fucking other girls while imagining her on their place. It's just so fookin deep mate...
listening to this at 3am during the quarantine because time is a social construct
nothing better tbh
yep...just like race...
God damnit why cant i listen to just 1 weeknd song without playing the ENTIRE trilogy
Greg Drane Jr i felt that
I imagine an empty penthouse pool with purple neon lights and you all alone going to swim with this track on the background 🤤
Yes
What an amazing imagination you have.
Drake specifically said he tries to make all his music for driving at night vibes. Shit hits diff off a baby blue perc 30 and a lonely road headed up the hills.
He never said that 😂
MrCris487 he did. It was in a very old interview so I couldn’t tell you which one.
Ummm that doesn't sound safe 😬
Junkies
@@bree6933 right! This is not cool smh
so many years, the same vibe that gives me chills
Try to listen to this at midnight while you're high af, it's just another world.
not really
+Yung Derry you sir have bullshit weed/😄😂
+Ashley Nicole he smokin that straight Reggie...poor dood
+Abdou Azizi Agreed, listening to old weeknd songs late at night while high puts me in another world
preach!!! and that's what it's all about!! seriously. to help us leave this world and truly begin our own
I Love the Weeknd. He makes me feel....like me. Don't ever just listen to his music....feel it.
this hasn’t aged
Nothing on Trilogy aged Wicked Games, Party n the after party, The morning, Coming Down, Rolling stone, High for this, 28, and What you need all still hit harder then they did before hell nothing is even as musically advanced as the House of balloons/GTG song
Real talk.
JUST FUCKING WOW. Its only a matter of time before he has a grammy
....
fuck yo 4 dots
+look at the hoo-hoo-hoo a phuck such as yourself would see that as 4 dots cause that's all your empty skull can get from it.
No fuck yo 4 dots so drop it
+pascute118 agreed
Song never gets old and it has been YEARS.
ill never forget that fall/winter year I found this song, feels so nostalgic now
Fantastic collaboration. Abel writes with such artistic flair; heart & soul. This song is definitely a classic. ❤❤❤❤❤
If you're reading this while you're high, then I just to want to say, good for you.
ok
xD
Trinity Elizabeth shut up trinity
Trinity Elizabeth xD
Jealous??
take me back to when this was the kind of music the weeknd was making, brings back so many memories
Marijayne McMahon fr babe
This song always hits sober and under the influence ❤️
I remember when I first found this song back before kiss land tour became a thing. I had a chance to go but never took the shot being young and scared of my "first concert" what could I say didt expect parents to say yes feels. Fast fwd today I do stage production and have seen and built many shows. The fear of going to concerts alone is beyond broken as im a raver at heart. I had a chance to see Abel twice after his starboy album released. I'm pleased to have seen an artist I listen religiously (eos, hob, trilogy) , but a part of me wishes I could have seem abel when he was at this mindset. Each song from this era was genuine to each its own.
xotwod
I need more OVOXO sound like this...
We want it now! Abel and Aubrey!
Love in the creeewwwww
he will be a legend mark those words
popo niagado You should've said that when his first album dropped, not when he's already had his break-through xD
You're a lil late
He already is. He created a whole new genera.
Dont say that vro, legends die bro 🤧, x, peep, nipsey, tupac, etc
To everyone reading this you will be fine
the mixtape version sounds so more depressing, i like it
this is the song I would listen to when I cried myself to sleep after my first heartbreak, idk why
Same thing for me too !
Bella Natale Same... I knew I wasn’t the only one.
Bella Natale stop crying and take pain more on
That was me with The Birds Pt.2
One of my favorite songs from the weeknd! Drake killed it♡♡
Classic. One of my favorite songs ever from The Weeknd. Abel and Drizzy killed it.
This song is the definition of a vibe
Talk about originality. Abel introduced us to a new way of listening to music and the best adlibs EVER!! Classic 👑
My child was conceived to this song 😭😭
Teddy Jarmon lol
proud of u
Same.😂👊🏽
Lol
Does that mean you were hoping that it was actually some other girl that is the mom?
this is one of the greatest pieces of art
To this day... And to be honest this song takes me back to Iowa cause that's where I first heard this song... Song is older than the time I heard this, but still it's crazy how time flies. "Live it up, be safe and cheers, here's one puff to the sky while I jam this.
This and Montreal were my first songs I heard by Abel, and all these years later I feel as mesmerized as the first time.
First song I heard by The Weeknd.
where you been fool?
***** yea, where he been for 3 years?
***** true that
***** like you did
+Abel OVO me too this song made me fall in love with his music
This after midnight It's like teleportation into another dimension
2021 and this is still my song. Definitely will always be a classic song of his in my book!
Nothing beats putting some Weeknd on for a late night drive-such a vibe...
Anyone still got this on replay in 2019?
Aaliyah Herrera hell yes. XO forever 💘
@@sarah-cx3lz XOTWOD
Yeaaa
of course!
The Old THE WEEKND is the best
This is one of Drake's best verses but people barely know about this.
Facts.
Ikr 😭
Probably cause Abel wrote it :P hahah
Because he was still seen as Drake’s sidekick back in 2011
I was so young 6th grade smoke gas in my momma room shades on listening to this and man how i wish i could go back in time drake is a legend 🔥
drake and the weeknd....damn these two make a great team
this song is so mysterious i love it so much
The amount of drugs I’ve done and sex I’ve had to this song since it first came out is a good reminder of living life
Holyy smokee!!
Who here in 2024
🙋♂️
if these two made an actual album together
+Markus Davis FUCKING EPIC
+Markus Davis OVOXOTWFOD
+
+Markus Davis this.
they did, it's called take care.
i remember listening to this song i think it was like the september october 2011 time frame when i was in afghanistan. i use to put this song on when they would mortar our camp. it would relax me like no other i still listen to this song n think back to those times in RC East CJTF 101 Kabul AFG Jan 2011- Feb 2012
ur comment made me listen to the song more in depth
Amazing comment
We were in Kabul at the same time
Bro I was in Kandahar when these tapes dropped and used to ride around on patrol blasting this....i stayed up all night in the USO downloading the tapes haha
fuck the military. fuck the United States. fuck you.
Stuck in quarantine, 1:15 AM and in a dark bedroom with this video playing on the tv. Me and the blond are havin a staring contest.
Lmaooo
Me currently
2:54am
Don't you c she got a mask don't give her covid
😂🤣🤣
essa musica é magica, diferente de tudo que eu ja ouvi, essa canção é muito boa, e perfeita pra tudo.
Sim!!!!
OUI
i’m still vibing to this in 2019 like it just dropped 😩😩😍😍🥰🥰🔥🔥🔥
This track is iconic.
😳👌
Listening to this song while driving those lonely dark back roads with nobody around just you and your ride while the windows are down and blasting this song on your radio. The best 🤙🏽
this jam makes all the emotion come out when chillin with ol girl......
This is my favorite song of all times!! Them vocals the old Weeknd had tho 😍
Perfect song to listen when driving on this empty corona virus roads
No cap xx
😂🤣😅😆
Facts