The Weeknd - AFTER HOURS First REACTION/REVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- The Weeknd dropped Heartless & Blinding Lights a few months ago along with his 6 minute title single AFTER HOURS. After a 4 year wait, we get a mix of Starboy & Kissland for a thorough synth heavy adventure.
The Weeknd - AFTER HOURS Full Album
1. Alone Again
2. Too Late
3. Hardest To Love
4. Scared To Live
5. Snowchild
6. Escape From L.A.
7. Heartless
8. Faith
9. Blinding Lights
10. In Your Eyes
11. Save Your Tears
12. Repeat After Me (Interlude)
13. After Hours
14. UIBO
Best Tracks - Alone Again/After Hours/Blinding Lights/Repeat After Me/Faith
Thanks for watching & have a great day! 
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For having no feet, this guy's pretty quick.
Elijah Boyd what do you mean no legs?
Anthony Gonzalez I’m thinking people are fooling because he never shows the bottom portion of his body
@@StevieXCIX that's the idea
Anthony Gonzalez o
@Peti Juhász lol😆
The Weeknd: does anything
Shawn: OOOOOOOOHHHHH MA GAWOD
Somebody breathes in the background of a song:
Shawn: Omagaaawd you cant be putting frank in this!!!
Tell me why he said that as soon as I read this
Akshobh Jahagirdar as soon as I scrolled down and read this he said it lmaoo
Unpopular opinion: Shawn Cee is more toxic than Abel for wanting him to ALWAYS be sad
FACTS
FACT.
except he completely missed the part where this is possibly the weeknds darkest album
@@esdeath5301 not even
@@21SHINOABURAME go delve I to the lyrics, they're the most suicidal, drug addled, isolated lyrics he's ever written
I wanted a sad album from him but I ain’t expect full on breakdowns at 2am and reflecting on my life
👏🏽👏🏽
My dear melancholy exists
Damn I felt that
. Word, “Call out my name” had me sad for days after the first listen. And in Dec 2014 with “Earned it”
. Not a album
You know Shawns enjoying it when he drops the “oh my gaaaaaaard”
True you can tell by Shawn's reactions .
“Ohhhhhh mmaaaaaa gawwwwddd”. “7/10”
People wanna know the real name of this artist🎶✅🎵
Can yall check out my reaction
Me: (hearing snow child for first time) my man spitting
Shawn: “is this about cocaine!”
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🤣🤣 it’s probably about the fact that he’s from canada/toronto
@@VolgarR double entendre I think, means both
When I saw the title I thought about snow bunnies
Walkin in the snow before eye ever had my wrist froze...
I think some of y’all who are expecting Weeknd’s old music are out of your minds lol. This guy is 30 years old now. He’s matured so much from his Trilogy days that it would actually be kinda fake for him to make “dark music” when he’s so passed those days, all because his fans want that sound back. His best music now is gonna be dark pop/alternative R&B that can be seen as mainstream. I, for one, actually appreciate Weeknd’s versatility and his creativity in using new sounds and production while still bringing back elements of darkness or rawness.
Mustafa T facts
He ain't 20 years old, on the streets of Toronto anymore. People change. Well said man.
I get where both sides come from. I personally would like the PR&B instrumentals he used to get on. He could use same subject matter over those records where he sampled Portishead, Beach House and The Smiths and so on and so forth. I do love the trap influence and 100% the 80’s synths but the early instrumentals were what drew myself and I’m sure a bunch of fans to him. Would love a good album sounding like that while not escaping the themes he presented recently
Mustafa T the sound would nit be mainstream if it wasn’t for the weeknd to begin with. No one should Knock him for riding his own wave. I think this next album should be something he never did before. He has the ability to go absolutely insane and drop an undeniable classic i believe
ashton hamilton Oh I agree. Don’t get me wrong, his old music will always be his roots and the foundation to his image and I will always love that. I think if he brings back some of the old instrumentals and themes with his current subject matter, it would be nothing short of amazing. But again to say that he should bring back his old music entirely would be sorta disingenuous and not authentic to an artist. IMO Kiss land was his best project because I feel like it was the perfect combination of dark and twisted themes with a more mainstream appeal to it.
We’re gonna need a Shawn Cee and The Weeknd R&B collab album now.
On godddd
Zayah X our ears aren’t ready for that we aren’t worthy yet
CLEVELAND........... THIS IS FOR YOU
Nah Weeknd is not on that level to collab with Shawn
Prasad Dhumal spittin facts
Snowchild is about life growing up in Toronto to where he’s at now
Cocaine-child
@@ivanobaa you get it
Snowchild is part two of Sidewalks
BANGER
Still the worst track on the album
I literally love this album so much. The replay value is crazy high and I didn't skip any of the songs at all.
Adriana Davis homie u skip songs when listening to albums
If you skip songs on first listen then you are a monster
@@muhammadshaikh9484 if the song is absolutely terrible within the first minute, then for sure. I did that with most of blueface's album unfortunately 😂
I fucking love this album you know it’s a special when you don’t skip any tracks
Same here cover to cover
The Weeknd: But if I OD , i want you to OD right beside me
Shawn : YESSSSSS
Tbh, I wasn't expecting him to go onto such a strong 80's vibe throughout the record, but the more I listened, the more I liked it. His vocals are really good over this type of up-beat 80's synth and although not all songs are sonically speaking highlights, it's worth a buy for me. My LP's are ordered and I can't wait to get some more Weeknd on record.
Did you not listen to his singles or what?
if da shit came out in the 80s it wouldve been just some basic trash that no one wouldve listened to.
Drowna no way lmao
Haven’t ever rly been a huge fan of The Weeknd but definitely respect him. I listened to this album and loved it. The production is fucking amazing, and the vibes are just so unique.
Have you ever listened to his trilogy mixtapes? The production is incredible on those too.
It starts out with him lonely and then he finds a girl but then he cheats on her in escape LA with the girl in the studio. Then his girl finds out and leaves him. Then In heartless he takes a bunch of drugs and Faith is him starting to overdose and then blinding lights his him like getting taken to the hospital and singing about the drugs and seeing heaven. Then he is saved and brought out of the hospital and the next songs are him trying to get his girl back. Then she won’t take him back so he kills him self and bleeds out. The album like The Weeknd says has elements of love, loneliness, light, and darkness. I really like it and I hope my interpretation makes sense story wise but I think you can listen to the album as a story and as just music. I like it but I like Mac and Dons album more.
Really dang I didn't think of it like that.
You're a genius
Who's Mac and dons
@@nicohd5079 mac miller & don toliver
@@sentiersd.avant1688 oh. Personally I never vibed to Mac. Good music but not my preference, although Toliver I like
Escape From LA, Heartless, Faith, and Until I Bleed Out all prod. by Metro Boomin
Eh, I mean none of them are my favorites maybe the second part of Faith but still Metro is the goat
Until I bleed out is easily the worst song on the album
Tame impala prod. repeat after me it’s great
Matt he’s just credited in the production doesn’t mean he produced the entire track on his own
If you honestly think “until I bleed out” is one of the worst songs on the album you are not a og weeknd fan
I’d give it a 9/10 not because I’m being bias but because the deep lyrics, production, and melodies are phenomenal🔥
what would make it a 10?
Marcellus 0423 8*
D M if The Weeknd came over to my house and performed his entire album in my kitchen
It would be a ten if he explored different, more experimental and crazy production. Some of the production is very similar and kind of safe like Shawn said. If he was a little more detailed in the lyrics too, but he is not comfortable with going that deep as said in the songs so thats okay.
Strong 8 light 9 for me but yeah I agree, although a lot of similar production techniques were used on many songs, everything feels very cohesive and still sounds pretty great, especially the second half of the album
Escape from LA on a whole another level surprised u didn't give its worth
Georges Abed coming off of snow child too. This album is so cohesive
Georges Abed the slowed version is better tbh
thats one of the songs on that album where you need to listen to it and as time goes by you realize dawg...this is literally the best song on the album 😭
@@jasonleino590 I would say 3rd but I’ve loved Escape From LA from the first minute I heard it
My most played song on Spotify in 2020. Escape from LA is The Knowing status..
1:03 alone again
2:10 too late
2:38 hardest to love
3:26 scared to live
4:15 snowchild
5:58 escape from la
7:38 faith
9:40 in your eyes
11:53 save your tears
12:56 repeat after me interlude
14:19 until i bleed out
Ty boss
Goat
thanks goat
ENJOY XOTWOD
Thank you
LET’S GO SHAWN CEE, YOU WAS MAD QUICK ON THIS ONE
J.R. Bernal he quarantined too
J.R. Bernal thanks Kakashi
@@koushmiross mad
J.R. Bernal PAUSE
IMO this album was put together so cohesively which makes it great, it just flows so well. Mixing and production is amazing, the dark and heavy synths. I understand why some people might not like the strong 80’s pop influence. It’s NOT BAD, just not everyone’s cup of tea. I loved it though, definitely an 8 or 9 out of 10 for me !
Elvis Perla Completely agree
So, 8.5/10?
ivan obaa id say so yeah, I think it’ll age really well and go up to a 9 or 9.5
The 80s flavor wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Fuck yes. This is how sound mixing should be in 2020. This album deserves praise just for that.
Faith - No.1 song of this album
After Hours is just uncomprehendingly better
SUN REACH already a hit, it was the number one song on Apple Music 5 minutes after the album dropped
you’re trippin
Faith is the greatest song on the album
quaedd yt the lyrics are the end are crazy!!! And the way it fades out, like fuck
You don’t edit yourself into album covers anymore💔
yeah he should start doing it again
He doesn’t have the budget for it anymore 🤣
He's spending that money on finally getting feet
He probably got a talking to after that dirty Brockhampton album edit, dude was outta pocket with that one 😭
Chris McGrath Never saw that review...what happened to make him “out of pocket”? Lol
"Omg, it's getting deeper" - Shawn Cee
*Shut up*
@@JahzeelPino12 careful there buddy
He told you to shut up
@@wrayheutmaker1236 he sure talks a lot of nonsense
kevin ross shut up
You got the like just because you called him R&B batman
Yup I loved that line too!
I came looking for this comment. That cracked me up. 😂😂😂
Where does he say this?
@@CircumcisedUnicorn at the beginning
"RnB Batman - The Weeknd has dropped an album "
he not wrong tho
Who is the RnB Superman tho?
Albert Garcia frank
More like the Joker now
Love that Stranger Things/Blade Runner/Cyberpunk-ish vibe
It's so cool and dope .
Oneothrix Point Never had a hand in the making of some tracks, the guy that made the Uncut Gems and GoodTime soundtracks
100% felt the blade runner vibes
Defo blade runner the after hours short film just screams blade runner world, he even said if u watch blade runner and listen to kiss land they go hand in hand
Thts opn for you
That’s why I love The Weeknd. He’s always used 80s influence in his music. Now he is really embracing the sound but with a twist. I appreciate him so much.
Sounds like Michael Jackson if he had a coke problem and was toxic with women instead of children
@@jakegraham3758 Bro chill 💀💀💀
@@jakegraham3758 lmao amazing take
This album is a straight up 10/10
I really like Repeat After Me and After Hours .
Repeat after me my favourite track on the album ❤️
I love Faith
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Thank u bruh repeat after me is a banger
This album is one the ones that grows on you by time .
For real at first I was iffy now I can't stop listening.
I love every song lmao
Nah this shit literally hit the first time for me
Facts
facts
I think The Weeknd didn’t go with variation in sound because he wants this to be a concept album and wants a consistent and cohesive sound to be associated with the character he’s portraying which is very 80s themed, u can see it throughout his music videos
Starboy was also 80s themed tho.. I don't think they're concepts anymore lol.
Its Stemmy Yea that’s reasonable I wanted the darker Trilogy style but once I seen the casino and heard blinding lights I understand it’s a concept
How tf did not go with variation dawg ? After Hours literally had 3 sections with completely different sounds and still being cohesive.
Music has been only Ws so far now it needs you shawn, shake the game with that RnB album
The fact you didn’t acknowledge Escape From LA’s incredibleness hurts me deep inside
Same. Its my favorite
I dunno imo it’s the weakest song in the album
Skorpion IM SAYINGGGG
The ending takes you away
nah escape from la might be the best, Heartless is the worst
@4:36 SNOWCHILD reaction “pretty ICE-solated” 🤫 big brain ✊🏾
niggas really don't know bro
Shawn Cee react to circles deluxe album
A goat named Felicia the deluxe was two extra songs bro its not gonna happen
t.jphoenix _ a man can dream can’t he?
idk why but "Save Your Tears" kinda reminds me of Post Malone's "Circles"
I hear it now, its probably because they are both similiar sounds with the "we are horrible to eachother" kinda vibe
YES! I thought this too when I first listened to it!
Circles is similar to Higher by Blanks
The bass line dude
Both songs mention runaway
This is the album of 2020. I legit cried.
we been eatin so good with all this music this month
Dat to bad we gon die soon too
Uzi and Abel Holding it down during the quarantine along with don Toliver
Get off your mom’s ipad, kiddo
This month? This life better say
*he knows*
I kind of felt that the whole album was him trying to reel the girl in with the uptempo synth pop tracks but like also slightly revealing himself to her in the darker tracks. Or maybe like an internal battle between the trilogy Weeknd and the beauty behind madness Weeknd.
I didn’t hear beauty behind the madness on this much, it’s sounds like a longer my dear melancholy
Eh more like trilogy and starboy. The only project before starboy that had pop songs was kissland and maybe trilogy if you consider Montreal pop.
Jake Graham yeah i think my dear melancholy was him subtly trying out the newer sounds which he incorporates into this album
@@wayned535 waaaaait, what song is pop on Kissland???????
alex baban wanderlust was a poppy song
I agree with is this album being the better, intense version of Starboy. Also, agree with the 80s pop vibe being really repetitive. Save your tears was when I realized how old its getting for me. The album put together, song for song, is one of his best. No doubt 9/10.
tre jackson if it’s not his best it’s definitely his most cohesive all his other albums are a bunch of up and downs he takes you one place then the next song your in a completely different place but this album one long vibe. It’s clear that he was super focused on this
tre jackson no way is this better than Starboy. It’s bottom 2 with BBTM
MSA99 wtf you talkin bout, BBTM was a great album. sir your point is invalid at this point
Jake Graham couldn’t agree more with you
MSA99 Starboy his worst album😂😂 you’ve only heard the radio stuff clearly
Had to correct himself on who’s the toxicity king and give my boy Future his rightful place on the throne
Lol
AJ Villegas Throne, but yea
Low Life
Future the king of misogyny get it right 😂
Throne
Everyone be safe and have a great day🙏🏼
Kevin Rosas Thanks bro 🙌🏽
Kevin Rosas right
Thanks man
I don’t wanna be safe 🖕🏿
You too
The Ceeknd
"R&B Batman, The Weeknd" lol
surprised there was no shawn feature tbh
"Trying to get in my emotions. Trying to get in feelings. Trying to get in my bag. *My toxic bag* "
😂😂
Yeah I watched the video as well
@@killler240 Fr. I never understand the point of comments like this.
Was refreshing your channel all morning for this, we got here 4 minutes late but I'll take it
The lyrics at the end of Escape from LA had me dying
me too lmao
I died at the end of faith tbh.
7/10 not a bad review. I liked how you reviewed it. You definitely should’ve listened to this with headphones first tho also maybe 1/2 more listens will change your mind a little
Jason Armstrong I reckon 8+
Stand alone, this album is at least 9. See, the way Shawn rates album is by comparing it to the old Weeknd he grew on, liked, and/or got used to.
Ace York Caras uhhhh....
Ace York Caras it’s not my rating. I’m just summarizing what I saw from the video in hopes of having a conversation about it
Jason Armstrong id also give it a 7/10, its cohesive to the point of monotony which is not my jam. but yknow, different strokes
Yeah I don’t want love because if I ever felt strongly for someone like The Weeknd feels for Bella I’d go insane..
hence the album
this is one of shawn’s best reviews. i could feel him vibing through the screen.
1:27
shawn: it´s getting deeper
me: hahah he sai-
shawn: Shut up
The production on this album is great.. it’s too good, it makes me feel like it was made for like a movie or a netflix original lmao
Snowchild and Faith be hitting different🔥💯
Snowchild definitely for me
The last line of faith..fuck.
The album was phenomenal to me so I’d definitely give it a higher rating, but I get its not for everyone so I’m glad you somewhat enjoyed it Shawn! Great review as always💯
9/10 Until I bleed out, alone again, and Save your tears were my favorite tracks the album was phenomenal to me
Austin Sobande u named all the best tracks, good on ya sensei
I’m a fuckin huuuuge fan of synthwave music. It’s a pretty big culture on RUclips. So this album hit for me
The Weeknd brought the 80’s back.
I love it.
Shawn looking buff man
Gotta compensate for the lack of legs
@@genesisosuna Now ain't THAT the truth
I listened to this literally the second it came out, This album is so smooth man, it feels like one amazing continuous song, I was expecting more pop nd dance music like starboy but he went a different route nd just killed it, I haven't had a feeling of wanting to buy an album in a long time, this giving me that vibe back, pls go listen to this album. 9/10
Loved your reaction to “in your eyes”!! I like the way you analyzed it!
After a few listens to the full record I find that it’s an absolute dark Vegas drug induced masterpiece
Now that After Hours is out the way, let us turn our attention to Shawn's r&B album
I like the 80s feel to the album like the classic vibe is a mood
been waiting for this all day
Hardest to love is something I didn't think I'd like but I fell in love with it
this guy doesn’t like the songs that all slap
Honestllly every song that’s my fav were the ones he hated 💀
Fax lol 😂
Having listened to Dawn FM, AA was definitely one of Abel's best work. Dawn wasn't bad. Solid 8. But AA had close to 5 hits that could easily top any track on Dawn. Goated Album.
Agree
yh AA was much more cinematic too
Nah, I prefer Dawn.
your channel are always my go-to when an artist i like drops an album, great reviews c:
Bro I got goose bumps Just hearing it over and over Xotwod
Snowchild 🔥🔥🥶🥶
lıl ʎʇınɹɟ ʇɹəʌ yessir
Best track
Yeeessssss
There’s usually a standout track in terms of sticking in your mind and from this album it’s “in your eyes” might not be the
most dynamic but it’s the one that stays in your mind after listening to the whole album
YOUR review was the best out of all the people I watched. I like how you approached this in an unbiased manner and I agree with everything you said, other people were just hyping every song without actually reviewing the album
been waiting for this one
Even though I feel like The old Weeknd died with the Starboy era, this is probably his best album. I wasn’t happy about the increase in 80’s vibes at first but it grew on me overtime. If y’all want the old Weeknd back go to his tour when the quarantines over and listen to the old projects 🤷🏽♂️
REVIW MODUS VIVENDI BY 070 SHAKE! THE ARTISTS PICK ON SPOTIFY, because on Spotify it’s out of order, I don’t know if it’s in order on Apple but you gottttaaaaa
Stevie XCIX great album, just wanted to lyk that 070 changed the order of her album on all streaming for a reason. it was purposefully done
Stevie XCIX this album slaps Guilty Conscience is insane
Jake Scharf really? Oh snap..I didn’t know that, that album was art!!!!
Braxton Smith FRRRR
VERY UNDERRATED, she's the vocals of kanye's songs : ghost town, city in the sky
Top 3 album for The Weeknd one of his best IMO, this album as a bit of everything for everyone.
The whole set from Heartless to After Hours is just simply some of the best i’ve heard in all of music.
O thought it was more like he ODed and the blinding lights are coming from an ambulance
Marco Acuña yeah i thought it was something to do with the lows then highs then lows of the process of taking drugs
When he said Jai Paul.... I gotta flashback of some crazy memories. Dude was so ahead of his time... :(
Hardest to love sounds like it should be a Kingdom Hearts song during a montage cut scene
SOMEBODY UNDERSTANDS!
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Weeknd set the bar high fr. Easily AOTY so far.
Exactly
O. W. Eternal atake still has AOTY atm
@@danny28320 ea is a 6-7 for me ngl
Heaven or Hell is AOTY lmao no skips on that joint.
O. W. Lmao y’all have bad taste this album was overhyped and trash. 7/10 at best. Post Malone and Roddy Ricch has way better albums. Also don toliver was better too.
TIME STAMPS
1. Alone Again - 1:01
2. Too Late - 2:11
3. Hardest To Love - 2:36
4. Scared To Live - 3:26
5. Snowchild - 4:14
6. Escape From LA - 5:46
7. Heartless - Already Reacted
8. Faith - 7:33
9. Blinding Lights - Already Reacted
10. In Your Eyes - 9:36
11. Save Your Tears - 11:48
12. Repeat After Me (Interlude) - 12:55
13. After Hours - Already Listened
14. Until I Bleed Out - 14:18
Love your reactions Shawn! Keep em up! 💯
Yr reaction tho this is what I call a reaction video 💯
Legit just subscribed rn, I love this album and liked your input keep it up brotha 👍🏼
I see I am the only one who loved the starboy album. I loved that 80s elcectronica /pop vibe throughout. This album is having a similar vibe of the 80s synth pop.
“My toxic bag” - Shawn Cee
That Cali line on Snowchild godamnnnnnnnnn. Love it. Loved Faith as well, Metro Boomin kills it as always man, every beat he touches turns to gold.
So like, the more you listen to the album the more you like it... I can’t stop
Bro for you to say this album didn’t have variety is crazy! Every song was so different but explained a story so well.
Nah it didn't have variety but it was still really good
Dude cmon be realistic. It had a consistent tone, but not variety
Definitely had variety. Album has like three phases.
og weeknd vibes know that after hours is just a kiss land and starboy baby.
I love this album so much. I feel like he mixed his experimental Trilogy era with the Starboy era. Oneohtrix Point Never helped out with Repeat After Me with Tame Impala, and was a primary producer of Until I Bleed Out. I really want these two to work more in the future.
first time watching one of your videos! you are hilarious 😂 your editing + commentary is seamless **chefs kiss**
The sounds on the album makes me wanna do coke in an arcade bathroom and then feel sad afterwards.
Scared to live is also so beautiful damn I'm happy with this
Should have been a single
great vid shawn, i really love how you explain things and shit, imagine if you started a podcast frfr i would actually listen everyday
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAD :)))
“I want another trilogy” so were you people the same person 10 years ago? Smh, hating on this album cause it isn’t Trilogy dark vibes is just stupid. But y’all love that Eternal Atake shit eh?
This is way better than Trilogy. Trilogy was 80% duds
SpurOfMoment nah man, stop. Trilogy will be his best work of art ever. This is a close second. Nothing has touched Trilogy, you look like a fool saying that.
RileyMyles Facts
@@rileymyles2588 Your opinion is entirely subjective but I do agree that people need to move on. I feel like people only care about an artist's earliest work.
moonhead538 I can bet you 100k that if The Weeknd kept doing trilogy vibe music that people would be saying “he needs to switch it up, this is boring now” etc. I understand my point is subjective because any opinion when it comes to music is subjective, but that’s exactly how it would be. Just have to appreciate music for what it is not what you think it should be.
I feel like you gotta take a project like this as individual from his older stuff, you can’t expect him to be writing the same exact music almost a decade later
The production on this album was so crispy and top tier and it felt cinematic in a way. It also complimented his voice in making a lot of the tracks more atmospheric and cinematic in a way
As bright as the album sounds, when putting it into context with the rest of his discography and his life, it just radiates a feeling of burnout and desperation and I fucking love it
It’s very good, that’s all that needs to be said!