He wrote this song while being homeless. Performing this during the Halftime show of the most watched sports event in the world must have felt friggen amazing for him.
This was the first The Weeknd song I've ever heard, then rushed immediately to download the full album. So lucky. Still remember hearing his voice for the first time and asking WHO IS THIS GUY SINGING?? Now so many people think this album is a recent release 🤣
idk why people hate that he changed, i love how each album is different and amazing in its own way. if you want to get fucked up listen to trilogy or kissland. if you want to cry listen to after hours or my dear melancholy,. starboy if you want to get hype.
That change In the middle is Incredible!! Goes from this party song everyone cheering and having fun, to a “my drink got spiked” nightmare in just that one change. It’s SO GOOD.
Have been deep diving into his older stuff, this song is a vibe. First time listening, instant dopamine rush (as with all of his songs), will never get old to me. What a great artist.
Hey Guys, I’m a big fan of The Weeknd and I just made a motivational video about his life and career and I would really appreciate you guys checking it out. I really put a lot of dedication and effort into this video to make it the best I can and my goal is for Abel to hopefully see it or at least hear about it. So if you can just do me a solid as a fan and check it out that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much and I hope everyone stays safe!! LINK: ua-cam.com/video/ekrSPg34zuM/v-deo.html
In my eyes = the soul Basically he is saying the person he is from the outside(face). Is different than his true self (soul), which is why the outside is no longer recognizeable.
@@atom0824 there are definitely layers to that lyric. 1. people change. the weeknd discusses the subtle disappointing women have upon learning of his true nature or demons. or how he has changed/will change over time. 2. they're so fucking faded that nothing makes sense and you cant recognize anyone. its not the most lyrically complex line, but it is very good, simplistic, and arguably relatable.
Now THIS has some old school Weeknd vibes holyyyyyy Weeknd dun took off HAM ON THIS RIGHT HERE! a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took his career off 2 the next level fr fr no cap
This whole song is a trip. The first part is so happy. Just like when you first get high but then the second part is the come down. I hate when the song finishes. Because then you have to replay it. Then you have to get high again and come down once more. And you are caught in a cycle of ecstasy and pain. UPDATE: Lol oh shit 4 years later and I never thought this comment will get crazy likes, thanks guys! I was high af when I wrote the comment. So while I was listening I was also riding out the physical feeling. Today I think the first part is “happy” but in an eery and destructive way. Ghoulish almost as someone mentioned here, with something hiding behind the “happiness”. I miss those Trilogy days man, but look where our boy is at today, number 1! Love and blessings to you all! XOTWOD
+King Martin I get the same way, almost, except I can only get about 20 seconds into Glass Table Girls. The moods are so different, and I find myself repeating the whole "trip" many many times. Music is just another drug this song is potent... addicting.
Timeless classic. Weeknd is so dope. I can't stop watching this track again and again. I am sure he will be #1 soon due to 💖 a u t h e n t I c v i e w s 💖
Yes. I went down all his mixtapes rabbit hole. Got sucked in because it reminded me of my quarter life crisis. Didn't live what he writes about but thought almost everything. If only they took something other than photos.
I was around 14 when I got the xo tattoo… Abel is first and last artist I felt so strongly about to get a tattoo. This music shaped my teenage years and inspired me so much! This entire album is classic, it can never get old! Xo ❤️
+William Robinson yes I did. and I made sure we met up more but driving through LA, 3am, had a bit of everything, white girl, lucy and bud. bumped all of Trilogy, and Kissland and his new stuff now.
If you really look at it, lyrics are scary ass shit. Poor girl can't breathe and trying to leave but he just tells her to open the window and trying to convince her that in fact it's really a happy house and that they're happy and it's fun and she's terrified, but she "belongs to him" and he won't let her go. Abel is a fucking genius.
Not really scary, just ironic. its not like shes inhaling Joker gas or noxious fumes lol. Its just weed smoke or drug smoke. They arent happy, so the irony is that its a happy house. Also, I think one of the samples comes from a song that has the same irony so he might have been influenced by it.
Thanks. I'm a newer fan and I decided to listen to some of his older songs and now I'm HOOKED. I love some of his old songs like house of ballons/glass table girls and twenty eight, Montreal and the zone!
@@jamaljackson299 OMG the point of the thing is its not the trilogy versions which are a little less raw due to the way the album was produced. the house of balloons mixtape is full on 100% un-interfered weeknd. you are problably one of those people who thought it was a new album.
Real XO fans know.. man when this song first came out it was like a drug. So many memories tied in with this song and my younger 18 yr old party/trap days. Had a couple House of Balloon themed parties in honor of this song. Fun, crazy times. Now 10 years later I am 28, a mother to a beautiful child, matured and grown n sexy, a whole different woman. Memories memories, I will always love this song ❤
My favourite album of all time!!!! Every single song sounds different than the last. It changed the landscape of rnb as we know it today and it takes you on a crazy rollercoaster ride that doesn't let you go until the very last song. Thank you Abel for making an album so impactful and I will hold this album dear to my heart XOTWOD ❤
on my first day of uni i met a girl in class and we liked eachother right away. when i saw on her facebook that she had a XO profile pic i knew why our souls connected hahaha
As a lover of post punk and synth, this song does great service to goth music. This track incorporates the musical style and post punk beats of the scene, even sampling directly the lyrics of goth icon Siouxsie Sioux herself. This is awesome.
It's more Industrial than Goth. The Glass Table Girls part had Nine Inch Nails' Closer sampled into the music. (Unless I'm stupid and I don't realize that Industrial music and Goth music are the same thing.)
@@KaylaSalasidis They really don't know but it was 1980 my daughter played it and I knew I knew the song just couldn't place it then bingo! Siouxsie and the Banshees some people in their 50's might remember it 😂
Heard the "WOAAAAA WOAAAAA OH OH" in their happy house song just now and knew that was a sample of a song I heard before but I couldn't put my finger on it, found my way here. Glad to see ppl giving them their flowers for being a huge inspiration for this song sonically.
@@burntnikesock212 I’m ac so happy some people appreciate the og artist that was sampled! I actually hate how artists like the weekend don’t credit them over UA-cam and whatnot. Like he’s sampled so many other goth artists and none are getting credit😭
true I wasnt a big weeknd fan when he dropped Trilogy. but as I've gotten older and matured with different styles of music I appreciate his style more.
I'm not an OG I started from blinding lights but when I heard all his other songs....and I thought.how tf didn't I hear any of this legend's songs before .... I'm so thankful that I did listen to them.... This man is the greatest of our generation....and man these old songs slap so hard...i am obsessed with this man and his music. XO FOREVER.
same here. I knew him from can't feel my face and the hills but after hearing after hours i finally got into all his old stuff and holy fuck i'm in love. if it wasn't for all these mixtapes i wouldn't be such a diehard fan rn.
When I first heard this I enjoyed the beat but when I red the lyrics I got slapped hard and overall amazing seeing him perform this in the NFL Halftime Show
I only know this song since Jenna Ortega mentioned Happy house and I went to it and listened while scrolling through the comments and ended up seeing one of somebody mentioning the weeknd sampling it. The process was worth it
Hard-core Siouxsie fan here, saw her 8x and in May at Cruel World she's headlining. Gonna be incredible, I heard the original in my teens I'm 53 BTW still rocking it. Props to him for the sample. I'm a fan.
Hearing the Siouxie and the Banshees sample in this song during the super bowl is what caused me to completely re-examine The Weeknd, he knows his stuff
It's amazing when you look back at how much this guy has influenced the r and b scene. Even with the so many amazing songs to come out that have been influenced by him, when I hear songs like these ones and the zone I still get transported to some other world where a rare few others can. He really has something special.
Yeah I was pretty into the weekend after the hills was played everywhere then I kinda never heard of him again and now just remember how amazing all his old shit was. New stuff is so impressive to see that he hasn't changed much from the first sing released in this channel to how he sounded with his set at the super bowl.
Siouxsie and Banshees Happy House for those that do not know where the background comes from. That was a Post Punk band from the late 70's. Siouxsie was the singer. In the late 70's punk was dying as everyone was getting bored however, a genre was born Due to that boredom that was called post punk. and the kids like siouxsie started mixing genres with punk. Rock genres likes psicodelia, Avant Garde and minimalism. Abel is a smart young man and we the fans of that in old music appreciation appreciation as well.
God, wow! This is wonderful. Transitions, words - everything is beautiful in this song. This will live forever, 13 years have passed and this song is still listened to and used as a soundtrack. Admiration and nothing more!
To all the Usher stans who have come here to check out House of Balloons: The Weeknd was referring to the sound of his whole mixtape titled House of Balloons, not necessarily this particular track. XO
@@KnowledgeSeeker78491 You can't control what your voice sounds like. This song sounds nothing like a michael jackson song. His big pop songs kinda do but this... No sir.
Damn this version is so much more raw and uncut than the one on Trilogy. The sound is so much better on this version, you feel the ruggedness and grind of his life more
you cannot say that THIS song isn't a freaking masterpiece for me in all of the songs he did this one is THE most powerful and artic. So much is happening the emotions, the story, the lyrics everything is perfect even the fact that it's 6 min long and that he didn't write it in a happy house... that's for sure.
He wrote this song while being homeless. Performing this during the Halftime show of the most watched sports event in the world must have felt friggen amazing for him.
I think the World Cup is the most watchED sport event in the world but yeah. He is a musical genius! XOTWOD. Homeless to performing for millions!!
*most watched sports event in America*
Halftime show isn't even top 5 but yeah go on Abel
Siouxsie Sioux wrote this song,
Why y'all mad over the most watched sport 😂
He didn't have to perform this at the super bowl. It's not one of his biggest hits. He did it for the OG's and I respect him so much for it.
yupp
And for the 10th anniversary of this song
@@deadpaul6415 old fan of him
He did it because it’s a great song
And that shit was creepy as fuck lmaoo but still cool as fuck
12 years later and this song hasn't lost an ounce of its power. Timeless classic.
XOTWOD for life
yes bro
frrr
Omg really?? Bro I thought it's a new song I didn't realize it until I saw the date of it !!
How didn’t I know about him 11 years ago? Where was I?
The fact that I got to hear this live is still so surreal to me 😭
Was insane
Frrr
Sameeee
STOP MAKING ME JEALOUSSSS
A dream came true to me
He played this at the Super Bowl for the OG fans, and that’s why you’re here.
The 10 seconds of this threw me back SO hard. Had to come and vibe for a bit lol
YUPP!
yup
yup
XO till we overdose
i fucking screamed when he started to sing this at the super bowl, someone tell me it wasn't just me lmao
I got legit chills I didnt expect it
You're the only one👍
Trust me all of xo did
Omg same I didn’t think he’d perform this but I’m so glad he did
Seriously I literally fell in love with him all over again ❤️❤️
This was the first The Weeknd song I've ever heard, then rushed immediately to download the full album. So lucky. Still remember hearing his voice for the first time and asking WHO IS THIS GUY SINGING??
Now so many people think this album is a recent release 🤣
Wicked Games is the first song i heard. I remember watching a smosh video and got recommend that song. Never looked back ever since.
FRLL
He ripped off Siouxie and the Banshees!
Same !!!
@@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi For me it was "what you need"...
"Happy House" by Siouxsie and the Banshees (1980) is being sampled/covered on this song.
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO SAID IT
I don't know why, but I'm sad when everyone don't know about original
Thank you for saying this! THIS is what amazes me about him and this song! He was brave enough to sample a very independently classic 80s group.
i was looking for a comment that said this !!
thats literally where i came from (an insta reel that said this)
THAT TRANSITION WAS INSAAAANE
helll yeahhhh
Shit was too fire 🔥
Best part of the show for sure
Life ain't about him it's about you. The Weeknds sound is something we choose. Be yourself there is no god everyday brings something new.
That shit was crazyyy
idk why people hate that he changed, i love how each album is different and amazing in its own way. if you want to get fucked up listen to trilogy or kissland. if you want to cry listen to after hours or my dear melancholy,. starboy if you want to get hype.
what do when you want to listen to bbtm?
SHODO exactly!! his albums are his versions of every mood, like how could you not love it ,?? He can do it all and still keep his own vibe
abel does everything
quaddy goon fuck
Nateshark10 this is facts
It’s been 12 years and this song still and will always have a place in my heart
That change In the middle is Incredible!! Goes from this party song everyone cheering and having fun, to a “my drink got spiked” nightmare in just that one change. It’s SO GOOD.
CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WAS AT THE SUPERBOWL
I legit got chills when I heard it and the transition to blinding lights is just perfect
@@bangbangrogers2750 yes! the transition was amazing, I hope somebody makes a studio version of that part
Was it the last song with blinding lights
@@LuisPerez-uo1hx yes
what part of a song?
Crazy how people sleep differently, I sleep on my side, my ex sleeps with everyone & everyone else been sleeping on The Weeknd's trilogy
This comment thou
I love this
I love this comment😂🤣
Bruh😂
This made me giggle so much 23/09/2020 smashing comment
Still my top 5 favorites of all time from The Weeknd TOOOO GOOD
ong
What are the other 4
@@itsJOROCKOcoming down, twenty eight, tears in the rain, after hours
@@l.s9090 I love all of those
@@l.s9090big W
This song will always be my favorite. The vocals, the beats, the lyrics, the vibe...it's all a masterpiece. I'm addicted to it since it released-
You know he sampled this off happy house?
@@alehman4656 yea a majority of the instrumental is just happy house by siouxsie and the banshees 😭
lyrics are f*ck*d up lol, vocals on point though.
Once you become a weeknd fan , None of other artist's music has an impact like his music does.
frank
only one artist has hit me harder than the weeknd
@@CasteloBrancoG may I know who?
R&B's Devil is The Weeknd, while Frank is the angel.
ngl i been listening to the weeknd on repeat for the past 18 months >:)
Who’s here after the Super Bowl halftime show? So happy he added a song from his first album! House of Balloons is a classic!
It's not an album.
@@mcnichoj18 yes it is this is the title track from the album
SAME HERE!!
In a happy house.
@@lilshot2639 it’s really more of a compilation of his early mixtapes than an album per se
y o u b e l o n g t o m e .
such haunting words.
who’s here in 2024?
meeee
me
Me 😀
Yo:
Meee
When Abel played This at the super bowl, he said "I don't forget where I came from" (without saying a word)
This is the ONE!
Also the fact that he transitioned it with blinding lights aka one of his biggest hit is mind blowing. He came so far.
Yeah man, Parkdale Proper.
shut up
@@username9068 ?
I'm not going to pretend i'm an OG fan of the Weeknd. The first time I heard this song was in the superbowl. But holy shit it slaps hard.
Finally some who isn’t pretending, welcome to xo.
Welcome to xo
Welcome to the XO Fam, brother
same, im losing my mind. this guy is a legend
same
Have been deep diving into his older stuff, this song is a vibe. First time listening, instant dopamine rush (as with all of his songs), will never get old to me. What a great artist.
same, been slowly going thru his catalog
Timeless classic.
Weeknd dun took off HAM ON THIS RIGHT HERE! a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took his career off 2 the next level fr fr no cap
The fact that this song is 10 years old but still feels like a modern hit is just amazing and shows how good Abel is
Exactly, just like MIchael Jackson's music, this is our next King of pop.
It’s older than 10 it’s sampled from happy house by siouxsie and the banshees
YES
@@katiehackett3501 The sample is more than 10. This isnt the sample
Hey Guys, I’m a big fan of The Weeknd and I just made a motivational video about his life and career and I would really appreciate you guys checking it out. I really put a lot of dedication and effort into this video to make it the best I can and my goal is for Abel to hopefully see it or at least hear about it. So if you can just do me a solid as a fan and check it out that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much and I hope everyone stays safe!!
LINK: ua-cam.com/video/ekrSPg34zuM/v-deo.html
"You look into my eyes
You can't recognize my face"
Felt that .
whatever you think it means, it doesn't
Yash Parekh so what do you think it means ? Just curious
Its not that deep...
In my eyes = the soul
Basically he is saying the person he is from the outside(face). Is different than his true self (soul), which is why the outside is no longer recognizeable.
@@atom0824 there are definitely layers to that lyric.
1. people change. the weeknd discusses the subtle disappointing women have upon learning of his true nature or demons. or how he has changed/will change over time.
2. they're so fucking faded that nothing makes sense and you cant recognize anyone.
its not the most lyrically complex line, but it is very good, simplistic, and arguably relatable.
12 Years!!
and its still on my everyday playlist
what I would give to go back and hear this song for the first time!
XOTWOD
xo till we overdose
#XO
Now THIS has some old school Weeknd vibes holyyyyyy
Weeknd dun took off HAM ON THIS RIGHT HERE! a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took his career off 2 the next level fr fr no cap
I cried when he sang this at Coachella. I'm so happy that he's still acknowledging Trilogy
BJT WHAT ABOUT KISSLAND
But for the crowd it was unknown
So sad....
Then you would cry if you got a little cut.
@@22swv19 😂
Irene!!! My queen lol
This whole song is a trip. The first part is so happy. Just like when you first get high but then the second part is the come down. I hate when the song finishes. Because then you have to replay it. Then you have to get high again and come down once more. And you are caught in a cycle of ecstasy and pain.
UPDATE: Lol oh shit 4 years later and I never thought this comment will get crazy likes, thanks guys!
I was high af when I wrote the comment. So while I was listening I was also riding out the physical feeling. Today I think the first part is “happy” but in an eery and destructive way. Ghoulish almost as someone mentioned here, with something hiding behind the “happiness”. I miss those Trilogy days man, but look where our boy is at today, number 1! Love and blessings to you all! XOTWOD
best comment I've seen so far
+King Martin damn do you have a Tumblr
+King Martin Maybe there is an extended version?
this is so poetic
+King Martin I get the same way, almost, except I can only get about 20 seconds into Glass Table Girls. The moods are so different, and I find myself repeating the whole "trip" many many times. Music is just another drug this song is potent... addicting.
THIS IS A HAPPY HOUSE 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
Timeless classic.
Weeknd is so dope. I can't stop watching this track again and again. I am sure he will be #1 soon due to 💖 a u t h e n t I c v i e w s 💖
Abel makes music so you can experience drugs without doing drugs
Or doing them🤫
Yes. I went down all his mixtapes rabbit hole. Got sucked in because it reminded me of my quarter life crisis. Didn't live what he writes about but thought almost everything. If only they took something other than photos.
😂💖
Someone put this song on when I was high off of Molly and this shit hit different
This shit gave me actual acid flashbacks.
After dope album(After hours)am back home.
Same homie
^^
they all have tiles in the song pictures 👀
la flame
G
Amen
Who is listening in 2024?
Me ❤❤❤
Right here brother
All the time. This is about to be my entrance music.
That beat switch is the cure to Coronavirus.
cringe
Yes
@Henry Rodriguez It has nothing to do with covid-19.
@j26 you literally posted 5 comments from this account and all of them are trash. (Great argument j26, very creative)
@j26 another great argument. Bet you dont have a dad.
Remember when he used to be our little secret?
Shelah Haze yessssss tears
Miss those days
God! That feels like ages ago🤦🏾♂️....
The good old days😭
Feels like it was decades ago wtf ;_;
Who's here in 2024?
Me 🎉
Me
Me
Me this song is fire🔥
Me❤🎉
I was around 14 when I got the xo tattoo… Abel is first and last artist I felt so strongly about to get a tattoo. This music shaped my teenage years and inspired me so much! This entire album is classic, it can never get old! Xo ❤️
you need therapy
14 still, thats mad XD
i got a tat for x. i get when you feel like that. the music is really something else
im 14 rn i used to listen to him ever since i was 8 and since i cant do a tattoo i put henna and write XO on my arm all the timee 🤭
@@wximmrr5475 haram, find God
Fans that don’t respect an artists creative progression aren’t fans at all.
It means they were a fan of his previous work but not the artist
But you can appreciate the classics
Exactly of course he’s changed and evolved but I still love like every album
Say dat shit louder
so what? a fan and someone who appreciates music are two different things.
New fans, if you've made it this far then congrats, you've found the real Abel. :)
I made it... well, you might've not discovered it all. search up The Noise Weeknd... Sure to find some very hidden shit there...
Do it and Rescue you, realist shit ever
Thank you sir
im a new fan and i cant find the album :/
A Notorious young Whale Apple Music
This song still lives till these days cant believe it was released 13 years ago
Cant even explain how this song makes me feel omg its literally perfect omg such a dark vibe and i live for this
ahhh literally, yessss
This song was sampled from Happy House by siouxsie and the banshees, 1980. It's gothic dark rock.
I blasted this in my apartments, neighbor girl came over and was like "Oh my god you too?'", ended up smoking a blunt with her to the whole album.
date her :p
did you smash?
Fucking legendary
+William Robinson yes I did. and I made sure we met up more but driving through LA, 3am, had a bit of everything, white girl, lucy and bud. bumped all of Trilogy, and Kissland and his new stuff now.
+David Black tell me about it. I took it all in. Each time was more than the last.
If you really look at it, lyrics are scary ass shit. Poor girl can't breathe and trying to leave but he just tells her to open the window and trying to convince her that in fact it's really a happy house and that they're happy and it's fun and she's terrified, but she "belongs to him" and he won't let her go. Abel is a fucking genius.
Thousand people, thousand perceptions, thousand perceptions
It "hurts to breathe" cause they're stuffing coke up their noses.
it’s more like pressuring suggestions rather than literally making her open a window, like “we’re having fun so you’ll be fine, just open a window”
Not really scary, just ironic. its not like shes inhaling Joker gas or noxious fumes lol. Its just weed smoke or drug smoke. They arent happy, so the irony is that its a happy house. Also, I think one of the samples comes from a song that has the same irony so he might have been influenced by it.
I always thought it was about a girl on a bad trip or maybe just having a panic attack because shes on too many uppers.
2024 anyone???
Я
Me😏
Eccomi
You know it
YOU
Siouxsie and the banshees sample, amazing!
someone: starboy is definitely the weeknd’s best album
me: you haven’t heard house of balloons?
LMAO
memes are life house of balloons isn’t a album, just like Thursday and Echoes of silence. They’re mixtapes, trilogy is an album.
EdgyKid #367538652 gotta make him feel dumb like that 😂
projects *
@@elliottd3641 I mean...
Does that really matter lmao
Imagine this dropped in 2020, it would easily be a number 1 hit. The weeknds old music shows his raw talent he's had since the very beginning
kissland made it to #1 after 7 years from its drop, have hopes for trilogy and HoB / GT
@@georgemusarsa48 Well now that he played a snippet of this at the super bowl... perhaps there’s hope after all
He needs to rerelease this. A wide audience NEEDS to hear this.
all it shows is how nothings changed
this song is a decade old and it still is popping that's how good the artist is
It's older than that
The smooth transition... pure eargasm.
eargasm is crazy but real
It doesn't matter when you became an XO fan, as long as you end up here you're a real one
thank you
Thanks. I'm a newer fan and I decided to listen to some of his older songs and now I'm HOOKED. I love some of his old songs like house of ballons/glass table girls and twenty eight, Montreal and the zone!
Thank you, anyway I feel bad for not knowing him back then in 2011
thanks🥺 i’m still new, but i just got through after hours and starboy and i love them both dearly and now i’m trying to get through trilogy.
I've been a fan for more than a year now and honestly, no other artist slaps better than him 💀
I’m on an old Weeknd roll tonight
The Groovy Guitar Dude - Daily Guitar Lessons almost every lonely weekend, and sometimes weekdays I tend do the same.
The Groovy Guitar Dude - Daily Guitar Lessons enjoy sir 🙏
I did that once. Jacked off to the color blue.
The Groovy Guitar Dude - Daily Guitar Lessons exactly me rn 🔥🔥👌🏾
The Groovy Guitar Dude - Daily Guitar Lessons Ride that wave into paradise
This song is so good.
Thank goodness for tumblr exposing me to this in 2011. Who would have thought he’d rise to the level he did 11 years later…timeless
Yes
Rip to all the people who thought House Of balloons is a new album
Well to people who hadn’t heard this before it was new so I don’t get your point
LMFAO
“Yoooo The Weeknd jus dropped”
@@UncleMasterChefOBdaGodOrSumIDK it’s a re release not a drop, the thing is literally 1/3 of trilogy anyways
@@jamaljackson299 OMG the point of the thing is its not the trilogy versions which are a little less raw due to the way the album was produced. the house of balloons mixtape is full on 100% un-interfered weeknd. you are problably one of those people who thought it was a new album.
@@UncleMasterChefOBdaGodOrSumIDK it’s not, it’s a re release. That’s all it is dawg
Anyone got excited when he performed this at the Super Bowl?
My favourite part
Meee, I literally screamed bc I didn't think he was going to sing this one
@@GJ-iq9cz the best part!
That shit was fire but the transition to blinding lights was godly 👀🔥
Meeee I wovee it
Real XO fans know.. man when this song first came out it was like a drug. So many memories tied in with this song and my younger 18 yr old party/trap days. Had a couple House of Balloon themed parties in honor of this song. Fun, crazy times. Now 10 years later I am 28, a mother to a beautiful child, matured and grown n sexy, a whole different woman. Memories memories, I will always love this song ❤
this song gives me literal chills.
I remember being a heartbroken 17 yr old listening to this , Now ima heart broken 25 yr old listening to this .. kinda scary lol
Bro...time flies
Same lmao
See you next year
SAME
Love will find its way to you. Dont stress about it. XOTWOD 🤘
I always felt this song was worthy of a music video 😢
POV: watching a black balloon get passed around through a dark sweaty house party
@@Chromirage That’s an idea tho a balloon pov yes
a lot from this mixtape alone deserves a music video
Tru
THANK YOU!
My favourite album of all time!!!! Every single song sounds different than the last. It changed the landscape of rnb as we know it today and it takes you on a crazy rollercoaster ride that doesn't let you go until the very last song. Thank you Abel for making an album so impactful and I will hold this album dear to my heart XOTWOD ❤
his best work in my opinion. This whole album Still gives me chills
If you're here, you're already my best friend x
Rip xxx
on my first day of uni i met a girl in class and we liked eachother right away. when i saw on her facebook that she had a XO profile pic i knew why our souls connected hahaha
If it ain't XO.....
@Cayden Pearson i just won a new award for a kid show
@@denizsevindi6032 Talking 'bout a face numbing off a bag a blow
That beat change... damn
heavy
revolutionary
Siko mode
well thares two diffrent songs in this
oh and tames ull like the weeknd
This is THE album that played non-stop at the best house parties I've ever been to, when I lived in Montreal
Weeknd dun took off HAM ON THIS RIGHT HERE! a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took his career off 2 the next level fr fr no cap
That transition from this to Blinding Lights was something else
My favorite part for sure
Yessss those two are my fave parts
That legit was my favorite part of the show!
Totally!
godly.
crazy how his songs never get old. S/O to all the original fans.
I hate his new shit, I've literally been with him since 2011 going on 2012 man. It sucks so much, when artists go mainstream.
His new shit is great though
NONE of his songs get old, in my opinion
they never do, he is a true talented artist
Erin Cathey he really is. you got good taste. Lol
this album is one of those few instant classics, every song stands by itself and each song has so much replay value.
Top 5 best Weeknd song of all time for me!!! 🔥🔥🔥
As a lover of post punk and synth, this song does great service to goth music. This track incorporates the musical style and post punk beats of the scene, even sampling directly the lyrics of goth icon Siouxsie Sioux herself. This is awesome.
YES
Beautifully written. One of the few people who understand where weeknd gets his influences
It's more Industrial than Goth. The Glass Table Girls part had Nine Inch Nails' Closer sampled into the music. (Unless I'm stupid and I don't realize that Industrial music and Goth music are the same thing.)
It's garbage , the only good thing is the sound from the original.
@@barriniho This defined a whole genre, ain't no way it's garbage
“Nights past so much quicker than the days did. Same clothes you ain’t ready for your day shift!” XO/ The Host!
@Hydra Jamm Heavy drug use
@Hydra Jamm He said it in this song too smart one.
Literally me today
This needs to be at the end of a scary movie or something
siouxsie and the banshees ♡
The fact that no one know this is siouxie makes me slightly mad😭😭
@@KaylaSalasidis It's such a good band 😔
@@KaylaSalasidis They really don't know but it was 1980 my daughter played it and I knew I knew the song just couldn't place it then bingo! Siouxsie and the Banshees some people in their 50's might remember it 😂
Heard the "WOAAAAA WOAAAAA OH OH" in their happy house song just now and knew that was a sample of a song I heard before but I couldn't put my finger on it, found my way here.
Glad to see ppl giving them their flowers for being a huge inspiration for this song sonically.
@@burntnikesock212 I’m ac so happy some people appreciate the og artist that was sampled! I actually hate how artists like the weekend don’t credit them over UA-cam and whatnot. Like he’s sampled so many other goth artists and none are getting credit😭
This song was light years ahead of its time
tru
Still is
true I wasnt a big weeknd fan when he dropped Trilogy. but as I've gotten older and matured with different styles of music I appreciate his style more.
+Dieter Morgan you need to check on the dream crown jewel album b side album unrelated yet..but on this before dream..but both are nice
This song is sampled from the banshees
I'm not an OG I started from blinding lights but when I heard all his other songs....and I thought.how tf didn't I hear any of this legend's songs before .... I'm so thankful that I did listen to them.... This man is the greatest of our generation....and man these old songs slap so hard...i am obsessed with this man and his music. XO FOREVER.
Welcome to this world! XOTWOD
Damn, going from blinding lights to something like this is like discovering a whole other artist 🤣
@@416RG factss
same here. I knew him from can't feel my face and the hills but after hearing after hours i finally got into all his old stuff and holy fuck i'm in love. if it wasn't for all these mixtapes i wouldn't be such a diehard fan rn.
There many secret gems
When I first heard this I enjoyed the beat but when I red the lyrics I got slapped hard and overall amazing seeing him perform this in the NFL Halftime Show
I only know this song since Jenna Ortega mentioned Happy house and I went to it and listened while scrolling through the comments and ended up seeing one of somebody mentioning the weeknd sampling it. The process was worth it
Hard-core Siouxsie fan here, saw her 8x and in May at Cruel World she's headlining. Gonna be incredible, I heard the original in my teens I'm 53 BTW still rocking it. Props to him for the sample. I'm a fan.
Hearing the Siouxie and the Banshees sample in this song during the super bowl is what caused me to completely re-examine The Weeknd, he knows his stuff
❤️
facts
What this sample was from???
he has culture
trilogy has a lot of beach house samples too. like og beach house
I love listening to his music with headphones, I love how the sounds rotate and shift to different sides. It feels like I'm spinning.
Reily Chaco you get a music high lol 😂
2024
THIS IS A HAPPY HOUSE 😩😩
its 2024 and this song still hits🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤🔥❤🔥
Me during Corona
"This is a happy house.
We're happy here
In a happy house.
Oh this fun."
Fun, fun fun fun
“If it hurts, to breathe, you have coronaaa”
Mahīśāsaka underrated comment
@@ServingOthers99 omg
LMAO YOU LITERALLY WROTE MY MIND 😂😂😂😂😂
It's amazing when you look back at how much this guy has influenced the r and b scene. Even with the so many amazing songs to come out that have been influenced by him, when I hear songs like these ones and the zone I still get transported to some other world where a rare few others can. He really has something special.
Definitely, when people will be summing up the 2010s decade, his name will def be there.
i highly agree. to the point where even juicy j Stay trippy album has many influences of just him
***** like you said his producers bring that dark feel to the music he bring the amazing vocals
BelizeHunni I wish i never had to leave that world you mentioned.. Glad to know I'm not the only one.
Gurl when I look at those lips I'm also transported somewhere else. Damn, you hella fine.
Hope tiktok doesnt ruin this masterpiece
Too late
This has been my favorite song of The Weeknd for years, I keep coming back 🖤
I wonder how many people are gonna look into his old music now that he played it at the super bowl
Yeah I was pretty into the weekend after the hills was played everywhere then I kinda never heard of him again and now just remember how amazing all his old shit was. New stuff is so impressive to see that he hasn't changed much from the first sing released in this channel to how he sounded with his set at the super bowl.
I heard this at the Superbowl and I went through some of his older songs from like 2015 backwards. Absolutely fantastic
alot bro
@@olly7155 I’m glad you like his older music 😌
that is exactly what i did
this song makes me wanna live life in black and white and do drugs...hell, the whole album makes me wanna live life in black and white and do drugs.
ive lived like this before its fun but its bad for your health, physically and mentally
i was inspired by this album lmao
how fucking cool. isnt it?
G yeah . fr
This song makes me wanna live in pure darkness and do hard drugs and see all the magic and the satanic shit
12 years ago today is CRAZYYY. The memories this track/mixtape has is incredible. xo FOREVER
Siouxsie and Banshees Happy House for those that do not know where the background comes from. That was a Post Punk band from the late 70's. Siouxsie was the singer. In the late 70's punk was dying as everyone was getting bored however, a genre was born Due to that boredom that was called post punk. and the kids like siouxsie started mixing genres with punk. Rock genres likes psicodelia, Avant Garde and minimalism. Abel is a smart young man and we the fans of that in old music appreciation appreciation as well.
msi also sampled their song
OH man I pity myself that I didn't hear this before 2021. Such a gem of a song
Bruh go listen to all of his album called Trilogy it's full of gems like these you won't be disappointed.
@@Qwertyz44000 "disappointed" concept doesn't exist when it comes to The Weeknd.
@John Smith brooooo listen to Kissland if you haven’t already, it is a true masterpiece and criminally underrated
Welcome xotwod
Always better late than never. Welcome! XO 💜🎶
Who's listening in 2020 tho? Edit: AFTER HOURS REALLY DROPPED MY NIGGA THIS SHIT CRAZY ASF
Joshua Chamblin you already know. This song will be heard for generations.
Always
Best Song Out There My Friend 🔥
Everyday
I will always listen to this song
his greatest song hands down. gorgeous piece.
God, wow! This is wonderful. Transitions, words - everything is beautiful in this song. This will live forever, 13 years have passed and this song is still listened to and used as a soundtrack. Admiration and nothing more!
To all the Usher stans who have come here to check out House of Balloons:
The Weeknd was referring to the sound of his whole mixtape titled House of Balloons, not necessarily this particular track.
XO
Yeah sounds like Usher did kinda sample his style.
Lord in that case The Weeknd stole Michael Jackson's style
@@KnowledgeSeeker78491 does this sound like michael jackson to you?
@@donnymahabier9516 Yes...his voice sounds very much like Michael Jackson
@@KnowledgeSeeker78491 You can't control what your voice sounds like. This song sounds nothing like a michael jackson song. His big pop songs kinda do but this... No sir.
Damn this version is so much more raw and uncut than the one on Trilogy. The sound is so much better on this version, you feel the ruggedness and grind of his life more
I disagree the bass on this is mixed like shit lmao
His voice is way too quiet in this one
nah the Trilogy version is on another level
Yeah I was like wtf this does not sound good. I can now see why Fantano didnt like the production
you cannot say that THIS song isn't a freaking masterpiece for me in all of the songs he did this one is THE most powerful and artic. So much is happening the emotions, the story, the lyrics everything is perfect even the fact that it's 6 min long and that he didn't write it in a happy house... that's for sure.
Only The Weeknd can make a trap house sound so magical
Trap house, curious. Going to search more music like this!
rlyehdate songs about trap houses usually doesn’t sound anything like this😂😂
Lmao facts
@@rlyehdate bruh thats not the genre
@@XephyrIsDead :(
this at the superbowl
og fans: 😳
goths: 😳
new fans: 🧐
Honestly, i think satb fans would be even more surprised than the xo fam
Goths? Huh??
@@user-du3yr8ld7i siouxsie and the banshees, hob samples one of their songs named "happy house"
Cool kids vs nerds
I'm a new fan tho