The weeknd's old music taught me to cope with depression, and that being lonely wasn't necessarily a bad thing. He taught me to enjoy what most people would consider negative emotions
One time I had a bad trip and this song is EXACTLY how everything felt. I don’t know how to explain it but he was able to capture that feeling. And the lyrics are so crazy accurate. Like “and the clocks don’t work, you don’t gotta check them time. And the blinds don’t work, you don’t have to check the sky”. He is a musical genius.
Nah. I think it’s quite the opposite. His songs actually shows how really messed up this lifestyle is. If you think about it, “Trilogy” is actually pretty good anti-advertising of such lifestyle.
@@DrCrimson_ nah man tons of 19 year old girls are tryna live this life while screaming XO till we overdose LMAO. I love the Weeknd my favorite artist, but come on now.
Time doesn't determine who real fans are. Passion determines who real fans are. Some people weren't fortunate enough to find out about Abel when he first started making music...
"And they high off Shakespeare lines" Lyric genius, really ! Gives me chills the way he talks about the drugs and the women in the most poetic way . My hats off to you Abel , xo, The Weeknd is truly extraordinary
@faisalaljamil514 lol this was so long ago I don’t even remember commenting. But I realized, initiation was the song that made a fan. Abel is a true music genius.
+Kiss Land XO Right? Everyone loves HOB but EOS really just perfected the sound. I mean just how Outside flows into XO/The Host and how that flows into Initiation is just fucking crazy. Shows how much thought he put into this last mixtape.
You can see the misery in his eyes... Hes a slave to the drugs. The way he speaks about his addiction screams help, but also asks you to join him. Brilliant
If you listened to this album enough you know the beginning of “same old song” comes after and it’s perfect. The darkness in this song is so insane. I love it. I don’t even put The Weeknd in “R&B” or “soul” it’s just The Weeknd whole genre itself. Amazing
I listened to this immediately after XO/The Host and heard the refrain and initially just thought "oh, it's to continue the song." But then it kept repeating. And every time it felt more intense and terrifying even at the parts that stayed the same. Because he's promised this girl that they can be together if she just does one thing - and another thing - and another drug - and another friend - and cuts off ties to everyone saying to stop, and makes herself completely subservient to him by getting hooked. It creates a prison of sound. You can't escape the repetition. Neither can she.
Never happen this again, at that time he was heavy drug addicted, he said that he used to get high and start singing whatever crossed his mind and that he is not seeing himself doing this now
Very clever use of autotune to represent different stages of the high. Anyone notice how in lines like "back from the comedown" the pitch is rising suggesting that the effect of the drugs are beginning to be pleasurable again? Then in lines like "I thought I passed my peak and I'm experiencing fall" the pitch is falling as he begins to experience another comedown from the excessive drug use. Also every four or so lines the content of the lyrics seem to change mood which coincides with the change in pitch as when the pitch is low he's talking about how fucked up the drugs have made him (a more darker tone). Whereas when the pitch is high he tends to be talking about how awesome the drugs feel. This constant roller-coaster of peak highs followed by a comedown and then followed by another high is characteristic of the over-abuse of drugs where the user believes the only remedy for a comedown is to simply not stop being high and is ultimately self-destructive. What else is powerful about this song is how the overall message is a story of him trying to entice someone else into his lifestyle of drug abuse. Perhaps because misery loves nothing more that company. Great song.
bob james 100% agree, i think this is one of the first songs back when it came out that really succeeded at the sound. i think they also used format changing, example is: lets say you are an Apple product user and use logic pro X, theres a format shift in the "flex pitch" edits and its very useful for that, i use it in my music as well. Pretty cool for a darker vibe or like you said, to really enhance the feeling in a song. XOTWOD
That's an incredibly well thought out explanation you have there! It made me love this song more. The very last lines are the lowest pitch in the song. Must be rock bottom from the effects of drugs.
can you imagine your future kids discovering the weeknd and you'll be all "I remember when listening to him when I was younger." what kind of music will be playing 20-30 years from now?
+XcccVcccX "Damn kids these days with their disrespectfulness. Back in my day we used to show respect to women and run trains on them after getting them too damn high to think." Lol I couldn't make up a thing for what the kids do in the future, because the content in Initiation is already pretty damn dark.
Gee, I thought House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls was creepy... this is next level shit... and combined with that unsettling picture, this is nightmarish... in other words, it's genius.
Exactly, like some of the Weeknd's darkest stuff like House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls and Initiation is nightmarish, almost even scary sometimes, the way certain aspects of his lifestyles are described
+Charlie F Pretty wasn't as dark, it didn't sound as dark either. The only dark part about Pretty was the last part when the french man started speaking. I'd agree that this is pretty scary.
Electrifyy I honestly interpreted Pretty as a song about getting gruesome revenge on an ex, as the video suggests. Also, those really somber guitar sounds in the background make it even more chilling.
Never have i heard better (fitting) production on a song.The depth of the instrumental, the perfect pitching of his voice and the overall dark and haunting theme on this song are just absolutely fuckin perfect. Most underrated song for sure.
Guy on the left: Speak Evil Guy on the right: See Evil Audience: Hear Evil (But no one mentioned The Weeknd and what he represents) Nothing is scribbled out so: Do Evil
Guy on left speaks evil, guy on right sees evil, guy behind the screen(you) hear evil. In 3 dimensional space, it forms a a triangle with Abel in the middle. Could be mentioning that Abel is evil/ sold his soul to the devil.
[Verse 1] Oh, yeah, got you drinking out them white cups, sodas All this shit so foreign to you, thick smoke, choking Baby, get familiar with the order Just crack it, then pour it, then sip slow, then tip low My eyes red but my brim low, that XO She climbing, straight to the top, forgetting why she there in the first place No more crying, heart rate slow, put that rum down you don't wanna die tonight I promise, when you’re finished, we’ll head to where I’m living The party won’t finish, it’s a fucking celebration, oh yeah For my niggas out tonight And they high off Shakespeare lines There's enough to pass around, you don't gotta wait in line And the clocks don't work, you don't gotta check the time And the blinds don't work, you don't gotta check the sky We'll be going all night, 'til light [Hook] I got a test for you You say you want my heart Well, baby, you can have it all There's just something that I need from you Is to meet my boys [Verse 2] And you've been going hard, baby Now you rolling with some big boys, baby Got a lot you wanna show off, baby Close that door before you take your fucking clothes off, baby Don't mind, all my writings on the wall I thought I passed my peak, and I'm experiencing fall And all I wanna do is leave cause I've been zoning for a week And I ain't left this little room, tryna concentrate to breathe Cause this piff so potent, killing serotonin In that two floor loft in the middle we be choking On that all black voodoo, heavy gum chewing Go on if you thirsty, baby, if you dancing Grab a cup of that XO, baby, I been leaning Back from the come down, girl, I've been fiending For another round, don't you blame it on me When you're grinding up your teeth and it's fucking hard to sleep [Hook] I got a test for you You said you want my heart Well, baby, you can have it all There's just something that I need from you Is to meet my boys I got a lot of boys And we can make you right And if you get too high [Verse 3] Baby, come over here and Ride it out, ride it out Work that butt 'til I tire out Roll that weed, bring that fire out Taste that lean when you kiss my mouth Bed so wet when I eat you out Girl's friends scream that I'm creeping out If they're not down, better keep em out Ex-man hollering, keep him out Hard to let go, I could teach you how Take a puff of this motherfucking reefer now Bet a shot of this cognac, ease you out Just one night, trying to fucking leave you out Baby, baby [Hook] I got a test for you You said you want my heart Well, baby, you can have it all There's just something I need from you Is to meet my boys I got a lot of boys And we can make you right And if you get too high Baby come over here and ride it out Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah Come over here and ride it out Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah [Outro] That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO
KamiK-V He sees evil, speaks evil and hears evil. The left one sees evil, and righ one speaks it. Abel does it all. Instead of drawing over the eyes and mouth to symbolize the cenzorship of evil, they've done the opposite, expressing evil. And Abel is expressing it fully. Which is obvious if you observe his artwork.
@@llewellyndevries Thank you. "But it makes sense" yeah no shit it makes sense, you see 2 crazy ass dudes talking, they make perfect sense to each other.
The change in tone is to do with the come up and come down, on coke. You do it, you are feeling so high and lifted and off your head, but then shortly after you fall - this is when you need another line. You are urging for another - so you do it and come back up again. This is the cycle throughout the song.
nah, it's just the different upper and downers you continue to get fucked up on all night.. going up then down and back up and down with all types of shit. NOT just coke. I would know. Trust me.
this song is one of the deepest I have heard of him. the first guy is speak no evil. Abel is hear no evil. the guy on the left is see no evil.Abel isn't scratched out because he is hear no evil. We are listening to the song right now. so technically the song is "evil" and you can hear his voice is constantly changing and sounding different. Thats because he is being manipulated in a way by someone or something. most likely the devil but that is just an assumption. And the song is called "Initiation." it is probably called that because it is referring to a cult or group of some sort and he is being brought into it slowly and painfully. idk thats just my theory on the song. I love it. its so deep and amazing.
I would like to add to your theory and actually say that they ARE Evil. Guy on the left is Speak Evil Guy on the right is See Evil We the audience are hearing the song, we are Hear Evil Abel is not crossed out because he’s everything combined and is showing that by creating this song, this sinister shit, showing us that he is everything to the audience, as the narrator is on drugs and initiating the girl in context and if she wants to be in, she gotta meet Abel’s “boys” (guys in the picture/drugs) as she only knows Abel and everything is basically left for Abel to take care of, he is “The Host”
@@princekingkingprince Makes more sense and the girl refered in the song is the one ending being involved in this whole "initiation" which The Weeknd at time was into back then.i know that what you need isn’t in echoes of silence but the whole "taking the girl to the room to smash part" resonates really a lot with that song let’s just say that that’s Abel’s coincidental odd of using that topic in the song knowing that the time between these EPs aren’t at the same day ofc.
I loveeeee this song. The way the brat goes with the lyrics… sounds like he’s getting high then having a come down throughout. I don’t know if anyone gets it but the whole song is genius.
His lyrics are so deep it’s weird,he makes you feel how he feels (or aleast me) idk I js love him…he creates sh!t you can,feel and are able to visualize,tbh he inspires me
why is it that the guy on the left has his mouth uncovered and the guy on the right has his eyes uncovered? the way I'm seeing it is its supposed to mean "Speak evil, See evil, (and then us the audience) Hear evil." that would be tight
Making songs like this requires much more than a thirst for money. Abel clearly put his feelings and heart into this and made a fucking masterpiece of a song.
The Weeknd has helped me thru all my break ups but this time I think I need more music to get thru this break up just happened today. Anyone struggling just know you’re not alone...
I actually put this song on Halloween playlists because I think of it as horror R&B: Little Red Riding Hood's night out goes terribly wrong, and she ends up on a drug-fueled descent deeper and deeper into a den of wolves.
The weeknd bars be hittn me like a rapper except he singing..as a young black man his songs are relatable af whether its love.drugs..bitches or the streets..he’s my favorite artist of the new age singers..when i was homeless House of Balloons...Thursday..and Echos of Silence got me through those dark times Frfr because he also went through it and he speaks of it throughout his music...and when they remastered it and made trilogy i somehow had to order it offline from target even though i was living in a homeless shelter...Im a core fan since day one frfr..Thank you Abel
When The Weeknd says “boys” I think he’s referring to drugs. He says he has a lot of them. So I believe he’s trying to seduce this girl into taking drugs with him and having sex. His idea of an “initiation”. The picture also creeps me out because I see the guys holding him as “his boys”/ the drugs, yet he looks so innocent but it’s like they’re using him to “initiate” this female.
nunca voy a olvidar cuando escuché initiation por primera vez con mi hermano cuando tenía 6 años, hoy con 18 años todavía lo sigo escuchando y siguiendo, lo vi crecer desde el inicio, y ahora esperando hurry up tomorrow. abel me salvó y lo amo tanto por eso
It took me years to be able to appreciate this song. It took me years to really appreciate this song, but once I understood this shit. . . I choose to this album wisely. This is my "get me the fuck out of my life, I don't do drugs but need a heavy fucking escape" album. This album legit makes my body feel drugged AF.
when i die i need a stat of how many times I've played this song throughout my life, i think just this past year has been like at least 170 plays, its #6 on my top songs this year w my #1 song being at 221 sooo
I listened to this years ago thinking it was just an amazing song, and a couple months ago I re visited it again while actually listening to the lyrics. It's a whole new song knowing the story
Listening to this can keep you out of your thoughts especially when your an over thinker.. zoning out to the beats and the lyrics to this can put you in a whole better mood with that low feeling still there but your happy to have it there cause music like this has both that low and high feeling ..💯💯
I heard this song a lot when I was in vacation in Las Vegas last year. I listened to it and it just gave the warm nights a different and good vibe. Made me forget about the shit going on at home. Just focused on Vegas and the shit that happened there.
Love how his songs were always soo dark and intense.. however, did anyone just notice that the tone of this song is like one of his own songs 'the fall'?
This song really never fucking gets old, I can't listen to it without playing it at least twice or three times. The sound and lyrics are insanely addictive and paralyzing.. one of my favorite for sure. What are your favorite songs from the Trilogy??
This, Birds Pt 2, Montreal, King of the Fall, Lonely Star, The Morning, Wicked Games, House Of Balloons, and Heaven or Las Vegas.... those are just from his first 3 albums. If I named every song I loved by him it’ll be over 50 haha.
the weeknd first producer, zodiac, literally referred to it as "dark RnB". Music doesn't have to be about suicide to be dark. Thats a very common term to describe music like this. If you actually listen to his lyrics hes talking about being emotionally empty and desperate. And he said that on his next album kiss land, he wanted to convey a feeling of pure fear.
Man I remember before he started to blow up big, I thought it was genius how he managed to foresee his own transition from underground to where he is now and managed to put it into a song.
he really dont give a fuck to do shit like that he just been through alot of shit and he started making records and he just got mad famous after that cuz alot liked his songs
![Juicy J - One of Those Nights ft. The Weeknd (Explicit) [Official Video]](/img/n.gif)
The weeknd's old music taught me to cope with depression, and that being lonely wasn't necessarily a bad thing. He taught me to enjoy what most people would consider negative emotions
Something like enjoying sadness and loneliness/negativity...
at least that's what i got
Kiril Popov Damn, didn't realize people could relate to this.
Thought I was the only one! Never mind...
agreed!
I like how you were able to make his music into something positive for yourself. His music would feed my depression, making it worse.
One time I had a bad trip and this song is EXACTLY how everything felt. I don’t know how to explain it but he was able to capture that feeling. And the lyrics are so crazy accurate. Like “and the clocks don’t work, you don’t gotta check them time. And the blinds don’t work, you don’t have to check the sky”. He is a musical genius.
???
Ive had too many bad trips to go back to drugs - but his old music like this both nostalgic and terrifying lol. I feel u
on molly ?
so demons were riding you
@@wastelands7139 i feel u
This song is so dark, creepy, and unsettling. I love it so much.
He’s literally implying he date r***** and hanged a girl but ok yall support anything
Same!💯
@@impacc4182r??
No, seriously 💯
ikr!!
this song lowkey ahead of its time
fr
still ahead of time lol this is 20069 type dark shit or something......, it's toooooo goodd
All three tapes ahead of their time. But xo/host into initiation ???? God tier can’t be touched
Lowkey highkey
@@MarcosAntonio-vf3ln That song could be played in the 18th century and everyone would think it slapped
He glorified the low life. The depression, addiction, the insecure, the anxiety, all seems ok when you listen to XO
Nah. I think it’s quite the opposite. His songs actually shows how really messed up this lifestyle is. If you think about it, “Trilogy” is actually pretty good anti-advertising of such lifestyle.
Low life for life.
@@DrCrimson_ nah man tons of 19 year old girls are tryna live this life while screaming XO till we overdose LMAO. I love the Weeknd my favorite artist, but come on now.
Ethan Naka that’s cause they’re stupid, that’s all
Cause he has a Scorpio moon
Time doesn't determine who real fans are. Passion determines who real fans are. Some people weren't fortunate enough to find out about Abel when he first started making music...
But yet they wanna bitch over which group gets to sit on the royal thrones of 'The True Fans', fuck outta here.
Facts 💯
Seth Andersen ive been saying he is my favorite artist since 2011
RT you expect Abel to be my favourite artist when I was 13? FOH lmao
@@DJSaM2K10 who are you talking to?
"And they high off Shakespeare lines"
Lyric genius, really ! Gives me chills the way he talks about the drugs and the women in the most poetic way . My hats off to you Abel , xo,
The Weeknd is truly extraordinary
He is a genius
@Hydra Jamm 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hydra Jamm lmao😂😂
Truth! Abel delivers this song almost flawlessly, IF NOT flawlessly already.
@faisalaljamil514 lol this was so long ago I don’t even remember commenting. But I realized, initiation was the song that made a fan. Abel is a true music genius.
The mix is so claustrophobic and the vocal effects are so disorienting, genius track. Really sets the atmosphere
Yeah prob bcz as if he's high it's like being I'm the actual situation ig
his music is horrific and godly at the same time
That's the perfect synopsis for this song, it's honestly terrifying. Just to think of being that fucked up scares the shit out of me.
I don't think anyone understands how important that voice raise at 3:11 is. It literally makes the whole song.
I've always found abel to have a very desperate-sounding voice, and yet he has the ability to make it sound so sinister. Truly commendable
Every time. Every single time
On god
Yesssss!
Yesss exactly
Most underrated song for the weeknd ever
I think heaven or Las Vegas is more underrated . Imo.
+willy willo all of EOS is underrated and so is Thursday
+Kiss Land XO Right? Everyone loves HOB but EOS really just perfected the sound. I mean just how Outside flows into XO/The Host and how that flows into Initiation is just fucking crazy. Shows how much thought he put into this last mixtape.
+Avlis that and life of the party are underrated
basically, his whole EoS mixtape is underrated
You can see the misery in his eyes... Hes a slave to the drugs. The way he speaks about his addiction screams help, but also asks you to join him. Brilliant
The pain of addiction and bliss of misery loves company describes my life
@@FantomShade hot
The people behind the instrumentals are fucking geniuses
Illangelo
You mean Abel and record producer?
Doc and illangelo and abel made magic
@@nohwndlehe means the producers lllangelo and dropxlife
ikr
If you listened to this album enough you know the beginning of “same old song” comes after and it’s perfect. The darkness in this song is so insane. I love it. I don’t even put The Weeknd in “R&B” or “soul” it’s just The Weeknd whole genre itself. Amazing
It's "X'0 till we overdose"
whole trilogy is crazy
It's 2024, there's still no music like this. Wayyyyyy ahead of your time Abel and send love to the production team. Proud of ya XO
XO is Time. XO is the team.
Never will there any others
This was genius fosho
I listened to this immediately after XO/The Host and heard the refrain and initially just thought "oh, it's to continue the song." But then it kept repeating.
And every time it felt more intense and terrifying even at the parts that stayed the same.
Because he's promised this girl that they can be together if she just does one thing - and another thing - and another drug - and another friend - and cuts off ties to everyone saying to stop, and makes herself completely subservient to him by getting hooked.
It creates a prison of sound. You can't escape the repetition. Neither can she.
This song is probably the most scary yet beautiful song I have ever heard
song literally talks about drugging a white girl
Never happen this again, at that time he was heavy drug addicted, he said that he used to get high and start singing whatever crossed his mind and that he is not seeing himself doing this now
@@cangs1 what? :)) read it again
@@wakeupmrye6908 how? what lyrics
@@wakeupmrye6908 yes so? can u make a song out of it like the weeknd ?
stop criticizing when u dont have a talent.
I need to go to rehab for my ongoing Weeknd addiction for the past 2 years, I swear this man's music is as addictive as the drugs he sings about!
X♥O TWOD
haha, word!
Its been only 4 months for me that I got into hardcore weeknd stuff...and I can't get enough...
it is crazy but true.it is a serious situation and i dont know what to do about it
rebecca winston just listen to “call out my name” from his new album.
Ive listened to The Weeknd since 1983
illhorse 😍
illhorse was he even alive back then... lol
nathan e na he was dead back then
+andersme lmfao
illhorsee max tyson killed [president bush]
the scariest song i've ever heard but it's the biggest masterpiece
Very clever use of autotune to represent different stages of the high. Anyone notice how in lines like "back from the comedown" the pitch is rising suggesting that the effect of the drugs are beginning to be pleasurable again? Then in lines like "I thought I passed my peak and I'm experiencing fall" the pitch is falling as he begins to experience another comedown from the excessive drug use. Also every four or so lines the content of the lyrics seem to change mood which coincides with the change in pitch as when the pitch is low he's talking about how fucked up the drugs have made him (a more darker tone). Whereas when the pitch is high he tends to be talking about how awesome the drugs feel. This constant roller-coaster of peak highs followed by a comedown and then followed by another high is characteristic of the over-abuse of drugs where the user believes the only remedy for a comedown is to simply not stop being high and is ultimately self-destructive. What else is powerful about this song is how the overall message is a story of him trying to entice someone else into his lifestyle of drug abuse. Perhaps because misery loves nothing more that company. Great song.
bob james 100% agree, i think this is one of the first songs back when it came out that really succeeded at the sound. i think they also used format changing, example is: lets say you are an Apple product user and use logic pro X, theres a format shift in the "flex pitch" edits and its very useful for that, i use it in my music as well. Pretty cool for a darker vibe or like you said, to really enhance the feeling in a song. XOTWOD
+bob james ya no shit
That's an incredibly well thought out explanation you have there! It made me love this song more. The very last lines are the lowest pitch in the song. Must be rock bottom from the effects of drugs.
+bob james tldr but a+ thinking tbh
i got tha message
+bob james not autotune. autotune is just ONE type of voice processing, not every weird sounding voice is auto-tuned.
Words cannot explain my love for this song
y e s
Seriously
❗️
This song is way ahead of its time. Gives you a dark r&b vibe
can you imagine your future kids discovering the weeknd and you'll be all "I remember when listening to him when I was younger." what kind of music will be playing 20-30 years from now?
+XcccVcccX "Damn kids these days with their disrespectfulness. Back in my day we used to show respect to women and run trains on them after getting them too damn high to think."
Lol I couldn't make up a thing for what the kids do in the future, because the content in Initiation is already pretty damn dark.
Lmfao. My kiddos would know what kind of shit mommy and daddy were doing and may get pretty grossed out
I always think about that to
The Avid Gamer i already do that
banjos and rattles
this nigga knows how to write some dark artistic shit
rt
Gee, I thought House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls was creepy... this is next level shit... and combined with that unsettling picture, this is nightmarish... in other words, it's genius.
Exactly, like some of the Weeknd's darkest stuff like House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls and Initiation is nightmarish, almost even scary sometimes, the way certain aspects of his lifestyles are described
elitesoldier501 Yeah. I think Initiation, House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls, Pretty, and Where You Belong are definitely his darkest songs.
+Charlie F
Pretty wasn't as dark, it didn't sound as dark either. The only dark part about Pretty was the last part when the french man started speaking. I'd agree that this is pretty scary.
Electrifyy I honestly interpreted Pretty as a song about getting gruesome revenge on an ex, as the video suggests. Also, those really somber guitar sounds in the background make it even more chilling.
+Charlie F it's like his sinister voice draws you in
Never have i heard better (fitting) production on a song.The depth of the instrumental, the perfect pitching of his voice and the overall dark and haunting theme on this song are just absolutely fuckin perfect. Most underrated song for sure.
"There's just something I need from you it's to meet my boys" is the Weeknd's take on "if you wanna be my lover you gotta get with my friends".
The Weeknds Darkest songs:
Initiation
House Of Balloons/Glass Table Girls
Xo/Host
Kissland
The Fall
Lonely Star
The Party & The After Party
Bruh you forgot The Birds Pt.2
U forgot Pretty.... it’s about him killing the girl after she has an affair
Echoes of silence says hello
Life of the party
Bruh you forgot Life of the party😬
I really like the "ooh yeah" at 3:52
deffo!
samee
The transition between xo/the host and this is everything ❤❤
this song is so dark, I love it...
Guy on the left: Speak Evil
Guy on the right: See Evil
Audience: Hear Evil
(But no one mentioned The Weeknd and what he represents)
Nothing is scribbled out so: Do Evil
huh :o
Damn bruh your a goat for this
yo you might be onto something
funny af how this comment is just now getting recognition after 5 years, I fr forgot about it until a notification came up lmao
Guy on left speaks evil, guy on right sees evil, guy behind the screen(you) hear evil. In 3 dimensional space, it forms a a triangle with Abel in the middle. Could be mentioning that Abel is evil/ sold his soul to the devil.
[Verse 1]
Oh, yeah, got you drinking out them white cups, sodas
All this shit so foreign to you, thick smoke, choking
Baby, get familiar with the order
Just crack it, then pour it, then sip slow, then tip low
My eyes red but my brim low, that XO
She climbing, straight to the top, forgetting why she there in the first place
No more crying, heart rate slow, put that rum down you don't wanna die tonight
I promise, when you’re finished, we’ll head to where I’m living
The party won’t finish, it’s a fucking celebration, oh yeah
For my niggas out tonight
And they high off Shakespeare lines
There's enough to pass around, you don't gotta wait in line
And the clocks don't work, you don't gotta check the time
And the blinds don't work, you don't gotta check the sky
We'll be going all night, 'til light
[Hook]
I got a test for you
You say you want my heart
Well, baby, you can have it all
There's just something that I need from you
Is to meet my boys
[Verse 2]
And you've been going hard, baby
Now you rolling with some big boys, baby
Got a lot you wanna show off, baby
Close that door before you take your fucking clothes off, baby
Don't mind, all my writings on the wall
I thought I passed my peak, and I'm experiencing fall
And all I wanna do is leave cause I've been zoning for a week
And I ain't left this little room, tryna concentrate to breathe
Cause this piff so potent, killing serotonin
In that two floor loft in the middle we be choking
On that all black voodoo, heavy gum chewing
Go on if you thirsty, baby, if you dancing
Grab a cup of that XO, baby, I been leaning
Back from the come down, girl, I've been fiending
For another round, don't you blame it on me
When you're grinding up your teeth and it's fucking hard to sleep
[Hook]
I got a test for you
You said you want my heart
Well, baby, you can have it all
There's just something that I need from you
Is to meet my boys
I got a lot of boys
And we can make you right
And if you get too high
[Verse 3]
Baby, come over here and
Ride it out, ride it out
Work that butt 'til I tire out
Roll that weed, bring that fire out
Taste that lean when you kiss my mouth
Bed so wet when I eat you out
Girl's friends scream that I'm creeping out
If they're not down, better keep em out
Ex-man hollering, keep him out
Hard to let go, I could teach you how
Take a puff of this motherfucking reefer now
Bet a shot of this cognac, ease you out
Just one night, trying to fucking leave you out
Baby, baby
[Hook]
I got a test for you
You said you want my heart
Well, baby, you can have it all
There's just something I need from you
Is to meet my boys
I got a lot of boys
And we can make you right
And if you get too high
Baby come over here and ride it out
Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah
Come over here and ride it out
Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah
[Outro]
That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO
That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO
That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO
That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO
That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO
That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO
That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO
That north north, that up top, that OVO and that XO
THANK YOU so much
not reading allat
Are you retarded@@two1_
thumbnail/pic: left is see no evil, right is speak no evil, both cant hear it. he gets it all.
KamiK-V
He sees evil, speaks evil and hears evil. The left one sees evil, and righ one speaks it. Abel does it all.
Instead of drawing over the eyes and mouth to symbolize the cenzorship of evil, they've done the opposite, expressing evil.
And Abel is expressing it fully. Which is obvious if you observe his artwork.
Both of you are just pretentious fucks trying to reach for meaning than isn't there. Worse that english teachers analysing literature.
Llewellyn de Vries I mean usually that’s true but it kinda makes sense here
Ngl thought these were the guys that he had to fuck to get famous lol
@@llewellyndevries Thank you. "But it makes sense" yeah no shit it makes sense, you see 2 crazy ass dudes talking, they make perfect sense to each other.
The change in tone is to do with the come up and come down, on coke. You do it, you are feeling so high and lifted and off your head, but then shortly after you fall - this is when you need another line. You are urging for another - so you do it and come back up again. This is the cycle throughout the song.
It's such a terrible and addicting cycle.
I don't knooow coke don't keep a mufuker in a room for a week
SupremeArj not coke. Opiates and Extacy
nah, it's just the different upper and downers you continue to get fucked up on all night.. going up then down and back up and down with all types of shit. NOT just coke. I would know. Trust me.
Weeknd... raw passion and honesty. He has no shame. He puts it all out in the open. Artists express themselves however they feel
Best song transition , and timing . . . he needs much more recognition and credit for this than what is given.
Having a staring competition between me and the dude on the right..
me too, dude doesn*t blink....
I as doing the same thing
you tweakin? lol
Rex Ross Leanin'
My name is also Tarik ... Ironic ...
this song is one of the deepest I have heard of him. the first guy is speak no evil. Abel is hear no evil. the guy on the left is see no evil.Abel isn't scratched out because he is hear no evil. We are listening to the song right now. so technically the song is "evil" and you can hear his voice is constantly changing and sounding different. Thats because he is being manipulated in a way by someone or something. most likely the devil but that is just an assumption. And the song is called "Initiation." it is probably called that because it is referring to a cult or group of some sort and he is being brought into it slowly and painfully. idk thats just my theory on the song. I love it. its so deep and amazing.
💯💯..
I think abel sees, hear, and speaks it All thats why nothing is scratched out. Who knows though
I would like to add to your theory and actually say that they ARE Evil.
Guy on the left is Speak Evil
Guy on the right is See Evil
We the audience are hearing the song, we are Hear Evil
Abel is not crossed out because he’s everything combined and is showing that by creating this song, this sinister shit, showing us that he is everything to the audience, as the narrator is on drugs and initiating the girl in context and if she wants to be in, she gotta meet Abel’s “boys” (guys in the picture/drugs) as she only knows Abel and everything is basically left for Abel to take care of, he is “The Host”
@@princekingkingprince
Makes more sense and the girl refered in the song is the one ending being involved in this whole "initiation" which The Weeknd at time was into back then.i know that what you need isn’t in echoes of silence but the whole "taking the girl to the room to smash part" resonates really a lot with that song let’s just say that that’s Abel’s coincidental odd of using that topic in the song knowing that the time between these EPs aren’t at the same day ofc.
It's a song about passing a drug fiending girl between his friends so she can show she truly loves him.
I loveeeee this song. The way the brat goes with the lyrics… sounds like he’s getting high then having a come down throughout. I don’t know if anyone gets it but the whole song is genius.
His lyrics are so deep it’s weird,he makes you feel how he feels (or aleast me) idk I js love him…he creates sh!t you can,feel and are able to visualize,tbh he inspires me
Weeknd might be agud at sum but he nowhere near real prince six gomunkul 6
@@bubblesxo2mt6prince is the Michael Jackson we have at home
The Weekend is Ruth Chris steakhouse
why is it that the guy on the left has his mouth uncovered and the guy on the right has his eyes uncovered?
the way I'm seeing it is its supposed to mean "Speak evil, See evil, (and then us the audience) Hear evil."
that would be tight
dope
^^🙌
I agree
you're high for this.
+iSick 77 Clever
2:47 my favorite part, abel really killed it
Making songs like this requires much more than a thirst for money. Abel clearly put his feelings and heart into this and made a fucking masterpiece of a song.
Abel and the entire xo community saved my life. I love y’all so much. Fr
I can't stop coming back to this song. There is something so addicting about the sound and mood of this track!!
- rappers : using autotune to adjust their voice
- the weeknd: using autotune brilliantly to creat perfection
This is not auto Tune 😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂
@@ahiddenshy6539 yes it is
@@justchilling177 It's pitch changing, not autotune
@@justchilling177 no, this is not Auto Tune
@@bigdon8898 exactly
The Weeknd has helped me thru all my break ups but this time I think I need more music to get thru this break up just happened today. Anyone struggling just know you’re not alone...
wouldnt be ere without this.
i can't describe how much i miss these kinda songs
saaaaame
Dila G. I feel you on this man
Am I the only one who loves how deep and dark this song is ?
Definition of sex .
really kinky sex
Definition of drugs .
Shivani Negandhi oh yes baby
sex + drugs, son!
I actually put this song on Halloween playlists because I think of it as horror R&B: Little Red Riding Hood's night out goes terribly wrong, and she ends up on a drug-fueled descent deeper and deeper into a den of wolves.
His music makes me feel ok when my life is falling apart and I'm about to break. His voice is so beautiful I can't even explain it! Ily Abel💘
Never heard anything so dark in my entire life this is Gold
i cant even explain the feelings this shit gives me, its genius and i feel it through the music
Ok where the og’s after After Hours
You're not the real Travis Scott!
@@OMN1N are you sure? He's got the name and pfp and everything
Here
🙋🏽♂️
*Don’t mind all my writings on the wall*
At 3:47 does anyone else notice that, that is the faster version of a note he sings in often
The weeknd bars be hittn me like a rapper except he singing..as a young black man his songs are relatable af whether its love.drugs..bitches or the streets..he’s my favorite artist of the new age singers..when i was homeless House of Balloons...Thursday..and Echos of Silence got me through those dark times Frfr because he also went through it and he speaks of it throughout his music...and when they remastered it and made trilogy i somehow had to order it offline from target even though i was living in a homeless shelter...Im a core fan since day one frfr..Thank you Abel
" i got a test for you, you said you want my heart" i sang that line prefect haha
i wanna hear :)
Ok.
When The Weeknd says “boys” I think he’s referring to drugs. He says he has a lot of them. So I believe he’s trying to seduce this girl into taking drugs with him and having sex. His idea of an “initiation”. The picture also creeps me out because I see the guys holding him as “his boys”/ the drugs, yet he looks so innocent but it’s like they’re using him to “initiate” this female.
Two things can be true
No he’s talking about his boys he got a lot of trappers in his car didn’t u hear
this song is about running train on a girl but imo has a double meaning irt to drugs. but on the surface it's definitely just abt running train lol
Boys is slang for heroin
Definitely about a train on a drunk/high girl
This guy can sing,he can rap,he’s a music god
nunca voy a olvidar cuando escuché initiation por primera vez con mi hermano cuando tenía 6 años, hoy con 18 años todavía lo sigo escuchando y siguiendo, lo vi crecer desde el inicio, y ahora esperando hurry up tomorrow.
abel me salvó y lo amo tanto por eso
I miss this so much
I miss this from The Weeknd. I mean, I'll always support his success, but duuuuude... this stuff is so emotional and legit.
Amazing. Hope all weeknd fans get to experience this song 🔥
this song is insane i back to old albums everyday, legend
The way he switch voices high and low? So smooth. He does it so well. Wow.
It took me years to be able to appreciate this song. It took me years to really appreciate this song, but once I understood this shit. . . I choose to this album wisely. This is my "get me the fuck out of my life, I don't do drugs but need a heavy fucking escape" album. This album legit makes my body feel drugged AF.
Underated. ive loved this song for years
His highs and lows from drugs are his tone and it’s amazing
If you're listening it in '21 you've elite taste buds
hey LMAO
⛽️🙋♂️
Yes sir!
2024
2023
The the true, underlining meaning of the music is what's beautiful.
song full of DEMONS.
when i die i need a stat of how many times I've played this song throughout my life, i think just this past year has been like at least 170 plays, its #6 on my top songs this year w my #1 song being at 221 sooo
i haven't left dis little room, tryna concentrate to breathe.
you sir have gr8 taste in music
I listened to this years ago thinking it was just an amazing song, and a couple months ago I re visited it again while actually listening to the lyrics. It's a whole new song knowing the story
I still remember when I first heard this song I was like Damnn this Homie killed it & had it on repeat back2back Dope ASS song TillWeOverDose
"That north north that up top that ovo and that xo" sick!
thats actually drakes voice that has been distorted
Listening to this can keep you out of your thoughts especially when your an over thinker.. zoning out to the beats and the lyrics to this can put you in a whole better mood with that low feeling still there but your happy to have it there cause music like this has both that low and high feeling ..💯💯
really miss his old music.
it was so beautiful
The production in this is ridiculous. The instrumental would fit great with many a horror movie and his voice sounds haunted on it's own. Dopeness.
can't believe how many years have passed but i am still coming back to listen to these songs with the same joy
supreme yo same but this song is nasty😂 how does he get away with talking about gang banging?
I heard this song a lot when I was in vacation in Las Vegas last year. I listened to it and it just gave the warm nights a different and good vibe. Made me forget about the shit going on at home. Just focused on Vegas and the shit that happened there.
every word that comes out of Abel’s mouth is poetry
Sin never sounded so good.
69th like lmao yes
Love how his songs were always soo dark and intense.. however, did anyone just notice that the tone of this song is like one of his own songs 'the fall'?
This song really never fucking gets old, I can't listen to it without playing it at least twice or three times. The sound and lyrics are insanely addictive and paralyzing.. one of my favorite for sure.
What are your favorite songs from the Trilogy??
For me I might have to go with this song... The Birds Pt. 2, and The Zone. But they always change....
This, Birds Pt 2, Montreal, King of the Fall, Lonely Star, The Morning, Wicked Games, House Of Balloons, and Heaven or Las Vegas.... those are just from his first 3 albums. If I named every song I loved by him it’ll be over 50 haha.
Mine is Life of The Party.
Coming down and the birds pt 2
Its his voice . its sooo soothing doesnt matter what he sings about. i could listen to all his albums song for song .
Definitely one of the most badass tunes. Is in my top 3
its been 10 years and it still hits the same
does it hit as hard as your dad?
I've listened to this song so much and always come back to it. Such a hot song
And I love the double meaning, when he says ‘I got a lotta boys, and we can make you righhhhht’.
the weeknd first producer, zodiac, literally referred to it as "dark RnB". Music doesn't have to be about suicide to be dark. Thats a very common term to describe music like this. If you actually listen to his lyrics hes talking about being emotionally empty and desperate. And he said that on his next album kiss land, he wanted to convey a feeling of pure fear.
this is my favorite song of the weeknd
Favorite song by far. I feel like this song is one of kind.
one of my favorite darkest songs from him.
This song reminds me of diddy parties
"And I ain't left this little room, Tryna concentrate to breathe"
Still gets me after 12 years
Hands down one of his best songs.
Man I remember before he started to blow up big, I thought it was genius how he managed to foresee his own transition from underground to where he is now and managed to put it into a song.
The darkness of his music is absolutely beautiful ❤️ 2017 and always come back to the originals 😍
High as fuck man. This song is a dark twist. Vibing to it !
Yeah so Truee!!!
Just tried it too man.
try acid
@josue G nah man.. thats fucking dumb
then obviously acid isn't for you.
Yeah I think i will just stick to my pure and safe ganja
the guy on the left already had xo merchandise wow
This dude already had everything planned out
carlos8gomez59 exactly
nah this looked like a long time ago and XO is their gang he might've got that written on his hat that time cuz they XO
he really dont give a fuck to do shit like that he just been through alot of shit and he started making records and he just got mad famous after that cuz alot liked his songs
Hawk I think.