This guy Abel is so brilliant, I feel like his first project once The Weeknd moniker is dead is to compose an Oscar worthy film’s soundtrack. You can hear the potential for it from the most recent teaser this guy can have his own identity amongst the Hans Zimmers and Ludwig Goranssons
No matter how good it is…it’ll never be stronger than nostalgia bias that people hold with the earlier albums. I tell ppl AH is his best work but they’ll always say it’s HoB like bruh.
@@rhinorock1325love this take, big fan of hans zimmer and i agree i see a lot of similarity with these projects and his music, Abel has the potential for big scores
I want to just see Abel and Patrick on stage with everything else dark playing this. They did that with Call Out My Name when touring. The two of them work so well together
Kiss land had the same build up in the tracks , cinematic and heavy dark eerie beats with the synths on it. This could be his kiss land part 2 . He always said he wanted a second part of it .
@@jimbob2427 in the interview it’s the guy from Apple Music , they were in the studio together. It’s on Apple Music the interview is , it was when he was releasing star boy
@@jaakkohuru1620 feels and being kissalnd 2.0 is 2 different things. Dawn fm was nowhere near kiss land in cinematic build up or anything like this next chapter seems to be with the teasers
@@masonperez2985 This next chapter hasn’t reminded me of Kiss Land at all so far and I have Kiss Land tatted on my wrist so😄just a different opinion I guess
This album appears to be leaning heavily into his rebirth. I think the symbolism of him as a child and the house of balloons shows him destroying his past life of drugs, destruction and self abuse to become who he was born as, Abel Tesfaye. After Hours and Dawn FM are the perfect setup for this theme considering he "dies" at the end of After Hours and Dawn FM is him in purgatory. This album will be his best conceptually. AH and Dawn FM are timeless albums which I still listen to religiously to this day but ending this Trilogy with him being reborn into Abel is brilliant. He mentions so much in his music about how he doesn't want the life he has (drugs, alcohol, mindless sex etc) and wants to be free of the demons. Being reborn is his only escape. As an avid Weeknd fan, I'd be interested to hear other people's opinions on this.
Notice how his past versions look possessed. Like he was doing someone elses bidding. If you look closely in this new vid theres a moth in the background. Signifying rebirth. He wants out. He's trying to get to the root of everything. Hence why his mother is in here. Maybe some past trauma. Healing. Abel wants his younger self back. The light. When we're young, we're full of light. It dims as we get older. The Weeknd was his destructive self. After this trilogy, we'll get Abel. A healed abel...
@@lDoxology YOOOOO I didn't notice the moth the first time! That's so cool, think your theory is right. He wants out of his previous life and wants to be a cleansed soul.
@L1STERINE yessir, he's a genius! I noticed it as soon as that part came up. It's a pretty big symbol in Hollywood! His last album had the track "Moth To A Flame." Yours is good also! I love how he leaves everything for us to interpret. Some artists are upfront. Abel uses symbolism!
@@lDoxology That's what I love about his music. He gives us just enough but leaves room for people to interpret his art however we want. Like with his songs like Faith you can apply and relate to personal struggles in your life and how you felt at that time.
I saw somewhere that this trilogy is inspired by/based on a narrative poem called "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri, where the 3 chapters are named Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory) & Paradiso (Paradise)...
Been listening to the 2nd teaser hundrets of times. Love the 3rd one too, but the 2nd one just hits different. I mean that moment at 4:23... chills everywhere. The album is going to be insane.
after hours was so pleasing to the ears it literally had me crying absolute tears of joy. his music is a whole other level, all the synths on AF and Dawn FM and now all these teasers brings back that same feeling to me. i’ve had this teaser blaring for days now, this album will be absolutely massive
For the longest time I’ve heard how drake was the best artist of this generation but in reality we all knew at an early stage that Abel would become this big and in reality we all know that The Weeknd is the best artist this generation has heard since Michael
"WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?" is the best reaction hahaha. You should check out and react to The Weeknd's performance at Mike Dean's show in March, where he performed 2 new songs, including 'Take me back to LA'.
@5:50 We know Metro has been doing work on this newest album. If that’s just a snippet of the final version of Hold your Heart then I bet Metro is on the beat with how hard it hit.
The first song of the last teaser has a second part that I heard unreleased and it’s pure retro brilliance, he bounces from that haunting symphonic intro to a dance beat as groovy and creepy as Thriller. I’m hyped
I keep seeing the rumor the album may be called “Abyss” or something along those lines. I literally just relistened to Gasoline- “I’m staring into the abyss, I’m looking at myself again”. That would be cool af and could fit the theme of not really a paradise- just acceptance with reality and trying to be the best you (as corny as that may sound, we all like to try to better ourselves while we’re here).
@@Christian-tr6fxwhat do you think about the title? I'm not so good with the name of the album idk. Seems random.. Thought it'd be afterlife related/ the morning(cuz it's after after hours, dawn), abyss or the horizon.. This just seems random idk
I don't know what Abel is cooking here but i'm SO excited! Everything about this is amazing, i had goosebumps through the whole thing. Thank you for your reaction!
Watching the Hold Your Heart teaser in the reel form was an unreal experience because I listened to the old leaked version just a day before the teaser dropped. My jaw went through the floor when I heard it.
Is it only me i have goosebumps everytime i listen to the third teaser? This will be the Masterpiece of the Masterpieces of the album of Abel and i think it will be the one of the best albums of the history of music. Can't wait for the release!!!😱😱😱🤩💣
it’s going to be his best album because of the OG fans who will appreciate his evolving craft and life. We shared his journey in many ways throughout his career, emotionally and spiritually in a sense where even if we can’t relate…we make our own imagination as if we all shared the same experiences with Abel. This will be a timeless piece for those who been with Abel through each lyric. And we’re going to let him go, as well as our inner demons we share with Abel, to be in the past for good with this album. He wants to release us and from himself. A grand farewell to his fans
The music, the visuals, the quality of production, the allegations…. everything matches just perfectly, can’t wait for the final release - I’m sure every true fan of Abel/ the weeknd will love it
Thank you!! You were the one I was most excited to see react. I get goosebumps every time I watch/hear these. The last one makes me tear up. I don’t even have words for how fucking excited I am for this 😭🖤 #XO
So hype for this album. Abel is a top 5 artist of all time for me and I love his discography. These trailers sound like a futuristic After Hours (my favourite R&B album of all time). We’re also finally getting Hold My Heart which sounds incredible. Super excited for this. This has a ton of potential to compete the trilogy and make it his best. After Hours and Dawn FM are flawless albums and personally I expect nothing less from this new album.
Wait till you see what The Weeknd just dropped live in Sao Paolo. You have to do an episode in that....check out the uploads of what the crowd saw as well it will blow your mind!
Abel has got to have made something absolutely diabolical with Regular/Hold Your Heart because that seems to be one of the songs that he is intentionally holding back from showing, at least out of the ones he has teased so far even though fans have wanted the song for years now
That intro on the 3rd teaser definitely gotta be afterlife that leads to wake me up , it gave me chillssss, it felt like the Weeknd is actually getting buried or ascending 😮💨
I love the fact that hold your heart is coming out, I’ve been listening to a cut choppy version for 4 years now… I personally think this era will be the one to top trilogy/kissland. Much love bro! Thank you for keeping me entertained XOTWOD!
Happy to see ur return, Jon. To explain the new snippets, the one from "The Abyss Gazes Also Into You" is an "After Hours" extra called "Hold Your Heart" (tho in this version I hear him say "Hold My Heartbeat" so maybe he rewrote it), which he played for us on Instagram LIVE shortly after that album released, along with demos of the three bonus tracks, "Nothing Compares", "Missed You" and "Final Lullaby", and another unreleased track called "Myself" which everyone went crazy for, but he never released, tho it's confirmed that song will be on this album, too. (Abel performed "Myself" and another song called "In Heaven, Everything Is Fine" at Mike Dean's concert back in March). The first snippet from "Unprepared Certainty" is a new intro for a song that leaked months ago which everyone calls "Wake Me Up". Not many people have heard that leak so they don't realize that it's the same song and think it's a different song, but in the leak, there was a two minute instrumental intro, but here, he added a verse. It's rumored that "Wake Me Up" is also on the soundtrack for Abel's upcoming horror movie, which stars himself, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, which doesn't have much information out bc it's been very secretive. No title, no release date, just three cast members and a director. The second snippet from "Unprepared Certainty" is completely new. Idk what to say about it other than it reminds me of "Shameless" from "Beauty Behind The Madness".
Jon as the highest weeknd fan I truly think these episodes represent is movement through his career and this album is going to be is honor of that as he is now going on as truly himself as just Abel like it shows in the video you can see him walk through his career then stand in front of all reflections of the phases of the weekend and then is in gulf in darkness and guarantee next video he comes out of that darkness awaken finally as Abel himself and the weekend finally put to rest 😢 truly happy to see Abel finally put down the alter ego and truly find himself in life makes me sad makes me happy but that's what I think and I feel you know where I'm coming from with this as well
I agree that this could be his best album ever. Already, it's so conceptually brilliant and has a fantastic sound.
This guy Abel is so brilliant, I feel like his first project once The Weeknd moniker is dead is to compose an Oscar worthy film’s soundtrack. You can hear the potential for it from the most recent teaser this guy can have his own identity amongst the Hans Zimmers and Ludwig Goranssons
@@rhinorock1325star boy/ black panther and
50 shades was a great example of that !
No matter how good it is…it’ll never be stronger than nostalgia bias that people hold with the earlier albums. I tell ppl AH is his best work but they’ll always say it’s HoB like bruh.
@@kavid8120 like? Do people like hearing The Weeknd before a gangbang music instead ? 😂😭
@@rhinorock1325love this take, big fan of hans zimmer and i agree i see a lot of similarity with these projects and his music, Abel has the potential for big scores
That acoustic song at the end of the third teaser sounds so beautiful and so different from the rest of his discography, I need this album NOW
Sounds like the end of Less Than Zero, Rolling Stone, and Shameless with the Echoes of Silence track type of vulnerability
He has some tracks that sound like that, rolling stone is a big one.
@@leeregno Oh yeah that’s true
It reminds me of Devil May Cry for some reason
I want to just see Abel and Patrick on stage with everything else dark playing this. They did that with Call Out My Name when touring. The two of them work so well together
An After Hours and Dawn Fm listening party would be amazing.
Fr! We need a notification about it to be ready
YES
COYFS!
Yep
Got the notification through to my phone and said to myself ‘it’s about time’ 🤣🤣🤣
ikr i been waiting 😭
So did i 😂 👌
I can’t believe we are finally getting Take me back to LA and Hold Your Heart 😭
Kiss land had the same build up in the tracks , cinematic and heavy dark eerie beats with the synths on it. This could be his kiss land part 2 . He always said he wanted a second part of it .
When did he say that
@@jimbob2427 in the interview it’s the guy from Apple Music , they were in the studio together. It’s on Apple Music the interview is , it was when he was releasing star boy
Dawn Fm was the Kiss Land 2. Abel said in interview that it feels like Kiss Land
@@jaakkohuru1620 feels and being kissalnd 2.0 is 2 different things. Dawn fm was nowhere near kiss land in cinematic build up or anything like this next chapter seems to be with the teasers
@@masonperez2985 This next chapter hasn’t reminded me of Kiss Land at all so far and I have Kiss Land tatted on my wrist so😄just a different opinion I guess
This album appears to be leaning heavily into his rebirth. I think the symbolism of him as a child and the house of balloons shows him destroying his past life of drugs, destruction and self abuse to become who he was born as, Abel Tesfaye. After Hours and Dawn FM are the perfect setup for this theme considering he "dies" at the end of After Hours and Dawn FM is him in purgatory.
This album will be his best conceptually. AH and Dawn FM are timeless albums which I still listen to religiously to this day but ending this Trilogy with him being reborn into Abel is brilliant. He mentions so much in his music about how he doesn't want the life he has (drugs, alcohol, mindless sex etc) and wants to be free of the demons. Being reborn is his only escape.
As an avid Weeknd fan, I'd be interested to hear other people's opinions on this.
Loveee seeing/hearing people’s theories on this new album/trilogy as a whole. I 100% agree with yours. 👏🏼
Notice how his past versions look possessed. Like he was doing someone elses bidding. If you look closely in this new vid theres a moth in the background. Signifying rebirth. He wants out. He's trying to get to the root of everything. Hence why his mother is in here. Maybe some past trauma. Healing. Abel wants his younger self back. The light. When we're young, we're full of light. It dims as we get older. The Weeknd was his destructive self. After this trilogy, we'll get Abel. A healed abel...
@@lDoxology YOOOOO I didn't notice the moth the first time! That's so cool, think your theory is right. He wants out of his previous life and wants to be a cleansed soul.
@L1STERINE yessir, he's a genius! I noticed it as soon as that part came up. It's a pretty big symbol in Hollywood! His last album had the track "Moth To A Flame." Yours is good also! I love how he leaves everything for us to interpret. Some artists are upfront. Abel uses symbolism!
@@lDoxology That's what I love about his music. He gives us just enough but leaves room for people to interpret his art however we want. Like with his songs like Faith you can apply and relate to personal struggles in your life and how you felt at that time.
One of his most anticipated projects of all time 😍😍😍
5:50 is the most relatable moment for everyone when it happened 😢😅
I saw somewhere that this trilogy is inspired by/based on a narrative poem called "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri, where the 3 chapters are named Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory) & Paradiso (Paradise)...
Been listening to the 2nd teaser hundrets of times. Love the 3rd one too, but the 2nd one just hits different. I mean that moment at 4:23... chills everywhere. The album is going to be insane.
after hours was so pleasing to the ears it literally had me crying absolute tears of joy. his music is a whole other level, all the synths on AF and Dawn FM and now all these teasers brings back that same feeling to me. i’ve had this teaser blaring for days now, this album will be absolutely massive
For the longest time I’ve heard how drake was the best artist of this generation but in reality we all knew at an early stage that Abel would become this big and in reality we all know that The Weeknd is the best artist this generation has heard since Michael
About time! We missed these abel reactions jon🫶🏾
"WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?" is the best reaction hahaha.
You should check out and react to The Weeknd's performance at Mike Dean's show in March, where he performed 2 new songs, including 'Take me back to LA'.
I’ve been wanting him to release "take me back to la" since he played it in a livestream four years ago. That’d be awesome
i got hardcore goosebumps when i heart the part with the guitar.
Love the fact that you reacted to these
@5:50 We know Metro has been doing work on this newest album. If that’s just a snippet of the final version of Hold your Heart then I bet Metro is on the beat with how hard it hit.
The GOAT is back.
The albums boutta be lit, great video!
gothic + classical + choir + dark lyrics + the weeknd= best album of the decade?
i am glad he is going to release his old unreleased along with this new album, hold your heart is my fav from AH era
Can't wait to hear full version of that final song,having goosebumps even from that small bit.
The last teaser is sooo good! I need that song in my life now!!!
The first song of the last teaser has a second part that I heard unreleased and it’s pure retro brilliance, he bounces from that haunting symphonic intro to a dance beat as groovy and creepy as Thriller. I’m hyped
I was wondering when this man would drop this video big W’s 😃
I keep seeing the rumor the album may be called “Abyss” or something along those lines. I literally just relistened to Gasoline- “I’m staring into the abyss, I’m looking at myself again”. That would be cool af and could fit the theme of not really a paradise- just acceptance with reality and trying to be the best you (as corny as that may sound, we all like to try to better ourselves while we’re here).
Update: HURRY UP TOMORROW
@@Christian-tr6fxwhat do you think about the title? I'm not so good with the name of the album idk. Seems random.. Thought it'd be afterlife related/ the morning(cuz it's after after hours, dawn), abyss or the horizon.. This just seems random idk
I don't know what Abel is cooking here but i'm SO excited! Everything about this is amazing, i had goosebumps through the whole thing. Thank you for your reaction!
100% we should do a listening party of the last 2 albums
2 days left let's gooooooo 🥹
So many easter eggs and references in these teasers omg. Can't wait XOTWOD ❤
Can’t wait to listen to this new album with you jon. It’s gonna be fucking incredible i can feel it
Watching the Hold Your Heart teaser in the reel form was an unreal experience because I listened to the old leaked version just a day before the teaser dropped. My jaw went through the floor when I heard it.
the fact this teaser is clicking to me a day before the album release is interesting. man what has he madeeeeeee.
Is it only me i have goosebumps everytime i listen to the third teaser? This will be the Masterpiece of the Masterpieces of the album of Abel and i think it will be the one of the best albums of the history of music. Can't wait for the release!!!😱😱😱🤩💣
The way he said .....what is thiss album i felt that
I’m obsessed of The Weeknd music albums.
Can’t waiiiiiit
we need you to react to the new livestream from brazil!! the songs are beautiful, dancing in the flames is a masterpiece
it’s going to be his best album because of the OG fans who will appreciate his evolving craft and life. We shared his journey in many ways throughout his career, emotionally and spiritually in a sense where even if we can’t relate…we make our own imagination as if we all shared the same experiences with Abel. This will be a timeless piece for those who been with Abel through each lyric. And we’re going to let him go, as well as our inner demons we share with Abel, to be in the past for good with this album. He wants to release us and from himself. A grand farewell to his fans
That Hold My Heart tease was amazing. I can't wait for this album..
The music, the visuals, the quality of production, the allegations…. everything matches just perfectly, can’t wait for the final release - I’m sure every true fan of Abel/ the weeknd will love it
Absolutely phenomenal. Love the reactions, Jon! Feels like I’m hearing everything for the first time again man keep it up
Now I am hyped to see how the weeknd goes out with a bang!
Thank you!! You were the one I was most excited to see react. I get goosebumps every time I watch/hear these. The last one makes me tear up. I don’t even have words for how fucking excited I am for this 😭🖤 #XO
I've been waiting for this one!
Glad to have you back Jon! Can’t wait to enjoy this last chapter with you and your reactions 🤟
I was waiting for this video 🔥
So beautiful and can’t wait!!!! Thank you for this.
Let’s start a trilogy party please before the 3rd comes out. I’m in 💯❤
Hold your heart sounds so good
cant wait for the album! sounds insanely good
So hype for this album. Abel is a top 5 artist of all time for me and I love his discography. These trailers sound like a futuristic After Hours (my favourite R&B album of all time). We’re also finally getting Hold My Heart which sounds incredible. Super excited for this. This has a ton of potential to compete the trilogy and make it his best. After Hours and Dawn FM are flawless albums and personally I expect nothing less from this new album.
Listening parties are GREAT!! Your Kissland one transported me back to what felt like a first listen all over again
I was waiting for this reaction since the first teaser dropped 😊
the final teasers is so good
Wait till you see what The Weeknd just dropped live in Sao Paolo. You have to do an episode in that....check out the uploads of what the crowd saw as well it will blow your mind!
Loved how he was frowning....I was grinning and going😮
Jon tell me you're coming to Brazil. This show is going to be actually insane
Welcome back Jon our favorite Weeknd reactor 😊 I am sooo excited about this new album
I always wanted a project to match Echoes of Silence and this one is surely capable of surpassing it, i'm ready.
So glad I had someone cool to see this with for the first time
This will be album of the year!!!!
And yes please do a listening party!!!
We ready!!!!
A live listening party would be awesome, PLEASE 🙏😭💜
Jon Denton reacting bringing me back memories… it’s finally time
The people who haven’t listened to Hold your Heart before back in 2020 do not know the hype when the lyrics started.
the end of the third teaser gave me chills
Yuhhhh needed this in my life!!!
Abel has got to have made something absolutely diabolical with Regular/Hold Your Heart because that seems to be one of the songs that he is intentionally holding back from showing, at least out of the ones he has teased so far even though fans have wanted the song for years now
That intro on the 3rd teaser definitely gotta be afterlife that leads to wake me up , it gave me chillssss, it felt like the Weeknd is actually getting buried or ascending 😮💨
I watch every video hundreds of times. I have no life lol. I literally love his music so much. It’s apart of me.
Hold your heart is gonna be the death of me
Deffo up for a stream Jon! Keep up the great content mate 👏🏾
I haven’t been this hyped for an album in so long. This will definitely be his best
Can’t wait for the album!
That last song sounds absolutely incredible. I hope this album is as haunting as I think it's going to be.
The reaction i have been waiting for!
that third one has my jaw on the floor. damn
im so excited for the albummmmmmm
Been waiting for this one! XO
Isn’t it cute he and I actually knew each other when that little
Its going to be epic!!! Cant wait!
September needs to come faster 🔥🤩😎
11:30 , you guys heard a voice saying " abel" ?
yes
yeah in the previous teaser there's also a distorted voice as well
yes! its his mother calling his name
YES LISTENING PARTY JON!!!! It would be like when Abel live-streamed when after hours released and we listened with him👀
I love the fact that hold your heart is coming out, I’ve been listening to a cut choppy version for 4 years now… I personally think this era will be the one to top trilogy/kissland. Much love bro! Thank you for keeping me entertained XOTWOD!
This will go down as the best album of all time! I’m calling it now!!
This album will steal the hearts of many
It’s good to see you again Jon
Yay it’s you and the weekend!
Immediately yes for the listening party!❤
Yurrrr
I think this will be the best musical experience that the humanity has ever witnessed
been waiting for this upload
so far it seems like its gonna be an amazing album
Happy to see ur return, Jon.
To explain the new snippets, the one from "The Abyss Gazes Also Into You" is an "After Hours" extra called "Hold Your Heart" (tho in this version I hear him say "Hold My Heartbeat" so maybe he rewrote it), which he played for us on Instagram LIVE shortly after that album released, along with demos of the three bonus tracks, "Nothing Compares", "Missed You" and "Final Lullaby", and another unreleased track called "Myself" which everyone went crazy for, but he never released, tho it's confirmed that song will be on this album, too. (Abel performed "Myself" and another song called "In Heaven, Everything Is Fine" at Mike Dean's concert back in March).
The first snippet from "Unprepared Certainty" is a new intro for a song that leaked months ago which everyone calls "Wake Me Up". Not many people have heard that leak so they don't realize that it's the same song and think it's a different song, but in the leak, there was a two minute instrumental intro, but here, he added a verse. It's rumored that "Wake Me Up" is also on the soundtrack for Abel's upcoming horror movie, which stars himself, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, which doesn't have much information out bc it's been very secretive. No title, no release date, just three cast members and a director.
The second snippet from "Unprepared Certainty" is completely new. Idk what to say about it other than it reminds me of "Shameless" from "Beauty Behind The Madness".
How do you know the Barry Keoghan, Jenna Ortega and Trey edward Schulz film is horror?
@@barry4649because horror is a big part of both jenna and the weeknds brand
@@barry4649 he doesnt. no info on the movie lol prob not coming out til after the album
It's called take me back to la not myself
@@amn6303 what u even talking abt rn, take me back to la are not in these snippets
Single coming soon! Love the story this is becoming 👌🔥
This sounds so good, and i agree i think this'll be his best album
I've been dyiiiiiiinnnnng for an acoustic record from Abel! Ooooooooo, run awayyy!!!!
Jon as the highest weeknd fan I truly think these episodes represent is movement through his career and this album is going to be is honor of that as he is now going on as truly himself as just Abel like it shows in the video you can see him walk through his career then stand in front of all reflections of the phases of the weekend and then is in gulf in darkness and guarantee next video he comes out of that darkness awaken finally as Abel himself and the weekend finally put to rest 😢 truly happy to see Abel finally put down the alter ego and truly find himself in life makes me sad makes me happy but that's what I think and I feel you know where I'm coming from with this as well
Let's goooo!!!