The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow ALBUM REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
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A grand finish to Abel's latest trilogy.
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FAV TRACKS: WAKE ME UP, CRY FOR ME, SÃO PAULO, BAPTIZED IN FEAR, OPEN HEARTS, ENJOY THE SHOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE, TAKE ME BACK TO LA, BIG SLEEP, DRIVE, THE ABYSS, WITHOUT A WARNING, HURRY UP TOMORROW
LEAST FAV TRACK: TIMELESS
THE WEEKND - HURRY UP TOMORROW / 2025 / XO / ALTERNATIVE R&B, SYNTHPOP, CINEMA
8/10 theneedledrop....
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?
the weeknd is gonna flip when he sees you reviewed his album on a weekday
It’s funny because Weeknds artist name refers to the last two days of the week that we’re not currently on.
@joshuatealeaves thanks Joshua for explaining this cybernetic joke commented on Fantano's review uploaded on Fantano's UA-cam channel.
Good thing weeknd isn’t here with us anymore…
@@alfredopernillacante9585 Some people can only handle one layer of irony. Challenge yourself to embrace people like me who introduce that second layer
@@joshuatealeaves a couple more layers and we’ll have a pretty nice cake
Those first 5 tracks were the most explosive start to an album I've heard in a long time.
The Sao Paulo beat is nuts
Baptized in fear has to be one of my top 10 Weeknd songs it’s so good
True
Please do a video on Peggy
@matthewtheking8989 Baptized in Fear is such a heavenly song, with such a dark subject matter. Hope Abel is OK
You completely misunderstood red terror btw, in that song he sings in perspective of his mother, how she escaped the genocide in ethiopia, gave Abel life and she still loves him and claims his innocence no matter what Abel thinks of himself.
OMG, that makes so much sense, I relistened to the song and it completely fixed it for me
Yeah every mainstream in depth album he does he misunderstands at least one track lol
he was right about the track in one sense, red terror is that ancestral trauma that his mother worked through for him to view parenthood in the way fantano described. at least thats what my high ass thinks atm
@@a_natural_darknesspretending you’ve understood every track’s intended meaning the first time you heard it is pointless
Civil war not genocide word's matter, but you right it about that on red terror
alright everyone it’s looking like every album this year is an 8/10
Balloonerism better
@@PianoAvenue1nope
Call 2025 the denzel year
@@PianoAvenue1 stfu man give me mercy and cry for me both are better than that whole album
besides this one should be a 6
yk the album is good when he has to get into the artist's history before the album's release
It's definitely important to do that given the themes on the album
He did it because it’s the weeknds last album and there are many references production wise to past eras. Putting all efforts into one last album
The context of the album requires that. You wouldn't truly understand the theme of the album if you don't understand where the character of the weeknd is coming from
@@leeregno Exactly. Side note, but I just wish Melon could have been able to do the same with the likes of "The Great Impersonator".
fellow porter fan i see
Hurry Up Fantano
common liberal L
What the whole Weeknd subreddit was saying. Lol
@@SkataBlade literally what
@@whiskeywayneechill dark, it's liberal humor
ayo
2025: every album is good now
Vultures 3 will be a 10/10 trust
@@abrasi0n_faiiry watch out tho, Drake drops next week
id assume, like he mentioned that so much music is coming out now, hes only reviewing music he enjoys, or huge huge releases despite their dissapointment
@@JLChaos then bully will be 11/10
@infi9626 Where’d he mention that?
Straight up a 10/10 for me personally. Completely blown away by this album. Not a single skip for me which is crazy given its length.
One day my music will blow up also, speaking it into existence!
Yeah totally agreed! It’s the most epic and risky mainstream record in a while I feel.
id say its a 8.9. i think some tracks kinda drags but its still an amazing album
One of the easiest 10s I've ever heard.
I'm glad y'all loved this album like I did. I will be in complete agreement about Timeless though. It's the only song that I would probably remove.
And it's really amazing how, if someone tries to explain it narratively, it might not make sense. But when listening to it, you can really feel the journey. Those glimmers of hope right towards the middle end fit it perfectly before that darker sensation takes hold for a few more records. Then it closee with acceptance, truth about who I am, moving on & finding that reconciliation.
I really felt like I experienced an epic with this album. I can't wait to see The Weeknd be inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame one day. He signified a generation and really gave a style of darker R&B and Pop elements mainstream air to see that it can shine & flourish. He didn't necessarily birth it, but he will absolutely be known as being synonymous with it at the same time.
2025 MIGHT be Denzel Curry in disguise
can someone tell me what Denzel has to do with this 😭
@@Joshpmat1234Fantano has been giving a lot of 8's this year, and he's infamously given denzel curry an 8 on every one of his albums
my goat
@@Joshpmat1234 denzel the almighty 8 god
@@Joshpmat1234 He also shares the same birthday with the weeknd (no, it's true, he really does)
Fun fact, the final seconds of the last track, HUT, transitions into High For This (His first song released). Making his last album end in a perfect loop into his first project is insane.
I know this is easy to do, but anytime an artist does this in a good way I think it's the coolest thing ever
I thought what U need was technically the first song under his name.
@@billross9132it’s 3 of the one song that blew him up on UA-cam then we he made the album. house of balloons, he made high for this. the first song on HOB because it’s a introduction to his discography and what he has to brings.
Yeah, I thought it was cool when Tyler did the same thing on Igor.
No, it literally ruins the whole album.
that yellow flannel has been more used this year than all of my clothes
We’re in a new music renaissance now that the pandemic is over
If it’s green it’ll clip his green screen used for the covers
@@socialmediaaccount4206 its what he uses for good reviews, which there has been lots of this year compared to others it feels like
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭
He filmed everything on the same day 😢😢😢😢😢
THIS is how you make a good 20+ track album. Looking at you Drake.
Edit: Mfs mad that I brought up Drake 😂
Hopefully that solo album is Take Care 2 cuz everyone and their mom knows Drake can't stay comfortable making generic hits now knowing that his "opps" are thriving and trying to step on his already dwindling career (kdot at the superbowl, abel releasing objectively his best album, etc.) If he can make a comeback, color me surprised ig.
@ I mean him and PND are dropping a collab on Valentines Day. We can only hope that’s decent.
@@bryce2615 ik but I doubt it will be career defining. He needs that type of album to make a comeback.
@@okluminous566 what comeback bro took the biggest L of modern times, hasnt released an album since fatd and still sold out every show on his tour. Idk where this narrative came from thats hes fallen off, the last serious piece of music he dropped was scary hours 3 which was a banger
@ yea I agree with u
Luka to the Lakers
Anthony Davis to the Mavs
DeAaron Fox to the Spurs
Jimmy to the Warriors
Kuzma to the Bucks
And now a Weeknd yellow flannel. What a week this has been.
Putting Kuzma in here is hilarious
Arguably the worst player (this season) on the worst team in the league being trade is note worthy haha
The trade deadline has been crazy but glad to see Abel get an 8
Also Jey Uso winning the Rumble
And Kendrick sweeping the Grammys
@@dannyg9410 for real one of these is not like the other haha
if abel said "i hope you cry for me(lon)" you would've gave it a 10
😐🤦🏼♂️
haaaaa
not putting niagara falls among the favs is insane
One day my music will blow up also, speaking it into existence!
Factual statement number 1 sir
It's 20 tracks and all of them are pretty much great (but timeless). It gets hard to pick favs. I don't blame him
Well if you're looking for Niagara falls haters I'm here. It's the only song in the album I don't fw. Idk why I don't like it It just doesn't work with my ears well. But hey, everything else is fire.
Edit: listened to the song again now I know why I don't like it. I didn't like the lyrics their delivery was too corny for me.
Tldr: bruh
@@kumbaya69421idk man the sample and beat are too good though
10:07 Just a quick correction for Reflections Laughing, Florence is actually on the backing vocals, that's fellow XO labelmate Chxrry22 on the voice mail
Sad that we couldn't hear florence much on chorus
@@marex2666fr but her vocals are still sooo good once you do pick up on them, i did wish she had a bit of a bigger part in the song tho
Future sang with his whole soul on “Enjoy the Show”
One day my music will blow up also, speaking it into existence!
Lol joke
I CAN'T FEEL MY FACE ANYMOORE
Lana did too The Abyss
The fact timeless is the worst and it’s still a decent track shows how good this album is
Hahaha you are WRONG. Timeless is the best song on the album
bro timeless doggo imo
@@thatguymatt5816not really, I like the song but I agree with Fantano, putting it within the context of this album honestly adds nothing, if he took it out and left it as a random single, literally nothing would’ve been lost/added to the overarching theme and story of the album.
Again the song itself is great but within the context of the album, it’s easily a throwaway track. IMO.
@@thatguymatt5816nah it's dogshit
…. Bruh don’t lie to yourself
"CINEMA" being listed as the genre is so funny and so accurate
Kino
Fantano kept the Pizza HUT mustache in honor of this album
That hurt to read 😭
Honestly I thought you would give it a decent 9, the storytelling is immaculate Abel’s best project imo
You get it
Yeah same
Especially since it's a 22 track record done extremely well. Abel didn't play it safe, he took the risk with his final album and he delivered. I think a decent 9 would have been very well deserved for Hurry Up Tomorrow. It's a literal masterpiece. Fantano said so many nice things about this project so him saying that Opening Night and Reflections Laughing should have been one track feels nitpicky to me and I don't get how that and Timeless take this down to a decent 8. Should have been a light 9 at least.
@mariosbrossuperit’s his opinion bro, he’s just a guy who reviews music. If you think it’s a 9 or 10 then that’s great, but it is his opinion,
@Mavs-s5eAfter hours is probably still his best but hurry up tomorrow is undoubtedly an amazing piece of work and the best way to go out for the weeknd. Shame fantano gave after hours a 7 💀
The Weeknd starting his career with a 3 and finishing with an 8 had to be one of the most inspiring character arcs in history.
brother at least finish the video damn
Crazy because house of balloons is much better than this album
No, not really because fantano was wrong from the start. Can't validate that.
@@swampnuts265this album is great but house of balloons, echoes of silence, and Kissland wipe this
Tbh He has multiple 9s that got underrated
Light 8 after that much praise is nasty work
To decent 8
He did the same with FKA twigs. Jus the same old “not cohesive” criticism he always throws out 🧐 But also we need to stop pretending 8 is a bad score. Tired of this score inflation that obfuscates any real meaning in a a score. Everything can’t be a 10 lol. 5 is suppose to mean at least “okay, few good tracks” in my opinion.
@@loadishstone The dumbest part is that the body of work would be a lot more coherent to him if he understood Red Terror. He thinks it's a random track about Abel having a kid, when it's a track about his mothers life and the guilt he feels for being problematic.
8 is a very good score. That's a score he usually leaves for his favorite artists. Pretty sure he just gave Father John Misty a 7 or 8.
My mind and expectations were blown away by this album. As a diehard XO, this was the finest sendoff i could ever imagine. 9/10
Red terror is about his mother escaping Ethiopia while she was pregnant with abel during the political repression there. He is writing from the perspective of her.
The red terror took place in the 70s so she couldn't be pregnant with abel 🤔
@@carlosvelasco1471 must be about his grandma then
@@carlosvelasco1471 the Ethiopian civil war went on until 1991. Abel was born in 1990
@jacobkcameron however the "red terror" period only lasted from '76-'78
Fantano specifically talked about this in his original review, but edited it out. You can see that there's a quick cut there. Something about that information might be false, or unproveable.
8 for a 22 track album btw, your goat could never
Big Krit got a 9
my goat (jid) could do that if he wanted!!!!!
Its a 5 for me
@epicbottleflips5032 i care
ts was complete trash
“Absolutely astonishing album, production on point. This really cements The Weeknd as one of the biggest artists of our era! 6/10.”
One day my music will blow up also, speaking it into existence!
@@MilesMcCoyYT "on everybodys soul!" ahh
This is what you call an album. Abel is so far ahead when it comes to his male peers, especially in the pop genre. Nobody has a discography like his and his albums are actual complete projects.
Amen
This is what you call boring
@epicbottleflips5032Look deeper into the meaning and motivation behind the album and put yourself in Abel’s shoes and his perspective. He’s singing it from the Abel vs The Weeknd perspective. Changed my whole perspective of the album. Especially the track Open Hearts. When I looked at it from The Weeknd singing to his younger self. Falling in love with himself, it made so much more sense than him singing it to a woman.
@TheMarkoPoloProgram To be honest I just find the weeknds singing inflections so repetitive and predictable that i can't get into whatever concept he's doing
why am i even watching these anymore
Lol, real
we watch these videos to have an opinion. we thank melon in unison.
@@FelOficial965glazing hard
Idk. Could it be you want someone to validate your opinion? Maybe you find his takes insightful? Perhaps you just want some background noise while you do something else? There are a lot of reasons you could watch these, but I hope none of it affects you in a negative manner
Anthony has great content and work ethic, but his coverage is about the furthest from unbiased you can get. Which is fine if everyone didn't take his opinion as fact
Timestamps:
0:00 Hurrythano Uptano (background)
3:04 Thoughts on The Idol
3:27 Introduction to HUP (feat. Dawn FM rant)
6:12 Wake Me Up
6:47 Cry For Me
7:29 I Can't Sing
7:38 Sao Paulo
8:37 Baptized in Fear
9:07 Open Hearts
9:32 Opening Night / Reflections Laughing
10:46 I Can't Feel My Face Anymore
11:30 Given Up On Me
11:57 I Can't Wait to Get There
12:05 Timeless
12:31 Niagara Falls
12:49 Take Me Back to LA
13:14 Big Sleep
13:27 Give Me Mercy
13:39 Drive
14:04 The Abyss
14:18 Red Terror
14:19 Without a Warning
14:52 Hurry Up Tomorrow
15:03 Conclusion and Score
16:13 Tran-
(Had to edit because he took out his commentary of Red Terror)
Thank you austistic person.
Thanks you’re a legend 🙏
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Red Terror was actually about his mother escaping the Red Terror Genocides in Ethiopia and raising Abel.
I’m crying why is he taking ferocious backshots on the album cover
Says more about you if that's where your mind went
@ look at the fun police over here. The overlord of whimsy.
@@patrickhanlon2325no fun allowed
@@lucaccb123Ah yes, the pinnacle of jokes. MAN HAS BIG SEX.
I can't blame him I would do the same if I could
I loved Fantano's dedication to dive deep into the storyline on this album considering this entire trilogy is a narrative from suffering/hell to redemption/heaven. He was much less focused on the narratives on his After Hours and Dawn Fm review so this was really great change of pace from him. Good work Fantano!!
I wish he gave it a 9 tbh. So deserving of it
MANNN FAXXXX DAMNN WTFFFFF!!!
FACTS WTFF it’s cause he missed alot of the storyline
I think it's cuz he didn't like timeless I personally love that song
@@HeII0_th3r3timeless, drive and reflections laughing is what made this album mid
@@epzo3 songs arent enough to make a 22 song album mid and even then I disagree, there are no bad songs on the project
Red terror isn’t about him contemplating parenthood, rather it’s about the struggle his mother went through in Ethiopia causing her to move to Canada to raise him.
Glad to see your positive vibes from first listen carried through to the whole album. My fav is still Dawn FM but you can’t deny the raw energy on this one
One day my music will blow up also, speaking it into existence!
Oh you have taste !
Abel is just one of those artists that really deserves the success he's got, he really is amazing.
abel getting an 8 is the second craziest thing to happen this week, only behind the luka trade
My boy realized his glasses were off 1:07
1:20
14:28 The “Red Terror” was a political conflict that happened in Ethiopia which Ed caused his parents to flee to Canada. I think the song is more a third person POV on him from his mother’s perspective
100%- Kind of embarrassing that Ant doesn't know that...
My theory: the digital version gives us the full story, where Abel drops the persona and speaks candidly about wanting out of popstar hell, and the album ends with The Weeknd repenting. The physical edition, with only 11 songs in a different order, is just pop hits. He's trapped in limbo. The angel from dawn FM is even edited out on the physical version of "Red Terror." He's weeping in a dark room on the physical cover. The digital one? He's bathed in light, and to me that scream is the sin being ripped from his body.
I’m reminded so much of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” the more I listened to it. although he didn’t market this as a double album, it feels like one. “I can’t wait to get there” sounds like the start of Disc 2, and I know it’s a reach and it has been floating around on the web in discussions about the last note at the end of the album sounds eerily similar to the start of “High for this”, but that just reinforces the comparison I’m talking about. I absolutely love this album. 10/10
🙌
He is a OG UA-cam star. He dropped trilogy on UA-cam when people didn't knew Weekend.
"I hate this guy. Light 3." - Anthony Fantano
Big Sleep is hands down one of the best tracks on this album. I so hope it gets its recognition. He goes crazy at the end.
100% my favorite on the album. Pure raw emotion
One of the greatest things The Weeknd has ever done, and I've been a fan since before we even knew what he looked like. What an album! What an icon!
i think you misunderstood the song red terror, its about abel's mother surviving the red terror genocide in ethopia ,escaping and coming to Canada while being pregnant with abel
The man went 12 years without any controversy, made 6 full albums, 3 mixtapes, a very well received EP, sold out shows worldwide, a HBO show 😅, dates supermodels, and is making a movie.
The true survivor of the music industry. Quit with his dignity. Hope he transitions into tv/ movies after music or releases some cool ass documentary about his career cause we lowkey don’t know anything about the dude.
He's just giving up the weeknd persona. He'll still make music probably after a long break under his own name.
The Weeknd is the best r&b singer of the 21st century
I know this sounds weird but I genuinely started bawling when the chorus hit on open hearts. Idk why, I guess it just hit me in the heartstrings. Incredible album.
Really? I was too busy dancing lol. I cried a bit for take me back to LA because I can relate to it, but when I really began to cry was the end. Holy crap, I’ve never cried so hard
I cried at Red Terror...
"Falling in love again" so simple on paper, but insane in practice
After 14 long years, Fantano finally figured out The Weeknd is in fact, a person and not a band
Absolutely incredible magnum opus putting a giant bow on one of the most impressive runs in pop music history. Thank you for everything Abel. Wouldn’t have started making music without your influence. Man… what a way to go out.
i hurried up for tomorrow so i could form an opinion on this album.
Weeknd's second trilogy might be better than the first trilogy what a fucking discography
Kissland BBTM and Starboy?
@@filosavage7475HOB, Thursday, Echoes of Silence I think
@@filosavage7475house of baloons, thursday, echoes of silence
@@filosavage7475they maybe structured as such in a way, but all three albums are so drastically different it’s hard to call them a trilogy the way we do these albums.
@@filosavage7475More like HOB, Thursday and EoS. As a trilogy, the second one is objectively better, but HOB remains his best album overall. He's one of the GOATs.
Wow I can’t wait to listen to this now that I know melon likes it
Surprised you didn't mention that this is seemingly the final album that Abel is going to do under the name "The Weeknd" as well as that final moment in the album that seems to leave this persona he is leaving behind in an uncertain fate.
Regardless, another great album from him.
Yellow flannel Let’s go!!!
Charlie Brown!
@@ManiacalMangoes😂😂😂
10:31 Ohhh nooo, we're falling into an abyss of sorts
One of the most impressive things about the album and what it will not get enough credit for is how enjoyable and entertaining it is throughout its 85(!) minutes of length. This happens extremely rarely.
This album was really something that I think fans of The Weeknd really wanted & needed. It felt profound to just hear that Weeknd like sound again that so many of us fell in love with. And his stuff that felt like the more accessible Weeknd was just as pleasing to hear.
I understand Fantano’s criticism of the pacing, but that three-way run of Reflections Laughing, Enjoy the Show, and Given Up On Me might be the most surreal/experimental of the entire album. I think that’s closest he has sounded to the original trilogy.
Good outro but Jim carrey's outro is still my favorite one
Loved the review, Anthony. My only critique is not speaking on the 2nd half of given up on me which is so beautifully crafted.
The interlude on Reflections Laughing wasn’t Florence, it was Chxrry22. Florence was doing vocals on the pre-chorus and chorus prior to the interlude.
It’s nice to see Justice collaborate with Abel here as that might lead to some more exposure in the general public, and more exposure to one of my favourite bands of all time should hopefully be a good thing :)
Been waiting for this. Such a deeply cinematic and emotional experience listening to this album. Feels like a modern classic we'll be looking back fondly on 10 years from now
The first time I listened I didn’t like this album, then I went back and read the lyrics, it’s growing on me now
the album was explosive, intimate, and so fucking legendary. He had such a grandiose career. it’ll go down in the history books.
Your interpretation of what “red terror” is about is so unbelievably off it almost discredits this entire review. This song is a critical part of the story he’s telling with this album.
Hurry up tomorrow transitioning to high for this made me cry a lil
the Denzel Curry curse is spreading
whats the Denzel curse?
Melon has given all of Denzel's albums an 8
@@TheKingOfHype ahhhh I see tyty Denzel goated as well tho
Not really
9:31 someone please make an audio file for this part
If it was called Hurry Up, We’re Pimping A Butterfly Tomorrow, it would’ve been a 10
The album was WAY better than I thought it was gonna be, a lot of times when an artist keep pushing an album back, I get worried, but this was WORTH THE WAIT. Been a fan since 2011, got to watch Abel go from underrated, to one of the biggest superstars in music history. Salute to him for making such an awesome body of work. Favorite songs were Niagra Falls, and I Can’t Wait To Get There 🔥
12:20 timeless is not even repetitive first of all except for the hook, secondly Carti has a pretty long verse on there and he does have a good feature on that song
i agree, and i think fantano has it backwards, carti completely outdid the weeknd on timeless
This album is amazing I have it on repeat. Also the phone call on Reflections Laughing is Chxrry22 not Florence + the Machine
You know the album is good when timeless is the least fav
Red Terror is about his mother and the events of the Red Terror of Ethiopia.
Ahhh glad you gave it a decent 8. A lot of critics are shitting on this album because they just don’t understand the lore of The Weeknd. Oh well. It’s for the XO fans at the end of the day
yeah music critics often critique things on the surface which can be frustrating
It's not even the weekend yet and we have the weeknd near the week's end.
the weeknd getting 8s back to back.... he's truly the male beyonce
He’s better
If it was called To Hurry Up a Tomorrow it would’ve been a 10😞
I think "Take Me Back to LA" is a sort of sequel to After Hours' "Escape From LA", which I found to be a great attention to detail in completing the trilogy!
Very glad to see the weeknd close off his career as the weeknd this strong
If the album was called “To Pimp a Weeknd” it would’ve been a 10
Im surprised you didnt mention Kiss Land at all as i find Kiss Land walked so Hurry Up Tomorrow could run (Even tho Kiss Land is still a 10 to me) like it was his most cinematic album before this trilogy and i see a lot of it in this
So real. Kiss Land might be my favorite of his
Album of the year already!!
The Weeknd needs a sponsorship with Pizza Hut and call the collab Pizza H.U.T.
11:22 future was emotional all over the We still dont trust you album. i dont get this future is never emotional narrative he actually shows his vulnerability a lot in his music
I listened to We still don't trust you again after hearing him on Hurry up tomorrow. I wish he was a bit better at singing because the songwriting, the vulnerability and the production on that album are all incredible
Best trilogy of the past 20 years including, The Weeknd’s other trilogy.
I loved the Thriller sample in the intro to Hurry Up Tomorrow
If he named it To Pimp Up Tomorrow Fantano would have gave it a 10.
I really doubt that😭
boring
He's a sneakily fantastic story teller, saying and sharing personal insights while also keeping the lyrics vague and relatable enough. As he's mentioned, if this project or moniker is over, I appreciate and understand the full circle return to where this began, but I can't help but wish there were a few more tracks that bookended the bombastic stadium hits he's capable of
4:30 massive?
You know what else is MASSIVE?
@@noty5786my mama?
LOW TAPER FADE@@noty5786
@@noty5786 yo mama
@@noty5786LOOOOWWW
melon pulling a positive theme out of without a warning is so interesting to me bc i got the complete opposite vibe from it. i interpreted it as him falling right back into his self destruction at the hands of an audience that will only love him as long as he’s killing himself (hence the line about him not wanting to be sober because he was afraid of being boring). he doesn’t know if tomorrows coming because he might die before he gets to see it, but it doesn’t matter to him because the crowd is cheering for him as he does it. he’s echoed sentiments like this in the save your tears video too.
I think that this album was just about everything that The Weeknd fans could have hoped for. A solid album that ties up the story from After Hours and Dawn FM, and ending this music-universe with a grand slam!
As someone who grew up listening to art rock bands who invented the idea of seamless albums that all transition together, no album has done this better than this album.
The transition from Baptized in Fear to Open Hearts.. probably my favorite transition ever.
And as someone else mentioned, at the very end of the album, you hear the first beginning seconds of High For This, his first song ..ever.
Which no artist has ever done.
Truly breaking and recasting the mold.
True artistry and vision.
If it was called “to hurry up a tomorrow” he would’ve given it a 10
this albums soundscape was MASSIVE
I love those first 5 tracks
It’s a really solid album
So for anybody who cares (And Fantano too), the song Red Terror is from the perspective of his mother and partly dedicated to her too. The lyrics showcase her life before and after moving from Ethiopia amidst some uneasiness in the country. The term "Red Terror" is about the bloodshed that his mother and grandmother saw in Ethiopia before they moved to Canada when she was 8 months pregnant (said in the song too). In the song he apologises to his mom for getting mixed up with drugs and alcohol from a young age, leading a not so straight life, and now how he wants to go back to being a child in her lap again.