In an interview with Billboard Magazine, The Weeknd said: “Picture the album being like the listener is dead. And they’re stuck in this purgatory state, which I always imagined would be like being stuck in traffic waiting to reach the light at the end of the tunnel. And while you’re stuck in traffic, they got a radio station playing in the car, with a radio host guiding you to the light and helping you transition to the other side. So it could feel celebratory, could feel bleak, however, you want to make it feel, but that’s what ‘The Dawn’ is for me.”
This MV shows the industry is taking his youthful essence, his sound, and leaving him damaged and aged. They chain him to the microphone stand to perform at command, he is in service to the industry ritual. His sound is represented by the colours when he is singing chorus. The energy is transferred. The industry (red lady) is revitalised by the new sound (ala whenever Weeknd releases a new album) but it leaves The Weeknd spent. I imagine the next MV we will see the old man Weeknd.
I think the video has a double meaning and a parallelism between his fans and a partner. I think he can feel pressured to release music and dark song by his fans because that's what a lot of them want from him, but maybe he isn't in that state of mind anymore, and if he tries to do it he feels down or uninspired. That's why he is chained to the mic and his hands burn when he sings. So in that way he explains that he doesn't want to sacrifice himself, and the people of the cult represent his fans, dragging him to do what they want. And also, the red woman I think symbolises a partner, but when he commits to her he feels like he is sacrificing his time, maybe because the relationship is going to end eventually so he feels like it's a waste of time, or because he wants to go out and be with other women and enjoy the night (as it's said in the song).
*_'Sacrifice'_* ...has a hook melody with 100% *_Alicia Myers, 'I Want To Thank You'_* inspiration _(all in those synth strains)_ 🎶: ▪️ th-cam.com/video/R9wGnnwBc9M/w-d-xo.html ▪️ th-cam.com/video/-_N8lQl-3ak/w-d-xo.html ...for those who wouldn't have known...🎶
Sacrifice is one of my favorite songs from the album and probably my most favorite song on the album so far. The production quality on this track is insane which isn't surprising with heavy hitters such as Swedish House Maffia producing. The music video is again amazing and I really enjoy the fact that Abel is keeping the theme of storytelling going. That was one of the major plus point about After Hours and it's music videos.
*_'Sacrifice'_* ...has a hook melody with 100% *_Alicia Myers, 'I Want To Thank You'_* inspiration _(all in those synth strains)_ 🎶: ▪️ th-cam.com/video/R9wGnnwBc9M/w-d-xo.html ▪️ th-cam.com/video/-_N8lQl-3ak/w-d-xo.html ...for those who wouldn't have known...🎶
The wonan in the red veil(cult leader) Is taking Weeknd‘s youthfulness To regain/maintain hers. Leaving him old like on the Cover of his Album. That old witch. It could also be seen in another way A relationship with a bad partner could Make you feel old & exhausted. All the time you wasted Time you Sacraficed
The Weeknd also said this whole album is like your dead and in purgatory and before u go into the light it’s like your stuck in traffic and the radio is playing
His talent is enslaved to the industry, literally shackled to entertain, and his soul is being taken by the one in red, representing the lure of the industry, and his talent and soul feed it and keep it youthful
It's crazy that you both mention Jim Carrey movies (eternal sunshine of the spotless mind &Truman show) he's the one that gives the intro to this song.
"I think I lost the only piece that held it all in place; now my madness is the only love I let myself embrace" - Adaptation (Kiss Land) It's like Sacrifice is a direct continuation to Adaptation.
I read a book in ninth grade(with an audiobook) called feed by M.T, That Takes place in the future. Listening to this album reminds me of how the ads were being played by a chip that was inserted into peoples head. The weeknd going to the afterlife and listening to these radios/ads in his head just reminded me a lot of that book.
I READ THIS BOOK IN GRADE 9 TOO OMG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!!! it's crazy because i remember the book so well and the album (the ads specifically like u said) reminded me of the exact same thing you stated
@@jlondon8089 ayyy let me find out we went to the same school lol but RIGHT! I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who heard and remembered how similar they are.😂
Lust. Lust bent his mind, seduced him into those chained gauntlets. And when he finally broke free of his own power, he lost his light and his youth. Only then does he realize the true figure behind the Lust that twisted him, and that he traded a moment in time for it all - for which Lust laughs at him. In the song, he says sacrifice twice with two different intents. He doesn't want to sacrifice for love, but he doesn't want to sacrifice love either. In the end, he does anyway - he sacrificed what he loved for what he loved most - a self-consuming circle. The set of the video is circular for a reason. It's a cycle he's put himself in, leaving him unable to fight Lust. Lust does not take his soul - he actually gives it up himself.
It’s definitely Michael jackson those moves are referring to lol who else would it be. Most Dance esp for rnb and pop dudes is inspired by Michael Jackson …all the modern greats are Usher, Chris Brown, Omarion, Bruno Mars all inspired by Mike ❤️ and that’s exactly how Michael would dance when he wasn’t doing the moon walk 😂❤️
*_'Every Angel is Terrifying'_* ...drenched in *_Juan Atkins/Cybotron ('Cosmic Cars' and 'Alleys of Your Mind')_* type synths...🎶 ▪️ th-cam.com/video/cpHtVWqY4dI/w-d-xo.html ▪️ th-cam.com/video/D810ENYPAQg/w-d-xo.html ...and *_Omar S, 'High School Graffiti'_* synth vibes splashed throughout 🎹🎶: ▪️ th-cam.com/video/VhWcQFEXF6U/w-d-xo.html ▪️ th-cam.com/video/DExMUs_Yig0/w-d-xo.html ▪️ th-cam.com/video/WYXqSzD2dmg/w-d-xo.html
Please react to "Say Geronimo" by Sheppard. It's very underated headbanger. You will recognize it that sounds familiar but that song deserves more!!! Thank you...
It's funny that you guys mentioned the Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine, which are both Jim Carrey movies and Jim Carrey is doing the narration at the beginning lmao
why can’t y’all hurry up and just react to the whole album !!! take advantage of the fucking algorithm ffs !!! This project is so amazing especially after the 2nd listen 💪🏿💯
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*_'Less Than Zero'_* has that *_New Order_* type bounce & energy 🎹🎶😊: ▪️ th-cam.com/video/MEl0Chq36lc/w-d-xo.html ▪️ th-cam.com/video/zs6ZafVG5qM/w-d-xo.html
I’ve been watching their reaction videos for awhile now & I just assumed they were either married, or in a relationship, but now I’m baffled? Does anyone know anything about them other than their reaction videos? I’m just curious, so please don’t respond with a nasty comment.
You guys should really react to GREECE - DJ KHALED (feat. Drake). Very nice song. We actually need you to react to Drake songs..btw love your reaction videos..
In an interview with Billboard Magazine, The Weeknd said: “Picture the album being like the listener is dead. And they’re stuck in this purgatory state, which I always imagined would be like being stuck in traffic waiting to reach the light at the end of the tunnel.
And while you’re stuck in traffic, they got a radio station playing in the car, with a radio host guiding you to the light and helping you transition to the other side. So it could feel celebratory, could feel bleak, however, you want to make it feel, but that’s what ‘The Dawn’ is for me.”
WOW
This MV shows the industry is taking his youthful essence, his sound, and leaving him damaged and aged. They chain him to the microphone stand to perform at command, he is in service to the industry ritual. His sound is represented by the colours when he is singing chorus. The energy is transferred. The industry (red lady) is revitalised by the new sound (ala whenever Weeknd releases a new album) but it leaves The Weeknd spent. I imagine the next MV we will see the old man Weeknd.
loved this interpretation!!
We did! The next video is Gasoline
Jim Carrey was both in Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind and the Truman Show
And gave an Oscar worthy performance in both of those films
I think the video has a double meaning and a parallelism between his fans and a partner. I think he can feel pressured to release music and dark song by his fans because that's what a lot of them want from him, but maybe he isn't in that state of mind anymore, and if he tries to do it he feels down or uninspired. That's why he is chained to the mic and his hands burn when he sings. So in that way he explains that he doesn't want to sacrifice himself, and the people of the cult represent his fans, dragging him to do what they want. And also, the red woman I think symbolises a partner, but when he commits to her he feels like he is sacrificing his time, maybe because the relationship is going to end eventually so he feels like it's a waste of time, or because he wants to go out and be with other women and enjoy the night (as it's said in the song).
loved reading this ❤
This, honestly, is the greatest description of not only this track, but the way The Weeknd has taken his music over the last few years. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow. This is such an amazing take Gonzalo. I never looked at the music video that way until you revealed this take presently
Weeknd has literally bought Micheal out of the grave, period. 💯💯💯 I haven't heard anyone who's closer.
agreed!!
*_'Sacrifice'_* ...has a hook melody with 100% *_Alicia Myers, 'I Want To Thank You'_* inspiration _(all in those synth strains)_ 🎶:
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...for those who wouldn't have known...🎶
Chris Brown did it first
He’s done that dance move before like in can’t feel my face 😄
I like how you guys really think about the songs that you listen to. I also like how you guys are listening to the whole album.
Sacrifice is one of my favorite songs from the album and probably my most favorite song on the album so far. The production quality on this track is insane which isn't surprising with heavy hitters such as Swedish House Maffia producing. The music video is again amazing and I really enjoy the fact that Abel is keeping the theme of storytelling going. That was one of the major plus point about After Hours and it's music videos.
*_'Sacrifice'_* ...has a hook melody with 100% *_Alicia Myers, 'I Want To Thank You'_* inspiration _(all in those synth strains)_ 🎶:
▪️ th-cam.com/video/R9wGnnwBc9M/w-d-xo.html
▪️ th-cam.com/video/-_N8lQl-3ak/w-d-xo.html
...for those who wouldn't have known...🎶
*You're now listening to 103.5 Dawn FM* ~ What a soothing voice by Jim Carrey.. love it!
The wonan in the red veil(cult leader)
Is taking Weeknd‘s youthfulness
To regain/maintain hers. Leaving him old like on the Cover of his Album.
That old witch.
It could also be seen in another way
A relationship with a bad partner could
Make you feel old & exhausted.
All the time you wasted
Time you Sacraficed
4:15 Every true Weeknd fan will have the same expression :)
My god your reaction is fire🔥 the weeknd going hard no matter what
The Weeknd also said this whole album is like your dead and in purgatory and before u go into the light it’s like your stuck in traffic and the radio is playing
The
character in red is his past life.. "AFTER HOURS" and we all know that AH theme is RED !!
😲
His talent is enslaved to the industry, literally shackled to entertain, and his soul is being taken by the one in red, representing the lure of the industry, and his talent and soul feed it and keep it youthful
It's crazy that you both mention Jim Carrey movies (eternal sunshine of the spotless mind &Truman show) he's the one that gives the intro to this song.
I sent this to Abel after I wrote the lyrics. It basically describes my TBI but the music I wrote was definitely in a 80’s pop and Prince style.
I wish I could like this a thousand times, I really love u guys.
Jim Carrey is the voice you hear at the beginning and through out the whole album
"I think I lost the only piece that held it all in place; now my madness is the only love I let myself embrace" - Adaptation (Kiss Land)
It's like Sacrifice is a direct continuation to Adaptation.
gosh i was waiting for y"ll reaction🤩
all that's missing from the weekend is dancing and it will be sold out a bit like MJ
This man is insane I'm a huge fan from Pakistan
I just expected thisss
This album is fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I just love it
Great video react guys
I love your reactions. Love from Turkey !!!
I read a book in ninth grade(with an audiobook) called feed by M.T, That Takes place in the future. Listening to this album reminds me of how the ads were being played by a chip that was inserted into peoples head. The weeknd going to the afterlife and listening to these radios/ads in his head just reminded me a lot of that book.
I READ THIS BOOK IN GRADE 9 TOO OMG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!!! it's crazy because i remember the book so well and the album (the ads specifically like u said) reminded me of the exact same thing you stated
@@jlondon8089 ayyy let me find out we went to the same school lol but RIGHT! I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who heard and remembered how similar they are.😂
More of the album please ❤️
loved it💙 thank you
Love the reaction XO!
Lust. Lust bent his mind, seduced him into those chained gauntlets. And when he finally broke free of his own power, he lost his light and his youth. Only then does he realize the true figure behind the Lust that twisted him, and that he traded a moment in time for it all - for which Lust laughs at him. In the song, he says sacrifice twice with two different intents. He doesn't want to sacrifice for love, but he doesn't want to sacrifice love either. In the end, he does anyway - he sacrificed what he loved for what he loved most - a self-consuming circle. The set of the video is circular for a reason. It's a cycle he's put himself in, leaving him unable to fight Lust. Lust does not take his soul - he actually gives it up himself.
It’s definitely Michael jackson those moves are referring to lol who else would it be. Most Dance esp for rnb and pop dudes is inspired by Michael Jackson …all the modern greats are Usher, Chris Brown, Omarion, Bruno Mars all inspired by Mike ❤️ and that’s exactly how Michael would dance when he wasn’t doing the moon walk 😂❤️
u two are the besttttt!!!
“Eyes Wide Shut.”
love your reactions
Xo girl watching xo 😁
Aye I see the 100k plaque in the back👏congrats on getting to 100k guys ❤️
thank you!
The Weeknd LEGEND 😎🥀💝
less than zero is the best song
We need the entire album.....please do every angel is terrifying
*_'Every Angel is Terrifying'_*
...drenched in *_Juan Atkins/Cybotron ('Cosmic Cars' and 'Alleys of Your Mind')_* type synths...🎶
▪️ th-cam.com/video/cpHtVWqY4dI/w-d-xo.html
▪️ th-cam.com/video/D810ENYPAQg/w-d-xo.html
...and *_Omar S, 'High School Graffiti'_* synth vibes splashed throughout 🎹🎶:
▪️ th-cam.com/video/VhWcQFEXF6U/w-d-xo.html
▪️ th-cam.com/video/DExMUs_Yig0/w-d-xo.html
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2:58 truman show = jim carrey... and is him who is speak is this "radio" for coincidence
Next musicvideo of his we will see „Grandpa Weeknd“
if michael jackson and daft punk had i child that child would be the weeknd !
He did same dance move in can't feel my face
Please react to "Say Geronimo" by Sheppard. It's very underated headbanger. You will recognize it that sounds familiar but that song deserves more!!! Thank you...
Ironic that they said it felt like The Truman Show, since that’s Jim Carrey doing the narration lol
It's funny that you guys mentioned the Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine, which are both Jim Carrey movies and Jim Carrey is doing the narration at the beginning lmao
Good it reminds you of Truman show and the Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind cause that voice is none other than Jim Carey himself
Pfff pure Aquarius energy 😅 "yeah I kinda like you too, but I would sacrifice our entire relationship just to get my alone to go to the club"
I think this album is inspired by "Dorian Gray"life
Michael Jackson- THRILLER
Got the beat!
that aww at 5:26...
Play songs on spotify or y tube music for smooth transitions
Funny you guys mention the Trueman show the guy talking in the beginning is Jim Carrey if you listen carefully
Can u guys do the sacrifice alternate vid???
You guys should listen and react to the band Cannons!! you will not regret it. I recommend "fire for you" and "ruthless!"
The Dj voice is Jim Carey 😂
why can’t y’all hurry up and just react to the whole album !!! take advantage of the fucking algorithm ffs !!! This project is so amazing especially after the 2nd listen 💪🏿💯
Thanks to Thrillers exist
PLEASE REACT TO “ALONE” BY HALSEY WHEN U GET THE CHANCE! IVE ASKED SO MANY TIMES
@@richardh776 ☠️☠️☠️
@@richardh776 u can see their replies in other comments wtf lmao, maybe them dont have the time to answer and see all of them ????
React too out of time defo top 3 on the album
NEXT SONG
Please react to New Romantics by Taylor Swift, it is criminally underrated.
That was fucking Jim Carrey talking!
please react "less than zero" from the album💞
*_'Less Than Zero'_* has that *_New Order_* type bounce & energy 🎹🎶😊:
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Protect your energy people. We are in the middle of a spiritual warfare 24/7. I am the holy spirits address. 🙌🏽 Fear Of God
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
OMGGG I almost forgot to add, please react to Ariana Grande “Dangerous Woman” that’s a classic!! One of her best! 🥰🥰🥰
11:06 reaction 😅
Voice radio is jim carrey
Ya skipped take ya breath ? Thr album version is different
Hey guys can y’all please react to Katy Perry and Alesso’s new Song “ when I’m Gone “ ✨✨✨
Less Than Zero Next Pleaseee
*_'Less Than Zero'_* has that *_New Order_* type bounce & energy 🎹🎶😊:
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the weeknd - sacrifice REMIX SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA video reaction
I’ve been watching their reaction videos for awhile now & I just assumed they were either married, or in a relationship, but now I’m baffled? Does anyone know anything about them other than their reaction videos? I’m just curious, so please don’t respond with a nasty comment.
can u pls do LESS THAN ZERO. i personally think it’s the best song on the album
React to Drama Club Melanie Martinez pls!!! 🇧🇷
Please react to Ariana Grande singing God Is A Woman at her Sweetner Tour!!! Ahhh! It was so INCREDIBLE!
can u pls react to mind of mine by zayn? tracks like rear view, borderz, lucozade, drunk and fool for you
react to Ariana Grande performing at the bbmas 2019
WrestleMania 38 Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns ❤❤❤❤I miss this match when I hear this song
Can you please react to Joyner Lucas-I’m sorry. I would love to see your reactions to that powerful song.
React to weeknd I heard you married ft Lil Wayne 😍
react to Anitta Envolver please :)
You should react to material girl
You guys should really react to GREECE - DJ KHALED (feat. Drake). Very nice song. We actually need you to react to Drake songs..btw love your reaction videos..
React to Britney Spears guys!!! It’s time
Do is there someone else 🔥
Mj vibe . Agree?
Random question but are you guys a couple or friends?! Lol
PLS REACT TO DOUGHNUT BY TWICE IM SURE YOU GUYS WILL LOVE IT !
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PLS REACT TO BACK TO BLACK BY AMY WINEHOUSE
react to Ariana Grande grammy 2020 performance on Ariana's channel
React to Chlöe Bailey Have Mercy official music video
React to chris brown turn up the music 🎶 🎵 🙌 👌
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