Written by a 19 year old. House of Balloons was so ground breaking. This will never get old actually one of his best songs. The nostalgia. Almost 9 years. An entire decade is approaching. Can’t believe it. Made Alternative R&B his throne. Iconic
This song is literally a time machine. I have a great life with a wife, kids, a house, great job, but as soon as The Weeknd says, "Listen" I go back 12 years back when I had just dropped out of college and had nothing but debt. What a wild ride from when I first started listening to now, he has always been the soundtrack to my life this whole time.
I'm chilling in life. On vacation in the Poconos, I got a 7 year old son but once the trilogy comes on I'm 10 year's younger and single with no kids LoL
I dated a stripper one time, God I loved that girl. She listened to this song every day when she was getting ready. Puts a smile on my face every time I hear it.
My good friend who died of an overdose first introduced me to the weeknd and I think of him everytime I hear this song. RIP Rory Murphy may you live on forever in our hearts.
I heard this song for the first time, at five in the morning in the year 2011. We where having a party that went on untill the early mornings. At that party my best friend was present and we kept on repeating this song,i dont know, for hours it felt like. 4 years later he died of an overdose as well. So we are in the same boat when playing this song. Sending you love.
Seriously though, I know it’s been 10 years but I still can’t get over how beautiful this song is. The melody, the way instruments work so perfectly together, his voice being the cherry on top. I can’t explain how poetic this shit is.
BROOO that’s what I’m sayin!! I went on a date with this female out in Santa Cruz I drove 45 min to go see her because she’s that bad and she started playing this song for me while she sang along and I was just staring at her like fuck this girl hella lit. Now every time o hear his song I think about her 😭😭
I remember being 24 years old and stumbling onto this video. It had a couple of hundred views only and even back then i knew this guy would be a legend. 10 years later and he's an icon. Proud of his success. He deserves it all
Sameee, except I must have been 14. I'm 24 now lol, and I am so glad he got the recognition he deserved. I remember listening to him back then, and nobody really knew who he was or what he was about. He is a true artist, painting pictures with his vocals.
I thought you said "the best song ever recorded" like EVER for a second there and I was like "bro are you fucking for real how can you be so out of touch with culture that you think the weeknd made the greatest song in the history of music, let alone THIS song" lol But seriously I almost agree, I think a few other tracks of his top it though. But it is my favorite of his every now and then. It changes for me.
I kinda agree with your opinion, but then there's In The Night; Faith, Tears In The Rain, Kiss Land, Montreal, Reminder, Wasted Times, Professional, The Hills, After Hours, Wicked Games, Shameless, House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls, The Birds (pt1 and pt2), Die For You, Too Late, Wanderlust, Nocturnal... I could name many other songs, but Abel has too many good songs. And I don't think that he could make a bad song, even if he tried ("I'm A Virgin", is the best example of that xD).
+Barber Loco in this song he says that Cali is the mission.... in the song tell you friends he says Cali WAS the mission.... like he completed it he made it to Cali
Nothing sounded like The Weeknd’s music before him, truly groundbreaking. As a fan that’s been there from the start I’m so proud of the artist he’s become along with the monumental success.
2012 Abel was a different type of being. He was performing in dark light, doing coke in bathroom stalls and breaking up happy homes of diamond district jewelers and their side chicks.
This song is easily already a classic... the way it envelopes you with nostalgia, melancholy and emotion... a haunting feel that very few songs are able to deliver
Hahaha same. My friends think I'm a pervert coz I always listened to his songs. Sometimes I wanna shout to their face how moron they were for listening to an artist who used their beuatiful faces to promote and flirt with people to like their music. 🤮🤮🤮
When I heard this live for the first time last Wednesday in London I burst out crying. This is the first time he's coming to Europe and I had waited so long for this. He gave me the time of my life. Thank you Abel, proud XO forever.
first time as the headline yeh. I seen him in Glasgow on the Friday. funny when he shouts out this is for the old XO and moves back through the trilogy and a lot of people stop singing along. the fucker started 10 minutes late and finished 5 minutes early, that's 3 songs he could of done. I was hoping for initiation but it never happened. much better live though
I was about 23 24 this album came out . When listening to this song i can smell and feel a time in my life that i enjoyed but will only be able to experience once !!!!
I was like 19. Nostalgic asf 💯. All of his songs during that time were playing during some of the most fun moments in life for me. Totally get what u mean
Man. This one still gives me goosebumps when it starts. I've heard it well over 1000 times and its just as good each time. And the way that guitar creeps in on the first verse! SHEEEEEESH! Puts me in a whole other dimension when that beat finally drops.
Without a doubt one of the best songs ever produced. This beat is way too good and with his voice go on top, man. Especially when the guitar is creeping in on the first verse. Good god.
yea it's crazy to see his evolution and how he changed throughout the years. he got super famous and got jaded of that cali lifestyle and wants to return to canada again. he's the snowchild.
I was like that when I first started listening then I started hearing that he had a "deeper message" in his lyrics so I started paying attention a little
I will never get tired of this song. It gives me the same feeling I felt when I heard it for the first time when I was 11 and now I’m 19. So fucking good but sad. Abel you’re a genius.
From the morning to the evening Complaints from the tenants Got the walls kickin' like they 6 months pregnant Drinkin' Alizé with our cereal for breakfast Girls calling cabs at dawn, quarter to seven The sky's getting cold, we flyin' from the North We're rockin' with our city like a sold-out show House full of pros that specialize in the hoe'ing Make that money rain as they taking off they clothes Order plane tickets, Cali is the mission Visit every month like I'm split-life livin' Let the world listen, if a hater's caught slippin' Then my niggas stay tight, got my back like Pippen Fast life grippin', yeah we still tippin' Codeine cups paint a picture so vivid Fakes try to mimic, get girls timid But behind closed doors they get oh so rigid All that money the money is the motive All that money the money is the motive All that money the money she be foldin' Girl put in work Girl, girl put in work Girl put in work Girl, girl put in work Girl put in work Push it through the limit Push it through the pain I push it for the pleasure like a virgin to the game A virgin to that money A virgin to the fame So this my only chance so when I'm over only pray That I flow from the bottom closer to the top The higher that I climb the harder I'ma drop These pussy ass niggas tryna hold on to they credits So I tell 'em use a debit watch they image start to lessen I warned them like discretion Why these niggas testin' Always fuckin' testin' Why these niggas testin' Shit that I got them on straight bar hoppin' To the music of the ambiance gets shit poppin' Zombies of the night Niggas ain't talkin' If they hypin' to the crew get it in like pockets Downtown lovin' when the moon comin' Only place to find base heads and high women All that money the money is the motive All that money the money is the motive All that money the money she be foldin' Girl put in work Girl, girl put in work Girl put in work Girl, girl put in work Girl put in work Better slow down she'll feel it in the morning Ain't the kinda girl you'll be seeing in the morning Too damn raw ain't no nigga worth her holding Ain't no nigga that she holding man her love is too damn foreign Look at all that money the money is the motive All that money the money is the motive All that money the money she be foldin' Girl put in work Girl, girl put in work Girl put in work Girl, girl put in work All that money the money is the motive All that money the money is the motive All that money the money she be foldin' Girl put in work Girl, girl put in work Girl put in work Girl, girl put in work Girl put in work
Found out about Weeknd when I was 13 and completely changed my life. I’m 25 now and disappointed in the direction his music went into these days, it’s nothing like the music he started out with.
Can't believe he saw, experienced, learnt and visualized about writing and creating those all as songs at only 20! This man was way ahead of his generation. He had been an extremely talented guy for that age group.
I was a kid in high school bumping this every day back then when this album dropped. Now I play this on late nights driving down the Eway with the sunroof open💯 Timeless music✨
+alexjavi13ify Me too. This will always be The Weeknd's paramount achievement in my opinion. The firslt time i listened to it was the first tiem in a long time that I loved a song instantly, naturally curious about where it was from.
So many good ones, twenty-eight is def one of my top favorites, the party,afterparty are dope as well. His rendition of Dirty Diana is fire. Sick bass lines and good vibes for sure.
Does anyone ever speak out about how he has the ability to use a verse in multiple songs in different ways and it just gives the song an extra something?? Or do we all just silently appreciate it?
This will never cease to remind me of endless nights partying in high school. Specifically a special night that me and my best high school friend sat on a beach front balcony on senior trip and watched the sun rise to this song. If you see this Kimberly, I miss you 😢
this was the very first song i ever heard from this man almost three years ago and to see how much he has evolved to become the Starboy he is today is truly amazing. good for him. xo.
Best Weeknd chune RT. Still remember like it was yesterday, 2011, OVO Fest in Toronto, we showed up early to watch him open, In The Morning, sun still out, maybe 10% capacity, what a time.
I was already listening to this song on repeat in 2011, when it had a couple-100 views. What journey my 20's have been. This song a big part of the soundtrack. Thanks TW.
Written by a 19 year old. House of Balloons was so ground breaking. This will never get old actually one of his best songs. The nostalgia. Almost 9 years. An entire decade is approaching. Can’t believe it. Made Alternative R&B his throne. Iconic
Goldenxronnie can’t believe it came out almost 10 years ago. I remember this and Nostalgia, Ultra coming out like it was yesterday
You are so right this is really when my life changed and this is what i was jammin to 2011-2012.
He ain’t write this but it’s still amazing
TruckZone who wrote it
Jonathan Perez Jeremy rose. He’s the one that made his name and wrote a lot of his stuff
This song is literally a time machine. I have a great life with a wife, kids, a house, great job, but as soon as The Weeknd says, "Listen" I go back 12 years back when I had just dropped out of college and had nothing but debt. What a wild ride from when I first started listening to now, he has always been the soundtrack to my life this whole time.
This🫵
I'm chilling in life. On vacation in the Poconos, I got a 7 year old son but once the trilogy comes on I'm 10 year's younger and single with no kids LoL
thanks for being here at the end with us. love you so so much.
x o
agreed. like I stepped into a time machine. almost difficult to listen to actually.
Real, it takes me back to the reckless early 20s once I hear the guitar. Like a hungover morning 😅
9 years later and Abel is the greatest r&b artist of our generation what a journey
Ever by far
Facts
Ok period sis lol
Yes I wish he can make some of his old music style
@@jenniferdrake2360 price of commercial success is to switch it up
Realizing how fast 12 years can pass is the most bittersweet part about songs like this.
Deadass it’s been a quick 12 years 😢
Straight up nostalgic I’m 31 feel old asf 😢
at least it was lived with this playing in the background 🖤🖤🖤
Lots of house parties with this song loud as can be.
This comment legit made me cry a lil
can we open a petition for him to perform ALL TRILOGY songs on tour in 2020? XO Resurrection Tour
That will be dream!!!!!! Lets do it!!
HECK YES I AM DOWN!!!
Yes please
Michelle Drew fr I would pay so much to see him perform older songs
no sé let’s donit
I dated a stripper one time, God I loved that girl. She listened to this song every day when she was getting ready. Puts a smile on my face every time I hear it.
@@Sarah-jt7zb not every fish you catch is a keeper some of them is just catch and release
"ain't the kind of girl , you'll be seeing in the morning"
Poetic 💔
@@huntersyler2093 Sheesh. Facts.
@@Sarah-jt7zb lmao
My good friend who died of an overdose first introduced me to the weeknd and I think of him everytime I hear this song. RIP Rory Murphy may you live on forever in our hearts.
As I've lost a friend similar way ik how it feels, condolences to you fellow xo mate
Rip & stay strong
i had goosebumps reading this. My condolences to you Xo
Nice story my dog showed me this song
I heard this song for the first time, at five in the morning in the year 2011. We where having a party that went on untill the early mornings. At that party my best friend was present and we kept on repeating this song,i dont know, for hours it felt like. 4 years later he died of an overdose as well. So we are in the same boat when playing this song. Sending you love.
Who's still listening to this good song?
Me😂😂
Here
Me
entering 2025 and these chords and beats keeps me grooving
Seriously though, I know it’s been 10 years but I still can’t get over how beautiful this song is. The melody, the way instruments work so perfectly together, his voice being the cherry on top. I can’t explain how poetic this shit is.
this!!!
How did they even come up with this shit !!! So fire🔥🔥🔥
It gives me goosebumps every single time I listen to it!
What the song indicates?
@Mitch P or just pure creative talent
The guitar sample in the background has to be the most beautiful shit I've ever heard in my life
Who said it was a sample
I wanna know the chords
Codeine cups - juicy j
+Mak dumb fuck xD
+J23 Apologize or im unliking all your shitty vids
This shit so wavy especially in the car on a late night ride
Yesssss!!
moneybag shawty me rn
Early morning rides home from the strip club
Exactly
BROOO that’s what I’m sayin!! I went on a date with this female out in Santa Cruz I drove 45 min to go see her because she’s that bad and she started playing this song for me while she sang along and I was just staring at her like fuck this girl hella lit. Now every time o hear his song I think about her 😭😭
I know Abels making Toronto proud .. one of the greatest musicians of all time. This whole album aged like the finest wine
Words can't explain how much those first 3 mixtapes mean to me.
dreamergirlbaby same.
these the greatest mixtape trilogy
i wish he would've stayed anonymous
Trilogy is a masterpiece
Me 2. I think he going back to this soon. At this time he wasn't mainstream so when he gets more he be back.
only abel could make a song called 'the morning' but give it such a wavy, late-night car ride vibe...
Maybe you are supposed to bump it all night until the...Morning!
Feel like Its supposed to be the morning after a party
bc its about the morning when its so late that its early...
Better slow down, you'll hear it till the morning, ain't the kind of song you'll be playin' in the morning
emma morning like before sunrise
AFTER HOURS is dropped...but man..this will never get old. I'll listen to this till my eyes will close forever.
Damn thats dedication but same 😭
On some rs
XO
After hours is incredible.
Brings me back to times like this.
Gotta love that Abel
damn bro same no cap
Saw him in concert in April and he started playing this. I almost passed out! Always remembers his OGs!
Everybody complaining about Abel's new music and I'm over here just glad he hasn't Overdosed on something yet😂
id literally cry if he did
SAME
+what huh nigga ya needa get to steppin'
what huh lol why so salty?
Your use of the word salty made my brain go to: "Everybody salty / nixxas stop you're bitching / Everybody makin money/We don't need to kick it"
I remember being 24 years old and stumbling onto this video. It had a couple of hundred views only and even back then i knew this guy would be a legend. 10 years later and he's an icon. Proud of his success. He deserves it all
he really does, it’s been a nightmare of a journey for him to get to the top. He deserves it all
Sameee, except I must have been 14. I'm 24 now lol, and I am so glad he got the recognition he deserved. I remember listening to him back then, and nobody really knew who he was or what he was about. He is a true artist, painting pictures with his vocals.
Wow
crazy how time flyes
same here, I was on his music hella early. I was 25 though. crazy how much he blew!!!!
Wrote by a 19yr old at the time. Let that sink in
Dutch3k5 destined for greatness
WHATTTE FWSDVS'D
FS
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not it wasnt, by a 27 year old
20 to 21
Lol nigga illmatic was written by a 19 year old. Calculus was created by a 23 year old. 19 isnt 9. Nigga was still a grown ass man.
Smoking a blunt at 4 in the morning with the rain on the window music blasting smoking with a bad bihh a good vibe 2024 we still here!!!!
What are you 12
if you're listening in 2020 like this.
Starting the decade with this magnificent piece of work.
Detjon Kosumi Me ^_^
Boii we never left
Wish I didn't start 2020
Terrible year so far
This didn’t age well lol
The best song he ever recorded in my opinion
Agreed
That has to go to Lonely Star
Lonely Star
I thought you said "the best song ever recorded" like EVER for a second there and I was like "bro are you fucking for real how can you be so out of touch with culture that you think the weeknd made the greatest song in the history of music, let alone THIS song" lol
But seriously I almost agree, I think a few other tracks of his top it though. But it is my favorite of his every now and then. It changes for me.
I kinda agree with your opinion, but then there's In The Night; Faith, Tears In The Rain, Kiss Land, Montreal, Reminder, Wasted Times, Professional, The Hills, After Hours, Wicked Games, Shameless, House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls, The Birds (pt1 and pt2), Die For You, Too Late, Wanderlust, Nocturnal...
I could name many other songs, but Abel has too many good songs. And I don't think that he could make a bad song, even if he tried ("I'm A Virgin", is the best example of that xD).
The Morning: "Cali is the mission"
Tell Your Friends: "Cali was the mission"
;[
I'm lost?
+Ernie Armenta I'm lost lol?
+Barber Loco in this song he says that Cali is the mission.... in the song tell you friends he says Cali WAS the mission.... like he completed it he made it to Cali
Marissa Brown I thought that but didn't know if it had an alternative meaning or something. Thank you
Nothing sounded like The Weeknd’s music before him, truly groundbreaking. As a fan that’s been there from the start I’m so proud of the artist he’s become along with the monumental success.
this guy is way ahead of his time. his music will live forever .... legend
98 years later and I'm still here vibing to this masterpiece
😂
😄😄😄😄
Im going on 90 today 🤤😂 Zero Point Geomancy….
What nebula, did you reside ?
dude youre old
🤣🤣
2012 Abel was a different type of being. He was performing in dark light, doing coke in bathroom stalls and breaking up happy homes of diamond district jewelers and their side chicks.
hahahha uncut gems
lmaooo
Damarco Gonzalez the movie was set in 2012 so 🤷🏻♂️
Damarco Gonzalez whoosh
🙄..👀😳😷...I THINK JUST LIKE THIS YEAR WE ALL WERE DIFFERENT IN 2012! #AccidentSACRIFICES (Just ME)
the guitar with this song is everything, one of my favourite parts omg adore this song. can't believe it's 13 years, it's so timeless.
Miss this vibe.
exactly. this song feels like weed!!weird!!
That drop!!!! Ugh sends you somewhere totally different mentally !!!
oprah pierre Damn right and if you are high while listening to this it will take you to another dimension
diplomats81 Considering being high already takes me to another dimension, yeah.
+Michael McCarthy
oprah pierre oprah your face takes me somewhere mentally!
Hope you see this message and hit nostalgia
“Uncut Gems” reminded me how much I love this song 😩
OHHEYCHELSS yeah it’s was a dope scene
Which trailer and scene is it? I couldn't find it.
@@mklava he sing this song in the movie
its sad that the movie doesnt available in my city...
Good movie!
The melody coming in slowly and building from about 1:05😍
Perfect for a midnight drive and a long smoke with that one person ;)
You have a point there bro
yep
or just when ur depressed and smoking alone
+Beast Hd tru
+Beast Hd basically me
This song is easily already a classic... the way it envelopes you with nostalgia, melancholy and emotion... a haunting feel that very few songs are able to deliver
When I say I listen to the weeknd...this is what I mean
Hahaha same. My friends think I'm a pervert coz I always listened to his songs. Sometimes I wanna shout to their face how moron they were for listening to an artist who used their beuatiful faces to promote and flirt with people to like their music. 🤮🤮🤮
Exactly this, the zone, the knowing etc.
@@christianmccaffrey7291 loft music, the party/after party 🔥
Hydra Jamm you j slow and don’t know about it
@@alondraambriz8419 who? you
Me finding this song 13 years later is crazy
real i thought ut was 3 minths old
not really. you're probably only about 13 years old so it isnt that big of a deal
@@boxybox100 I’m 17 lol
Was 12 when the album was released always cure my heart listening to it♥️
@@ashleysambo4104 it’s a great song
nothing will ever beat that intro...
Little wing!
@@WALTERNA1 Hendrix hell yeah!!
@@young_and_different so basically the whole kissland except the town and adaptation
@@young_and_different basically, the whole kissland album 😃
@@young_and_different the build up on professional is just *chefs kiss*
This song really doesn't get as hyped as it should. Honestly, my favorite song on the album
+Braden Rikli (BrayZap) i don't know why, part of it was in Juicy J's "Codeine Cups"
***** ikr
everyone saying that they wanna get high to this song meanwhile i just listen to this while doing my math homework lmao
Christina omg samee
Same, I listen to this while brushing my teeth, eating, sleeping, studying, vibing, and just random ass times
why is that exactlyyyyy what im doling right now lmfaooooo
Christina singing while i write my apush reports
Respect
this song is hands down the best song ever created
This is such an underrated song, it’s so damn good
it has 35 million views
Drew Walton this song was made in 2011, the views are 37M. So it’s more underrated than most 2011 songs.
@@drewwalton1644 still underrated lol compared to all the weeknd's other songs, this is easily one of his best songs and real XO's know that.
Yes
Drew Walton it should have way more
man, ten years ago i didn’t even know the weeknd was a thing. now his music is on constant rotation for me. happy anniversary house of balloons
Me either, man. Sometimes I wonder what life would've been like I discovered him when he came out?
True. I discovered him from my cousin listening to his song called Often
I discovered him at beauty behind the madness when I was 11-12 a friend showed me the hills and often
Don't worry Bruh, fake blinding lights fans will never find us here
Hahahahahahaa you got it right man
Yup
yessir
Feeling ya on that!!!♥️
look at that fake ass arrogant pride
Before he was IN THE NIGHT...he had THE MORNING.
yess😭😭
Dawn before night
I see what u did there
Raul Quiroz true
You know you are a true fan if that made sense........
this is literally the best song my ears have ever had the pleasure of hearing
SAME
RIGHT
When I heard this live for the first time last Wednesday in London I burst out crying. This is the first time he's coming to Europe and I had waited so long for this. He gave me the time of my life.
Thank you Abel, proud XO forever.
first time as the headline yeh. I seen him in Glasgow on the Friday. funny when he shouts out this is for the old XO and moves back through the trilogy and a lot of people stop singing along. the fucker started 10 minutes late and finished 5 minutes early, that's 3 songs he could of done. I was hoping for initiation but it never happened. much better live though
Damn....you act like he popped your fuckin cherry or sum
I was about 23 24 this album came out . When listening to this song i can smell and feel a time in my life that i enjoyed but will only be able to experience once !!!!
I love this about songs. A song will take me back to certain feelings in certain moments or just a feeling I had at certain time in my life.
I was like 19. Nostalgic asf 💯. All of his songs during that time were playing during some of the most fun moments in life for me. Totally get what u mean
I feel that
@@ki-yelstevens3055 definitely know that feeling
I was 2💀 but now ima a megafan❤
The Morning: "Cali is the mission" (1:11)
Snowchild: "Cali was the mission but now a n****** leaving"
Damn...
Nessa daaaaaaaaamm
Tell Your Friends: “Cali was the mission”
You caught that too good shit
@@hassakitty MIA a habit, Cali was the mission
th-cam.com/video/b34EJvuvaDA/w-d-xo.html 2020 Remix :)
I always fall asleep to this. Close my eyes and sit there in bliss and I pass out. So soothing to your ears
same story
uhh you're bad. insta?
katelyn presthus I fall asleep to spooky black aka Corbin you should hear his music too
Screaming daddy issues
Man. This one still gives me goosebumps when it starts. I've heard it well over 1000 times and its just as good each time. And the way that guitar creeps in on the first verse! SHEEEEEESH! Puts me in a whole other dimension when that beat finally drops.
Exactly!!
Well said
SAME!
EXACTLY HOW I FEEL. Well said like the person above said.
i wished you were a girl after i read your comment
Without a doubt one of the best songs ever produced. This beat is way too good and with his voice go on top, man.
Especially when the guitar is creeping in on the first verse. Good god.
If you're here still in 2021 you doing it right
I'm here because I've watched Uncut gems
XO for life
Support a fan and SUBSCRIBE to my TH-cam channel please!🤘🏼😄
Fuck this really is 10 years old at this point :D
@@choiaiM XO is life! 🤘🏻
This song is so underrated it's unreal. The lyrics, the melody, the beat drop. Its probably one of my most listened to of Abel's
Hi can respond with her if you don’t not mind
this song is like my comfort song, i love the beat, the chorus, everything
Music was calm, relaxing, heartwarming, and smooth to listen during the 2010s.
the feeling when I first heard this is unexplainable.. it was so unique when it came out and still is.. timeless song
I listen to it almost every morning before I go to work/school that I can remember. The intro always gives me the chills
02:34 through 02:39 is incredible! Imagine had he kept that flow for a full verse??!!! I wish a version like that existed :(
The Morning: “Cali is the mission”
Tell Your Friends: “Cali was the mission” (he made it)
Snowchild: “Cali was the mission but now a n** leaving”
Damn
so who is cali
Take a wild guess
Copy and paste
@@Skater69 California bruh
yea it's crazy to see his evolution and how he changed throughout the years. he got super famous and got jaded of that cali lifestyle and wants to return to canada again. he's the snowchild.
i can’t believe it’s been 11 years and this is still my song to vibe at night time . ive been listening to this song for 6 years now crazy
I just like hearing him, don't even care about the lyrics or anything. He sounds great.
yup lol
saaaame
I was like that when I first started listening then I started hearing that he had a "deeper message" in his lyrics so I started paying attention a little
me 2
LolDarrellLol nice profile pic
I miss this The Weeknd😔 I'm happy for his success though.👏🏾
i agree, so proud of him. (lol im talking like i know him personally)
he's still The Weeknd. he's just happier now.
Rayna Lucas liked him better when he was mysterious and rarely seen
Rayna Lucas SAME
Well, you got him 🤘🏼❌⭕️
I will never get tired of this song. It gives me the same feeling I felt when I heard it for the first time when I was 11 and now I’m 19. So fucking good but sad. Abel you’re a genius.
But people always get tired of you
@@BitchChill Yeah def not the take you thought it was 💀
Same feeling. This is the greatest song i've ever heard
17, listening since 15...
same :")
-giada
The amazing thing about this song is this is the Weeknd's vocal SUBDUED and it's STILL an amazing song.
Uncut gems introduced me to this song which introduced me to Trilogy, probably one of the best albums I've ever heard in my life.
The original 3 mixtapes are better than the mastered "trilogy" versions.
Thursday
House of balloons
Echoes of silence
@@PDX1987 This. Thanks from saving me time writing that myself.
Welcome
Listen to KISSLAND
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I remember August 2011 ,walking 45 mins to get to my job ,and going thru depression, this song and album made everything feel much better
omg same here, you don't even know. I had this song set for my alarm in 2012. it was uneasy times and it literally lifted me out of bed every morning.
Bro you walked an hour and a half every single day??
@@FaZaFurhod from July to February 2011-2012 .every day to work
@@YoungFellezzy good man. Work purifies the soul if you let it.
From the morning to the evening
Complaints from the tenants
Got the walls kickin' like they 6 months pregnant
Drinkin' Alizé with our cereal for breakfast
Girls calling cabs at dawn, quarter to seven
The sky's getting cold, we flyin' from the North
We're rockin' with our city like a sold-out show
House full of pros that specialize in the hoe'ing
Make that money rain as they taking off they clothes
Order plane tickets, Cali is the mission
Visit every month like I'm split-life livin'
Let the world listen, if a hater's caught slippin'
Then my niggas stay tight, got my back like Pippen
Fast life grippin', yeah we still tippin'
Codeine cups paint a picture so vivid
Fakes try to mimic, get girls timid
But behind closed doors they get oh so rigid
All that money the money is the motive
All that money the money is the motive
All that money the money she be foldin'
Girl put in work
Girl, girl put in work
Girl put in work
Girl, girl put in work
Girl put in work
Push it through the limit
Push it through the pain
I push it for the pleasure like a virgin to the game
A virgin to that money
A virgin to the fame
So this my only chance so when I'm over only pray
That I flow from the bottom closer to the top
The higher that I climb the harder I'ma drop
These pussy ass niggas tryna hold on to they credits
So I tell 'em use a debit watch they image start to lessen
I warned them like discretion
Why these niggas testin'
Always fuckin' testin'
Why these niggas testin'
Shit that I got them on straight bar hoppin'
To the music of the ambiance gets shit poppin'
Zombies of the night
Niggas ain't talkin'
If they hypin' to the crew get it in like pockets
Downtown lovin' when the moon comin'
Only place to find base heads and high women
All that money the money is the motive
All that money the money is the motive
All that money the money she be foldin'
Girl put in work
Girl, girl put in work
Girl put in work
Girl, girl put in work
Girl put in work
Better slow down she'll feel it in the morning
Ain't the kinda girl you'll be seeing in the morning
Too damn raw ain't no nigga worth her holding
Ain't no nigga that she holding man her love is too damn foreign
Look at all that money the money is the motive
All that money the money is the motive
All that money the money she be foldin'
Girl put in work
Girl, girl put in work
Girl put in work
Girl, girl put in work
All that money the money is the motive
All that money the money is the motive
All that money the money she be foldin'
Girl put in work
Girl, girl put in work
Girl put in work
Girl, girl put in work
Girl put in work
Veronica Villalobos bass heads*
👑👑👑
Thanks man of the lyrics!!
Found out about Weeknd when I was 13 and completely changed my life. I’m 25 now and disappointed in the direction his music went into these days, it’s nothing like the music he started out with.
Can't believe he saw, experienced, learnt and visualized about writing and creating those all as songs at only 20! This man was way ahead of his generation. He had been an extremely talented guy for that age group.
A song I can wake up to and listen every morning.
I came here to hide from all the people who think this is a new song :(
i feel u
@@maxjohn8016 ;(
big mood, we been here years
@@naiashania yes girl! I mean I love that’s he’s getting big, I’m just so fascinated with his older music it’s so RAW
@@cecig00 i can relate, sometimes I wish i could just keep everything to myself
I was a kid in high school bumping this every day back then when this album dropped. Now I play this on late nights driving down the Eway with the sunroof open💯 Timeless music✨
First song that got me hooked to the weeknd 👍👌
agreed haha
+alexjavi13ify Me too. This will always be The Weeknd's paramount achievement in my opinion. The firslt time i listened to it was the first tiem in a long time that I loved a song instantly, naturally curious about where it was from.
Yesss 😍
+alexjavi13ify
same here.. :)
+alexjavi13ify Hey guys, I just uploaded a cover of this song! please, check it out, means a lot
Dec 2019. This song will never get old
Man is right
dec 2020
Jan 25
man this song holds a lot for me. too much
same here. 5 years later i still can't get this song out of my head!!
ander son Me Too...Me tooo
ander son , real shit 💔
It's been 12 years It's still gives me goose bumps in 2023 almost 2024 ❤
goood at least i know im not the only one still heree
Real Weeknd fans are here.
true
Kenya A starboys wassup rn i like that album but his older songs are good too just like any song he makes
Kenya A yessir Weeknd is legendary he's in his prime and has a sound that is different then anybody in the music industry
xotwod
heyyyy
This might be his best song
It's my favorite, still after all this time!
So many good ones, twenty-eight is def one of my top favorites, the party,afterparty are dope as well. His rendition of Dirty Diana is fire. Sick bass lines and good vibes for sure.
@@brianraub3587 hob/gtg def up there
It's my favorite song. Always loved the morning
@@brianraub3587 i love how so many peoples fav song is the party and the after party
I can listen to this all day and not get tired of it
Fr
Timeless
This is one of the best songs of all time, and his best song as well.
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I'm only here for nostalgic purposes, these videos take me back to 2011
Yes!! Me too!
2012
Would do anything to go back to this time in my life... holy fuck man
I have so many memories to this song 2011 -2013, to all the weeknds old music period
Same 😭
If I smoked weed, this would be the song I listen to
+Tye James u should try it, gets you in the zone
"The Zone" -The Weeknd ft. Drake
+Queen_K _ that's what I'm talkin about
Lol XOTWOD! ❤
***** But nobody said that lol
still on repeat in 2022...timeless music
Does anyone ever speak out about how he has the ability to use a verse in multiple songs in different ways and it just gives the song an extra something?? Or do we all just silently appreciate it?
fact is everyone listening it in night, not in morning lmao
😂facts
@@kylaverner9745 xo girl makes my heart go uwu
Mr. A.B.S mine too 🥴
I am lol
Me, who's listening to this at 8am: Sneak 1000
The build up is everything 🔥👏🏾❤️
He re-uploaded this for the highlights , but we been here years
U kinda cute 😏
no simping but xotwod
@@rajatbahuguna1557 lmao
he reuploaded the Trilogy version, the vintage version is still just here
@@nasamitsu touche!
This will never cease to remind me of endless nights partying in high school. Specifically a special night that me and my best high school friend sat on a beach front balcony on senior trip and watched the sun rise to this song. If you see this Kimberly, I miss you 😢
Welcome all the UNCUT GEMS people
We been here expecting you to join the rabbit hole of trilogy
Lol that's why I'm here, dope song
Michael De La Rosa HAHA
Hahaha 😂😂😂😂
Havent seen uncut gems yet 😔😔😔, but I can only imagine piecing the two together
I’d rather call it black hole
“Got the walls kicking like they 6 months pregnant”
Still hits the same 💪🏾
th-cam.com/video/b34EJvuvaDA/w-d-xo.html 2020 Remix :)
Melhor parte
Ayyyye
i love that “xo” in the beginning, it makes me feel at home
I first found this when I was like 11 and I’m 26 now.. what a masterpiece it will always stand the test of time
This song will bring me back from the dead.
This song is pure ecstasy to the ears😍
soooo true, this song helps me sleep , Weeknd is the goat!
@@organicdan1860 all the money
this was the very first song i ever heard from this man almost three years ago and to see how much he has evolved to become the Starboy he is today is truly amazing. good for him. xo.
xColrz me too!!! 😍
I love the weeknd. he is veey original and his voice is beautiful. i love everything about it. this song is personally one of my favorites.
Best Weeknd chune RT. Still remember like it was yesterday, 2011, OVO Fest in Toronto, we showed up early to watch him open, In The Morning, sun still out, maybe 10% capacity, what a time.
The weeknd - you are truly a genius and talented singer
Smoke.... Close your eyes.... Fell the beat, best way to listen to this
I was already listening to this song on repeat in 2011, when it had a couple-100 views.
What journey my 20's have been. This song a big part of the soundtrack.
Thanks TW.
I haven't listened to this song in a minute and I forgot how good this song still sounds. I miss this sound from him.