I wonder how beach house felt having their song played at the Superbowl as a sample, mustve been pretty surreal for them too Edit: Meant siouxsie and the banshees
@@puertoricanprince7690 Agree 100%. It must only get overlooked because it’s the “middle child” of the trilogy. Or maybe even because it’s the only one Fantano didn’t review, or something. Idk. It’s such an amazing project. My first listen to it was through a pair of great headphones, one of the only times i’ve really felt like a project transported me somewhere lol.
This album came out around the time I was in the most toxic and intoxicating relationship of my life thus far. He was the only person I 💘 more than myself. Our communication was horrible even though we could often read each others minds before we would say a word. The sex was like an out of body spiritual experience and feelings kept us together for a rocky 3 years. We both had our vices. We hated that we loved each other. We wanted to keep each other but knew deep down that it wouldn't last. The soul ties were hard to break. I still have never felt a visceral emotional soul connection like that in my life. After we ended I was never the same. I learned and grew a lot from that relationship. The soundtrack of that relationship was The Weeknd, Miguel and Drake 2010 - 2013. The best times to be in the club btw. Those night's with that music playing was magic.
@@jericocortes7289 facts but it's still like a 7.5/10 if you're tryna be hype. Rockin' into secrets is a bangin transition. Same with false alarm into reminder. Love to lay also really good
@@PrincipalSkinner3190 you're saying legendary songs like the hills, tell your friends, in the night, as you are, acquainted, ANGEL?, and bbtm is his worst album? It's definitely Starboy even though starboy also has legendary songs, just not as much as bbtm. And it definitely does come together as a project, the whole project correlates very well, not to mention angel is probably like the best outro Abel has ever made
I didn't feel this project as much when It came out, I was 19 years old and going through so many changes, a lot things where happening. But it really is a masterpiece, it definitely will be a time stamp on music history to take in consideration for the shaping of the sound of the 2010s
@@swagmatt9091 Nah, it's just not annoying to you bc you actually like the Weeknd. Give it 20 years and when Shawn starts talking about old music, kids are gonna be disrespectful.
Listened to after hours like 2 weeks ago and in that time span I’ve listened to Abels whole discography, why in the god damn fuck is this man that fucking good
Party & The After Party was the one for me and till this day if I go back listening to it again I know the lyrics by heart lol. I was 20 when he dropped in 2012 and now I'm 30 thinking like wow I been thru some shit frfr. I'm happy that now Abel in a happy route of being sober and love himself as a human being. For people who listen to The Weeknd from 2011 thru 2022 we graduate together from his music so salute to y'all.
Loft Music is the absolute best song IMO. The beat, the bars, the vocals, its a fucking masterpiece of a song. Loft Music gives me that special feeling as if its the first time im hearing it
From being homeless to performing in Super Bowl. House Of Balloons changed the R&B sound forever and is perfect no lie. And he‘s still making good albums man I'm proud of him. (Btw when will you drop your R&B album?)
This man just can't loose! Whether it hits for some people or not, he is someone I can say it truly authentic to themselves; one of the most talented people I could think of. If I were to rate each project, it would look like this (the number represent his discography, not a ranking): 11. House of Balloons (9.5/10) 10. Thursday (8/10) 9. Noise EP (6/10) 8. Echoes of Silence (9.5/10) 7. Trilogy (10/10) 6. Kissland (10/10) 5. Beauty Behind the Madness (8/10) 4. Starboy (8.5/10) 3. My Dear Melancholy (10/10) 2. After Hours (10/10) 1. Dawn FM (10/10)
i remember listening to HOB last year, and it was the remedy for the most darkest period of my life. When i heard the rest of the trilogy i was sold on why ppl loved old weeknd. dude is super talented and dark and he was only 21 when he made that mixtape. crazy its gonna be 10 yearss this year.
I was a heavy user, abuser, and boarder line alcoholic when I found this album, it was all I listened to for a year straight whilst getting trashed with random people in my massive apartment with no furniture thinking I was living minimal when in fact I was just to lazy, drunk, high, and poor to buy furniture 🤦🏾♂️ I basically based my entire personality around this musical art piece. I remember this and Drake's simp music era (marvins room, trust issues, I get lonely, all being extremely influential in my coming of age story, unfortunately it wasn't a happy ending, I progressed into a fully blown addict by my early 20's and had a daughter I clearly wasn't mature enough to look after so missed the first few years of her life. I'm now sober and have a great relationship with my daughter, whenever I listen to this album it brings back all kinds of emotion, both good and bad.
When I listened to this about a year ago I couldn’t see past his shallowness because I didn’t know there was a meaning behind it. Definitely revisiting
The Knowing just hits different for me cause I've been cheated on before, almost every relationship in fact and I've never really cried. Like, I'll get sad or whatever, but I just accept it. That track is literally my theme
I can relate, I first started listening to The Weeknd during my freshmen year of high school too. I can remember just loving the sound of his voice and the productions of the beats. I knew the lyrics, and would sing along. But it wasn't until I was 18 and a freshmen in college, that I came to the realization of what Abel was really singing in his songs.
I mess with the new transactional relationship Shawn is drawing to the music and his personal experiences and how the aesthetics of a song impacted him at some point in his life. I noticed the shift and I am with it. Love it!
Weekend’s best project hands down besides beauty behind the madness. This is takes the cake . Coming down is forever my favorite song by him & helped me understand everything at young age .
The thing about house of balloons is that it has the power to place any one of us with the energy behind it, making it in my opinion maybe the seminal song of this generation. Everyone remembers the first time they heard House.
I also first listened to the weeknd when I was 15. It was just before bbtm was released and it was a really bad part of my life and I felt like I was unconsciously playing the bad guy that orchestrated all the mess I have been in as a defense mechanism just to avoid getting hurt. And that’s why trilogy and kiss land really resonated with me. That’s the reason why the weeknd will forever be special to me and i’m so proud to see how far he has become.
I’ll never forget that album. I never heard any music by The Weeknd and I bought the album and I remember listening to it in my 2014 c230 kompressor. Been a male Stan ever since.
I've always preferred Echoes, but House of Balloons is something special. It's like this strange wrinkle in the music world that nobody deserves to miss.
2013--2014 was when i discovered Weekend and I listened to this album nonstop I do not know why I just did and I still listen to the trilogy every now and then still
The fact House of Balloons came out when I was in the 2nd grade and I didn't realize who the Weeknd was until the 8th grade makes me feel like Time really isn't a thing
Listening to this reaction was borderline psychoanalyzing myself, I think anyone that's a fan of the weekend's older work has some sort of struggle they were going through and even if you weren't going through the exact struggles he was there were still ways that we all can relate.
I’m glad you made this. I been listening to this album recently, this album hits different than any other album I’ve heard in my life, so clouded yet cozy...
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Everyone collectively lost their shit when he started singing House of Balloons during the Super Bowl
Dude I was screaming
on god it was insane
Glad it’s getting the recognition it deserves
I wonder how beach house felt having their song played at the Superbowl as a sample, mustve been pretty surreal for them too
Edit: Meant siouxsie and the banshees
@@bigredracecar27 lmao my names martin too and i love beach house but hob is a beach house sample??
The Morning is a timeless masterpiece
Aye I was looking for this comment. The Morning and Twenty Eight have never gotten old 😤
Agree 100%. That pippen reference tho
The morning, Wicked Games, and Twenty-Eight
And that’s why he sang it in Uncut Gems
Priceless and timeless
Coming Down is definitely one of his most underrated songs
FACTS
this comment right here is goated
I listened to it off edibles and ascended beyond human form
Poooooooping again
I try to quit again
NO CAAAAP
So nostalgic
Nostalgic? I listen to this shit everday
@@rorylennon4043 thanks
@@prestonbrown3093 no problem bro keep the workouts up
hi
I'm not the only one that wants Shawn to have a podcast just talking about his life and such...just me?
Fr man😭
I think he mentioned in a previous video that he doesn’t like talking about himself that much
@@easymoneybabyyy damn... that’s unfortunate : (
i want this more than anything😞
@@easymoneybabyyy Yeah I can definitely see why he wouldn't, I would still find it insightful and interesting to listen to.
wicked games makes me miss a girl ive never even met
That track is unreal top 5 weeknd songs for me
"I left my girl back home, I don't love her no more"
@@mrghostfedora2465 and she won't muh fucking know - I'm gonna relax
@@mrghostfedora2465 & she’ll never fucking know that, these fucking eyes that im staring attt
@@backpackjosh2653 top 5 song period
HOB was beautiful , EOS was Intoxicating and THURSDAY was numbing.
I'd say Thursday was intoxicating & EOS was numbing.
@@muhannadmnea4359 bruh
In conclusion, Trilogy was one helluva trip
EOS was the best
@@louisyon313 preach but all of them were 🔥
So is "is PERFECT" a new series? Cause if it's not i'm suing
Ikr🤣🤣
I need more
If there is no „Frank Ocean- BLONDE is PERFECT“ it is gonna rain suits on this boy
!
these last two vids my favourite by him in a while
yezzzzir
Yo i love meami
Sup Dev
Yesssir
Dev knows about this tape
Ur hot bro
The Weeknd himself posting you on ig is the biggest W
when did that happen??
So are Thursday and Echoes, but yall aint ready for that discussion...
Thursday is my favorite. Rolling stone is too elite
Weeknd went 100/10 on trilogy
echoes aint that great, but yh thursday is hard aswell
It‘s crazy when your first 3 mixtapes are 10s
@@puertoricanprince7690 Agree 100%. It must only get overlooked because it’s the “middle child” of the trilogy. Or maybe even because it’s the only one Fantano didn’t review, or something. Idk.
It’s such an amazing project. My first listen to it was through a pair of great headphones, one of the only times i’ve really felt like a project transported me somewhere lol.
Why does no one talk about how good High for This is
High for this is enticing and sexy asf! The feeling you get listening to this dark masterpiece is deeply hypnotizing and mesmerizing!
First song I ever heard from the weeknd and its my fav weeknd song still. That first beat drop is ridiculous
it’s such a good opener to an album
Because it isn’t?
wym that’s one of the biggest song off the tape
This album came out around the time I was in the most toxic and intoxicating relationship of my life thus far. He was the only person I 💘 more than myself. Our communication was horrible even though we could often read each others minds before we would say a word. The sex was like an out of body spiritual experience and feelings kept us together for a rocky 3 years. We both had our vices. We hated that we loved each other. We wanted to keep each other but knew deep down that it wouldn't last. The soul ties were hard to break. I still have never felt a visceral emotional soul connection like that in my life. After we ended I was never the same. I learned and grew a lot from that relationship. The soundtrack of that relationship was The Weeknd, Miguel and Drake 2010 - 2013. The best times to be in the club btw. Those night's with that music playing was magic.
Must've been love on the brain
THIS IS A HAPPY HOUSE, WE’RE HAPPY HERE
This man Fantano really gave this masterpiece a 3/10🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
he's a dummy
friendship ended with fantano. now shawn cee is my new best friend
HE DID WHAT
fantano is older so that is what he does ranking our music like a 1 or a 3 lol he always does that i be like bruh
its his opinion besides that was 2011 when fantano hated autotune
This man’s objective analysis and personal connection to this album is fuckin goated
Don’t let this distract you from the fact that House of Balloons remains Fantano’s worst review.
still an opinion
@@bartoszadamczyk44 yeah but fantano missed the entire point of the project
You spelled My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy wrong
After that video, i realised that melon has the wrong opinion about music.
I think he talked in a recent video about changing his mind somewhat, but still prefers Echoes
XO
I see you everywhere weeknd 🥰
til we OD
AYYY WHATS UP ROLLIE!!!! Did you get merch?
I pray anyone that sees this is successful in life
Thank u sm
you too brother
Trilogy, Kissland, and eventually After Hours, will all be classics.
Did you forget bbtm
@@banelerg5289 no its his worst album, unless you count MDM. It has some of his best songs ever though, it just doesn't come together as a project.
@@PrincipalSkinner3190 Starboy is his worst
@@jericocortes7289 facts but it's still like a 7.5/10 if you're tryna be hype. Rockin' into secrets is a bangin transition. Same with false alarm into reminder. Love to lay also really good
@@PrincipalSkinner3190 you're saying legendary songs like the hills, tell your friends, in the night, as you are, acquainted, ANGEL?, and bbtm is his worst album? It's definitely Starboy even though starboy also has legendary songs, just not as much as bbtm. And it definitely does come together as a project, the whole project correlates very well, not to mention angel is probably like the best outro Abel has ever made
I didn't feel this project as much when It came out, I was 19 years old and going through so many changes, a lot things where happening. But it really is a masterpiece, it definitely will be a time stamp on music history to take in consideration for the shaping of the sound of the 2010s
Finally, I've been telling people this is literally perfect, but no one ever agreed with me.
8/10
@@twxvybeatz5796 it's a 10 my guy
@@o.w.140 7/10
@@TheUnitedMarshmallowFederation it's a 10 my guy
Ong bro i still remember when i sat down at mid night and first listened to HOB 10/10
The best mixtape of all time
Shawn really sounds like an old head when they show you their old music and tell stories about them😭😭
No cap tho 😂😂
but like in a way that actually is interesting and not hella annoying oldhead type shit💀
@@swagmatt9091 Nah, it's just not annoying to you bc you actually like the Weeknd. Give it 20 years and when Shawn starts talking about old music, kids are gonna be disrespectful.
Listened to after hours like 2 weeks ago and in that time span I’ve listened to Abels whole discography, why in the god damn fuck is this man that fucking good
Wait till u get to the unreleased demos and the noise album. xo !
Party & The After Party was the one for me and till this day if I go back listening to it again I know the lyrics by heart lol. I was 20 when he dropped in 2012 and now I'm 30 thinking like wow I been thru some shit frfr. I'm happy that now Abel in a happy route of being sober and love himself as a human being. For people who listen to The Weeknd from 2011 thru 2022 we graduate together from his music so salute to y'all.
That transition ain’t nothing nice!
@@Fitefears naw it wasn't bruh we was pretty rough
Loft Music is the absolute best song IMO. The beat, the bars, the vocals, its a fucking masterpiece of a song. Loft Music gives me that special feeling as if its the first time im hearing it
a good song, but not a banger imo. Wicked games is still the best song on HOB
Cough cough* you meant the Morning
Lol…The Party & The After Party?
House of balloons/ Glass Tables
High for this, wicked games and the knowing would like to know your location
What’s this!?? Shawn just randomly hittin us with this throwback ight we dig that
When The Weeknd shouts you out on Instagram:
First time listening to the Knowing after a break up was intense
literally had just asked myself if u had dropped this video today yet, wow
Bro not kidding I looked up if he posted this yesterday and here it is today
@@rorytompkins5120 bruh same I’m actually not kidding
Top 3 mixtape of the decade, a classic and a masterpiece. The Weekend has never missed.
I definitely agree with the title of this video. Zodiac/Jeremy Rose is criminally underrated when it comes to influential producers
Criminally! A whole new style/sound was born and we have so much now because of them.
i’d give this a 3/10 bc the house isn’t actually made of balloons
Lolll
Great point tbf
ok fantano
based
Don’t be acting slick slippin in dat Fantano score 😏
From being homeless to performing in Super Bowl. House Of Balloons changed the R&B sound forever and is perfect no lie. And he‘s still making good albums man I'm proud of him.
(Btw when will you drop your R&B album?)
This man just can't loose! Whether it hits for some people or not, he is someone I can say it truly authentic to themselves; one of the most talented people I could think of. If I were to rate each project, it would look like this (the number represent his discography, not a ranking):
11. House of Balloons (9.5/10)
10. Thursday (8/10)
9. Noise EP (6/10)
8. Echoes of Silence (9.5/10)
7. Trilogy (10/10)
6. Kissland (10/10)
5. Beauty Behind the Madness (8/10)
4. Starboy (8.5/10)
3. My Dear Melancholy (10/10)
2. After Hours (10/10)
1. Dawn FM (10/10)
Im so glad that new fans are going to discover his old music
i remember listening to HOB last year, and it was the remedy for the most darkest period of my life. When i heard the rest of the trilogy i was sold on why ppl loved old weeknd. dude is super talented and dark and he was only 21 when he made that mixtape. crazy its gonna be 10 yearss this year.
this mixtape is SEX
true
More like DRUGS
@@countmusa1074 sex and drugs
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
i want to have house of balloons with shawn cee
Shawn Cee is getting back in time listening to these albums.
Weeknd when he was at his prime wait naw the Weeknd is still at his prime 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
the weeknd doesn’t have a single miss. not a single song
There is one. False alarm
@@Shime False Alarm? As in False Alarm from Starboy? Hell no
@@Shime False Alarm!? You crazy that ish is amped
@@Shime huh?
@@Shime bro False Alarm is a fckin bop
*We all know Shawn's unreleased R&B album would've been 37 times more influential than this "Apartment Of Inflated Condoms"*
APARTMENT OF INFLATED CONDOMS💀 LMFAO
I was a heavy user, abuser, and boarder line alcoholic when I found this album, it was all I listened to for a year straight whilst getting trashed with random people in my massive apartment with no furniture thinking I was living minimal when in fact I was just to lazy, drunk, high, and poor to buy furniture 🤦🏾♂️ I basically based my entire personality around this musical art piece. I remember this and Drake's simp music era (marvins room, trust issues, I get lonely, all being extremely influential in my coming of age story, unfortunately it wasn't a happy ending, I progressed into a fully blown addict by my early 20's and had a daughter I clearly wasn't mature enough to look after so missed the first few years of her life.
I'm now sober and have a great relationship with my daughter, whenever I listen to this album it brings back all kinds of emotion, both good and bad.
Man... The Knowing... good lord it still gets me.
Ayeeee my favorite song out of all songs from The Weeknd.
@@mgbm8335 For me the only song that beats The Knowing is Adaptation, but The Knowing is still my number 1 here and there
@@andrewbowers981 I love adaptation so much😔
The Knowing is haunting yet beautiful.... Easily a top 5 weekend song
My top songs from him would be:
1. Tears in the Rain
2. The Party and the After Party
3. The Knowing
4. Adaptation
5. After Hours
When I listened to this about a year ago I couldn’t see past his shallowness because I didn’t know there was a meaning behind it. Definitely revisiting
The Knowing just hits different for me cause I've been cheated on before, almost every relationship in fact and I've never really cried. Like, I'll get sad or whatever, but I just accept it. That track is literally my theme
Ngl.. High for this was the song that got me into the weekend, ughhh one of my favorites.. but Echoes of Silence and Valerie. Those are my heart.
10 years later, still listen to this like it just came out.. that's when you know it's a classic!
THE WEEKND IS PERFECT YES I AM SHOUTING
I can relate, I first started listening to The Weeknd during my freshmen year of high school too. I can remember just loving the sound of his voice and the productions of the beats. I knew the lyrics, and would sing along. But it wasn't until I was 18 and a freshmen in college, that I came to the realization of what Abel was really singing in his songs.
I mess with the new transactional relationship Shawn is drawing to the music and his personal experiences and how the aesthetics of a song impacted him at some point in his life. I noticed the shift and I am with it. Love it!
This masterpiece aged fine like wine!
💯 my bestfriend at the time introduced me to him during highschool and never fell out of love with this album. Truly a piece of art
I heard him for the first time on MTV, Wicked Games. Fan ever since.
HOB will always be a masterpiece, when it came out it was so out of the norm of what was popular in music. Now it’s definitely flooded with dark RnB.
Weekend’s best project hands down besides beauty behind the madness. This is takes the cake . Coming down is forever my favorite song by him & helped me understand everything at young age .
This calls for a Happy Birthday to the KING of R&B
My favorite project of last decade it just gives u a feeling that no there artist has been able to capture
the morning is what made me believe in this genre of music. i would be making rock music if it wasn’t for the weeknd.
Kissland too, a very overlooked masterpiece
Kiss Land is so underrated, I love this album!!
The thing about house of balloons is that it has the power to place any one of us with the energy behind it, making it in my opinion maybe the seminal song of this generation. Everyone remembers the first time they heard House.
Starting listening to him last year,easily my one of my favorite artists now. Never listened music this relatable
I also first listened to the weeknd when I was 15. It was just before bbtm was released and it was a really bad part of my life and I felt like I was unconsciously playing the bad guy that orchestrated all the mess I have been in as a defense mechanism just to avoid getting hurt. And that’s why trilogy and kiss land really resonated with me. That’s the reason why the weeknd will forever be special to me and i’m so proud to see how far he has become.
to this day, the intro to Coming Down still gives me goosebumps and puts me in a trance for the whole song. Legendary track.
Shawn Cee went from fighting FKA Twigs last video to loving her thats a 180 spin
I’ll never forget that album. I never heard any music by The Weeknd and I bought the album and I remember listening to it in my 2014 c230 kompressor. Been a male Stan ever since.
I could never relate to The Weeknd’s lyrics, but the music was so different yet so good, I immediately became a fan.
High For This is one of the greatest album openers of all time.
this does put a smile on my face
just a reminder that the weeknd has 4 9/10s, 2 8/9s
I don't get your comment
He has 2 8s, some 7s and 5s and 4s
@@Dondraper87104 what 4?
@@randomraspberry8525 mdm and starboy
@@Dondraper87104 whats mdm? And starboy is like a 6 imo
House of balloons is still my favorite weeknd project. I agree with everything you said in this video!
Daaaamn. GOOSEBUMBS. This takes me back to my early days when I just moved here in Amsterdam, partying like crazy. Godamn, good sexy times.
I've always preferred Echoes, but House of Balloons is something special. It's like this strange wrinkle in the music world that nobody deserves to miss.
The party and the after party has been my favorite Weeknd song since I first started blasting Trilogy 5 years ago.... always slaps
The Knowing is just too good
2013--2014 was when i discovered Weekend and I listened to this album nonstop I do not know why I just did and I still listen to the trilogy every now and then still
Coming down is literally life! Bro with the Japanese sample
Everything this man just said... RELATABLE !! THE WEEKND WAS REALLY A BIG PART OF MY CHILDHOOD.
This piece of The Weeknd’s career was iconci
Coming Down is on another level it feels like you are really going down in the dark
The fact House of Balloons came out when I was in the 2nd grade and I didn't realize who the Weeknd was until the 8th grade makes me feel like Time really isn't a thing
This mixtape is slowly becoming one of my all time favorite albums/mixtapes of all time. Like top 20 even.
10 years later and this one still gets to me
Found The Weeknd in late 2012 and my life hasn’t been the same since. XOTWOD
Listening to this reaction was borderline psychoanalyzing myself, I think anyone that's a fan of the weekend's older work has some sort of struggle they were going through and even if you weren't going through the exact struggles he was there were still ways that we all can relate.
“What You Need” is such a ✨vibe✨
From the 3 tapes, this has the best singles, but echoes of silence has the best story and the best transitions imo
The title got me. The knowing was my life. Still my favorite song by him. When I seen the video 😳. I love it
Trilogy is the greatest thing I've heard in music history.
couldn’t have been a more perfect day to drop this
The whole trilogy collection fye
I’m glad you made this. I been listening to this album recently, this album hits different than any other album I’ve heard in my life, so clouded yet cozy...
I discovered House of Balloons and Frank Ocean's Nostalgia, Ultra at the same time. Opened up a whole new world of music.
Both of those are Legendary pieces of music. 😭❗️
This EP forever changed the landscape of R&B. Legend.
house of balloons is a timeless masterpiece
I just realised Im 15 and ive been listening to this album for the past 1 year and half 😂 im not plannin to stop
i love how your talking about yourself more it’s cool as fuck
the party and the after party is my favorite song of all time 🙌
Truly feel sorry for people who haven’t experienced this album.
Circa 2012 . I was 19 . when I first heard The Weeknd it was Crew Love w/ drake ... I’ve been here for him ever since ✨