It’s a certified classic album people’s biggest critique is it’s “pop” even tho the album is more hip hop, disco n R&B influence. Also news flash he is a pop star
Not because it’s pop after hours is pretty much a synth pop album but the problem with albums like BBTM and Starboy is they lack cohesion and some of the tracks on BBTM and Starboy were just filler and shouldn’t have been on those records and made those albums sound more like mixtapes than actual studio LPS
Yeah, at this point idk what the difference is. Its not extremely pop, its kinda like in the middle and his overall style was similar too. People nowadays just assume that more mainstream=worse art, even though that’s completely false! BBTM and Starboy are legendary albums you can’t tell me otherwise.
Idk I didn’t like a few of the tracks on it. There’s maybe 10 or 11 tracks (out of 18) that are great and replayable but the rest is just annoying filler to me. If the tracklist was cut down a bit I’d like it more
Me too The Weeknd is my second fav artist of all time and Both Kiss Land and Starboy are my top favs for him and the amount of talent in only just how he’s telling story within them is inspiring
Im an og weeknd fan. Been a fan since early 2013 when all he had out was Trilogy but I really love starboy too. Yes it’s more pop. Yes it’s a bit bloated with some skippable tracks but it’s lit, it has some darkness to it, it’s bold and it’s just fun. I went to both phases of the starboy tour and it was a great time to be alive. It’s crazy that this album is 5 years old now. Time flies when you’re having fun. Excellent analysis by the way. Keep them coming. We still need beauty, mdm and trilogy. XO
This is a criminally under-rated channel!! Great video as always, deserves far more views and success than it’s getting. This is a perspective on this album, and Abel as a whole, that more people need to see
starboy is fucking amazing, but After Hours took it to a whole new level. I think it's the deepest and darkest album he's made, and it's the only album ever made that I personally find to be a perfect 10/10.
This was the first album that REALLY got me into The Weeknd. I had heard a few hit singles from Beauty on the radio and was interested. Once the self titled track Starboy came out, I was hooked! Been a huge fan of his music ever since then! Super excited for his upcoming record! Really love these mini documentaries as well. Very professional! Keep them coming! You should do one on My Dear Melancholy! In my opinion that is a very underrated body of work from Abel even though it's only 6 tracks..
Thank you so much for making this video. People really forget why Starboy is such a good album. I love Starboy and it’s my favorite album from all of them. It just sounds so unique and amazing. It has the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life lol. The way u described the story behind it really shows to prove that these “real” xo fans gotta stop defying who The Weeknd is when Abel is the one who defies himself and that’s what he did with Starboy. It was a rebirth like u said and it really does have a story. I like listening to Starboy because it makes me happy it makes me feel good. I also love the love tracks that it has. Cause even tho u have it all and are a Starboy, you can still fall in love with someone and wanna die for them. It really shows who The Weeknd is and how much his life has changed. Obviously things went downhill for him and we got the next 2 albums. But even with Starboy he tells a lot about himself. A real XO would love Starboy and understand the truth behind it and understand that The Weeknd is not just a sad heart broken singer. He’s one of the greatest artists to ever exists and he made his way up to even become a Starboy. Thank you for this video lol
Great video, Im a fanboy of Starboy myself, Its the album that got me into Abel and is my most listened album and I love your thoughts and ideas on what the album is about. Even if it is hated for some reason I still love it. XO
great vid man I like to think of his albums as independent personalities. He's even said himself he redefines his character for each project and obv starts this one by killing is older self, quite a bold statement. Id argue the abel we see in later projects isnt the same abel from this project. I like to think the character he makes for each project is a semi reflection of himself at that point in his life, but ultimately theyre all meant to be different personas.
Yeah that’s a really interesting take. His albums really do feel like movies, in the sense that Weeknd is the director and lead star but the characters are in different contexts each time
I will preface this by saying in no way is this meant to come off as trying to imply I have fame in any sense. But watching his videos my mouth is on the floor seeing have a theme track between his life and my life experiences (in different social environments and different career industries). The parallels are creepily uncanny. The point being I am technically the same person I was then. But in every meaningful way I’m completely different. Same could apply to him
5 years later Starboy is everything a Pop album should be, full of danceable tracks (Starboy, Secrets, A Lonely Night) and slow jams (Die For You, I Feel it Coming, Attention). Pays tribute to Michael Jackson and throwback pop/Disco. Each song telling a story (love, fear, paranoia). Starboy in my eyes is a classic Weeknd album💯
ngl I always thought Lana would be the perfect collab, Weeknd is the guy lana constantly talks about in her music and vice versa, was really cool to see it happen the way it did in starboy. All that aside the way Future comes in on All I Know is such a great musical moment, also its neat to see someone else appriciating this record.
@@lev444rr that's what Abel belongs to but Starboy was not RnB it was an upbeat pop album and that's why alot of people don't like it 'cause it's not the Abel's genre
@@RenTheMighty nah it's not a personal thing, that album is in and out a pop album from production to lyrics wiring, nobody can deny on it but maybe people have a perception of his music just being RnB or they think black people's music fall in RnB genre that's why they think it's a RnB album but it's totally not a RnB, Abel himself has stated in interview that it's a pop album ahead of the time it was released.
@@deepaksinghxo Bruh it was filled with R&B/Soul records as well, and I agree it's a little more pop. But songs like Starboy, Party Monster, Reminder, True Colors, Sidewalks, Six Feet Under, Attention, All I Know, I Feel It Coming are all R&B records.
Man what a video! Thank you Seamus. You basically rounded up everything I love about this album. It's easily one of my all-time favourites. There is not one song on Starboy that I'd consider weak and although they're all quite different from each other, there's a really interesting sense of thematic connectedness that you just rarely see with albums today. I can remember the exact day it dropped and hearing it for the first time like it was yesterday. It was on Black Friday almost five years ago in the London, so the timing of this video is kinda perfect! Man, I've got so many memories from this album aaaahhh! Thank you for triggering the nostalgia!
I love starboy so much, I'm so hyped when this album came and became a fan of the weeknd, some critics said it's too pop but idc because this is a masterpiece. I hope u can deep dive next into My Dear Melancholy. great video 🔥
This is the first Weeknd album you listened to? Oh boy, wish you would have heard Trilogy first! It's honestly a night and day difference haha. This is clearly a wonderful album but nothing compares to Trilogy. Then again, this album is how he became a mainstream international superstar so it did what it was supposed to do. Hope you talk about AH next!
The best day time music album of all time! The vibes I get from this album is indescribable ..this shit makes me that yeah I’got some swagger on me to go on!♥️ XOTWOD
i think starboy was the only album where the weeknd was not himself but was abel tesfaye..cause the weeknd sings about drugs,party and stuff but the abel tesfaye sang about fame power and money...the only two albums where it was the weeknd himself was in After hours and the trilogy
Literally my favorite album by him… every song hits🔥🔥 almost every song he releases is 🔥 from features to remixes he always brings his own spice to it 🥰💕
Never really cared to much for Starboy. With the impact his first album made Starboy just seem ehh. Still can't believe dude cancelled a tour and lost over 300 mill just to announce another tour less the 2 hours later. Dude kinda has his priorities backwards now
Such an underrated album by XO fans. So many bangers. Even if it’s not cinematic or as greatly produced as some of his other albums, it’s still a really fun album with some great songs (also some weak songs but not many of them)
@@dez-m it really is! All I Know, Secrets, Die For You, Reminder, Party Monster, Six Feet Under, and Ordinary Life all on the same album plus a bunch of other tracks with great production
I still don't get why people dislike starboy just because of it being pop. some people say it isnt as dark and mysterious as the older albums but Abel is telling everyone he has changed his ways and has become somewhat religious. He wants to leave the evil part of himself behind but unfortunately fans wont let him.
Starboy to me is still like a weird in between album for me because I found The Weeknd around the Trilogy era so I was a fan of his darker music but Starboy definitely did have timeless songs especially Die For You. My personal favorites are of course Die For You, True Colors, and Nothing Without You
Man that false alarm video completely changed my mind on the song. When I first heard it my initial thoughts were “tf is this” which was the general consensus but once that video hit I got it.
Thursday way better then Echoes of Silence I think Thursday right up there with HOB and Zone ft Drake is his second best song to me that mixtape felt like a drug very therapeutic n numbing
Honestly even tho Starboy is one of my least favorite projects by The Weeknd this video has given me a deeper understanding and a better appreciation for it. Great job.
Love this video, i was looking for a person to explain the whole after hours album + all the other songs he has made till today, supposely its the same character i mean ( La Fama, One right Now, Take my Breath) these other songs that have the same character
it’s crazy how i only listened to this album a few months back and only realised then this album was fire. No skip tracks at all. And albums without skips are hard to come by these days. 🔥
It’s a certified classic album people’s biggest critique is it’s “pop” even tho the album is more hip hop, disco n R&B influence. Also news flash he is a pop star
Bro I read "Certified hood classic" 🤦🏽♂️😂
Not because it’s pop after hours is pretty much a synth pop album but the problem with albums like BBTM and Starboy is they lack cohesion and some of the tracks on BBTM and Starboy were just filler and shouldn’t have been on those records and made those albums sound more like mixtapes than actual studio LPS
@@mohahmed4304 i disagree i think BBTM is a 10 and his 5th best under dawn FM and the mixtapes and starboy is a 9 tied with AH
Yeah, at this point idk what the difference is. Its not extremely pop, its kinda like in the middle and his overall style was similar too. People nowadays just assume that more mainstream=worse art, even though that’s completely false! BBTM and Starboy are legendary albums you can’t tell me otherwise.
Idk I didn’t like a few of the tracks on it. There’s maybe 10 or 11 tracks (out of 18) that are great and replayable but the rest is just annoying filler to me. If the tracklist was cut down a bit I’d like it more
The Weeknd has one of the most flawless discography and people will not appreciate him enough till it's too late.
Too late
It's way too late
people appreciate him cmon
this was me with daft punk
idk what ur talking about, he’s easily one of the biggest singers on the planet, and is absolutely appreciated
the way you piece his genius together is great
Me too The Weeknd is my second fav artist of all time and Both Kiss Land and Starboy are my top favs for him and the amount of talent in only just how he’s telling story within them is inspiring
Whose number 1, don’t you dare say Frank ocean lol
I've been a big fan for 8 years now, but your videos made me find even more appreciation for this music. Thank you for that! XOTWOD
Im an og weeknd fan. Been a fan since early 2013 when all he had out was Trilogy but I really love starboy too. Yes it’s more pop. Yes it’s a bit bloated with some skippable tracks but it’s lit, it has some darkness to it, it’s bold and it’s just fun. I went to both phases of the starboy tour and it was a great time to be alive. It’s crazy that this album is 5 years old now. Time flies when you’re having fun. Excellent analysis by the way. Keep them coming. We still need beauty, mdm and trilogy. XO
This is a criminally under-rated channel!! Great video as always, deserves far more views and success than it’s getting. This is a perspective on this album, and Abel as a whole, that more people need to see
Im a new Weeknd fan.. but man, he is mysterious as hell.🥶
Nah there was a time where we didn't even know what he looked like Lol.
Thank you for appreciating starboy! Been here since thursday and ill tell you people nor understand starboy neither give the credit it deserves.
Yeah I thought about this. It was like a revamp, Starboy and My Dear Melancholy are my faves still, The Dawn looks like a competitor though for both.
Underrated
Overhated
Thus vid is great, worth the wait
Thats one of the best videos ive seen
If Guillaume wasn't messing around on his device, we wouldn't have the stone cold beat in Starboy
great video man, keep it up
Starboy is my favorite album of his.
My favourite album ❤️
Upon reflection, The Weeknd's discography is fucking great. Starboy is a fucking classic. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Die For You is my favorite song
4:21 bro said cyborg instead in Starboy 💀
😁👍
To be honest, Yeezus is probably the most balls-through-the-wall album ever, at least top 10
I’ll subscribe if you do a video about “Beauty Behind The Madness.”🖤
It’s crazy how Starboy still holds up to this day. It’s not a perfect album but definitely the building blocks for what would be After Hours
Kissland is the building blocks that would become After Hours, not StarBoy.
@@michaelstrickland1849 wrong, kissland is the building blocks for the dawn
i personally think After Hours is a perfect 10/10 album
@@yvldusty wrong!!!!!!! the dawn is the building block for house of balloons!
@@jamalfuego wrong again, The Dawn is the building blocks for The Noise EP
starboy is fucking amazing, but After Hours took it to a whole new level. I think it's the deepest and darkest album he's made, and it's the only album ever made that I personally find to be a perfect 10/10.
Nah man check out Echoes of Silence or Thursday, shit gets crazy dark
@@santos4566 I’ll check them out. I’ve slowly been listening to his older music and I’m loving it it
@@santos4566 Especially Echoes of Silence ( the song ) I never felt this lonely listening to The Weeknd
After hours is no where near his darkest album
@@john.garcia240 wouldn’t say nowhere near but I’d say it’s close to kissland and trilogy in terms of darkness
This was the first album that REALLY got me into The Weeknd. I had heard a few hit singles from Beauty on the radio and was interested. Once the self titled track Starboy came out, I was hooked! Been a huge fan of his music ever since then! Super excited for his upcoming record! Really love these mini documentaries as well. Very professional! Keep them coming! You should do one on My Dear Melancholy! In my opinion that is a very underrated body of work from Abel even though it's only 6 tracks..
I’ve been a fan since Trilogy
Thank you so much for making this video. People really forget why Starboy is such a good album. I love Starboy and it’s my favorite album from all of them. It just sounds so unique and amazing. It has the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life lol. The way u described the story behind it really shows to prove that these “real” xo fans gotta stop defying who The Weeknd is when Abel is the one who defies himself and that’s what he did with Starboy. It was a rebirth like u said and it really does have a story. I like listening to Starboy because it makes me happy it makes me feel good. I also love the love tracks that it has. Cause even tho u have it all and are a Starboy, you can still fall in love with someone and wanna die for them. It really shows who The Weeknd is and how much his life has changed. Obviously things went downhill for him and we got the next 2 albums. But even with Starboy he tells a lot about himself. A real XO would love Starboy and understand the truth behind it and understand that The Weeknd is not just a sad heart broken singer. He’s one of the greatest artists to ever exists and he made his way up to even become a Starboy. Thank you for this video lol
Preach Homie
Please do the mixtapes "HOB" and "Thursday" , "Echoes of silence"
One day soon…
@@mintrommovies have you done a video on beauty behind the madness
The Weekend is slowly but surely moving into legendary territory. His music will be timeless
Ordinary Life...is my favorite Weeknd song of all time. So underrated just like Faith from After Hours.
Still listen to ordinary life till this day!!
Starboy was just a different era! You had be there, Starboy is flawed but was a hell of an experience.
A great point of time
One of my favorite albums of all time!
yep..i started his intrest in abel when erned it got out xo till we overdoes
Great video, Im a fanboy of Starboy myself, Its the album that got me into Abel and is my most listened album and I love your thoughts and ideas on what the album is about. Even if it is hated for some reason I still love it. XO
Starboy and Kissland don't get the live they truly deserve!!! Thank you for making these videos!
Man i just love reminder. I've listened to that song 168 times according to my Spotify stats 😂
Even to this day its still a banger Reminder is Goated honestly
My man didn't talk about true Colors and attention 😭
True Colors is a gem.
great vid man
I like to think of his albums as independent personalities. He's even said himself he redefines his character for each project and obv starts this one by killing is older self, quite a bold statement. Id argue the abel we see in later projects isnt the same abel from this project. I like to think the character he makes for each project is a semi reflection of himself at that point in his life, but ultimately theyre all meant to be different personas.
Yeah that’s a really interesting take. His albums really do feel like movies, in the sense that Weeknd is the director and lead star but the characters are in different contexts each time
I will preface this by saying in no way is this meant to come off as trying to imply I have fame in any sense. But watching his videos my mouth is on the floor seeing have a theme track between his life and my life experiences (in different social environments and different career industries). The parallels are creepily uncanny. The point being I am technically the same person I was then. But in every meaningful way I’m completely different. Same could apply to him
5 years later Starboy is everything a Pop album should be, full of danceable tracks (Starboy, Secrets, A Lonely Night) and slow jams (Die For You, I Feel it Coming, Attention). Pays tribute to Michael Jackson and throwback pop/Disco. Each song telling a story (love, fear, paranoia). Starboy in my eyes is a classic Weeknd album💯
ngl I always thought Lana would be the perfect collab, Weeknd is the guy lana constantly talks about in her music and vice versa, was really cool to see it happen the way it did in starboy. All that aside the way Future comes in on All I Know is such a great musical moment, also its neat to see someone else appriciating this record.
Would love a collab album
@@GeorgetheGreat Yas
Bruh, there is no defense for Rockin. Rockin is 🗑
ORDINARY LIFE HAS TO BE A TOP 5 IN MY FAVORITE SONGS OFF THIS ALBUM...
Oh man, I forgot how many stellar tracks this album has just because I don't visit it 'cause it's a pop album. 💫💙
it ain't pop its R&B/Soul
@@lev444rr that's what Abel belongs to but Starboy was not RnB it was an upbeat pop album and that's why alot of people don't like it 'cause it's not the Abel's genre
No thats still R&B, maybe its a personal thing for you?
@@RenTheMighty nah it's not a personal thing, that album is in and out a pop album from production to lyrics wiring, nobody can deny on it but maybe people have a perception of his music just being RnB or they think black people's music fall in RnB genre that's why they think it's a RnB album but it's totally not a RnB, Abel himself has stated in interview that it's a pop album ahead of the time it was released.
@@deepaksinghxo Bruh it was filled with R&B/Soul records as well, and I agree it's a little more pop. But songs like Starboy, Party Monster, Reminder, True Colors, Sidewalks, Six Feet Under, Attention, All I Know, I Feel It Coming are all R&B records.
So many memories with this album and the songs. Another video well made
Man what a video! Thank you Seamus. You basically rounded up everything I love about this album. It's easily one of my all-time favourites. There is not one song on Starboy that I'd consider weak and although they're all quite different from each other, there's a really interesting sense of thematic connectedness that you just rarely see with albums today. I can remember the exact day it dropped and hearing it for the first time like it was yesterday. It was on Black Friday almost five years ago in the London, so the timing of this video is kinda perfect! Man, I've got so many memories from this album aaaahhh! Thank you for triggering the nostalgia!
Wow that’s awesome man so happy the vid connected with you like that
whenever daft punk collaborates with someone you know it's gonna be a hit. starboy is insane
starboy is my favourite weeknd LP.
I love starboy so much, I'm so hyped when this album came and became a fan of the weeknd, some critics said it's too pop but idc because this is a masterpiece. I hope u can deep dive next into My Dear Melancholy. great video 🔥
lmao what are you doing on squalay's kanye west playlist 👀
THATS WHAT I WAS SAYIN 😭
This is the first Weeknd album you listened to? Oh boy, wish you would have heard Trilogy first! It's honestly a night and day difference haha. This is clearly a wonderful album but nothing compares to Trilogy. Then again, this album is how he became a mainstream international superstar so it did what it was supposed to do. Hope you talk about AH next!
Now we just need Beauty Behind The Madness to complete the series for now
If weekend was a rapper "beauty" was his "Tha Carter", Starboy was his "Carter II"
The best day time music album of all time! The vibes I get from this album is indescribable ..this shit makes me that yeah I’got some swagger on me to go on!♥️ XOTWOD
This whole album was a VIBE this Abel was definitely needed for the time we were in in 2016!
The dawn is coming, he might still comeback and improve his life!
XO fans need to put some respect on this album and realise its one of Able's best work.
Every single song is memorable and is repeat central. Straight bangers from start to end.
definitely my favorite weeknd album
i think starboy was the only album where the weeknd was not himself but was abel tesfaye..cause the weeknd sings about drugs,party and stuff but the abel tesfaye sang about fame power and money...the only two albums where it was the weeknd himself was in After hours and the trilogy
Fun Fact: in starboy, Abel is taking mad shots at Drake. Good for him. Drake always throwing those sub disses at him. 👌🏾
Bro u have a drake pfp
@@11_valyghost2 how is that even relevant? I'm not a dicc rider blood I'm calling it as it is. 💯
Literally my favorite album by him… every song hits🔥🔥 almost every song he releases is 🔥 from features to remixes he always brings his own spice to it 🥰💕
Never really cared to much for Starboy. With the impact his first album made Starboy just seem ehh. Still can't believe dude cancelled a tour and lost over 300 mill just to announce another tour less the 2 hours later. Dude kinda has his priorities backwards now
sexiest and most talented
The video is made so beautifully that I've watched it thrice in 5 days
I am glad , he cut his hair. People are always trying to trademark people or tell them who they are.
Such an underrated album by XO fans. So many bangers. Even if it’s not cinematic or as greatly produced as some of his other albums, it’s still a really fun album with some great songs (also some weak songs but not many of them)
The production is nuts in some songs!!!
@@dez-m it really is! All I Know, Secrets, Die For You, Reminder, Party Monster, Six Feet Under, and Ordinary Life all on the same album plus a bunch of other tracks with great production
Thank you for the video , you did amazing work . Btw my favourite weeknd album
starboy is still the best album the weeknd has realeased. until today i never get tired of the songs from this evergreen album
he killed the pineapple
Anybody else watching this after Abel just released his “Die For You” video? 😂
I still don't get why people dislike starboy just because of it being pop. some people say it isnt as dark and mysterious as the older albums but Abel is telling everyone he has changed his ways and has become somewhat religious. He wants to leave the evil part of himself behind but unfortunately fans wont let him.
We should start a "how many times have you watched Reminder?" thread. ill go first: "Almost everyday for the past 5 years."
Please do a video like this for all his albums 🙏🏼
I love this guy i found one of his videos and been watching all day
Ima be real it gets boring the older u get then it gets fun out of nowhere
what gets boring?
absolutely love every vid you have made on the weeknd
Great video man, keep up the good work
“and I feel like coming”
Jesus .
Incredible analysis, I would say the second best storytelling in his discography after "After Hours".
I love your content, especially Abel stuff. Id love to hear ur opinion about the whole MDM ep
Such a good video, i just hope that you make videos like this on MDM and trilogy and beauty behind the madness
Under
Rated
this ain't a kanye cover
Lol
Starboy to me is still like a weird in between album for me because I found The Weeknd around the Trilogy era so I was a fan of his darker music but Starboy definitely did have timeless songs especially Die For You. My personal favorites are of course Die For You, True Colors, and Nothing Without You
XO
Man that false alarm video completely changed my mind on the song. When I first heard it my initial thoughts were “tf is this” which was the general consensus but once that video hit I got it.
Afterhours will age like fine wine. People will gradually understand the music and it’s meaning after few years
Starboy was the first album I listened to too! I fricking love it to this day
It’s good album don’t get me wrong but definitely his worst out of all of them. Either this or Thursday for me
Thursday way better then Echoes of Silence I think Thursday right up there with HOB and Zone ft Drake is his second best song to me that mixtape felt like a drug very therapeutic n numbing
@@Hamzethegoat for me it’s hob, eos,Thursday
Hey Logic, we both have the same taste
@@WilliamFuckingButcher Yessirski
as i come back l love this album now
reminder is also one of the songs in the album that impacted me the most... the lyrics are just so wild
Honestly even tho Starboy is one of my least favorite projects by The Weeknd this video has given me a deeper understanding and a better appreciation for it. Great job.
False alarm is just so energetic dude
thank u for this
Love ur videos on explaining albums. And Abel’s my fav artist too so yea. Starboy turns 5 next week
Love this video, i was looking for a person to explain the whole after hours album + all the other songs he has made till today, supposely its the same character i mean ( La Fama, One right Now, Take my Breath) these other songs that have the same character
This videos made me wanna listen to this album all over again lol
I think ur the guy who have the answer of " why i love the weeknd "
I’ve been listening to it a lot this week for some reason something brought me back
Need a video like this for Beauty Behind The Madness 🙏🏽
it’s crazy how i only listened to this album a few months back and only realised then this album was fire. No skip tracks at all. And albums without skips are hard to come by these days. 🔥
starboy is a love story