fav on this one was The Fall :) sorry i procrastinated editing/uploading it, i was nervous about backlash. thanks for the kind messages, i'm glad to hear you guys appreciate the honesty! hopefully i wont be nervous about future reactions lol
@@pathreacts I got them about 2 weeks ago & recently just got Kiss Land delivered. I wasn't planning on it but I thought to myself if this earth shall one day have no type of internet bcus of a power outage then at least I will have a CD player to play all my Weeknd CDs 🤣 I also have After Hours and Dawn FM . I rotate all Cds on a daily but I listen to Dawn FM more often than I like to admit. Kiss Land is heavily played too😅 When I'm feeling "savage" all of Trilogy on rotation🙃
@@pathreactsThank you! Hubby and me are seeing him on July 16th, 9 days before my birthday at the Metlife Stadium here in New Jersey where we live for the After Hours Til Dawn Tour🤗🤗🥳🥳 VIP!
Initiation is definitely meant to be uncomfortable. And your reaction is valid. it's nice to see a womans perspective on The Weeknd given how controversial he is.
judging from your reaction to trilogy, i guess you'll like kiss land more than trilogy (maybe except from one or two songs). Even though I love most of echoes of silence cuz it fits a certain mood very well. But after all I still like you're reaction videos keep it up ;)
maybe i wouldve liked echoes of silence during my 6-month edgy high school phase but not now 😭 excited to keep going thru the discog tho! trilogy has been SO different from dawn fm & after hours
@@dawiepower1 so because she didn’t like some songs she should just stop listening to an artist she doesn’t usually listen to with an open mind in hopes that she finds something she enjoys…yeah, I see what type of person you are.
@@dawiepower1 I agree a 100% specially since all of XO be forcing his music too much lmao, when I watch reactions im hoping to see what my first time listening was like. The constructive criticism is accepted but his mysic is not for everybody is sometimes good to leave it at that.
I've never considered The Weeknd or Abel to be the same person, I think a lot of how Abel approaches art is through story and character, the dude is a self confessed cinephile. So much is concept based, obviously bringing himself into it as any artist does but there is definitely a separation there. I think this is why Echoes of Silence is probably my favourite of the trilogy because its miserable and dark, it's like a party thats been going on for way too long and its disgusting and sad now. I like how challenging it is, to portray a completely gross and deeply flawed character is so interesting. To what you said about him playing the victim at the end, I think that's exactly what an asshole like this would do and I think there's self awareness there in ending the story like that. This is only my dumb, made up take in my head anyway, I don't know anything about Abel for sure but I like my headcanon 😆
didnt even consider it was a character until i saw yours & a few others’ comments about it! very interesting perspective and i think it changes the story in my mind a bit. i love your comparison to the party going on for too long, absolutely the feeling i get from EOS! i love a flawed character but for this story specifically i dont think he built up the personal conflict enough, so i dont feel so much for him. i mostly feel pain for those around him :( the girls, his mother he mentioned…
@@pathreacts I almost look at the weeknd character like a Scorsese film, like raging bull or something where a self destructive person self destructs for 2 hours. That’s always why I find it odd when people say they relate to this era of the weeknd, like when people think they’re just like Jordan Belfort after watching wolf of Wall Street even though the film just showed what greed does to people. I agree, I don’t feel bad for him either, just the people around him and he gives some teeny tiny looks into why he’s like this but he’s said before that he doesn’t like to give away everything with the stories and concepts he makes, he seems to be a big fan of subtext and people interpreting it for themselves, whether that’s who the weeknd as a character is or the story of after hours/dawn fm. I don’t know if anything I wrote makes any sense 🙈
@@pathreacts I don't think he's trying to garner sympathy just laying out this world in a very dark light. at the time there was only fun music surrounding drugs and women, he was one of the first to portray it as rightfully dark.
@@pathreactsto your point, he’s not supposed to be a complex character. He’s only 21 at this point, he’s a simple man who’s governed by sex and drugs and money, but self-aware enough to know it’s not a good thing because deep down he feels it isn’t, yet he drowns his sorrows in the sex, drugs and money.
your reaction is valid. EOS definitely requires you to be in a certain mood, and I totally understand that you were put off with a lot of content on the album. I've always looked at this tape as the come down of everything. The tracks are much slower, he's finally getting the taste of his own medicine after all of his wrongdoing and the girl finally leaving. You can also totally see that throughout the course of all 3 mixtapes, all of the relationship that he's had with someone up to that point has always been so empty due to his recklessness and habits. It reflects on how futile their situation as a couple without all the substances and the lack of actual companionship, their inability to love one another when they're sober is deafening. Hence, Echoes of Silence :) I'll say I like all of his work except for Starboy, but even that album I still highly enjoy listening to it. Still hoping for KKB reaction tho maybe in near future 👀
What I love about Trilogy is the story that Abel crafts - and I really feel like it shines the most here in Echoes Of Silence, where we see the depths of Abel's depravity, continuing to hurt more and more people on a downward spiral. But eventually, all he's left with is Echoes of Silence, the nothingness that all of this brought him, over and over. It's sort of like his Greek Tragedy, and I think where his storytelling kinda falls short here... it really shines in what he's bringing to After Hours and Dawn FM (and the third part of the new trilogy he's been teasing) because the story there is very similar but much more complex
absolutely a greek tragedy! although i didnt like the execution of EOS, i love the overall concept of Trilogy. Abel is really a special, talented artist and im very happy to be exploring his journey :)
One thing you should know about the Trilogy....it's Weeknd portraying a character...and this character is not necessarily a good person at all. You saw as much during the track "Initiation".
Yeah, I think Echoes of Silence is just the consequences of his actions. Maybe the narrative isn't as concise as the other mixtapes (specially Thursday), but I think he was trying to show how fucked up it had to end if he continued that path. He was finally getting some fame and recognition, but he started to get really paranoid with women, believing they would only get with him because of his potential, because he's next in the big leagues (that's why D.D, Montreal, Same Old Song and Next all talk about the same thing). But this fame also gave him a lot of power over them, so he started abusing it. He used to beg for affection like in Wicked Games, but now, even if they tell him they love him, they're probably lying, so they have to prove it to him. And that's when they have to pass a test, to get to the bottom of the pit with him and show their loyalty. But that isn't enough, because it's never been about love, it's just a way of making him feel better about himself. He doesn't believe he's worthy of love, so the only way is to feel control and power over them (Outside, XO/The Host and Initiation show that). In The Fall he recognizes that his lifestyle is breaking him, but he just can't stop, and he wants to feel the peak (compensating, as always). He even says that he's been forced to make records, because of his gifted voice and his homelessness, he didn't have much of a choice. And finally, in Echoes of Silence, he explains the dynamic between him and a woman, representative of all his relationships. They both know how it's gonna end, but he needs to feel that power over her, and she likes the thrill of being with someone like him, and even if she begs him to stay and he feels lonely, he'll never stay, because he doesn't know love. A lot of this is subtext and speculation, and if you have to do this much digging to find the meaning then it's probably ok to criticize the lyrics. But of course you have to take into account the setup of the previous mixtapes to know where he's coming from and why he's acting that way. And it's ok if you didn't like it that much, at the end of the day art is really subjective, and if we have different experiences with it then it's doing what it's made for. Keep up the good work.
thank you for this! because theres no redemption for him as "the bad guy", i have a hard time feeling for him in EOS, even as a character. but i do find the concept & story very interesting!
The Weeknd is the kind of success story that encourages me as a underground artist with a small following. Seeing how he’s developed his skills and slowly blown up after seizing each and every opportunity he’s been giving has been inspirational! Mans has quickly become a mainstay in the industry and for good reason. Dude is too nice! I know if I put in the work, I can reach a larger audience some day too, but for now, I’m happy being a supporter. My turn will come too. Salute to The Weeknd🔥
Honestly Echoes of Silence started off as my least favorite but became more enjoyable each listen and now may be a favorite. anyways love the reaction and for sure not unsubscribing!
♡ thursday grew on me pretty quickly while editing, EOS is taking a bit longer, but i appreciate the story a lot more thanks to the comments on my reaction & tier list :)
A lot of people getting defensive about you not liking all the tracks here lol, but it's perfectly fine to dislike something. All that matters is that you listened to it imo. What's the point of watching a reaction if you can only tolerate a positive one? 😂
Abel in a lot of ways paints the character in the music he makes as a very unlikable person, but still wants you to feel for them, which is very hypocritical, but i think that is the part i like the most, since that makes him very human, albeit very disgusting, but i still feel pitty for him, kinda like a weird feeling of despair that you feel for the villain, like "why did it have to end up this way?" You know.
totally love that analysis, and i definitely feel it now that you put it into words! i dont pitty him necessarily, but it does make me wish things worked out differently for him in this trilogy 😭
It's interesting that Path chooses to adjudicate, as if literal, the moral framework/ethical decision making process of a character, in an otherwise theoretical situation, where there's no real consequences, good or bad. I've always perceived Abel to be, functionally, a different character from the Weeknd; allowing Abel to project his vices/demons/tendencies towards unscrupulous behavior onto a self- concocted alter-ego, of sorts (The Weeknd), and in doing so, play with them, in hypothetical thought experiments, unbounded by what he perceives as a judgemental, stifling norms-based-rules order, without Abel being drawn in too-deep, and engaging in behaviors that he regrets, in the real world. Concisely, in this way, Abel uses the Weeknd as an exploratory mechanism to express, plainly, his own, raw, unfiltered, unadulterated emotions , and to test the limits of his own ethics w/out perceived repercussions for potentially reprehensible behaviors.
i was initially under the impression that all three albums in Trilogy told one overarching story. but EOS is way out of left field compared to the first two, it mostly took me by surprise that it was so evil. i had considered the story aspect, but hadnt even thought about him playing a “character”… although it makes sense now that you & some other comments have mentioned it!
Based on your reaction I’m not sure if you knew this, but DD (Dirty Diana) is a Michael Jackson cover. Loved all the reactions and your opinions even if they differ from others!
Just binge watched all your vids for The Weeknd and I definitely recommend the rest of his discography! I feel like he has enough projects doing their own thing that it’ll be hard not to enjoy the music or at least the experience. Either way im sure XO fam will love the reactions
just found this channel and it's absolutely great! the way you talk about the music so confidently and like wisely is amazing, i love it. thanks for the amazing content you put out and cheers to where ever you decide to take the channel going forward, will happily be watching. :D
You had too many expectations for this these songs. And it just feels like this type of music isn't really for you. And you are also taking the music way too seriously. I know most of the things he says is bad but he telling you his perspective with dealing in the party life, and being around girls at that age.
This was more refined than HOB, and it maintained the darkness and harsh vibe. This really drained my soul of happiness for the 45 minutes I was listening to this :((
I'm really excited about After Hours and My dear Melancholy reaction. I can wait for months for you to watch his new character. After Hours and Dawn FM are part of a new trilogy he's making.
Not gonna unsubscribe LOL I personally think that you will like projects like My Dear Melancholy and Starboy a lot if you decide to do it in the future
for sure!! ill keep trucking along w his discog, its so interesting to see the progression, especially now that i know how different his start (trilogy) & finish (dawn fm) were
I politely disagree that the production doesn't fit him. His content can come from a pretty dark place so I think most fans feel that the trilogy was the best representation of him back then. I also don't think he wants any pity he's just telling his story but through a character. "don't you leave my little life" was the girl replying btw not him just him singing from her perspective. also the "ive been good since thursday" means sober since thursday the day of the week. it's pretty sarcastic in tone I feel. he's basically saying he can only stay sober for very short periods of time even if it hurts people around him.
As a The Weeknd fan I understand why his first projects are not enjoyable for too many people, its very dark and even some of the sounds are kinda uncomfortable and also the lyrics are not even relatable for the average person lol but I would highly recommed Frank Ocean, I think he's way more relatable and his two projects are my favorites, however Blonde is more experimental, so Channel Orange would be the best option to start with him. Keep it up, I was really wanting for this reaction :D Also I think Abel is playing a lot of the times the victim or not having a lot of empathy for the people around him because he's 21 and he's going to be very immature, it doesn't justify his actions but I get why he's like that
ill listen to all three bonus tracks & king of the fall together! i didnt know there were bonus tracks otherwise i wouldve gone thru them with the albums
@@pathreacts it's better that you didn't honestly....some of the original samples for some songs got removed and replaced because of copyright. You can listen to the 3 Bonus tracks (28, Valerie, Till Dawn) elsewhere anyway
Sucks that you didn't like this 😭 but it's okay House of Balloons is my favourite and I think kiss land is much better than this so I can't wait for you to listen to that
House of Balloons is def still my fav of the three!!! glad i got the hook to keep going, and since ive already had a high impression of dawn fm & after hours, im still excited to explore his discog :)
@@pathreacts can't wait for the videos ! And I too would never unsubscribe, he was 21 when writing some of these songs so some of the lines make sense and lyrically I feel like he improves a lot in kiss land
For me i always enjoyed Abels music, but when hard shit happens in your life and heartbreaks his music hit so differently and it made me embrace his music even more. So just because one’s heard it for the first time, doesn’t mean you’ll feel something more later down the line. Idk? The weeknds music is so beautiful and amazing. He’s got a whole lot of different vibes for different occasions, just like how life is.
Lol definitely not unsubbing, I appreciate your opinion and perspective! I can see why you can't get behind this music, your reasons are valid. I think a main attraction to his trilogy mixtapes are just the appreciation of his honesty. Like yeah, when you break down what he's saying it's pretty f****d up the way he goes about his relationships with women.. but the fact that he doesn't have shame in telling you how it is even though it doesn't make him look like a good person, I find kinda fascinating lol. A lot of the storytelling is repetitive like you said, and I don't know if I was intentional.. but not only was he 20/21 making these songs, he never left city or the 4 walls he was in up to this point in life. So in a way I suppose the music reflects the same sort of environment he's constantly had to live through. Love your channel btw🙏🙏
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sorry not sure why this got flagged as spam but Frank Ocean is definitely on my list! I think Channel Orange first, then Blond. Just need to make time :)
@@pathreacts im not quite sure what you mean by that. i think house of balloons is definitely the best of the 3, but i’m not sure “holding back” is the reason why? the mixtapes weren’t really intended to be the same. they’re all unique with intentionally different qualities. they just live in the same world. thursday’s world building / story line is by far the best. echoes is intentionally the darkest and most graphic, while also being the most lyrically intense. when he dropped echoes the world was asking if he could still be the weeknd but do anything outside the boxes he set in HOB & thursday, which imo he delivered. they’re just all different and echoes definitely took the longest to grow on me with some lows like same old song & outside. but damn, montreal shows a really raw and vulnerable side. xo / the host is so descriptive and dark and makes you really empathize with the woman for the first time. initiation flips that on its head and is one of the most genius songs he’s made to date (pitch changes representing the highs and lows of drugs). he’s not supposed to be a good person here but he doesn’t know how to repent in the fall, he lives with his sins. where a listener is supposed to empathize w him as a victim isn’t in his relationships with women, but being able to see him as a victim to his own vices and addictions. it’s a really mature perspective for a 21 year old to try to tell, hiding it in all of the immature lines. everything through this trilogy comes with a double meaning at least
I feel like you are judging this masterpiece which is trilogy harshly because u don't fully understand the story. This is dark RnB so it's very different. I really like mr2kgod's reaction to trilogy.
There's nothing i can say here but I would love to see your reaction to Arctic Monkeys' whole discography. I'm like their biggest fan and I literally worship them 💀. But i love your content whatever it is. Keep doing what you do
im going in chronological order! so next is: - the three bonus trilogy tracks - Kiss Land - (i already did Beauty Behind the Madness) - Starboy - After Hours (music videos, since i've already heard the album)
I would love a raw and uncut version reaction to Kiss Land as long as possible! That whole album is unique and very intricate as far as production goes but also the layering of the vocals and melodies out of this world.
I love the reaction! this was a good watch. this album was always kinda strange for me but I love the weird out of place stuff from artists no matter who it is.
other ppl are commenting abt the weeknd just being a character and that is very much true. the weeknd is a character based on Abels life. idk if u know much abt his backstory but in Abel’s real life he struggled with loneliness/depression/suicide and drug use in his adolescence. Abel uses this and characterizes himself as, the weeknd, someone who didn’t care enough abt his life to focus on how destructive his actions were to himself and others (hence the heavy drug use and mistreatment of ppl). this is the character flaw that is most present in the weeknd, the character, during trilogy. he knew he had these issues, and wanted to get better, but he was in purgatory and stuck in his toxic ways. I don’t believe Abel necessarily did the same exact things to ppl as the weeknd does in trilogy, but he did share the same emotions/feelings if that makes sense. i think certain things were exaggerated for effect. for example, in initiation, the weeknd talks abt meeting his “boys” and those are actually his drugs (which i think u picked up on). he wants someone to prove to him that they love him for who he is, a depressed drug addict. and the weeknd knows this is not a trait ppl love in others so his test is setting the other person up to fail, which in turn, causes more loneliness and depressive/dark thoughts. i think this is an example of a dramatized feeling that Abel had, but he never did that exact specific thing. he felt like he was so undeserving of love that nobody was capable of actually loving him. and Abel felt like he was undeserving of love bc he had a low view of himself at the time (like most depressed ppl). i think that is why Abel makes the weeknd such a devilish character, (hence all the voice alterations). Abel wants the character to be just as unlovable as he felt like he was in real life. the weeknds story in trilogy is just a slightly more extreme, exaggerated representation of his feelings/emotions. i also think that is why we hear a lot of experimental sounds, especially in his early days, bc Abel was literally experimenting with ways on how to cope with his depression. that is how i look at it and it makes sense to me at least. im telling u all this to i guess point out Abel is not this shitty of a person in real life 😂 but also to see if my viewpoint helps u make sense of his dark/toxic lyrics in this mixtape. with all this being said i respect ur opinion and am thrilled u decided to share ur listening experiences with us (i actually subscribed after watching this video)! i felt bad u felt like u had to apologize for ur opinion and as a huge weeknd fan, i appreciate u giving it a shot even tho u didnt like it. there are reaction videos out there that fake like they love certain things but i hope ppl see how a genuine reaction is so much more worthwhile. i cant wait for more of ur content (tyler the creator and the weeknd are my 2 favorite artists so im especially looking forward to those)!
thank you so much for the thoughts, i agree with you absolutely! i really wish he fleshed out the ideas a liiiiittle bit more, because ultimately i felt nothing remotely positive for this character :( i especially love how you mentioned he was setting them both up to fail. so heartbreaking, but i dont feel like that was clear enough and wish he balanced it more like he did in HOB. someone else mentioned EOS is like the "bad ending" of a video game and i think that's so accurate
yes i agree the storytelling lacked more on EOS than on the first two. and bc of this, i think the reasoning of why he is like this can get lost. i had to listen many times to come to the conclusion abt EOS that im at now. the only thing that was very much clear to me from the first listen was that someone so destructive was only ever going to have a bad/tragic ending. im not sure if it was intentional or not but the thought process of someone who is depressed can sometimes be incoherent and confusing so maybe it was for a reason? regardless the weeknd is meant to start off a bad person w many toxic traits. kiss land builds off of this. Abel said its meant to be a horror movie and takes place w him on tour around the world. there is some character growth at the end with tears in the rain and its one of my favorite songs from him. i feel like i already said too much and i dont want to spoil ur experience but i think u will like kiss land more bc the story is more coherent than EOS and the production is amazing
Yeah you were definitely reading too deep into the lyrics 💀 the way this and the other two mixtapes changed the sound of what was possible in r&b was definitely felt by everyone that was listening when it dropped
Also KISSLAND is my favorite album by The Weeknd, its fr in my top 10 albums of all time, its very different compared to trilogy, tbh i feel like kissland will be your favorite by him but we'll wait & see lmao
The thing with Trilogy btw that I've noticed personally, it becomes better/worse as life goes on. I personally didnt like Echoes of silence at all, 2-3 years ago and just liked HOB but now I love Echoes of silence and dont like HOB that much, IVe had the same with thursday and it just goes back and forth. Trust that you will come back and feel a bit different to it in the future :D
@@pathreacts Its great because it honestly does make the 3 mixtapes timeless. Initiation was like one of the songs I disliked the most before. Initiation deffo my top 3 the weeknd song of all time now :D Either way keep the good work up, good that you are honest instead of faking stuff.
i feel like the reason the songs are basically telling the same old story throughout the entire trilogy was to echo how everyday feels the same when you have that kind of lifestyle. That everyday feels like yesterday. idk tho. that's what i like to think lol
i read something about how “his boys” were actually harder drugs instead of actual people. the way he framed them in xo the host and initiation was very sinister so i figured it was to advise people from becoming like him and taking them. what are your thoughts??
heard this analysis from some other comments too, and i do think it makes more sense! like a self-sabotage kind of test. he doesn't think these girls can handle them as well as he can, so he knows they'll leave him, something like that
@@pathreacts he used a clockwork orange for inspiration for these songs (the host/initiation) so yeah he was just tapping into that level of horror. it's not everyone's thing especially since he makes it feel real like he actually did those things. everything you felt was valid, he didn't care for her because he knows she's trying to use for fame bc he knows of her from before but now will use his power to make her please his boys just for the fuck of it to feel like a God.
Your reactions are great and I really appreciate how genuine you are with the stuff you pay attention to and enjoy. You're not a complete critic like a lot of other reactors. I don't mean to be annoying but I've been looking hoping for an Igor (by Tyler, The Creator) reaction ever since your Flower Boy reaction. Your Flower Boy reaction was your first video that I saw and it was great! I know you probably have a long list of music to get through but Igor is seriously one of my favorite albums of all time and, seeing the music you like in your other videos, I think you would really like it! Hope you enjoy!
thank you! & not annoying at all lol im excited for igor because i loved flower boy a lot, but at the same time its so hard for me to mentally move on from FB haha 😭 but getting out of that comfort zone was the reason why i started doing these reactions in the first place so i just gotta take the chance!!!
@@pathreacts lmao i get it, tyler albums take a lot of time to digest. im looking forward to whenever you get around to doing it! also i didnt say this in my original comment but the editing on your videos is really good especially for a smaller channel. keep up the good vids
I promise i won't unfollow glad you reacted at all! I understand not liking this project as much as the others since The Weeknd was a total douchebag through most of it. I didn't like this album as much either when I first heard it cuz it felt weaker than HOB n Thursday HOWEVER it grew on me a lot. For almost all the tracks on here flow into each other flawlessly, and sonically it feels just as cohesive as the other mixtapes. The story did feel looser on this mixtape tho it didn't really tie everything together as well like HOB did. I still think echos of silence is a great mixtape full of very unique production, and haunting melodies at times. I still get chills everytime I listen to the title track, and XO/The Host as well as the track after Initiation. The things he be sayin lyrically, and the sounds just create a very uncomfortable image in one's mind. Although, something I've noticed with every Weeknd album (except for starboy) is that it always ends with him alone, or dying. Abel is aware that he's the villain of his own stories and no story is complete unless we see the Villains downfall. So, hope that helps you sleep better tonight LMAO
it's incredibly interesting that he's able to do that, because there aren't a lot of artists who are willing to pain themselves as the villain. you're totally right that he needs to show the downfall. thank you for sharing!
8:18 This is my favorite shoe to watch drop when people get into the Weeknd. This album is so depressed, no wonder Abel started making pop tunes. Edit: I also love it, but it’s one of those albums you enjoy as a teen but don’t really revisit
I love the reaction and this is definitely a specific mood fo sho. And personally a lot of The Weeknd’s music ends up growing on me after a few listens. I like the honesty and hopefully just because you didn’t like this one, it doesn’t discourage you from listening to his other works. Keep up the good work🤞
thursday definitely grew on me more as i was editing it, EOS hasnt really, but i plan to do another listen thru of all three off cam before the bonus tracks :) also im still trucking along thru the discog!! not discouraged at all, actually its so interesting to see the difference between old and new + the progression along the way
I love trilogy and I really appreciated your negative/hesitant reactions on the songs like Initiation. there supposed to be uncomfortable. It is all one story but that's not obvious on first listen.
I agree with u Echoes of the Silence is my least favorite out of trilogy too tbh still good but the weakest to me but Weeknd is playing a toxic n dirtbag character that’s the darkest person in all of us you’ll notice he a lot more mature in his newer album. He not playing a victim just showing how his lifestyle is hurting and destroying everyone around him himself n others
i did mention that i feel like he held back a LOT in echoes of silence (both production & storytelling) for some reason. maybe because he was overwhelmed with pressure? iirc there was a letter attached to Thursday for the fans that things would be different with a label, so my head-canon is that he was trying a little TOO hard to be edgy, since that was his schtick lol
There’s a lot more Weeknd to cover. Even songs that are his that he features in. Me along with fans of his think that a majority of the songs he features in he tends to make his own. a lot of his older ones more than the new ones : Ricky hill -nomads Wiz Khalifa- remember you Juicy j- one of those nights French Montana- gifted Rick Ross- in vein Kavinsky- odd look Lil Wayne- I’m good Belly- might not Just to make a few :) but I feel you’re now a part of a community of people so why not. I would love to see your reactions to them.you can definitely just find videos of just his parts in the songs if you like
Your reaction is special. It is a privilege to hear your perspective as a woman. The fact that you are put off by the songs is an indication that his art is having its intended effect. I think this is the strongest of the three Trilogy mixtapes but definitely the hardest to listen to. Very dark and disturbing subject matter that makes you feel no sympathy for the narrator. In fact, he probably even deserves all the pain and torment he feels, especially after all the severe manipulation that he subjected the woman to throughout XO/The Host and Initiation.
Loved your reaction and how honest u were. Still waiting on Kissland, would love to see ur reaction to it cause it is so beautiful sonically and it has such a great story
Ugh lol this review just shows not everything is for everyone because every song on this album hits in such a crazy way but i could see how lifestyle plays into weather you would enjoy this music lol fun watch as always though!
I love this album it difanitly grew on me with time and it feels like a closer to the trilogy but .. I love that you're so critical as you said you've only had positive reactions and this video is just to make us sure you're not faking anything for the video 😂
LOL please im not that strategic 😆 and i really did want to enjoy this album but it was so tough. i appreciate the story a lot more just from reading these comments, but it's more like audience world-building than abel's songwriting & storytelling, which i feel like he held back on in EOS (compared to HOB & Thursday)
There are 3 bonus tracks to Trilogy that come at the end of each mixtape. Twenty Eight, Valerie, and Till Dawn (Here Comes the Sun). I think they fit right in with the material on each mixtape very well and are worth a listen if you feel up to it. I would love to see your reaction to those songs! I’m sorry you did not like Echoes of Silence a lot but I appreciate an honest reaction, thank you so much!
♡ thanks for being kind about it haha i was nervous to put it up (so i procrastinated editing it) my plan is that ill do a personal listen of the studio versions, then react to the bonus tracks when i get to them!! and then king of the fall, not sure if there are other singles between albums i should scoop into here
I am glad you decided to post it, can’t wait to see what you think of the rest of his music! As far as i know there are not any more singles in between Trilogy and Kiss Land besides those.
I get why you might not like what he’s talking about but I feel like you didn’t really get the point of the album. He’s portraying someone that is obviously not a good person. Each track is supposed to be a deeper dive into his way of life and how as you mentioned, it’s repetitive and he seeks empathy despite him knowing that he is a bad guy. I get that the album is offensive, but it is essentially showing how taking this path is an endless cycle and only ends in an echo of silence
Have loved all of your reactions as well as how honest and candid you are! Just keep being yourself, thats what sets you apart! Love from Canada and can't wait for the next reaction.
I think you should listen to everything Abel has made, Kissland, Starboy aswell but dont you ever skip After Hours. That album is insane. Also if you wanna check out another artist, check out Travis Scott.
I honestly respect your opinion cus at first i didnt really like it but it grew on me and its one of faves but the one you have to react to is Kissland my all time favorite
Keep your expectations low for Kiss Land, definitely not my favorite Weeknd album, but fans do be hyping that album a lot. I would consider Kiss Land to be in my bottom 3 of Abel's work.
fav on this one was The Fall :)
sorry i procrastinated editing/uploading it, i was nervous about backlash. thanks for the kind messages, i'm glad to hear you guys appreciate the honesty! hopefully i wont be nervous about future reactions lol
As much as I love all songs The Fall is still my #1 & the one I listen to the most on repeat on my CD 😅
@@angie-jo1mn omg you have the CD's ???
@@pathreacts I got them about 2 weeks ago & recently just got Kiss Land delivered.
I wasn't planning on it but I thought to myself if this earth shall one day have no type of internet bcus of a power outage then at least I will have a CD player to play all my Weeknd CDs 🤣
I also have After Hours and Dawn FM .
I rotate all Cds on a daily but I listen to Dawn FM more often than I like to admit.
Kiss Land is heavily played too😅
When I'm feeling "savage" all of Trilogy on rotation🙃
@@angie-jo1mn this is awesome. love it for you 🙏
@@pathreactsThank you! Hubby and me are seeing him on July 16th, 9 days before my birthday at the Metlife Stadium here in New Jersey where we live for the After Hours Til Dawn Tour🤗🤗🥳🥳
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Initiation is definitely meant to be uncomfortable. And your reaction is valid. it's nice to see a womans perspective on The Weeknd given how controversial he is.
Exactly
EXACTLY MAN..
judging from your reaction to trilogy, i guess you'll like kiss land more than trilogy (maybe except from one or two songs). Even though I love most of echoes of silence cuz it fits a certain mood very well. But after all I still like you're reaction videos keep it up ;)
maybe i wouldve liked echoes of silence during my 6-month edgy high school phase but not now 😭 excited to keep going thru the discog tho! trilogy has been SO different from dawn fm & after hours
Noo the fuck? She liked the upbeat songs more for the most part. I think its better she goes for other artists from this point
@@dawiepower1 so because she didn’t like some songs she should just stop listening to an artist she doesn’t usually listen to with an open mind in hopes that she finds something she enjoys…yeah, I see what type of person you are.
@@pathreacts kiss land is his best imo
@@dawiepower1 I agree a 100% specially since all of XO be forcing his music too much lmao, when I watch reactions im hoping to see what my first time listening was like. The constructive criticism is accepted but his mysic is not for everybody is sometimes good to leave it at that.
I've never considered The Weeknd or Abel to be the same person, I think a lot of how Abel approaches art is through story and character, the dude is a self confessed cinephile. So much is concept based, obviously bringing himself into it as any artist does but there is definitely a separation there. I think this is why Echoes of Silence is probably my favourite of the trilogy because its miserable and dark, it's like a party thats been going on for way too long and its disgusting and sad now. I like how challenging it is, to portray a completely gross and deeply flawed character is so interesting. To what you said about him playing the victim at the end, I think that's exactly what an asshole like this would do and I think there's self awareness there in ending the story like that. This is only my dumb, made up take in my head anyway, I don't know anything about Abel for sure but I like my headcanon 😆
didnt even consider it was a character until i saw yours & a few others’ comments about it! very interesting perspective and i think it changes the story in my mind a bit. i love your comparison to the party going on for too long, absolutely the feeling i get from EOS!
i love a flawed character but for this story specifically i dont think he built up the personal conflict enough, so i dont feel so much for him. i mostly feel pain for those around him :( the girls, his mother he mentioned…
@@pathreacts I almost look at the weeknd character like a Scorsese film, like raging bull or something where a self destructive person self destructs for 2 hours.
That’s always why I find it odd when people say they relate to this era of the weeknd, like when people think they’re just like Jordan Belfort after watching wolf of Wall Street even though the film just showed what greed does to people.
I agree, I don’t feel bad for him either, just the people around him and he gives some teeny tiny looks into why he’s like this but he’s said before that he doesn’t like to give away everything with the stories and concepts he makes, he seems to be a big fan of subtext and people interpreting it for themselves, whether that’s who the weeknd as a character is or the story of after hours/dawn fm.
I don’t know if anything I wrote makes any sense 🙈
@@pathreacts I don't think he's trying to garner sympathy just laying out this world in a very dark light. at the time there was only fun music surrounding drugs and women, he was one of the first to portray it as rightfully dark.
@@pathreactsto your point, he’s not supposed to be a complex character. He’s only 21 at this point, he’s a simple man who’s governed by sex and drugs and money, but self-aware enough to know it’s not a good thing because deep down he feels it isn’t, yet he drowns his sorrows in the sex, drugs and money.
your reaction is valid. EOS definitely requires you to be in a certain mood, and I totally understand that you were put off with a lot of content on the album. I've always looked at this tape as the come down of everything. The tracks are much slower, he's finally getting the taste of his own medicine after all of his wrongdoing and the girl finally leaving. You can also totally see that throughout the course of all 3 mixtapes, all of the relationship that he's had with someone up to that point has always been so empty due to his recklessness and habits. It reflects on how futile their situation as a couple without all the substances and the lack of actual companionship, their inability to love one another when they're sober is deafening. Hence, Echoes of Silence :)
I'll say I like all of his work except for Starboy, but even that album I still highly enjoy listening to it.
Still hoping for KKB reaction tho maybe in near future 👀
What I love about Trilogy is the story that Abel crafts - and I really feel like it shines the most here in Echoes Of Silence, where we see the depths of Abel's depravity, continuing to hurt more and more people on a downward spiral. But eventually, all he's left with is Echoes of Silence, the nothingness that all of this brought him, over and over. It's sort of like his Greek Tragedy, and I think where his storytelling kinda falls short here... it really shines in what he's bringing to After Hours and Dawn FM (and the third part of the new trilogy he's been teasing) because the story there is very similar but much more complex
absolutely a greek tragedy! although i didnt like the execution of EOS, i love the overall concept of Trilogy. Abel is really a special, talented artist and im very happy to be exploring his journey :)
One thing you should know about the Trilogy....it's Weeknd portraying a character...and this character is not necessarily a good person at all. You saw as much during the track "Initiation".
good to keep in mind 😅
Yeah, I think Echoes of Silence is just the consequences of his actions. Maybe the narrative isn't as concise as the other mixtapes (specially Thursday), but I think he was trying to show how fucked up it had to end if he continued that path.
He was finally getting some fame and recognition, but he started to get really paranoid with women, believing they would only get with him because of his potential, because he's next in the big leagues (that's why D.D, Montreal, Same Old Song and Next all talk about the same thing). But this fame also gave him a lot of power over them, so he started abusing it.
He used to beg for affection like in Wicked Games, but now, even if they tell him they love him, they're probably lying, so they have to prove it to him. And that's when they have to pass a test, to get to the bottom of the pit with him and show their loyalty.
But that isn't enough, because it's never been about love, it's just a way of making him feel better about himself. He doesn't believe he's worthy of love, so the only way is to feel control and power over them (Outside, XO/The Host and Initiation show that).
In The Fall he recognizes that his lifestyle is breaking him, but he just can't stop, and he wants to feel the peak (compensating, as always). He even says that he's been forced to make records, because of his gifted voice and his homelessness, he didn't have much of a choice.
And finally, in Echoes of Silence, he explains the dynamic between him and a woman, representative of all his relationships. They both know how it's gonna end, but he needs to feel that power over her, and she likes the thrill of being with someone like him, and even if she begs him to stay and he feels lonely, he'll never stay, because he doesn't know love.
A lot of this is subtext and speculation, and if you have to do this much digging to find the meaning then it's probably ok to criticize the lyrics. But of course you have to take into account the setup of the previous mixtapes to know where he's coming from and why he's acting that way. And it's ok if you didn't like it that much, at the end of the day art is really subjective, and if we have different experiences with it then it's doing what it's made for. Keep up the good work.
thank you for this! because theres no redemption for him as "the bad guy", i have a hard time feeling for him in EOS, even as a character. but i do find the concept & story very interesting!
I can't wait for kissland and Starboy. And I will never unsubscribe lol
lov u 🥰
The Weeknd is the kind of success story that encourages me as a underground artist with a small following. Seeing how he’s developed his skills and slowly blown up after seizing each and every opportunity he’s been giving has been inspirational! Mans has quickly become a mainstay in the industry and for good reason. Dude is too nice! I know if I put in the work, I can reach a larger audience some day too, but for now, I’m happy being a supporter. My turn will come too. Salute to The Weeknd🔥
absolutely inspiring!! best of luck to you :D
Kiss Land is my favorite i'll unsubscribe if you hate it but I'll probably subscribe again afterwards lol
LMFAO just of spite 😭
Honestly Echoes of Silence started off as my least favorite but became more enjoyable each listen and now may be a favorite. anyways love the reaction and for sure not unsubscribing!
♡ thursday grew on me pretty quickly while editing, EOS is taking a bit longer, but i appreciate the story a lot more thanks to the comments on my reaction & tier list :)
A lot of people getting defensive about you not liking all the tracks here lol, but it's perfectly fine to dislike something. All that matters is that you listened to it imo. What's the point of watching a reaction if you can only tolerate a positive one? 😂
Abel in a lot of ways paints the character in the music he makes as a very unlikable person, but still wants you to feel for them, which is very hypocritical, but i think that is the part i like the most, since that makes him very human, albeit very disgusting, but i still feel pitty for him, kinda like a weird feeling of despair that you feel for the villain, like "why did it have to end up this way?" You know.
totally love that analysis, and i definitely feel it now that you put it into words! i dont pitty him necessarily, but it does make me wish things worked out differently for him in this trilogy 😭
It's interesting that Path chooses to adjudicate, as if literal, the moral framework/ethical decision making process of a character, in an otherwise theoretical situation, where there's no real consequences, good or bad. I've always perceived Abel to be, functionally, a different character from the Weeknd; allowing Abel to project his vices/demons/tendencies towards unscrupulous behavior onto a self- concocted alter-ego, of sorts (The Weeknd), and in doing so, play with them, in hypothetical thought experiments, unbounded by what he perceives as a judgemental, stifling norms-based-rules order, without Abel being drawn in too-deep, and engaging in behaviors that he regrets, in the real world. Concisely, in this way, Abel uses the Weeknd as an exploratory mechanism to express, plainly, his own, raw, unfiltered, unadulterated emotions , and to test the limits of his own ethics w/out perceived repercussions for potentially reprehensible behaviors.
i was initially under the impression that all three albums in Trilogy told one overarching story. but EOS is way out of left field compared to the first two, it mostly took me by surprise that it was so evil. i had considered the story aspect, but hadnt even thought about him playing a “character”… although it makes sense now that you & some other comments have mentioned it!
Based on your reaction I’m not sure if you knew this, but DD (Dirty Diana) is a Michael Jackson cover. Loved all the reactions and your opinions even if they differ from others!
hahaha i had no idea. i felt so dumb when i realised it was such an iconic song and ive never heard it before 😭
Just binge watched all your vids for The Weeknd and I definitely recommend the rest of his discography! I feel like he has enough projects doing their own thing that it’ll be hard not to enjoy the music or at least the experience. Either way im sure XO fam will love the reactions
i will def keep on truckin along :) just a bit slow about it lol
just found this channel and it's absolutely great! the way you talk about the music so confidently and like wisely is amazing, i love it. thanks for the amazing content you put out and cheers to where ever you decide to take the channel going forward, will happily be watching. :D
thank you so much!
You had too many expectations for this these songs. And it just feels like this type of music isn't really for you. And you are also taking the music way too seriously. I know most of the things he says is bad but he telling you his perspective with dealing in the party life, and being around girls at that age.
did he not intend for his music to be taken seriously?
This was more refined than HOB, and it maintained the darkness and harsh vibe. This really drained my soul of happiness for the 45 minutes I was listening to this :((
I'm really excited about After Hours and My dear Melancholy reaction. I can wait for months for you to watch his new character. After Hours and Dawn FM are part of a new trilogy he's making.
loved this reaction, i love how different people approach the story. KISSLAND NEXT LETS GO
yesss im loving seeing everyone’s takes in the comments!! really speaks to the artistry when it drums up this much conversation haha
Not gonna unsubscribe LOL I personally think that you will like projects like My Dear Melancholy and Starboy a lot if you decide to do it in the future
for sure!! ill keep trucking along w his discog, its so interesting to see the progression, especially now that i know how different his start (trilogy) & finish (dawn fm) were
Montreal probably is the most underrated song from The Weeknd the song is so damn good and sad.
i found out its from the french 60s song “laisse tomber les filles”!! so interesting to find where abel pulled inspiration from
I politely disagree that the production doesn't fit him. His content can come from a pretty dark place so I think most fans feel that the trilogy was the best representation of him back then. I also don't think he wants any pity he's just telling his story but through a character. "don't you leave my little life" was the girl replying btw not him just him singing from her perspective. also the "ive been good since thursday" means sober since thursday the day of the week. it's pretty sarcastic in tone I feel. he's basically saying he can only stay sober for very short periods of time even if it hurts people around him.
As a The Weeknd fan I understand why his first projects are not enjoyable for too many people, its very dark and even some of the sounds are kinda uncomfortable and also the lyrics are not even relatable for the average person lol but I would highly recommed Frank Ocean, I think he's way more relatable and his two projects are my favorites, however Blonde is more experimental, so Channel Orange would be the best option to start with him. Keep it up, I was really wanting for this reaction :D
Also I think Abel is playing a lot of the times the victim or not having a lot of empathy for the people around him because he's 21 and he's going to be very immature, it doesn't justify his actions but I get why he's like that
yeah i get that too! also i will be checking out Frank Ocean, i hear a lot of high praise for his works :)
Been waiting long for this one. This is probably my favorite project by him. My favs are the fall and Montreal
oh no…
well i did like the fall 😬
Kiss Land is still the best record though. So there's always that. Pretty much the elements you liked on here are perfected on that album.
awesome, cant wait!
Hell no
@@sebastianwiton2907 #opinionnotlogic
It’s his worst album
@@Summerrhead Starboy?
i think outside is meant to be “background” music
ok that makes me feel a bit better 🥲
@@pathreacts i think the bonus track for eos is more appealing than the rest of the mixtape. good reaction tho
ill listen to all three bonus tracks & king of the fall together! i didnt know there were bonus tracks otherwise i wouldve gone thru them with the albums
@@pathreacts theres also drunk in love and trust issues remixes, and then devil may cry from the hunger games soundtrack if you wanna check those out
@@pathreacts it's better that you didn't honestly....some of the original samples for some songs got removed and replaced because of copyright.
You can listen to the 3 Bonus tracks (28, Valerie, Till Dawn) elsewhere anyway
Sucks that you didn't like this 😭 but it's okay House of Balloons is my favourite and I think kiss land is much better than this so I can't wait for you to listen to that
House of Balloons is def still my fav of the three!!! glad i got the hook to keep going, and since ive already had a high impression of dawn fm & after hours, im still excited to explore his discog :)
@@pathreacts can't wait for the videos ! And I too would never unsubscribe, he was 21 when writing some of these songs so some of the lines make sense and lyrically I feel like he improves a lot in kiss land
cant wait to hear!!!
Yessssssssss also if ur listening to kissland next it has some plot it’s about a him and a girl for hire cough cough but fav song is professional
yup just going chronologically now! :D
For me i always enjoyed Abels music, but when hard shit happens in your life and heartbreaks his music hit so differently and it made me embrace his music even more. So just because one’s heard it for the first time, doesn’t mean you’ll feel something more later down the line. Idk? The weeknds music is so beautiful and amazing. He’s got a whole lot of different vibes for different occasions, just like how life is.
Kissland is way better production wise. It's also one of my favourite albums from the weeknd. Waiting for that kissland reaction XD
Lol definitely not unsubbing, I appreciate your opinion and perspective! I can see why you can't get behind this music, your reasons are valid. I think a main attraction to his trilogy mixtapes are just the appreciation of his honesty. Like yeah, when you break down what he's saying it's pretty f****d up the way he goes about his relationships with women.. but the fact that he doesn't have shame in telling you how it is even though it doesn't make him look like a good person, I find kinda fascinating lol. A lot of the storytelling is repetitive like you said, and I don't know if I was intentional.. but not only was he 20/21 making these songs, he never left city or the 4 walls he was in up to this point in life. So in a way I suppose the music reflects the same sort of environment he's constantly had to live through. Love your channel btw🙏🙏
his honesty is definitely fascinating, i havent listened to much music where the artists are this vulnerable with dark and selfish thoughts!
An unexpected miracle may help us discover the loving presence of God, But what happens when we have to wait for them? Do you turn away from Christ and the Gospel or pursue it the more? Have a wonderful day
thanks :)
His friends in The Host and Initiation probably are his drugs
I think you would enjoy Channel Orange and Blond by Frank Ocean, he’s amazingly talented!
sorry not sure why this got flagged as spam but Frank Ocean is definitely on my list! I think Channel Orange first, then Blond. Just need to make time :)
echoes has probably the most improvements for the trilogy version. especially xo / the host
interesting! in my opinion, he started holding back during thursday & definitely throughout echoes
@@pathreacts im not quite sure what you mean by that. i think house of balloons is definitely the best of the 3, but i’m not sure “holding back” is the reason why? the mixtapes weren’t really intended to be the same. they’re all unique with intentionally different qualities. they just live in the same world. thursday’s world building / story line is by far the best. echoes is intentionally the darkest and most graphic, while also being the most lyrically intense. when he dropped echoes the world was asking if he could still be the weeknd but do anything outside the boxes he set in HOB & thursday, which imo he delivered. they’re just all different and echoes definitely took the longest to grow on me with some lows like same old song & outside. but damn, montreal shows a really raw and vulnerable side. xo / the host is so descriptive and dark and makes you really empathize with the woman for the first time. initiation flips that on its head and is one of the most genius songs he’s made to date (pitch changes representing the highs and lows of drugs). he’s not supposed to be a good person here but he doesn’t know how to repent in the fall, he lives with his sins. where a listener is supposed to empathize w him as a victim isn’t in his relationships with women, but being able to see him as a victim to his own vices and addictions. it’s a really mature perspective for a 21 year old to try to tell, hiding it in all of the immature lines. everything through this trilogy comes with a double meaning at least
xo / the host / initiation lets goooooo lol
I feel like you are judging this masterpiece which is trilogy harshly because u don't fully understand the story. This is dark RnB so it's very different. I really like mr2kgod's reaction to trilogy.
I don't think you understood much of this album. Every reason you seemed to give for not liking it is exactly why it's my favourite...
In echoes of silence the girl used him so that's why it sounds depressing
to me it seemed like they both kind of used each other
@@pathreacts thatssss um true
There's nothing i can say here but I would love to see your reaction to Arctic Monkeys' whole discography. I'm like their biggest fan and I literally worship them 💀. But i love your content whatever it is. Keep doing what you do
NICE i had an AM phase when i was in high school but actually dont think i explored more of their discog outside of that album!
Montreal is my fave Weeknd song ever!
i think you would really enjoy kissland. it has such a unique vibe
You have to react to Kissland, please! Is another whole level of story telling! Also you’re missing Starboy & My Dear Melancholy.
im going in chronological order! so next is:
- the three bonus trilogy tracks
- Kiss Land
- (i already did Beauty Behind the Madness)
- Starboy
- After Hours (music videos, since i've already heard the album)
I would love a raw and uncut version reaction to Kiss Land as long as possible! That whole album is unique and very intricate as far as production goes but also the layering of the vocals and melodies out of this world.
I love the reaction! this was a good watch. this album was always kinda strange for me but I love the weird out of place stuff from artists no matter who it is.
Kissland greatest album ever made
By the way Did.D is a M.j cover next i think you should check out kiss land it's a great album and cinematic
appreciate the honesty ofc all songs isnt for everyone most of the time :)
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other ppl are commenting abt the weeknd just being a character and that is very much true. the weeknd is a character based on Abels life. idk if u know much abt his backstory but in Abel’s real life he struggled with loneliness/depression/suicide and drug use in his adolescence. Abel uses this and characterizes himself as, the weeknd, someone who didn’t care enough abt his life to focus on how destructive his actions were to himself and others (hence the heavy drug use and mistreatment of ppl). this is the character flaw that is most present in the weeknd, the character, during trilogy. he knew he had these issues, and wanted to get better, but he was in purgatory and stuck in his toxic ways. I don’t believe Abel necessarily did the same exact things to ppl as the weeknd does in trilogy, but he did share the same emotions/feelings if that makes sense. i think certain things were exaggerated for effect. for example, in initiation, the weeknd talks abt meeting his “boys” and those are actually his drugs (which i think u picked up on). he wants someone to prove to him that they love him for who he is, a depressed drug addict. and the weeknd knows this is not a trait ppl love in others so his test is setting the other person up to fail, which in turn, causes more loneliness and depressive/dark thoughts. i think this is an example of a dramatized feeling that Abel had, but he never did that exact specific thing. he felt like he was so undeserving of love that nobody was capable of actually loving him. and Abel felt like he was undeserving of love bc he had a low view of himself at the time (like most depressed ppl). i think that is why Abel makes the weeknd such a devilish character, (hence all the voice alterations). Abel wants the character to be just as unlovable as he felt like he was in real life.
the weeknds story in trilogy is just a slightly more extreme, exaggerated representation of his feelings/emotions. i also think that is why we hear a lot of experimental sounds, especially in his early days, bc Abel was literally experimenting with ways on how to cope with his depression. that is how i look at it and it makes sense to me at least. im telling u all this to i guess point out Abel is not this shitty of a person in real life 😂 but also to see if my viewpoint helps u make sense of his dark/toxic lyrics in this mixtape.
with all this being said i respect ur opinion and am thrilled u decided to share ur listening experiences with us (i actually subscribed after watching this video)! i felt bad u felt like u had to apologize for ur opinion and as a huge weeknd fan, i appreciate u giving it a shot even tho u didnt like it. there are reaction videos out there that fake like they love certain things but i hope ppl see how a genuine reaction is so much more worthwhile. i cant wait for more of ur content (tyler the creator and the weeknd are my 2 favorite artists so im especially looking forward to those)!
thank you so much for the thoughts, i agree with you absolutely! i really wish he fleshed out the ideas a liiiiittle bit more, because ultimately i felt nothing remotely positive for this character :(
i especially love how you mentioned he was setting them both up to fail. so heartbreaking, but i dont feel like that was clear enough and wish he balanced it more like he did in HOB. someone else mentioned EOS is like the "bad ending" of a video game and i think that's so accurate
yes i agree the storytelling lacked more on EOS than on the first two. and bc of this, i think the reasoning of why he is like this can get lost. i had to listen many times to come to the conclusion abt EOS that im at now. the only thing that was very much clear to me from the first listen was that someone so destructive was only ever going to have a bad/tragic ending. im not sure if it was intentional or not but the thought process of someone who is depressed can sometimes be incoherent and confusing so maybe it was for a reason? regardless the weeknd is meant to start off a bad person w many toxic traits.
kiss land builds off of this. Abel said its meant to be a horror movie and takes place w him on tour around the world. there is some character growth at the end with tears in the rain and its one of my favorite songs from him. i feel like i already said too much and i dont want to spoil ur experience but i think u will like kiss land more bc the story is more coherent than EOS and the production is amazing
Yeah you were definitely reading too deep into the lyrics 💀 the way this and the other two mixtapes changed the sound of what was possible in r&b was definitely felt by everyone that was listening when it dropped
even sound in this one is pretty lackluster compared to House of Balloons! this album left me more confused and frustrated than anything lol
@@pathreacts I'll agree to disagree 🥲 glad you listened at least
The fall be a masterpiece fr
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Aye, I appreciate the _Say No to This_ reference. Shout out to Lin Manuel Miranda.
LORD SHOW ME HOW TO SAY NO TO THIS
loved her reaction. I hope one day she can react to Kissland. It's a unique experience.
Also KISSLAND is my favorite album by The Weeknd, its fr in my top 10 albums of all time, its very different compared to trilogy, tbh i feel like kissland will be your favorite by him but we'll wait & see lmao
WE'LL SEEEEEE 👀
i think u owe a michael jackson reaction for not noticing that dirty diana cover XD
they didnt even know it was a cover 😭😭😭
i am uncultured LMFAO
The thing with Trilogy btw that I've noticed personally, it becomes better/worse as life goes on. I personally didnt like Echoes of silence at all, 2-3 years ago and just liked HOB but now I love Echoes of silence and dont like HOB that much, IVe had the same with thursday and it just goes back and forth. Trust that you will come back and feel a bit different to it in the future :D
haha i can definitely see it being flip-floppy for me too. already happened with thursday:)
@@pathreacts Its great because it honestly does make the 3 mixtapes timeless. Initiation was like one of the songs I disliked the most before. Initiation deffo my top 3 the weeknd song of all time now :D
Either way keep the good work up, good that you are honest instead of faking stuff.
thank you ☺️
i feel like the reason the songs are basically telling the same old story throughout the entire trilogy was to echo how everyday feels the same when you have that kind of lifestyle. That everyday feels like yesterday. idk tho. that's what i like to think lol
I was 13 listen to this album I'm glad you look up this album LMAOOOOO
i read something about how “his boys” were actually harder drugs instead of actual people. the way he framed them in xo the host and initiation was very sinister so i figured it was to advise people from becoming like him and taking them. what are your thoughts??
subbed btw! great reaction and lookin forward to more
heard this analysis from some other comments too, and i do think it makes more sense! like a self-sabotage kind of test. he doesn't think these girls can handle them as well as he can, so he knows they'll leave him, something like that
@@pathreacts he used a clockwork orange for inspiration for these songs (the host/initiation) so yeah he was just tapping into that level of horror. it's not everyone's thing especially since he makes it feel real like he actually did those things. everything you felt was valid, he didn't care for her because he knows she's trying to use for fame bc he knows of her from before but now will use his power to make her please his boys just for the fuck of it to feel like a God.
Please tell me you will react to Kiss Land
i will react to Kiss Land
Your reactions are great and I really appreciate how genuine you are with the stuff you pay attention to and enjoy. You're not a complete critic like a lot of other reactors. I don't mean to be annoying but I've been looking hoping for an Igor (by Tyler, The Creator) reaction ever since your Flower Boy reaction. Your Flower Boy reaction was your first video that I saw and it was great! I know you probably have a long list of music to get through but Igor is seriously one of my favorite albums of all time and, seeing the music you like in your other videos, I think you would really like it! Hope you enjoy!
thank you! & not annoying at all lol
im excited for igor because i loved flower boy a lot, but at the same time its so hard for me to mentally move on from FB haha 😭 but getting out of that comfort zone was the reason why i started doing these reactions in the first place so i just gotta take the chance!!!
@@pathreacts lmao i get it, tyler albums take a lot of time to digest. im looking forward to whenever you get around to doing it! also i didnt say this in my original comment but the editing on your videos is really good especially for a smaller channel. keep up the good vids
You gotta react to the kissland. It is truly an underrated masterpiece.
She’s too innocent for this shit lmfao
Nice giggle
LOL im trying to be so open about it ii truly am
@@pathreacts It’s meant to be a character of Abel so it’s not meant to be literal so that lets me just vibe along lol
Kissland! Kissland! Kissland!
I promise i won't unfollow glad you reacted at all! I understand not liking this project as much as the others since The Weeknd was a total douchebag through most of it. I didn't like this album as much either when I first heard it cuz it felt weaker than HOB n Thursday HOWEVER it grew on me a lot. For almost all the tracks on here flow into each other flawlessly, and sonically it feels just as cohesive as the other mixtapes. The story did feel looser on this mixtape tho it didn't really tie everything together as well like HOB did. I still think echos of silence is a great mixtape full of very unique production, and haunting melodies at times. I still get chills everytime I listen to the title track, and XO/The Host as well as the track after Initiation. The things he be sayin lyrically, and the sounds just create a very uncomfortable image in one's mind. Although, something I've noticed with every Weeknd album (except for starboy) is that it always ends with him alone, or dying. Abel is aware that he's the villain of his own stories and no story is complete unless we see the Villains downfall. So, hope that helps you sleep better tonight LMAO
it's incredibly interesting that he's able to do that, because there aren't a lot of artists who are willing to pain themselves as the villain. you're totally right that he needs to show the downfall. thank you for sharing!
8:18 This is my favorite shoe to watch drop when people get into the Weeknd. This album is so depressed, no wonder Abel started making pop tunes.
Edit: I also love it, but it’s one of those albums you enjoy as a teen but don’t really revisit
absolutely could see myself really enjoying this when i was in my edgy high school phase 😆
I love the reaction and this is definitely a specific mood fo sho. And personally a lot of The Weeknd’s music ends up growing on me after a few listens. I like the honesty and hopefully just because you didn’t like this one, it doesn’t discourage you from listening to his other works. Keep up the good work🤞
thursday definitely grew on me more as i was editing it, EOS hasnt really, but i plan to do another listen thru of all three off cam before the bonus tracks :)
also im still trucking along thru the discog!! not discouraged at all, actually its so interesting to see the difference between old and new + the progression along the way
JPEGMAFIA Ghost 🅿️op Tape😶
I love trilogy and I really appreciated your negative/hesitant reactions on the songs like Initiation. there supposed to be uncomfortable. It is all one story but that's not obvious on first listen.
yeah a lot of comments on this video kind of helped me to understand it was a character & story !! i was surprised
Hey Path, nice reaction as always😝 i can't wait for your reaction to Starboy!!
Yooo I miss this channel, I've been waiting for this!! If you have extra time check out Frank Ocean's Blonde. Thank you for this.
thanks for tuning back in :) Frank Ocean is on my list!
just binged the trilogy of reactions ! fun revisiting these tapes :)
I agree with u Echoes of the Silence is my least favorite out of trilogy too tbh still good but the weakest to me but Weeknd is playing a toxic n dirtbag character that’s the darkest person in all of us you’ll notice he a lot more mature in his newer album. He not playing a victim just showing how his lifestyle is hurting and destroying everyone around him himself n others
i did mention that i feel like he held back a LOT in echoes of silence (both production & storytelling) for some reason. maybe because he was overwhelmed with pressure? iirc there was a letter attached to Thursday for the fans that things would be different with a label, so my head-canon is that he was trying a little TOO hard to be edgy, since that was his schtick lol
There’s a lot more Weeknd to cover. Even songs that are his that he features in. Me along with fans of his think that a majority of the songs he features in he tends to make his own. a lot of his older ones more than the new ones :
Ricky hill -nomads
Wiz Khalifa- remember you
Juicy j- one of those nights
French Montana- gifted
Rick Ross- in vein
Kavinsky- odd look
Lil Wayne- I’m good
Belly- might not
Just to make a few :) but I feel you’re now a part of a community of people so why not. I would love to see your reactions to them.you can definitely just find videos of just his parts in the songs if you like
Letsgoo! :D
why are you eating burnt incense sticks, theyre bad for you
im trying to lay off them but theyre too good
Can u please react to kissland
absolutely :D
Your reaction is special. It is a privilege to hear your perspective as a woman. The fact that you are put off by the songs is an indication that his art is having its intended effect.
I think this is the strongest of the three Trilogy mixtapes but definitely the hardest to listen to. Very dark and disturbing subject matter that makes you feel no sympathy for the narrator. In fact, he probably even deserves all the pain and torment he feels, especially after all the severe manipulation that he subjected the woman to throughout XO/The Host and Initiation.
:O I watched all three albums,.... I missed Valerie??
Loved your reaction and how honest u were. Still waiting on Kissland, would love to see ur reaction to it cause it is so beautiful sonically and it has such a great story
Can’t wait for Kissland
Dirty Diana is a Michael Jackson cover
i found this out after i saw the credits while i was editing LOL
Ugh lol this review just shows not everything is for everyone because every song on this album hits in such a crazy way but i could see how lifestyle plays into weather you would enjoy this music lol fun watch as always though!
the boys are his drugs
i took it literally 😆 but i did see some people comment this as well and i think that makes a LOT more sense
lookin forward to the kissland reaction make sure ur not tired and be ready for the experience
“make sure ur not tired” not sure how im gonna do that i feel like im perpetually tired LOL but ill try my best 🙏 thanks for the heads up!
I love this album it difanitly grew on me with time and it feels like a closer to the trilogy but .. I love that you're so critical as you said you've only had positive reactions and this video is just to make us sure you're not faking anything for the video 😂
LOL please im not that strategic 😆 and i really did want to enjoy this album but it was so tough.
i appreciate the story a lot more just from reading these comments, but it's more like audience world-building than abel's songwriting & storytelling, which i feel like he held back on in EOS (compared to HOB & Thursday)
@@pathreacts no I know it's not intentional I'm just saying 😂
There are 3 bonus tracks to Trilogy that come at the end of each mixtape. Twenty Eight, Valerie, and Till Dawn (Here Comes the Sun). I think they fit right in with the material on each mixtape very well and are worth a listen if you feel up to it. I would love to see your reaction to those songs! I’m sorry you did not like Echoes of Silence a lot but I appreciate an honest reaction, thank you so much!
♡ thanks for being kind about it haha i was nervous to put it up (so i procrastinated editing it)
my plan is that ill do a personal listen of the studio versions, then react to the bonus tracks when i get to them!! and then king of the fall, not sure if there are other singles between albums i should scoop into here
I am glad you decided to post it, can’t wait to see what you think of the rest of his music!
As far as i know there are not any more singles in between Trilogy and Kiss Land besides those.
@@pathreacts u should check out Enemy, that single is in between trilogy & kissland
I get why you might not like what he’s talking about but I feel like you didn’t really get the point of the album. He’s portraying someone that is obviously not a good person. Each track is supposed to be a deeper dive into his way of life and how as you mentioned, it’s repetitive and he seeks empathy despite him knowing that he is a bad guy. I get that the album is offensive, but it is essentially showing how taking this path is an endless cycle and only ends in an echo of silence
Finally. No you have to continue with this other albums 🙏🙏
i will :D
Where’s “there is no consent” coming from? He literally said “if they are not down, better keep them out”
no one is sober = no consent 😓
@@pathreacts so every sexual encounter under the influence of all time is a rape case?
Have loved all of your reactions as well as how honest and candid you are! Just keep being yourself, thats what sets you apart! Love from Canada and can't wait for the next reaction.
thanks canada, love from france!!!
she is a kid for this she cant take it anymore but the thing is I am 17 and know and loves everything :) (i am sussy)
Can you do an Kiss land or my dear melancholy reaction? C:
im going in chronological order!
I think you should listen to everything Abel has made, Kissland, Starboy aswell but dont you ever skip After Hours. That album is insane. Also if you wanna check out another artist, check out Travis Scott.
I honestly respect your opinion cus at first i didnt really like it but it grew on me and its one of faves but the one you have to react to is Kissland my all time favorite
loved the vid tho!
My favorite of the 3💯 but House Of Balloons is XO OG !
Patiently waiting for Kiss Kand!
Can't wait to hear your thoughts and insights on that album!💋👽
Keep your expectations low for Kiss Land, definitely not my favorite Weeknd album, but fans do be hyping that album a lot. I would consider Kiss Land to be in my bottom 3 of Abel's work.
hahaha im going to keep my expectations low for EVERYTHING from now on, i've been burned before 😭
there is a cohesion in the story, there is a lot of analysis needed to understand triology