After Hours: The Story Behind The Weeknd's Magnum Opus

[@DIGITALxDWNLD]

Dawn FM: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnTOq4SEjbSkp7s

[@Grt1n]

I played this album EVERYDAY for 2 years! The pandemic definitely played into this, the world was shut down this album was dark claustrophobic… man what a time.

[@loganmanuel5915]

I’m glad that After Hours was the first experience I had with one of his albums. I liked The Weeknd but I never really liked him until I saw him on headlines of Save your tears since he looked different, and I didn’t know it was fake. At that point I was constantly playing Blinding lights, then I decided to experience it in 2020 during lockdown. Best choice of my life. XOTWOD

[@mentlinc]

Bro it's better when you see the growth and lead up to After Hours. It's like a double overtime 80 point game to win your 6th championship. Making a classic like that 10 yrs after already being a legend is GOAT

[@mishaalmagrabi6538]

Same with me

[@Mznewwave]

😂

[@zspyker111]

That’s basically what happened with my side of the story.. how Ironic

[@michaelmentality]

so basically you’re a bandwagon fan

[@phales3]

i loved how you mentioned the outro of “too late” it’s so fucking good

[@00xojojo]

His story telling is insane, album after album.

[@TheCountdownPod]

This album speaks to me so much. I had the same type of heartbreak and her name was Faith too. It’s crazy how much it relates to me. It’s a top 10 album of all time for me.

[@zadianrolland4827]

My ex was named Faith to wtf 😅?!

[@MakemoremoneythanU]

@@zadianrolland4827same girl tbh my girlfriend name is faith 😂😂😂

[@Gockdess]

i’m SO happy you mentioned the outro on too late. I listened to the album on acid, and that part stuck with me SO much. Love your videos so much, hope to see you do kissland soon. People need to know how amazing adaptation is 😤

[@devradenny8354]

The best part of the album! 🖤

[@michaelhawkins7389]

You should stop taking drugs...... otherwise youre health will be bad

[@mr.j9103]

My initial experience with this album is surreal in so many ways that I’ll never forget it. I’ve always been a fan of his music so I was hyped but the way everything changed due to the lockdown happening in my city the week of the drop, the nightmarish chaos was oddly a fitting soundtrack to chaos in a way I’d never seen irl. Obviously I don’t have the space to go into detail but it was almost like being a horror movie fan then finding yourself in a horror movie.

[@supergvmaster5416]

Recently watched your trilogy video and it was amazing, this one too! I had never thought of the whole Blinding Lights - Save Your Tears stretch being a dream sequence but it actually makes a lot of sense. Hope you keep doing these breakdowns with more of his albums.

[@T-Grisss]

I’m saying bro I’m watching this at 2 am and this just blew my mind 😭😭😭

[@potatoheadxd7891]

The ending destroyed me and left me with chills, you sounded like you wrote the story

[@devradenny8354]

Yasssssss! The ending of Too Late is my favorite part of the album. That boom BOOM do-do-dododo-dodododo!!!!! Absolutely brilliant!!!!

[@muyagichigi_II]

This was the best breakdown of After Hours

[@dexex288]

This video has the best intro I have ever seen on KZbin!!! 🤯The editing, the pacing of everything, your script was perfect, and the delivery was amazing. You should get an award for that intro!

[@tommasobagnara1165]

Why don’t you have more views man? You definitely deserve more, keep it up

[@pradeeppandey1978]

the outro to too late is legit sound design witchcraft. I'm guessing you saw the illangelo clip of him messing around for an hour just getting little details right in that section..

[@jaylonlawson4321]

Great video. I always feel like blinding lights is a double entendre speak basically about the girl he longs for and his relationship with his drugs. Especially when he says “You can turn me on with just a touch.” And “I can’t see clearly when your gone” especially after the Faith. But the second verse I feel is completely about him being near death because he says “I’m running out of time cause I can see the sun light up the sky” being the light at the end of the tunnel that people feel they see when their life is almost over

[@lucidmind9676]

Repeat After Me is my favorite song off the album, the organ at the beginning is so beautiful and makes me think of him imagining him and his Ex getting married but as the organ slows and he keeps repeating the line “you don’t love him, you’re just fuckin” is the illusion slowly fading away which leads into the song After Hours. RAM is such an underrated song and I assume it was overlooked by others because it has Interlude in the title in which interludes are usually just short, transitional instrumentals

[@pph6749]

This video and your channel deserve so much more. The effort put in this video is insane. Though I love the sound and production, I have never paid full attention to the lyrics and the subject of this album. Your analysis has completely elevated the album for me. Thank you for making this one.

[@barry4649]

Your channel deserves so much more subs man, these long videos are great

[@davidhimmelfahrt3732]

Bold statement to drop after Dawn FM was released.

[@606films9]

Every now and again, you have a musical artist thats genuinelt an artist

[@shirleylilly9144]

You did a great job on explaining each song. It makes me sad for Abel, but I pray he finds the love of his life someday! Maybe Selena will return. They made a great couple! ❤

[@DaMusiccPlugg]

these vids is masterpieces bruv 🥲

[@hannahmadden1862]

Outstanding analysis of an outstanding album

[@nate_the_mate6715]

This is probably the best explanation of After Hours I've seen, makes me appreciate this masterpiece even more

[@jikimu7567]

This is one of the best deconstructions on youtube i ever saw. Perfect video

[@makstyles3047]

Just wow! really amazing work on the breakdown my friend 👏👏 loved both the triolgy and after hours.. I hope this gets tons of more views, so you can get the motivation to touch weeknd's other projects like the recent one dawn fm (since it's gonna be part of the new trilogy in near future with after hours, so it's going to be really interesting how you'll intertwine after hours into dawn fm with your narration and then these two into the futre album), beauty behind madness and kiss land. once again, absolutely terrific work!!! you've earned a sub for sure :)

[@clementguette]

Great video man !!!🔥🔥👌 After Hours changed my life and 4 years later, this is always my favorite album .. 0 skip, no featuring, simply the perfect album. And The Weeknd the greatest artist of this era ❤ Seen it for the After Hours til Dawn FM Tour (30th July 2023, Paris) => the best artistic moment of my life ... So excited to listen to the 3rd album of this new trilogy 😀🔥 P.S : each album of him I can listen to it until the end of the century :D + the singles of other artist he done (Low Life, Pray For Me, One Right Now, Moth To + A Flame, ......)

[@whyar3y0uga34]

After Hours carried the Lockdown Era

[@mishaalmagrabi6538]

That’s so true

[@kristopherhills3936]

i had missed you man

[@augustbiernbaum4841]

Idk this is so sweet to see 😭

[@eduardomisael.9037]

For The Weeknd its Beauty Behind the Madness, real ones know

[@eduardomisael.9037]

Or even Trilogy

[@aprilwebster4667]

you're underrated

[@DamXOien3902]

This is definitely his best album respect to Trilogy but After Hours is on another level

[@B-Corteztv]

This video was amazing bro you gotta do DAWN FM and Kiss Land please

[@bumba5897]

after hours is only rated an 8/10 surprisingly. Obviously it isnt perfect, but a 9 would be much more fair i think

[@TheTaylw1]

Loving your channel! Just discovered it and I've been watching all your videos! You should also do a video covering Dawn FM and his upcoming 2024 record when that releases...

[@Doodooheadjohnny]

Great video fam! I like how you have the soundtrack instrumentals of the song you’re talking about playing in the background

[@DJEllJay]

Great content man 🤘🏼

[@matt.montella]

Great video. Was surprised to see you don’t have 100k+ subs. Keep it up

[@capedshinobi]

better than watching a movie fr

[@mccoysullivan7937]

Just came from your trilogy video. Awesome page man. I would love a Kissland video🙏🏽.

[@Neerxxj]

Great video dude appreciate your efforts 👍🏻❤️

[@WhiteTrash2993]

about Faith, @29:10 ...those lyrics are a little out of context. Hes talking about himself. He says "im losing my religion everyday. Time hasnt been kind to me. I pray when i look inside the mirror and see someone i love" .. When he looks inside the mirror, he sees himself. but he does not love himself so he never prays. Continuing the idea he has lost his faith

[@barry4649]

Please do one of these for Dawn FM next

[@poplifemedia]

Fantastic!!!!

[@e.c_films]

This video is perfect 🥹

[@grigoriymusician]

everything is great man, but i think it's important to separate "the weeknd" character and abel himself. You said abel this.., abel that..., but all this story is about his character, not him personally. especially if we talking about his late stuff

[@haokayman]

bro, big love from Russia, I love your videos so much! Waiting DAWN FM: the story behind

[@ronnieoppong915]

All Abel's albums is about killing an alta ego and giving rebirth to the next. 😎

[@ShermanCommander60]

Can you do a review for the bonus tracks as well? I feel like Final Lullaby closes up AH with the respirator towards the end of the track

[@vib9852]

Can u pls make a vid of the 3 bonus track

[@Trunks7500]

Good breakdown

[@barry4649]

I’d argue Trilogy was his best album, then Kiss Land, before I’d mention After Hours but it’s definitely an absolutely great album, just not his magnum opus

[@davidhimmelfahrt3732]

Do you think Dawn FM is the best (quality wise) ?

[@perzonne6302]

Yea this is wild😅

[@samgoldfinger2030]

You gotta do Dawn FM next

[@YEYRR]

how can abel OD in LA? wasent he in las vegas in heartless? since faith happens right after heartless abel must have OD in las vegas.

[@gigiisaweirdo8175]

Watching this for my boyfriend who lives The Weeknd 😭

[@melancholy4726]

do dawn fm next plz‼️

[@allencantcap1977]

yo bruh would love more videos like this. maybe one for dawn fm and The Weeknd’s new album releasing soon? Legitimately watched this whole video through.

[@anh2theduk784]

crazy vid bro

[@vanshthadani8739]

Hey bro please make a video for KISSLAND 😭😭😭😭😭

[@straighttrappa2107]

Reallll

[@bobbybobba]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@alexisoceans5432]

Holy shit

[@kingbezzy8886]

This literally describes his career fall

[@TheWeekdy-vb7vj]

Nah Trilogy, Kiss Land are the magnum opuses tf u talkin bout

[@YEYRR]

trilogy and kissland are ass

[@TheWeekdy-vb7vj]

@ ur comment is ass

[@Bigervexpress]

Nicki Minaj has The Pink PRINT!!! 🤷🏾‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

[@jakobstrand4916]

Tragic love doomed to fail. What song?

[@berkanalbuz6140]

pls do kissland

[@OmniscientReadr]

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[@AdamAdam-md4mi]

After hours isn’t his best. Thriller wasn’t Michael’s and purple rain isn’t Prince’s

[@DIGITALxDWNLD]

@@AdamAdam-md4mi all subjective i suppose

[@YEYRR]

after hours IS the best. the other albums dont compete

[@Alexxxx5566]

It’s not his magnum opus kissland is

[@rubberdaduckey]

abel just like me fr

[@emijmnz9]

Can you just reveal his face

[@luckydiamonds5]

Really? 🤔

[@ReynaldoGillIII]

Any REAL FAN of Abel Knows That Trilogy is by far his best body of work (My Opinion) Because I’ve been a Fan of His Music since “The Noise” a mixtape MOST so called Fans don’t know about. Yes Every Album Since Trilogy has been a great experience watching Him grow into The Artist He Is Today But Nothing Compares to His earlier music before he became Mainstream.

[@averagest_cat]

House of Balloons is actually his magnum opus but okay

[@malikdillahunt4524]

feel that but consider that after hours is a culmination of everything he established up until that point. It’s the album that shows him operating at the height of his powers and delivers.

[@pera_king3720]

Debatable

[@B-Corteztv]

Lol you sound mad. After Hours has a wayyyy bigger Impact than House of Balloons , relax lol

[@braylondunlap5630]

I'm a trilogy fan, but After Hours is 100x better than HOB.

[@davidhimmelfahrt3732]

House of Balloons was just the beginning. An epic and legendary one, but still; he has evolved artistically and sound wise. After Hours, is in terms of quality, better than HoB, and I say this as someone, who loves the Trilogy mix tapes.