The Warning - XXI Century Blood | Full Album Reaction

[@Casper-the-Shiny-Ghost]

The Warning are exactly what the world needs right now. Down to earth, funny, super talented and all the hard work they have put into this. They are an inspiration.

[@SEP392]

Very well said , and my sentiments exactly ! ❤

[@roywall8169]

Show me the Light is Dany’s best guitar work, still to this day. The delicacy, melody and emotion in that solo…..as well as her playing the clean melody underneath Pau’s piano. Its perfection.

[@ashlenamusic]

Couldn't agree more!

[@kevingunning7569]

Pau wrote 'Black Holes' when she was 13, after she had read the story of an alcoholic and his subsequent struggles. Just imagine Ashlena...Thirteen!!

[@fzwilling]

Considering how young they were and what beautiful music and lyrics they wrote. Incredible, outstanding, epic. Thanks for listening the LP with all of us.

[@ashlenamusic]

Thanks for listening with me!

[@FixNewsPlease]

Prodigies. I often wonder why they aren't being hailed as such. This is the most naturally talented siblings since J5. My brain hurts that they still aren't a household name.

[@FixNewsPlease]

Their parents don't get enough credit. We owe them, and I am grateful for the way they raised these amazing people.

[@R-Mouse2299]

Their mv for XXI century blood is an excellent storytelling video. It’s like a tiny lil movie that’ll blow your mind with what the younger warning expresses in it. Hope that makes sense. ✌️

[@jolietjake4605]

The songs gain a new dimension when sung live. Especially “Shattered Heart”, “Black Holes” and “Show me the light”.

[@rodycaz8984]

AWESOME album. One of my favorite debut albums ever actually.

[@ashlenamusic]

It's a phenomenal album

[@shadowstrangler1]

OMG youre gonna love Black Holes and Show me the light. Pau with the feel songs never dissapoints.

[@a.j.pinckney88]

Dany does a solo version of Show Me The Light ... a must-listen.

[@ronhall5395]

That guitar solo is just awesome.

[@jrpikasso13]

THE WARNING AT THE DAKOTA BAR LIVE YOU WILL FIND ALL THESE SONG'S LIVE when THEY WERE KIDS, YOU GO GIRL ✌️😎

[@joetaptaco]

Black Holes at Dakota Bar was better than album version because of the maturity in Pau’s voice. Dany gets away with it better on this album because she is almost an adult. Their writing was years ahead of their vocal maturity in general. I think one day we will see a re-recording of their first EP’s and many from this album to better showcase their current ability.

[@aldomacias361]

Wildfire man, it's an undiscovered gem!

[@SEP392]

I’m not an emotional person , and I rarely cry, but when Pau sings “black hole “ my tears just flow out of control.

[@michelthibeault5176]

Dany was 17 Pau was 15 and Ale was 13 years old it is fascinating how mature are their lyrics

[@stephenb4703]

Are they the most incredible sister ever!!

[@vasquezovj65]

Great reaction. I will say this about Black Holes. Most of the emotional reactions come from Pau's live performance at the Dakota Bar. My favorite song from this album is Show Me the Light. The guitar solo is in my Dany's top 5 list.👍⚡⚡⚡

[@Robertsmith-dy3sh]

It is impossible to not fall in love with these amazing young women, their story is a Hollywood movie in real life and they make us all feel like a bunch of proud aunts and uncles! So happy you did this full album reaction!

[@stevendorsey4554]

And you're rocking the Jinjer symbol too!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!

[@Robertsmith-dy3sh]

@@stevendorsey4554 Thanks man, my two favorite bands!

[@matheusvmoraes]

Dust to Dust was my introduction to the band, but I decided to give this first album a full listening. Fell in love immediately, these songs were a great ally during November/December of 2020. Since then, my love for the girls only got stronger. I admire this record a lot!

[@robertlewis7777]

This band is so hard to understand, how can one group just keep making music so good? My absolute favorite Warning song is the one I just listened to, and will be stuck in my head all day!!

[@FelipeSilva-nm9hx]

Great reaction, Ash! The thing that triggers most people with Black Holes is the LIVE version , with voice cracks and full passion. And hits you extra hard if yourself or a close one have had addiction problems. Studio version is great, but live is another level ❤

[@scottwocher9812]

I know you don't prefer the videos but believe me 21st Century Blood video is just so outanding. I love everything this band does. So enlighten for their ages. Especially Pau!!

[@scottwocher9812]

Sorry my typing is bad but Mt heart is in the right place.

[@scottwocher9812]

My heart

[@ashlenamusic]

it's all good

[@hardknox1917]

Shattered heart live at the whiskey 2020 is a must watch ! And you must watch all the way to the end for a special surprise ! It would make a great reaction video

[@aldomacias361]

I'm so happy you gave this album a go it's art

[@ericlenouy8756]

I think Dany said that the solo from "Show me the light" is her favorite to play. It's so tasteful and sweet... Can't wait for my handwritten lyrics of that song, by Ale's hand, on its way to my place right now 🥰 I had "Crimson Queen" by Dany last year...

[@franMuzak]

Great reaction! I know you said you’ll see XXI CB Music Video , but I’ll recommend it too, is a MUST, especially if you liked the lyrics (it’s an award winning MV) Then also highly recommended SHATTERED HEART live at Whisky A Gogo (mind blowing) and finally the rest of the songs of this album live at Dakota Bar so you can see the passion Pau puts on the songs she sings. Looking forward to more reactions!

[@bighouse1695]

Looking forward to watching you listen to XXI Century Blood

[@ashlenamusic]

thank you xx

[@arturobardales5358]

Show me the lights!!!! Best guitar solo!!!!

[@TFT-JF]

Watch Shattered Heart at the Whiskey A Go Go and Show Me the Light from at the Dakota Bar - those are the best live versions. Black Holes is also at the Dakota Bar, so you could do a twofer.

[@iJGrimmX]

Always blows me away to listen to this album and then think about how young they were when they made it. Happy that you finally got to hear it and that you liked it. Just saw their VMA appearance and while it was way too short, they killed it! Great exposure for them and maybe next year they will get an award or play a full set on the show. ⚡

[@DaveRod76]

These kids were prodagies, the Mozarts of Rock. I know they never did like being called "prodagies," but that's exactly what they were.

[@Jmg831]

Ash I’ve been binging on your reactions once again and OMG this album has some hidden gems, had not listened to a couple of the songs and I’m so impressed! I really wish they would do a live session with all this songs again one day, that would be amazing 😊

[@ashlenamusic]

Awww thanks for going back to the oldies haha And yes I just spun this on vinyl over the weekend and forgot how much I love it

[@TerryParsons1724]

So much fun live chatting with TWA, Conrad and you Thank you so much for bringing us all together Ash. Cheers

[@ashlenamusic]

Glad you enjoyed it! It was so much fun xx

[@morthnadic1]

Excellent reaction and commentary Ashlena! I really love "Show Me the Light" and "Our Mistakes". Released March 27th, 2017... they had just turned 17, 15, and 12 years old... CRAZY! Paulina has said that many of these songs were written around the same time as their EP "ESCAPE THE MIND" two years earlier; released April 14th, 2015. 🗣 MIND-BOGGLING!!! 👊😄

[@Frisco40]

TW é um fenômeno da natureza. Um encontro de almas e isso só acontece a cada 50 anos. Somos testemunhas, apenas...

[@tomdillon9065]

Unmendable and Exterminated. So damn hardcore in your face rock n roll. Their 2 independent records are my absolute favorites. Love love love that part of the meteoric rise.

[@hardknox1917]

Black holes live Pau plays the keys

[@buddymuhler597]

Such a great reaction! I love this album. Shattered Heart is one of my favorites. In 2020, I was laid off from a job I had for 21 years. My entire department was eliminated and I think of Shattered Heart as my feelings to management of that place. That's what The Warning do, they write songs that are so relatable to your own life. Spectacular.

[@vjordan1709]

17,15,12. I was playing d&d.😢 These ladies had (and have) a vision for their future. They are getting there on a rocket! Practice, dedication to your craft, relentless work ethic is what some people call "Luck".. Nope. It's the drive to become what you have wanted all of your life.🤟❤️⚡⚡⚡

[@RabbitHoleReactions_MrSippy]

Is it just me, or does Pau's singing sound like something you might hear on a Disney movie? Her voice is so angelic.

[@ashlenamusic]

no but seriously she could be such an amazing character on a show or on broadway

[@angelseda9823]

I absolutely love this album , it’s a gem that people rarely talk about !!!.. you should check out the official video for XXI Blood .. it’s a banger !!!

[@tpndgo2061]

There is a live version of Copper bullets sung by Paulina that sounds just Great ! ⚡

[@joetaptaco]

Link?

[@mk2pr]

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[@mk2pr]

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[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

Excellent live videos for *XXI Century Blood* album to watch is from their performance at Dakota Bar, Monterrey, MX. That show is where Pau made men cried listening to Black Holes. Because every guy knew someone who was addicted (drugs, alcohol, gambling) where the person refused any help. Pau reached that spot with this performance. The live show the girls performed in front of their classmates *(LICEO means school in Español)* is the best for *Escape the Mind* EP & other covers of interest.

[@Bebop-Nic]

Wild fire in Dakota bar Is fire!

[@nickvillarreal435]

The song shattered hearts, you should see that one live.

[@Pascal-the-Rascal]

Sooo... my top three favorite parts of this album... One, the title track, that song is just pure hard rock, straight up. Two, the breakdown in Shattered Heart, and three, Dany really pours her soul into her soulo (ok, I'm sorry, I'll see myself out) in When I'm Alone, it gives me chills every time. Ok, let's make it my four favorite parts, I have to mention Black Holes, Pau kills it as usual. Oh darn it, let's make it my top five then! Show Me the Light...

[@Skywolf370]

You heard copper bullets on the live show of queen of the murder scene.

[@devynbarat7777]

I'll be watching the VMAs to see if they are presenting or anything, but I'll watch ASAP!

[@BearScatHumor]

Sadly they only got like 20 seconds, but despite what they were given they still absolutely rocked it

[@mikelipke9404]

Dany will be showing her Pink Floyd guitar skills in show me the light

[@p.gabrielguirao14]

Wildfire and Show Me The Light, two hidden gems, my favorites from this album. Dany's solo, beautiful, ethereal, a work of art. Wildfire y Show Me The Light, dos gemas escondidas, mis favoritas de este álbum . El solo de Dany precioso, etéreo, una obra de arte.

[@rickyshaw4759]

My daughter Luna luvs ur channel. We b fan's . This is Luna's favorite band and album ever. EVER.

[@ashlenamusic]

Awww so sweet 🥰🥰 I’ll do a shoutout to her

[@anthonyfisher1670]

Hi Ashlena , have you reacted to the whole Dakota bar concert yet ? This is where the girls showcased this album , live !

[@stevendorsey4554]

Watching Pau sing Black Holes live at the Dakota Bar will definitely make you cry .... The Passion.

[@jeccoo]

If you could manage to finish the remaining two songs, then River's Soul would become your new favourite :D "Show Me the Light" was on top of my most streamed list for a long time. I love that song. Then it became Survive I guess. This is a great reaction all the way. Now there are live materials ahead of you and again mindblowing Escape The Mind. Exciting. :)

[@nickvillarreal435]

If you really want your mind blown away, check out the concert at liceo. That concert will blow your mind about this little concert and their ages.

[@michaeldam7446]

Thank you for more songs from TW and yes I have heard the album alot it is so good 😊😊 I love it. This talent is a big gift for the world it is needed.

[@jackde1965]

Show Me The Light is my favorite song by The Warning. I usually love the hard rockers, but I think this song is sheer pop perfection. The fact that it was written by a 13 year old Pau is mind boggling. You need to check out one of the live versions floating around on You Tube. There are a couple. The lyrics are beautiful. Pau's vocals are amazing. Dany's harmony vocals are amazing. The guitar solo is amazing. The bass line throughout is beautiful. In the live version at the end when Pau goes into her vamping lyrics Ale takes over her main part (Hold Me Please, Never Leave. I need the Daily Poisoning) and Dany continues her harmony vocals. All 3 join in together and it's spine tingling. I think SMTL is their most perfect song. Here is a link to the best live version I could find. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4CwoZWEbdyrb7Msi=2L4ngu1iT7aPex7m Sorry if I posted this twice. 😁

[@booradley8895]

People get excited about Pau's songwriting but it takes all three to write the music. You need both together to make a great song.

[@jackde1965]

@@booradley8895 Pau wrote all of the lyrics to Show Me The Light. That's what I'm referring to. I'm well aware they all contribute.

[@booradley8895]

@@jackde1965 Ok cool. Did she definitely wrote all the lyrics to the song?

[@jackde1965]

@@booradley8895 yes, I've heard her talk about it. She mentioned that she had a friend who gave her a word for the lyrics when she was stuck, but the friend isn't credited so it must have been a minor bit of help. I think she was stuck for one word. Pau is the main song writer also so it's fine to give her the credit where it's due. But clearly they all have a major part in how the songs turn out. It's a team effort for sure. Pau certainly isn't writing leads for Dany or bass parts for Ale. If she was writing by herself I'm sure lots of the songs would be different. I agree with you that we need all 3 to get these awesome songs fully finished. Credit to all 3 of them.

[@shadowfragment]

Shattered Heart has a total 70s/80s rock vibe that I adore. Parts of it feel like they could have been a Kansas song. Like, some of those guitar riffs sound very reminiscent of Carry On, Wayward Son. The emotion of Black Holes is amazing, love a Pau ballad. When I'm alone is the perfect song for teenage me. If it had been around back then, I'd have listened to it a thousand times. It's a punk rock/pop punk nostalgia hit directly into my veins.

[@acesema22]

😊❤Like I said before " The last song you hear is your favorite "

[@romanodaly8277]

Show me the light is out of this world, they are so unique.

[@daveg4777]

If you're in need of a good cry - try Black Holes Live at the Dakota bar - so much emotion and passion. Such a great album from musicians at any age but the ages when they wrote and recorded this - just insane. I'll never get over how lucky we all are to have these young women in our lives.

[@davidgirard6980]

Exterminated and River Soul are also awesome songs!!

[@ronhall5395]

Title track is the song that made me realize this band is different.

[@jeffjohnson2228]

Shattered Heart is still my favorite song of the album. Great reaction.

[@ismooikarinen3106]

Hi Ashlena! It's really great to see you as enamored with The Warning as I am. I can't say which album is the best because they are all good. I love them and their songs and especially their live performances. Sure, all the studio versions are great, but I still like that the girls are better live.

[@shadowstrangler1]

I'm glad you loved the Album. I also share your love for survive. I play that song on rock band 4 religiously on the weekends lmao

[@angelseda9823]

Shattered Heart live is also a must see !!!.. better than the album version in my opinion !!!

[@OphidianBreeze]

It will make you cry on the live version. Pau's emotion live just flows

[@georgrittel4243]

You nailed it, Ashlena. 49:00 - 50:05 Sometimes you never know what's going on. Is it Dany playing her low strings, is it a backing track or is it Ale breaking into Dany's realm? These are the moments to stand up, dance, lose some sweat and get happy.

[@marcdominguez7541]

They sing theses songs today with an even more mature sound. It is insane that they wrote this at their age.

[@alexj9603]

Unfortunately they only sing a few of these songs today. I would love to hear a "more mature" version of Wildfire or Show Me The Light (or Escape The Mind for that matter).

[@marcdominguez7541]

@@alexj9603That would be cool.

[@bobbarber2070]

Now it's time for the Escape the Mind EP. Extraordinary considering their ages.

[@scott5669]

You have to check out their video of XXI century blood! I think its their best⚡🤘🏻🔥

[@Scott_Diverscott]

11pm - eek! oh well- who needs sleep, anyhow? 🤣

[@ashlenamusic]

LOL right?

[@ronaldobulio3312]

See Blcack Holes live.

[@satrianusa4573]

show me the light is also my favorite

[@fourortwelvestrings]

Oh and - you heard "Copper Bullets" at the Lunario show - with PAU singing it, and hitting all those metal kick rolls while doing it. Good lord.

[@lobodanx3]

Ok Ashlena, Black Holes doesn’t make everyone cry with the first listen but know this and then listen to it again live with the Dakota Bar recording. Her little deeper voice helps being slightly older. The song is about someone inside herself that has drug addiction and how they feel inside coping with that. That’s the context of the lyrics. Then add to that that Pau wrote this at 13 years old simply inspired by a newspaper article not too long after penning Escape The Mind’s song. Those two facts lends to the tears of heartstrings and overwhelmingness that a 13 year old who doesn’t know first hand that experience yet can put into words such feelings is truly remarkable and frankly carved in my stone for me my dedication not only to her but to Dany and Ale as well because they all inspire creativity of one another. Hopefully, you’ll see these comments.❤⚠️⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@grahamhiggins3457]

Show me the Light, just written by 13 year old Pau just to see if she could write a love song. I think she succeeded. It is a pity they don't do this any more, although there is a recent recording of this with Pau singing it at a Montreal Radio station. It could easily be in a movie sound track. One of my favourites as well. It is interesting that Survive is still a live favourite.

[@jimlaheta8864]

Glad you were able to get thru nearly the entire album! Now your playlist(s) can grow accordingly! On a different topic, I thought everybody knows Metric? No?? I think another, Canadian, band you should put into the queue is Freeze The Fall -- I did see their cover of The Warning's Evolve but only recently saw them on BEL Development's long @$$ livestream and after checking them out I think their music is great. Can't wait til you get to River's Soul and Exterminated, both are favorites of mine.

[@rickyshaw4759]

After a full listen to this album now u understand why this album is Luna's favorite album ever. Their first album Escape the Mind is amazing as well.. luv ur channel so much. Luna said definitely do a reaction to the first album Escape the Mind...❤❤

[@ashlenamusic]

It’s going live tomorrow!! 🥰

[@fourortwelvestrings]

I think Pau and Dany might have done "Show me the light" at the CHOM rock room show, which you'll have to catch up to at some point, because it's awesome.

[@Ahluk1]

I'll never get tired of how happy you thought Runaway was going to end and they did some other crazy shit lol

[@ashlenamusic]

Hahahahaha yes!!! I was like wow this is a band that likes to surprise the listener

[@espinozasergio]

Aun no me puedo imaginar a la pequeña Ale saliendo de su escuelita de primeros años corriendo a grabar XXICB. 😅

[@terrylowther7584]

Ashlena you need to watch the Dakota Bar concert. That show is awesome!

[@evrtarrguin9395]

No body notice but the warning will be the sound track for the next revolution 🤘🏼

[@montrealcrew1528]

About Dany hitting high notes, I agree, you wouldn't think her range would be so dynamic given the low range she often sings at. However, I would enter into evidence multiple Dany day midnight mini concerts to fully understand her abilities. There's one where she sings "I will always love you" by WH and absolutely nails it, no asterisk required. There are many of these mini concerts where she sings other artists music for her adoring fans that are very up there in the vocal range and I would argue that's actually where her natural voice rests.

[@diosyntaxa]

My favorite version, hands down, of Survive is their performance from TEDx 2017 :) Great album, and I have a couple of big-time favorites, but Black Holes, Black Holes makes me full on belt along in the car... Such emotion in that one, and though I didn't get it when I first heard it, I just felt it, it has special meaning to me... They do have a way with word, and Our Mistakes is no exception, there's this little detail I quickly noticed when I heard it.. It's called OUR Mistakes, but she sings YOUR mistakes. Knowing them and their lyrics I doubt that's a coincidence, I swear it's 100% on purpose :)

[@aldomacias361]

You heard copper bullets when rreacting to the lunario concert

[@michelthibeault5176]

Pau playing piano while singing Black holes she is so good isn’t?

[@Captain_Kirk116]

Shattered Heart is a fan favorite but it's actually one of Ale's least favorite songs of theirs cuz she thinks the chorus is too cheesy lol. I love that interlude/bridge in that song, reminds me of a hybrid of Pink Floyd and Foo Fighters. They performed Wildfire during a Patreon celebration concert in The Warning Cave and Dany said see forgot about how that song ends and it was exhausting. I agree with you about Pau's piano ballads, they are always so beautiful and her voice is perfect for them, so much emotion conveyed through her vocals.

[@tedrufledtjr.3573]

As much as I love The Warning, and have been following them for about 3 years, I think that virtually any live version of any of their songs, are better than the album version. With that said, on this album, my favorite is River Soul and Exterminated - the two you'll do soon! Can't wait. Really enjoying your reviews.

[@ashlenamusic]

Much appreciated xx

[@FixNewsPlease]

Your comments on 21st Century Blood lyrics about everyone being depressed hit me hard. It brought back a favourite lyric I had almost forgotten. I never really got why we're here Just look at all we build in our lives and we all disappear A few of us are born with so much While most of us just chasing down a dream that we just can't touch So why we try so hard in this place? *When pain and suffering is a guarantee and happiness is a phase* I wonder if one day we're at peace Or will this whole world just become like the middle east?

[@ashlenamusic]

Wow. That’s intense. I always believed heaven is above and we’re in hell. Life is honestly so hard. Losing people, sickness, starvation, disease it’s honestly insane what humans go through. There are the beautiful parts of being human but yeah if it wasn’t for my kid I would of given up on this life.

[@FixNewsPlease]

@@ashlenamusic Well, if that door is open, this is why I believe religion is horseshit. What kind of compassionate "god" would put his creations through 80 years of suffering to get a ticket to paradise?

[@KuroKishi-TWA]

No Exterminated 😱 walks away with head held down. This album made me a fan 4L 🤘🏿

[@ashlenamusic]

Soon ♥️

[@ronhall5395]

Escape the Mind is their first songs they wrote. Never intended to be recorded. They were just experimenting with lyrics and music arrangements. I found some songs pretty cool.lyrically , but not really my style instrumental wose. Yet I absolutely impressed by the effort. Some song as were written by Pau, some by Many and a couple mainly written by a nine year old Ale. Then at least one group effort in Free Falling. Enjoy it. This whole as album is very impressive to me. The Rivers Soul song was them jumping out and trying new stuff out of the box. Impressive.

[@ashlenamusic]

Definitely reacting to that next week

[@BadCowboy67]

After you do River Soul you should look up the version from The Warning Cave. It was a special show for some of the top Patreon Members and Dany wasn't feeling well and they talked Ale' into singing it. It was from like 5 years ago as well so she was like 13 then and later they did it at a show in Boston or Philly and it was the 1st time Ale' sang in an actual concert setting and Dany and Pau and the fans show great support for Ale in both videos.

[@ronhall5395]

I remember the warning Cave version. She kept saying, I can't. Then they explain why she needs to do it and she just crushed it.

[@rickyshaw4759]

Shattered heart is why my daughter Luna wanted to learn guitar.. it's Epic duh..

[@leoking2982]

I've seen the Warning live about 20 times . That's where I got their cds all there albums.

[@ashlenamusic]

Damn!!! Lucky you

[@joetaptaco]

Best “Pau” songs? My list: (Leaving out Disciple and Sinister Smiles because they are more of duets) 1. 23 2. Dust To Dust 3. Survive 4. Narcisista 5. Black Holes 6. Fade Away 7. The End 8. Breathe 9. Show Me The Light 10. Revenant

[@stevendorsey4554]

Shattered Heart.....That is all!!!!

[@eddietorres1000]

If you do buy The Warning XXI Century Blood Vinyl that Album has only 10 song but CD has 13 songs The Vinyl is missing "Our Mistakes" "River's Soul" and "Exterminated"

[@LesDexia13]

Songwriting was finished in 2016 when they were 16-14-11 but some of the songs were holdovers from the "Escape the Mind" group of homework songs they wrote for Pablo Gonzalez during 2013-14. And, of course, there's a full concert recorded in November 2016 at the local Café Iguana where they debuted all the songs, some which didn't have names yet (see setlist below) - kzbin.info/aero/PLGr8fallFVeZGnha6580VC4TDfnehwqE4 - The gig didn't start until 12:40am and finished at around 2am; Ale said it was the first time she'd ever stayed up that late! ADD: They also played a full album at Nirvana Rock Joint - kzbin.info/aero/PLPBMYwtpX_dvEnN2CHKCuQQ5yFK7aQgGC Setlist at Cafe Iguana: 1 Exterminated 2 Runaway 3 XXI Century Blood 4 Wildfire 5 When I'm Alone 6 River's Soul 7 Free Falling 8 Our Mistakes 9 Black Holes 10 Shattered Heart 11 Survive 12 Copper Bullets 13 Unmendable 14 Show Me the Light

[@DadQuixote7]

The only version of black holes for me is live at the Dakota bar. It just hits different.