DAD REACTS to The Weeknd "Escape From LA”

[@kevinelmendez]

This is one of my favorite songs ever BUT I totally respect Dad’s opinion and this is why reaction channels are made. Much better than seeing fake reactions out there. 😁

[@reactionextraction]

exactly man, were here to be honest, not everything can be a winner haha

[@kevinelmendez]

@@reactionextraction I really appreciate it! PD: pls don’t stop showing him The Weeknd! He will be able to understand his darker sound once he falls in love with the artist. Let him listen more and he’ll get there.

[@lamrof]

Never let Dad hear Weeknd's old songs, he is not going to like them. Millennials are a unique generation. They like emotionally expressive songs, really downers that you might want to hear while high on drugs that let you hide your soul in the deep dark lonely pit of seclusion. Those are the older songs of the Weeknd Dad is going to hate.

[@Iamthedoctor10]

@@lamrof there’s def some old ones that he’d like

[@nikb1445]

The Knowing and Wicked Games by The Weeknd would be interesting songs to see your Dad’s reactions too.

[@reactionextraction]

yeah! i want to take him to the trilogy era but its even more abstract than this haha not sure how we will take it but its on the list for sure!

[@olaaa3103]

@@reactionextraction Bro you've gotta show him some trilogy songs, even if he doesnt like em it would be epic! Cheers

[@fairydoom7311]

Oh I love the conflict! 😂 I personally love this song, but I’m not sure I can help you explain what ‘it is’ that makes it so great, it’s hard to word . It’s just a chapter in a story, and it’s about a feeling, it captures a feeling of regret and numbness, and maybe being ‘boring’ is kind of the point in some way? It sits at a really important part of the album and if you know the Weeknd’s earlier work the lyrics really hit hard because they go against so much of his younger mindset. What I can say is, I think it’s actually good that The Weeknd does divide opinions- it means what he does isn’t ‘vanilla’. He has the songs you have to go away and think about and the songs that hit you instantly, that is important to me as a fan, personally.

[@reactionextraction]

yeah i think your dead on so in the future we plan on doing a full album, maybe hell get it a little better 😮‍💨😁

[@fairydoom7311]

@@reactionextraction and if not... that’s cool too! I’ll look forward to seeing how he gets along with ‘Faith’/‘Until I bleed out’ when the time comes, they also seem to divide listeners but I think they’re epic emotional chapters.

[@reactionextraction]

i would assume he would like faith but you never know this channel goes all over the place 😭😭😭

[@fairydoom7311]

@@reactionextraction that’s what keeps it interesting. 🙌🏻

[@TommFoolery]

Here's the thing, I didn't enjoy Escape From LA or a lot of songs from After Hours, but over time it's become one of my favourite songs from The Weeknd. I have this with A TON of The Weeknd's music and it's what makes me love his music. After the first listen, I don't feel disappointed. I get excited that my mind has to learn to love the song lol. I had it with The Zone, Gasoline, Faith & pretty much all of Echoes Of Silence.

[@danielhdrart]

Bwahahahahahah! Brutal truth! Have a good production´s not the same thing to have a good pop song. I think it´s what Dad´s saying .

[@reactionextraction]

See, you get that right! That’s all I was trying to say 4 sure. Sometimes I frustrate Ty Ha but hey that’s the challenge of the show! Thx for watching ✌🏼

[@angie-jo1mn]

The good thing is The Weeknd has many genres of music!!! After Hours is more a hip hop -R&B album- not for everybody! Get into Thursday mixtape he will proabbly love that one cus it many many diffrent sounds LOL Let him listen to Lonely Star.

[@AlyPicon]

ohh i love this song😅goes so well with the storyline of the album

[@angie-jo1mn]

With Escape From L.A its suppose to melodic so yea its slowwww.

[@reactionextraction]

It’s way slowww at the end …

[@WCD199317]

I remember the first time i hear this song when i listen the album in youtube before to buying the CD (in july 2020). I wasn't sure to this song at, but more the times the song continue, more the song was better. I understand why your dad didn't like it. because this song was the most experimental song of the album and wasn't a conventional song. ''After Hours'' was my favorite Weeknd album and the best album of 2020, the album that i listen the most in 2020. This song, ''Alone Again'' and ''Snowchild'' wasn't seduces me so much at first listen, but liking better at the second listen. Depist that, ''Alone Again'' and ''Snowchild'' wasn't in my favorites songs, but it's didn't bother me at all when i listen the album. But ''Heartless'' was easily the worst song of the album and the only song of the album then i skip, i hate this track, i easy three times and my review didn't changed at all of the song, unlike ''Snowchild'', ''Escape of L.A.'' and ''Alone Again''. I wanted to hear your dad reaction of ''In Your Eyes'' a another song of the album. This was one of my top 3 favorites songs of all Weeknd songs (the others was ''Blinding Lights'' and ''Take My Breath'') and a very 80's sound with a incredible sax solo in the outro.

[@MARXOTWOD]

he didnt like it!!! makes me sick. the melody and feeling the song brings is everything

[@danielsegen]

Hahahahaha…… loving dad reaction….. totally agree!!!

[@reactionextraction]

Thank you, sometimes that happens! 😬Ha, we don’t get the others vibe.

[@JAY-pe3or]

react to faith

[@coolhive2941]

I see both of your arguments. Im 56 and share Dad’s love for 80s music, but of current artists The Weeknd is my favorite male singer. I think you guys could meet in the middle if: 1-Ty checks out Trip Hop from the 90s where The Weeknd got his sound, not invented it. (Massive Attack, Portishead, Hooverphonic) 2-Dad checks out The Weeknd’s pop hits going back to The Hills and Can’t Feel My Face, I Feel It Coming, Secrets (shoulda been a hit). Dad would benefit from hearing the great synths and seeing how he connected that to 90s Trip Hop. If you mix those two things you get The Weeknd’s whole vibe, which is why I love him.

[@razrhiannaspiers8506]

If you would like to react to an artist you might not have heard, I recommend the artist Aesthetic Perfection with the song Bark at the Moon!

[@reactionextraction]

Great , thank you for the artist suggestion!

[@tiro1088]

Please react to the after hours song by the weeknd :)

[@JAY-pe3or]

do after hours album

[@MBeano]

Sorry, 100% with Dad. Agreed, it’s an extremely boring song musically. It’s not boring due to not being “pop”. It actually is kind of pop. It’s auto tuned, the beat is fairly routine and in line with modern pop, and the phrasing is fairly typical of today’s pop music. It’s boring because it is autotuned, there is not much going on musically/structurally, the beat is uninteresting - neither dance, nor dark, nor jazzy, nor spacey, nor distant. It is moody without having any real specific mood or tone. For example NIN have a specific dirty industrial feel that is gritty, mechanical and engulfed with a backing chorus-like howl sounding like howls coming through an exhaust pipe, even in their most monotone slow burn songs. Depeche Mode always have a dark dipped in leather and sinister suggestion, even in songs I hate like “I Feel You”. This Weeknd song is delivered with such lifeless flat affectation. You pair that limp delivery with a tired-heard-a-million times beat, a meandering mood, and auto tune and you have a perfect recipe for boredom. This song brings to mind classics like Maasive Attack’s Teardrop, or “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega which have true atmosphere and depth in songs that are slow burns, outside of traditional pop, but have emotional depth, and there is intrigue in the production and soundscapes. They sounded like nothing else on the radio, opposed to this Weeknd which sounds exactly like what is going on in music these days. And I like many songs from The Weeknd, even seen him live

[@reactionextraction]

Nice "Tom's Diner" reference, it is way atmospheric 😎😎 Have not seen The Weeknd live yet

[@okeykid780okea9]

Bruh I don’t think u supposed to T up to this song this is escapism music

[@MBeano]

@@okeykid780okea9 Nothing in my comment suggests the song is supposed to be T'd up or even amped up. Every example and comparative was to successful songs that are atmospheric, chill and or muddy, but do it well and with far more intrigue. Your comment is irrelevant.

[@okeykid780okea9]

@@MBeano dumbass You say the song was boring nigga it’s a chill ass song it’s supposed to put u in a vibe u clearly don’t understand the purpose of how it’s supposed to make u feel

[@angie-jo1mn]

After Hours is a conept album so you would have to go from the very beginning to all click,

[@angie-jo1mn]

No DAD you are not an idiot. i really get what you are saying but the weeknd has many, many grenres and sounds of music, I feel like your thing is fast music not too slow like you mentioned here. You're like me I like the shyt thats jumping and pumping! I love my slow jams too but i like more beats in my music. After Hours has some songs in there that you will porbaly like too, HEARTLESS? heard that one yet?

[@reactionextraction]

Thx appreciate the support! I do like more synth-pop type stuff & faster songs, but obviously I need to listen to the entire album to really get into the vibe of the whole project. I have not heard “heartless” yet. Ty won’t let me, ha

[@kathyedleman633]

Sorry, I'm with Dad. I thought it was a little boring too. Remember, everything is not for every body :) Nice channel!

[@rculver101]

yep... VERY long and boring

[@jeffreymosher6334]

Yep, moments were interesting, the full song was boring, ... Had to listen to it at 1.25 speed to give it an endurable tempo after the 3-4 minute point. sonically it is interesting and YET quickly boring, and yep meditation app 🙂-- but hey, it got me to at least try something new. Keep up the awesome effort of the channel.

[@jemxs]

1min in and sounds ok, just can't deal with autotune. I know this guy can sing and the auto tune is used as an effect, but idk why. But the music is nice. Edit: I love dad's reaction!

[@reactionextraction]

Once again thank you for watching the show & contributing to the dialogue! We have had many discussions about autotune believe you me.

[@dolphinzone8639]

Weeknd has many songs with acoustics and pure vocals but on this project he decided to use a ton of vocal effects for some reason, IMO it elevates the project but I could see why it isn’t liked

[@ruggero235]

When a new Maneskin reaction?