THE WARNING - XXI CENTURY BLOOD | Reaction/First Listen!

[@bradcrittenden1789]

The whole album is incredible. It amazes me that they wrote this and so much more music when they were so young. And Pau, she owned those drums!!

[@zamdrist]

How about those rooftop setting sun shots? Crazy great stuff!

[@georgrittel4243]

I hope TW will never lose their critical sight on society because they are the pioneers of XXI century. That's why they earned the first prizes. We saw this in ERROR (disciple, kak,error) and now on KMF (hycad, sharks).

[@LostHate]

Song with substance from the start and ever since. Remember this was released in March 2017 (month-ish after Dany and Pau's birthday and 2½ after Ale's) so they were 16, 14, 11 when they wrote/recorded it.

[@nikkireviews]

It's just so good.. 😬

[@dezper4958]

this is a great rabbit hole with The Warning

[@jwilywily]

One of my favorite guitar solos of Dany's. All three are old souls and "get it!" Absolute phenoms!! ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@nikkireviews]

Old souls, yes! That's the perfect way to describe them.

[@TimberWolf762]

Deep stuff for such young girls.

[@BryceKatz]

Deep stuff, full stop, yeah?

[@vernhoke7730]

With everything they've come out with in the last couple of years, this still is one of my favorite Warning songs. As someone who survived long before cell phones, I find this as a commentary on society nowadays. Everyone is blindly attached to their phone and blind to the outside world.

[@chriso6719]

1st album title track, released in 2017 when they were 17 15 and 12, 3 years before Noise by Nightwish. 2 teens and a preteen seeing the world in a more mature view than most their age. Written and recorded a year or so before the release, Ale had to miss some time in school to record the album, she missed part of the 4TH GRADE! They have been releasing Pepsi Center CDMX (fall 2023) songs. Yesterday the dropped "Black Holes", Pau out front on piano.

[@nikkireviews]

I'll have to check out some of those Pepsi Center songs! And wow, 4th grade.. I wonder what the teachers thought at the time since all of this was brand new to them. 😅

[@nostrathomas2437]

When noise from nightwish first dropped I was like "Is Tuomas a The Warning fan" lol

[@DannyCalderon-f7d]

This also gives me 'The Matrix' vibes when the young man takes a leap of faith off of the skyscraper like Neo did in the simulation program.

[@gorddunbar7453]

This music video won several awards at film festivals.

[@williamburkholder769]

Track One, Side One, Album One, *21st Century Blood* album. Instant wow! These *kids* (17, 15, and 12 when the album was released; a year younger when they wrote most of it!) got it. This song is what made me buy all four of their CDs. Hardly a day goes by that I don't get a dose of their music. I'm 69 and I TOTALLY relate to them because my twins turn 26 next month and grew up with mice and "fondle slabs" in their hands. What an amazing band! Ironically, NO BAND does social media better than The Warning. Even as they write about it, they exploit it, and their audience, with it!

[@nikkireviews]

They really do know how to connect with people and reach everyone with their lyrics.. No boundaries at all which is awesome. 😁 And 'fondle slabs' - that's a new one to me! 🤔😅

[@williamburkholder769]

@@nikkireviews An IT journalist in the British IT trade press came up with that phrase when the first iPhone came out.

[@jasonremy1627]

The Dany Look has been there since day 1.

[@nikkireviews]

😂That's very true!

[@Indo1030]

Many have recommended that you start going through the Pepsi Center concert videos (and I agree!). May I suggest that you start with BLACK HOLES. I can’t remember if you’ve reacted to that song before, but It’s Pau alone on piano (“alone”, but accompanied by a string (violins, cellos, etc) orchestra)…Pau showing her Genius Also…36?!! I would have guessed 28-29!

[@wannabedane4046]

Hey Nikki, thanks for reacting to this song I suggested when you reacted to NW's Noise. As you may remember, I am a cross over NW, TW, Epica and now I've added FTF to my top 4 🤗

[@Dale-m9t]

Such a good song! And love the solo... Great MV. And they were so young coming up with this!!

[@Dave_Marks]

Their second music video. First was a cover of The Pretender by Foo Fighters. This video blows everybody’s mind. They were 17, 15, and 12 when they made this video. TW are storytellers. It has a running theme of several of their songs (Disciple, Z, Kool Aid Kids) concerning false ideologies on social media. The day they shot this video that temperature was over 100F (38C). The roof shots were grueling.

[@LostHate]

Many to the rescue with the umbrella

[@nikkireviews]

Oh wow, I bet it was grueling! 🥵 I have yet to check out the Foo Fighters cover! I'll have to do that soon. 😊

[@PaulSink]

I loved this video because it was the most recent actual video by TW when I first found them, we had to wait untill the Errror vids started being dropped .That building is in their hometown Monterrey and the riff Dany is playing outside you see the Monterrey Mountains ,also you see them in the Foo cover they did The Pretender.Pau also earned the nickname Animal like the muppet the way she played all over with the arms,she has learned to conserve her energy for the future, its a marathon not a sprint.Always thought this lyric stood out thinking about their future in the music business "What will our future hold? Will we regret our addiction to the rush?" Thanks for TheWarning reaction never can be Warned enough with all their material they have.

[@shadowstrangler1]

Great reaction as always, Nikki, i wish they played this one more, but from this album, it's usually "survive" and "when im alone" soon to be gone as well due to Keep Me Fed lol. Also wow, you're 36. I thought you were in your 20s. You look so young!!

[@johndziadyk8624]

They won awards for this video and song when they were KIDS!!!

[@johanhartjes]

Great reaction! 🙏 Love this video and song, great lyrics. Grtz from a “crossover” fan. 😂

[@saltydroog854]

This is another one of those Warning songs that is just instantly familiar. You feel like you heard it before.

[@CarlD70]

One of the very best Social commentaries there is and written by 3 brilliant teens from Monterrey Mx. May be directed at Gen Zer's but we all need to pay attention. Brilliant song Ladies, simply brilliant!.

[@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD]

You’ve been Warned!

[@mykemech]

The jump represents putting down the phone and taking a leap into the unknown. It is scary but you find out you survive. And doing so can influence others around you to open their eyes.

[@Robertsmith-dy3sh]

This song still holds up today, even though they were children when they wrote and recorded it! Amazing video as well!

[@nikkireviews]

So good! 🤘🏻🔥

[@melporter8043]

These gals have a lot to say. Their entire catalog is full of thought-provoking offerings.

[@iiwdpn]

this about the time i first found them, after XXICB and before QOTMS thru rock band 4 sound track looking for new music and found Free Falling and loved it followed by Survive. after that i fell down the rabbit hole. Freeze The Fall are doing a live 09/22/24 and are also doing a kickstarter for vinyls, lots going on with both bands. be good to one another and ROCK ON !!

[@jw.9]

Your reactions are so good, diving in to the lyrics and meaning /interpretation, delivered in such a pleasing way. Thanks Nikki-

[@Scott_Diverscott]

One of my all-time favorites. THANKS!

[@Spectre1123]

The Warning has so many ways in their songs. musical and lyrics and your own interpretation.

[@oldmanyeni1663]

"We make buildings, but what we need are bridges" One of my favorite lines form their catalog. There is indeed TW and NW cross over. I first saw The Warning on a Saturday night, then saw Nightwish for the first time only 48 hours later. Great couple days for me.

[@wannabedane4046]

Hey Phil, not sure I knew you were enrolled in the NW Army too 😜Are you an Epican as well btw?

[@marktaylor1799]

Did you notice that in the beginning when the man takes his blindfold off and is shot as and captureed that the blindfold has been moved down to use as a gag.

[@billyholderman1691]

TWA THE QUEENS OF ROCK IS KEEPING US FED🤘❤‍🔥🤘

[@nikkireviews]

Yes!!! 🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻

[@2twenty]

Nikki, great to see you back with old school The Warning! So, with this and Queen Of The Murder Scene, which style of their music do you prefer? I love the new stuff, and sometimes get stuck in a rut just listening to it. Then I hear some of the old stuff, and it takes me back. The more I hear them the more I am convinced, they just can’t write a bad song. That’s not to say that every song is my favorite, and I like some more than others, but I can honestly say that I haven’t heard a bad song yet from them. Thanks for the review, and as others have mentioned, please check out the recent drops on their KZbin page for videos from the Pepsi Center in Mexico City late last year. Absolutely incredible!

[@nikkireviews]

Yes, I definitely need to check out some of the Pepsi Center performances soon. 😊 And to answer your question, I'm not sure. It's really hard to pick because they're ALL so good! But I've listened to Keep Me Fed repeatedly since it came out so that's definitely top on my list of their kinda songs.. but maybe as time goes on and I learn more of their older stuff, that will change. But yeah..Keep Me Fed is just so dang good! 🤘🏻 I think they just get better with time. Maybe that's it!

[@Christractions]

Tomorrow me and a couple friends will be seeing the warning perform live for the first time, we're so stoked for this show. Great job on the reaction video and i wouldn't have guessed you were 36, you look younger than that, anyways hopefully this comment finds you well love and respect from Ohio from a few warning fans to another.

[@ericlenouy8756]

Crossover fans you said ? 🥰 And about new possibilities for TW reactions, just know that they started to release one by one the songs from their Pepsi Center show recorded last year in Mexico City...

[@nikkireviews]

Hehe yep! And thank you, I think I see them recommended me a lot when I log into KZbin so I'll have to check one out soon. 😊

[@renemonroy214]

A jump of faith

[@gordr223]

It doesn't get much better than The Warning, this video and Nikki! 👍😊

[@nikkireviews]

Heh, thanks! This was a good one!! 😁

[@brentkelsay3439]

A brilliant song/mv, ominous then more hopeful at the end. The mv won awards at film festivals worldwide. Their first "professional" mv covering The Pretender by Foo Fighters is also awesome!🤘

[@peterzukowski]

I know, I just know, all of this came out of the incredible mind of Pau. I love all of these women, they are all musical geniuses, but I honestly believe Pau is a once in a generation individual.

[@MrSavingsiberians]

it won't kill you to put the phone down, just feels like it

[@bloodybutunbowed291]

Nikki, I really love your channel. I always have I have to say, no way I ever thought you were out of your twenties.

[@VatoLoco-f3f]

Nice love the old stuff 😂⚠ rocks good job Nikki 😊

[@nikkireviews]

Thank you! And yeah, this was a great one! 😁🎵

[@harrybroaddus846]

The scene at the end? It won't kill you to take your eyes off your phone!

[@Pascal-the-Rascal]

Yup, I love both Nightwish and The Warning. I have listened to Nightwish since the Tarja days, and I think the first TW song I heard was Dust To Dust, at their Lunario CDMX show, when it was fairly recently uploaded. What TW song should you react to next? Hmm, let me see... oh, that's right, everything they have uploaded so far from their Pepsi Center show! That show is beyond epic, and it would be a crime against all of humanity if it isn't released on DVD/bluray...

[@jasonremy1627]

The Warning have been dropping songs from the Pepsi Center CDMX show from last year. They have all been AMAZING. Like even better than the Teatro Metropólitan show. Start working through those.

[@nikkireviews]

Yeah that's one a lot of people are suggesting. I'll definitely be sure to check it out! 😊

[@glenngunnis6642]

Thank you, Nikki!🎸🤘

[@PamAuld]

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[@rubenservin4039]

Amazing at this age

[@alvasquez2931]

Nice reaction. Yes, they were young and awesome. Pau reminds me of Animal from the Muppets,

[@bandmaidfanATL]

Disciple is also a good song by them about the dangers of distracting oneself with white noise.

[@glenallencox966]

It may look like the NightWish video, but this video proceeds NightWish by roughly 3 years. This video was released in March of 2017, whereas Nightwish’s “Noise” was released in February of 2020.

[@markwhitehouse9333]

❤❤

[@dwightjc]

🤘

[@nichep1]

They won’t an award for this music video.

[@larrybutler8948]

You might say Nightwishb followed The Warning as this was in 2017 qne Night wish was 3 years later.

[@nikkireviews]

Oh wow, good to know! 😉😁

[@ZWQ945]

It's not merely addicted to phones but indoctrinated to technology as a whole from a young age, from infancy in the video. They went through their EMO / post punk phase, especially Pau. Dany still listens to Bring Me Horizon, Paramore, etc. All three are Muse fans. One of Ale's latest vinyls is a Muse album.

[@roostj]

Yes, here a cross over fan....do not compare, but like the music of both.

[@Incognito-8884]

Still my favorite omv from them and it baffles me how well aware they were even as young teenagers. XXI century Blood is an amazing album especially considering their ages and that they were an independant band at the time. If you like to know more, and I suspect you do, about their early careers and hear three more songs from this album live check out their 2017 TedX talk (kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppuYpphpgpKpbNE). A must watch for any The Warning Army member in my humble opinion!

[@gerstelb]

Since you’ve done a great deal of The Warning’s discography - I see playlists for QOTMS and Keep Me Fed, and I can see some individual videos for Error, but I can’t tell if you’ve heard that whole album - you know they’ve often come back to this message of “Forget war, technology and our addiction to social media will destroy us first.”

[@EdwardRLyons]

If you haven't heard the song already, you could try out Black Holes from the Pepsi Centre CDMX performance, a song about addiction of another kind. It was released recently on KZbin, and features Pau solo on a piano with a string section in support.

[@Argadeux]

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[@adryanbu]

nice start .. ⚡⚠ ⚡⚠ ⚡ ⚠ ⚡⚠⚡

[@50pike]

good reaction...

[@allsomad19]

👍👍 !!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@maxfitch4864]

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[@gill2105]

🤘⚡️🤘

[@keenian6164]

😍

[@Rohan2006singh]

you should react to The Rain, The Park and Other Things - The Cowsills :)

[@allsomad19]

I believe that at the end of the song the Ladies are asking... are you the man who this happened to, and made his leap of faith, or, are you the woman who stumbled across the man, and spoke up to everyone, or, are you the man, who was sitting beside, untill the ladie spoke up, and actually said something about what had happened ? Which one of them are you ? What does it TAKE to MAKE you NEED to say something ??? You have been warned !!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@Caspar_17]

You should try the goo goo dolls

[@PeterMcCracken-n3g]

Hi, unfortunately we're already there, with the fruit loops thinking their ways are best. Stay interested in how things are run Nikki. P. S. The Warning were all younger than you in that video. Cheers.

[@markdicesare7936]

out of the mouth of babes (young kids) this song is very poignant.

[@hardknox1917]

This was years before nightwish noise .

[@AndreOliveira-bz2fe]

Hi Nikki! 🙂Can you please make a reaction video to the song "NITA STRAUSS - The Wolf You Feed ft. Alissa White-Gluz (Official Music Video)" Alissa made a wonderful voice job in this song, you will love it! Thank you so much!

[@Dust-to-Dust-PAU]

[@jackchilds8322]

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