The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness (album reaction)

My first-listen reaction to The Weeknd performing Beauty Behind the Madness. ℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc. All ad revenue paid to copyright owner.
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Tracklist 🎵
0:00 - Real Life
01:35 - Losers
02:51 - Tell Your Friends
04:25 - Often
05:49 - The Hills
07:09 - Acquainted
08:02 - Can't Feel My Face
08:32 - Shameless
09:29 - Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)
11:02 - In The Night
12:04 - As You Are
13:00 - Dark Times (feat. Ed Sheeran)
14:07 - Prisoner (feat. Lana Del Rey)
15:07 - Angel
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[@pathie]

my favourite tracks were Losers & Earned It 💞 someone please tell me what happened to kanye's verse, this is going to haunt me for three weeks

[@soufianei309]

tell your friends was meant to be on kanyes album. he gave the song to the weeknd and tweaked it to fit more into the overall album style so they decided to take out his part. theres another version (the original version) in which kanyes part is still on it and thats why genius has the lyrics for his part. nice reaction btw, your voice is very calming in the best possible way :)

[@pathreacts]

omg thank you so much this makes a lot more sense 😆 i'll be sure to give the original a listen!

[@angie-jo1mn]

I love Real Life, Losers, Shameless, Aquainted, Often, Angel are my TOP off this album but on his first projects the 3 mixtapes I basically love every single song. When someone put so much passion and dedication to their work its really hard to hate- the uniqueness is what I love most about The Weeknd's music and vocals like no other ,he's in his own lane. Just keep in mind it's nothing to relate to its his life experiences.

[@pathreacts]

@@angie-jo1mn i get that impression as well!

[@itsnearlv]

​@@pathreacts Idk if you ended up finding out already, but that is Kanye's verse there. His vocals are autotuned distorted to the fkn maximum with heavy EQ and reverb on it to make it almost sound like a synth. But if you listen closely you can sort of hear words. Specifically at 3:03 in the song you can almost make out the lyrics "Tryna be at the wrong place at the wrong time."

[@gonzalogallego9265]

With The Weeknd it's better to listen to his projects in order so you see the change in the character slowly with every album, and that's why After Hours and Dawn FM hit so hard. Hope you keep diving into it. XO

[@pathreacts]

oh noooo i wish i knew this before i started!! D; is it ok to do trilogy next? thats what everybody's recommending

[@gonzalogallego9265]

@@pathreacts Yeah, a lot of his fans love it because of the dark vibe, and it's cool to see where he came from. But you probably should listen to each mixtape separately because 30 songs isn't an easy ride (just divide the album in 3). Hope you like it. XO.

[@zelamen]

The last lines in "the hills" is in Amharic language (Sampled from Ethiopian song) and translate to: "I love you My beautiful, I love you My love love love love My love love love love I love you My beautiful, I love you"

[@pathreacts]

oh, thank you so much! so sweet

[@dre27321]

since Kanye co produced tell your friends and he synthesized his voice on one of his own songs before, I'm pretty sure that was a decision he made for tell your friends.

[@pathreacts]

so interesting, i was confused because the lyrics were on genius, but they're illegible while listening because of the synth :o

[@Ghjusjkjdsmkdhhfjd17718]

@@pathreacts Ye has his own “official” release of Tell Your Friends on his SoundCloud under the name “When I See It.” Same beat, but a different Kanye verse

[@pathreacts]

@@Ghjusjkjdsmkdhhfjd17718 this comment slipped thru the cracks sorry but ill definitely check it out! thanks :D

[@Latp22051]

The thing with The Weeknd's music is that gets better and better every time you listen it

[@pathreacts]

🥰 i think ur right

[@wojtii205]

I watched the dawn fm reaction and now I'm watching this. I like you a lot, your analyzation of the songs and the whole vibe you create while making these videos. Keep it up!:)

[@pathreacts]

I appreciate that so much, thank you! up next is house of balloons ☺️🎈

[@majorboom5486]

Angel is one of my top 3 from Weeknd. Gives me goosebumps when I listen to it

[@thecfclad]

so good to see you jumping on The Weeknd XO bandwagon! looking forward to your reactions to all of his albums 😄

[@pathreacts]

Me too!! I'm really loving his sounds so far :D

[@2007_Toyota_Corolla]

The reason the hills felt a lil empty was because it wasnt blasting from the dying speakers of an 07 corolla doing 47 on a state route at 2am with the windows down rattling the entire car and the 4 goofy ahh patrons within

[@PyroTheManiac]

facts

[@AugmentedGravity]

The Hills is one of the most special songs of all time.

[@afrocinema2011]

Last part of the hills is in Amharic (Official Language of Ethiopia) When translated it basically means Ewedihalehu (I love you), yene konjo (my pretty), yene fikir (my love) You couldn't find it because amharic uses its own alphabet and lyrics was written using English alpahbet. Nice Reaction 👌 Hope you'll do more of the weeknd albums, cheers

[@pathreacts]

this makes so much sense! thank you for letting me know, that's so cool

[@karekarebonito3684]

I love your insights and honest reaction on this one. Keep it up, curious what you think about on the Echoes of Silence mixtape, Starboy, MDM, and After Hours.

[@pathreacts]

thank you! im excited to check them out :)

[@andrewkashmarek3162]

easily on a binge watching your videos, love your takes and editing style!!

[@hizzle8393]

Often samples a 70s track called Ben Sana Vurgunum by Turkish singer Nükhet Duru, its a pretty insane sample flip Recently found you in my recommended and i’m binging your videos, can’t wait for the next one : )

[@mahdiheidari5856]

thanks you for this video. you have now entered the the world of the weekend. u must now do all of his world.

[@pathreacts]

Working on it for sure!! :D is there a lot of lore, too? maybe i should do some research into that!

[@nahom6513]

would love it if your reaction was longer, but still ❤️

[@pathreacts]

thank you! this is only my second reaction video attempt & i havent yet had time to watch how other people do it, but i hope to improve over time! giving good context from the music, speaking my thoughts as i'm thinking them -- it will take some practice for sure :)

[@mahdiblake8179]

Haha you seem to actually pay attention to the instrumentation and structure and I love that. I'm a sucker for strings too

[@pathreacts]

this is why i have to set aside time to listen to full albums - i gotta pay attention!! 🥰

[@UN1QU88]

I Love Your Reaction Videos 🥰😇

[@pathreacts]

thank u 😇

[@UN1QU88]

Your Awesome 😁

[@zoneloveszonetta0115]

House of ballons(Mixtape) Thursday(Mixtape) Echoes of silence (Mixtape) Kissland BBTM Starboy My dear melancholy (EP) After Hours Dawn FM

[@pathreacts]

is this your ranking of the albums? :o

[@Montez559]

@@pathreacts it’s placed in chronological order

[@pathreacts]

oops haha thank you!

[@maya9428]

it is Amharic language (Ethiopian) - which means "i love you my beautiful girl"

[@pathreacts]

🥺 omg thank u for translating that for me

[@camdenfitz7397]

You are unintentionally hilarious in the best way possible

[@robbb-we7uj]

You gotta do trilogy and kissland now!! Thanks for the video.

[@mjgoat2366]

Fax

[@pathreacts]

You got it! I wasnt sure where to start, but since I already listened to Can't Feel My Face, I decided to start here :)

[@astro_xo272]

My fav is In The Night＾＾ What’s your fav album of The Weeknd?

[@pathreacts]

I'm still going through the discographies, I'll keep you updated on my favourites though ;)

[@AlyPicon]

I think the only songs I don’t like on this one are the features😩 and you gotta do the 3 trilogy mixtapes, people still think that’s his best work and it was super influential to the r&b scene (I’ll warn you it’s extremely dark tho lol). and the language in The Hills is Amharic, Abel is Ethiopian and that’s his first language

[@pathreacts]

omg thank you! that's really cool, I was wondering why some of it wasn't translating 😆 i'll definitely check out trilogy!

[@habeshaspirits7301]

The sound you heard at the ending of The Hills is Amharic Ethiopia's official language, which is Abel's first language

[@pathreacts]

i’m surprised the translation wasnt super clear then! thank you 🙏

[@Hamzethegoat]

Gotta do Starboy, After Hours, n MDM

[@ynelypelez5979]

You need to react The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey They are an iconic Duo because in an Interview Abel said that Lana is one of his music inspiration and seems that his songs with her songs its talking about each other.I recommend you Party Monster that Lana do the Background vocals,Stargirl Interlude both are in the album Starboy by the Weeknd;Lust for life in same title album by Lana del Rey and Money Power and Glory an unreleased remix song in Ultraviolence by Lana del Rey

[@pathreacts]

wow i had no idea about this! I will definitely be exploring this more :D

[@eldraque4695]

i know everyone saying u should listen to trilogy so jus so u know it’s a mix of 3 mixtapes put together. house of balloons thursday echoes of silence u should do them separately (if u plan on doin it)

[@eldraque4695]

also if the lyrics bother u on this album i don’t think u would fw his older stuff cause the lyrics are wayy darker 😭

[@pathreacts]

oh my god thank you so much for telling me LOL i thought "trilogy" was its own album from these comments 😆 i do plan on it. & i think if the lyrics are a big part of the puzzle, i will also dedicate some time to looking into the meanings :) it can be dark/sad, but it's his art as well and i'd love to understand him more as an artist!

[@angie-jo1mn]

@@pathreacts The Weeknd is a lyrical genius Trilogy is one of best work ever made but it is dark in content and language just go with the flow if you decide o get into it. Personally, I told my daughter that she can listen to it when she's 18🤣😭🤣😭 she knows new Weeknd not the ole Weeknd when in his R&B bag. You will love it either way XO

[@Panda_9800]

the weeknd is top 5 in my list n this my fav album

[@chequitadabitch5157]

DO TRILOGY NEXT LETS GOOOOO

[@pathreacts]

definitely coming up! got so many comments about it :D

[@satanshameer690]

It's Amharic. Abel's Amhara

[@SirGallyo]

"Tell your friends" was originally for Ye's (kanye west's) scrapped sequel album "yeezus 2" it had drake + the weeknd. but he gave it to the weeknd hence he produced it and is found on the song. You can still find the original version with drake and him.

[@sirzechsquasar]

Maty Noyes in Angel was one of the most sensual and tantalizing voices I'd ever heard back then 😂

[@curto201]

I feel like this album is more of a car album if that makes sense. Alot of the build ups lead to heavy bass that you cant really hear with most headsets, takes a surround sound type vibe to feel the songs more, if that makes sense. I can picture listening to this over and over in my car that had a super good sound system and it seems to change the dynamic a bit. Such a solid album. And i do get that some people might find heavy bass as a drop lame, but the vibes from the songs fit well with the bass.

[@Zamire236]

Exactly

[@lucianoantoniourionavargas2932]

The reason why Kanye’s verse is gone is actually not beef but something much simpler, Kanye produced “Tell Your Friends” and it was supposed a collab track with The Weeknd on his (now scrapped) album “Yeezus II”. However due to Kanye not wanting to release it anymore he gave the track to The Weeknd which he put out because he really did like it. Fortunately you can still listen to the original since it leaked a while ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3ObY4d7oN6Hb6M Anyways, great reaction! Always love reactions to Abel, he really is a talented dude

[@Heizteds]

Hopefully you check out his album “Starboy”

[@aryamazandarani6373]

I love this album so much. I feel like Often through In The Night is almost flawless, but it kinda falls off until Angel which is an incredible closer to the album. The only reason it's not one of my favorite Weeknd outros is because he's really damn good at them and has a few better ones (Tears In The Rain, Heaven or Las Vegas, Until I Bleed Out)

[@pathreacts]

yesss i can't wait to hear more!

[@Hamzethegoat]

Often dropped in 2014 as a single Halsey n Hippie record ur referring to dropped in 2016 or 17 I think Weeknd n Halsey are good friends n have toured together maybe she liked the melody of Often

[@pathreacts]

this makes so much sense! they seem like they would be friends lol

[@jackhastings9750]

Kanye produced the Tell Your Friends track

[@manaswinturkane]

When reading lyrics in genius if the the lyrics are highlighted with black and you click on them you can get the translation

[@pathreacts]

oh i didnt see! i will try next time, thanks for letting me know!

[@_turfy]

At the end of “The Hills” he saying “I love you so much My beautiful I love you so much My beautiful” I think he was singing it in Turkish 😅

[@hijinx1285]

You gotta hear him perform “Earned It” live, that shit is magical

[@pathreacts]

does he still play it out?

[@hijinx1285]

@@pathreacts I don’t know for sure, I haven’t been keeping up with his tour. But I do recommend you check out his 2018 Coachella performance, it was amazing

[@youngdhtho99]

@@pathreacts he doesn't sing it anymore sadly...but he performed it at the Superbowl last year you should check It out !!!

[@Blag_Cog]

I'm curious about your sound set-up. Are we hearing what you are hearing? Or are you putting some type of sound morph on the music for copyright claim reasons?

[@pathreacts]

im recording in OBS, so the music & my voice are recorded to the same file! the warpish sounds are because im trying to process my own voice (de-esser, de-clicker, plosive remover, peak limiter). also played around with auto-leveling in some of these early reaction videos. since its just one file it does morph the song a bit. the newer reactions are processed a little better, i think :) * not intended to deter copyright lol i dont think theres a way around it

[@Blag_Cog]

@@pathreacts Thanks for your reply! It does help trick the algorithm a bit for its initial passes. But its not 100% definitely.

[@pathreacts]

@@Blag_Cog yeah im not too pressed about the copyright system, letting labels claim adsense money seems like a fair deal to me!

[@yohanestsegaye4855]

7:01 The Hills “ወድሀለዉ የኔ ፍቅር ወድሀለዉ የኔ ፍቅር ፍቅር ፍቅር…” means I love you my love love love… In Amharic

[@aryanjohnsharma]

Great reaction ✨✨✨✨✨

[@pathreacts]

hahaha thank you :) & thanks for all your suggestions!

[@manavkashyap9914]

React to After Hours by The Weeknd, also love your videos

[@sirzechsquasar]

Lol it's wild. This is my favorite Weeknd album but fair 🤣 people ain't meant to like the same music

[@ynelypelez5979]

Wow I love your voice.Seems like ASMR to me.You are so sweet 💖

[@pathreacts]

wow, thank you so much 🤗

[@abelgetachew3180]

In the hills liyrics- edwdhalew means i love you in ethiopian language

[@pathreacts]

🥺

[@SnoopyyDoo]

I want your reaction on After Hours my fav album 🥺

[@damnedwhale]

Probably found the answer already, but Tell Your Friends was a Kanye demo that he gave to Abel after Abel started riffing on it and it fit his project better. Abel san FML for him in return. The tea is likely Ye couldn't figure out what to do with the loungy track as he was going through thousands of demos during this era for the album that eventually became The Life Of Pablo, so no verse. Just some A1 auto-tune humming.

[@pathreacts]

thanks! i dont think it was humming, it sounds like they just synthesized his verse in post (you can hear the inflections) but im curious why they didnt just cut out that verse completely at that point. some people told me there is a version out there somewhere with Kanye's verse, too!

[@damnedwhale]

@@pathreacts I just think it's a textural choice, even the Kanye demo has that bit. It was a weird time for Kanye's music.

[@anthonymartinez4075]

Well U have a new subscriber

[@pathreacts]

Yay, thank you! welcome :D

[@adam9247]

often came out 2 years before the halsey song

[@sushantgurung8584]

Waiting for your My Dear Melancholy and Afterhours album reaction…..

[@N00b344]

hippie sabotage is goat

[@meh-qd7oe]

I mean if you're basically reading the most of the lyrics before he even sings it, when he actually does it kinda takes away from that experience don't you think ? And not all songs need to have the same loud poppy hooks tbh. Some of the songs on this album just is bout the production more than the lyrics.

[@pathreacts]

oh, nono i have the lyrics up just to follow along :) i know it's not the main point of the songs, but i do believe they tell a big part of the story!

[@andreeames3957]

No hate, but listening to them in order is a lot different. You’re not only listening to the discography, but the evolution of his art and reasoning for each song.

[@pathreacts]

no hate perceived! i didnt realise the order mattered so much, but i think next is trilogy, as per several suggestions lol. would that be ok?

[@jackg935]

you need to do more lana del rey!!

[@angelnegron5129]

My fav song is probably can’t feel my face or the hills or shameless

[@pathreacts]

cant feel my face is so iconic!

[@farhana4653]

Can you react to Zayns album nobody is listening please?

[@mahdiheidari5856]

THRILOGY AND KISSLAND

[@pathreacts]

coming right up!

[@ImLuel]

its amharic, an ethiopian language

[@karekarebonito3684]

You love the production so much, listen to death grips then

[@pathreacts]

the name "death grips" scares me LOL but ill give it a go :)

[@karekarebonito3684]

@@pathreacts yo I'm joking you wouldn't like them I swear, love your videos btw thanks for this

[@pathreacts]

😆 omg. i was fr going to listen. & thank you!

[@only1jesse964]

Please react to Ericdoa - things with wings album ! He’s an underground artist but his songs are amazing !!

[@TheDreRock]

Yo I never noticed but Often really does remind me of Halsey, reminds me of Gasoline from that same year (I think?) Off badlands deluxe

[@pathreacts]

someone else commented they were friends:)

[@catalingunoiu7116]

good.now kiss land

[@pathreacts]

oops sorry this comment got marked as spam because it thought it was a link hahaha kiss land is coming up!!

[@Trae2438]

I have a crush on you path

[@GiacomoTheMan]

i like how you're occasionally critical of something if you don't love it, sometimes react channels love everything and its kinda annoying lol. you have a new subscriber in me (:

[@pathreacts]

hey, I appreciate that! though i can see why some channels would want to do only positive reactions: - for one, i loved loved loved Flower Boy! and that positive reaction is now also the most viewed one on my channel. i do think people like to seek out reactions for albums they love, and bonus points if the reaction is positive as well. - two; backlash is scary! i was nervous to put out my reaction to Echoes of Silence because I didn't really like the album. i was afraid that people would shun/leave me for not liking a cult classic. but im really glad im putting my honest response out there! the point of this channel in the first place was to log my initial thoughts on new stuff i listen to, and it would be completely off course if i filtered out those thoughts lmao. plus, haven't had the pitchforks on EOS like i thought i would, so i feel like im in a pretty safe space right now :)

[@GiacomoTheMan]

@@pathreacts i get that! i literally found this channel because of my love for tyler the creator/rex orange county lol. on a deeper level though I like that you approach your reactions from a music theory perspective and talk about chord progressions and all that fun stuff regardless of your feelings on the album and not just a "oh this is good, this is bad". it makes for a pleasing experience for a music nerd like myself, im excited to see what albums you do next :)

[@santaheroica7388]

Kissland nextt

[@orlandolara9656]

Please react to Kanye West Discography

[@timou7598]

can u react to zayn nobody is listening pls

[@pathreacts]

i havent listened to anything by Zayn yet so i'll definitely check it out :D thanks for the suggestion

[@timou7598]

@@pathreacts can't wait he's so good I promise

[@josephmontoya6815]

NEED A DEATH GRIPS REACTION NOW

[@christian-fr5lf]

no love deep weeb

[@corvo9406]

Its funny when you say youre sex averse when your listening to The Weeknd. I don’t think there’s one album from The Weeknd that he doesn’t talk about women and sex

[@vince4223]

I love the channel! Pls react after hours from the weeknd

[@Layer88]

Kanye has his own version that he put in “tell your friends” it’s called “when I see it” he put it on SoundCloud but your right the definitely just distorted his voice

[@gellegrainja9805]

😙😘🌿✍️

[@pathreacts]

☺ is this a secret message encrypted in emoji

[@gellegrainja9805]

- yes. 😋😇 gelle from sweden.

[@sip_arizona]

fun fact there was a version of tell your friends with kanye featured on it

[@pathreacts]

where might i find it 👀

[@sip_arizona]

@@pathreacts kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnu7amCffbJ-rsk

[@spark9_]

this is probably his weakest project, which is saying something if it contains tracks like Tell Your Friends, Often, Earned It etc.

[@ifoundaim]

There you are 😌

[@pathreacts]

here i am!