The Weeknd - Dawn FM (album reaction)

My first-listen reaction to The Weeknd performing Dawn FM. © 2022 The Weeknd XO, Inc. All ad revenue paid to copyright owner.
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Tracklist 🎵
00:00 - Dawn FM
01:01 - Gasoline
01:53 - How Do I Make You Love Me?
02:58 - Take My Breath
04:54 - Sacrifice
06:07 - A Tale By Quincy
06:31 - Out of Time
07:29 - Here We Go Again
09:32 - Best Friends
11:04 - Is There Someone Else?
12:30 - Starry Eyes
13:15 - Every Angel Is Terrifying
14:26 - Don't Break My Heart
16:32 - I Heard You're Married (feat. Lil Wayne)
18:08 - Less Than Zero
19:44 - Phantom Regret by Jim
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[@pathie]

not me thinking "best friends" was a wholesome song about two buds

[@ochiai3]

"you don't wanna have wholesome activities as friends no more"

[@IvanDiaz-fl6ff]

😂😂

[@nhlanhlantabanyana1603]

😂😂😂😂

[@nhlanhlantabanyana1603]

@@ochiai3 😂😂😂

[@Denzel_Snipes]

The sonic difference in Out of Time that you noticed may be due to the fact that the track is a sample. It's a Japanese City Pop song called Midnight Pretenders by Tomoko Aran. The music is basically the exact same , good ear.

[@pathreacts]

oh you're right! i just looked it up, that's so cool. thanks for letting me know! :D

[@tempura5126]

I KNEW IT SOUNDED FAMILIAR, the first little "chime" or whatever in the song made me fall in love instantly because I love japanese city pop.

[@finnaboing]

yeah that's where Oneohtrix Point Never's vaporwave experience comes into play, it's sick

[@ZMO2015]

Hearing Less Than Zero being performed live was spiritual healing 😍🥲

[@pathreacts]

aww, glad to hear

[@CuteDeliveryBoyy]

where’d you see it? for me it started drizzling with the blue lights it looked insanely pretty

[@dev1ldestiny871]

Spotify has settings to make non-stoppable listening, like, it goes transitioning to another songs without stops, so it helps to listen to albums like Kiss Land, Dawn FM and other with transitions.

[@dev1ldestiny871]

Oh nvm, others told about it too

[@pathreacts]

haha thanks for letting me know though, i am surprised i didnt know about it until the comments of this video, and ive been using spotify for at least 7 years at this point LOL

[@dev1ldestiny871]

@@pathreacts lmao, I knew about it recently too, when Dawn FM dropped, I was like: "No way, why streamers and reactors has so smooth transitions" and spend at least 15 minutes in settings to figure out what it was, xd.

[@fringehouse]

nice I was going to come and comment the same thing. im surprised it isnt on by default

[@danielp121]

Yeah! I think its called "gapless" something?

[@wjplayground1796]

This reaction is too cute. would love to see you do another album!

[@pathreacts]

thank you! lots of people are suggesting other albums from the weeknd, so i just might :)

[@fringehouse]

I love the ending track by Jim so much. it’s so chilling, it brings the album together and makes it super melancholic

[@Lolol-fm9gz]

You should do a reaction of his albums starting with trilogy it would be a cool series! Great vid😊

[@pathreacts]

thank you! will do :D

[@pituy_]

@@pathreactsplease do

[@virtual___boy]

this is one of my favorite albums, i even be listening to the interludes sometimes

[@pathreacts]

its great! what are your favourite tracks on it?

[@virtual___boy]

@@pathreacts 'How Do I Make You Love Me'' is great, Sacrifice, Out OF Time. I LOVELOVELOVE the transition between ''Best Friends" and ''Is There Someone Else?'' Every Angel Is Terrifying is super cool, love the buildup and even like the fake commercial, I think it really captures that 80-s commercial style super well. Phantom Regret has me staring into the void every time and I love it, Jim Carrey really nailed his performances here. Incredible album all the way through and I'm not even a huge Weeknd fan

[@Ashwin-eo4om]

He’s the king of dark RnB his lyrics are always dark 👽

[@pathreacts]

hahaha im starting to understand this now 😆😭

[@talhachoudhary8847]

coming back after i saw him live in toronto, and that experience makes this album even better than it was before

[@CaezarTheEmperor]

It's crazy how you seem to know a lot about music, and making music. A lot of people trashed this album in its initial release, but it turns out it's another gem. Abel just doesn't seem to miss!

[@pathreacts]

people trashed it??? 🤯 whyyyy

[@oculism5158]

@@pathreactsit didn’t sound like starboy or after hours to new fans, and it didn’t sound like trilogy to old fans, and it was really experimental for him. Critics on the other hand were raving about it.

[@gleninger9690]

Ok, i think this is most obvious but we need a reaction of after hours, is a great masterpiece, also i love your reactions so much 🧡

[@charliesbrownies1699]

Great vid. I love listening to concept albums just like IGOR cuz it is such an experience most of the time. Your voice is also soothing. Subscribed 👍🏻

[@nqtexo]

hihi I js found your channel and binged your reactions so far and I’m so so glad as a The Weeknd fan you have Dawn fm as your first reaction uploaded on this channel 💕💕

[@genesisosuna]

Recommended blessed me with this video. Great reaction video!

[@pathreacts]

Welcome!! thanks for stopping by :)

[@Exclusive1EXC5]

You can change setting to spotify crossfading the songs it makes transition better

[@pathreacts]

thank you! can't wait to try this out :D

[@cotsoronis6690]

i love your reactions, you respect the music and the artist this i like a lot. I've watched all of your reaction vids that you've done so far, unfortunately i cant see the mr morale one but its ok, you are so chill i like it a lot. You should more reactions , keep up the great job

[@Novafan]

If you like continuation on albums I highly recommend Gallant. Specifically Ology. Its a longer album but I love Gallants voice and his transitions are very good.

[@adriellamarao8926]

i love your reaction/review a lot

[@pathreacts]

I appreciate that :3

[@TheTrueSwagapino]

the entire concept of the album is that its a radio station that you’re hearing right after you die. that’s why a lot of the lyrics throughout the album reference death a bunch, and why Jim Carrey pops up occasionally as the “radio host” speaking as if you, the listener, are being transported to the afterlife and he’s prepping you for it. when Abel does the whole radio commercial gag in Every Angel is Terrifying, he’s basically selling the afterlife to the listener. the concept of it being a radio station that you’re hearing as you’re waiting to enter the afterworld could probably explain why a lot of the songs flow into each other

[@fiscalizacaoletterboxd]

great reaction, love your videos style!

[@ChristopherGun]

3:26 my first thought was Daft Punk - Da Funk! 😄

[@pathreacts]

omg absolutely hearing this too

[@soufianei309]

Talking about his sexual experiences has always been a huge part of his music and his directness and honesty about everything is kind of what makes him great (well not only that but ya know). If u plan to dive deeper into his music you will notice that i think. Great Reaction :))

[@pathreacts]

thanks! & i'm honestly all for breaking the social stigma and talking openly about sexual experiences. but when it's focused on *both* parties (rather than just his experience), i can't help but feel like it might be awkward for the other person, since they can't speak for themselves lol - didn't mean to come off as judgemental !

[@Hamzethegoat]

@@pathreacts true but he does a judge job of not being disrespectful with it it’s more focused on him

[@DReddKingArthur]

Yeah it is definitely true about him owning that 80’s aesthetic. I love this route that he is going with this. And if you didn’t know I believe this album is a part 2 of a trilogy with After Hours being part 1 and a third one coming in the future to complete it. I believe that After Hours represented this crash and burn moment by the end of this horrible person that he was but as i was listening to you go through this i got curious about something. I forgot about trilogy thing until watched you go through this and saying things like, “why would do that” when he talked about lying and saying he would never leave this woman. And all the other moments when you brought into questions some of the lyrics made me think and wonder what is the connection between this and After Hours. So this album represents Purgatory right? If he’s reliving the past having regrets then this should be the story of those regrets. So i had this clever idea and listened to this album backwards. Yo so first off I apologize for this long comment but… it made me open my eyes to this album in a different light. Less than zero can be an interpretation of him struggling to get over a break up with this girl and then he finds out she got married but decided to still see her as this secret lover until the point where she is destroying him and he questions if she’s really hurting him with what she is doing or if she is hurting the guy she married, but eventually things get too toxic and she doesn’t want to have “sex as friends no more”… eventually he’s going through all this pain and hurt and finds a woman who is basically just a rebound and says he’s going to give love a try again but he can’t trust her so there will be a prenup. But in out of time he is still thinking of the ex while he is with this woman but he feels he is out of time. This new woman that he is with now is trying to fix him but he treats her like shit t and sacrifices her emotionally even though deep down he doesn’t want to but he’s doing it to cope with his own inner pains and leads her down this dark spiral life with him which he ends up gaslighting and manipulating her until he becomes so dead inside with gasoline where he just stops caring about everything saying if he does eventually die from it all just set him on fire until he burns away into nothingness because now everything means nothing. Which then goes into the beginning of where After Hours takes place. I may be wrong but I’m glad i listened from a different perspective and if you really think about having Jim Carrey there is important in a way. If you ever seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind it would make since that this whole purgatory thing is him reliving the past from the person he became for the After Hours album, to how he became that person in the beginning with the heartbreak in Less than Zero so that he can make peace with his pass and move on to the next life. I don’t know if you have time to read all this and check this out but with the analytical approach you have I thought this would be a dope idea to share. Also i am loving the content! Take care!

[@-ameera-9103]

Take my breath on the album is the extended version! So he released this song before dawn fm but included the extended version on the album

[@zaidnassar.2569]

i love the asmr type whispering in this reaction lol

[@pathreacts]

i do have a soft voice 🤧 i also had covid when i filmed this lol

[@F8Sless]

Hey, im from Chicago as well, it definitely reminds me of the 103.5 Kiss FM and B96 transitions lol

[@pathreacts]

ABSOLUTELY ahahaha its so uncanny, i actually wondered if Abel was from Chicago but he's from Canada 😆

[@mattiasantacroce7127]

Hey just found out your channel and I've already subscribed, I love your style of reacting! (Btw I'm shocked you know about Justice, being a massive french house fan they're one of my favourite groups ever but sadly not many people know them)

[@pathreacts]

going to see them (dj set) next weekend!!

[@mattiasantacroce7127]

@@pathreacts Cool! Wish I could go see them, but I'm from Italy so I guess I'll have to hope they'll eventually tour here :(

[@llamalad98]

Just found your channel. Love your insights and the way you comment on the tracks. Guess I gotta binge watch all your vids now

[@refriedbeans_]

I LOVED This!!😆

[@pathreacts]

thanks, nathan!!

[@somtamthai9429]

Can you please do a reaction to Kiss Land, The Weeknds debut Album? For many fans it's his best album, but some say it's the bad album. But I love everything about it. The music, the videos, visuals, the whole concept and theme is so unique. There isn't a comparable album in the world

[@pathreacts]

of course! I'm slowly working my way through his discography, really loving his sound/style so far :)

[@maxguterres6517]

Spotify has an option in settings to let the songs play without pause. So albums with a lot of connected songs like dawn FM can be experienced in a better way.

[@pathreacts]

unfortunately i dont think its available for the free/web version haha maybe i will have to buy the subscription again

[@maxguterres6517]

@@pathreacts oh thats a bummer, great react/thoughts btw. Do u produce music or something? Usually your coments pass to me the idea that you work with music. If yes i'd love to listen to.

[@pathreacts]

i dabble, just as a hobby! dont expect anything groundbreaking like the weeknd LOL soundcloud.com/telepathics/sets

[@maxguterres6517]

@@pathreacts im kinda obsessed with Abel songs so i would never compare. And btw the covers were really good (i liked your version of Eden's song more)

[@pathreacts]

@@maxguterres6517 thank you so much :D

[@williambunker8801]

You should react to The Weeknd’s After Hours! It’s one of his best albums and came right before Dawn FM!

[@omarherrera8777]

You gotta change fade settings in Spotify for the transitions

[@pathreacts]

hahaha thank you for the tip 😆

[@gwenotion]

that bit in 'is there someone else' (the high pitch) is abel himself!

[@meiko..]

she is actually a huge fan of the weeknd, keep supporting her everyone ❤️

[@farozn1484]

Just enjoy the music 🎼

[@pathreacts]

of course!

[@yeonghyeonju608]

love your voice. i enjoy this video

[@pathreacts]

thanks for watching!

[@milamila1123]

As I always say to anyone going in to listen to The Weeknd's discography - good luck!

[@pathreacts]

hahah thank you so much :)

[@27jerry27]

"The Lyrics suddenly became dark" Wait Till She hears Kiss Land and Trilogy 😈🔪💔

[@Babatunde94]

Go to your Spotify settings, and set the cross fade to about 3 seconds for the songs to blend together

[@pathreacts]

not available for spotify free/web version i think :( maybe i will have to pay again lol

[@4kdanny385]

YES UR AWESOME

[@pathreacts]

no u

[@andrezulu24]

at first listen i hated gasoline cause of the high voice, but its grown on me now

[@John-so2pd]

One year late but I remember people HATING on that Tyler feature I always loved it tbh, I always loved this whole album. Top 3 The Weeknd fs

[@CuteDeliveryBoyy]

i got invited to The Weeknd’s concert a few years ago and i wasn’t up to date with his discography so i had to do some catching up and listening to the set list, BUT THIS ALBUM BECAME ONE IF MY MOST FAVORITE ALBUMS EVER. love all your vids, been binging then recently

[@Hamzethegoat]

Do After Hours next please it’s the prequel to Dawn FM

[@pathreacts]

I've already listened to After Hours! I think I want to do first-listen reaction videos, but maybe I can do more thought-out reviews after I've listened to something already. Is that something you might be interested in? :)

[@Reydagoat09]

Less than zero my fav song in this album hands down

[@dariusmiller2767]

The song you described at the start of take my breath sounded like Daft Punks - Da Funk beat to me

[@Jazzypanther]

Bro, the last part got me in heaven

[@shas1002]

Would love to see you react to FKA Twigs - Caprisongs

[@pathreacts]

i will! :)

[@sebastianpersson4113]

the transitions does work on spotify btw most be something with your settings or something :)

[@pathreacts]

unfortunately not on the free/web player 🥲

[@sebastianpersson4113]

@@pathreacts Oh okay im sorry i had no idea about that. Btw love the reactions cant wait for the next the weeknd one :)

[@dav9612]

omg just found your channel your reactions are too good!!! will be watching all your videos slowly throughout the next couple days haahah

[@Sin_clair.]

YOU BEAUTIFUL -KOREAN

[@thelifeandtimesofcharles]

Tidal's continuous play works pretty flawlessly.

[@pathreacts]

time to switch to tidal

[@dhruvmeena96]

best friend song is waht the girls said to weekend...... weekend story is sad but that man keeps on fighting go into setting and select gapeless, it will continue as you want from tracks to tracks

[@user-hm6nm1qj6g]

Trilogy Kissland Beauty Behind The Madness Starboy My Dear Melancholy Afterhours Dawn FM This is the order, too bad you heard two albums that isn't in order but you should start now by listening to trilogy first and just skip BBTM and Dawn FM

[@pathreacts]

haha yeah sorry i didnt know about the order until it was too late 😭 but i'll go in order from now on!!

[@user-hm6nm1qj6g]

@@pathreacts looking forward to it, Kissland is my favorite hope you like it too ⭐

[@Liam0269]

11:04 is my favorite song on late night drives through the city 🌃

[@cJuuichiku]

Should react to alone at prom by tory lanes

[@bubbatalksformula1]

you should do after hours next :)

[@MiLLz830]

wow great analysis

[@pathreacts]

ignore everything i said in this video, i was sick and loopy and chatty

[@MiLLz830]

@@pathreacts haha is cool, you spoke your mind

[@royfablooo2810]

You can fix the gap between songs so it will instantly go to the other song through the settings idk if it's applicable through Free tho.

[@pathreacts]

its not 🥲 but i will upgrade soon LOL

[@joltinshock2534]

Found my new favorite reactor

[@xenthia]

you have a very soft voice

[@pathreacts]

thank u, it is especially soft rn bc i have covid 🤧

[@samim.3391]

I know i might be 6 months late, but, I loved your reaction. oh also in "less than zero" abel is talking about not being able to shake the feeling that crawls in his bed, which signifies his regret of cheating in the past and him not being able to forget it and thus not being able to move on from purgatory.

[@aryanjohnsharma]

Ayoo, Please react to After Hours please, Please, don't leave that masterpiece 🫠🫠🫠🫠

[@AGuyNamedJeff]

103.5 KISS FM! @7:23 I hear it now that you mention it lol

[@divyanshgupta8081]

I still can't accept the fact that Less than Zero is by the the same artist who wrote Trilogy (Lyrically).

[@gabrielberetta3311]

mi vida tiene sentido desde q veo las reacts de path

[@kavid8120]

“it’s ok baby…i promise that i felt the worst” 😭

[@sebastianpersson4113]

do a patreon please and do all abels albums uncut reactions please

[@pathreacts]

haha you might be the only one to see that then 😆

[@emiliohernandez2642]

the weeknd the best!!!

[@swaginik]

yes

[@alejandro516]

as a chicago resident… WHY 103.5 KISS FM ITS SO BASIC

[@pathreacts]

LOLLL tbf i was in like 8th grade??? 😭

[@Angelm02]

kiss fm is exactly what i thought of when i first heard the album too

[@yourlipsarechapped]

idk if it's there on yours but there's an option in spotify under the setting to 'allow smooth transitions in a playlist', maybe that'll help make the switches less jarring?

[@pathreacts]

thank you! a few people suggested this as well, ill listen again literally just for the transitions :D

[@elkiwi357]

ayo! you lived in Chicago before!? If you want that radio feel overseas there is this one radio station called Vocalo Radio. They have an online radio if you want to get a piece of that.

[@thingsmaybe6119]

Its still insane that the weekend included a Rainer Rilke reference

[@Blahablahae]

get the spot premium bro😭, it makes the album experience so much better ‼️

[@pathreacts]

💸

[@Blahablahae]

@@pathreacts true

[@josephmontoya6815]

NEED A DEATH GRIPS REACTION NOW

[@briangarcia8384]

The features on this album are nuts. Jim carrey and opn??? What

[@frederiksommer8171]

turn crossfade on to get smooth transitions

[@hizzle8393]

Less than zero is such a happy sounding song but the lyrics are about depression, its crazy

[@erikmenlo2597]

LISTEN TO STARBOY!!! PLZZ!!

[@nathanaelarvy7517]

the best

[@layaanabdulrazzaq9247]

you seem like you really like the pop side of the weeknd. starboy might be the album for you.

[@pathreacts]

woooo!!!!

[@cwanliss9]

You need to do The Weeknd 'Kiss Land '

[@JackyYBT]

Kanye next? Nice reaction btw!

[@Ninjuhhz]

I can’t believe you haven’t done After Hours yet. Have you?

[@AM-pr3gc]

Should react to alone at prom (and deluxe) by Tory lanez

[@rayenbadis9058]

very good very nice 😀👍

[@gellegrainja9805]

hej. 🖐️🎵

[@andrecspr]

great reaction :)

[@pathreacts]

Glad you enjoyed :D

[@monisss3546]

god, am i a simp for watching this

[@pathreacts]

yea

[@aryanjohnsharma]

Listen to kissland please by the Weeknd

[@mindblower113]

You're so pretty

[@pathreacts]

aw shucks c:

[@hari8568]

I don't know if you have listened to his other older songs but he always talk about sex and drugs in his songs

[@pathreacts]

haha if im honest, i dont think ive ever looked up the lyrics for anything in After Hours

[@hari8568]

@@pathreacts no u need to go even further back,look into albums like kissland

[@ChuTiya_TechHQ]

He had a toxic break up and you see describing that person in song called “escape from LA “ song. This album expected to bring more light. But …

[@mahdiheidari5856]

want that kissland reaction

[@taximan031]

you should react to 8o8s & heartbreak 💔

[@s4tchh]

i love u

[@Fuzzioned]

Bruhh i live in chicago , kissfm is the best fr

[@danielronald8003]

Yes do trilogy

[@pathreacts]

will do :)

[@danielronald8003]

@@pathreacts ❤