FIRST TIME hearing Echoes of Silence by The Weeknd (Trilogy pt. 3) (reaction)...I DID IT!! 

Shelby's reaction to Initiation- 👁️👄👁️

use this as a 'im an XO fans looking first time trilogy reactions' because seeing other poeple love it for the first time gives u dopamine button

I can't believe I've waited for these like I've not heard the album..

Ur Dirty Diana reaction was everything.

Yes the The Weeknd is from Toronto and he’s Ethiopian... KISSLAND album reaction next??

Montreal deffo the most underrated track on this album

Some context on initiation for you, terrifying song isn't it hahaaaa. Well that's the point you see. See how anxious and uncomfortable you felt listening to that? That's how this girl felt when she had to go through the "initiation" to be with Abel. The distortions in his voice mimic ones mind under the influence on drugs. Fast paced then slow again , then a higher tone then a lower tone. Ultimately extremely entrancing and intimidating. He wants us to feel like she felt, he's speaking to us as we're this girl that has to pass the initiation to be with him and his crew.

Bro what’s crazy is that I heard DD by him before mj’s og version. I was 13. Abel blew my mind.

What I wouldn't do to hear this for the first time again. What a classic XOTWOD

For initiation the pitch rises every time he gets high and falls every time he comes down

I loved loved loved your reaction to him covering Dirty Diana! Michael Jackson and The Weeknd are my favorite artists of all time!!!

It's cool how the weeknd reuses his lyrics and uses different tone to sing them Ex.OX The host and Initation

Initiation is amazing in the way he presents it. The deeper reverb of his voice is him going through a come down. Higher pitch is when he’s at the peak of the high. Flawless imo

DD : 1:39 Montreal : 5:22 Outside : 8:22 Xo/The Host : 11:12 Initiation : 16:00 Same Old Song : 19:02 The Fall : 22:00 Next : 25:35 Echoes of Silence : 29:28 Till Dawn (Here Comes The Sun) : 31:56

Yooooo it was so much awaited,, looking forward to kissland though. You're so lucky you get to witness his art for the very first time..

I’d literally pay any price to hear these songs for the first time, the feeling was insane (and still is). Lovely vid!

The weeknd grew up in Toronto, he knows French because French is a second language of Canada (first in Quebec) and he’s Ethiopian

Initiation was the reaction everyone is eager to watch, you are now initiated to the essence of The Weeknd, haunting and dirty

I’m from Montréal, and that song is INSANE. You should do Kissland next ! Nice vid !!!

A subtle thing about this album I like is with DD, he slowly, vocally just appears out of the mist or fog of his on essence and comes in with the beautiful lyrics of that track... And with Echoes, the original ending of the mixtape, it's like he slowly, almost reluctantly drifts back into the essence, echoed by the sounds and cries of the one he loves begging him not to leave. Eerie and immaculate closing to this body of work.

My favorite songs from Trilogy HOB : Coming Down Thursday: Thursday EOS: Next

Initiation is the best song that has ever been made for reacting to

Her teeth are brighter than my future

Echos of Silence is 100% his darkest and most eerie project. Songs like *Outside* and *Initiation* are great examples. *Initiation's* lyrics are very dark and extreme and the warping on his voice is almost "scary" sounding. Then *Outside* shows the sad aspect of the mixtape BUT STILL retaining that mellow and ominous sound. I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO *KISS LAND* THOUGH OMG!!! It's NOTHING like *Trilogy* . Crazy to think that even though the mixtapes are 9 years old, it still sounds so innovative and impossibly unique. My ranking of the mixtapes: 1st. House of Balloons - House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls - Coming Down - High for This 2nd. Echos of Silence - The Fall - Next - Montreal 3rd. Thursday (Probably one of my least favorite projects of Abel's 😅) - Lonely Star - Valerie - Life of the Party ❕Love your videos by the way 👾✨and welcome to XO (his fanbase and independent label name)

I cant wait for you to make it to “Beauty Behind The Madness”. You’ll be surprised with the amount of bangers in there. Always love your reaction

14:30 “oh he’s doing the thing!” 🤣

Thank you for taking your time in making this reaction video for us! Very much appreciated ❤️❤️❤️

KISSLANDDDDDD

YESSS!!! im glad for this!!! best ever reaction, we need more for the other album as well!

Love your reaction to initiation. It’s a whole roller coaster!!!

I envy you so much, I wish I could experience the whole Trilogy for the first time again. Happy for you though, enjoy 🙌

Can't wait for the Kissland and Beauty Behind the Madness reaction

From the beginning of House of Balloons, I was wondering/waiting for what your reaction to Initiation would be haha. Your description at the end sums it up perfectly, and I love how you can now confidently say that you can "identify" his sound as he truly is one-of-a-kind. Can't wait to see your reaction to Kissland, you will definitely be transported to another universe.

The end of Initiation the last part where it was from “The Zone” from Thursday where drake was like “That North North, that uptown, that OVO and that XO” OVO is drakes Label and XO is The Weeknd’s Labels name

Xo/The Host is about a girl who goes to a party and is left alone by her friends. The Weeknd is there for her and lets her join his group. Towards the end he says if you want my love then your going to have to meet my boys (which could mean actual boys that she would have to have sex with) or a double entendre for drugs.

Congrats, Shelby! You made it! You are now officially a part of the XO family! Let's just say, your reaction to Initiation was priceless. 😄 Thank you for all of your reactions & as always, have a great day! 😊 *XOTWOD*

The production of initiation was extremely well thought-out and it gets me pumped up so good whenever its on. Truly a great masterpiece. The transition itself is cutting edge. Your reaction to initiation was on point and vaild, it truly gets you speechless hearing first time.

Thanks for this Shelby! Love seeing your reactions to his music!!!

The feeling you were describing at the end is so true! I really need to be in a specific mindset to fully experience the songs on this disk, and it makes the songs as a whole sound so good. That's especially valid because the transitions between the tracks are so well executed!

LOVE THESE VIDEOS! Im glad you get to experience them for the first time!

I feel like youre too innocent for his music. youre all dancing to his music 😂

YESSS girl!! Thank you so much. I always love your Weeknd reactions, you actually reaction lmao some other “reactors” just stare at the camera and don’t do anything like break it down lol. I’m really forward to see more Weeknd album reactions for sure, I guarantee you you won’t regret it :)

I love how in House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls and in Xo/The Host he says “cause these nights pass so much quicker than the days did, same clothes you ain’t ready for your day shift

my favorite out of the trilogy 🖤 im happy i found these collection of mixtapes during quarantine

your reaction to DD had me smiling so much. THANK YOU FOR THIS

First time enjoying that much The Weeknd’s music réaction like this 🤦🏾‍♂️... Shelby you’re Awesome 🙌🏽🤩.. can’t wait for the Next Level -> 👏👏👏KissLand💚 👏👏👏KissLand💚 👏👏👏KissLand 🚀🌎🌏🌍💫💫💫☄️☄️☄️🔥🌪🌪💥💥💥💥

Hey! Absolutely loved the reaction and I’m so jealous you got to hear this masterpiece for the first time. Also fun fact, Till Dawn is actually a bonus track exclusive for trilogy version of the mixtape and so the title track echoes of silence is actually the last track

I love it when he says, I’m a pro at letting go, I love it when they come and go

so i recently discovered you and this journey you've embarked on. as somebody that's been of fan of abel since 2012, it's amazing to somewhat listen to these projects all over again. it's also interesting to see your take on the story that he's telling us with trilogy and just how you feel about it overall! it's also super fun to see how you react to some of my favorite tracks! also fun fact, the tracks "twenty eight", "valerie", and "till dawn" didn't come out on the original trilogy mixtapes and were bonus tracks to the actual trilogy album. it was interesting to hear them when they first came out but definitely complete the story. it's been a journey for myself and it's been quite an enjoyable one. looking forward to watching your other videos on him and everything else you have coming out in the future!

NOW PLEASE DO KISSLAND FOLLOWED BY BBTM

The greatest project in the trilogy. Masterpiece. Perfection

i’ve been WAITING for this one!!!!!

So excited to see this, thank you

Came here to see her reaction to The Initiation and I was not disappointed lmao. Anxiety inducing and confusing was the word I used to describe it on my first listen too. Now I love it.

You make me feel like am listening to Trilogy for the first time ever! Thank you.

Lets go DD : 1:39 Montreal : 5:22 Outside : 8:22 Xo/The Host : 11:12 Initiation : 16:00 Same Old Song : 19:02 The Fall : 22:00 Next : 25:35 Echoes of Silence : 29:28 Till Dawn (Here Comes The Sun) : 31:56 Love yall enjoy your day XOTWOD

I love how u listen to lots of elements in the music like the background vocals and instruments and not only the lyrics

OMG YOUR REACTION TO D.D. IS UNIQUE😂😍❤

Ooooooooh I have been waiting for this one 🥺

I was waiting for this to see how you reacted to D.D. and I was not disappointed!

I’VE BEEN WAITING SINCE THE FIRST VIDEO FOR THIS INITIATION REACTION 😭😭🙌🏼

I’m so jealous to see your first reaction to these gems

What did I tell you Shelby, wait till Echoes lol. What i would do to listen to this the first time, my opinion is this is the best tape out of the mixtapes. You're officially XO, and would to hear your take on Kiss Land, to me, sonically his best project to date. Much Love 🤙🏽

Its really beautiful how you enjoy this mixtape I hope you get into all the discography

your d.d reaction was what I needed today !!

oh my goddd i would so do anything to hear this for the first time again!! i loved this

Coming to this one knowing she’s gonna LOVE the first track! And see how she reacts to initiation lol LOVED IT!

I only came to see how she’d react to Initiation 😂😂

Actually loved your reaction to this album 😅 Echoes of silence is one of my favourites ❤️

Echo's of silence is unapologetically dark . but you'll see the evolution in Kissland. Tears in the rain completes the journey Trilogy starts in my opinion.

Next kissland...............................

Never seen so much smiling during a listen through Echoes of Silence, lmao! Great video

Chills every time xo transitions into the host

I enjoyed this journey with you ... i can't wait for you to listen to his other albums

Just finished watching all your The Weeknd videos

Girl you got a whole journey ahead and it's amazing Will wait for kissland one of my favourite project by him

D.D. was such a surprise when I heard it too, it’s a classic

I literally waited forever for you to react on this! ❤️❤️ Love from India

Just dropping you some love for appreciating his best album he ever came out with.

Your reaction to the weeknd music is so cute ! ☺️

I can’t wait for you to listen to his other albums, they’re so good he’s my favorite artist

was having a meal with the family and saw this on my recommended on my phone. quickly left the table and ran to my room to watch this. sorry dad

Wow, i can’t believe I watch the whole video, amazing

i was waiting for echoes of silence 😭 amazing , also you should do a Q & A about yourself !

You can’t tell what abel’s vibe is. Cause everything is unexpected. Like he said XO!

Initiation is a masterpiece to put it in simple terms.xotwod.

ahhh i love watching you react to abel, pls keep em coming😭😭💕💕

man these videos are great. I cant wait for Kissland. Im praying the reaction is gonna be an hour long

I LOVE watching people’s first listens to The Weeknd’s music lol. I’m sure you’ll get sucked in to his entire discography sooner or later 🤣

coming back to this for the 4th time

Great reaction and can't wait for the kissland, favorite songs i think almost everything on trilogy

XO fam always looking for new people to see reacting to his music... Just know ur one of the chosen ones (s/o jon denton)

her reaction in initiation made my day

Here’s a good popular analogy of Trilogy, house of balloons is the party, thursday is the after party and echoes of silence is the hangover.

I honestly had the same reaction to xo/the host. I’m not a musical genius so I vividly remember thinking, “I’ve never heard anything like this so why do I like it so much”. I never imagined that I’d be watching reactions to the same songs months down the line. Oh yh I’ve subbed aswell I really enjoy your content.

Love these mixtapes and love these videos

I love this album 😢😢❤️❤️

Thank you so much for this

Oooh girl don’t hold back let it out 💚💚💚

Initiation is always a vibe , it’s unmatched 😭