The Weeknd - Dawn FM ALBUM REVIEW 

Screen recording that part, need it in my life

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What song ?🌝

@@cedricking3719 hes kidding dude

@@commentkall7341 I think he’s kidding too 🌝

Yo I remember you and your meme comments on Stuckmann's channel!

And Abel Tesfaye is a great narrator for this album

Jim Carrey carried this album

Wtf are you talking about

@ARIANA'S NEIGHBOUR get a job

Has to be sacrifice for me

Out of time,Is there someone else and Sacrifice for me.

@@JoshSingleTon2 these are my exact ones too. This album is amazing

@@compwexity That's pretty cool and I agree, it is a fascinating album. Can't stop listening to it since the release lol.

for me its less than zero 100%

nah, 7 is okay

True 🔥

​@@bryan1956"nah" as if there was only one objective opinion. Smh 😭

love u x

Praying for a Weeknd interview

after his comment on shawn cee’s video, i don’t doubt it

He probably snuck in an Anthony sample somewhere in the project

can u catalog the samples in my parent’s divorce

👌nice👌

It sucks fr... i though he was going to say 4/10

@@thegreatwizzarrd5172 radio

@@thegreatwizzarrd5172 You're joking right

@@milesmellenger689 Just ignore such folks. Tryna just grab nonsensical attention

Its pretty cliché. Even in this review he said its the Dawn to a new Abel

@@pyro3215 among us

everyone was saying that? he didnt predict a new trilogy he just realized After Hours was a style Abel hadnt done before, i fw Anthony but lol

That was just predictable , it’s nothing insane lol I still remember when Anthony gave house of balloons a bad review , I was in high school and I remember saying this critic does not kno what he’s talking about

@@batflashzyzz imagine getting ratio’d by an among us lol

I was under the impression that this is the second, after hours being the first.

This is the second in the trilogy

the second after After Hours

Why would this be the end of a trilogy? Starboy came out 7 years ago and was a kind of generic pop record.

So you think its either first or last of a trilogy... when its clearly second. After hours being the first.

the lyrics are so haunting too

I couldnt agree more, hearing the first verse in that low tone had me questioning it, but by the end of the song I was hooked

Yeah thats the best song with take my breath. The new vocal inflection just balance out the track perfectly, and the hook is infectious

I love it cause it sounds like something I’d hear at goth clubs. I hope the goth clubs play it

No one’s talking about this song as much as it should be talked about!

its heat but no way is it better than echoes of silence/tears in the rain/starboy

The Knowing

I agree but I also love the knowing on HOB. Still one of the my favorites of his.

Final lullaby is better imo. But phantom regrets is beautiful af too.

@@youareasock9752 W, my favorite song of all time

I mean, he did enjoy it. He included it in his highlights in the description. He didn't really gush over it, but if you play it back, he didn't have anything negative to say about it either.

Because Fantano dislikes anything that is too derivative of other songs. I love the song, but it definitely is a mix of every huge new wave hit in one.

Bro it’s the one that instantly hit me.

It’s the typical Max Martin safe banger

And he didn't even say a word about I Feel It Coming in Starboy review

Forgot Quincy Jones track to introduce Out of time! That absolute funky groove foreshadowing the sample of Out of time and the contrast with the harsh story of Quincy Jones... what a track

@@alexeie.6187 I like it, just don’t love it, you know?

fellow falcons fan, how we feeling about this season finishing 7-10

@@kahikovmikey I was expecting 7-8 wins, so... not too surprising. Just waiting on the team’s development alongside Arthur’s play calling

@@thrbrandao yeah especially considering how our roster was looking going into this season compared to how our roster was 2020 we somehow managed to pull off 7 wins but either way good start to the new fontenot arthur smith era

Don't really care tbh. Just admit that The Weeknd is better than Kendrick and go.

@@DylanDocker huh?

@@DylanDocker what

@@DylanDocker wtf lol

Ehhhh the album sounds like a bunch of Uncut Gems throwaways, no thanks

Not me been a 6 or 7 and always probably will be

You should rate each song and then see the average. You saying it's 9/10 is st00pid. That's like saying you rated almost all of the songs 9 or 10

@@SamiiRSMT All songs together can be worth more than their sum.

@@fine3791 what?

@@SamiiRSMT they together can be a higher score even if most tracks are a 7, the album can be rated 9

Exactly even Starboy n Beauty Behind The Madness shocked me never thought the guy who made House Of Balloons could be a pop star or drop such huge anthems

@@Hamzethegoat speaks to his crazy versatility

Definitely the production is the one who steals the show on this record

opn

@@emilioguerrero3964 bruh Abel writings skills was top-notch

Yeah the production was definitely what was focused on. I can see why a lot of people say it’s only an ok follow up to his other albums but I’m loving the sounds even if it’s a bit more on the pop side.

And Jim

After Hours was a 7 Dawn FM is an 8 The last one's gotta be a 9

@@shashankdas4111 according to Fantano 😄 after hours is a 10

@@Cool-bl2kb what do you mean? i dont understand

@@Cool-bl2kb didn't he give it a 7?

@@simoncarlisle7368 he’s saying that according to fantano, After hours is a 7, and dawn fm is an 8. The commenter thinks after hours is a 10

Its just a guys opinion bruh

@@simonsanchezkumrich8489 facts yall gotta chill

@@simonsanchezkumrich8489 While I get what your saying. It's a guy whose been doing reviews since almost a decade and has heard ALOT of music. I wouldn't say he is "just a guy"

@@hola979 i know, but its still an opinion, music is subjective, just dont take it too serious and for sure dont take it personal

He should have given after hours a 9. He rated it way too low

Ye and Kendrick too

@@staigenerator2949 tyler

stop calling him by his real name

Bro, frank ocean?

@@Boomi_Dog why have people been making a big deal about his fans calling him Abel? Like I get we don’t know the guy personally but saying something like “I’m listening to The Weeknd during the weekend” just sounds redundant don’t ya think? Much easier just to call him by his real name

Nah this shit was weak

@@jacesoto8319 That's your opinion and I respect it, but I personally enjoyed it. We can't all enjoy the same things.

I honestly have this feeling after finally listening to After Hours, then this new one, that he could do something EXTREMELY good but his tendency for being still a safe pop hit doesn't quite make him go there. I'm definitely curious to see where he goes from here. Hoping it continues down a more interesting route.

@@Petalflipper I’m hoping it makes a full U turn and he finds himself back at the music that got him famous. I know he’s gone so far down the pop and now 80’s synth road that he most likely won’t, but I miss the melodic moody rnb.

@@chefcuhdon33 considering how successful after hours was i’d consider that to be more changing for him than any of his old music. not to mention, to me personally his old music is really middle tier up to bbtm which only had a few good tracks. i personally heavily prefer the weeknd when he’s in his pop lane compared to anything else he’s done. everything he touches that is pop turns to gold. this album and after hours are BY FAR his best albums in his discography and i really hope after life (the theorized title for his next lp) fits into the top 3 aswell and i honestly wouldnt be suprised if it is. ive heard a lot of theories that after this trilogy abel will retire and if that’s the truth, i 100% believe he will go out with a bang and make a album even better than after hours and dawn fm which is almost unfathomable to me personally. these two albums have easily surpassed every other album i have ever listened to and i truthfully believe that “going out with a bang” would not be releasing slow moody tracks similar to his first trilogy. and i think the people begging for him to go back to his old sound need to let him do what he wants and evolve his music to HIS liking. if he likes this 80s style pop/r&b type sound i think he should embrace it, as he did with this phenomenal record.

Agreed

"Afterlife"

OPN's last album was literally called Magic OPN, and took on the similar concept of a radio station being a metaphor for transitioning through life.

He’s also a co-writer on 11 songs so yeah

@Axle Blaze because this is a better record

I kept reading "never named himself..." and was so confused

Thanks William :)

Yeah that was the one that really stood out to me. The replay value from the groove is just insane.

literally such a good song

it’s my favorite on the album i’m with you there, the production is fantastic throughout the whole thing but specifically out of time i love the production

Is there someone else is my favorite one

That hook tho🔥

Fantano gave echoes of silence an 8/10 as well

@@chrismalinowski654 oh right, thanks!

Now we just need a 9/10

If i can be picky then dawn fm is 2nd highest score, since dawn fm got strong 7 to light 8, EoS got a light to decent 8

@@TheWolffriendly You're good someone as already told me about the Echo of Silence score i had forgotten about it

lol he's a weak artist ya'll really hyping this shit up way too much

@@alexgeorge9533 L

@@alexgeorge9533 all you post is Twenty-one Pilots, the weekend is definitely better and more innovative than those fucks

@@Radiant16 + Ratio

@@alexgeorge9533 okay alex george

Take my breath stole the baseline from phantom part 2 by Justice

After hours took a little bit to grow. Lots of hits on there man

Agree

Take My Breath is solid but IMO there are better tracks on the album

I wonder if it will grow on us even more, The Suburbs was an album where the more I heard it, the songs I didn't vibe with at first, really blossomed after repeated album listens.

Under rated comment

Still not a fan of the cover, especially after seeing the singles covers

I think in general The Weeknd has been trying to formulate his own pop sound. He is great at making pop records, don’t get me wrong. On Starboy, though, they were a bit more formulaic. He’s now executing this sound with his own style

Tbh The Weeknd has been way way more creative since this new trilogy started. Starboy is pretty bloated ngl probably my least favorite album from him even though it still has great songs like Die for you, sidewalks, reminder, and the tracks with Daft punk.

@@charliejordan4490 a lonely night is one of The Weeknd’s best songs imo. Perfectly executed pop track

@@zclan4130 yeah there’s also some underrated gems I forgot to name like A Lonely Night, true colors, but it’s sad there’s a decent amount of good songs but there’s probably more downsides to the album.

@@charliejordan4490 I agree. Wouldn’t write it off as a bad album, just bad compared to what we know he’s capable of musically

also the weeknd and OPN probably met onset for uncut gems just saying

@@thomward6890 OPN also handled sound during The Weeknd's Super Bowl performance

all the trilogy simps are gonna hate you for this

as someone who started listening when he released after hours do people shit on his older stuff a lot? is it worth listening to

@@fizzie2301 the XO fanboys will tell you yes every album is a banger but really just check out Starboy and Kissland, and HoB

yes

and Kissland

HoB 7.5, dawnfm 5

A 3 💀

Right I'll never forgive him for that

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Love how everyone just ignore your arguments and just go “ok” with nothing to add to the conversation. Pettiness at its finest lol

Modern day Michael Jackson in a nutshell

@@omerfarooq6822 yeah without the controversy, fingers crossed it stays that way. Michael’s name was dragged after his death, when he couldn’t defend himself, shame.

@@jandntheriault They tried...those fake ass documentary accuses were claimed to be false as all the accuses that were made against him. Michael Jackson’s legacy is still the strongest in the music industry. Kids and artists like Abel show how much MJ’s music still influences us now. Can’t dethrone the 🐐

Agreed. I honestly believe he is the greatest artist of out generation. Is that crazy to say?

frank ocean

The ending vocals of Best Friends sound so much like Michael Jackson it sends chills down my spine.

Random access memories is one of the greatest albums of the 21st century. This is not even close.

A tale by Quincy reminds me so much of Giorgio by moroder

@@pelchluke8984 same! Immediately thought of that. I definitely think RAM was a blueprint for Dawn FM

@@James-lz7nn Not what OG comment was saying

And then the next album after that gets the KL treatment, 10/10

That part literally makes you feel like you're ascending to heaven

that’s jim carrey??? wow

What’s AH rating for you?

@@kingofhearts9020 9/10 for me

After hours to me is like a 8.5 and Dawn Fm is like a 8.

Haven’t listened to this one yet but After Hours is easily a 9/10, no skips on that thing. & the title track is one of his best songs ever.

@Ten O the deluxe was awesome.. Nothing compares and missed you get me in my feels

Literally the same. Easily my favorite after being pretty underwhelmed on first listen

@@dariuseatmon3971 That's wild to me but then again I remember I didn't like the music video version as much as I enjoyed the extended version when it dropped lol,

The album’s Extended version is astronomically better than the single version. Something about that dark, roaring bass feels so badass. Such a fresh, daft punk inspired disco tune

Saaame. I was just thinking he was doubling down on the Blinding Lights hype but in the context of the whole album the song is perfect.

Woah. I really hope this is not a copypasta.

Powerful. I haven't given myself the time to sit and reflect and it's gonna take a couple more listens, but I had experienced a similar if tiny epiphany once I paid attention to the lyrics of Gasoline. It was like a balm for what goes through my head. I'm tabbing this album to take me through the year, because I know I'm gonna need it.

@@sakshamtyagi9652 It's a true story, but I actually did paste it into a message on The Weekend's community tab as well. Not sure if that makes it copypasta.

You really have to give After Hours a chance then! It's arguably just as good if not better. I do prefer Dawn FM just a tad bit, but I can see how After Hours is better tbh.

I don't want to sound like one of those "his old stuff is better" people but definitely check out the first 3 albums. Imo every weeknd album is great the last few were very in the pop realm though. The first few albums really put the dark RnB into the mainstream

No bruh, wayne feature was buttcheeks, sounded like starving skeleton and terrible lyrics

That it is! If you actually read the lyrics on that one, "After Life" is capitalized and quoted every time. So basically, everyone's thought is that the 3rd album will be called 'After-Life'

Really excited for after life, I don't think he'll follow the 80s inspired production on this album let's see what he'll come up with

Yes!! I’m obsessed. After hours was great and made me a bigger fan especially after his Super Bowl performance. Dawn FM just hit every note for me

@@Isaac-ul8yz I don’t know why, but it just feels so different, but familiar at the same time

@@YesThisIsJamesWier cuz it's retro and futuristic, at the same time

That’s my fav track on the album, I was bummed out he didn’t even mention it. Or it was so subtle I didn’t even hear him mention it.

cringe

@@mariorossi8830 😐

THE NEW KTU!!!

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Like ur pfp

I agree

boog

6-8 for me

i haven't listened to it but id give it a 2-5 out of ten because it's mainstream and i think liking it would be uncool

I feel like Sacrifice is a better fit for a reimagined Thriller, especially considering that song’s bassline

Good comparison

Well when you put it like that...

apt and well put

house of balloons and after hours aren't dark???

I really hope he goes on the tour with Abel

After life is his next album?

@@robglobal1 it most likely is cause he teased it in the 2nd half advertisement part of 'Every Angel is Terrifying'.

@@sihlerumo I'll go find it I def didn't even realize that teaser. For sure sounds like a Weeknd title tho. Funny this album just dropped and I'm already anxious for the next one lol prob gonna be a while tho so luckily we have all of music from him to enjoy til then

yb better

Wow super funny comment and meme I can’t even feel my lungs anymore from all this laughter

Same

@@JRZ24 don't care + yb better

@@JRZ24 yb better plus you are white

Stanthony Frantano

echoes of silence

IGOR got a 9 too. it's rare, but it is definitely possible.

Thank U next got an 8

He gave Malibu a 7 which at the time was a very underground project (It’s a 10)

Donda Flower Boy IGOR KSG TPAB LDA list goes on

DAMN.

Truly absurd

thursday was a 5/10 for him

@@chagrin6919 wasn’t it just the song thursday?

@@3xtan327 i don't think he rates singles

I still can't believe he gave MDM and BBTM a 5

Nah the album to me is still a 7, not in love with it but I definitely enjoyed it

jokes on you I already formed my own opinion

Lmao deadass bandwagoners

I was so excited to see Wayne on this album but goddamn, his verse was so underwhelming

Yeah Wayne always delivers with his guest verses. He tends to match the flow of the album but this time it wasn’t quite there. Still a good verse tho but didn’t add much

Everyone has their own taste ! Personally, this is my least favorite album

@@locitojones i respect that, i think it just shows how great of an artist Abel is that he can put out a catalogue that attracts all these different people from a wide range of genres

It really is a masterpiece. One of if not his best record.