Truth , always come back to this song ...

fr everytime I hear it now, I cry like a little bitch 😢

It does!! lol I just watched Party Monster, then came here to see this lmao XO 4 life

+Randis L.H. party monster video is dope

Sajeel A. yup

Neerupan Ganeshaan respect bro

😩💯

Same to you,the weeknd is the best ever to do it im my eyes

You're 7 years late to the party bro

THANKS CUZ

Same

House of Balloons times were some of the best years I've lived 😩❤️

Same here

Yep, you're right. His new music is also very amazing: the masterpieces are just coming, one-by-one with new style! But I miss those days when I thought he was a white guy and I was just six years back then! Lol! He is still a mysterious guy, tho!

Exactly my thoughts

You seen it before... Stfu

Totally agree ♥️ I miss those days when he was a mistery. But I'm happy that he's recognized as the big talent he is 🙌✨🥹

eloquently said❤️‍🩹🥹.

❌⭕🖤TWOD ❤️❤️❤️

XO

FOREVER.

XO

XO forever

Off 1 month ago happy that im not the only one who still listens to this

You’re right about that.. One of the sickest lines.. “love me, before they all love me”...

dieauferstehung people grow up and evolve you should try it kid

@@erendon91 stfu kiddo

@@dieauferstehung pop is trash, but his pop still much better than others'

51 million

@@Im_Z_4747 1 billion in several of his newer tracks

This is not Abel. This is the WEEKEND the Artist singing. Abel is his non artist government. Put some respect on it. 😂

I'll take u in a place

100%

couldn’t explain it any better

MJ Would be so proud of him

Agreed, but I sure hope there are people similar to him since I kind of feel bad for future generations lol.

If Michael had never existed this man would be the best male voice and artist in history when Mike died there was 1. We are lucky as fuck to grow with this man as a soundtrack and inspiration

Listen to all his old shit, it's all amazing no filler. Although you have to be in a certain vibe to get it, smoking a blunt late at nights and putting this on is a vibe.

Stanley. I’m always in a Trilogy vibe. Outside, all parts of Birds, Montreal, etc. I love em!

@@treysdays2141 Yeah forsure it grows on you right. I used to not FW Weeknd because I was ignorant and I thought all mainstream rappers were basic, mostly because of drake ngl. Then I randomly came across "Loft Music" around a year ago I'm like ok wow this is something special. Then I listened to House of Balloons and I was like holy shit I can't believe I've been sleeping on this for way too long. Weeknd is now in my top 5 artists.

Stanley. I can’t hate Drake…I hate his fans. Dude makes great songs but his fans only want In My Feelings and Money in the Grave. Nobody wants Tell-A-Story Drake anymore sadly… (Weston Road Flows, Lose You, Sandra’s Rose, Look What You’ve Done, Paris Morton, etc.)

@@treysdays2141 Yeah that's also what I meant, I disliked Drake and Weeknd fans, and didn't really give Weeknd a chance, because all I heard were radio hits.Once you go diving into an artists discography you will find some gems, I mean how else did they get popular lol. Anyways I'm high rn listening to King of the Fall, have a good friday night dude.

Same

Nigga you sus 😭

To this day ..

Because …. Baby I got you

@@kenyodawashington2556why are you not ? Lol

Yup.

xo forever ...thru every stage

+Haseeb Syed XOTWOD

XO till we overdose

XOTWOD 2012-Infinity

word.

this is so fucking true

Did anyone read the letter to his fans when he dropped this video? REAL DEEP

Unusual Dominican When the weeknd signed to republic records, he took down the mixtapes from his site. Instead it featured a letter implying he didn't sell his soul for fame and that he would stay the same and hoped his fans stayed on the journey with him. He recommended that we watched his new video(Rolling stone) and it would explain his situation. That same day his official Vevo account was made and Rolling stone was the first video uploaded to his Vevo.

+lilkamabeast drop a link, wtf

Dude why are you more of his fan than i am . I discovered the weeknd in 2014 when he put out " often " and I've loved him ever since with every single song and I love his work before that song ...but because I wasn't paying attention during the trilogy album makes me a fake fan ..you can't claim that you're a super fan of his without liking blinding lights...which is the song that made him the mega star boy he is today...that song counts too not just his early stuff makes u a real fan and everyone who loves him because of his current stuff fake u gotta give people a chance to listen to everything he's done u can't hold the weeknd hostage from making hits just because u love his early beginning stuff ...I'm just as much of a fan as You

@@JP-ui8xk i wouldn’t say blinding lights made him famous, don’t get me wrong definitely helped him a lot during the pandemic but, no pun intended, Starboy made him a Starboy lmao as well as often and earned it both of which I used to hear a lot! he’s definitely been popping for a while but regarding the whole fan thing I agree with you. Time really doesn’t matter some were luckily then others to have discovered him sooner. It doesn’t mean we don’t love his music just as much or appreciate his craft. I’ve heard his songs on the radio plenty especially around 2016 times, but especially started listening when he dropped after hours and dawn fm. Been a fan since, and i really love trilogy even if I only found it as of recently. Doesn’t make me any less of a fan compared to someone who found it 10 yrs prior

There is a lot to his story that newcomers may not get also newcomers tends to not be interested in HOB or Trilogy but we ain't seeing you are worth less, just that you guys tends to like his actual music and a lot of you do not understand HOB and stuffs like that especially since he's real famous now those things also tends to be forgotten. And most likes how he is right now since starboy basically, not the before, but some can like both. But you can't deny there is a huge gap between his style before and now. Which is also why some ain't pushing it into his beginnings. Doesnt say you ain't less or more of a fan, just that you guys (guys as of new fans) tends to be less, lets say, informed? Dunno how to spell what I think of, but, yah, you guys unless you pass on Trilogy and listen to it and understand it entirely, you'll miss a piece of Abel. What he is, how he is, and how he became what he became and where he came from. That's it. Not saying you are less of a fan, just knowing less maybe? But, you personally, seem to do know Trilogy, however, this was different to listen to it back then than now, even for myself which had been a day one fan, this hits different. Especially this one song but that one was made for it but even lets say, songs about him being homeless and so, remember he had to fake love with girls to get into an house and a bed. Otherwise, he was real poor and homeless. "I've been on these streets for too long, theses recognitions ain't enough" But yah, even if you were not into Trilogy, I wouldn't say yo are less of a fan, if you are a fan, you are. Idk why you guys are batting over that, I mean, cmon, we're all listening to him in our own ways what's the matter? To each their own, even If you hate Trilogy like very songs off it but like Starboy songs, well, you still like The Weeknd in a way that's yours, idk why people are so toxic in The Weeknd's fans. They're the whole opposite of my fav rapper Mac Miller (also Juice Wrld) which are very very happy about newcomers. There, they seem to be hateful sadly. But don't get offended, you're good. 2014 was the hills too iirc, not bad! You came when he started climbing famous real bad and dropping some fatty songs that were more "energetic" that's cool too! @@JP-ui8xk/videos

Starboy then his persona game too. Starboy + Blinding Lights + his peronaes and his talent too shall be mentioned as a whole, The Hills did a lot too. 2B views rn, I remember when I first saw it, it had less than millions lmao. Am real proud but yeah, many songs did help him to climb. Blinding Lights is one of them, but that's a part of many other songs. Over the years. Starboy did make him famous in the first place but he sustained and climbed even more with songs like Blinding Lights and so on yah. He's very good at managing his own career and character game. Like when he had faked a surgery, that gave him many many popularity, through Save my tears and the fake bandages during a live, people actually (well, not everyone obviously lol) did believe he actually had done this for real (the surgery) he's very good at that too. Right now he's writing off his Blinding Lights persona and going for something else, he tried something with Dawn FM but sadly, it is less catchy. But if you let it play, you'll figure out how insane it is, it sounds bad at first (did for me) until I got hooked and real fan off it. You just have to understand what he tried to do and it takes more than a single song and single play.@@darlene9807

@@ophelia7640 yes very true!! he really is a genius and i’m very proud to be part of XO. can’t wait to see what he has in store for us! 🩵

this song makes me actually so sad but also happy at the same time: Sad because this is a masterpiece (as the whole Album Trilogy is) and because I live for this sound and nowadays there is no one except PartyNextDoor who can give me that dark rnb vibe. But I am also happy because this shows that although Abel makes pop music and radio music (After Hours wasn't really daylight music so that's a good thing) it depicts that Abel is most likely the same person and has this feeling still in him

ilive forthevibez party can never compare to The Weeknd imo voices are way to different

He went for the money... became more famous just like all other artists.. nothing new.

@@pondering-princess he didn’t go for the money, he’s in a different place in life

@@pondering-princess my mans was literally homeless but you gonna rich shame him? Same shit people be saying about Eminem. Both of them deserve all the money they get because they both came from practically nothing. Don’t be a hater and don’t rich shame them.

nectar™ :(

*****​ i read an article that explained the meanings behind all his music videos.and some instagram fanpages so that where i go the info. Essentially in his first music video which is the rolling stony he warned us that he will get famous We will get "used to his face " and his mystery will fade. Which is exactly what happened since in one of his snapchats for starboy promotions he said -he is coming out of his shell. Back when he did the noise and the trilogy he was so underrated so he told us "So love me before they all love me" There are also conspiracies about him selling his soul to the devil for fame but thats a whole other thing

nectar™ he believed in himself

nectar™ it happens to all rising stars he fidnt really predict it he just told the truth

At the begins says that he has no home so this recognition doesn't matter...so, it's not really a prediction

Same here. And he saved me with this music just last year.

W

well he's obviously not happy now, his old self killed his new self in the StarBoy video

*****​ what the fuck are you talking about dumbass its his old self killing his new self, he got his old hair now

his old self killed his new self he's probably back to a depressed state, maybe not that extreme but he might be disappointed by himself but everything is speculation except his old self killing his new self in Starboy

Beast Mode he's probably disappointed in himself because he went pop

Aaman Akhtar Ahmed damn

Woah

Well he knew he had to make pop songs he even said in the interview with zane low that he chose to stay in his lane and create another world with kiss land before going pop with beauty behind the madness

He said "but until then baby I got you" lol

ARAEL and even at that, Beauty Behind the Madness isn’t that poppy and still has the same kinda tones that Trilogy and Kiss Land set, (The Hills, Prisoner, Often) while Starboy is a completely different tone

1000% percent. I agree with this statement completely. I'm a life-long fan of the weekend and was there since the start. A part of me is pained by the music he makes today but it's also understandable.

hahahaj yea thought someone knocking on my window

+Abba Behl ahahah shit i just did that

Yup, I thought someone was knocking on my bedroom door...

lol 😂😂

I kept thinking someone was knocking on my window. first time I heard it I jumped up and couldn't figure out what the hell it was.

^^ this comment right here says it all ^^

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I get emotional listening to his old music now. This song hits me hard every time I hear it.

Queeenn Raynaa same

+Queeenn Raynaa I always cry at the bridge

I still cant fathom it either. I used to listen to him exclusively in high school all depressed in 2012 lmao i was scared to show him to others because of how different & emotional he is

Bro has came a long way...

I hope I'll be different...

And now he is coming back to us... XOTWOD. Not they we ever left...but his latest shit...It was for US

@@moniqueharrison316 It's like he never left

Impressive interpretation Nick. Really is a creative song in many aspects and shows off his talent as a musician. Never thought to see you here :p nice content.

That is a really interesting take on the video, I unfortunately am a newer supporter of his, but nonetheless, I still respect the shit out of him.

"love me before they all love me" .... dude you make so much sense

ViZ Spike There's no interpretation needed really, he posted a statement himself not long after the release of the video explaining it. It was a message to his fans to explain and support what the song was already saying and what the video was already representing.

Like how you went from body building to powerlifting lol

+Osman Talha ....sadly...everyone is ruining him.....

that always happens when an artist becomes popular the older fans feel like the truest fans since they were there first and start hating

+Osman Talha sadly his new album is dope af he may be different but is still one of the best

+Geno Marsolais shut up you bellend

+Osman Talha people hate change.. you dont have to be a fortune teller to predict that people are gonna hate when you change your style.

It really is...

XO❤XO

What adlibs

what's the context?

@@taseenrj1720 this is a song dedicated to his fan base and marks the end of his mysterious persona and him entering into the limelight. You see how the lighter part of the video slowly becomes more and more prominent symbolising his change turning from an underground artist to a mainstream artist. When he says “ill be different” its because artist never stay the same after being recognised and constantly put forward something different. Then he says “i hope youll still listen” is him saying that he hopes that the day one and OG’s are still there with him after he changes his style and after he becomes a completely different man which is what happened. Thats why some people complain that they miss the old him whereas he already addressed this in this song that he’ll be different and he hopes you’ll still listen.

@@sarcastic_mango thanks for the explanation

wow thank you for the explanation @@sarcastic_mango

The most interesting thing about him is that he's still really mysterious even tho he's a mega star now .no scandals or me2 nothing I wonder how he's Abel to do that in this paparazzi world we live in today where everyone can snap the right picture at the wrong time with their phones ...

@@JP-ui8xk "no scandals" he cheated on BELLA HEDID

@@azariaaa6133so what I'm talking about embarrassing scandals like Britney shaving her head and hitting a car with an umbrella..I'm pretty sure most rich and famous dudes got side chick's. Who's outta your league too ya ...

Idk have u heard loft music :/

Thank you for understanding xo

Same I wish I've heard of him earlier like when he first started out rather then playing catch up and liking his newer stuff

, his older stuff was so different from what was going on in music at the time, the style, the beats, the lyrics, it was dark, it was scary, it dragged you into the music and before you knew it, you knew so much about his music but nothing aboutbhim, he was mysterious, everyone's little secret, all we had of him was 3 mix tapes, and rolling stone was the first ever video hr put out, besides the knowing, after the rolling stone video dropped, he wrote a letter and it explained the video on how he was torn between staying in the dark underground or going toward the mainstream light, and now a few years later, I guess we know which way he turned to.

Christine St.Louis can you tell me his old song

Aji Mahmed Fajer go listen to the trilogy

great interpretation but the video actually doesn't symbolise that. Abel wrote a letter to his fans back in 2011 explaining this mv.

Yes.

@@niggaBob we each see what we need to see ~ Rango

No sir you're a genius for catching that.

his lyrical writing still dark until now fam, what u talkin bout?

Explain

It's literally a photoshoot for the music video chill with ur cooked ass

+Bruce Lee At the time he made this song, Abel wasn't well known. He knew he would get more well known if he started working with other artists. So he warned his old fans that he would change. The photographs are meant to show how the media would give him a lot of attention, and that new fans would start to listen to his music and share it out to more and more people. So since pop music was the most relatable to his original style, he' d have to change to fit what they wanted him to be like. When he says " So baby love me...before they all love me" he's saying that his new music will draw more attention, so the old fans better appreciate all the old Weeknd songs before he changes. I don't think I'm good with explanations, but I do hope I explained what he meant by "I will be different".

+Teboho Chabeli It's also the cover for the whole Trilogy album

+Isaiah Savage that made perfect sense I agree

Rip old vibes..

Fame changed the boy

Jamill Beadle-Samuel

Marcus Johnston be great

Marcus Johnston Spot on dawg

Thank you for reminding me & bringing me back to the present moment that I’m always manifesting. Brought me back to “reality”. 😂❤️Thank you girl!!!

DaisyyMichelle true👌

I like you're videos 🙂

DaisyyMichelle i

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yung razz Is*

RUDE not really.... it's repetitive and you know it

not te be RUDE but you was sleeping

yenko blitz nah it's really good

yenko blitz actually he only repeats a line max twice, how is that repetitive

RUDE UR SO RUDE HOW DARE YOU XD coz ur name XD

What word was that

that he was gonna change brownie bites

Thank you! I said that when BBTM came out. I was like this song was a warning

I never trusted this song. I didn't think he was going to leave us but he did. At least he left us with Kiss Land before fully becoming what he is now. BBTM does still have some of him in there but not enough.

+Shane Benjamson I really hope he gives us more of the AbelXO we know on his next album. like I need at least 1 that reminds me of Abel from House of Balloons.

I THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS KNOCKING ON MY WINDOW BUT ITS 4 AM SO I ALMOST DIED

x.ihateyou.x its your quality earphones

Juwon Ayoku lol im sitting on the couch near my balcony window and i was so confused

Pat Hill what?

Lol

It wont let me like this comment on my phone so il just gonna reply to it. That shit you just said is real homie!! You should be a music critic

Lerielou Beautifully said Lerielou!

Lerielou i dont fully get the meaning of the song can u xplain?

+ricardo ricochet back in the trilogy era he was barely known and his music explained a lot of his life and this song is him explaining his future because he says that he will be different and that he hopes that we as the original X'O fam will still listen to him

+ricardo ricochet back in the trilogy era he was barely known and his music explained a lot of his life and this song is him explaining his future because he says that he will be different and that he hopes that we as the original X'O fam will still listen to him

You can check UKposts and search abel warms up back stage ... dudes voice is unreal .. just amazing XOTWOD

PREACH IT

yeah however you cna obv see doing drugs and drinking did a major influence on his voice

Boris What he did in his past influenced the stories and meanings behind his music, it has nothing to do with his vocals. It really doesn't matter what he's talking about, he has an awesome voice.

I think you missunderstood me i meant to say that his vocals arent good as they used to be bc of smoking drugs and alco but hes still an awesome singer i love. xo

Original fan here. 2012 this album was my daily go to on my sandisk mp3. Every single day I would listen to this album going through my darkest days.

Nothing hits like these first songs

Must of been a beautiful moment. You're so lucky 🖤

You can't be one of the "originals" if you are referring this music as being "Trilogy." True OGs identify these songs by their original mixtape names.

Yes

@@Hibbs4Prez True

@@Hibbs4Prez ong

That’s how I feel!! None of his mainstream music is even close

Clorox Bleach underrated comment

😐

this song is hauntingly beautiful. I got yooooooooooooooo

No bro

Exactly! Underground fan, still here, even if underground Abel is who I love the most.

it's one hell of an anthem

Nahh have u heard no, the moon

@@roryxo4623 what?

@@FaZaFurhod no, the moon is like the most depressing song in the world

This song isnt about him being depressed 😂

Emad Ze Abel is on a whole different level ;)

yup you pretty much summed it up lol

Welp from the comments on his newer music (Often and KOTF) a good majority of "day one" or "2010" fans aren't feeling his newer stuff. Which is sad, but I guess they all want this weeknd back. But he isn't the same person. Oh well, in KOTF he mentions working with Doc again so that's good.

Kai Robinson Ive been a fan since 2011 so from the beginning and I love his new shit... a lot of fans from the beginning love this shit... because we know what he's doing and why he's doing it (this song and the open letter to the fans)... also while killing the new styles that he's trying... I love that he's doing songs like Often and KOTF... they're great and still are his style just done in a different way. I am excited he's working with Doc I can't deny that but I love the new shit and a lot of Xo fans from back in the day agree.

kissland xo Yeah I loved Kissland, except for wonderlust. Not becuase it was bad I just felt it didn't fit the sadder mood of the album. I love all his work icluding the new. I'm just excited for the upcoming album.

Kai Robinson I thought Wonderlust was one of the best songs of that album! I understand what your point of view is, about it not fitting the sadder mood of the album, but personally I feel like it fit perfectly. That song is so much more troubling and deeper than you would think at first listen, so much emotion.

Those pictures are also the cover of the trilogy

genius

I'm so mad you put this comment up here I literally cried at the realization I now hate you

Just like Can't Feel My Face,The Hills, and Tell Your Friends, about his fans, and selling his soul

+oPimp Daddyo JUST THANK YOU I MEAN I ALWAYS KNEW THERE WAS AN UNDERLYING MEANING AND I HAD A FEELING THIS SONG WASN'T ABOUT A GIRL, BUT I NEVER REALLY TOOK THE TIME TO ACTUALLY LISTEN!! So many lyrics makes references to listening his music and about the fans! This is pure talent honestly!! Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMN I JUST HAD A BREAKTHROUGH AT 1:02 A.M.

WILD CT1 great in both genres in my opinion

WILD CT1 Hes good in both..

Jonah Greelish yes he did as much as he could with slower really dark music that I appreciate, but it's still bad ass because he's pop and he still brings a lot of the tones ig

think Abel is the Kurt Cobain of the Hip Hop World. He had no choice about fame. Whether he wanted it or not he is just too damn good to be kept a secret. Unlike Kurt, however, Abel chose a much better woman in Selena Gomez.

I really need that💜

Stay strong. Life is tough but we are stronger.

The way he did was brilliant. Even released a lot of free content.

+ToneEsco Ive been listening to The Weeknd for years and years and I am super happy people are finally hearing just how awesome of an artist he truly is. XO

+ToneEsco i WISH i knew him before he became more mainstream!! i really do appreciate his music whatever style it is! Seriously though, where's he been all my life!? damn :o

+ToneEsco "Pre fame" fans still have their own opinions. Just because some fans don't especially appreciate this mainstream stage of his career, doesn't make "pre fame" fans or any fan for that matter not a "true fan".

+chicvouge yeah like what the Fuck are you talking about? shut the Fuck up with this fan shit. it's music not a group. I listen to so many different kinds of music it would be stupid to be " yeah I'm only a fan of his old shit" it's music Pure Opinion based

the blow up happened already, that was bbtm. starboy is him tryna return to mixtape days. i dig it, some other ppl might not.

K Ahmed LISTEN to Starboy and False Alarm. The man belongs to the radio, he is not returning. If you think these new songs sound like the old Abel you are stupid

Totally, thats what makes this sonh even more hauntingly beautiful and sad. Sorry, but for me when i listen to Starboy it makes me smmfh, yea it has a cool catchy beat and would be fine if it wasnt for the fact that its him singing it, and its a million miles away from this. When you said "he belongs to the radio" i couldnt have put it better myself.

100% True !

shut the fuck up, herb.

Michael Giraldo dam right michael u tell tem haters that in world full of love theyer actions matter nothing

..........

Donkey Dick what a donkey dick

freaking haters man just shut up and eat luv til your ankles fat!

Yeah

Fuck yeah.

Agreed.

Exactly how I feel, man I love his old style to death back before he was famous his music was so deep, strange, it had a new-ish vibe. It sucks that we Lost him but omg I thought I was the only one who felt like this.

don't worry , he'll be back . i just know it :)

Well he belongs to the world now

The comeback

Nope mee too X♡OTWOD 🇮🇳

Nope

me toooooo

I just started crying out of nowhere???

crying rn :’)

such a nice and genuine comment. The world needs more people like you.

Yo that’s exactly how I feel bro u couldn’t have said it better

the comment ive been looking for

❤🙏🏻

+AnotherAgnostic silly goose...you cant physically baked

+Jasmine Hernandez It's slang for being really high on weed.

there is toooo much truth to this statement you made. once you get baked and listen, it's not the same when you're sober😧😕

+Another Agnostic #feelthebake

That's the route I want to take as far a a new fan....I feel like I need to be high to really enjoy his music

L

lol.. i thought the same thing.. 😂😂

Me too

Haha me too I was like ugh go away

Me to I was scared 💀 I would take the ear phone out to see but then it would go away then come back as soon as I put the earphone in I was like wtf

I take that as a compliment

Charlie Silver Ikr

I was feeling so sad bc I didn't know him before 2015 but after I read this comment i feel proud of my self thank you :))

Thanks 😁 I still hate myself for not knowing about him before, like the first song I heard from him was The Hills but even now my favorite song is between Rolling Stone and Twenty Eitht

Charlie Silver I got really into starboy back in November, had it on repeat 24/7 but didnt see him as more than that and the guy from the hills then i went to his concert a few months ago and omlllll. I started listening to trilogy and a few weeks ago, Kissland and he is legit the only artist i listen to

Still❤

+Kiana Megan please explain to me with kind of change y'all talking about

DiLaw'x His style is different now. It's still beautiful to me but it's so different from his trilogy style. He's super famous now, and he's scared that the fame will change the way he feels about music, too.

thank you girl Kiana Megan

+Kiana Megan Thankyou for putting this in words, I couldn't describe it. That's exactly what I wanted to say!

Adriana Aguirre No problem lovely! I'm glad you can relate.