The Weeknd - Kiss Land FULL ALBUM REACTION and DISCUSSION! (first time hearing)
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- čas přidán 22. 10. 2019
- After about ten million requests from the XO, here is it, my reaction to the full album Kiss Land, by Abel himself, The Weeknd.
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I sincerely feel jealous that he can react to this for the first time
Same
felt that
facts
Most relatable comment ever 😱🤟😇
Yep. Me too
This album is criminally slept on
Blame it on the stupid critics who shared on it because its not Trilogy I remember one critic saying he is to ambitious or who does he think he is for making these long records lmfaaao now they dumb ass is sucking the meat off After Hours which was inspired by Kissland sonically
THANK YOU
today it got so much recognition
@@Hamzethegoat on god after hours is great but i prefer kissland. After hours got less filler though
EXACTLY
Finally someone who appreciates Tears in the rain and how lost you can get in that song.
I play it in public with shades on because I actually tear, I could skip it but it burns so good
Especially that second half. Hits home
Dude that shit is my jam
My favorite song out of the album tbh
Cameron Smith best song on there
kissland definitely gets better the more you listen to it. You notice more layers every time you listen.
so true. so true.
Unbelievably underappreciated record
true true
This couldnt be any more true
There is always that little thing that you didnt catch when you listen to Kissland
Thats why it never gets old. There is always something new
Facts
The transition from adaptation to love in the sky is forever iconic.
Forreal
Facts💯🙌🏼
Fucking iconic
I listened to Kissland for the first time yesterday and didn’t even realise it was a different song
I love it soooo much!!
You hit nail on the head about the thematics of this album in relation to his mixtapes. In an interview Abel literally said that trilogy felt claustrophobic because it represents how he’s never left Toronto in all his 21 years of living...until around kiss land time when he travelled to Tokyo Japan and it’s the furthest he’s ever been from home and it felt like a different world (almost terrifying and isolating) thus inspired the expansiveness sound that is kiss land. If you listen again it’s very Japanese inspired :) when I hear the songs I feel like I’m in a dystopian city from an anime and I’m in a skyscraper building looking down at all the urban neon lights with rain trickling down the window, it’s stunning
still was nowhere near as good as the trilogy
gary sanchez there’s always one 🙄
I always got Japanese vibes just with the different sounds he uses, he does such an amazing job replicating his experiences in this beautiful album, I think of the same thing when I listen to them, theres just something more elevating, liberating, just something deeper and sentimental overall compared to trilogy.
Perfectly said!
So many do not get this. Thank you!!
“Honey please” gets everyone every time 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Chills EVERY TIME.
Vocally, this is still Weeknd's best album. His performance on this album is unreal
I think production wise too it’s my favorite
Agree so much. To this day I still get chills at the ad-libbed vocals at the end of Wanderlust and Tears in the Rain.
@@INFEDnoX tears in thr rain is probably one of his best songs ever. It's up there with xo, wicked games, outside
production yes. but beauty behind da madness is his best VOCALLY
not opinion jus fax
this album is DEEP needs like 20 listens to hear everything
yep, full of different sounds
Exactly. It's been 8 years since this album and only like a week ago I just noticed that love in the sky transitions into belong to the world with the rain in the background. Holy shit it was great to experience again.
benjamin ramsey 8 years mate. Read properly next time.
@@yogaflames4333 true
You mentioned from the start it sounded like a movie score, and you were 100% correct.
Here's how The Weeknd himself put it
"A lot of it is inspired by filmmakers like John Carpenter, David Cronenberg, and Ridley Scott, because they know how to capture fear. That’s what Kiss Land is to me, an environment that’s just honest fear… So when you hear the screams in the record and you hear all these horror references and you feel scared, listen to the music because I want you to feel what I’m feeling. Kiss Land is like a horror movie."
Pure Madness
very well said
Pure Madness abel did a fantastic job of creatin a cinematic atmosphere. from trilogy all the way now to heartless / blinding lights, he’s so good at creatin a world n bringing us into that world even if we cant relate to it.
So true, every time I listen to the track I feel scared but then imbrace it and live inside it, it happens every time, never gets numb. Those screams always get me.
Is that why the second part of the "Kiss Land" sounds so evil and horrifying?
Omg, I listened to the album on my own a few months ago, coming back to this video and comment, YES. It was scary. And I didn’t wanna listen to a single weeknd song after it lol, even happier tracks cuz I’m like nah this man is crazy. Very creative work though
also for some background, he went to Tokyo, Japan for some months to create this masterpiece. I believe this whole album was influenced directly from Tokyo. Quote from Abel via MTV interview. "Kiss Land is the story after Trilogy; it's pretty much the second chapter of my life," he continued. "The narrative takes place after my first flight; it's very foreign, very Asian-inspired. When people ask me 'Why Japan?' I simply tell them it's the furthest I've ever been from home. It really is a different planet."
love japan, can clearly see the influence, must go
I was fortunate enough to visit last year. It honestly did feel like a totally different planet. For example, while I waiting for my friends outside a 7-11 in Kyoto, I watched a Japanese man pull up in an Aston Martin (very expensive car), hop out and head into the shop...while leaving his car running the entire time with nobody else in it. This was mind blowing to me, a guy from a rough part of the UK where you can’t even leave your bikes unattended without someone stealing it lol. Japan is absolutely stunning, I hope I’m able to return in the future after all the madness that’s happened this year.
Japan is just a mixture of the past and future. its amazing
japan is kinda overrated but its good
ooh
Time Stamps:
1:19 - Professional
4:21 - The Town
7:10 - Adaptation
8:36 - Love In the Sky
11:32 - Belong To The World
13:39 - Live For (feat. Drake)
15:28 - Wanderlust
17:50 - Kiss Land
21:03 - Pretty
22:57 - Tears In the Rain
Extra Tracks:
26:49 - Wanderlust (Pharrell Remix)
27:10 - Odd Look (feat. The Weeknd)
Sean McManus doing the lords work 🙌
I'm find you Sean
God bless you my man 😇
The transition from Adaptation into Love in the Sky is unreal
Alex Lavorini the production on love in the sky is fckn ridiculous
Make sure you listen to King of the Fall before Beauty Behind the Madness
!!!!!
I'm added up added up...
@@gauravshinde6306 Addied up add it up *
gaurav shinde addied as in adderall big man
Tears in the Rain is just incredible. One of his best tracks.
It reminds me of Prince but even more epic
You can’t listen to Pretty without watching the music video for it.
Joseph O. Yes.
Word.
Nah, you can.
@@BenTheVideoGamer but you always have those visuals from pretty in your head
It’s his best music video ever. Nothing can top it
I wish you had included the "how does it feeeeeel" from Love in the Sky, that part is amazing!
YESSSSS definitely my favorite part from the whole album, I’ll always get shivers
@@josefiscal235 SAME!
Haneen N.S gives me goosebumps 😭
Yesssssaas
Or "What does it meaaan?" From professional
The XO fan base is loving your reactions and spreading the word on his fan accounts
Crew Love
Enemy
One of those nights
King of the fall
One of those nights should not be mentioned with crew love and enemy just saying lol
Hazeem Majid why if crew love is from another persons album, I know drake got the song from Abel tho
@@ogd5074 oh I am just saying one of those nights is not on that level lol
Those songs are cool but they’re not really as cinematic as a lot of his other music
Trust Issues!!
I did not appreciate this album when I first heard it. Now, it's in my top 3 Weeknd projects. It's just so cinematic and dark, I love it.
Reid Roman me too a good amount of us were minors and didn’t understand how lyrical he was being in this album
Yeah same but after a few more listen,it got me hook
I absolutely love Odd Look. First time I heard it I lost my mind
Pure Madness I still do when I hear it
kavinsky has some great tracks you should check em out
amazing.
Same
He didn’t make it to 1:50 that song transcends the meaning of life at that point. His loss
who back because Kiss Land is charting now?
Meee
🙋♂️
Always and forever
🙋🏾♂️👑
i already know his reaction to the title track is gonna be crazy
* gloryboy When I got on stage she swore I was six feet tall 💚
Carpenter vibes
Just finished it
@@birdalmet5228 that’s what it’s inspired by
I am A 56year old woman and my kids don't understand my love for Abel's work. I freaking love his music. Echoes of Silence could be my favorite but, it changes. Birds pt 1 amazing. seen him once,had tickets but due to covid it was postponed 😭 love your reviews. LOVE MY WEEKND
I need a 56 year old woman like you in my life
You’re a bloody legend
I'm your age and a woman too, I'm 57 now. I feel the same way. No one's music has ever felt like Abel does to me. All of it from the beginning. ❤XO
@@thowl7065 Same here!
That makes two of us!
This album gives me standing in the rain at night, surrounded by neon lights lmao
facts
This is exactly how abel made this album. He was in japan and tokyo
I wish i could discover Abel all over again
Wish it was my first time listening to Kiss Land...
But then again when I listen to kissland I get these flashbacks of how things were when I would first listen to these songs
Listened to it on repeat since I was 9 😂
its THE album i go back to 'til this day. kissland didn't get much recognition for whatever reason, but its my fav work of his.
It makes me smile how someone can appreciate the weeknds music the same way that I do🥰
Brazil Here 🇧🇷 XO
2:03 - Professional
4:20 - The Town
7:09 - Adaptation
8:32 - Love in The Sky
12:29 - Belong to the World
14:55 - Live for
15:28 - Wanderlust
17:49 - Kiss Land
21:02 - Pretty
22:56 - Tears in the Rain
Tiago Nunes 🐐
MVP
XOTWOD nessa porra
vlw meu bom
From India 🇮🇳 Xo ❤️
Tears in the rain shakes me to my core every single listen. After listening to it for 8-9 years I still think it may be the best track I’ve ever listened too.
I had the BIGGEST smile watching you appreciate this magical masterpiece...
This album is like wine to me. Keeps getting better with age!
*give me time to get my adjectives in order*
loooool
“Sent me to about 5 different places at once “... exactly. After 21 years of the same town because he was broke, he finally traveled the world. And that’s the feeling he’s showing
wow
YES
I know that the Trilogy is an iconic album, and it has some of Abel's best work, but In my personal opinion KissLand is such a work of art, the melodies, the vocals, different influences, every time I listen to it again is like watching a great movie, and you always pick up some new minute details, a new string, or some background melodies, and envision a new scene in your head. It's an album that should be listened with your eyes closed on a quality pair of headphones, alone, without interruption, because transitions from song to song are flawless. Again, just my opinion.
Nah this is fact
It literally feels like you took this straight from my brain. The production on this albums is just so unique and you feel like you can find new things through every listen. And it certainly feels like a cinematic adventure
Agreed
This is the first time in a long time that I got legitimately excited to see a CZcams video, I watched all of the other three videos in one night 2 or 3 days ago
SAMEEEEE
Sameee
Matt Meyer YES
Bro same
F******N SAMEEEEEEE
Kiss Land will be my always favourite Album. The most unique album out there .
Kissland is Weeknd at the absolute height of his powers. He just dug so deep on this. It’s a no skip album. His best. The fact that he never performs this album just adds to the mystique XOTWOD
I love how he puts him self in the zone to listen to abel
The first feeling I felt when listening to Kiss Land was something gloomy, rainy, and very cyberpunk-ish, the nighttime dark.
We got him boys, hes an XO boy now
Dude! You are the best reviewer on CZcams by far, I love the way you break down your thoughts in such an intelligent and relatable manner. Feels like I'm hanging out with a good buddy listening to these albums when watching your videos, keep em coming! Also make sure you don't miss King of the Fall!
100000%
Kissland puts me in a trance and is one of few albums I can listen to start to finish. It’s an experience.
I’ll say it again this album was way before it’s time and needs to be rereleased!
Abel actually said himself that Kiss Land is heavily inspired by the theme of horror which explains the screams and nuances you hear particularly in the title track. Genius.
Kissland is really theatrical, meant to be played in stages. It really captivates the audience into feeling what’s being said . Its one of the many reasons i love this record so many layers
React to king of the fall
Bro he’s gonna go insane
He needs to find enemy
A must!
Hell yeah !!!!
God yessss
this is his top damn album in my opinion !!
I love kissland
All artists: "Abel, how did you write such amazing choruses!?"
Abel: "What's a chorus?"
I remember someone saying you’ll be blown away by Adaption, and i kinda wished i could see more reaction on that song. But man The Prophet has done it again!!! This was amazing, and i cannot wait for the BBTM reaction!!
KevinRy4n same
Adaption is really so good
it grows on you, he probably didnt know what to make of it buts it his best song
it’s one of his best songs. i can’t listen o his new music knowing kissland exists. i feel like after Often came out he went downhill personally.
@@PS-hi9os Nahhhh. But your opinion tho
Those last two tracks are definitely bonus tracks, not like the final tracks added to each mixtape for the Trilogy set. So, yes, "Tears in the Rain" is the real final track to send off Kiss Land!
I'm expecting this dude is gonna have to call the ambulance by the time Kiss Land comes on.
react to enemy, trust issues remix, drunk in love remix, down low cover, what you need unreleased version, king of the fall and crew love. XOTWOD
yes yes yes
Olivia Pennington fucking spot on man💯
Don't forget superhero
Crew has been reacted
Olivia Pennington listen to In vein ft The Weeknd. You won’t be disappointed
His face gestures were everything, his reactions are so pure he feels every song to the CORE
Kiss land is unexplainably amazing. The town, belong to the world, it’s just spot on delightful. He may not be producing this music no more, but were extremely lucky to have been gifted with it in the first place.
I agree, but then I heard After hours and that really made me happy
Every day I hear something new when a song off this album plays. A vocal. A different synth. I feel different impacts on different phrases of songs. Since I started listening to him in 2014. Something new. So many layers. PERFECTION
The Town has my heart. Agh I sing it on the daily 🥺❤️☝🏾
Tracklist Time Stamps Below
1:22 Professional
4:23 The Town
7:12 Adaptation
8:54 Love In The Sky
11:34 Belong To The World
13:41 Live For
15:32 Wanderlust
17:50 Kissland
21:05 Pretty
23:00 Tears In The Rain
26:50 Wanderlust Remix
27:15 Oddlook
Woooooowww thank you !!!!!
I'm so happy to relive hearing this the first time through you, thank you so much
Big brain Jon building up the hype, and guess what? I am definitely hyped.
I wish I could experience this the first time again! Now it’s time for the CZcams only ones (enemy, King of the fall, drunk in love, trust issues, I’m good etc etc) next please!! Followed by BBTM
Your description of what trilogy is and how different kissland is is bang on! 👌 I wish I could go back to my first reaction of this album, its a beaut!
It's like more cathartic than Trilogy, more like, exposed heart surgery, it's like raw and ethereal at the same time. Love it would be an understatement
Very well said
One of the best albums of all time!!!! The diversity in production, his lyricism, world building, and pacing are top notch!!! This is an RNB CLASSIC!!!
Adaptation into Love in the Sky
THAT TRANSITION FROM ADAPTATION TO LOVE IN THE SKY HIT HARD RIGHT YESSIR 😂😂🤝
i’m living this all over again through you
UNSUBBB, Jon your description of Abel's music is on point. I need this new album to drop 😬🙏🏼
I genuinely think Kissland is the only single that directly competes with Glass table girls 🌚
I know its blasphemy in the Weeknd community to say this, but I prefer Kiss Land's title track to HOB/GTG. It has everything I love about GTG, but I like the vibe of the instrumental even more. Both are top 10 from Abel tho XO
No wrong answers imo 🌝
But I think it operates more like flavors of the month. This month kisslands on top but maybe next it’ll be gtg 4 meh
@@GIRTHYANDITCURVES so true lmao
You don't know what I'd give to be in your place right now to experience kiss land again for the first time. Glad you gave this album a listen, hopefully you'd listen to it more later off cam and in your own mood. This album grows on you man. Idk it least it did to me even though the first listen was amazing it still grew on me and I liked the album even more.
Much love
Jon you made me get back ton my weeknd shhh you've me realize how much I love this guy! Xo family appreciates you jon
ive just finished watching your trilogy reaction and now this! thank u for these videos, its been 6+ years since i heard these albums and watching you react to them is like reliving the moment of me hearing them for the first time
Jon just asking you man
After listening the whole Trilogy & Kissland are you now an official Abel fan?
Thanas Seferaj it would be impossible for him not to be
@@godddamnnb7442 facts fam
Hands down, number one reaction channel on this goddamn platform.
Marveling at how quickly you caught on to his broadened horizons, and some of your comments remind me just how much this album sounds to our ears the way a movie looks to our eyes.
One other thing that I'm sure many people touched on, and I believe you picked up on a little at the beginning saying it almost sounded darker, was that he wanted this to seem somewhat like the musical version of a horror movie.
All the songs are god tier honestly but “Kiss Land” the song is just on another level..
Nah man Adaptation is the deepest.
for me it’s Belong to the World.
the second half is in a class of its own... So moody, and lyrically impressive...
You sir have just got yourself a new sub.
The realest reactions out there 🙌🏻
Keep going ♥️
Thanks Jon! I appreciate you continuing on with the XO albums!
XOTWOD
The Weeknd - Kissland: Like Trilogy but if Trilogy went on Holiday to Japan
Love this video, love your perspective on music and lyrics.
So glad you gave these albums the appreciation they deserve!!! flawless
I have seriously never had a man crush on anyone but the Weeknd. Dude has swag, money, stays grounded, doesn't let fame change him. Amazing voice and artistic ability from the music to the videos. Love that fucking guy.
Kissland is such an underrated project man. When it first came out it was getting some rough criticism from people and i still dont know why till this day. Maaaaaybe because people weren't necessarily expecting this type of sound and production from Abel after listening to Triology, who knows. I think Kissland almost has the perfect blend of dark and pop/mainstream sound. This was also a beginning of a new chapter for Weeknd's life and career. I mean if you really put things into perspective, this album was essentially a reflection of just that. Maybe its because this is when I first started to listen to his music before he really took off, so im kinda bias in that sense. Overall, Kissland has to be at least a top 3 project of his.
I've been waiting since I saw the premiere post!!
you capture every word i didnt know i could say about this album
I love how you feel the music and close your eyes to truly listen to this, it gives me chills that you can experience this album for the first time
Was listening to this yesterday thinking that you'd love this. Looking forward to it!
I'm so excited for this YESS
To me, the best part about your reactions to Abel's music, is that you manage to put it into words my exact same thoughts.
He is going to love King of the Fall.
Man I listen to this almost everyday of my life, and I get goosebumps everytime I play any of this songs, it’s simply amazing
I love you are mentioning him sampling portishead cause it's always such a joy when your favourite artists crossover whether it's a collab or a sample or a cover and it needs mentioning
I love how much new incredible music I'm discovering through you man! Keep going i'm here for the long run!
I have never looked at Odd Look as an add on to Kiss Land, it is definitely different, but I think you should give it another deeper listen now, looking at it as a different work of art, it really is an amazing song
Oh man I'm so ready!
Nice!!! Let me settle in and watch this. Always a great review for Abel’s music 🎼
Odd look is one of those gems man! give it another listen. Love this video btw. More people need to respect and understand kissland for what it is.
This project is so special. Tears in the Rain is so pure I just want to cry when I hear it. It’s so haunting and suspenseful. I love the way it builds and by the end it reaches a beautiful crescendo
Tears in the Rain is one of the greatest, arguably the greatest, RNB track(s) of all time
Ah man, because of your vids i’m relistening his whole discography. You have my appreciation
omg sir you have taste we have to stannnn!!! I hope you continue the rest of his discography 🥺
Was waiting for this!