This album holds a special place in my heart (as it does with many others) released just before we went into lockdown for the first time, with Abel creating an immersive experience through the world of After Hours acting as pure escapism from reality at the time. It's arguably his best body of work.

Also, as for other albums by the Weeknd, Starboy and Beauty Behind the Madness are okay. Enormous hits on them. But Kiss Land is the one I'd love to see you react to. Atmosphere and sounds unlike anything else. A gem that never got the attention it deserved.

abel actually has a great cover of dirty diana as the opener to one of his earlier mixtapes, definitely worth a listen

The new camera/camera angles are making the videos feel like full productions and are certainly separating you from the rest of the generic low effort reactors out there, keep it up 🙏 would love it you reacted to some Outkast maybe? Aquemini would be amazing

TIMESTAMPS (8:34) - Alone Again (12:40) - Too Late (16:39) - Hardest To Love (20:10) - Scared To Live (24:43) - Snowchild (28:48) - Escape From LA (34:40) - Heartless (37:56) - Faith

The Weeknd Is top 3 of our generation deny it all you can but it will go down that way.

I just love how this album is massively influenced by UK sounds. A lot of 2 Step, Jungle and DnB in that album and I LOVE IT !

this album released just before we went into lockdown and i was also going through a break up of a 2 year long relationship, this album helped me get through all of that and it will always have a special place in my heart

5:07 vinyl record 8:31 Alone Again 12:40 Too Late 16:37 Hardest To Love 20:03 Scared To Live 24:41 Snowchild 28:47 Escape From LA 34:37 Heartless 37:54 Faith

After Hours was the first Album I ever Listen from The Weeknd, and godamn. I've been a fan for Months now, listened to his whole discography and never turned back. He already has an album ready to be released just couple months from now and I'm hyped. Quick Sidenote, The Delux Version has extra 3 Songs! Nothing Compares, I miss You and Final Lullaby. which are one of my favourites From him.

This album sounds like what the people of the past thought the future would be like, and I love it.

After this album, you should do 808s and heartbreak by kanye. Such an amazing project

This album shows that super mainstream pop can be truly artistic too

I love how cinematic this album is. Deserves its own movie.

BEST IN THE GAME! The Weeknd is also very good.

After Hours was to me the top album of 2020 and it wasn't even close. Yet, this album got zero Grammy nominations, which was a snub not just to The Weeknd, but every producer and engineer who absolutely killed it on this album. The production is pristine and The Weeknd always delivers with some of the best vocals in the industry. I love that you caught some of his more sci-fi references like Philip K. Dick and how you brought up Vangelis a lot. I believe The Weeknd is quite the sci-fi geek himself as he has a big attachment to synthesizers and the 80s sound. Faith is my favorite track off the album, and it's the perfect ender for your first reaction video here. The atmospheric ending with him singing over police sirens is the closest he's been to that really dark melancholic RnB Weeknd from his Trilogy era ever since he took on the new futuristic pop-driven Starboy persona. Faith is the perfect track in combining both his new and his old into one.

Hey man, I’m a 22 year old Dominican American dude in the south who works with kids all day and I absolutely love your videos. This one in particular brought so much comfort and relaxation. Thank you so much for your content, sir. I’m giving a description of myself so you can know it’s a real person with a real life getting a lot out of your content (just in case you need reassurance that your content is important to people) oh and I really like your new podcast

Been waiting for this one. After Hours (title track) was my most played song in 2020 by a substantial distance

i like that ur bringing back opening up the vinyl and showing us whats inside again

I am SO looking forward to you listening to the second half! After Hours (the song) is my favorite song on this album. I hope you are as blown away as I was. I also cant wait to see you do more Weeknd. I have a feeling you will really enjoy Kissland.

If you are looking for a desolate horror movie in an album form then 'Kissaland' (my personal favourite from him) will definitely be a great reaction video let alone experience. The songs are generally longer and much more layered as well, lyrically it has his best work bar 'After hours' I'd say.... Also man, your insight into the different sounds and rythms makes these videos infinitely more enjoyable! Loving your uploads a lot. Looking forward to many more!!

Keep doing everything you’re doing man, easily my favourite content on KZfaq at the moment. Much love!

Looking forward to part 2, this video was great as usual! Always a pleasure with your reactions

why does this review look so cinematic the camera angles and stuff are so dope

The thing people need to understand about you mr.mercurial is that ur ability with a range of genres is you can dissect an album and deconstruct it picking the bits that people with a mind full of music can only picture and that’s why you are a musical genius

I loved your unique reaction and take to this record! Notice how before the second half of Escape From LA starts (32:00) you can hear a phone ringing before he starts singing about his girl in the studio, and also just before the outro of Faith (41:15) you can hear an siren before he starts singing about ending up "in the back of a flashing car"! The production on this album is phenomenal and it's amazing to see you do it justice.

You're in top form here #6. Really appreciate the immense effort you put into the listening and editing. You seemed to genuinely enjoy this one a lot too. Looking forward to part 2 :)

One of my favorite Music KZfaqrs, ive been following since the Bandana video and watching the growth of the channel and seeing your journey across the genres has been a privilege, cant wait till 100k!

My favorite album of all time along with kiss land and the Wizrd by future 😇

"So I throw two thousand ones in the sky" best line of the song.

Fun fact: Repeat After Me (Interlude) was co written and produced by Tame Impala, and the start of the song features Kevin's distorted vocals

Mate your reaction videos stand out so much from the rest. They are so well made and your actual reactions are so great

So excited for part 2!

Man, I love this channel so much! I appreciate the effort you put into your videos!

I cannot describe how happy I am right now. Thank you.

you absolutely need to do kissland. it’s just as expansive and a total alien of an album. very dissonant and daunting 👍🏽

Thank god for you, Mr. Mercurial. Whenever I watch one of these videos, I feel like I’m right there with you, lost in adoration of the music.

Thanks for this today! It's been a crazy 2 years, and I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel.

Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) had a great deal in producing the sounds on this album. He has a super varied sound across many electronic genres and composed the score for Uncut Gems more recently. Check out his work! Its amazing. Great reaction as always, can't wait for part 2.

it’s great how you react like any producer would

He actually has a dirty diana cover from 2011 if you’re interested

Fantastic album, can’t wait for the rest of the reaction. Also The album description is a bit outdated so it doesn’t mention Save Your Tears as being one of the singles, but you’ll likely recognize it. Massive hit this year

YES THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE !!!

Excited for part two, you are always phenomenal Mr. Mercurial. Please more Weeknd, no matter which direction you decide to go, although I will say Kiss Land is definitely his thriller album and Echoes of Silence has a, dare i say, better version of Dirty Diana.

Great way to start the week off, thanks for the entertaining video as always.

I guess the closes comparison to Thriller would be Beauty Behind the Madness, I'm sure plenty of music journalists probably called it 'The Weeknd's Thriller album.'

Appreciate all the work you do and the stuff you're making for us to watch 🙂

i love this! by any chance can you listen to mac miller’s Faces?! it is an old project of his that recently just came out on all streaming platforms as well as on vinyl! i really do recommend it is a nice listen as well as a nice way to get into mac since i noticed that you haven’t covered him yet!

LETS GOO FAVORITE KZfaqR UPLOADED FAVORITE ALBUM

Yasss! I love your Weeknd videos can't wait to see you continue through his discography

I can definitely say that we are in the "SHUT UP" Era of The Mercurial Number Six!😂😂

You don’t understand how long I’ve waited for this

Another lovely video, amazing to see the progress of your setup and production

Hell yeah! Been looking forward to this ever since you name dropped After Hours on the podcast

Loving this new cinematic ratio

loved the visuals man!!! on point

best album of all time 10/10

it's such a pleasure watching ur vids man. thank you.

Nice such a immersive experience of an album

I can’t wait to see his reaction to the drop on alone again, that thing is like a meteor crashing down to earth

I REMEMBER RECOMMENDING THIS SO MANY TIMES. THANK YOU

Fantastic video, loved it very much. Great job!!!

them first snowchild lines always hit

I am so ready for this video. Much love

Been waiting for this!!!

Quality project

FINALLY THIS IS GONNA BE ICONIC

GET PART 2 OUT IMMEDIATELY! OMG I'VE NOT ENJOYED A VIDEO THIS MUCH ON KZfaq IN YEARS.

Also the Weeknd has an official Dirty Diana cover called D.D on his mixtape called Echoes of Silence which is very amazing

You have the greatest reaction channel. Keep up with this, I'm sure many people feel the way I do. Please consider reacting to Death Grips, I think they would match with your chaotic style and energy. You might also like that this band prefers to be listened without reading the lyrics :)

Finallyy, thankss, cant wait for pt2

0:11 what a funny thing to say, since he has a mixtape called "Thursday"

Damn wish he went to Thursday or eos . You’ll love kissland

oh look its just my favourite music channel reacting to one of my favourite albums of the last 5 years. no one does it better

Ive been waiting for you to listen to this and break it out! I hope you enjoyed it as much as i did!

He knows I been asking for this! Thank you!

He actually covered dirty diana on one of his early mixtapes u should listen to it, its on the trilogy called D.D.

the weeknd actually covered dirty diana on an early mixtape

sooooo close to 100k man

Kissland next please Mr. Mercurial, great reaction as always!

amazing reaction as always

Again, thank you for this Mr. Mercurial Number Six

i’ve never seen someone do a reaction with a vinyl before this is certainly something 🔥

Would love to see the rest of trilogy (particularly Echoes of silence) and especially kiss land which is his best imo

33:34 facts I don’t know that those comments were talking about the whole album is a masterpiece and the lyrics are quite deep if you really listen, I would not call this chasing commercial pop💀

elton john sample on scared to live!

The legend is back! 😎

we need part 2! broooo!

May your channel blow soon !!

i love your style of review. its like watching live commentary for a sports event

"whos Sway Lee" i about cried xD

Love the aspect ratio.

Hands don’t do dishes but they do that 🙌

About time!!

FINALLY ⁉️ After Showers 🕺

Was waiting for this one! I feel like you would like the melancholy of kissland next🟢⚫

Great work, don't stop.

How I wantwd to listen to kiss land for the first time agai, you can do it!!!

My favorite new rnb album reviewed by my favorite reviewer!

Kissland is by far the most atmospheric album by The Weeknd in my opinion. It didn't get much commercial success but it's a great album.