Using the Extended version of Take My Breath was a goated move

on gasoline he wasn’t using an accent, just singing in a lower register. very 80s synth pop style. i’ve been waiting for him to use his voice differently. i absolutely love it

Abel said this about the album “picture the album being like the listener is dead. And they’re stuck in this purgatory state, which I always imagined would be like being stuck in traffic waiting to reach the light at the end of the tunnel. And while you’re stuck in traffic, they got a radio station playing in the car, with a radio host guiding you to the light and helping you to transition to the other side. So it could feel celebratory, could feel bleak, however you want to make it feel, but that’s what “The Dawn” is for me.”

I wasn’t so sure about his voice in Gasoline at first but as I kept listening to the album, the hook kept replaying in my head. After like three listens of the whole album I gotta say it’s one of my favorites.

Who else finds Jim Carrey's voice is very hypnotizing.

I genuinely don’t get why gasoline is so hated. It adopts a classic 80s vocal style and has an amazing chorus.

I've got that hoodie

Time stamps: 1. Dawn FM 1:01 2. Gasoline 1:46 3. How do I make you love me 2:39 4. Take my breath (already heard) 5. Sacrifice 3:45 6. A Tale by Quincy 6:08 7. Out of time 7:00 8. Here we go again 8:45 9. Best Friends 11:15 10. Is there someone else? 12:01 11. Starry Eyes 13:02 12. Every Angel is Terrifying 13:35 13. Don’t break my heart 13:51 14. I heard you’re married 14:23 15. Less than Zero 15:40 16. Phantom Regret by Jim 16:47 Final thoughts: 17:39

The "accent" in Gasoline is basically him taking an early 80s sound, like Information Society and overall late 80s early 90s house music, he's just adopting that style

one thing about this album is that every single hook/chorus is great. He's gotten so good with them.

Jim Carrey's voice is so soothing and calming, he adds so much character to the theme of the album

I dug your analysis on this. This doesn’t sound as cynical and chaotic as After Hours thematically but it definitely retains a similar aesthetic in The Weekends sense of melancholy and flair. The Tyler feature made Tyler feel at home sonically speaking and Wayne has yet another solid feature under his best. I liked the poignancy in the Quincy Jones peace and Jim Carrey was a curious but a hypnotic presence. I think this amongst Abel’s best work and one of my favourites of the year this far

This album itself is fucking fire. The transitions, the overall cohesiveness and total commitment to that vaporwave synth heaven sound- this is an impressive effort from Abel. I can’t wait to listen to Dawn FM over and over.

Sacrifice has been on loop all day, Swedish House Mafia KILLED the production

If you listen to the album beginning to end and let Apple Music spin it back to the beginning again…it blew me away. This record is cyclical. As if Abel is in a cycle of trying to redo his life until his is finally permitted to rest. The audio cues really make me feel this way…the chirping sounds dying down at the end and then them coming on in the beginning….wow. Idk I’m probably not articulating this well but…I was blown away by it.

a reason why this sounds so much like michael jackson/thriller is because quincy jones produced thriller and helped abel on this too! sounds awesome to me

The sample for “Out of time” is a city pop song called “Midnight Pretenders”

The transition between “Is there someone else?”& “Starry Eyes” Brilliant stuff.

Out Of Time definitely my favourite because he samples a city pop song called Midnight Pretenders by Tomoko Aran.

Abel’s voice on Gasoline grew on me really quick. shot up to one of my favs on the album quick!

Abel has always had a story with all his albums and I think these two albums are connected in a way. After hours was like him dealing with his addiction to drugs, sex, addiction and how he had to live with this version of himself. All his past relationships were coming back to haunt him and he was becoming this person like the red suit was pretty symbolic that he never took it off. And then with dawn it’s like he’s gotten older. He’s seen all his past mistakes and how they have affected him in the future. He’s seen the light at the end of the tunnel, aka the dawn.

Less than Zero really has my heart tho, that song is a hidden treasure

This album is very coherent and I love it. Can't wait to listen more. I used to be on the side of "give us more Trilogy!" but i've changed my opinion as a 31 year old well-established millionaire singing about being a homeless, drug/sex addicted demon would be a little strange. I very much appreciate him catering to different styles of music through his discography.

This album is gonna be just like after hours where it never stops growing on you. In a few months it’s going to be such a great album.

Sacrifice is super hard!

To those who don't initially like it, this album is gonna be like WLR when it first dropped vs now. I find people tend to be distraught when an artist tries something new but after getting used to it then it becomes amazing. If an artist spit out identical copies of their older music then they would go stale because it's always the same. Change can be uncomfortable but once accepted you look back and wonder why you ever were apprehensive about it

every angel is terrifying is an advertisement for his next album "after life" which will be the 3rd part of this trilogy. fucking genius

“I heard you’re married” is a all time classic lol. Abel a goat for a track like that no cap.

Jim Carey spitting bars on the outro

glad to see Gasoline getting so much love in the comments, definitely not the easiest weeknd listen but it's so addictive

Fucking hell I didn’t like this album at first but I can’t stop revisiting it. This project is amazing.

Less Than Zero & Sacrifice has to be the best songs imo

Dawn FM is a great follow-up to After Hours. If you don't like it, let it grow on you, you'll love it. The Weeknd's really a great artist, the sounds & his vocals are beautiful.

if you listen to the album from start to finish no pausing no skipping, its a whole other worldly music experience. its like your listening to a movie, but you have to visualize what happens

Man… that Swedish House Mafia production on “Sacrifice” is UNDEFEATED

Loved the Tyler and Wayne verses. They don't steal the show but they are quality and stand out due to lack of features

This album bouta hit different at the end of 2022. Mark my words

Sacrifice is so elite it’s like he’s playing Michael and added himself as a feature

My belief about the cover is that he is showing himself in a state of near death - as if to say that the next album is to be him re-incarnated as a changed young man. Hence the name of the album, "dawn", following the night, "after hours". I think the next album will be more upbeat and vibrant in aesthetics - so he made this album to be what is essentially the middle-point of a transition from night, to day - aka, dark, to light. That's why this album wasn't completely fun or fast, as it tried to capture the feeling of morning, and just waking up. Dawn FM is the album that we had to have in order for the next one to happen.

Out of Time is absolutely beautiful .

Take my breath is just 🔥 loved that song. Basically every song is fire and the style is GOOD. 10/10

6:17 - When Shawn mentions a bass collab with The Weeknd, there’s only ONE man that fits that bill. Thundercat.👏🏻🔥

Out of time sample is called midnight pretenders. I love city pop music.

I hate how everyone has been setting The Weeknd to his House of Balloon standards. People gotta learn to appreciate and understand new concepts in music EDIT: when I say new concept, I mean the message and theme of the album being something new (the afterlife/purgatory). I understand 80s pop isn’t new

This album feels like a movie to me, the transitions from song to song is immaculate. I thoroughly enjoyed the album might be my all time favorite along side kissland

What I love the most about Shaun Cee is his ability to instantly pick up the theme and message of a track right after it finishes, e.g. “here we go again”, and then articulating it to us - the audience- which gives greater appreciation for the track (and album as a whole ).

TIMESTAMPS 1:01 - Dawn FM 1:46 - Gasoline 2:39 - How Do I Make You Love Me? SKIPPED - Take My Breath 3:45 - Sacrifice 6:08 - A Tale By Quincy 7:00 - Out Of Time 8:45 - Here We Go Again *(feat. Tyler, The Creator)* 11:15 - Best Friends 12:01 - Is There Someone Else 13:02 - Starry Eyes 13:35 - Every Angel Is Terrifying 13:51 - Don't Break My Heart 14:23 - I Heard You're Married (feat. Lil Wayne) 15:40 - Less Than Zero 16:47 - Phantom Regret

Sacrifice is the best song on the album IMO

I think a lot of the mixed reception I’m seeing comes from comparing this to After Hours along with it being the biggest departure from his trademark style to date. With time hopefully people will enjoy this more and more as it forms its own identify in Abel’s discog. Personally, I def prefer after hours, but I’m loving dawn FM more each listen, It has a great concept. Is There Somebody Else? followed by Starry Eyes is crazzzzzzy.

Basically how I feel from this... At the end of After Hours he committed suicide. Dawn FM is him in Limbo. The next album should be called After Life which is him in heaven or hell.

Less than Zero is something else entirely… What an amazing song. Honestly. It’s almost as if with it you see the light and overcome any self doubt.. While seeing how beautiful life can truly be when you forget about all the problems that society brings upon it… In the words of Lao Tzu.. “Let it go, and ride the wind.”

Album was fire, Abel never disappoints

Everyone jumping on it calling it “MID” or “INSTANT CLASSIC” let it breathe… it just came out

I'm so addicted to this album. It's unreal

I can't tell if this is better than After Hours yet. I really loved that album, but this is more colorful it feels

After hearing less than zero am I the only one that needs a frank ocean and weeknd colaboratio . Them over dreamy music like what was on blonde together would be heavenly

Man The Weeknd is LEGENDARY, his catalog is outstanding 💯, great album

Flow of this album is so good. Stopping and starting has to effect your dissection of the album. Transitions between songs are so fire and the production top notch!

In the last song of the album “Less than Zero” Abel takes all the synths away and finishes the track singing over an acoustic guitar. That might’ve been the first time in the whole album that we don’t hear a synth or electronic instrument. Maybe it’s a hint at the direction of his next project?

Album of the year so far. The bar is set high.

I actually really liked Wayne’s feature. He doesn’t feel out of place to me at all. His flow is fantastic and I love his lyricism in the verse. It’s not like the listener doesn’t know he’s coming, he’s literally listed on the album, he isn’t a hidden feature. So I don’t see how he’s out of place. For me he seems to be another voice displaying their same displeasure for a lover that has moved on to another man. Like 2 men with the same fucked up story coming together to share their thoughts with each other.

I just need that one song he teased us with when announcing The After Hours til Dawn stadium tour. The one where he sings "you know I love it when you're angry"

The more I listen, the more I absolutely love this album

abel made me fall in love with too many sounds over the last decade. what a legend

We need that Shawn Fm album Mr.Cee

The 2020’s will be The Weeknd’s decade

1. Dawn FM 1:01 2. Gasoline 1:46 3. How do I make you love me 2:39 4. Take my breath (already heard) 5. Sacrifice 3:45 6. A Tale by Quincy 6:08 7. Out of time 7:00 8. Here we go again 8:45 9. Best Friends 11:15 10. Is there someone else? 12:01 11. Starry Eyes 13:02 12. Every Angel is Terrifying 13:35 13. Don’t break my heart 13:51 14. I heard you’re married 14:23 15. Less than Zero 15:40 16. Phantom Regret by Jim 16:47 Final thoughts: 17:39

This is the best album of the year right now 😳

Finally some people who actually love this album instead of instantly hating it.

As a huge fan of The Weekend, First time I heard the album was insane. I found some strange things was going on but I like how weird it was. This Album needs more than 3 or 4 times of listening just to have the pure experience and enjoy the details of it. deserved 8/10 for me 🔥

The “accent” on gasoline actually isn’t a accent but more so a tribute to 80s pop groups like fears of tears, Depeche Mode, etc. If you aren’t familiar with 80s pop (not 80s Motown) that song won’t hit like it should but if you are than most likely that will be a top favorite on the album

As a Tyler fan, I feel like a proud parent watching their son grow up. He technically got on a Kanye album and now he has a full frickin feature on The Weeknd’s album. He’s gonna be known by a lot more people by the time the year is over.

Less than zero is my personal favorite song rn close behind is here we go again.

I can't understand why "best friends" is so underrated. This shit slapppppsss

In some ways, it's unbelievable that this is the same guy that made House of Balloons. But in other ways -- especially lyrically -- it makes perfect sense.

0:40 “you know I like when artists don’t do the whole foreplay roll out thing, I like when they just whip it out” Damn son.

Wayne’s feature further proves his feature run is untouchable at the moment

Out Of Time samples Tomoko Aran - Midnight Pretenders.

This album is a masterpiece best album I think I’ve ever heard from start to finish and gets better every time I hear it thank you able

The concept of being in between life and afterlife is so insane

Gasoline is my favorite song on the album and I feel like people who don’t like it just don’t understand it. Sounded like some Depeche Mode shit

7:15 He's sampling/covering Tomoko Aran - Midnight Pretenders. One of the best citypop songs of all time. I felt the same way when I heard it the first time

The man Abel done did the damn thing AGAIN BRO. All of the songs flow together so well and are so cohesive. He’s really mastered this sound and I can’t wait to listen to this all year. I enjoyed this just as much as I did After Hours, I do hope however that the next album he makes is away from this sound and he goes back to a darker and more gloomy sound. But yea the man cannot miss 😭

Sacrifice, Out of Time, Here We Go… Again, Is there Someone Else?, Starry Eyes, & I Heard You’re Married all my favorites from the album👌🏾. Abel once again dropping Wilt-Chamberlain numbers🐐🤷🏾‍♂️

Gasoline is my favorite track rn! I love the early 80s radio aesthetic, the weeknd literally can't stop reinventing his sound

Either you like 80’s synths or not. That’ll determine whether or not you like this album. But, this and After Hours are the closest he’s been to trilogy.

08:45 - His reaction to "Here We Go... Again" is amazing to me bc that song is so beautiful and it's like the best track on the album.

I love this album, I will say I love the Trilogy/Kissland sound much more just personally, Abel has never dropped a bad project tho 💯

I love how Abel always has a theme with his albums 😩🔥

The transition from 'Best Friends' into 'Is There Someone Else' hits different

When first listening to gasoline I didn’t like the voice he did but as the song went by I started liking it even more

The transitions in this thing are insane

album of the year I’m calling it now…

Dawn FM is absolutely the perfect Feel Good/Soul Filled/Healing/Masterpiece of a Album to start 2022 off the right way.

A little sad he didn’t listen to the album version of Take My Breath, the extended ending is incredible!

Sacrifice / Out of Time / Best Friends / I Heard You're Married / Is There someone else? / Take Out My Breath Best Tracks

So not too sure if this is right but from my interpretation this album follows right after After Hours, either Until I Bleed Out from standard edition or Final Lullaby from deluxe (both work for this narrative). I feel like Abel (at least the red suited character from After Hours) dies on either of those tracks and ends up in purgatory which is where Dawn FM takes place. Dawn FM is the station that is played for everyone in purgatory. The only way to proceed to heaven is as Jim Carrey says, "You gotta be heaven to see heaven". For Abel's case he has so much pain and regret from his life on Earth that he isn't able to proceed to heaven. My guess is the old Abel is him aging while in purgatory and the music from this album is him stuck in that headspace where he tells the tale of this girl and him from his life on Earth.

The transition from the tales of Quincy to out of time bruh..😮‍💨I can never just not get gassed up by it

“How Do I Make You Love Me?” Is the best song on the album imo

the "midnight pretenders" sample on "out of time" is fucking amazing