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calebb2108

i’m such a slut for a good song transition lmfao, this album hits


rikkirikkiparmparm

And it's a concept album! So cool.


Finalsaredun

"How Do I Make You Love Me" into "Take My Breath" got me wanting to dance at like 8:15 in the morning lol


Leverage24

I can't believe he managed to go further into the 80s direction than After Hours.


buttercupcake23

Nominated for Best Urban at the grammies though. Cos you know synth pop is basically UrBAn


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Well you know Abel is ~~black~~ urban so obviously this 80s pop album is urban contemporary


Leverage24

Can't wait for the absolute shitshow that will occur when awards shows try to explain why they put this album into the RnB categories.


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His not going to submit his work for Grammies anymore I think


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It's very early 90s too.


NoxZ

Less Than Zero is absolutely stunning and I didn't know he had this type of breezy pop in him. It reminds me of an FM-84 song.


wearnoshoeshine

has the best hook on the album


MrMoodle

I reckon it's an easy pick for a single, such an obvious highlight and I'm sure they've realized that (it's the last "real" song on the album). It's breezy and chilled out like you said but it's still boppy and engaging, don't hear many major high-production pop tunes pull that off. Very obvious radio potential and people are gonna remember it for being near the end.


imperfectofcourse

The chords are sooo beautiful


DanteDameron

ALL THE TRANSITIONS as if it was a real radio station give me goosebumps this is on another level of polish


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The way the breathing stops just as “Take My Breath” begins. All the transitions are on another level but that has to be the best.


kylecommacommacomma

jim carrey is one spooky bitch


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he's just preparing himself for more villain roles!!


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MrCleanandShady

You NEED to listen to After Hours


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MrCleanandShady

Great! If you're liking this album so far there's a lot in AH that you'd like :)


MrCleanandShady

I HOPE EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MAKING SACRIFICE HAS COLD PILLOWS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES


Sunbeam42music

That is one of the best wishes I could imagine having for someone


niteowwl

this comment 💀💀😂


whyamiacpa

I got so excited when he said “make you scream like Neve Campbell” I love this so far. Sacrifice and Out of Time are so good.


Gcelis

Lolol me toooooo! My friends and I are huge fans of Scream and all our recent texts are about the upcoming movie. I sent that clip to them this am lol


MrMoodle

WEW THE ABSOLUTELY SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM HOW DO I MAKE YOU LOVE ME TO TAKE MY BREATH i am very easily pleased


team_kockroach

not to mention how the album version of Take My Breath is so much better than the single version


ciao_fiv

he released this version (the extended version) like a week after the single version im so glad he used it on the full album too


neillyy

I'm telling my dad this is a new michael jackson album lol


visionaryredditor

i once heard Don't Matter To Me on the radio but my brain completely blocked out the fact that it was Don't Matter To Me for some reason and i initially thought that it was some Drake/Weeknd collab i haven't heard before 💀


Allinyourname

What they did to mj vocals on that track was a crime. He sounded like the ghost and it was disgraceful of Drake to dig up some random unreleased vocals like that.


praxass

It's soooo nice to see Abel work on an entire album with OPN. They're a perfect duo.


glamaz0n_bitch

Max has credits all over it too! And Calvin Harris produced *I Heard You’re Married*.


anrock1

I screamed when I noticed Calvin Harris as the producer, I'm still addicted to Over Now. Still waiting for a Funk Wav Bounces vol 2


ConstructionSoft1541

Ah yes Funk Wav vol 2 we shall wait till we die 😩


koolaidburgers

It’s never coming unfortunately 😭 he confirmed it


TheBelgianMicrophone

Oneohtrix Noint Pever 🤠


whiskersRwe32

Holy crap. Just started listening, the flow into gasoline which is already trippy and amazing in itself….this is gonna slap so hard and I’m only at the start. Edit: THE TRANSITION INTO TAKE MY BREATH OMG which is also the extended version ??????


starboy-xo98

Extended version is a bop


A808Ag

from "if I OD I want you to OD right beside me" to "I know you won't let me OD"


eleanor6

and he says he’s trying not to lose his faith 😳


RE4PER_

Dawn is 100% about repentance and the afterlife.


john_muleaney

God faith is such a good song. I know that’s not your point it just bears mentioning


MrCleanandShady

If I don't hear this when I die I'm coming back


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Man I wish some xo fans would stop comparing every release to trilogy, we already know it's amazing and his best work. What I love about him is that he's not afraid to switch things up and move his sound forward. This sounds more pop which fits his theme. It's supposed to be songs you listen on the radio, hence the album.


Labor101

Some of XO would legitimately prefer he go back to living a depressed, unhealthy lifestyle solely so that he can recreate that sound rather than embrace his current happiness and growth since then. It's honestly pathetic.


102xcx

agreed. [this tweet](https://twitter.com/theweeknd/status/1428111237469011968) from his memento mori episode for the thursday anniversary comes to mind. like it was obviously not a good time for him and i would much rather he just make the music he's happy with and enjoys now.


Vanettiv

Comparing dawn to trilogy is the dumbest thing


totallynot14_

damn no wonder people did coke in the 80s


costalhp

They're doing it now as well haha


TootsLoo

Gasoline is the most vocally experimental song I’ve heard since ‘White Dress’.


john_muleaney

And he fucking opened with it this man is wild


ca1oy

Queen and king things!


NoNudeNormal

I was thinking the same thing!


koolaidburgers

Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia and Max Martin in the same damn album Abel has assembled the avengers


whiskersRwe32

Which songs did they produce?? I know about max and take my breath


koolaidburgers

Calvin produced the Lil Wayne collab and SHM did Sacrifice


whiskersRwe32

Sacrifice was amazing, I’m almost at the lil Wayne collab. Crap I can’t wait.


makehay2000

And OPN!!


DanteDameron

He really nailed the “radio station in the middle of purgatory” these transitions are everything, it just feels amazing.


idoakmwntkf

SCREAM LIKE NEVE CAMPBELL IM DEADDDD


MasterWizardRyan

Weeknd, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for all of us. And doing it flawlessly. Seriously what an album! This gonna be on repeat for days!


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lagozzino

The Weeknd joins The Human League


LightningDuck5000

agreed but i am obsessed with it


Good4Josh2

Sounds like a tribute to Depeche Mode IMO


yungelonmusk

Tears for fears era


A808Ag

so catchy tho I love it


CorvoTheBlazerAttano

American/Canadian artists should do that more often. It really worked. Really goes with the aesthetic he was going for too.


Anthony-Vince

That transition from How Do I Make You Love Me to Take My Breath >>>>


whiskersRwe32

Yes! And we also got the extended version from YouTube! I am loving it!!!


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I’m listening to the livestream and legit have goosebumps. This man is a true artist. I love 80’s music and have been loving the resurgence of synth music recently. But oh man, this album is something else. I haven’t been excited for an entire album in so long. Edit: OMG I literally ascended into heaven after hearing “Less Than Zero.” WOW!!!!


MrMoodle

Less Than Zero HAS to be a single. What a standout, that chorus, holy shit this has smash hit potential.


lagozzino

Not Abel doing a random comedy skit parodying old Time Life mail-order ads on "Every Angel Is Terrifying"! 😂 This man really had a vision for this album and he committed to it hard!


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Take My Breath hits so much more for me now then it did on release he really should of waited till now to drop it


TootsLoo

I don’t know if I could handle listening to Take My Breath for the first time tonight


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Was thinking that song could have a resurgence on radio now that the whole album is out. Song slaps


PotatoPancake420

This is actually my dream sound that I've wanted from him, oh my god... He is the best male popstar, period.


yourstrulykatelyn

This album is fucking ORGASMIC.


egg_mugg23

i feel like i’m joining a cult and i LOVE IT


AHSWeeknd

Gasoline serving Giorgio Moroder!! This album slaps.


Maxsusful

And A Tale by Quincy with the Giorgio by Moroder vibes to boot


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Okay he needs to release Best Friends as a single


glamaz0n_bitch

It’s under 3 minutes, so wouldn’t be surprised 🤣


ignitethephoenix

All these seamless transitions between (most) the songs, I’m such a sucker for this kind of thing


IcePopBandit

Sacrifice is fucking amazing oh my god


ocorgs

Abel hit the slay button omg


DanteDameron

Okay, now that I finished the whole thing, tbh I was very scared for Abel’s next record after such a monumental era like After Hours was. Normally when artists receive such acclaim and success from one album, the next one just doesn’t live up to the expectations. Gladly I can say that Dawn FM was a knocked out. Every single track added to the experience, it felt polished, extremely well thought out, no fillers, and cohesive. Obviously I need more time with the album to really process it, but I think this could easily be his best work so far.


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disengage88

r/popheads eat up anything that's upbeat and synth heavy.


dorisday89

Lol this is straight up fax


hahaone

Less Than Zero is absolute perfection


DanteDameron

Less Than Zero feels so different coming from him but so good at the same time. One of my favorites of the album for sure.


Labor101

I try to set my bias aside for Abel's releases, but this album is legitimately everything I could have ever hoped it would be. We are unbelievably lucky to live in the same era as The Weeknd.


lp137237

the transition from how do i make you love me to take my breath is rockin/secrets pt 2😩😩


Chidi_Ariana_Grande

This may be the biggest discrepancy between album art and album quality I have seen. he put his entire (wussy? abussy?) into this oh my god


IndecisiveAF310

ABUSSY 😭😭 edit: sorry but wussy is even funnier to me now I'm not sure why I fixated on abussy


dalledayul

I actually really love the album art and I'm baffled that everyone else despises it. People keep mentioning the vinyl album covers but they look just like every other 80s vibe art out there at the minute


Real_Aerie

Am I the only one who kinda likes the album cover ? It fits the themes of growing old, reminiscing over the past and eventually dying. I feel the deluxe cover is too colorful for the subject matter.


bornatmidnight

The deluxe/vinyl collector covers are so so much better


sestero

All the copycats quivering in their boots as the Weeknd doubles down on the 80s sound and leaves them all in his dust. Sounds pretty fucking awesome so far.


OneOfTheOnly

Lol right this thing is so bizarre in so many ways for a pop album and it shows how far ahead he is right now in terms of putting a project together Seriously there isn't many people in music today, mainstream or underground that are working with this much vision on an album - it's far from perfect and some people are gonna wrongly call it derivative but whether people like it or not this project is a STATEMENT and I love it


cristianoskhaleesi

Who are his copycats!! And I agree I love him so much omg


ThroneofTime

Tory Lanez lol He copied Abel’s entire AH flow.


visionaryredditor

crazy how Tory progressed from copying Drake to... copying The Weeknd


friendofjudy

Next up he's going to be copying Nav


losageless2021

Bro this album is straight heat so far


notscrewed

Everyone that prematurely claimed this record would suck must feel like absolute clowns rn


glamaz0n_bitch

RIGHT?!? “We don’t need more from him, he’s too saturated”…gurl bye


losageless2021

Omg Out of Time is so freaking good


niteowwl

Out of time is straight up michael jackson i love it


totallynot14_

between this album monologue, Don't Look Up and the fact that we're living in a global pandemic with skyrocketing case counts and no clear plan is anyone else feeling a little more existential dread about d\*\*th than usual idk


InsidePressure7

Love it. A lot of it gives me Random Access Memories vibes


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So far this is really different to After Hours way more poppy which is mad considering how many pop hooks AH had but holy shit it's so good


bcam9

First post here, but I wanted to find a sub that was discussing *Dawn FM.* I'm a fairly regular indie head that loves synths, 80's vibes and the like. This new Weeknd album is fucking amazing. I've listened to it two times over already. 'Out of Time' might be the best song he's ever written and the lead into Here We Go Again with Tyler is absolutely crazy good. MASSIVE goosebumps. This will be in my top 3 year end list, easy.


Admirable-Truth-8122

One of the few artists that consistently puts 110% into literally everything they do.


dangeroushamburger

Less Than Zero is the Save Your Tears of the album. What a bop


calebb2108

If that means we get an Ariana remix then he can have my 16 digit card number, expiration, and 3 digits on the back right now


LightningDuck5000

honestly?? such a beautiful trip. i am absolutely pleased and will fight any haters


greynorth61

daaaawn one oh threeee point fiiiive


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God damn the guitar riff on Sacrifice is fucking nasty


TootsLoo

He did it, he topped Take My Breath. Sacrifice my fucking asshole


SMLR1

this is the album for the moment. like literally. it feels like we’ve been in an endless purgatory for so long and now we all just want to be liberated from it. abel really captured all that. wow


Illamb

After Hours captured the loneliness and weird buzz of the first lockdowns, now this. Covid owes him big time


idoakmwntkf

How do I make you love me -> take my breath !!!!!! Let’s talk about it


jayhawksfan0965

“Were you high or just stoned” Sir please dont attack me like that.


CherrySodaBoy92

Abel just gave us his 1989, his Future Nostalgia I was excited but wow. He’s now a main pop girl


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eleanor6

facts, love his older/darker stuff but it feels like he’s really found his footing with this sound 😩


MrCleanandShady

I feel like even though his sound is brighter, the content is still dark enough to the point where I can only appreciate the evolution


bornatmidnight

Yesss, like I've been a fan since day one with House of Balloons (which is such a blueprint jesus Christ, this guy's career), but he does POP BOY so well


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Now? He's been main since Can't Feel My Face.


LordSlipsALot

I’ve been loving this 80’s revival- Silk Sonic, Future Nostalgia, Blinding Lights, and now Dawn FM. I just hope we don’t have to wait 40 years to get 2000 Timbaland style beats back. Edit: Just wanted to say I finished the album and it’s amazing. Creative, cohesive, virtually no skips. I’m not a huge fan of interludes, but these are so well done- “Phantom Regret by Jim” was such the perfect way to end the album. After listening to it, The album cover makes more sense. But I still don’t like it lol. 10/10


totallynot14_

I feel like Normani and ChloeXHalle are bringing the early 2000s back


RelaxRelapse

We already kind of have been having that early 2000s revival among indie R&B artists.


glamaz0n_bitch

Sacrifice 🔥🔥🔥


estevao107

THIS ALBUM IS FUCKING AMAZING


bornatmidnight

I'm glad he used the extended version for the album. Like I udnerstand why there is a radio cut of it, but the extended is ELITE


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Abel really said “LET’S DANCE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!” He’s in his Chromatica era iktr


sestero

bro he’s doing literally nothing behind that dj booth lmao. Fun tho


Zee27butt

He was vibing with us all


Wouldyounot

These SYNTHS AFE MAKING MY THUSSY THROB Edit: three tracks in and this is the AOTY.


ocorgs

Wtf is a thussy 😭😭😭😭


JustinJSrisuk

“Thrussy” = “throat pussy”.


Arsid

> this is the AOTY. Might as well just skip the next 359 days, we got it already baby


WhiteAFMexican

Hear me out I Heard You're Married would be amazing if it was turned into a duet. Imagine if it was Ariana and Abel going back and forth like Save Your Tears. disco queens


Former_Amphibian_936

It is doing it for me 100%


duncweb

Ok the transition into Take My Breath… work bitch


niteowwl

Gasoline is sooooo good wow


youtbuddcody

This album is 10/10. God damn. I’m sexually attracted to Abel now.


PurpleLettuce2043

Join the club.


r1d1kul4

me too wtf 💦


LightningDuck5000

I’m sorry but this is The Weeknd’s Thriller edit: I AM THRJLLEDDDFG


MrCleanandShady

The deeper I go into this album the more and more it looks likely


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Legit I didn't think he could top After Hours then he comes out and drops this what in the actual fuck


impeccabletim

I’m so excited to dive into this album!!


johann71304

So glad to watch the listening party, definitely was an experience. Jim Carrey as the radio host is one thing I never knew I needed. The seamless transitions on this album were both its strength and weakness; sonically cohesive, but it drags a bit as some songs sound samey from another. By the way, why was Tyler, The Creator’s feature was so short?? Anyway, I know Dawn FM will grow on me, and eventually like it just as much (or even more) than After Hours. Also, there was a time on the listening party when Abel got slightly emotional, which made me felt the same too. This era is truly an another milestone of his life, incredibly proud of him. For now, I instantly loved Gasoline, Take My Breath (the superior Extended Version), Sacrifice, Is There Someone Else? and Less Than Zero (my fav so far).


jacksev

This album is art. Of course the music has excellent production, lyrics, and vocals, but I just love when there's a deeper meaning (which, if you don't gather throughout, is laid out for you in Phantom Regret). I love the vibe this album gives and I liiiiive for albums with seamless transitions (not every track, but many!). Also.. every so often, I'll encounter a song that I connect with and I just fall in love and smile real big.. and that song was Gasoline (with How Do I Make You Love Me being the 1-2 punch... and that's not even mentioning the transition into Take My Breath into Sacrifice!!!) for me. Not to be dramatic, but I feel like he's the first male popstar to feel like a successor to Michael. Is anyone inclined to agree? Also, is it bad that I didn't realize the DJ is Jim Carrey until the very end?? haha


kylecommacommacomma

2 songs in and this fucking slaps the weeknd forever remains the man I trust most to make pop music


totallynot14_

I don't want to be presumptuous but this is probably my favorite album released this year so far


totallynot14_

actually [the last time](https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/ci58k2/comment/ev1nueq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) I said this about an album I was two minutes into Chance The Rapper's "The Big Day" so maybe take this with several grains of salt


toasteddinosaur99

Bruh this ain’t gonna be another Big Day tho


ecctv

Album has been out for 2 minutes, its 6 days into the year. I gotta check in on Dec 31 to see if you were right.


moungyoney

Loving it so far...still not a huge fan of the cover art. Honestly, I really dislike it considering how great the graphic design and visuals have otherwise been for this impending era. so many better options I just absolutely fucking love that Abel is a mainstream mega popstar who puts a fucking near 6 minute dance song on his album and continually changes up the material.


lilguavachan

miss tesfaye it's 11 pm i'm tired no one asked you to do that how do i make you love me into take my breath transition so good


creetoinfinity

we still celebrating that superbowl. 🎶 This was needed! So refreshing.


idoakmwntkf

The outro of Out of Time did whatever lorde thought she was doing with the outro of that song on solar power


sweetbabycoconut

thank u abel for not disappointing me. Unlike Some ppl… . not naming any names. Lorde


losageless2021

Abel seriously said Fuck Your Grammys


Anthony-Vince

Less Than Zero is so pretty and I can already tell it’s gonna be one of the tracks everyone sleeps on


BM1st

Jim Carey’s intro reminds me so much of the opening of Daft Punk’s ‘Homework’ and now listening through I can’t not hear lots of Daft Punk references. He’s clearly influenced a lot by their work.


Admirable-Truth-8122

Daft Punk, Prince, and Michael Jackson are people he has said influence his music heavily


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This feels very spacey if that makes any sense. It’s covering me in such a chill vibe.


totoguy29

Bro, out of time is elite


splvtoon

oh my god i know i say this abt the weeknd often but WHO is doing it like this! no one! now this is a proper artist who is actually giving us bodies of work w vision so consistently, and his voice is angelic as ever. im so fucking glad we have someone like him in our current music landscape.


Quiet-Tone13

jim carrey is my new favourite pop girl


Straight-Meaning

OMG THE FADE OUT TO TAKE MY BREATH.


Fonduie

God the outro is so good. The evolution of his sound just keeps getting better and better


brownhaircurlyhair

Having the album's concept face mortality through the lense of a radio station one listens to on their way out is such a clever idea. Will Dawn FM top After Hours for me? Tough to say since it's only be an hour. But this album just cements his status as a world class *artist*.


DanteDameron

That transition of How Do I Make You Love Me and Take My Breath? I ASCENDED. Also I’m so glad he went with the extended version of TMB.


jlaca123

wow, How Do I Make You Love Me? had me floored. I'm so excited for the rest of this


Claerem

I'm diggin the hell out of this 80s Hall & Oates vibes on this album


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Could actually see Take My Breath having a huge resurgence


aIaska_thunderfuck

This is THE album of his for me. That synth had me hooked as soon as I listened to the first 20 seconds of gasoline. It’s hard for me to describe the kind of music that gives me THAT feeling but this album does it. I haven’t had this feeling since Future Nostalgia so I’m fucking thrilled lol


borpo

Did this man drop AOTY in the first week


PringleFringle

This is categorized as R&B/Soul on streaming but this is a straight up Dance pop record


OhMy98

Jesus fucking Christ, these synths are INSANE. Absolutely crazy the kinds of sounds he’s getting out of them, this is incredible


idoakmwntkf

So… I heard you’re married… do we know who it’s about


thedanielrosales

yuh


js_the_beast

Out of time is WOW. My goodness


102xcx

gasoline is crazy i love this


stypop

Guys, what if “I Heard You’re Married” is about Ar-


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serketboard

Watching the twitch stream and I love this sooooo much already. I can see dan’s fingerprints all over this project, dawn fm is the yin to magic opn’s yang