Senior Intern

5y

When After Hours came out I downloaded every song individually from Youtube and then converted them all to MP3 so I could have them on my phone. Looking forward to a smoother first listen this time but I can't think of an activity to do while listening

Blue Magic

5y

Didn't he say after hours brought him back from semi retirement too lol. These guys really had confidence that album was gonna be the one, look how right they were.

provider

5y

holy s*** i NEVER knew this. THIS is the type of effort and dedication you love to see in your artists

There are 67 versions of “The Hills,” arguably one of my biggest songs — sixty-seven! Why? I premiered a demo at a South by Southwest party in 2015 as part of the rollout of “Beauty Behind the Madness.” I played it over the speakers, I was like “Let’s play it, just for fun, to get fans excited.” That version was called “Mood Music” — longtime friend and creative director La Mar Taylor recorded it on his phone, it was a snippet, just half the song. It was posted on Soundcloud and it got the most views SoundCloud had ever seen or something — a sh—y phone recording. So then the whole world has that version — but the version I’m still working on in the studio doesn’t sound like that version, even though it’s the same song. I lost my mind making that record because there are noises in the SoundCloud version that I tried to replicate in the studio — somebody in the crowd screaming right before the drop, that wasn’t there before, so I had to put a fake scream in the song! That’s what I deal with when I make music. And that’s just on a public level — now just imagine a song that I’m living with by myself!

Levy

5y

I think the reason why we all love after hours title track so much is because it’s like a summary of Abel his music all his elements, old & new styles in one song. I think I never saw any hate for this song online .. literally every weeknd fan has it in their top 10

Malik Nabers Fan

5y

🎯 it’s THE quintessential Weeknd song. Really might be Top 1 when it’s all said and done

Malik Nabers Fan

5y

🎯 it’s THE quintessential Weeknd song. Really might be Top 1 when it’s all said and done

Levy

5y

I think the reason why we all love after hours title track so much is because it’s like a summary of Abel his music all his elements, old & new styles in one song. I think I never saw any hate for this song online .. literally every weeknd fan has it in their top 10

Malik Nabers Fan

5y

🎯 it’s THE quintessential Weeknd song. Really might be Top 1 when it’s all said and done

Senior Intern

5y

I do now but back then I used to torrent everything. Streaming's obviously the better move but I used to be obsessed with having the MP3 on my phone.

Malik Nabers Fan

5y

That’s correct, shame he’s not on this

roronoa

5y

the only reason we love after hours is because crooning and hitting notes again

He didnt try with his vocals on BBTM & Starboy

provider

5y

it's funny to me that people say the fans who prefer trilogy/kl are always dying for that sound back, and one of my least favorite songs on AH is the only one where he's consciously trying to capture that era. lol

Levy

5y

I think the reason why we all love after hours title track so much is because it’s like a summary of Abel his music all his elements, old & new styles in one song. I think I never saw any hate for this song online .. literally every weeknd fan has it in their top 10

Senior Intern

5y

I do now but back then I used to torrent everything. Streaming's obviously the better move but I used to be obsessed with having the MP3 on my phone.

O7OXO

5y

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Its the most overrated weeknd song. Not on my top 5 in After hours. I said it

Malik Nabers Fan

5y

Starboy*

He was sangin on BBTM, the music itself was just eh for the most part

Blue Magic

5y

Didn't he say after hours brought him back from semi retirement too lol. These guys really had confidence that album was gonna be the one, look how right they were.