As someone who spent 31 years as a first responder I’m blown away how perfectly a teenager captured end-stage addiction. I can see this addict sitting in an ally at the end of their rope, the loved one calling but the addict knows they’re destroying everyone around them. How many times have they came crawling back, asking for help, promising to change but every time burning the people trying to help them. Like a black hole, there’s no escape.

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

It’s incredible.

@raiderfan346

2 ай бұрын

Great post oregon. Pau is a musical genius! ⚡⚡⚡

@DiZastur

Ай бұрын

um, the thing that gets me most is how on earth do they produce lyrical content like this at that age? I just don't get how they get so much of human experience coming from a seemingly idyllic upbringing with a loving, supportive family always nearby

@DiZastur

Ай бұрын

I've long wanted to see a Warning/Billy Talent ticket, couldn't figure that out until now. Now I get it.

@Luisperry622

Ай бұрын

Pau es un star blue en the universe, great drummer and composer. La amo ❤

We vintage guys have gone to the graveyard many times to bury friends destroyed by drugs, including alcohol. We have seen them fall and crash and burn, and no one in all of these years had spoken to this as clearly as Paulina did in this song. Amazing? Yes. But also plain genius. Yes, I cry every time I hear it and it's a good cry for those who didn't get out on time. This and much more explains why The Warning is the rock and roll of the 21st century, and why it appeals to such a wide fan base.

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for thoughtful comment. It’s a shame how many lives have been destroyed by drugs and alcohol. And like you said, Pau captures that pain so incredibly.

@williamburkholder769

Ай бұрын

Yep. Lost one a year older than me when he was 18. He dropped LSD, drank a six-pack, and dove off a bridge head first into shallow water with rip-rap underneath. It was sobering for dozens of us who went to school with him. I still have a 35mm slide of him. He was lighting a cigarette. The book of matches he was holding had a giant question mark on it. First time I heard this, I totally lost it, thinking of him. He'd been an alcoholic and drug user all through high school. Pau totally gets how to play the emotive empath. Genius! Yes, 10/10.

@DiZastur

Ай бұрын

Dude, they are the band to watch. Yes I'm 60 and say Dude and am not a surfer from Cali, lol

At the end of the song, when the three girls sing together, that is magic right there.

Such a powerful and deep song, written by and performed by Paulina!

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

I loved it so much!

If you think you were going to cry at the studio recording, try watching the live performance at Dakota Bar, gets me every time my friend.

The Warning songs are perfect. Many make me tear up. Black Holes and Breathe make me break down EVERY TIME. Do yourself a favor and turn the lights down, listen to the song completely, without pausing, and when you start to cry, let it out! You'll feel better. A 13 year old girl so completely connects with an addicts emotions and feelings. Don't do dishes.

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Will do friend. Thank you for the thoughtful comment.

@DiZastur

Ай бұрын

agree 100% except for the bit about dishes...do everyone else's dishes, except for your own. Just shake it up, confuse people, put them off guard, make an imprint, be bold, challenge everyone and hurt no-one....this is the stuff of life...I'm 60 and just beginning to learn

I calculate that this was recorded in 2016 when they were 16, 14, and 11 and it has been reported that Pau wrote this when she was 13. I am amazed at the ability of Pau to capture the emotions of someone at the end of their ropes and express it so perfectly.

@BryceKatz

2 ай бұрын

Not only at 13, but after nothing more than reading an article about addiction. I'm sure I'm not the only person to say this, but DPA must be protected at all costs.

@user-ig5xr6ow6x

2 ай бұрын

11,13 & 15,, Alejandra, Paulina y Daniela! 🇲🇽

One of the best songs that Paulina has written, especially because of the difficulty involved in dealing with such a difficult topic that she knew how to deal with in such a realistic and sensitive way.

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

It’s such a beautiful and sad song. Which are always my favorite types of songs.

The Dakota bar version is a must watch , so much emotion in the live version .

Pau + piano = 😭

Ale has sung lead before on Hunter and River's soul, but only because Dany needed a break to rest her voice. Pau is a master at conveying real emotions through her lyrics her talent is just incredible, they are all so talented.

@christinaalgate4899

2 ай бұрын

Don't forget Red Hands Never Fade

@Amaranthine1000

Ай бұрын

@@christinaalgate4899 Oh my, how could I have forgotten that? Yes you are right, my mind must be slipping.

What a powerful song. When Pau sings you don't just hear her, you also feel her. ⚡⚡⚡

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

I love Paus voice.

21st Century Blood has a theme rather than a concept. Social commentary through amazing story telling. Great reaction, thanks. ❤✌🤘⚡🔥

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Yes. Thank you. That’s what it is. I couldn’t put it together. I went the whole album with grasping that. Thank you for the comment. I appreciate it.

@Biomirth

2 ай бұрын

@@RichandTheWarning Their second album Queen of the Murder Scene is a concept album and best approached like a short novel. It's told in 4 chapters. As @johnager6226 said XXIst Century blood is a very The Warning album in that it is thematically cohesive but explores many different things loosely attached to that theme.

This is such a great song!!!🔥⚡️This is Pau, they have a great performance at Dakota Bar, very heartfelt about addiction!!😂⚡️

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

It’s such a beautiful song. As you’ll see from my video, I almost started crying.

México Rocks tha world whit these 3 talentosas, inteligentes, bellas y humildes de corazón 🇲🇽

Stunning song writing. Absolutely stunning

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

This is not a concept album, and Pau sings this song with a keyboard!!

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Yeah. I finally figured out it wasn’t a concept album when I finished listening to it. I feel kind of stupid about it. And I figure out it was Pau singing like a few minutes in to the song.

Paulina has the most beautiful voice on the planet. Any time I hear a ballad that she sings, I need a box of tissues ⚡️🤘

Even a bigger emotional impact when watching Pau’s performance of this at The Dakota Bar!!!😂⚡️

No, XXI Century Blood is not a concept album. It does, however, generally revolve around societal ills of various kinds.

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I’ve already recorded all my reaction videos and have them scheduled to come out every 2 days. So you’ll continue to see me question if it’s a concept album and trying to relate all the songs to each other. I feel like an idiot.

@saby5075

2 ай бұрын

@@RichandTheWarning Nah, don't feel that way. There is still have connection despite not being a concept album. You are doing great deep analyzing lyrics and we all TWA love it!

Great reaction and analysis; subbed. While Dany grabs your soul and demands your attention, Pau's ballads just coax it out of your body. Black Holes, Breath, and her cover of Creep are just masterpieces.

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Pau's voice in the studio versions of XXI Century Blood and QOTMS, have a different quality. Probably because she doesn't have to push the volume. So it's a little different from what we are used to.

@williamburkholder769

Ай бұрын

She was much younger and her voice had not matured. By 2022, it had deepened and she developed that raspiness that adds even more emotion. She is great as a lead vocalist… very different from Dany, but well suited to ballads like this one. This album is a little known masterpiece.

Pau wrote this at age 13 and the album was recorded soon after. I love her voice and I love how it's matured.

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info! And I totally agree. Her voice is incredible.

Their first EP "Escape the Mind" (2015) was the result of one of their music teachers telling them to make their own songs, and they do it trying to find their own sound, has these "Hanna Montana" vibes and they are only 15, 13 and 10 yo at that time. In 2017 released "XXI Century Blood" with the society theme in almost all the songs. Then in 2018 presented their concept album "Queen of the murder scene" in the most deepest Emo stage of Pau, saying this by her, and the notorius influences of animes and K-Pop and K-Rock culture. Then in 2019 write almost all songs for "Error" with their North America Tour in mind coming in 2020, they want songs that the people can sing and interact with the band in a concert, but the pandemic happens and then the Lava Records sign, the tour has to be cancelled and this album has to be release in two parts in 2021, first half of the songs in a EP call "Mayday" and then the full album "Error". By this time the songs are 2 years old and they want to move in a different direction, experimenting new things and make things like "Choke feat. Grandson and Zero 9:36" and between presentations in 2022 and 2023 they write and record the songs for "Keep me feed" wich gonna be release in June 28. By the songs they presented yet they are let hersefs be free and try different things like put a Guiro or a cowbell in one of the songs. I like a lot your reaction, new sub here to see your journey discovering more of this amazing band. #NumberlyGarfs

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for subscribing. And thank you so much for all of that information. I really appreciate it!!

I'd say most everyone has either delt with addiction or knows someone that has, and it makes this so so relatable.

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately you’re right.

Eran talentosas desde pequeñas y Pau increíble escribiendo siendo todavía una niña adolescente. Por eso y mas las admiro desde siempre. DPA❤

Love your reaction Pau was a teen when she composed this Amazing

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

What I so often fail to appreciate is the haunting harmonies sung by Pau's sisters that deepen the poignancy of the song's impact - not to mention the subtle layering of the guitar gently accompanying.

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

I didn’t catch any of that. I NEED to listen to this again.

every time i hear this song, it completely destroys me. every.time. takes me to places that i thought i had forgotten about. and reminds me of things that i would rather i could forget about. masterpiece. [warning: long-winded rambling fanboy alert] i can't quite put my finger on it, but there _is_ something about the particular phrasing that does come across as written by someone who doesn't quite have 1st-hand experience but who is trying valiantly and heroically to empathize , to tell the story of someone who doesn't have a voice but whose story needs/deserves to be told (which, if i understand the story of how Pau came to write this, pretty much does sum it up). and it is that realization that opens my mind some other dichotomies that appear. the way the chorus pulls you in to soak in the experience but at the same time feels like it's too short .... such is the life of the person in the song. and then there's the performance .... in later performances, it seems that Pau has mellowed it out a bit ; but earlier performances (such as the Dakota Bar, for example) she definitely pours more in to it. i even find myself imaging that in place of the keyboard is the body of the person in the song, and instead of playing keyboard, it feels like Pau is shaking the body to wake up ... and while the lyrics say "don't hold on", the passion in Pau's performance and her body language feels like she's pleading "DON'T LET GO" .... and then her 2 sisters join in on the accompaniment , it feels like angels have come down to both usher this person out of their misery while at the same time trying to console this precious child who seems to be arguing with God himself on behalf of this broken soul. ngl, i could find out these girls torture puppies for fun, and i'd still love them simply for having performed this song. [okay, that's the end of my silly fanboy moment]

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Wow. Thank you for your incredibly insightful comment. I really appreciate it. I have suffered from addiction myself. And still am battling with my alcohol addiction. This songs hits me hard.

@Double_J_48629

2 ай бұрын

@@RichandTheWarning it works if you work it 🙏

@leekovalskyj9218

Ай бұрын

So well said. You should be a writer yourself.

yeap! tha'ts Pau, great lyrics!

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely incredible.

Excellent reaction to an astonishing song, and what a great idea to have synced lyrics, too! An easy Like and Sub!

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I appreciate! I was hoping people would like the lyrics to follow along to.

This song is a masterpiece!

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

I 100% agree. 10/10

She has when Danny was sick a few times

Paulina es la mejor baterista de rock del planeta ,es un músico consumado ,es una gran cantante y cuando pasa al frente es capas de involucrar a todo el publico ,es tremenda , Black Holes un tema compuesto por Pau a los 13 años con un contenido oscuro y muy profundo pero realista Pau es un nuevo genio del rock

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Yes. Pau is incredible!!

subs done, my friend! 😉

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I ♥ The Warning 🎶🎶

Insane talent.

@RichandTheWarning

Ай бұрын

Absolutely.

BLACK HOLES (Don’t Hold On) Songwriters: Paulina Villarreal / Alejandra Villarreal / Daniela Villarreal All alone in an alleyway Staring at my face In the reflections of broken bottles Didn't know I had this many scars I thought I'd won All of my different battles But I'm corrupt, I've got nothing left Spent all my love trying to forget Ignore your calls and I throw the phone away Please believe me when I say Don't hold on, don't hold on Don't hold onto me Don't hold on, don't hold on I've got nothing left to give 'Cause I keep on coming, begging for more And I'm slowly falling, crashing below And the things I used to hold so close, they burn And the love that used to shine so bright Was shattered like a satellite And the venom starts to swallow me whole Like black holes And I know that you try to stay But my awful ways You will never overlook And all the things that hurt me They got no remedy And they'll start hurting you too 'Cause I'm corrupt, I've got nothing left Spent all my love trying to forget Ignore your calls and I throw the phone away Please believe me when I say Don't hold on, don't hold on They don't hold onto me Don't hold on, don't hold on I've got nothing left to give But I keep on coming, begging for more And I'm slowly falling, crashing below And the things I used to hold so close, they burn And the love that used to shine so bright Was shattered like a satellite And the venom starts to swallow me whole Like black holes Like black holes Don't hold on, don't hold on They don't hold onto me Don't hold on, don't hold on I've got nothing left to give Don't hold on, don't hold on I surrender in my defeat Don't hold on, don't hold on Even black holes let me be 'Cause I keep on coming, begging for more And I'm slowly falling, crashing below And the things I used to hold so close, they burn And the love that used to shine so bright Was shattered like a satellite And the venom starts to swallow me whole Like black holes Like black holes (Don't hold on, don't hold on) (Even black holes let me be) Like black holes

In live I cry, always they playing live really touch me deep in my soul. Greetings from Argentina

@RichandTheWarning

Ай бұрын

Hello from the US. Thank you for watching. Their music is truly beautiful.

This is still one of my favourite songs by TW. You’re not the first reactor ( or viewer) to be moved to tears. You may want to have a peek at the attached video from their Pepsi Centre show lat year. Pau, who was feeling sick, came on stage sat at a grand piano, with an accompanying string orchestra and belted out Black Holes. Seems like everyone of the more than 8,000 fans at the concert are singing with her. She then moved on to “Breathe” a song she said she would never play live as it is too emotional. She managed to bring herself to tears and had to cut the song short by a few bars. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lqp_qsyYc7i4k6Q.htmlsi=FtdTzcc4s-IPIMZJ

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

I haven’t heard breathe yet. Which album is that from?

@MTH58

2 ай бұрын

@@RichandTheWarning Error. It is the last song and “ Bonus Track” on the album. It’s Pau alone and was recorded on the piano at their house. It was added to the album with the understanding that she would never play it live as it was too emotional. She reversed that for their 10th Anniversary show at the Pepsi Centre as she said she wanted to do something special for the fans.

@Biomirth

2 ай бұрын

@@RichandTheWarning Breathe is also played during the intermission of their most popular concert, Theatro Metropolitan CDMX from August 2022. If you do watch that concert be sure to watch straight through the intermission. It's a bit magical.

Funny enough, Pau also loves Shakira.. (as my chemical romance).. She freaked out when Shakira performed at the VMAs, but not sure if she-them had the opportunity to meet her. By the way, this is not a concept album.

@RichandTheWarning

Ай бұрын

I finally figured that out when I finished listening to the album.

My favorite from the girls

🤯💥🤘🎶✌️🥰

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Oh yea!! 🤟⚡️🎼

25/10

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

The only right answer.

Pau does an amazing impression of Shakira

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Does she??? Do you have a link?

@Dr.Acula76

2 ай бұрын

@RichandTheWarning kzread.infoTzz0It0ms1M?si=wtnNkluj5JaX-2_c

@Dr.Acula76

2 ай бұрын

@@RichandTheWarning kzread.infoTzz0It0ms1M?si=hSrU_Ex1HuYaScBK

@Dr.Acula76

2 ай бұрын

@RichandTheWarning I tried. They always delete when I link. Makes no sense, it's a KZread video. Just type "Paulina The Warning Shakira" and it's one of the first shorts to pop up. She's in a white T. Unfortunately that's the only clip I can find

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

@@Dr.Acula76 I’ll check it out. Thank you.

Interesting that you mention My Chemical Romance because The Warning include them on their TW INSPO (influences) Spotify playlist.

@RichandTheWarning

2 ай бұрын

Really??? I don’t have Spotify. I wonder which MCR songs they picked out. It would be interesting to see.

❤❤❤

Shakira??? not even close. Pau's voice is beautiful. nada que ver.