Music journalists frequently rank it among his best work for its "finely calibrated" ability to simultaneously turn up a party and make a listener's skin crawl. It was certified by the BPI and has remained a staple of his live sets from early club tours to his recent After Hours til Dawn Tour .
: The first half, "House of Balloons," is famously built around a sample of the 1980 single "Happy House" by the British post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees. The Weeknd - House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls
is the centerpiece of The Weeknd's debut mixtape, House of Balloons (2011). This seven-minute epic is a two-part track that transitions from a shimmering, drug-induced euphoria to a dark, aggressive reality. Production & Sampling Music journalists frequently rank it among his best
: The track was produced by Doc McKinney and Illangelo , who helped define The Weeknd's early atmospheric R&B sound. Lyrical Meaning is the centerpiece of The Weeknd's debut mixtape,
: At roughly three and a half minutes, the track drops the Siouxsie sample for a "brute percussion and low-end churn". This transition signifies the move from the "party" to the "aftermath".