Ps.. I'm 56 yrs old now, but was classically taught guitar and was in a choir in my very young day's before I went rock mode.!! Now I play heavy riffs and scream at the Mic..!! Bandless atm, but been a part of many in my time..!! Rock on and keep rolling.!!!! 😁🇬🇧🇬🇬🇬🇧👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👍🏼
@@ianrose56I studied musical application in school, Gregorian chant, baroque, classical.. and on. Ren knows that, and Jelly Roll jazz, to Calloway, to Reinhardt, to popular music in all genres - never heard an artist like him. ❤ we are lucky.
Hey, I have a request/suggestion for you! Rag 'n Bone man. 2 song I'd recommend to start with is Remains (Bastel vs rag 'n bone man vs Skunk Anasie), and Rain (Ft Kate Tempest). I'd love to see your reactions to them.
bro the camera work was sic, making it look like the 2nd masked guy was getting off the floor but he was just walking. Super cool idea and to pull it off so well is just so awesome.
@@kevintunaley5079 I *LOVE* that moment and very few people mention it. It is a small, brilliant moment that makes you question the reality in front of you.
@@DandelionCollab My favourite moments in the whole video are when the telephone rings and the globe stops turning ( signifying Jimmy's world comes to an abrupt halt ) at the exact same time he picks up the phone to receive the message of his father's death ..... and when Ren slumps down into the wheelchair without flinching as he knows the chair will be in the exact position for him to fall into .... such is the precision and timing of Ren and Sam's meticulous videos ... every single element, visually, lyrically and musically, worked out to perfection. 🙏
You’ve quickly become one of my favorite Ren reactors. Love seeing you showing how these songs hit you emotionally. It’s validating to the emotions a lot of us have when we watch these vids.
I think you're the first reactor that expressed as much emotion when that quartet starts up as I do. I don't even know why it moves me every time...but it moves me. Every time.
Hi Nicole, Ren has written a piece for his friend Mackay, who passed away in 2010: "Mackay". Instrumental, only piano. Surprise guaranteed. And congrats to the 10.000 subs!
I didn't realise that you hadn't reacted to this yet! I little bit of trivia, the sprinkler system malfunctioned on this shoot. If you look at the voila player on the left, when the sprinklers go off she moves her bow. Because of the malfunction, the water went on her and her viola/bow! But she sat through it like a champ and Ren thanked her and payed for her voila and bow to be restrung.
@@namoricExactly.. They've been really cold!!! The location was hot though!🤪 The BTS video is more than a sequence of random scenes..u can appreciate the making of a low budget masterpiece!
Hey Nicole! Good morning. ^^ First, Congratulations on reaching 10,000 subscribers! An incredible milestone and you totally deserve it. You are a lovely and amazing human being. We appreciate you so much. Second, this is the most extravagant piece that Ren has ever produced. Nearly 26,000 USD was spent on this video and piece, almost 26 times more than any other video he's ever produced, even with all his latest pieces since Money Game Part 3. Third, this has won several awards, including Best Music Video twice, Best Direction, and Best Audio. Fourth, the piano he and then Charlie, the man who replaced him at the piano (a friend who is a part of his production team who is a classically trained musician and that's why Ren wanted him to play the remainder of the piano arrangement as he felt that Charlie would be much better at handling its complexity properly), was a 175,000 USD grand piano gifted to him by Yamaha. They heard the work he is doing and chose to gift him one of their most expensive pieces JUST for this video. Here is the BTS of Charlie and Ren practicing the piano section together from Ren's second channel: ua-cam.com/video/o2Jnf9HC3wc/v-deo.htmlsi=lNXs6KJsS5scdbun and the BTS of the strings practice from that same channel: ua-cam.com/video/rCkh2Fu4iVg/v-deo.htmlsi=YiEvtHkPxcfyRAvm Fifth, almost everything about this video's Behind the Scenes is available via an amazing extended cut video by @TheWolfJohnson and I HIGHLY recommend you watch it: ua-cam.com/video/HIjF5g5eDDU/v-deo.htmlsi=G686J00qL3wAV98j Sixth, the piano and strings sections were composed and arranged by Ren. The first half of the piano at the very beginning of the song is his version of the intro of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16. Seventh, the female violist on the left side of the quartet got wet during the rain sequence and ruined her bow and parts of her viola. Ren felt so awful about it that he replaced her bow and paid for her instrument to be repaired and restrung out of his own pocket to guarantee she wouldn't have to worry about her ability to play her music. It was designed so that the rain dispensers were SUPPOSED to avoid the quartet, but somehow did not miss her and malfunctioned during the take. Makes me cry thinking about how truly selfless he really is because violins, as you know, are VERY expensive instruments. Eighth, this entire video was the culmination of Ren's nearly 20 year journey about everything, but it is only the tip of the iceberg. He recently put together a series of videos called 'Chapters' on his second channel (listen to the playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLKFO0C0E7JcvUyYZSyte8omVITyIKoS17.html&si=iiVKr0kCCPokAyVx), and then released a song summarizing all of them called 'Troubles'. It is immensely heartbreaking and 100% true to Ren's journey, forcing himself to relive all those terrible moments that he's had, and sometimes continues to have, but it certainly must be absolutely therapeutic and cathartic to release even more of his pain through telling his story to the people who care and love for him. Ninth, I just want to celebrate and appreciate you for getting so intimate and personal with your own problems and issues to give insight on how this song makes you feel. Something that the RENegades have discovered about the Money Game series is this: each song represents different aspects of Greed. Part 1 is about the Systems/Government, Part 2 is about the Methods/Intent, Part 3 is about the Example/Individual experiencing or causing or victim of Greed. Tenth, we love you and we appreciate you. Your vulnerable, sweet soul speaks volumes of the integrity and intelligence of a person who truly cares about themselves and others. You are an inspiration and I hope you never lose sight of that. I can't wait for more as you go through the journey of Ren! Much peace and love to you. ^^
Oh just remembered: something people miss a lot... when the call comes that Jimmy has lost his father, the spinning globe stops PRECISELY as the call is picked up ON North America AND South America. Totally accidental, but it is visually stunning...
Hi there. Thank you so much for all of the information and the super kind words. It truly melts my heart and I am glad that you all feel this way. I have thoroughly enjoyed going on this journey with you all and am looking forward to continuing it! Thanks again :)
@@NikolettaOfficialwatching you discover Ren & then passing on your excitement to Charlie has been a delight to see & long may it continue! I don't have a musical bone in my body so I love watching you both geek out & I'm also learning so much. Congratulations on reaching 10,000 too btw, you deserve it.
Fabulous comment & info - don’t know why but reading it made me emotional - knowing so many humans around the world are thinking & feeling the same thoughts as me is somehow very comforting & affirming - thank you. And Thank You Nicole, you are an amazing, talented and beautiful person ❤ Congrats on 10K xxx
I really enjoy the addition of your operatic interpretations to REN’s original work. Hopefully Ren will be alerted and get to hear them. Perhaps a collaboration will result on a future Ren masterpiece!
It may be easier to get a hold of him for interview but you may have to travel to Calgary, Canada. Because that’s where his is doing his treatment again.
You’re a breath of fresh air in the reactor community. I could tell right away that this one hit differently with you. Not money, the love of money is the root of all evil. People can and do change, it takes an honest evaluation of their own lives and them real commitment to change and do your own thing. Love your surprises at the end, so unique and beautiful.
I can't wait to see your reaction to Ren's latest release "Money Ties". I personally refer to it as the unofficial MG4 😁. It's also a tear jerker because Ren dedicates it to his sister and get very personal in this one, in were it's a story about Ren not the fictional Jimmy. Hope you read this & take my suggestion to react to it soon. ❤✌🏾
Wow, Nicole Maria! This has been up for 5 hours and you have over 10k views! This is testament to the quality of your reactions. Your emotional intelligence and your emotional responses. Your musical intelligence and musical analysis. Your love of our guy Ren, that we share through and through, and your excitement and engagement makes us come back again. I love everything about you and the way you comprehend, that our lives are made much richer by a Welsh guy called Ren!
@@Ph4n_t0m omg !! 😊😊😊😄😄😄😄 woo-hoo !! I'm so happy that's so gratifying... I almost went all big capital letters and stuff.... But it's exciting as it is to hear that Sinead.... Did that it just figures.... You know what I mean?? I mean this this being is so damn ✨ PRECIOUS ✨ and so MIND BOGGLINGLY ✨GIFTED✨ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RESPONDING. IT MAKES ME HAPPY THAT HE HAS PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN HIS LIFE.... BUT AGAIN THAT JUST KIND OF FIGURES REALLY OF COURSE HE'S GOING TO ATTRACT BEAUTIFUL CARING AND TALENTED, gifted peeps as well..😊 It feels like we're actually part of a family, Loving Ren ! ✨💖✨💖✨💖✨
I know you probably don’t need any more suggestions but, Chinchilla is a REN friend who is off the charts good. If you try FINGERS Live, I guarantee you will LOVE it. Loved this reaction BTW 💜💜💜💜
Congrats on the 10K. Absolutely love your reactions, deeply thoughtful and considered. Waiting to hear your reaction to Ren x Chinchilla - How To Be Me.
If you want to see him play an instrument most people won’t have seen in their lives, react to “Swan Song”, with his band, The Big Push. He said it was his favorite song with them.
Mentally unbroken and happy. The miracle of Ren, a gift from the universe arrived when we sorely needed one. At 71 I still believe that we can learn that we are all human beings. Thank you Maria and forever Thanks Ren
So thoughts at 16:10 of your reaction, oh you're going to cry! And Yes so many of us were waiting for you to get to this one. Ren is just taking music and showing us all what we could and should be doing with modern media. The boi hits different. At 23:50 Here we go, get ready for another level. After I watched Hi Ren I commented @Ren on the video to not worry about ever trying to top Hi Ren as that is a Magnum Opus on the human condition. That it is a once in a life time work and no matter what it will stand on it's own. Then he went and dropped this and I realized I should just kick back and watch the show. This dude see's things in a different way. Loved this reaction.
So I learned today that music can cause cute aggression in certain people. That's fascinating. Beautiful as always. You mentioned that he brought back "presses on the trigger of a money game", but he also brought back "Rain, rain, rain, rain, a storm it comes our way", by having it literally rain. And lastly, your cat is adorable. It’s amazing how animals pick up our energy. And singing, by its nature, IS energy. Of course your cat wanted to help with whatever you had going on. They love you. It was very sweet.
Wow❤️fabulous! This is what I love about reaction videos. I get to live my emotions thru you. I realize one of the reasons Ren is so captivating. He looks right at us and talks directly to us. It makes me feel part of something special. 😊He's always teaching, sending us messages. He also composed this whole thing except for the first few bars. His new one Money Ties is brilliant lyrically and musically. 🔥
This is Rens most expensive production to date most of his videos are under £1500 ($2000) this one cost Ren around £30,000 ($39,000) to make. Ren tried to rent a grand piano for this shoot and wasn't able to get one, Yamaha stepped up and loaned Ren the £100,000 Grand you see in the production (yes I called it a production not a video) along with a tech to keep it tuned for him. If you want to know what Ren can't do..... play Basketball (Losing it), Box (Murderer) and fold a suit Jacket (Money Game III). The "only" cut in the video (the vocals are all one take) is as the camera pans behind the wheel chair, this was done so that Ren could switch his mic into a water proof container and insert it into his tie... "Rain, Rain, Rain" isn't sung in this production, it is represented by it actually raining on Ren... Ren commented after the shoot that as they cleared up the shoot site and left for home that evening, they could have been in real trouble if the police had stopped them, they had a bag full of fake drug's, fake money and a decommissioned firearm with bullets in the back of the van.... Great reaction Nicole you brighten my Tuesdays with your genuine reactions and little surprises...
No, there are two cuts, first when he takes off his money sack in front of the mirror (he was sweating to much from he sack) and the second from the behind the wheelchair before the string quartet. Still impressive though.
You certainly did not disappoint with this. This was a fantastic reaction. I definitely think that your next reaction should be Ren's latest track "Money Ties" which, for all intents and purposes, could have be called Money Game part 4. It only came out last week. Going forward, if you want to focus on his singing my top picks would be 1) "Genesis (acoustic live version) 2) "Blind Eyed" (MC sessions w/ Sam Tomkins 3) "How to be me" (live w/Chichilla) 4) " Fred Again Mashup" and, if you are super duper brave 5) "suicide" + "For Joe". If you want more of his rapping, some top suggestions would be "Seven sins," "wicked ways," " Love Music parts 1,2,3, or 4" or "The hunger". Anyways you are superb at what you do. Congrats on hitting 10k. Can't wait for you to discuss "MG3" with Charlie
"...I forgot to breathe..." Oh Nicole Maria, just when I thought I couldn't possibly find you any more adorable, then you almost curse, and THEN you reference your inner classical music geek... and I'm not even halfway through!! Hey this might be a stretch, but do you think maybe sometimes what he's doing is closer to recitative than rapping?? Ok, 27 minutes in and you've got me ugly crying over this song for the first time since I first heard it... ya monster, lol... I gotta admit, you've really grown on me over the last few weeks, and I'm just so delighted and joyful the world has one of you in it!!!
I listened to Money Game Pt. 3 about a hundred times and watched almost as many reactions. I cried the first time I heard the song and never since. Until today. It took me by surprise but I am so happy it did!
Yeah,you were pretty amazing in your reaction. I got very emotional watching you go on the emotional roller-coaster of this absolute masterpiece and I've seen this video probably 100+. Fantastic reaction girl ❤
53 and still trying to please my dad. I vividly remember when he showed me his disappointment for the first time. I was in kindergarden and at a parent’s day, he criticised my drawing of an elephant, pointing at a classmate’s drawing, saying; Now that’s a good elephant! I’ve been trying to please him ever since, although I know, I’ll never be good enough. No amount of time with therapists or number of self-help books will heal this. My advice to everybody in this situation is, learn to please yourself. Your parent/parents are unhappy with their own achievements and it’s not your job to let them live vicariously through you in the hope to feel their own shortcomings less.
It is important to note that the gun didn't fire. It clicked. If Ren had meant it to fire, they would have added it in post. This not only allows the potential of a future Tale, but it reinforces Ren's belief that such an end is unnecessary because things can change. I do hope Ren sees this. I think he would be touched to see the impact his work has on so many of us.
From such joy and excitement at the beginning with just the piano, to your tears with the strings. I was with you at every twist and turn. I agree with you everything you say about managing your relationships with family. You might not be able to choose them, but you can live without them happily.
Thank god finally someone with a good understanding of classical music takes the time to break this one down. I absolutely love your insights! Great work, cant wait for more!
Ren is a musical genius. He compossed both the piano and string segments as well. Sooooo much left to see in his rabit hole. Want more piano? For Joe and Mackay both tributes to people he lost.
He is so consistent; MG 1 final message, greed will consume you.. He has made it even more clear in MG 3, greed will kill you.. Remember to balance actual responsibilities, commitments and obligations with your pursuit of happiness.
Such a delicate heart - I loved your reaction Nicole, and I have seen this piece a dozen times. Let me offer a single piece of what I have learned. Yes you have to stop trying to please your parents, great insight. The flip side of that coin is that you have to quit blaming your parents for stuff. It is how you become an adult, they were doing the best they could, at some point you just have own the shit in your own head...
What a beautiful reaction to REN’s work here. For way too many years, almost all of my choices were based on the thought, ‘What will my mom think about this?’ I went down so many paths that I thought would make her proud to call me her son, yet never received the praise she lavished on my brother. At 37 years of age, I let go of the desire to make her ‘proud’ of me, but I had no idea who I was, nor what direction I wanted to move in life. After much reading, soul searching, and seeking the support of others, I decided I just wanted to be happy with who I was as a person and that the rest would then work itself out. One thing I learned was that change is instantaneous. You flip a switch and the light turns on or off. It doesn’t take time for the lightbulb to change. However, my decision to actually flip the switch can take a long time. Fear of what flipping that switch can lead to interrupts our decision to just flip it. I learned to ask myself, would I rather remain in the dark or flip this switch and face the dangers of what it may shed light on? Since I was more afraid of stagnating in the darkness in which I existed, I just began flipping the switches of change. BAM!! I began changing. If I liked the change, I kept the switch on. If I didn’t like the change, I flipped the switch off and found another switch to flip on. I really like the man I became, once I dropped the fears of rejection, the fears of change, the fears of the unknown. I am 57 years old. I am happy. I shed tears with you during this video. I smiled with you during this video. And, I love that I know longer worry how others may judge me for either. Love and warm wishes!!
Ren just does that to people. That's why there is a whole ton of people who love to watch people experience ren for the first time, because we can never experience it for the first time again
Wooo!!! So glad you enjoyed this one❤ Ren has more facets than a jewelry store, and each one is as brilliant as a princess cut diamond. A true prodigy.
I love the way that when Jimmy is in the wheelchair with the strings behind him, all the 'characters' that he interacted with at different stages throughout the video are still there for him to face. It's as if Jimmy is reflecting on those stages in his progression to where he is now.
❤❤❤ Genius in story, composition, and performance. Poor Jimmy was misled and driven to a terrible life & fate by greed. It infected him from his father when he had so much promise. We need to do better for our kids & provide examples of why greed is always the wrong path. Rens' piano composition for this piece is stellar. The swells and runs are deep and exciting exactly where they need to be to drive our emotions. He is not classically trained (self-taught and still a student), and he composed a very challenging piece. The pianist who is trained was having difficulty and spoke about figuring out a bit different way to play the notes he wanted more economically because Ren made an almost impossible sequence to stretch your hands to play or something. He figured it out, and Ren asked him to please video his hands so he could play it better as well. Super artist who has NO Ego, a student of all music, and truly inspiring. Your vocals were beautiful and haunting. Thank you.
You are an absolutely amazing reactor! Talented, warm-hearted, and beautiful inside and out. I think I cracked the screen on my phone clicking so fast when seeing you had a new video out 😂
I have a theory on Ren. Bear with me here. I believe in the Talent Fairy. She comes shortly after the birth of some artists, pinches some Talent Dust out of her Talent Bucket, and sprinkles talent over the baby. Mozart, Van Gogh, Hendrix, you name it, they all were sprinkled over by the Talent Fairy. But on that fateful day of March 1990, the Talent Fairy was tired. She had enough. It's been a tough and lonely job, you know, nobody ever thanking her, throughout the centuries... So as she hovered over Ren's crib flapping her little wings, she said "F*ck it!", and *dumped the whole bucket of Talent Dust on him*. She then quit the job on the spot, never to be seen again. This not only explains the insane talent of Ren, but also the lack of any other creative artist around nowadays. That's why Ren is MADE of art ; if he cuts himself, he bleeds music. Rumor says last time he donated blood he gave a Symphony and a half. That's my theory, and I stand by it. All Hail the Talent Fairy, and the Holy Talent Trinity of the Fairy, the Bucket and the Dust. 🧚♀🪣✨ Some say the Talent Fairy is now enjoying life on an island in the Pacific, a cocktail in her hand, witnessing the Rise of Ren, her sprinkled protégé. 🍹🏝
I wrote a whole response to this comment, then lost it. I’ll leave it at this….you had some Talent Fairy Dust sprinkled on you as well. Thank you for being an amazing human being.
Great reaction Nic. Great harmony over the track as well .!! I'm hoping Ren spots your talent and asks for your service's. Now you gotta put Charlie through all of this..!! And also if your hubbie hasn't heard any of these tracks you've reacted to get him in front of the camera for another first time reaction.. Great work keep going.🇬🇧🇬🇬🇬🇧❤🇺🇸👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁
Ren and Sam won awards for this stunning cinematography. Another fabulous reaction and watching you get emotional made me tear up again. Congratulations on the 10k. Mackay is a piano piece by Ren you might want to react to soon.
What I loved most about this masterpiece. It was daddy that Jimmy was looking to please the entire song. Then at the end he hears the words of his Father.
I absolutely love your obviously genuine reactions. I couldn't help but watch all your reactions to Ren. He is something special and so are you. Thank you for opening up for us to see. It's a very special thing.
Once again brilliant reaction, we noticed how excited you were when the strings started. You will flip when you get to 'Ren - Bitter Sweet Symphony (Live)' it is magic.
There's just not the words to express how amazingly talented this song is. Sam is a master with this video and Ren's performance is captivating. There's always twists and turns in these productions and it keeps you enthralled with each bit. Who else can make an almost 10 minute video with moments of total silence engrossing in this day and age. It's masterful creation.
Wow I have watched this and people react to this a whole lot of times. But your reaction brought the emotion all back and had me tearing up. Thank you so much. If you want to see more of Ren’s piano skills you should react to Makay but actually only after “how to be me -live” “su!cide” and “for Joe” to get the full context. You are in for a wild ride.
I just wanted to hug you at the end. You have such a beautiful soul and at the end that click mean it didn't fire. So "Jimmy" literally dodged that bullet. This song is referenced in a Kujo Beatdown. He loves to leave breadcrumbs and I adore him for it. He's so amazing at making you feel things that we all lock away. Ren is the best therapist I've ever had. I'm not even joking.
You made me laugh when you went 'cuckoo' and brought a lump to my throat when the strings started. A good reactor adds to the experience of the original piece and you certainly do that
I have listened to this performance many times and your reaction has allowed me to hear and appreciate the music and the piano behind it. There is so much to watch, listen to and understand that one reading is not enough.
And this is why we all watch reactions! Please don't change. This is one of the most amazing music reactions I've ever seen (and I've seen thousands!). Your appreciation and love of the music (clearly visible to all of us) as well as your human empathy, not to mention your own amazing talent, has quickly made your reactions a 'must not miss' experience and I, for one, will be present for every one from now on. Good luck on your chosen path, you deserve every success. Your cat is beautiful, by the way, although I'm not sure if she wanted to join in or was just letting you know it was dinner time!
Playwright, composer, master lyricist, narrator, pianist, guitarist, actor, singer, slam poet, rapper, producer, storyteller, social commentator, and everything else... The talent bubbling out of this masterful genre-skipping, multimedia blending man is simply stunning. REN IS OUR MODERN BARD. He's MORE than GOLD. Unique, and VERY precious. Forged in Fire, strong, but like the finest gold; also softer, more flexible and more fragile than other metals. # Ren said that during that period of almost 10 years when he was forced to halt, to step back from his early rise, when he was often bed-ridden with this undiagnosed and life-threatening illness [ Lyme Disease ] he created over 4,000 different creative pieces in his head. Music, beats, lyrics, songs, concepts. All this pent up creativity now bursting free with a depth and layering and URGENCY that is incredibly immersive, engaging, thought provoking, entertaining and challenging. # The URGENCY Ren needs to concentrate on managing RIGHT NOW is the most challenging task of his life. Right NOW, as his profile rises, and his audience excitedly surges into the multi-millions, and his genius store of creativity is only just starting to be released, his damaged body is saying STOP! PACE YOURSELF. He is working hard on repairing the damage, on being well and regaining function to the extent possible, but the harsh reality is that he will now be living - lifelong -with the sequelae of his illness. Living with various layers of DISABILITY. He lives with chronic pain and fatigue. He's vulnerable to opportunistic infections. The list goes on. We need Ren to listen to his own words in Hi Ren. Managing a balance between ABility and DISability is indeed an 'eternal dance', with many unexpected twists and turns. # Speaking as someone who also lives with disability and chronic pain, has done for decades, I can testify to the dangerously seductive power of 'Boom & Bust". Of doing too much, when feeling well, and then crashing again. Of being seduced into thinking you can do more, pushing too hard. Of becoming habituated to pain, and skilled in switching off your awareness of it, shoving it below the level of consciousness to 'get things done' - until it escalates to the point when you can ignore it no more. Then realising; "Sh-t! Done it again! Should have stopped - rested - long before now..." It IS an eternal dance that we keep having to learn new steps for. Ren is still learning his steps. We're here for him while he does, but he needs to do it for himself, not for us. ❤Love your pulling our focus to also appreciating all the classical music elements in this composition. We tend to get pulled so lazer-like into the lyrics. The hand over to the classical pianist at the beginning was genius.
I've just recently discovered your Ren reactions and they are among my favorites! (And I've seen MANY!) Thank you for the genuine emotion you continue to share with us, as we are going through the same ones. Your surprises at the end add such great nuance to an already amazing masterpiece, it's magnificent!
You are my favourite reactor (along with Disco Doc)….and I watched anticipating your reaction to the strings coming in ❤….but your surprise brought me to tears and it was like your cat was expressing my feelings. Ren with all his musical genius and you with your pure emotion classical opera voice would produce magic in a collab ✨🤍
I have 2 young children, both under 10, and every time I watch this music video I end up going and hugging them and telling them how proud I am of them, how grateful I am that they are my children, and that the only thing I expect or ask of how they live their lives is that they be happy. This is the second time I had to wait until I stopped crying to do so, the first being the absolute first time I saw it. Your emotions, and the raw vulnerability you express both while watching and through your amazing voice is a gift. Thank you for sharing that with us.
Brilliant! To watch from beginning and see the art of mindfuck unfold before my eyes.... Nearly a tear because it's sad, but the music geek so gleeful about the 'art' of it at exactly the same time.... Ren does this to all of us! Love your reaction..... Can't believe you're only doing it now tho....❤
What a beautiful MG3 reaction!!❤❤❤ The week leading up to this song dropping was truly magical. The games, the treasure hunt, Eden, then this masterpiece! To all the RENegades that were blessed enough to experience that week along with me...i luv you🫶A rising tide lifts all ships🌊🚢✌️
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Ps.. I'm 56 yrs old now, but was classically taught guitar and was in a choir in my very young day's before I went rock mode.!!
Now I play heavy riffs and scream at the Mic..!!
Bandless atm, but been a part of many in my time..!!
Rock on and keep rolling.!!!! 😁🇬🇧🇬🇬🇬🇧👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👍🏼
When I watch this I feel as tho I just watched and amazing opera
Have you ever heard a rap backed by a Yamaha grand and a string quartet - me neither. ❤️👍🏽👍☘️
@@ianrose56I studied musical application in school, Gregorian chant, baroque, classical.. and on. Ren knows that, and Jelly Roll jazz, to Calloway, to Reinhardt, to popular music in
all genres - never heard an artist like him.
❤ we are lucky.
Hey, I have a request/suggestion for you! Rag 'n Bone man. 2 song I'd recommend to start with is Remains (Bastel vs rag 'n bone man vs Skunk Anasie), and Rain (Ft Kate Tempest). I'd love to see your reactions to them.
Ren rule no. 1....if he starts with "let me tell u a story," buckle up
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Amen to this brother.
homie can I borrow some buckles, I got some money coming in next week
For me the safest thing is to always buckle up with any Ren song because it will be a rollercoaster and I want to be there for it all!!! ❤❤❤❤
Facts
You are not just a classically trained opera singer ... you are a an absolute godsend of a reactor too. Thank you for doing what you do. ❤
Well said 👏
This comment should have a 100 likes!!
Nicole has ben a joy to watch and the numbers on the reactions show she is doing something rights. love the colaps with Charlie and the singeing
She is fabulous and I would love to know if @RenMakesStuff has seen her 😇⭐️⭐️🌷🌷
I think Ren would love your special surprises - he is all about encouraging other people to display their talent
What's mind-blowing to me, besides the whole thing 😅
Is that you're watching an independent artist.
A guy and his friends put this together. 🤯
bro the camera work was sic, making it look like the 2nd masked guy was getting off the floor but he was just walking. Super cool idea and to pull it off so well is just so awesome.
@@kevintunaley5079 I *LOVE* that moment and very few people mention it. It is a small, brilliant moment that makes you question the reality in front of you.
@@DandelionCollab My favourite moments in the whole video are when the telephone rings and the globe stops turning ( signifying Jimmy's world comes to an abrupt halt ) at the exact same time he picks up the phone to receive the message of his father's death ..... and when Ren slumps down into the wheelchair without flinching as he knows the chair will be in the exact position for him to fall into .... such is the precision and timing of Ren and Sam's meticulous videos ... every single element, visually, lyrically and musically, worked out to perfection. 🙏
@@PeteAxeShields It doesn't just stop. It stops with Columbia facing the audience, known both for cartels and white powder.
@@PeteAxeShields Also the globe is showing South America when it stops.
You’ve quickly become one of my favorite Ren reactors. Love seeing you showing how these songs hit you emotionally. It’s validating to the emotions a lot of us have when we watch these vids.
I think you're the first reactor that expressed as much emotion when that quartet starts up as I do. I don't even know why it moves me every time...but it moves me. Every time.
Hi Nicole, Ren has written a piece for his friend Mackay, who passed away in 2010: "Mackay". Instrumental, only piano. Surprise guaranteed. And congrats to the 10.000 subs!
I didn't realise that you hadn't reacted to this yet!
I little bit of trivia, the sprinkler system malfunctioned on this shoot. If you look at the voila player on the left, when the sprinklers go off she moves her bow. Because of the malfunction, the water went on her and her viola/bow! But she sat through it like a champ and Ren thanked her and payed for her voila and bow to be restrung.
There I was thinking I knew all the Ren trivia and there you was thinking nah dimwit, you know nothing!
The man on the right I think almost got hit, too, you see him drop his hand to cover the bottom of the instrument.
@@namoricExactly.. They've been really cold!!! The location was hot though!🤪 The BTS video is more than a sequence of random scenes..u can appreciate the making of a low budget masterpiece!
Hey Nicole! Good morning. ^^
First, Congratulations on reaching 10,000 subscribers! An incredible milestone and you totally deserve it. You are a lovely and amazing human being. We appreciate you so much.
Second, this is the most extravagant piece that Ren has ever produced. Nearly 26,000 USD was spent on this video and piece, almost 26 times more than any other video he's ever produced, even with all his latest pieces since Money Game Part 3.
Third, this has won several awards, including Best Music Video twice, Best Direction, and Best Audio.
Fourth, the piano he and then Charlie, the man who replaced him at the piano (a friend who is a part of his production team who is a classically trained musician and that's why Ren wanted him to play the remainder of the piano arrangement as he felt that Charlie would be much better at handling its complexity properly), was a 175,000 USD grand piano gifted to him by Yamaha. They heard the work he is doing and chose to gift him one of their most expensive pieces JUST for this video. Here is the BTS of Charlie and Ren practicing the piano section together from Ren's second channel: ua-cam.com/video/o2Jnf9HC3wc/v-deo.htmlsi=lNXs6KJsS5scdbun and the BTS of the strings practice from that same channel: ua-cam.com/video/rCkh2Fu4iVg/v-deo.htmlsi=YiEvtHkPxcfyRAvm
Fifth, almost everything about this video's Behind the Scenes is available via an amazing extended cut video by @TheWolfJohnson and I HIGHLY recommend you watch it: ua-cam.com/video/HIjF5g5eDDU/v-deo.htmlsi=G686J00qL3wAV98j
Sixth, the piano and strings sections were composed and arranged by Ren. The first half of the piano at the very beginning of the song is his version of the intro of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16.
Seventh, the female violist on the left side of the quartet got wet during the rain sequence and ruined her bow and parts of her viola. Ren felt so awful about it that he replaced her bow and paid for her instrument to be repaired and restrung out of his own pocket to guarantee she wouldn't have to worry about her ability to play her music. It was designed so that the rain dispensers were SUPPOSED to avoid the quartet, but somehow did not miss her and malfunctioned during the take. Makes me cry thinking about how truly selfless he really is because violins, as you know, are VERY expensive instruments.
Eighth, this entire video was the culmination of Ren's nearly 20 year journey about everything, but it is only the tip of the iceberg. He recently put together a series of videos called 'Chapters' on his second channel (listen to the playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLKFO0C0E7JcvUyYZSyte8omVITyIKoS17.html&si=iiVKr0kCCPokAyVx), and then released a song summarizing all of them called 'Troubles'. It is immensely heartbreaking and 100% true to Ren's journey, forcing himself to relive all those terrible moments that he's had, and sometimes continues to have, but it certainly must be absolutely therapeutic and cathartic to release even more of his pain through telling his story to the people who care and love for him.
Ninth, I just want to celebrate and appreciate you for getting so intimate and personal with your own problems and issues to give insight on how this song makes you feel. Something that the RENegades have discovered about the Money Game series is this: each song represents different aspects of Greed. Part 1 is about the Systems/Government, Part 2 is about the Methods/Intent, Part 3 is about the Example/Individual experiencing or causing or victim of Greed.
Tenth, we love you and we appreciate you. Your vulnerable, sweet soul speaks volumes of the integrity and intelligence of a person who truly cares about themselves and others. You are an inspiration and I hope you never lose sight of that.
I can't wait for more as you go through the journey of Ren! Much peace and love to you. ^^
Oh just remembered: something people miss a lot... when the call comes that Jimmy has lost his father, the spinning globe stops PRECISELY as the call is picked up ON North America AND South America. Totally accidental, but it is visually stunning...
Hi there. Thank you so much for all of the information and the super kind words. It truly melts my heart and I am glad that you all feel this way. I have thoroughly enjoyed going on this journey with you all and am looking forward to continuing it! Thanks again :)
@@NikolettaOfficialwatching you discover Ren & then passing on your excitement to Charlie has been a delight to see & long may it continue! I don't have a musical bone in my body so I love watching you both geek out & I'm also learning so much.
Congratulations on reaching 10,000 too btw, you deserve it.
This sums up what almost everyone wants to say. Great post!👏👏👏
Fabulous comment & info - don’t know why but reading it made me emotional - knowing so many humans around the world are thinking & feeling the same thoughts as me is somehow very comforting & affirming - thank you. And Thank You Nicole, you are an amazing, talented and beautiful person ❤ Congrats on 10K xxx
You so perfectly captured the feeling of "REN. GD IT! I wanna squish your stupid, beautiful, brilliant, evil head!" He really is a genius.
One of Rens absolute masterpieces. He wrote the music/arraingement for this one himself. Brilliant artist.
I really enjoy the addition of your operatic interpretations to REN’s original work. Hopefully Ren will be alerted and get to hear them. Perhaps a collaboration will result on a future Ren masterpiece!
That would be cool! We jus have to have enough of us bugging him to do it!
It may be easier to get a hold of him for interview but you may have to travel to Calgary, Canada.
Because that’s where his is doing his treatment again.
You’re a breath of fresh air in the reactor community. I could tell right away that this one hit differently with you. Not money, the love of money is the root of all evil. People can and do change, it takes an honest evaluation of their own lives and them real commitment to change and do your own thing. Love your surprises at the end, so unique and beautiful.
I can't wait to see your reaction to Ren's latest release "Money Ties". I personally refer to it as the unofficial MG4 😁. It's also a tear jerker because Ren dedicates it to his sister and get very personal in this one, in were it's a story about Ren not the fictional Jimmy. Hope you read this & take my suggestion to react to it soon. ❤✌🏾
Wow, Nicole Maria! This has been up for 5 hours and you have over 10k views! This is testament to the quality of your reactions.
Your emotional intelligence and your emotional responses.
Your musical intelligence and musical analysis.
Your love of our guy Ren, that we share through and through,
and your excitement and engagement makes us come back again.
I love everything about you and the way you comprehend,
that our lives are made much richer by a Welsh guy called Ren!
Even Andrew Lloyd Webber was blown away by this one. Congrats on the 10K!
😮 Andrew Lloyd Webber??? For real ??
@@MicheleMcAdoo apparently so
@@MicheleMcAdoo absolutely! Ren screenshotted the tweet! Like he did when Sinead o'Connor praised his "Hi Ren" ;)
@@Ph4n_t0m omg !! 😊😊😊😄😄😄😄 woo-hoo !! I'm so happy that's so gratifying... I almost went all big capital letters and stuff.... But it's exciting as it is to hear that Sinead.... Did that it just figures.... You know what I mean?? I mean this this being is so damn
✨ PRECIOUS ✨ and so
MIND BOGGLINGLY
✨GIFTED✨
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RESPONDING. IT MAKES ME HAPPY THAT HE HAS PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN HIS LIFE.... BUT AGAIN THAT JUST KIND OF FIGURES REALLY OF COURSE HE'S GOING TO ATTRACT BEAUTIFUL CARING AND TALENTED, gifted peeps as well..😊
It feels like we're actually part of a family, Loving Ren !
✨💖✨💖✨💖✨
Brilliant ! I’ve loved rens music but never heard this piece, and your reaction is very insightful. Thank you
The ending with you and ren was absolutely beautiful, I hope ren sees this spectacular performance
I know you probably don’t need any more suggestions but, Chinchilla is a REN friend who is off the charts good. If you try FINGERS Live, I guarantee you will LOVE it. Loved this reaction BTW 💜💜💜💜
Yes pleeeeeease. And also Ren's first duets with Chinchilla. Chalk Outlines, How to be Me
Congrats on the 10K. Absolutely love your reactions, deeply thoughtful and considered. Waiting to hear your reaction to Ren x Chinchilla - How To Be Me.
If you want to see him play an instrument most people won’t have seen in their lives, react to “Swan Song”, with his band, The Big Push. He said it was his favorite song with them.
Mentally unbroken and happy. The miracle of Ren, a gift from the universe arrived when we sorely needed one. At 71 I still believe that we can learn that we are all human beings. Thank you Maria and forever Thanks Ren
So thoughts at 16:10 of your reaction, oh you're going to cry!
And Yes so many of us were waiting for you to get to this one.
Ren is just taking music and showing us all what we could and should be doing with modern media.
The boi hits different.
At 23:50 Here we go, get ready for another level.
After I watched Hi Ren I commented @Ren on the video to not worry about ever trying to top Hi Ren as that is a Magnum Opus on the human condition. That it is a once in a life time work and no matter what it will stand on it's own.
Then he went and dropped this and I realized I should just kick back and watch the show.
This dude see's things in a different way.
Loved this reaction.
So I learned today that music can cause cute aggression in certain people. That's fascinating.
Beautiful as always.
You mentioned that he brought back "presses on the trigger of a money game", but he also brought back "Rain, rain, rain, rain, a storm it comes our way", by having it literally rain.
And lastly, your cat is adorable. It’s amazing how animals pick up our energy. And singing, by its nature, IS energy. Of course your cat wanted to help with whatever you had going on. They love you. It was very sweet.
And he pointed the mirror at himself at the beginning of the song literally instead of singing the chorus.
Can't wait for you to show Charlie this!!! ❤
if their reaction to Back on 74 was over an hour, MG3 going to be an epic journey of geekery and I am TOTALLY HERE FOR IT!
Yes absolutely !!!!
💯 Excited for them to geek out together over the classical and vocal elements of this one!!
Already messaged and told him we MUST do this one together!
Yes! I love them together sm
18 thousand views in 14 hours? Girl, you have won the Internet. Keep it up, there are so many more amazing things for you to experience.
Thank you so much!!
See, I told I’d come check her out again! 😉🤣
@@Beautifully_Broken I hope you subbed this time (:
Not only he´d brings up the money game at the and... also the "rain rain rain" is portraied... Youre such a great reactor! We need more Ren
Wow❤️fabulous! This is what I love about reaction videos. I get to live my emotions thru you. I realize one of the reasons Ren is so captivating. He looks right at us and talks directly to us. It makes me feel part of something special. 😊He's always teaching, sending us messages. He also composed this whole thing except for the first few bars. His new one Money Ties is brilliant lyrically and musically. 🔥
I've been in the ren world for 2 years and we still never know what to expect 😂❤🎉
Edit: also really loving your ren reactions ❤
You're going to love reacting to "Mackay" when you get to it. Keep up the good work!
It'll be such a piece that drives home for her how much Ren is capable of using an external instrument to create incredible emotive pieces.
This is Rens most expensive production to date most of his videos are under £1500 ($2000) this one cost Ren around £30,000 ($39,000) to make.
Ren tried to rent a grand piano for this shoot and wasn't able to get one, Yamaha stepped up and loaned Ren the £100,000 Grand you see in the production (yes I called it a production not a video) along with a tech to keep it tuned for him.
If you want to know what Ren can't do..... play Basketball (Losing it), Box (Murderer) and fold a suit Jacket (Money Game III).
The "only" cut in the video (the vocals are all one take) is as the camera pans behind the wheel chair, this was done so that Ren could switch his mic into a water proof container and insert it into his tie...
"Rain, Rain, Rain" isn't sung in this production, it is represented by it actually raining on Ren...
Ren commented after the shoot that as they cleared up the shoot site and left for home that evening, they could have been in real trouble if the police had stopped them, they had a bag full of fake drug's, fake money and a decommissioned firearm with bullets in the back of the van....
Great reaction Nicole you brighten my Tuesdays with your genuine reactions and little surprises...
Ya missed one off the list of things Ren cant do. Fail. Good talk man
No, there are two cuts, first when he takes off his money sack in front of the mirror (he was sweating to much from he sack) and the second from the behind the wheelchair before the string quartet. Still impressive though.
@@DiscoverwithJason Thats why I put ONLY in "'s I remember Ren saying there was 1 cut but then Sam said there were 2...
You certainly did not disappoint with this. This was a fantastic reaction. I definitely think that your next reaction should be Ren's latest track "Money Ties" which, for all intents and purposes, could have be called Money Game part 4. It only came out last week. Going forward, if you want to focus on his singing my top picks would be 1) "Genesis (acoustic live version) 2) "Blind Eyed" (MC sessions w/ Sam Tomkins 3) "How to be me" (live w/Chichilla) 4) " Fred Again Mashup" and, if you are super duper brave 5) "suicide" + "For Joe". If you want more of his rapping, some top suggestions would be "Seven sins," "wicked ways," " Love Music parts 1,2,3, or 4" or "The hunger". Anyways you are superb at what you do. Congrats on hitting 10k. Can't wait for you to discuss "MG3" with Charlie
Beautiful reaction to a beautiful song, performance, movie, or just work of art. Then the kitty comes in and totally steals the show 😂
Couldn't agree more! That was my first and only take and I chose to keep it that way just for her!
"...I forgot to breathe..." Oh Nicole Maria, just when I thought I couldn't possibly find you any more adorable, then you almost curse, and THEN you reference your inner classical music geek... and I'm not even halfway through!! Hey this might be a stretch, but do you think maybe sometimes what he's doing is closer to recitative than rapping??
Ok, 27 minutes in and you've got me ugly crying over this song for the first time since I first heard it... ya monster, lol... I gotta admit, you've really grown on me over the last few weeks, and I'm just so delighted and joyful the world has one of you in it!!!
I listened to Money Game Pt. 3 about a hundred times and watched almost as many reactions. I cried the first time I heard the song and never since. Until today. It took me by surprise but I am so happy it did!
Best reaction I have ever seen for this song!
Wow thank you:)
I've said that before but that was before this, which is now my favorite reaction after seeing 100+😊❤
@@EricManktelow I concur 😊
Yeah,you were pretty amazing in your reaction. I got very emotional watching you go on the emotional roller-coaster of this absolute masterpiece and I've seen this video probably 100+. Fantastic reaction girl ❤
38:22 like an angel...what a sound teardropping layer on such a beautiful track.....listened it on repeat.....thank you.
thank you:)
53 and still trying to please my dad. I vividly remember when he showed me his disappointment for the first time. I was in kindergarden and at a parent’s day, he criticised my drawing of an elephant, pointing at a classmate’s drawing, saying; Now that’s a good elephant! I’ve been trying to please him ever since, although I know, I’ll never be good enough. No amount of time with therapists or number of self-help books will heal this. My advice to everybody in this situation is, learn to please yourself. Your parent/parents are unhappy with their own achievements and it’s not your job to let them live vicariously through you in the hope to feel their own shortcomings less.
It is important to note that the gun didn't fire. It clicked. If Ren had meant it to fire, they would have added it in post. This not only allows the potential of a future Tale, but it reinforces Ren's belief that such an end is unnecessary because things can change.
I do hope Ren sees this. I think he would be touched to see the impact his work has on so many of us.
From such joy and excitement at the beginning with just the piano, to your tears with the strings. I was with you at every twist and turn. I agree with you everything you say about managing your relationships with family. You might not be able to choose them, but you can live without them happily.
I swear Ren should reach out to you and get you on a track. I honestly think he'd do it...and it would be awesome
We need to get enough of us to tell him!
This! Yes please! 🙏🏻 ❤
Agree
Thank god finally someone with a good understanding of classical music takes the time to break this one down. I absolutely love your insights! Great work, cant wait for more!
Glad you liked it!
Oooooh, what - a - reaction. ❤❤❤ Hands up if you Love Nicole as much as Ren. 🙋🙋🙋 😊
Ren is a musical genius. He compossed both the piano and string segments as well. Sooooo much left to see in his rabit hole. Want more piano? For Joe and Mackay both tributes to people he lost.
He is so consistent; MG 1 final message, greed will consume you.. He has made it even more clear in MG 3, greed will kill you..
Remember to balance actual responsibilities, commitments and obligations with your pursuit of happiness.
Such a delicate heart - I loved your reaction Nicole, and I have seen this piece a dozen times. Let me offer a single piece of what I have learned. Yes you have to stop trying to please your parents, great insight. The flip side of that coin is that you have to quit blaming your parents for stuff. It is how you become an adult, they were doing the best they could, at some point you just have own the shit in your own head...
Agreed 100%
What a beautiful reaction to REN’s work here. For way too many years, almost all of my choices were based on the thought, ‘What will my mom think about this?’ I went down so many paths that I thought would make her proud to call me her son, yet never received the praise she lavished on my brother. At 37 years of age, I let go of the desire to make her ‘proud’ of me, but I had no idea who I was, nor what direction I wanted to move in life. After much reading, soul searching, and seeking the support of others, I decided I just wanted to be happy with who I was as a person and that the rest would then work itself out. One thing I learned was that change is instantaneous. You flip a switch and the light turns on or off. It doesn’t take time for the lightbulb to change. However, my decision to actually flip the switch can take a long time. Fear of what flipping that switch can lead to interrupts our decision to just flip it. I learned to ask myself, would I rather remain in the dark or flip this switch and face the dangers of what it may shed light on? Since I was more afraid of stagnating in the darkness in which I existed, I just began flipping the switches of change. BAM!! I began changing. If I liked the change, I kept the switch on. If I didn’t like the change, I flipped the switch off and found another switch to flip on. I really like the man I became, once I dropped the fears of rejection, the fears of change, the fears of the unknown. I am 57 years old. I am happy. I shed tears with you during this video. I smiled with you during this video. And, I love that I know longer worry how others may judge me for either. Love and warm wishes!!
Beautifully & eloquently put.
Truth spoken, Peace
Ren just does that to people. That's why there is a whole ton of people who love to watch people experience ren for the first time, because we can never experience it for the first time again
Wooo!!! So glad you enjoyed this one❤
Ren has more facets than a jewelry store, and each one is as brilliant as a princess cut diamond. A true prodigy.
Mackay is a must for you to hear, one of Rens most beautiful composed peace of music he has played
I love the way that when Jimmy is in the wheelchair with the strings behind him, all the 'characters' that he interacted with at different stages throughout the video are still there for him to face. It's as if Jimmy is reflecting on those stages in his progression to where he is now.
If you like Ren's piano playing, his song "Mackay" is a must-watch. ❤
❤❤❤ Genius in story, composition, and performance.
Poor Jimmy was misled and driven to a terrible life & fate by greed. It infected him from his father when he had so much promise. We need to do better for our kids & provide examples of why greed is always the wrong path.
Rens' piano composition for this piece is stellar.
The swells and runs are deep and exciting exactly where they need to be to drive our emotions.
He is not classically trained (self-taught and still a student), and he composed a very challenging piece.
The pianist who is trained was having difficulty and spoke about figuring out a bit different way to play the notes he wanted more economically because Ren made an almost impossible sequence to stretch your hands to play or something.
He figured it out, and Ren asked him to please video his hands so he could play it better as well.
Super artist who has NO Ego, a student of all music, and truly inspiring.
Your vocals were beautiful and haunting. Thank you.
It's fine to cry! 😢 you made me tear up too, and I'm a 60yr old man!! 🎉❤😊
*hugs* That was a wonderful reaction. Thank you for always being so vulnerable with the art. 💜
And congrats on hitting 10k!!
Thank you so much!!
Didn’t think that piece of art could be improved but I was wrong. That. Was. Hauntingly BEAUTIFUL!!!
Proud to be one of the 10k. Such a beautiful reactor in every single sense
OMG. Your cat felt your sorrow. Couldn't have done a better reaction when your animals are so in tune with you.
I watched so many reactions to this... And you just stand out
Hugs 🤗
You are an absolutely amazing reactor!
Talented, warm-hearted, and beautiful inside and out.
I think I cracked the screen on my phone clicking so fast when seeing you had a new video out 😂
Wow, thank you!
I have a theory on Ren. Bear with me here. I believe in the Talent Fairy.
She comes shortly after the birth of some artists, pinches some Talent Dust out of her Talent Bucket, and sprinkles talent over the baby. Mozart, Van Gogh, Hendrix, you name it, they all were sprinkled over by the Talent Fairy.
But on that fateful day of March 1990, the Talent Fairy was tired. She had enough. It's been a tough and lonely job, you know, nobody ever thanking her, throughout the centuries... So as she hovered over Ren's crib flapping her little wings, she said "F*ck it!", and *dumped the whole bucket of Talent Dust on him*. She then quit the job on the spot, never to be seen again.
This not only explains the insane talent of Ren, but also the lack of any other creative artist around nowadays. That's why Ren is MADE of art ; if he cuts himself, he bleeds music. Rumor says last time he donated blood he gave a Symphony and a half.
That's my theory, and I stand by it. All Hail the Talent Fairy, and the Holy Talent Trinity of the Fairy, the Bucket and the Dust. 🧚♀🪣✨
Some say the Talent Fairy is now enjoying life on an island in the Pacific, a cocktail in her hand, witnessing the Rise of Ren, her sprinkled protégé. 🍹🏝
Thats beautiful ❤❤
He will inspire the rest I use my time to inspire the young uns
If you go to his Dad, Martin Gill's YT channel, you can see where he gets a lot of his talent.
I wrote a whole response to this comment, then lost it. I’ll leave it at this….you had some Talent Fairy Dust sprinkled on you as well. Thank you for being an amazing human being.
@@Phoenix_flying thank you for your kind words, they are very much appreciated. 🙏❤
Wonderful reaction! Loved the geeking and emotions to this masterpiece of Ren and his team.
Isn’t he incredible??!! His ability to tell a story . Just beautifully assembled.
Your reaction too …… incredible 😔
Thank you
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Great reaction Nic.
Great harmony over the track as well .!! I'm hoping Ren spots your talent and asks for your service's.
Now you gotta put Charlie through all of this..!!
And also if your hubbie hasn't heard any of these tracks you've reacted to get him in front of the camera for another first time reaction..
Great work keep going.🇬🇧🇬🇬🇬🇧❤🇺🇸👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁
Your visceral reactions are amazing and beautifully honest. I hope Ren sees this reaction (& he does watch a lot of them). He would appreciate it.
Ren and Sam won awards for this stunning cinematography. Another fabulous reaction and watching you get emotional made me tear up again. Congratulations on the 10k. Mackay is a piano piece by Ren you might want to react to soon.
Also for the Music video itself
Beautiful and heartfelt reaction.
Absolutely stellar in every way.
Next: "Money Ties".
Which ties in perfectly with this series.
Pun intended.
Yes! Perfect timing for that.
@@Hexenkind1 ditto
34:12 broke the dam. Haunting. Intense. Incredible. It somehow turns up the impact of this masterpiece.
What I loved most about this masterpiece. It was daddy that Jimmy was looking to please the entire song. Then at the end he hears the words of his Father.
Great reactions! You have become my favorite Ren Reactor. Fantastic! Thanks!
Wow thank you so much!
I absolutely love your obviously genuine reactions. I couldn't help but watch all your reactions to Ren. He is something special and so are you. Thank you for opening up for us to see. It's a very special thing.
His songs bring so much out of people! Great reaction! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
🎉🎉😢WOW! I can't tell you how many times i have watched this.....hits different when i can relate to how you're feeling it....thank you!!
Once again brilliant reaction, we noticed how excited you were when the strings started. You will flip when you get to 'Ren - Bitter Sweet Symphony (Live)' it is magic.
There's just not the words to express how amazingly talented this song is. Sam is a master with this video and Ren's performance is captivating. There's always twists and turns in these productions and it keeps you enthralled with each bit. Who else can make an almost 10 minute video with moments of total silence engrossing in this day and age. It's masterful creation.
We only get one life, we can't afford to let someone live it for us. ❤ Sending you a hug. Ren reminds us that music tells universal stories.
Wow I have watched this and people react to this a whole lot of times. But your reaction brought the emotion all back and had me tearing up. Thank you so much. If you want to see more of Ren’s piano skills you should react to Makay but actually only after “how to be me -live” “su!cide” and “for Joe” to get the full context. You are in for a wild ride.
23:28 "I love Ren. He's a genius" - we concur
27:20 The power of true art + the honesty of a true response
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When ren says "Let me tell you a story..." you know its gonna be epic 😁🥹💜
I love how you keep saying you are ready...we are never ready for Ren, even when it's a happy one.
So true!
You are my sista from another mista! I get exactly as emotional experiencing this masterpiece 🤩 the strings kill me every time ❤
Listen to Mackay, I think it is. He wrote it for another friend of his that passed. No singing, just beautiful piano. I love your reaction videos. 😊
I just wanted to hug you at the end. You have such a beautiful soul and at the end that click mean it didn't fire. So "Jimmy" literally dodged that bullet. This song is referenced in a Kujo Beatdown. He loves to leave breadcrumbs and I adore him for it. He's so amazing at making you feel things that we all lock away. Ren is the best therapist I've ever had. I'm not even joking.
You made me laugh when you went 'cuckoo' and brought a lump to my throat when the strings started.
A good reactor adds to the experience of the original piece and you certainly do that
Yes - She added o the experience, like no other reactor that I have seen. (And I have seen many)
I have listened to this performance many times and your reaction has allowed me to hear and appreciate the music and the piano behind it. There is so much to watch, listen to and understand that one reading is not enough.
Anyone heard the strings before Ren says cut the music??? Theme tune for the Money Game 😮😮 can’t believe I missed it!!! Rewind soooooo clever ❤️❤️🙏
Brilliant as usual. Thanks Nicole!
0:08 I’ve been checking multiple times a day for this since the last one!!!!
And this is why we all watch reactions! Please don't change. This is one of the most amazing music reactions I've ever seen (and I've seen thousands!). Your appreciation and love of the music (clearly visible to all of us) as well as your human empathy, not to mention your own amazing talent, has quickly made your reactions a 'must not miss' experience and I, for one, will be present for every one from now on. Good luck on your chosen path, you deserve every success.
Your cat is beautiful, by the way, although I'm not sure if she wanted to join in or was just letting you know it was dinner time!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being here! And I think she was checking in but who know:)
Brilliant reaction my appreciation for REN and classical music grows with every reaction you do. Your love of your craft is inspiring and infectious
Playwright, composer, master lyricist, narrator, pianist, guitarist, actor, singer, slam poet, rapper, producer, storyteller, social commentator, and everything else... The talent bubbling out of this masterful genre-skipping, multimedia blending man is simply stunning.
REN IS OUR MODERN BARD.
He's MORE than GOLD. Unique, and VERY precious. Forged in Fire, strong, but like the finest gold; also softer, more flexible and more fragile than other metals.
# Ren said that during that period of almost 10 years when he was forced to halt, to step back from his early rise, when he was often bed-ridden with this undiagnosed and life-threatening illness [ Lyme Disease ] he created over 4,000 different creative pieces in his head. Music, beats, lyrics, songs, concepts. All this pent up creativity now bursting free with a depth and layering and URGENCY that is incredibly immersive, engaging, thought provoking, entertaining and challenging.
# The URGENCY Ren needs to concentrate on managing RIGHT NOW is the most challenging task of his life.
Right NOW, as his profile rises, and his audience excitedly surges into the multi-millions, and his genius store of creativity is only just starting to be released, his damaged body is saying STOP! PACE YOURSELF.
He is working hard on repairing the damage, on being well and regaining function to the extent possible, but the harsh reality is that he will now be living - lifelong -with the sequelae of his illness. Living with various layers of DISABILITY. He lives with chronic pain and fatigue. He's vulnerable to opportunistic infections. The list goes on.
We need Ren to listen to his own words in Hi Ren. Managing a balance between ABility and DISability is indeed an 'eternal dance', with many unexpected twists and turns.
# Speaking as someone who also lives with disability and chronic pain, has done for decades, I can testify to the dangerously seductive power of 'Boom & Bust". Of doing too much, when feeling well, and then crashing again. Of being seduced into thinking you can do more, pushing too hard. Of becoming habituated to pain, and skilled in switching off your awareness of it, shoving it below the level of consciousness to 'get things done' - until it escalates to the point when you can ignore it no more. Then realising; "Sh-t! Done it again! Should have stopped - rested - long before now..." It IS an eternal dance that we keep having to learn new steps for. Ren is still learning his steps. We're here for him while he does, but he needs to do it for himself, not for us.
❤Love your pulling our focus to also appreciating all the classical music elements in this composition. We tend to get pulled so lazer-like into the lyrics. The hand over to the classical pianist at the beginning was genius.
Absolutely love Keely's reaction to "cut the music" at 39:04!
Just when you thought Ren couldn't top 'Hi Ren'....HE DOES! His talent knows no bounds and we are blessed to witness it, one glorious song at a time!
Your excitement for this is unparalleled.
I've just recently discovered your Ren reactions and they are among my favorites! (And I've seen MANY!) Thank you for the genuine emotion you continue to share with us, as we are going through the same ones. Your surprises at the end add such great nuance to an already amazing masterpiece, it's magnificent!
You are my favourite reactor (along with Disco Doc)….and I watched anticipating your reaction to the strings coming in ❤….but your surprise brought me to tears and it was like your cat was expressing my feelings. Ren with all his musical genius and you with your pure emotion classical opera voice would produce magic in a collab ✨🤍
I have 2 young children, both under 10, and every time I watch this music video I end up going and hugging them and telling them how proud I am of them, how grateful I am that they are my children, and that the only thing I expect or ask of how they live their lives is that they be happy. This is the second time I had to wait until I stopped crying to do so, the first being the absolute first time I saw it. Your emotions, and the raw vulnerability you express both while watching and through your amazing voice is a gift. Thank you for sharing that with us.
Ren, possibly the ultimate story teller in this genre
A Bard for sure.. Love you voice and the fills you provided at the end. Stay well...
Yep! That's the perfect reaction. Loving your content , you're so open with your own feelings, keep doing what you do ❤
Brilliant! To watch from beginning and see the art of mindfuck unfold before my eyes.... Nearly a tear because it's sad, but the music geek so gleeful about the 'art' of it at exactly the same time.... Ren does this to all of us! Love your reaction..... Can't believe you're only doing it now tho....❤
What a beautiful MG3 reaction!!❤❤❤
The week leading up to this song dropping was truly magical. The games, the treasure hunt, Eden, then this masterpiece! To all the RENegades that were blessed enough to experience that week along with me...i luv you🫶A rising tide lifts all ships🌊🚢✌️