WE WEREN'T READY FOR THIS: Mike & Ginger React to TO THE FLOWERS by WHILE SHE SLEEPS
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- Опубліковано 3 кві 2024
- While She Sleeps brings us To The Flowers, and it's an emotional roller coaster.
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It hits hard 😢
Brilliant reaction video.WSS are an awesome band from Sheffield England
While She Sleeps band members and staff do all their own production. Each video is unique and well produced in my opinion (my username probably makes the comment lose a little weight). Whether you love or hate their music or videos, they are very creative and talented.
Great reaction guys! This was the first reaction I've seen from you and I was very impressed with how fast you guys caught on to the story of the video. While she Sleeps is some of the best modern metal out there in my opinion.
Fun fact about the video: It was fully written, produced, directed, filmed and edited by the band themselves. No big fancy production crew or anything, just the band plus a few actors. This is especially impressive to me because they did so magnificently.
The constant jump back and forth in time between his memories and how he's feeling is so well done. It serves to disorient the viewer, much the same as the man is. Then during the more angry part where he decides to take his life and is screaming in the car, the cuts speed up drastically to indicate the state of mind he's in. Mind is running a mile a minute and he's acting without fully thinking it through. You two described it as the whirlwind of emotions, which is a very apt description in my opinion.
The whole drugs motif works so well. They were both using beforehand, but when they find out she's pregnant, both stop, but she unfortunately STILL loses the baby. Whether it was due to the past drug use or other causes, we don't know, but losing a child, even an unborn one, can be absolutely heartbreaking. As so often happens, this tragedy creates a bit of a rift between them and she starts using again, overdosing in the process. I don't think she chose to take her life, but that it was rather an accident.. It emphasises the importance that baby had and how much they both already loved them, despite not being born yet. They were enough to motivate the woman to quit, but losing the baby led her right back to the drugs to numb her grief and eventually led to her death. And although there was a rift between them, I genuinely believe that with enough time to grieve properly, they would've made their way back to each other, albeit with scarred hearts.
All the imagery of the man sinking as he is dying, and then swimming up to the surface as he realises he doesn't want to die yet, is some of my favourite cinematography of the year. It looks much more epic than it would in reality (seen by the shot directly afterwards of him falling out of the car). It is a mental struggle he has to overcome, not a physical one, and that often times is much harder than a physical struggle, so it IS a great, epic moment when he can make that decision to not do it.
The drive-in theatre is a metaphor for him looking back on all his memories. I think this is a great choice, as initially we think that is a real event he is experiencing that we are witnessing. Meanwhile, this is actually the moment his life literally flashes in front of his eyes as the car is flooding and he remembers all the happiness he had with Jenny. He realises that he doesn't want to die yet and that she wouldn't want him to either. The tragic thing about that to me was that not everyone gets that moment of realisation, or they get it too late.
Him going to his (I assume) mother after the attempt is also beautiful, but unfortunately not everyone still has family/friends they can depend on for that support. Often times, they are grieving as well! A good support system is critical and I wish everybody could be guaranteed one.
The emotional acting of both of the main characters without ever having to say a word is amazing. Conveying all that grief and anger, as well as happiness, euphoric joy and love for each other, all through only facial expressions and physical acting is incredibly impressive.
That opening/main riff is sooooo good, it's been stuck in my head for weeks now. The switch up in vocals near the halfway point of the song is also so beautiful. Going from the clean, melodic singing into the rage-filled screams and growls as he moves on in his stages of grief is heartbreaking.
This song is a bit more mellow/slower than their usual music, and because of its subject matter, I believe it was totally warranted, necessary and the right choice.
I like that they made the song approachable to non-metalheads, because this is a very important topic and an absolutely beautiful song, video, and message. I view it as more of a short film than a music video. It still remains metal enough, especially with the guitar and vocals, to please those who like their metal sound.
I look forward to seeing more of your reactions! I loved the empathy you showed the characters and the tragedies that are overdoses, miscarriages, overdoses and suicide. I'll recommend a few songs as requested:
If you want to try out some more While She Sleeps, give ANTI-SOCIAL or Silence Speaks ft. Oli Sykes a chance.
If you want to try some other metal accompanied by great and powerful music videos, check out I Prevail's Gasoline and Every Time You Leave, or Blackshape - ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL.
And then, as just a few random suggestions, I'd say Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare, Slipknot - Duality, Corey Taylor - Snuff (acoustic) and Kalandra - Brave New World would be cool to see!
I’ve not seen anyone GET the music video down to a T like you have just explained it. Thank you for your support!
@@AaranMcKenzieFilmsOh wow, now this is a nice surprise! Thanks man, I appreciate it! I’m a big fan, even more so now after the music video. I only started listening to metal in the last few years and WSS was one of the big things that got me into it! To The Flowers has been in my daily rotation for the past month \m/
I’m genuinely very impressed with the piece you guys have made here. I look forward to seeing what else you guys create in the future🤘🏻
Hey guys, you should the song "Nervous" from them, featuring Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro.
Even Eye II Eye from them. Heavier song but great video about mental health/anxiety.
The best band in 21 sentury!! The best song and video!
Great video. Great band. You should react to the new Neon Empire song To Our Memories 🔥⚒️