You may not have noticed, his guitar is mic'd up and he has a mic on his gown lapel. This is a live "one take" video from beginning to end. It is shot with 3 cameras and it took Ren several attempts to get the one he selected for this video. Welcome to the Ren rabbit hole. I am an older person and have to say that Ren is the most exciting musical artist of my time. No genre defines him.
@zoedujour672 "Bardcore"... I like that! When I hear the word "Bard," I instantly think of my favorite poet, Walt Whitman. I will ponder on your word some more, because I find it very interesting! 😊
Older person as well and just came across Ren today. Holycrappola, Ren makes me remember just how good music use to be...before the record labels destroyed creativity and latitude to sing whatever they wanted to. It's also why I tend to prefer indi. So glad I found this kid. He's phenomenal!
Hi Ren is not a one-take in the true sense of the term. Apart from having cuts, towards the end they switch to a handheld camera so those shots are from a separate take. Samuel Perry-Falvey has clarified that in the comments of Jonathan Hiller's reaction to the song.
For REN, this was truly his reality. Ren had misdiagnosed Lyme disease for 7 years by conventional doctors who deemed him mentally ill, but when patients are experiencing neurological symptoms, they very often become misdiagnosed. Lyme disease can present itself as many neurological conditions including Acute Transverse Myelitis[3], Ptosis[4], Seizures, and Chronic Fatigue[1] and these symptoms can be often misdiagnosed or deemed psychosomatic. Second is dealing with the symptoms of Lyme neuroborreliosis, these neurological symptoms often leave patients feeling drained and debilitated as they begin losing their quality of life. Over time, patients find themselves unable to do the things they love as they struggle to get ahead of their progressing symptoms.
My MIL had Lyme's. When it first attacked her brain, she would have seizures that caused hallucinations, where arms and hands were coming at walls, making their way toward her. I could just imagine how terrifying that was for her.
@inuchan74 except that here in Australia they won't recognise it as a thing. 2 of my mates have it & both had to go to the States for diagnosis & treatments
Yeah. Tale of Jenny and Screech (all three parts together in the order of Jenny, Screech and Violet). He has a video up with all three parts. Go into it with a blind reaction, not even reading one bit of it will probably give the best experience.
Ren suffered through most if his 20s with disabiling pain, fatigue, brain and neurological difficulties due to misdiagnosed Lyme disease. Told it was all in his head and given psychoactive drugs that made things worse. His immune system is still so damaged, he can only eat about 5 foods. Througj all of this, music was his therapy. He writes,sings,raps,plays numerous instruments and crosses genres with ease. I urge you to explore morevof his work. I suggest Crutch, written in the depths of his illness when he was literally afraid of losing his mind. Chalk Outlines live with Chinchilla and How to be Me also with Chinchilla.
I'm 65 years old, facing retirement and had been flailing around, trying to invent a purpose for the rest of my life. This young man saved me from the doubt and despair that had been plaguing me. I really enjoyed your reaction and you got my sub. Take care, and thanks.
Iv had 22 years of illness after a everyday op went horribly wrong. I had 5 months in hospital and 3 life saving ops, at one point i had 12hrs to live. 3 years ago i had a huge hart op i was 49. I lost everything,couldnt have kids lost my buisness and home. I sleep with a bowl next to me because i throw up so often, no relationships. But Ren gives me so much joy and hope.
Good Sir... you've truly just stepped into the Deepest, most impressive rabbit hole on the interweb! Lol A multi-instrumentalist, Genre jumping/mixing artist with a lyrical ability of such caliber to have gained tens of thousands of like me, once Rap Hating people... into Rap fans! And then some!!! I'd recommend some songs... but the thing is I Love every single track I've seen from him! From Sca, to Reggae, to Rap, to Pop, to EDM... etc... You'll Never know whatbto expect from Ren! Don't even try to guess! Also... he's far more intelligent musically than most get... 30 seconds in... I think you'll see what I mean! Enjoy!!!
The intro tells the whole story, the good side the nice melody and the bad side the raw “off notes” and then the sorrowful falsetto repeated at the end with joy as now that he feels he has learned to cope with his illness, if you watch more Ren get used to saying wow at the end lol. This was all done in one take with 4 different cameras although Ren says it took 4 takes to get this one.
Welcome to The Reniverse. It's a lot, I know. I'm sure you have questions. Don't worry, Jens will be along shortly with a pamphlet to explain it all. In the mean time, explore some more of Ren's music. You can't miss with him. You seem to like the theatrics. Check out "The Tales of Jenny And Screech" trilogy. Look for the full 13 minute video. It's great.
There are a lot of ways you can go from here with Ren (he has a large catalog of compelling music), but I'd recommend you check out "Chalk Outlines (Live)" next, to get a better sense of his singing.
Ren has some of everything musically. Lately he's been doing Hip Hop and is about to release an album in that genre but it isn't really his main style. He calls his style Bardcore but I don't think trying to define him is wise because the next song you listen too will undo whatever you settle on. Ren can make you cry, make you laugh, and make you cringe. He can be raunchy, and he can be sweet... he is the ultimate box of chocolates.
Don't for a second think this is all he is! This and the Jenny and Screech trilogy (Full Version!) Are on a Whole Other level... musically and lyrically! The message is Very Deep!!! Difficult yet needed to be discussed! That's Ren... creating decent human conversations with humility Far Above anyone I've known! Check out his band too... the Big Push! I Shot the Sheriff/Road to Zion/Hip Hop, Englishman in New York and Bongo Bong at least!
Intelligent lyrics well articulated is part of what I love about Ren. Those elements exist across all genres that he performs, and that too is widely varied. Enjoy!
Screech is awesome contents I also recommend but vocally go also How to be me live and Chalk outline live. An is with Sam Tompkins playing Earned it /Man's world/Falling Busking in Brighton great vocal singing
Youve found the right guy if you want songs that have deep meanings. Ren is a master wordsmith and is amazing at everything he does. Hes not a jack of all trades and master of none, hes a master at it all. Cant wait to see if you fall down the ren rabbit hole. Its nice down here 😂💜
its very obvious that you are an intelligent man that has a great ear for music. ren for all his genius has a potty mouth if you get past that his lyrics for much of his catalog are very deep.
Ren is a very thoughtful songwriter and powerful performer. I hope you continue to explore his catalogue, he has very moving and relatable songs, but also has some great upbeat stuff! He is currently releasing a new album, he decided to make a rap album, in which he did all of the production, because he wanted to try something different and fun. He explores so many musical genres he can't be classified into any one. Have fun going down the Ren Rabbit Hole, so many of us have, all ages, kids to seniors, across the world. This man is an architect, building the future of music.
Original theater on this level created solely by an artist is truly rare. No studio got their hands on it to make it more palatable to the masses. It’s honest and beautiful
I love the giddy smile when music reactors (specifically those who know a lot about music) realize this isn’t going to be the same old crap…that this is something special.
Great reaction, New Sub. Here are the lyrics if you want them👇 Hi there Ren It's been a little while, Did you miss me? You thought you’d buried me, didn't you? Risky… Because I always come back Deep down you know that… Deep down you know I'm always in periphery Ren aren't you pleased to see me? it's been weeks since we spoke bro, you know you need me You’re the sheep, I'm the shepherd Not your place to lead me Not your place to be biting off the hand that feeds me Hi Ren I’ve been taking some time to be distant I’ve been taking some time to be still I've been taking some time to be by myself since my therapist told me I'm ill I've been making some progress lately, and I've learnt some new coping skills So I haven't really needed you much man I think we need to just step back and chill Ren, you sound more insane than I do You think that those doctors are really there to guide you? Been through this a million times Your civilian mind is so perfect at always being lied to Okay, take another pill boy Drown yourself in the sound of white noise Follow this 10 step program, rejoice! All your problems will be gone! Fucking dumb boy Nah mate, this time it's different man trust me I feel like things might be falling in place And my music's been kinda doing bits too Like I actually might do something great And when I'm gone maybe I'll be remembered For doing something special with myself That's why I don't think that we should talk man Cause when your with me it never seems to help You think that you can amputate me? I am you, you are me, you are I, I am we We are one, split in two that makes one so you see You got to kill you if you wanna kill me. I'm not left over dinner, I’m not scraps on the side, oh your music is thriving? Delusional guy! Where's your top ten hit? Where's your interview with Oprah? Where are your grammes Ren? Nowhere! Yeah but, my music's not commercial like that I never chased numbers, statistics or stats I Never write hooks for the radio, they never even play me so why would Iconcernn myself with that? But my music is really connecting, And the people who find it respect it , And for me that's enough ‘cause this life's been tough so it gives me a purpose I can rest in Man you sound so pretentious ! Ren your music is so self centred, No one wants to hear another song about how much you hate yourself… trust me You should be so lucky having me inside you to guide you, remind you to manage expectations, provide you perspective, that thing you neglected, I get it You wana be a big deal… Next jimi hendrix? forget it Man it's not like that Man it's just like that I'm inside you you twat Nah it's not man your wrong, when I write I belong Let me break the fourth wall by acknowledging this song Ren sits down, Has a stroke of genius, He wants to write a song that was not done previous A battle with his subconscious… Eminem did it Played on guitar Plan B did it Man your not original you criminal, rip off artist, the pinnacle of your success is stealing other people's material Ren mate we've heard it all before Ohh "she sell sea shells on the sea shore" Fuck you I don't need you, I don't need to hear this, cause I'm fine by myself, I'm a genius! and I will be great, and I will make waves, and ill shake up the whole world beneath us That's right speak your truth, your fucking god complex leaks out of you It's refreshing to actually hear you say it! In stead of down play it… “Oh the music Is all about the creative process and if people can find something to relate to within that the that's just a bonus” Fuck you ima fucking kill you Ren Well fucking kill me then let's fucking have you Ren I'm a do it, watch me prove it, who are you to doubt my music? ‘Cause I call the shots I choose if you die Yeah I call the shots and so i who choose who survives I'll tie you up in knots then I'll lock you inside News flash… I was created at the dawn of creation, I am temptation I am the snake in Eden, I am the reason for treason Beheading all Kings, I am sin with no rhyme or reason, Sun of the morning, Lucifer, Antichrist, father of lies, Mestophilies, Truth in a blender, Deceitful pretender, The Banished avenger, The righteous surrender When standing in-front of my solar eclipse, My name it is stitched to your lips so see I won't bow to the will of a mortal, feeble and normal You wana kill me? I'm enteral, immortal I live in every decision that catalysed chaos That causes division I live inside death, the beginning of ends I am you, you are me, I am you Ren Hi Ren… I’ve been taking some time to be distant, I’ve been taking some time to be still I’ve been taking some time to be by myself and I've spent half my life ill But just as sure as the tide start turning Just as sure as the night has dawn Just as sure as rain fall soon runs dry when you stand in the eye of the storm I was made to be tested and twisted I was made to be broken and beat I was made by his hand, it's all part of the plan that I stand on my own two feet And you know me my will is eternal And you know me you've met Me before Face to with a beast I will rise from the east and I'll settle on the ocean floor And I go by many names also Some people know me as hope Some people know me as the voice that you hear when u loosen the noose on the rope And you know how I know how I know that I'll prosper? Because I stand here beside you today I have stood in the flames that cremated my brain And I didn't once flinch or shake So cower at the man I've become When I sing from the top of my lungs That I won't retire I'll stand in your fire inspire the meek to be strong And when I am gone I will rise In the music that I left behind Ferocious persistent, immortal like you we’re a coin with two different sides When I was 17 years old I shouted out into an empty room, into a blank canvas, that I would defeat the forces of evil, and for the next 10 years of my life I suffered the consequences... With Illness, autoimmunity and psychosis As I got older I realised that there were no real winners or no real losers in physiological warfare But there were victims and there were students It wasn’t David verses Goliath, it's was a pendulum eternally swaying between the dark and the light, and the brighter the light shone, the darker the shadow it cast It was never a battle for me to win, it was an eternal dance, and like a dance, the more rigid I became the harder it got The more I cursed my clumsy footsteps the more i suffered And so I got older and I learned to relax, and I learned to soften, and that dance got easier It is this eternal waltz that separates human beings from angels, from demons, from gods And I must not forget, we must not forget, that we are human beings.
Why give this idiot the lyrics when he cuts out the words he 's decided aren't fit for his channel.......if a reactor can't respect the artists integrity and choice of lyrics then he/she/whatever shouldn't post a reaction.
Those are very well transcribed lyrics! I am so used to seeing problems in llyrics. (I am a technical writer and I notice a lot!) Something here that I believe is incorrect: I have always thought it was "And when I am gone I will RIDE......" (not rise). Sounds like ride when sung, and ride rhymes better with the end of the next line, behind. This is important to me because it is my favorite lyric of the song, the image of him gone but still there riding on the music he left behind.
Very nice to see such a first reaction. When I saw it for the first time I was deeply impressed. After watching and listening several times, more and more things stand out. Like the differences between the soft and the hard Ren. Emphasized by the flickering of lights, playing the guitar hard and soft, even the different facial expressions. I think it's genius.
I loved it. I think you cried like I did. Buckle in my friend. Ren will make you laugh. Make you cry. Make you think. I swear if I could clone the perfect musical artistit would be Ren. You should do Jenny and Screech trilogy next Then Murderer. Then him busking. Too many shades of Ren
He’s actually an amazing vocalist. He works in various genres. Check out a video of Ren X Chinchilla Live (it has to be the live version) of “How to be Me” or check out him doing harmonies with the Big Push “Praise You” cover
Congratulations 🎉 You've just stumbled on a genuine true musically gifted GENIUS Liked & subscribed in anticipation of you reacting to more Ren Cheers pal 👍🍻
You are not too far under a rock, this hit you tube several months back, followed quickly by so many incredible performances. Welcome to this rabbit hole. Ren, as a person, is very well spoken and understands the world beyond his personal surroundings. He loves these one take live sessions, often using natural acoustics to enhance the sound.
Welcome to REN’s World… it’s an incredibly interesting place!! Didn’t see in the comments - but this vid was live and done in 4 takes, he used the best of the 4. I’ve been following him for a few months now.. trying to become more knowledgeable about Hip Hop and Rap.. he does it all. Writes all of his own songs (altho he does some covers with his band ‘The Big Push’, which are excellent too)! He’s a multi-instrumentalist, and self taught. I think you’ll enjoy many of his works.. so varied - you won’t be bored!! Followed you so I can enjoy your reactions. PS - I’m an oldie, came of age in the 60s and 70s with the best music ever (when music was actually music) and I can’t tolerate most of what is called ‘music’ today!)
I'd love to see you react to his songs - How to be me and chalk outlines (the "live" videos for both) really show off his singing & his friend Chinchilla (who has an incredible voice as well)
He speaks very truly on the eternal dance. I'm in my forties, and have had this struggle since I was 5. This man puts into words something I've only learned for myself a couple of years ago. Take it to heart, everyone. It would have saved me decades of unhappiness. Especially don't measure yourself against others to find your worth. It isn't a fair assessment. Just strive to be the best YOU that you can. We need more individuals out there anyway. 😊
You didn’t specifically mention what made you want to stop in the middle. I would be interested to know what it was? My recommendations to see his vocal range is Chalk Outlines How to be me For Joe And the Bob Marley mashup that he did with his band The Big Push.
I’m glad someone suggested REN to you, he is a talent that the world needs at the moment. Lot of people are giving his history to you and you will probably see a lot of his fans Renegades.. coming to comment more to get you caught up. This man is a music genius more you dive into not only his music but his videos you will get a small glimpse of that talent. Lot of his videos are shot as one takes. He produces most of his music, helps with planning out the videos, and has even taken his music and done acoustic versions. Your in for a real treat if you continue down the rabbit whole that is REN..
I very much enjoyed your reaction!! I would love to see your reaction to Ren's "Jenny and Screech." It is actually a trilogy of 3 semi-connected videos and you must do all three as one -- even though this will be longer than Hi Ren.
He's such a versatile artist. Jenny's tale is a musical play essentially, but he has some amazing ballads For joe,chalk outlines,how to be me, and Ren and Sam busking are some of my favorites.
I, for one, am happy that you didn't give up halfway through. I didn't have that feeling myself, but I can understand why some people bail early. I'm a big fan of Ren's music and I'd like to hear your honest opinions on other songs of his. Liked and subscribed.
Welcome to the Reniverse, some call it the Ren aissance and some devote Rensdays to do reviews on his prolific and non Genre specific music. His collaborations with Chinchilla, Liv Sangster, Sam Tompkins and others are all must watch/listen pieces his time with the bands The Big Push and Trick the Fox as well as his solo performances are brilliant. His health problems aside he was born with an iron lung and a few spare oxygen bottles built in with some of his more rap orientated songs playing out in double and triple time and what appears to be the ability to sing/speak/rap without breath for 3 or 4 minutes straight. Thanks for the review new sub and a huge like given.
Im curious what made you almost stop listening? Ren has a trio of songs that is a must. The lale of jenny , the tale of screech and the tale of violet. Watch In that order. This touches on a very heavy topic. Its brilliant but ill warn you if you it has some language in it. Ren has a huge library of great music with everything from rock , raggae, rap and pop. Check out chauk outlines live with chinchilla. It show cases his singing. He was also in a band called the Big Push. They were a remarkable busking band
Yeah I was wondering the same. Haven't came across this channel before so unsure if it was swearing or the religious elements or mention of suicide or what? Great reaction anyway
Im going to wait and see if you actually do react to more Ren before I subscribe. You sounded very iffy, my friend. Not sure at all what your issue is. Considering this is live, with ambient acoustics and two extremely diverse personas, I think every 'mistake' makes it that much better sonically, and more importantly, resonates deeper with truth for the people, most especially, that live every day of their lives in darkness and despair and hopelessness. There are so many of us that felt 'seen' for the first time by this performance. I hope you take that into consideration.
"A highly gifted, intellectually superior human being" ... yep! That's Ren in a nutshell. It's such a joy to watch people see this video for the first time. We are universally affected by it. Thank you for sharing your reaction with us.
I really hope you do more Ren reactions because I think Ren is a shining example of performance art. I really believe he is a music savant that cannot be boxed by genre. So here's your sub+1 thankyou for the reaction, and see you soon i hope ❤ from the UK 🇬🇧
If you want to do another reaction, do the "Tale of Jenny & Screech". It's 3 separate songs that build a story. When it comes to telling a story and performance art through song, it is a masterpiece. This was solid reaction, I appreciate honesty. Thank you!
Goosebumps every time he stands. This song I relate so much to. I relate to all of his songs one way or another. Clutch, listen to that one. He was undergoing part of the worst of his disease. Thanks for a great reaction. ❤
I've probably watched at least a couple dozen Ren reaction videos and this was hands down far and away the very best one yet, thank you! I'm so glad you didn't give up midway through (I'm assuming it was the cursing? Usually that's not bleeped out.). Normally I'm happy to see people react strongly at the places I react to, but this was even better. I loved seeing how deeply thoughtful you were as you watched it. And, most important of all, you are the only person who didn't see it as all about mental health, which has been driving me crazy. Maybe it's our age, but Hi Ren is so so much bigger than mental health. In fact, I think everyone is just bonkers endlessly swimming through their navals at every opportunity. I mean, I'm all for therapy, but some things are just bigger. And, yes, good vs. evil is the bigger battle I see here. Ren wouldn't have a mental health problem if he weren't beset with such horrendous battles since a teenager. When you brought up that it was about lightness and darkness, good and evil, I nearly jumped out of my chair then shouted YES in my empty room, lol. I've been waiting for that connection with someone for a long time since none of my family or friends get it or would even listen. Thanks, and I've subbed, hoping you will do a deeper dive in the near future.
Very nice reaction video, I enjoy cerebral analysis most of all. Ren is very talented and his catalog is very diverse. Enjoy this young spirit as i do.
Ren is immensely talented, as you ascertained. For more of his singing voice, try Chalk Outlined (the live version with Chinchilla), or Murderer (acoustic version). He has a really interesting vibrato, among all the other things he does.
Welcome to the horizon of a black hole. Rens gravity well is immense and it's nay impossible to escape. Have fun experiencing brilliance in nearly every song of his :)
Welcome to the RENaissance! I highly suggest following up with The Tale of Jenny and Screech (FULL), then his duets with Chinchilla Chalk Outlines (Live), and How To Be Me (Live), which is a song about his friend Joe who committed suicide (his song Suicide is also about this, as well as his song For Joe). For palate cleansers, his straight rapping is fun too, like The Hunger, Sick Boi, Illest of Our Time, and Animal Flow (acoustic). Enjoy the genius that is Ren!
Sir, I've never seen you before but I like what you do. Ren leaves quite the rabbit hole to follow and each song seems to build on the story of the last. Thank you for your reaction and I look forward to seeing more.
I loved this reaction, but am REALLY curious about which point you wanted to stop. That seemed a weird instinct. I don't understand that. Can you say? Subbed.
This was done in one take! most of his stuff is. I hope you delve into his portfolio he has some amazing stuff! he enbodies everything we are and should strive to be within his lyrics! Far far wise for his years! im a huge fan. Also i suggest listening to an interview hes really a good person
I’m so glad that you listened to your friend. I’ve been trying to get a friend of mine, who is very interested in theater and especially musicals , to watch this- and The Tales Trilogy. Not yet. Good on you! You will be experiencing any/ all of the following: a bit confused, didn’t expect that, trying to figure it out, awe will creep in, you’ll smile at Ren being funny drenched in sarcasm, pulled in by the lyrics and the musicality and in the end you will be speechless. Ren is special, VERY SPECIAL! A good majority of his music is very meaningful and has true substance.
Oh second comment. I noted you had the "F" word censored out. This is a disservice to the artist who places one of the commonest profanities in English language to intensify or convey disdain and is used here as an expression of anger or annoyance (Collins dictionary). If you react to the Tale of Jenny and Screech (Full) you need to leave profanities in or you will risk missing the message and lose reaction views. I have watched many Ren reactions and you are only the second I have viewed with this limitation on. Just saying. I do like your reaction though. Cheers.
I completely agree. I don’t swear, but there are times that it belongs and in Ren’s music it is important to the message. Censoring the language censors the raw heart of what he has to say, which the whole world needs to hear.
He hears it raw, and edit the words out afterwards for us. There might be 15 clueless people, the rest knows the song well. Don't let these kids give you worthless advices. UA-cam will shadow ban you for swearing, and people who intentionally are not looking for Ren reactions won't find your channel.
@@Win-tq2uf I see you just make random assumptions.. "Don't let these kids give you worthless advices".... so you assume I am a kid. I will bet a pound to a pinch of salt that I am considerably older than you.. you also infer that those that like to hear the reaction in its raw state are clueless. what justifies that inference?
In terms of exploring Ren's astounding genre crossing range, here's the reaction order list: The Tale of Jenny and Screech + Violet's Tale (watched all together): Folk Opera The Hunger/Losing It/Murderer/Sick Boi: Hip Hop How To Be Me/Chalk Outlines: Pop Duets w/ Chinchilla I Shot the Sherriff: Reggae/Punk/Busking For Joe Live/Murderer Live: Live/Acoustic Performances Have fun going down the Ren rabbit hole!
With art, and especially music, it becomes so much more interesting when the creations are done because the artist has a vision, something to say, or a message to convey and does so on their own terms and conditions. Sadly, most music nowadays are instead constructed with the intention to try to please the audience. Thus, the musicians (driven by the record companies) writes music that they think the audience wants to hear instead of composing freely what they think are interesting and relevant. Wasn’t really like that in the ‘60s and ‘70s when so many experimental bands wrote meaningful and interesting music the gave rise to new musical genres. Therefore so refreshing to hear Ren composing the music and lyric he finds relevant from his experience and perspective. Also very evident that he attracts a broad and huge audience including many that has turned off the radio for the last 40 years or so. Hope and think that he inspires new musicians to follow. Great also to see that it is possible to use YT as a platform for artists that are sick of the music industry and want to pursue their own independent careers producing the music that they like themselves!
Nice reacton man. I would suggest nest Jenny's Tale Full story (3 songs) and Suicide. It's worth to read about why he wrote these songs..he explains it in detail and It gives these songs even more substance.
HI REN is a gift in its own right. And then there are the further delights of witnessing first-reactions of others... like you with your particular knowledge and insights. Thank you for sharing these.
Hello, I am a definite fan. I still remember finding this, and it has truly enriched my life. I have felt heard through his music in general, challenged, inspired. I have been fascinated by the effect he has on people, love the community he built, and I have personally grown and helped others. I also think he is one of a kind, a grey musician, very rude and funny, and genuinely bonkers in a way that resonates with a long-subdued side of me. It feels excellent to let it out a bit more and see where all this leads. Ren has genuinely saved lives through his music, even just during the course of this year, and the community that has grown around him supports others in healing. What a ride. I really like his melodic rap and sung contributions, but I am here to support it all.
The hell you have not been through is indescribable. I have been there and so has, Ren. We are still there. With so very different sets of traumas we seem to have ended up in the same dark place. For the last 37 out of my 52 years on this rock the physical pain has been constant and only ever worse. Seemingly in lockstep with the passage of every season. With every swing of that proverbial pendulum I feel I have lost another piece of me. Some of, Ren's songs I listen to now make me feel like he has stepped into my mind and plucked out pieces of myself, set them in front of me and said, "This is what is inside of you." I wont go to far into that darkness and pain here. At least I hope I have not. This is a powerful piece. More so to some than others.
Thank you so much for this review. Ren is AMAZING! This song, in particular, offers so much hope to many people and its SUPER entertaining. Another awesome musician that will BLOW YOUR MIND is Beth Hart. Her performance, "Am I the one?", Live at Paradiso, is one of the best shows you'll ever see.
Just ran across your channel and glad that I did. Having somebody expertise to performing arts listen to Ren is what’s needed. He actually was studying performing arts bath University before his wind disease kicked in and shut his body down. He also was just saying to Sony record label dropped him because of his illness a😮s he couldn’t make music for a while - and that’s turned out for the better because that’s independent artist for such once in a generation talent defined he sings about very meaningful things and get the highest level of talent. Please virtually every instrument at a high-level, incredibly intelligent with his lyricism is a rapper, a singer and songwriter producer he makes his own beats, directs all of his videos, etc. Looking forward to more reactions by you to Ren!! I see in the comments below the people have suggested the next few things you should check out. I will add one thing to that which is check out his lyric video call Dominos - a powerful, powerful commentary on our society, and how it affects body image & mental health❤️‼️🔥
I'm here in SA and I'm possibly the BIGGEST 'Renegade' since December last year when Hi Ren dropped. Welcome to the BIGGEST artist of the 21 st century. Ren is that rabbit hole EVERYBODY have to go down. Next you should react to the Jenny, Screech and Violet trilogy...all at ones. Thanks man...I've been begging 5FM to jump onboard ...but sadly no luck with any of the local radio stations. 😢
This was a brilliant reaction! Thankyou. Recently come accross this guy and the more i seen and heard the more i wanted to see and hear! He also does stuff on the streets of Brighton. Seen some videos of this and its just so so full of emotion, sp aristic, so Amazingly tallented! And naturally too. Ive not come accross anything like this! Ive cried. I can feel where he is coming from, have similar illnesses, im just so please to find his stuff, This beats everything ive ever heard. Absolutely Amazing! 💯❤️
😂 well my friend, you're in for a treat with this one for sure when you mentioned the "bubble gum pop"😂 he is so,so far from it and his brilliant mind will take on a journey,so buckle up!!❤❤
You may not have noticed, his guitar is mic'd up and he has a mic on his gown lapel. This is a live "one take" video from beginning to end. It is shot with 3 cameras and it took Ren several attempts to get the one he selected for this video. Welcome to the Ren rabbit hole. I am an older person and have to say that Ren is the most exciting musical artist of my time. No genre defines him.
Our genre is "Bardcore".
Storytellers, masters of live performance and song, mixmasheruppers of genre and instrument.
@zoedujour672 "Bardcore"... I like that! When I hear the word "Bard," I instantly think of my favorite poet, Walt Whitman. I will ponder on your word some more, because I find it very interesting! 😊
🙌 you nailed it. I'm 61 & Ren is brilliant
Older person as well and just came across Ren today. Holycrappola, Ren makes me remember just how good music use to be...before the record labels destroyed creativity and latitude to sing whatever they wanted to. It's also why I tend to prefer indi. So glad I found this kid. He's phenomenal!
Hi Ren is not a one-take in the true sense of the term. Apart from having cuts, towards the end they switch to a handheld camera so those shots are from a separate take. Samuel Perry-Falvey has clarified that in the comments of Jonathan Hiller's reaction to the song.
He doesn't sing about things. He sings the thing. He gives us the chance to experience it with him as a gift.
Well said.
👍
He do not sing???? He can't sing?????WTF
For REN, this was truly his reality. Ren had misdiagnosed Lyme disease for 7 years by conventional doctors who deemed him mentally ill, but when patients are experiencing neurological symptoms, they very often become misdiagnosed. Lyme disease can present itself as many neurological conditions including Acute Transverse Myelitis[3], Ptosis[4], Seizures, and Chronic Fatigue[1] and these symptoms can be often misdiagnosed or deemed psychosomatic. Second is dealing with the symptoms of Lyme neuroborreliosis, these neurological symptoms often leave patients feeling drained and debilitated as they begin losing their quality of life. Over time, patients find themselves unable to do the things they love as they struggle to get ahead of their progressing symptoms.
My MIL had Lyme's. When it first attacked her brain, she would have seizures that caused hallucinations, where arms and hands were coming at walls, making their way toward her. I could just imagine how terrifying that was for her.
@@Ventura574 As you may know, Ren is back in Canada on a treatment regime that is quite grueling. He is just greatful to still be alive at this point.
The shittiest part about diagnosing Lyme is that it is soooo easy to test for.
@inuchan74 except that here in Australia they won't recognise it as a thing. 2 of my mates have it & both had to go to the States for diagnosis & treatments
@@shirazzza really?! That's crazy!
I think you would enjoy his 3 part “tale of Jenny and Screech”. If you decide to listen to it, be sure to watch the video of all 3 parts together. 😊
I concur! :)
Yeah. Tale of Jenny and Screech (all three parts together in the order of Jenny, Screech and Violet). He has a video up with all three parts. Go into it with a blind reaction, not even reading one bit of it will probably give the best experience.
Thanks - I'll check it out!
Omg yes please I think you'd have your socks knocked off!
@@JohanBesterYourVocalCoach as you are a vocal coach "how to be me" by Ren ft' Chinchilla should be right up you alley
Welcome to the Renaverse
Ren suffered through most if his 20s with disabiling pain, fatigue, brain and neurological difficulties due to misdiagnosed Lyme disease. Told it was all in his head and given psychoactive drugs that made things worse. His immune system is still so damaged, he can only eat about 5 foods. Througj all of this, music was his therapy. He writes,sings,raps,plays numerous instruments and crosses genres with ease. I urge you to explore morevof his work. I suggest Crutch, written in the depths of his illness when he was literally afraid of losing his mind. Chalk Outlines live with Chinchilla and How to be Me also with Chinchilla.
I'm 65 years old, facing retirement and had been flailing around, trying to invent a purpose for the rest of my life. This young man saved me from the doubt and despair that had been plaguing me. I really enjoyed your reaction and you got my sub. Take care, and thanks.
That's great to hear! Music is so powerful 💥💥💥
It’s gets better with retirement as it goes by but I’m a bit confused but entertained by this and this guy from South Africa! Love it!
Iv had 22 years of illness after a everyday op went horribly wrong. I had 5 months in hospital and 3 life saving ops, at one point i had 12hrs to live. 3 years ago i had a huge hart op i was 49. I lost everything,couldnt have kids lost my buisness and home. I sleep with a bowl next to me because i throw up so often, no relationships.
But Ren gives me so much joy and hope.
Good Sir... you've truly just stepped into the Deepest, most impressive rabbit hole on the interweb! Lol
A multi-instrumentalist, Genre jumping/mixing artist with a lyrical ability of such caliber to have gained tens of thousands of like me, once Rap Hating people... into Rap fans! And then some!!!
I'd recommend some songs... but the thing is I Love every single track I've seen from him! From Sca, to Reggae, to Rap, to Pop, to EDM... etc...
You'll Never know whatbto expect from Ren! Don't even try to guess!
Also... he's far more intelligent musically than most get... 30 seconds in... I think you'll see what I mean!
Enjoy!!!
The intro tells the whole story, the good side the nice melody and the bad side the raw “off notes” and then the sorrowful falsetto repeated at the end with joy as now that he feels he has learned to cope with his illness, if you watch more Ren get used to saying wow at the end lol. This was all done in one take with 4 different cameras although Ren says it took 4 takes to get this one.
Welcome to The Reniverse. It's a lot, I know. I'm sure you have questions. Don't worry, Jens will be along shortly with a pamphlet to explain it all. In the mean time, explore some more of Ren's music. You can't miss with him. You seem to like the theatrics. Check out "The Tales of Jenny And Screech" trilogy. Look for the full 13 minute video. It's great.
There are a lot of ways you can go from here with Ren (he has a large catalog of compelling music), but I'd recommend you check out "Chalk Outlines (Live)" next, to get a better sense of his singing.
This would be my choice for this particular reactor as well
Same
Ren has some of everything musically. Lately he's been doing Hip Hop and is about to release an album in that genre but it isn't really his main style. He calls his style Bardcore but I don't think trying to define him is wise because the next song you listen too will undo whatever you settle on. Ren can make you cry, make you laugh, and make you cringe. He can be raunchy, and he can be sweet... he is the ultimate box of chocolates.
Don't for a second think this is all he is! This and the Jenny and Screech trilogy (Full Version!) Are on a Whole Other level... musically and lyrically! The message is Very Deep!!! Difficult yet needed to be discussed!
That's Ren... creating decent human conversations with humility Far Above anyone I've known!
Check out his band too... the Big Push!
I Shot the Sheriff/Road to Zion/Hip Hop, Englishman in New York and Bongo Bong at least!
Never been so excited for an artist since Eminem... A 50 year old music fan.. From ABBA to zepplin... 🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷💯💯💯💯💯💯🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷Ren is god
SHUT UP JENNY! JENNY? ARE YOU AWAKE JENNY?
Intelligent lyrics well articulated is part of what I love about Ren. Those elements exist across all genres that he performs, and that too is widely varied. Enjoy!
Nice reaction. You might want to check out Ren's The Tale of Jenny & Screech (Official Music Video) next.
Good choice, hopefully he watches the full trilogy with Violet tale at the end. These are his true Bardcore songs lol.
Screech is awesome contents I also recommend but vocally go also How to be me live and Chalk outline live. An is with Sam Tompkins playing Earned it /Man's world/Falling Busking in Brighton great vocal singing
Youve found the right guy if you want songs that have deep meanings. Ren is a master wordsmith and is amazing at everything he does. Hes not a jack of all trades and master of none, hes a master at it all. Cant wait to see if you fall down the ren rabbit hole. Its nice down here 😂💜
its very obvious that you are an intelligent man that has a great ear for music. ren for all his genius has a potty mouth if you get past that his lyrics for much of his catalog are very deep.
Ren is a very thoughtful songwriter and powerful performer. I hope you continue to explore his catalogue, he has very moving and relatable songs, but also has some great upbeat stuff! He is currently releasing a new album, he decided to make a rap album, in which he did all of the production, because he wanted to try something different and fun. He explores so many musical genres he can't be classified into any one. Have fun going down the Ren Rabbit Hole, so many of us have, all ages, kids to seniors, across the world. This man is an architect, building the future of music.
Great comment! Thanks for watching 😊
Original theater on this level created solely by an artist is truly rare. No studio got their hands on it to make it more palatable to the masses. It’s honest and beautiful
I love the giddy smile when music reactors (specifically those who know a lot about music) realize this isn’t going to be the same old crap…that this is something special.
Great reaction, New Sub.
Here are the lyrics if you want them👇
Hi there Ren
It's been a little while,
Did you miss me?
You thought you’d buried me, didn't you? Risky…
Because I always come back
Deep down you know that…
Deep down you know I'm always in periphery
Ren aren't you pleased to see me? it's been weeks since we spoke bro, you know you need me
You’re the sheep, I'm the shepherd
Not your place to lead me
Not your place to be biting off the hand that feeds me
Hi Ren
I’ve been taking some time to be distant
I’ve been taking some time to be still
I've been taking some time to be by myself since my therapist told me I'm ill
I've been making some progress lately, and I've learnt some new coping skills
So I haven't really needed you much man
I think we need to just step back and chill
Ren, you sound more insane than I do
You think that those doctors are really there to guide you?
Been through this a million times
Your civilian mind is so perfect at always being lied to
Okay, take another pill boy
Drown yourself in the sound of white noise
Follow this 10 step program, rejoice!
All your problems will be gone! Fucking dumb boy
Nah mate, this time it's different man trust me
I feel like things might be falling in place
And my music's been kinda doing bits too
Like I actually might do something great
And when I'm gone maybe I'll be remembered
For doing something special with myself
That's why I don't think that we should talk man
Cause when your with me it never seems to help
You think that you can amputate me?
I am you, you are me, you are I, I am we
We are one, split in two that makes one so you see
You got to kill you if you wanna kill me.
I'm not left over dinner, I’m not scraps on the side, oh your music is thriving?
Delusional guy! Where's your top ten hit? Where's your interview with Oprah?
Where are your grammes Ren?
Nowhere!
Yeah but, my music's not commercial like that
I never chased numbers, statistics or stats
I Never write hooks for the radio, they never even play me so why would Iconcernn myself with that?
But my music is really connecting,
And the people who find it respect it ,
And for me that's enough ‘cause this life's been tough so it gives me a purpose I can rest in
Man you sound so pretentious !
Ren your music is so self centred,
No one wants to hear another song about how much you hate yourself… trust me
You should be so lucky having me inside you to guide you, remind you to manage expectations,
provide you perspective, that thing you neglected, I get it
You wana be a big deal… Next jimi hendrix? forget it
Man it's not like that
Man it's just like that I'm inside you you twat
Nah it's not man your wrong, when I write I belong
Let me break the fourth wall by acknowledging this song
Ren sits down,
Has a stroke of genius,
He wants to write a song that was not done previous
A battle with his subconscious…
Eminem did it
Played on guitar
Plan B did it
Man your not original you criminal, rip off artist, the pinnacle of your success is stealing other people's material
Ren mate we've heard it all before
Ohh "she sell sea shells on the sea shore"
Fuck you I don't need you, I don't need to hear this,
cause I'm fine by myself, I'm a genius!
and I will be great, and I will make waves, and ill shake up the whole world beneath us
That's right speak your truth, your fucking god complex leaks out of you
It's refreshing to actually hear you say it!
In stead of down play it…
“Oh the music Is all about the creative process and if people can find something to relate to within that the that's just a bonus”
Fuck you ima fucking kill you Ren
Well fucking kill me then
let's fucking have you Ren
I'm a do it, watch me prove it, who are you to doubt my music?
‘Cause I call the shots I choose if you die
Yeah I call the shots and so i who choose who survives
I'll tie you up in knots then I'll lock you inside
News flash…
I was created at the dawn of creation,
I am temptation
I am the snake in Eden,
I am the reason for treason
Beheading all Kings,
I am sin with no rhyme or reason,
Sun of the morning, Lucifer,
Antichrist, father of lies,
Mestophilies,
Truth in a blender,
Deceitful pretender,
The Banished avenger,
The righteous surrender
When standing in-front of my solar eclipse,
My name it is stitched to your lips so see
I won't bow to the will of a mortal, feeble and normal
You wana kill me? I'm enteral, immortal
I live in every decision that catalysed chaos
That causes division
I live inside death, the beginning of ends
I am you, you are me, I am you Ren
Hi Ren… I’ve been taking some time to be distant,
I’ve been taking some time to be still
I’ve been taking some time to be by myself and I've spent half my life ill
But just as sure as the tide start turning
Just as sure as the night has dawn
Just as sure as rain fall soon runs dry when you stand in the eye of the storm
I was made to be tested and twisted
I was made to be broken and beat
I was made by his hand, it's all part of the plan that I stand on my own two feet
And you know me my will is eternal
And you know me you've met Me before
Face to with a beast I will rise from the east and I'll settle on the ocean floor
And I go by many names also
Some people know me as hope
Some people know me as the voice that you hear when u loosen the noose on the rope
And you know how I know how I know that I'll prosper?
Because I stand here beside you today
I have stood in the flames that cremated my brain
And I didn't once flinch or shake
So cower at the man I've become
When I sing from the top of my lungs
That I won't retire I'll stand in your fire inspire the meek to be strong
And when I am gone I will rise
In the music that I left behind
Ferocious persistent, immortal like you
we’re a coin with two different sides
When I was 17 years old I shouted out into an empty room, into a blank canvas, that I would defeat the forces of evil,
and for the next 10 years of my life I suffered the consequences...
With Illness, autoimmunity and psychosis
As I got older I realised that there were no real winners or no real losers in physiological warfare
But there were victims and there were students
It wasn’t David verses Goliath, it's was a pendulum eternally swaying between the dark and the light,
and the brighter the light shone, the darker the shadow it cast
It was never a battle for me to win, it was an eternal dance,
and like a dance, the more rigid I became the harder it got
The more I cursed my clumsy footsteps the more i suffered
And so I got older and I learned to relax, and I learned to soften, and that dance got easier
It is this eternal waltz that separates human beings from angels, from demons, from gods
And I must not forget, we must not forget, that we are human beings.
Why give this idiot the lyrics when he cuts out the words he 's decided aren't fit for his channel.......if a reactor can't respect the artists integrity and choice of lyrics then he/she/whatever shouldn't post a reaction.
Those are very well transcribed lyrics! I am so used to seeing problems in llyrics. (I am a technical writer and I notice a lot!) Something here that I believe is incorrect: I have always thought it was "And when I am gone I will RIDE......" (not rise). Sounds like ride when sung, and ride rhymes better with the end of the next line, behind. This is important to me because it is my favorite lyric of the song, the image of him gone but still there riding on the music he left behind.
@@loveandabcs Thank you but these were originally posted by Ren.
@@sicpuppy9500 OK good to know.
Very nice to see such a first reaction. When I saw it for the first time I was deeply impressed. After watching and listening several times, more and more things stand out. Like the differences between the soft and the hard Ren. Emphasized by the flickering of lights, playing the guitar hard and soft, even the different facial expressions. I think it's genius.
It's all one shot as well
I loved it. I think you cried like I did. Buckle in my friend. Ren will make you laugh. Make you cry. Make you think. I swear if I could clone the perfect musical artistit would be Ren. You should do Jenny and Screech trilogy next Then Murderer. Then him busking. Too many shades of Ren
He’s actually an amazing vocalist. He works in various genres. Check out a video of Ren X Chinchilla Live (it has to be the live version) of “How to be Me” or check out him doing harmonies with the Big Push “Praise You” cover
Congratulations 🎉
You've just stumbled on a genuine true musically gifted GENIUS
Liked & subscribed in anticipation of you reacting to more Ren
Cheers pal 👍🍻
Thanks Steve - appreciate it!
You are not too far under a rock, this hit you tube several months back, followed quickly by so many incredible performances. Welcome to this rabbit hole. Ren, as a person, is very well spoken and understands the world beyond his personal surroundings. He loves these one take live sessions, often using natural acoustics to enhance the sound.
Welcome to REN’s World… it’s an incredibly interesting place!! Didn’t see in the comments - but this vid was live and done in 4 takes, he used the best of the 4. I’ve been following him for a few months now.. trying to become more knowledgeable about Hip Hop and Rap.. he does it all. Writes all of his own songs (altho he does some covers with his band ‘The Big Push’, which are excellent too)! He’s a multi-instrumentalist, and self taught. I think you’ll enjoy many of his works.. so varied - you won’t be bored!! Followed you so I can enjoy your reactions. PS - I’m an oldie, came of age in the 60s and 70s with the best music ever (when music was actually music) and I can’t tolerate most of what is called ‘music’ today!)
You just been hit by a train... didn't you ? A genius... Top notch video, thank you!!!
I'd love to see you react to his songs - How to be me and chalk outlines (the "live" videos for both) really show off his singing & his friend Chinchilla (who has an incredible voice as well)
Jenny and screech full version next brother
Great reaction! For more Ren with vocals try Chalk Outlines
He speaks very truly on the eternal dance. I'm in my forties, and have had this struggle since I was 5. This man puts into words something I've only learned for myself a couple of years ago. Take it to heart, everyone. It would have saved me decades of unhappiness. Especially don't measure yourself against others to find your worth. It isn't a fair assessment. Just strive to be the best YOU that you can. We need more individuals out there anyway. 😊
You didn’t specifically mention what made you want to stop in the middle. I would be interested to know what it was?
My recommendations to see his vocal range is
Chalk Outlines
How to be me
For Joe
And the Bob Marley mashup that he did with his band The Big Push.
I discovered Ren a few months ago and I am now obsessed with his art ❤❤❤
Took me a couple of minutes to place the accent, before I realised it’s the same as mine 😂
Great to see that Ren has finally landed in South Africa.
You had me at ‘I’ll just take it back a smidgen’. Welcome to the world of Ren the Superior 😂
This was one of the best reactions to Ren I hope you do more of his work.
I’m glad someone suggested REN to you, he is a talent that the world needs at the moment. Lot of people are giving his history to you and you will probably see a lot of his fans Renegades.. coming to comment more to get you caught up. This man is a music genius more you dive into not only his music but his videos you will get a small glimpse of that talent. Lot of his videos are shot as one takes. He produces most of his music, helps with planning out the videos, and has even taken his music and done acoustic versions. Your in for a real treat if you continue down the rabbit whole that is REN..
I very much enjoyed your reaction!! I would love to see your reaction to Ren's "Jenny and Screech." It is actually a trilogy of 3 semi-connected videos and you must do all three as one -- even though this will be longer than Hi Ren.
He's such a versatile artist. Jenny's tale is a musical play essentially, but he has some amazing ballads For joe,chalk outlines,how to be me, and Ren and Sam busking are some of my favorites.
I, for one, am happy that you didn't give up halfway through. I didn't have that feeling myself, but I can understand why some people bail early.
I'm a big fan of Ren's music and I'd like to hear your honest opinions on other songs of his.
Liked and subscribed.
You may also want to look up (the big push) that was ren's old band
Welcome to the Reniverse, some call it the Ren aissance and some devote Rensdays to do reviews on his prolific and non Genre specific music. His collaborations with Chinchilla, Liv Sangster, Sam Tompkins and others are all must watch/listen pieces his time with the bands The Big Push and Trick the Fox as well as his solo performances are brilliant. His health problems aside he was born with an iron lung and a few spare oxygen bottles built in with some of his more rap orientated songs playing out in double and triple time and what appears to be the ability to sing/speak/rap without breath for 3 or 4 minutes straight. Thanks for the review new sub and a huge like given.
Im curious what made you almost stop listening?
Ren has a trio of songs that is a must. The lale of jenny , the tale of screech and the tale of violet. Watch In that order. This touches on a very heavy topic. Its brilliant but ill warn you if you it has some language in it.
Ren has a huge library of great music with everything from rock , raggae, rap and pop.
Check out chauk outlines live with chinchilla. It show cases his singing.
He was also in a band called the Big Push. They were a remarkable busking band
Yeah I was wondering the same. Haven't came across this channel before so unsure if it was swearing or the religious elements or mention of suicide or what? Great reaction anyway
Great reaction!
Next: Chalk Outlines, or Tale of Jenny and Screech!
Im going to wait and see if you actually do react to more Ren before I subscribe.
You sounded very iffy, my friend.
Not sure at all what your issue is.
Considering this is live, with ambient acoustics and two extremely diverse personas, I think every 'mistake' makes it that much better sonically, and more importantly, resonates deeper with truth for the people, most especially, that live every day of their lives in darkness and despair and hopelessness.
There are so many of us that felt 'seen' for the first time by this performance.
I hope you take that into consideration.
"A highly gifted, intellectually superior human being" ... yep! That's Ren in a nutshell. It's such a joy to watch people see this video for the first time. We are universally affected by it. Thank you for sharing your reaction with us.
Check out “How to be me” by ten. Live version, if you wanna see his vocal capabilities. So much more to Ren.
GREAT REACTION MY FRIEND!! PLEASE KEEP DIGGING INTO THIS RENS RABBIT HOLE, YOU WON'T REGRET IT 🤘🏼🎶
I really hope you do more Ren reactions because I think Ren is a shining example of performance art. I really believe he is a music savant that cannot be boxed by genre. So here's your sub+1 thankyou for the reaction, and see you soon i hope ❤ from the UK 🇬🇧
If you want to do another reaction, do the "Tale of Jenny & Screech". It's 3 separate songs that build a story. When it comes to telling a story and performance art through song, it is a masterpiece. This was solid reaction, I appreciate honesty. Thank you!
Goosebumps every time he stands. This song I relate so much to. I relate to all of his songs one way or another. Clutch, listen to that one. He was undergoing part of the worst of his disease. Thanks for a great reaction. ❤
Hello, dear. isn't ren lovely?? ren has a large catalog, all gems!! great reaction, dude!! love, kathleen
I've probably watched at least a couple dozen Ren reaction videos and this was hands down far and away the very best one yet, thank you! I'm so glad you didn't give up midway through (I'm assuming it was the cursing? Usually that's not bleeped out.). Normally I'm happy to see people react strongly at the places I react to, but this was even better. I loved seeing how deeply thoughtful you were as you watched it. And, most important of all, you are the only person who didn't see it as all about mental health, which has been driving me crazy. Maybe it's our age, but Hi Ren is so so much bigger than mental health. In fact, I think everyone is just bonkers endlessly swimming through their navals at every opportunity. I mean, I'm all for therapy, but some things are just bigger. And, yes, good vs. evil is the bigger battle I see here. Ren wouldn't have a mental health problem if he weren't beset with such horrendous battles since a teenager. When you brought up that it was about lightness and darkness, good and evil, I nearly jumped out of my chair then shouted YES in my empty room, lol. I've been waiting for that connection with someone for a long time since none of my family or friends get it or would even listen. Thanks, and I've subbed, hoping you will do a deeper dive in the near future.
Very nice reaction video, I enjoy cerebral analysis most of all. Ren is very talented and his catalog is very diverse. Enjoy this young spirit as i do.
Welcome to the rabbit hole that is Ren.
Great honest review of hi Ren.
Ren is immensely talented, as you ascertained. For more of his singing voice, try Chalk Outlined (the live version with Chinchilla), or Murderer (acoustic version). He has a really interesting vibrato, among all the other things he does.
Get ready for a good ride. Ren is amazing!
You wanted substance in music/art..... you got it..... be careful what you ask for. This is art! It's either a window or a mirror.
Welcome to the horizon of a black hole. Rens gravity well is immense and it's nay impossible to escape. Have fun experiencing brilliance in nearly every song of his :)
*nigh impossible (nigh means "nearly")
More Ren please. He has a large discography.
Welcome to the RENaissance! I highly suggest following up with The Tale of Jenny and Screech (FULL), then his duets with Chinchilla Chalk Outlines (Live), and How To Be Me (Live), which is a song about his friend Joe who committed suicide (his song Suicide is also about this, as well as his song For Joe). For palate cleansers, his straight rapping is fun too, like The Hunger, Sick Boi, Illest of Our Time, and Animal Flow (acoustic). Enjoy the genius that is Ren!
Sir, I've never seen you before but I like what you do. Ren leaves quite the rabbit hole to follow and each song seems to build on the story of the last. Thank you for your reaction and I look forward to seeing more.
Please check out more Ren! I’m here for it!!
I loved this reaction, but am REALLY curious about which point you wanted to stop. That seemed a weird instinct. I don't understand that. Can you say? Subbed.
This was done in one take! most of his stuff is. I hope you delve into his portfolio he has some amazing stuff! he enbodies everything we are and should strive to be within his lyrics! Far far wise for his years! im a huge fan. Also i suggest listening to an interview hes really a good person
I’m so glad that you listened to your friend. I’ve been trying to get a friend of mine, who is very interested in theater and especially musicals , to watch this- and The Tales Trilogy. Not yet. Good on you! You will be experiencing any/ all of the following: a bit confused, didn’t expect that, trying to figure it out, awe will creep in, you’ll smile at Ren being funny drenched in sarcasm, pulled in by the lyrics and the musicality and in the end you will be speechless.
Ren is special, VERY SPECIAL! A good majority of his music is very meaningful and has true substance.
Oh second comment. I noted you had the "F" word censored out. This is a disservice to the artist who places one of the commonest profanities in English language to intensify or convey disdain and is used here as an expression of anger or annoyance (Collins dictionary). If you react to the Tale of Jenny and Screech (Full) you need to leave profanities in or you will risk missing the message and lose reaction views. I have watched many Ren reactions and you are only the second I have viewed with this limitation on. Just saying. I do like your reaction though. Cheers.
I completely agree. I don’t swear, but there are times that it belongs and in Ren’s music it is important to the message. Censoring the language censors the raw heart of what he has to say, which the whole world needs to hear.
He hears it raw, and edit the words out afterwards for us. There might be 15 clueless people, the rest knows the song well. Don't let these kids give you worthless advices. UA-cam will shadow ban you for swearing, and people who intentionally are not looking for Ren reactions won't find your channel.
@@Win-tq2uf I see you just make random assumptions.. "Don't let these kids give you worthless advices".... so you assume I am a kid. I will bet a pound to a pinch of salt that I am considerably older than you.. you also infer that those that like to hear the reaction in its raw state are clueless. what justifies that inference?
In terms of exploring Ren's astounding genre crossing range, here's the reaction order list:
The Tale of Jenny and Screech + Violet's Tale (watched all together): Folk Opera
The Hunger/Losing It/Murderer/Sick Boi: Hip Hop
How To Be Me/Chalk Outlines: Pop Duets w/ Chinchilla
I Shot the Sherriff: Reggae/Punk/Busking
For Joe Live/Murderer Live: Live/Acoustic Performances
Have fun going down the Ren rabbit hole!
With art, and especially music, it becomes so much more interesting when the creations are done because the artist has a vision, something to say, or a message to convey and does so on their own terms and conditions. Sadly, most music nowadays are instead constructed with the intention to try to please the audience. Thus, the musicians (driven by the record companies) writes music that they think the audience wants to hear instead of composing freely what they think are interesting and relevant. Wasn’t really like that in the ‘60s and ‘70s when so many experimental bands wrote meaningful and interesting music the gave rise to new musical genres. Therefore so refreshing to hear Ren composing the music and lyric he finds relevant from his experience and perspective. Also very evident that he attracts a broad and huge audience including many that has turned off the radio for the last 40 years or so. Hope and think that he inspires new musicians to follow. Great also to see that it is possible to use YT as a platform for artists that are sick of the music industry and want to pursue their own independent careers producing the music that they like themselves!
i have watched alot of these reaction videos but this one has to be the best one. Specific chosen words. Great stuff!
Here for Ren, subbing in the hopes of getting more Ren reactions from you! Now, im off to look at some more of your vids😊
Very insightful reaction. I would definitely be interested in more Ren reactions from you.👀💕👍🦇
Now that you have seen this artist you’re going to be entertained for months he is a talented musician
Nice reacton man. I would suggest nest Jenny's Tale Full story (3 songs) and Suicide. It's worth to read about why he wrote these songs..he explains it in detail and It gives these songs even more substance.
Nice reaction I am older person who really appreciates Ren''s artistry!
HI REN is a gift in its own right. And then there are the further delights of witnessing first-reactions of others... like you with your particular knowledge and insights. Thank you for sharing these.
You need to go down the Ren rabbit hole. It will be worth the journey.
Thank you for sharing your reaction and insight into this video!!
Hello, I am a definite fan. I still remember finding this, and it has truly enriched my life. I have felt heard through his music in general, challenged, inspired. I have been fascinated by the effect he has on people, love the community he built, and I have personally grown and helped others. I also think he is one of a kind, a grey musician, very rude and funny, and genuinely bonkers in a way that resonates with a long-subdued side of me. It feels excellent to let it out a bit more and see where all this leads. Ren has genuinely saved lives through his music, even just during the course of this year, and the community that has grown around him supports others in healing. What a ride. I really like his melodic rap and sung contributions, but I am here to support it all.
I have subscribed in the hopes that you will do more Ren reactions. This reaction was well done.
I ALWAYS tear up every time I watch a react video to Hi ren ❤
Welcome to the RENegades! Enjoy the rabbit hole! 🐷
The hell you have not been through is indescribable. I have been there and so has, Ren. We are still there. With so very different sets of traumas we seem to have ended up in the same dark place. For the last 37 out of my 52 years on this rock the physical pain has been constant and only ever worse. Seemingly in lockstep with the passage of every season. With every swing of that proverbial pendulum I feel I have lost another piece of me. Some of, Ren's songs I listen to now make me feel like he has stepped into my mind and plucked out pieces of myself, set them in front of me and said, "This is what is inside of you." I wont go to far into that darkness and pain here. At least I hope I have not. This is a powerful piece. More so to some than others.
Thank you so much for this review. Ren is AMAZING! This song, in particular, offers so much hope to many people and its SUPER entertaining. Another awesome musician that will BLOW YOUR MIND is Beth Hart. Her performance, "Am I the one?", Live at Paradiso, is one of the best shows you'll ever see.
Just ran across your channel and glad that I did. Having somebody expertise to performing arts listen to Ren is what’s needed. He actually was studying performing arts bath University before his wind disease kicked in and shut his body down. He also was just saying to Sony record label dropped him because of his illness a😮s he couldn’t make music for a while - and that’s turned out for the better because that’s independent artist for such once in a generation talent defined he sings about very meaningful things and get the highest level of talent. Please virtually every instrument at a high-level, incredibly intelligent with his lyricism is a rapper, a singer and songwriter producer he makes his own beats, directs all of his videos, etc.
Looking forward to more reactions by you to Ren!!
I see in the comments below the people have suggested the next few things you should check out. I will add one thing to that which is check out his lyric video call Dominos - a powerful, powerful commentary on our society, and how it affects body image & mental health❤️‼️🔥
Love Ren💜 he’s an inspiration for us that have experienced the same issues.
I will never forget the first time I watched this song😅 and it never gets old watching people discover him too and get wowed🎉
Nearly 20 million views - he speaks to so many for so many.
Thanks for reacting to Ren! I am glad you found him, because he is a real musical genious, apart from a beatiful human being. You got a new suscriber!
I'm here in SA and I'm possibly the BIGGEST 'Renegade' since December last year when Hi Ren dropped.
Welcome to the BIGGEST artist of the 21 st century.
Ren is that rabbit hole EVERYBODY have to go down.
Next you should react to the Jenny, Screech and Violet trilogy...all at ones. Thanks man...I've been begging 5FM to jump onboard ...but sadly no luck with any of the local radio stations. 😢
You are the first person to comment on something I really appreciate, too - that REN’s diction is very good. He is pretty consistent in that.
So glad you watched Hi Ren, this is probably my 50th reaction to this song I've watched so far, can't get it out of my head, guy has amazing talent
This was a brilliant reaction! Thankyou. Recently come accross this guy and the more i seen and heard the more i wanted to see and hear! He also does stuff on the streets of Brighton. Seen some videos of this and its just so so full of emotion, sp aristic, so Amazingly tallented! And naturally too. Ive not come accross anything like this! Ive cried. I can feel where he is coming from, have similar illnesses, im just so please to find his stuff, This beats everything ive ever heard. Absolutely Amazing! 💯❤️
😂 well my friend, you're in for a treat with this one for sure when you mentioned the "bubble gum pop"😂 he is so,so far from it and his brilliant mind will take on a journey,so buckle up!!❤❤
I love someone watch this for the first time and being as mind blown as the rest of us ❤ great reaction
Next: Tales of Jenny & Screech(full) trilogy! One of REN’s best work of art! RENegade!!
Pure genius.