Actor and Filmmaker REACTION and ANALYSIS - AURORA "RUNNING WITH THE WOLVES"

Actor and filmmaker Cedric Gegel reacts to AURORA's "Running With the Wolves" Music Video!
Exceptional physical embodiment of a song with a cool message. Loved this a lot.
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Aurora Aksnes (born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as Aurora (stylized in uppercase), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Stavanger, Aurora released her debut EP, Running with the Wolves, in 2015, through Decca Records. Later that year, she provided the backing track for the John Lewis Christmas advert, singing a cover of the Oasis song "Half the World Away". Aurora released her debut studio album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, in 2016. In 2018, she released her second extended play, Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1), followed by her second studio album, A Different Kind of Human (Step 2).
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Thank you all for watching!

[@leod2408]

Nice to know..... Aurora's music is frequently inspired by nature. She told The Sun: "'Running With The Wolves' is about freedom and joining nature again, getting away from phones and radio and all the stuff we keep around us." Aurora wrote the song during the blood moon in 2014. She told The 405: "I just imagined the moon turning all the people around the world into wild animals, running away from all the rules, all the materialism and technology. Just being a part of nature again, running free."

[@marcopolo9569]

Nailed it... you saw so much and felt so deeply. You sincerely appreciated the artist and her work....

[@WhiteTiger333]

OMG! I pretty much have that video memorized, but you just made it a whole new video. Thank you so much! I can hardly wait to experience your "master class" on more of her videos. I Went Too Far, Queendom, The River, Apple Tree. Yes, she is a consummate visual storyteller. But I experience it in a visceral way. It's really awesome to have the "why" explained by someone who knows how these effects are created, by both the artist, the choreographers and the camera experts.

[@joskogeler6421]

and "Winter Bird"

[@brand7549]

@@joskogeler6421 And "The Seed"

[@almamotera9115]

@@brand7549 anda churchyard live at the kexp🥺❤️

[@thinkingoutloud7851]

Good suggestions all. For more choreo I'd also suggest her latest mv, Cure for Me.

[@kittypewpew]

Or "Giving in to the love"

[@liamstrain]

I love how her vocal mimics wolves howling in this. Great reaction. Thanks for your comments. I love her live performances as well - very evocative and emotional above and beyond her video work.

[@justjulie37]

There is no one else like this fantastic young lady. Aurora is so mesmerizing. She's a master song writer and performer. And yes, please do react to her live performances. Especially the ones at her Nidarosdomen concert, which is the most beautiful concert ever. I would suggest "Through the eyes of a child" from there. Hope to see more Aurora from you soon. She is fabulous and also a wonderful human being as well. And the lyric is "Row the boat to safer ground" I think you would also appreciate the beauty of her music video for "Winter Bird"

[@brittag.pedersen5340]

She is so artistic! Music runs in her every word, move, face expression...yes everything!

[@jacmon09]

Thrilled you found Aurora- she is a treasure!!!! For the most honest, bare-boned, evocative piece please listen to Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) performed at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Concert. Her live performances are second to none (Nidarosdomen and Haik concerts). And for a moment that will stay with you forever: Helvegen with Wardruna. LOVE your reactions!!!

[@Abbadonhades]

Aurora has many cinematic and symbolic videos. This is a selection of some of them: 1) " Cure for me. " A pop song with clearly choreographed dancing and with a message to stop doing conversion therapy. 2) "Winter bird." Classical/interpretive dance concerning sorrow/depression. 3) " Apple tree." Disturbing imagery with choreographed dance, in an empowering song that sees hope in the activism of the young. 4) "The seed." Interpretive/primal dancing, and the clearest anthem for the environment ever written. 5) "Animal." Aurora goes clubbing, primal needs, city as something basically alien. 6) " The river." The struggle to express your emotions freely. 7) "I went too far." The difficulty of leaving a bad relationship.

[@WhiteTiger333]

Nice! Best description of her video list. I would love to see you, Cedric, react to all of these. They are all more like mini-movies than music videos, imo.

[@shannynstrebe4298]

I can't believe this is only your second Aurora song - and you already get her and her music so well. I can't wait to see you watch more of her. Your insights are incredible!! I want to list a few songs for you to watch next, but they're allllll so good. Apple Tree has a video I'd love you to break down, but then you really REALLY need to watch her live (Niederstromen or Lollapalooza Brazil or one of the acoustic sessions with interviews in between songs...) Watching you experience her for the first time brings me back to my own first time - very visceral. We rarely get the chance to feel things for the first time twice. So grateful this was the experience I got a second time :) Thanks.

[@In_my_own_mind]

Wow, glad I found you. You are allready one of my favorite reactors. 😊 Its so intresting and refreshing that someone goes a bit deeper into everything, from analyzing her expressions, her moves, clothes, voice, lyrics…everything. I am definately subscribing and I hope you will react a lot more to Aurora. There are so much on YT of her…from live performances, concerts, music videos, documentaries, live streams, interviews….. She is very addictive 😉 I am from Norway, like Aurora btw. I dont know if anyone told you but she was only 11/12 years old when she wrote «Runaway». She started composing melodies when she was 6 and made lyrics to them when she was 9. She wrote her songs «Lucky» and «I went too far» when she was 9.

[@philsilverthorn]

Great reaction. I agree that watching Aurora live is a must. Even her live performances can be so different from each other it's hard to know where to start but you will see her KEXP, Nidarostomen and Live at The Current performances recommended a lot for good reason. To see her really express herself via her performance you can't go wrong with Murder Song (5,4,3,2,1) from the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Concert m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJmThIqKi9yLrtk Or her performing It Happened Quiet live at The Current m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4aQf2mCpt-Xf68 If you wanted another music video of hers then The River will give you plenty to talk about. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmjPdmB9ZtR2aZY Really looking forward to seeing more Aurora reactions. Whether you choose one of these or a different suggestion you are pretty much on safe ground with Aurora. Thanks again.

[@einark6568]

This song was featured in the 2020 Oscar nominated animation film "Wolf Walkers" Wery good reaction Cedric !

[@kdavis450]

I have watched ALOT of youtubers react to Aurora and you are definitely my favorite! I like how you analyze, how deep you dig and things you point out, cinamatic, production, costume. I lack the words to describe....I just really love everything. Plus, as a warrior, I also appreciate that you like her so much and enjoy her songs and I think you 'get' her! Great job!!!

[@mariopardillo8618]

Great Reaction! I really enjoy your analysis from a filmmaker's perspective - it adds a lot to the enjoyment of the video, stuff I never would have been aware of otherwise. You have commented on her dancing abilities so I would recommend her Winter Bird video which is not only very interesting visually, but also showcases her beautiful dance movements (I believe that she had seriously considered becoming a professional dancer). It's also my favorite Aurora song :).

[@andreasclaussenwahl5518]

Totally agree!:-)

[@oddsocks2]

I think you'll really love The Seed. The production, the imagery and the dancing. Just o3o Some other great music videos that come to mind with visuals and stuff (honestly most of them are awesome) are Queendom and The Apple Tree. She's been creating music since she was 6 and writes, produces, designs 90% of everything she puts out. She's an incredible lyricist and musician and her concepts for videos always get to me. It all has so much meaning behind it. Basically there's no bad choice for Aurora songs or videos and I recommend all of her discography. Such a talented and ethereal performer.

[@kippys1]

I really like your insightful analyses! Can't wait to hear you react to AURORA live! Her music video for THE SEED is incredible, and her live performance at Nidarosdomen (a cathedral in Norway -- LITTLE BOY IN THE GRASS, THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD, and quite frankly any song from that venue), the 2018 KEXP mini-concert (CHURCHYARD and ALL IS SOFT INSIDE), the 2019 HAIK Concert she performs in a forest, and others! Each of her very distinctly different venues showcase her physical channeling and aural projection of her music

[@johnnyshih498]

That was an awesome reaction. I really liked how you not only talked about the music but analyzed the music video itself. I highly recommend you react to I Went Too Far music video. It won the Norwegian Grammy for best music video that year.

[@erikjoha]

That was an incredible review/analysis/reaction of this video - when I stumbled on your channel seeing your reaction to Murder song, I knew I had to watch your other Aurora reactions, and this was the video I was the most excited to get your take on. Incredible to learn how you see the art form in this! Now I really can't wait for you to react to her video for 'The Seed' - that one is the most powerful video of hers in my opinion. Given the artists you have reacted to, I think you'd enjoy Angelina Jordan as another one to try, a young Norwegian (like Aurora) singer. The one video that is always a fun place to start with her is her studio video in black and white of 'I put a spell on you' done at the ripe age of 9 - But she has some cool videos of her original songs that are more recent (7th Heaven, Million Miles) and a neat cover of Michael Jacksons 'Billy Jean' shot in a really cool way (that I'd love to learn from you the take on the video work) So glad I came across your channel! (And yes, do check out Aurora live, her performances from a total art perfection doesn't get better than her concert at Nidarosdomen (an old Cathedral in Norway) - you can't go wrong with any of the songs there, and its masterfully produced from a visual perspective.

[@steves7102]

The excitement that you got and expressed while watching her video… I had the same reaction when I saw it for myself… But I kind of just had it again watching your video because you were able to put into words why it is that she is amazing… Some thing I have not been able to do fully. You being able to put it into a type of structured framework… for some reason it is so validating to me right now. I knew that I loved her for an objective reason and not just personal taste. I sincere applause to your vid 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@dariajustdaria2292]

Aurora is amazing 🥰

[@hakanandersson1276]

Love your analys on this. It's so good when someone undetstand what she is doing. Love this song. I thought you woyld love. Lucky in Nidarosdomen. That one is a music masterpiece with much emotions and atmospheric and beautiful haunted voice. My favourite performance of all time. Thanks man

[@sarahcruz2622]

Love love her and your reactions to her! You should definitely watch the MV for The Seed, and watch a live performance of Through the Eyes of a Child next

[@aerinn6136]

This is the most interesting and fun Aurora reaction I have seen. So lovely to get to see things from your perspective. Please do continue your Aurora journey.❤

[@heidifarstadkvalheim4952]

Interesting reaction! New perspective on Auroras work. You will find her videos interesting - many of them out there. She is genuine in everything she does and it’s in her head most of it- like she said… it comes down on the top of her head… and if she can’t do it like she wants, she is going to quit. A very interesting and genuine musician 👍🇳🇴

[@Pilutta100]

Wonderful reaction, so so ty. Hugs from Sweden.

[@megtree1]

Thanks for the great reaction and analysis. Love your enthusiasm! Yes, she is a great dancer. She learned contemporary dance from six to sixteen when she debuted as a singer.

[@annehyden1088]

i really enjoyed your comments to this master piece. Thanks. She is one of a kind, and exploring her you are in for an amazing journey. Try The seed (The Haik version), ... or not. Perhaps you will enjoy more the off. video for The Seed.

[@paulfredericksen6565]

Thanks for doing this, I really enjoyed it! You have so much insight on what makes a great video. So often Aurora's live performances get recommended, and they are truly special, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the videos, because they are SO well done, and so illustrative of her intent behind the song. Looking forward to seeing more of your reactions.

[@idyllic2810]

Wow, that’s cool! I love how you respect Aurora and how you analyze everything. Hope you could watch her live and all other music video ❤️

[@lillm6874]

I really appreciate this reaction 👍 “Knowing” Aurora, I’m quite sure she had the last say in everything in this video, like she does in the music production 😅🥰 I really hope you’ll continue reacting to this amazing and unique artist 👏❤️

[@alysonmariebaco2146]

Keep reacting to her she's so amazing i love her even more!

[@AngelStuff3]

Watching you absolutely gush about the video is everything

[@RunarNyrud]

Very interesting and uniq info that I have never seen from any reactor! I wonder how much of Aurora's "acting" that really is acting and not her just showing her emotions? If you take a look at Murder song at the Nobel Peace Prize concert... Is it "acting" or is it her opening up and showing "her heart and soul"?

[@happystar7777]

Wow you are knowledgeable! I loved your interpretation. I never heard the crows before! Your reaction was amazing too, contagious smile

[@CedricGegel1]

Thank you so much!

[@brigittevankeulen450]

I love aurora but i also love youre reaction!! It gave me goosebumps 😃

[@LeNaInLoVe]

YES! Incredible indeed, both AURoRA and U ^^ So REFRESHING, SO GOOD to finally see someone who GETs IT (aaaaaaaah, smiling and almost screaming of JOY) U deffo made my freakishly boring Friday, a helluvalot brighter! This Arctic Norwegian is deffo one of UR NEW SUBscribers

[@lSynonymousl]

wtf how are you so handsome?! Those eyes... 😍

[@andreasclaussenwahl5518]

Thank you for great reactions! Aurora, certainly among the best, versatile and interesting artists alive in my humble totally uneducated opinion.:-) If you go through her tunes she will surprise you again and again. Live performances are just incredible. Best productions are probably the Haik concert (starts with a sort of documentary where the host arranges varies activities for Auora ending in a magical concert in the forest where Aurora grew up) and Nidarosdomen (Cathedral). The performances will blow you away. Many describes her songs as a bit depressive; which is sort of true I guess, but I find the strangely uplifting and I always end up feeling revived, even after Mirder Song! To experience how versatileshe is try Lucky, the Seed, Daydreamer, Exist for Love and No Cure for me.

[@TomTomson81]

In short. Away from society and back to nature. She is tied to cables and people they hold on to the place where she are not happy. She wants to run with the wolves again. The song is not just a song. This is Aurora.

[@tomkranz1540]

Hey there! I just came up to your Chanel because of the Aurora reactions ;) i love the way your Videos are created^^ I would totally wish you reacting on a Song from one of her albums called "The Seed" would be probably very interesting. There are so many beatiful deep Songs of her... ;)

[@maxsteiner1964]

Wellcome to Warriors and Weirdos young man. Get ready to fall down the rabbit hole that is Aurora. Great job Cedric. Subbed.

[@siogw2816]

Thank for the analysis, with her and bts it’s always special to hear what you have to say. since I discovered her I have a really hard time listening to anything else, I hope you can react to it happened quiet, murder song, and the seed, live is better of course, she can transmit a lot more live I think makes me feel so many things

[@DavidRossIsHere]

Your vibe is incredible on this review. Graciously enthusiastic and technically explaining depth I've not noticed after years of watching Aurora. Instant subscriber. She also did three songs on the Chemical Brothers album 'No Geography'. But a break from Aurora perhaps.. I'd love to see your reaction instead to that album's 'Got to Keep On' from 2019. Crazy edits and ground breaking effects. One last recommendations is Belgian performer Loïc Nottet (pron: loy-eek noh-tay) doing 'Million Eyes' from 2016. Plenty of reactions for that one but your technical head and musicality will be thrilled. Peace.

[@CedricGegel1]

Humbled by your comment and thankful to you for watching. I’d love to check some of that out! Thanks for the recommendations!

[@Simfyre]

I watched an analysis of Stanley Kubrick's The Shinning, and they focused a lot on that moving to the beat of the music as an actor in scenes. They called it "Mickey-mousing." I thought that was pretty cool because I see it everywhere now.

[@DanloRingess]

Wonderful reaction! I really enjoyed your explanation of what is being done from a technical standpoint in the video. By the way, it is OK to say "wierd" about Aurora. Her fans are known as Warriors and Weirdos, after all.

[@RG56538]

Right up there with one of the most enjoyable and interesting content creators on KZbin. I very much enjoyed your thoughts and takes on the audio and visuals.

[@CedricGegel1]

Thank you so much!! That means a lot to me!

[@Geralt26]

Yea, this is great video and tells the story very good. Also I love this moves of hands (like a animal) and howling in "wolf" part. Everything fits so well :). It is about breaking free to nature from technology and stuff we keep around us :). Ps. And of course we witchers are familiar with the wolf symbol ;)).

[@CedricGegel1]

hmmmm HMMMMMMMMMMM

[@henriqueferreira5981]

I think nothing moves me more than people getting really emocional by aurora songs. I mean! Im following u! React now to QUEENDOM - Aurora

[@Traslan]

I LOVE your reaction! Learned so much 🤗

[@tolveor]

I enjoyed this alot! I am also really looking forward to your take on apple tree, because i find that video really interesting

[@amyf9835]

Fascinating reaction truly. 😊

[@Simfyre]

I can't believe I never noticed the sound of crows before!

[@jazoon7249]

I think you would really like Aurora's ,"The River" official video. A lot of visual film making.

[@livia2770]

you’ll have to react more to her omg.

[@rolfjamne8922]

Aurora is one of a kind.Check out Winterbird , The seed and Apple three. All great videoes. Another Norwegian Band with a Auroresk vocal is Kalandra. Check out Slow motion and Brave new world. Based on Aldous Huxleys novel.Check the offical live versions at Gildehallen. You will love it. Great reaction and analyse. 👌

[@jeffmalloy8200]

She produces or co-produces her videos. Check out her videos of her songs I Went Too Far, Winterbird (filmed at the MIT robotics lab), Queendom, The River, and The Seed. Check out her cover of the song Believer by Imagine Dragons at P3 Christine live. Her song Animal Soul at the Verifest and Bowie's Is There Life On Mars at a venue in the UK (I can't remember the name). Her song It Happened Quiet live at the Current. The list goes on...... Her live performances are legendary. And yes, she took dance for 10 years. She is as vulnerable as finely spun glass and as strong as high carbon steel. Her art rips you apart and heals you at the same time. Who does that? Her art is almost too intense to bear, but you can't look away. She's a siren in the form of a wood nymph. Resistance is futile!

[@almamotera9115]

Dios mio, ame tu reacción, eres increíble. Bienvenido a éste pequeño mundo de aurora 🥰🥰😊🤗

[@Honorsprenn]

If you have not already aurora - queendom, the river, and the seed music videos would be great for this type of reaction, great video!

[@jdwarferc3754]

Every time I see that video I wonder if she even thought about having actual wolves in it lol. Would have been cool.

[@WhiteTiger333]

It sort of did end up with wolves in it when it was chosen for Wolfwalkers! But, I know what you meant.

[@ukladyfan6231]

Brilliant videos Exist for Love and the seed

[@palantir135]

The seed, official video.

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

new subscriber.. working my way through your music reactions. I really like your dissection of the filming/editing process. Since you're in the business.. do you have any interest in reacting to actors that can sing? I am just going to assume you are aware of Jensen Ackles.. did you know he's got pipes?.. even has a band with Steve Carlson now.. Radio Company. He went from almost too shy to sing on stage to.. controlling the room in about 4 years. Most of the videos of him singing here on youtube are from conventions - one with Cory Taylor of slipknot singing Wanted Dead or Alive in Vegas. My favorite is affectionately known as Ackle-Berry Blow. I like that version better than the Ed Sheeran OG video. There are not many reaction videos of him.. those that do react to Jensen..end up with the Supernatural family descending on their channels.

[@gertwestblad9052]

A very good reaction. If you watch the consert from Nidarosdomen you will be lost in her world. 🤗 It is epic! Produced by NRK Norwegian broadcasting, and they don't Block anything.

[@madkow007]

nice job...you can't go wrong with anything from her live to...i would like to see your take on 'it happened quite' live at the the current

[@andreasclaussenwahl5518]

You should react to the video of «To be loved». Not the most watched but incredible in the way Running with the wolves is. Perhaps even more incredible from an artistic point of view.:-)

[@terjetroll920]

Her "Winter Bird"-video might be of interest for you. There's even a video of the making of it.

[@terjetroll920]

"Not a Fairytale" by Kalandra is quite cinematic -then their "Waiting Game" (ONE take!).

[@thomasjohansen8152]

do "i went too far" music video next

[@MariaElena-ch3td]

Please do the river by aurora

[@carlosrecinoz3426]

React to "Lucky " by Aurora but live version VeVo dscvr

[@irinasukhorukova9065]

Cedric thanks for the subtitles in Russian ))))))))))))

[@grogueQ]

The Seed. Mv.

[@andreasclaussenwahl5518]

Lots call her weird being all positive!:-) Me, I prefer original, unique, different, one of a kind…. 😄

[@j.1174]

the lyrics

[@rman8554]

can u please 💙 reaction dimash songs check out 😊 ( i miss you blue year ) (passion hello andrew) also song ( if i never beathe again new york ) also song ( thousands of miles birds dance ) (don't make me dream) ( i only love you ) ( il dolce suono diva) (a capella style the meaning eternity) (dimash meet andria bocelli) (endliss love jacki) so beautiful also ( vocalises strong )

[@wargeneration7926]

Веселая песня из России . Группа - Ногу свело kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpuodIGngcibjdk