NF - How Could You Leave Us Reaction 💔💔💔

[@charlesjohnsontribe1629]

the fact that nf is going to have a kid makes the end hit different.

[@sushantyelve198]

Already born at 13aug Beckham feurstein ❤🥺 I was thinking same thing too! ❤

[@Vale-mv8cj]

the baby already born bro

[@bobthegreatest9426]

Already has kids I think

[@WolfishMoon]

Just thinking the same thing. 💔🔥

[@ImaCatMaia]

Yep, exactly. As soon as I saw their announcement that Bridget was pregnant, that was the first thing I thought of - his monologue at the end of the song when he says, "You know, when I have kids -" and then a sob comes out. It's heart-shattering. I'm sure because of this though he is going to be an amazing father and selfishly I can't wait to hear the music that comes out of his parenthood. I'm positive it will be absolutely amazing 💖💯

[@brandimachulis7820]

My son showed me this song about 4 years ago at the time I was at the losing end of a 10 year opiate addiction. It affected me so strongly I could see all my kids pain through NFs eyes and words. It was the push that finally got me to seek treatment. I've been clean ever since. I honestly believe that Nate is a prophet... sadly he couldn't save his mom but he did save me. I will be forever greatful and a devoted fan. I've shared this story so many times on reactions I'm sure everyone is getting tired of seeing it. 🙄 Maybe one day he will see it, he knows his music helps people going through what he has gone through but I'm not sure if he realizes it also saves people going through what his mom went through..... fun, useless fact I live 25 minutes from Gladwin where Nate was born and raised.

[@FishermanMike253]

I'm always so proud of you when you share this! Your a beautiful goddess! 👀. Stay blessed Brandi!

[@brandimachulis7820]

@@FishermanMike253 awww thanks 😊...you had me at godess 😁 I always think people see my post and are thinking..." there she is again looking for acknowledgement or sympathy." I'm really just hoping that maybe it can help someone else out, and all the pain that Nate has gone through will not be in vain. 🥺

[@craigo2656]

Amazing strength Brandi, if you're strong enough to drag yourself out of your addiction you can take all the little hits and blows life can throw at you. You've got this!

[@tokenrl]

When you mentioned feeling like a proud mom on one of his other NF videos and you said you'd explain your story in a few songs, I just knew it was going to be this one.

[@max_jank3247]

That’s amazing story! I lived in Michigan not too far from gladwin, small town “Goodrich” you should go to his concert it’s amazing !!!!

[@bryanthomas7420]

He broke down in the studio for over half an hour while recording, and all of the crying in the song is recordings of that- it’s actually real. After they finished the initial recording his producer and Best friend Tomee Profitt took him out to a movie to calm him down.

[@ryanluckey4075]

Pause all you want my dude, doesn’t bother me one bit. Its nice to see someone breakdown and appreciate the craft that NF has. There’s a reason NF has a fan base like no other. NF REAL MUSIC.

[@Sinistatnt]

This is the one

[@lizpedano1542]

He’s FIRE 🔥

[@adamtaylor5629]

What makes that last verse even more hard hitting, is that it wasn’t meant to be part of the song, that last verse wasn’t planned, he had a break down whilst recording, asked everyone to clear the room and leave him to himself and he just starting venting his feelings. He didn’t realise the audio was still recording and captured it all. NF and his producers then made it fit into the song.

[@grammarpolice8543]

That's depressing

[@TheNewYouTubeHandlesAreDumb]

He had to ask everyone in the studio to leave while he did the last part with him talking. Those were real tears, and this song is full of real emotions.

[@bobthegreatest9426]

Is that true

[@saltysolv2524]

Yes

[@TheNewYouTubeHandlesAreDumb]

@@bobthegreatest9426 If I remember correctly. I know he talked about it during an interview, try looking around to see if you can't find it.

[@nadja9055]

@@bobthegreatest9426 yes it’s true i have the interview still

[@bobthegreatest9426]

Ok thanks

[@johnbulat360]

Can’t get through this song without tearing up.

[@Sinistatnt]

Every. Single. Time.

[@apollopup2138]

I feel u my guy I relate to it so much I hate it

[@zachcrain1328]

bro sometimes i cry once a week sometimes more, sometimes less. But if i know i'm in need of a good cry I immediately come to this song for sure.

[@thepenmaster]

I rap every single word from beginning to end and share in the pain. It's a twisted view but it makes me appreciate the family I have at the same time.

[@angelaswanson1077]

Just to let you know he was 18 when his mother passed away. His senior year of high school. He was in and out of his mom's life because of her addiction. He said that NOW he sees his mom was a victim to her illness. He sees it differently now that he is 29 years old. He says he forgives her now and it took a lot of maturity, self reflection and therapy to get where he is now.

[@birdfire0011]

14:53 they were real tears he asked the staff of the studio to leave the studio for a bit and from this point is just him in the room alone giving his farewell message to his mom

[@obscurevisions91]

This is only the second time I'm listening to this song. I'm only listening to it to see you react. I'm writing this before you've reacted. This song absolutely broke me as a mother. After this I likely will not listen to it again. Not because it isn't good, it's an amazingly powerful and beautiful song. But because it hurts my soul so much I simply cannot listen to it. That's how you know NF is an amazing fucking artist. And it breaks my heart for him.

[@applekid9003]

I was legit crying at that last part when he’s talking in his normal voice about why she had to leave

[@jasminstrozier9831]

That lady in the corner taking notes was definitely a case worker observing their behavior.

[@christopherchandler2860]

Bro I’m so glad I found you as a reactor. You were the perfect person to find NF and go on the journey. Your content is excellent, your breakdowns are well put together, your understanding of lyrics is top tier. Keep doing what you do and you will blow up for sure.

[@LuisPadilla116]

He does mention in an interview that he really was crying in the studio recording this song. It’s crazy.

[@jameylebel]

FYI: the lady taking note is a social services…supervised visits

[@kristinewhitfield4110]

I lost my mom last October and its the worst pain I've ever felt. It broke my fucking heart. Its still hard for me to even look at her picture without balling my eyes out. Our last convo was a argument and it eats me alive still today. This music video was the first to ever make me get teary eyed. Never thought I'd have both parents dead before I'm even 30. I didnt see my dad since I was 11 and he wasn't a good father but it still hurt me when he passed away. It does feel like your parent choose drugs over you in these type of situations. Let me tell you that cuts deep to a child. Really messes with your trust and self worth down the road.

[@BMLaing-de2gx]

11:35 "The mind is a powerful place and what you feed it can affect you in a powerful way." NF said it best

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

I heard it too! LOL

[@elias23402]

It's pretty cool right? Yeah but it's not always safe

[@BMLaing-de2gx]

@@elias23402 just hang with me, this'll only take a moment, okay?

[@elias23402]

@@BMLaing-de2gx just think about it for a second, if you look at your face

[@BMLaing-de2gx]

@@elias23402 every day when you get up and think you'll never be great, you'll never be great...

[@elenag151]

The person in the corner a social worker for supervised visits usually after a parent loses a custody of a child and allowed only supervised visits

[@toomuchfreetime2637]

Here come the tears

[@jeremias1015]

I Think the "therapist" is a CPS worker

[@joshypowerz-OG]

you pause because you react, tats what im here for, i dont mind how many times you pause, i like you reaction! btw this is my first video from you that i am watching, consider me subscribed!

[@timdillander1909]

I’ve been waiting to see this reaction. This song has a special spot for me. My mom and I don’t have a great relationship. This song helps me to keep reaching out to my mother. Even though she is toxic

[@ericglessner6636]

Another great NF reaction bro!

[@erinevans9113]

One of the best reactions I've seen to this. I don't how how folk keep it together cuz I cry every time 💯❤️🔥

[@cyberneticfalcon9957]

The Ending hits different now cuz he's having a kid

[@imwithyou38]

i had a similar issue with my mom, my mom didnt die but even though she eventualkly came back from the drugs she wasnt the same person. my moms drug use triggered her schizophrenia and she was never the same person. i hate pictures because my mom, i vividly remembering her leaving me at age 5 i ran up to my room broke the picture frame next to my bed and i ripped it in half and threw it out the window and ever since i dont like pictures really, im 34 now and i still have the issue with pictures because most of the time when i look at pictures from my past thats all i can remember instead of the moment of the actual picture

[@benjicrafted]

Hey man I love your reactions. feels super real and just hella down to earth. Keep on pausing. that's the reason we watch you cause anyone of us could just listen to the song but you adding your comments is what makes this different than just the song. Keep on doing you man.

[@nikidunford79]

He was 18 when she passed and from what I have heard in interviews he and his sister's struggled back in forth going through this with their mom for as long as they can remember :( what's so sad is that we all personally know people that are either the suffering addicted parent, or the suffering child and feel powerless to help. Shew this song gets me everytime! So glad we are through it and excited for whatever you do next!!🔥💜

[@nikidunford79]

Do Real next for me? It's not an instrumental part of the journey but it's so fun!!! A flex track and the bars are amazing!

[@paulco9058]

Yep this song hits at home my mom left and i keep trying to get her back but i gave up

[@jmc-cj2en]

The person you called a therapist was a cps worker. Great reaction.

[@13rtp]

I'm glad I got you to listen to NF because you are killing these breakdowns. Keep it up bro.

[@jameslmarsh]

Maybe the best reaction I've seen to this work of art. And i've watched hundreds! 👏👏👏

[@charlesjohnsontribe1629]

NF may be the realist artist but you also have realist reactions @Dev Lethal

[@peggysoutherland1183]

from what i read, he was 2 weeks from graduating high school when she overdosed.

[@pickle6583]

Dude, my Mom can't even listen to this song because when she does, she thinks about what would happen and how much grief we'd all have if she died prematurely. I can't even imagine how NF or anyone else whos lost a parent feels, especially if they didn't act like they loved you. It must be the most devastating feeling on the planet.

[@zelgkopitar8799]

Gotta say, when I clicked on the vid and saw it was 19 1/2 mins long I was like damn....really? Bro....you didnt waste a second. This was probably the best reaction I've seen to this devastating song.

[@melissamiddleton3026]

If we wanted to hear the track we'd go to.NF straight like then1st few times. Were here to hear your reaction.... your good at this . You catch it all and feel it.too.

[@elicards11]

I lost my brother to addiction and I was the one who found him and this song hits me so much harder after it happened now it’s so difficult to listen to the entire song

[@vexxgaming94]

Be strong my guy. 🙏🏻

[@fabiennec5945]

I'm so sorry for your loss

[@elenag151]

Tough song to listen to ! Masterpiece ♥️❤️‍🩹♥️

[@NIKKI-1979]

Great reaction again! This is his deepest song

[@KrisMIW91]

This man needs more subscribers. Real reactions for real artist 😁

[@gloriaaaa44]

ur reactions are gold

[@toxicmamba2430]

Great video, your pausing is actually helpful because I didn't even know some of the lines he sings.

[@dontrelldurant3450]

He isn’t ready for Remember This….. unless he already listened to it

[@thereseball]

Definitely one of his "masterpieces" (as mentioned in another comment) ... and, even MORE poignant with the arrival of his first child last weekend ... a baby boy!

[@PILOT-mr9rt]

WAIT WHAT

[@Dyre05]

I saw someone else comment on a different reaction to this song "if only there was a Grammy for 'Best song NOT going on my playlist'"

[@zacharycrain7610]

Bro if you do reactions fuck the haters. If they wanna see the music video on their own without pausing they can do that. We love seeing new people react to it. You do you

[@trishathompson4652]

Love how real you are. Thank you. Subscribe

[@bradsnider6669]

People that get mad at pausing don't make sense. Especially because you always have something meaningful to add. If they don't want the pausing and the REACTING to the song, then go to the actual video. It's that easy, lmao

[@Muzza4690]

This song is the only song by any artist that has ever made me cry let alone consistently cry every time I listen to it

[@bonnie4939]

The 'lady in the corner' is a CPS worker.

[@thebandit4095]

That’s not a therapist in the corner it’s a case worker for dfs

[@dylanmiller3962]

Thank you for not editing out your tears a lot of reactors will edit out their tears and it takes away from the power of the song lot of men nowadays don't show their emotions and when something this powerful it's appreciated when you show how it moves you

[@503.GRUMPSS]

MAN I WAS ON YOUR CHANNEL CUS OF VON & DURK BUT I FCKN LOVE NF AND HEARING YOU TALK WITH EMPATHY ABOUT ADDICTION YOU MY FAV REACTOR FOR THAT ... DONT NONE OF US GROW UP WANTING TO BE ADDICTS, BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS OUR ADDICTION IS NOT WHAT MOST THESE JUDGEMENTAL HATERS BE THINKING. REAL SHIT.. WE HUMAN BEINGS! WE MOMS.DADS.SISTERS.BROTHERS, WE SOMEONES LOVED ONE... LET GO AND LET GOD!

[@DevLethal]

Aye I appreciate you fr! 💯🖤

[@jz92029]

As someone who went through the exact same thing with my mom, only the alcohol bottle took her instead of pills... This song always brings tears to my eyes.

[@tashaflores4583]

He just had his first baby with his wife, that last part hits hard even more so now.

[@jeanearle2350]

Saddest song ever made. Now he has a child himself and will know the right way to raise him. I wish I could wrap him in a big hug, he breaks my heart, and I cry every time I hear this song.

[@kurtisgillen7658]

If they complain about pauses don't listen to a reaction vide.o. just watch video.

[@Saqua2289]

As parents our choices affect our children, and trauma lasts forever. Choose wisely.

[@mewo5456]

About to watch it. Im calling it he cries! EDIT 1: 2 mins and 5 seconds in, hasnt cried yet but he knows its coming EDIT 2: Didnt cry. Almost did at the very end when thanking the people who introduced him to NF. Awesome reaction bro

[@TananJess]

You're reaction videos are great just the way they are man don't worry about what people say about how you do your reactions, and just remember even the negative comments help push the algorithm so let em hate keep doin you.

[@tinah74]

Lost my biological mom at age 6 due to suicide. Me and my brother were in and out of relatives homes. Ended up in a foster home due to physical abuse from an uncle. My Aunt and Uncle in Alabama found out where we were at (in Georgia). They sent for us and was granted custody. I was 11...my brother was 15. They saved us. Then in 2016 my brother was murdered. So now it's just me. NF's songs hit me hard.

[@michaelmatthews2247]

I just heard you say perseverance.... alcohol withdrawal is HORRIBLE. It's worse than pills and I went thru that and got over it but alcohol makes your head twitch, your whole body shake, throwing up, diarrhea and you really feel like you're dying. Oh and cold sweats... can't sleep etc... and I'm on chemo too so my hands go numbs from that, I feel like I'm dying

[@noorieiversen]

other really talented and real artists are out here to. It's an awakening. The age of Aquarius! NF is so real, try listening to Yebba, My mind and her Tiny Desk concert. She is awesome..Aurora is also an amazing artist, listen to Lucky and Queendom. Also Marina - highly emotional people. Love and peace my friend. 💞

[@aljosaseverinski910]

I’m late to your reactions. Only saw you pop up when hope came out and they have been amazing And most of your reactions thus far have been really really good, but mannnnn you ruined this by pausing at like almost every line … and just repeating what he said when it’s clear what he said… it didn’t need a break down and you kinda ruined the song coz you didn’t let a single thing flow.

[@terryseaux7566]

Don’t worry about the haters, you did a great job analyzing the song. Addiction is a beast and with the energy you give to NF is genuine and you have a new subscriber. I know I’m only 1 but I’m sure you’ve gotten a lot of new subs because of Nate!

[@GraysonTRTA]

Im gonna be honest I don't know how to feel about my mom, it's complicated. My mom was a drug addict and may still be there's so many problems and issues. I'm at a place were I don't want her at my graduation

[@auriandeamenti5922]

I like how you pause, I feel like it helps you catch the bars, and you're one of the best I have seen with hearing what he is saying. Like the bars no one else comments on you catch, and I love hearing his words being appreciated. So keep pausing, screw everyone throwing shade, if they want to hear the music without pauses they should go watch the music video.

[@toddgranstrom3974]

I love your reactions videos. But you do pause too much. I understand its a reaction video but let more than 1 line pass before you pause. You legit pause like every 4-5 words he says. Not once you let the song play continuously for even 15 seconds. You pausing waaaay to much.

[@thomasnesmith5684]

Bossman, you got a subscriber 👌🏻 much love from northeast Tennessee!

[@michaelmatthews2247]

My dad was on heroin and pills... then he gave me a few pills to help with my pain I never did heroin but he robbed a friend, went to jail just for heroin... he got out and thought he had the same tolerance for alcohol and drugs that he did before being locked up for 8 months... he is gone. Plus my grandmother just died and he was supposed to get the inheritance but because he is gone now me and my sister get it. It all hurts. And yes I'm drinking now.... like wtf I hate this world

[@DementedMusicEnt]

I'm subscribed to a lot of reactors and break down youtubers. But a lot don't seem to know the lady in the corner taking notes. Some say a Baby sitter, grandmother, a teacher, a therapist, a court person, etc. . . The one that makes sense to me the most is someone from CPS (Child Protective Services). Someone there seeing if his Mother is fit to raise children since NF's dad was abusive and his Mother took NF away from him, but she had her own demons with prescriptions so child protective services constantly had to watch and take notes.

[@dillonmayer5779]

It makes it even harder when you have had no relationship with your mom because she choose drugs while you were growing up and she passed away before you could make memories..

[@grammarpolice8543]

I despise my mother but my uncle I would probably go crazy If I lost him

[@michellelevert5128]

This is hands down one of the best reactions to this song I’ve seen. You gained a new sub in me..great job! I’m

[@PrometheusX9]

What if people knew that the fact that he would never be the person or expression of a person he is now if his mom would not have gone in this way. this is something humanity needs to reconcile. we have choosen why and when we are here. And most of us are here to gain positive polarity from all the suffering we see today. if you can meet it with love the world will be a better place than what it was when you left it. Even the most Evil of actions can be forgiven if you realize that we are all children of the same source.

[@adrianaturner6246]

He was in foster care because his mom was on drugs that means he was taken away just like I was and the lady in the corner taking notes was a social worker.

[@kkincheloe90]

My mom is still on earth but i never had her. So this song always stings. But i love it regardless.

[@thelegond4736]

If you wanna see a reaction video allow the creator to pause and try to comprehend the video bc that's there way to react.

[@Embur12]

Social services watching the mom with her kids taking notes...

[@ritafajita7082]

When he was young his mom lost custody because one of her boyfriend s beat him severely.

[@Icarusz.00]

This is one of the songs that made me really relate and like NF, I lost my mother at a early age, she lost a fight to cancer.

[@dusman7]

The woman in the corner was from child protective services. They visited their mom through supervised visits. If its any comfort, he has said in more recent interviews that he can empathize with what she went through and that he now forgives her.

[@mattross6227]

Keep doing you brother! The NF fam love you! #NFfam

[@Radhotshot]

Love the NF reactions. Can't wait to see your reaction of Returns. Soooo Good.

[@brayan-nv1pj]

please please listen to witt lowry- dreaming with our eyes open 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@TreysterMoon]

This song just hit different man....OOOO it hurts...

[@joanaowens2472]

The lady in the corner is a social worker supervised visit

[@elndrebatistuta5910]

dang i like this reaction.. keep up the good work!!

[@jerideaube9859]

It was CPS That they were dealing with.......

[@VeniVidiVici-OG]

i was holding the tears back but at the end it all spilled out

[@Sinistatnt]

I don't don't know what to comment because I cried through most of this but, keep going brother. This was great🙏🏽

[@alecsheedlo6751]

His first child was just born a week ago too 😥

[@angelcornell29]

Its sad that his mom will not meet his new born . He is a father now

[@Ampaof3]

This song is not the song to be smiling in the thumbnail 🤣

[@nomanhghjr5587]

This song holds a very special place in my heart 😭

[@hannakall3311]

❤️

[@TheMetal750]

Must have listened to this track 100 times, it never stops making me choke up. I didn't have a good upbringing this song brings alot back to my brain. I hate it yet love it. NF keeping it real much love

[@peggysoutherland1183]

social worker in the corner taking notes!

[@craigkaden350]

Tough song, I listen to it years ago and still every time I hear it I get chills like it's the first time hearing it. You should listen/watch "If You Want Love"