First Time Reaction to Ren - Illest Of Our Time

[@tonywalsh6054]

Great to see you back reacting bro.

[@MissMeKate]

Something that I might help you monetise is that Ren, Sam Tompkins, Chinchilla, The Big Push, and a few other artists actually welcome reactions and will dismiss all copyright claims once you appeal them. The claims are often automatic but they want reactors to be able to monetise so they will always clear any claims once they are made aware of them. It gives you a pool of music to draw upon that you can be confident will not be demonetised completely.

[@patroden]

thank you for the tip!

[@barefootalien]

I really like your analysis of what each verse is doing. Everyone talks about what a genius artist he is, how great a lyricist, a composer, a performer... but he's also a brilliant _marketer,_ pushing out a mix of truly profound Bardcore stuff, approachable melodic stuff, hard-hitting brag-rap, and more... something for everything, including a couple of smashing radio hits, contrary to his claim that he doesn't write hooks in Hi Ren (check out Murderer. Radio hooks for days!) One thing you didn't mention that was striking to me is how in the air raid siren verse "Pull up, pull up, pull up, pull up to the place" Ren placed himself in two very different groups, as an anchor/leader of _both._ The animal-masked people, who are maybe sort of other 'nerds', furries, maybe the mentally ill, the disenfranchised... and then the other group of thugs and athletes. Ren is in _both_ groups. Does he see himself as a man of _all_ people, against the system but not the people in it? 🤔

[@aaronhommel4615]

Another great reaction. THANKS!!!!

[@pirada74]

🔥🔥🔥

[@pinkyndebrain4578]

Ren posted how he found the place to film - dodgy place, perfect! Find it, Ren is SO good with that bit of storytelling…

[@barefootalien]

I also believe, based on the lyric "A kiddy called Screech, on the streets, I'm a masochist," that Screech may have been Ren's actual nickname as a kid. If it is, then it's _very_ interesting to me that he used that same name for the character in the Tale of Jenny and Screech (and Violet). Maybe an implication that if things had gone a little differently for him, he could see himself having met such a fate?

[@lenechristiansen2663]

Glad to see you back again. And just like Ron_NL said, Ren has left it open to everyone´s interpretation what it is about that pig mask. I find it a little difficult to understand rap, but seeing it through your and other reactors eyes helps a lot. If you havn´t seen Animal flow yet, and want to do a reaction, be aware that there are 2 versions of it. I would advise you to go for the original version first, and after that the live acoustic version. Both super well done, and so different. Good to see you back. Lots of love ❤️ from Denmark. Lene61/🇩🇰

[@jeffreywhitehead9386]

I'm enjoying your reactions/comments and have subscribed. Also I like the way you genuinely talk about your product placement as I chose not to skip and indeed learnt about MEGA. Money Game, and, Money Game part 2. Watched them again last night and the more I come back and watch Money Game, the more I am blown away. Ren and all the people he's working with are changing our lives.

[@patroden]

Wow, thank you for your kind words! I'm glad to have you on board!

[@RonNL70]

Great reaction 👍 You might want to check out Sick Boi, it mabe shed some more light on the meaning of the Pig mask. It's open for interpretation 😉 Also check out his band The Big Push - Shot the Sheriff/Zion/Hip Hop

[@patroden]

Thank you! I will check them out!

[@barefootalien]

The pig is in almost every Ren video, often with many other animal masks. He won't say what it means to him, though... he says that the meaning of his music and the symbolism in his videos is what _you_ interpret it, the message you _receive,_ rather than the message he sends. A true artist. ;) I believe it represents a person wholly consumed by the "money game"... whether it's a straight-up mercenary in Murderer, the butcher in Animal Game, the psych nurse/butcher in Hi Ren, the therapist, music industry executive in Sick Boi, and so on. People who are superficially just about the money, caricaturized to eliminate all other aspects to simplify the interpretation for people.

[@barefootalien]

Yeah, as others say, Ren allows monetization. He splits it with reactors 50/50 with a 50% claim.

[@MrKopi79]

I've never heard of that band. And I hope I will never hear again. I just watched because you posted a video for a long time. There was nothing really left about this. 🐷 perhaps the best thing about the whole video. There is also good rap/hip hop music but this was really horrible🤔