Rapper Reacts to Boyinaband FOR THE FIRST TIME!! | Don't Stay in School

[@KnoxHill]

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[@Deematic_Made_It]

We need the new Joyner and Hopsin reactions

[@tedlitschauer9061]

Hopsin -Rebirth Anything from Watsky Bliss and Eso

[@valefore82]

Asa Jake - Hi Token... KAAN - KAANCEPTS

[@simplycaz4221]

Devils work2 by Joyner , have been waiting for the whole day for ur breakdown

[@Deematic_Made_It]

Joyner Devils Work Hopsin Rebirth

[@spectrum4524]

No matter how many times I hear it, I love "Don't Stay in School." When I first heard this song, it reminded me of a conversation I had with my parents about their education. My mom went to an all-female school and two of the courses that were mandatory were sewing and cooking, which admittedly made me a very jealous guy due to how applicable they are compared to most of the courses I had to take.

[@samhilton4173]

I wish I knew how to iron and sew lol

[@WestGarbage6]

Cooking should be absolutely more common in schools, when I was in school, I was taking all the regular classes, science classes, american history, math, english, even art, but I never even had the OPTION for a cooking related class, which I would've greatly appreciated.

[@3xodus]

"I'm not dead" by him is a song that has most accurately described living life with depression and lack of motivation more than any song that I've ever heard, I highly recommend it.

[@HaraQuinn]

Do you recall this post he had made. I can’t for life of me remember where I heard him speak on it bc it wasn’t his own channel. But he had a vulnerable talk about that song and his MDD. And he said how just that one first like “I’m not dead” on the bed he reshot like 200 times. I just think it’s such a significant little detail truly showing how real that song was to him. How much pain he was in and trying to express it perfectly for us to understand. I don’t now. I always just found that little tid bit fascinating. I also wish him well as he’s going through another down currently. Much love 🤍 #mentalhealthawareness Dave shared something so vulnerable during a time it wasn’t as known to today.

[@ashessakura7518]

‘Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived’ is a rhyme taught in British primary schools for teaching how Henry VIII changed wives and for what reason, this is a rhyme touch to kids! I knew what beheading someone was at 8 and I remembered being horrified for days XD

[@crimsonking2874]

It’s good that you understood the message. Many people get hanged up on the “Don’t stay in school” thinking he’s telling people to drop out of school when really he’s saying useless subjects shouldn’t stay in school. I think people that can’t see that are part of the problem, they can’t think for themselves or see thinks further than two feet in-front of their faces.

[@shadowproductions969]

exactly.. full title should be 'it would be better if these useless subjects "don't stay in school"'

[@BloodKills]

​@@shadowproductions969 But that sounds stupid, sooooo

[@Lord_Itachi8758]

​@@shadowproductions969 if you can't understand the title from the video you're one of those people he's speaking on lmao

[@zoegartham312]

This. 100% this. They get hung up on "don't stay in school" because it's incendiary. Because it can become a "talking point" by one or both political parties to use against the other in an attempt to sway people to vote. And it, unfortunately, works... ironically, because we aren't taught in schools how to vote, what major issues exist in the world right now, and how to have empathy for fellow countrymen. I put the last part in there because it absolutely matters that what is good for person A in Chicago might not be good for person B in Dallas... or even person C, person A's neighbor across the hall of the apartment building they share. Politicians 'should' be cognizant of those issues and 'should' strive to acknowledge and accommodate them to the best of their ability, and we citizens 'should' be cognizant of the fact that they are theoretically trying their best to serve their constituents. Of course it doesn't work like that, but that is the idea.

[@xyex]

The thing is, those "useless subjects" are the point of school. School doesn't exist to be a kid's parent. It exists to impart the greater knowledge of humanity upon the individual. If you want parenting, talk to your parents.

[@CrippledMerc]

If I’m not mistaken, shortly after this went viral there were actually some schools who started asking the students what they wanted to learn about, they’d take a vote, then they would devote some class time to actually going over and teaching what the students voted for. It obviously wasn’t a ton of schools that did this, but I remember reading stories about it and thinking that was pretty neat. I know I would’ve enjoyed that back when I was in school.

[@HaraQuinn]

Yeah. He really tried to follow through with posts after this one went viral giving updates. They’re still on his channel. He’s so expressive and happy with the results it began having with dialogue and he goes over posts written.. ideas given etc etc. he really wanted this.

[@skipp3252]

I mean, thats a nice sentiment by those schools but ultimately that is never gonna work in the long run. What you would need is a complete revamp of the educational system and for that you first need the vast majority of the population to consider it a serious issue. I imagine something like extending highschool by a year and then moving scientific subjects to the last 2-3 years and replace them before that with manditory subjects about more practical things that everyone needs to apply in life. Then you might be able to graduate at 10th grade having learned all of that and it is your choice to continue into scientific education after that. Which I imagine most pupils would still end up doing, since thats where the money in potential future jobs is at, just like how many students go to college today anyways.

[@HaraQuinn]

@@skipp3252 well, go watch his videos covering the aftermath before coming in so hard. He chased this through about 7 update videos

[@oceanmythjormundgandr3891]

My social studies/History teacher did this in high school, he called the box "How to adult" and we got to put in paper slips of questions for him to answer. That is how we suddenly got the homework to just apply for some job and write a resume he helped us with. A short discussion on how to do well on a job interview. Then we got a fun task to look up houses and apartments that we could potentially afford with the job we were pursuing or dreaming of. Then he would give tips on what to look for when searching for a home. He would also bring in present-day issues from the news into the class so that we would know and understand what was going on. Then in sex ed in junior high our cooking-and-health teacher let us do something similar with anonymous questions and she would answer just about anything. But a large issue is also that we don´t know what we don´t know until it suddenly hits us. Like taxes. I didn´t know what I didn't know until I suddenly stood there and needed to know stuff.

[@CrippledMerc]

@@oceanmythjormundgandr3891 Oh that’s neat. My health teacher did the same thing with letting us write anonymous questions for her to answer. I had a teacher who would allow us free time to work on homework from other classes or allow us to read and stuff. He basically would let you do whatever you wanted as long as it was somewhat educational, like you couldn’t be playing games or watching movies on a handheld or anything like that, but almost anything else was fair game. Your last point is an important one though. Most kids at that age often wouldn’t know what questions they should ask even if they were given the opportunity to ask and learn about anything. I think that’s something, that being that you don’t even know what you don’t know, that you discover and come to realize with life experience. I know I didn’t properly realize and understand that until I was probably 20 or so. I knew that I was relatively smart, and that there was a lot that I still didn’t understand, but I didn’t know just how little I knew.

[@mikemorgan2832]

I'm pretty sure he was the voice of Harry Potter in ERB's Harry Potter vs Luke Skywalker

[@wolfie1796]

He was 100% the voice of Harry and that one was my favorite erb to date because of his talent.

[@mikemorgan2832]

@@wolfie1796 I thought so it's been a while since I saw that. So I want 100% sure

[@Kirby-vd7hw]

yes

[@HassleHoffer372]

“yes” - Kirby, 2023

[@johnvermette9466]

Yes he absolutely was!

[@yoshibear92]

That little rhyme about Henry's wives was what we were taught to remember the order of what happened. Very nostalgic for something I can't believe I still haven't forgotten, and don't think I ever will. I was a sophomore when this was released, and I remember this being the talk of almost everyone in school. It really showed us how much we didn't know about everyday life at that age in school.

[@RanRayu]

i love that calculator bar. because even if we forget phones, i had to carry one with me to school everyday because it was part of the basic package all kids were required to have, not because we needed it. and yet we were not allowed to use it because ''you're not gonna have a calculator with you everyday'', that illogical statement was one of the moments that made me realise i hated school. schools dont teach you to think, they teach you how to remember.

[@VaughanRoderick]

A basic philosophy course will teach you how to think. Schools are for conditioning your behavior.

[@nerddwarf]

"You're not gonna have a calculator with you every day" Fuck you. You don't know me. I'll carry one out of spite. Bitch-ass bitch. Thinking you can dictate my life. Eat a dick Mr. Teacher Man

[@RogueTheRabbit03]

Eh school did a pretty good job of making me think, why am I here

[@kaihiroku8495]

If you have too many things to remember, you end up forgetting how to think.

[@prometheanrebel3838]

I always say that schools are nothing more than glorified memory tests.

[@jmfreestuff73]

Dave from Boyinaband & DanBull had a short series they worked on together called "lyric or satiric" where they take 5 lines from a well known artist and create their own 5 lines. They would then each have to deduct which line is a lyric or if it's satiric. Well worth a watch.

[@doubler427]

I actually stumped my teacher. I asked why we weren’t learning a certain subject. She said not everybody wants to learn it. Then I asked why we were learning a different subject. She said some people want to learn it. So we learn a subject very few people want to learn over a subject most people want to learn. They aren’t teaching you to succeed, they are teaching you to fail.

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

The worst thing about this critique is that it’s not exposing unintended weaknesses in the system. It’s exposing intentional crippling of the average person so that they remain dependant on their “betters” to navigate the complexities of their world

[@CrippledMerc]

Dave is quite a talented rapper. This song isn’t exactly the best showcase of his talents and abilities, but I’m glad you were able to pick up on the more technical bits that he does incorporate at certain points. He’s done some excellent work in helping other KZbin creators make songs of their own, like TheOdd1sOut, Idubbz, Jaiden Animations, and PewDiePie. And he’s done awesome collabs on some interesting topics like Violent Bible Raps or video game raps with Dan Bull (who’s also another excellent rapper here on KZbin and I think you’ve reacted to him before but I could be misremembering).

[@dragex6582]

I enjoyed his collabs with Minx lol Not the most educational or serious topics, but they were fun. I didn't know he helped folks like Pewdiepie and Jaiden make their songs. That's really interesting!

[@Zachoff]

He's unfortunately also a serial abuser who repeatedly attempted to destroy several girlfriends' lives.

[@murasakinokami9882]

What was crazy to me when I first watched this, is that my school taught me all things he's talking about. And they were mandatory, so I had no reason to think other schools didn't teach them. Reading through the comments section on that video was eye opening. I realized I had one of the good schools, and yet looking back, it was still a soul draining experience.

[@michaelsearight5373]

I don’t know about you, but i was blessed enough to go to a private school which did teach these elements, and i am thankful for that. the downside to private schooling is that 1) they’re expensive and 2) they mostly catholic/christian and attempt to indoctrinate you into the catholic ways

[@LuanMower55]

​@@michaelsearight5373 I'm in a waldorf school right now in Brazil, but I don't pay (program that allows poorer students who can't afford R$4.500 a month to study there for free). And instead of catholic, they're socialist to a T. They really, really try, and often succeed, in convincing students that socialism/communism is the way forward (I'm not saying it isn't, I'm just saying historically it hasn't exactly worked too well in general). The time devoted to teaching us politics and theories about social equality and equity, from 130 years ago, is time lost not learning math, geography, portuguese, english, and especially actual history. So yeah, gleam what you may from this comment.

[@evelynhakyo2245]

@@LuanMower55 unfortunately I didn’t learn these things as well, so I can totally relate to all he said

[@lilykep]

I had an elective class in high school that taught me how to write a resume, balance a checkbook, make a budget, and pay taxes. It was called something like "school to work" but it's *crazy* that it was an elective class and not one that was mandatory.

[@hallieharvey4073]

We had one called “Life skills” and it was also an elective and depending on your classes you basically couldn’t take it if you weren’t in advanced placement and most people in advanced placement classes were trying to fit electives in that would help them get into colleges and it wasn’t something we could take time for because we needed things that looked better to college like Debate, computer science, sports, or things like yearbook that make you look like a good student or a socially active person because that’s what colleges want. I heard they ended up discontinuing the class a couple years after I graduated because not enough people were taking them.

[@laurasutton1551]

Same in my school it was also elective

[@jester1894]

This song is actually how I memorised the quadratic formula in high school. The method to remember it that my school gave me didn’t stick at all and I can’t remember it but this song made it so easy

[@Joryu.]

Same with me, unfortunately the exam had a "Formula sheet" so remembering the Quadratic Equation didn't actually help me in the end.

[@jeremiahbullfrog226]

I still remember fondly that one year in grade school when we learned cursive, and we were told that this would be the way we were gonna write from now on, and that was the first and last time we wrote in cursive outside of signing out names. As a 27 year old adult, my name is the only thing I can confidently write in cursive, and I still do it slowly, because I lost the muscle memory.

[@skaggigocharg06]

You're proving the point why we shouldn't teach just practical stuff in school. What's the norm today may not be the norm tomorrow. How to do you're taxes may change tomorrow and that knowledge you may have learned from school would be obsolete.

[@rimwell]

@@skaggigocharg06but you learn all the other stuff for what reason?

[@skaggigocharg06]

@@rimwell To know what you want later in life. If you're not exposed to old kings you may never know that your calling is to be a historian. But not ALL the other stuff...

[@tracksdodge4436]

@@skaggigocharg06 literally everything changes

[@xDarkTrinityx]

@@skaggigocharg06 Some things stay relatively the same. The recommended way to do CPR has changed since I was in high school, however you're still better off knowing the old way than not at all.(by that I mean they don't teach rescue breaths unless you have a rescue mask/breathing barrier) It also is your duty to yourself and people around you to keep learning things after you've left school for the exact reason that things change. To be fair, many don't do their own taxes anyways... but I don't think it would be obsolete. Doing my own taxes hasn't had any changes in last 10 years.

[@SchazmenRassir]

What's nice is that this song actually caused positive changes in some schools at the time. I don't know if they stuck or if it make anything bigger, but many teachers who didn't get caught up on the "But this is how it's always been!" or the title actually thought he made good points, and some were trying to get changes done in their schools.

[@curtisholman5365]

You have heard him rap before. He played Harry Potter in the epic rap, battle of history against Luke Skywalker.

[@weirdbunmi]

The Henry VIII commentary tells me you NEED to hear songs from SIX the Musical. As a history buff, you'd love their songs.

[@michaelinthebathroom7560]

YES. I'm especially interested in what his reaction to Sam Pauly's version of All You Wanna Do would be.

[@makaylahaverluk667]

Damn! never thought you'd do Boyinaband! If you wanna check out more of his I HIGHLY recommend "Empty", "Spectrum", "You Look Like a Girl", and his "Fast Rap"!

[@Dawesome97]

You look like a girl, spectrum, and I'm not Ok

[@ruskie8308]

Empty got taken down unfortunately due to his allegations, but there is a reupload up, still a phenomenal song

[@makaylahaverluk667]

@@ruskie8308 oh dang, I didn't noticed! That sucks.

[@bearpatrick9112]

I'd rather watch and listen to Harry mack, at least he isn't catching allegations

[@makaylahaverluk667]

@@bearpatrick9112 well no one is stopping you

[@michealbender7438]

The crazy part with the whole parenting thing is if people were taught about the work and commitment needed it probably do a better job of decreasing underage and/or unprotected sex. If you are only told not to, then it feels like they are keeping something from you instead of looking out for you.

[@DeJay7]

This song is absolutely phenomenal and excellent in production and writing all throughout, every word he spit is actually meaningful, it's incredible.

[@UndeadGuitarHero]

I love you mentioning Mental Health, we need to take the stigma away from talking about it. I learned in my 30s l, that I've been suffering with a form of ADHD, but I flew under the radar because I wasn't hyperactive or disruptive in school. It still messed up my life and if I would have had the help in my early teens, who knows. I could have found my passions a lot younger. I wouldn't be fighting twice as hard just to make a living. Keep on bringing light to this. Our school system is fucked, so is most of society. The system is broken and needs to be replaced. Boyinaband is great, check out some of his other stuff.

[@jamesmyles4540]

Im absolutely begging you to listen to im not dead by boyinaband, as someone with depression it was so good to hear my feelings put to words

[@reesenussbeck3529]

Whenever I hear the Henry the eighth bar, it takes me back to the musical SIX. It’s about Henry the eighth’s wives and it’s so good.

[@mattofficialstudios]

Never expected Knox Hill to react to this amazing song, but as usual, he delivered the picture perfect breakdown. This song is super ultimately underrated and deserves more credit if it hasn't already received it. Amazing react video!!

[@RockCandy718]

Now I want this guy to react to the Six musical. It’s got some bars, too.

[@mirandabee2323]

I'd LOVE a Six musical reaction!

[@michaelinthebathroom7560]

Agreed! I just saw it in Richmond, VA at the beginning of the month and it just made me even more obsessed with it! I'd definitely be curious to see how he would react to Sam Pauly's version of All You Wanna Do.

[@danielaabadia7490]

I remember watching this and thinking I DID learn all the things they never taught him. But later remembered I went to a private school and everything made sense. There's good education out there that balances all the "useless" things with practical skills, you just have to pay more for it. But you shouldn't have to :(

[@sanyadev97]

He has some fire rap songs alone and with Dan Bull. Also yeah, voice of Harry Potter in ERB.

[@Lordoftheapes79]

I think the best part of this story is that some schools did listen. For at least a year after this went viral, there were reports of schools having assemblies and altering curriculums to include some of this stuff and administrators and teachers actually sitting down and discussing these things with their students. He was just some frustrated bloke struggling to get by, but he made a difference.

[@bradyharrison76]

I would love to see you react to more boy in a band.He is very talented and every one of he's songs have deep meanings

[@InstrucTube]

All his stuff is great, "Fast Rap" is excellent, as is "Prince EA" . And something I've seen brought up before by others is "Well, he obviously just didn't do well in school." No, he actually did really well in his schooling, it's not because he didn't learn, it's because the information wasn't offered. I completely agree with him, btw. The subjects in the actual education system need overhauled. Some are important, some are definitely things everyone should have a basic understanding of, and some are very much "elective". As soon as I left high school I learned that I knew pretty much nothing useful that I didn't learn at home from my own family. Cook, clean, sew, repair things, job applications, money, taxes, I could go on. All from the family, not from school. But I can write you a mean research paper on what I think should change, and my citations will be impeccable. :P

[@odysseyfire2220]

I do agree that the school should teach some things he mention, but also your parents are there to teach you as well. I think the education system and parents need to figure who teaches what. The education system cant teach everything

[@zakl940]

@@odysseyfire2220 a lot of kids have shitty or inept parents, are we dooming them to a subpar education because schools won’t teach things that actually matter?

[@theneekofficial8829]

@@odysseyfire2220rip the orphans or people without parents. guess they won’t learn the shit parents are meant to teach

[@LovesEmbracce]

@@odysseyfire2220 Then school doesn't need to occupy your entire day as a student. Especially in high school depending on your teachers, you can literally spend not just the 8 hour school day focused on school but almost all of your time at home on homework, projects or still at school doing extra curriculars like sports or other groups. For example, my high school career was relatively relaxed so I had weekends free at least but weekdays were almost totally consumed with school work except maybe 3 hours or so of the day to myself and I didn't participate in any extra curriculars. One of the kids I work with is an athlete and her coach makes them practice almost every day after school including every Saturday and even assigns 'homework' where they're expected to do drills at home on their own xD

[@itsmeshteve]

"Don't Stay in School" was used in school board/district meetings as a reason to update the curriculum in schools around my area when it started making the rounds.

[@SilverFlame819]

What in the world. I've recommended this to like a thousand people over the years. It's interesting how, even with the collective consciousness that is the internet, we all still discover things at different times.

[@scottwatson9453]

I'm happy I watch your reactions or I wouldn't know about this guy, and I love how you pick it apart and analyze it so well!

[@hoodlum4511]

Since you know about the guy. Do you also know he's a pedo too?

[@scottwatson9453]

@@hoodlum4511 Well, I went in blind. I just thought the song was informative and I liked it, I've done a little research since but I can't find anything on him being charged and in prison now.. What's up with that?

[@HaraQuinn]

@@scottwatson9453 exactly. Slandering 15 year olds who never made terminally online more real in my life. Dave has literally been character assassinated while hes been on a mental hiatus for like 3-4 years.. convenient timing for tea channels to dig up a decade old flimsy nonsense, white knighting ghosts, for ad revenue. It’s disgusting.

[@DavidRomigJr]

I like the follow up video Reacting to Don’t Stay in School Hate Comments. You get to hear just how intelligent he is by how he handles questions.

[@NoExistence404]

Glad to know you’re introduced to David bro, he was the one that voiced Harry Potter in the ERB lol

[@noggyplays2822]

controversy or not, hes still got some great music.

[@christianhowell3140]

Which controversy are you referring to? The grooming allegations?

[@secret-fbi-man]

@@christianhowell3140 he's a pedophile and serial rapist

[@HaraQuinn]

@@TheBeanMan77 you’re not funny.. keep partaking in slanderous cancel vulturing, destroying an OG creators 12 year YTbers life on hearsay. Never had that happen before. Keep white knighting ghosts.

[@HaraQuinn]

@@TheBeanMan77receipts exactly why? She also immediately deleted her collab with carson despite being very similar nonsense. Shes a coward. Im a DGGer and Destiny went into this nonsense live for less than an hour and debunked it. Search it. Try looking for actual reputtable sources before character assassinating a depressed guy.

[@christianhowell3140]

@@secret-fbi-man ey you forgot "allegedly", don't wanna get sued for defamation

[@aleksandargeorgiev4903]

He is the voice of Harry Potter in ERBs Harry Potter vs Luke Skywalker

[@Dev_Soren]

Been waiting SO LONG for this one to get the Knox treatment

[@ExarchGaming]

i'm kinda happy to see most people not falling for the anonymous teardown that destroyed dave's reputation. in which the anonymous account on reddit deleted their post, and disappeared in to the ether, with zero evidence ever being posted.

[@averageproblem]

Yeah this guy makes some good points. You need to check out his fast rap vids!

[@My_Lyfe]

Don’t worry guys, he was never taught what laws there are

[@-itserinaye-6588]

Was looking for this comment

[@TheLPcollector]

you may recognise boyinaband from his voice role of Harry Potter in the Luke Skywalker VS Harry Potter ERB

[@richtyty9416]

BTW that little part he said in a different language was "But I know a little bit of French" in French

[@zoophe7606]

I had a feeling that you'd understand what Dave was trying to say in this video/song. A decent amount of people just look at the title and ignore anything that is said in it. Great video. Also. I recommend checking out 'The Stupendium' if you haven't already. I think you'd find his music very enjoyable. His rapping is insanely good. Honestly all tracks are fantastic so pick whichever title grabs your attention. 'Open The Sky' is a really good one. Much love.

[@oneboreddad1019]

Ah wow, surprised this was a first listen, a very iconic song and very real lyrics!

[@ToasterVirus_]

He was never taught what laws there are 😂😂😂

[@HaraQuinn]

@@ToasterVirus_ neither were you, apparently. Reeducate yourself on slander and defamation for reinforcing a rumor from a decade ago which not had 0 evidence, but the toxic people posting the letter, deleted it without offering a shred of not just evidence, but even a person to white knight for. Not to mention, even if your mythical world held merit, age of consent in the UK is 16. So… what law didnt he supposedly know? Bc youre the one looking ignorant.

[@AndrewTraver]

I honestly added this to my faves to watch later, and i was all like "oh, he's a Rapper, i know he'll like Dave's flow and that's about it." But it's actually cool that you're breaking it down and really talking about the points

[@sarahk1609]

This song is actually how I remember the quadratic formula

[@riddlesyndicate2962]

Have you heard of Six the Musical? I feel like with your love of that Rhyme might be a show to check it's staged as a concert for the band Six, the Six wives of Henry the VIII

[@riddlesyndicate2962]

fun tip, look up green sleeves and see if without looking you can find the tune :)

[@michaelinthebathroom7560]

I definitely want to know what his reaction to Sam Pauly's version of All You Wanna Do would be!

[@ruskie8308]

Oh wow, never thought you'd do Boyinaband, he's got some controversy around him ish, there's pretty much no real evidence, and to me personally just seems like mods of his reddit went on a power trip and made a shitty story with no pictures, names, screenshots or anything else other than hearsay, but yeah, some controversy anyway. He has plenty of songs in addition to this which would be fun to hear your thoughts on! Keep up the good work Knox I highly, highly recommend his song Spectrum

[@sinisterplank3113]

Nice. I love boyinaband. This song is so eloquent.

[@thewizard-edits]

Knox: “Why didn’t I know divorced beheaded died divorced beheaded survived rhyme??” SIX: “Allow us to introduce ourselves.”

[@KaiLucasZachary]

The Scale of the Universe (the spoken version) and My Arm is Timeline are also really good pieces by Boyinaband. If you're into history stuff, My Arm is a Timeline might be the better place to start.

[@tranquillreflection]

Love Boyinaband's stuff! Please react to more of his raps.

[@AidanSludge]

react to his jail sentence

[@HaraQuinn]

@@AidanSludge like Kwites, right? Get a life

[@LewDawn]

as another brit, i can tell you "divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived" is actually how we were taught to remember that. why did we need to have a special way to remember that? WHO KNOWS?!

[@bphater31]

I'm surprised that you haven't watched this video before. Great reaction. FYI he voice as Harry in ERB Harry Potter vs luke sky Walker.

[@pink_alligator]

Do more Dave please! he IS a rapper and I'm absolutely sure you'll love most of the other things he's done, many are centered around mental health. He's done a lot of collabs as well

[@pink_alligator]

Dave is Boyinaband btw

[@HaraQuinn]

@@pink_alligator lol i found this clarification too cute bc it made me realize how ive been calling him just dave myself throughout the comments. And i agree, Im Not Dead, Limelight, even his more thought out call out of Prince EA on his ignorance of what real depression is + disstrack.. he’s really pushed himself to spread awareness whilst in it himself 🤍

[@murder13love]

This video is so old now but... nothing has changed, that's depressing!

[@TifaAnnTheEmpressJourney]

This song is brilliant Thanks knox I never heard this one before I'm happy that the future generations gets this and will certainly implement the changes nessasary 😊

[@alexanderwiles2003]

fun little thing but the divorce, beheaded, died, divorced beheaded, survived thing is from a show called horrible histories that alot of british kids watch that is 100 percent accurate and full of songs spanning different genres

[@KaiLucasZachary]

"You look like a girl" is also a pretty good one from Boyinaband too.

[@vitamenecavit]

I came to your channel because of you Ren reactions. I subscribed because of your great analyses, your vast background knowledge, your openness and the overall quality of your reactions. You already talked about the "mental health" part of this video. I highly recommend going deeper into Boyinaband as well, especially regarding this topic! Here are some videos I'd recommend for that. David (the guy from Boyinaband) has a long history of struggling with mental health himself, and that is one reason he uploads videos to youtube very irregularly. After a long hiatus he posed his song "I'm Not Dead." which is both hitting hard with the lyrics and musically. "I'm not dead." kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpzJfmCLgJp1na8 He also has videos, in which he collaborated with other youtubers. What I love about these is that they are accompanied by a second video describing the production process and explaining the thoughts that went into them, giving them some context: Topic: Anorexia Song: ft. JaidenAnimations "Empty" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eICspZh7it2sgK8&ab_channel=VariousStuff (the original video is not available anymore, this is a reuplad) BTS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roOWmaWQiJeWZqM&ab_channel=Boyinaband Topic: (more vaguely) existential dread Song: ft. TheOdd1sOut "Life is Fun" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXLFkJV5qbCojsk&ab_channel=TheOdd1sOut BTS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqK9hIlrqKuYkKs&ab_channel=Boyinaband Edit: No idea why I didn't think of this before! Especially from an analytical standpoint interesting might be a series he did with Dan Bull (also a great and technical british rapper btw). It's called "lyric or satiric". For each video they choose one famous rap artist, and they present each other 10 lines. 5 of those are from songs of those artists, 5 are made up by them in the style of those artists. and the other one has to guess which ones are which. it's hillarious. (for some reason I can't find the link to the first episode, so I give you a random one [it's ep 8]): kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ-xZpabl7tmm7c&ab_channel=Boyinaband aaaand one with more actual rapping. you said you saw potential for more technical rapping. Well, that's this one. I think from a musical/technical point of view this one (next to maybe "I'm not dead.") might be the most interesting to you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6K2o6mqaNienbM

[@HaraQuinn]

Not to mention his more thought out commentary + disstrack on Prince EA and his ignorance of what Real depression is, esp as someone with MDD himself. I left this elsewhere, but he talked about shooting Im Not Dead on someones channel.. i cant recall whos for the life of me.. but he said he reshot just the first line “Im not dead” on his bed like 200 times bc he said he was so low at the time and really wanted it to be conveyed vocally.. not a Fun Fact, more Sad Fact.. but also very tragically raw to know bc i feel it speaks volumes how important the song clearly was for him to get out.. esp with that remarkably beautiful ending screaming “I DONT WANT TO STOP!”… was probably so cathartic for him to scream. 🤍

[@dhwriter0724]

He is awesome. His lines in Pewdiepie's "Congratulations" are fire too ❤

[@fizzycolalizzie]

"divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived" is the mnemonic we're taught lol he didn't come up with that specific phrasing but it's a really good use of it

[@TheNaughtySenpai]

10:41 - as someone who has lived with depression, generalized anxiety, and Social Anxiety; my default response to people saying "buck up bud" is "oh my god, I cant believe I never thought to try that!"

[@theleastvalid]

It's really great seeing you react to his music. I haven't really seen any videos of him for a couple years, following his departure from his KZbin channel and this just reminded me of his brilliance. Glad you liked his music.

[@blufferfish0896]

Afaik, he left because certain… allegations were made against him

[@adamizham3319]

Probably because of the allegations of him being a predator

[@ruskie8308]

@@blufferfish0896 Nah, he left far, far before that, allegations are about 5 months old, he hasn't been online for like 2 years or so

[@HaraQuinn]

@@adamizham3319 which was written by anonymous promising evidence shich they never gave and deleted the post. White knighting cancel culture ghosts much? Grow up

[@KaiLucasZachary]

love how you said you can spell "hello" on a calculator cuz we all know where that joke usually goes lol

[@misteruncanny]

4:10 I'm pretty sure that's a reference to "SIX" a musical that tells the tales of Henry the XIII's six wives. The opening number phrases it in the same way "Divorced, Beheaded, Died. Divorced, Beheaded, Survived." (And then, of course, they continue with "But just for you tonight, we are divorced, beheaded, live!")

[@tracymcgill66]

Not a reference. If anything the person who made six probably was inspired to make a musical. (this song was about two years before six)

[@misteruncanny]

@@tracymcgill66 oh dang Interesting

[@HaienTwitch]

I have almost every word in the alphabet when it comes to learning disabilities. I hated school. I would HATE that I wrote a paper worthy of good grades, but would be down graded one grade on every paper I handed in because of dyslexia. Math was basically a different language to me because I have number blindness or Dyscalculia. I was born in 1987 so my teachers knew nothing of ADD, Dyslexia and Dyscalculia. I hate that school made me feel stupid when I am really smart as long as it is something that I have an interest in. I was finally diagnosed with everything I have in junior high and high school, but by that point it felt like the ship had sailed since I was so far behind in some subjects. I finally got some small study aid after being diagnosed. I got a laptop so I could write normal, fast and with spell check and I had one hour longer on test and exams but by that point I had almost given up on school. I failed math and nature science the last year of high school. I have NEVER had to show my grades to get any kind of work so I honestly don`t know why that would have such a "huge" impact on where I would end up in life when it really did not. I speak 4 languages and can read 3. I just wish that you could have a bigger saying when going to school. I would not mind saying super early in my school years "you know this subject is just not for me. I can learn the basics but can I take away math and use those hours in a subject that I am interested in and want to advance in and put more time into?" It should be more streamlined into what you the student want to focus on and put time into. Like practical stuff and life stuff like he said.

[@HaraQuinn]

As a therapist who also has a diagnosed personality disorder a lifetime, but officially 12 years.. i relate a ton. Actually became the reason i went into psychology bc i wanted to understand MYSELF more since no one else had properly cared or tried to despite my clear symptoms resembling yours and few other tics. Having now finished my masters.. ive honed in on alternative schooling more than becoming a therapist bc being an actual therapist was never something that interested me.. but i have this strong affinity for children and wanting to “fix” the ways teachers teach.. ie, how theres several major types of diff learners.. visual, hearing, touching etc. i dont know if youve ever come across Waldorf Schooling.. its a more psychologically based type of school where children are taught using a completely different curriculum which touches on all forms of learning bc its more personal, kids keep the same teacher for every 4 years building better rapport so they can feel more comfortable coming forward with any issues they might have. Or vice versa, teachers become better equipped with recognizing if a student seems to be going through something, or having some sort of disability that might require more attention. Its a really great model and often said to be the future of education. Fingers crossed. The other cool thing they do is having the curriculum parallel the age of childrens biggest strengths. For instance, before age 7, the most focused areas of teaching is communication, teaching children how to get along and resolve disputes bc thats the time kids obv begin learning behaviours that will follow the rest of their lives. So its a bit like preventative teaching in behaviour before kids learn how to cope in unhealthy ways like shutting down or fighting. Another major thing before 7 is Creation/Imagination.. so arts and music bc thats the age range kids develop their fine motor skills. So its more important to focus on stimulating that part of the brain thats already naturally growing rather than their multiplication tables, for instance. I hope this makes sense bc im writing middle of the night, lol. But yeah, Waldorf Schools.. theyre pretty readily available in Europe, but in the US they are pretty expensive since its technically private school. Hopefully it begins to leak into all curriculums bc everything ive deep dove into seems to cover the issues we both went through.. 🤍

[@patchesm]

This is what they call "really bad timing"

[@jordangabrielle9261]

Oh for real lmao

[@HaraQuinn]

And these comments “really self reporting as sheep”.. try doing some research, daves done nothing.

[@Frostbite08]

Here's another thing you should have learned in school: Innocent until proven guilty.

[@roygeerts1706]

Because...?

[@jamgrowell1482]

Boyinaband - I'm not dead (I would love to see what you make of this one, I've watched don't stay in school to death and you still point out things I didn't notice) :-)

[@CircuitReborn]

Its amazing how accurate this video is now. Now we have schools where graduates cant even do basic math.

[@secret-fbi-man]

Just wait till he reacts to what the lead singer did

[@HaraQuinn]

He made a successful career. Did you look into Destiny?

[@alexs.5871]

@@HaraQuinn whataboutisms are cheap af and do nothing to contribute to constructive discourse.

[@darkmond8680]

First Dave is innocent Always enjoy your breakdowns knocks keep it up

[@Jar_Jar_Twinks]

yeah he was innocent because he was never taught what laws there are! he didn't know it was illegal

[@ruskie8308]

@@Jar_Jar_Twinks Hilarious, such an original comment

[@Jar_Jar_Twinks]

@@ruskie8308 damn we aint even allowed to call out creeps anymore because it's "unoriginal" 😭😭

[@ruskie8308]

@@Jar_Jar_Twinks There wasn't even any evidence, tf? Mention things that isn't hearsay and yeah, fair enough, but there's literally none of that, just that his friend dislikes him

[@darkmond8680]

@@Jar_Jar_Twinks clearly you don't know the laws of England

[@blainke2149]

Our school has actually taken some really good steps into improving the things he talks about in this video. First aid classes, mental health classes, and a class your junior and senior year that goes over taxes, how to make resumes, how to manage your money, and how to trade stocks. There was also a sex ed class that went beyond "just don't have sex and you won't have a kid" but some people still don't care because every year someone in high school gets pregnant. I'm not sure how common this change is across the world, but I'm glad our school changed

[@darkermatter125.35]

In school, where at least one friend and I were suicidal, we didn't learn about mental health, but we were taught that suicide would send us to hell. We were told bullying was wrong, but we aren't taught about the medical problems, systemic societal failures, familial problems, struggles with identity, ect. that can lead to the things that people are bullied for that could lead to a better understanding of one another so that bullying could be reduced. We learn about ancient history, but we don't learn about recent geopolitical conflicts that could influence our political ideology. We learn about the cold war and world war 2 but we don't learn about fascism or authoritarianism or what communism or socialism or capitalism are and the differences that lead to all of the different tensions so that we could just be fed whatever propaganda they want to scare us, and if they do something that is similar to what we fought against (like mass surveillance that was exposed by snowden) we wouldn't be all that upset. We weren't taught about colonialism and imperialism to understand the motivations behind a lot of immigration, so that immigrants could be demonised. We are not taught actual black history, or indigenous history, or the history of any minorities to understand the flaws in the justice system or to develop empathy through understanding. Racism is a learned behavior. We aren't taught the reality of the military, especially in the US, so it is easier to draft people directly out of high school. Another issue is tbe extremely underpaid teachers. If they were paid more. I am a tutor in math and physics, and because teachers are so poorly paid, a lot of teachers who teach those subjects are not trained to teach those topics at the higher levels, because that requires taking more college courses. This leads to a lot of kids who want to pursue fields that require math, especially, to not go for it because it seems impossible. Tutoring I can easily change Cs into As. We cut funding to the arts. We don't provide anything for people who want to learn basic stuff like how to fix a car, actual first aid, how to cook, ect. But a state is literally passing a child labor law and presenting it as a "learning opportunity," but it is in dangerous stuff like demolition, which is dangerous for both the children and the other workers. The US is so unbelievably fucked up.

[@TheMusicjunkie5]

Fun fact, this isn't the first time you've heard him! He was Harry Potter in the Harry Potter vs Luke Skywalker ERB

[@MOTIVEinc316]

I guess he really wasn't taught what laws there were.

[@jaycee1631]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@tam6213]

LMAOOO

[@cisarovnajosefina4525]

Jail is just a place

[@AIJoe666]

So is there grooming allegations against him or something?

[@Karbonix]

@@AIJoe666 I think that’s what it was

[@dragonwaz]

There's a Musical called Six about Henry the 8th ex-wives that uses that rhyme too. It's got a lot of good songs.

[@JRHainsworth]

"I was never taught what laws there are" is a line that definitely makes more sense now.

[@tnc7399]

The allegations were proven to be iffy if they are even remotely true

[@HaraQuinn]

It does. Go take a class on slander.

[@ZaFallenAngelVT]

If I remember correctly he did Harry Potter's voice on ERB (Harry Potter vs Luke Skywalker). So he can definitely rap

[@EiferBrennan]

You should react to his song Spectrum.

[@dormishaeli]

YES

[@ErzengelDesLichtes]

9:45 “If i put certain numbers in my TI-83 and flip it upside-down I can spell ‘hELLO’” That’s not what I thought you were going to spell. 😂

[@walkorion2280]

@KonxHill 5:58 - I believe it is a percussion instrument called Castanets, also known as clackers or palillos. From what I know it is mainly used in spanish song

[@FlygonFactory]

Unfortunately this guy was never taught what laws there are

[@GabrielTheTyper]

Oh no

[@FredbonFilms]

HE DOESN'T KNOW

[@johndoe39322]

He was never taught what laws there are

[@RyuUrami]

The "modern" education system was training people to work in factories. Turn up on time, follow instructions, when bell sounds go to lunch. next bell return to work.

[@nathanroman6566]

Hey man. I just want you to understand… That you’re still slept on. You don’t get the credit you deserve. You bust your ass, you make quality content, AND you create ?!?! My dude… You’re a legend. In the making. Please just believe it more than you currently do.

[@Fantazy1028]

Didn't Boyinaband get exposed for some pretty nasty shit? Am I misremembering?

[@JRHainsworth]

Yes, he did.

[@HaraQuinn]

@@JRHainsworth no, he wasnt. He was slandered from some unsubstantiated, deleted nonsense from 10 xears ago. The only reason you even know abt it is bc it was screenshot. The anonymous redditors accusing him, promising proof.. flaked and deleted everything the moment people realized they had nothing. Theres no victim, no allegations, not a single person out of this supposed group of girls, with EVERY identifiable thing erased, INCLUDING, even daves name. Anyone couldve written that bs bc thats all it was. A reddit post of lies without a single piece of provable evidence. Look up Destiny goes over Boyinaband Allegations and watch someone with actual realistic morals debunk it.. not a tea channel. Reminder, from TEN YEARS AGO.

[@SilverFlame819]

It's been years, and there has still never been any proof. Just some shit talking.

[@MastersApprentices]

Hmmm, he was outed as an abuser by many women, including underaged girls. Not a good look to have this on your channel dude.

[@LongandWeirdName]

Proof, please.

[@HaraQuinn]

Dubunked. Please relearn laws on slander.

[@nanna4673]

Since we're on the topic of Henry the eighth, you should totally check out the musical Six

[@WarPoodle-pc5wu]

Henry VIII: ima make my own church! With blackjack and hooked! 🧐

[@888records]

That divorced beheaded and died, divorced beheaded, survived is something that even I was thought in Belgium

[@connermcintosh4322]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO DO THIS SONG FOR LIKE A YEAR

[@spectrickx1678]

Dave is just an amazing creator, I can't hate him.

[@danitheuerkauf7095]

I heard this a long time ago. Love it.

[@brockryan6483]

I forget which ones it was but boyinband has featured on epic rap battles of history in the past as well.

[@patrickhector]

For something a little more lighthearted from him, check out "pointless rap", one of my favourites

[@HaraQuinn]

Pointless rap is prob one of my fave ones, lol. Thev videos are also so epic. Same with “Fast Rap” (i think that was the other one with the similar video).. but yeah, great tracks.. another comically underrated one, the Gollum Rap.. lol