Instantly caught my attention when this song started. Very powerful song and much needed! Crazy duo with these two! Comment, Like and Subscribe! Get those notifications on!
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@nthebushes10 ай бұрын
Ren describes Chinchilla as his musical sibling, his "sister from another mister." This song is beautiful and haunting. Great reaction!
@piwaka5010 ай бұрын
This is another great tribute by Ren for his childhood friend Joe Hughes who gave up the fight on the Menai Bridge late at night at age 19. Joe had been suffering from depression and I believe this is written as a take on Joe's perspective leading to that fateful night. Another genuine reaction to a beautiful haunting song delivered by Ren & Chinchilla. Congrats on bringing a precious life into the world. Cherish that gift. Kia kaha from NZ
@CaseyStuht10 ай бұрын
My interpretation: As a soldier who has lost quite a few brothers and sisters to suicide this song perfectly hits the feelings of those of us left behind. The survivor's guilt and sadness you feel after losing people in this way, you forget how to be yourself. When you feel happy you feel guilty for being happy, when you think about them you feel loss, sadness, and guilt for not knowing they needed you and not being there. You constantly think about what signs did you miss, why didn't you call or see them in the last few days, why are you okay when they are gone, why did you make it back from war to lose them this way.
@docdurdin10 ай бұрын
To understand better you need to see the song, FOR JOE, by Ren. Ren said, when he writes it is for you to interpret what it means for you.
@seancallahan666110 ай бұрын
What this song means to me is that the bruises on the wall and the bodies in the floor are past mistakes and how hard it is to escape and forgive yourself.
@dillonpatterson4310Ай бұрын
I always thought of it as a metaphor for his mental state. The bruises on the wall and bodies in the floor. Like your current pains and your old regrets buried deep.
@anonymishap10 ай бұрын
Damn when you said it can be harder to find yourself after you loose the person you looked up to, that hit me hard. Bloody got my eyes leaking 😭 Too accurate 😔
@ellavarnes239210 ай бұрын
I get chills everytime I hear this track. Their voices are absolutely perfect together! Thanks for the reaction! You gotta check out Ren's band The big Push: I shot the sheriff/road to Zion/hip hop. It's a melody of those 3 songs live on the streets of Brighton, England.
@markpankratz302310 ай бұрын
Yeah there’s still a whole part of Ren he doesn’t know
@mariecharles87810 ай бұрын
DJ Ren to me is suffering from survivor's guilt from losing his best friend Joe on top of having Lyme's Disease and being misdiagnosed for years which brought on Depression and Phsycotic episodes and he's not remembering who he was before all this happened to him. Powerful song ❤❤ Chinchilla did her thing and RIP Joe 😢😢 anyone going through this my prayers are with you. Great reaction
@Codex777710 ай бұрын
DJ Ren is a completely different person. It's just 'Ren'...
@redangel16910 ай бұрын
Their vocals together are just impeccable
@DRichOfficial10 ай бұрын
It’s an insane duo🔥🔥
@StormySunshine10 ай бұрын
Amazing vocals! If you haven't heard 'Chalk Outlines' (LIVE), you should check it out. They are awesome together.
@CurvyGirlGiggles10 ай бұрын
You really do need to hear Chalk Outlines
@markholliday639510 ай бұрын
I would say that your interpretation is just as valid as anyone else’s, even Ren’s. He himself has said that once a work is out in the world it takes on a life of its own. It is the listener or observer who brings the meaning they need for themselves at the time. Great reaction and I love the merch idea!
@ElleScamp10 ай бұрын
Yep, they are perfect together, and this song and performance can still give me chills or bring me to tears depending on mood. (Warning you right now - Chinchilla will be dropping a new song soon. You might also want to start checking out her older catalog. Fingers (live) is a good place to start 🙂). Thanks for the reaction and congrats on the baby girl! ❤
@user-lt5om6nh8b10 ай бұрын
Ren refers to Chinchilla as his musical sibling . They are amazing together , you should check her solo stuff she is a BEAST in her own right.
@jwarrior85210 ай бұрын
great analysis of the lyrics brother! Can't wait for Chinchilla's "Fingers" live!!! No way we can prepare you for that.
@jasonstewart399610 ай бұрын
Nah bro you nailed it. This is a song he wrote about his friend dying. Great I sight without even knowing the context. Also if you like harmonies you should check out Ren and the big push doing their song The Swan Song
@Tommy-12310 ай бұрын
I feel their voices in my bones
@reactivereplays566610 ай бұрын
"I don't feel safe in my bed voices in my head talking to the dead. Fear and Sin follow me. Over the Valleys and hills below... Back home. It suffocates me...Wish I could get out of this tomb (Joe's own mind)". Ren wrote this from Joe's perspective. At the end Ren breaks the 4th wall to tell the story and talks to Joe directly, " When he gave up the fight; decision late in the night. Stuck with me all of my life. I miss you so..."
@christerfurberg653810 ай бұрын
You need to check our Ren's Love Music, parts 1-4. They are more happy and positive, about the joy of music. And OK, I'll warn you, the rapping gets kind of crazy, especially in part 4 :)
@JonNo8610 ай бұрын
"Why Didn't You Warn Me?" That would FIRE for merch! Fits you super well, and it's one of those conversation starters too! Glad you get to see a different side to Ren, most people don't focus on it or don't care. What I think is amazing, and I really think some people are going to hate, is that Ren said he doesn't consider himself a Rapper or even a Rap Artist, but a songwriter period. He said his next album after Sick Boi is almost done and it's going to be almost a complete opposite. He said the next album will be mostly singing, very little rapping, and all the instruments will be him performing them since he plays like 6 different instruments. No beat production, no auto-tune, etc. He said the entire album is going to sound like this song and Chalk Outlines and he wants to make a "timeless" songwriter album. He said he wants someone new to pick up the album, play it, and not be able to determine what decade it's from. I think his versatility is what makes him so unique.
@WelshAmethystGirl08710 ай бұрын
This is one of my fav ren songs for feels and just pure excellence, another one of my fav is his single freckled angels written for joe. The more you learn about joe the more some of the songs will hit you
@TobiiRheaStarr10 ай бұрын
I love this song. I’m not religious, I’m actually pagan but the hallelujah part brings me to tears 😢 they have an amazing chemistry! Ren song list Here’s a list to get you going (I know you’ve seen a few) 🖤 Rap type The hunger Illest of our time Power Losing it Genesis (also the acoustic one) Sick boi Animal flow (also the acoustic) What you want (beastie boys homage) Murderer Masochist Bardcore The tale of Jenny and screech (full) Hi Ren MoneyGame part 1 MoneyGame part 2 Singing ones Chalk outlines (live) How to be me (live) Humble Ocean Fire Funny 1990s (watch the video one) Love music Love music part 2 Love music part 3 Love music part 4 Down on the beat Dear God Depression Insomnia Ren&Sam Tompkins- what went wrong 1&2 Loads of busking ones with his band The Big Push, ones with Sam Tompkins and Chinchilla. The big push - I shot the sheriff/road to Zion/hiphop TBP - war pigs TBP - paint it black TBP - watch out TBP - sweet little lady (video and live) TBP - johnny B Goode TBP - sweet little lady TBP - swan song TBP - bongo bong TBP - wade on the water/Nina Simone/trouble so hard TBP - praise you (fat boy slim cover) TBP - Englishman in New York live TBP - what kind of woman is this Ren & Sam - earned it/mans world/falling R&S - blind eyed live (also angry carpark version is funny and MC sessions version) R&S - walking on the moon/no diggity Ren & chinchilla - one dance/drunk in love R&C - sexual healing Sad Su!cide For Joe
@Codex777710 ай бұрын
Ren's said that he's not religious either but that he loves religious imagery. Btw, paganism IS a religion... :)
@Codex777710 ай бұрын
Btw, you missed out some of Ren's best tracks and performances. I'd add these 3, at the very least: Hold On Crucify Your Culture Ahiahiahoha +Ren and Sam Tompkins improvising around Stevie Wonder, is one of Ren's very best live performances! :)
@TobiiRheaStarr10 ай бұрын
@@Codex7777 no paganism isn’t a religion. It’s an umbrella term. Wicca for example is a religion and I’m not Wiccan.
@TobiiRheaStarr10 ай бұрын
@@Codex7777 yeah it was by no means anywhere near all of the best but thanks il add them in. Crucify my culture is one of my faves and Stevie 🖤
@toniyoung513110 ай бұрын
Also Murderer acoustic. I love that one😊
@hazmania10 ай бұрын
Hi, try REN and Eden Nash: Ocean. And: Humble, also with Eden. You’ll find beauty in them, I’m sure. Love from Annie, in Cornwall, UK🙂🌸
@badsabre59178 ай бұрын
For me, he starts out talking about losing someone that meant everything to him. He lost the Midas touch (where everything you touch turns to gold). And then everything around him or in his house reminded him of what was missing or who was missing. Then he forgot “how to be me” because he spent so much time with them he no longer knew who he was because he felt like he was nothing without them. The last part was obviously about his friend Joe self deleting. Very touching song. I just had a friend who gave up the fight and OD’d. This song and For Joe were songs I listened to on repeat until the Money Game game came out and took me away for a bit. That was intense.
@mauraleib10 ай бұрын
I believe this was performed on the Menai Bridge which connects Anglesea to the mainland of Wales and is the bridge REN’s friend Joe took his life from and is the person Ren refers to at the end of the song. I don’t know how he could keep it together but it explains the intensity of the emotions. Amazing performance. ❤
@jeanwye10 ай бұрын
Apparently that is not the case though
@atwellorama10 ай бұрын
These two have 3 official collabs together. This, Chalk Outlines, and the more fun Round Town from her Moon Maintenance album. It doesn't have an actual video, but is a fun song. Then there are a couple of busking videos, and he has hinted that he wants to have her back on his next album.
@iamsquatty10 ай бұрын
I think we have all forgotten how to be ourselves at some point or another. That's why this resonates so hard 💜💜
@jeanwye10 ай бұрын
Just an excellent reaction! There are a lot of assumptions out there about the meaning of this song. I don't think that Ren has ever gone over that. When asked if he ever wrote a song about Joe specifically, the only song he mentioned was Freckled Angels. I have my own feelings about it and i don't believe he has or would be able to know what was in Joe's mind. Who could know that? The way it resonates with me is that it is about what happened in his own mind after Joe died. Grief and guilt. Loss of so much. Shouting out "why?" To the heavens and so on. But that is just me! Anyway it is a wonderful song, performed brilliantly.
@Seamus.MacLeod10 ай бұрын
This one pulls hard at the heartstrings for me. It highlights her voice in a way Chalk Outlines only hints at. You are SPOT on with this one. Losing his closest friend hit Ren hard, being unable to move on for years. Ren got the call Joe was on the bridge, arriving literal minutes too late. The survivor's guilt had to be devastating. Freckled Angels and For Joe are also about this part of his life. WARNING: For Joe will probably make you cry, it does for me. Now, if you want more of Ren/Chinchilla, I'll highly recommend their street performance of One Dance/Drunk In Love. The only warning there is it is a much more powerful performance than you may be expecting for two people on a city street.
@joshschwarzbauer815510 ай бұрын
This is seriously one of the most beautiful performances I know of. Cheers.
@sorenm.lairdsorries754710 ай бұрын
Thank you ❤ D. Rich for your 🐷 🎸🧑🎤🧑🎤🌉 Ren X Chinchilla - How To Be Me (live) reaction!
@frankoconnor80610 ай бұрын
Great reaction, they are both great independent artists I’m looking forward to more duets
@AmelieGauthier-ir4hz10 ай бұрын
Chack outlines with ren and chinchila is also sooo good! live
@sandiraymond176110 ай бұрын
When I lost my toddler to a violent death, I felt for over a year that I wasn't actually myself. I felt like an imposter pretending. Damn near lost my mind.
@dianesnowflake10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your reaction. Its about losing yourself within grief.
@gingerroo12310 ай бұрын
They are soooo good together. Not just the harmonies but how they read each other and play off each other. So freakin talented. Musical sibs indeed. I hope they collaborate again - 2 lives and 2 buskings vids are just not enough. Great react - thank you. 💛
@barbarahatcher594210 ай бұрын
Appreciate you supporting Ren by doing the reactions. Great content!
@DogDocKat10 ай бұрын
Such an amazingly beautiful, haunting song. Another great reaction ❤
@mrsainsburys110 ай бұрын
Another great reaction, this means many things to so many people, that’s the Beauty of music, especially Rens messages, your humility is infectious, great job thank you 🙏🦉❤️🐊👍
@heartwork831810 ай бұрын
Great reaction! Your interpretation is never wrong because music is subjective by its very nature! ❤️🔥❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻 👍to the mercy!
@CristyB6610 ай бұрын
This song makes me cry every time. I forgot how to be me a long time ago… Great idea for the merch!
@IamGrootOG10 ай бұрын
Sup D, music is how I cope. I love it too. There's another band that talks about mental illness. Rehab - It Don't Matter my anthem in a way. 4 years sober today.
@debrashrider40629 ай бұрын
Have I mentioned lately you are damn good at Reacting? This is my favorite with these 2 together.
@tracycrook257410 ай бұрын
I love that you love Ren as much as the rest of us now...❤
@PJAC110 ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥 That’s a super cool idea!!! I’m poor so I will not be able to buy one, and I feel bad about that. I think you’d do well with that message on a shirt or hoodie!! (Did you know, I’m parts of Canada, a hoodie is actually called a Bunny Hug?) ❤❤🇨🇦❤️❤️
@suevick63710 ай бұрын
She does her own think too. Indie, like Ren. Always play the like version of her stuff. Always better than studio. ❤❤
@garysherwin331610 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed the reaction bro, it was about joe but your breakdown has opened a few doors in this old brain ....respect brother 😊
@emmamarriott10 ай бұрын
This song speaks to me the most out of all the other amazing songs Ren has ❤
@shazza17510 ай бұрын
Really enjoying your Ren journey!
@RandomPerson-pl9ip10 ай бұрын
This is the one I’ve been waiting for you to hear 🔥
@jasonstewart399610 ай бұрын
Yes put out that merch! Whoever said that kudos! That's a great idea. When you invent your own catch phrase and it sticks then run with it. I'd proudly wear a hoody or a shirt or hat saying why didn't you warn me. It's a good idea for you to start being able to make a living off of your channel and that way you can put out more content which I'm turn generates more income for you. Stay at it bro
@WelshAmethystGirl08710 ай бұрын
D Rich love this song can't wait for this reaction lets goooo. Love your channel man thanks for the love
@stigish10 ай бұрын
Alright i got a suggestion for you. Heretic by Ren, it's not a rap track, and it's older so many reactors don't ever find it. It's one of my more favorite Ren songs (cause they're all amazing of course). I can listen to it on repeat, though lately seven sins has been my repeat song lol. Idk how else to prepare you cause we're never prepared for Ren
@Lunabracco10 ай бұрын
I love this .... Rens best friend joe ...is all i am going to say ....❤
@Codex777710 ай бұрын
Another masterpiece composition from Ren! :)
@salishseamermaid10 ай бұрын
The great thing about music it that it can mean different things to different people.. So there's not really a "wrong" interpretation.
@suevick63710 ай бұрын
Do a shirt, thar says REN... why didn't you warn me ! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@user-mrs_potts10 ай бұрын
Love this
@hollyryalsgrubb127310 ай бұрын
I've never heard anything like this and it's perfection in expressing feelings and emotions. Your analysis is spot on and so perceptive about the impact of this song. And I love that Ren's lyrics can be interpreted from multiple points of view. And, love the merch idea.
@helenjarvis775510 ай бұрын
Such a good reaction to a beautiful sad song
@seancallahan666110 ай бұрын
He calls chinchilla his sister from another mister.
@camcur5510 ай бұрын
This song was written after his friend Joe Hughes committed suicide at around 20. Freckle Angels cd and song was written for Joe.
@terrymcinnes0110 ай бұрын
I'd buy the merch! 🎉🎉❤
@bryansilverstein497510 ай бұрын
I’m sorry, sir, but this time it’s on you. You’ve seen Ren and Chinchilla perform together before; how could you NOT see great and emotional vocals were coming at you? 😉
@francesdoll403910 ай бұрын
I love music too!❤ You do such a good job! 🎉 i woukd surelt wear a Why didn't you warn me t shirt. Make it 100% corton though. I live in hot,humid Florida.
@Vmcf196810 ай бұрын
great reaction.
@MCP92010 ай бұрын
Fabulous
@mama-llama452710 ай бұрын
Great reaction
@kahlinkelley129410 ай бұрын
Definitely make some hoodies!!
@alc632910 ай бұрын
❤
@sampanther885410 ай бұрын
Yep you get it 👍😍 xx beautiful ❤️
@Meow-Meow5018 ай бұрын
Please react to Chinchilla. Little Girl Lost, Blocked You, Fingers, Fabulous.
@Lift_Eachother_Up10 ай бұрын
FUN NEW songs from his upcoming album release on October 13th. Which on October 12th he will live release MONEY GAME 3 on youtube what he says his the best work he has done. PLEASE DO LOVE MUSIC PART 4 there is part 1-3 also but 4 will be on the album. Also DOWN ON THE BEAT us pretty awesome very different also. So please do DOWN ON THE BEAT, LOVE MUSIC PART 4. Lastly if you like live guitar do Rens busking band THE BIG PUSH I shot the sheriff/zion/hip hop version. ❤
@jimschnebly137010 ай бұрын
Good job, DR
@NightFogFilms10 ай бұрын
Oh I see you took down the original and uploaded a revision. Great reaction.
@Tessimistic42010 ай бұрын
4:20 gooseflesh? Real always find real, goldfish is how I know when it's real💓
@Tessimistic42010 ай бұрын
Autocorrect got me again lmao
@pirada7410 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@redangel16910 ай бұрын
Why didn't you warn me would be awesome merch
@gingerroo12310 ай бұрын
I'd buy that! 👍
@Tessimistic42010 ай бұрын
How many time's, we see the warning and ignore the warning? LOL 🔥👍🔥
@WhiteBoyDay10 ай бұрын
👍
@morecrayonsplzmcw483610 ай бұрын
🔥
@CaitlinBlake10 ай бұрын
👍🏻
@pollyg5624 ай бұрын
good sound, thanks nothing worse than hearing this through someones $300 Lenvo laptop
@tomsmith197710 ай бұрын
This is about his friend Joe, who committed suicide Years ago
@musochickburns821210 ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥💕
@mrsainsburys110 ай бұрын
🦘
@dumpster_muffin10 ай бұрын
I'd wear a hoodie like I stole it from my bf
@simplyawful342010 ай бұрын
I'm not mad bro Just disappointed God my father all over again lol