RIELL - 8 Years Old [Lyric Video]

[@weeblikeme1663]

You know, i've been a lover of your songs for so long! You are my biggest idol and hearing this song just breaks my heart. When I was younger than 8, my dad was physically abusive to me and my family. He would throw glass bottles in my face and slap me and punch me if I made the slightest mistake. When I was 8, my parents divorced and shared a 50/50 custody, when I went back to his house he was smoking and drinking constantly, eventually he stopped being violent and just became verbally and emotionally abusive. For years, he'd tell me the worst shit and give me panic attacks and trauma. When I first heard your songs, I was still living with him and I was in an emo era ngl. Your music helped me understand who I am and has given me an outlet. I admire you so much and I appreciate how wonderful you are! Now, i'm in college and living with my mom when i'm out of school. He constantly texts and emails me about how much he misses me and how i'll never make it in the real world without him, he tells me i'm lazy and gluttonous, but I've just chosen to Burn Our Bridges Down ;) because All I Know is that i'm Better Off without that douchebag. I go to therapy weekly and am talking though every damn issue with my therapist lol. I want you to know that your song is beautiful, you are a work of art: a diamond in the rough. The way you portray your emotions through lyrics and melodies is incredible. You're a beautiful human being and I hope you're able to keep going even when it gets tough. We all love you so much, thank you for sharing your story, it's so brave of you! ❤

[@DanielBacilla]

I'm sorry you went through that. I'm glad to hear your doing better despite your abusive father.

[@iamRIELL]

I'm so sorry for what you went through. You are so strong! YOU are a work of art! ❤️

[@kimphillipos1528]

These lyrics are so raw and tender. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing this song with the world.

[@nightcookie8958]

I was eight years old when I developed severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. My parents didn't support me and made me feel like a freak. I feel every single line of your song. Thank you for your wonderful work ❤❤❤

[@iamRIELL]

you are not a freak! I'm so sorry they didn't support you. you've made it this far so I have no doubt that you are strong and determined! ❤️

[@EvilDarkSideAnimeFurries]

This song is so sad but phenomenal voice RIELL

[@iamRIELL]

thank you ❤️

[@EllaEllsMajor]

This hit close to my heart....I wasn't eight but six years old when my birth-mother would physically hurt me but I'm okay now. I have a wonderful family with my Dad, my (Step-)Mum, my (Half-)Siblings and all the bestest friends that I could ever ask for. ❤

[@Theonly_z_Official]

All that matters is that you're ok & safe ❤️‍🩹

[@EllaEllsMajor]

@@Theonly_z_Official Aw thank you so much! 🥺❤️✨

[@rinwatkins7181]

My therapist and I have been talking about how I need to reparent myself, and how I need to not be with my partner bc they exhibit the same abusive behaviors my parents did. This is incredible

[@apowergso]

I find this song so relatable and comforting. Thank you RIELL. Will definitely listen to this nonstop. 😃

[@iamRIELL]

tysm! ❤️

[@apowergso]

@@iamRIELL 😃

[@thierryfaride6558]

Jamais déçu par RIELL. Belle interprétation avec la superbe voix de RIELL.

[@iamRIELL]

thank you!

[@miaqueen1737]

I absolutely LOVE the way you changed a bit the music to be somehow melancolic and so beautifull. Its so nice to listen to and its the perfect song to listen to while thinking of childhood. Amazing!!!!

[@medearene6822]

Truly thought I'd already commented on this video! Whoops 😅 As always, gorgeous vocals and those runs are heavenly! I've said it before: this song hits me so hard because I relate to every word. I was abused by my mother pretty much from the start, but the worst of it started after she imploded her second marriage when I was 8 years old. There was no warning for me, no build up. One morning the only parent figure that ever truly showed me love was simply gone and my mother was so wrapped up in herself that she didnt even notice that I thought he left because I was unloveable. I became an emotional crutch for her through the separation she had caused. I loved my mother despite all the pain she caused me and never heard a single sorry for how she treated me. I tried as an adult to address the pain and behaviour and she refused to acknowledge that she even needed to change. So I left her behind. Its been 5 years since I cut contact and even now I'm still having to work through the baggage. Truly, this song straight up catapulted me right back into being 8 years old again, desperately trying to make my mother stop crying while I shoved my own pain deep down like it wasnt important.

[@iamRIELL]

🫂

[@jjyoutube3173]

Yeah

[@AnimaTweek]

happy birthday Riell, happy 8th b-day.

[@Vixen-dq7sk]

I know I'm late with this... But I want to thank you for this song RIELL, this sadly explains my life, but I'm not sheading tears of sadness as much as they are happiness because of incredible people in my life, I have gotten out of that situation and I am finally working on my adult life. Thank you again, RIELL keep up the amazing work ❤

[@splendidhtf1000]

I really love this song and this also makes me feel sad but beautiful song RIELL! 🩵💙🩵💙

[@iamRIELL]

💙💙💙

[@nicstirm7376]

This is so honest and broken and beautiful. 😢

[@Serenity0814]

Thank you for this song!! I hits so close to home, just beautifully haunting.

[@Lumi-tn3fz]

Bro thd chorus really tear me i felt the pain. 😭😭😭 but thd whole song lyrics are so good more than good no words can described it how relateable i am 😢

[@ruffaell.]

Riell never disappoints fr

[@iamRIELL]

❤️

[@skyfallprime7977]

+1 for the Riell Collection let's go

[@iamRIELL]

❤️

[@DeadMuffin46]

Your voice is amazing, this song it amazing, all of your songs are amazing! Why is the woman not famous????

[@iamRIELL]

thank you so much!

[@TheStreetsOfOurLives]

😢 the words are so relatable 💯

[@matthewteeple3707]

It's so beautiful 😢 and sad as well I love your voice keep doing good work 🤘

[@lillyisle]

This is a lovely song RIELL ♥️♥️

[@Vale-lt8pk]

This is sad but it's soso great, kinda makes me have flashbacks too, because my parents were always emotionally/ verbally abusive but also this is really inspiring too ❤

[@iamRIELL]

🫂❤️

[@angeliquetuyishime5788]

This is incredible

[@allanwind295]

Lovely. Your lyrics always have bite, Riell, and this video is different in a good way.

[@thalyns.3361]

I loved this song so much, thanks for making it

[@baracuda1412]

Thank you for this very beautiful Song

[@iamRIELL]

Thank you for listening!

[@danyfmp2542]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Magnífica interpretação. Sua voz é esplêndida! Amei!!

[@fugin4674]

wow, this one's fire

[@walidza4711]

as always amazing voice #RIELL ♥♥

[@iamRIELL]

tysm!

[@bluebubbles5051]

Dude I just found you, and damn are you good. I love your voice and your songs are awesome!

[@varunc7]

Ikr

[@oneofthepeople7293]

Wow. Intense. Forgive, child. Great song, though. Wow. I'm blown away. Forgiveness helps.

[@JulieKasprik]

YOU'RE THE BESTTTT 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🥹

[@iamRIELL]

u are!

[@hanadinanou2975]

You are phonemenal imiss bieng child every time your voice is beautiful and ihope will ve bigger

[@Thefatratfan-qs3ze]

Hi Riell

[@iamRIELL]

Hi!

[@skyrasouth2967]

Why did this song make me miss my mom? I know she's nothing but bad for me and nobody wants me to talk to her but man she's a monster but still a human. I've healed I can take a few hits.

[@iamRIELL]

It takes a lot of strength and courage to create healthy boundaries with a parent that you realize isn't good for you. Every situation is different and you should do what you think is best for you ❤️ Sending love!

[@skyrasouth2967]

@iamRIELL Thank you so much I needed that to not do something silly last nights 💓 (was gonna visit her to buy her drugs with my last money) but I used my adult brain and came home to the people who love me and had a good night's sleep. 💓

[@iamRIELL]

I'm proud of you! Stay strong! ❤️

[@DuskMondetta]

This song is as if Riell heard me...

[@tadwintermeyer]

We are the most beautiful where we are the most broken. What wisdom would you offer your 8-year-old self now?

[@iamRIELL]

I don't think that's something that I could easily summarize

[@medearene6822]

There are two things 8yo me needed to hear: "He didn't want to leave you like that, he still loves you so much. This wasn't your fault." "It's not your responsibility to fix your mom's terrible decisions. You shouldn't feel like you need to comfort her, that's HER job."

[@bumblebeagan]

not exactly 8 years old, but "you're not broken. you're not a horrible person. you're hurt, and you're scared. please don't hate yourself."

[@kylajohnson9848]

You’re going to grow up and give yourself the safety and freedom and comfort you’ve always craved

[@bumblebeagan]

i grew up with 2 older siblings and a single working mother. she tried her best, but she should never have had kids. she provided what she could, when she could: games, movies, treats. but she never provided emotionally. only materially. i grew up never confiding in her. i had nightmares she never knew about. she wasn't mature enough to adequately take care of herself, let alone children. I'd accidentally pinch her arm against a chair, she'd pinch me hard and ask me how i liked it. threatening to have cps take us away if we misbehaved. she didn't teach us how to behave right. i spent half of my childhood in homeless shelters. she had many abusive boyfriends when we were young. physically by beating our asses with belts. mentally by forcing us to stand in "time out" in a corner literally all day until our mother got back from work so they could play their games. sexually by touching us inappropriately. she'd blamed me for one of them leaving her. I was what, 7? she said i was too annoying and cried too much. after i was sa'd at 9 years old by one of them, i grew cold and distant. i couldn't even tell my mother that i was scared in the police station and didn't want to show the officers what he had done down there. i didn't know how to say no. I'd never been taught how to speak up about my emotions. i still struggle with regulating them today, in my 20s... after that, my walls grew ever taller. time and time again, she proved that she didn't know what she was doing. by the time i was 12, i hated her. she was, and still is, incompetent, narcissistic, and emotionally abusive. when i showed her that i had self-harmed, the first thing she asked me was "what did you use?" not if i was okay (i was not). not hug me. not help me. just "what can i take away to stop you doing that?" i just wanted her to show she actually cared. she never noticed, even when i wore short sleeves and all but flaunted my wounds around the house after high school, i did manage to repair my relationship with my siblings. my mother still tries to fix our issues. i don't want to. i know that she sacrificed a lot for us and loves us and blah blah blah. but that was her choice. she doesn't get to blame me for the choices she made before i was even born. it was my brother who raised my sister and i, not her. he's more of a parent than she ever was.

[@iamRIELL]

I am so sorry you went through all of that 🫂❤️

[@Aka.nightcore]

*Can I use this music with properly credit?*

[@crystalarmstrong1127]

When I got to 4th or 5th grade (1 and 1/2 or 2 and 1/2 years after I moved States and started a new school), I met this girl, let's call her M. M became a new friend after 2 of my ex friend moved schools. At the time, I didn't realize that I shouldn't have become friends with her because she acted kind towards me, and she was bullied. This red-headed autistic kid lets call him Pearl. I decided to join in thinking it was fine, after a while (during 6th grade, I stopped, and he joined my school in 4th grade. If I could tell my 4th grade self it would honestly be stop being rude to Pearl you are acting like a hypocrite and a bully) I stopped because I was acting like a hypocrite, and M was saying "Oh you should stop doing that. it's not right" when she also made fun of him. Also, some other girls joined in on making fun of him. Now it was in 5th grade that she started telling secrets of mine I told her, and one of them I got made fun of for also getting a nickname to be made fun of. She kept on telling new kids. I tried being friends with the secret, and I got tired of her doing so, I asked her to stop, and she said she would and that she is sorry. Thought that was the end of that, and I stayed friends with her because since 2 of my closest friends moved schools, she basically was my support system. She continued to backstab and then apologize to me for backstabing, and I continued to believe her. Up until at the end of the 7th grade year, I told her I never want to be friends with her ever again and if she apologies again to me, I'm not going to forgive her because of the amount of times she apologized and backstab me after that over and over. When I became an 8th grader, I did something stupid. I decided maybe I should give her one more chance. I sat with her at lunch and IMMEDIATELY became uncomfortable after that stopped sitting with her. I also got an amazing group of friends after that. I also became friends with her cousin, who was backstabbed by her as well. In the middle of the school year, M who messaged me she was all like, "Oh, I'm sorry for everything, and I'm the bad person, yeah, you shouldn't forgive me" and blah blah blah, sadly I didn't screenshot the other messages because I deleted the her phone number...anyways then I texted her that I'm blocking her so here are the texts from the screenshots I got also I did cuss in the texts and I did threaten to do the same things she had done to me; M: Bc I'm the bad guy here we all know that Me: Mhm Glad that you realized that Gosh! I wondered when you would realize that! 😂😂😂 M: Bc u have done a lot for me and I just now realized im the bad one and ur the good one her bc remember when we would always sit together at lunch and u would bring me stuff and all that I did nothing but treat you exte Extremely bad Me: Mhm! Gosh, you finally realized?! M: Yeah 😂 Me: Can't believe it took you this long to apologize! Oh boy! 😂 M: Moving forward I'll be nicer and try my best to do anything I can to help you Me: You Can't believe it took you this long to apologize! Oh boy! (Responding to my text) M: Yeah 😂 Me: Ok! Just know that I will never ever forgive you! M: I just needed to apologize 😔 Me:Karmas a bitch as someone once told me (Responding to a text I sent her) M: Coming from u But how was your day Me: You lying piece of shit. Do you really think that I really believe you?! No! Don't think for a second that I will EVER forgive or even believe you! And I will tell everyone I know that you are not to be trusted because of how many times you lied and "apologize" to me! I will make sure that you will get a tiny group of friends. I will even maybe spread rumors about you, like you did to me. But that's only if you just even try to enter back into my life, so I suggest that you don't EVEN THINK about talking to me or even talking to someone about me because I will find out. Mkay😊? Also it was good till you messaged me! G (M's friend): Hey is this C******? Me: Who's this? And also, yes, this is C******, who's speaking because if this is you, C*** ok, if this is M****** I am not in a good fucking mood right now G: It's g*****, I was just wondering why you planned on telling lies about majesta because everything she ever did to you was in the past and you have no reason to sit there and do that even after she tried to apologize to you Crystal and I'm not being rude to you I just think that it's ridiculous to go spreading rumors I know which is why I'm trying to be nice So that was the texts I got from the screenshots also sorry for the cussing I was not really happy I more angry and mad at that moment. To continue the story at the end of the year I pretty sure she planned to push me because she "accidentally" push me because her friend pushed her. So I walked away and placed my stuff down besides my dufflebag looking pencil pouch and I used that to hit her and I also used my hands. I was yelling and screaming at her. Now yes I could technically be in the wrong at hitting her because from the schools camera it would look like she accidentally pushed me but she has bullied me in front of me and also behind my back and durring the end of the school year my patience was running low from my classmates disrespecting a teacher that was just trying to help them especially with one of the students who has glasses but never worn them!! So this song really reminds me of the "friendship" I had with M

[@Happy_Violence]

S2

[@shaymininfernape7088]

Ooh she ATE (I’m sorry)

[@t.least.he.is.honest]

I cannot find a way to comment on the wrecking ball video.you said the original song was written by a girl,when I did a search it said 5 or 6 people wrote the sonf ,can ypu please explain the discrepancy

[@anonymouse8o8]

It was written by Mozella and 2 cowriters during a session that also happened to be the week of her wedding which she had called off. She wrote the majority of the lyrics, the other 2 wrote the music and helped with lyrics. So it was originally 3 writers during a session together. Once it was given to Miley, her writers were added onto the credits You can find all of the above information from a Google search if you scroll a little farther

[@t.least.he.is.honest]

@@anonymouse8o8 that's my point ,what did the last two writers do

[@anonymouse8o8]

@iwakuraSanta basically nothing from what I found. Maybe changed one note or one word. I think it's more of a formality

[@anonymouse8o8]

So in conclusion, yes the lyrics were written by a woman, Mozella, and it was based on her relationship with her ex fiance.

[@olgakuranova7986]

The music and your voice are beautiful, but I just get tired of another sad-victim-song.

[@dum6man]

the song is mid but the voice is fire 🔥