SINGER REACTS to REN X CHINCHILLA - "Chalk Outlines"

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR SUGGESTING THIS SONG TO ME. I'm feeling inspired to write, and I haven't for a while. Beautiful work of art.
Today's song: • Ren X Chinchilla - Cha...
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[@lolly_golightly]

“how to be me” is beyond this in raw emotional authenticity and connection between the two of them. I think you’d dig it.

[@sirviv]

Yes x 💯

[@angelabordack]

💯 agree with you!!! Powerful duet with those two misfits ❤

[@seth1455]

the live version is best

[@MisterBoothCoUk]

Definitely live version 💯

[@andrewpereira9271]

Pleading and beseeching (for understanding and connection?) were the words that came to me.

[@xenoxaos1]

The way that they are so connected during this song is phenomenal. The audio is done only with his lapel mic. (you can really hear the gain increase when she starts) But to be so aware of how close the other person is and how loud they're singing so you match. There's no way to adjust between two mics after the fact when there's just that one single one.

[@RenRabbitHole]

Ren has talked about the derealization effect of the different medications they had him on. For me, the chalk outline represents what's left when the body is gone. Love your reactions! Can't wait to hear more! For another great intimate duet, I'd suggest Ren song Crutch ft Bibi. For a happy duet, Ren has two songs with Eden Nash called Humble and Ocean that both have a nice ska vibe.

[@mldkenny]

Chinchilla Fingers Live for Hunger TV is an amazing performance and a must watch. Ocean by Ren is beautiful. Loving your reactions and this particular track is definitely one of my top 3 tracks of the year!

[@RippedPixels]

Chinchilla’s first line gets me every time “Sertraline and a sip of serotonin” If you don’t know sertraline in an antidepressant known as Zoloft in the US

[@xdaniedx]

Awesome reaction as always! For me Chalk Outlines has to do with antidepressants. Especially how they just kill every feeling. It helped my PTSD after I got out of the military and worked for a few months but then made me even more suicidal and I just didn't care about anything. Then the brain zaps started. The VA didn't want to take me off them and literally wrote be a script for Vicodin haha. I know my brain was broken but opiates weren't the way to go. So I weened myself off of everything. And im no longer a zombie and feeling like the walking dead!

[@VincentOReilly-ts4jl]

Ren and Chin Are Complimentary Defined

[@johnekare8376]

Great reaction. I think the video hint at something 'supernatural' going on when the lights flicker. We see it just before Ren discovers the guitar and then again just before we are introduced to Chinchilla crouched in the corner.

[@droopz90iroc]

Another lovely reaction mate. Really enjoying discovering Ren again through your eyes.

[@srslyboomer]

"discovering Ren again" - that's what we're all here for, I think. I can't ever watch these pieces of art for the first time, ever again - but I can get at least a *little* of that, in some voyeuristic way, through someone else's eyes. And when it comes with a side-order of "context from someone else's expertise/experience", it's even better.

[@masterbetta6874]

I just checked out your music and it is beautiful! I agree with all the people that are suggesting the live version of How to be me, you will love it. I also think Fingers live by Chinchilla will blow you away.

[@lynzistringer]

Thank you so much for this comment!! I really appreciate it 😭 and those are the next two songs I’m going to react to I believe!! So many have suggested those exact two, they’ve got to be amazing!!

[@LeeXRV]

The Ren x Chinchilla song that I love is Beyonce/Drake One dance where they are busking (live on the street with minimal equoment) on a corner in Brighton - You've got some great insights into music Lynzi, keep going!

[@sketchtherapy1218]

The key to the song is Chinchilla's first verse, it's not about addiction only it's also about how prescriptions lead to addiction and then the cure for addictions is another prescriptions all of this hoisted upon people that may have been misdiagnosed in the first place. (looking at the face of your costar helps denote the intensity of what's to come). Thank you for reacting to Ren, blessings from Puerto Rico.

[@Kibashino2]

LESSS GOOO

[@philhallbrook7008]

Nice one love

[@peterveste6976]

thank you for continuing to react and support my two favourite artist ever ❤❤❤

[@albamartinez4987]

My interpretation of this song/video is as follows: what you're seeing on screen are Ren and Chinchilla's consciousness'. Both their bodies are elsewhere (maybe a mental hospital bc of their clothes and the location). My reasoning is firstly as Ren walks down the corridor you hear muffled voices in the background as if that's the outside world that he can now barely hear (he's dissociated). Ren has reatreated into his own mind thanks to whatever medication he's been given. Outside remains his body...a mere zombie. As he moves along he sees papers and folders and is pleasantly surprised by some. To me these are some old memories he has stored away along with his guitar.but hasn't 'seen' in a while. Later, Chinchilla arrives, not aware of Ren at first, going through her own experience just like Ren duringhis first verse. Notice during both their arrivals, the lights flicker just like when a ghost is about to turn up in some horror film. Then, they both suddenly find eachother's gaze and share their experiences with eachother but although being the same (same lyrics) are slighty different to them (sung slightly differently). At the end, the light turns off so I assume the medication wore off and they're both back in their bodies.

[@shakesrear9204]

Love your interpretation. It makes me appreciate this even more.

[@ali50n]

Please react to Chinchilla's Fingers Live. I'd love to hear your thoughts on her as a solo artist.

[@atwellorama]

Seconded!

[@gggghhgggghbb]

Man always gives me chills, when she stands up at the end and starts belting. Simply amazing. 👍🍀

[@nathanjacobus3577]

Blind Eye ft Sam Tompkins (multiple recording options available) is another great collaboration by Ren. Again the way they both connect with and play off each other is truly amazing. Thanks for the great reaction and for all the work that goes into bringing us these videos!! 😊

[@seanmilos166]

I love how into the song you were. You can see it in your body language. Great song.

[@tajolariffin6021]

you gotta do the live version of how to be me ren ft chinchilla, the one they perform by the bridge..i'm sure you gonna love it!

[@markuss7249]

The light flickered and Chinchilla entered through the outlet....⚡⚡

[@gavinhall6040]

Over here thats just called a - light switch or plug socket depending what you mean.

[@markuss7249]

@@gavinhall6040 Both! Thanks!⚡⚡☀🌧🌈

[@saltydroog854]

They are so good together. You gotta see them doing "How to be Me" live one take. They have a captivating chemistry.

[@LeeannG]

“I’m scared of being okay, because all things change” always hits me, particularly about relationships in my past. Looking back, when things unravel, that’s the hardest thing to get over. Not wanting to lose “being okay” again, and how self sabotage can be a problem for me.

[@scottlaurenson3390]

Enjoying your reactions 👌 How to be me Ren and Chinchilla live 🔥🔥🔥. 💔 AURORA Through the eyes of a child live is stunning and another emotional artist who writes her own material ✌️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿keep on reacting 💪.

[@kellyt5341]

I just assumed all the independent artists' wrote their own stuff. Keeping a small budget on your video's makes that a must.

[@mikeb7379]

Everybody loves this duet and suggests it for reactions but, I think that, them together on Forgot To Be Me is even better?

[@lynzistringer]

I loved both of them so much, it’s hard to tell which one is “better”! I like them both for different reasons. Both are absolute masterpieces ❤️

[@MsCheesemonster13]

“On the gallows, balanced on my toes so I can breath.” This is one of my favourite lines from “Chalk Outlines” as it describes exactly how I felt on most days, when I barely coped with what life threw at me. It conveys just that horrible precarious sense of wobbling when something negative happens, and feeling like I might fall into the abyss of clinical depression, which I’ve experienced a couple of times in my life.

[@Av3rageD4D]

Thank you, I enjoyed watching this through you and can see the appreciation for the music. I did not know you were a singer as well, I look forward to listening! Much love and have a great day!

[@VincentOReilly-ts4jl]

A Beauty Observes the Beautiful ;Beautifully

[@VincentOReilly-ts4jl]

We Cannot Love Ren Without Abandoning Ourselves to his Genius. In this Condition we are as Vulnerable and Connected as Ren is On HIS Stage In Truth We All Become One in Rens Performing and This is Exactly Where he Needs Us to Be

[@yarsheets4572]

I loved your reaction. The lights flicker right before Chinchilla shows up. Another indication that she just popped in from nowhere. Kind of cool.

[@kellyt5341]

She came through the electrical outlet. 😂

[@markstuartwakeley]

❤ lovely reaction stay safe

[@philk9227]

Love the reaction Lynzi. Enjoying following your dive into the Ren rabbit hole. Lots of amazing music to react to. He does some amazing collaborations with Eden Nash (Humble and Ocean) and also Sam Tompkins. It is also very worthwhile checking out Ren's band The Big Push as they do some incredible covers, mashups and original music. All the very best from the UK

[@georgekelley3044]

Beautiful reaction....✨☘️🕊️✨

[@Dad-JanieWorld]

How to be me live, sexual healing cover by them busking , but Fingers live by Chinchilla. Has to be live version. All of these are must move to top reactions there that good.

[@larryc3860]

"Take this one, wash it down and you'll be fine.......there's a pill for everything"......."take it just in case..." ------- what the doctors tell Ren & Chinchilla ( in the song and, for Ren, in real life )....sung with sarcasm and disgust.....their feelings about the quality of treatment for their illnesses.......

[@atwellorama]

They've both said that they just connected as musical soulmates. They aren't a thing like romantically, but they are on the same level with their approach to music and it just shows right through here.

[@woodywoodman2319]

How to be me, Englishman in New York, Bongo Bong, and Earned it/Mansworld, I Shot the Sheriff/Road to Zion/Hip Hop, are the tracks to hear his different singing styles!

[@kellymarklong]

Next, check out How To Be Me, which is another live duet with Ren & Chinchilla. It is even more beautiful!

[@smhall3212]

Live version **

[@horsehollerer]

Great reaction, thank you. This is a fantastic performance, yet, somehow, their other original "How to be Me (live)" is even better imho. They also have a couple of great busking videos. Their cover of Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing is my fave. Cheers!

[@srslyboomer]

First time I watched this, had a strong thought of "get you a partner that looks at you like Ren and Chinchilla look at each other" :)

[@debrashrider4062]

Reactor interpritation is varied and valid! Keep going.....

[@philr696]

The "F" word you were looking for was Phenomenal!

[@robertlenzo3303]

Enjoying your well thought out reactions - it’s refreshing. If you’re enjoying the Ren rabbit hole you should check out his band The Big Push. So many great covers and originals.

[@EarthyBlendPOV]

We get a double! Yesss.

[@troytucker3467]

Absolutely love you, thank you!

[@lynzistringer]

Thank YOU!! That’s so sweet of you to send! ❤️❤️

[@steveeccles1341]

Another beautiful reaction Lynzi, thanks. What to do next? Anything Ren, his collaborations or The Big Push 😊 I may be slightly bias but I’m looking forward to your next reaction, whatever it is 😊

[@alanmai5656]

fun reaction but if you liked this! How to be me by Ren x Chinchilla is even better! thanks for the reaction

[@Codex7777]

Another masterpiece composition from Ren! :)

[@AdamBazille]

❤❤ subbed! More Ren!

[@yitzchakscott-thoennes]

Ren is a great storyteller, along the lines of the late Harry Chapin. Some examples of his stuff: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5awiWSAm9Z-q8U (live) kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX6sZ3uJfqile5o (no live version of this epic, unfortunately)

[@jeromeschwartz4778]

You missed when she first was singing , she said , and used a word , for the medication ,that needs washed down with water , used for depression .. This medication , "Sertraline" , helps the function in the this world .. Lets say he took the pill yesterday , and he wakes up feeling ok , well , the question that he is feeling fine in the morning , he still needs to take the pill just in case ... He not sure , when or how his depression will kick in for the day .. but he is fighting his own demons , in order to have a come back in life .. Still its a daily fight on depression .. It not like he is crazy .. its all about the fight .. By singing these kinda songs and music , is given him reason to breath again , without having to put a lose around his neck .. He is keeping his head above water .. Yes , we all have a form of doubt with differences .

[@boxicuk1620]

👌

[@dave.james007]

🎶🗝️

[@jezzbooks]

Random new rec that i just simply know for a fact youre going to adore - ethel cain. Youre gonna love her so much but just be warned the lyrical subject matter is just about as dark as it gets a lot of times - if youre ever down to do a full album reaction her debut came out last year and has been flooring people ever since - she makes some of the most unexpected choices in this album and i cannot waaaaaait to see where she takes the storyline next given the way that album ended. No spoilers, just... Holy whoa on literally every conceivable level i honestly class it more as a film in album format than simply an album because the way she set this tracklist up is GENIUS.

[@TheColdrush22]

This is fantastic.

[@augusttexan4657]

There collaboration of " How to be Me" is, in my opinion, better than Chalk Outlines. It's pretty powerful stuff. On a different note your nervous and needy songs were great. Your voice is great with the jazzy music accompaniment. The serves me right songs. to much electric guitar, drowned out your voice to much.

[@conradschumacher4013]

I think that's only because the live version isn't on Spotify.

[@SamSepiol-xh4om]

Love your videos! What i don't get about this song is the scared of being ok part... Maybe it's about what are you going to do after you've overcome your psychological or substance problems because they somehow justify doing nothing or only concentrating on yourself. Im not quite sure...

[@E-d1d3]

In the depressive mind, when things are ok, that means things are about to go sour.

[@SamSepiol-xh4om]

@@E-d1d3 That's true. Didn't think about it that way.👍

[@Mike_H76]

Hi Lynzi, I'd love to suggest Aurora if you aren't already obsessed with her. There's only one song she does that I prefer the "mastered" video for which is "Exist For Love". Any other song is better live, for a polished, orchestra backed performance, any song from her live at Nidarosdomen concert is incredible and acoustically the venue shines (though it lacks the lively concert vibe). If you want a specific request song, ask and ye shall receive... or just pick any, I don't think you'll be disappointed. Not the same "kind" of powerful that Chinchilla rocks, sweeter but still raw, emotional and powerful in it's own way. If you like The Beatles (Across The Universe), David Bowie (Life on Mars) or Massive Attack (Teardrop)... she also covers those songs.

[@hiSPACEmango]

I think she's part of his mind. If you notice the light flickers before she shows up. Like in "Hi Ren" the light only does that when an alter ego is present. And it might be why their wearing basically the same thing.

[@blueisback3683]

I think not seeing her at first shows that Ren was not aware of his surroundings while under the influence of the drugs they were giving him, same with her. Watch how when she first stands and walks toward Ren she doesn't see him, almost to say she isn't aware he is there until she hears him and turns towards him. IDK, I'm probably reading too much into this. LOL

[@alanmai5656]

alos Chinchilla best song by far is Fingers live

[@daggerSLADE]

Amazing song .. please do “How To Be Me” .. it’s the other big song they do and it’s just as good if not better than this one

[@sicmuvva11]

This song is about psychiatric drugs! Sertraline and serotonin. Anxiety and depression.

[@rubixreviews8743]

Hope you can hear it .

[@dougross8790]

Here is one for you. Probably one of the most intimate recordings out there, I won't go into the story as it is now easy to find, but wasn't at the time this song was released without permission. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ-zp6F_gKh9j6M

[@BollaSandor]

You mean the f word like fenomally ;-)

[@valhallapodcast3196]

How to me live next please

[@Vmcf1968]

how to be me

[@kkmart69]

Only have one problem with the video needs to be longer

[@RingwelskiJacek]

Singer reacts....and decides to put her audio only on the left channel......

[@lynzistringer]

Wait, what?? No one has mentioned this yet, I had no idea the audio was only on one side. Sorry! I’ll make sure to fix that issue moving forward. Thank you for letting me know, that’s kind of important 😆

[@williamharris7357]

The reason you didn't see her was because Sam hadn't panned to that part of the room yet

[@Games-wow-fortnite]

Why destroy yourself with tatttoos? You had me for 4 sec... Gbye

[@lynzistringer]

Ahh, sorry about that. My look isn’t for everyone, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. You can still be a good person even if you’re tattooed, though.