Sleep Token - Blood Sport REACTION!!!

[@Symabee]

I've probably listened to this song hundreds of times, and it rips my heart out every time. The rawness of his voice with the softness of the piano, you really feel the pain. Even though this is the better version, listen to the album version as well. The music is a little harder, and it ends with the sound of Vessel weeping 😭

[@TrelauniProductions]

When he breaks down sobbing at the end on the album version. Straight to the soul, man.

[@DrkNinja_]

Yea but this version you can hear the sobbing in the pain over every note he sings

[@almizzyracing8004]

"I'm still your favorite regret, you're still my weapon of choosing." Absolutely gut-wrenching. Though he never produced an official cover, there is a video or two floating around KZbin of Vessel doing a cover of Hallelujah. You think you've seen Vessel pour everything into his music, you haven't seen anything until you watch that. React to it next, please.

[@paladinminipedro707]

gone to look this up now!! thanks for the mention!!

[@MrVaqez]

That Hallelujah cover is probably the single greatest piece of art to exist, it makes me cry alongside Vessel every time and it absolutely should be reacted to soon!

[@dbo79]

Sleep Token is like an onion. 🧅 There are so many layers musically, vocally, & emotionally. They add flavor to your life. They will bring tears 😢 to your eyes.

[@jhdct94]

This stripped down version is gorgeous but hearing it with the instruments just make it come more alive. You need to listen to the album version. I don’t think this song is played very much live at concerts. Everyone would be in tears. Vessel gives everything to this song. Your heart cannot be ripped out in pieces. ❤️🖤

[@ianwalker2205]

They played it at Wembley I believe

[@haileymarie6430]

This song is fantastic to cry to. And to just feel emotions to.

[@noxx7220]

God when his voice breaks it just crushes me.

[@TB-sp9jy]

Every day is a great day to Worship ❤

[@MrEthernopian]

The last 30 seconds of the album version is just Vessel sobbing. If they took that last 30 seconds, and put it at the end of this version, it would be absolute perfection. This song is so viscerally heart wrenching, but an absolute masterpiece all at once

[@brezengirl]

He is crying too at the end of this Version, we just don't hear it but he takes his head in his hands like that.

[@BOLDgames]

you should do Calcutta - the song is perfection and the video is Vessel no mask.

[@TaraRyze]

My absolute favorite

[@medusastone2725]

In the original version (which you should also listen to) there's a lot more happening musically, but at the end you can hear him crying.

[@paladinminipedro707]

He empties his soul to fill ours!! Worship!!

[@Rose_in_Eden]

@@paladinminipedro707 that feeling. What a beautiful Soul. I'm in love with his artistry

[@paladinminipedro707]

@@Rose_in_Eden Vessel and II are my fave duo at this time. Would love to see them live!!

[@Rose_in_Eden]

@@paladinminipedro707 same !! My fav current band 🙏🏼

[@DrkNinja_]

This song brings me to tears every time... but it's the most beautiful song... Oh fun fact this was a random one off, during a live show he wasn't supposed to record this song he just started playing and they happen to catch him play this.

[@ChrisCXK]

He's outrageously talented. The emotion in his voice is insane.

[@adrenalinrush2709]

Anddd SOOMMEEEWHHEEEERREEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! F' me. what a vocal.

[@Rk1repoman]

This song gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it. Sleep token came into my life at the perfect time. I have a sleep token tattoo because of what their music means to me

[@davidriddick82]

DO THE STUDIO VERSION TRUST ME ITS EPIC 🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🔥

[@evaj2556]

Vessel is incredible 💯 His lyricism is insane, the man oozes talent 🫶🏻

[@Rose_in_Eden]

Vessel is my favourite singer ever. Because he makes you feel the songs on another level. He sings, not just to your ears. He sings straight to your soul. When he sings, you are not listening the song, you are living the song.

[@MrEthernopian]

My explanation is that when you are watching somebody talk or sing, you are watching their emotion as they do so. You are reacting to their physical responses. With Vessel, you can't see (or minimally see) the expression on his face. You are purely reacting/interpreting audibly to the emotions he's emitting. It's truly magical.

[@Rose_in_Eden]

@@MrEthernopian exactly. He is magical. I showed this song, Atlantic and Levitate to work partners and friends. Started to sob and feel emotional. It was only the song, without any video. I'm 36 yr old and I've have never listened this level of emotional power and soul. 🫶🏼❤

[@tankydanky8103]

The ending of the other version of Blood sport is so sad man

[@ohsteria]

I sing this song at night and just let everything out. I still cry every time i hear it.

[@mikeyellis4702]

Worship 🙏💜

[@avilanchereviews2029]

Absolutely love sleep token cause I can relate to the lyrics from my own life experiences and trauma

[@baileycalkins9431]

I went to their concert in may this year and cried bc of all the emotions and their songs, omg! Definitely a concert to go to if you wanna feel almost every emotion and also feel everything they’re feeling!

[@PolarBear_BITW]

This was my introduction into sleep token, I've been on the roller coaster ever since

[@suttonflick4993]

Absolutely my favorite reaction to this song. All of the emotions are felt ♥️ Gotta check out Architects: Gone With the Wind. The story behind it will hit you in the feels.

[@brendanfrench1855]

The only way a man can write words as gut wrenching, words that seemed pulled from the darkest parts of your own mind. Is by having your heart ripped out of your chest by the one person who was your whole world. They have made music so hauntingly beautiful that the whole world has no choice but to be his audience.

[@derpymandalorian1592]

the room below was 100% the right version to liaten to first. i have ugly cried so so hard to this song lol😂

[@fraturedsleep]

This version is absolutely beautiful. I do recommend listening to the studio version to, adds another layer of emotion to the song.

[@TheMessyGentleman]

Been waiting for this reaction❤ I love how you respect the talent

[@moodyholly]

can confirm this song is amazing live ♥vessel played it at wembley

[@sweet_token]

this is literally my favorite thing i've seen him do.. the first time i saw it my jaw dropped and i had to play it back. you have to see his whole performance from the room below 🥹🫶

[@machiz2068]

See sleep token every time come down to Melb, Aus and their sets are always different to the last. Even back to back nights not the same but always just as amazing as the last time lol

[@brittanyschiesl3207]

I love your reactions and how you aren’t afraid to get into it and share your emotions

[@carolglad5273]

These videos are my favorite things ever! It’s like I’m reliving the first time I’m listening to all these songs

[@heatherbennett4512]

The studio version is great too. At the end of the studio version, you can hear him crying 😭

[@deamonsead]

oh yes i've been WAITING for you to get this one!!! it would be lovely if you react to the album version as well sometime. they're fairly different, and i'd love to hear your take on their different sounds 🥰

[@xoHarleyQuinnxo]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE! I'm so happy to see you watching this.

[@xoHarleyQuinnxo]

To me this song it speaks to a place of feeling like a prisoner to your love- To recognize that someone is bad for you but loving every broken piece of them despite it. Craving escape- but the thought of being away from them is just as painful as begging for their love. But thats just what I am reading from it

[@JohnDoeDeMondo]

You gotta listen to the album version too!! The drum bring a whole vibe!

[@jslady5662]

Love this raw song so much! "Like That" is sexy and kinda feels gently violent. Totally 1 of the best songs in my opinion.

[@JadEDU]

im glad you've gone back to some Sundowning songs. once you're done with TMBTE i IMPLORE you to check out their earlier stuff. the EPs are only a few songs each, and then some singles, all before Sundowning was released as their first album.

[@patrickcampbell2077]

Do the studio version next. The other instruments make it that much more intense.

[@anastasia_5519]

You need to listen to both versions.

[@audreymartinius3675]

This songs just breaks me into pieces

[@yutub561]

think of bloodsport in this sense more along the lines of a gladiator fight and run it back! takes a whole new meaning

[@richardeyes5159]

Great reaction you should do Atlantic or the offering

[@calebm3799]

Highly recommend listening to Higher by them. You might find some hints to the bloodsport corelation

[@r277]

I mean we can keep veering off I don't think anyone's gonna complain about that.❤

[@Asphyxiat3dxp]

Dark signs!!

[@ibrahimhumood2500]

The next detour listen to Calcutta. It is perfection. By the way the album version of this song is great

[@tommyjohnson43]

Great version , I like the studio version more but they are almost two different songs even though they aren’t .

[@brandonward8160]

Please check out Hanabie - we love sweets!

[@innanussman4388]

I’m not crying 😢 you are crying

[@tannerhengst1]

also requesting a reaction to hallelujah from the room below here on KZbin

[@emriding8263]

I love the album version of this song too. TLDR; I think the last song on each album: Bloodsport, Missing Limbs, and Euclid, all tie together. To me, this song is him pleading with her to give them another chance; to try again. I think he fucked up in a way he really regrets and he's begging her for forgiveness, but instead all she gives him is indifference. Her indifference is either as a result of being hurt so badly by him that she's using it as a defence mechanism or she just doesn't love him as much as he loves her. Either way, gut wrenching. "I want to be forgiven, I want to choke up chunks of my own sins." This is the last song on the first album and I believe it ties into the last song on each album following. I think Missing Limbs, the last song on the second album, is him finally starting to accept that she may never forgive him and they won't get back together, but there's still a part of him that hopes she'll change her mind. Cause living without her is like living without a piece of himself. "And my polite defences won't last for long, the eager apprehension is wearing off." To me, Euclid, the last song on the third album, is about redemption and thanking the fans for being with him on this journey he goes through on all three albums. I think it also ties into this relationship a bit because it's him coming out the other side and finally accepting that they will never be together again. "I know for the last time, you will not be mine."

[@sydneyproulx4144]

Please react to Fall for Me!!!

[@melinalesieur3277]

In case you didn't know a "Blood Sport" is something where the only way you win is if blood is shed ex Hunting

[@beardlessbomber94]

Listen to is it really you? by loathe with sleep token!

[@user-hu1zf2bn7o]

This will be good. I wonder which version this is? Original or From the Room Below? Both awesome

[@RVFFICA]

gotta be room from below the original is ass imo

[@nathanrankin2813]

@@RVFFICAwhat 😂😂 explain please

[@adrianrodriguez21]

Have you reacted to Aqua Regia?? One of my favorite songs by them!!

[@laurenletourneau3313]

I'm stuck in the quantum pattern of Vessels voice tbh

[@Sinscere]

Please react to dark signs or give by sleep token 🙂‍↕️

[@johnz6808]

It's bad bro, making love a Bloodsport is very toxic and he's acknowledging it

[@elincoln13092]

After you get through sleep token you should check out nightwish. Start with ghost love score.

[@DonVon]

Done

[@vauxa7898]

I believe this has only been preformed live once

[@DonVon]

Need more!

[@getdowngirl91]

Controversially while I love this version too I actually prefer the buildup and heaviness of the album version; it hits me harder and the crying at the end rips my heart open every time

[@childrenofsleep]

Don't know why people want so much for the guy to react specifically to the room below version. Don't get me wrong this version is awesome, but only after you listen to the album version

[@brimstoneisyellow]

if you are gonna listen to one of their singles id suggest "is it really you"

[@rosechristine2392]

To me, "i made loving you a blood sport" means he treated the relationship like a conquest. Like he didn't understand what loving someone was supposed to be, and it became a convoluted, toxic struggle for power. I think most, if not all, of his songs are about this one toxic relationship that he was a victim to and also helped create.

[@PoliAstroN]

I have a problem with Blood Sport. People neglect the studio version of the song, which, in my opinion, is better than The Room Below. Don’t get me wrong it’s great, but, you can’t neglect the original

[@seanrookee]

I respectfully disagree, the emotion in this version takes it to another level.

[@PoliAstroN]

@@seanrookee the emotion yes, but the overall song is better in the studio version, and the simple reason is the instruments

[@aarontrudeau3257]

No matter what he does to show his love, it’s futile.

[@oneysays]

I'm def in the minority on this one, but I prefer the album version over this version. This is an awesome rendition, but the album version has much more replayability for me. Def check it out if you f'd with this one.

[@hopehinson]

Hey man, what do you know about booktok lol?

[@DonVon]

lol a lot since covering them

[@hopehinson]

@@DonVon that's actually fair enough. Please continue.

[@JosephChavis-vj8qd]

Album version is 100000000 percent better more emotionally attached

[@user-kr2lb1pk2o]

Tbh I much prefer the original over this because I like the metal parts of their songs, they kinda put you off the good version, but the video for this version is great

[@Chris-dt8ru]

wrong

[@user-kr2lb1pk2o]

@@Chris-dt8ru fym wrong? It’s an opinion, it can’t be wrong

[@dylanpastor6006]

​@igotajarofdirt9873 that's just people being stupid ignore them

[@Dyrtbag68]

This isn't Sleep Token. This is Vessel. The album version is so much better imo. Man breaks into tears on the album. Your viewers once again are screwing this whole journey up for you. Gatta go through the album before you get to this masterpiece. I hate it when fans get reactors to jump all over the place like this. Do it in order, get the full scope.

[@Vahle.]

The album version is great as well, however this one just rips with the piano.

[@kylegrant4303]