TRUTH! Reaction to Kanye West - Runaway (Extended)

[@LeuryGarcia420]

All the lyrics serve as double entendres about his problems with intimacy in relationships (Amber Rose at the time) but also for how he portrays himself to the media. This is directly after the Taylor Swift incident where he was widely hated. Listen to the lyrics “I always find something wrong” “I’m so gifted at finding what I don’t like the most” represent how he’s addicted to the spotlight, so he’ll always do what he can to stay in the spotlight. This song is pretty much an admittance that he knows what he’s doing is a sickness, but he doesn’t know what he’d do without his fame and attention (“I don’t know how’d I manage, if one day you just up and leave”) The end of the song with his muffled voice is a stylistic and artistic decision representing how he feels when he actually talks to the media. His thoughts and ideas are clear in his head but he can never articulate it right. He gets portrayed as the villain because it’s easy, but if you take time to process what he’s saying you’ll understand where he’s coming from. The song holds such a special place with Kanye fans because it’s indicative of his whole career. We see this cycle every few years with him. The Taylor incident, “you ain’t got the answers sway”, the drake beef, the maga hat, “George bush doesn’t care about black people”, and more. It’s easy to label him as crazy, but the reason why this song is so brilliant is because it encompasses an entire career of controversy. It doesn’t justify it, but rather apologizes for it and tries to explore why he does it in this therapeutic way.

[@charliemanning3416]

Great writeup

[@9etherNeo]

Why do u know so much about this shit lmaoo

[@SavvyFPS]

You better be a journalist because you're writing and abilities to summarise are insane!

[@paoworkfromhome]

Good explanation thanks buddy

[@LeuryGarcia420]

Lar Flacko Lmao. there are themes in this song that are pretty apparent all throughout the album, especially w the context of when he dropped it. Besides that I talk music with most my friends so we always just bounce ideas off each other lol. Big ye fans

[@cristilord7767]

This is Kanye's best song and a piece of art and maybe one of the best songs of all time. The song represents Kanye West and his personality perfectly, which is why it is so critically acclaimed.

[@thermologo3451]

Not his best song

[@cristilord7767]

@@thermologo3451 Probably, it's not my favorite but I can recognize its greatness and just how powerful it is as a song. It's really special.

[@MM-jc7uv]

@@cristilord7767 subjective. Kanye is my favourite artist and I don’t really love this song at all but I’m more focused on how something sounds rather than the lyrics or message/meaning

[@saqib7965]

Kanye has to many great songs to pick one

[@TheIcemanthomas]

Nah I got devil in a new dress as the best imo

[@SAoutlaw]

Absolutely loved this reaction. Only wished they heard the raw uncensored but what a great reaction. Definitely subscribed

[@TwoOldDudes]

Thanks for the sub! We really appreciate you watching!

[@SAoutlaw]

@@TwoOldDudes thanks for the reply! Made my day cant wait for more uploads

[@benr3799]

This is the first Kanye song I ever heard. It gave me goosebumps and then during the vocoder outro, I straight up cried and didn’t know why. He put so many emotions into that mesh of singing and synthesizers and auto-tune. First time I had ever heard that done, and it changed the way I thought about music. Been a Ye fan ever since, for better or worse

[@benr3799]

I will say, the studio version of this is the gold standard as it has more samples flying around and an extended outro, although the video is still beautiful!

[@TwoOldDudes]

There have been a few others who have mentioned something similar. Unfortunately we don’t think there’s a video with the same album version. If you know of one, please let us know. Thanks for watching!

[@nunyabidness9692]

@@benr3799 I guess I’m in the minority that likes this version more. I think it sounds cleaner and I really don’t like the “look at ya!” sample that pervades the entire song.

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm435]

@@nunyabidness9692 maaan I thought it was booty action for the longest time smh

[@benr3799]

Sadly I believe you’re right, there’s no video for the album version of the song, I’d check the studio song out though just for yourselves if you’d like!

[@laurenceaustinc]

The outro is absolutely brilliant. It’s speculated that his distorted voice represents how the media portrays him. Just how the distortion makes it impossible for us to understand his words, the media makes it impossible to understand who Kanye really is as a human being.

[@lyriccccc.]

Need the explicit version

[@hunterb7549]

Yeah that makes parts of the song pretty strange tbh, maybe because I never listened to the censored version

[@brugjam4044]

Sounds weird without the sample as well

[@firecrakka]

"fo'dah fo'dah" just don't hit the same as "Assholes."

[@edgerdeuce]

That's the beauty of Kanye's music, it ages very well... This is from a 2010 Album, but the sound is perfectly suitable for recent times...

[@chodak.black14]

The meaning of the outro is amazing. It shows how the media and world view Kanye’s words. They never truly understand him so that’s how his words sounds to everyone else

[@ericmwenda8304]

I envy the fact that people can still experience My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy as an album for the first time, not gonna lie though, it still gets me in my feels

[@MouseMan04]

Runaway can make anyone cry

[@jakelomonaco6527]

Y’all really gotta just listen to the actual song itself either on or off camera. It’s a different experience with headphones on! You won’t be disappointed this video doesn’t give y’all the full runaway experience!

[@Knitty610]

This song STILL has the world captivated. PLEASE GO ON A KANYE WEST JOURNEY! That one key is MESMORIZING!

[@laurenceaustinc]

I consider Runaway to be the greatest song of this generation, an absolute favourite of mine. The lyrics, and especially the production tell a story, a deep message.

[@thomasstebbings2136]

Something about the outro is so creative and empowering in my opinion, it's almost like he transferred his exact feeling from his heart through a straw to the song hahaha

[@chodak.black14]

The outro is so beautiful

[@peterdeluca7844]

More Kanye, artistry at its finest

[@juju-vl7oj]

Kanye is awesome, if you know ,you know, but I think the majority of people won't recognize that he's one of the greatest artist of all time all genres included until he's gone.. what he does as an all around artist is completely unique and historic if you're into pop/rock history.

[@bhris.c8315]

Fr

[@aidencleary62]

I think this is the general consensus most places except for Facebook, no one gets more hate than Kanye on Facebook 🤣

[@benr3799]

Can we please not talk about Ye being gone yet, he’s a young man still let’s save that talk for when we no longer get to share the earth with his presence

[@benr3799]

No hate at all lol, let’s just not talk about it as if he’s almost gone, we’ve lost too many recently and I genuinely don’t want to think about a world without Ye on the prowl looking to shake things up

[@Linkopotamus]

The song’s not about Kim, but he played Runaway late last year at his live show with Drake and added a part at the end dedicated to her. Asking her to run back to him

[@karangill7189]

this is the first song he dropped after that taylor swift incident after literally the whole world hated him even obama. this is from his My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantacy album which is one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. and this is not the album version btw thats why the swear words are not in it and theres a sample missing too

[@karangill7189]

@@Wiz51 oh okay i thought it was runaway but power being the first one makes sense too

[@benr3799]

I feel like him and Taylor need to have sex….why? YeTay would be FAMOUS. (Btw I have never heard more arrogant lyrics in my life than the og bar. Like there’s literally NO way he’s serious but also NO way he’s joking, it’s just bizarre. I still hate the line cause Taylor’s not a sex object and was mislead as to what Kanye would eventually say in the song. I think it’s an iconic line, but also like god I’m sorry to Taylor like she didn’t ask for any of that, and that line will live forever in music history now, even if it deserves to be forgotten) Anyway if they ever reconcile and make music together, I’d be so happy. There’s literally zero reason why Ye went after Taylor, so I’d understand that never happening, but the catharsis of hearing them laugh and sing together would most likely break my brain. Hope no one read this but if so, do you think they should stay out of each other’s way? Or reconcile and attempt friendship? Personally, even if it crashes and burns as I’m sure it would, I think that would be a monumental show of kindness and forgiveness and possibility. Again, there’s zero reason why Taylor should, but she’s always been a role model for finding happiness in life, and yeah the more positivity the better, I’m lookin forward to an interesting future between them anyways

[@abramlopez8471]

@@benr3799 🥺

[@TCHFTZ]

POWER

[@nazoordeenmohammedmujeebud466]

Look at ya

[@bobbydigital8243]

Man I swear censorship diminishes the value of an artist work.

[@ZChoate]

More Ye. Listening to his discography in order is a big undertaking but it's fruitful and puts everything in context.

[@solodolotrevino]

Man I wish I could hear this for the first time again! Chills

[@AmyReneeDavis-Winters0627]

YAY! Happy Friday! I hope everyone has a safe & enjoyable weekend.

[@valeriajeronimo2169]

I'll still waiting for all to well 10 minutes version 🥺 Love your reactions

[@Intjwithocd]

I just listened to MBDTF for the 1st time and literally shed a tear during runaway.

[@VanAugur]

The end was kanyes voice thru a guitar filter

[@stonechild4him]

thank you thank you for this. i love that you got to experience it for the first time, his artistry, and what you guys picked up from this is golden. this song comes from, 'Runaway' a 'Full length Film'. Which was like a video rollout when he dropped his album, My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy. Appreciate you and am excited to watch more vids.

[@danielnewton2390]

There's a great 25 minute extended fan edit on KZbin as well.

[@jiketagg4251]

The reason you felt that there is more is because this music video is part of a much longer 30 minute film covering the entire album of Dark Twisted Fantasy. Love the vid guys 🔥

[@StormKidification]

Every time I hear ur jokes at the beginning I can't help but love you all, you really brighten my (and I'm sure other's) day Old Dudes

[@matthewcalamari1115]

Love the comment on using the visuals to elevate the song to art. Kanye has always wanted to be considered as an artist, not confined as a rapper/producer/etc. this song + this video = true, raw artistry. Subscribed!

[@brayden3041]

It would be awesome if you guys would do albums, there’s so many great rap albums that tell full stories you can’t really get from single songs.

[@benr3799]

It’s so interesting that you brought up Kim, although this was 12 years ago, this was right before he got with Kim kardashian, and one of the songs on this album contains a love poem he wrote to Kim (Lost in the world, first verse). This might have been part of the beginning of their relationship, instead of related to the end!

[@zBaoyyyPvP]

the outro always makes me tear up

[@shinebabyshine.]

Loved this reaction! I forgot how breathtaking this video is. This was created back in 2010 when he was dating model and muse Amber Rose, they broke up shortly before this album was released 🩰

[@wakaman94]

oof the clean version ☹️

[@shermanmi]

Kanye dabbles ever so briefly in self-awareness xD

[@karangill7189]

9:05 this isnt about kim this is before he got with kim, this was released like 10 years ago

[@creedencebakken2686]

Make that 13 year ago

[@ShivasishKhan]

This is artistry

[@blvckmoneymusic]

If only these guys had a little bit info about what they talking about, this song not only broke barriers and paved way to a new music generation but also shows you kanye at his lowest and highest.

[@TwoOldDudes]

Hi Blvckmoney. Thanks for the info. We come into these completely blind in order to have a truly authentic reaction without preconceived opinions or expectations. That said, and we'll see if there's a way to perhaps do both. Thanks for watching!

[@AmyReneeDavis-Winters0627]

I'm not the biggest fan of Kanya, but this is one of my favorite songs & helped me through a tough relationship w/ the fact that the problems weren't really my fault.

[@shakshbh]

Have you heard ghost town. That is a good motivational song.

[@AmyReneeDavis-Winters0627]

@@shakshbh No, but I'll go listen to it. Thank you. 😊

[@vickylove9824]

@@AmyReneeDavis-Winters0627 yeah ghost town has helped me face abuser in my life. Such a beautiful song makes me feel like their is a better place out there❤️

[@AmyReneeDavis-Winters0627]

@@vickylove9824 There is. 😊

[@juvenil6969]

@@AmyReneeDavis-Winters0627 Listen to "Reborn" by Kanye and Kid Cudi

[@declanm2783]

I LOVE THIS, Kanye West is one of the greatest artists of this era PLEASE watch his “24” music video or his “all falls down” music video!

[@joshuavillarreal8173]

Will always appreciate a Kanye reaction video. Next, Wolves by Kanye 🙏🏻

[@edwin-anaya]

Please watch the full film PLEASEEE it’s long but sooooo good and would just love to see u guys watch it

[@Nicky-zz8np]

I’m so glad you chose runaway it’s one of my favorite songs from him. I would recommend power but the music video is very short sadly.

[@mauveletteburchell606]

Amazing and elegant video. I very truthful and understanding rendition from Kanye. The ballerinas were so amazing and insinc. Beautiful artistry Kanye...well done. This is talent 👏 🙌.

[@thatscrazyyyyyy]

y’all HAVE to do A$AP Rocky - L$D. the music and the video itself is BEAUTIFUL.

[@draken_xyz3236]

Kanye west is GOAT’d in the Hip Hop scene! Would love to see you react to Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (Extended Version) is another good one.

[@yourfuture1437]

Definitely should watch & react to the whole “Runaway” short film

[@Pizza_Rat]

wish you didn't listen to the clean version, but good song anyway

[@matthewchampion8214]

This is the extended video version. There's no clean version in this format unless they just listen to the audio version, so there's no ideal way to do a 1st listen.

[@ty94ify]

Y’all should watch the vma performance of runaway.

[@johnyl3090]

You have to watch the short album Art movie... she's the Pheonix that fell from the sky

[@InfiniteOptimalHD]

crazy this song is nearly 12 years old now

[@Liam1706.]

Please watch his live version in the Larry hoover concert because he adds a great part to the song at the end

[@Deking24]

I wish you guys would react to the whole movie/ video for this project this was just a small part of a longer video , it actually made a video album for all of the songs on this album and it was so beautifully done . You guys should check it out .

[@Djett18]

I really wanna see these guys react to some XXXTENTACION i think that’d be really interesting

[@yessirwdp]

yes! maybe something from the 17 album would be very interesting

[@AfterDarhkTV]

Great video guys!

[@DAWNNEON]

this is actually just 8 minutes of a 30 minute movie kanye made back when he released this album several years ago, its very ironic that the lyrics are mirroring his situation in his life right now with kim. but theres definitely more to the story than this scene if you can find the full movie music video.

[@PINK666FM]

People thought the ending part was a guitar...it's literally Kanye's voice thru a vocoder. The video is based upon the Darren Aronofsky film "Black Swan".

[@jmarshall8493]

Pinocchio's Song by Kanye West. A song he made after his mom passed away.

[@Kontakt904]

This way before any divorce talk with Kim. Just saying cuz y’all were wondering. Great vid guys!! It was probably mostly in response to the Taylor Swift incident as well lol

[@karangill7189]

FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY KANYE AGAIN

[@GIRTHYANDITCURVES]

2 old dudes is so funny as a brand 💀💀💀

[@ChrisMalachi]

So interesting that y’all reacted to two songs of Kanye mainly singly when most of his songs are him rapping

[@TwoOldDudes]

Chris that's interesting and we didn't catch that. We'll tell Perry to look for a rap one next time, thanks!

[@LPolpi]

Honestly you really really Need to react to or at least watch the whole film. Its a true masterpiece- musically and visually

[@JustSayingJS]

The ending is him pouring his heart out because of the backlash from the taylor event, and its also a representation of how people hear him when he speaks.Constantly misunderstood.

[@Purplecandii1000]

Yall are definitely my new favs

[@TwoOldDudes]

Thanks Sunshine!

[@henrypickett5420]

You gotta check out the cover runaway by a band called Silverstein! It’s so good

[@farrellcityking1]

Legendary music

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

Guy with short hair on the left, you look EXACTLY like my uncle and it’s freaking me the fck out. 😂🤣

[@iseaflames]

Someone's uncle has a secret double life

[@DukooPZK]

Please watch the entire RunAway short film that was a part of his BEST album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. This is an excerpt of the film.

[@luissaenz9953]

Would love to see y'all react to Mac Miller or Gorillaz. You would love them. Mac Miller - "Self Care" or "Ladders" from the Album "Swimming". Or "Funeral" or "Colors and Shapes" from the Album "Faces". Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc.", "Dare", "Clint Eastwood" or "Empire Ants".

[@neaqpalhp3806]

YEAH!!!!!!

[@RJ-ny6tl]

Nice reaction would love Kanye west all falls down video

[@BanditoPictures]

This film was directed by Kanye as well

[@paradoxthc3301]

Should check out Satellite but Insane Clown Posse

[@saltz9865]

You guys should react to Joji Run orJoji slow dancing in the dark.

[@linalu5881]

Love this song!

[@BasedMando]

Absolute GOAT!

[@jadel-sayed8335]

great reaction, Id love to see a reaction to As the world caves in - Matt Maltese, such a great song and video im sure you guys would love it!!

[@jerryb5631]

You guys should react to the whole runaway film. It's amazing.

[@josephbishara4791]

The music brought tears to my 51 year old eyes.

[@IAmArray]

@13:10 wow, I'm so surprised you guys understood Kanye's intentions on this project of elevating Hip Hop as a form of higher art. Many fans believe My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to be Kanye's magnum opus, in which Kanye uses rich orchestral sounds to express his relationship with the excesses of fame, juxtaposed with Kanye's own ideosyncracies

[@RSmith-wd7zr]

Thus is part of a short film MY DARK TWISTED FANTASY. 34 mins of JEEN-YUHS...oh yeah directed by KANYE WEST

[@lanceprime3003]

wait.... Y'all haven't done Frank Ocean yet?!?!?!? Higgs Self Control Nikes Strawberry Swing Forrest Gump Nights

[@saqib7965]

Come to life was amazing

[@93derekmusic]

Still good but I wish you all used the unedited version.

[@edison1]

the goat. watch the runaway film.

[@rheabenner3468]

Best Kanye song

[@ryansam584]

theres a reason why rolling stones ranked this the 25th best song EVER

[@joshuanorris9785]

I love this channel!

[@kristineteall368]

I'm a little bummed it's the clean version because the unedited is so much better, but great reaction!

[@TwoOldDudes]

We've had quite a few comments mentioning the same thing. We had no idea there were different versions.

[@byroninya8]

You guys should watch the whole movie!

[@wettamale3191]

Pls listen to Family Ties- Baby Keem Ft Kendrick Lamar

[@julietpapa2657]

Never thought Id see a Gordon Ramsay - Steven Tyler colaboration

[@Pogoc7]

These guys can easily find out when this song came out...2009ish

[@2highagain]

This still isn’t the full version of the song lol

[@YeFansMalaysia]

Full kanye journey, you will loved his music and maybe understand him as a person.

[@TheAssassinAK47]

I love this song. One of the best Kanye songs ever. Great reaction glad y’all reacted to this one. Anticipating that Logic reaction though I can’t wait

[@TwoOldDudes]

Logic coming soon! Thanks for watching!

[@TheAssassinAK47]

@@TwoOldDudes YES!!! I’m so ready for it! Thank you guys so much for everything you do

[@TwoOldDudes]

Assassin, just FYI, Perry says there are some special copyright clearances we need so it might take a minute. But we are all over it and can't wait!

[@TheAssassinAK47]

@@TwoOldDudes Ok awesome! And I understand that for sure! Hopefully y’all can get it out soon. No worries. Really appreciate you letting me know that’s super cool.

[@BanditoPictures]

Please react to his new Heaven and He’ll music video

[@starboyq]

Codiene Crazy by future please!

[@Hawaii567]

You have to listen to the full explicit version on your own time. I think the clean version ruins the flow and rawness of the song a bit. Lyrics of the chorus are cut out, and this version os missing elements of the instrumental that add a lot to the song in my opinion. Great reaction though. Been watching quite a few of your videos lately and appreciate the time and effort put into the videos.

[@TwoOldDudes]

Thank you Hawaii. Apparently there's many versions of this video and this song. We did our best for old dudes but we're just hangin' on! Thanks for you comment.

[@stuffstuff8942]

This is from 2010 so it’s very old