And I saw an interview with Bo that busted the depressive breakdown narrative. He basically said not to look into the Kanye rant as deeply as some people have.
Whenever that "Now get inside" line hits I get chills and goose bumps every time. I hope you react to the full special someday all the songs together is spectacular and all comes together in the end of the show.
Kanye Rant is right before he left for the five years. The emotion is very telling in that one as to why. Comedy and Goodbye are awesome from Inside. I think you should go in order of release on his YT channel in order to get a real good feel for Bo. His Repeat Stuff video is a glimpse into his clever genius! Also Art is Dead identifies how self aware he is as a person. In date order of release is best though!
Oh I thought you've already seen "Kanye Rant". If not, this is harder to understand. That being said, "All eyes on me" was my first introduction to Bo. From that perspective, I did not expect anything - I did not know he was a comedian, or that he'd been on a 5 year break, NOTHING. So, what I got from this was just pure emotion, and the next one I did was the Kanye Rant (Can't handle this).. and man that BROKE me. So, I did it backwards, and maybe that is a good way to go. But, that most definitely needs to be the next reaction to Bo from you. Because these two performances connect.
Of all the people that did reactions to this song, you’re the first to get most of this right in my opinion. Like you saw that it was way deeper than it sounded. Like people knew him as quirky funny song guy, but he was having panic attacks, so when he says “we’re going to go where everybody knows” I feel like it’s him saying “fine this is what you want right?”
I think if you appreciate what you have thus far have seen, you see Bo from his start() HS: My whole family. Right up to present. If you want to see someone extremely clever and intelligent. Great singer , composer. He rejected Harvard. t
There’s a duality to Bo as an artist/performer- a lot paradoxes that exists that I think are expressed in a lot his work, including this piece. The performance he quit for a while after, the “Kanye Rant”, is an intriguing watch. Can’t go wrong with most Bo performances though. ~_~
His song "Can't Handle This (Kanye Rant)" is from his last performance on his last tour, 5 years earlier. You can see him starting to lose his shit towards the end.
This one is definitely understood best in the context of the special. If at all possible, I'd love to see a full-length reaction to Inside on your Patreon and then you can always cut it into chunks for RU-vid. If you keep doing them piecemeal, I suggest doing Comedy and Goodbye back to back because one is sort of the intro and one is the conclusion and they made great bookends to the special. But definitely do the Kanye Rant next.
