Starting with NF on this song is like starting a book on the 17th chapter 😅 This is the title song from his fourth studio album. All of his albums tie together sequentially to tell his story. He uses tons of callbacks, references and symbolism. This was filmed in Iceland.
I'm also a huge Ren fan. I found NF in 2018 when i was at my darkest. His music literally saved my life. Please consider taking the NF Journey. It's a bumpy ride, but it's so worth it!
Never touched drugs or alcohol. Lots of trauma as a kid including his mom overdosing and passing. Totally worth it to do the journey. He’s been around for many years. He takes long breaks regularly and doesn’t do interviews or social media hardly at all. Glad you found him.
The balloons are his burdens. He says it in the song. “Got a taste of the fame better pump my stomach throw it back up like I don’t want it. “he’s talking about not wanting to be famous. He doesn’t drink or do drugs good reaction!
New sub! Appreciate you! 2023 Updated NF Journey List Appreciate you NIKKI-1979 For making this list! 🎶 This is for anyone new who may want to take the NF journey as we call it because he intertwines his music like marvel movies. All of his albums are like a connected series. He also hides eggs in his videos which he co-directs and co-produces. For example in his “When I Grow Up” song there were four hidden eggs in that song: 1. A black balloon by the trash cans (black balloon represents his burdens per search single) 2 In the burger joint he grabbed at receipt that had the date and time of when his song time was being released. 3. He had outcast written on his name tag in the janitor scene which references his Outcast song. 4. He had his moments album CD in car scene Another example is in the search song he had cage in background he rapped in from his outcast song. Search single also connects to Hope. In Hope he has the “map to hope”. The black smile you will see painted on his mouth is explained in his therapy session song. Here is the song order: MANSION ALBUM: 1. All I have (VIDEO)- Will connect to his Suffice single from Hope album. 2. Intro (VIDEO) (Connects to Outro) 3. Mansion- will connect to Intro 3. Fear moved in. Also connects to paid my dues. Anger lives in basement Lastly it connects to Hope single. 4. Wake Up (VIDEO) connects to Intro 2 and Outro. 5. Paralyzed- Connects to Let you down and Trauma 6. Wait (VIDEO) 7. Notepad (VIDEO) He explains why he does not cuss in his music🎶 THERAPY SESSION ALBUM: 1. Intro 2 (VIDEO) He calls out his song wake up and has names of all songs written on walls from this album. You will also see references to his intro song as well. 2. Therapy Session (VIDEO) Very important song. Explains his black smile he paints on his mouth. 3. I just wanna know (VIDEO)-Will connect to Outro video. 4. How could you leave us-(VIDEO) Please have tissues nearby. Will connect to his Mama single. 5. Real song- (VIDEO) * He pays homage to Lil Wayne in this song by using his famous line feed me rappers or feed me beats but adding feed me both of them 🔥* Also connects to Outro video. 6. Grindin’ ft. Marty (VIDEO) 7. Oh Lord-* This song gets referred to in returns song two albums later.* Great song 8. Statement He pays homage to eminem and drake in this song (hype song) Warm Up -(VIDEO) Single released between albums. (hype song) Epiphany- collab with futuristic. (VIDEO) He pays homage to meek mill. PERCEPTION ALBUM: 1. Outro (VIDEO) pay attention to the video. It is like avengers endgame how he connects tons of previous videos materials in this. connects to Wake up, therapy session, intro 1, real single, and I just wanna know single. 2. Green Lights-(VIDEO) * Please pay attention to what he has written on the notepad at the end 3. Intro 3 (one of his best songs) *This connects to mansion single. Remember fear. reference. Connects to hope single 4. Outcast (VIDEO)- will connect to clouds video.connects to Hope single 5. Know- He pays homage to eminem and 21 pilots (hype) 6. Destiny (hype)-Mansion single is mentioned in this song. 7. One hundred (hype) 8. Let you down (VIDEO) please watch to the very very end! Plots twist. Connects to hope single. 9. If you want love (VIDEO) 10. Remember this- 💎 Gems all over this track! Single: No Name. (VIDEO) This gets connected in leave me alone song an album later. connects to Motto as well with the VIP part. Single: Why- (VIDEO) *NF pays big homage to Big Sean as he uses his flow from bounce back in this and mentions Big Seans name and his album I decided. (This isnt nates flow he says) Also he has a ton of eggs like Dont mess with real music written on walls. Pay attention to all writing on the walls* connects to Motto as well SEARCH ALBUM Whole album should be listened to. Below is mainly the journey songs and hype songs: 1 The search (VIDEO) He pays homage to kanye west. (Cant tell me nothing by kanye and he puts his hands on his head like kanye did in video) this also connects to outcast re the cage in background) connects to Hope single as well-map to hope 2. When I grow up (VIDEO) He pays homage to Adele. (To me he also did to snoop in opening scene with kids saying what they wanted to be when they grow up) Hidden eggs in this connects to Motto (the fan sipping the drink) 3. Leave me alone (VIDEO) * This connects to no name single.* 4. Change- this song is mentioned in his search single. 5. Nate- He mentions all his past albums. 6. Time (VIDEO) Song for his wife. 7. Returns- (hype song) one of his best for flow switches and word play- connects to oh lord single 8. Only - I feel like part two of this is Just like you from clouds mixtape. 9. Let me go- connects to Hope 10. Interlude then I hate myself song. In running he mentions Hate Myself. 11. I miss the days 12. No excuses (hype song) 13. Options (hype song) connects to clouds video with the ref scene 14. Trauma singing only song. Amazing. Connects to Search Intro Single. Paid My Dues (VIDEO) It was to the awful article rolling stones put out because the writer was a big chance the rapper fan and was pissed NF took number one spot. Over 400 people bashed that writer in the comments lol Chasing -demo he did with a fan. This was very nice of him to do. This also will connect to the whole theme of Clouds Mixtape. CLOUDS THE MIXTAPE- 1. Clouds (VIDEO) * This connects to outcast single turn the music up and options singles* connects to hope single 2. Lost ft Hopsin (VIDEO) connects to hope single (reins) also connects to search theme with black balloons (burdens) 3. Story (VIDEO) This is one of his best for story telling singles! 4. That’s a Joke (pays homage to J Cole from no role modelz) 5. Just like you (connects to Hope single where his older self is giving him wrong directions) 6. Prideful-Connects to Lost as he speaks about pride in that single. 7. Drifting (connects to Hope single) 8. Trust ft Tech N9ne- To me this connects to running single from Hope. As he mentions “if you have never been afraid then why you running?” HOPE ALBUM 1.Hope- (video) connects to Drifting, Lost Ft Hopsin, Mansion single, Outcast, let you down, search single (map to hope), let me go, just like you, and why. 2.Motto-(video) connects to when i grow up (same fan sipping drink) no name, happy, and why singles. 3. Happy. Connects to Motto. 4. Mama-Connects to How could you leave us single. 5. Suffice-Connects to All I have single. He even uses a line from this single as well in this. 6. Careful Ft Cordae- Pays homage to J Cole. 7. Turn my back- Shouts out Kanye, Drake, Eminem, Dr. Dre, J Cole, Kendrick, Cordae, Big Sean, 6LACK. Shouts out God’s Plan by Drake as well in this. 8. Bullet- The whole song is written for his wife. 9. Running. Very important song. Connects to Hope intro single. He is speaking to the dark side of him. Hope is taking the reins! (The whole album is amazing so please listen to the rest of the music when you can. Nothing else is a call back to his older music)1 This list is Nikki-1979 List! Please thank her! Mistake is my favorite NF track!
The balloons represent his burdens that he's forced to carry around with him because they live in his mind. They're black because those thoughts are very dark. Getting in the cart implies he is trapped in a cage regarding his mental health. For the answer to the woman on the bench, react to his video "How Could You Leave Us".
Why do ya guys ALWAYS feel the need to just GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY..... If she does the journey she can come to that conclusion naturally, you just took that "HOLY SHIT!!!" moment away from her, stop doing that, it's not cool.
@@WeKoPaw There's a difference between helping and just giving away everything all the time. Nudge people in the right direction, be subtle about it, let THEM put two and two together for themselves, it's the point of his music.
It wasn't drugs that he needed pumping his stomach it was Fame. This dude is a Christian he struggles from mental health, he doesn't curse. The balloons that he carries around or his burdens. And that's just a glimpse.
Welcome to the NF fam! As many people have already told you, you have to do the NF Journey! All of his music tells a story and all intertwine with each other! I’m sure someone will be able to give you the order to go in! Buckle up and get ready because it’s a wild ride lol
Balloons = his burdens. There's a spot in the song where he says, "I'm leaving my burdens, well, I brought a few with me" and he turns around pointing at the balloons.
Great reaction. Us Outcast love to experience new reactors to NF. There are Easter eggs in his videos and lyrics. My suggestion is do Leave Me Alone because its directly connected to The Search. Then start from the beginning. Intro All I Have Mansion You will not regret the journey. Peace.
This 'movie' represents Nates levels of deep dreams ( no colors) as the fade out in the end is like trying to WAKE UP yet he is still in his subconcious dream state wanting to search for answers to unlock the 'saferoom' cage he is afaid to leave... he has now left the cage of 'protection' you see in the background...to journey on towards that 'map to hope' using the cart as his 'mobile home' safespace that carries his burdens (balloons) and at the end NF climbs into iT... as a 'basket case' like a 'lost soul at a crossroad.'
I'd already caught some of your other reactions, but have subbed for NF! There are many lists for his journey - they are massive, don't feel pressure to do them. For next track, I would suggest When I Grow Up To be clear - you SHOULD do the journey - just don't feel the pressure to do all of it on your channel. (Just being honest, your channel will not grow that way.) There are, however, a handful of key tracks that are popular reactor selections and paint a pretty vivid picture of NF - what he's been through, how he got here, who he is, what he stands for, etc. Pretty much all of Mansion album, Intro II, Therapy Session, How Could you Leave Us, Oh Lord, Outro, Intro III, Let You Down, If You Want Love, Remember This, Why, The Search (✅), When I Grow Up, and then pretty much all of Clouds and Hope.
Welcome to a new rabbit hole :) suggest you hit Mansion - a great into to NFs story and will set you up for the rest. For an amazing piece of Story Telling, different to Ren but no less impact full as Jenny and Screech, try "Story". New sub here in hope :)
Subbed for NF. You definitely need to do the journey from the beginning. All of his songs/videos tie together and you jumped right into the middle of it, so there is a lot of context you are missing. Pause just a little less and take a little more time to listen and I think that will help overall.
here is a link to the NF journey playlist if will help you understand NF and his music more is an amazing listen ru-vid.com/group/PLYoB7_wG5NZn40MmcwAc5niKQvLcCEy78&si=w3OMgMTj8DKG9FOv
This reaction was a study in hastily drawn conclusions and assumptions. You are so off on most observations. You should probably start the NF journey from the beginning, and not wirh the 4th album. Otherwise it would be like pretending to diagnose Ren after only seeing a random track like "Seven Sins", and never having seen "Hi Ren" or "Chalk Outlines" first.
What's up with people talking bout NF sounding like Ren??? NF was out way B4 Ren, Ig If u ain't done the NF Journey, some won't get why that Ren comparison is irritating as hell.
With NF every album is a book and each song is a chapter. To understand NF's life, background and struggles you have to start at the beginning. Alot of his songs and and videos cross reference each other and link together. You could get lost and confused if you haven't went on the NF JOURNEY! BTW the balloons represent our burdens and the things from his past that NF can't let go of.