Near perfection!! First time hearing Chalk Outlines, Ren X Chinchilla (Reaction & Vocal Analysis) 

Just wanted to say thank you for this reaction and support, made me so happy to watch and I found it so interesting. All the love !!! 🫶🫶🫶💓💓🥰

I lost my son to a supposed mental illness...he was 39...the angst and pleading and finally that great big smile....gives me goosebumps....it is perfection.

Chinchilla has 4.9K subscribers right now. Come on people! This woman is a phenomenal talent. We can do better than that!

If you want to see Rens capabilities in character switching live, then 'the tale of Jenny and Screech (full)' is a masterclass. It is a longer video but a wonderful storytelling experience

I like how Chris takes singing that would just sound like singing to the average person, but he takes it apart and breaks it down into bite-sized information for all of us. He really shows us how good Ren is, and how good he is at vocal analysis. Can we just take a moment to appreciate Chris?

Ren and his Big Push fellows are raising the bar for all musicians. If I ever go to a show. I'm not wearing makeup and bringing tissues..lol all of his stuff makes me feel good. Most of all Ren helps me feel like life can be fun again.

It’s like she’s reaching for him, feelings as pointed as those fingernails, he’s shaking his head, understands but troubled, empathetic, she backs away

One of the biggest struggles in life is being alone and waking up okay just to feel literally guilty for having a good day. Like you don't deserve it. Some crushing stuff, but Ren's music is pretty life saving tbh

This might be a weird comment, but it was so classy of you to take that moment to let analysis take the backseat for a moment to the emotion of that segment of their duet, I loved that you realized that it wasn't necessarily the moment for analytical mind, but to just get lost in it for a moment. This song is such a gift, and this analysis is so great! 💜

When those two get face to face, eye to eye, and start feeding off each other's energy and feeding it back to each other... they are an INCREDIBLE duet pairing. It feels like...I dunno... if Janis and Eddie Vedder performed together

Ren also with Chinchilla please listen to How To Be Me live. You'll go crazy going through that one. :)

He is going to blow up, this is a real artist & deep soul. This song actually made me cry... Also, he looks like Thomas Shelby :)

This is to say thanks for this reaction and for you to check out Ren Chinchilla “how to be me” you will go crazy, cant wait to see your analysis (edited to confirm the live version is the one) thank you to those who called that out.

Hi Ren has made me understand twenty one years of battling clinical depression better than a host of doctors, psychologists and councillors ever did! The tears literally flowed like salt water when the monologue arrived at the end❤️ This song is up there with Bohemian Rhapsody IMO👍

Ren x Chinchilla - how to be me live. lets goooo

Ren X Chinchilla "How to be Me" is ANOTHER beautiful duet!!!! Great reaction!

This gives me hope that great music is still being made.

You get it! First time watching you and I love your interpretation of this video with such genuine feeling. And how could you not. I get the chills or end up crying every time I watch it. REN and Chinchilla definitely get lost in there music.❤❤❤

Also Buckley-ish: the vulnerability and pain that makes it sound like he’s literally dying in front of you and he’s hoping you’ll take this message to his family. The strength and control in his voice makes some really tender, low-power fade outs that maintain vibrato all the way through and peter out roughly but beautifully.

Brother, you observations & analysis of how incredible Ren is, is brilliant. Loved it.

After watching Chalk Outlines a dozen times, I still get goosebumps and a lump in my throat. Thank you Chris so much for this video!!

Well happy One year anniversary on this one ❤ I'm rewatching

Ren always flexes his chopps early tje ramps it up 💯absolutely love this approach and this man 💯listening every day for months now

Oh my goodness...Ren and Chinchilla is so good!! ...I have become a HUGE HUGE fan overnight !!! Reaction =🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Putting aside his gifts, the amount of work and attention to detail in Ren is colossal.

I don't know anything about singing but your passion bring me in!

This song is so amazing, it took me listening several times before I could pay notice to the lyrics. Ren is wonderful and Chinchilla is AMAZING ❤

I watch sooooooo many reactors and my dude your great ! I can't wait for more REN and NF 💪

Wow!!! Chris!!!! I You are influencing so many singers with your amazingness wealth of applicable knowledge in an easy to understand and inspirational way like no other.

The amount of soul he brings to this song is just out of this world. Every time i hear this this song i just burst into tears during the acapella segment. He really just has the most uncanny ability to pierce right into my soul. The interaction here between Chinchilla and Ren makes it hit home so much harder because the connection they share of complete understanding of what they are singing and i can only assume that both of them have gone through very hard things in life to be able to embody the emotions to this degree. You know how we talk about being on the same wavelength when talking about finding partners? That wavelength is very real when it comes to understanding pain and suffering as well. I might be biased because this song hits really close to home as someone who struggles daily for my entire life with mental health issues. So the context of this song cuts deep into my soul and it is a perfect depiction of how it feels. I think REN is the most poetic storyteller of our generation hands down, and Chinchilla is no slouch in this piece either, she really nails it.

I found Ren a month ago, in finding Ren I found your channel which I'm loving. Now I'm finding you and Ren communicating......I love it. I want so badly for Ren to come out of this treatment feeling great. I'm not even joking I'll fly 3000 miles to see him perform live either by himself of his band. He is an incredible artist that has pulled me back into the deep love of music that I thought was lost somewhere at the end of the 90s. I'm playing guitar, writing and singing again. He is a true inspiration. This song like so many of his song resonates with me on a deep, deep level. Thanks for your amazing content. Was just watch your breakdown on Kurt Cobains voice and I love how much nuances you go into.

Ren's mother is a singing/voice coach!!

I already knew I loved it. I knew it was an exceptional performance. Thank you for revealing the details that I couldn't name, but definitely felt!

I love to refer to Rens voice as, perfectly imperfect. So much passion and story telling, it's so beautiful and perfect for his messages. I love him.

Thank you so much for this breakdown. My friend and I have been working on singing this one and those close harmonies are REALLY challenging. I'm not even trying to perfectly replicate what Chinchilla is doing, but even getting in the same ballpark is not easy. So much respect for the technical aspects of what on surface seems like quite a simple tune.

Just found out who Ren is and have been binge watching reaction videos. This was the most enjoyable and knowledgeable explanation. Wow! I didn't realize all that was going on in their voices. Can't stop singing this now. Thank you! 🤗😃

This video is sSOOO freaking powerful. The scene makes me picture 2 in-patient individuals supporting each other as they are suffering to their demons. Holding each other up and building off of each other. I love the storytelling through body language and the lyrics.

Ren is an GOAT and this song by both Ren and Chinchilla is one of the best songs I have ever heard and is in my mind, a it stands in terms of favorites of all time it is left only competing with other Ren Tunes which I literally cant pick a favorite from. He is just so inanely talented its unreal!

You know it's much more than a song when you get the goosebump... it touches the soul, it's speak to our humanity.

Another vote for Crutch next!

Thank you Chris. Normally I hate it when people interrupt Ren but you did so always with relevant information and great respect for Ren's performance. I will look forward to seeing your response to more Ren magic.

You have no idea how happy this makes me, two of my favourite and inspiring educators and performers meeting virtually. This is my favourite of Rena songs and this version alway makes me cry, with the emotion, performance and writing from both Ren and chinchilla. Ren has an amazing voice but you can tell he has come from a character inspired learning method rather than the “normal” way. I so hope you get a chance to work with Ren in the future.

Remember how The Mamas & the papas had one voice four people.. four ppl one sound one voice one tone ..! You can feel what they have over come to be their music... Simply beautiful!! Ren an Chinchilla stunningly beautiful sound . I Kno this sickness I am this sickness.. still feeling music... This young voices... !

Watching this gives me goosebumps. But I also feel like I violated their privacy. Like the intimacy is so great that I almost feel like a voyeur.

Great reaction Chris! do more Ren please. He is so unique! I loved watching your analysis

Ren said that he's watched you for singing advice before??? Good enough for me, subscribed, lol.

just found them last night and ur reaction is by far the best.. thx to all of u

By far, the best and most informative Ren reaction I've seen. When you said they were commiserating together it was powerful. We are so used to duets that are 'love' based but this was deeper, it was human connection together in challenge.

I went tone deaf and got tinnitus from a concert I went to years ago and gave up singing. Watching your videos has inspired me to try singing again, thank you for being so amazing and please never stop making videos.

This song gives me the chills every single time I listen to it.

Ren's mixing and head voice in this tempo reminds me a bit of LP.

He can do anything. He has a band The Big Push I shot the Sherrif\Road to Zion\Hip Hop is his Reggae side. The very next song from the same live set is a Warpigs cover where he turns into a Rock God. I have never heard an artist be this outstanding at so many completely different styles.

I must have watched this video and like 20 other channels reacting to it, and EVERY time when R&C trail off at the top crescendo of “selves”, that lingering echo washes over me and gives my whole body goosebumps. So so good. 🥹🥹🥹

Phenomenal song Phenomenal artists Phenomenal time in my life to listen to this music MONSTER. Song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Ren and Chinchilla is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Reaction is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 .... thanks man...I appreciate you 🎉🎉🎉

Very strong and nice reaction from you! Full of information and knowledge. Thank you Chris and thank you Ren for this song !

Ren is breathtaking. Ren and Chinchilla is magic. ❤So happy you “deep dived” this one. Thank you.

Im only 10 mins in and have definetly noticed a diference in my own attempts to sing. Wow thanks. And thanks Ren for existing

Chris, your enthusiasm is infectious, every time I listen to and watch this music video I am awestruck by the passion in Ren X Chinchilla's performance. It moves me! They deliver everything I could hope to experience.

This video isn’t about your incredible skills, but shit, you are incredible which makes it so possible for your descriptions make complete sense to those like me that are musically UNgifted. Thank you for your take. I loved this song before I met you. But this reaction was stunning and I love this song even more. Keep them coming brother

I honestly didn't think there were any other reaction RU-vid Channels i liked as much as Charismatic Voice. I found you because of the video you did with Elizabeth and Will. Loving your channel.

The way their voices compliment the other in a perfect connection of dependency in the other. One would say it's the perfect duo, a masterclass per say! I love these guys together and I have found a new favorite in REN. My wife who usually hates this kind of music found a love for it too. My favorite REN song is "Violets Tale". That given he's already covered the others would make for a great next video.

You Sir are an absolute star. Thank you for this reaction on every level :)

Love this reaction! I see this as an addiction video where you handle what life throws at you by doing new habits, which erases you eventually. I see my siblings in every freaking line.

I feel that w/ these live performances, they’re not tryin to make everything sound 100% perfect. They want that raw & emotional sound to come through, which is y u sometimes hear little mess ups & Ren’s voice cracking. To me, hearing that enhances the experience & draws me in.

Your genuine reaction of awe and amazement during that harmonizing duet was priceless!

Great reaction.

Right at the peak of the emotional high in this song...right as Chris was having the biggest emotional connection...right as the tears were welling up in my eyes...RU-vid decided to interrupt with an ad for WalMart. Way to go. Now I have the biggest aversion to WalMart possible for choosing the worst possible time to pop up with your cheesy ad to get me to spend money while my heart is breaking.

Yh check out Chinchilla's own work and other collabs with Ren. She's really diverse and good too!

I could try, and I could try really hard, but I don't think I could enjoy a reaction video more than this. I absolutely adore this song and your reaction to it is fantastic. Love the way you pull the technicalities out and break them down. Really hope both Ren and Chinchilla get the recognition they deserve for this performance. Breathtaking! Great stuff Chris - thank you!

18:23 Right there. I found a new emotion within myself that I didn't know existed until now. Such a powerful and beautiful moment.

I love Chris' reactions here. Shows how deeply affecting this piece is.

That was a very good breakdown of this performance. If you want another song where Ren is singing. You could try. Ren Ft. Bibi "Crutch" It's so powerful. He wrote it after he had a breakdown. Which he acts out in the video. Amazing. Anyone who is not moved by Ren's music. Must already be dead. It a few years old now & worth a listen even if you don't feature it on your channel.

Can we talk for a moment about the fact that this was a single shot video too. Some very deliberate focus pulls throughout. Made me feel like the camera was part of the performance too.

Love this Chris

@Chinchilla_music you are such a talent too I hope you prosper

I love seeing how genuinely excited you get about how talented he is. We love to see it!

Damn that was a badass and insightful reaction. Subbed.

Such a fascinating breakdown for me as someone who is not musical at all, but appreciates and recognises great music even though I don't know how or why it has captivated me or given me the frisson- the way you sing and demonstrate the difference between how a flat note would convey and hold such less emotion than the way Ren tails off into a "head note" for example, gives me that "Ahh, I see, to something that was previously unexplainable to me. I also found your obvious eargasm at 14:04 highly entertaining lol

Ren is just phenomenal ,and with chinchilla.... No words 💕

You're so right! I see so many recommendations for singers who are technically perfect, in certain ways, and I'm usually left flat, exactly because there's no soul, there's no rawness, no edge, no real emotion. So many just mimic emotion and it just doesn't work, for me anyway. It's usually those slight imperfections that create perfection. Add in a little rawness and real character and I'm there. :)

I really love how you are not only analyzing this in a technical manner, but really are emotionally into it. Great to watch!

I would love to meet Ren one day also.

Ren's songs are incredible. They're so engaging and stunningly written they immediately feel like classics, as if they're covers of old songs we've known for years. Quite a few reactors have asked if they're covers for this very reason.

The voice beginning remember me very much Matthew Santos. Underrated singer and guitar player. Thank you for All your work. ❤

I'm a musician but not, and never will be, a singer. But this vid was an absolutely education. Many thanks!

Great reaction. I love every minute. It’s obvious you love music and talent.

❤❤I love how animated and excited you get watching this little masterpiece.❤❤

Man, your reactions are quite remarkable. I really enjoy your insight and expertise in vocals. I am not a singer, but truly appreciate your view. And REN, holy crap. He’s amazing. Love your passion.

'get lost in the experience of music' - thanks good soul Chris. Appreciate your take on their skills and talent. Music matters. :scott:

Such a delicious delve into this beautiful performance. I'm vibing off your enthusiasm and never wanted this reaction to end. Thank you

Wauuuw, you are great, smart and serious🤘😃 I decided to follow you after this. But how can I ask you for a reaction? I need others to fly, scream, and fell a little evil with me, while listening to my absolute favorite song, by a CRAAAZY young man blending metal and rap - JACKSON ROSE🌹The song is "Bedeviled". Woooouw what a deafening talent. He's GOT it. He's the future...

I’m a boomer who sang folk, rock and jazz before switching to classical and singing opera, then teaching at two major music conservatories in NY and Boston. You, my friend, are a master at getting to the core of what these artists are doing as they play their vocal instruments. Thank you! I subbed and will be back!

Hi Chris ...I've just spent my whole Saturday evening watching your Ren reactions. I really like you. You have an amazing voice and love your technical expertise reaction to Rens voice. You totally get him. I only discovered Ren a couple of months ago, so I'm catching up on everything, i love him ❤😅This song is so amazingly good. Chinchilla is fantastic and they harmonise brilliantly, they're good friends. As i keep saying, he's a virtuoso of the music world. Another collaboration i think you'd love is Ren and Liv Sangster, singing I'm in love. It's a jamming session. Its fantastic 👏 👌 thank you. Vicky.

You are the best coach for learning how to sing. You have a great voice yourself, and the guy's voice you comment on is absolutely gorgeous to listen to.

Ren frequently uses the architecture to enhance the music. Stairwells for echo's hallways, etc you will see it in the tale of Jenny and Screech and Violets tale.

Best reactor I’ve watched. Also Ren is phenomenal

Great reaction! Listen to his band called the big bush and this song called “I shot the Sheriff/Road, Zion/hip-hop” !! Wow ! You will love it

I was walking around Chicago today, singing this at the top of my lungs haha😜💕

13:55 this part had me SOBBING😭💙

The electric in place of an acoustic also reminds me of Jeff Buckley. Jeff really would have loved this guy.