There is a special rare genius to Ren's pieces and a depth of experiences he shares openly. His trilogy of Jenny and Screech is probably the most powerful composition I have ever heard or seen in my life. He is a musical swiss army knife and pushes all the right buttons in my mind. This was a fantastic reaction!! Looking forward to more!!
Oooh you’re so right about Poetry and Ren! It’s why so many of his fans eat up reactions like candy. With every new viewpoint and new dissection we get new layers of understanding, and the music hits that much harder.
I've been a Ren fan for a few years now... I think everything he does is calculated. I think he probably is a genius. Everything he does is better than what most other people are doing. And he's not just good at ALL of it - He's GREAT! - at rapping, singing, playing instruments, acting, production, etc. The more Ren you see, the more impressed you will be. Trust me.
Oh my word, this video is so good from start to finish. I've been trying to condense my thoughts and I can't, so many layers in this, all of them so good. I'll go scribble in my notebook instead of here, and will just say thank you, thank you for the humour, the insights, the sharing, the editing, the humour (that deserves double mention). You rock!
Dear Petra , In my opinion Ren Gill is the most important unique independent artist of the first half of the 21st Century . He is the tide that will lift all ships .
@@NightFogFilms nice try to fact check, but you are wrong. Per Ren himself he did multiple takes and picked his favorite and went with that. It was all one singular take in the video. And if you disagree, im going to need a timestamp of where you think this cut is. And then i want to see you try and tell Ren that as well.
@@Haterage Compliments of SamuelPerryFalvey on Jonathan Hiller's reaction to Hi Ren in the comment section: it's done as a live session so sound recorded live and from three cameras but look at the close up for the end as would of been in the wide shot otherwise that we cut to. it's a separate take all still live but so it's from two takes. 2nd comment and within the 125 relies about 10 down you can find this comment. Also, Ren said in an interview (I don't remember which one) that Hi Ren was filmed in a basement they didn't have permission to be in so the landlord came down after the first one take and ordered them out but Ren begged for 30 more minutes and the landlord agreed so they managed to get 3 more one takes and used bits of what they had in editing. So it's a one take using 3 cameras but edited using all 4 of the takes. The audio AND all of the static camera footage is from the same take, while some of the hand-held footage comes from other takes, but the audio is from a single shot; so there are some of the hand-held shots where the visuals are from a different take than audio. It's an audio one-take, and about a 90% visual one-take as well.
@@Haterage Also, Ren says it here where took edits from the 4 takes - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xSBwpfjhJPM.htmlsi=tqRpRSGeVX1cgXU5&t=671
i never really knew i had anything wrong my family thinks everything is perfect or they just lie about whatever,,, when i quit drinking i was amazed how messed up i am its a hard life REN is the only thing i got thats here everyday he's my medicine and weed u have a great night
You should be so proud of yourself. You’ve made a huge step to better your life. Don’t worry about your family, just concentrate on yourself.. proud of you ! ♥️
Hi Petra, congrats for your analysis from a fellow producer/musician. You have a very good ear and understanding of the matter, indeed , you are just the second reactor that detected this little detail in the opening “operatic” falsetto opening, namely the (quite) half step shift in the melody. I was a REN’s fan since the big push and I remember when hi Ren got published.. I found myself tearing up every time I was listening this masterpiece and I got mad when every freaking reactor (the fairy voice mother apart) thought this detail was just a “mistake” or some kind of subconscious slip of the tongue. Then tell me how comes he repeat it exactly to the end?! I guess you started to know REN’s maniacal attention to details. Kudos to you from Italy 👏
Wow how’s that possible? He sings it so clean, and has a beautiful purpose 😮 Plus if you perform this whole thing live you gotta practice it a million times and I know he tends to hyperfocus on details like just you said. In any ways thank you so much I’m happy you enjoyed it 🩷
@@petramakesmusic675have to know what we are looking at before we can appreciate its depth. When it comes to music I for one do not, that's why we need you to shine a light on things we other wise might miss
I am sorry you suffered with Anxiety. Me too, so I know how bad it can feel. That Ren reached you and touched your heart, mind and soul. He does that to everyone. The world needs this kind of artist & the people who support him, like you. Thank you for sharing this 💜😊💜
Animal Farm was a book about how greed ruins the best of intentions. Love your reaction. You bopping to the beat while his lyrics smack you in the face. Amazingly creative 💜😊💜
Haha there were like weird sounds every once in a while and I thought i was hearing things. Then we get to the plug at the end, I’m guessing you edited in some of those. At least I don’t think I’m going crazy😂. Lovely, thoughtful, informative and surprising video. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Ohh damn that was probably the voice enhancing feature of premiere pro - sometimes it finds random noises and makes them into something. Sorry about that 😅
That was an amazing Reaction! You're understanding of what he is trying to accomplish is astounding! I must admit, I cried a bit when you were petting your pup... I lost mine about a year and a half ago and sometimes I don't realize how much of a void she filled in my life, Thank you for that!
I go by many names also, some people know me as hope. Some people know me as the voice you hear when you loosen the noose on the rope. That is what Ren as a person and his music is for a lot of people.
I really like your ability to deep dive the breakdown... while incorporating a smidge philosophy, a pinch of psychology, and a healthy heaping of humor!
Your condensed explaination of tje Ren versus KujoBeats is the clearest and best I have yet heard from a Reactor. Reactors are my second genre of music entertainment and Ren is my first genre. Thank you.
I just saw your Hi Ren reaction, and put this journal entry of Ren's as my comment to that reaction.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ jAN 01, 2023~~~rEN~ Up until I was 9 years old, I would intermittently hear a voice in my head that was not my own. The voice was distinctly different to mine, and always negative. It would self criticize or urge me to do things I knew to be morally wrong. The most peculiar thing about the voice was that it took no effort on my behalf to produce. My own thoughts always felt like there was a process that required effort to bring them to the forefront of my mind, this voice appeared as though it was spoken by another. The sentences felt predetermined like they had already been constructed. I remember very vividly at 9 years old, becoming very frustrated with the voice. I stood in my back yard, internally screaming at the voice to be silent again and again, and it did. In a flash there was silence, to the point where my head felt like an empty room. I wasn't used to the quiet and that voice never returned. It almost felt lonely in my head. When I got older I had intermittent bouts with auditory hallucinations where I would hear perfect symphonies, usually at night when drifting off to sleep. They were so clear that they sounded like they were emanating from a radio in the corner of my room. I knew they weren't there, but for some reason they never came with the feeling of fear. I also recall sitting on a bus at the age of 15, and hearing the sound of a crowded room, with about 100 voices chattering away, I was the only person apart from the driver on the bus. These experiences were always very brief, and few and far between. My last hallucination was during an intense bout of psychosis in 2015, and was my first visual hallucination. I was walking down a pavement after jumping out my mums car in a crossroads in a moment of frustration and distress with my condition. I was trying to run from myself. What appeared to be a homeless man with a dark complexion approached me, and asked me what was wrong. I explained that I had been sick most my life, and I wasn't sure I had the strength to continue. He looked at me, and smiled and told me 'everything is going to be okay in the end Ren.' I had not told him my name. There was something so overpoweringly sincere about this very simple message, which brought with it an overwhelming feeling of inner peace, and in a flash, he vanished. My rational brain always linked these experiences to what the doctors have told me, that there are parts of my brain compromised by the autoimmunity in my body. That the myelin sheaths surrounding the complex electrical system that conduct my thoughts were damaged and compromised, causing these lucid experiences that I knew did not exist inside the physical world. The part of me that edges away from logical and rational thought always attributed these thoughts to some kind of otherworldly intervention, that made my thoughts the battleground of some spiritual tug of war. For a long time I never really acknowledged this part of myself, for with it brought the danger and stigma of sounding like a crazy person. I decided with my latest release, to the best of my ability, to capture and express this chess match of thought. Hi Ren comes out in just over 24 hours. I can't wait for you all to hear it.
As somone who studied at london contemporary dance school and have alot of experience in contact imrov this analogy made my heart sing, wonderfull insight and reaction. instant sub x❤ RENegades mount up 🤘🤘🤘
you really should do Ren 8 chapters to learn more about Ren and his friend Joe Hughes and also how he meet Sam Tompkins and his first girlfriend and so much more
Welcome. Love your reactions. Please do yourself a favor and watch his thank you to his fans for reaching 1M subs. Its a beautiful insight into Rens soul that literally changed my perspective on life. I hope you share it with us. Thanx!
Ren's most touching song for me is "For Joe" ... but you need to watch "suicide" first ... For Joe builds on it. omg... your doing Hi Ren too! :) :) the starting place for me :)
Oh girl, are them piercings.. it was making me shudder every time you blinked... I kept thinking "don't they scratch your eyes" 😢 Don't get an infection 😢 you look after yourself ❤ from Northeast England ❤️
This is a very personal and unnecessary comment. Firstly, it’s no business of anyone else’s if they were piercings, secondly, all you had to do was take a look at one of her other videos to see that it’s just face jewellery 🙄
@Sdt526 True it was unnecessary and personal, but why is that bad? It's just interaction kid. I am old and best part dead, and have/had no idea what face jewelry is. ❤️ from Northeast England ❤️
I told myself I wasn’t going to watch any more Hi Ren reactions, but after you did Sick Boi, I had to continue. You are intuitive as well as clearly skilled yourself, and have great delivery ❤
Chalk Outlines (live) Money Game 1, 2 and 3 Back On 74 Losing It Bongo Bong (The Big Push) Just a few I think everyone should experience, but the list of AMAZING songs is long. Ren never misses! Enjoy Petra! (comma purposely excluded 😁) PS Ren is 1 in 8,000,000,000
The thing is they said its in your mind... it wasn't in his mind after 10 years of suffering he was found positive for Lyme Disease that had been destroying his body for years and had been misdiagnosed with ME and other things. This happens to lots of people. Told oh it's just in your mind. He was in immense physical pain and they said its just in your mind.....
The pain symptoms made him more isolated, unable to leave bed, which is what caused the depression and psychosis he suffered with. The doctors acted to him like its the other way around.
You are wonderful. So, I have been giving this away - my "Ren class." Hi Ren At this point, after Hi Ren, you should probably google him, and find out his very sad and strange story. -------- Chalk Outlines (live) Lost all Faith Uninvited - To prove he can really sing! -------- The Tale of Jenny & Screetch (full trilogy) - He should get Grammys for this. -------- Murderer (video first, then acoustic version) ------- The Big Push (Ren's busking band) - I shot the Sheriff - To prove he is not just a rapper ------- Sick Boi The Hunger Animal Flow Power Illest of All Time - To prove he is a really good (and innovative) rapper! -------- Money Game 1 - 3 Money Game 3 is the first "high budget" video he has made. It's a masterpiece like Hi Ren. - Oh, society....why have we made you so? -------- - Newest best Fred Again mash-up Back on '74/Message in a Bottle retake. Troubles (video first, then acoustic version) ------ -Then go back in time Humble Crutch Heretic Freckled Angels
@@petramakesmusic675 I need to put "red suspenders" on the "I shot the Sheriff." :) There are two versions. Red suspenders is way better. It's live, busking, so not so cinematic. I made this list for friends.
There are some very disturbing audio artefacts that creep into your video which I'm intrigued about: 32:05 "labata wata"?!? (although I hear dogs barking in 32:10 so could it be their barking saturated?) 34:20 "a day"? 34:28 *creaking gasp* ? gave me haunted chills 34:55 *laugh* Seriously at this point it sounds like you might've paid someone else to mix the audio and they're playing a trick on you 35:00 "move bitch"? what? 35:09 "she" in a different deeper male voice. 35:24 *unidentified sound* but your lips don't move _so it's not coming from you_ 35:31 *unidentified sound* 35:32 "we" ?
sorry about that… it is the voice enhancing feature of premiere pro - the way it works is that it creates an ai clone of my voice and i can mix it with the original. Sometimes it makes weird sounds of the little noises. Usually I check the audio for these but this time I had a super tight deadline to finish the editing as I was about to travel the next day and I had another video to edit for the time that I’m on the road. The next video on this channel might have similar ghost sounds for this reason, know that there are no ghosts and there will be none once I’m back 😅
please do Ren friend Sam Tompkins hero live at hammersmith apollo might want tissue for this one also you should do Ren and Sam Tompkins busking doing Earned it /man world/falling
You mentioned you like Contact Improvisation, suspect you may really appreciate this then: Ren Ft. Bibi - Crutch ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3gC2kq6E5Mo.html
