Ren is helping me with my grief of my son.Its been 32years of grief for me and my son is covered with freckles.This is beautiful beyond what words can say.I would love to give Ren a big hug😢
I’m so so sorry the pain of loosing a child is devastating I lost my son Mark and I hate when people ask me how many kids have you got. I have to say 3 because I would have to explain why I don’t have 4 it breaks me feel like I am insulting his memory. I feel your pain ❤ from 🏴
It was good seeing you in Ren’s live chat ❤ I love how much support he’s getting. Yes, if you watch the end of the interview Ren did with Rosalie (I believe time stamp 1:11:25) he talks about how he added the last part after he opened up about Joe in the interview with Knox. The song had already been mastered and the video was done, but Im glad he added the ending for Joe. And yes, I think we are seeing the stages of closure and healing after so many years of keeping the feelings bottled up inside 😿 And it led to a heartwarming trip home to Wales 🏴 If you read his recent blog, he said he showed this video to Joe’s parents and it was very emotional. The music said what he couldn’t. The power of music is real ❤
Isn't this stunning. Watching it in your reaction has me crying again. The grief doesn't go away, it just gets less jagged and you learn to live with it. Lovely reaction.
Hits very hard especially when you have similar experience in this kind of devastation. I think Ren is just about the most amazing person on the planet. Great reaction🫶
I don't know if you have done Freckled Angels the song yet, but he sang it at Joe's memorial so adding it at the end was lovely. It tied together his first song For Joe and the most recent one. He is releasing Joe to all of us. Sharing that love is loosening the grip of the pain.
The main thing I want to say is this... Thank you for giving this song so much respect. It's a reaction video, but you didn't break it down, you didn't interrupt and replay. You let the song in its full emotion play out before you said a word. That in itself, with this message of love, grief, and even hopem is the perfect reaction in my opinion.
I think the grieving for so long might partly contain that guilt that he feels (undeserved) for not getting to that bridge earlier. I hope all the love being sent his way, will help him finally release that guilt and remember Joe without the pain 💜
It took me three tries to get all the way through this one. I kept breaking down in tears and had to walk away from it for a while. I don’t cry easily, but this hit me hard.
Just commenting to help the algorithm. I have nothing to say aside from this is emotionally deep, beautiful and sad. Ren is a true musician and artist. Thanks for a great reaction as always 💕
Another fantastic & moving Ren video. You were correct to judge this a sunglasses on reaction. Yes, Ren has talent & skill, the dedication to work to improve his skill and range, and the heart and mind to come up with such great songs that are meaningful and moving. And he's a good guy to boot. Thanks for spreading the love Anthony. I don't get one word but love hearing you rap in Flemish!
TL!DFR! You will likely never see this, but the support and love I see coming from Black P. and yourself towards Ren has literally won my forever respect. I notice that although neither of you has a million subs yet you are lovingly hounding your subs to go and subscribe to Ren's channel. I really dig dude. I think he's a very very talented artist, he's unique and creative and I think he lights a flame under all our muses' behinds, especially when you can tell that most of the mvs cost approximately twelve American dollars each to make and upload. As Scruface points out, he's a poster boy for no excuses. True DIY. Still visually engaging, but because of the inherent creativity in all his work, and his epic origin story and all the trippy and intriguing facets that comprise the Ren Movement, (I could never call it a brand after watching Money Game pts etc & etc), I just cannot help but be personally inspired by the depth of thought and collaboration with the many brilliant people he performs with and works with. And it really stuns me to realize that it makes no matter what industry you are in! The man can truly inspire us all. I have great admiration and respect for your work. Much love to you and your family, suki
Ren’s performance in 2011, at the regal theatre in Hammersmith is probably my favourite performance of his . Singing this song , freckled , angels . So vulnerable. Yet, has the power to move so many. And lift up so many. Love to you, Ren.❤❤❤
He is so skilled. I can't believe I was shocked by how well he plays the keys. He is gifted and you're right, he is obsessed. Everything he has is poured into his music. Stunning work once again.
"Made me face the world with courage and that's all because of you..." This line broke me... Ren put some words out on his community page on youtube describing how he took a trip home and played this song for Joe's mom... I cannot imagine the emotions felt...
Well... Ren does it again.. Brings tears to my eyes and makes my heart shrink. He makes me reach through the screen and give him a big, big hug. Love his artistic talent. How talented he is. An artist of this century. RIP Joe 🙏❤
He’s like Bowie, not afraid to make music in any genre, not bothered if it makes money, but more bothered about the art and the beauty. He’s the best artist in the planet right now.
I never thought at 53 I'd cry along with the whole world, well at least the world luckly enough to discover Ren. Ren has REN-EWED my heart and soul, for in this weary world he's a beacon of hope!
That was an beautiful mashup of suiside and freckled angels with a new little message to share with others about looking out for there love ones before it’s too late,
Thank you, Anthony, for this heartfelt reaction to Ren's song for Joe. It's a beautiful song and we all hope that it will help Ren and every other person who has lost a loved one to a tragedy like this process their grief. I've now watched it several times and I have cried every time. As you said, it is so raw, and such a beautiful tribute. Thank for so much for your support this song and for all that Ren does. I hope to watch your reactions to every song in Ren's catalogue.💜 Anthony Ray Reacts 💜
It's a stunning piece and outstanding live performance. It's great seeing Reactors such as yourself quickly becoming one of us - Fans - and thus sharing not just a reaction to a talented artist but Joining us, like a friend, in our awe and mesmerised admiration for someone who touches and unites our Souls. For me it's a beautiful thing being a part of all this together when for so many years I felt so alone.
I love that you weren't pausing this. Other reactors have stopped it multiple times. Not sure why they do.... but it completely smashes the flow. So thank you SO much 💜
I heard Ren to say that he finished this up after that interview. He said he had the other part already to go but it just didn't feel complete then he added the last part. 1st half was how he was feeling about himself and the last half for Joe. It was quite fitting. This one though. I think you are on to it. I think the pain will forever be there but you kinda go on living with it... Rip to the ones we have lost including parts of ourselves. Life is beautifully tragic. Peace and love always until there is no more!😊❤
Such a beautiful tribute by Ren! One can only hope for a friendship as beautiful and blessed as Ren had with Joe RIP! I feel honored to be a part of the journey Ren is on, seeing his growth with each of his accomplishments! Thank you Anthony, you are an angel 😇 ❤❤❤
That's the cure for every illness right there. I think Ren just released a collective blockage . Thank you, do better, I know I'm going to. Love you guys 💚
Love all your reactions to Ren. If in the mood for something upbeat.. The Big Push - Bongo Bong (Manu Chao cover) It has a good live vibe, fun to watch and listen to, either on your own or with a friend. Keep up the good work! 👍🏼
He ties Suic*de and Freckled Angels together with that beautiful piano interlude and adds in a reference to Dominoes. Really nice tribute and a way of finally working through his feelings, having just visited the people and places surrounding Joe and the night he died. I think this will help him move forward.
You summed it up so brilliantly as usual. Thank you for also supporting him. The guy is a genius and a truly believe he’s the greatest artist the break boundaries across any generation. Peace
This was filmed on Scottman’s Hill, overlooking the Stampede Grounds in Calgary. I have watched the fireworks from there many times. What a beautiful tribute ❤
I love how he sings to tell people how much you love them, even those who are gone, and then he goes into Freckled Angels which is his song of love for Joe. Gorgeous💕👍🦇
I always find reading the notes he makes under his videos very touching and informative. This one he talks about visiting Joes parents and the money they made for the RNLI who searched for Joe.
waited for your reaction... born 1970... I´m addicted to art, books, music, paintings. I never stumbled over an artist, that had the courage, to expose this intens and IMPORTAND feelings like REN does!. not to talk about his skills in ansy way. from birth, my emotional mindset is far more intense than the average people. It took me to the age of 30+ and several therapies to learn, that , as to speak with REN´s words, Its not you that´s sick, it´s the world that´s sick. Just like him, therapist didn´t understand my problems. but how could´ey. now I´m fine. learned some copin skills... ;-) the world needed REN. and REN needs then worlds attention.
Something else about this tribute. I’m not sure exactly how much Ren helped raise for the volunteer rescue boat organization that searched for his friend but it was sizable. He was able to present them with a check when he was in Wales.
Joe died just before Ren got sick. Really, really sick. I think when you're that sick you can't really grieve, you just can't deal with one more thing. There's a video he posted from that time and you can tell he's struggling, he thinks he's going to die and he's losing hope. When you watch that, and you hear these words it's hard not to tie Ren's survival to Joe. Ren knew what the loss would be if he passed, so he kept fighting even though he was in so much pain. Ren fought for years before things turned around. Now that Ren's feeling better he's processing all the things he missed. I really think Joe saved Ren and together they're making beautiful music.
It was lovely to see you in the Premier chat. This song is beautiful in its simplicity and feels like a full circle moment for Ren. This is a wonderful tribute to Joe and it also allows to explore another difficult subject, grief. Grief is a journey unique to each individual but shouldn’t be shied away from either. The pain never goes away but we all learn to accommodate it over time. This one certainly hit my grief button with ‘Freckled Angels stand strong’ Thanks Anthony for another great reaction.
