Ren - The Tale of Jenny & Screech (Full) | Singer Reacts | 

"Why do words elude me when I need them the most" Nobody has ever said anything I've related to more than this statement.

Violet's tale happened in 2005 (two zero zero five) and Jenny and Screech's tale happened in 2019, 14 years later. Twins separated at birth and then Screech ends up killing his twin without knowing she existed. Jenny inherited her mother's silence and Screech inherited his father's violence. Another interesting part is when he knocks on his friend Patrick's door and he wasn't there and then calls his girlfriend who said she was busy was because they were actually together behind his back.

From my understanding, the first 2 songs were based on an article he read, but "Violet's Tale", which he wrote several years after the first 2, was all Ren. It was his way of bringing it full circle. Brilliance.

He is a musical genius and a lyrical genius and a master story teller

apparently the whole thing is based on a news article about a young prostitute being killed by a 14yo kid... (the relation between the two and Violet's story were later additions). Ren wrote the first 2 stories (and a bunch of accompanying instagram videos) to begin with, and a few years later revisited the project to give it this tragic prologue. there are multiple hints at jenny being a prostitute (despite the young age of the twins)... she is walking streets she knows and has walked before, in high heels, deep in the night, she leads a life she wants to escape from... even in the second song, Screech calls her a lady, which could just be a random choice instead of woman, but could also allude to 1, her being a lady of the night, or 2, her looking older to Screech than she is because of the hard live she lived (but on this last bit I am reaching, probably)

Jenny is insecure, silent and timid. Screech is aggressive. Both generational traits. Love how you break down the art. Great Reaction

I think, Violet's tale, which was added much later, says 2-0-0-5, which means when he told the first two around 2019, they would have been 14. If that's right its unbelievable how much he pays attention to that detail. Just a brilliant guy.

*How do you not get Jenny and Screech were Violets twins separated at birth and he killed her without them knowing* *each other. If you say you do get it why not comment on it? It’s the most impactful event in the entire video!*

I think the way he breaks it up and its not just a song with him singing it really helps suck you in pay attention to every little detail. He's an absolute genius. Speechlessness and "Woah...thats a lot" is par for the course for this video, understandably.

I think you’d love the covers his band The Big Push does. Especially “I shot the sheriff/road to zion/hiphop,” “Bong Bong” and “Wade in the water/nina simone/trouble so hard.” One other really good vocal performance is his busking session with Sam Tompkins called “Earned it/Man’s World/Falling."

As far as BARDCORE...Ren is the master of the 4th wall break💯

Your reaction to these Tales are top tier. Even just your facial expressions convey so much. You are slaying it. Hope to see you do more reactions to Ren!

Ren is a big movie fan and he said that most of his ideas come from movies, not from other musicians. He also dreams of having his own netflix series and I would love to see him as an actor!

I am so happy you appreciated it this the way you did. This is the song that happens once in a generation

Based on a true story. Ren read a newspaper article about a young prostitute getting ended by a young youth with a 🔪🔪. So he came up with the Jenny section ,and after the Screech section. Both of these he had nailed and recorded inside a year..!! He thought that was it but still hadn't released those two tracks ,then about 2 years after completion of the first two tales he suddenly had the Violet idea.!!! So this masterpiece is 3 years plus in the making.!!! We Renagades lovingly call the tales Bardcore.!! Rens a William Shakespeare type of guy, maybe the moden day reincarnation of him.!! If you've only touched on Hi Ren and the tales I envy you ,for this guys back catalogue, and his latest releases are the nuts of music.! Does everything, and is master of everything.!! My suggestion is Money game trilogy.. There not grouped up like 5he tales ,do you'll need to manually select, their about the same time segments for each track like the tales.. Mg1 and 3 are straight up clicks, but for mg2 make sure you select the official lyrics video version.!! Rens earlier bands, Trick the Fox his first band,and The big push his busking band.!!! Many duets with male and female artists as well.!!! Great reaction ty. Uk Renagade here..... 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧✌️✌️👍❤️❤️❤️❤️

I always scan the comments before any video I watch, reaction videos or otherwise. Thank you to the people who commented and saving me from wasting my time. This particular trilogy either confuses reactors or they understand it immediately. There is no in between. It's absolutely brilliant on Ren's part but if you pay attention, it should be very easy to understand the story. I'm always embarrassed for the reactor when they don't "get it."

As others have hinted, Jenny's story is what Ren heard. I believe it was a young prostitute slashed to death on the streets. The report ended with the reporter saying, "it's such a shame", bringing to mind how we are becoming more and more desensitized to these types of tales. So, Ren took that story and added two layers on top of it to make it an even bigger "shame" to try and shock us out of our complacency. Also, as others have stated, Ren added a whole other layer when he released some IG shorts to promote Violets Tale (I believe) where his phone was "stolen" by "Screech" who then posted snippets from his own adventures with the stolen phone and ending just before the events of Jenny's Tale. This marketing ploy almost got Ren's IG banned and he lost followers because he told it in such a way that it was believable. I think he had to reveal it was not real before he wanted to because of this.

The story is based on a true event that happened in the UK about a 14 year old who was charged with murder which affected him because the background to the murder was incredibly horrific and that's how the song came about It's a hard trilogy to watch especially has we see these types of events happening almost daily in society unfortunately the song represent a brutal look at real life Has with all good storytellers like Ren they deliver a shocking twist you don't see coming

It's theatrical story telling through multiple artistic expressions and Ren has masterfully created an epitaph of mega proportions.

There is so much truth in this tale that it doesn't matter if it happened "for real". Interesting reaction.

People often forget (or never knew) that Romeo and Juliet both die at the end of the story. We don't hear a lot of Shakespearian tragedy in movies and songs today, but I would put this in that category, and Ren a modern bard. This is art at a different level. When he's putting away the cell phone and there's no other sound, he still keeps you engaged simply with agitated, heavy breathing - no words, no music, just breathing - brilliant. I doubt this is based on a single true story, but sadly it's not an unbelievable story. Maybe it's a cautionary tale telling us to break the generational trauma patterns so we don't pass it on to our kids. I don't know. Read into it what you will.

I LOVE the silence that follows all these reactions. The shock, the realization, the processing! Hahaha. Great reaction and a fantastic breakdown throughout

He's absolutely Fantastic I've enjoyed every performance and all who perform with him are brilliant as well.

As I've read it both Jenny and Screech were real people. Ren read the newspaper one day in 2019 and buried on the 6th or 7th page was a short "write-up" [I guess you'd call it] on the tragic death of two teenage people; a girl, Jenny [a young prostitute], and her killer [proper name James somebody] known in the Neiborhood as Screech. [Both 14 or at least Screech was] [the article ended calling it such a shame] He thought that kind of news [of the decay in society that resolves in such ways] deserved more attention. So, he wrote the first two of the trilogy shortly after reading of them. These few years later he took on the task of writing a fictional story to further drive home the point that this continuing cycle of violence and decay in society should be paid attention to. So, the entire Violet story he designed to fit the personalities of those two and how they are made. Very impressive writing [and storytelling] and motivation resulted in Violet's Tale. Easily imagined they were brought up in separate foster homes. Jenny took on the quiet nature [still nature] of her mom [freezing in her tracks, unable to move when commanded to give up her goods] while Screech took on the character of his father. 14 years after two zero zero five they met each other probably for the first time and a newspaper article on the 6th or 7th page is what became of it. [as Ren has imagined it for us] His story telling has purpose. Real purpose. That is what has him stand alone [it seems] in today's society. [unique as an artist]

Don't know how you kept your composure, I've watched this video, nay, performance, many times and break down at the final reveal every time. Not a pleasant story at all and may (or may not) be fictional but certainly, not unfathomable. I've waited long enough, subbing!

Ren's dad "martin gill" makes short films he has a RU-vid channel, ren has a sister and he's in a short film on his dad's RU-vid channel from about 7 years ago

The rattle thing she is talking about is actually called vibrato, it is when you intentionally shake you voice when singing

And done as a live performance.

As a singer, you've GOT to watch Chalk Outlines/How To Be Me (live versions). I can't wait to see it!

Ren call this style Bardcore and here's the origin story of the trilogy 🤩😁🤯 This wasn't originally a trilogy story. Ren read in the paper one day with a small article about a 14 yr old boy killing a young prostitute in an attempted robbery and then being shot and killed by the police later that evening. It disturbed him, so he set out to write a commentary on not just senseless violence, but on how desensitized we are in today's society. This wasn't big news, it wasn't even front page, being buried somewhere 0n pg.6 or 7. The main example of this is in the words he ends both Jenny and Screech's Tales with "It's such a Shame". We say these words all to often and just move on without a second thought. The article quoted the lead inspector at the scene say " So Young, Its such a shame" shaking his head, he walked away. Violets Tale was written over 2 years later adding another layer of commentary by Ren. Not only generational violence but making us think of how both these lives be so cursed. Born out of violence on the same day and then both killed with brutal violence on the same night. Also, his lyrics have multiple meanings if read in between the lines you'll more then likely hear something that'll make you think. Here's an example of things that made me go Hmm...🤔🤔 Example: Jenny has the same traits as her mother Violet, quiet, voiceless, and timid. Where as Screech mirrors his father Stevie in every way, Loud, obnoxious, and easily prone & provoked to violence. They didn't know one another and had never met their biological parents. Yet, what made these kids so much like their parents? Was it simply Nature, inherited traits in their genetic make-up or Nurture, being brought up in the broken system of broken children? Love your channel, Cheers 🥂

“Pinches her eyelids and folds them up” is so psycho, an absolute power trip Stevie was on. Disturbing. Brilliant storytelling.

Omg girl you are killing the subs for being so new! Some people are on RU-vid for a couple years and don't hit 20,000 subs. Awesome for you!

From what I've gathered thru other comment threads, is that there was a case of a young 14 yr old boy taking the life of a young 14 yo girl who worked the streets in London. But there was no relation between them. I think Ren like most folk seen the story & wondered how 2 kids end up in that situation & ended up coming up with this twist.

Stunning. Thats what you call a real Artist.

He calls this style 'Bardcore' so I believe the sounds and the guitar intro come from the bard style. I love that he's revived an historic style of story telling in such a modern way. It's beautiful but unfortunately I doubt it will ever become mainstream like it should!

Great reaction to this GENIUS. Liked & subscribed in anticipation of you reacting to more Ren. Cheers 👍🍻

I had heard that the first two came from a newspaper story that was buried on page 7. He the wrote the third to tie it together. Masterfully done.

The eye contact with the camera, when Ren is portraying Screech, is merely for the intimidation / fear factor ... to emphasise what Jenny must have been feeling when faced with this psychopath.

I don't understand why 80% of people don't understand. It's not just her who doesn't understand - I'm absolutely not picking her out of the crowd of reactors. I have a theory though. I think when Ren says "two zero zero five", for some odd reason that isn't equating for people to the year 2005. EDIT: After reading these comments...I don't think anybody understands the ending. My goodness. People....Violet was the mother of twins named Jenny and Screech. He killed his sister. Not knowing it was his sister. This reactor even said "'Violet's Tale?' Who is Violet?" Did you answer your question by the end....?

The word that eluded you was “vibrato”. Great reaction.

He tells the stories and the filming of the stories are done so well i found myself looking for the bodies laying on the ground. The saddest thing about this is the fact each of these things are happening in every town, city, and country at this very moment and the cycle continues

To take a bit of the heavy mood: i love how you can tell he and his Team got better and better. The first Story is basically told busking on the Street, the second they ad some play and the third one....is extraordinary Art in every Aspect

It looks like you didn't "get" the twist and the reveal at the end. Jenny and Screech were twins who, because their mother, Violet, died in childbirth, were likely separated at birth and didn't come across one another until 14 years later, they met in an alley and Screech killed his twin sister. Screech was abusive, like his father Stevie, and Jenny is quiet, like her mother Violet.

The word you were looking for is vibrato. Great reaction. Hope you do more Ren!

You never know how close to you the one you target is when you attack your brothers and sisters, you never know the struggle and the miracle that it took to get you and your target to meet when you justify yourself to attack your brothers and sisters. We all have choices to make choose wisely brothers and sisters.

Love your reaction. This tale hits me hard every time I watch it. I'm just blown away by Ren's talent. He's a true Bard.

This man knows how to pluck a guitar and peoples heart strings

so since the mid 2000s knife crime in london has been on the increase, mother died in 2005 and 14 years later the cycle repeates itself screech and jenny didnt know they was twin siblings and DV has been on increase in england aswell

"Where are he" indeed. That's about the same level of English I could manage to muster when I first heard this song.

I love your reaction videos! It would be great to see what you think of ‘Chalk Outlines (live)’ with Ren & Chinchilla.

He extends the words very well.

I think the word you want is beyond rap but within poetry…Ren has used the term Bardcore which encapsulates his storytelling which uses poetry.

The term you were looking for is Vibrato in his voice!

Vibrato is the wavering voice .

Where is he gettin these stories? We all live in very different worlds. This stuff happens EVERY SINGLE DAY. 😥😥😥

I really should have watched this one myself earlier, but geez, it makes 'Hi Ren' seem like a lighthearted romp by comparison. Very talented storytelling, very dark subject matter.

You gotta see Money Game 3. His piano skills are impressive. He is self taught on both!

He’s Shakespearean. Brilliant. The world hasn’t seen such a talent for hundreds of years.

ren is bardcore at its best, he is like a medival bard but modernised and hard core on the story lines

Great reaction, well worth watching. And of Ren, a true star has been born.

This style that we just witnessed and is rocking our brains has been coined as "Bard Rock" , which is fitting. Glad to see a back down at the end. It hits hard.... I get it ... Wait ... We get it, friend :) ... But might I say this ? I feel during, the tale of Jenny & Screech, Ren looks at the camera to leave the viewer with the feeling that they are viewing through the eyes of the name sake of each song. Hence the camera falling whence shot and we fall with Screech. However Violets tale is filmed as a viewer and not as the victim. ... We are the victims of this brutal truth and Ren knows this by singing and straight to our faces. What can we do to stop this sort of thing ? Ask your self ... What is the difference between Violet and violence ? Sounds one and the same to me (as deep bruises are purple). We are victims to a well strung tale. Left bruised. Thanks for joining the renegades and this rabbit hole that is Rens' music.

THE DETAILS! 🤯 When he says turn to face the police and the camera catches up to his face.❤

What I find amazing about REN’s style and his incredible talent. Is that, I doubt there is any other form of story telling, Like: A regular song, tv show, comic book, novel or full length movie. That could even come close to conveying as much emotion or as completely examine and express the characters of this story, Nearly as well as ren’s unique way of doing it. I think that, I could watch a full length 2 hour long Hollywood movie about these characters in this story. And I would not come away understanding Jenny, screech and violent as much and feeling as much emotional impact as I did from ren’s story about them. And that is absolutely incredible and a very special talent he has.

I heard stories like this all the time growing up ghetto. It’s just how that world is.

THEY ARE DOING. SAM is behind the camera.

If you didn't say it, you didn't get it. You're a deer caught in the headlights. 99% of reactioners say it or react instantly to the plot twist. You didn't.

Did you miss that Jenny and Screech were TWINS and Violet was their MOTHER?

Though this reaction is a year old as i have just discovered REN myself, contrary to what a lot of commenters have written here, I think you figured out the story despite not commenting on it so much. But it seems like you missed the messages of each song, my interpretation of each is jenny’s tale is based on knife crime as that what inspired it along with screeches tale but screeches tale adds in anger, loss of control and the feeling of everything spinning, then violet’s tale is where it gets heavy with child abuse/child sexual abuse, absent parents into probably sexual abuse and domestic violence and it ending showing us generational abuse and how jenny inherited her mothers silence/freezing up while screech inherited his fathers anger and violence. All in all you asked if it was based on a real story so the answer is yes they happen everyday and continue to.

Oh, my hearth just melted! We Finns have this saying: You can see the soul from the eyes

Knox Hill did a breakdown and you’ll pick up a bit from him too…and that gut wrenching twist 😢 London 2005… plus 14

i cry at violets tale every time every fucking time

Looking forward to seeing you reviewing this modern day Baird/minstrels back catalogue. I have not seen a body of work by a musician this eclectic in 50 years, You definitely have a new subscriber here.

Things will be "far from pretty" in this one fellow Rayniacs. Absolutely brilliant piece of performance art.

this song chokes me up every time .sadly humans can be bad Ren bless his beautiful soul shows us

Jenny is silent in this….her silence is meaningful

I liked this reaction. Thank you. However, you didn't mention the mind-blowing ending. Some don't get the link of Jenny and Screech with Violet. If you don't know what I am talking about watch it again.

So Ren read a newspaper article that was about a young sex worker being murdered in the red light district (Sussex Gardens, near paddongton) who was killed by a 14 year old robber who Was later shot by police. The article was sparse in details about Jenny and lots about “Screech” hence we don’t hear much about Jenny. Ren wanted to do Violets tale to add context about generational trauma and how Screech may also be a victim of a failed system. We don’t know much about Stevie but from my experience of being a police officer in London he probably had come from a violent and traumatic home. So the cycle continues (which is what I think the spiral staircase in Violets story represents. Jenny and Violet have same response when faced with violence - flight, fight or freeze; and they close down to not provoke and to protect themselves . Stevie and Screech when challenged/scared only know how to answer with violence. The cycle continues and kids and families are failed by the system time and time again. It’s a tragedy that is very real in society The other question is is their reactions nature or nurture. Both kids reflect the parents is that because of blood or because they grew up also in a broken system. Another thought is - Screech couldn’t go far as that’s his neighborhood and his friends/support would be in the paddington area, he’s 14 so has no car and can’t just walk around London due to other gangs so police find him nearby.

We Do not recognize the face of truth until we witness it uncover the depth of true evil that infests this cruel World Ren Is Visionary and Messianic in One

I've watched this video over and over and you're the only one that mention4ed he used his coat as a shaker.... You earned a follow

Ran is the minstrel telling tales, Medieval guitar, warming up, clearing his throat. And remember those ads years ago for the sharpest knife, 3 for $10. The knife that cuts steel and concrete, Screech uses a kitchen knife. Oh and Sergio Leone, spaghetti western music at the beginning of Violets tale... Hinting at twists in the story??? Brilliant.

The word you were looking for is VIBRATO.

2:32 "Why do words elude me when I need them the most?" Uuuf, I felt that. Any other time, I'm like a walking dictionary and thesaurus... now I'm talking to someone, really wanting to drive a point forward, and I'm here looking like a damn fool! That technique you were referring to might be melismatic vocals. I could also be talking out of my a$$... An example of melisma is the song “I Will Always Love You” which was written by Dolly Parton. Performed by her and also Whitney Houston. Listen to both and you will see the extra notes Houston uses. In the word 'I', she extends it beyond one syllable to like... 5 syllables? (maybe more???). Then again, I feel it wasn't the same sort of thing. Dragging out, "Soul" to be "s o o o o o u u u u l" by purposefully putting in breaks. Hmmm, I don't know... but... I know I'm loving this reaction *presses play to continue watching*

I am addicted to your mannerisms. I could watch you go on about anything...

Jenny and Screech were Violets children, that was the abuse coming full circle

Good guess about the camera and screech, but I would say it is more the personality types... Jenny would look down, James would be confrontational. Notice that playing Jenny he doesn't look at any one spot, she looks anywhere but ahead.

i would like to point of something with the begining melody for every tale is a reflection of their lives. (All parts sperated in line are their Group. so its not just jumbles of paragraphs.) (this theory is from the story Ren has painted NOT from what the story was isnpired from i.e the 14year old boy killing a prostitute) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jenny : A jovial bardic tune and Escalating Scheme tampered off with a serenade trumpet over a much more calm and mellow dralled out bardic tune. A girl who Depsite being adopted had a normal life, following a rotuine everyday, peaceful upbringing. she was also the only one with a Instramental introduced in her melody. (alittle hard to Completely anylze Jenny life but gonig off the other 2 melodies this kinda is what it implies) (also note that this is more about what the Melodies refelct where their life should be, so with the lyrics "Jenny walked this street about 1000 times before" "she stayed still as a statue in high heeled shoes" it does imply that she was she walking the streets, but the melodies reflect that she accepts that as her life and is the only way i can justify them relating) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James / Screech : starting with a calm and almost hopful bardic tune with the last notes seeming femboding transintioning into a dramtic veriation of the orignal bardic tune with Dramtic energy with Strong Dominating Cords followed by and ending with a Tentative Scheme. A boy Who Found a Difficult time being in the Foster System, Bonucing from houses eventurally Stuck with a Abusive Man, James grasping at anything he can have control over, Finding any excuse to be out of house and crashing with friends, using drugs as an escape, not plannng his future so everyday was will of the moment and making those impactful days an Event! and didn't handle pressure well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra information and backstory: (not finding out his GF is cheating on him with Patrick) (for those who don't know how i got all this info look up "Ren - Screech's Tale Instagram Stories",) (didn't handle pressure well is from a specfic moment in Screech's instagram stories near the end. no spoilers 😛 ) a direct Quote from Ren. Ren - For the promotion of this song I wanted to do something different. One of the most challenging things about making music is making people invest in the stories you're trying to tell... so at the risk of sounding like a psycho... I thought the best way of making people care about the characters I created was by making them real, really real. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Violet : A Peacful Bardic start imediatlly overpowered by a series of Guitar Tapping with the occasional overbearing Pluck causing a chaotic start but than esclating into a rythm, eventurally slowing down into haunting vocals over a now Sorrowful baric Tune. (her melody is so much more diverse and chaotic beacuse of so much happening to her) An Ordinary Girl happy girl growing up getting thrown into a blender of uncomfortable situation of abusive father and alcholic mother, in those where she could ask for help from are the ones abusing her, causing her to shutdown into herself and become disbondent and quiet, eventurally becoming possiablly a everyday occurance, finnaly escaping into a home and slowing down into a new life, than meeting Stevie although normal a first to the point where he manages to move in with her the signs start to show and closes her self off as "history Repeats herself". she starts to resigned herself to this life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (also the start of her explination IS of my opinion beacuse if following the logic of all the melodies applies than she would of had to be Growing up Normal and not abused till later and having a normal life at first, i have contacted Ren about this theory about what he thinks of it. I will fact check and edit according to his interputation of the theory and add any bit of backstory i find to violet before she was abused)

Damn, that kid is deeper than the oceans.

2;40 YOU WERE THINKIN THE WORD "FINISHER"

Vibrato is the word you're looking for.

I share the view of kennethmichael5404, that the first 2 songs were based on an article Ren read. In pt 3. Violet's tale, I think it is more than coincidence that Ren is portraying himself as Ren from Hi Ren, even with his manic and furtive glances around the room. To stitch together an ending from fiction so cruel and twisted, takes the mind of someone who has had a lot of time to reflect on the inner "evil" that he has endured.

Patrick from 54 and the GF were 'busy'

No comment on Screech killing his twin sister?

Read more "Who-Done-It" novels. Ren would still look you up, regardless.

I think the looking into the camera parts were to emphasis the aggression, to force us to be in the victim's place. Which works, because the first time I saw Violet's Tale, I seriously nearly had a panic attack and had to stop mid-song to calm down. I was freaking out.

I think he puts you in the shoes of the characters tale, so when he looks at camera in jenny's tale you are seeing it through the eyes of jenny just like the gun shots put in screeches perspective? but I'm just guessing

Ren read an article about a 14 year old boy who killed a prostitute at an attempt robbery, and later was shot to death the same night. The police said 'So young, such a shame.' The knife crime in the UK is increasing significantly in the past recent years. It is depicted vividly in this trilogy. Thank you for the reaction.

yeah it's based on thousands of real life tragedies that we have all heard or read far to many times. This dude is the perfect kind of different. Truly one of God's own prototypes, never once considered for mass production

3:00 the word you were looking for was "vibrato"

the word that came to mind when you drew a blank was "shakiness" but words also elude me constantly

Have ya seen Rens latest songs? Fred Again Mashup and Back on 74/Message in a Bottle