TEARS! 'How To Be Me' by Ren x Chinchilla - First Time Reaction 

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Sorry for your loss. I lost a close friend in 2019 to suicide. He was 49 years old. There is no making sense of it and it still sits in an uncomfortable place in my gut. Good man. Gone too soon. I wish he had just called me.

Oh wow. Tragic story. I’m learning about all this from these comments.

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Thanks!

Thanks for giving us a shot! We’ll keep the reactions coming.

Thank you!!!

Thank you, tough topic, I wasn’t expecting to lose my game face

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Thank you

Thanks for giving us a shot!

Thank you. We will be reacting to this soon. Lots of requests for this one.

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We’re all in this together. ❤️

I’m feeling this today…

Thank you for acknowledging, music and lyrics seep into my being

Thank you. I don’t want to be an over-the-top reaction channel. I don’t want silly shocked thumbnails and we’ll never act or exaggerate. I want to capture legit reactions, good or bad, and spark real conversation. If it happens cool. If not cool. As long as it’s real. This one got us there.

@Second Hand Reactions Keep up the good work.

@@JohnPaul-hm2ysThank you for the positive vote!

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Great advice 🙏

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We’re definitely gonna dig into Chinchilla too. Crazy talent

They’re amazing together. That makes sense. I lost a friend to suicide in 2019. The lyrics in this song have a familiar gravity. I’ll look into that story about his friend. Thanks for sharing.

I also read that Ren's mum is a singing coach - if that really is the case then his talent has only been passed down through hours and days and weeks and years of hard work...

Emotional rawness is the best description of this music. Thanks for your insight and for taking the time to comment. As a new channel we really appreciate it.

Thank you for your words, I agree he is proof of hope.

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Lol. Thanks for watching. Glad you connected with Sue. She’s a good soul. 😊 Thanks for watching and subscribing! We really appreciate it 👍👍

Thank you so much for your comment, I struggled a lot when I was younger with depression and suicide, and it took me a long time to grasp that I had to find passions outside of my head in order to combat what was going on on the inside. Music was always one of my best friends and escape. Ren’s ability to put his experiences and emotions to music would have been a godsend for me back when I was a teenager, even now as an adult still dealing with a lot of feelings that come and go, I can truly see the appreciation his fans have for what he does. I think his biggest gift is not his musical talent, but simply to just provide people with hope and the want to not give up. I’m really glad you made it through and that you’re still here. Your comment means the world to me keep listening to his songs one after the other I continuously find new ones to relate to, my most recent is titled Dignity. We reacted to it may be about two weeks ago. I’m curious how you feel about that one. ❤️

Wow. Thanks for the kind words. Really appreciate that. Good info. Others commented about this too. Really sad about his friend. Having also lost a friend to suicide, this song really resonates with me. On this listen I didn’t know the back story. It wouldn’t surprise me if they recorded on the the same bridge to honor his friend.

@@secondhandreactions yeah I totally get that I've lost as many friends from suicide due to PTSD from are time fighting for the British army I have been close we never got support when we left you have my subscription and support both fantastic ppl

Appreciate your words, thank you

Yes, he sure is!

@@susanellis5832 no thank you very rare ppl use there wisdom for wise words and you definitely do appreciate hearing your words sue than you ♥️

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So very intimate

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Ha! Glad you got the Fleetwood Mac reference. Lots of people suggesting Jenny and Screech. I see thumbnails of others reacting to it. We'll do it for sure.

Thanks for watching with us 🙏

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Thank you for the suggestions!

Seriously

lol thanks! Not everyone can place what song that’s from. Welcome aboard!

Hi! Thanks for joining in the fun!

Will definitely check this out. I’m learning that the hard part of doing these reactions is NOT listening to everything right away. I want to dig in to more of his stuff right away, but I’ll wait to get our reaction on the channel. Thanks for the suggestion!

Hi Michael, this is not actually true. You can Google images of Menai Bridge to see it if you want to. I am not sure that this was filmed on a bridge at all, looks more like the top of a building in a town (I don't know where for sure)

Yea she’s good to have around lol

That was sweet

Absolutely beautiful song. It’s emotional and haunting. Ok. You’re on. Next time we’ll listen to happy Ren songs. Is there anything else by chinchilla we should watch? She’s amazing too. The 2 of them are perfect together

Chalk Outlines (the live version again) :) Also you need to check out songs with Sam Tompkins - just as good - try the video of them busking playing EarnedIt /Mans World/ Falling ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d8nBzrhd8Ro.html

@@analisasmith7927We did chalk outlines yesterday too. :). Check our channel. We’ll definitely check that out. Thanks for suggesting.

@@secondhandreactions whoops! got confused!! anyway - lots to enjoy :)

@@analisasmith7927 We e been missing out on Ren. Thanks for the encouragement! Will definitely do more the next time we record.

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Oh nice. We’ll do it. Thanks for the suggestions. We really appreciate it. He’s a new artist for us, so this really helps us know where to look.

We reacted to this one already. Watch it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ovhHosKc-C8.html

Thanks for the insight. I didn’t mean to come off like I was putting myself down. It took me a beat to understand the point Sue was making. I thought we were talking about two different things for a moment. But I do agree we are all great at something. So, I’m more than comfortable with my mediocre guitar skills. Lol. Thanks for commenting. We appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts.

We’re absolutely loving diving into Ren and his orbit. So much good music coming out of Brighton

Power to touch a personal spot where one needs to remember that we are all human and have to work hard somedays to believe in yourself.

We will for sure. He’s incredible. So is chinchilla. We’ll check out all of this and react to them. The Ren rabbit hole is deep!

@@secondhandreactions I have been in it for the past 6 weeks and still going strong!!! 😊👍

We didn’t know this at the time of this reaction. Tragic story. Amazing song.

Agreed

Good to know. Thank you. I’ll look for that. I was thinking that maybe we should read the lyrics first to get a better understanding of the song, but I don’t know if that good or bad for our viewers.

@@secondhandreactions really depends on the song... Some people pause more frequently and catch up, or rewind.. Others have them side by side... His rap songs are so fast paced that you will probably find them useful, as for reading them first... I'm not sure... Definitely don't do it for the tale of Jenny and screech(full), because it would spoil the heartbreaking reveal in the last lines

Thank you for giving us a chance, this is a brand new experience for me, room to grow!

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First thing I noticed about her was her nails, but whatever I guess. Artists get to do and be whatever they want.

We just reacted to one of her solo songs and after watching this, I don’t think I expected it. She’s got a great voice and I think their harmonies are beautiful/haunting but her solo stuff didn’t grab me at all. Maybe I just need to hear more of it.

Warrens are cozy and safe!!!

I appreciate your perspective, be well!

Yea we’re new and getting better at this. My point was that they’re gifted because they’re talented singers. Idk what Sue was talking about either. Her point seemed like a non sequitur to me. Lol, but others seemed to get what she was saying… Thanks for giving us shot anyway. Good luck

Wow, they laid out their raw emotions and feelings, how much more of an authentic reaction can you ask for? They barely spoke over the lyrics?

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Yea, we've learned a lot since then. We were very new at this when we watched this video. We're still learning, but we've improved. Thanks for giving it a shot

I heard plenty