We React To Badflower: Ghost 

I’m so glad you guys liked the band. They (especially Josh Katz, the lead singer) are very open about the importance of talking about and de-stigmatizing mental health issues. I’m actually going to see them live next month on the Canadian leg of their current tour, which I’m really excited about. If you want to check out a less emotional song by them try 30, or Don’t Hate Me. For more deep feels stuff you could look at Family, or the Jester. Thanks for doing this one!

I cry every time this song plays. I bawled through the entire reaction. It's been 22 years since I stopped trying. 16 since I started believing that there may be just enough good in the world to be angry at myself for trying in the first place. Thank you for reacting to this.

The rawness of this song really catches u off guard the first time. Josh doesn't sugar coat his lyrics. They have other songs worth checking out like The Jester. This was the first reaction I've seen of urs and it's an instant sub.

My brother completed suicide in August of 2020. This song makes me emotional every time since I can't help but imagine what he must have felt in that moment. Feeling there was no other way out for him. Anyone who is a survivor of attempt or a survivor of a loved one who is gone, we're so happy you're still here. There is always hope 💜

I am so sad ‘Bad flower’ doesn’t get the recognition they deserve. PLEASE WATCH ‘Jester’ just such an amazing song!!!

Glad u guys were comfortable enough to show ur emotions there. The song brought a tear to my eye too. Its hard not to.

I still get chills everytime I hear this masterpiece

Josh is phenomenal his vocals are top notch he conveys emotion so well

I saw them live and theyre honestly phenomenal. Love this band. This song always makes me cry

I saw these guys live a couple years back and Josh actually broke down on stage. The emotion he puts into his music and performances made me a fan for life

The emotion that Badflower puts into their music is absolutely brilliant. You need to react to their song Move Me.

This song came out right in the middle of my dark depression, this song and this band helped me through a very dark time

I saw this live and a hush came over the crowd. appreciate you highlighting this song and message.

So glad you reacted to these guys! Badflower is incredible, and even better live! The way Josh was able to put those thoughts a lot of us have (myself included) into such powerful words, is just... amazing.

I absolutely love the band and their take on many topics that others wont normally touch. Yes, its sad, but some of us who can relate find comfort in it. Other amazing songs you should listen to are The Jester, Only Love, 30, and Family to start with.

This lead singer, Josh, writes all the lyrics, and he's a grandmaster at it, truly one of the greats. His lyrics hit like a fuckin' truck. And if you're the person they're meant to hit, they will absolutely flatten your ass.

This song is eviscerating. It really does cut deep. Heroin, Move Me, and Family are other hard-hitting tracks by this band. Highly recommend!

Okay, now that you've reacted to this (and there are some EXTREMELY profound lines in this song,) I would LOVE to see you react to some Blue October. I suggest starting with "Hate Me," as that was my introduction a couple decades ago or so. I saw them in concert in 2018. Great show, would definitely love to see them again. Justin Furstenfeld is simply amazing. Beyond amazing, even.

That song talks volumes to me. Grace of God I'm still here. I am so pissed at a friend of mine. He said I'll call you back, then I heard the next morning his mother found him hanging in a tree in her front yard. Life is tough and awful at times but we need to stay strong if not only for ourselves but people who love us. Again, thank you for featuring Ghost.

Great to see your reaction to this band, loved it! This is one of my favorite songs from them, this and "Family", another emotional. I agree with all four song recommendations in Jennifer's comment and add "Animal" (live) and "Promise Me".

This reaction is what led me to your channel months ago, and I've been a supporter of you guys ever since. If you guys could ever do some more Badflower reactions I would be so grateful as they are one of my all-time favourite bands and you honestly cannot go wrong with any song of theirs.

“The cutting part was easy,but regretting is so fcked” your reaction was real. It’s hard to understand someone who does this. I’ve experienced this myself.

So glad you guys reacted to this song. It helped me through a tough time in my life. If you haven't heard "Family" or "Don't hate me" by them I highly recommend them.

Great reaction! This is one of my favorite bands ever!! They have so many good ones. Some faves of mine are Animal, The Jester, 30, and X ANA X. ... and so many more! I think after this heavy one (many of theirs are) 30 is a great place to go next, and the video is so cool.

I absolutely love this song. It hits very close to home. I'm glad you guys reacted to this one. Keep up the great work!

Thank you for how you responded to this song. It matters to not sympathize or understand, it’s the empathy. Don’t give me solutions, just hurt with me so I’m not alone. Thank y’all both.

You definitely need to listen to more of their songs . 90% of them hit so hard, and I love them for it .Family, tethered, machine gun, and daddy are all deep, soul wrenching songs that I think you guys should react to .

"The cutting part was easy but regretting it is so fucked"...words that I hope resonate to anyone on the edge. The stories of immediate regret from SA survivors and the guilt of hurting my friends and fam kept the dark thoughts from ever winning. Don't know who needs to hear this but you got this. Don't give in to the darkness. I promise someone, somewhere cares about you, if you dont think so I do.

Rykerroad, you chose a very emotional song and video both conveying to us how dynamic and sincere this band is. I believe I have figured out the meaning of the video as the lyrics don't follow the video completely. Basically, the "Ghost" of the girlfriend came back to shut off the car to save his life. (notice the wedding ring on the key chain at the very end of the video) clever! If I were your waitress at a new music restaurant I would suggest watching "Family", "The Jester" and "Promise me" for starters. I learned that the more I dug into this band Badflower the better it got. Thank you for your sincere reaction. So my request to you Rykerroad is . . . . more please :) - Lisa

I love that U say ppl are not alone ,and I totally understand that Ur trying to help . But sadly U can say that soooo many times to ppl who suffer this way , and it wont make a difference , cause its an continuously battle in ur head , and in the end, sadly so many ppl just give in to the thoughts .Its so devastating! Loove this song , so relatable . Ty for a genuine and awesome reaction as always .

I cried on stream while watching your guy's reaction to this... It's so painful because I felt every single word of this song, I've listened to it before and it pierces my heart every time...

I commend you guys for actually sitting down and steeling your nerves for this song

New to you guys and Badflower. Eric, the way you said "it is" was so validating and comforting for some reason. Just replayed that bit a few times. Love your work.

Badflower are one of the best recent bands. Their first album and their pre-album stuff (mother mary, move me, jester) are fantastic.

The way Josh is so Raw with his lyrics ❤

Been living with it 46 years so far. I have learned to embrace the pain and the anger and have accepted it as my normal my happiness

Danm I’ve been struggling a lot lately, I’ve cried everyday at least once for 2 weeks now. Depression is at an all time high for me right now and this shit hits home hard 😞

Love this song!!! Can totally relate

Your reaction after the car crash legit made me start crying. It was so intense and raw.

i remember when my dad first found this song and he was like 'oh hey i found a song you'd like' without knowing the meaning at first. i have a past of SH/thoughts but i honestly found it funny that out of all the songs that played on the radio, it was this one. i had to explain it to him that the song is about acting on the thoughts and he got so quiet. proud to say i'm like five or six years clean

If y'all want more sad rock songs, I'd recommend Brother by Falling In Reverse or Happy Hurts from Icon For Hire. Icon For Hire actually has so many strong paced songs on depression and feeling numb, (Supposed to Be, Fix Me, Fight, Get Well II, Off With Her Head, The Grey, Sorry About Your Parents, Hope of Morning) and her lyrics are so clever and the creativity just jumps out at you and pulls you in

I've watched and liked you dudes for a while, but this reaction convinced me I need to subscribe. You are both awesome, both as creators, and as human beings

Just found you guys through your Glass Heart reaction video... Badflower is one of my favorite bands, I've seen them multiple times and their amazing live. Please give me off their music a listen. Family is so good!

Man I love this band, here's hoping for more sad songs as I love sad songs. So far Family, Ghost and Move me by Badflower have been the most relatable for me and as for this 1 ghost I'm not scared too admit I cut and I still do as nothing very special ever happens in my life either, I struggle with anxiety so stay indoors all the time all I ever do is game, watch RU-vid or listen too music so not much of a life and all of this has given me delusions like we live in a simulation or what if I am dead and this is hell. I really do want too end it so bad but I'm scared, I'm scared that things will change, I'm scared of hurting people closest I'm scared so I suffer and live on for everyone other than myself. I put people 1st and am kind yet somehow everyone I know shoves a knife into my back, idk what I ever did wrong but at 23 I can't be asked too live another 50 odd years and it's beginning too look like 1 of these days I will end it. Edit: sorry guys I love ur reactions this is just the reality I face, love bands that are so heavily relatable

Like you all said, it was good to have someone "ballsy" enough to say this stuff. When I was 14, "Fade to Black" from Metallica saved my life. Depression had grabbed me fiercly, and I was struggling to push forward and debated ending it all. Hearing the dark thoughts, the ones circling in my head, in someone else's words made me feel not alone. That if someone could say those things, then I wasn't the ONLY one feeling it. Just that glimmer of hope gave me enough to hang on. When I heard "Ghost" for the first time, I realized it was another one of those songs that gave the "demons" of depression a name. And once they are named, they can be fought. To echo your pinned comment.. talking about mental health issues and de-stigmatizing the treatment and recovery process is an important step in all of us fighting this epidemic! Reaction channels like yours that expose this message to audiences that may hot have had a chance to hear it is AWESOME! Thanks for the support!

This band is amazing. My husband is A PATREON and wait till you get to Twenty One Pilot's. Car radio. The less singer reached and saves fans through his music. He deals with much

glad someone requested you guys to react to this one, found it last month and been on repeat since.

HOW IRONIC I missed this a yr ago and it JUST NOW popped up! 😲🤯🥹🔥🔥🔥💯🤧🫂🫂🫂🥺

I relate to this every day. You both have helped me laugh more. Thank you.

Man this took me way bck when I used to hear it alot on the radio when I was younger powerful song

When this song and music video came out I related to it a lot and still do. I listen to music like specifically so I can remind I'm not alone with these feelings. I recommended it to my therapist and told her she had to watch the video. even though the lyrics are dark, between the quote at the beginning and the car being turned off with the ring he put on the mannequin now on the car keys while he was collapsed at the end, I feel like this is a hopeful video.

Badflower is a great bad. Their songs hit me between the eyes. On a lighter note, you guys should react to The Hu: Wolf Totem

This song fucks me up every time,and the video even moreso, after having gone through almost exactly that scenario. I never tried, but I thought of every way that I could. The only thing that stopped me was thst I didn't want to dishonour her memory.

I relate too much to this song now a days, thank you for your kind and encouraging words

There is an acoustic video of this song, where he is playing the piano. Definitely watch it 🙂💜

Badflower is amazing. So many good songs. Move Me, Promise Me, Heroin, 30, The Jester, Family, check em all out.

This brings back some bad memories of sitting alone day and night, razorblade in hand. Wondering when itd be too much. I felt like the pain on my outside felt better than inside me.

Badflower is a band I can’t listen to all the time because a lot of their songs are like this

I didn't watch this for a bit because I knew how hard hitting it was but no matter how it hits it doesn't take away from the fact that you have something that you can relate to in this....everyone has been touched by suicide in some way, shape, or form and it desperately needs to be talk, wrote, and put out there for it to become more normalized for mental health issues to be able to be dealt with without any stigma attached to it #22aday

Definitely check out Family by them as well, it's another one that has so much raw emotion that I break down every time I hear it

OMG love this band you guys got to check out more of them and this song though very deep and sad is one of my favorites💔

I b e g you to react for more, I am starved for Badflower reactions and you guys were awesome :')

I had the same reaction as you guys when I first heard this song, it hits home.

You should check out the song Family by Badflower. Ghost makes me think of my son who tried to unalive himself and if he wasn’t found by his children’s mom and his bff he would have died and because of that this song hits me in the feelers

This song always gets me i struggle really bad and hard sometimes.

their one of my favorite bands because they touch on importanf topics and each song has some important meaning or story behind it :) i just saw them live on sunday and they were so good. you should react to some more songs by them some are tethered, promise me, stalker, johnny wants to fight, family, move me, let the band play, white noise, don't hate me, the jester, cry, and machine gun.

If you liked this song I suggest Move Me by Badflower it is another great one and not as deep. Still really hoping to see y’all react to The Plot In You - FEEL NOTHING official video

Great reaction, enjoyed the genuine reactions you guys have. React to more Badflower. They are a very good band. All of their songs are great. Promise me, The Jester, Family, 30 and Don't Hate Me have great music videos.

I relate to this song, I tried many times including hitting a cement truck head on at 75mph. I was in a coma, I am ok, and so thankful to be here. But I get it!

The acoustic version is even better somehow

I REALLY hope you react to more from Badflower, everything on "Okay, I'm Sick" is worth hearing and for something that is more on the fun side of things would be the song "30". The first time I heard this song I was hysterical crying, this was the first song I ever heard that put words to how my life long battle with severe depression feels and dealing with suicidal thoughts. They have a few songs that do this.

They jam. Love them. Seen them 3 times. 🔥

"Promise me" hits the hardest for me cause everybody i know can relate to it in one way or another. (My opinion)

This one is soooooo heavy❤️❤️❤️ love this song...

I have lived badflower for years since I heard this song. I have felt theses feelings os suicide for years. The first band I related to in this aspect was Linkin Park with breaking the habit. Although I'm am in pain and I want the pain to end both bands make me remember that I will cause pain by ending my pain that way. I thank them for that message. Linkin Park got me through high-school. I survived and became a father. Badflower got me through my divorce, and guess what I'm still a father. Life hurts and it can tear you down and break you. But if I became the white ghost what would happen to my kids??? Life still sucks ass life is still painful. Waking up and knowing you have a happy smiling kid who loves you is priceless. I still get the dark thoughts of giving up. But between my kids and my music I survive. This world is to hard to bring pain to them. For anyone feeling alone and lost, I am here. As are many others. Honestly I never committed because of my fear to hurt someone, and I suffered through alone because I was afraid to talk . I am a living freak zland I'm glad I gave life the chance. Those dark feelings fade when you start talking. It takes time but never give up.

This song is rough, but real for so many people. 💜🤘

This is a hard song to listen to but gorgeous. I dunno how they get through playing this song night after night

Love your reactions! You should check out Motionless in white Cyberhex!!

Love your reaction, you should also check out Jester by Badflower. Keep up the great work

if you see at the end of the video, the mannequin doesn't have the ring anymore, while you can see the ring on the car key, meaning that the ghost pf the girl stopped the car saving the husband

i'm Gay.. I've been down this road before. its good to hear people talk about it

I personally love the acoustic version of this song so much more.

Badflower Jester is a feel good song to turn it around. Also 30 is a fun song too

Family is the best song they have done yet

Once i learned the lyrics to this song, i cant listen anymore. It's great, it's beautiful, but it hurts too much. The weight of this song is real. Please talk to someone if you need help or are struggling with anything. You are loved.

You would love badflower Animal, 30, jester, all of them really. You gotta pay attention to what's going on in the background of their videos. Very talented men. Fkn amazing❤️. I didn't think they could get any better until I heard thee acoustic versions of their songs, ❤️. If you haven't heard them you are missing out

You should react to Family. I really recommend that one because it is BEAUTIFUL

The acoustic version of this song is even better

A masterpiece!!

Love this song

I also suggest Paranoia On Main Street and America Anonymous by Demi The Daredevil, which are both mental health related songs. He is also very open about de-stigmatizing mental health struggles.

Yeah, this is a rough one. Their song Family is another serious, serious hard-hitting song, though depending on how your family was growing up, it might be too much.

Saw them and falling in reverse at the blue ridge Rock festival last summer and then saw NF a few days later love them all madly.

I've been blown away by them. Family by Badflower is fantastic. Hope you check it out or a patreon recommends at some point.

Yeeeessss! More Badflower pleeeeeeaaaassse!!!! 🥺👉👈

Going through this right now!

i think of this all the time. i had a Stroke and hate my life. :(

Great reaction! Loved it. Can you guys please do ‘Inside Of the Fire’ by Disturbed? That song is also so powerful & the video touches on the other side of suicide- when the survivor is tempted by the devil to join their loved one in death, it’s such a powerful msg to be strong😢

i never paid attention to the lyrics until i watched this.... I used to just jam out to the song not realizing what its about.

this is my life