What Did Y'all Do To Us?! | James Blunt | Monsters Reaction 

I heard that song dozens of times and I still cry every time. It just touches your soul

Kathys reaction on her face was all that was needed, she has so much empathy ❤

James Blunt is a fantastic person he's a retired British Army officer with a cracking sense of humour his twitter replys are epic. He also once sold his sister on ebay.

As someone else mentioned, a donor was found and the father is living well now, but what I think is remarkable is that it was this video that helped save his father's life. A distant relative saw the video when it first came out (there apparently was a lot of publicity in England about it) and decided to get tested, was found to be a match, and donated a kidney. The transplant surgery took place less than one month after the video came out.

For some reason, the line, "I folded your clothes on the chair" always gets me...such a simple thing he's doing for his dad, it just breaks my heart...

Due to this song his dad found a relative i believe in Australia that donated a kidney, he initially was doing well, but now i here hes not so good now...the two men saying goodbye is a reference to when they were both in the Army , his dad a colonel and James a captain , which they said we are 2 men saying goodbye when they were each deployed ...

His father has not passed away, but he is dying at this stage. James wrote this song for his father and sang it to him, in private. He then asked if his father would mind if he recorded it and hoped his father would be in the clip with him. It was done in one take, so he could get the raw emotion and the final product is what you see. His father is very stoic in appearance, but he felt what James was saying to him. At the time of this clip, a match had not been found for his father to have a kidney transplant but after the clip was released, he was saved by a matching donor coming forward.

They shot the video in one take and after they finished the whole crew was in tears and James dad asked: Why are you all crying? I'm still here.!

this song actually saved his dad's life! a distant relative saw it and was a match for his dad. James and his dad were both military (James a captain, his dad a colonel) and the words ' I'm not your son, you're not my father, we're just 2 grown men saying goodbye' is what they'd say before deployment. all proceeds went to charity by the way.

Great reaction, as a 6"4 260lb English power lifter I can not hear this song without getting emotional James and his father are both tough army men like others have said this was his what he thought was his last chance to tell his father how he was feeling.

Don't be afraid to show your feelings. I cry every time I hear this song. You are both wonderful people, it just shows.

James’ song did as he promised. It saved his dad’s life in the form of a wonderful donor coming forward. He chased the monsters away.

Beautiful reaction.I held my father's hand as he passed away. Brings back memories. ❤❤

Father and son relationships are often complicated, and an awful lot goes unsaid. This song is unbelievably emotional.

My wife just passed away at 60 years old after a 42 year illness which I was her caregiver and this song is hard to listen to but it means alot to me. I know the pain he is feeling. Thanks for an honest human reaction.

No one sings like James and the raw emotion in his voice. He is a legend!!!

Glad you did the original instead of the covers we see lately on RU-vid. This one is way more powerfull!

The first time i listened to this song, i trauma cried. I love that James Blunt let his father know how he feels about him BEFORE he dies, rather than sing it after his death, which we all do in song or talk. I loved that his daddy found a donor and is still alive and well. This song just reaches into your memories and makes them raw again ❤

This song is so touching for anybody who has lost a father/father-in-law/father figure in the last few months or year or so. James filmed this entirely in one take because he knew he wouldn’t be able to do it again for a second take. That really is his father in the video but he didn’t pass away. As a result of this song and this video, somehow James managed to turn his family torture into the most wonderful gift. Brits started turning out in their droves for organ donation. His father received a kidney from a ‘living donor’ and other families were blessed with other organs from living donors and from consenting families for all organs where loss,of life has happened to loved ones. James is an incredible artist, he is ex-army (British Household Cavalry) and he has served very dangerous tours of duty but he got himself. Record deal and the rest is history.

I'm a grown man and I've seen this so many times, and it makes me cry each and every time. I did lose my Dad when I was young, and I loved him very much. However, I actually think it's the empathy that James makes me feel with his performance that makes me cry. I can't think of another song that has the same impact on me as this one. His emotions are so raw in it, it's impossible not to be affected by it.

This song song always makes me cry when listening to it. My father passed away while his head in my arm whe I laid him down for sleep... and he was slept forever since 😢

Whew….that was heavy but good. It hit hard because my dad passed unexpectedly this past Oct. I’m a grown man with my own family, and was very close to him. But you never outgrow your dad, even when you’re bigger than him. I miss that old man every day.

Kathy, THE BEST, MOST HONEST AND MOST PAINFUL reaction to this song that I've seen. Thank you for your willingness to share it.

this might be one of the realist reactions of all-time on RU-vid.

One take. No Auto-Tune'. James wanted this amazing emotional song to be absolutely 100% true, real and genuine. It was recorded soon after his father had been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney disease and needed urgently to find a donor to save his life. I heard James donated all the proceeds from this incredible video to the UK charity 'Help For Heroes' who do such wonderful work for ex-servicemen and women. Happily, a donor was found and although his father is still with us, I've heard conflicting reports as to his general state of health these days, some not very encouraging.

Listen to his “No bravery “ and “I’ll bring you home”…. He is an amazing song writer. You will not be disappointed.

James wanted this to be 100% real and authentic. This was the first time he'd sung it to his dad, who had only recently been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer and was not expected to survive, although they did eventually fine a donor and he made it. Both James and his dad are former officers in the British military. I don't know how James managed to keep himself together so well, powerful and obviously deeply emotional for him. First time i heard this song was 3 days after my Dad passed away and it broke me, I lost my Dad 4 years ago this August after he fell and hit his head sadly he didn't survive it caused a bleed on his brain I sadly never had the chance to tell him I loved him and that hurts but i know he is at peace now.

One of the most powerful songs I have ever heard. Brings tears to my eyes and I have heard it over 100 times.

A few things of interest about James. He stood guard at the coffin of HM The Queen Mother during her lying in state and was part of the funeral procession on 9 April 2002. He served in Kosovo in 1999 and was ordered to attack an airfield which was overtaken by Russians but luckily his commanding officer said no.

Ace, thank you for being vulnerable enough to share your personal story. I'm glad you both were able to laugh at the end of the video. Best to you!

I get emotional every time I listen to this song. I don't know how he made it through this song without totally breaking down. He is a great songwriter and singer!! Thanks for your genuine reaction to this video👍😥

Love this song. Watched a hundred reactions to it. Cry every time. So powerful.

I feel Ace's pain when he was separated from his dad. My father and I were at odds with each other for a while. I was f'ing my life up instead of doing something with it - I had to drop out of college cuz I was too busy getting high to study. He was disappointed in me, and so was I. I went to work in the same engineering company where he worked and was leaving for an out-of-town work assignment. As I was getting my stuff into the car, out of the blue he told me he loved me, and I told him the same and we shared a deep, warm embrace. I floated to the car - I had not been that happy in a long time. A month after I left, he died of a massive heart attack at the age of 39. I was 21. I don't know if I would ever have recovered if we parted unreconciled. Thanks Dad, for all you did for me, I love you still and I always will. I think you would be proud of me - I got my sh*t together, married a loving woman and we have a home, raised two grown sons, all of that made even better by two beautiful granddaughters.

Wow ! This brought to the surface suppressed feelings from over 40 yrs ago, when I spend a week with my Dad as he was on death watch in the VA hospital, dying of cancer. It makes me cry, yet is healing at the same time. This one will stay with me. It is essential in learning life.....God Bless this guy.....Wow ! Thank You.

James dad was actually dying from kidney disease & this was his tribute & farewell to his dad. Thankfully his dad received a donor kidney & is doing okay now. If this song doesn't get to you emotionally, there is something wrong with you. This song resonates with me as I was my dad's caregiver for 5 years until he passed away 3 years ago.

Kathy was like a deer in the headlights leading into that first chorus. She knew it was gettin weird. ❤ y'all have a good day.

He has a mix of very emotional songs and more upbeat songs. Other great emotional songs include "No Bravery" "carry you home" "The greatest" and "someone singing along" is emotional but uplifting. Then "Bonfire heart", "the truth", "love me better" "Youngster" are more upbeat songs. Great reaction, thank you 👍

The beginning of the song and video is so crushingly sad, but I love how it evolves from there to the end. If you weren't listening to the lyrics, the bridge would sound triumphant. The last chorus has that lovely bit of choir, and ends so peacefully. I'm not broken at the end, I feel comforted. And then Charles pats James on the arm, as a father does. It's a masterpiece.

Kathy’s reaction was raw, beautiful and genuine. This song rings true on so many levels as a son and as a father. James Blunt is an outstanding singer/songwriter.

The song wrecks me every time. Beautifully written and understood by everyone. A real heart breaker.

Great reaction to this moving song/video. I'm glad you and your dad are on better terms now. The song resonates with me too. I'm 58 and my parents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters and some cousins, nephews, nieces and friends have passed away. Tomorrow is not promised so we should never wait to tell our loved ones how much they mean to us.

Watching him struggle through this with his father next to him gets me. His line of saying last time saying i love you you can see him almost lose it.

It’s absolutely mind blowing to me how we can connect to another human being in song or how an artist can convey those feelings to us.

It's not just a sad song, it's something very unique that taps into the most fragile part of us.

so as i understand it this song was written by his sister when his dad was diagnosed with a late stage cancer or something or kidney failure so they all thought he was gona die and when James read it he asked if he could release it i think .

This is the most real reaction i've seen for this song. Thank you for being real.

His father had stage 3 kidney cancer, but a cousin was found as a match and his father still lives. Hate cancer. Beautiful reaction u2 to a very tough song.

The only song that comes close to this in sadness is if I would have known. I lost my dad a year ago june 28th and I still can't get over it. This song and the other one i named still make me cry. I love many ppl in my life but I loved my dad more then anyone. I saw him he was getting better I live 3 states away so I drove there to see him. He was getting better and so after a week I drove back home and they didn't give him his blood thinner he needed to stay alive and the pharmacy didn't tell him about the blood thinner. So his heart reclogged 100% and he was to weak to fight a second one. And he was gone out of nowhere. My brother was driving him to his appointment and in the truck his last words were I can't see nothing I don't know were we are and his body went limp next to my brother. It hurt so bad.

Ace held up pretty well, but poor Kathy kept loosing it. She wanted to look away but only got as far as turning her head cause her eyes couldn't stop looking at Blunts sad emotions. Genuine and honest reaction. Thank you.

This is one of the saddest, most beautiful song I've ever heard. 4 years and I still think of my dad everyday and cry every time I hear it. 😢

Feel for you guys, this song has this effect on most people. No shame in it. It's a beautiful message.

You guys had the most physical and immediate reactions to this video that I’ve seen. It was very authentic and touching.

James Blunt wrote this song for his father, Charles Blount, a former cavalry officer in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars, helicopter pilot and colonel in the Army Air Corps. His dad has stage four chronic kidney disease. this one hit hard lost my farther 19 years ago.

James sings with tremendous passion in all his songs but they are usually about love, some happy some more melancholy, but this is definitely the saddest.

Wise men have said, " To live a full life, you must think, laugh & cry every day ! " This song checks two of those boxes. His words are powerful, but it's the way James delivers them, that puts them on another level......Peace ! ❤️🎙😎🤘

When I first heard this song I had the very same reaction totally hit me out of the blue and I havent been the same since.

The impact of this song is so strong! The moment i listened to it was not a goose bump but heartly i cried coz i was overseas when my dad passed away and it was in the middle of the covid height and there was no flight! I will visit him one day and to say sorry i was'nt beside him while he was waiting for me to hold his hand.

James Blunt's father Charles, himself a kidney donor, was diagnosed with stage four chronic kidney disease. Blunt wrote "Monsters" to "express his feelings about his father and his illness, almost as if it's a touching farewell to his father". Thankfully they were able to find a kidney for him.

This is seriously tough Song . To listen to Great Reaction guys I was in tears as well.

hi guys yea james blunt sister wrote this to her dad as a poem and james turned it into a song to there dad who was in the millatary same as james the man at the end was james dad he is alive he a had a transplant

This is such a powerful song and it brings a tear to my eyes, even at 66 yrs. old, because everytime I hear it I think of my father who has passed. Thankfully, as many have already commented, a donor kidney was found and his father is doing well. 🙏✌️

I appreciate your honesty Ace.

James dad was actually dying from kidney disease & this was his tribute & farewell to his dad. Thankfully his dad received a donor & is doing okay now.

One of my favorite songs of all time. Even though im a woman, my father loved james blunt, and this is exactly how i felt when he passed.

Hey y'all! Amazing song from an amazing artist! Beautifully written, he has a story for sure. Another artist who has a lifetime of his story within the minutes of his songs is Ren, a songwriter and singer from Wales. I found Ren from his masterpiece Hi Ren. It's one of the most powerful songs I've ever heard. But he can do anything with perfection: rap, play multiple instruments, records live, street performances, etc. He is quite literally perfect and he has had a hard life of being misdiagnosed of Lyme Disease. He has something for everyone and sings on quite controversial topics. Give him a chance, to me he's perfection.

A very heartfelt, empathetic reaction. A beautifil song.

I’ve listened to this song a million times and I cry every time.

Its a tear jerker for sure. Great reaction guys.

Thank God a donor was found for James Blunt's father. Such an emotional yet true story at the time. Please stay well to James's father. 💝💝

It's was hard watching this beautiful lady show her emotions while say was watching the video she was making me cry my eyes out .. I really enjoyed crying with ya'll trying to get thru this video !!😢😅

Watched many reactions to this song…affects me every single time..heart wrenchingly beautiful and sad.

Show's Father's are important too. James Blunt spoke from his heart in this song.

Worth checking out James' "No Bravery" song written about what he saw in the British Army while serving with NATO in the Kosovo War in the late 90s. It's brutal and moving and sadly still relevant to this day. The guy is a legit war hero! For something more cheerful of his, check out "Bonfire Heart". James is a brilliant storyteller and will always get you to feel stuff, whether that's joy or sadness.

It was this song that found charles blunt a distant relative that donate. Charles was also in the military too

My dad passed away on May 26, 2006 after battling cancer and lasting 2 years longer than they gave him. I was there when he passed. This song reminds me of everything I felt during his struggles. I'm not your son, you're not my father, we're just 2 grown men saying goodbye describes our relationship very well.

I lost my daddy over 40 years ago and this song makes me ugly cry every time. But its ok, because it can be cathartic when needed. The only way I can sometimes get through it is if I don't watch his pain filled eyes and just listen.

Check out the Iam Tongi American Idol audition when he sings Monsters and has everyone in tears. James Blunt say it was an honor to sing Monsters with Iam.

It's amazing how quickly that song breaks people down.

As a grown man i still cry everytime i hear this song. Its by far the sadest sond ever.

Kathy & Ace, I was also extremely emotional when I first saw James Blunt Video, I also cried along with you both, FYI. Love to you both 🌹🙏💞💋😢🤩

Wow ...Nice to see genuine emotions..Kathy and Ace all I can say is it's real...

Welcomes to James Blunt 😂 try No Bravery And leave that one to the end of your session too 🤣

The man breaks down the song, and the lady just broke down . Great reaction 🌷

This song hits me like a ton of bricks the first time I heard it. Very powerful and very emotional, especially, that my father is now 90 years old. I know that, sooner or later, I will be listening (and crying) to this song again.

I accidentally stumbled upon this video. I didn’t know this song. During this video, i kept tearing. The song is so deep and emotional. I just couldn’t stop my tears. How fragile and mortal we are.

No bravery by James blunt is so good too!

Oh Kathy darling, watching this seeing how the impact of the song cuts deep, I instinctively reached out, heart to heart, to you xx.

When this was filmed James blunts dad was dying. He didn't have alot of days left. He had stage 4 kidney disease. Usually you can live a normal life with just one kidney but Charles (James dad) had already donated one of his kidneys away, so there was not whole lot more they could do. A distant cousin saw this video and got in touch with the family. He then went to check himself and to see if he was a match for James's Dad (Charles Blount). He was and Charles is now alive and well... Amazing!

That right there is a man who is so unquantifiably proud of his son, A man that will surely die happily knowing his task as a father is completed to a piont he never expected to achieve. Ace and Kathy, i've never seen one of your reactions before, your reactions are pure, crying on camera is no big deal, i'm a UK male and I perform, in public, I cannot listen to or perform this song without crying, often to the piont where I cannot finish the song due to the uncontrolled sobbing. Music is not only the sound, it is the emotion, the memory, the taste, the smell, the comprehension and compasion, even the vision of something never seen. The ability to portray all of this is a gift that James has in abundance, his Father will be proud of his sons military carear, but even prouder of his talent and love!

Hi from the UK 🇬🇧 😊. I lost my dad and son 😢 💔 this beautiful song breaks me every time

I discovered this song two days after my Dad died. I can’t say more. 😢

An amazing song, a great authentic reaction as well from you both. This song gets me every time,…every time 😢 🇬🇧

17 of August is my dad's birthday. He passed away May of 2022. Alzheimers. For some strange reason i only heard this song a few weeks ago. Every time a hammer blow to my heart. Miss him. Love him. Wanted to tell him but in the end it was too late. He didn't recognize me anymore. Do it now... tel your loved one's how important they are NOW... ❤

I hope it will make you feel better to know this song saved his dads life. The gentleman by his side. A relative saw it who was a match and donated his kidney. Apparently the whole studio was in tears which dumfounded his dad who was a tough soldier and James' hero.

This particular song of his makes everyone cry, so your not alone there!

Raw honest feelings.. Tank you... I cry with both of you..

His father is living well now, but what I think is remarkable is that it was this video that helped save his father's life. A distant relative saw the video when it first came out (there apparently was a lot of publicity in England about it) and decided to get tested, was found to be a match, and donated a kidney. The transplant surgery took place less than one month after the video came out.

I love Her reaction so much! No shame to cry

I lost my dad a month ago,I fell out with my family before that and hadn't seen him for months before he died.i have so much regret. Love them while you can,because you never know what's round the corner.

James wrote this song to his father that was suffering with kidney disease and surgery,I took care of my dad the last 6 yrs of his life.this song brings a tear to my eyes