He is an amazing story teller, he gives you chills. but he is more than that, time to step away from his dark side and have some fun. Ren was in a busker band where they performed on the street for money and man, where they great, you don't know Ren until you explore The Big Push. I suggest I Shot the Sherrif/Road to Zion/Hip Hop ruclips.net/video/uSeCuR51rek/видео.html Wade in the Water/Nina Simone (Feeling Good)/Trouble So Hard This one is fun and simple Bongo Bong ruclips.net/video/EQAUupOFarw/видео.html There are many more, but how about some straight up R&B with Ren and Sam Tompkins singing Earned it/It's a Man's World/Falling Sam will blow you away. ruclips.net/video/EQAUupOFarw/видео.html BTW, Ren has some excellent rap videos, but I will defer to others to mention those. Then you can mix in his other darker stuff, the guy is just incredible. I love you guys, been a fan since the Dimash days, and hope to see you go down this rabbit hole. Dimash is the greatest singer in the world, but Ren is the greatest performer I have ever seen or heard.
I felt so bad for you both watching this reaction as you could slowly see it breaking your hearts a little more as it went on, but you were so captivated and paying attention to every detail. Glad that afterwards you could see the artistic genius of it all, really great reaction.
Don't feel bad for us! We were so drawn into the storytelling. The great gift of being human is empathy. Perhaps greater empathy can help connect us more than the way society tears us apart.
@@ReactToTheWorld Just because I’ve seen it so many times and various reactions too and I knew there was worse to come in the story as it went on. Sometimes it still makes me cry and other times it makes me laugh just because of how ridiculously talented he is doing these all in one take, his voice, his acting, his skills on the guitar. While this may be a story created by him sadly this is based on real life for so many in the U.K. and I’m sure elsewhere too. I can’t help but empathise for those who are stuck in that circle of violence in their lives.
Same , I knew what was coming and come see their faces change as they were captivated by the story. But even I forgot to breath towards the end and I've watched the trilogy about twenty times
Ren was saying during an interview that yes he like to sell tickets to a show but he really like his busking days because unlike a concert where you buy a ticket and are committed to go with busking you are drawn in organically and he really likes that aspect
The first time I've seen the trilogy, I was shook 🥺 As a fellow "Violet" I was not prepared to witness Ren's rendition of Stevie, which unfortunately was very realistic. But it is also very important to bring the issue of domestic abuse of women and men in the open. Ren makes people deal with issues they would rather avoid and gets them to face their emotions. Generational trauma is such a huge issue in our society, and it is great that he addresses it
Thank you for clarifying that.. I thought he didn’t give us much backstory for Jenny when I first heard it… but the second listen I was thinking he actually did.. he just paints her picture less straight forward as Screech’s… and it fits♥️
Amazing reaction guys... There is also a live version of Ren doing this trilogy in front of a crowd, it is amazing, you can see the love flowing both ways between Ren and the crowd. Its also filmed using a 360 camera so you can spin it around and see the crowd join in on the Screech parts..
Beat me to it. I like the interactions Ren has with the crowd, such as begging one young lady to "please, please, please..." be careful when she is apparently doing something potentially dangerous (I didn't see her in the video, just heard Ren's admonitions). He genuinely seems to care about the people who come to see him.
@@timpwhit I totally agree, the first time I watched it, I hadn't realised you could swivel the camera with your cursor to see Ren's entrance and opening address to the crowd from the roof top to the right. I love his humbleness and 2-way love with the crowd, I've watched it loads of times now, it fills me with joy...
@@chrisparti It's funny how such a darkly-themed song can bring joy to a crowd through Ren's masterful storytelling and emotional connection with his audience. "Bardcore" is the perfect name for his musical style because Ren is, at heart, a minstrel or bard--in the finest sense of the word (or words)..
@@chrisparti So I guess you think you're punny? LOL, reminds me of a coworker who used to call me "Mr. Burr" until one day I asked him why. He said "you know, Tim-Burr, like the warning you yell when you cut down a tree and it's falling..."
Alas poor Jenny and Screetch we didn't know them till....now. A modern tragedy but so well done. Ren gets us crying, laughing and more with his music and videos. Great reaction guys 🙏🙏
@Renmakesmusic is our modern day Shakespeare. Amazing storyteller, he pulls you in and is captivating. He makes you feel every emotion he conveys through his work and big shout out to Sam his camera man and the editing. Ren and his team are freaking geniuses. Crutch and How To Be Me make me cry because of the vulnerability he shows and Money Game trilogy, especially pt 3 deserve all the awards! It's not just music, he makes Art at its finest and like nothing you have ever seen or will again. Love this man and great reaction btw❤
Coolest thing about Ren that just blows me away is the fact he does these live. On violets tale you could hear the acoustics when he walks down hallways. And he makes it seem like a dude just casually practicing guitar,so easy for him. Amazing
Loved both your reactions 😢👍. Maybe try some of REN's live outdoor Busking with his friends The Big Push. Try there mash up of I Shot The Sheriff, Road to Zion mash up PURE 💥💥🙏
I loved the emotions and the expression of sheer disbelief on your faces. It was so true. And when John connected the dots hearing "twins" I relived what happened to me... the same thing happened to me, I just started saying NO NO NO in my head, like a rabbit in headlights. Great reaction! 🔥🔥
I already knew the songs. I watched for your reactions. You were fantastic. You were absorbed. Mesmerized. Ans we could SEE how much impact it had. Great reaction!
Watching Ren reactions is my hobby now. I just saw you two do "Hi Ren" and really like you guys. You get it. I'm subscribing and I can't wait to see what you think of Jenny, Screech and Violet... And away we go....
Great reaction! The two of you together offer a beautiful balance of perspective. I’d like to offer my viewpoint on why I think his music is resonating with so many people. My story. I also suffered from auto immunity. My experience happened when I was 35 years old. I’m 52 now and a piece of it still remains, but for the most part I’ve made a recovery. My struggle was with Epstein bar. The virus that causes mono. I had a particularly difficult case and severe strain. It hit me later in life and caused tremendous problems with my immune system. I remember a ten-year period where, on bad days, I would have to leave work and sleep in my car for three or four hours before returning. It caused severe depression and anxiety. I know so many people are moved by Ren. Those of us who have dealt with a debilitating illness for an extended period of time relate to him even more profoundly. I’ve probably watched the Hi Ren video over 100 times and it makes me cry every time. It’s not just because I feel for Ren and his pain, which I obviously do, but because of the incredibly powerful emotional feelings of triumph and hope and the appreciation of artistry that wash over me. His words are so beautifully crafted and potent that they feel like divine intervention. You begin to understand that Hi Ren is his fight song, his victory song as well as his testimony. I’ll remember the first time I experienced the song in the same breath as Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Bowie, or The Beatles. Something magnificent and great, almost not from this world. This is why I relate on a deep level to Ren. He captures the true inner struggle for so many of us!
The tale of Jenny & Screech 360 live it is exactly what you said, it plays live performance in the midle of the audience, like the theater at the Shakespeare’s time
He tells the stories and the filming of the stories are all 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 or could be happening in every town, city, and country at this very moment and the cycle continues
Ren saw the story in a local newspaper or story on local news about a 14 year old killing a prostitute. One thing that the police officer said was that it was ”such a shame”. Violets tale is written several years later.
The single tear falling from lulu at the realization of what had happened to violet was as genuine as it gets. I love reactions that can bring me back to my original feelings of watching this for the first time. You both are great and earned a new sub from me today. ❤
Hi guys! I really enjoyed your reaction! I haven't watched your reaction to "Hi Ren" yet, I have watched so many after I did my reaction, that I needed to take a little break from it. lol This one is just as good to me, the storytelling is the best I've ever seen. How he did each part live, in a single camera take... Just par excellence! I have gone down the "Ren" rabbit hole and I turn everyone that will watch onto this & Hi Ren. It is something everyone should experience, IMO. I agree with you about him having his own one man show. I'd love to watch him perform live! Anway, from one reactor to another, good job. Thanks for the entertainment! Cheers! Jennifer/The Speak Easy Lounge
Thank you for encapsulating the Ren experience so succinctly and so eloquently, your emotions from his performances not only mirrored my own, but thousands of others around the world. That's how Ren brings us together.
If you want to see him truly sing like an angel watch "Chalk Outlines" by Ren & Chinchilla LIVE (he uses a hallways for natural reverb) it's about self deletion, depression, addiction and over prescription or "How to Be Me" by Ren & Chinchilla LIVE, it's about a friend of Ren who self deleted himself on the bridge where they sing.
yeah, would be nice to get him to Vegas...so many varied kinds of venues; pretty sure they could scout out just the right ones. and...you're right for the most part, Ren didn't really "flex" that singing ability until VIOLET, when i will never get tired of 1) his vocalization early in the song before the singing starts, where he's just playing guitar and looking around, and 2) the beauty of the note he hits in singing "she never stood a chance..." as both he and the camera throw their looks upward at the ascending staircase. the combination of hitting that note so perfectly and the acoustics of the stairwell...and then i guess also when he lets us her Violet's desperation when she's pleading for the doctor to save her baby (turns about babIES, yes) while he increased the tempo on his guitar playing to support the sort of frantic point he had reached. his use of the guitar to support the mood of a scene is nothing short of wizardry; using all tools at hand to beef up what COULD be a lifeless mess of a production--a guy and his guitar, big deal, right? instead, he uses his comfort w/that tool to improve and drive the story, just like the variation on his vocals/spoken word. OK, cheers........also from Vegas (Summerlin).
When you talked about a Vegas show, I had a similar thought, something like a one-man show on Broadway or off Broadway, touring the world. Or, yes, even a movie.... Great reaction, btw!
i think its important to aknowledge the meaning of this tale. The twins mother, violet, was silent and had a miserable life just by permitting what happened to her. After she died, her twins went to replicate the exact conduct of theyr parents with the same patterns even without knowing them. Irony of life,;or that bad things are the seed for more bad things to come. Its better to die sometimes than live a whole life of misery and extend your misery to others; specially if you die by doing what you think its correct. At least that's how i see it
If The Tales don’t move you, make you feel like you’ve been punched in the gut, then I honestly would question one’s humanity. I still get a lump in my throat when Violet’s Tale begins
The writing is so graphic and vivid. It walks a fine line but is more reportage, never celebration. You can feel his anger but it is directed at society, not the characters he portrays.
Yep Ren is literally reaching the world and connecting us all in vulnerability .....I'm a first timer to your channel . So far your into is really inviting.
Beautiful reaction to this masterpiece, guys. Like many here I've gone down the "Ren Rabbit Hole" so have seen plenty of these reactions and yours is right up there. No scratch that, THE best I've seen. Thank you both. xx
According to Ren, he saw a news report of a young teenager who had committed a murder and wondered what type of circumstances could lead someone so young to behave in that way.
yes i believe thats where he got the inspiration for the first two and to bring awareness increased knife crimes in london too i could be mistaken but i beleive violets tale was wrote quite a bit later as just a nice little addon. brilliant story telling though and the way its filmed and recorded is just mind boggling the way he uses the envirorment as his own vocal effects is just too good. the part where the camera pans up the stair case and you hear the reverb of it for just that one line. the amount of thought and effort put into just violets tale alone is just crazy to me
For contrast, and to see his versatility, check his 'Illest Of Our Time' song and as others have said...the 'Chalk Lines' Live with Chinchilla. She's another great artist...her 'Fingers' Live video is unique and captivating. I'm proud of these British talented artists.
Great reaction, if you wanna really admire his singing voice try the amazing "Chalk Outlines" live with Chinchilla. It´s just beautiful and he (and Chinchilla) really deliver the vocals.
Welcome to the Renaverse ❤️ He does it every time a back catalogue of diverse brilliant composition's from Ballard's to rap. Economy society struggles. A favourite of mine is Patients From an 2016 interview about M,E. One of his misdiagnosis. Do the four minutes+( patience Ren Gill 2016). Enjoy this wonderful Human being ✌️❤️🏴
The tales of Jenny is based on a true crime after Screech and Violet came after in a fiction story. There is a live (with crowd) of the Story of Jenny & Screech in full 360, we can move the camera : Ren - The Tale of Jenny and Screech (Full 360 Live Performance) : ruclips.net/video/S_hs8EkWeZg/видео.html
it gets worse if you delve deeper into it... Ren put out several instagram shors where he enacts bits and pieces of Screech's story and turns it into a real life sort of documentary by staging the theft of his cellphone by Screech. Also, the first 2 stories are apparently inspired by a newsarticle about a young teenager killing a prostitute during a mugging. the third chapter in which he ties it all together, was written years later and entirely a brainchild of Ren's amazing storytelling. Screech and Jenny obviously, given the circumstances, were separated at birth and fed into the system... both ended up with bad situations... there are several hints in the lyrics at Jenny being a streetwalker, at age 14, which is just so sad... Screech himself is a petty criminal off his head on drugs..which he probably smokes because of the abusive domestic situation he lives in, that night, was supposed to commit a break-in/robbery, but his would be partners in crime flake on him and he's so desperate to get enough money to escape from having to go back home at night, that he mugs the first person he meets, Jenny. as a sidenote, Patrick was a friend of his, whom he's a bit of a dick/bully towards... and he wasn't home that day, because he was with Screech's girlfriend.... getting "busy".
For something that's beautiful vocals, check either Chalk Outlines or "How to be Me" Ren X Chinchilla. For something of Ren's that's got a bit of the live singing but leans a little more into his hiphop flow, check out Money Game Pt 1 & 2 (a personal fav of mine right now)
If you want to see a more lyrical version of Ren my favourite is Crutch (with Bibi). He wrote it about 6 years ago, before he was diagnosed with Lyme's and had been in and out of hospital and had suffered a breakdown. He wrote it about his fears that his illness would make it impossible for anyone to stay with him - make him too hard, too much work to love. It is hauntingly beautiful. ruclips.net/video/3gC2kq6E5Mo/видео.html
I'd love to see Ren perform & I think the Edinburgh Fringe would be the perfect event for him as Ren is just too raw for commercial record labels to handle. Welcome to the Ren Rabbit hole lol, youre both hooked now & theres no way out 😂. I think maybe its time for both of you to delve into Ren as a rapper as you deserve some light relief now lol. I recommend reacting to The Hunger or Losing It or for polital edge you may enjoy Money Games Pt1 & Pt2. Youre in for an emotional rollercoaster ride that will fry your brains now you've discovered Ren 🤗
Great reaction. His earlier music needs recognition as well. His band The Big Push is awesome. Songs such as I shot the sheriff medley and Bongo Bong would be great to hear what y'all think.
Before the tale of Jenny and Screetch released Ren did some shorts on Screetch stealing his phone and recording, his girlfriend and Patrick. It nearly backfired on Ren lol. Friends and subscribers blocked him thinking it was real. RUclips nearly shut his account down. It's on his RUclips still and looks believable even though Screetch is Ren you don't see him.
If anyone asked me to describe Ren in 3 words, it would have to be Genius Shakespeare Broadway There is nothing this man cannot do. He needs to take this to Broadway or The West End. Not with a million dollar crew and endless resources, but with just his simple set up. He didn't just tell a story of domestic abuse between Stevie and Violet, but also generational abuse. Violet's parents were dysfunctional. Violet and Stevie were dysfunctional. Violet was quiet like her mum, who both accepted violence. Jenny was quiet like her mum, Violet. Screech was abusive, a drinker and smoker like Stevie, much like Violet's dad. But I don't think the story ends here. What happened to Richard (the police officer), the surgeon and doctor, Patrick and Screech's girlfriend (who were probably together behind Screech's back), and even Violet's parents, and Stevie too. I imagine, given how this all played out, the other characters all met their own tragic ends of self destruction.
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 🥂
Great reaction guys!! I think one of the most powerful aspects he delivered in this trilogy is the deeper message: THE CIRCLE OF ABUSE THAT WOMEN GO THROUGH AND THE CIRCLE OF ABUSE THAT MEN CAUSE FOR GENERATIONS.
It's just so nice that my gen can be the one to acknowledge the fuckups of boomer males, help support the victims of abuse so their voices actually resonate throughout the entire society and so that abusers are condemned, but then all of a sudden all the shit for the sins of our ancestors actually falls on the men of my time instead of the boomers. Thank you. I'm so glad I've just turned 18 and the society already sees me as the reason for slavery and a violent abuser of women because I'm a man like they were. Women and black people better run I guess.
Your reaction video to this is only to find in the playlist "Ren Reaction". Maybe you fix ist, so that more people can find your great reaction to this story.
We're adding Ren to our rotation. He's got us captivated.
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i am so here for your Ren reactions! thanks for sharing.
He is an amazing story teller, he gives you chills.
but he is more than that, time to step away from his dark side and have some fun. Ren was in a busker band where they performed on the street for money and man, where they great, you don't know Ren until you explore The Big Push.
I suggest
I Shot the Sherrif/Road to Zion/Hip Hop
ruclips.net/video/uSeCuR51rek/видео.html
Wade in the Water/Nina Simone (Feeling Good)/Trouble So Hard
This one is fun and simple Bongo Bong
ruclips.net/video/EQAUupOFarw/видео.html
There are many more, but how about some straight up R&B with Ren and Sam Tompkins singing Earned it/It's a Man's World/Falling Sam will blow you away.
ruclips.net/video/EQAUupOFarw/видео.html
BTW, Ren has some excellent rap videos, but I will defer to others to mention those.
Then you can mix in his other darker stuff, the guy is just incredible.
I love you guys, been a fan since the Dimash days, and hope to see you go down this rabbit hole.
Dimash is the greatest singer in the world, but Ren is the greatest performer I have ever seen or heard.
Nice
Do losing it next
React to The Hunger. It's a short rap masterpiece.
I felt so bad for you both watching this reaction as you could slowly see it breaking your hearts a little more as it went on, but you were so captivated and paying attention to every detail. Glad that afterwards you could see the artistic genius of it all, really great reaction.
Don't feel bad for us! We were so drawn into the storytelling. The great gift of being human is empathy. Perhaps greater empathy can help connect us more than the way society tears us apart.
@@ReactToTheWorld these are exactly my feelings..... Society seems a mess, so the emotions to watching pieces like this to me are very impactful.
@@ReactToTheWorld Just because I’ve seen it so many times and various reactions too and I knew there was worse to come in the story as it went on. Sometimes it still makes me cry and other times it makes me laugh just because of how ridiculously talented he is doing these all in one take, his voice, his acting, his skills on the guitar. While this may be a story created by him sadly this is based on real life for so many in the U.K. and I’m sure elsewhere too. I can’t help but empathise for those who are stuck in that circle of violence in their lives.
Same , I knew what was coming and come see their faces change as they were captivated by the story. But even I forgot to breath towards the end and I've watched the trilogy about twenty times
That's why I subscribed. Their hearts. Real people. Love them.
Ren was saying during an interview that yes he like to sell tickets to a show but he really like his busking days because unlike a concert where you buy a ticket and are committed to go with busking you are drawn in organically and he really likes that aspect
The first time I've seen the trilogy, I was shook 🥺 As a fellow "Violet" I was not prepared to witness Ren's rendition of Stevie, which unfortunately was very realistic. But it is also very important to bring the issue of domestic abuse of women and men in the open. Ren makes people deal with issues they would rather avoid and gets them to face their emotions. Generational trauma is such a huge issue in our society, and it is great that he addresses it
he wrote this after reading in a newspaper about a 12yo boy stabbing a 22yo prositute in London, he's a real talent, and well done, great reaction l)
Thank you for clarifying that.. I thought he didn’t give us much backstory for Jenny when I first heard it… but the second listen I was thinking he actually did.. he just paints her picture less straight forward as Screech’s… and it fits♥️
Amazing reaction guys... There is also a live version of Ren doing this trilogy in front of a crowd, it is amazing, you can see the love flowing both ways between Ren and the crowd. Its also filmed using a 360 camera so you can spin it around and see the crowd join in on the Screech parts..
Beat me to it. I like the interactions Ren has with the crowd, such as begging one young lady to "please, please, please..." be careful when she is apparently doing something potentially dangerous (I didn't see her in the video, just heard Ren's admonitions). He genuinely seems to care about the people who come to see him.
@@timpwhit I totally agree, the first time I watched it, I hadn't realised you could swivel the camera with your cursor to see Ren's entrance and opening address to the crowd from the roof top to the right. I love his humbleness and 2-way love with the crowd, I've watched it loads of times now, it fills me with joy...
@@chrisparti It's funny how such a darkly-themed song can bring joy to a crowd through Ren's masterful storytelling and emotional connection with his audience. "Bardcore" is the perfect name for his musical style because Ren is, at heart, a minstrel or bard--in the finest sense of the word (or words)..
@@timpwhit He's also a 'bard arse singer and guitarist' 😄
@@chrisparti So I guess you think you're punny? LOL, reminds me of a coworker who used to call me "Mr. Burr" until one day I asked him why. He said "you know, Tim-Burr, like the warning you yell when you cut down a tree and it's falling..."
This was one of the best reactions to this triolgy. You could see every emotion on your faces. By the way, very nice shirt Lulu.
Haha. Incredible shirt
@@jmarasco510 Maybe we should create a reaction channel reacting to her shirt while she reacts to videos.
@@Tom-in6fk I'm in
Alas poor Jenny and Screetch we didn't know them till....now. A modern tragedy but so well done. Ren gets us crying, laughing and more with his music and videos.
Great reaction guys 🙏🙏
@Renmakesmusic is our modern day Shakespeare. Amazing storyteller, he pulls you in and is captivating. He makes you feel every emotion he conveys through his work and big shout out to Sam his camera man and the editing. Ren and his team are freaking geniuses. Crutch and How To Be Me make me cry because of the vulnerability he shows and Money Game trilogy, especially pt 3 deserve all the awards! It's not just music, he makes Art at its finest and like nothing you have ever seen or will again. Love this man and great reaction btw❤
Great reaction guys. I'm obsessed with Ren and I'm a 66 year old man.
Coolest thing about Ren that just blows me away is the fact he does these live. On violets tale you could hear the acoustics when he walks down hallways. And he makes it seem like a dude just casually practicing guitar,so easy for him. Amazing
Loved both your reactions 😢👍. Maybe try some of REN's live outdoor Busking with his friends The Big Push. Try there mash up of I Shot The Sheriff, Road to Zion mash up PURE 💥💥🙏
You are one of the very few reactors I listen to from beginning to end.
I loved the emotions and the expression of sheer disbelief on your faces. It was so true. And when John connected the dots hearing "twins" I relived what happened to me... the same thing happened to me, I just started saying NO NO NO in my head, like a rabbit in headlights. Great reaction! 🔥🔥
Finally not only a REN reaction for my ears but also the other parts of my body
Where other storytellers may try to gloss over the hard parts, he places it in front of you and says "bear witness".
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I already knew the songs. I watched for your reactions. You were fantastic. You were absorbed. Mesmerized. Ans we could SEE how much impact it had. Great reaction!
Watching Ren reactions is my hobby now. I just saw you two do "Hi Ren" and really like you guys. You get it. I'm subscribing and I can't wait to see what you think of Jenny, Screech and Violet... And away we go....
Great reaction! The two of you together offer a beautiful balance of perspective. I’d like to offer my viewpoint on why I think his music is resonating with so many people.
My story. I also suffered from auto immunity. My experience happened when I was 35 years old. I’m 52 now and a piece of it still remains, but for the most part I’ve made a recovery. My struggle was with Epstein bar. The virus that causes mono. I had a particularly difficult case and severe strain. It hit me later in life and caused tremendous problems with my immune system. I remember a ten-year period where, on bad days, I would have to leave work and sleep in my car for three or four hours before returning. It caused severe depression and anxiety. I know so many people are moved by Ren. Those of us who have dealt with a debilitating illness for an extended period of time relate to him even more profoundly. I’ve probably watched the Hi Ren video over 100 times and it makes me cry every time. It’s not just because I feel for Ren and his pain, which I obviously do, but because of the incredibly powerful emotional feelings of triumph and hope and the appreciation of artistry that wash over me. His words are so beautifully crafted and potent that they feel like divine intervention. You begin to understand that Hi Ren is his fight song, his victory song as well as his testimony. I’ll remember the first time I experienced the song in the same breath as Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Bowie, or The Beatles. Something magnificent and great, almost not from this world. This is why I relate on a deep level to Ren. He captures the true inner struggle for so many of us!
Never before have I seen more people get SO emotionally invested within 13 minutes
Best reactor I’ve heard and I think I’ve heard them all. I love how you subtitle your thoughts instead of interrupting
Thank you
So glad you guys reacted to this!!! Just to add, Violet's Tale was written/released over 2 years after Jenny and Screech's Tales!!!
The tale of Jenny & Screech 360 live it is exactly what you said, it plays live performance in the midle of the audience, like the theater at the Shakespeare’s time
Keep going down that REN rabbit hole, you won’t be disappointed.
Everyone e needs REN in theirs lives.
Great reaction guys 👌🏼🇬🇧
He tells the stories and the filming of the stories are all 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 or could be happening in every town, city, and country at this very moment and the cycle continues
Ren saw the story in a local newspaper or story on local news about a 14 year old killing a prostitute. One thing that the police officer said was that it was ”such a shame”.
Violets tale is written several years later.
Yea you see the moment homie figures it out. You can see his soul break a little.
The "Fuck" when he realized what Ren was about to reveal the moment before he did it was such a genuine reaction.
The single tear falling from lulu at the realization of what had happened to violet was as genuine as it gets. I love reactions that can bring me back to my original feelings of watching this for the first time. You both are great and earned a new sub from me today. ❤
Hi guys! I really enjoyed your reaction! I haven't watched your reaction to "Hi Ren" yet, I have watched so many after I did my reaction, that I needed to take a little break from it. lol This one is just as good to me, the storytelling is the best I've ever seen. How he did each part live, in a single camera take... Just par excellence! I have gone down the "Ren" rabbit hole and I turn everyone that will watch onto this & Hi Ren. It is something everyone should experience, IMO. I agree with you about him having his own one man show. I'd love to watch him perform live! Anway, from one reactor to another, good job. Thanks for the entertainment! Cheers!
Jennifer/The Speak Easy Lounge
Thank you for encapsulating the Ren experience so succinctly and so eloquently, your emotions from his performances not only mirrored my own, but thousands of others around the world. That's how Ren brings us together.
If you want to see him truly sing like an angel watch "Chalk Outlines" by Ren & Chinchilla LIVE (he uses a hallways for natural reverb) it's about self deletion, depression, addiction and over prescription or "How to Be Me" by Ren & Chinchilla LIVE, it's about a friend of Ren who self deleted himself on the bridge where they sing.
im crying with you..hes an amazing story teller...great reaction
yeah, would be nice to get him to Vegas...so many varied kinds of venues; pretty sure they could scout out just the right ones.
and...you're right for the most part, Ren didn't really "flex" that singing ability until VIOLET, when i will never get tired of 1) his vocalization early in the song before the singing starts, where he's just playing guitar and looking around, and 2) the beauty of the note he hits in singing "she never stood a chance..." as both he and the camera throw their looks upward at the ascending staircase. the combination of hitting that note so perfectly and the acoustics of the stairwell...and then i guess also when he lets us her Violet's desperation when she's pleading for the doctor to save her baby (turns about babIES, yes) while he increased the tempo on his guitar playing to support the sort of frantic point he had reached. his use of the guitar to support the mood of a scene is nothing short of wizardry; using all tools at hand to beef up what COULD be a lifeless mess of a production--a guy and his guitar, big deal, right? instead, he uses his comfort w/that tool to improve and drive the story, just like the variation on his vocals/spoken word.
OK, cheers........also from Vegas (Summerlin).
Great reaction guys, i had the same epiphany when he said twins....and for those brief moments of pause you think "please dont say Jenny and screech"
When you talked about a Vegas show, I had a similar thought, something like a one-man show on Broadway or off Broadway, touring the world. Or, yes, even a movie.... Great reaction, btw!
He performed this live to fans in Brighton, UK.
I was sobbing watching you both cry.
i think its important to aknowledge the meaning of this tale. The twins mother, violet, was silent and had a miserable life just by permitting what happened to her. After she died, her twins went to replicate the exact conduct of theyr parents with the same patterns even without knowing them. Irony of life,;or that bad things are the seed for more bad things to come. Its better to die sometimes than live a whole life of misery and extend your misery to others; specially if you die by doing what you think its correct. At least that's how i see it
12:15 the way you went “oh shit here we go” 😂
Kind of mind blowing. Thanks for your amazing reaction.
Great job! Ren is really going to enjoy watching this reaction.
You would LOVE the live in front of a crowd version of this. He is great! He use 360⁰ camera so you can see the criwd and participation.
Thank you for your touching reaction. You were not crying alone. I did it with you ❤
If The Tales don’t move you, make you feel like you’ve been punched in the gut, then I honestly would question one’s humanity.
I still get a lump in my throat when Violet’s Tale begins
The writing is so graphic and vivid. It walks a fine line but is more reportage, never celebration. You can feel his anger but it is directed at society, not the characters he portrays.
Yep Ren is literally reaching the world and connecting us all in vulnerability .....I'm a first timer to your channel . So far your into is really inviting.
When watching this video, I was so sucked into the story I felt like i needed to call 911 and report a crime.
Beautiful reaction to this masterpiece, guys. Like many here I've gone down the "Ren Rabbit Hole" so have seen plenty of these reactions and yours is right up there. No scratch that, THE best I've seen. Thank you both. xx
Superb reaction, guys. Probably my favourite reaction to this. You’re both super likeable, keep up the great work 😊
Awesome reaction! Ya'll are slaying it for sure! Hope to see more Ren on your channel!
Ren was in Vegas this Summer.
According to Ren, he saw a news report of a young teenager who had committed a murder and wondered what type of circumstances could lead someone so young to behave in that way.
yes i believe thats where he got the inspiration for the first two and to bring awareness increased knife crimes in london too i could be mistaken but i beleive violets tale was wrote quite a bit later as just a nice little addon. brilliant story telling though and the way its filmed and recorded is just mind boggling the way he uses the envirorment as his own vocal effects is just too good. the part where the camera pans up the stair case and you hear the reverb of it for just that one line. the amount of thought and effort put into just violets tale alone is just crazy to me
For contrast, and to see his versatility, check his 'Illest Of Our Time' song and as others have said...the 'Chalk Lines' Live with Chinchilla. She's another great artist...her 'Fingers' Live video is unique and captivating. I'm proud of these British talented artists.
The perfect reaction to this Out of this World performance!
Ren is a minstrel.
Great reaction. Blooyd hell this is a (hard) piece of art.
Great reaction, if you wanna really admire his singing voice try the amazing "Chalk Outlines" live with Chinchilla. It´s just beautiful and he (and Chinchilla) really deliver the vocals.
Welcome to the Renaverse ❤️
He does it every time a back catalogue of diverse brilliant composition's from Ballard's to rap.
Economy society struggles.
A favourite of mine is Patients
From an 2016 interview about M,E.
One of his misdiagnosis. Do the four minutes+( patience Ren Gill 2016).
Enjoy this wonderful Human being ✌️❤️🏴
The tales of Jenny is based on a true crime after Screech and Violet came after in a fiction story. There is a live (with crowd) of the Story of Jenny & Screech in full 360, we can move the camera :
Ren - The Tale of Jenny and Screech (Full 360 Live Performance) : ruclips.net/video/S_hs8EkWeZg/видео.html
I subbed you guys just on this video. I look forward to watching more.
Legion is one of my fave fx tv shows of alllll time and youre spot on
It is sadly a true story that happens all too often. Ren has so many talents that translate to one word, Genius.
You two are so cool thankyou for your raw reaction. 😢
Please give chalk outlines (live) by Ren x Chinchilla - its one of the most hauntingly beautiful duet I've heard in awhile.
Always love the who is Violet question. Sadly the answer is the most depressing and tragic person.
it gets worse if you delve deeper into it... Ren put out several instagram shors where he enacts bits and pieces of Screech's story and turns it into a real life sort of documentary by staging the theft of his cellphone by Screech. Also, the first 2 stories are apparently inspired by a newsarticle about a young teenager killing a prostitute during a mugging. the third chapter in which he ties it all together, was written years later and entirely a brainchild of Ren's amazing storytelling.
Screech and Jenny obviously, given the circumstances, were separated at birth and fed into the system... both ended up with bad situations... there are several hints in the lyrics at Jenny being a streetwalker, at age 14, which is just so sad... Screech himself is a petty criminal off his head on drugs..which he probably smokes because of the abusive domestic situation he lives in, that night, was supposed to commit a break-in/robbery, but his would be partners in crime flake on him and he's so desperate to get enough money to escape from having to go back home at night, that he mugs the first person he meets, Jenny.
as a sidenote, Patrick was a friend of his, whom he's a bit of a dick/bully towards... and he wasn't home that day, because he was with Screech's girlfriend.... getting "busy".
For something that's beautiful vocals, check either Chalk Outlines or "How to be Me" Ren X Chinchilla.
For something of Ren's that's got a bit of the live singing but leans a little more into his hiphop flow, check out Money Game Pt 1 & 2 (a personal fav of mine right now)
Great reaction to a genius masterpiece...!
Domestic violence and how the cycle often perpetuates...
Great reaction again folks. This trilogy is a masterpiece
If you want to see a more lyrical version of Ren my favourite is Crutch (with Bibi). He wrote it about 6 years ago, before he was diagnosed with Lyme's and had been in and out of hospital and had suffered a breakdown. He wrote it about his fears that his illness would make it impossible for anyone to stay with him - make him too hard, too much work to love. It is hauntingly beautiful. ruclips.net/video/3gC2kq6E5Mo/видео.html
I'd love to see Ren perform & I think the Edinburgh Fringe would be the perfect event for him as Ren is just too raw for commercial record labels to handle. Welcome to the Ren Rabbit hole lol, youre both hooked now & theres no way out 😂. I think maybe its time for both of you to delve into Ren as a rapper as you deserve some light relief now lol. I recommend reacting to The Hunger or Losing It or for polital edge you may enjoy Money Games Pt1 & Pt2. Youre in for an emotional rollercoaster ride that will fry your brains now you've discovered Ren 🤗
Rens- I shot the sheriff/road to zion/hip hop. Great live street performance with his band The Big Push
Great Reaction, Guys ❤
Never seen anything bad from Ren. He's dope.
Love you guys Thankyou
Guys you need to check out Chinchilla's new song. It is blowing up
Great reaction. His earlier music needs recognition as well. His band The Big Push is awesome. Songs such as I shot the sheriff medley and Bongo Bong would be great to hear what y'all think.
Before the tale of Jenny and Screetch released Ren did some shorts on Screetch stealing his phone and recording, his girlfriend and Patrick.
It nearly backfired on Ren lol.
Friends and subscribers blocked him thinking it was real. RUclips nearly shut his account down. It's on his RUclips still and looks believable even though Screetch is Ren you don't see him.
He is true Storyteller
Duuude. Ren as Legion for the MCU would be incredible. So sad that will never happen.
No it wouldn't.
@@grabble7605 Cool opinion, glad you felt like you needed to give such useful feedback. 👏
If you want to hear him sing for real see ”chalk outlines” or ”how to be me”. Both live duets with Chinchilla.
I’ve been looking forward to this one ❤
Ty for them HEAVIES!!!! Perfect
Great reaction guys 🇬🇧
Subbing! Ren is really, really, talented!
Great reaction!
ren is great, good reaction , cheers
He should be on Broadway
🖤🤍 loved the reaction guys 🖤🤍
If anyone asked me to describe Ren in 3 words, it would have to be
Genius
Shakespeare
Broadway
There is nothing this man cannot do. He needs to take this to Broadway or The West End. Not with a million dollar crew and endless resources, but with just his simple set up.
He didn't just tell a story of domestic abuse between Stevie and Violet, but also generational abuse. Violet's parents were dysfunctional. Violet and Stevie were dysfunctional.
Violet was quiet like her mum, who both accepted violence. Jenny was quiet like her mum, Violet.
Screech was abusive, a drinker and smoker like Stevie, much like Violet's dad.
But I don't think the story ends here. What happened to Richard (the police officer), the surgeon and doctor, Patrick and Screech's girlfriend (who were probably together behind Screech's back), and even Violet's parents, and Stevie too. I imagine, given how this all played out, the other characters all met their own tragic ends of self destruction.
Love you two..
It would have to be at The Smith Center.
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 🥂
violet is the catalyst
Great reaction guys!! I think one of the most powerful aspects he delivered in this trilogy is the deeper message: THE CIRCLE OF ABUSE THAT WOMEN GO THROUGH AND THE CIRCLE OF ABUSE THAT MEN CAUSE FOR GENERATIONS.
It's just so nice that my gen can be the one to acknowledge the fuckups of boomer males, help support the victims of abuse so their voices actually resonate throughout the entire society and so that abusers are condemned, but then all of a sudden all the shit for the sins of our ancestors actually falls on the men of my time instead of the boomers. Thank you. I'm so glad I've just turned 18 and the society already sees me as the reason for slavery and a violent abuser of women because I'm a man like they were. Women and black people better run I guess.
Great reaction. ❤
It's not too late for him to play Legion in a future MCU X-Men movie or show. Unlikely, but not too late.
It is a true story.
Your reaction video to this is only to find in the playlist "Ren Reaction". Maybe you fix ist, so that more people can find your great reaction to this story.
yes, why there's only a few of them, i thought you said you did several videos of Ren already, but cant seem to find it
You need to check out his band The Big Push.