@@JustJmax he’s a mega perfectionist. That’s why he is in control of everything on stage. The auto tune, the lights…. Everything is so precise and if anybody messes up he would rather it be him than someone else
This is an oft repeated story on the internet but is not 100% accurate. During the tour of this special his anxiety had progressed to the point where he would occasionally have severe panic attacks on stage. And in one interview he talked about how after one show he went backstage and “I just sobbed for hours.” However this special, and the finale was filmed over the course of three separate shows. People have kind of mushed all the true facts into one not entirely true story. But the underlying theme is true, he was struggling with dissociative panic attacks during some of his performances which is why he ultimately stopped performing live for 5 years.
Just a little more context about Bo, mental health, and this show in particular. Make Happy was the last show he performed live. He toured this around for about a year and then quit comedy entirely for about 5 years. He made a movie, Eighth Grade, that takes a pretty unflinching look at the social media environment kids grow up in now, but otherwise spent his time behind the scenes on projects. In interviews he talks a lot about the anxiety he was experiencing while performing, and more generally his love/hate relationship with the internet and how everyone is essentially performing all the time now. As funny as he is, in interviews he tends to be dead serious and extremely thoughtful about the incredible positive and negatives that come from this new internet/media landscape we're all in. Welcome to the Internet, Turning 30, and Inside as a whole came at the end of his five year hiatus and are sort of representative of basically all of his work to that point. It really showcases his perfectionism, his humor, and his struggles. All through a lens that he spends a lot of time talking about; having come to fame as a teenager through the sweeping power of the internet.
I was really worried about Bo when this first came out, but through interviews and other songs, he seems to be really aware of when to get help and take breaks at the moment it is necessary
So, when it comes to Bo’s mental health journey (in his performances), you’ve kinda started in the middle. - earlier precursors for background are: Art is Dead; You Think You Know Me; Left Brain Right Brain - In Inside there’s a follow up to addressing his anxiety in All Eyes on Me
For some older stuff before you tackle Inside, I would recommend Art is Dead, Left Brain/Right Brain and We Think We Know You. Great reactions to Bo. Thoughtful and genuine
I think the 2nd and 3rd specials, Make Happy and then Inside, are 2 parts of the same story and best experienced as full shows (which obviously includes the parts in between songs), and in order. I know that doesn’t work for reaction purposes tho. Just a though
The burrito is a metaphor for life. We want it all clean and easy. If it gets messy, I wouldn't have asked for half that shit if I knew it would get messy.
In his song "All Eyes On Me" he talks about quitting performing due to having panic attacks onstage - highly recommend for up next. This video was from the last live show on the last tour he did. So they sort of bookend each other. But yeah, even being shallow about it, he shows that talking about "what the fuck is he talking about" stuff, with the right lighting and autotune, he can even make a Kanye performance look easy. And Kanye's one of the biggest stars in the world. Plus, wanting the audience to enjoy what they paid for, while also saying whatever he wants and also not caring what they think, is this weird paradox that "authentic" artists find themselves stuck in. Do you tailor what you say to what your audience wants to hear? No, fuck that, I'm "real!" Okay, so do you just say whatever random shit you want and expect them to like it? Because they won't, you aren't even performing for them at that point. That's kinda where Kanye's at lately. So he's 1) being funny with the comedic "issues" he brings up, 2) showing us he can toss off a really good Kanye song, 3) explaining why Kanye seems so weird lately, and 4) opening up about his own serious issues. All at the same time. God tier. PS: love the fact that it looks like you're filming all your reactions in a hotel hallway. Don't change that.
The problem with perfection is it is necessary to the mental health of a perfectionist but it is completely unattainable and even being completely unattainable something to strive for knowing you'll never reach it. A lot of perfectionists, especially famous ones, will burn out hard because they fail to realise the value of the pursuit, even if it can only ever be a pursuit. They demand more and more perfection from themselves, knowing in their heart of hearts it's an impossibility but every new idea is the one that will finally see them achieve the unachievable.
This is old, but I also think this reaction should have been followed up by watching "Are You Happy?" That was the clip that followed this abrupt ending to the Netflix special and I'm always sad that 99.9% of reactors miss out on that experience. Great reaction though, man!
Also, I know this is an older video (I'm working through your playlist with Bo chronologically). And yeah, Bo is brilliant and *most* of his stuff is reallllllyyy hard to overanalyze. He has so much depth and dual meanings. A lot of his early internet and Words Words Words songs are a little more shallow, but still brilliant for being written by a teenager.
The burrito thing is def a metaphor "No one wants a messy burrito" "I wanna give you the night out that you deserve but I want to say what I think" "I wouldn't have got [the cheese] if I knew it wouldn't fit" "The whole purpose of [a burrito] is that the contents are contained within" "I got so much that the [ingredients] just came spilling out" "No one wants a messy burrito" "I wouldn't have got half of it" He's the burrito His "contents" are spilling out He feels [shame embarrassment, etc etc who know] because his job is to entertain people, but he's falling apart like a messy burrito That's just like a topical glance over the gist of a deeper artistic message or w/e, but I'm assuming you get the point He is the messy burrito He wants to feel okay. Whole. Properly wrapped. But he's spilling out in the mess hall in front of everybody. And he seems to put a lot of pressure on himself over that
Well sheesh....that really explains a lot from this clip. I took it at face value, although I did pick up on some of the deeper messaging he was trying to convey, this metaphor went right over my head. Thank you for this.
He's said in interviews that it was just a happy coincidence that the burrito and pringle thing work as metaphors, but that he just wrote them because they're funny.
@@AngelicRamen I totally believe that don't get me wrong, I don't mean to say this is what lit the fire of this song in his mind, I only meant to relate the two things he said in the same song to each other. It is, as he says, "I can sit here and pretend like my biggest problems are burritos, but the truth is" and then he goes on to that more specific to him point about his relationship with the audience, etc etc, but again, just mean to say that as he acknowledges in the interview no matter if he consciously intended it or not, the burrito part of the song still ends up describing much of the same message he was already trying to lead into getting towards. It's art, ya know. Sometimes you say a thing about the world and don't even realize how much you're still just describing yourself/your mental framework/your understanding of the world It's not "here's what the song was written to mean", it's "if you look at this painting from this angle you can see a totally different picture on the same canvas, yet the two different pictures are effectively the same picture; what does that mean to you?; here's what it means to me; let's talk about art and life", ya know Art means one thing to the one who composed it and another to each who view it
@@AngelicRamen Small point here, but I did say "that's a glance over of A broader artistic message" not "..of THE artistic message". Nothing if not a pedant's point to make, but my use of the word "a" there does imply that I'm alluding to one message to be found among many
Bo has said in an interview that the burrito was a metaphor for fame. He wouldn’t have got “half of it” if he knew it wouldn’t fit (with him). He wouldn’t have gotten the money if he knew it wouldn’t fit, he wouldn’t have gotten the notoriety if he knew it wouldn’t fit, etc.
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Bo had a mental breakdown and spent two hours crying backstage after this.
Oh, and his grammy win last night was incredibly well deserved.
This one felt heavy and now I see why. Seems like Bo can be really hard on himself
@@JustJmax he’s a mega perfectionist. That’s why he is in control of everything on stage. The auto tune, the lights…. Everything is so precise and if anybody messes up he would rather it be him than someone else
it's just sad Bo didnt attend to receive his crowning achievement.
This is an oft repeated story on the internet but is not 100% accurate. During the tour of this special his anxiety had progressed to the point where he would occasionally have severe panic attacks on stage. And in one interview he talked about how after one show he went backstage and “I just sobbed for hours.” However this special, and the finale was filmed over the course of three separate shows. People have kind of mushed all the true facts into one not entirely true story. But the underlying theme is true, he was struggling with dissociative panic attacks during some of his performances which is why he ultimately stopped performing live for 5 years.
Nows the time to watch All Eyes On Me, so you can get some additional context for this one.
I second this one (and then just watch all of Inside, which is a masterwork from the perspective of both comedy specials and filmmaking).
I guess we can now say "Grammy Winning Song" now for additional additional context, but yes that's the perfect follow up now
you are completely right
It’s so refreshing when people actually understand the message of this song.
Just a little more context about Bo, mental health, and this show in particular. Make Happy was the last show he performed live. He toured this around for about a year and then quit comedy entirely for about 5 years. He made a movie, Eighth Grade, that takes a pretty unflinching look at the social media environment kids grow up in now, but otherwise spent his time behind the scenes on projects. In interviews he talks a lot about the anxiety he was experiencing while performing, and more generally his love/hate relationship with the internet and how everyone is essentially performing all the time now. As funny as he is, in interviews he tends to be dead serious and extremely thoughtful about the incredible positive and negatives that come from this new internet/media landscape we're all in.
Welcome to the Internet, Turning 30, and Inside as a whole came at the end of his five year hiatus and are sort of representative of basically all of his work to that point. It really showcases his perfectionism, his humor, and his struggles. All through a lens that he spends a lot of time talking about; having come to fame as a teenager through the sweeping power of the internet.
Well put!
perfectly said
"Jesus."
Yeah, that's the appropriate reaction
I was really worried about Bo when this first came out, but through interviews and other songs, he seems to be really aware of when to get help and take breaks at the moment it is necessary
So, when it comes to Bo’s mental health journey (in his performances), you’ve kinda started in the middle.
- earlier precursors for background are: Art is Dead; You Think You Know Me; Left Brain Right Brain
- In Inside there’s a follow up to addressing his anxiety in All Eyes on Me
Forgot to mention Happy
For some older stuff before you tackle Inside, I would recommend Art is Dead, Left Brain/Right Brain and We Think We Know You. Great reactions to Bo. Thoughtful and genuine
yes yes yes
I think the 2nd and 3rd specials, Make Happy and then Inside, are 2 parts of the same story and best experienced as full shows (which obviously includes the parts in between songs), and in order. I know that doesn’t work for reaction purposes tho. Just a though
The burrito is a metaphor for life.
We want it all clean and easy. If it gets messy, I wouldn't have asked for half that shit if I knew it would get messy.
You absolutely must do All Eyes On Me now. He is a truly brilliant and talented person, which as we all know often comes with it's own demons.
This song makes me feel a very certain way… the melodies, the meaning, the lyrics, the performance…
It’s so fun to watch reaction videos to this songs and watch people be so into this song then take the fucking gut punch
Here for Bo. After this on his special is a song called "Are you happy", it's beautiful.You really need to hear it now.
What Bo “ can’t give himself” is happiness. Laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself.
In his song "All Eyes On Me" he talks about quitting performing due to having panic attacks onstage - highly recommend for up next. This video was from the last live show on the last tour he did. So they sort of bookend each other.
But yeah, even being shallow about it, he shows that talking about "what the fuck is he talking about" stuff, with the right lighting and autotune, he can even make a Kanye performance look easy. And Kanye's one of the biggest stars in the world.
Plus, wanting the audience to enjoy what they paid for, while also saying whatever he wants and also not caring what they think, is this weird paradox that "authentic" artists find themselves stuck in. Do you tailor what you say to what your audience wants to hear? No, fuck that, I'm "real!" Okay, so do you just say whatever random shit you want and expect them to like it? Because they won't, you aren't even performing for them at that point. That's kinda where Kanye's at lately.
So he's 1) being funny with the comedic "issues" he brings up, 2) showing us he can toss off a really good Kanye song, 3) explaining why Kanye seems so weird lately, and 4) opening up about his own serious issues. All at the same time. God tier.
PS: love the fact that it looks like you're filming all your reactions in a hotel hallway. Don't change that.
Burrito is representing his life. Too much to handle.
That one video essay about this song really keeps coming back to me
It's haunting iykyk
You nailed it 100%. I really appreciate your reaction
The problem with perfection is it is necessary to the mental health of a perfectionist but it is completely unattainable and even being completely unattainable something to strive for knowing you'll never reach it. A lot of perfectionists, especially famous ones, will burn out hard because they fail to realise the value of the pursuit, even if it can only ever be a pursuit. They demand more and more perfection from themselves, knowing in their heart of hearts it's an impossibility but every new idea is the one that will finally see them achieve the unachievable.
This is old, but I also think this reaction should have been followed up by watching "Are You Happy?" That was the clip that followed this abrupt ending to the Netflix special and I'm always sad that 99.9% of reactors miss out on that experience.
Great reaction though, man!
Definitely need to finish out his Netflix special. Plenty to unpack with him.
Really enjoyed this reaction. I also loved you on The League! Keep it up!
Are you happy and All eyes on me are direct follow up to this one, recommended
One of my favs! So intense.
"Polarizing" would be the word for Kanye lol
Also, I know this is an older video (I'm working through your playlist with Bo chronologically). And yeah, Bo is brilliant and *most* of his stuff is reallllllyyy hard to overanalyze. He has so much depth and dual meanings. A lot of his early internet and Words Words Words songs are a little more shallow, but still brilliant for being written by a teenager.
You should check out "We Think We Know You" by Bo Burnham. It was where his comedy took its first hard turn into something awesome and deep.
polarizing was the word you were looking for
That's absolutely the word I was looking for, thank you!
I wish they would have connected the final song with this for people to watch.
Love for a messy burrito. Yeah.
All eyes on me - bo burnham but he def leaves signals in his older stuff
Let's be honest - messy burrito is just a salad with tortilla on the side
Great reaction! Yes more Bo 😁
The burrito thing is def a metaphor
"No one wants a messy burrito"
"I wanna give you the night out that you deserve but I want to say what I think"
"I wouldn't have got [the cheese] if I knew it wouldn't fit"
"The whole purpose of [a burrito] is that the contents are contained within"
"I got so much that the [ingredients] just came spilling out"
"No one wants a messy burrito"
"I wouldn't have got half of it"
He's the burrito
His "contents" are spilling out
He feels [shame embarrassment, etc etc who know] because his job is to entertain people, but he's falling apart like a messy burrito
That's just like a topical glance over the gist of a deeper artistic message or w/e, but I'm assuming you get the point
He is the messy burrito
He wants to feel okay. Whole. Properly wrapped. But he's spilling out in the mess hall in front of everybody. And he seems to put a lot of pressure on himself over that
Well sheesh....that really explains a lot from this clip. I took it at face value, although I did pick up on some of the deeper messaging he was trying to convey, this metaphor went right over my head. Thank you for this.
He's said in interviews that it was just a happy coincidence that the burrito and pringle thing work as metaphors, but that he just wrote them because they're funny.
@@AngelicRamen I totally believe that don't get me wrong, I don't mean to say this is what lit the fire of this song in his mind, I only meant to relate the two things he said in the same song to each other. It is, as he says, "I can sit here and pretend like my biggest problems are burritos, but the truth is" and then he goes on to that more specific to him point about his relationship with the audience, etc etc, but again, just mean to say that as he acknowledges in the interview no matter if he consciously intended it or not, the burrito part of the song still ends up describing much of the same message he was already trying to lead into getting towards. It's art, ya know. Sometimes you say a thing about the world and don't even realize how much you're still just describing yourself/your mental framework/your understanding of the world
It's not "here's what the song was written to mean", it's "if you look at this painting from this angle you can see a totally different picture on the same canvas, yet the two different pictures are effectively the same picture; what does that mean to you?; here's what it means to me; let's talk about art and life", ya know
Art means one thing to the one who composed it and another to each who view it
@@AngelicRamen Small point here, but I did say "that's a glance over of A broader artistic message" not "..of THE artistic message". Nothing if not a pedant's point to make, but my use of the word "a" there does imply that I'm alluding to one message to be found among many
@@AngelicRamen Though I'd be happy to grant that I could have started it off by instead saying "The burrito thing def FUNCTIONS AS a metaphor"
Bo has said in an interview that the burrito was a metaphor for fame. He wouldn’t have got “half of it” if he knew it wouldn’t fit (with him). He wouldn’t have gotten the money if he knew it wouldn’t fit, he wouldn’t have gotten the notoriety if he knew it wouldn’t fit, etc.
Actually he’s said the exact opposite. That they weren’t metaphors at all. At least not intentionally.