NF has been criticized for being too serious in his music so he uses that fake joker smile to represent how him and people in general put on a fake smile to perform whatever they have to do in life. Critics have said he should smile more and make happier music but he just writes whatever he’s feeling at the moment and uses music as his therapy.
Great reaction guys. I do wanna point out some of nf's doubles in the song. I think they are subtle but they're there. "....but that don't make a DIFFERENCE imma have risk it, I've been CRUNCHING NUMBERS you ain't gotta be a MATHEMATICIAN to see the ODDS ain't ROOTING for me" "underdog..... if they push me I'm gonna swing" "make a mill, nah I said make a meal. .... home cooking get the grill.... ... everything I see is overdone to me". I loved the reaction, just wanted to point some of these out because ppl often say nf doesn't do many doubles.
The focus on the end is less on the makeup and more on how, even though he's achieved his dream, that it does not mean that all his issues are solved, that being famous means he must be happy, or fulfilled. He's not excited and hyped after the concert. He's contemplative, looking at himself in the mirror and thinking about what it is that missing from his life.
The line "If you ever push me I'm gonna swing" is a triple as he calls himself the "underdog" which is also a description of a person who pushes someone on a swing and runs under the push. Also swing like a punch. A lot of easter eggs in this one too. The name on the janitor uniform says "Outcast", he was trying to sell CDs to his coworkers, he has the actual release date of his song "Time" on the restaurant ticket, and obviously his first fan. Therapy Session would give you details of the fake smile.
@@EternalLuv4MyGOD yup.. also an underrated older NF reactor AltSpace.. he's a English major or something from England who decided to just go through the Journey bc his channel is literally 98% NF then it just stops after Clouds.. but he had a really cool way of dissecting words through his major knowing how diff words are used etc.. he found, iirc, like 4-5 diff ways that bar could be interpreted.. he was very well versed in catching those words bc of his own love for OG rap like 2Pac etc whom he relates to NF once in a while.. very down to earth guy. highly recommed.
@@EternalLuv4MyGOD awww.. i'm in NF's discord and whenever the topic of good "journey takers" come up... no one usually seems to know about AltSpace.. i'm glad you enjoyed him like i did.. i unironically think he's been my favourite bc he did it all the right way.. not just the order.. but his expressions of empathy are so genuine, like a proud father towards the end off it when he caught up for Clouds.. i remember when Clouds was the only video where he truly stood out as an actual Outcast b/c how excited he was to just witness it first time alongside us.. idk if you caught that difference bc he just seemed soo giddy it was infectious. i really really wish he'd come back too for Hope... :( I think he'd be really proud of Nate. #NFRealMusic
I seen NF a couple weeks ago at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Ive been to quite a few concerts now but he was definitely my favorite. Just a crazy atmosphere.
@@hitman9198 as far as what? Do you mean is he present at the show? No, Tommee writes all his beats/sounds and participates in writing some of his lyrics. I highly recommend going to an NF concert though. I just went to his show in Philly and it was insane.
9:40. Your reaction to the crowd transition was great. I can imagine what you guys have been through but you're killing it now. You’ve gotta learn to love the grind. Because life is the grind!
Soooo @derek24karat said it well. He covers why he paints on the fake smile in the songs "Therapy Session" and "Outcast". Therapy session might be a nice old song for you guys to check out for more background and Oucast is great verses (bars) ...with an iffy chorus.
Glad you dove into some more NF! I would go through and do a couple big songs from his discography. Mansion All I have Therapy session Outro Intro 3 Outcast The search Leave me alone To name a few!
Thank you! I’m pretty new to NF but have loved some of what I’ve heard and intrigued to hear more. Also appreciate what I’ve heard about him as a person and artist.
Thanks for the specific recs! I’m pretty new to NF but have loved some of what I’ve heard and intrigued to hear more. Also appreciate what I’ve heard about him as a person and artist.
I like how NF showed the representation of his fans as that kid with the drink and straw, then also showed him at the end of MOTTO. Like how he was still performing before he got the fame and even if it's not there he will still perform for that one fan😶
It's the same in the writing world as well. Poetry, novels, novellas, etc... I have a lot of friends in the same boat as I am. This song hits. As does Paid My Dues, which you'll get to eventually ;)
Really enjoy watching your reactions keep up the great work. There is history behind the smile and if you go to the therapy session album and specific therapy session the song you'll hear mention about people always wanting him to smile more or smile. Sometimes you don't feel like smiling and just want to be yourself so he would paint the smile on his face do his show and then wipe the smile off. There's nothing darker deep so much about it but it is symbolic of he paints a smile on his face to quote make everyone happy. It's just a symbol. Please do, go the journey.
“I look at the crowd and see so many faces, that’s when I start to get anxious, that’s when my thoughts can be dangerous, THATS WHEN i PUT ON MY MAKEUP AND DROWN in SELF HATRED, forget I’m sayin and…where’d the beat go…” ~The Search
Loved being able to write this with Nate! The black smile on his face, represents people who are doing something and who aren’t following what they want deep inside.
I just watched NF sing this live in Minneapolis last month and it was surreal to be one of the people singing in the audience. Such an awesome concert! The fake smile represents the expectations others have on him to always be happy even if he does not feel that way. I think this is a common feeling people have in general. I actually wrote a poem a long time ago called Behind the Mask about this very topic. We all put on the "face" that those around us expect us to present. #NFREALMUSIC
NF went through a long period where he would paint a smile on his face while on stage. It was the mask of showing a public that he's all good when in real life he was suffering emotionally. This shows that as soon as he gets off stage he wipes off the smile and back to dealing with his burdens. Listen to the song Therapy Session with lyrics: "Want me to smile? You want me to laugh? You want me to walk on the stage with a smile on my face When I'm mad and put on a mask?"
If you want to just understand the makeup, check out Therapy Session off Therapy Session album. His earlier music gives his background story (Mansion & Therapy Session) and insight into what he talks about in his later albums (Perception, The Search, Clouds, Hope).
As someone who got a job cooking in high school just to make money, to someone who is now a chef at a top restaurant in my town. 10:34 speaks volumes to me because doing a job like fast food cook/server gives you skills that translate to any job you may want to get outside of it.
I love yall have questions and eventually will get to find the answers but that is the wonderful thing about NF. Leaves you to figure out who he is and him being REAL about it.. Nate tweeted after his show in Arizona(biggest show of his career) and mentions about that effect like you see in the video. I'm sure it can be overwhelming on a stage n then just go back to being normal 🙃
Yeah it's little fun fact about the black balloons in all the early videos is that not only do they represent burdens, they're actually the symbol for overdose awareness.
NF made a reference one time when he was asked if he was a christian rapper. His response was “I am a rapper who is a christian. If a plumber is a christian, is he a christian plumber?”
I think he's saying that he made it where he was rapping about wanting to be but it doesn't make him happy. He's having to put on a fake smile at the sold out shows.
How are you a hip hop head and can't even quote on of the most classic intros to a song...."what do you wanna be when you grow up?...I wanna be a mother fn HUSTLER you betta ask somebody!"
NF makes awesome music and has some fantastic messages speaking truth. I wish there was a bit more versatility and some different sounds, but he’s killing it.
It's so annoying to hear anything like "the Eminem cadence"...2 people can have similar flows (especially when it's on 1 track and not consistent) and not be biting the others flow. I'm so sick to death of white rappers automatically being compared to Em bc something sounded similar
If I was you I would cover the biggest story in hip hop which is the signing of Filipino American artist ez mil to Dr J's aftermath interscope and Eminem's shady records. You're so fascinated with Ren which is totally justified, And if anyone compares as far as diversity and talent, it's ez mil. He is one of the best rappers, producers, videographers, singers, songwriters in the game. I heard he even has a following as a death metal artist. Not to mention he can rap in three languages and shady and dre both know his potential and will further pave the way for attention to hip hop becoming international. I think he's got a track with Eminem dropping around the 11th which would give you Time to do the ez mil rabbit hole which will help guide the algorithm towards you having a chance to have some of your biggest viewed videos ever. 27 bodies, the live song with him and his sister singing, up down which is the video Eminem posted announcing the signing, And his catalog's fairly deep. If your show leans towards hip hop not covering this and covering Rammstein and 5-year-old NF and flash in the pan cover artists instead is a big oversight in my opinion. I'm trying to be constructive not negative. your channel is fire.
Remember Ez Mil sir.. he got signed by Eminem itself and Dre.. he just drop a song featuring Eminem “Realist” Filipinos hope you react to it.. thank you in advance…
I know this about nf but since you brought up em that dude going all corporate calling out Tom Macdonald I got introduced to rap by em but I can’t hang with his politics
NF has been criticized for being too serious in his music so he uses that fake joker smile to represent how him and people in general put on a fake smile to perform whatever they have to do in life. Critics have said he should smile more and make happier music but he just writes whatever he’s feeling at the moment and uses music as his therapy.
As a sufferer of chronic RBF, i feel this at a personal level.😂😐
Thx for explaining what the smile symbolizes. Wondered what it is about.
Being on the NF journey for a few years, it is amazing what people can make from his songs.
Great reaction guys. I do wanna point out some of nf's doubles in the song. I think they are subtle but they're there. "....but that don't make a DIFFERENCE imma have risk it, I've been CRUNCHING NUMBERS you ain't gotta be a MATHEMATICIAN to see the ODDS ain't ROOTING for me" "underdog..... if they push me I'm gonna swing" "make a mill, nah I said make a meal. .... home cooking get the grill.... ... everything I see is overdone to me". I loved the reaction, just wanted to point some of these out because ppl often say nf doesn't do many doubles.
He puts on a fake smile because that’s what people want to see even though he doesn’t always feel like it.
You want a double. The underdog line. If they ever push him he is gonna swing.
That is a a triple.
The focus on the end is less on the makeup and more on how, even though he's achieved his dream, that it does not mean that all his issues are solved, that being famous means he must be happy, or fulfilled. He's not excited and hyped after the concert. He's contemplative, looking at himself in the mirror and thinking about what it is that missing from his life.
exactly.. and despite washing it.. it doesn't fully come off.
The line "If you ever push me I'm gonna swing" is a triple as he calls himself the "underdog" which is also a description of a person who pushes someone on a swing and runs under the push. Also swing like a punch. A lot of easter eggs in this one too. The name on the janitor uniform says "Outcast", he was trying to sell CDs to his coworkers, he has the actual release date of his song "Time" on the restaurant ticket, and obviously his first fan. Therapy Session would give you details of the fake smile.
nobody EVER gets the triple with the swing... i think ive seen 1 maybe 2 reactors pick up on the underdog/swing bar...
@@EternalLuv4MyGOD yup.. also an underrated older NF reactor AltSpace.. he's a English major or something from England who decided to just go through the Journey bc his channel is literally 98% NF then it just stops after Clouds.. but he had a really cool way of dissecting words through his major knowing how diff words are used etc.. he found, iirc, like 4-5 diff ways that bar could be interpreted.. he was very well versed in catching those words bc of his own love for OG rap like 2Pac etc whom he relates to NF once in a while.. very down to earth guy. highly recommed.
@@HaraQuinn ive seen all of altspace reactions... loved every one of them, ive left comments not too long ago, hoping he'd get to his new stuff...
@@EternalLuv4MyGOD awww.. i'm in NF's discord and whenever the topic of good "journey takers" come up... no one usually seems to know about AltSpace.. i'm glad you enjoyed him like i did.. i unironically think he's been my favourite bc he did it all the right way.. not just the order.. but his expressions of empathy are so genuine, like a proud father towards the end off it when he caught up for Clouds.. i remember when Clouds was the only video where he truly stood out as an actual Outcast b/c how excited he was to just witness it first time alongside us.. idk if you caught that difference bc he just seemed soo giddy it was infectious. i really really wish he'd come back too for Hope... :( I think he'd be really proud of Nate. #NFRealMusic
This song brought the house down at the concert. Soooo good 😊
The kid showed up in Motto and the make up at the end is his fake smile. Just seen him live in Tulsa Tues and he was so fucking good.
I seen NF a couple weeks ago at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Ive been to quite a few concerts now but he was definitely my favorite. Just a crazy atmosphere.
I’m going to my first August 11th and I’m so excited!!
@lilyaddy1963 his production is Top notch. He sang 20 songs too
@@hitman9198Tommee Profitt is a savage when it comes to production. NF already said he will never work with anybody else.
@@lafenatu does he do his concerts too?
@@hitman9198 as far as what? Do you mean is he present at the show? No, Tommee writes all his beats/sounds and participates in writing some of his lyrics. I highly recommend going to an NF concert though. I just went to his show in Philly and it was insane.
YO THIS WAS CRAZY AT HIS CONCERT IN ATLANTA! 🔥🙌 man doesn’t miss a beat bro! Excited for your reaction to this one!
Same at his show in Philly. The energy was amazing.
Seeing him in Arizona tomorrow ❤️
That show in Atlanta was like no other.
I was at the Atlanta show as well-SO GREAT!!!
We were there on the floor in the ATL. The show was 🔥. I do think the ending was kind of abrupt.
Loving you doing more NF, as always Big Ups !
If you watch his videos he has so many Easter Eggs. His album release date back then, his original album, the kid is from Motto
Super hype song with a REALLY dark ending. The painted on smile, hype with the crowds, but in the end he's left with himself and his reality.
9:40. Your reaction to the crowd transition was great. I can imagine what you guys have been through but you're killing it now.
You’ve gotta learn to love the grind. Because life is the grind!
Soooo @derek24karat said it well. He covers why he paints on the fake smile in the songs "Therapy Session" and "Outcast". Therapy session might be a nice old song for you guys to check out for more background and Oucast is great verses (bars) ...with an iffy chorus.
This is one of my favorites of NF!
Any musician has played shows with like 5 people. That part hits hard
Glad you dove into some more NF!
I would go through and do a couple big songs from his discography.
Mansion
All I have
Therapy session
Outro
Intro 3
Outcast
The search
Leave me alone
To name a few!
Thank you! I’m pretty new to NF but have loved some of what I’ve heard and intrigued to hear more. Also appreciate what I’ve heard about him as a person and artist.
Thanks for the specific recs! I’m pretty new to NF but have loved some of what I’ve heard and intrigued to hear more. Also appreciate what I’ve heard about him as a person and artist.
One of my favourite NF songs.x the kid in this is also in Motto,another great song .
Nf has never been about strong word play or doubles. He's fairy straight forward, but his words have depth and meaning. I'm here for that all day
Im add as well. Almost didnt finish the reaction, then decided to comment which brought me to the end lol. Love you guys!
I like how NF showed the representation of his fans as that kid with the drink and straw, then also showed him at the end of MOTTO. Like how he was still performing before he got the fame and even if it's not there he will still perform for that one fan😶
Yay! Great choice my favorite NF song!
It's the same in the writing world as well. Poetry, novels, novellas, etc... I have a lot of friends in the same boat as I am. This song hits. As does Paid My Dues, which you'll get to eventually ;)
Really enjoy watching your reactions keep up the great work. There is history behind the smile and if you go to the therapy session album and specific therapy session the song you'll hear mention about people always wanting him to smile more or smile. Sometimes you don't feel like smiling and just want to be yourself so he would paint the smile on his face do his show and then wipe the smile off. There's nothing darker deep so much about it but it is symbolic of he paints a smile on his face to quote make everyone happy. It's just a symbol. Please do, go the journey.
“I look at the crowd and see so many faces, that’s when I start to get anxious, that’s when my thoughts can be dangerous,
THATS WHEN i PUT ON MY MAKEUP AND DROWN in SELF HATRED, forget I’m sayin and…where’d the beat go…”
~The Search
The smile painted on his face represents his pride. It's introduced in the song why
I can finally buy the 40 merch since I'm 40 today. Let's goo
AMEN!
Loved being able to write this with Nate! The black smile on his face, represents people who are doing something and who aren’t following what they want deep inside.
@15:31, that 'smile' came from Therapy Session 😊
I just watched NF sing this live in Minneapolis last month and it was surreal to be one of the people singing in the audience. Such an awesome concert! The fake smile represents the expectations others have on him to always be happy even if he does not feel that way. I think this is a common feeling people have in general. I actually wrote a poem a long time ago called Behind the Mask about this very topic. We all put on the "face" that those around us expect us to present. #NFREALMUSIC
All the kids said "I wanna be" and the kid portrayed as Nate says "I'm gonna be"
Mad respect to you guys my fellow springs brethren 🤌
Hey Guys! That Plaque is looking real fly on your wall! I check you guys out everyday. Love it!
Just saw him in NJ with Cordea put in a awesome show.
NF went through a long period where he would paint a smile on his face while on stage. It was the mask of showing a public that he's all good when in real life he was suffering emotionally. This shows that as soon as he gets off stage he wipes off the smile and back to dealing with his burdens. Listen to the song Therapy Session with lyrics: "Want me to smile? You want me to laugh? You want me to walk on the stage with a smile on my face
When I'm mad and put on a mask?"
I'm going to be at the NF show tomorrow woohoo 🤍
I vote you do Wake Up next. I think you and Don would have some good insight with that one.
If you want to just understand the makeup, check out Therapy Session off Therapy Session album. His earlier music gives his background story (Mansion & Therapy Session) and insight into what he talks about in his later albums (Perception, The Search, Clouds, Hope).
As someone who got a job cooking in high school just to make money, to someone who is now a chef at a top restaurant in my town. 10:34 speaks volumes to me because doing a job like fast food cook/server gives you skills that translate to any job you may want to get outside of it.
Even if you don’t like rap you like NF
He mentions it in Therapy Sessions.
Great reaction. You missed a double with the underdog bar.
The happy meal, homecooking make a meal was a bar!
Love the content guys!
I love yall have questions and eventually will get to find the answers but that is the wonderful thing about NF. Leaves you to figure out who he is and him being REAL about it.. Nate tweeted after his show in Arizona(biggest show of his career) and mentions about that effect like you see in the video. I'm sure it can be overwhelming on a stage n then just go back to being normal 🙃
YOU WILL NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE IT NOW OR EVER
Nf 🔥💯
The best job of my life was working in a movie theater. At the end of the night we would just watch movies and drink.
Intro reminds me of ..
-Snoop Dog *Gz N Hustlers
😎💯🤓🎶👏
no offense to others who do rap, but NF is the first commercial guy that I can understand every word spoken. just sayin'
THIS IS MY FAVORITE NF SONG!
The snoop lyrics was " motha fuckin hustla"
I'm a fricking nerd. The math bars at the beginning are my favorite. 😂
MORE NF
Bro no way I'm driving to California camp pendleton from my house in pueblo rn with this playing in the background
🔥🔥🔥
Im in advance at my mom's right now but im leaving going back to Mingo
Yeah it's little fun fact about the black balloons in all the early videos is that not only do they represent burdens, they're actually the symbol for overdose awareness.
soooo are you gonna mention the youtube 100k subs play button? welldone
Exactly dude I was thinking snoop dog too
Egg alert: boy with slurpee at endof this video, is boy at wnd oa Motto!
NF made a reference one time when he was asked if he was a christian rapper. His response was “I am a rapper who is a christian. If a plumber is a christian, is he a christian plumber?”
Dose any one else always say black Pegasus when BP says it at the start or is it just me hahah
I think he's saying that he made it where he was rapping about wanting to be but it doesn't make him happy. He's having to put on a fake smile at the sold out shows.
hmm regarding that compressor shot I guess you never saw ICP vids
Shiii lmk I actually work at a screen printing company😂
Tech collabs album drops 7/12/24
Took you way too long too see this , finally off riding rens lap 😂😂
Day 2 of asking: Watch the 2021 GBB circle jam it will be top tier for you ❤
EZ Mil just released a song with eminem that yall should react to asap
BRAKE UR HART YOU WILL CRY IF WATCHED ALL WAY THROUGH
Day 2 of asking: Also my favorite battle is King Inertia VRS Helium please watch as well it is RAW
I'm high and drunk so don't listen to me but we are in a movie
Reminds me of hopsin a little bit in this one.
Remember he doesn't cuss
How are you a hip hop head and can't even quote on of the most classic intros to a song...."what do you wanna be when you grow up?...I wanna be a mother fn HUSTLER you betta ask somebody!"
NF makes awesome music and has some fantastic messages speaking truth. I wish there was a bit more versatility and some different sounds, but he’s killing it.
It's almost like corey Taylor Slipknot and Stone sour.
NF doesn’t swear
You're not listening hard enough he already had some double
How is to a rapper when he loses words
It's so annoying to hear anything like "the Eminem cadence"...2 people can have similar flows (especially when it's on 1 track and not consistent) and not be biting the others flow. I'm so sick to death of white rappers automatically being compared to Em bc something sounded similar
Agreed. It's lazy and stereotypical
I'm not a big fan of NF, but this is the one song of him that made it on my playlist.
3 and a half minute as an intro bruuh
Sry
I'm real because I'm with the Jews
Actually I'm not
If I was you I would cover the biggest story in hip hop which is the signing of Filipino American artist ez mil to Dr J's aftermath interscope and Eminem's shady records. You're so fascinated with Ren which is totally justified, And if anyone compares as far as diversity and talent, it's ez mil. He is one of the best rappers, producers, videographers, singers, songwriters in the game. I heard he even has a following as a death metal artist. Not to mention he can rap in three languages and shady and dre both know his potential and will further pave the way for attention to hip hop becoming international. I think he's got a track with Eminem dropping around the 11th which would give you Time to do the ez mil rabbit hole which will help guide the algorithm towards you having a chance to have some of your biggest viewed videos ever. 27 bodies, the live song with him and his sister singing, up down which is the video Eminem posted announcing the signing, And his catalog's fairly deep. If your show leans towards hip hop not covering this and covering Rammstein and 5-year-old NF and flash in the pan cover artists instead is a big oversight in my opinion. I'm trying to be constructive not negative. your channel is fire.
Remember Ez Mil sir.. he got signed by Eminem itself and Dre.. he just drop a song featuring Eminem “Realist” Filipinos hope you react to it.. thank you in advance…
I know this about nf but since you brought up em that dude going all corporate calling out Tom Macdonald I got introduced to rap by em but I can’t hang with his politics
BP. DEMASH STORY OF ONE SKY IS MADE FOR YOU he made and paid for this video himself like a movie every voice is in this EVEN SKREEMING