I was so sad when he was in the hospital. I’m so glad he’s ok now. It was especially sad when he was in the hospital because it was the day he dropped lie lie lie…😭
What I really like about Joshua is how he could easily hopped on the drama train when drivers license came out but he waited so that we would actually listen to him. And how you said, he was really mature and respectful and I think it shows the type of person he is. Set me free has to be my fav, it hits hard when he talks about not knowing he would survive when we know that he was at the hospital with a 30% survival chance at the same time he was recieving thousands of death theats. Also, 100% of the money earned with crisis is going to mental health organizations in perpetuity.
Especially because he could have also came at Olivia and said horrible stuff but instead like you said, he was being mature and respectful. And all he did was be supportive of her career, even though people were bashing him all over.
Joshua actually doesn’t really care about his career, but rather the people he is able to connect with. So in Crisis, he’s talking about her ruining his life as her career move. For example, he went to a coffee shop, where an employee played Olivia songs until he left. Since then, he hasn’t felt comfortable in public areas.
That person who did that should really get fired, that’s so unnecessary I know Joshua is a forgiving person so he wouldn’t do what I would which is report them and get them fired.
Set Me Free actually touches on some other topics such as Joshua recently coming to terms with the sexual assualt and domestic abuse he faced throughout his childhood, and around when Drivers Liscense was released he was in the hospital from heart failure due to stress. So yeah he really had a terrible year on top of everything with Olivia
@@theanorlander it was driver’s license because lie lie lie was coming out around that time and he couldn’t promote it properly since he was in the hospital.
It was the day Lie Lie Lie was Released. And it was septic shock. It makes the body Shut down its organs. Its pretty awful and have happened to me also. I had a year where they regularily needed to check my lungs cause they were really not ok. I was hospitalised for 3 days. Had No idea what was going on when I Woke up at the hospital... And managed to talk myself out of the hospital after 3 days cause I was "stable" then.
i love how in crisis you start off like you dont care about the drama but after the first line you're already hooked and theorizing like everyone else hahahah
I really recommend checking out his interview on Zach Sang Show (not for a video), you really get an inside into his life during the past year, I would dare to say that he's really inspiring as a person, just how he managed to get through all the bad stuff that happened to him
This is not just a response to good for you, but to olivia's entire album painting josh as the bad guy. honestly i don't wanna say anything other than watch josh's interview with zach sang. it'll be amazing if you hear it all from his mouth itself. its a really long interview but its the BEST. so inspiring, josh is a wonderful human who deserves the world!
I think that it's even bigger than sour. ofc it is, partially, but also to the repercussion it had on *his* life. I mean people destroyed him bc of that album, I feel like he is responding to *that* more than to *what she said* in the album. and the song set me free is more of an anthem to move on from everything he had to go through (abuse, hospitalization, bullying, etc)
@@kittyrodriguezbarani360 exactly. I don't feel like this is his response to sour, i think its a response to olivia and her team for not trying to control the drama at all and just letting it get out of hand. I get that they're exes and at the time probably didn't really want to talk to each other but he was getting death threats for god sakes, she or her team could have said at least something to her fan base to get them to chill out.
I love Sour, and I don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with writing songs that are exaggerated or not 100% true. What I think is not right is writing songs that are not entirely true (I've seen Olivia's Deja Vu breakdown, and she takes a lot of artistic liberty and also doesn't write 100% of the lyrics alone) while everyone will know who these songs are supposed to be about, letting that person get all the hate and death threats over things that didn't necessarily happen and not speak out against it even after that person is literally in a hospital fighting for their life due to all the stress. I know it's probably not all on her. Maybe she was advised not to talk more about the situation, and she's new to all the fame and her actions having that much impact, but it still doesn't sit quite right with me. Anyway, Joshua's interview with Zach Sang is worth checking out, he speaks about a lot of heavy stuff even outside of this drama, and he seems like quite an inspiring guy.
@@heartbreakhotel4278 Yeah, I was just trying to give her the benefit of the doubt since I don't know her personally. The whole situation was messed up. I think pretty differently about Olivia after watching Joshua's interview, but I don't want to be spreading hate about anyone. It's too bad this isn't just some harmless Disney breakup drama.
I hate the "her publicist wouldnt let her say anything" narrative that other people are throwing around because both Josh and Sabrina put their side out and immediately asked their fans not to send hate before people would even have a chance to and Olivia never said a word until like 8 months later when most of it was already blown over. And her being quiet just fueled the fire for her fans to become even more toxic.
@@jjanaury3 Honestly I don't even think the FANS are the toxic ones. There's people who don't know shit about Olivia's music but they know what the songs are about and know a little about the drama so they're all like oh yeah let's hate Joshua Basset. I know a LOT of people like that, and I'm always like "well yeah but..."
Joshua was sexually abused as a child and as a teen, and said that for him Set Me Free is an anthem for him and for the people who went through abuse. He said the song isn't about one person, it's about all the people who held power over him and hurt him during his life. I don't think Set Me Free is about any person or any specific situation. I think it's just about the feeling of being powerless when there are things happening and there's nothing you can do to stop it. So he's saying, you already took so much from me, but you don't get to take everything I am. You don't get to turn me into something I'm not. He's saying, I'm not as naive as I was before, and I won't break. He learned to protect himself because no one else would, to protect himself even from people who said that they loved him, from people who were supposed to love him (whether that means the family member who abused him, the friends who betrayed him, the 'friend' who took advantage of his innocence and abused him, maybe even a romantic partner who ended up being cruel, or any other person who hurt him throughout his life that we don't know about) We can't forget he's only 21 years old. He's been through so much and he's still so young. He's so strong, I love him. He almost died for a heart attack, he was on a hospital bed while everyone was hating on him. Btw, if you want a mature and sweet breakup song, listen to It'll Be Okay by Shawn Mendes!
On the Zach sang show he said when writhing it the song was kinda about the Olivia stuff but after some time the song spoke to him more about his abused past
I think the craziest thing was that right after Driver's License came out, he ended up in the hospital with heart failure (from sepsis) and had a 30% chance of survival. The doctor pretty much said if he'd waited another day to go then he would've died, and he's only like 20. So he had to go through that and then come out of it while people were attacking him over the drama and deal with everything at once, which just seems so overwhelming... And it feels like everyone really glossed over that whole situation.
Set Me Free, that song kills me. you should really watch the interview where he talks about the context of that song. Gives a very different perspective.
All I have to say about him and his writing is SAVAGE! He's so good and his lyrics hit hard. He doesn't need a catchy tune to get his meaning across. Go Joshua
The shit Josh went through in the beginning of the year when DL came out and continued to go through when her album came out always bothered me and I always felt really bad for the guy. He deserves this time to shine, not essentially clapping back but just telling his side of the story. It also always rubbed me the wrong way that Olivia never spoke out about the immense hate him and Sabrina got bcuz of her songs, it just seemed insensitive in my opinion.
i really LOVED your reaction. it was an unbiased opinion and i respect you for that. i watched tristan and a few others react and i felt like there was a clear bias towards olivia and it was extremely unfair to joshua. he is so so kind, and he deserves to say his side. thank you so much.
I really really liked this. I'll definitely listen to his other stuff too. I love Olivia and her music is sick too, there's literally no need for anyone to pick a side when you can just enjoy their music. They both have a lot of talent for their young age, and it's just the beginning! That was really impressive, thanks for making me discover him too.
I just realised the three songs are the stages of a breakup. He goes from sad to angry to accepting it and moving on. He’s literally going through the stages of the breakup with the songs
I have lately been in love with Joshua's voice. There's nothing really unique about it but he really knows cadence! And these songs are really well done! I'm really looking forward to more from him. Like a full album! And a little more experimentation. It'd be perfect!
Set me free is amazing I love it eveerytime i hear it i feel light like a big burden is gone Joshua went through a lot and it sad im just glad they are all ok now
He went hard! Not dancing around the truth at all too, hope he's okay now and doing better but mentally and physically. It was so weird seeing people being like "I've never been in a relationship but I relate and I hate him too", this was honestly a surprise
this was one of the best reaction videos ive ever seen. u really hit the nail on the head with how joshua meant for the songs to be perceived. if you are looking to see more of a side to him i definitely recommend watching his interview on zach sang where he explains the songs and shares how the year was for him during everything that happened. thank u for doing these songs justice!!
I can’t help why YOU WONT MAKE IT END….. is in response to her absolute SILENCE to her hoards of fans who harassed and gave him death threats for a year. She just let the dragging through the mud happen… while she benefited.
Joshua’s music is so great! Have you checked out Luke Hemming’s “when facing things we turn away from” album? If not the whole album, I’d definitely recommend: Place In Me, Diamonds, Slip Away, Mum, and/or Come Down (those are my favorites)
Oooh I've listened to Luke's album recently bc I'm starting to listen to a bit of 5sos, for like the last few days (bc as a one direction fan I've learned to like the 5sos members a lot) and Luke's album is so sick actually, I've loved it!
Joshua's interview with Zach Sang was so awe inspiring, if you haven't heard it I highly recommend it. I admire his perspective on his life's journey so far. I wish I had his outlook at his age. I wish him love and light always!
The 'secret' was that she cheated. Josh said in an interview that he wrote it about 6 months before releasing so in about June/July and he wrote it the day after he found out she cheated (I think one of his friends told him). So she didn't know that he knows she cheated until this song came out, and I'm guessing the "you had me tricked for 16 months" means that they broke up 16 months prior to that and he never knew the real reason they broke up - if that makes sense.
I absolutely agree with you that Joshua said what he wanted to say in the most respectful way possible! Apparently he was done writing these songs over six months ago but didn’t want to ruin Olivias spotlight so he waited so she could have her moment. In the begging of 2021 when driver’s license was released he got so many death threats and got so stressed out that he had a heart attack and had 30% of survival! He then focused on himself and after that Olivia apparently has never talked to him again. I could be wrong but I think Joshua in an interview said that Set Me Free is about when he was sexually abused as a kid. It could be about the break up, idk! Really like your reactions!
I appreciate your takes on this. I do think his response was mature and he went the route of being vulnerable. Soft emotions vs. hard ones, showing tender sides of himself which takes a lot of courage when you’ve been attacked as hard as he has. He nearly died and I think it’s beautiful for him to show up in this way.
Since now I know that set me free is about SA, it takes on a whole new meaning. However, I'm not happy about people making it about Olivia. Josh wrote this song from the heart about his trauma. Me having been sexually assaulted by a family member, I understand this much more. Even though my assault wasn't as serious as others' stories, I still had to do a lot to heal. Knowing that he probably went through worse trauma, this is his way of healing. He is showing you that you don't have a hold over me, and he is saying, 'Set me free, stop and let me be!'. But oh well I may be wrong....
I agree with everything you said, hat's why I generally don't really listen to the drama, but some people act like they know everything but it's NEVER the case, and then they think they know enough to be bullies.
just from this one video I can tell you're such a nice, kind, and understanding person. thank you for appreciating Joshua & his music and mentioning how respectful he is in them, and for such a great reaction video! new subscriber here!
I have been waiting for this reaction ❤ Fell in love with these songs the first listen itself xx He's an amazing artist and this gave us all his perspective which was needed I think. Listen to more of his songs ♥️
Suffi after hearing Crisis: “It’s good that he isn’t dragging her name through the mud and he’s just saying how he feels” Everyone who heard Secret: ‘yeah....yikes’
Yk I discovered him over the drama, i have been a fan of sabrina carpenter (idk if u have hear about her but she was part of this drama too, lol) so i was kind of aware about what was happening even tho i was trying to avoid it cause some fans of liv were going so far and insulting her and saying awful things, but when this songs appear i couldn't help it and hear it and wow i was so surprised because i didn't really like his music too much before but this three songs have been amazing. I love them so much, and i think set me free is such a beautiful song, I think u can relate that to so many scenarios, joshua also said the song was related to the SA the suffered when he was a kid wich make this song so sad and painful. I hope he feels better now
Also in secret in the scene where him and the girl are going in a circle you can really see the acting come out. He is an actor but at the same time it’s not really acting bc he actually went through it
You should watch his interview on the Zach Sang Show, it’s long but maybe if you wanted to you could do it in parts. Josh is such a well rounded person and he deserves so much more credit.
I’m so glad u reacted to Joshua. To get to know him a little better I would watch his Zach sang interview. It’s over an hour but I promise it’s completely worth it. Whenever u have ur own time to just sit down and watch it i highly recommend u do. I’m not going to go into all the drama and backstory just bc it’s not rlly necessary anymore and if u do watch the Zach sang interview you’ll kinda learn a little bit more. I do have some recommendations tho and I hope you’ll go into his discography. So here’s the recs: Feel something La live Only a matter or time Let you go from hsmtmts Heaven is you Telling myself Lie lie lie Do it all again Anyone else (the person filming the music video is actually Sabrina carpenter aka the girl also involved in the drama) Sorry Common sense I would also highly recommend reacting to Sabrina carpenter so here’s those recommendations as well: Honeymoon fades Exhale Sue me Skin (the song about the drama it’s directed towards everybody who hated on her) Skinny dipping Tell ‘em Diamonds are forever On purpose Thumbs Paris Take off all your cool She’s also releasing a song called fast times soon. Btw just so you know Sabrina is 22, josh is 21, and Olivia is about to be 19. Also lie lie lie and only a matter of time are not about the drama lie lie lie was written in 2019 and it’s about a Friend who lied basically and only a matter of time was written in 20 minutes and is actually about somebody who falsely accused him of sexual assault in 2020 and ended up admitting they lied. He has gone through SA which he talks about in the Zach sang interview.
WOW I didn't think my suggestion would have so many votes! haha glad you made it and liked it :D I love Olivia's music and I these Joshua's new songs. We're all profiting on others pain unfortunately. Olivia aptly named her album SOUR for a reason. It's dismal how overblown the reactions towards Joshua were when everyone that ever had a break up should know better. And Olivia never spoke about it further than the lyrics she wrote. It was a choice she probably thought for the better even if it ended up not being. However none of them should bend over backwards to splash further into emotions or stories that they may not want to dwell further in. In the end, it's like always the age old "people suck"-problem .
All 3 videos were all shot in one take! Josh got told they didn't have a big enough budget for 3 music videos so he got around it by saying he was filming visualisers and filmed them all in one take! 😊
I've never listened to him before, all I know is that he dated Olivia and that he's a fan of Harry's (Olivia too actually, but I mean as they should). I totally should listen to his music tho bc that was so sick I love his voice. Also as a fan of Olivia's I always thought he seemed very nice from a few videos I've seen of him and he really got a lot of hate for nothing but tbh Olivia's not the one to blame, some of her fans are just dumb like any fandom.
one of my favorite reactions to joshuas music, you should react to more of his songs! especially to LA(from his online concert) sadly is unreleased but is on his youtube channel. i would to see more of u reaction to josh!!
thank you for being so so respectful when it comes to this situation. if you want to read more about what he has been through, id recommend you take a look at the interview he did with GQ magazine and then watch his interview with zach sang, it'll give you more of an insight into what exactly happened and how he's been demonized by teenagers on social media when he's actually an amazing person
I loved his voice. I will listen more of him. You need to react to Wrong Direction by Hailee Steinfeld. (About Niall Horan) and her Half Written EP which have songs that explain more about the relationship.
I havn't really listened to his music(other than HSMTMTS) but I'm definitly gonnq check out his other songs now! I really liked the songs and I also loved your reaction to it :)
joshua almost actually died during the beginning of 2021 due to stress. he went into septic shock and heart failure. it’s a miracle he survived.
People invalidates his near death experience :(
And the stress was all because of the release of drivers license😭😭and the hate and death threats
for a sec i thought you said “he died” i was like “P A R D O N ?”
I was so sad when he was in the hospital. I’m so glad he’s ok now. It was especially sad when he was in the hospital because it was the day he dropped lie lie lie…😭
i feel like because of this good 4 u hits worse because he was not happy or healthy, he literally almost died because of this and it’s awful
What I really like about Joshua is how he could easily hopped on the drama train when drivers license came out but he waited so that we would actually listen to him. And how you said, he was really mature and respectful and I think it shows the type of person he is.
Set me free has to be my fav, it hits hard when he talks about not knowing he would survive when we know that he was at the hospital with a 30% survival chance at the same time he was recieving thousands of death theats.
Also, 100% of the money earned with crisis is going to mental health organizations in perpetuity.
100%??!!!! That's so cool, love that for him 🤩
Especially because he could have also came at Olivia and said horrible stuff but instead like you said, he was being mature and respectful. And all he did was be supportive of her career, even though people were bashing him all over.
Yea same
Joshua actually doesn’t really care about his career, but rather the people he is able to connect with. So in Crisis, he’s talking about her ruining his life as her career move. For example, he went to a coffee shop, where an employee played Olivia songs until he left. Since then, he hasn’t felt comfortable in public areas.
That person who did that should really get fired, that’s so unnecessary I know Joshua is a forgiving person so he wouldn’t do what I would which is report them and get them fired.
The supervisor came and apologized to him.
Set Me Free actually touches on some other topics such as Joshua recently coming to terms with the sexual assualt and domestic abuse he faced throughout his childhood, and around when Drivers Liscense was released he was in the hospital from heart failure due to stress. So yeah he really had a terrible year on top of everything with Olivia
Wasn’t it during the release of Driver’s license, not Good 4 u?
@@theanorlander it was driver’s license because lie lie lie was coming out around that time and he couldn’t promote it properly since he was in the hospital.
@@tiaayana yeah I thought so.
They’ve now changed their comment to Driver’s license. So now my comment just looks weird lol
It was the day Lie Lie Lie was Released. And it was septic shock. It makes the body Shut down its organs. Its pretty awful and have happened to me also. I had a year where they regularily needed to check my lungs cause they were really not ok. I was hospitalised for 3 days. Had No idea what was going on when I Woke up at the hospital... And managed to talk myself out of the hospital after 3 days cause I was "stable" then.
i love how in crisis you start off like you dont care about the drama but after the first line you're already hooked and theorizing like everyone else hahahah
I mean the song is literally about the drama, so there’s no escaping it lol
“I don’t care about the drama”
“Aaaaaaaa GOOD FOR YOU!! clever”
LOVE IT
😂lol
So glad you checked his music out, he’s so underrated.
I really recommend checking out his interview on Zach Sang Show (not for a video), you really get an inside into his life during the past year, I would dare to say that he's really inspiring as a person, just how he managed to get through all the bad stuff that happened to him
Honestly that interview changed my views on a lot of things on a personal note...he is very mature and i am glad we heard his side
"i dont really care about break up drama..."
*proceeds to care about the drama*
I LOVE YOU DUDE
This is not just a response to good for you, but to olivia's entire album painting josh as the bad guy. honestly i don't wanna say anything other than watch josh's interview with zach sang. it'll be amazing if you hear it all from his mouth itself. its a really long interview but its the BEST. so inspiring, josh is a wonderful human who deserves the world!
I think that it's even bigger than sour. ofc it is, partially, but also to the repercussion it had on *his* life. I mean people destroyed him bc of that album, I feel like he is responding to *that* more than to *what she said* in the album. and the song set me free is more of an anthem to move on from everything he had to go through (abuse, hospitalization, bullying, etc)
@@kittyrodriguezbarani360 exactly. I don't feel like this is his response to sour, i think its a response to olivia and her team for not trying to control the drama at all and just letting it get out of hand. I get that they're exes and at the time probably didn't really want to talk to each other but he was getting death threats for god sakes, she or her team could have said at least something to her fan base to get them to chill out.
I love Sour, and I don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with writing songs that are exaggerated or not 100% true. What I think is not right is writing songs that are not entirely true (I've seen Olivia's Deja Vu breakdown, and she takes a lot of artistic liberty and also doesn't write 100% of the lyrics alone) while everyone will know who these songs are supposed to be about, letting that person get all the hate and death threats over things that didn't necessarily happen and not speak out against it even after that person is literally in a hospital fighting for their life due to all the stress. I know it's probably not all on her. Maybe she was advised not to talk more about the situation, and she's new to all the fame and her actions having that much impact, but it still doesn't sit quite right with me. Anyway, Joshua's interview with Zach Sang is worth checking out, he speaks about a lot of heavy stuff even outside of this drama, and he seems like quite an inspiring guy.
Well even if they told her not to speak publicly she also didn’t reach out privately
@@heartbreakhotel4278 Yeah, I was just trying to give her the benefit of the doubt since I don't know her personally. The whole situation was messed up. I think pretty differently about Olivia after watching Joshua's interview, but I don't want to be spreading hate about anyone. It's too bad this isn't just some harmless Disney breakup drama.
@@heartbreakhotel4278 yea he also said that he’s tried to reach out too her so many times but she just doesn’t care and won’t talk to him😭😭
I hate the "her publicist wouldnt let her say anything" narrative that other people are throwing around because both Josh and Sabrina put their side out and immediately asked their fans not to send hate before people would even have a chance to and Olivia never said a word until like 8 months later when most of it was already blown over. And her being quiet just fueled the fire for her fans to become even more toxic.
@@jjanaury3 Honestly I don't even think the FANS are the toxic ones. There's people who don't know shit about Olivia's music but they know what the songs are about and know a little about the drama so they're all like oh yeah let's hate Joshua Basset. I know a LOT of people like that, and I'm always like "well yeah but..."
Josh's facial expressions are great cause he's an actor too, an amazing actor!
Joshua was sexually abused as a child and as a teen, and said that for him Set Me Free is an anthem for him and for the people who went through abuse. He said the song isn't about one person, it's about all the people who held power over him and hurt him during his life. I don't think Set Me Free is about any person or any specific situation. I think it's just about the feeling of being powerless when there are things happening and there's nothing you can do to stop it. So he's saying, you already took so much from me, but you don't get to take everything I am. You don't get to turn me into something I'm not. He's saying, I'm not as naive as I was before, and I won't break. He learned to protect himself because no one else would, to protect himself even from people who said that they loved him, from people who were supposed to love him (whether that means the family member who abused him, the friends who betrayed him, the 'friend' who took advantage of his innocence and abused him, maybe even a romantic partner who ended up being cruel, or any other person who hurt him throughout his life that we don't know about)
We can't forget he's only 21 years old. He's been through so much and he's still so young. He's so strong, I love him. He almost died for a heart attack, he was on a hospital bed while everyone was hating on him. Btw, if you want a mature and sweet breakup song, listen to It'll Be Okay by Shawn Mendes!
Yea it’s about his SA, Olivia, and the hate
Crisis and Secret are about Olivia and the harassment. Set Me Free is about SA and also the harassment
Joshua's last song was clearly about more than the whole Olivia situation, he said it was more about all the people that have hurt him.
On the Zach sang show he said when writhing it the song was kinda about the Olivia stuff but after some time the song spoke to him more about his abused past
And also about SA
I think the craziest thing was that right after Driver's License came out, he ended up in the hospital with heart failure (from sepsis) and had a 30% chance of survival. The doctor pretty much said if he'd waited another day to go then he would've died, and he's only like 20. So he had to go through that and then come out of it while people were attacking him over the drama and deal with everything at once, which just seems so overwhelming... And it feels like everyone really glossed over that whole situation.
You should definitely listen too “let you go” by him it really showcases all parts of his voice and is a great song
agreed, i think it might actually be his best song overall. it's so good
@@abneryates4304 right! And his voice is just incredible in it
Set Me Free, that song kills me. you should really watch the interview where he talks about the context of that song. Gives a very different perspective.
All I have to say about him and his writing is SAVAGE! He's so good and his lyrics hit hard. He doesn't need a catchy tune to get his meaning across. Go Joshua
The shit Josh went through in the beginning of the year when DL came out and continued to go through when her album came out always bothered me and I always felt really bad for the guy. He deserves this time to shine, not essentially clapping back but just telling his side of the story. It also always rubbed me the wrong way that Olivia never spoke out about the immense hate him and Sabrina got bcuz of her songs, it just seemed insensitive in my opinion.
i really LOVED your reaction. it was an unbiased opinion and i respect you for that. i watched tristan and a few others react and i felt like there was a clear bias towards olivia and it was extremely unfair to joshua. he is so so kind, and he deserves to say his side. thank you so much.
Agreed.
I really really liked this. I'll definitely listen to his other stuff too. I love Olivia and her music is sick too, there's literally no need for anyone to pick a side when you can just enjoy their music. They both have a lot of talent for their young age, and it's just the beginning! That was really impressive, thanks for making me discover him too.
I’d recommend you to check only a matter of time, feel something, LA (you can only find on youtube) and his self titled ep!
Also, his Zach Sang interview is 100% recommended, that interview is like a whole therapy session!
@@infinityplus1354 I will, thanks for the recommendations 💘
It’s kinda hard not to pick a side when one person put the other through hell and didn’t do anything to stop it.
I just realised the three songs are the stages of a breakup. He goes from sad to angry to accepting it and moving on. He’s literally going through the stages of the breakup with the songs
omg ur so smart this deserves too blow up that’s so clever and true I love this thought😊
joshua is a great artist, I love his voice too much and his lyrics are incredible, he has a great future in music in my opinion.
I have lately been in love with Joshua's voice. There's nothing really unique about it but he really knows cadence! And these songs are really well done! I'm really looking forward to more from him. Like a full album! And a little more experimentation. It'd be perfect!
I stan him hard, no crapping to anyone, don't care about the drama, I just love him
Same! I admire his resilience honestly. The guy is talented and kind and good hearted even after all the shit he's been through
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Set me free is amazing I love it eveerytime i hear it i feel light like a big burden is gone Joshua went through a lot and it sad im just glad they are all ok now
He went hard! Not dancing around the truth at all too, hope he's okay now and doing better but mentally and physically. It was so weird seeing people being like "I've never been in a relationship but I relate and I hate him too", this was honestly a surprise
Okay I frickin' love "'Set me free", the chorus with the vocals! Mad respect! I'll have to check out more
@@-Desire Fr it’s so good
This boy was literally in the hospital when Olivia was top of the charts
this was one of the best reaction videos ive ever seen. u really hit the nail on the head with how joshua meant for the songs to be perceived. if you are looking to see more of a side to him i definitely recommend watching his interview on zach sang where he explains the songs and shares how the year was for him during everything that happened. thank u for doing these songs justice!!
I can’t help why YOU WONT MAKE IT END….. is in response to her absolute SILENCE to her hoards of fans who harassed and gave him death threats for a year. She just let the dragging through the mud happen… while she benefited.
Joshua’s music is so great! Have you checked out Luke Hemming’s “when facing things we turn away from” album?
If not the whole album, I’d definitely recommend: Place In Me, Diamonds, Slip Away, Mum, and/or Come Down (those are my favorites)
Oooh I've listened to Luke's album recently bc I'm starting to listen to a bit of 5sos, for like the last few days (bc as a one direction fan I've learned to like the 5sos members a lot) and Luke's album is so sick actually, I've loved it!
YESS
omg yess that album literally saved me last year :') i feel like not a lot of people know about it and it deserves so so much
I get that lyric now. 'Good for you fooling everyone' as in well done you fooled them. But also the song good for you fooled everyone
He did it professionally and he did it a year later, making no profit. He donated the income from this EP to Mental Health Awareness Charities.
Joshua's interview with Zach Sang was so awe inspiring, if you haven't heard it I highly recommend it. I admire his perspective on his life's journey so far. I wish I had his outlook at his age. I wish him love and light always!
He's an underrated genuine artist and a beautiful person too.
The 'secret' was that she cheated. Josh said in an interview that he wrote it about 6 months before releasing so in about June/July and he wrote it the day after he found out she cheated (I think one of his friends told him). So she didn't know that he knows she cheated until this song came out, and I'm guessing the "you had me tricked for 16 months" means that they broke up 16 months prior to that and he never knew the real reason they broke up - if that makes sense.
It was Adam Faze the guy?
@@feliciabianco3287 no one knows and tbh we shouldn’t make assumptions
@@feliciabianco3287 it's not important who it might be?
I absolutely agree with you that Joshua said what he wanted to say in the most respectful way possible!
Apparently he was done writing these songs over six months ago but didn’t want to ruin Olivias spotlight so he waited so she could have her moment.
In the begging of 2021 when driver’s license was released he got so many death threats and got so stressed out that he had a heart attack and had 30% of survival! He then focused on himself and after that Olivia apparently has never talked to him again.
I could be wrong but I think Joshua in an interview said that Set Me Free is about when he was sexually abused as a kid. It could be about the break up, idk!
Really like your reactions!
Both as he said besides being about the drama, set me free was about what happened to his past
Definitely adding Set Me Free to my Spotify. So good!
joshua is such an amazing underrated artist ughh
I appreciate your takes on this. I do think his response was mature and he went the route of being vulnerable. Soft emotions vs. hard ones, showing tender sides of himself which takes a lot of courage when you’ve been attacked as hard as he has. He nearly died and I think it’s beautiful for him to show up in this way.
Since now I know that set me free is about SA, it takes on a whole new meaning. However, I'm not happy about people making it about Olivia. Josh wrote this song from the heart about his trauma. Me having been sexually assaulted by a family member, I understand this much more. Even though my assault wasn't as serious as others' stories, I still had to do a lot to heal. Knowing that he probably went through worse trauma, this is his way of healing. He is showing you that you don't have a hold over me, and he is saying, 'Set me free, stop and let me be!'. But oh well I may be wrong....
I agree with everything you said, hat's why I generally don't really listen to the drama, but some people act like they know everything but it's NEVER the case, and then they think they know enough to be bullies.
just from this one video I can tell you're such a nice, kind, and understanding person. thank you for appreciating Joshua & his music and mentioning how respectful he is in them, and for such a great reaction video! new subscriber here!
I have been waiting for this reaction ❤ Fell in love with these songs the first listen itself xx He's an amazing artist and this gave us all his perspective which was needed I think. Listen to more of his songs ♥️
Suffi after hearing Crisis: “It’s good that he isn’t dragging her name through the mud and he’s just saying how he feels”
Everyone who heard Secret: ‘yeah....yikes’
Honestly I love Joshua more than Olivia, they both have their good parts but I play Joshua's songs on repeat so many times.
Yk I discovered him over the drama, i have been a fan of sabrina carpenter (idk if u have hear about her but she was part of this drama too, lol) so i was kind of aware about what was happening even tho i was trying to avoid it cause some fans of liv were going so far and insulting her and saying awful things, but when this songs appear i couldn't help it and hear it and wow i was so surprised because i didn't really like his music too much before but this three songs have been amazing. I love them so much, and i think set me free is such a beautiful song, I think u can relate that to so many scenarios, joshua also said the song was related to the SA the suffered when he was a kid wich make this song so sad and painful. I hope he feels better now
These lyrics were pretty mature… I loved them all!
He is so talented
Joshua Basset- Only matter of time is perfect song.💗💗
I am IN LOVE with this reaction!
Also in secret in the scene where him and the girl are going in a circle you can really see the acting come out. He is an actor but at the same time it’s not really acting bc he actually went through it
yeah, he is so mature, that's what I'm saying
He’s is an amazing songwriter he came across as non confrontational yet taking responsibilities for his part.. loved it
I feel for Josh so much! The only thing confusing me was that the girl in Secret looked more like Sabrina Carpenter than Olivia 🤷🏽♂️
YES I WAS HOPING YOU’D REACT TO THIS, CANT WAIT TO WATCH
You gotta do his only a matter of time live performance !
I really loved your reaction to these songs :)
You should watch his interview on the Zach Sang Show, it’s long but maybe if you wanted to you could do it in parts. Josh is such a well rounded person and he deserves so much more credit.
Great Reaction video!
i really appreciate your reaction. thank you for really trying to understand every aspect of it!
loved the reaction
yay i’m so glad you checked these songs out
PLEASE react to more joshua bassett!!
i genuinely think you’ll like his music.
I’m so glad u reacted to Joshua. To get to know him a little better I would watch his Zach sang interview. It’s over an hour but I promise it’s completely worth it. Whenever u have ur own time to just sit down and watch it i highly recommend u do. I’m not going to go into all the drama and backstory just bc it’s not rlly necessary anymore and if u do watch the Zach sang interview you’ll kinda learn a little bit more. I do have some recommendations tho and I hope you’ll go into his discography. So here’s the recs:
Feel something
La live
Only a matter or time
Let you go from hsmtmts
Heaven is you
Telling myself
Lie lie lie
Do it all again
Anyone else (the person filming the music video is actually Sabrina carpenter aka the girl also involved in the drama)
Sorry
Common sense
I would also highly recommend reacting to Sabrina carpenter so here’s those recommendations as well:
Honeymoon fades
Exhale
Sue me
Skin (the song about the drama it’s directed towards everybody who hated on her)
Skinny dipping
Tell ‘em
Diamonds are forever
On purpose
Thumbs
Paris
Take off all your cool
She’s also releasing a song called fast times soon.
Btw just so you know Sabrina is 22, josh is 21, and Olivia is about to be 19. Also lie lie lie and only a matter of time are not about the drama lie lie lie was written in 2019 and it’s about a Friend who lied basically and only a matter of time was written in 20 minutes and is actually about somebody who falsely accused him of sexual assault in 2020 and ended up admitting they lied. He has gone through SA which he talks about in the Zach sang interview.
Your reaction video is great you are asking the right questions
The birds at the end always get me damn 😭❤🔥
WOW I didn't think my suggestion would have so many votes! haha glad you made it and liked it :D I love Olivia's music and I these Joshua's new songs. We're all profiting on others pain unfortunately. Olivia aptly named her album SOUR for a reason. It's dismal how overblown the reactions towards Joshua were when everyone that ever had a break up should know better. And Olivia never spoke about it further than the lyrics she wrote. It was a choice she probably thought for the better even if it ended up not being. However none of them should bend over backwards to splash further into emotions or stories that they may not want to dwell further in. In the end, it's like always the age old "people suck"-problem .
Amazing songs with incredible lyrics Joshua is so talented and such a great person
set me free makes be bawl every time
I know!
All 3 videos were all shot in one take! Josh got told they didn't have a big enough budget for 3 music videos so he got around it by saying he was filming visualisers and filmed them all in one take! 😊
Wen he was leaning on the counter in the kitchen u can see her kissing another guy in th hallway
Yeah everyone sees that
@@biancag9819Not true also I wasn’t talking too the comments I was saying too suffi bc he didn’t metion it
Secret is a bop
Joshua deserves more appreciation
Joshua is a very sweet and genuine artist, sigh 🥺
these songs break me
I've never listened to him before, all I know is that he dated Olivia and that he's a fan of Harry's (Olivia too actually, but I mean as they should). I totally should listen to his music tho bc that was so sick I love his voice. Also as a fan of Olivia's I always thought he seemed very nice from a few videos I've seen of him and he really got a lot of hate for nothing but tbh Olivia's not the one to blame, some of her fans are just dumb like any fandom.
Yes, please react to more of his songs, they're great!!!!
one of my favorite reactions to joshuas music, you should react to more of his songs! especially to LA(from his online concert) sadly is unreleased but is on his youtube channel. i would to see more of u reaction to josh!!
i can so relate to your reaction, you are literally me when i first heard joshua's ep.
The third song is actually partly the about sexual assault he went through which just makes it so much more heartbreaking
He said only part of it was abt that, and the rest was abt Olivia and the hate he got
@@livia8307 oh really ? Thank you for telling me that I didn’t know
@@sherling3467 np!!
thank you for being so so respectful when it comes to this situation. if you want to read more about what he has been through, id recommend you take a look at the interview he did with GQ magazine and then watch his interview with zach sang, it'll give you more of an insight into what exactly happened and how he's been demonized by teenagers on social media when he's actually an amazing person
❤️🔥
Can we just talk abt how he looks like Chris Evens
check out his music and his duet with olivia called just for a moment live
I think you should watch Joshua Basset’s interview on the Zach Sang show, I think it gives a lot of perspective
Please react to LA and Only a matter of time, both by Joshua. I love these songs and i really think you'll enjoy them.
i love your reaction! please check another songs of him, his songs ARE REALLY GOOOD ^^
yessss
I recomend reading the GQ interview, the songs are explained there
I have been waiting for this, but I kinda had lost hope you would react to Joshua's EP.
i love the moment when you said ,people suck, i LOVE that, and of course it´s true xd
PLEASE react to the blue neighborhood trilogy from Troye Sivan!!!
you should definitely read his GQ interview and watch his Zach sang interview
Breakups may be hard but it gives me good music to listen to. I don't want to live in a world where breakup songs don't exist. I live for them.
The flashes at the end of secret reminds me of paparazzi
You should definitely watch his interview with Zach Sang, you'll see what an inspiring person he is.
You should react to his single Feel something, it's great too
I loved his voice. I will listen more of him. You need to react to Wrong Direction by Hailee Steinfeld. (About Niall Horan) and her Half Written EP which have songs that explain more about the relationship.
I havn't really listened to his music(other than HSMTMTS) but I'm definitly gonnq check out his other songs now! I really liked the songs and I also loved your reaction to it :)
Great reaction! Check out "Only A Matter of Time" by him also.