As a general rule, if you see an instrument in the video, it's a live video, so he's actually performing the song as you watch it. And he does it a lot, yer gonna love the journey!
Yet another 62yr old here 😂.. and I totally agree, listening to him, watching his videos has become a daily after work ritual. No comparison comes to mind. Truly unique.
Can't wait for you to see how beautifully plays the guitar and piano and bass and sings and raps and produces and acts He's a bit of an overachiever 😂 Thanks for giving him a go!
... He also records and produces his own tracks and most of his own beats. In 'Losing it' he even filmed most of it himself, and he edited the video himself.. I'm just hoping he cant dance 😂😂😂
Compliments of SamuelPerryFalvey on Jonathan Hiller's reaction (ruclips.net/video/epOakEENUZw/видео.htmlsi=MvQKLBCHWFoFL0LI) to Hi Ren in the comment section: it's done as a live session so sound recorded live and from three cameras but look at the close up for the end as would of been in the wide shot otherwise that we cut to. it's a separate take all still live but so it's from two takes. 2nd comment from the top and within the 125 replies about 10 down you can find this comment. Also, Ren said in an interview (I don't remember which one) that Hi Ren was filmed in a basement they didn't have permission to be in so the landlord came down after the first one take and ordered them out but Ren begged for 30 more minutes and the landlord agreed so they managed to get 3 more one takes and used bits of what they had in editing. So it's a one take using 3 cameras but edited using all 4 of the takes. The audio AND all of the static camera footage is from the same take, while some of the hand-held footage comes from other takes, but the audio is from a single shot; so there are some of the hand-held shots where the visuals are from a different take than audio. It's an audio one-take, and about a 90% visual one-take as well. Also, Ren says it here where took edits from the 4 takes - ruclips.net/video/xSBwpfjhJPM/видео.htmlsi=tqRpRSGeVX1cgXU5&t=671 The Birth of Hi Ren - ruclips.net/video/xSBwpfjhJPM/видео.htmlsi=0RFKPawW8vaIELqy
Great reaction guys! Not sure you missed anything, but as I'm sure you will listen to it again, and, again, you yourselves will pick up more as you go that is significant to you. The only thing you need to know is that this was filmed absolutely live. The only other thing you should know is that everything Ren says is real, he is the most honest and genuine artist and person I've ever seen. He has wisdom beyond his years because he has suffered immensely and endured. He spent his late teens and 20s suffering many physical and mental symptoms that were crippling him only to be told they were in his head and given psych meds which made things worse. All the time Ren felt something else was happening and thanks to his own tireless research, after around 7 years of enduring he was finally diagnosed with Lyme Disease. But by then much damage had been done to his body. He still has many issues to this day, but he still pushes out incredible music despite everything he goes through. Your next stop lads should be Sick Boi. If your first Ren encounter was Kujo Beat Down, then this is the song it was all about. Released just after Hi Ren over a year ago, Sick Boi took a personal and proud place in Ren's heart. Enjoy ❤ Subbed for more 😊
REN singing: back on 74/ message in a bottle, Crutch, Shot the sherif, road to Zion, hip hop with his band the Big Push, Chalk Outlined with Chinchilla, Blind eyed ft Sam Tompkins and many others. Ren rapping, too many to choose from 😂 but faster rapping would be The Hunger, Losing it, Genesis, Power, money game part 3 to name a few.
Yes, that's Ren playing guitar. This is actually a live recording. That's why you can hear him unplug the guitar and set it down when the music ends. He also plays piano and a few other instruments.
@@drum253 Ren does manipulate sound levels/mix meticulously after the performance. He has the lavalier microphone on one track, the wireless guitar connection on another track, probably microphones on the cameras and maybe a boom mic as well, so he probably did, but I'm not a sound guy and I haven't been around wireless setups like he's using.
Hey guys! You aren’t going to believe what awaits you. I’m so jealous of the journey you are about to embark on. You only get to experience hearing a Ren song for the first time once. So, give it your full attention and enjoy. I’m coming with you. I subbed. Ren’s experiencing a flare up of his autoimmune issues currently. Last we’ve heard he is in hospital. To know Ren is to love Ren. He truly is the kindest, most generous, humorous, all around lovely person you could hope to meet. So, good vibes, thoughts, or prayers sent in his direction would be much appreciated. You have no idea what this beautiful human being has been through. His story is both sad and, and inspirational. Welcome to Ren’s rabbit hole, mates!😉❤️✌️
Trust me, you won't be disappointed during your journey into the world of Ren. Just do me and all Renegades a favor. When you find a genre box that you can define Ren as, let us know. We won't hold our breath... 💯🔥 reaction.
Ok and the journey has officially begun! Loved the reaction guys and glad you’ve come full circle to Hi Ren. You are going to love what is to come! Don’t want to say I told you so but I am going to😂😂 sick boi would be a good next step and I warn you the genres he is capable of will blow your mind. He is a genius and as a community we love and cherish him. And yes he can sing! 😂Swiss army knife 👍🙌🔥
#Renagades Subed for much more Ren! Power, Genesis, The Hunger, Losing it, Illest of our time, Troubles,Halftime, Wicked Ways, Seven Sins, Money Game parts 1 - 3, Love Music parts 1 - 4, Chalk Outlines, How to be Me and so much more!
Great reaction, guys! Now you can understand the reference to 'this is not Hi Ren Number 2' from the song 'Kujo Beat Down,' where it starts with a dialogue between two separate personalities.
Congrats on finding Ren, and welcome to the Ren Rabbithole. This man is a multi-instrumentalist, multi-genre, storytelling and lyrical genius. Enjoy the ride! 😊❤️🔥😊
So glad you got to react to this. This is only the beginning because he still surprises me to this day. When you started on Kujo beat down, you were reading the end of the book. Prepare to be blown away again and again. If you want to check out pure rap then try ‘The Hunger’, more guitar art rap ‘The tales of Jenny & Screech’, There is a list as long as my arm of bangers across all genres including reggae, ska, punk, country, soul, rock all with a modern rap twist. Great reaction 👏👏
LoL he actually is the Swiss Army Knife of music. Some other reactors call him "The Walking Gift", or "the Alien", lol. We RENegades pretty much just say he is his own Genre - the Genre of Ren. 😊
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I just saw your Hi Ren reaction, and put this journal entry of Ren's as my comment to that reaction. jAN 01, 2023~~~rEN~ Up until I was 9 years old, I would intermittently hear a voice in my head that was not my own. The voice was distinctly different to mine, and always negative. It would self criticize or urge me to do things I knew to be morally wrong. The most peculiar thing about the voice was that it took no effort on my behalf to produce. My own thoughts always felt like there was a process that required effort to bring them to the forefront of my mind, this voice appeared as though it was spoken by another. The sentences felt predetermined like they had already been constructed. I remember very vividly at 9 years old, becoming very frustrated with the voice. I stood in my back yard, internally screaming at the voice to be silent again and again, and it did. In a flash there was silence, to the point where my head felt like an empty room. I wasn't used to the quiet and that voice never returned. It almost felt lonely in my head. When I got older I had intermittent bouts with auditory hallucinations where I would hear perfect symphonies, usually at night when drifting off to sleep. They were so clear that they sounded like they were emanating from a radio in the corner of my room. I knew they weren't there, but for some reason they never came with the feeling of fear. I also recall sitting on a bus at the age of 15, and hearing the sound of a crowded room, with about 100 voices chattering away, I was the only person apart from the driver on the bus. These experiences were always very brief, and few and far between. My last hallucination was during an intense bout of psychosis in 2015, and was my first visual hallucination. I was walking down a pavement after jumping out my mums car in a crossroads in a moment of frustration and distress with my condition. I was trying to run from myself. What appeared to be a homeless man with a dark complexion approached me, and asked me what was wrong. I explained that I had been sick most my life, and I wasn't sure I had the strength to continue. He looked at me, and smiled and told me 'everything is going to be okay in the end Ren.' I had not told him my name. There was something so overpoweringly sincere about this very simple message, which brought with it an overwhelming feeling of inner peace, and in a flash, he vanished. My rational brain always linked these experiences to what the doctors have told me, that there are parts of my brain compromised by the autoimmunity in my body. That the myelin sheaths surrounding the complex electrical system that conduct my thoughts were damaged and compromised, causing these lucid experiences that I knew did not exist inside the physical world. The part of me that edges away from logical and rational thought always attributed these thoughts to some kind of otherworldly intervention, that made my thoughts the battleground of some spiritual tug of war. For a long time I never really acknowledged this part of myself, for with it brought the danger and stigma of sounding like a crazy person. I decided with my latest release, to the best of my ability, to capture and express this chess match of thought. Hi Ren comes out in just over 24 hours. I can't wait for you all to hear it.
@@CreativePhotoWS Multiple takes or just multiple cameras edited into a continuous video? Couldn't have edited different camera takes as they wouldn't have synced with the music.
@@robperry5293 indeed it is from multiple takes. Ren says he was lucky his inner metronome was working well that day. The advantage of being able to pull back to the far camera certainly helps when sync is an issue. So it is multiple takes, using multiple cameras (3) and then edited into one video. Fair effort to be able to get something useable with so few takes to pull footage from.
He is also a master of one-takes. This is a one-take. A whole load of his MV's are. His lifelong friend, Samuel Perry-Falvey is an amazing (and now an award winning) cinematographer that did this and most of Ren's other MVs. Ren is unfortunately back in hospital and will be going back to Canada for another round of 8-month treatment to try and get his body to recover. This man has lived through hell already (see his songs Seven Sins and Troubles for clarification) so we're all hoping he can rest and hopefully continue gifting us his masterpieces when he's better.
Yes. Ren is so unique. So different. So mega-skilled. He's a ground-breaking & genre-blending artist - bringing a whole new Lens to every aspect of creativity. He's also an amazing storyteller & - at times - a powerful social commentator > Spotlighting the challenging stories of our times. He makes us laugh He makes us cry He makes us think Ren IS the Modern Shakespeare...
Subbed, I envy you guys so much discovering all Ren things for the first time ! Have fun ! As recommended earlier, please do Money Game Pt3, it is imho his masterpiece
Ren has lots of styles. Performance: JENNY & SCREECH (FULL) - ruclips.net/video/TYAnqQ--KX0/видео.html Also check out these rap hits (with incredible rhymes and double time): HUNGER - ruclips.net/video/1T_fLytBFM4/видео.html GENESIS - ruclips.net/video/YzsTdLIcbzU/видео.html LOSING IT - ruclips.net/video/mLvAGjhDssc/видео.html ILLEST OF OUR TIME - ruclips.net/video/tB-JGSdBerE/видео.html SEVEN SINS - ruclips.net/video/v16IGHPKQ8Y/видео.htmlfeature=shared WICKED WAYS - ruclips.net/video/B81BZJPKjlI/видео.htmlfeature=shared ANIMAL FLOW - ruclips.net/video/F4mUnmFbVNg/видео.html Ren was with a group called The Big Push. I Shot the Sheriff / Road to Zion / Hip Hop - ruclips.net/video/uSeCuR51rek/видео.html Also, Ren & Sam with Earned It / Man’s World / Falling - ruclips.net/video/d8nBzrhd8Ro/видео.html He also does live duet ballads (one take) with Chinchilla CHALK OUTLINES - ruclips.net/video/35yALr_opeg/видео.html And HOW TO BE ME (LIVE) - ruclips.net/video/SDR7sup3DsU/видео.html Obviously, there are more on his channel - www.youtube.com/@RenMakesMusic/videos And on The Big Push channel - www.youtube.com/@TheBigPushBand/videos And trickthefox channel (his earliest stuff) - www.youtube.com/@trickthefox/videos The 3 Money Games: #1(performance) - ruclips.net/video/0ivQwwgW4OY/видео.htmlfeature=shared #2 (lyrical) - ruclips.net/video/YonS9_QJbp8/видео.htmlfeature=shared #3 (performance) - ruclips.net/video/nyWbun_PbTc/видео.htmlfeature=shared MG3 is now an award-winning International Video Music Awards winner Best Music Video - www.imvawards.com/winners-season-january-2024 For context for SICK BOI (his follow up to HI REN) - ruclips.net/video/3Q6uCrpzbPY/видео.htmlfeature=shared and KUJO BEAT DOWN - ruclips.net/video/it_hPbqcYOA/видео.htmlsi=QsAwgTxdIZzKWYSd, I suggest watching Ren's 35 minute video about his legal battle with Kujo first - ruclips.net/video/K72abdMZbGA/видео.htmlsi=RcdWPcyyvVdvEkl2 And there are many, many more but this is a start.
This was a lovely reaction thank you!! I subbed super fast!! Kujo beat down was quite an introduction to Ren, for many of us this was our first experience of his work! Since I discovered him about 18 months ago I’ve listened to nothing else since! Really appreciated your genuine and thoughtful observations. Welcome to the rabbit hole, prepare to be surprised at every turn and all us Renegades will be pleased to join you on your journey!! Much love from the UK!😊xxx
Just watched your Kujo Beat Down - you had no idea 😅 because ‘Hi Ren’ is the way many of us began our trip down the Ren rabbit hole. The shock on your faces at the 9 minute video 😂 Really liked your reaction. Thanks ❤ I’m gonna sub for your adventure. Looking forward to it.
I agree with Sick Boi, and then "The Tale of Jenny & Screech (full version) but jumping straight to "Money Game Part 3" rather than watching the Trilogy ?
@@wembley636 Don't get me wrong, part 1 and 2 are sweet work, but they are utterly unrelated so nothing will be lost doing this. I do appreciate your attention to detail though. Many reactors just blindly skip stuff, so kudos. Enjoy!!!
FWIW, you've now watched the only two songs with good/bad Ren. People are going to ask for The Tales and Money Game trilogy now, and that's cool... but they're also the last major "bardcore" storytelling songs, so you're still just in one lane but not the whole trip. Ren does *all* kinds of rap, and that's just rap... he actually does basically all kinds of *music*. You're right, no two songs are the same.
Renegades unite! We're here... We subscribe... & we share your journey down the rabbit hole... Ren is a once in a lifetime artist. He crosses many genres & has a back catalogue of work that you are going to ❤ And, you've seen nothing yet, the different flow switches that Ren can masterfully produce are phenomenal ✨🎶 Can't wait for your next one!!!
11:12 The man embodies music in a way that few have in the history of recorded music. And then add to that the fact that he conceptualizes directs and edits his videos. And he seems to be an excellent actor to boot.
I just saw your Hi Ren reaction, and put this journal entry of Ren's as my comment to that reaction. ~~~~~~jAN 01, 202~~rEN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Up until I was 9 years old, I would intermittently hear a voice in my head that was not my own. The voice was distinctly different to mine, and always negative. It would self criticize or urge me to do things I knew to be morally wrong. The most peculiar thing about the voice was that it took no effort on my behalf to produce. My own thoughts always felt like there was a process that required effort to bring them to the forefront of my mind, this voice appeared as though it was spoken by another. The sentences felt predetermined like they had already been constructed. I remember very vividly at 9 years old, becoming very frustrated with the voice. I stood in my back yard, internally screaming at the voice to be silent again and again, and it did. In a flash there was silence, to the point where my head felt like an empty room. I wasn't used to the quiet and that voice never returned. It almost felt lonely in my head. When I got older I had intermittent bouts with auditory hallucinations where I would hear perfect symphonies, usually at night when drifting off to sleep. They were so clear that they sounded like they were emanating from a radio in the corner of my room. I knew they weren't there, but for some reason they never came with the feeling of fear. I also recall sitting on a bus at the age of 15, and hearing the sound of a crowded room, with about 100 voices chattering away, I was the only person apart from the driver on the bus. These experiences were always very brief, and few and far between. My last hallucination was during an intense bout of psychosis in 2015, and was my first visual hallucination. I was walking down a pavement after jumping out my mums car in a crossroads in a moment of frustration and distress with my condition. I was trying to run from myself. What appeared to be a homeless man with a dark complexion approached me, and asked me what was wrong. I explained that I had been sick most my life, and I wasn't sure I had the strength to continue. He looked at me, and smiled and told me 'everything is going to be okay in the end Ren.' I had not told him my name. There was something so overpoweringly sincere about this very simple message, which brought with it an overwhelming feeling of inner peace, and in a flash, he vanished. My rational brain always linked these experiences to what the doctors have told me, that there are parts of my brain compromised by the autoimmunity in my body. That the myelin sheaths surrounding the complex electrical system that conduct my thoughts were damaged and compromised, causing these lucid experiences that I knew did not exist inside the physical world. The part of me that edges away from logical and rational thought always attributed these thoughts to some kind of otherworldly intervention, that made my thoughts the battleground of some spiritual tug of war. For a long time I never really acknowledged this part of myself, for with it brought the danger and stigma of sounding like a crazy person. I decided with my latest release, to the best of my ability, to capture and express this chess match of thought. Hi Ren comes out in just over 24 hours. I can't wait for you all to hear it.
Hi guys, here from Ren's patron, another Reneade sharing your reactions to Ren. Welcome to the journey. It's so exiting to come across reactors who are new to Ren :)
Welcome to the Reniverse. He raps, sings, plays guitar & piano, produces, and his acting in his videos is top notch. The only thing I’ve seen him do poorly is dribble a basketball.😂 Looking forward to more reactions from you.
Oh dudes. U r going backward. U think u know. U still don't. So jealous that u will be seeing all of Ren for the first time. Hello from Charleston, SC, USA. Buckle up buttercups😂❤😂❤
Please you guys. Ren, he does a mash up of bob marley Damien marley. And hiphop. Il leave that to your imagination. Ren big push. Bob marley.. roll with that. This guy has so many strings to his bow. Your not ready brothers. Enjoy the ride. I promise you you will love that 1
While we all know Ren's talent with the guitar, folks new to Ren have no idea. So they question various aspects of the artistry. The proper response is "Yes, Ren is playing the guitar live as he performs. Ren is self-taught on the guitar and piano and an extremely hard worker learning his craft." That is more positive and shows emplathy for the reactors, who early on are not informed. I want DuoFecta to react to more Ren videos, therefore please be positive.
As a general rule, if you see an instrument in the video, it's a live video, so he's actually performing the song as you watch it. And he does it a lot, yer gonna love the journey!
Im 62 and this young man has quickly become the most important artist of my lifetime new sub 🇬🇧😊
Good to see your comment on every reaction Gary. 👍❤️
Ditto, I'm 62 too and Ren is the most incredible artist I have ever seen in my life
Yet another 62yr old here 😂.. and I totally agree, listening to him, watching his videos has become a daily after work ritual. No comparison comes to mind. Truly unique.
It’s not a Ren Reaction without you, Gary. Big ups.
I'm 67, ditto.
Welcome to the Ren rabbit hole! And get ready for your subs to skyrocket if you keep rhe Ren reactions going! Yes, he does it all!
That is exactly what I wanted to say. There's a world Before Ren and then After Ren.
Can't wait for you to see how beautifully plays the guitar
and piano
and bass
and sings
and raps
and produces
and acts
He's a bit of an overachiever 😂
Thanks for giving him a go!
... He also records and produces his own tracks and most of his own beats. In 'Losing it' he even filmed most of it himself, and he edited the video himself.. I'm just hoping he cant dance 😂😂😂
Don't forget the mouth trumpet 😉
johnalexbarr, or whatever the heck that instrument is that he plays in The Big Push's Swan Song
Ren does a lot of live , one takes , he a master at it , as shown in this
Compliments of SamuelPerryFalvey on Jonathan Hiller's reaction (ruclips.net/video/epOakEENUZw/видео.htmlsi=MvQKLBCHWFoFL0LI) to Hi Ren in the comment section: it's done as a live session so sound recorded live and from three cameras but look at the close up for the end as would of been in the wide shot otherwise that we cut to. it's a separate take all still live but so it's from two takes. 2nd comment from the top and within the 125 replies about 10 down you can find this comment.
Also, Ren said in an interview (I don't remember which one) that Hi Ren was filmed in a basement they didn't have permission to be in so the landlord came down after the first one take and ordered them out but Ren begged for 30 more minutes and the landlord agreed so they managed to get 3 more one takes and used bits of what they had in editing. So it's a one take using 3 cameras but edited using all 4 of the takes.
The audio AND all of the static camera footage is from the same take, while some of the hand-held footage comes from other takes, but the audio is from a single shot; so there are some of the hand-held shots where the visuals are from a different take than audio. It's an audio one-take, and about a 90% visual one-take as well.
Also, Ren says it here where took edits from the 4 takes - ruclips.net/video/xSBwpfjhJPM/видео.htmlsi=tqRpRSGeVX1cgXU5&t=671
The Birth of Hi Ren - ruclips.net/video/xSBwpfjhJPM/видео.htmlsi=0RFKPawW8vaIELqy
Great reaction guys! Not sure you missed anything, but as I'm sure you will listen to it again, and, again, you yourselves will pick up more as you go that is significant to you.
The only thing you need to know is that this was filmed absolutely live.
The only other thing you should know is that everything Ren says is real, he is the most honest and genuine artist and person I've ever seen. He has wisdom beyond his years because he has suffered immensely and endured. He spent his late teens and 20s suffering many physical and mental symptoms that were crippling him only to be told they were in his head and given psych meds which made things worse. All the time Ren felt something else was happening and thanks to his own tireless research, after around 7 years of enduring he was finally diagnosed with Lyme Disease. But by then much damage had been done to his body. He still has many issues to this day, but he still pushes out incredible music despite everything he goes through.
Your next stop lads should be Sick Boi. If your first Ren encounter was Kujo Beat Down, then this is the song it was all about. Released just after Hi Ren over a year ago, Sick Boi took a personal and proud place in Ren's heart. Enjoy ❤ Subbed for more 😊
REN singing: back on 74/ message in a bottle, Crutch, Shot the sherif, road to Zion, hip hop with his band the Big Push, Chalk Outlined with Chinchilla, Blind eyed ft Sam Tompkins and many others.
Ren rapping, too many to choose from 😂 but faster rapping would be The Hunger, Losing it, Genesis, Power, money game part 3 to name a few.
Can REN (genre)? Yes! The genre is REN.
Yes, that's Ren playing guitar. This is actually a live recording. That's why you can hear him unplug the guitar and set it down when the music ends. He also plays piano and a few other instruments.
@@drum253 Ren does manipulate sound levels/mix meticulously after the performance. He has the lavalier microphone on one track, the wireless guitar connection on another track, probably microphones on the cameras and maybe a boom mic as well, so he probably did, but I'm not a sound guy and I haven't been around wireless setups like he's using.
Great reaction! The renegades are going to love you!
"The Swiss Army Knife of music" that's a keeper ❤
Ren can do everything..be prepared 😂❤
Hey guys! You aren’t going to believe what awaits you. I’m so jealous of the journey you are about to embark on. You only get to experience hearing a Ren song for the first time once. So, give it your full attention and enjoy. I’m coming with you. I subbed. Ren’s experiencing a flare up of his autoimmune issues currently. Last we’ve heard he is in hospital. To know Ren is to love Ren. He truly is the kindest, most generous, humorous, all around lovely person you could hope to meet. So, good vibes, thoughts, or prayers sent in his direction would be much appreciated. You have no idea what this beautiful human being has been through. His story is both sad and, and inspirational. Welcome to Ren’s rabbit hole, mates!😉❤️✌️
Great reaction, guys! You got it. Now, buckle up! Ren will continue to amaze you, and I'm here for it. Subbed for MORE REN!!
Welcome to the world of Ren.
Great reaction. Here for your journey down the rabbithole. I see lots of great suggestions already. Have fun. 💛
Trust me, you won't be disappointed during your journey into the world of Ren. Just do me and all Renegades a favor. When you find a genre box that you can define Ren as, let us know. We won't hold our breath... 💯🔥 reaction.
Looking forward to see you guys continue your journey, one of the most underrated musical talent I have ever seen. he should be massive.
Ok and the journey has officially begun! Loved the reaction guys and glad you’ve come full circle to Hi Ren. You are going to love what is to come! Don’t want to say I told you so but I am going to😂😂 sick boi would be a good next step and I warn you the genres he is capable of will blow your mind. He is a genius and as a community we love and cherish him. And yes he can sing! 😂Swiss army knife 👍🙌🔥
Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤
thank you 4 da reaction! please do sick boi next!!!❤
Live performance
#Renagades Subed for much more Ren! Power, Genesis, The Hunger, Losing it, Illest of our time, Troubles,Halftime, Wicked Ways, Seven Sins, Money Game parts 1 - 3, Love Music parts 1 - 4, Chalk Outlines, How to be Me and so much more!
A masterclass in performance art!
Great reaction, guys! Now you can understand the reference to 'this is not Hi Ren Number 2' from the song 'Kujo Beat Down,' where it starts with a dialogue between two separate personalities.
Congrats on finding Ren, and welcome to the Ren Rabbithole. This man is a multi-instrumentalist, multi-genre, storytelling and lyrical genius. Enjoy the ride! 😊❤️🔥😊
So glad you got to react to this.
This is only the beginning because he still surprises me to this day.
When you started on Kujo beat down, you were reading the end of the book.
Prepare to be blown away again and again.
If you want to check out pure rap then try ‘The Hunger’, more guitar art rap ‘The tales of Jenny & Screech’,
There is a list as long as my arm of bangers across all genres including reggae, ska, punk, country, soul, rock all with a modern rap twist.
Great reaction 👏👏
LoL he actually is the Swiss Army Knife of music. Some other reactors call him "The Walking Gift", or "the Alien", lol.
We RENegades pretty much just say he is his own Genre - the Genre of Ren. 😊
This is live notice the mic on the gown an he is plugged in on every thing
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I just saw your Hi Ren reaction, and put this journal entry of Ren's as my comment to that reaction.
jAN 01, 2023~~~rEN~
Up until I was 9 years old, I would intermittently hear a voice in my head that was not my own. The voice was distinctly different to mine, and always negative. It would self criticize or urge me to do things I knew to be morally wrong. The most peculiar thing about the voice was that it took no effort on my behalf to produce. My own thoughts always felt like there was a process that required effort to bring them to the forefront of my mind, this voice appeared as though it was spoken by another. The sentences felt predetermined like they had already been constructed.
I remember very vividly at 9 years old, becoming very frustrated with the voice. I stood in my back yard, internally screaming at the voice to be silent again and again, and it did. In a flash there was silence, to the point where my head felt like an empty room. I wasn't used to the quiet and that voice never returned. It almost felt lonely in my head.
When I got older I had intermittent bouts with auditory hallucinations where I would hear perfect symphonies, usually at night when drifting off to sleep. They were so clear that they sounded like they were emanating from a radio in the corner of my room. I knew they weren't there, but for some reason they never came with the feeling of fear. I also recall sitting on a bus at the age of 15, and hearing the sound of a crowded room, with about 100 voices chattering away, I was the only person apart from the driver on the bus.
These experiences were always very brief, and few and far between.
My last hallucination was during an intense bout of psychosis in 2015, and was my first visual hallucination. I was walking down a pavement after jumping out my mums car in a crossroads in a moment of frustration and distress with my condition. I was trying to run from myself. What appeared to be a homeless man with a dark complexion approached me, and asked me what was wrong. I explained that I had been sick most my life, and I wasn't sure I had the strength to continue. He looked at me, and smiled and told me 'everything is going to be okay in the end Ren.' I had not told him my name. There was something so overpoweringly sincere about this very simple message, which brought with it an overwhelming feeling of inner peace, and in a flash, he vanished.
My rational brain always linked these experiences to what the doctors have told me, that there are parts of my brain compromised by the autoimmunity in my body. That the myelin sheaths surrounding the complex electrical system that conduct my thoughts were damaged and compromised, causing these lucid experiences that I knew did not exist inside the physical world.
The part of me that edges away from logical and rational thought always attributed these thoughts to some kind of otherworldly intervention, that made my thoughts the battleground of some spiritual tug of war.
For a long time I never really acknowledged this part of myself, for with it brought the danger and stigma of sounding like a crazy person.
I decided with my latest release, to the best of my ability, to capture and express this chess match of thought.
Hi Ren comes out in just over 24 hours.
I can't wait for you all to hear it.
Welcome to the wonderful world of ren, where you can always expect the unexpected 😊 subbed to watch your journey down the ren rabbit hole 😁🥹💜💜
Subbed for more Ren. Yep, him playing in live performance. 🔥
This is a one take-live. I took 3 or 4 tries, 3-4 cameras. A man & his guitar. Pure art. Deep & real!
The audio is indeed a live from one take. The video is spliced together from multiple takes.
@@CreativePhotoWS Multiple takes or just multiple cameras edited into a continuous video? Couldn't have edited different camera takes as they wouldn't have synced with the music.
@@robperry5293 indeed it is from multiple takes. Ren says he was lucky his inner metronome was working well that day. The advantage of being able to pull back to the far camera certainly helps when sync is an issue. So it is multiple takes, using multiple cameras (3) and then edited into one video. Fair effort to be able to get something useable with so few takes to pull footage from.
Great reaction.
He is also a master of one-takes. This is a one-take. A whole load of his MV's are. His lifelong friend, Samuel Perry-Falvey is an amazing (and now an award winning) cinematographer that did this and most of Ren's other MVs. Ren is unfortunately back in hospital and will be going back to Canada for another round of 8-month treatment to try and get his body to recover. This man has lived through hell already (see his songs Seven Sins and Troubles for clarification) so we're all hoping he can rest and hopefully continue gifting us his masterpieces when he's better.
Yes. Ren is so unique. So different. So mega-skilled.
He's a ground-breaking & genre-blending artist - bringing a whole new Lens to every aspect of creativity.
He's also an amazing storyteller & - at times - a powerful social commentator > Spotlighting the challenging stories of our times.
He makes us laugh
He makes us cry
He makes us think
Ren IS the Modern Shakespeare...
Subbed, I envy you guys so much discovering all Ren things for the first time ! Have fun ! As recommended earlier, please do Money Game Pt3, it is imho his masterpiece
Great reaction ❤ DuoFecta you got my sub
Ren has lots of styles.
Performance: JENNY & SCREECH (FULL) - ruclips.net/video/TYAnqQ--KX0/видео.html
Also check out these rap hits (with incredible rhymes and double time):
HUNGER - ruclips.net/video/1T_fLytBFM4/видео.html
GENESIS - ruclips.net/video/YzsTdLIcbzU/видео.html
LOSING IT - ruclips.net/video/mLvAGjhDssc/видео.html
ILLEST OF OUR TIME - ruclips.net/video/tB-JGSdBerE/видео.html
SEVEN SINS - ruclips.net/video/v16IGHPKQ8Y/видео.htmlfeature=shared
WICKED WAYS - ruclips.net/video/B81BZJPKjlI/видео.htmlfeature=shared
ANIMAL FLOW - ruclips.net/video/F4mUnmFbVNg/видео.html
Ren was with a group called The Big Push. I Shot the Sheriff / Road to Zion / Hip Hop - ruclips.net/video/uSeCuR51rek/видео.html
Also, Ren & Sam with Earned It / Man’s World / Falling - ruclips.net/video/d8nBzrhd8Ro/видео.html
He also does live duet ballads (one take) with Chinchilla CHALK OUTLINES - ruclips.net/video/35yALr_opeg/видео.html
And HOW TO BE ME (LIVE) - ruclips.net/video/SDR7sup3DsU/видео.html
Obviously, there are more on his channel - www.youtube.com/@RenMakesMusic/videos
And on The Big Push channel - www.youtube.com/@TheBigPushBand/videos
And trickthefox channel (his earliest stuff) - www.youtube.com/@trickthefox/videos
The 3 Money Games:
#1(performance) - ruclips.net/video/0ivQwwgW4OY/видео.htmlfeature=shared
#2 (lyrical) - ruclips.net/video/YonS9_QJbp8/видео.htmlfeature=shared
#3 (performance) - ruclips.net/video/nyWbun_PbTc/видео.htmlfeature=shared
MG3 is now an award-winning International Video Music Awards winner Best Music Video - www.imvawards.com/winners-season-january-2024
For context for SICK BOI (his follow up to HI REN) - ruclips.net/video/3Q6uCrpzbPY/видео.htmlfeature=shared and KUJO BEAT DOWN - ruclips.net/video/it_hPbqcYOA/видео.htmlsi=QsAwgTxdIZzKWYSd, I suggest watching Ren's 35 minute video about his legal battle with Kujo first - ruclips.net/video/K72abdMZbGA/видео.htmlsi=RcdWPcyyvVdvEkl2
And there are many, many more but this is a start.
This was a lovely reaction thank you!! I subbed super fast!! Kujo beat down was quite an introduction to Ren, for many of us this was our first experience of his work! Since I discovered him about 18 months ago I’ve listened to nothing else since! Really appreciated your genuine and thoughtful observations. Welcome to the rabbit hole, prepare to be surprised at every turn and all us Renegades will be pleased to join you on your journey!! Much love from the UK!😊xxx
Always happy to welcome anew renegade, but if you're going to pause in the middle of the songs best lines please go back a bit💙🇬🇧
happy to sub, #386. great reactions guys, looking forward to more, you/re in for a treat with Ren :)
Just watched your Kujo Beat Down - you had no idea 😅 because ‘Hi Ren’ is the way many of us began our trip down the Ren rabbit hole. The shock on your faces at the 9 minute video 😂 Really liked your reaction. Thanks ❤
I’m gonna sub for your adventure. Looking forward to it.
Welcome to the journey of REN next the Hunger
You should react to "Sick Boi" but "Money Game part 3" is his true masterpiece. Enjoy!!!
- just another Renegade
Don't know jenny and screech is a pretty good tale.
@@anthonywhiteside9369 Oh, it was wonderful, but check out "Money Game 3 though. I was left twice as speechless!
I agree with Sick Boi, and then "The Tale of Jenny & Screech (full version) but jumping straight to "Money Game Part 3" rather than watching the Trilogy ?
@@wembley636 Don't get me wrong, part 1 and 2 are sweet work, but they are utterly unrelated so nothing will be lost doing this.
I do appreciate your attention to detail though. Many reactors just blindly skip stuff, so kudos. Enjoy!!!
@@Rhett-q4n Fair comment, get your point
Enjoy your Ren journey great reaction ✌️❤️🏴.
FWIW, you've now watched the only two songs with good/bad Ren. People are going to ask for The Tales and Money Game trilogy now, and that's cool... but they're also the last major "bardcore" storytelling songs, so you're still just in one lane but not the whole trip. Ren does *all* kinds of rap, and that's just rap... he actually does basically all kinds of *music*. You're right, no two songs are the same.
Hope you guys pick more Ren. Try Sick Boi next. 🔥😀👍
Renegades unite! We're here... We subscribe... & we share your journey down the rabbit hole...
Ren is a once in a lifetime artist. He crosses many genres & has a back catalogue of work that you are going to ❤
And, you've seen nothing yet, the different flow switches that Ren can masterfully produce are phenomenal ✨🎶
Can't wait for your next one!!!
For the algo🎉 Thank you
11:12 The man embodies music in a way that few have in the history of recorded music. And then add to that the fact that he conceptualizes directs and edits his videos. And he seems to be an excellent actor to boot.
You guys are why we watch reactions. You get it. Liked and Subscribed.
Much love ❤️ Sue
I just saw your Hi Ren reaction, and put this journal entry of Ren's as my comment to that reaction.
~~~~~~jAN 01, 202~~rEN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Up until I was 9 years old, I would intermittently hear a voice in my head that was not my own. The voice was distinctly different to mine, and always negative. It would self criticize or urge me to do things I knew to be morally wrong. The most peculiar thing about the voice was that it took no effort on my behalf to produce. My own thoughts always felt like there was a process that required effort to bring them to the forefront of my mind, this voice appeared as though it was spoken by another. The sentences felt predetermined like they had already been constructed.
I remember very vividly at 9 years old, becoming very frustrated with the voice. I stood in my back yard, internally screaming at the voice to be silent again and again, and it did. In a flash there was silence, to the point where my head felt like an empty room. I wasn't used to the quiet and that voice never returned. It almost felt lonely in my head.
When I got older I had intermittent bouts with auditory hallucinations where I would hear perfect symphonies, usually at night when drifting off to sleep. They were so clear that they sounded like they were emanating from a radio in the corner of my room. I knew they weren't there, but for some reason they never came with the feeling of fear. I also recall sitting on a bus at the age of 15, and hearing the sound of a crowded room, with about 100 voices chattering away, I was the only person apart from the driver on the bus.
These experiences were always very brief, and few and far between.
My last hallucination was during an intense bout of psychosis in 2015, and was my first visual hallucination. I was walking down a pavement after jumping out my mums car in a crossroads in a moment of frustration and distress with my condition. I was trying to run from myself. What appeared to be a homeless man with a dark complexion approached me, and asked me what was wrong. I explained that I had been sick most my life, and I wasn't sure I had the strength to continue. He looked at me, and smiled and told me 'everything is going to be okay in the end Ren.' I had not told him my name. There was something so overpoweringly sincere about this very simple message, which brought with it an overwhelming feeling of inner peace, and in a flash, he vanished.
My rational brain always linked these experiences to what the doctors have told me, that there are parts of my brain compromised by the autoimmunity in my body. That the myelin sheaths surrounding the complex electrical system that conduct my thoughts were damaged and compromised, causing these lucid experiences that I knew did not exist inside the physical world.
The part of me that edges away from logical and rational thought always attributed these thoughts to some kind of otherworldly intervention, that made my thoughts the battleground of some spiritual tug of war.
For a long time I never really acknowledged this part of myself, for with it brought the danger and stigma of sounding like a crazy person.
I decided with my latest release, to the best of my ability, to capture and express this chess match of thought.
Hi Ren comes out in just over 24 hours.
I can't wait for you all to hear it.
People seem to love ren 😊
Hi guys, here from Ren's patron, another Reneade sharing your reactions to Ren. Welcome to the journey. It's so exiting to come across reactors who are new to Ren :)
Alright, another RENEGADE SUSCRIBED!!! LETS GOOOOOO!
@@chris_rrr7184 Yeah, I try not to be a killjoy and let it be, but, yes, it does make me cringe a little too 😂.
To each his own ... RENegade here!!! 😂🫶🎸♥️
And another #RENegade
Another renegade here, welcome to the rabbit hole. Would love you to react to Ren the Hunger and love music part 1 , 2, and 3. Enjoy!
@@drum253😂😂😂
Welcome to the Reniverse. He raps, sings, plays guitar & piano, produces, and his acting in his videos is top notch. The only thing I’ve seen him do poorly is dribble a basketball.😂 Looking forward to more reactions from you.
RENEGADES SWARM
Oh dudes. U r going backward. U think u know. U still don't. So jealous that u will be seeing all of Ren for the first time. Hello from Charleston, SC, USA. Buckle up buttercups😂❤😂❤
Love it when reactors give ren most of the screen, great reaction and welcome, live one take, just saying
Can't wait to see what comes next on your Ren rollercoaster! 🥰
🔥🤘
Tale of Jenny and screech, losing it, murderer, money game xx
New sub
🔥🔥🔥💙💙💙💥💥💥
Dude react to the tale of Jenny & Screech from Ren, that will blow your mind too
Subbed for more Ren 😊
You have to do REN’s trilogy ‘Jenny & Screech’. It will stay with you.
Great reaction!🔥 👏
Welcome to the Reniverse!🤩
Subbed to follow your journey down the Ren rabbit hole! ❤️🔥
Please you guys. Ren, he does a mash up of bob marley Damien marley. And hiphop. Il leave that to your imagination. Ren big push. Bob marley.. roll with that. This guy has so many strings to his bow. Your not ready brothers. Enjoy the ride. I promise you you will love that 1
Sorprise!!!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my goooooooood....9 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!! my attention span doesn't exceed 10 seconds, my day is ruined!!1!1!!!!!
Great reaction 🙂 New sub for your Ren journey ❤
RENegades mount up 🤘
If you love REN look up The big Push ♥️ Watch him play guitar 🎸 live 🎉
idk if I can cope with what this song just did to my psyche🥴
But amazing reaction boys!!
Captions and Ren do not work well together. Turn them off for Jenny & Screech (FULL), as it will contain spoilers.
Where do you want to go from here? Name a style any style and I'll give you a song title. Of his.
is he playing the guitar for real? you cant be serious. can you not seeing him actually playing it
While we all know Ren's talent with the guitar, folks new to Ren have no idea. So they question various aspects of the artistry. The proper response is "Yes, Ren is playing the guitar live as he performs. Ren is self-taught on the guitar and piano and an extremely hard worker learning his craft." That is more positive and shows emplathy for the reactors, who early on are not informed. I want DuoFecta to react to more Ren videos, therefore please be positive.
@@im2yz4u17 Well said
This is a one take. (Live) It took 4 tries.
Silly comment is he playing the guitar for real?
Worst pausing ever