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I love this segment. It is a perfect demonstration of spiraling anxiety. At first he is just trying to explain what he was thinking, but then he is harshly critical of his initial presentation, followed by becoming harshly critical of his harsh criticism. Beating himself up over beating himself up. And the fact that the video keeps looping shows how negative thoughts create that endless spiral where you feel bad about feeling bad about feeling bad. It is genius and very moving if you have ever been trapped in a spiral like that.

I would have loved a long version of that song.

I think the “overlapping “ commentaries are also meant to represent anxiety prone overthinking , overanalyzing, until it turns into a cacophony of raceing thoughts ... one of the meta levels of this little piece of genius .

Love the visual representation of an anxiety spiral, as well as how he trolled so many reactors. He's a youtuber, so he must have known this would work as a kind of prank haha

"this is too meta", "there's more layers", it's almost like you could predict what was coming but also really couldn't lmao

"This is too meta for me dude!" I felt so bad for you at that point, because I was like "Yeah... You ain't seen nothing yet..." LOL

"Oh this is too meta for me..." Oh no...

Just wanted to say I'm absolutely blown away at how in depth you analyse each song of Bo's!! I've been watching a bunch of reactors and you are by far the most insightful (and fun to watch ofc!) Thank you for recording these and sharing with us! 🌻

If I remember right, Bo has spoken in interviews about how his live specials were basically scripted to the breath, given the complexities of his creative vision for them. If that's true, scripting and performing the reaction sequence must have been simple by comparison!

The songs and bits are good, but honesty the moments in between each song are what put a lot of these into context and makes the payoff at the end just so much better

Reactions to Bo have been extra popular, especially for Inside, and it's because he blocked the comments on all his songs. Normally, when people watch a video, they immediately go into the comments to talk about it with other people, or simply to hear additional thoughts on the subject.

Good analysis on how he possibly did it. It broke my brain trying to figure it out when I watched it for the first time.

I guess unpaid internship is like an artist getting paid in exposure

3:55 Chris: This is too meta for me, dude! Me: You have no idea how meta this is going to get!… 😁 Was "mannerisms" the word you were looking for? 🤔 I love how insightful and thorough your reactions are, going as far as paying attention even to technical details! (Being so personable also helps…😉) I hope you don't start reacting to uninteresting stuff when you run out of Bo content because I'd miss my daily dose of Chris! 😄

I’m surprised no one has brought up the H3 interview with bo where they were live and accidentally pulled it up on their screen so it was basically a real life reaction their current conversation 😂

I still think this one of the most genius things ever done. The idea itself and the execution is mind blowing.

When I saw that bit my first thought was how funny it would be when someone reacts to this on KZfaq 😅😅😅 it's surreal af

I was kind of puzzled how he made it as well for a while, but I think maybe the simplest way (which still would obviously take practice/timing) is to have just had the original Unpaid Intern video playing on loop (since each iteration is that same length). Then he could know where he is supposed to be in each iteration based on where it is in the original video. I don't know if that makes sense but yeah something like that maybe :).

Another amazing reaction. I look forward to your posts due to your personality and in depth analysis of each song in the special

This reaction must have been a lot of fun to do

Once you get done reacting to the videos from "Inside", you really need to sit down and enjoy it in its entirety. It hits differently watching it in order and there is more to it than just all the songs of course. I was going to ask if you are familiar with Bo's older works? Because they shine a light on his mental state and things that have bothered him over the years. If you haven't, I can give you a key list of songs that are a must watch when it comes to Bo Burnham. Some even as far back as 2010. You talked about Bo's hiatus in a previous video, so that makes me think you are familiar with a lot of his older stuff and know his backstory with mental health and all that. Edit: time to watch the video

Another phenomenal reaction, thank you for being unafraid of sharing your opinions and analysis. Also yes, loving yourself and being confident is difficult to do and feel but practice makes it much easier and I appreciate that you touched on that.

your reactions are a joy to watch. thank you!

Your reactions are great! I’m glad you’re back to making more!

Currently waiting for the "Look Who's Inside Again". I love your videos, I think you're one of the YT reactors that actually have a great analysis on these videos (bo's). Love the way you pay attention to almost everything. I appreciate that man :) keep it up! Will wait for more!!

This was the most fascinating reaction to watch of all the ones I've seen you do for Bo Burnham LOL. Your bemusement as he reacted to his reaction was gold!

wow, really insightful commentary and analysis on both the song and the visual production side of it?? thought i’d never see it

Ok so I looked away while I had this on, your voice and cadence is hilariously similar to Bo's. It's almost like he added another layer of reacting on top of this.

I really liked this and all of your reaction videos. I'm 32 so it is a generational stretch for me to watch any reaction video. It's not my thing, but I understand that it helps us humans feel connected to another human. I found someone that talked about you in comment on a bo burnham reddit thread and I have enjoyed seeing the emotions on your face change while watching. I've seen the tears in your eyes and the expressions on your face. It's a weird cool thing you are doing. It makes me feel connected to humanity. I've been a Bo fan for over ten years. I instantly wanted your take on this video because in a sense it makes fun of what you do, while still doing what you do. I would have just loved to watch you watch the whole special, you know the way you watch a friend discover something you love sitting next to you on the couch. I'm sure you know that feeling, because you are doing it remotely. Inside is meant to be played in it's chronological order, in my opinion. And without interruptions. But you still made me feel something watching you. I didn't listen much to what you were saying, because I think that in Bo's case interpretation is part of his art piece. Your emotions made me feel though and thank you for that.

As usual, your reactions are the best! And it's okay, take the time you need to post, we will wait ✨ The first thought I had while watching that segment was "this is how anxiety feels like" it starts with something small, then it becomes bigger and bigger, then the intrusive thoughts come, and then it's a never ending spiral. Then again I learned that "self awareness" part too, in therapy. My therapist said that being self aware of our trauma actually deepened the trauma itself hahaha there's a longer explanation of that, but that's basically it

3:13 "this is too meta for me" You didn't even knew how right you were

I’m convinced bo could do any genre of music and make it sound good!

been loving the videos! don't worry about the day you miss dude, you are doing great!

I love the fact he used a jazz vibe for this song because it reminds me of the jazzy chorus songs we sang as kids like the one that went “16 tons and what do you get, another day older and deeper in depth” and “sold my soul to the company store” and just how the kids signing these in chorus don’t get it but now post college I’m like it’s so hard because in specific majors and specialities there are no paid internships. In fact you pay your college for a credit that is used for an internship which technically means you’re paying to be an intern. It’s ridiculous. But this happens with social work, many psychology internships, teachers internships. It’s horrible. But when you’re forced to just to get credits to graduate it’s like what else are you supposed to do?

This was awesome! Keep it up!

3:53 I love how they both move their heads to the rhythm of the music hahahaha

Nice reaction dude, pretty pretty good

Brave upload dude, brave upload. Honestly, I think you get most of it. But yeah maybe knowing the critisisms are also true.. and getting past that is the hard part. But also that may be just me.

Hey! The new Chris Reacts just dropped!

legend has it that the video keeps playing over and over and he's still reacting to this

I have severe anxiety and ocd and literally most of my obsessions are mental, exactly like this. Id spend hours a night running through all my conversations from the day, to try to figure out where i sounded stupid or was misunderstood, and the more i did it the worse it was. I dont know that this part gets much attention but it was one of my favorite parts.

Such unique conceptual timing!

On a lighter note, i thought i could share this.. Back in August i got an (unpaid) internship at a bakery/ cafe and i thought it would be hilarious to set this song as my ringtone. (ikr) So this one day, as we were about to leave, my boss hauls this huge ass Zebra out of the walk in that he shot on his yearly hunting trip and the interns had the 'privilege' of breaking it down for him. Since a Zebra carcass in the kitchen was a rare sight, most of the staff (as well as my boss) were watching us and a while later my mom calls to figure out where i was and, well, i couldn't hang up since my hands were covered in zebra. Unpaid intern was just blasting at full volume in this vacant, quiet bakery from my back pocket. My friend thought it was hilarious but i nearly shat myself. I didn't get fired tho, surprisingly, but i still haven't looked my boss in the eyes. Maybe he felt called out, idk. Its funnier in hindsight than it was in the moment haha (edit: spelling mistake)

At the start of the video "this is too meta for me" lmao bro you just got started on the meta strap in

This is my absolute favorite

I'm thinking he filmed with streaming program like OBS and had it set to play what he was currently "streaming" after the song, and it just naturally caved in on itself. Maybe that's too galaxy brain but it seems like he genuinely is seeing the video, but maybe he's just a really good actor.

In the medical field, we call the unpaid intern “student” under the umbrella of “clinical experience”. I don’t actually feel like people in that situation should be paid, since people are taking time out of their actual duties to do in person teaching in a clinical setting. Sounds like companies have sort of bastardized this idea to not pay people doing actual autonomous work. Naaaaay

I love that you had the opportunity to feel it was too meta so early

as always, the BEST react. (pls do "Art Is Dead")

He recognized reaction videos to his stuff has become a cottage industry and threw all of you a shout out in the most Bo way possible

The way this is the exact thing Bo talks about in this segment of the special

This is the best reaction of this

can't wait to see who reacts to this

I don't know if anyone's commented this and you've probably figured it out for yourself but the "easy" way to replicate what Bo did is to record the entire "first" reaction and add a green screen where the reaction video will be shown in post. Then he can chroma key the recording of the first reaction while editing and keep looping it.

He actually seems to have gotten this idea from the H3H3 Podcast episode he did, where they accidentally started watching their own live feed and this started happening. So, you have a video feed being recorded, and you start playing the music video live, fullscreen. Then, cut to the camera on Bo, and pop up in the Picture in Picture on the screen the stream playback, which is paused. so when he hits play for the first time in the reaction video, he's playing the feed he just started recording, and from there on, the video make itself, no cuts.

He says "this is too meta" at the beginning of the skit 😅

In every reaction he peeled back another layer. First reaction was surface-level. Second reaction was him realizing how pretentious he sounded to himself with his initial reaction. Third reaction was him realizing that even when he holds himself under a microscope, it's only a defense mechanism. Every reaction was peeling back another layer and he got to the point where he wanted it to end because it's easier to hide behind the layers then to strip them away and really look at your motivations and what's really deep down. I think that's the point he was trying to convey with the skit. The more layers we peel back, the more we see, and most of us really don't want to see ourselves for who we are because I think all of us will realize that the deeper we go into why we are who we are and why we do what we do, and the more honest we are with ourselves about the reasons behind the reasons within the reasons, the more we discover that if you dig deep enough, you will always find dirt. I'm pretty sure this is based on at least one philosophical concept or exercise, the why behind the why behind the why, and if I remember correctly, it's about how there's always a root of selfishness in everything we do, no matter what the surface-level says, or how altruistic someone seems. It stems from the argument that altruism does not exist and all we do is rooted in selfishness and self-interest. Think of someone with what is called a good conscience who helps someone in need. Why does this person help? First layer, because this person needs help and I have the ability to help. Go a few layers in, you realize this person would feel bad if they didn't help, it would weigh on their conscience, maybe they're just helping so they don't feel bad for not helping, whatever helps them sleep at night, right, and then there's more layers after that.Think about why you wouldn't want something bad to happen to a loved one. If you dig deep enough, you realize that the core reason you would cry if you heard that someone close to you died is because they meant something to you. When strangers die, you might feel bad about it for a few seconds, but their lives don't have as much value to you as a friend or family member. Therefore, all of someone's value and worth, to you, is based on their connection to you. You are at the center of their value and worth. This whole special is about peeling back layers. In this skit, he wants the self evaluation to stop. By the end of the special, he is naked in the spotlight for everyone to see. Or maybe, like Bo, I'm overanalyzing this whole thing and if you look at anything long enough, you can always find something wrong with it. I just read through what I posted, and wow, hate to steal Bo's word, but I'm coming off as really pretentious. This whole comment is one big look at how deep and thoughtful I am, yet my life's a mess. Why did I feel the need to give a lecture like I'm some professor at a college? Just so I can check back later, hoping that people liked my comment, maybe left a comment to my comment saying something like wow that's really insightful, another pathetic attempt to be validated. I just read through everything I wrote so far. I really am pathetic. I realize that my first reaction is just me being a narcissistic attention-seeking preachy know-it-all a hole, so what do I do? I point it out in an attempt to seem humble and self-reflective, and how is that any different from the first comment I left? Basically did the same exact thing. Just another way of saying look at me. If I really felt that way about the first comment, why didn't I just delete it or change it and start over instead of trying to run myself through some discount redemption arc? I'm saying about what I said, oh, I'm just being a pretentious a hole, then I posted anyway? Look at me everyone, I'm deep about realizing that I'm not deep. Pathetic. Everything I wrote is garbage. It's less than nothing. I'm not even going to delete it because I don't want to be able to come back from this, I want to know that if I leave a comment now on something, someone's going to read this comment and realize that I'm full of s*** and then maybe if I'm held accountable for these empty, dog and pony show comments, it will shame me into not writing stupid s*** like this. No more edits, I can't do this anymore. If you see me leave a comment in the future, it's all bullsh**, I really don't have anything of value to say.

I also think he's making a point that any content creator can have their hard work turned into derivative works that add very little in the way of new content to the original and this process can go on for ever. To the point that people will react to others reactions.

I'm surprised I don't see any comments saying that he could have just streamed the video to his laptop on a delay. Streaming platforms let you set delays. So, he could have streamed with the delay timer set to be just as long as his song, and then done it all in 1 take. A lot of other options mentioned I these comments are valid as well, I would think this would be the simplest method.

This is meta as fuck. A reactor reacting to a reaction of a reaction of a song to multiple reactions of the song uhhhhh.... my brain hurts

Watching this video is the closest we’ve come to the universe collapsing in on itself.

i can see you and bo being friends

I am not an expert and I don't really know if it's possible to do that, but I thought that maybe he recorded the reaction to the music video first, then paused the recording and continued from where he paused. And during that he just played the already recorded things to witch the new records added automaticly? And yeah I am unsure about this because I don't know if it's technically possible to play the recording while you continue to record it

This was fun to watch

This is crazy a reaction video to a reaction video that doesn't start as a reaction video.

If you watch old interviews of bo when he was networking “Eighth Grade” he talks about these topics like they were burning up inside him.

I feel everything in this special has a deeper meaning. But what is it in the song about facetiming with his mom and white woman's instagram?

He got you

anyone with anxiety knows exactly what this feels like

Probably the best way I can describe the skit in the shortest way possible, is toxic self-deconstruction

Maybe this is how it feels to keep seeing moments of your own life on screen. “I want this to stop”. And he doesn’t do press anymore. Doesn’t talk about his own art anymore.

I think he recorded the song and then reacted to it, and as soon as it started he could have been streaming his camera feed directly to himself in the computer, so that way he could react in real time to the thing he was recording if that even makes sense.

I'm pretty sure he made this for the real reactions videos to come

Working for “experience/exposure” was the worst. I had an unpaid internship at Sears a few years ago. It’s not worth doing retail work for nothing.

This is too meta lmao

I don't do reactions, but I have a strong urge to react to your reaction

Great songs.

This is the biggest oxymoron ever

I was hoping you’d continue the bit when the base video ended and reacted to your own reaction too

14:09 Reaction videos are easy to make... but hard to make well.

I don't know man, it didn't end so well last time...

Was really hoping you'd react to yourself reacting to it at the end.

this guys room looks exactly like MoistCritical.

HOW do you only have 10k subscribers

The irony is real lol

but some degrees require internships, my daughter was paid, my son was not….but my son received a manager job at the end…

Reactionception

You're the type of person Bo's making fun of :)

this is really ironic

Pretty sure it’s a single take dude, which we watch on the left throughout. Then he just cuts off the last reaction in post and crops it into the the top right. Then he repeats that again several times.

I don't think he actually live-reacted to anything. The entire bit is scripted and rehearsed to perfection. He already knows what to say and when to say it. That's bow Bo Burnham works. He could perform this bit (and just about any of the bits in this special) live, and it would be almost exactly the same.

How the hell he still doesn't realize how ironic is this?

You should have immediately started reacting to your reaction of Bo after the video

Unpaid interns should have like a contract like if I work for you for 4-5 months for free, I get a complementary car paid by the company or a lease for a house, not paying interns is just crueler than the devil himself honestly

MINIMUM WAGE IN THE US IS 7 DOLLARS WTF!?

so he end's up reacting to bo burnham reacting to bo burnham reacting to bo burnham reacting to bo burnham reacting to bo burnham reacting unpaid intern

Breaking news: Reactor reacts to Reactor reacting to a Reactor reacting to a Reactor reacting to Unpaid Intern by Bo Burnham

Remember, Actors Act, it's kind of the way it works, its a show, entertainment, he makes you think, perhaps a bit too much IDK.. Yes he is talented and yes, everything he does is scripted out. again, that's kind of how it works. ironically, he is showing all your reactors that he is toying with you LOL

I'm the 200th like!! Oh yeah!! Love your Bo reactions Chris!