I still tear up during the middle and then I get hit with “a goat cheese salaaaad” while I’m practically crying. Only Bo

You're the first reacter I've seen who caught the bit about her being 17 when her mom died. That and her dad being dead too ("give a hug and kiss to dad") chokes me up every time I hear it. 27 is so young to lose both parents.

I love when a reactor is switched on. You nailed it man. Some people miss the fact that we're following ONE particular white woman and her Instagram posts. Yeah, he's poking fun at the cliches but the white woman is not the butt of the joke. If anything, he's highlighting problematic format of social media and how we post these curated snapshots of great moments, which simply aren't an accurate depiction of our lives. Another thing I noticed is that a lot of reactors praise Bo for the shots and how long it must have taken to create each one - but that just proves that these type of Instagram photos do take a lot of work. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's a valid creative outlet.

I'm currently 19 years old, and my mum died about 4 months before my 16th birthday. I miss her every single day, and that small segment of this song came out of left field and punched me right in the gut, because I've been exactly there. I'm starting to get my life together, I have a job and a girlfriend, I'm working on saving up for an actual car instead of my garbage can on wheels, but I can't tell her that. I'm looking at going into journalism as a career, but I can't tell her that. I feel that section of the song so personally it chokes me up every single time I hear it. I can guarantee you that when I'm 26 I'll feel the exact same way, the knowledge that no matter what I do in life I can't share it with her is reflected so perfectly here it hurts. I hope she'd be proud of what I'm becoming, but I have no way of knowing. Thanks for the video man, your reaction and analysis really was impeccable.

the fact that he clearly took a huge amount of time on constructing those shots kinda makes me wonder about all the people who genuinely think he's making fun of women with this song. like this is an homage, not a piss-take. also just in case you missed it from the monologue, but both "her" parents are dead, not just her mom.

The switch the song takes from just being a silly song to talking about something much deeper is something Bo has done a few times and it always works well. It can really change how you think of the song

I love how the first half of the song and the second half are essentially the same (mock Instagram posts and silly lyrics), but we as the viewer are forced to see the second half through a different lens because of the power of the middle segment. It’s like we’re being called out for being judgemental and superficial. On the surface the song feels like it’s suppose to be a dig about white women on Instagram, but because of that one scene in the middle, the song becomes more about us and how we interact with people on the internet. We think we’re going to laugh at white women, but end up having to take a look at ourselves. And all that is perfectly achieved by just a few lines and shifting frame.

"I have two Corgi's and they're very loud" I think we need them in an on Camera "interview"

That part where the characters sings about her mom made me sob horribly, I lost my mom last year and it still hits every time I listen to that specific part. You nailed it, because idk why many people think that's part of making fun of the "white woman" character, but I think it does show the vulnerability of people that seem to have a "perfect" life

You’ll get comments saying they think the middle section is still making fun of the post and saying they’re using family issues and emotional trauma for a vapid grab for sympathy points. Ignore them. You got it right. He’s definitely illustrating that even though these accounts might be silly and derivative, and maybe even a carefully curated persona to present life as perfect, there are real people behind these accounts.

Easily the best reaction I’ve ever seen of this. This aesthetic is my aesthetic and I never felt like I was the butt of a joke, it’s actually watching white guys react to this that makes me feel like the butt of a joke (but not you

*Side note Bo was 27 when he wrote and directed his first feature film called "8th Grade" It's a film about a young girl navigating her way through a world which is so focused on appearances and online presence. The age balloons might be a nod to that film and the subject matter is most probably also a reflection of it as well.

You actually brought a new view about this clip that I haven't thought of before, the girl having her Instagram as her personal heaven where she can show her mom and dad how she's growing and all, thank you so much for that, your takes were amazing

My favorite part about the aspect ratio is how messy the rest of the room looks, random stuff jammed into a drawer that can't close because of the mess on the left, props, more mess and a mug sitting next to the keyboard on the left... I mean, I worked on marketing before and the "yeah move the frame 1cm in any direction and the illusion of perfection is broken" is true as fuck. Nothing to me, not even the lyrics, sell harder the idea that this person is putting in a lot of effort into pretending they have a perfect life online than the messy areas that were out of the shot before the aspect ratio changed.

That part always makes me tear up. I haven’t lost a parent- yet. But that’s the tragic part of the song. We will all lose our parents at some point, and whether it’s when we’re 17 or even 50 years old or whatever, i don’t think we’ll ever be ready to say goodbye to them.

Oh my god when you mentioned “Is this heaven?” When talking about her caption to her mom I literally got goosebumps like it was a revelation.

I think the crux of this song is that Burnham is making fun of, but is also empathetic for, these women who take their lives and turn it into a performance for an audience on the internet, because it's no different from what he is doing. This very special could be seen as just as self indulgent on the part of a privledged white person as anything on Instagram. I think Bo knows that he isn't any different from these women, and shares common humanity with them. Which is why it doesn't come across as mean spirited.

Why does every Bo song have one moment where I get full body chills 😩 Just want to point out the "goats cheese salad" bit hits funny, but also shows how life just goes in despite grief. And she's getting married, but now we know more about this woman, we have the insight of what she will be feeling getting married without her parents. Without that we would just see a random influencer type girl showing off her wedding. But now we know that even if she doesn't post it, it's going to be hard on her.

The next one "Unpaid Intern" should be reacted to along with the skit that comes right afterwards, just letting you know! i know you arent doing the skits but trust me on this one, the song is only 30s anyway.

I've seen so many reactions of people who just gloss over the middle part or even laugh during it like "Haha, yea, I've seen those posts". The amount of shallow, low effort reaction channels is staggering. I'm glad you're doing it right, this is one of the better reactions to this songs I've seen

I've watched this special something like 15+ times and this song doesn't normally hit me. That changed today. Watching how it affected you really put it in perspective for me. I actually feel like I might have a better understanding of the song because of your reaction. Thanks for the great videos.

I personally think that the "is this heaven" is in reference to how people try to portray their life as perfect in social media, but then he shows the "real" bits of life with the death of her parents and her engagement etc etc

I appreciate this reaction a lot. The breakdown also got me, as I too am a father of two daughters and I was initially confused by my own reaction to the song. It hit me hard - gut punch, really. I thought it was sadness initially but what I realized after watching it a few times that it's actually feeling proud. I can picture my two girls who are only 4 and 2 right now growing up and having a job that they love and an SO they love and it just makes me proud to even think about that. Of course it's sad to think of my kids out on their own alone without me but that's not the real feeling I felt, I just didn't really understand it. Damn you, Bo... you're making me feel things!

you caught so many details for watching that for the first time, I loved your reaction!One other topic I haven’t seen many people mention is that this women also seems to use her instagram for performative activism (ripping off the ‘hate’ tape, ‘my favourite position is CEO’ shirt, mean vs nice things written on face). She also arguably has some posts that indicate her activism is just from the perspective of a white person, it’s not intersectional. For example: buying a dream catcher from urban outfitters, putting a feather in her hair when posing with the vines (dressing up as a Native American maybe?). I’m not decided on what I think Bo was trying to say by this, maybe just trying to be realistic? Or maybe I’ve just seen this song too many times I’m over analyzing this shit

I heard someone explain that this song is mocking the pointlessness of instagram posts, but also cautioning that even though it is stupid, it's important to remember that these are real people on the other side.

I think he’s trying to play off of the pre assumption that the Instagram is shallow but then shows how it all is just a way for this woman to deal with existential dread and the knowledge that life ends. Purposely creating “cliche” moments to capture little moments in time before it’s all gone

My mum passed away about a month before Inside came out, and this song hit hard. Thinking about all the things she'll never be there for - meeting the person that I spend the rest of my life with, being there for my wedding, when I get my first house, etc. etc. It's hard knowing all the big things she'll never see, but sometimes it's the tiniest things that hurt the most - me wanting to show her a new book I've read, or wanting to pick her flowers, or going to chat with her after I've been out all day...

Reaction starts at 0:42 Had to blur a couple parts because of copyright. If anyone has any tips on how to avoid that, let me know! 🙂

I just realized you're the first person who reacted to this that I've watched and took it as a narrative instead of random fictional women. I like that interpretation. This is one of my fav songs of his because what seems to be satire gets pulled inside out (and Bo knows waaaaasy too much about structure ect that I think inside out is the intended idea) with her love letter to her mom and then it's almost like satirizing the satire. Like no these aren't always just random pics to seem deep. Like you said, there's a person behind that. Some of the images are just aesthetics but some have a lot of meaning and we don't always know which pics have that meaning.

I love that he included that serious part in the middle. It changes the entire scope of the song, and about much of Instagram and its users. Sometimes social media is not a deceptive veneer so much as it is a coping mechanism. This is a great example of a comedian punching up instead of down. Anyone could make a satirical song about white women and instagram but very few of them would actually try to make a genuine point while doing it. Another reason Bo might actually heal the world with comedy, no matter how ridiculous he might think that sounds.

You are one of the few who watched this and got hit in the feels, and rightfully so🥺 we are all people behind the screen, and you never know, maybe those cutesy pics are the only things bringing this person joy, even if they're cliche. The heaven thing can also be interpreted as refuge, the place where its all good, so all the pics are beautiful and joyful...and mom is there too 😔You'd be surprised how many dudebros thought Bo gave them a green light to mock and how many women just got offended 😅 this song is beautiful, and Bo is a genius!

Unironically some of the best react content in KZfaq. I hope you enjoy this enough to keep going and hopefully get the support you deserve continuing into the future with other content beyond Inside.

Bo really does have beautiful eyes.

Watching through all your Inside reactions in order, and I have to say you're obviously incredibly perceptive picking up so many elements on your first watch, but what made me happiest was you marking the 'Three little words, a couple of doves, and a ring on her finger from the person that she loves' line. I've found so few people register it, but I definitely don't think it's an accident that it comes after the bridge, and is the *only* line in a verse that references the person directly rather than being pure passive description. It really melds the double meaning of the song, and just epitomises Bo Burnham for me - poking fun at the cliche of it all whilst this deep seam of empathy runs underneath. Anyway, loving your videos and I'm excited to see what you do after Inside!

I love how you take the time to apreciate the visuals of every video

Crazy thought I had today: This song is about Bo. He is the "white woman". The jokes are about the superficial and "basic" production tricks and emotional hooks on social media, but that's exactly what Bo does with the production values and techniques used in this special. Going deeper, in All Eyes on Me, there's the canned laugh track laughing at inappropriate moments when he takes his deepest pain and "produces" it for entertainment. In All Eyes on Me, we're on the Inside (pun?) of the experience, sympathizing with Bo, wagging our fingers at the tone-deaf "audience" in the laugh track. But this is the same song. This is a highly produced, curated artist who's a real person with real struggles. Except now we're on the outside looking in, laughing at the finished product because we're so divorced from the actual person behind it. In this song, we ARE the laugh track. "And then the funniest thing happened." "A goat cheese salad." These are the same line in the same part of the song. And the audience gives awkward, stilted laughter, wondering if it's ok we find it funny, but not sure if we want to think about how sad what we were just told is.

"I love like the blue lighting" oh I already know you're gonna love 2 more songs 😂😂

I had to subscribe. You pretty much understand everything he is meaning & I love it. The mom part with essentially the curtains opening up to see the bigger picture in someone’s life. And “Is this heaven? Or is it just a white womans instagram?” Pretty much saying people’s lives through social media usually looks amazing or heaven like but him adding the deep part about what we truly go through if you look past all that is amazing. Keep the reviews coming I’m invested! 😁

Best take on this song I’ve seen from any reactor. Keep doing what you’re doing :)

bro your making me fucking cry with the part talking about her mom

During the emotional part, when the aspect ratio widens, you also see the rest of the room - like open drawers and random stuff on a table - not just what youd see in the ig photo. I like.

"Its this heaven?" is a statement how people typically and especially the person in the song displays their Instagram as showing everything is fine and dandy, and once broken out of the aspect ratio and it gets REAL further emphasizes that everything taken on the internet is just face value to how the person behind it really is.

i lost my dad when i was 20, and my mom six years later. i always had a safety net, you know? i would fail and i knew someone was there to pick up the pieces. when my mom died, i knew i was truly on my own. this kills me every time i hear it. reminds me of a line from another song, not by bo - "leaving me was the best thing you ever taught me." life continues, the pain doesn't go away, and you have to keep going. bookended by the vapid positivity, helps ground you, understand people cope differently.

I love that when the ratio starts to widen, you go from seeing the "perfect photo" to seeing the messiness of the room that's lived in and kind of shows behind the scenes of the girls life outside of what she posts

You're the first reactor Ive watched that caught the hug and kiss to dad part

It is a projector. Maybe I'm reading into it but I do think it's funny that pumpkins show up so many times in this song with kind of similar motifs. The pumpkin candle illuminating his face is like we're looking at him in that light, he mentions them again in the scene where he's literally about to paint something white/paint over something to make it nondescript/"basic", and then he's naked under the pumpkin projection but we can't see him, only the projection. There's something there about the light we shine on "basic" women, or maybe the light they choose to shine on themselves, when in reality they are all unique and vulnerable people with their own individual tragedies and joys

can i just say he pulled off all of those outfits flawlessly

When the ratio starts shrinking again, is when she switches from talking about her mom to "bragging" about her accomplishment. I find that brilliant.

You seem super authentic and in touch with your emotions! Really love your reactions!

The switch of the song nearly gave me whiplash and the part with the dead mom hit me like a ton of bricks, I don’t know why I keep searching for this song reaction because it makes me cry every time

I honestly didn't know what to make of this song until I saw you put the pieces together. One thing that I like is the camera changes. Like how it expands when she is talking about her real life and past that is just raw and isn't curated and then collapses again to social media size when she's back to focusing on her audience.

Probably my favorite video so far! Keep up the nice work 🙌🏻

Yesss!! You caught everything! So satisfying to watch

Appreciate the way you bring your full self to these reactions, Chris!

dude you absolutely nailed the aspect ratio thing. it widens as she is finally being fully vulnerable and honest with no regard to the portrayal of it on social media. then when it becomes about the presentation again and what SHES done and doing, it starts going back to the performative aspect

I unironically love the rose taped to a wall and the shadow hand. I think it'd be a good album cover lmao

Awesome videos. Best reactions to inside I've seen yet!

I got choked up at that part, too.

Loved your insight into this video. Spot on.

Dude feel free to talk over it. We are here for the reaction. We could just go watch the video if that was what we were after. I have seen a lot of your other reactions and this is my favorite one so far

For sure brings some emotions up! I have a daughter and to think about it, is crazy... I Love my daughter so much and just wish her the best. ❤

Just got to say I have seen Inside like 5 times and dozens of reactions to various songs from special but watching your reaction gave me a new and deeper perspective on this song. Love that you did the songs in order (more or less) and watched the bits between. Really hits different when viewed as a whole instead of just random songs out of context. I am currently binging the Playlist and good luck on the future growth of this channel.

You are the best reaction channel by far that have covered Bo Burnham! I appreciate you showing emotions and talking about how it makes you feel

Dude your reactions to Bo are the best. Everything that hits you hits me the same way.

I love your reactions so much! They are so thoughtful and you make a point to look beyond the silliness exactly like Bo wants us too! You're a breath of fresh air!

Please react to "All Eyes On Me", which he goes right into after having a breakdown on camera. It was at that point that I too lost it. The entire special "Inside" is a masterpiece.

Great natural reactions man, keep it up ♡☆

You're the first reactor I've watched who caught that transition with the ratio and really understood how it was a representation of the fact that there's still a real person behind every "basic white woman". Your analysis is awesome

Whoa I never thought of that possibility that the “is this heaven” quote is the mom speaking. Interesting

kudos for picking up on the aspect ratio change. A lot of reactors miss the age and the ratio change. Also, he frames himself incredibly small in the shot which makes him appear more vulnerable and with less control

That moment hit me hard as a Dad too, dude. Amazing reaction as always 👍

so many people miss that part when the screen changes and Bo sings deep stuff about the girl and they think that he is mocking about it and it´s not that way,so i appreciate your point of view,you´re right,cool video man

"I love the blue lighting" Aw you poor man, if you had only know what was to come.

I love the attitude you had toward this from the start. I've seen so many reactors immediately jump to mocking, being nasty and making fun of the concepts and the "person" predented in this, and not really getting what the song is about.

my dad passed away when i was 15. this came out when i was around 12-13 and when i rewatched the special a few months ago i first realized what the song was actually meaning. what was a funny song now became something sad to me

"Inspirational planet fitness dude bro tank" I can't- this is too good😭😭😂

Bro…the slurping at the beginning trigged me so hard. But then your attentive, interesting reaction won me over. New sub.

The added “give a hug and kiss to dad” letting us know she’s been orphaned at the last second? Absolutely destroys me.

The middle of this songs hits me everytime. I feel like people only talk about the funny outer trapping of the song and not the whole point of it.

I might not be a basic bitch, but I feel so much love in this song. I was almost everyone in nerds, aside from the jocks, so I loved that support. And in this song, it’s just, Hey, basic bitches are people too! They have feelings and that’s okay! If they’re not hurting anybody, let them be happy, damn!

I choke up everytime too

I feel you on how it hits having a daughter. The Last of Us games really got me at parts- highly recommend if you haven’t played it yet.

As someone who rarely cries because of songs, Bo almost got me with "Your little girl didn't do too bad, Mama I love you give a hug and kiss to dad." At the end of the day, we should all be grateful for our parents; we take them for granted way too often.

i lost my mom at 15 and then my dad a few years after her.This song makes me cry so hard. i got married without my parents, had my babies without my parents, every day i wrestle with the fact that my kids will never meet my parents, or my favorite aunt, or anyone on my mothers side because that whole side of my family has died already before they were born. this is the only social media i have, but if i did still have other social media,who that hell would want to hear about the hard, sad stuff? so i get why she keeps it light on her instagram. people are mean if you dont grieve how they want you to, or if you grieve for too long in public. just look at the folks that are saying mean stuff about the fictional woman in this song

I think the "is this heaven" bit is a reference to how you only see the best parts of someone's life on social media. Instagram is notorious for happy, energetic, and asthetic pictures so "is this heaven" is in reference to this atmosphere. But I actually quite liked your comment about how maybe she's hoping heaven is as nice as the pictures she's posting? Or something similar. Very interpretive.

In the line "three little words a couple of doves and a ring on her finger from the person that she loves" the words are probably "I love you"

I took this as him saying that yeah people make fun of the stuff that these woman enjoy because it’s “basic”, but maybe those little things are the things that get you through hard times. Little victories/happinesses are the things that heal you.

Yeah, I think that overall, it also shows how little we allow ourselves to get vulnerable on social media. It goes back to the real life and basic posts really quickly.

This one really shows how much work went into this, when you realize that he not only wrote and performed the songs, he also did all the set design, lighting, video production and everything else all by himself in this one room. You'd think there was a crew of like 20 people behind this, from how good every shot looks. I still can't figure out how he did the balloon drop.

hey man! I've watched several of your reaction videos back to back and I'm really enjoying them. You seem to really grasp the essence of the content that you react to, which is rarely the case with reaction videos in my experience. I'd even watch you react to content I haven't seen before which I don't usually do. Subscribe! Keep it up!

I love how the video is not random. It tells the girls story in a way. especially in the end we know she gets married and the balloons tell us she is pregnant.

Part of my first read of this song; is that while Bo is sympathetic to the woman and wants to call the audience out on dismissing a white woman’s IG as vapid or basic; he is also showing his dislike of how social media forces us to limit ourselves. A lot of people talk about how the screen widens during the middle; but I think that the shrinking is also important. The fact that it goes right back into “basic” posts made me think that the song is told as if you are just scrolling through social media. Something so deep and personal that almost is too big to fit on a social media platform is juxtaposed with basic everyday life.

Great reaction, I think you got it right. The part is this heaven or a white human instagram is that people post only the happy things in their lifes, so looking to them is just happy and perfect lifes, but like you said is a real person behind them with real problems. Is a girl that uses social media to relax and focus on the good thing and find confort in photos and help her dealing with her problems. This is just my opinion, so don´t take it so serious. Again great reaction continue the good job!

I'd never seen so many tiny pumpkins in one music video before this.

I cry every time with this song

One small detail people always seem to miss out on that really caught me off guard when I noticed it was the balloons said "27" well if the caption says it's been a decade since you've been gone. I love you give a hug & kiss to dad... This character hes playing lost them both before she was even 18. I cant believe you caught that!!

the orphan that fills her emotional hole with instagram

I like your take on the 27 Club aspect. I just thought he chose it cause it rhymes with heaven, but your take seems better

Subscribed. Thank you for understanding it.

I think Bo is a master in baiting his audience into thinking and feeling very specific things just so that his twist hits so much harder. He does it in so many of his songs with this one being a great example.... Making the audience comfortable with funny ironic pictures and then hitting them in the face with a much deeper and tragic narrative. Well done Bo Burnham.