The song was written by James after he and his wife lost a child through a miscarriage. I am sadly the father to 5 unborn angels

Captain James Blunt was a tank commander in the British army before he became a singer, a lot of his songs make you feel like he's driven his tank over your heart.😭

Most of James blunts songs are about things that happened in his life his song "carry you home" is brilliant

Ugh they’ve ruined this song pausing and cackling

First of all he puts his own pain in this song, because he and his wife had a miscarriage. I don't think he would make such a song without knowing the pain. And the old man in the Monsters video was actually his father. He made a song for him because he was dying of chronic kidney disease and desperately needed a kidney donor. Luckily he received one last minute and survived

The worst thumbnail ever, followed by thoughtless people laughing at the song selection. A truly horrific take on such a tragic event.

Listen to James Blunt songs Carry You Home & No Bravery, his songs mostly happened in his life and put into his music... Salute James!!!

The thing that keeps me watching this music video - even though it leaves me sobbing every time - is just seeing how absolutely destroyed James Blunt is as he’s singing. Even while the projector images are playing across his face, you can see the immense pain and sadness he is experiencing. It’s amazing and mesmerizing, even though it is incredibly gut-wrenching. I don’t know if he just wasn’t trying to hide it or if it was too much to hold back, but it’s pouring out of him.

It's actually hos own pain, written after a miscarriage they had. He often writes about events in his life, from his father nearly dying, to times in his life in the army, with No Hero. James was a British army major, a tank commander, in Kosovo and at one point averted what could have been world war three by disobeying a direct command. He's a very special person and actually very witty, but also very emotional.

I went to see him in concert a few weeks ago and he was excellent. Very good performer and incredibly funny. I doubt there is a better songwriter anywhere but he does write songs based on his own experiences but he isn't a miserable man.

ALL of James’ lyrics are based on personal experiences! He has 2 sons but him and his wife desired a daughter , the daughter they conceived , they lost to miscarriage hense this song , you’ll notice as the song goes on the room gets packed up from a full nursery to an empty room . You don’t do that without the experience!!!

What's so funny!!!

It's so important that men are able to express their pain of a miscarriage 🙏

I'm glad I work nights. I don't have to start my day with this video. Beautiful video, FANTASTIC voice, Difficult subject. 😢

So much fun you have with other people's tragedies. Too much for me.

How the F*ck can anyone LAUGH through this narrative?

"What's with him and sad songs?!" .....If I could write songs to things happening in my life I would..it's his way of dealing with it, DUH!!!!

3 GIRLS + 1 SAD SONG= LAUGHTER...A TOTAL LACK OF RESPECT

This hits me hard. I had a miscarriage with my first baby 27 years ago. The pain from losing my baby is horrible. I couldn't protect him and I failed him. I never knew the gender but I always felt baby was a boy. 😢

Take the stop button away.

Can you do Bones by James Blunt next? It’s a Beautiful song that a lot of people can relate to. And he wrote The girl that never was out of his own experience. It’s something he and Sofia went through. And this song leaves me bawling every time. I lost my twin sister and although I never met her I still miss her every day. Her name would have been Katharina. I miss her so much everyday. It’s been 17 years and whenever I’m sad I wish her by my side. It’s like some part of me is missing.

Dude I was crying and laughing bc I'm thinking the same thing... FU!!! I'm bawling. I can't stop watching that reactions bc he's so amazing.

what's with the laughter? out of place really considering the subject of the song

Blossom sure knows how to kill the mood pausing it ay the chorus, ffs

"We shouldn't pick a name and now she have a face" that fck up 😢

This is a beautiful song and so personal to james and his wife but also hits home for many. Here are some upbeat songs I recommend from james: Stay the night Dangerous Superstar (much better live) Bartender Someone singing along (mixed) Ok Satellites Bonfire heart Bones Postcards Beside you (mixed) 1973 (live) Adrenaline Favourite songs of mine Smoke signals Glow Shine on No bravery (radio 2 version he did in his house) He did a cover for the song flowers ❤❤❤

One adult and two children.

Carry you home next ! By him from my home county Norfolk 🇬🇧 😊 We cry a lot here 😂

This song hits hard on a personal level. His music is very relatable for a lot of people. Another excellent song by him is called The Greatest. He released it during the early days of Covid, the video is extremely hard hitting.

If you want a real time exposure to some of his sources... No Bravery uses clips he shot of Kosovo when he was a command officer of 30,000 troops or Carry You Home showing him handing to a wife the dog tags and family letter troops write to loved ones when they go into combat. Even the line in Monsters is taken from the common sentiment when a son or daughter is serving in their parent's command, as was the case with James and his father. The theme is, in essence, I'm not your father, your not my son we're just two soldiers doing our jobs. His father would have said this to him on more than one occasion. His inspiration comes in ways most people don't experience directly but he sure knows how to put it into words. The obverse might be seen in the Warning Rock Band where the drummer writes most of the lyrics and has produced some real tear jerkers (Breathe & Black holes to name two) which she sings at the piano. They are too young to have experienced the themes but she reads a lot and has collateral understanding of specific events and her understanding is vivid. The band produces some terrific music and then every so often they just stop you in your tracks with a soft creativity that makes it hard to imagine it coming from a young teenage girl. All that said, you are an excellent team worth coming back for more. Take care David

this song hits very hard as i could not have a child but I have family members who had kids but I heard they lost some 1litte boy died at 1month old another little boy died 10day old. and 1girl at 1year old who was born blind and deaf l held her in my arm only one and she smiled up to me but a day later she passed away.

Try "The Greatest" or "Bonfire Heart" if you want one of his happier songs. Also, Halfway house and Satellites are good upbeat songs. Also, the truth!

What a song to laugh at....really,?

Annoying that you stopped the video all the time , I didn't finished watching

If it makes you feel then it's a good song.

I mean, the name of this song should’ve been an absolute give away 😂😂

James only writes from personal experience....😢❤

For a James Blunt song that won't make you cry, try You're Beautiful. You'll like the video.

Stop start stop start stop start omg can you not just let the song play then react .

The most impossible song not to cry through.

Why not go for the James Blunt trifecta, and react to: carry you home

also girls, the father song, this is so i heard, his father was dying, but through the song they found a donar, i dont know what his condition was, i could look it up, but there are better people on here with more knowledge than me

Hello.I reccomend you "Goodbye my lover" ,"Bonfire heart" ,"The greatest","Carry you home" and "1973".

Have you listened to "No Bravery" by James about his time in Kosovo in the British Army...he used to attach his guitar to the side of his tank...

If you want a happy James Blunt song, try Stay the Night. It's as happy as this one was sad.

Music is meant to stir emotions, happy or sad, and every songwriter's goal is to be able to write a song that moves people in the way that this song moved y'all 😢 and James Blunt also has the look of perpetual pain on his face when he sings which adds another layer of emotion to the song. If Lelia is going to bring songs like this for a reaction, she needs to create a customized box of IYP tissues for the table. 😂😂 Great song, great reaction. Puff puff pass 🙏✌️

no words needed ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

So Glad You Have Reacted to this Beautiful Song. 👍 JAMES BLUNT has such a huge catalogue of sounds and I hope to watch you all react to more of his Music 💛 Another Great Artist to check out is Passenger (again, another Great catalogue of Awesome songs) 😊

You're beautiful by James Blunt next

Check his song "No Bravery" that deals with his experience of war

They had a miscarriage, so he wrote this emotional song, so sad. Just like when his father was dying when he wrote monsters

Beautiful song

Be not grieved at the death of that infant child, for it is placed in trust for thee before thy Lord in His great Kingdom. (Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha v1, p. 194)

Seriously ??? Laughing !!!

Love you girls. But you don't have to stop it so many times. Lol. Until next time stay well and poppin for fresh

Try James's You're Beautiful song Probably the song that made him and a little less soul wrenching.

They have two sons and this was after they lost their daughter.

You have to do his song “ No Bravery “

If you didn't recognise the signer's name when watching 'monsters, you might recognise his biggest hit "you're beautiful". Should NOT make you cry.

About the most obnoxious review I have ever seen. Please find something else to do.

James Blunt Don`t give mēs those eyes

To anyone doing these reviews best thing to do is do some research into who wrote the song,what did it depict for them,

you should listen to James Blunt "should I give it up"

We lost our baby Miscarriage a few years ago So this song hits hard

Imagine how good this reaction could have been without the laughter and poorly timed pauses.

Day 4 of asking for more nf reactions

You start it then you stop it

To the people criticizing the three women for occasionally laughing or seemingly having a "good time", it's obvious (to me, at least) that they were just trying to break up the sadness (you can see it in their faces, for goodness' sake), to hold it together as much as possible until the end of the video, especially when they had no idea what it was going to be about. It's also obvious they weren't trying to be disrespectful. The woman in red even mentioned she knows a woman who had suffered such a loss & who has set up a non-profit to support women who have experienced this. But haven't we all done this? Haven't we all tried to crack a joke or lighten the mood, if just briefly, in the face of unrelenting sadness or seriousness? If you haven't, then maybe just try to understand that there's no one right way in dealing with something like this. Please, just allow people to be human & not be judged for failing to meet some standard that you think they haven't met. I just think it's counterproductive to gatekeep how others should react.

James Blunt is one of the best performers and songwriters today, it would be amazing if you could react to his song "Care a Little Less" or "Glow"

why you laughing?

Either commit yourselves to songs like this or do not play them, please! You absolutely ruin them when you pause two seconds in and start that infernal yacking!

The cackling made me not sub…

Gluten for punishment!!??? I've watched many James videos and named the experience BLUNT Force Trauma!! So did James experience all these portrayals?? Good question? Did Steven King of his writings? Whew! Hope not! Great Channel Ladies!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎

What's funny

Have some respect.

3 HORRIBLE WOMEN 😡😡😡

Definitely NOT a subscriber.

I know this video has a bunch of down votes and a lot of criticism in the comments, but the Laughing is a Defence Mechanism, These are Laughing so they don't cry, it's just trying to laugh to look tough, You have to laugh because if you don't you'd fall apart.

Ok Mr. Blunt , you've proven you write and perform some of the saddest songs known to mankind .... try writing a happy song ... I beg of you.

I think this would have to be one of the worst reactions for any song, let alone this one, that I have ever witnessed!

What a childish reaction from you 3.

Think of all the girls who never were because of abortion.

2.27....Why are you laughing ?...have you not yet grasped what the song is about ? !!! terribly insensitive

Truly Awful get rid of the two at front WTF wrong with you people UNBELIEVABLE