If you were wondering why the lights flickered, how the chair and guitar got there, and how Chinchilla appeared out of the blue it was the Little People. Pure magic.

I thought this couldn't be bettered then i watched Ren X Chinchilla - How To Be Me (live), and had my mind blown

I guarantee that you will find yourself humming or quietly singing this song for months to come. It's such an ear worm and never stops giving.

Ren Chinchilla might be my favorite combo I've heard in a long time. How to be me live is incredible and their busking performances are also fantatastic.

Walked around in a chalk outline for over 5yrs. Feel this song completely. There is no limits to what Ren can do. Haven't been this excited about an artist in a very, very long time.

Yeah, the chalk outline is, indeed, the mark s police investigator makes around a dead body. In Ren's song he is using it as an analogy for the feeling induced by psychotropic medication. This man is a modern day genius. His creative talent seems to have no boundaries. Not only that, his subject matter is always so relatable. He has the soul of a true poet and delivers his lines with sincerity and authenticity. I love his duets with Chinchilla. Their voices blend so well and are equally as emotive ... I enjoyed your reaction video Michael. Blessings brother. 🙏

I love the intensity they have. They're eye contact and them together is just phenomenonal. How they can sing together and stare into each others eyes is just amazing

Loving the technical breakdowns and you have such a natural demeanor in front of a camera! I’m a simple girl, you post Ren, I come watch!

I always play How to be me (live) straight after this. It's another example of this hauntingly beautiful blend of voices.

Yo...This song hit me so hard the first time I heard it that I couldn't listen to it again for almost 3 weeks. I still get goosebumps every time and I've yet to make it through the entire video without crying, even during reactions. To say that it hit me hard would be a gross understatement. Hashtag relatable. Thanks for sharing this Mike. 🖖

This song really showcases their vocal abilities! So much emotion in this one! Yo ❤

"In the gallows balanced on my toes so I can breathe." Quite possibly my favorite lyric of the song.

So excited to hear you were going to react to this and you didn't disappoint. Yes, try, 'How to be me', I think you would love it too. It's in honour of his friend Joe Hughes who very sadly lost his life to suicide. Note that the setting has significance. Loving your Ren reactions. Keep up the excellent work, thank you and Yo! 💞

One of my favorites.

Please continue covering amazing music, I’ve loved these two for years, he is an amazing musician and lyricist .

Yo. I loved how when Chinchilla came in high on the " oh my, my", it blew you back in your seat!! It did me too!!

Every time I marvel at how you can pick up on the key they are singing in. My brain registers 'high', 'low' and 'stuff in between'. I'm sure it's second nature to musicians, but it feels like magic to the rest of us! How to be Me (live) is even better. (Written about a good friend who lost his life to his personal struggles.)

Thanks for breaking down the vocals. I think what she does with his root vocal is fascinating. It reminds me of Exene Cervenka but even better pipes. Alongside but not really wedded to it. It’s my favorite of his.

The best compliment. "I didnt want that to stop." :)

I felt this one in my soul! Some medications just make you feel numb like you just float with no emotion. I have felt this way before medication after medication. And when he said afraid to feel ok. Damn isn't that the truth so hard to feel hope that maybe this time things will be OK but we just can't take the chance. Medication can be a savior or an enemy I love watching you break it down.

I have become a huge Chinchilla fan. She has her own channel and a lot of original songs. Another song that she and Ren do together is called How to Be Me. Yo😊

There voices together is pure 🔥 Such a beautiful song ❣️

You know that any artist performing with Ren is going to be outstanding - seems like great talent recognises great talent. Yo

Thank you for your fantastic reaction. It's helped me notice details that I do not have the musical skills to pick up. Chinchilla is an artist I'm discovering is creative in a very different ways. Looking forward to seeing future knowledgeable reactions.

I love watching your face through this! It's like watching a soccer-dad who's almost too invested in his kids sport performance. Almost! 🖤 😸😻

Yo. Always enjoy your reactions. Thanks for letting us watch you enjoy /share the music!

Glad you I found you by checking out Ren reactions… Really enjoy your posts, your music and lyric insights - how you share honestly, how the music affects you. 🤘🏻🎧🤟🏼

For just a split second at the very end Chinchilla reminded me of Judy Garland 😊

Loved it. These two are magic together! Loved the guitar and theory along with the reaction! Keep it up!

Had a happy afternoon watching chunks of my playlist you've reacted to ! Cheers 🍻🇬🇧 ... unless it's classically composed then I'm so much more involved in live music WITH the imperfections 🤷‍♂. Forgot to say about the inglorious places with the best acoustics - nice !

This really is a beautiful performance, straight from the heart!

Learning from your comments, every reaction you do. When these two sing together it takes my breath away, yo.

As a guitar player, I found this song incredibly interesting. It's a powerful, but very interesting musically. Every note he plays is a perfect fit for the song. A lot of times, I'm just playing on top of stuff or layering sounds to make pretty noise. His playing is always exactly what's needed, whether it's simple, or he doing that cool, and very heavy handed flaminco style he does so well. I'm rambling.😁 Great reaction. Subscribed!

Yo!!!! Once again, love your joy in music. Wish I had your knowledge, great video.

Yo Michael, another great informative reaction and here is another little taster to get you to look at Rory. On the Mike Douglas show Hendrix was asked "Whats it like to be the best rock guitarist in the world" and his typically humble response was, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Rory Gallagher".

Yo!! REALLY enjoying your Ren reactions. Have a beautiful day!!!

❤❤ they also do a live together called How to be me, it's also amazing. ❤🔥

Yo! Thanks for another great reaction. Let’s do How To Be Me live version next please!

Chinchilla is an amazing musician herself. Fingers s a great song. I live the something TV version. Or Elements. And Ren and she have another original song together, how to be me. Thank you!

I love live music,there are so few examples of exciting new work by people who can actually sing. The imperfections are find with me just like the echoes in the room ☮️

Yo (is that right? It doesn't feel right), great reaction again. I love this song more and more every time i hear it, it's just so beautiful.

One of my favourites,Thank yo ❤

Yo! One of my fav's of theirs! Great song!

Yo didn’t wait till the end to say Yo this time I’m their already lol😂

GREAT reaction!!!

Yeah! I thought you did this one already so this was a nice surprise. I guess this is your first Chinchilla one? Looks like you did all the big push stuff which is amazing. That's cool you have so much Ren original stuff to still go through. If you like the Chinchilla vibe, "How to be me (live)" is amazing. His colabs with Eden are some of my favorites (Ocean, and Humble). You can't really go wrong whatever you pick. Team yo.

Another great reaction video! Yo. 🇨🇦

I think the chalk outline represents death. In my opinion it's like you are alive but only becquse of you heartbeating. Just going through the motions. I been there...This hits home❤

Flickering lights in a Ren video means something! Pay attention!

Yo such a good song. The harmonising is beautiful but the lyrics make me imagine walking around as a zombie as the drugs desensitize you from the world.

Yo Mike, to check out what Ren was like in his teens, search "Trick the Fox The Mash Up". Trick the fox was Ren with a friend of his(can't recall his name) and the song is really good and quite funny in parts, if you keep your eyes on the screen! It might be interesting for you to see the beginnings of the maestro he is now.

Master piece!!

Yo Michael, another nice reaction to a nice song. How to be me is better but no complaints from me, everything Ren touches is gold.

😇 yoYoyo! 🤙 definitely "how to be me"

Another Ren song we don't want to end. A couple of Big Push tunes to listen to are Radio and All My Heroes.

REN X CHINCHiLLA = Ren times Chinchilla, greater than the sum of their parts, and their individual parts are exceptional.

Yo... chalk outlines is one of my favourites. Next should be Ren and Chinchilla.. "How to be me" live

Beautiful❤❤❤❤

yo,great song hes got it all,

Phillips wife Susan here. Glad to watch this on my mobile this morning Yo. I saw this appear via my computer last night but it was already very late so needed to head to bed. Just wanted to give you some feedback in case you were wondering if people were there. I am in Western Australia so my time is very different to yours in Canada. Great reaction to this amazing song.

😂 still YO! The thing I love is we are all in this together watching and exploring there talents. And each of us find personal reasons to relate.

Michael, Chinchilla opened on tour for Sting not so long ago. Rens playing Romains guitar here. Gently 😁

I just realized that I am also scared of being ok. Thanks for your take. I fast forwarded, lol, through your guitar parts to be honest.

I found that this was REN's most powerful song lyrically. The lump in my throat for ... " But so it goes, let it be, In the gallows, I balanced on my toes, So I can breathe " ... How many times does a guy have to flirt with suicide to paint with that level of imagery ??? I know I'm a big suck. If somebody kicks a dog in a movie my face leaks ... this song hit harder. I'm probably projecting but ... to me it sounds like he is talking about the difference between the antipsychotic medications that he is being fed by his Psychiatric Doctors compared to the street opiates that he chooses to use to self medicate. The floating 'chalk lines' representing the prescription meds that create a disassociated state that is notoriously and uncomfortably numbing to keep psychosis at bay, the side effect being that it still feels like death in the way that you are unable to recognize any sense of self. The alternative is that opiates work to escape the psychosis, VERY TEMPORARILY, but also in a very dangerous and reckless way. The struggle is between the methods of escape from the psychosis. Do you face the feeling of being dead to yourself in a prolonged dissociated state or do you just accept the slow but inevitable suicide of opiate addiction that comes with the SEDUCTION of "... a sip of serotonin ...". I'm hearing Chinchilla as the seduction ... the duet of her voice representing the artificial euphoria of the opiate. Do you just DRAW the chalk outline yourself ... or 'merely exist' in the chalk outline you are being administered? I personally can't imagine having to make that decision, especially when it is a decade long process to recovery, as in Ren's case. Either way ... being erased must feel like the end result while you are inside that 'forever' struggle. The 'moments of clarity' would be few and far between. I imagine this would be just as unsettling as the original psychosis until one is far enough into recovery to ACTUALLY TRUST the hope that clarity brings. Unfortunately, addiction combined with poor mental health is an extremely complicated situation and very poorly understood, resulting in the epidemic we are seeing out there on our streets. Sorry ... I'm just talking out my ass here but this is where the song took me ... sorry for the novel. I know you are more about the guitar and music structure ... as a vocalist I tend to get lost in the text and subtext. ❤❤❤

I never want this song to stop either. ❤

Cant wait until you see and hear these two perform "HOW TO BE ME". The talent and chemistry is off the chart. If it has two options, be sure and choose live. #REN #CHINCHILLA #CHALKOUTLINES

In the beginning . . . " " I guess . . . . . . like a Zombie . " " Such a simple // // E X C E L L E N T Metaphor that I did not think about myself . Mike . . . your respectful -- -- attentiveness is G R E A T L Y Appreciated . Thank you for supporting // endorsing R E N .

As a brit myself I'm loving all of the Ren content, and his many musical friends. But I would also love it if you could take a trip over to Mexico to check out 'The Warning' a three piece band made up of sisters. I think you will enjoy their work. A lot of cool riff based hard rock songs. (I recommend the recent live version of their song 'disciple' to start with) Rock on dude!🤘

Beautiful song and a good reaction (yo)

Loud chair...lol... Ren seems to find a way to make some noise at the beginning of each live video to confirm it is (in fact) live. I love how he can play fairly minimal guitar and still make such beautiful music. I could sit and listen to him play for hours. If only schools taught guitar instead of the recorder and violin... worst years of my life listening to the kids try and learn the violin. To this day I think the recitals were the music teachers revenge.

Yo, I love this song… maybe do the other great song by these Two, “How to be me”.

When your heavenly medicated, you might feel dead and that is what he might mean by walking around in a faded, chalk outline because he’s not quite dead

I loved the reaction. New sub!

Thanks for this great reaction. Even though I deeply love this song's raw beauty, and the lyrics hit me hard; it only shows only of a tip of Chinchilla's iceberg for her voice range and tonal versatility. She is talented AF and I wish somebody made a reaction of one of her solo live performances such as "Vero Presents: Chinchilla - Fingers (live)". I also fall in love with Ren's talent and nowadays all reaction channels are going deep through the Ren rabbit hole, everybody appreciate her voice but never try her other songs.

Over in the U.K X = and or together, so it's Ren chalk outlines featuring Chinchella

Beautiful.

Yo Mike ,it is just Chinchilla the x is like us saying and or ft. I think it is a British thing? Chinchilla was a special guest on Sting's My song tour in 2019. She has opened for McFly also. My favorite is Ren x Chillchilla - How to be me (Live) Ren lost his friend to suicide and they never found him.(Jumped off a bridge) Tragic. Ren is a master at making you feel!

Michael you have to react to his why my woman. Im telling you it's a rocker with ren flavorin. I just found it. Way worth it

Nice reaction... thank you ❤

Yo! this was great. I appreciate you sharing the knowledge!

That was beautiful! Yo :)

Another affable reaction, I do dig your channel. Can you include Diazepam on your Ren To Do list? It's as brilliant as most of his stuff, but putting my guitar head on, it has some loveley guitar work in the mix. Would appreciate your perspective on it.

Yo, and thanks!

An absolutely beautiful song and so relatable. I too used to (and still do to some extent) bury all my problems and struggles beneath a smile. Its not to deceive those around me, but to ensure i'm not a burden to them with the immense amount of emotional baggage i carry. Because no one wants to be around someone whose always down and depressed. I too had been put on zoloft (sertraline - which chinchilla opens up with) and it was the most horrid drug i have ever been prescribed. It should be taken off the market. It leaves you feeling emotionless, like a zombie, dead inside, unable to feel happy, unable to feel sad. I had to stop it eventually, because, believe it or not, not feeling anything was worse than hurting. Nothing was more terrifying than being on that medication and the days disappearing in a blur of meaningless existence.

Yo! in the comments. Love this song. I especially love the way that Ren masters guitar dynamics so well.

Never doesn't give me goosebumps.

Yo! Great reaction Mike. I looked to see if you had done any other Ren X Chinchilla collabs . I would have a look at How To Be Me (Live) and also 'CHINCHILLA x Ren - Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye) Live', which is another busking session.

I love Chinchilla's voice! Lol it took several listens for me NOT to focus on her nails😂. I can't wait till you get to "How to be me" live (Ren is wearing red and she has a tan hat) the connection between them in that song is crazy!

❤❤❤

Yo....."How To Be Me"....Ren X Chinchilla.

Yo! You should take a look at Chinchilla - Fingers Live for HungerTV and her 'Cold Water'. I did hear she supported Sting in 2019, she's another one to watch.

After watching a bunch of his stuff I firmly believe the "imperfections" are totally planned for theatrics especially on the one takes. He will bend chords at certain point even though he can totally play. He will mess around with his voice

Yo! Another great reaction. Fyi, her name is just "Chinchilla" - the X meaning it's the two of them together.

It's just Chinchilla. the 'X' is simply with or and. They do work well together. the live version of 'How to be me' is something else again.

💗Yo.

Being old, and a little slow, I'm just now beginning to think that this guy is the new Bob Dylan. His lyrics and collaborations evoke the emotions and show the struggles of more people than the rest of us think. He is pointing out that we don't all share the same views, or challenges in life. That being said, this is the newest piece of art from this phenom that will rattle around in my brain for a long time.

Fucin hell, he said she is pretty. Are you not viewing by ears, HER / HIS VOICES ARE BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER.

Correct about chalk outlines, although Ren is using it to mean dead on the inside. And it is just Chinchilla, think of the "X" as an "&".

Really enjoy your reactions! Just subscribed. Love Ren's amazing music so much! Please check out The Big Push - Sweet Little Lady (live acoustic), Love Music parts 1-3 (esp 3), How to Be Me, Dominoes, Heretic, Humble, Ocean, and Money Game 1 and 2, as well as his great rap songs (I was not a rap fan until I heard Ren).

Yooo!