Dude, you pulled more meanings from the Nigela Lawson part then every other reactor I have seen! This was a spectacular reaction from start to finish. The beats on this will totally get stuck in your head, in a good way. Love this song and can't wait for the albums to get here, about a month away I think!

A 'mug' is someone easily taken in. A person who is stupid and easily deceived. If I cared about someone but they seemed to have been used or taken advantage of, I might say to them, "Don't be such a mug!"

He has stated multiple times that when he wrote Hi Ren, which I believe was after the tracks for Sic Boi, Ren was supposed to die. It was supposed to end after the "dark" character took over, and he sat down one day and changed the ending. That one moment of hope, his decision to not succumb to this chaos , then he gave up everything and began the journey to re-claim his health and life, and that is what lead to him achieving the recognition and success he always dreamed of and thought was long since lost.

Mug is UK slang for someone that's stupid or easily deceived, so you could say something like "You just got mugged off" if you'd been ripped off buying something.

you still haven't done Ren - the hunger - an absolute must for old school 90's rap at it's best.

In case you didn't know, I think this track was written and recorded in 2021, When Ren was just starting his recovery and treatment in Canada. All the Tracks Rens releasing now, from the Sick Boi Album, were all written before Hi Ren, Some over 1yr before, some 2yrs, some even longer All the vids being released now were recorded before " Hi Ren" The only tracks/vids Ren has written after "Hi Ren" are "For Joe" the King Dotta Diss track, "Murderer: Acoustic Version" and the spoken tribute to Joe, at the end of Suicide, which Ren wrote just 2 weeks before release, after the interview with Knox Hill, in which Ren went into great detail, on what happened to Joe before and after he jumped off the ridge. Everything was planned well in advanced, because Ren knew he was going to spend nearly all 2023 getting treatment in Canada. He didn't know how it would effect him or what side effects, if any.

Another chronic disease patient suggested elsewhere that REN probably doesn’t mean planning how to leave this world, but planning for the being gone when the pain won’t exist anymore. Given what we know Ren feels about suicide and that because of joe, he refused the option, I think this makes sense. And I agree this verges on rock/metal. I hope we hear a lot more of this as Sick boi was intended mostly as him indulging in /hip hop

The lyrics on the chorus are all references and names of TV shows. Burn the border (Game of thrones reference - no spoilers) Sons and daughters (TV show) Law and Order (TV show) Crave Disorder (TV show - Seasons of Disorder - a drama/dark comedy series based around a young woman named Abby who balances her various mental conditions with her new job of working in the hospice industry.) And it also makes sense in the context itself.

Fantastic reaction! thank you. For some context, you may find this interesting. In his 1 million-subscriber thank you speech, (I may be paraphrasing slightly) Ren advised those “feeling hate against their fellow man”, to feel that hate/pain, express it, then let it go and find new peace. Seems like he is taking his own advice in Masochist and Lost All Faith. He wrote them during his darkest times, then took that pain, disillusion, desperation, depression and frustration and expressed it in songs about killing the whole world and losing his faith with everything. He created art. I’m in awe.🤯

In context.... Ren said he put the words together for these last few songs, including this one at a similar time as when he wrote Hi Ren. Before his treatment started in Canada. For me this explains his duality and his conversations with himself. It's when he was at his worst. I think after the sick boi album we will see a different context to his words and musical choices because he's looking and sounding more positive these days.

His insides hurt from a physical reactions to his autoimmune disease amongst other problems. When his body started deteriorating and he was starting to shed weight he used his polo shirts as a standard of how they fit his body to determine how bad and how fast his weight loss was. He might of been trying to work out to slow the weight loss while using the polo shirts to keep an eye on the progress as well.

The section right before the section saying “You’re Nirvana, could you be the one”, sounded like Neo entering the matrix (callback to the red pill, blue pill?), and being “the one”? Just a thought.

Your ability to grab little known facts from the ether never ceases to amaze me my friend. It is clear that you are exceedingly well read and travelled; you don't gain such a vast swathe of knowledge without there being a large amount of hard graft involved. I have to say that I admire you very much indeed. Keep on educating us! Please!?

That was one of the best inspections of one of Ren's songs I've seen. Well done.

"Can anyone save me from myself?" is also a double meaning - both save him from his mental state/suicidal ideations, but also save his body from itself because of the autoimmunity.

Love that this beat has been part of his Twitch intro / outro music for over a year now. Love your reaction to the song ❤❤

Check out his Ready for You, Hold On or Ocean tracks! If ya haven't seen him doing Earned it/Mansworld with Sam Tompkins... ya gotta see it!!! His Range is crazy for a smoker! Also... for breath control... the ending of Love Music pt3 will show ya!!!

CHILDREN OF THE MOON by Ren...you'll love it

Great detailed breakdown reaction brother... over here folk say "Look at your ugly mug" meaning "grumpy, twisted, mean depressed face"... I wonder also are the 6 broken mirrors, his inner broken voices, his split personalities... The mantra chats at the end are him giving him his power back with the glowing eyes... Love this powerful offering from Ren.... Thanks again brother for this reaction ✊🏽

This is absolutely one of my favourite songs from Ren and I also would love to hear a live version. It almost feels like Hi Ren to me, with the back and forth with himself. As always, appreciate your thorough breakdown and reaction!

I would love to see you react to the live version of murderer! Absolutely outstanding performance.

I find your reactions and demeanor so calming!! You should be a professor! Also love the shirt!! Bringing me back!! And yeah my fav Ren song yet! ❤

Some stray thoughts while listening to you and Ren. It's engrossing to watch how, almost like children with building blocks, you stack word-bricks this way and that way, knock them down, and build anew, making sense and making nonsense, and making nonsense make sense or vice versa. To my own degree, I'm familiar with the process. Next, a friend once bemoaned to me that she'd reached a life-stage where she felt flattened, that she simply didn't care about anything anymore. I told her that's one way of expressing nirvana, a blissful state of emptiness that monks and others spend "half their life" trying to achieve. Anyway, I enjoyed the tumult of Ren's song and your reaction... and the resulting blissful satisfaction. Good early morning (from here) and thanks, Mr. Boyd!

Really enjoyed and respected your interpretation and perspective on this one.

Just thought about the ending and the Nirvana Part. Could it be that this is his way to represent fans seeing him as their Nirvana and him ending the Part with i find my patients in Pills as the ultimate "I´m not the guy you´re looking for"

The thing I find really sad about his music is he’s telling everyone how he’s feeling deep inside as if he’s crying for help. Chester (Linkin Park) done the same with ALL of his songs before he took his life. Everyone enjoyed Linkin Parks music.. but no one listened. Thankfully a lot of people are seeing the message Ren is sending. I love that about today’s society.

Always look out for your reactions - they have real substance, also your face expresses meaning beyond words☮

The last sample - with what sounds like 'nirvana' - sounds like a sample from an Indian tune. It's great.

No matter how many reactions I have watched I get excited to see yours because you always pull so much out of one listen! Have you seen Ren and Sam Tompkins Blind Eyed the Music Crowns version? Just 2 incredible performers singing and rapping back and forth being recorded in a room maybe during the early days of the pandemic. Well worth checking out.

Such a brilliant reaction from start to finish. What a powerful track showing how amazing his talent is!

I looked at this as being similar to Hi Ren, two parts of himself having a conversation but in this case it's about two aspects of his music. On one side there's the confident rapper delivering braggadocio, on the other there's the sentimental and emotional artist looking at things like mental health, illness, and more severe acts of depression.

When he says his insides hurt, it’s in the bottom, right pane of the window pane

The broken mirror is probably a reflection of his distorted perception of himself.

An amazing reaction, its great to have someone with yoiur intelligence do this. I would say that Ren is on a level of his own, he is getting up there with Mozart etc etc genre bending par excellence!!

If you say that someone is a *mug,* you mean that they are stupid and easily deceived by other people. _(English slang)_

It is 'You're my armour could you be the one'... a 'mug' is a 'fool' btw Ren wrote most of the tracks from his new album (that is released next month) back in 2021-22 when he was very ill and struggling mentally. I'm hoping the new album he is currently writing shows him in a more uplifted state, reflecting his current physical state.

Love this song--one of my Ren favorites! You're the only reactor I've watched so far who got the full Nigella reference. I didn't realize Nigella Lawson's name refers to an actual "superfood" until you just mentioned it. (I had to look it up....) This just proves that Ren really is on another level of thought and word play! And you're on another level of reaction videos!

Dude, I've been watching you since far before I discovered Ren, and this is by far your best reaction yet -- which is saying something! Thanks so much!

Nirvana ain't heaven, Nirvana is the way out. Out of the Hamster wheel. A Buddhist reaches Nirvana when he lived a live worth of ending the suffering. So he won't get reincarnated. While the end of existance is feard in most religions in buddhism it is the final treat.

BRILLIANT spontaneous reaction and analysis, love your work!

This was an absolutely amazing, thorough reaction. Instant sub

When you live in pain 24/7. This makes senses on what he says. I know. I live in pain. He makes his own music, beats, production, etc.

Ren can comfortably hit these notes live.

Great reaction and breakdown ♥️ One thing I constantly consider with Ren: is he just making a fun song interweaving bits of his story in and we happen to be over-analyzing it? But that’s also what music is about- what meaning can be found within it for you.

Ren's in near constant physical pain. Frequently chronic pain. Hardly surprising as he has brain damage, nerve damage and damage to his joints and internal organs. Whenever Ren has talked publicly about pain, he's always talked about his physical pain. He even said that his biggest wish, would be one day without pain...

He wrote all these songs when he was in a bad place mentally before his treatments it's pre hi ren aswell

Stumbled across you..5 minutes in & I've learned more than I did in college. Renegade here. Ren is giving great people attention & you're one of them! 😊

Been waiting for your reaction, and definitely didn’t disappoint. Great breakdown! I had no idea that caraway was also called nigella. Learn something new every day. 🙂

I’m always surprised by how few reactors notice that Ren paraphrases the most famous of the Psalms of David in this song - Pslam 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd). If you don’t notice the reference, the song loses a whole dimension.

When Ren gets high in his vocal register on this song it is giving me vibes similar to the song "Toxicity" from System of the Down.

Absolutely the most thorough interpretation of this track. Great job! I didn’t want it to end.

Love to see you again in Ren's world. Always appreciate and respect your reaction.

Beyond Awesome ❤️‍🔥 Mug it's British, could mean, a weak willed individual, someone with no spine, someone who will capitulate as soon as possible by using some kind of addictive substance 🙏

This is the best reaction I've seen to Lost All Faith. Amazing breakdown, love it, and the song. ❤❤

Can’t get enough of this guy. Great interpretation. Enjoyed it

Fred Miller did the mastering for the whole album

I agree! This is my favorite by REN along with his songs with Chinchilla!!💜💜💜

One is the public Ren, the other is the inner, or real, Ren. At least at that time.

You're my armor, could you be the one , last verse??

Damn. I finally ran into you reacting to hip-hop again. I know you've been expanding in so many other directions on your channel, but this is your lane. It's a pleasure to listen to this kind of music with you.

You're easily the overall best music reactor I've found.

Your reactions are pure gold! 🖤🤍

Ren says the chorus is System Of A Down inspired so you hit that right on the head.

Mug in the uk means … idiot/easily deceived. Again another great reaction👍

"You're my armor - could you be the one?" is what I hear at the end...

You win the reaction/breakdown, yet again.

Your knowledge of stuff is second to none. I love your breakdowns. Mug basically means idiot stupid and easily deceived

If you have faith death is a very calming part. For external life is complete bliss is waiting!!!

I knew you were very knowledgeable about many things but breaking down that nigela Lawson part blew my mind. Also he mentioned in chat during the premier that he took inspiration from System of a Down for the chorus so that's the metal sound you mentioned

Wow, thank you for all the enlightenment❤

I like the way the red cloud is brought up between beats switches

I love this reaction so much. This is definitely a banger. Ren delivers something fresh with every track. You cannot predict anything....its so refreshing

Enjoy your day too ! What an amazing reaction ! Thanks for sharing !

9:09 It sounds like a touch of auto tune with him singing falsetto. Really good!

Best reaction I think you’ve ever done that i’ve seen. Great breakdown. Impressive

Best break down of this song so far. Well done as always bro

Fantastic reaction and break down, thank you. I agree it is one of my favourites 🫶

You are wasted doing reactions. What I enjoy about your videos, is learning from you. You are a very interesting guy and come across extremely educated. I would love to listen yo you talk about current affairs, conspiracies etc on a podcast.

You are absolutely the best at this reacting stuff! Always enjoy

A fantastic reaction! I really appreciated your insight and analysis, it helped me understand the song better. Thank you ❤

Mug usually refers to the face, hence the broken mirror…at the end of the video there are 6 broken mirrors arranged like the chambers of a revolvers cylinder

Nigella Lawson is a UK chef famous for Italian cooking - mozzarella in most of her recipes

You are the David Attenborough of reactions!

I looove your reaction❤ I think your about to be Renified!!!❤

Every other time I've listened to this song I hear the end as "You're my armor. Could you be the one?" And now I keep hearing it switch between "Your nirvana" and "You're my armor" XD

Superb reaction Mr Boyd, one of the most insightful I’ve ever seen.

Great reaction. Thanks. 🔥

love the extent of your knowledge makes your reactions the best. you are the g

Brilliant reaction!! Thank you!!!

Great job breaking down the lyrics...Ren is amazing and this beat is nice...thanks

I think Mug is the guy who when a gang is caught is left to take all the blame, keeping mum, he ends up the only Mug shot at the cop shop... he does his time but no one else does, ... also someone innocent left 'responsible' for some debt, task, criminal liability when everyone else abdicates responsibility.... most often used in the lesser meaning. He's a mug, she always uses him... might also have just refer to being a utility object.

Just for reference, Most of these songs were made in 2021 and the first half of 2022.

Ren❤❤❤

Thanks for the reaction. Really enjoyed it 😊 I sometimes here "You're my armour" at the end

You Know your stuff and have a very relatable and interesting take on the reactions I've seen . Uk fan. Subbed.

Great reaction to a brilliant song. Love this 🖤

Mug basically translates into “stupid or easily deceived”. He’s just putting himself down. It’s kind of like “look at your ugly mug.” He also shows the image of a Murrow when that bar comes in.

Exellent reaction from start to finish!!!

If we are honest and open we can be the shield 🛡️for all those around us especially Ren. We are together in our hearts

Such a good reaction, one of my favourites to this!