"He probably LOVED quarantining." Sent a chill down my spine, y'all should watch the whole show.

He actually won a Grammy for this song. Dude is a legit genius.

I always thought that the "Get the FUCK UP" was him shouting to himself, to his depressed self, to pick himself up, stop dwelling, do something. Depressed people often do that - blame themselves of being depressed. I see him crying and looking at himself in a mirror, shouting just that. You are literally the first reactor I've seen to pick up on that. He is not talking to the audience, but to himself.

The line “you say the whole world’s ending. Honey, it already did.” crushes me every time. Every time I hear it I am immediately transported back to late-March to mid-April 2020.

I really like the fact that whenever bo look directly into the camera, people always seem to be taken aback. That look and the line "are you feeling nervous?" Almost never fails to exert some type of pressure on the viewer.

Just to throw in my $0.02 when he was yelling "get the f*ck up" at the end I think he wasn't talking to us (the audience) nor to himself, but literally to the camera. As in he was finally ready to re-enter the world, to perform, to entertain people and he was stuck in his room alone because of COVID. His only audience was a blinking camera on the floor and that was who he was forced to perform for. He's inserting the cheering and everything but the little plastic camera can't give him what a real crowd can so he lashes out and ultimately forces it to raise/lower its hands. It's why I think this song starts with "get out of your seats" (plural) and transitions to "out of your seat" (singular). I also may be wrong/reading too much into it but that's what I took away 🙃.

I have literally watched the whole special over 100+ times, and yet your idea of the blue representing his mood, and him talking to himself, not us, never once connected until now. Thank you!

I love your guys reactions to Bo Burham. I understand you both wanna wait to watch the specials until after you react to the videos but there is so much between the songs. It's a totally different experience watching the whole special so I hope you eventually get the chance to. I'm excited to continue to follow y'all, I really appreciate your perspectives

The thing about Bo’s work is that it is art, and thus any interpretation is acceptable. For me, the song mirrors what it was like to have a panic attack on stage: 1. He loses energy as the song goes on, and his breath gets shorter. There’s a battery projection throughout that is full at first, but then later is flashing because it’s nearly empty. 2. His movement becomes more erratic to the point that he picks up the camera and starts spinning around, showing how disorientating it was 3. The lyrics show the dichotomy of both wanting the attention (all eyes on me) while being on stage and needing to be the centre of everything, while simultaneously begging for help (pray for me) 4. He also talks about anxiety (the ocean at your door) and being overwhelmed by everything (you’re not going to stop it even if you try) While you’re going down this rabbit hole, it’s important to know that everything Bo does is intentional and preplanned, even when things seem off-the-cuff. He’s constantly in his own head. But because everything is planned, there’s also an element of a character on show. The character is Bo: the artist, performer, comedian and troubled soul; the real person is Robert: the writer, the planner, the editor and set designer. When he see him in interviews, Robert is introverted, down to earth, and thoughtful. Bo on stage is narcissistic, and at times a bit of an arsehole. The fact that what we’re seeing is actually two people makes all of Bo’s content so much more layered.

Fantastic reaction again. You continue nailing it guys. For what it is worth, I cannot agree more about people "needing to see this". I honestly feel the entire INSIDE special should be in some future Smithsonian exhibit about pandemic. I highly recommend, after you guys watch all of the individual songs, to separately just watch the special the whole way through. You don't even need to react to it. Just watch it for yourself. It is such a perfect and necessary mental summary and subsequent cleansing of what we as a species experienced globally over an 18 month period. The global lockdown as a result of COVID will be discussed and studied in school textbooks for centuries, in the same way we learned about smallpox and cholera epidemics of the 1800s. No one reading those textbooks will possibly know the mental gymnastics, strain, and harm we all have experienced, it simply isn't possible to convey through a block of text. And, at some point in the future, there will be great Ken Burns style documentaries and major movie events talking all about it, but no billion dollar budget will ever convey the simple hopelessness that this one guy, filming a solo "comedy" show in a shed behind his house has done. I've been a fan of Bo Burnham the comedian and musician since his very first videos in 2007. I've drifted away and come back to him over the years and became a fan of Bo Burnham the artist and the intellectual with his previous specials. But INSIDE made me a fan of Bo Burnham the storyteller, the optimist and the realist, but mostly it made me a fan of Bo Burnham the voice. Because he gave a voice to all of our frozen and abandoned lives and psyches. I will likely never meet Bo, and that is fine. But if one message ever got to him from any of us, I think it should just be a simple "thank you". The INSIDE special will never not be, IMO, and indelible masterpiece representation of the struggles and resilience of humanity. For perhaps the first time in human history, we were all, in our own ways, united in one thing and Bo, in HIS own way, was able to communicate the fears, sadness, frustration, apathy, general hopelessness, and momentary glimpses of happiness we all lived through. The point is, watch it. In its entirety, in one sitting, with no interruptions. It is a level of catharsis every one of us needs and deserves, whether we know it or not.

You know, I underestimated you guys. You absolutely give me hope. You recognize the stones and the foresight it took to create this shit. People may think it's simple... It's not!

Bo is one of the first examples of someone becoming “KZfaq famous.” If you watch his earliest songs, he was a literal child! His talents have grown and matured so much over the years. He went from being a kid messing around on his keyboard in his room to being highly recognizable to people who watched a lot of KZfaq. That parlayed itself into a successful career, but it also came with some heavy baggage he probably wasn’t ready to carry. His lyrics, while silly at times, hold a lot of meaning. If you go back to the Kanye rant, the analogy of the Pringle can and the burrito, he’s talking about reaching for things that aren’t attainable and/or were more than you bargained for once you got them. Great reaction! Always love seeing folks give Bo a try.

That "Kanye rant" song was the last recording from the last step on his last tour, so we straight up saw the last time before this when he was onvstage. And he's not even on stage here. "Inside" is entirely shot in a single room, but he's so good with lighting and set design that every track looks extremely different. I'd recommend trying "How the World Works" next for something a little more light and fun.

“You already said he’s a genius 17 times… he is.” Hahaha!

Easily the most insightful and intelligent reaction channel I've found. Also, the only people to recognize each beat of Bo's videos. I've seen people laugh through this one thinking it was all a joke. Great balance of personalities, too. Up the production game ASAP, you're about to blow up.

Reaction channels were a quarantine coping mechanism for me. I've seen a lot of them, and I've seen a few of them go from small to pretty big in a fairly quick time frame. I like you guys' dynamic and I think you both have interesting takes to hear. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.

The crowd I believe is a contrast to show how people think he's always entertaining people like everything he said gets a laughter from everyone which just makes it extra sad. Even if he say something like he wants to die, people will think it's a joke line or something.

Really great reaction guys. You both seem smart and make good points, but seem to come at things from different angles so it makes for a great video. Because of this I bet you'd enjoy BB "Left Brain Right Brain". This and "We Think We Know You" are both really unique ways to approach musical comedy that I haven't seen before. Honestly though, anything from Bo will be good. His early stuff was more shock comedy but he was still so clever in those even at a young age. His approach to a love song? Try "Repeat Stuff". Wanna move into the religious material? "From God's Perspective". Like rap? "Rant" (not Kanye Rant just "Rant") or "Words, Words, Words". A savage AF country song? "Country Song". More introspection? "Art is Dead". Honestly I think you're both going to really enjoy going further into this particular rabbit hole.

The reaction at 2:17 That's how I felt in my SOUL, and you just KNOW how hard Burnham worked to plan that

I had only heard this song on Spotify so I thought he ended up with an audience at some point so when I finally sat down and watched Inside, I was bawling because of his breakdown before this song aired and hearing a crowd cheering that wasn't there. My husband walked in and was like "Why are you crying, isn't this supposed to be funny??" lol

When watching the special the moment that Bo picks the camera up is so emotional, because the whole time for over an hour our perspective is almost exclusively stationary. At one point the camera falls down, and there's a very occasional pan, but that's the first time that we as the viewer is picked up and moved around the room with him like this.

"... Your gift can be your form of therapy." That is deep and insightful. Thank you for that. I hope more people hear that.

I really appreciate your message about reaching out, speaking out, and having nothing to be ashamed of. I am grateful for caring people like you. Thank you.

Me and my partner both worked throughout the pandemic. I was in retail and he worked with kids in residential care. We were so burnt out some evenings, on the way home we played "Shit" from the Inside album really loud in the car and bopped to it. It was such a hard time and that song summarised a lot of what we were feeling. It had a catchy tune and it also acknowledged how bad we were feeling without bringing us down. Bo is definitely a genius.

Great reaction once again. I don’t have anything new to say, mostly just commenting to improve your numbers for the KZfaq algorithm, but I def agree that you should watch the whole special at some point and reevaluate this song then. It takes on so much more meanings to the point where I can’t here it without feeling a pain in my chest. Thank you for the reactions, can’t wait for more!

You 2 within 3 videos have become my favorite reactors. God damn guys, you guys have great conversational skills

You guys HAVE to react to his old stuff. Words Words Words, Rant, Bo Fo Sho, I’m Bo Yo, Oh Bo for his elite wordplay, From Gods Perspective, Country Song, What’s Funny, Irony, My Whole Family… basically his whole catalog. You won’t regret it!!!!

man that "time of my life last night" made me spit out my drink LOL. such a great point 😂

That's a really good point about him performing from the perspective of his subconscious which he's actually done before. His song "left brain right brain" is a good example of this. it's not as serious as this but it's incredibly creative and unique and honest, definitely recommend.

This song also makes more sense in the context of the song before it, That Funny Feeling. In general the entire special/album Inside builds to All Eyes On Me. Possibly even his entire career at this point.

"a lot of times our gift is our therapy" that's deep as heck

"bro i had the time of my life last night." thats how i feel watching you guys become Burnham fans. Your joy seems so pure and I LOVE IT!

"got it good now get inside" that line hits you hard when you think about it

I mean this in the kindest way, the guy on the left is gonna cry when it gets to this song when y'all watch the special all the way through.

Talking about camera angles, if you do watch the whole special, which again is only an hour, I would watch out or be ready because he did all of it 100% on his own and a lot of it is to articulate anxiety and he presented in a lot of ways like claustrophobia in the super close-up shot of his eyes for example, it can be intense🤯

Man I love how much attention you guys pay to the subtler themes in this special, it's wonderful to see this piece of art properly appreciated

You are allowed to interpret art in any way it pleases you. I love the collective take you two have on this one. ☝️❤️

Y'all need to watch all of "Inside" on Netflix. It's what this song and Welcome to the Internet are from. It's honestly one of the best pieces of performance art this century. The lead up to this song makes it hit even harder. I would caution against listening to the individual songs, because they are part of a whole narrative, and listening to them out of context lessens their impact. Y'all are awesome, keep doing your thing. I really appreciate the effort and insight you put into these.

Nerds is a really underrated song by Bo, hell of a ride is fantastic and every song from the special inside is great.

"You say the ocean's rising like I give a shit You say the whole world's ending, honey, it already did You're not gonna slow it, Heaven knows you tried" As someone who has dealt with and still does deal with anxiety and depression these lines hit so close to home.

Loving y'all's insights. His song We Think We Know You is the one that opened my eyes to his introspection. Keep em coming!

This song won a grammy. Granted the grammys are shady af, but he did win.

Y’all have the deepest insights I’ve heard about Bo and his music. Enjoying following along as you discover the rest!

Man, probs to you guys! You are the only people actually reacting to the songs and discuss what its about. Instead of just listening to it and ending the video. Great stuff man, you guys really try to understand what he means with all the layers he puts into his songs. Great chemistry between you guys, really chill to watch.

You should watch the special in its entirety on your own time it very Erie at least for me on how he embodied all the stages of mental complications during quarantine. From not knowing what the future awaits to a slow mental decline where your hope start looking bleak and then at the end the small light of hope finally shines on his possible future if he just starts living life again

I'm so glad you are visiting with more of Bo's songs but if you are going to react to the songs from Inside, react to the whole special. As others have said, it's a complete story from the perspective of the pandemic and living in lockdown. It's a mix of songs and comedy skits. If you like Welcome to the Internet and this one you will like the entire special. Afterwards, I would love to see your reactions to Art is Dead and Oh Bo.

I cannot express strongly enough how much you should watch the entire special in its context. It is so much more than the songs, and it tells a whole story and is truly in my opinion the greatest piece of art to come out of the digital media for our generation. The fact he made this during the pandemic, the emotions and feelings and thoughts and humor all mix together to create a truly one of a kind masterpiece you can’t get the full feeling of without experiencing the whole thing together

It has been said before but this is where he is now. I started watching him in the early KZfaq days. He was a child. He did really funny and quirky songs and then got really YT famous. He started selling out shows. I love that you guys are seeing and feeling how raw his work is now. You'll be shocked to see his early work as a kid.

"Jesus in this one"- gentleman you need to watch ALL of Inside then you will REALLY see all the Jesus aspects. The show is brilliant. Hilarious in parts. Panic in others. Sad. Insightful. I can't stress enough just how good Inside is.

New subber here. I like you guys. I've only discovered Bo recently, and I can't believe how gifted this man is. I'm addicted to his reactions right now, and I just want you to know you guys seem to have your fingers on the pulse when it comes to him. Cudos for your realness and encouraging the men out there to address their inner demons. ☮️

I will watch every piece of Bo Burnham content you guys put out. So many people miss the messages and its awesome to see your takes on what he's putting out. Specifically with Inside, I highly recommend a full viewing, as a lot of these songs hit different with the context the whole special brings.

The ending to his special Inside is so powerful it's the song called Goodbye. He gets locked outside of his room and there's a spotlight on him and one of the lyrics is "come out with your hands up we've got you surrounded." Then he fights trying to get the door back open and then collapses down like he's breaking down.

I’ve watched a bunch of different channels doing reactions of Bo’s stuff and it really fun to see people who are so new to his content. Love the in depth analysis you guys do. One major suggestion for you guys is to watch the specials as a whole, or at least with “inside”, because while the songs are good by themselves, watching the whole thing in order is a completely different experience. In order to really understand the message and get the deeper meanings in the songs, it’s vital to watch the whole special. Especially because a lot of the parts that help paint the full picture take place between songs. I’m not really sure how to explain it but watching the whole special is a really intense and thought provoking experience. Idk if it’s possible for you guys to do a reaction on the whole thing but if so I’d love to see it. Even if it was done over multiple days, I think watching it chronologically and in its entirety would be a lot more intresting and I think you guys would find it far more fascinating that way

Best part of this song is the eldritch shadow horror that grabs the camera after he yells at it.

I saw this one more as what he felt like he needed to hear from someone else 5 years ago, get the fuck up, it's almost over, it's just begun, don't waste your chance, but when he says come on in, the water's fine, that's him extending what actually needed to be said, sometimes you need one, sometimes the other, everyone's different and there's no correct answer to this problem, so all you can do is offer both.

When you said "I feel like we could be Ina conversation while we're high, and it could be life-" I really felt that. Agree so much.

Love the energy y’all give- good reactions that make me watch more of your reactions

Going to go where everybody knows everybody knows everybody knows. In quarantine you’re alone.. in therapy you’re alone. All eyes are on yourself and your betterment. Bo is great with his songs about how many ways people can interpret it

I had to pause at the Hey Arnold! reference. That was a big part of my childhood! What a great nugget! That cartoon was so goooood!!!! ^^ I love your references, guys. Love your personality and insightful commentary. Thank you so much for showing our boi Bo your appreciation. I am really enjoying your reactions, guys, keep it up. Not watching them in order, but it doesn't detract from the quality insights y'all bring.

Please check out Tim Minchin too if you like Bo. Tim Minchins Prejudice, Thank you god, Lullaby are favorites. Also for Bo Burnham check out his Breakup song and I'm Bo yo.

I loved watching y’all experience bo burnham for the first time! His specials are great, and I love how you guys discuss so many different aspects that I hadn’t considered when I watched his videos.

You two have the best chemistry! I’ve been analyzing this song for weeks (and the entire special) and your takes on it are so interesting! Thanks guys!

What I gotta pay for y'all to react to the whole Inside special? You won't regret it. Neither will I. Y'all def know wassup.

Yess you hit it on the nose, it's his depression/anxiety talking to him through the song. Trying to drag him back in, telling him, "don't be nervous, don't be shy. Come on in the waters fine."

What's crazy is I was following this dude for the better part of 10 years, and over time you just saw the "goofy comic" facade crack bit by bit until this last special where he just tore it right off for the world to see. Pretty jarring for his fans, and incredibly brave. Appreciate y'all for taking the time to break this down

Eventually you guys should watch Bo in various interviews, you'd definitely be interested in his general wit and personality. He's funny as hell on a moment to moment basis but also speaks some profound thoughts on the fly. In a Hollywood round table multi-celebrity interview he steals the room quite a few times, after he wrote and directed his debut film Eighth Grade (critically praised, true-to-life movie).

"He probably LOVED the quarantine" oh man.. that aged really poorly.. like.. in a matter of minutes.

i love your guys’ content and the way you thoroughly breakdown what you watch and they way you pay your respect to something you normally wouldn’t be interested in. love it

you are catchin him at a defining moment in his life, the first stuff he put out when he was 16 (back around '06, when youtube was young) was 99.9% shock value, but the dude has grown basically into a musical-philosopher-comedian or something, lol.

“Turn on that Bo burnham real quick” 😂

I'm LOVING the Bo reactions. thank you for seeing him and appreciating his genius. We Think We Know You, and Art is Dead would be great for you guys I think. :)

I feel like this is a love letter to performing live. It scares him, and challenges him, and he genuinely has issues with the anxiety of performing. But he also clearly misses it. And wanted to get back into it. And then, after doing all the work to get in the right head space to do it - suddenly couldn’t! So this is Bo, in his room, missing the ability to perform live. To the point that he actually uses a laugh track as a synthetic audience - that’s how much he really does miss it. It doesn’t mean that he’s so “better” that it’ll never ever give him problems. And it doesn’t mean that he’s doing very well mentally even in that very moment. But this is a man who, on some level, misses the presence of an audience. To the point that he dials up a fake one to react to what he’s saying to a camera alone in his room. The audience might be tone deaf & might not always get the point (laughing while he discloses serious mental health problems). But to me, that shouting & laughter at the end is him really, really - at least in this particular moment - missing the dumb comfort of “the audience”. It’s something that - since a very young age - he’s always been able to go to for approval and acceptance. Not that they always give it, either. But it’s probably a little like working out every day to lose a few pounds and not having a scale. You *hate* scales. But…you always kinda wanna scale. And when the number says what you hope it does (or better) - gaaaah. Fuck yeah. That’s something to miss - whether it’s good for you or not.

You guys are genuinely some of the most insightful people I've come across in terms of reaction videos. Fantastic content, keep it up!

Love how empathetic your reaction is. You are truly wise and absorbing it all in. Thank you for this deep and thoughtful dive.

This song was recorded late into his quarantine, and one of the biggest takeaways I've had with it is that Bo does a phenomenal job capturing the mental unraveling that was bound to happen in that time. The overwhelming feeling of delirium, and of things happening to and around you with no control or direction is so incredibly strong. Bo is a phenomenal musician and lyricist, but he's also fantastic at setting a mood. The lighting, the special effects, the camera angles being used to point your focus where he wants it... Inside was proof that the man is a walking legend.

Watched your first two videos on bo, respect your honesty about your reaction to him and im subbing for more 👍

I think when he was talking to the camera, I interpret it as him seeing that his audience aren't standing up even though he already asked them to stand up... cause the audience is a single camera after all. He realized he's only talking to a camera really, even if he knows it'll be watched by millions of people, at that time he's still recording by himself with a single camera as his audience, there's no connection to people unlike doing it live.

You guys are awesome. I love the additional depth you bring. Super fun for a Bo Burnham geek like me. 🙌💙

Another one of the more introspective songs by Bo Burnham I feel is an old song from his early-ish career called “art is dead.”

You guys have a new follower. It's a strange thought that he's not at a show but he edited in canned laughter. It's actually eerie when you have the background info on the man himself.

Both of his specials, “make happy” and “inside” both made me laugh but also made me pretty sad as well and I cried at points watching both

"you don't wanna touch the hem of his garment bro?????" is one of the funniest things i've ever heard

my heart rate increases EVERY SINGLE TIME with this song

The ending to me was him simulating a panic attack. The increasing sound of the crowd, the disorienting visuals. Also, it’s blue lighting just like the Kanye rant lighting. He had a panic attack during that so I think the angry 'Get the fuck up!" was him expressing his anger that no one noticed he was struggling then. Kind of like, 'look at-what I went through during that.' the lyrics represent how he was feeling and potentially still is feeling. A lot of people during the story Part assume, "oh covid happened." but what-they also dont think about is the panic that-came after. There are moments in my life where something goes wrong and I automatically think, "wait am i really ready for this?" and panic. Bo probably felt this right as covid hit. It must've of put him in a bad place-where it led to him getting angry and expressing how he felt during the Kanye rant when he was having a panic attack.

this song resonates with my sense of hopelessness in the world, us humans are are barely getting along and the world just getting worst and worst, you can only hope for a turning point

The thing about your interpretation of the meaning of the song: art is as much about what you get out of it as what you put into it. Whether Bo intended it or not, that was what you got and that's what matters.

You guys did a great job with this one. My next favorite is Comedy by Bo

Inside is his Netflix special filmed, written and directed by himself and you see his arch visually with his hair and mentally through the narrative of his content. Must watch.

“Not enough people talk about this” bro, not enough people talk about your channel. You guys have a fantastic dynamic and it makes for an entertaining experience. Cheers.

Profound. I highly recommend watching 'Inside' from start to finish.

The whole show is so good, I hope guys get to watch all of it eventually. For me, I was so immersed during this song when he said "get the fuck up" and picked up the camera, I felt a part of me stand up. It was surreal. A lot of what Bo is eluding to in this show, is it's time for the rest of the entertainers of the world to stand up and perform their shit. He even says it one of his other songs, but I do love your take on the blue sub conscious and him telling himself to stand up. I definitely think that could be part of it too.

Y’all wrong about one thing. You CAN absolutely bump this ANYTIME, any place, anywhere. I listen to this EVERYDAY. went on vacation, played it at the shore house. Mostly the fun ones or outtakes. But even the sad, heady tracks! I appreciate him so much. It’s all good all the time. 💖✌🏾

i love seeing who can maintain his eye contact and who has to look away

You should react to that funny feeling, pretty great song

This song/performance is such a soul scratcher

It's a frustration song... is what I got from watching the special.

YOU GUYS HAVE TO WATCH THE WHOLE SPECIAL ITS JUST AN HOUR YOU GOTTA WATCH THE REST OF THIS ,this songs even a little outta context without the rest

he won awards for the lighting on this special iirc

Damn bro i caught a stray, im the type of introvert to message about the good time the next day 🤣

you hit it on the head. This song is his mental pep talk to get back on stage. Sometimes mental health can make the person suffering feel selfish hence the line "you say the ocean is rising like I give a shit".There are bigger problems in the world but when you are in the grasps of an anxious or depressive episode NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.