Please react to more Dave! He's an incredible lyricist. I recommend his songs called Heart Attack and We're All Alone

Dave’s older brother went to prison when he was younger hence why his teachers would say he needs counselling and the struggles he went through. 3GS in the ring call me Alvarez is a double entendre being a reference to his friends in his circle (3 gs) and Golovkin (nickname GGG) and Alvarez who are 2 boxers that fought each other

its really good to see you cover dave. most of the US haven't heard any UK music at all

So I have a theory about this song that you guys may have missed. i could be wrong here, but i think the song is structured on the 5 Stages of Grief (aka the Kubler-Ross model) The song starts with DENIAL, the whole beginning of the song he talks about how he doesnt need saving, and doesnt need healing. ANGER, The tone turns aggressive as he starts talking about how he'll "put shots in your frame" for criticizing him, how his gang run the streets, and they are the ones putting pressure BARGAINING, the song suddenly turns upbeat, and Dave starts to talk about the kind of life he wants and deserves, how he has earned it, and is in a way owed that life, DEPRESSION, then comes the inevitable crash straight into depression, and the music follows that crash as well, and he starts to talk about all his insecurities. ACCEPTANCE, right at the end where he comes to terms with his past and there is a small resolution, he seems to drop the facade and get real.

Dave is a ridiculously talented and unique artist. The best switch, the mood change and the general flow is just ridiculous.

Dave was very clever with this record. The opening is sad and angry, quickly into a happy upbeat verse then back into sad and depressed. Shows the rollercoaster of emotions most people deal with on a daily basis

You could analyse about 95% of daves work like this he's a remarkably honest and frank young man who has insight way beyond his years. Plus his music is just genius. One of the greatest rappers ever.

Love it that you're checking out UK artists like Dave. Here's some recommendations for more mental health related songs from Dave: Dave - Both Sides of a Smile Dave - Survivors Guilt Here's some other mental health related songs: CHVSE - Blackout (Official Music Video) Good News - Mac Miller Grand Finale - Mac Miller DMX - Slippin Lil Peep - Life is Beautiful Lil Peep - The Way I see things Love your channel keep it up man 🙏🏻🙏🏻

The "happy" beat that comes in at around 4:22 symbolizes a manic episode, then it goes back to depressive

It’s a lot of fun watching you discover this kind of music and seeing how much you actually enjoy it. Glad you’re having a good time!

Dave is a mixture of bars and deep topics. Another great example could be Cadet who passed away but was a very underrated UK artist

This whole album is supposed to reflect a psychodrama therapy session. After and before each song the therapist comes back in asking questions and the songs are the response. The reason he did this is because his older brother got life in prison when he was 16 and part of his brother's sentence was psychodrama therapy

Thank you for doing a UK artist! I’m a fan from the UK and I’ve been watching since your first juice wrld video, I’d love to see you react to more Dave songs, especially “Lesley” it’s a very intense song but it touches on domestic abuse which I don’t think I’ve seen you react to yet, keep up the great work :)

The whole album is a therapy session, from start to finish

“ 3 GS in the ring call me Alvarez “ He’s referencing the boxer, Triple G

Triple g and Alvarez is a boxing reference 😉

Great to hear a uk artist on here ❤️👍❤️👍

Love seeing you branch out as well, hope you keep hitting artists I love haha

Dave’s track Heart Attack is the most compelling story I think he has told on a beat or you can go look up his Be@tbox freestyle when he was 16 talking about everything from his childhood it’s a deep song and would be interesting to see your views on these songs

I found this guy yesterday with juice songs and now he's doing my favourite Dave 🙌

The change in beat, flow and lyric topics is to represent different mood swings. Please do a deep dive into Dave’s music if you can, he is a complex person who has been through a lot in his life and really puts his energy and feelings into his music. A lot of people resonate with Dave and he is in my opinion one of the best lyricists in rap today. Great videos you have my sub!

there’s so many of dave’s songs you could react to it’s mad

Great reaction as always! So pleased to see some Dave on the channel, he really is different, super talented lyricist! I know you said you’re a ‘beginner’ but you’re catching on really quickly - Dave isn’t an easy artist to break down, especially if you’re not from the UK as the accent is quite strong, the slang words are different and Dave packs to much into his verses! The whole Psycho-Drama album is supposed to be Dave talking to a therapist so really cool concept for you to react to! His live performance of ‘Black’ from The Brit Awards is outstanding, it’s be great if you checked it out. It’s very different - just Dave and a piano at first and the issues he raises and social commentary he speaks on are so important. The performance moves me to tears every time! Oh, and ‘barmy’ in the UK means, like ‘crazy’ or ‘mental’ - UK slang! Lol!

Nice Reaction! I hope you are going to cover more of Dave's music, he truly is a poet and a storyteller! Recommendations: - Three Rivers - Both Sides of a Smile - Heart Attack - Survivor's Guilt

This has got to be the most wholesome reaction I’ve ever seen. He’s doesn’t even realise his body is feeling it without him knowing it

What a great song, great choice!!! Keep it up you've gone up like 2k in a week or 2

Dave - Lesley Dave - Environment Dave - Drama

Hi sir, just to add another dimension. The beat switches is a reflection of his mood switches. And the stuff he says in that up tempo beat is exactly what u described that u was feeling. It was exactly that he was tryna make u feel. “It’s like I’m happy for a moment then sad again”

So grateful for Dave content!! I love how much you love the music. Barmy is English (UK) slang for crazy. The English cricket fans are known as the Barmy Army because of their crazy antics. So it's just a play on that.

Great reaction! I love your reactions, love from The Netherlands!!

Great reaction, one of the best I’ve seen! Could you please react to “Dave - Heart Attack”, great song and a lot to break down. Also Lesley by Dave

i'm loving these videos

I’m so happy you did Dave. Amazing on so many different angles musically, his life story and the level of introspection is unreal and his ability to tap in and out of the darkest parts of someone’s mind.

thanks so much for listenting to my comment to react to this. one of my favourite songs

wew, interesting channel. Geto Boys - Mind playing tricks on me'' is also a good interesting classic song to listen to. Or Viro the Virus - Heartless (Viro unfortunately actually killed himself, still one of the saddest songs I know, because of this fact. Still would like to hear your opinion about some of the lyrics) Nas - Drunk by Myself Dave is also a very interesting artist. He often talks about the stuff he's been dealing with in the past, or hints at PTSD, like in ''Panic Attack'', ''Heart Attack'' or ''My 19th Birthday''

I never thought I'd be put onto music by a therapist but here we are. Great song selection, these videos are amazing

Johnny Cash - Hurt, seems like a perfect song for you to react to, if you aren't familiar with it already.

Love from the UK. Been watching the reactions since you uploaded ur first Juice WRLD react but never did I expect you’d do Dave.

Three G’s in the ring, call me Alvarez is about 2 professional boxers who fought eachother. One goes by the name GGG or triple G and the other goes by Canelo as a nickname but his real name is Saul Alvarez.

Daves new project!!! and his old song panic attack is really good too

Dave is a true poet and one of my favourite artists and I really enjoyed your breakdown of this piece 👏🏾 Thank you for opening your ears and mind

Loved this song and reaction man I’ve been loving your videos recently keep it up. One of my favorite songs is trauma by NF and it has some really hard lyrics in it I would love to hear your dive into the depths of it. Another concept id like to see is you dive into stuff like some love songs and try to give incite into feelings like love and hope or sad love songs like ones by Lewis Capaldi or dean lewis.

I was surprised to see this on my recommended lol more Dave please!

i know it might be hard for you with the london slang but dave genuinely is one of the best writers ive ever heard. he has a lot of deep and introspective songs. "were all alone" or "heart attack" are from his new album and are both amazing. you should check them out

I’m so happy more people have found Dave. His songs are really really good. Another song on the album, Psychodrama, is a song called ‘Lesley’ it’s such a good song with such a deep and impactful meaning

Please listen to “my 19th birthday”. It goes into Seth about his personal life and his experiences.

Please react to "Name in the sand", "I" and "Breathe" by Lil Skies!

Love to see videos like this. But next time you listen to a UK song, I recommend listening with someone who can explain the slang used because there were so many punchlines missed that make this song so much deeper. Really liked hearing your opinions on this though

React to: More Dave: two sides of a smile, we are all alone, heart attack Trippie redd: Underwater flyzone, together, abandoned

Thank you from the UK! Great to see a perspective from a therapist.

i also recommend my 19th birthday by dave, he made this song when he was 19, and he says there a lot of stuff

Hey Tom Stevens! First time subscriber here! I found your channel in the KZfaq algorithm, as I was watching something else. Say that you went in-depth in the lyrics of some of my favorite emo-rap artists, and thought I’d get in the comments for some suggestions! My first suggestion is Hotel in Sydney by Hopsin My Second is Never Be Alright By Seon Third is Smile by Yellopain and Keedron Bryant Fourth is Scars on My Heart by Powfu and SadBoyProlific And the fifth one is Mental Issues by Sik World Much love for the videos! I’m still going through your KZfaq channel, watching and liking all your videos! Keep it up man!

Seeing you fuck with the beat made my day

When you said it makes you happy that’s amazing because this song is basically him sat on the therapist couch going through all his emotions and that’s the bit where he is talking about things that make him happy

btw this is the intro song to pyschodrama. the therapist at the start of the songs appears throughout the album. even if you dont react to it on video its worth a listen

New sub because of Dave.. real talk, you should do more Dave, he's a storytelling realness.. plenty to recommend but I'd suggest Lesley, that track might actually give you something to explain your expertise

Thanks for making these videos! I recommend If I surrender- Citizen Soldier

Dave is my biggest inspiration ❤ ! I am a Psychotherapist that lives in his area and raising my kids there. Feel very proud of him!

Ur spreading love 💘 love u!

I love this style of reaction! more UK artists please, i had to sub!

Pls more Dave! Great reaction, Dave - My 19th birthday, Dave - heart attack

I would recommend listening while reading the annotations on Rap Genius. And then do a Re:Reaction. Because there's a lot of great things you're missing. For example..Chro is weed he was hiding in a drink of rubicon(a drink in the uk ). He want to school with rich kids and was selling them drugs to feed himself

Hey Tom, I've been watching your videos and they are all so insightful and entertaining! I would really love to see you react to some of Yungeen Ace music, he speaks a lot on his traumatic experiences and depression. "Pain", and "walk away" are great songs you could check out. I really think your videos are helpful to the fans cause a lot of us never heard an actual professional speak on some the topics in these songs. Keep up the great content and happy New Years!

Great reaction ! such a young guy and pita whole new spin on the genre, he really is a different breed of artist, I agree with the others here try "heart attack! " Or "Lesley" if you would like a real shocker of the same album . Look forward too seeing more of you!

Dave- We're all alone .. is an amazing song, the intro song from his most recent album.

OMG I DIDNT KNOW YOU DID THIS

Wow the beat was showing his range of emotions can't believe I never noticed that

Talking about the beat making you happy, have you always been a fan of rap or is it a more recent thing?

It’s interesting when I’m also listening to these artists for the first term properly with you 😂 I usually half listen if a song like this comes on the readio or on Spotify. But it’s fun analysing the meaning of some of those lyrics 😂 it does some exhausting though 😂

i‘d recommend reacting to jake hill's „we die too“

I didn’t know this existed. What a cool channel Im subscribing

he really started feeling it when the beat dropped 🤣🔥 dave does that to people

Please finish this album and the new album too they are incredible musically and lyrically

You should react to Screwface Capital by Dave. It's a great song

Yeeeesssa more dave

Great video!! Love your message and methods

Dave is awesome. You should check out Dave Lesley and Dave heart attack or panic attack

love this!

The triple G Alvarez line is a boxing reference. Canelo alvarez and genady golovkin (GGG), they fought twice, two controversial fights. Triple g in the ring like alvarez, he’s saying that his ring is worth 3 grand.

Great video, helps understand what these artists are about. Should take a look at Lil Peep - Life Is Beautiful some time, I think it would be a good song to analyze :)

You've gotta do Dave - Heart Attack, you'd have a field day with it

Can you do Trauma by NF next please!!!!!!!!

React to RJ by conscience, its about his childhood and how nobody knows him as a person but just like an artist. Its such a deep song! I love your video's you Seem like a very Nice guy

hey can u do "meant to be" by juice wrld he talks about his past

Hi Tom, you were wondering what happened to Dave. Dave suffered a lot in his life. His father was deported trim UK so his mum was left homeless with 3 young boys, Dave was just born. Mum worked very hard to provide for them and they were poor. When Dave was 11, his brother Chris who was 16, was part of a school group of around 30 kids who chased and murdered a 15yr old Sofyan RIP (it was a school on school beef), in the busy train station in the middle or the day in front of many cameras and commuters. Although 9 of the group actually committed stubbing and most others didn't, feds decided to use a law called "Joint enterprise" which punished anyone involved in this murder even if they didn't directly do it. Chris was sent to prison for minimum 18 years. Dave strongly believes Chris didn't commit the actual stubbing and is against Joint enterprise as it punishes people who didn't commit the end crime. This has had a huge impact on Dave and family. Grandma died from stress. His mother wanted to commit suicide. Dave at age 11 had to deal with courts and lawyers, losing a beloved brother (who was his father figure), murder case, family stress and make sense of it all. He had to grow up too fast. Around that time his third brother himself committed fraud and was sent down as well. So poor mum did what she had to do. Locked Dave pretty much indoors to prevent him also going the wrong way, bought him a piano Dave wanted, and Dave self learned piano alongside a school friend. He said he was bored so read dictionaries a lot. Rapping came a year after learning piano, where Dave found a way to express his emotions through music. His first performance was on Blackbox music you tube channel which was showcasing new talent. He was barely 16 but his rapping was way beyond his age. It is my favorite Dave performance ever, it is very different to Dave's music today, and it is full of anger and passion, and also pain and frustration over his brothers incarceration. I cannot recommend it more, its on KZfaq. His second Blackbox is also powerful. He quickly became the one to watch out for. People wanted to hear what he had to say. People love his word play and his rapping style. People love his piano playing. People love his ability to be honest and emotionally intelligent, because he can say it in a cool street manner. He is one of the very few rappers who can say he cried and still be cool. He knows how to tell the stories that we can relate to. In my view Daves internal suffering is not finished, that he is still torn. He now has money and has paid his mums bills, but Chris is still in jail. He loves him and misses him and that is often stated in Dave's songs. Chris is supportive of Dave's success, which was recorded and put on Dave's album in the outtro. But I can just imaging that Dave can never relax and enjoy fully cos he knows where Chris is, and similarly, it must be hard for Chris to watch this from jail but not be able to participate. The good things in his life apart from his loving mum, are a bunch of his childhood friends, who were with him before he was famous, and they are in most of his videos and mentioned a lot in his songs. Dave said he would give his life for them. I'm glad Dave had such great friends going through all the suffering. He also has 3 dogs, who as we know are a great emotional support, as well as making him laugh. I hope that once Chris is out, Dave can allow himself to be truly happy.

Dave - how I met my ex. Beautifully written

Thank you to the Americans who know who My mates are

I’d love for you to check out “my fault” but juice Wrld, he dives deep in his feelings on this song

Me stoned af and a psychotherapist vibing to Dave 😎

‘3 G’s in a ring call me Alvarez’ Referring to the Genady ‘GGG’ Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez boxing match

Excellent writer Dave is. Tough for you with the UK lingo. The crow in a Rubicon was a great bar, food is slang for weed. They were hiding weed in the Rubicon juicebox to sell it. That's how they put their food in the fridge. Really hope you listen to heart attack. It's an extremely powerful stream of consciousness. Black is another great one, a UK man's take on the racial climate. Good video man, thanks!

Thanks For the Video ❤️😍

I could be wrong but i think Dave's farther got deported when he was younger and both of his older brothers were sent to prison, one for his involvement in a murder. His mother has had a rough life also, living on the streets for years and potentially being a drug addict, Dave's mentioned in other songs that his mother was suicidal. So broken home to say the least, also from a rough part in London and involved with gangs, drug dealing and bank scamming. Incredibly talented and also saw success from a young age, first making a pretty big name for himself at around age 16-17 then having Drake remix one of his songs at 18, then going from strength to strength since. There's loads of great Dave songs to check out but IMO some of his more overlooked songs are his best, id recommend Environment & Survivors Guilt.

Three G’s in the ring call me Alvarez is a reference to the boxers Gennady Golovkin (nickname GGG) and Canelo Alvarez

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Alvarez is a boxer who fought a fighter who's nickname is GGG. So 3 Gs in the ring is a wealth flex and a boxing reference.

Heart Attack by dave is a good one

I really enjoyed this reaction. Thank you

Lesley by Dave is an incredible song listen to the end the vocals are angelic!

GGG is a boxer and Alvarez refers to canelo Alvarez who beat GGG in a boxing matches