He took songs written decades apart and blended them together in a style we haven't seen from him before and linked them with a cheeky rap. You really never know what to expect from Ren! On Patreon they did a behind the scenes that showed them putting it together. He had the idea, wrote and arranged it, and filmed it: all in 10 days. 🤯

One Shot live at Bar Valentino in Brighton 29/12/23. 10 days from conception to completion. The arrangement and the rap section by REN.✌🏽

I’m 64, you’d be surprised how many of us “Baby Boomers” watch reaction videos 😂 Great reaction boys.

I’m 61 and Ren is my music man ❤❤. Laughed when you said that 😂😂

Ren is phenomenally talented. It took him 10 days from conception to filming this song/video! Loved this reaction. Definitely check out his Fred Again Mashup video as well. His latest release, Mackay, is also amazing (pure piano piece). And BTW, I'm 53 and Ren is my favourite artist 💜💜

Back on 74 is by Jungle. They have said they wanted it to sound nostalgic. I think they were thinking of location (74th etc) rather than year but year also works with nostalgia theme. Ren specifically took it back to year by saying "Back to 1974" after his rap section.

You are very welcome...great reaction fellows, thank you. That was extremely fast btw and I appreciate that as well. 😊

Spilling the beans. I was 24 in 74 and it was the best of times. This reminds me of Smokey Robinson & Sting at the end.

Back on 74 - jungle Message in a bottle - the police/ sting Bassist - Kai Lacey Singers - Sylvia Mwenze & Scarlett Fae Cinematography- Sam Perry-Falvey {BACK ON 74} Keep it rockin', doin’ the same thing And we get high on the breakdown And we were watching from the same time But that don't change what I think now. And we were talking 'bout the same crime No, we don't hide when it rains now I learned my lesson at the same time Ooh, ooh ooh ooh where did it Go, back on 74 Call this place my home Never gonna cry anymore Where did it all go Ooooh ooooh ooooh ooooh ooooh Keep it rockin', doin' the same thing And we get high on the break down And we were watching from the same time But that don't change what I think now And we were talking 'bout the same crime No, we don't hide when it rains now I learned my lesson at the same time Ooh, where did it Go, back on 74 (when I noticed you) Call this place my home Never gonna cry anymore Where did it all Go, let it go Let it go Ooh, let it go Let it go Let it go Ooh (Guitar Solo) Let's take em back to 74 inherently poor/pour Myself on the (Break down) Talk is secondary, first my speciality, Naughty bars on a (Take down) Rap/wrap like nicotine, sound so addicting, Click click Zippo flick, caddy daddy hit the green Soak up dopamine, I mean dope scheme Take more head than the blade of a guillotine, uh Filipina - you shoulda seen her She likes girls but I turned Tina Angelina wanna raid her tomb Ocarina with the Zelda moves Sound so smooth, wax strip groove Don't stay still when I make that move Thought for food, colour scheme nude Massive like jungle, shy but rude And the world is yours, That's a Nas shout out with an awkward…pause Cos the world is flawed when the power makes money and the money makes wars And the world is more than a place in space on a spinning ball But for now that's all, back to 1974 Go, back on 74 Call this place my home Never gonna cry anymore Where did it all go Ooooh ooooh Ooooh ooooh {MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE} Just a lonely day, an island lost at sea, oh Another castaway, nobody here but me, oh More loneliness than any man could bear Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh (Let it go) Sending out an SOS (Let it go) Sending out an SOS (Let it go) Sending out an SOS (Let it go) Sending out an SOS (Let it go) Message in a bottle, yeah (Let it go) Message in a bottle, yeah

I'm 69 so you are confused when it comes to comparing yourself to the young being addicted to Ren's talents.

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It's a huge joy, isn't it?!... It's our ARTIST... Ren! So good! Thanks for the reaction.

Bar Valentino in Brighton!

Ren is made of music!

❤ #ren Love all Ren 🔥🖤🎶 This & Fred again mash up are my new favourites atm ❤🔥😍

Fred Again mash up please 🎉

Yes, singing Ren is definitely captivating. His recent Fred Again Mashup is fantastic. Another live audio one-take video in his Calgary apartment. Being familiar with Fred Again's music isn't helpful, so no worries if you don't know. Ren completely changed things up. A beautiful song that showcases his emotive vocals.

Back on 74 is a song by Jungle.... gotta react to Ren Fred Again Mashup. Also Masochist from REN. More singing stuff from Ren would be For Joe, Chalk Outlines, How to be Me LIVE, and anything from REN 😆 🤣

Count me in with the crowd I’m 63 this year and really appreciate Ren, he is multi talented plays the piano great!! Watch Money Game 3

So amazing they way Ren can bring old & new + his own bars into one song 🎶🎶

Cedric vibing!

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Good one guys!11❤

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Always enjoy your Ren reactions.💕👍🦇

This song makes you feel good after you listen to it. It's all the smiles and surprises on the journey. Stacie from Boston

One of Rens best and that’s saying a mouthful. Thanks for the reaction!

Excellent Reaction gentlemen, this vibe is perfect for a dark room jam session, like the Jazz parties of olde, must have been some wild times that you'd never forget. Peace

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YES!! I absolutely LOVE this song. I've never heard of the band that originally does it (Jungle), but I went and watched the official video and it is such a fun dance song! Ren's RENdition of it is incredible! Of course, he had to put his own original flip on it with the rap. He is so damn creative and talented. A real special artist! Oh, btw .. LOVES Cedric's dancing! That was fun! 😁

Excellent reaction Cedric and Brian 🔥💜 love the smoothness in this song. Ren is just amazing!!!

If you like rent singing on this check out another one of his more recent song Fred again mash up

Great reaction, thanks Gents 🙏🐊❤️🦉👍

Ren's retake of Nas Halftime is also just out

Ren sent me here, therefore I must subscribe... Thank you!

Glad to hear you guys checking this out.... Found it a few weeks ago. Love it. Guess I missed something with y'all being in two different places I'll have to go back and see. But... Brian! I think your beard looks very nice and trimmed. I have a son that I am always reminding to keep things trimmed and nice and neat. Make the world of a difference. I like it!

Love this! ❤️ Thanks for the great reaction! ☮️❤️😎

The year 1974. Ren says it when he ends the rap segment and says about going back to nineteen seventh four.

Just Love it!!!

Still awesome!

Your mum's actually gave you those names ❤😂😂

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Nice review guys!!! Banger

Great reaction!

Love this one so much… but I say that with EVERY Ren song❤

That's actually a Bar / Pub in Brighton Lads you can pop in for a pint. Cheers 🍻.

6:17 (precisely 6.19 infact) Cedric has a visitor 😊 A big Orb shoots straight up in the middle of his frame. 💛 someone is enjoying this as much as you 🫶

This was awesome!!

Definitely worth checking out the original back on 74 by Jungle!!!

Ahh you've done it 💜💜💜💜💜🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Love this one from Ren...

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Love all the Motown legend shout-outs. What an amazing and clever track, just love REN. Brilliant reaction as well!

Great reaction, guys. Such a smooth, Motown feel. Thanks 👍

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Thank you Kelly for the donation and Thank you guys for a great reaction ❤😊

This is my second time on your channel 1st time was for Hi Ren. For some reason I didn’t subscribe so you never popped back up on my feed. Came up today for some reason so I’m gonna subscribe now and look at your second reaction. he has a lot of amazing songs that I see you guys have not covered yet. Since his sick boy album got number one about five months ago he’s been receiving his treatments and only released about three songs. I think. So there’s this one, you have Fred Again mashup, which is a favorite DJ of his techno house, music that he turned into a acoustic guitar song. That’s amazing and he has a Nas retake the amazing rapper from New York City with the album Illmatic considered to be one of the top five rap albums of all time covering the song halftime, and he has a piano piece called McKay, which is an instrumental that he wrote for his other best friend who I passed away by drowning accidentally. Ironically, the last time he saw him was that Joe’s funeral, who also drowned, but from jumping off a bridge committing suicide it’s a beautiful piece. I really suggest you guys watch it anyway to make his album go number one in the 11th hour he threw a bonus track on castles made of sand, it’s an amazing song and a few guys can find it and react to it that would be great. I think you would love it not too many reactions on it because I’m not sure how available the video is on KZfaq. Hopefully you’ll enjoy this video. I’m looking forward to watching it and your reaction. By the way, I usually find his live versions to be better than his recorded versions so I don’t know if you did murderer Live, if not, you need to do that and also Genesis, which is probably my favorite live Ren video and song. Of course, that’s hard to say but it is for the time being and for a while. One last thing., if you love his singing voice which I do as well and most people do, you should check out his band the big push and watch some of their street performances busking in the UK. So jungle is the group of artist that performed the first song there and it’s a dance group. It was a TikTok sensation last year. I don’t know if you guys only do songs based on donation but even if you don’t react to it check out some of those songs I recommended on your spare time if you’re not gonna react to any of them, I think you’ll really enjoy them. Nice reaction, glad to be aboard

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Check out the original ... By Jungle... GREAT too... Super video choreography and feel too. Love Ren's. He makes it his own... His was the first.

I’ve been away..are you guys just on holidays away from each other and going to get back in one place soon? Great song/ reaction 🫶🏻🤍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Fred again,asap.

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Back on 74 - by fellow Brits Jungle on their 🔥 album Volcano. Try it.

regarding to the title „back on 74“ there‘s a band called „jungle“ with the song „back on 74“😉. he‘s referring to it in the lyrics when he sings „massive like jungle...shy but rude“.

You should also check out Englishman in New York by Ren, with band mates Gorran and Romain..

Thank you 🙏❤ Cedric and Brian ❤ for your 🐷 Ren - 🍾 Back on 74 / Message In A Bottle Retake reaction! #ren #sickboi #backonseventyfour #messageinabottle #retake BTS - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nb-DltKTyZOUZJc.html ... the original songs and videos are well worth your time, and when you're there, leave a comment that Ren brought you to them! Jungle - Back on 74 (2023) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5mci5WhxLvdaX0.html The Police - Message In A Bottle (1979) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8iIitWetr2Rf3k.html Curious about that golden skin condition? Watch Behind the Push: Icarus kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gc2RlJt1q67cY3k.html

Stone Church?!! As in the one in New Hampshire?!! If so, I've been there!!

We need donations to get Brian out of the clink by the looks of his background.

On the topic of stuff that sounds so good that you want to listen to it over and over again, check out Cant get you out of my head (cover) by AnnenMayKantereit

Ren does not have an accent you do 😂😂😂

The dude on the left was a bit over the top for me. You guys seem really cool though. I hope you have a lot of success. I like fun reactions but it felt like trying too hard to be "clowny". If that makes sense. I'm NOT suggesting you be someone else. I'm not trying to be rude like that. It just wasn't my thing in this one.

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Please STOP the dancing Cedric, you're not a mover buddy, lol. Also scratch your belly off camera.🤣Because of some sound issue, it looks as though you are clapping completely out of time with the music.

Don't ever dance again

FILMED IN THE VALENTINO BAR IN BRIGHTON. THEY HAD 2 HOURS TO DOIT. I EMAILED VALENTINOS WHEN THIS CAME OUT SUGGESTING THEY WOULD BE INNUNDATED WITH RENGADES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WEN THEY VISIT BRIGTON. i SUGGESTED THEY CONCOCT A "ren" COCKTAIL ADD 5 POUNDS TO THEIR PRICE( THEIR COCKTAILS ARE 11 TO 13 POUNDS, NOT CHEAP) THEN DONATE THE 5 POPUNDS TO RENS RESCUE CHARITY WITH A RUNNING TOTal on their website. notheard back, but curioua to know if their business has soared.