I think floating chalk outlines refers to the fact that you feel like the living dead while on medication so numb to life

Ren doesn't file copyright claims, in fact he encourages reactors to play his songs...he thinks that you help him, and hopefully he helps you. He supports that.

The word Genius is used way too often these days. In Ren's case it truly applies. He's up with the very best musicians of all time for creativity and talent. ❤❤❤❤

No matter what else you can say about Ren, his use of the space around him is simply beautiful and his commitment to the soul of the song is above and beyond, many artists wouldn't be content with the slight imperfections, Ren as the contradiction that he is, uses and enhances those imperfections to make the whole so much more perfect. And lets be honest, the mix of harmony and counter harmony is ..... *chefs kiss* Let the tears go man, we all felt them You nailed it, its a self reproducing sense of beauty of sound done like it is.

So glad you checked out this one. Ren X CHINCHILLA - "How to be me "(live) is a must watch so is CHINCHILLA - "fingers". You will be amazed. Great reaction as always.

They did busk together for a while. They do "how to be me" together both in studio & live (same as this song). Studio versions are great, IF YOU HEAR THEM FIRST! The lives are magical. She has a live version of her song "fingers" that is starting to go viral, for good reason... It's a MUST WATCH.

When Ren mentions "Walking Chalk Outlines" and his references to pills it's the exact feeling I used to have when I was on different anti-depressants and anti-psycotic meds for PTSD and traumatic brain injury, you're literally the walking dead when you're on those meds. A walking chalk outline. I had zero feelings at all. Couldn't laugh at anything funny, couldn't cry when friends or family died, forget about anything sexual too. There was a chalk outline around the old noodle because I was dead downstairs as well haha. It sucked. Then I started to get what's called "brain zaps" where it fells like my brain was getting electrical shocks. Those were fun, especially while driving. It wasn't any type of existence I wanted to live. I was more suicidal then before I got on them. I started taking crazy risks just to try to feel some sort of emotion and there was nothing. I've thankfully been off of them for almost 10 years now. And as crazy as it sounds I followed the advice of a few close brothers I served with and other veterans who have told their stories on KZfaq about taking magic mushrooms and you trip your balls off, but it actually works. Well worked for me. And it's helped the horrible migraines too. But Chalk Outlines the song has to do with us medicating ourselves either through prescriptions or illegal means, and being a non feeling, walking zombie. And in my country especially it seems everyone is on prescription pills. Kids too.

Another great and thoughtful reaction. The live version of 'How To Be Me' is another incredible emotional track about a friend of Ren's who committed suicide. It's as devastating as you can imagine. If you want a totally opposite side of Ren... check out 'Losing It' - Ren rapping overtop of a crazy EDM track by Aussie DJ Fisher.

The chills hit me every time Chinchilla locks eyes with Ren before the chorus. They embody the connection that the song is essentially talking about missing. Their empathy resonates just as much as the reverb of the location.

It is awesome to see you note that they are singing to the reverb. They are concious of it, and it becomes a third voice in this piece. So glad you have fallen down this rabbit hole of content. Your reactions are definitely improving my take on Ren`s music and other artists you are reacting too.

A prefect Collab between Ren and Chinchilla both fantastic singers

As other commentators have said many of us have only found Ren and his friends recently and the range of songs and performances will surprise you then you just have to except his natural talent is pure lyrical and musical genius ......cheers for reaction and opinions.

You were spot on doing the live version. I wou!d highly recommend Chinchilla doing her song Fingers (again there is a live version which is amazing although the official video is also very good)

Ren never fails to deliver. Put Chinchilla in the mix and it gets very special.

Your intellectual observations contribute so much to the more obvious emotional ebbs and flows of this absolutely gorgeous song! You bring so many additional layers to life with your reactions that I learn to appreciate the music on a significantly more nuanced and profound level. There's not a track I can imagine not benefitting from your insight. You consistently brighten my day! ☀️ Thanks for all you do. 🙏

By the way, Ren has stated that you can appeal KZfaq actions on his videos. He doesn’t want reactors to be restricted

I really love your breakdowns…so thoughtful in all dimensions. Wait until How to be Me…the space dynamics couldn’t be more different, but the performance is as powerful or more…open space outside right on top of a pair of SM7B mics. Chills. And Chinchilla is incredible. The live version of her song Fingers is 🤯. And both of them are completely independent. This was the promise of the internet for DIY artists in the beginning, and I’m happy to see it working for both of them.

Also… the way you speak about your thoughts and feelings about the music is so refreshingly erudite and articulate. Your genuinely a joy to listen to and watch.

This is a must: Chinchilla Fingers LIVE for Hunger TV. Just do it!

Love your reactions, Ren is the first time I’ve been a “fan boy” about anyone in 46 years! Bought all the vinyl albums and spend hours watching these reactions which is something I’ve never done before either, totally blown away by this guy and his friend’s talent! 👌

Like others have said, go for Chinchilla's LIVE version of her song "Fingers." She changes up all sorts of things in the live version vs the official music video and you CANNOT miss the vocal performance she delivers in the live version. And it's still visually captivating (though the official video is definitely visually beautiful, too). And don't sleep on her song "Elements." I can't pretend the storytelling/emotion of "Fingers" isn't the more compelling, but "Elements" is a "you really don't want to miss this one" song too.

I think he’s talking about what pharmaceuticals do to you they make you feel like you’re walking dead you’re floating chalk outline erase yourself, putting on a smile w/ the new drug habit prescribed. The part that breaks my heart is “I’m scared of being OK because all things change.” Mental health is scary for some us. ❤

So glad you checked out this song... Wait till you hear "How to be me" LIVE

Dont worry about any copyright claims when it come to Ren... You support Ren sharing his music, and he supports you back....

Beautiful I’m going to “the tales” next Loving your reactions man Take care Daz Berrima, NSW

Ren's passion shines through in every musical performance I've ever seen him do. Simply, tthe man is music. Even when watching Ren perform covers, he's engulfe in the musical momment and it's surging through his body and writtten on his face. It's that passion that hypnotizes his audience pulling us into his art. These are 3 of my favorites of Ren busking on the streets of Brighton that I hope you watch either on here or in private. Whatever you choose I'd be happy that you saw it. Ren & Sam Tompkins - Earned it /Mans World / Falling (Ren and his mate Sam🤯LIVE) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mp6edd2jzcqcgqM.html The Big Push - Watch Out (Ren & his band busking) Original release 2021 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rpaJg7Vl3L6Wops.html The Big Push "I Shot the Sheriff/Road to Zion/Hip Hop" (Bob Marley/Damian Maarley/Dea Prez) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7mVdtiDmpfWlZ8.html You can react to this one on 4/20 🤣

I feel like saying "Every note is not perfect" when listening to this song is the same as saying "Every brush stroke is not perfect" when studying Mona Lisa.

Literal chills! Ren's time is RIGHT NOW!!!!

Walking dead is how you feel on mental heath medications... laying in chalk outlines. Another piece of perfection

Love your honest reactions. If you think this was good (and it was) you must check out How to be Me (Live) also with Chinchilla written about his friend and sung on the bridge where he committed suicide. It's a masterpiece vocally emotionally and musically.

Yup! Knew I was gonna really enjoy the journey! Nice reaction... Funny... so far, youve watched the first three songs in the same order as I did... Can't wait to see your face when you hear "I shot the sheriff!"😁

Can't wait for you to react to some of Ren's busking videos, both sol and various collaborations, including with his band "The Big Push". You'll be blown away by how incredible his voice is and how many voices, styles and tones he has! His performance skills are always first-class and he just oozes charisma. His instrumental skills are top-notch too! Ren plays about a dozen instruments well. Half of them RIDICULOUSLY well! All self-taught! You have yet to hear any of Ren's rap tracks. Believe me, he raps like a rap god! He also scats and beatboxes brilliantly. Btw, if you're wondering who does the production on any of his tracks, including on coolab's, it's, you guessed it, Ren. He's a brilliant producer and lays down all his own music/beats/audio. He directs most of his own videos, many of which, like the ones you've watched so far, are recorded live, in a single take! As you're beginning to see, Ren's songwriting is world-class! Especially his lyricism. He's a poet really and a bloody good poet at that! :) He does it all and does it all as a fully independent artist! No label. No financial backing. No PR machine. No management. Every label under the Sun has tried to sign Ren! He's turned them all down! With Ren it really is all about the music! The trials, pain and suffering in his life have crystallised his priorities and fame and fortune rank relatively low on that list. Family, friends, being able to create and doing what he can to make the World a better place, sit firmly at the top of Ren's priorities and not in a cheesy way, how your usual celebrity might say it but in a genuine and authentic way. Ren's a unique artist! A musical genius! A once in a generation talent! :) tl/dr - Ren's great! Ren's music is great! Definitely react to more Ren! You won't be disappointed. You WILL be surprised... constantly! :)

The particular way he sings the word "Gallows" here reminds me of the Lady Gaga Parody The Kifness and his wife sang, which they called "The Gallows". I wonder if Ren has heard it?

Thank you for reacting to this one, a pleasure :)

"There is something about hearing yourself, having that feedback" - Where 'singing in the shower' came from. Loving your reactions, emotional and technical insight alongside heartfelt reaction.

No need to worry about copyrights with Ren.

These two are so insanely impactful in live spaces. They have a crazy symbiosis in their harmonics. Fucking beautiful.

Copyright is not an issue for Ren at all. He 100% supports reactors

❤❤❤ it gets to me. Chalk outlines are where people used to be, once these outlines are erased, the people no longer exist, the way some meds act.

This vid always brings me to tears

Does anyone else forgot this is a duet? The chinchilla appears and completes the track ❤

They feel the words which draws you in.

I do enjoy re-watching your reactions to Ren. I do still hope you can get that interview with him. When you do be sure to let me know okay. Take care sir...

Ren needs to be heard by the world

I love when you say ‘Oh come on’ as in disbelief. Totally get it.

It's ok for all of us to let it in... We must never forget.

Had to comment twice. Brilliant breakdown. Like commented and subbed. Can’t wait to see your reaction to fingers I saw heading here!

Aren’t they incredible! Ren calls Daisy (chinchilla) his musical sibling. They have an insane chemistry singing together. Daisy is so talented. Ren just pulls on the heart strings whether it’s sad, love, EDM, rap, it doesn’t matter what he does he’s just incredible 🖤 Oh don’t worry about copyright claims. Ren encourages reactors, in fact if u watch his “one million subscribers - defining success” video he thanks reactors. Defo worth a watch as it shows how beautifully humble he is 🖤

I've been binging your Ren reactions today and boy is there so much more for you to hear. I'm sure people have mentioned The Big Push. I might not be the first to say this either, but you should check out Ren with Sam Thompkins doing Blind Eyed. I think the best version is the Live MC Sessions one.

One of my favourite songs, amazing harmonies!

Welcome back to Ren ❤ Please check out his song Crutch feat. Bibi. It is absolutely stunning.

Nice reaction. I learn so much about musical art from experts like you. Thanks!

I love this song, it's a beautiful composition and the performance itself is superb by both. Wanted to extend a thank you for quality of your react. I've seen a number of others cover this but this is a fav. Nice work. New Sub.

I absolutely love your in depth reactions and analyses to Rens videos. You pick up things that personally blew me away which other reactors couldn't touch on. Would love to see what you think of and take from Rens' Genesis. Plus if you are looking to dive into Chinchilla I would 100% recommend Fingers Live for Hunger TV. It is awesome and really shows off her talents vocally and her performance skills. She is so quirky, I just love her ❤. Sending love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤

Great insight. Loved your reaction ❤

Sick Boi is also part of Ren’s experiences and brilliant it is his frustration with the health profession, music profession and the world in general

I completely agree with everything you said about the space dictating the performance and the magic that the space can bring to any singer. I've watched this a hundred times and I totally feel like it's three performers here...Ren, Chinchilla, and that space. I feel like they wore that instead of fancy outfits.

For me, it's the lyrics above all. I first watched the non-live version of this song. That moved me even more than this live video, because that was my first exposure to the lyrics. Very few people have the capability to write like this. Like a Morrissey, e.g. Doesn't mean everything they do is greatness, but they have the capability of reaching that level, whereas the vast majority of songwriters (or poets or writers, or, for that matter, those in any field, period) simply do not. The melody is simple, but gorgeous. More conventional, but still gorgeous. Structure, similarly simple, conventional. The performance was committed, yes, but, for me, without these lyrics, would not stand out as extraordinary. Even the subject matter is not particularly remarkable, but how it is expressed, is. The busker you mentioned who plays with strangers I believe is Guitaro. Of the videos I've seen, I've yet to see a single moving performance, reverb or no reverb. I've wanted to, I've wanted the people singing to be really good, and the performances to be inspirational, but have always been left wanting. What they do more than anything is reinforce my appreciation for the capabilities of performers like So-Hyang, like Dimash, which are at the absolute pinnacle, in all facets of performance, technically, artistically, given the songs that they sing, though neither are the writers that Ren is.

Chris Leipe did an interview with her where they actually do discuss her collaborations and artistic relationship with Ren.

Those same three soothing introductory chords are those that KZ Tandingan begins with in her song Say Something.

Love your reaction ❤

Another great reaction! Love the way you break down the song

I’m loving all your RENactions, I really enjoy your thoughts and knowledge and really look forward to more!

Idk where this location is, but to me, it looks like the record floor of hospitals. Records are usually kept in the basement. Hospitals are creepy period but, their basements look like they are sets out of horror films.

Man great insights from u, thank u

Definitely worth watching Chinchilla - Fingers (live version),if only for one particular word.(if you've watched it you know)

Were u talking about the office job looking guy that nails "Creep" by Radiohead in the subway with the guitarist w/sign inviting singers to join him?

I am so pleased you have done this absolute classic so early into the Ren journey. I am addicted to the emotion within both vocals, beyond magic, the best duo in my 50 years of music and I have some belters on my ipod! You really need to do " Fingers Live " by Chinchilla, her vocals are off the scale and so beautiful. Great reaction .

You can never go wrong with the live versions of Ren's songs! Awesome reaction bro.

Please PLEASE PLEASE check out their live “*How to be Me*”. It’s so haunting and breathtakingly beautiful.

You will be happy to know that there are many live performances to choose from. Ren excels as a performer. I've been obsessed with him for so long.

so good hugs all around

Absolutely stunning performance isn't it! Great reaction bro! Keep being you 👏👌🤌🔥❤️

Ren doesn't make copyright claims. If someone else takes it upon themselves to make a claim on his behalf, just challenge the claim and Ren will strike it down automatically! Ren loves the reaction community and has thanked them many times for sharing his work. He's described it a mutually beneficial feedbac loop. He regularly comments on reactions to his work. Always positively whatever the react but tbf, most reactions are gushingly positive, lol. He's given interviews to several reaction channels and not just the big ones and he's had reactors on his livestreams. You really don't need to worry about copyright with Ren. If it's Ren's work and it's on KZfaq, he's ok with you using it and monetising it. :)

Check out Chinchilla's music. She recently went independent so she could put out what was important to her. She only spent 1 year in the industry, and she said it was the worst year she'd had as an artist. Little Girl Gone is her new lyric video, and Fingers live is an amazing piece.

Thank you for this reaction - if you liked them doing this then you will surely enjoy them doing 'how to be me (live)' as well, its even more special. When you go back and look at Rens demos and songs from 7+ years ago you will hear well produced studio songs which still hit and do something special. Trust me - he has it all, and can do almost any genre. He's also a fantastic rapper, and as someone who has never previously enjoyed this musical genre, its a delight that Ren has shown how its grown to an artform. I'm still deep in the Ren rabbit hole and dont want to surface...

Thank you!

Youre one of the very best. Thank you

Guitaro5000 is the "grab someone off the street" channel I believe you're referencing

@PrymalChaos you forgot to list this video but its in your non-metal reaction list so might want to list it if you want any traction to it

Loving your reactions. Please do I shot the sheriff/road to Zion/hip hop by his band “the big push” next. Have a beautiful week

i´ve come to you through...ren... but i must say, that your reactions are really good, you are lost in the musik. i like your style. much love from germany

Ren doesn't copyright strike his music...he appreciates reactors ...if you get a strike from KZfaq appeal it and Rens friend will sort it out...👍

Also wtf is it about Brighton that brings out all these amazing musicians. Really need to google that.

Ren does not require people to stop his videos. He doesn’t hassle anyone over copyright, so don’t feel you have to stop for that. He has stated it many times.

I’d highly recommend one of his old songs called Crutch feat. Bibi. He was very unwell at the time. I’d recommend reading what Ren wrote in the description before you watch it. ❤

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hey friend, no need to worry about copyright with Ren, he has said he would never claim a reaction video, simply because you both support each other.......

You gotta check out Chinchilla’s live performance of her song Fingers for Hunger TV. It will blister your ears and singe your eyebrows. Incredible. Really.

Great reaction! This is one of my favorites, but there's so many. If you want to check out chinchilla by herself, I highly recommend "Fingers" live version. It's stunning. She's coming out with another original song on April 21st I think. Anyway, keep it going. Ren's money game 1 and 2 are great and should be on the list. Cheers 🍻

This is Bardcore! "Take this one, wash it down and you'll be fine" is what the doctors tell Ren......"There's a pill for everything".......what sarcasm and disgust!

So glad you're doing more Ren!! As others have said, please please check out how to be me (live) with chinchilla. It's arguably even better than this, I can listen to it on repeat! Also worth checking out two songs he did with another female artist eden nash... humble and ocean. No live videos unfortunately but both could almost make radio tracks

Going through your reactions. I hope you get to Bittersweet Symphony, The Hunger, What You Want, and Murderer.

Chinchilla has released a masterful self-produced 3min single "Little Girl Gone". There's a decent quality lyrics vid out for it & it's charting.... but I'm going to suggest you hang on for a few days til she drops the OMV for it & do a reaction vid to that as a first listen. If you're not impressed, I'll give you your money back myself!! ;)

I really enjoy how you approach these tunes. You do some reading in and some reading out and that's important. Every song should be relatable in a way that draws an audience in, but there's also a need to stick to the song. There's a guy who keeps dropping stuff about hi Ren that is not in the text, and it causes a misinterpretation of the lyric. And the fucker is prolific too. He's in the comments A LOT (angel, demon, God "aspect" and he's wrong). May be a nice bloke but it's frustrating as a writer and reader to see people injecting something into the text that isn't there. Anywho... Thanks for not being that guy. One very interesting device is how the song is about how Zoloft (zitriline?) Makes you numb to the point of feeling dead, well when ren plays the chords in the beginning, he players 2 out of the 3 notes that make up a chord. He plays the root and the fifth. That's interesting because he skips the third. The third matters because if it's a major third, the chord sounds happy. One fret down and it's a minor third which makes it sad. I thought it was interesting and had to be deliberate that he did a song about feeling numb and then skipped the note that tells the listener if the chord is happy or sad. This cat is wild!

The busker who invites people to join him that I suspect you were talking about is www.youtube.com/@guitaro5000 -- "Sing With Me For Free" -- and yeah, his videos are intriguing and heartening. :)

Must watch How to be Me REN ×CHINCHILLA

Check out her doing "Fingers"(the live version is much the best) to see just how powerful and pure her voice really is.

How to be me, I shot the sheriff the one he wears the braces

RENaissance