Another phenomenal reaction you 2 beautiful souls I understand this feeling all to well after losing my friend/crush to suicide in HS right after getting out a abusive relationship anyway here’s the story about the song so you can understand why Ren wrote it and everything hope it helps. Despite what the song is about and the theme of the heartfelt lyrics, ‘Su!cIde’ delivers a melody that can be described as upbeat as Ren seeks to find a balance in amongst the bittersweet sorrow of losing a loved one in this manner. The story behind this song is a very emotional one, as you will see below. “Today, the 1st of June is my friend Joe’s birthday. I first met Joe when I was 8 years old, my friend Josh said I had to meet this guy, so we both walked over to his, it took about 10 minutes from my house. I was greeted by this kid covered head to toe in freckles, he grinned at us, climbed onto the back of his sofa and screamed “Swanton Bomb!” then front flipped off the top and landed right onto his back on a stone floor. He lay still for a moment, twitched a few times, then got up, grinned at us, brushed himself off, and did it again. This was Joe. He’d do anything to make people laugh. He ended up becoming one of my best friends. He was there when we stole our first cigarettes out of his mums pack, way too young. He was there when I had my first kiss, with a girl twice my size on the back of the 42 bus. He was there when I first got so drunk I threw up in the woods after drinking as much white lightning Cider as we could. I was there when he did his first backflip on skates, and saw him do a 720 off of the pier cave, that moment became legendary. Joe was the funny one in our friend group, he’d make us laugh till it hurt. No one had a bad word to say about him. It was impossible not to like him. Usually we put celebrities, athletes and actors on pedestals, turn them into role models and admire them from a far. The person I admired was Joe. Him and Sagar knew every word to the songs id write, we’d get drunk at parties and they’d be singing along as loud as they could. It gave me a lot of confidence back then. On Christmas Eve 2010 I was sitting in a pub with Joe, he’d been feeling low after a couple of consecutive break ups. He tried to check himself into a mental health outpatient facility a few weeks earlier but they turned him away because he didn’t have an appointment. He turned to me and said that sometimes he wished he could just walk into the sea and keep walking. He said it in a kind of half joking throw away comment type of way, then took a sip of his drink, walked over to the juke box and put Dig by Incubus on. If I knew that was the last time I’d see Joe id have hugged him, told him how much I loved him, how much I looked up to him, how much we all loved him, and I wouldn’t have left that pub. I didn’t know that, so I finished my drink, said happy Christmas and left. Two nights after Christmas I got woken up by a phone call at 3am, it was my friend Ella. She told me Joe was on the Menai Bridge, a large suspension bridge connecting the main land to the isle of Anglesey where we lived. He’d been on the phone to her in tears saying goodbye. He told her to tell everyone he loved them. I pulled on my clothes as fast as I could and started running toward the bridge. It was up a hill. I lived about a ten minute walk away, I could run it in five. As I ran I started dialling then redialing his number. The line was busy, which was a good sign, it meant he was still on the phone to someone. As I got about halfway, the busy tone changed. It told me the line was out of service. I got a sinking feeling and picked up my speed. I arrived to the bridge minutes after I left my house. It was deafeningly quiet. I was the first person to arrive. I got there probably about 2 minutes too late. Joe’s body was never found. Initially we refused to believe he was gone. The coastguard came out that night, with boats, and helicopters. Me and my friends spent the next 10 days putting up missing posters everywhere we could, walking up and down beaches with flashlights, getting about 3 hours sleep a night. When you’re walking up and down a beach with a torch when its dark everything looks like a body. We still haven’t found Joe. As his birthday came around, I wrote a song, freckled angels, a song I dedicated to Joe which I sang in front of his friends and family. A charity football match was put on for him, raising money for the RNLI where I won two bottles of wine in a raffle, I drank them both as quickly as I could, naturally, turned to my friend and probably slurred something along the lines of “This is the last time I ever drink” That was 12 years ago, I haven’t touched a drop of alcohol since.” Ren will be raising money for the RNLI, the group of brave men and women who spent hours tirelessly looking for Joe after the night he went missing

The powers that be keep us distracted from reality, Ren is a guiding light. The reality is hopelessness and homelessness go hand in hand. The growing inequality and destruction of the middleclass is leading to hopelessness and more self deletion. When will people unify against those in power who feel nothing for the suffering of the people. ❤

He talked about this song in an interview, it is a collection of unfinished songs. The story at the end is about how he literally ran to save a friend threatening to jump from a bridge. They never found the body. He was just minutes late.

Yhe video was done a year ago. The 2nd part added,recorded as it was written about 2 weeks ago. He shared the details of that night of trying to catch Joe and getting there 2 minutes too late. Felt the video was unfinished. Sat down at the piano and this fell out of him.

Thank you for reacting to this one ❤Ren is starting a movement of love ❤❤

You almost have to do mental warmups to see this. Beautiful. Thanks Ren

Y’all should check out Freckled Angels, the song he initially wrote to pay tribute to his friend Joe Hughes. It’s gorgeous & painful at the same time, but worth watching for sure. How To Be Me with Chinchilla is also along the same theme, not sure if you’ve seen it. 💜🎶

This is about Ren's best friend Joe Hughes, who jumped off a bridge in Wales at age 19 five minutes before Ren arrived at the bridge.

Great reaction. Would like the next Ren reaction to be the aptly titled "Hold On"

It never seemed like the right time is the main message in all his pain. He purged himself of his pain with this song.

Definitely helps to read the pinned comment from Ren. I didn’t realize it was there at first. Thank you for your reaction ❤

If we can't feel we can't deal. If you live long enough this will touch all of us.

Nicely done….!!!! I really enjoyed the reaction….!!!!!

Put the damn phone away for 5 minutes! 😵

Heard he played the piano at the end and struggled to word it right, he thought fuck it I'll just do it.

Really cool reaction. I think I will check out any other Ren reactions you have. (EDITED TO ADD : Aww, no Ren playlist? I could have missed it when I looked, I guess. I don't feel like searching around for other Ren reactions. I'll check back to see if you make one.

DAMN

I’m surprised you don’t know the story as into REN as you seem to be. You should research it. It was actually pinned to the bottom of his video. Have a great day.

nice couple - nice reaction - love!

Thank you, guys!

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Pure heart ❤ it ! Reap 0ers9n in a false person's world! Stay humble

I also do the same things ....just same ...I cant even tell you...

The highest praise to give someone is doing a reaction on they’re video whilst looking at your phone. that’s the height of ignorance…..🤷🏻‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

You better hurry up and wife hrr up. Think you guys sre perfect.i realize time moves fast. She is your best friend. Move fast my mate, tomorrow is never promised.

Next shubh new song cheque

Your not even looking !..

Good react - constructive criticism… don’t answer your phone and/or be blitzed on camera.

It could be a more syncronizing with music and lyrics ..indeed it can be a great try to be a masterpiece👍..ricky from india

You should listen goli song of sidhu moosewala . You will definitely get goosebumps after hearing that.......

Is your mobile phone really more interesting? Very disrespectful 😒

Tomorrow is Sidhu moosewala birthday

bout his friend joe jumped off bridge odd body never found!! at end he added that part! AFTER THE KNOX HILL ONLY LEGIT REACTOR A LONG INTERVIEW.....REN ADDED THAR PIANO END AFTER make it bout his friend........................

Brother ...I have the same problem ....like her ..can you please share your email id so I can connect to talk about this ....I am having this issue from last 2 years

Hope you provide me your email id ...its really helpful for me