it would be amazing to see this performed at the oscar’s with a full choir

Hunger Games soundtrack honestly stands the test of time … Taylor Swift’s Safe & Sound, Lorde’s Yellow Flicker Beat, now this new olivia track

It’s funny that you said movie songs are usually bad, because I feel like the Hunger Games franchise produced some of the best songs from certain artists. When I heard Olivia was writing a song I knew it was gonna be incredible, and I am so happy with her take on the like early 2010s alt folk vibe 👌🏻 You should do a reaction to both Jennifer Lawrence and Rachel Zegler’s versions of The Hanging Tree

this song hits 1000x better after seeing the movie and how the lyrics really make so much SENSE

this song has been playing on repeat in my head since it came out. as a livie and a hunger games fan, this is one of the best things that's ever happened.

The fact that you identified and pointed out that “shapenote singing” and then to learn that it’s 19th century American south type stuff - I mean seriously, Olivia changed her type of sound to fit what would be more accurate for the music of the time in the book and of the character she is writing for. And then to still keep her own style mixed in…she is talented and educated on so many levels. And watching you discover this without even knowing the backstory just gave me chills.

Olivia captured the essence of Hunger Games.. the lyrics, the sound = goosebumps!!

the bridge part 6:31 feels like portraying the Mockingjays singing in unison with Olivia. Love it.

The heart in your chest isn't beating if you don't think this song by Olivia and Taylor Swift's Safe And Sound for The Hunger Games are hauntingly STUNNING in both lyrics and musical composition in relation to their respective stories from the books/movies

This song is insanely beautiful. It fits perfectly with the story of the book. As a Hunger Games and Olivia fan, I couldn't be happier.

You're right about Olivia putting so much effort into everything she does. That along with her incredible talent is why all of her songs are so great!

THIS SONG IS INSANE. like it shocks me every time. just insane. honestly feels like a spiritual experience lmao

can’t wait for the ballad of songbirds and snakes this song captures the story so perfectly 😩

This had no business being so good!! i usually like olivias faster, "energetic" songs, this had such a different vibe but became my favourite so fast

She has just won “Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Song” at the 2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards with this song!

Olivia wrote the song and Dan produced it. They did a great job.

Tristan, you are GOOD! I suspect Olivia chose to incorporate that Southern style of singing with harmonies due to the persona she is singing from - Lucy Gray Baird in the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes... who is, in fact, a Southern character. Apparently heaps of the music sung by Rachel Zegler in the film is influenced by this specific style also! Good pick up.

She's reminding me of Billie in this so much...it's so cool to hear her doing something different and new!

I think this song has acoustic guitar because it's supposed to be like Lucy Gray (the female character in the book/movie) singing it with her guitar. And she's singing about the mountains (where she came from) and how they can't catch her (in the hunger games Snow tells her to run). Olivia did do a great job with this more folksy sounding genre and it shows how popular she is now if they chose her to sing this for the movie

This song = chills. It's like angry, burning, hopeless, sad bitterness with this piece of love that turned and that's what created the aforementioned emotions. It's just soooo freaking good.

It’s so interesting how you talked about the choir past sound, because the movie’s main character is a singer who’s in a band that’s kinda set in an older time period, Olivia captured the movie perfectly

The song made sense after reading the book summary. It's perfect. 💜

the similiarities you noticed between olivia's layered vocals/singing style & shape note singing are actually almost definitely intentional choices! Music is a really big part of the story in book the new hunger games movie is based off of, and one of the main characters is a folk singer who's music is heavily inspired by early 20th century appalachian folk music, and the area she's from is based off of appalachia. The creative team behind the music actually released a bts video a while back, going through the process of finding that appalachian folk sound, working with a bunch of musicians who play in that style, and creating the melody and overall sound for the songs that are written out lyrically in the novel. It's pretty likely that olivia either got given a brief of what kind of sound she should incorporate into her song so it would be relatively cohesive with the rest of the movie soundtrack, or that she maybe even worked with some musicians more experienced in this appalachian style. It's cool that you picked up on that! It makes me excited to see how the rest of the songs in the movie sound in comparison

if yall read the ballad of songbirds and snakes you KNOW how perfect this song is😭😭😭

She never misses and how Olivia wrote it and Dan produced it ! Her lyricism and she’s Only 20 ! 🥰🥰💜💜

This song (the songwriting and sound structure and vocal choices so clearly made by Olivia) has me so excited for when/if she decides to pull a 'folklore' and dive into some fictional storyland so she can pair her gorgeous vocals (and harmonies!) with the brilliant, exaggerated, narrative style lyrical genius! I'm honestly like 82% more exicted for this movie than i was before this song came out. It paints such an "intrigue and newness" to The Hunger Games.

olivia definitely did her research because this song fits in so well with the other songs on the soundtrack, which i think you should review too! music as a means of storytelling and culture has a huge role in the hunger games franchise and im so happy the ballad of songbirds and snakes is bringing more attention to that

This song haunts me😭 the way the lyrics perfectly fit what happened in the ending and Snow&Lucy’s relationship in general… just wow

Tristan I just want to say that Olivia is my favorite artist and you are my favorite reactor ❤️

i am obsessed with your comparison to old southern/appalachian choir singing and i wouldn't doubt that it's purposeful here. district 12 (where katniss and lucy gray are both from) is supposed to be southern west virginia/appalachian region. such a cool homage!!!

You should definitely react to the songs in the movie, Rachel Zegler sings them live and you can see why Olivia chose this type of sound for this song

Your comment on shape note singing is really informative! The main character of the new movie is a singer with a Southern accent. It does seem very intentional that Olivia Rodrigo incorporated this style into her song. Your insights are so spot on.

Perfect combo! Olivia and Hunger games 😍 Insane track

My favorite element is that if you replay it like on a loop, the song ends the same way it started

this is honestly one of her best songs

having read the book (tbosas) i actually cried the first time listening to this song 🥺

I agree shouty harmonies just give me chills. My favourite song Don't Look Back in Anger has them in the chorus and it's definitely one of the main reasons I love that song so much

I think the song is supposed to be in the style of old appalachian songs since district 12 in the hunger games is in appalachia

i’m so so in love with this song

Loving your content lately! You seem really happy and high energy. So glad you’re doing season 4 on Patreon! Hope you’re doing well!

I can’t believe you mentioned I See Fire, which is my favorite Ed Sheeran song. I want MORE artists writing songs that could be sung by medieval bards lol. I love this one too

Only Olivia songs I’ve really listened to are from HSMTMS but this song very thematically fits with the world of the Hunger Games. The ending about the fire still burning and this not being the end are solid teases to this being a prequel to Katniss and her era, who is “the girl on fire”

I think this is her best song, I like some of her songs but this one gives me goosebumps every time. It also fits the hunger games feelings so well (haven't seen the last movie yet so I don't know if it fits that one)

Bro I’ve listen to this song an unhealthy amount of times to the point I thought it came out nearly a months ago, IT CANE OUT LESS THAN A WEEK AGO!! I love this song so much!!

The video for this is gorgeous, the way when it hits the bridge (?) and speeds up it starts showing more clips of Snow and its just perfect

I watched the movie last friday, it was actually insane!! amazing acting and soundtrack too I suggest you reacting to the song "as Pure as the Driven Snow" by Rachel Zegler

Absolutely loved this

Have you heard Rachel Zegler's version of "The Hanging Tree" from the new movie? I love it. It gives it a much more authentic Appalachian feel

How perfect the lyrics fit the movie omg I love it. It gives the song so much meaning. I'll never not hear this song and not be filled with sadness for what happend to snow.

I get goosebumps every time i hear this song it’s actually one of my fav songs ever like i feel the need to scream

Tristan's reaction videos to Olivia are the best

Wait I didn’t know she wrote this omg she ate this! It’s been on repeat since it dropped, I need her to make an album with this sound ASAP

you have to react to Rachel's singing she sings so beautifully.

I really believe that the hunger games is very good about the songs they have in the movies and soundtracks! Like the scores are so amazing too

love this song and the rest of the soundtrack for the movie 😍 please please please react to Rachel Zegler’s singing in the movie! Apparently she sang live with the band while filming and her vocals are insane!

it was written and produced with her usual producer dan!

This song kind of gives me "Safe and Sound" feels by Taylor Swift from the first Hunger Games! Love this song and it makes me so excited for the new movie!!!!

Thank you for sharing this with us ❤❤❤

Olivia rodrigo = my favorite singer 💜💜💜💜

The song gave me like full body goosebumps the first couple times I heard it, it's just incredible beautiful

Actually, this Hunger Games movie is going to be full of music! The are going to be originals for the movie, but most of them were written for the book. I woud recommend reacting to the songs, especially the Hanging Tree! Both Katniss' version and the new one. :)

you absolutely need to listen to rachel zegler’s songs from the movie ! she’s an incredible vocalist !

I must have crawled out from underneath a rock because I just discovered this song TODAY! Needless to say, it has remained on repeat. ❤️ It's poignant, haunting sounds transports you to a place of solitude, but then pulls you back out to reveal the light back upon your face. Love it!!!

I have been waiting for this reaction since this song was released!!

6:24 musical climax in the best way!!!!! I get mega chills here!!!

So excited for the movie and this song is amazing. The lyrics are so on point with the book. Especially the lyric about snow falling. That means many things in terms of the story. From a certain saying by a character to the main character being Coriolanus Snow.

I love it !!!! I love seeing Olivia doing indie folk music !!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

Thank you for saying that about vibrato, and your own experience with not naturally having it. Because I've loved singing my whole life (chorus, school plays, then college, karaoke etc) and never had natural vibrato and it had always made me so sad, 😢 feeling like I didn't (and never could) have a truly good voice- like those whose vibrato came naturally and beautifully! I would love for it to eventually come without having to think about actually doing it- with practice! 🤗

I’m not usually one to like a song right away (has to grow on me) but this song I loved it immediately!

Hi ur the best reactor in the world!!!

Yeah this is immaculate. Coming from an Olivia stan and hunger games stan. This has been on repeat in our house

❤❤❤❤❤ been blasting out this song for like a week now Still hits

it is for sure one of my favorite song of hers

I WAS LITERALLY WAITING FOR YOUR REACTION

truly I am also not an Olivia fan but this song is so good! It fits the storyline like nothing else I have ever seen from a movie song and it is also sung beautifully!!! Just wow

When the bridge comes out it's so good to hear and you are so good at every Olivia Rodrigos songs I'm here in Philippines supporting Tristan god bless the song is so safe and sound

this video made me subscribe! Love ur reaction!

I love your reaction. Subbed. This is by far my fave Olivia Rodrigo song. Made me a fan.

Was waiting for this video ever since the song came out and it's soo good again!!! Keep it up tristan!

Omgg u liked my 1st coment i wATCHED ALL UR OLIVIA VIDS LIKE LITREALLY UR THE BEST!!

for context, this song is from the pov of Lucy Gray Baird, a girl who won the hunger games with the help of her lover, only for her to find out that the man is a psycho so she runs away, and she s the only one who knows that he killed someone, so now even tho she disappeared, the thought of her is everywhere, he can see her and hear her everywhere “in the trees, in the breeze” “im here im there im everywhrre” “you cant catch me now”, the mans name is also coryo snow, so snow is used as a metaphor in this song a lot

I've always loved this style and I never knew why I liked it until you brought up the choir video

Love the reaction! And also this song shows that we are going to get more great songs from Olivia in the future cause she's so versatile. ❤

i’ve listened to this song ON REPEATTTTTTT i’m obsessed

Ik ur going through lots of stuff but just now ur fans , family and most importantly god is with you. I wish u the best in life keep it on!!!!!

I’m loving this song. I’m loving your reaction to this. I’m so excited for hunger games songbirds & snakes.🥰😆🕊️🐍🎶

I JUST WATCHED THE MOVIE. The song hits different after watching itttt. It’s so perfecttt

This is one of my favorite songs from her

this is my favorite of her songs honestly

Wow it’s so crazy that u bring up shapenote singing because like the whole soundtrack is very folky and Appalachian and I would’ve never known about this otherwise. Olivia Rodrigo really did her homework on this one! Anyways I think u should go over the other songs on the soundtrack that Rachel Ziegler sang like Pure as The Driven Snow, Nothing You Can Take, and The Old Therebefore (those are my personal favorites) they are so good and I really wanna see ur reaction to them. Love ur vids!❤❤

I think that you are obsessed with Olivia and I am all here for these era!!!💜💜💜💜

just discovered this channel yesterday and watched all of his reactions to olivia rodrigo, and I find it so funny how we can see him becoming a major fan

It's a wonderful track. I love the whole movie score, it hits.

after watching the TBOSBAS featurette about the music in the movie and after seeing you point out the "19th Century American Southern Choir" music style in the bridge, i think that really was what they were aiming for. you spotting that just goes to show ig how Olivia and her team really pulled that style off

olivia is so talented, this song shows just how versatile she is and girl did her research with this song because it perfectly describes lucy gray baird (imo)

This song is soooo good but hearing it. Blast in a movie theater was 🔥🔥🔥

Amazing song

My favourite song from her, the song sounds so different and a lot going on to keep us on our toes

Reminds me of Fleet Foxes crosssed w Lorde...so essentially Lacy, but where that song is gorgeous and introspective, this one is gorgeous and has *teeth*