I Finally Heard the Song EVERONE is Talking About.

Ren – Hi Ren – ORIGINAL

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J Bledsoe

1 month agoStages of watching Hi Ren: This looks creepy Guitar sounds nice Oh he’s singing Will the whole song be like this? Here’s the beat Ok he’s rapping now This guy is scary Now he seems nice Oh I see what he’s doing This is interesting This is intense The mean guy is a jerk This is INTENSE Make it stop I haven’t blinked or taken a breath in 2 minutes Go Ren! YES! OOO-OO-OO-OO-OO-.. I need some time to be still…Show less

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Dante Sabbath

2 weeks agoAs someone with severe bipolar, i suffer from psychosis in manic and depressive episodes, so i relate to this heavy. I am on medication now and the highs arent as high and lows not as low, the voices come back every now and then but now im much better.

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Cecilia Matos

9 days agoThis song is in all of us but it took this creative genius to reveal it, reminding us that his struggle is all of our struggle unique and the same. Thank you Ren ️

headrushindi

3 weeks agoI’m stunned .. just Freakin stunned. This is like listening to a Shakespearean Soliloquy in song. A one man Broadway superstar. I don’t say this about many artists …but I think we are witnessing {REAL} musical Genius here !!

Renova

1 month agoWhen the song started I didn’t think it was going to be my cup of tea but now I’m here at the end and I’m sobbing. My name is also Ren so it came across as more relatable to me I guess, but damn he’s totally right.

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simply simon

11 days agoWhen he says the next Jimmy Hendrix I don’t doubt his guitar skills. His writing, lyrics are sooo good. His songs so different but nod to past greats or musicians that he grew up listening too. He’s a genius!! Sucks you in wanting more. Praying he can get the medical help so he can give us more tracks Great reaction man.

William Allen

1 month agoI was listening for the first time with you. My depression has been getting the better of me the last few weeks and I haven’t been able to see the light. I’m faking being strong for those who need me, but I feel like there’s nobody around for me when I’m in need. This song, beginning to end, hit me in the core of my soul. I’m going to wake up tomorrow, I’m going to keep waking up, I may not live every day, but every day I will exist. If I cannot live, then I will love. I will continue to exist and I will remember that I am human…

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Suzanne Nichols

8 days ago (edited)This is literally what my spiritual friends would call getting into your “Shadow side” And I am so glad that I decided to listen to this. It is amazing. And it definitely caused me to sub AND share. I just wanted to let you know I agreed with your whole summation: this was a piece of art and actually, I got chills.

Don Beck

9 days agoThis is pure poetry. To put the experience out there, to be vulnerable, can give hope to those of us who may not want others to know what we are going through. This blew my mind, not knowing how to deal with depression. This is necessary material.

Kai

4 weeks agoThis is truly genius and one of best works of art I’ve ever seen that is true and honest. This guy is just wow no words to explain how much this song speaks to many people on so many levels.

Evil Alucard 13 Gaming

1 month agoDude, that blew my mind. I never would’ve heard it if you didn’t react to it. This was intense, dark and beautiful at the same time. I really felt his struggle, and ultimately his peace with himself. Damn that was good

Paul Elverstone

4 weeks agoI promise you; you will come back to this song again and again. The first time you hear it, you cannot absorb it all at once. After a couple of views you’ll recognise the little nuances that separate the two Ren’s: the staccato in the playing, the lights flickering, the tones of passive Ren and aggressive Ren. The fragmentation and imperfection of it all. You’ll hear more of the lyrics (which are phenomenal). The fact that this is presumably biographical and then having to convey that to us, the listener, successfully but also originally. Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran wouldn’t have a clue! It is Picasso’s cubism or Dali’s surrealsim. It is art and I’m so glad that it’ll never make commercial radio because it’s too good for that. But we get it because we know that this is something truly special. If you want to go down the rabbit hole, search for Violet’s tale and then the Tale of Jenny and Screech…Read more

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Geriatric Ginger

1 month agoit’s not a music video, it’s a theatrical work of art as a window to his inner being. Fucking amazing.

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Eco warrior

8 days agoThe lyrics are pure mania, thanks Ren, erratic but truth is going within, the abyss is traversed through song, very deep

Nicole Sparks

1 month agoI was not ready for this journey. I’m not even sure what the hell happened but that’s the beauty of it. This is the first time I’ve heard this and I’m so happy I did.

dan moore

3 weeks agoI am stunned and shocked at the brilliance of the depth of the struggle of man’s inner demons. These lyrics are on another level of genius. like you said it is Art.

Dam Smith

3 weeks agoArt is THE word for this. The performance/emotion that comes through here is next level. I have watched this so many times now and it still hits so hard

Danielle Snyder

8 days agoIf his written introduction is not fiction, this young man has incredible insight into his mental health issues. Rarely do people with psychosis understand what is real and what is part of their hallucinations. He is also able to beautifully describe his inner life. So glad he wrote this song. Hopefully this song will encourage people to rethink their beliefs and prejudices toward mentally divergent people. Can’t wait to see what else he will share. An authentic person for sure.

Big Homie Steve The Metal Head

1 month agoI’ve lived with an autoimmune illness called Systemic Scleroderma since I was 17yo, and I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety as well because of it and other life circumstances. That’s why I connect with this song soo much, it’s very relatable to just about everybody who has struggled in life. This isn’t just a song, this song is one of the best pieces of art I’ve ever seen and it cuts right down to the soul!!

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KitKar79

4 weeks agoAs someone whom suffers from auditory and visual hallucinations, it’s refreshing to hear songs that are relatable.

Melissa McKeague

2 weeks agoAs someone who struggles, daily, with those hyper-critical voices, this has made me cry and shout for joy at the same time. bless this young man xxx

NaniNoLovYou

11 days agoThis guy is on another level…He is GENIUS!!! I hope someone finds his talent and harnesses it. LOVE and RESPECT to Ren

Red Reaper

8 days agoHe could expand this song into an hour long one man show and I’d be first in line! Because after listening to this masterpiece of self-exploration, awareness, introspection, and musical talent, I have absolutely no doubt he could come up with enough material for several more songs, even some monologues, if he kept drawing from the dark and painful backstory of this song.

adam west

2 weeks agoI only just discovered this song last night and I’ve been binging it and the many reactions on YouTube. Calling it a song is not doing it justice. This is Opera. Storytelling of a play, presented through music. Bravo Ren!

Jan H

9 days agoThis is amazing. It was very obvious to me what was going on right from the beginning. This was genius. Even better, I could hear and understand every word, no matter the voice. The main reason I don’t listen to rap is I can’t understand the words because of poor diction. The music/guitar was outstanding. It showcased his message. This video is in a class all by itself.

Brad Wallace

1 month ago“I’m the voice that you hear when you loosen the noose on the rope” – a brilliant and impactful line. I was glad to see it hit you like it hits me. Every damn time.

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Cyan Sus

2 weeks agoI hope to see you react to more Ren in the future! He’s so incredibly talented, and there’s nothing he can’t do.

Alien Lifeform

3 weeks agoThis song helps us reflect upon those emotional “demons” or parasites, which can try to kill our creativity, our very souls. I am in my 60s and have just come to realize how emotionally “contracted” I’ve been to these negative energy thoughts. They’re not mine, unless I choose, freely, to accept their contracts. Amazing song. So true!!!!

Paulie Walnuts

3 weeks agoThis kid is BEYOND GENIUS. So deep at so many levels

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Kenneth Michael

3 weeks agoThe song structure itself is incredible. It starts off as a battle between his positive (Angel) and negative (Demon) aspects, the negative makes an overpowering last ditch effort to reign supreme, but ultimately fails as the final act, being the “God” aspect, emerges Triumphant, though still acknowledging and accepting that it will always be a battle because we are all “a coin with 2 different sides”. It’s a powerful piece of performance art that gives “broken” people HOPE. It’s a beautifully raw musical masterpiece. Ren is special. Welcome to the Ren rabbit-hole, it’s a trip worth taking.

Jeremy Migonis

1 month agoI’ve said this before, but there is a turn in the music scene right now that only happens every 10 years or so. Ren, Sleep Token, Dayseeker, Lorna Shore. These artists are changing the landscape of music right now. This is an exciting time.

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Schlongathin Mctwinkletwat

3 weeks agoThe sheer level of story telling this man has is amazing. We need to go back to people telling good stories through their songs like this again. Idk where we got away from doing this and all the cookie cutter crap but this is platinum.

Pete Smithson

11 days agoThere are no words to describe how powerful this song is. Thank you for reacting my friend. Much love from Texas

Lucii Dixon

4 weeks agoWow. This song hit different bro! Wow… it says everything he’s been through with his condition. This is incredible

Stacy Wachal

9 days agoThe true fight of awakening and the fight between shadow and light. This song is phenomenal.

Cecilia Brooks

5 days agoThis is the first time I have heard this young man. I am 74 year women and I love all kinds of music. This young man has touched my heart and I will be looking for him on YouTube! Thank you for sharing.

Big Homie Steve The Metal Head

1 month agoI’m soo happy to see you finally check this masterpiece out!!! This song has really had an impact on me and it’s amazing to see soo many people connecting with it. I really hope you do “Jenny/Screech/Violet’s Tale”, I heard that song for the first time 2 weeks ago and I was even more blown away. This kid is the most creative artist I’ve ever heard, he needs to be promoted EVERYWHERE!!

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Transcript

0:00guys today we got high Ren now I have

0:02seen this song and video literally all

0:05over YouTube every single time I pull

0:06YouTube up I see this in my recommended

0:09or on my home page so I’m stoked to

0:10check it out and personally I was

0:12intrigued just by the thumbnail alone

0:13and y’all were saying that this is like

0:15a game changer of a song but that’s

0:17literally all the information I have

0:18going into it never heard of Ren don’t

0:20know any of his music um but that’s

0:22honestly a beautiful thing because we’re

0:23gonna go into it Blinder than the mice

0:25and [ __ ] Shrek I found some cheese

0:28blind as hell guys link to the original

0:31video will be down below and real quick

0:33what if I told you that there was a 70

0:35chance you were gonna get chlamydia

0:37you’d be like oh [ __ ] that’s a that’s a

0:39high chance well guess what 70 of you

0:42are not subscribed hit that subscribe

0:44button and you won’t get chlamydia dive

0:46into the video shall we

0:58the hell

1:05[Music]

1:35thank you

1:39hmm

1:41[Music]

1:45o

1:49[Music]

1:55what the hell

1:56[Music]

2:02[Music]

2:06hi there and it’s been a little while

2:08did you miss me before you buried me

2:10didn’t you risky cause I always come

2:12back down you know that be down you know

2:14I’m always in periphery ran on your

2:16pleas to see me it’s been weak since we

2:17spoke bro I know you need me you’re the

2:19Sheep I’m the shepherd nor your place to

2:20lead me not your place to be biting off

2:22the hand that feeds me hi Bren I’ve been

2:24taking some time to be distant I’ve been

2:27taking some time to be still I’ve been

2:29taking some time to be by myself since

2:31my therapist told me I’m Ill and I’ve

2:33been making some progress lately and

2:35I’ve learned some new coping skills so I

2:37haven’t really needed any much man I

2:39think we need to just step back and

2:41chill ran you sound what we’re saying

2:43than I do you think that those doctors

2:44are really that’s a guy Jimmy crew this

2:46a million times your civilian mind is so

2:48perfect they’re always being lied to

2:49okay take another pill boy drown

2:51yourself in the sound of white noise

2:53follow this 10-step program Rejoice all

2:56your problems will be gone [ __ ] dumb

2:57boy not me this time is different man

3:00trust me I feel like things might be

3:01falling in place and my music’s being

3:03kind of doing bits too like I actually

3:05might do something great and when I’m

3:07gone maybe I’ll be remembered for doing

3:10something special with myself that’s why

3:12I don’t think that we should talk man

3:13because when you’re with me it never

3:14seems to help you think that you can

3:16amputate me I am you you are me you are

3:18I I am we We Are One split into that

3:20makes one so you see you gotta kill you

3:22if you wanna kill me I’m not left over

3:24then I’m not scraps on the side oh your

3:26music is thriving delusional guys

3:30real quick dude I’m sorry man I can’t I

3:33want to say stuff but I’m not about to

3:35talk over this song this [ __ ] gives me

3:37chills bro I’m like it’s almost a split

3:39personality or a voice in his head type

3:41of thing

3:43let me look at something okay so there’s

3:45a comment by Ren dude it talks about the

3:48story up until I was nine years old I

3:49would intermittently hear a voice in my

3:50head that was not my own the voice was

3:52distinctly different than mine and

3:53always negative it would self-criticize

3:55or urge me to do things I knew would be

3:57morally wrong the most peculiar thing

3:59about the voice was that it took no

4:00effort on my behalf to produce my own

4:03thoughts always felt like there was a

4:04process that required effort to bring

4:05them into the Forefront of my mind this

4:07voice appeared as though it was spoken

4:09by another the sentences felt

4:11predetermined like they had already been

4:13constructed holy [ __ ] and then it goes

4:14on to talk about guys if you haven’t

4:16read this comment I’m gonna leave it on

4:17the screen real quick pause it and read

4:19this wow

4:21holy [ __ ]

4:23the back and forth of the voice inside

4:25your head and then your actual mind

4:27battling something like that dude it has

4:29to be abnormally tough it’s got to be

4:31perpetually exhausting oh God where’s

4:33your top 10 hit where’s your interview

4:35with Oprah wow your crummies run nowhere

4:38yeah but my music’s not commercial like

4:40that I never chase number statistics or

4:42Stars I never write hooks for the radio

4:44they never even play me so why would I

4:46concern myself with that but my music is

4:48really connecting and the people who

4:50find it respected and for me that’s

4:52enough because this life’s been tough so

4:54it gives me a purpose I can rest in man

4:56you sound so pretentious ran your music

4:58is so self-centered no one wants to hear

5:00another song about how much you hate

5:02yourself trust me you should be so lucky

5:04having me inside you to guide you remind

5:06you to manage expectations provide you

5:08perspective nothing you neglected I get

5:10it you wanna be a big deal next to me

5:12Hendrix forget it man it’s not like that

5:14man is just like that I’m inside you you

5:16twice no it’s not mine you’re wrong when

5:18I write I belong let me break the fourth

5:19wall by acknowledging this song Ren sits

5:22down has a stroke of Genius once the

5:24right song that was not done previous a

5:25battle with the subconscious Eminem did

5:27it played on guitar Plan B did it man

5:30had an original criminal record fires

5:32the Pinnacle of your successes stealing

5:33other people’s material and mate we’ve

5:35heard it before

5:37[ __ ] you I don’t need you I don’t need

5:40to hear this cause I’m flying by myself

5:42I’m a genius and I will be great and I

5:44will make waves and I’ll shake up the

5:46whole world beneath it that’s right

5:47speak your truth your [ __ ] God

5:49complex leaks out of you it’s refreshing

5:51to ask for you say it instead of

5:53downplay couple things dude I absolutely

5:55love I love this concept such a unique

5:59song and video for one it’s got an

6:01incredible bounce to it and his flow

6:02like the dude can [ __ ] rap and it’s

6:04really impressive also he can like play

6:07the guitar quite well so they’re having

6:08those combinations right there it’s very

6:10different and abnormally relatable and I

6:13love it whenever it’s his like more

6:14demonic side that the lights flickering

6:16whenever it’s actually Ren talking it’s

6:18just light right I have never heard a

6:21song like this before uh music is all

6:24about the creative process and if people

6:26can find something to relate to within

6:27that then that’s just a bonus [ __ ] you

6:30I’ma [ __ ] kill you random [ __ ]

6:31kill me then I [ __ ] have you right

6:33I’m gonna do it watch me prove it down

6:34my music

6:38[Music]

6:44news flash

6:46I was created at the dawn of creation I

6:49am Temptation I am the snake in Eden I

6:53am the reason for treason beheading all

6:55Kings I am sin with no Rhyme or Reason

6:58none of the morning Lucifer Antichrist

7:00Father of Lies Mustafa leaves truth in

7:03the blunder deceitful Pretender the

7:04banished revenge of the righteous

7:06surrender when standing in front of my

7:08solar eclipse my name is Stitch to your

7:10lips so you see I won’t bow to the will

7:12of immortal feeble and normal you wanna

7:14kill me I’m Eternal or more I live in

7:17every

7:27foreign

7:28[Music]

7:34it’s absolutely crazy how it’s like the

7:36guitar playing Almost Doesn’t really

7:39stand by itself it just supplements it

7:41this is like more poetry this is more

7:43storytelling this is more experienced

7:45through like I’ve been taking some time

7:47to be distant I’ve been taking some time

7:49to be still I’ve been taking some time

7:52to be by myself and I’ve spent half my

7:54life ill but just as sure as the tide

7:57starts turning just as sure as the night

7:59has gone just as sure as the rainfall

8:02soon one is dry when you stand in an eye

8:04of a storm I was made to be tested and

8:07twisted I was made to be broken and beat

8:09I was made by his hand little part of

8:12his plan that I stand on my own two feet

8:14then you know me my will is eternal and

8:17you know me you’ve met me before face to

8:20face with a beast I will rise from the

8:22East and I’ll settle on the ocean floor

8:24and I go by many names also some people

8:27know me as hope some people know me as

8:30the voice that you hear when you loosen

8:32the Noose on the Rope and you know how I

8:35know that I’ll Prosper cause I stand

8:37there beside you today I have stood in

8:39the Flames that cremated my brain and I

8:41didn’t once lose your shade so carry the

8:44man I’ve become when I sing from the top

8:47of my lungs that I won’t retire I’ll

8:49Stand in your fire Inspire that make to

8:52be strong and when I am gonna rise in

8:56the music that I left behind ferocious

8:58persistent Immortal are you irremity

9:01difference die

9:04[Music]

9:06oh

9:16um

9:22[Music]

9:42blue

9:44[Music]

9:49foreign

9:53[Music]

10:01I shouted out into an empty room

10:04into a blank canvas that I would defeat

10:06the forces of evil

10:07and for the next 10 years of my life I

10:09suffered the consequences

10:11with autoimmunity illness and psychosis

10:16as I got older I realized there were no

10:19real winners and there were no real

10:21losers in psychological warfare but

10:24there were victims

10:25and there were students

10:27it wasn’t David versus Goliath it was a

10:31pendulum

10:32eternally swaying from the dark to the

10:34light

10:35and the more intensely that the light

10:37Shone the darker the shadow it casts wow

10:41it was never really a battle holy [ __ ]

10:44you heard that the more intense the

10:46light the more intense the darkness the

10:48Devil comes for you when you’re on top

10:49when you’re in a good position when

10:51things are going properly in your life

10:53the Devil comes for you at those moments

10:55but for me to win it was an eternal

10:57dance like a dance the more rigid I

11:00became the harder it got the more I

11:03curse My Clumsy footsteps the more I

11:05struggled so I got older and I learned

11:09to relax and I learned to soften and

11:12that dance got easier

11:15it is this eternal dance that separates

11:18human beings from angels from demons

11:21from gods

11:24and I must not forget

11:27we must not forget

11:29that we are human beings

11:41wow guys it’s it’s songs and song is not

11:45even a good word to describe this it’s

11:47artwork it’s an experience it’s the

11:51epitome of impact it’s so relatable and

11:54and I it’s it’s a masterpiece okay

11:57sometimes you can’t describe what a

11:59masterpiece is but whenever you hear it

12:01and you watch it and you experience it

12:04that’s the only way that you can know

12:06um with this I think that Ren is such a

12:10smart individual one it took it took a

12:13tremendous amount of courage and effort

12:15I’d imagine to make a song like this

12:17everything about it was so top-notch the

12:21creativity of this song The originality

12:23of it right and you know that whenever

12:25and if you focus in on the small parts

12:26of the song the mix master of it the

12:28flow of it the pacing of it the how the

12:30video mimics the song and how the song

12:32supplements the video which gives an

12:33explanation to the higher message that

12:35he’s trying to portray it’s it’s so high

12:38quality and despite the fact that this

12:40is one of of the most well done music

12:42videos and songs that I’ve seen in the

12:45longest time none of those things hold a

12:47candle to the relatability of it and the

12:49comfort that this song would bring so

12:51many people out there in the world are

12:53dealing with things every single person

12:55is dealing with an internal battle that

12:57you know nothing about

12:58um and it’s work right to try to be kind

13:00to people to try to be supportive to try

13:02to be empathetic it’s work trust me but

13:04I fail every day because I could always

13:06be better and I and I don’t want you

13:07guys out there to be upset with yourself

13:09whenever you fail at being positive or

13:11fail at being empathetic but that is

13:13definitely what we should strive for and

13:15I think that it is so cool that Ren came

13:18out and made a song like that I don’t

13:19that was the very first song that I’ve

13:21heard it makes me feel like I understand

13:22him a bit more it truly makes me want to

13:25sit down and have a conversation with

13:26them just about life and it’s songs like

13:28these that I absolutely love reacting to

13:30because that is the core that is the

13:32essence of this channel I always said

13:34from the beginning I did not want this

13:36to be just some tall awkward goofy kid

13:38reacting to music I want this to be a

13:40family and Outlet everybody out there is

13:42struggling so if you guys need an

13:44unbiased perspective you guys need to

13:47talk to somebody that’s not friends or

13:48family and you just want to talk to a

13:50stranger my DMs are always open feel

13:52free to hit me up on Instagram or

13:54Twitter and just let me know what you’re

13:55going through and a lot of I get a lot

13:56of messages so please don’t feel

13:57discouraged if I don’t respond right

13:59away but I try to get to everybody and

14:01this is what music is about

14:04this is needed this is the music that

14:07needs to be highlighted pushed listened

14:10to experienced shared I’m blown away

14:12it’s a beautiful thing when words can’t

14:14adequately describe how you’re feeling

14:16and this is one of those situations love

14:18you guys see you in the next one

14:22[Music]

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Ren – Hi Ren – ORIGINAL

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