"Faith and hope aren't necessarily lost or found, but pursued" is a fantastic sentence. I've never thought about it like that before.

@amyaeschbach3581

9 ай бұрын

Pursued!!! Yes. This is me! You also told my dr. Story. What is a serious dancer, performing arts high school, dancer at Juilliard. Became ill in many different ways and I have to stop dancing because my body wouldn’t work anymore with constant pain and full body muscle weakness and fatigue. Diagnosed and treated for many different things but in the end it was anxiety, depression, bipolar? Psychotic? 12 years later finally diagnosed with mitochondrial disease. Gives you no energy and any soul in your body especially muscles, G.I. track, hearing loss, vagus nerve, diabetes, anemia etc. definitely lost all faith! And doctors, the system, my God. I’ve watched about 20 of your videos over the past month and don’t know why I haven’t hit the subscribe button? I hit it today! God bless you. Will keep up the pursuit. Thank you Ren. I believe this is becoming my very favorite song of yours. ✌️🫶🏻☀️🌻

Painful words.. Thank you for your story and such an open and emotional reaction, Chris.

I do hope Ren sees this - I totally agree that it’s great singing! So sorry about what happened to you. But maybe, as Ren talked about in his thank you speech, that’s why you are so empathetic. You are kind and thoughtful as well as knowledgeable - that’s why we follow you. ❤️

@chrisliepe

10 ай бұрын

My suffering has absolutely created empathy and compassion and patience, though imperfectly. I think it's partly why I like to teach so much!!

His voice in the chorus is soooo amazing . I love this song ❤

@jonathansmith5317

10 ай бұрын

Yes and thank you Chris for letting the chorus play all the way through instead of stopping it multiple times throughout it unlike almost every other reactor, it's one of the best parts of the song and they ruin it's impact

This is another Ren masterpiece ❣️ I live in chronic pain, and since the death of my husband, living alone only makes the pain worse. It is harder to escape your own mind without someone to help pull you out of the depths. As always, I love your breakdown.

@scunningham7173

9 ай бұрын

sorry for your loss, I hope you are doing ok today. Ren is an amazing artist and truly a light in the darkness.

Thanks Chris.. isn’t it just amazing how so many of us relate to Ren.. but we also love him for being human.. his voice and talent stand alone.. thanks for sharing your journey.. I really think his superpower is allowing us to open ourselves to humanity here without judgement.. appreciate you lots!♥️🎶♥️ and that chorus is so emotional!!❤️‍🩹

@chrisliepe

10 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

I find it amazing how REN’s music helps us all connect on a more meaningful level with each other.

The hook...Ren's voice is absolutely beautiful!!!

My son was treated as a mental patient from the age of 4- 28(now). We finally found a dr taking him seriously now but his faith and hope have been shaken so much that he is still having trouble believing he may be able to ever have a life. He is highly intelligent and just stuck here with me. We relate so much to Ren and to your story now. Much love.

Thank you for sharing more of your journey, this song resonates with so many of us. Ren has a way of pulling these threads from us all and weaving them together. This song is somehow musically all over the place and yet coherent and unambiguous at the same time. So smart.

@tesskennedy4959

10 ай бұрын

Wemissyoukate, I liked your comment muchly. It resonated in particular the part about threads seem to draw us in. Bad paraphrase I know but can’t see your words And the way in which you reach the concluding word ‘he so smart’🎈🎈🎈

I was looking forward to checking out your take on this one! That chorus is just something else. I have come to expect the unexpected from Ren, but...wow.

I lived in an unknown medical situation for 7 years, so I experienced all the feelings Ren describes here, especially Calming My Nerves By Plotting The Day I Leave This Earth, somehow it got me through another day. Luckily I am doing great now and no longer a patient, but now I feel an uncertain type of faith. Great reaction to my favorite Ren track of this album👍

Thank you for sharing. I understand your response to Ren better now you've shared your experience. I'm sorry that you were treated so indifferently. I spend a lot of my working life unpicking the damage that's done by people who lack compassion and insight into their power. I love your reactions and vocal analysis and I'm glad you've found your own way through the storm. Great reaction to a great song.

He's kind of a master at changing his voice for a character delivery. Such a well executed song all round 🔥🔥🔥🔥💕

This one is my favorite Ren song. Prior to this song if someone asked me what was my favorite song from Ren I would choose my favorite by what mood I was in at the time and which song complimented that mood. This one hit me hard and it spoke to my soul. This song is amazing and epic! ❤️

Chris! Oh my god! What you described of your medical history sounds exactly like Euler's Danois Syndrome... My wife had the same "It's all in your head" and it's the height of the medical field's hubris isn't it? Makes me spitting mad! I'm so sorry you had to experience that insult to an already painful injury!

I really liked this one. It was the perfect blend of vocals and rap. Served up with really cool music. A beautiful and clever expression of pain. Never thought that was possible. Before Ren. It

Oh, I was hoping you'd react to this! It's a massive, ferocious track and that chorus that gives me a huge frisson. My god, what a vocalist he is.

The chorus ❤ It is so so catchy, can’t get it out of my head! Chris, thank you for this reaction and for sharing your struggle with us. You are awesome and was really hoping you’d react and connect with this track

@p.s.8171

10 ай бұрын

But what is the chorus singing? "You're no one-a, could you be the one"? I don't catch the first words, just the "could you be the one"

@markafcb

10 ай бұрын

@@p.s.8171 that’s not the chorus. But I’m not sure either, it’s a sample that Ren used.

@EleganceFlawed906

9 ай бұрын

@@p.s.8171I’m now probably going to hyperfocus solely on that, but so far I feel like it’s either “found/my(?) nirvana, could you be the one” or, considering the sword and shield reference in the pre chorus “don your armour could you be the one” which could also go back to Suic*de “draw forth the sword and drive through the armour”.

Thank you, Chris, for your vulnerability and wonderful vocal analysis. ✌️

Wow. I had no idea you had those kind of struggles. Thank you for sharing your journey. I can see why you resonate so much with Ren. I always love your reactions.

Chris, thank you million for this story. I had no idea. Opening up about wounds, suffering, desperation and darkness is so important coming from a person like you, who is perceived as successful, competent and confident. You are and absolutely true and organic part of the RENeissance. ❤

It’s great to witness you really reaching and invested from the title and onwards. I can’t believe I have seen you this animated in a reaction. Which of course is so engaging to me as the observer. 🎈🎈🎈

Human me is grateful to you for sharing your story and empathizes with the awfulness of your experiences. Nerdy me, meanwhile, is amazed he didn't notice that Ren changed the melody slightly in the second chorus until you pointed it out, and is now obsessed with that part of the song. 😉

I love how excited Ren’s masterpieces make you. I hope Ren touches base with you. 💜

Thank you for your sharing of your condition. You didn’t have to, but it shows that first of you are not just some random person we are watching on our screens and secondly, that Ren’s music touches you on a personal level and your reactions are genuine

Thanks for sharing your struggles Chris. I could really see this song resonating with you. As always awesome analysis. Thank you.

Wow thank you for sharing with us! I love that Rens music bring that out of people, makes them feel comfortable enough to share when most wouldnt open up like that. It makes such a big difference when you feel like someone else understands and "gets it". Ren's use of different characters and voices is one of my favorite things about his singing. That's one reason I love Love Music Part 2 so much 😂 it makes it seem that he's not worried about sounding his absolute best all the time. Like, an "I'm having fun and I don't need to impress anyone cause I already know I'm awesome" vibe, if that makes sense.

I love your reactions, especially concerning Ren. Yes Ren, this man, his songs, his lyrics are all so complicated. He can twist and turn and kick and flick the lyrics in all directions, and then back again. At first I´m none the wiser for it. Then for one short moment I think that I got it, that I got him. Then he turns everything upside down and I´m lost again. But slowly, in all the chaos of his lyrics, I start refinding and redefining myself. Is that why I love him? Why we all love him? He is truly panning for gold.. He shakes, rinses and sifts our reality, until only the golden grains of ourselves remain. For the world and ourselves to behold and marvel at.

@EleganceFlawed906

9 ай бұрын

Beautifully written

This song is So profound, I realize I've been holding my breath each time I listen to it.. I don't want to miss a word, a beat, a nuance... Your analysis was so good, thank you! I can empathize with your struggles as well as Ren's. I am so happy you both have found music as your vehicle to examine and transform your enormous amount of pain and disappointment in not finding solutions. Thank goodness for music. Thank You for what you give to us through your excellent reactions to Ren's artistry and thank you for your honesty in sharing your own journey. Both Ren and You help us realize we are not alone in our pain, and that we can create wonders no matter what. 💜

Man I could see him making a whole musical about his life.

@chrisliepe

10 ай бұрын

I think he is... just unfolding in pieces!!! :)

I was told that I had a mental issue when I, in fact, had a severe spinal issue. Not found until my mid 30's, after a car accident. The Dr I trusted to "fix" it, told me I would be 90% better after healing. Instead of telling me that they had made a mistake, I was told, yet again, I was the problem. I had to see 3 other local surgeon's before one sent me 2 hrs away, to a teaching hospital. 4 fail surgeries later, I can't trust Doctors anymore. I like in chronic pain and listen to Ren for therapy. ❤❤

thank you for reacting and supporting my favourite artist ever this song is fire ❤❤❤

I couldn't wait to see your reaction to this one ! Ren's voice, his range, his passion, his pain is totally amazing !

So horrible when a doctor, lacking the knowledge themselves, say that it just something between your ears. That your pain is not real.. I have a rare hereditary condition, Ehler-Danlos Syndrome, but because of the psychiatric diagnosis at the top of my dossier, I was told that it was psychosomatic. Until my younger sister got the diagnosis. And since it was hereditary they then finally had to look at me properly. Many of us have had this experience. At 16 year old I went to my orthopaedic physician because I had lumbargo every few months, he started referring to the fact that my parents where divorced. If they don't have the answer it MUST be a psychological problem. Big Hugs! And I wish you strength and peace during your personal recovery ❤❤. Another wonderful reaction about voice use❤

@ratmackay

10 ай бұрын

The overlap between neurodivergent (Autistic/ADHD, etc.) folks and EDS, MCAS, & POTS is huge and doctors never want to listen to us..."sure, doctor, the fact that the majority of my joints hyperextend regularly is all in my head...that I get massive rashes from random things that people aren't supposed to be allergic to...and that I have my heartrate jump so high that my fitness watch (whose band I am randomly allergic to periodically) reads me standing still as "intense" exercise...yeah, alllll of that is in my head because I have a also have multiple neurodevelopmental conditions. Ignore the fact that this cluster of comorbidities is shared by lots of people simply because you still want to think if you hear hoofbeats you should think horses and not zebras. Newsflash, buddy, if you're standing in the middle of the Serengheti, zebras is the more rational explanation!"

@ricksurratt9034

10 ай бұрын

My wife has Ehlers Danlos syndrome. And it is very painful and it’s hard to find anybody with a diagnosis she had to have a geneticist finally verified. It took a long time as my grandpa used to say all gods children’s got problems.

@claudiarovers9787

10 ай бұрын

@@ricksurratt9034 true, though some seem to have gotten a few extra just for giggles 🤦‍♀️. I am happy to hear that she finally got the recognition she deserves. My sister, mother and me joined the patients with EDS association because we didn't know anybody else either. It is a rare affliction luckily, but more awareness wouldn't be amiss. 🥰

@distractjen

10 ай бұрын

@@ratmackayfacts! It took over three decades to get diagnosed with EDS, followed by MCAS, POTS, SFN, CCIand a few other comorbidities for good measure. Was also finally diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, which brought a whole lot of my struggles into focus.

@ratmackay

10 ай бұрын

@@distractjen there's a lot of us that just have to live in a weird in-between place where we know what is wrong with us but doctors don't want to listen. Like...ok, how many years am I going to have to live as a walking poster child for X but not have an actual diagnosis or treatment plan because every specialist you want to send me to to rule out W, Y, and Z FIRST has like a 9 month waiting period before I can even go to them to be told that I don't have W, Y, or Z...and then the geneticist that they all insist I need to see to even consider a diagnosis of X has a year and a half waiting period and is on the other side of the country? It's insanity.

Fellow connective tissue disorder zebra here. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Had been told it was all in my head for decades with first extreme medical emergencies as a teenager. Constant dislocations, atraumatic fractures, pneumothorax, depression, anxiety, ruptures. Was finally diagnosed EDS at 41yrs after so long with hundreds of diagnoses and medical gaslighting. Getting finally diagnosed involved grief, acceptance, validation, anger, grief, frustration....reframing years of pain. Now I tell doctors _"if you hear hoofbeats that's definitely not a horse, it's a zebra. I don't care if you think you've never seen a zebra in real life, maybe you've been seeing zebras regularly but they're painted with layers of misdiagnosis. Look closer"_

I really hope you get to meet up with Ren, I think you'd both get a lot out of it 😀. Thank you for sharing your story, that's the thing I enjoy most about Ren's music (and it's what he loves too), that people are opening up and talking about their own struggles, instead of presenting a polished character to the world ♥️

I've been waiting hours for you to react to this. hahaha

@chrisliepe

10 ай бұрын

haha... glad you only had to wait hours :)

The switching on and off of autotune as he slides off the end of each phrase is such a great balance. You may have to know quite a bit about Ren's voice to understand how much he's not cheating, there.

Another triumph of the unexpected, how does he do it? Thanks for sharing Chris, I can see how this resonates, but as per usual, your infectious joy for musical expression made it a pleasure to watch you.

Thank you for all that you shared. Great song and melody with analysis.

Wanting to send you a hug Chris. A few decades too late, but as I know, those sort of traumas of not being believed never leave. Your reactions are priceless, my favourites by far! Thank you! 🎉

Thank you for sharing your story. I just love Ren sharing all his enormous skills in this track.

This track makes me feel very emotional for some reason. Great reaction as usual from you. Thank you for sharing your story. There are so many reasons why we all loose faith in everything these days. 😘😘😘😘

Thank you for you openness on such a difficult time in your life. I think it speaks to why Ren resonates with so many people! Great reaction as always! ✌🏻🫶🏻

Was hoping you'd do this one, he's combined so many different techniques and textures in this song, was great to hear your take on it! That chorus, ironically, is just divine. 😂 Wishing you well on your healing journey going forward! ❤

“Thanks, REN, for another journey back into mySELF!” Such a mood and why I can’t stop playing his tracks on repeat. Also grateful for watching your reactions, Chris, not only to see someone else truly get deep into these physically but for more and more cards to pull from my “voice work and impressions” deck and stack in the house of performance cards I’m trying to build. (The most important part is the support. 😊)

SOMETHING IN HIS VOICE REMINED ME ON JEFF BUCKLEY DONT KNOW WHY?! I LOVE YOUR LISTENING

@chrisliepe

10 ай бұрын

He's really influenced by Buckley! And you're right, Buckley oozes out of his singing voice SO MUCH!!

I really appreciate your openness about your health, Chris. It helps to share these stories. Thanks for another Ren reaction!

Love this song so much ❤. Relatable for anyone who has gone through chronic pain. Great reaction ❤

Good share. It's easy to look at Ren's experience in life and not really understand the extent he has dealt with, yet it's clear that more people can connect with him than we realise. Be proud of how far you've come!

Thank you so much for sharing your own experiences in such an open and honest way. I find it so wonderful how music can touch so deeply and connect up to our common humanity! Take care of yourself!

I’m sorry to hear that you went through that Chris, must have been horrible. Loved your Ren reaction as always! The chorus gives me chills every time😊

Love you reactions technically and philosophically!! Pray for continued healing for you!!!

Thank you Chris, thank you for your story. I see now why you can relate to Ren, like so many people. He is so amazing, love your reactions. ❤❤❤

Thank you for sharing your story 💛As soon as I heard this song I couldn't wait for your reaction.

We love you Chris! Thank you for sharing your story! It's so incredible how music can bring us together and help get us through difficult times. That's why I'm fighting through my many fears to learn vocals so I can hopefully help others in that same way!

Thank you Chris for sharing your story. This helps others, too. Great reaction ❤️.

One should never carry objects of Faith. Yet, have Faith that comes from and returns back to, the Self.

Thank you for sharing your story 🙏 I'm glad you found the correct help you needed. You, Ren and many other true artists are an absolute inspiration 🙏

that beat right before the chorus is animalistic, I love it!

Ren said on his livestream he's already going on the album to come after Sickboi. It's going to have more guitar and singing probably. So lots of music to analyse from him for a long time yet.

Similar story: adopted, always in pain: my adopted parents called me 'Sarah Bernhart (actress) due to them thinking I was making it up ... finally diagnosed in UK with a genetic connective tissue dusorder (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome) at 46 years old, by which time I was in a wheelchair with 3 carers... Long story short, after many changes in perspective/ nutrition and a string of 'coincidences' that showed me how everything is 'energy' (quantum spirituality ;) ) : I am now mobile, married, building a tiny house and a tiny food forest in New Mexico with my hubby.... Part of the reaon we can realte to Ren's vibes ;)

Woah. Great analysis! 👍 So interesting hearing you explain how he uses his voice.

Hes just an amazing artist...this song was fire...thanks great reaction as always

I can relate to your pain, to Rens pain. I am sitting here in agony with awful back ache, stiff neck. Other health issues other than osteoarthritis. Some past back injuries come back to haunt me from my younger day. I live on Tylenol and sometimes aspirin. Nothing stronger than that for pain. I have many medications already for heart failure and high blood pressure, thyroid and blood thinner. I have to be careful of any other over the counter stuff. In a few months I have to start getting infusion injections by my doctor every two months for osteoporosis to try and strengthen my bones. Fear of falling and fracturing something is a daily threat. I need a cane to walk to keep my balance. Well gee, after all that I'm still great. Mentally not too bad, I have great hobbies that keep my mind occupied and entertained. I hurt though with everything I do and I still worry, so what else is there to do? Just try and stay sane and not destroy everything around me to just release my frustration and help to feel better for a minute. Today I am 1/2 year away for my 75th birthday, then I smile and say well hey, what the hell, you made it this far so why not keep going? So that's what I do. And find things to laugh about, look for humorous things about life in general. Just keep going, even in the hard times. I'd be lying if I said every day was sunshine and happiness, there are some very dark days as well, I sometimes just have an hours or so and just cry a lot. Just have to find the good days and be happy with them and enjoy them.

I've seen several comments sections where people said the chorus sounds like a Bond theme.

@chrisliepe

10 ай бұрын

haha I can't unhear that now!!!

@NilZed1

10 ай бұрын

Isn’t it weird/cool how many people have said that when they more than likely haven’t watched each other yet?

The thumbnail got me so excited that you were doing Children of the Moon 😭 Great reaction though, minus the messing with my emotions up front lol!

Great to catch a reaction from you as always. Love it man, your honesty and intellect are well worth my time. Much appreciated.

Just watched this on a loop and thought I need to see you reacting to it. And there you are!

Thanks Chris for sharing your personal information! I loved your reaction to this song! It’s so deep and I feel you had some great insight!

i love this song for its singing parts! sure there is some pitching on there, but i dont think he is trying to hide that, and his range is already impressive enough, but his skill is how he has produced it to make it sound as natural and continuous as possible to reach his intention for the line as a whole is perfect (if that makes sense). great review as always dude!! you always bring some knowledge and experience to your reviews its great to see

Thank you for sharing your story. Much love to you.

I feel like this is kind of a different version of Hi Ren, where he's showing both sides of himself with the different characters. So freaking talented.

I liked this video 75 seconds in. Thanks for sharing man.

Thank you for sharing your story. Ren's music and story have also resonated with me for similar reasons. I was finally diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos at 25 after 6 years of pain, unknowns, and dismissive doctors until one kind doctor listened to me. I'm still trying to figure things out in managing my EDS 8 years later, but at least things are moving along and I can get by day by day now with some answers. This song hits particularly deep and scratches that itch in my brain when I'm having a bad pain day. Much kindness your way!

i can tell by your silence you were really impacted with this one

Thank you for sharing your personal story with us ❤️

You HAVE TO go on with the Elizabeth, charismatic voice, to react to Chinchilla How To Be Me LIVE VERSION and her collab woth Ren, How To Be Me. I'd kill to see her react to those since I've seen you do them 🖤

“Maybe hope and faith are not lost or found. Maybe they’re pursued.” Wow, wow, wow. WISE WORDS.

@kaylebsingsstuff

6 ай бұрын

I KNOW, my man's a poet!

Yeah this one hits me hard too, I also have an auto immune illness. Feeling like your body isn't your own and doesn't do what you want it to is a huge torment.

Great reaction, thanks for sharing 👍

Ican’t wait for an accoustic version, but love this one too.

Thanks Chris, for the vocal insights.

Love your reactions. Thank you for sharing your story. ❤

This reaction made me subscribe! Thank you for also sharing your story🍀💚

@chrisliepe

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

Loved the reaction. Love this song! I

You have check out Ren’s impromptu “concert” on his livestream on 9/7 at about the 27:00 minute mark. Amazing!

Great and thoughtful analysis. 💕👍🦇

Just stoped for s second to say, you are a beautiful soul.

Love this track it's another one I can scream out the frustrations.

Great breakdown reaction ❤

❤❤❤Thank you & thank Ren!!!❤❤❤

I’ve enjoyed (to varying degrees) all of the releases for the Sick Boi album, but nothing’s given me chills quite like the chorus of this song… rap Ren is great, but I cannot wait for the return of singy songy Ren 🤘

Wow that soaring chorus. Has Bond thème written all over it 😮

Ok, so hear me out: I've listened to this maybe 12 times since it came out a couple of hours ago and have been catching more and more things in the production. The part immediately after the 2nd chorus is the same sound you hear in the 1st Matrix when they pull Neo out of the Matrix for the first time. Neo's scream becomes a distorted digital sound as it becomes what it actually is in reality. Except in this song, the sound comes in and out. So Ren's mind is trapped between the reality he's created for himself and what is actually real. Now, the part you just helped me with: You mentioned in the chorus that when Ren signs high that it has an effect on it that wasn't to correct it, but to convey a message or emotion. That made me realize that it's a less intense version of that Matrix sound after the 2nd chorus. So, Ren's desperation in the chorus is fraying the edges of his mind, and he's losing his grasp on what reality is. The higher pitches are representative of what is happening to his brain.

@chrisliepe

10 ай бұрын

MIND BLOWN MAN!! I had to go back and listen to those parts just now!!! I HEAR IT!!

@EleganceFlawed906

9 ай бұрын

From Masochist: “I’ve been hollow in my sorrow, swallow Morpheus’ pill - I can feel, body start to peel, I don’t feel real” so thanks a mil @joshua

So uniquely brilliant.

You're one of the best Chris🔥.. good stuff👍

@chrisliepe

10 ай бұрын

🙌

This young man has been through sooo much because of wrong diagnoses for 7 yrs until one dr got it right, but by that time the damage to his body& brain was done. No wonder I don’t like dr’s 😡 This young man is a genius& golden soul. He literally is saving lives. We love& adore him. I pray everyday for him ❤

I have similar issues to you, and when I got that diagnosis, which I'd never heard of. Has Psoriatic Arthritus been mentioned? Ehlers Danlos is another posibility. For the song, Ren's turned it up another notch, nice to hear him sing again.