Hey brother! Thankyou for reacting to my song! I agree with you, the hospital gown is dehumanising because of its connotations with death, and beyond that It just looks ugly as hell there's a stigma attached to a wheelchair aswel, but as someone who spent years bouncing back between hospitals and too sick to move for many years of my life, rather than push my past into a little box I figured id just flaunt and own that symbolism, with all its negativity cause it feels more empowering

@RollenGreenRants

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much. I can see that. Very impressive and open, congratulations on how well people are responding to your work. It was a great reaction for me and for what I do, that's the most I hope for, so thank you again for commenting and for just taking the time. Very cool!

@cosmicdebris5260

Жыл бұрын

Life is truly a tear and a smile. Thank you Ren! You have touched a lot of people across Generations🌿💔

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

Absolute respect for you Sir❤️‍🔥👊😉👍! I was just recently introduced to your artistry, and I'm blown away!!! Absolutely awesome! Your music I have heard so far will absolutely stand the test of times 💯❤️‍🔥👊😉👍🚌💨💨💨💨💨

@rfern1965

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments Ren. It helps when an artist stands behind his work. Nothing but respect to you 👍👍🚌💨💨😶‍🌫️💨💨…

@DonnaPoynton.

Жыл бұрын

You are Amazing Ren ❤

Hi Rollen. It's been a long time since I have seen your channel pop up on my timeline. I am Glad you are reacting to Ren, and I hope you will go down that rabbit hole. Great reaction as usual. I only recently learned about Ren and have gone down this rabbit hole ever since. Many of the subjects, experiences, and emotions expressed in his songs touch me on a very personal level because I can relate to and identify with many of his struggles. A little background on Ren that I gathered from the internet. Ren pursued a career in music from an early age. In 2009, while studying music performance at Bath Spa University, he began to experience health issues and was struggling to attend his lectures. In 2010, he was signed by Sony Records and was working on an album when his health deteriorated to the point where he was unable to continue. His illness often kept him in bed for up to 23 hours a day. Ren was initially diagnosed with depression, bipolar disorder, and chronic fatigue syndrome. It would take seven years before he was finally correctly diagnosed with autoimmunity, Lyme disease, and brain damage. Ren eventually underwent stem cell therapy in the United States, which improved his health, but it has not been a cure. He is currently in Canada for more treatments. Ren is an incredible and unique artist; he plays multiple instruments, has great vocal ability, is an excellent storyteller, and is quite the philosopher and poet. From what I read, his videos are generally shot live, all in one take by his friend. I recommend you check out some of his other work. The trilogy "The Tale of Jenny/Screech/Violet" is haunting and has an unexpected ending; WATCH THEM IN THE STATED ORDER, as this is the flow of the storyline or just watch “The Tale of Jenny & Screech (Full)” which includes “Violet’s Tale at the end. It is another example of Ren’s genius and a master’s class in storytelling. Ren’s collaborations with Chinchilla (“Chalk Outlines,” “How to Be Me”) are beautiful and showcase his singing voice while addressing mental health. I would watch the official live music video. "Chalk Outlines" is one of my favorite songs rights now. Ren's personal reflections are threaded through many of his songs; "Insomnia," "Depression," “Diazepam," “Penitence,” “Dear God,” “Heretic,” “Dominos,” his "Freckled Angels" album, just to name a few, all deserve a listen. His song "Money Game" (Part I & II) is another recommendation. As a solo act, Ren performs a range of genres, much of it hip-hop/rap influenced, as well as guitar-based ballads. His performances with Sam Tompkins (“Blind Eyed,” “Earned it /Mans World / Falling”), Eden Nash (“Humble,” “Ocean”), Bibi (“Crutch,” “Ahiahiaoha”), Molly McKinna (“Penitence”), his former bandmate, Romain Axisa (“French Song”) and any of his performances as a member of the band "The Big Push" (which unfortunately broke up) are awesome and well worth checking out, both the busking (street performances) and their live recordings. Ren has impressive vocal and instrumental skills. He is one-of-a-kind and appears mature beyond his years. Ren just released his latest single, “Sick Boi.” In anticipation of his stay in Canada for more treatments, Ren prepared some music ahead of time to be released over the next 3-6 months that he expects to be gone. The song that put Ren on everyone's radar over the past month is his song "Hi Ren," which went viral and garnered more than 2 million views in a matter of a couple of weeks. "Sick Boi" is almost another chapter to "Hi Ren"

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

You are absolutely awesome ❤️‍🔥😁👍!!! Thank you for sharing all that. I very recently was introduced to his stuff. I dove in like 5 videos that day, but haven't made it back. But I will most definitely! Thanks again for all of this info! Very much appreciated 😉👍🚌💨💨💨💨💨

His ego is having a conversation with his shadow by the end of their performance they're integrated to make him a more happy and complete human being🌿💔🔥

It got to you. I saw it.😊❤

This one took me some time to get on the same page - don't rage quit right off the bat, I think this was very, very good.

@JensRandolff

Жыл бұрын

Hey, Rollen. It's been a while since I have seen one of your reaction come across my timeline. Glad to see you reacting to Ren. Great reaction as usual. I only recently learned about Ren and have gone down this rabbit hole ever since. Many of the subjects, experiences, and emotions expressed in his songs touch me on a very personal level because I can relate to and identify with many of his struggles. A little background on Ren that I gathered from the internet. Ren pursued a career in music from an early age. In 2009, while studying music performance at Bath Spa University, he began to experience health issues and was struggling to attend his lectures. In 2010, he was signed by Sony Records and was working on an album when his health deteriorated to the point where he was unable to continue. His illness often kept him in bed for up to 23 hours a day. Ren was initially diagnosed with depression, bipolar disorder, and chronic fatigue syndrome. It would take seven years before he was finally correctly diagnosed with autoimmunity, Lyme disease, and brain damage. Ren eventually underwent stem cell therapy in the United States, which improved his health, but it has not been a cure. He is currently in Canada for more treatments. Ren is an incredible and unique artist; he plays multiple instruments, has great vocal ability, is an excellent storyteller, and is quite the philosopher and poet. From what I read, his videos are generally shot live, all in one take by his friend. I recommend you check out some of his other work. The trilogy "The Tale of Jenny/Screech/Violet" is haunting and has an unexpected ending; WATCH THEM IN THE STATED ORDER, as this is the flow of the storyline or just watch “The Tale of Jenny & Screech (Full)” which includes “Violet’s Tale at the end. It is another example of Ren’s genius and a master’s class in storytelling. Ren’s collaborations with Chinchilla (“Chalk Outlines,” “How to Be Me”) are beautiful and showcase his singing voice while addressing mental health. I would watch the official live music video. "Chalk Outlines" is one of my favorite songs rights now. Ren's personal reflections are threaded through many of his songs; "Insomnia," "Depression," “Diazepam," “Penitence,” “Dear God,” “Heretic,” “Dominos,” his "Freckled Angels" album, just to name a few, all deserve a listen. His song "Money Game" (Part I & II) is another recommendation. As a solo act, Ren performs a range of genres, much of it hip-hop/rap influenced, as well as guitar-based ballads. His performances with Sam Tompkins (“Blind Eyed,” “Earned it /Mans World / Falling”), Eden Nash (“Humble,” “Ocean”), Bibi (“Crutch,” “Ahiahiaoha”), Molly McKinna (“Penitence”), his former bandmate, Romain Axisa (“French Song”) and any of his performances as a member of the band "The Big Push" (which unfortunately broke up) are awesome and well worth checking out, both the busking (street performances) and their live recordings. Ren has impressive vocal and instrumental skills. He is one-of-a-kind and appears mature beyond his years. Ren just released his latest single, “Sick Boi.” In anticipation of his stay in Canada for more treatments, Ren prepared some music ahead of time to be released over the next 3-6 months that he expects to be gone.

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely frickin awesome brother ❤️‍🔥😁👍💯!!! Thanks so much for doing that, I knew you'd appreciate the ride when it was over 🚌💨💨💨💨🎢

@HulaLulaful

Жыл бұрын

Well done...listen to Ren's backstory on ♥ Aloha from Hawaii ☯

@rfern1965

Жыл бұрын

Great reaction Rollen, Thank you, the bit at the beginning hit me the same way. He has my respect much like Church 👍🚌💨💨😶‍🌫️💨💨pass…

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

@J Hoop welcome to the journey👊😉👍, it's always "Rollen" along😏... 😂👍🚌💨💨💨💨💨 And he really truly is, great humble guy! He gets wound up, but rightfully so in my opinion 😉👍. AOAFEPO (all opinions are for entertainment purposes only)

He goes back to the archetype. Ren was misdiagnosed for like 8 years I think. He was told his mind was making him sick. He had Lyme disease, misdiagnosed for half a decade, told it was his mind making him sick. Love how he goes for the archetypes through.

The Takeaway is there's much more to come… Ren is a rabbit hole we all need to find our way out of my brother 🥰🌎😎 ;)

@WilliamLamyPhotographe

Жыл бұрын

I haven’t 😂

Holy excrement your roller-coaster in feelings was a blast to watch! From the "No, this is not for me" to the "this part I don't like" but shaking your head because Ren is so talented and finally clapping your hands. I had the same trip with Ren's rap. I truly hated rap, but I must admit Ren has won me over and after watching Knox Hill explaining Ren's rap song I understood what I never did before.

The WOO HOO HOO part, I take it as like Paul Simon's line "the music was flowing and blowing my way" and then this detractor voice pops in , he takes that progression all the way to the Demon/Angel archetypes and then resolves the conflict by embracing and incorporating both within this own wholeness. And then the music starts flowing again.

It is all about self acceptance. The good and the bad. The dark and the light. As the great Alan Watts said “the reason why you want to be better is the very reason why you are not “. It’s not about allowing the light. It’s about not sabotaging it because you haven’t dealt with your dark. It’s a firm of clinging. And clinging impairs the dance. Great reaction. I think this is a piece of beautiful and vulnerable performance art (I believe shot in one take) that has the capacity to change the listeners perception of self. Glad it moved you in the end. Shows how we get caught up in our own perceptions and it can be so easy to miss such an important message.

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

Very Well said!!!❤️‍🔥😉👍🚌💨💨💨💨

@jonm7888

Жыл бұрын

I thought of Alan Watts when I first heard this song too. Great minds think alike, maybe?

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

@@jonm7888 at the very least similarly! But that's basically splitting hairs at that point👊😂👍🚌💨💨💨💨💨

Initial WEF reference made me chuckle,I seen that video . I knew what was coming and couldn’t imagine Klaus getting down to this .

About the references to evil and the Christian version of the Devil etc, I think he's pushing the envelope in this regard and taking the mask off, pointing out that what we call "evil" is really just that dark voice in everyone. We dress up this side of human nature in devil horns because it's easier than admitting that we're all just humans capable of good and bad. He has said in a live stream about this piece that he's not a religious person, but he appreciates the stories. I think he's trying to show us that there's really no such thing as "evil", just humans allowing that dark and destructive internal voice to take over.

@adriancorkerball4464

Жыл бұрын

Good take, the whole piece is split up in to sections but it all fits as one, his negative side makes the more compelling arguments telling him to manage expectations and keep perspective, it is his hopeful side that lashes out in denial and is provoked in to admitting his ideas about being a genius, he loses and threatens to kill this negativity, which in turn provokes this side of Ren in to stating how ridiculous it is to talk about killing emotions that conceptualise human beings, listing traits of evil that have been there since Eden. Then Ren hits clarity and forms a redemption arc acknowledging these things exist, but so does the opposite, which some people know as hope. A genius piece of art.

@michaelkirby4312

Жыл бұрын

Very, very well said 👏

@Nonya12608

Жыл бұрын

100%

@deborahlester4018

Жыл бұрын

There is such a thing as evil. I have experienced it up close. I barely survived it. It left dark places in me like a stain. It also sent me on a lifelong search for light in which to bathe myself clean. In the long run it was all a gift , every damn bit of it...

@richardvasquez664

Жыл бұрын

​@@deborahlester4018 Yes, there is evil. Just look at the world around you and see it's presence everywhere. As Ren described, Hope is the only thing that can overcome the evil in this world.

=Taken from another reaction= Stages 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

Ren is the renegade that resonates!

OMG are you going to love the monologue. You need to learn how to dip that shadow, while dancing, and not drop it. Hold it tight and embrace it. Learn to love it. It is that love that will temper the shadow within us.

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. 9:38 "But that shouldn't be the takeaway" made me rewind 3 times. Also at 9:53 when you talk about he guitar playing and saying that it is imprecise and a bit off, and then say, "I'm not diminishing it", when ironically, most of the "imprecise" parts are straight up diminished chords. I know you didn't mean for that to coincide, but man that was perfect.

Thank you for your honest take on this piece of art. I knew you would be insightful.

@RollenGreenRants

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Ren just got to Canada for treatment's a couple times a week & could be there for up to 6mo's... but he brilliantly pre-recorded song's/vid's & will be releasing them in due time. Thanks for reacting to this. Stay awesome, man. He's gonna love your reaction. Also... he literally visualized his lyrics. Tiny light in the back casting a darker shadow in front of the brightest light showing lightest shadow. Him being sickly/stiff, then loosening up. Standing (growing) & fluidly moving about in full expression while his feet stay planted. ((iMo))

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

Very well said, I agree 💯😉👍🚌💨💨💨

@caro.k2958

Жыл бұрын

Except if you look carefully the tiny light is also the brightest light hence darkest shadow while the larger lamp is dimmer casting a fainter shadow❤😂

@HulaLulaful

Жыл бұрын

God Bless ♥

@bookerwills8649

Жыл бұрын

Am in canada will protect him at all costs

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

@@bookerwills8649 🫡thank you sir!!!👊😉👍

Thank you for this reaction, One of my favorite until now :)

Ahh, yes, I caught this, forgot, caught it again and love your reaction man I see you have much more Ren to catch up on

@RollenGreenRants

Жыл бұрын

Can't wait! - New one on it's way today.

Out. Out damn spot This is a rough one. But you got a listen to the end .,.. personally I Thank you for your reaction…

I like you, you got a subscriber. I think you’d like Ren as well. I like what you said about the duality. I’m a big existentialist, I think that all of the horrors of history have been committed by insane people who get off on power and destruction. But they required the OK of the populace. I think that the general population see themselves as only good. I think the reason then goes something like this if they are good than anyone who agrees with them is good and that means they cannot do bad because they’re good. Of course that makes anyone who disagrees bad and bad people can’t be good so…. Simplistic, I know, but I’m all about simplifying complex ideas so that they’re more easily understood.

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

Very valid❤️‍🔥😉👍🚌💨💨💨

Please react to the trilogy of The Tale of Jenny and Screech...(FULL) with the 3rd being Violets tale..its three songs that weave together.. His performance deserves an award..its better that any movie Ive seen lately.

@michaelschlageter8381

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I thought when l watched it... These are masterpieces.. So different.... Greetz and keep on pumping... We know how to fight and everything needs its time.

Great reaction! You make some profound observations.

I’m always suspicious of anyone who believes they can eliminate all negative thought. Best we can do is recognise them. Act on the good, let the others slide.

Thank you for sticking with it. Ren is so talented and has a amazing back catalogue of work. As others have said his trilogy is a masterpiece of storytelling, but there is so much more to check out. Keep stepping forwards 💙

I was watching ren reactions and found your channel and appreciate your honesty .you actually made me cry in a good way .thanks

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

No lie, He got me too🥲,😏❤️‍🔥😉👍🚌💨💨💨💨

@RollenGreenRants

Жыл бұрын

wow - thank you for that in all the good ways!

Good reaction Rollen , ,i have past a little on that side ,but not for long , so , for those who did , we understand , to finish that , ,you have to listen to his Trilogy , ,, Tale of Jenny & scheech ,also Violet tale good view in the world we live in , but the way he tell it ,, tears

I really enjoyed your reaction. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insight. 😊❤

@RollenGreenRants

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for checking it out.

listening to you talk im thinking man you are gonna love ren, then i checked out your catalog lol

@RollenGreenRants

Жыл бұрын

I think I know your point but 22 Reactions in and I still love it. so, I guess taste in music is subjective to the individual, just like political ideology. I try not to condemn even if I know it's wrong! I wish others could do the same, but that's a wasted wish if I had ever made one.

@TheFubz

Жыл бұрын

@@RollenGreenRants facts

When some people sit down to watch a music video they expect to vibe out and maybe hear a lyric or two that resonates, this is tough, it does so much and is difficult to understand at first, it is good to see you taking from it in the end, peace

You say that woo hoo hoo hoo hoooo is not your favorite part. I struggled to find meaning in it. He starts the song off with it, and its a bit off taking. Then he finishes with it. What it represents to me is the ends of the pendulum he talks about at the end, kind of like bookends. The pendulum starts on one side and transfers to the other. He has this constant struggle inside his head, and the woo hoo parts are essentially the quotation marks to allow us to hear the inner voices in his head. I think thats what the woo hoo singing is

@dalemurray1318

Жыл бұрын

I take it as "the music was flowing and blowing my way" (Paul Simon) and then this detractor voice pops in , he takes that progression all the way to the Demon/Angel archetypes and then resolves the conflict by embracing and incorporating both within this own wholeness. And then the music starts flowing again.

Send some healing vibes Ren's way...thanks! ♥

great reaction, love ren but u spot on with that WEF song

Hello, I got turned on to your channel from searching youtube looking for reaction videos to Kamelot. Really enjoyed those videos you did with your partner. Then I watched this.. Wow. Keep up the great videos! Greetings from Los Angeles CA. 😎

REN is so much more than this one song. He is, in my opinion, a sort of a modern day minstrel, it would do you no harm to check out some more of his stuff or that of the band he is in, The Big Push.

Rollen, you might enjoy Ren's Money Game Pts 1 and 2.

I think the hospital gown is supposed to be dehumanizing

Balance....

lol i saw rhat wef bull crap on tucker then i sesn this today ... i had thd same fricken thoughts too. until i watched the best crap ive seen for a long time .. enjoy the show

@mikehenry5817

Жыл бұрын

❤️‍🔥👊😉👍🚌💨💨💨

Hello, i recommend you to react Nayl Author (Indonesian Idol - final showcase 1), i hope you liked and enjoy to watching🥰🙏🏻🇮🇩

@RollenGreenRants

Жыл бұрын

I will check it out

@jimmyteen8607

Жыл бұрын

@@RollenGreenRantsyeah thanks rollen🙏🏻

this was awesome

ive seen alot of reactors not react well to the ohh ohhh type singing bits... i dont get it, i was assuming it was something about expecting a sound like that to not come from that kind of person (male, white, skinny) whatever the clash of stereotypes was that triggered them. id never even considered that some people identify that sound with elites... classical and jazz stuff? thats so strange to me, their amongst the poorest musicians in history... relegated to performing mainly in smokey back corners of bars... i couldnt picture some high powered businessman listening to this kind of music...

@RollenGreenRants

Жыл бұрын

I was making a joke about the WEF. It was just a shot at world governance.

@capatheist

Жыл бұрын

@@RollenGreenRants fair enuf, I agree with you on the topic btw… I just didn’t get that vibe from the music

@RollenGreenRants

Жыл бұрын

@@capatheist kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIaA26iuisvSc7Q.html this is the clip that went around I just saw this a day b4 my reaction.