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  • čas přidán 28. 03. 2023
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    Ren - Illest Of Our Time (Official Music Video)
    www.sickboi.co.uk
    Want to say a big thank you for everyones support over the years. During the years trapped inside with chronic health problems the main thing that kept me going was a belief that one day I would come out the other side, and be able to achieve success through music. I don’t have a label, and sometimes pushing these things as hard as I want becomes a massive challenge, and I find myself frustrated that there aren’t enough hours in the day to push it as far as I want to. I would love to ask a favour to anyone who has ever enjoyed my music over the years, and it will only take a few minutes of your day.It would mean the world to me if you shared these tracks as much as you can, over social media platforms, with friends, over email. Together, and with your help I can hopefully reach people all over the world, and get one step closer to the dream I always had! Thank you so much for the support so far!
    Ren
    Song and beats written, performed, produced, directed by Ren
    Mixing/mastering: Frederik Moller
    Cinamatographer - Samuel Perry-Falvey
    First A.C. - Charlotte Nind
    Gaffer - Jacob Bacon
    Also huge Big up to all of my friends who popped on a mask and helped bring this video to life
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  • @RenMakesMusic
    @RenMakesMusic  Před rokem +3691

    Were close to being able to hit a top 10 record spot, maybe even a number one! Pretty unbelievable for an independent record! You can help push that even further! Pre-order the Sick Boi album by clicking this link! bio.to/Ren-Sick-Boi
    Stream Illest Of Our Time on every platform here
    found.ee/Ren-Illest-Of-Our-Time
    As always here are the lyrics for anyone who wants them!
    One two three
    Spitting bullets on the beat
    I'm a sick little puppy
    Who gets lucky when he speaks
    Blessed with a silver tongue
    Chest with an iron lung
    Extra terrestrial, tentacles, alien
    Psychopathic tendencies
    A pathologic entity
    If everything is set in stone
    Then this is how it's meant to be
    Elementary dear Watson, you might find
    Yourself in side the mind of the illest of our time
    Lets get it Popping, Hot rocking,
    Im Freddy Kruger, I’m chopping,
    I turn it up to eleven, the Demigorgon of Oppin
    The strangest thing I’m the boss when
    The danger - lingers I’m plotting
    Sweet like a spoon full of sugar
    Because Im Mary like Poppins
    The double barrel is cocking
    A shotgun shell to the noggin
    Im coughing catchy bronchitis
    Your in your funeral coffin
    No blocking, stoping me not when
    I pick the world up - I’m squatting
    And when I take from the rich
    i’m in your hood and Im Robbin
    Four, five, six, spit a crucifix
    Six six six flow, crucify a catholic
    Maverick, anti-hero ,villain not protagonist
    Words are kind of muffled when you’re sucking on my massive…
    Who’s the fucking illest, who’s the realest, who’s the baddest kid?
    Call the police on this beat before I damage it
    A kiddie called screech on the streets I’m a masochist,
    So far from reach, I’m the type to kill a pacifist
    Catalyst for chemical combustion I’m the analyst
    Of metaphors and similes and synonyms an alchemist
    Evangelist - spread the words I speak like they’re cancerous
    Pragmatist - think before I speak then I answer it
    Pull up, pull up, pull up to the place
    When I pull it, bang, a bullet sang, it shot right into space
    Music for the hooligans let loose on the estate,
    call the police and the riot vans the people want to play, hey!
    Freedom now, has lost all meaning, how
    can we all be free in a hierarchic breeding ground
    The poor get poorer while
    The rich get rich in style
    Ill be a heretic, kill a king, take his crown
    Top of the throne, top of the kingdom I own, top of the streets that I roam
    top of the dome, spitting for britain I show em bars like a cellular phone
    Hyping like Tyson, an icon, go twice in,
    left, right in, I’m striking like I’m biting like a python
    Ready? I’m heavy, I’m Mercury, I am Freddy,
    So eat my words fill your belly
    Like alphabet spaghetti
    I am a rap star
    Don’t believe me the facts are
    I spit fast like I’m nascar
    Don’t believe me?
    Then fuck ya,
    ah shit
    I don’t feel so well
    I don’t feel so well
    I don’t feel so well
    Call a medic for myself
    I don’t feel so hot my brother
    Aching, shaking, stop then stutter
    Things gone wrong
    Hit by king king kong
    A Swan-ton bomb like Hardy Brothers
    I don't feel so fresh my bro
    Things get slurry speaking slow
    Head in Hong Kong wonton soup
    Is what I have for Brains I know
    That I want to spread these tattered wings hold them high
    Banished from the heavens but Im knocking on the sky
    Living with depression is a blessing in disguise
    Never second guessing, intuition getting wise
    Want to sink into the pupil of my eye
    Travel to the corner of my cornea and mind
    Look for all the answers that I never seem to find
    Till then I guess I’m still the illest of our time

  • @RenMakesMusic
    @RenMakesMusic  Před rokem +2042

    About this time last year I was in the process of putting together the videos for the Sick Boi album.
    My friend B**** had just bee made homeless, he was kicked out of his previous flat for having some wild parties, and covering the walls in graffiti. I bumped into him one day and he was full of excitement. "Ive got the sickest place ever to film in"
    B**** had just moved into a squat in an old shop across the road. He told me the place was massive, and that there was a small homeless community living there. I arranged to go check out the place a few days later.
    Me and my camera guy Sam headed over, we had to enter through a small side entrance, a big green metal door. There was this kid outside, probably about 18, 19, waiting to get in, obviously twisted on a universe of drugs, who started telling us how his girlfriend had stolen all his things, halfway through the story he broke into a double time rap and told us he was gona be the biggest rapper in Brighton. The big green door flew open, there was screaming, three lads launched another out, covered in blood. I knew him, i'd met him at one of B***'s partys a few weeks before. They told him he wasn't welcome anymore. I guess this was the place.
    A guy with his hood up got in my face and asked what I wanted, but then recognised me from making music and became instantly cheery. I told him B**** had said it was a good place for filming, and he asked me if i'd like a guided tour, this place already seemed perfect for what I had in mind.
    The place was massive, 4 underground warehouse floors, an old industrial lift, cables ripped out the walls, and a big cage where I assume they used to keep stock. My guide told me that they'd have organised fights in the cage most nights, they'd get drugged up on ketamine so they couldnt feel anything, and beat eachother till one gave up.
    I found B**** in the middle of one of the giant ware house floors making a small fire, he was in the throws of addiction at the time and it showed. B**** is undoubtedly one of the most witty and charismatic people I know, but at this point the claws of addiction had sunk their hands in and he was illegible and erratic, ill be honest it was really difficult to see, I love him, and before that i'd tried everything I could to help him, but until people are ready for help you cant. Speaking from a decade of sobriety life can be very beautiful without chemical escapism but I digress.
    We set up a week later, the shoot was chaotic. During it the 19 year old kid we met outside stole a baseball and cricket bat we were using for props, ran upstairs and smashed through 4 of the upstairs windows. Another person living in the squat proceeded to accuse every member of the crew for stealing her iphone, followed by lots of screaming and kicking, which obviously hadn't happened.
    Despite this we got through the shoot, making the most of each spot, wrapping up in the early hours of the morning we'd brought something together that looked awesome.
    The atmosphere was constantly tense, which was perfect.
    The video ended up one of the best we've ever filmed.
    It looked way better than if we'd spent a stupid amount of money building a set, because it was real, and that delivered an unmatched rawness.
    Illest Of Our Time comes out on the 29th of March!
    Can't wait for you to see it

    • @GlammaUniQorn
      @GlammaUniQorn Před rokem +34

      Can't wait Ren, sending you love and prayers for your continued healing and full restoration. God bless you young man!! Love ya!

    • @goatlinnofficial
      @goatlinnofficial Před rokem +23

      I can't wait!! 7 days is going to feel like forever for sure...

    • @TheDougMan
      @TheDougMan Před rokem +26

      I am looking forward to the new video, as well. You really have a knack for finding great locations for your video shoots!
      I hope your friend B** gets help and recovers from his/her addiction.

    • @TheGothicLibrarian
      @TheGothicLibrarian Před rokem +19

      A whole week??? Ahh that's so long, I can't wait! And I hope your friend B is doing better... much love from Switzerland 🖤

    • @Miri-90
      @Miri-90 Před rokem +21

      Can’t wait for the song to drop, intrigued by the video description. I spent a lot of my teens and twenties living in different squats, some nice, some not so nice. You summed up what squat life can be like pretty accurately. I now work with addicts in homeless hostels, everyday is a different heartbreak but the success stories make it all worth it.
      Hope you’re still continuing to improve everyday, we’re all thinking of you.
      And I hope things improve for your friend B.

  • @SamuelPerryFalvey
    @SamuelPerryFalvey Před rokem +6150

    A video I'm quite proud of. We were absolutely up against it filming this over one evening into the early hours. Not only under time restraints but fearful of being robbed of the kit or attacked for most of it. All of these things feel worth it when seeing the final video. Hope you all love it!

    • @pinkyndebrain4578
      @pinkyndebrain4578 Před rokem +70

      Waiting with such anticipation, like I haven’t felt in a long time for ANY artist!
      (BTW, stay away from San Francisco and nearby Oakland if you want to keep your gear)

    • @bsetal22
      @bsetal22 Před rokem +179

      Sam, great hearing from you. Your work is genius as well. Takes a village. Seems you fellows have a tribe that grows amazing music and videos and gifts us with it. Thanks

    • @SamuelPerryFalvey
      @SamuelPerryFalvey Před rokem +91

      @@pinkyndebrain4578 or most cities aha, had people try steal and break my camera on one of mine and Ren's first shoots together!

    • @michaelmardling3152
      @michaelmardling3152 Před rokem +38

      Not sure where this was filmed or when, but if not in Canada, hopefully one day Ren does one up here as a thank you for being a guest and honourary Canadian.

    • @SamuelPerryFalvey
      @SamuelPerryFalvey Před rokem +165

      @@michaelmardling3152 was filmed in Brighton last summer and dw we've got plans 😉

  • @Heather_Rena
    @Heather_Rena Před 3 měsíci +34

    My husband has schizoaffective disorder and is currently in a pretty hard psychosis. Ren was recommended since I was looking up vids about schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, so I thought, why not? I'm about 10 songs into a playlist and I'm in awe of this guy's talent! I've never been a fan of "mainstream" rap but Ren's music actually has meaning...not just songs about "hos, money, and guns". He has written music I didn't even know I needed. I'm currently on my porch listening to the frogs in my pond and just waiting on the bottom to fall out again. I don't know how to help my husband so I'm here talking to all of y'all. Y'all don't have to talk back, but it really helps me to know im not alone in all of this. My husband is living in Hell and I cant help him with this. I feel totally worthless. So thanks for just being here with me ❤❤ If anyone is still reading and needs someone to talk to, I'm here. Just send me a message 🙂 Maybe listening to your problems will help me to forget the garbage going on with my husband and I. If anyone prays, send one up for my little family, if you don't mind. We sure need it. Peace, love, and bacon grease

    • @EaCakes20
      @EaCakes20 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I feel your pain. I have schizoaffective Disorder as well-with a few other "issues"...when you go thru a "spell" or "psychosis" it is literally hell in your mind!

    • @AceTwins-vf7ld
      @AceTwins-vf7ld Před 2 měsíci +4

      NF is another one of those rappers that doesn't rap about hoes, sex, doing hard drugs or guns too plus he doesn't cuss so kids could listen to him

    • @angeladellinger7063
      @angeladellinger7063 Před 2 měsíci +4

      I’m not a Christian, but I will pray for you and your family in my own way.
      I wish your family peace, health, and happiness.

  • @Rave-agent
    @Rave-agent Před rokem +164

    I'm a 240 year old eunuch who loves the musical tone of the lute but I can honestly say that your tunes also get me head bobbing.

    • @asbocazbo
      @asbocazbo Před rokem +3

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @colinlea2377
      @colinlea2377 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Ha ha quality lmao

    • @primitivedogs4638
      @primitivedogs4638 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Elementary dear eunuch. I guss you are busy cooking your 300-year-old recipes on Wonton soup.
      Headbanging is a gift from heaven.

    • @sharttank5999
      @sharttank5999 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Im only 230 so im here to learn

    • @ColeGilliam-gi7rz
      @ColeGilliam-gi7rz Před 3 měsíci

      Lol numb nutz, pretty precise accounting, for 230 years... i figured 1 to the next vessel while one vessel works the spirit between the 2 timeliness, so like 3 if I'm correct, that's vessels alone. After 2 lines of ages memories In one timeliness is still marbles. Time literally let's go after 2 or 3 even if it's a 3out of 4

  • @michaelkennedy8270
    @michaelkennedy8270 Před rokem +4172

    As a birthday present to Ren let's try and get Illest Of Our Time to 2 million views in under a week. Long live the Renaissance!

    • @juanrodriguez-deluca8820
      @juanrodriguez-deluca8820 Před rokem +13

      No

    • @michaelkennedy8270
      @michaelkennedy8270 Před rokem +195

      @@juanrodriguez-deluca8820 Yeah, maybe you're right Juan. On second thoughts, he'd probably prefer a toaster; or some socks.

    • @anthonyromero9935
      @anthonyromero9935 Před rokem +74

      Ren...Renaissance....I get it, clever :)

    • @0Onyx13
      @0Onyx13 Před rokem +98

      @@juanrodriguez-deluca8820 Oh sorry, is it a sore spot that nobody remembered your birthday? Maybe if you accomplished something in your life like Ren did, people would want to celebrate it, and you wouldn't have to be so spitefully jealous about it. Or you're just trolling because you're bored, either way, YES. YES let's absolutely do that. And the contribution of one bitter individual or not will not change anything. Touch grass.

    • @foreverisis
      @foreverisis Před rokem +46

      Challenge accepted 😎!

  • @laurentyvangurewitch3940
    @laurentyvangurewitch3940 Před rokem +758

    74 years old...and I find you. Like stumbling on a box of golden treasure that enriches the soul, the heart, the mind. I visit your music every day, and am better for it. You have grit, a determination and confidence that I hope has set you free to work your wonders on a waiting world. Love and appreciation, Ren, love and appreciation.

    • @donnaroberts4565
      @donnaroberts4565 Před rokem +15

      So well said & I totally agree. Hugs all the way from Australia x

    • @TrulyNamaste
      @TrulyNamaste Před rokem +10

      Beautiful x

    • @chuckkunsman9467
      @chuckkunsman9467 Před rokem +24

      well said ! of course i stumbled upon this gorgeous imperfect raw and unbelievably talented human when "hi ren" first surfaced on youtube. it literally had me in tears eapecially the ending! im depressive/ recovering addictict and it cut through me even more so the second and third time i listened to it! so many people will benefit from this man now that hea come out the shadows! hes gonna be a huge success!

    • @Hoover111162
      @Hoover111162 Před rokem +13

      Only 60 here but I agree completely

    • @Faybaugh
      @Faybaugh Před rokem +21

      57 here. What is it with us oldies liking Ren? Maybe he will get an Ensure sponsorship lol.

  • @nrsvlda70
    @nrsvlda70 Před rokem +398

    Ren.. doubt you’ll see this but I want to thank you for getting this 73 yo Gma of 2 20 yr old grandsons to better understand and appreciate rap. I like (and listen to) all types of music, but I had avoided rap. Your posts, and the gazillion reactions to them, have helped me with how this music is structured.. and how better to understand it. You have such a gift and I believe you know how to best use it. I hope you are able to fully recover from your battle with auto-immune issues.. or at least are able to fully live with them and thrive. Be well and take care of yourself; your light is bright and beautiful right now.. don’t let it dim!!

    • @j3611
      @j3611 Před rokem +16

      Same, my 17 yr old son is always throwing out rhymes at me which I usually try to ignore; BUT I'm 48 and sort of finding out why he likes this type of music. I love music that tells a story, and Ren definitely does that in every new video I've been discovering on YT. Might not understand or keep up with everything, but I appreciate how incredibly talented he and everyone around him must be to put these amazing videos together.

    • @johnwesch5926
      @johnwesch5926 Před rokem +5

      Beautifully crafted.

    • @randal_gibbons
      @randal_gibbons Před rokem +3

      Hello, I think you would also appreciate the greatest ever freestyle rapper. Harry Mack is incredible and his Omegle Bars series is his most popular work. I recommend OB 79 & 80 to start with or you can start at OB 01 and watch how much better Harry gets.
      Peace

    • @zan821
      @zan821 Před rokem +2

      @@randal_gibbons oh yeah harry mack is the goat

    • @RuinedTemple
      @RuinedTemple Před rokem +2

      I can only guess due to how little I know, but there's a rap artist who goes by the name NF who you may find that you can appreciate & value for the same or similar reasons.
      If you decide to give any of his songs a listen, & in case your tastes in listening experiences are comparable to mine, I suggest Googling their lyrics so that you can read them as he raps them (if you're able to read & listen/watch simultaneously).
      It's something I used to do when I first began listening to rap because I wasn't yet used to the speed at which the lyrics are often delivered so I wasn't yet able to understand the words without reading them; but I also wanted to be able to understand a song's message at the same time that I listened to it because I felt that it allowed me to have a more comprehensive, cohesive, immersive, & emotional listening experience overall... so that's what I did until I eventually learned how to actually HEAR rap lyrics in real-time.

  • @grandmabaddie
    @grandmabaddie Před rokem +39

    I think i have an addiction, i cant stop listening to this genius that is Ren. No 14 trending in u.k , i feel like his mum , im soooo proud ❤

  • @goatlinnofficial
    @goatlinnofficial Před rokem +343

    Ren, I'm a 14 year-old girl from Finland. Everyday I come to your channel to listen to your music and every time I feel this warm feeling in my heart when I see how the number of your subscribers and listeners are rising and rising even more. Me, hopefully a starting artist, want to thank you Ren for being a paragon for us all - a paragon of not giving up and being brave and strong. You deserve all the love you have got and will get in the future. You are a huge idol for all of us - the younger ones and for the older ones as well. Thank you. Also, I can't wait to hear this song, I'm sure it will be amazing

    • @Hexenkind1
      @Hexenkind1 Před rokem +25

      Totally feel the same way. 37 year old man from germany btw. Ren connects us all through music and it is so beautiful.

    • @scottlaurenson3390
      @scottlaurenson3390 Před rokem +20

      55yr old from Scotland same here ❤️ my wife says I'm in the Renaverse 😁🎼🎶🎸❤️.

    • @mynameisheidi
      @mynameisheidi Před rokem +9

      Have you seen Anna Vaskelainen's reaction to Hi Ren? She's Finnish and speaks Finnish in the reaction (eek, thankfully subtitles for me) and it's just beautiful. Worth a watch and she comes across as a wonderful person as well.

    • @goatlinnofficial
      @goatlinnofficial Před rokem +8

      @@mynameisheidi I just watched the video. Thanks for telling me about it, it really was very beautiful and touching... woah

    • @belindamelville2270
      @belindamelville2270 Před rokem +6

      Go girl..😊😊😊

  • @martinmathias2835
    @martinmathias2835 Před rokem +169

    “Living with depression is a blessing in disguise, never second guessing, intuition getting wise” spoke to me brother ❤️

    • @secretcorridor
      @secretcorridor Před rokem +4

      Absolutely. The only way out is through, and once on the other side realising it was never you after all. It's the world that's gone wrong.

    • @yattaaa641
      @yattaaa641 Před rokem +1

      Can you explain pls? I dont understand how is it a blessing in disguise?

    • @absta100
      @absta100 Před 10 měsíci

      @@yattaaa641 really ? It’s ‘cos he’s not relying on words which are spells….spelling. He’s using his intuition instead 😎 which is a blessing

    • @yattaaa641
      @yattaaa641 Před 10 měsíci

      @@absta100 ty but I still don't think this is a complete explanation, ehat I don't understand is more about the depresssion part. How does it relate to anything he said after, so how is it a blessing?

    • @absta100
      @absta100 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@yattaaa641 because being depressed makes your more self reflective and mindful so you do more introspection and get to know yourself better Dark and light sides of yourself and this is always a good thing. So he’s not second guessing anything anymore because he’s done the work on himself due to having depression. So he’s trusting his intuition and getting wise so he’s turned the curse of depression into a blessing 🌱☀️💚

  • @SaturnusLead
    @SaturnusLead Před rokem +35

    As a metal musician... i feel blessed with guys like Ren!! The history, the talent he has.... GOLD!! Cheers from Denmark!!

  • @sethlee8796
    @sethlee8796 Před rokem +48

    Real talk. With 13 more tracks left on this album to drop one by one. I can’t remember the last time I’ve been this hyped for an artist.

    • @r4yZorTV
      @r4yZorTV Před rokem

      same, every song is just an experience :D its crazy what this dude give to us!!

  • @Sproogle777
    @Sproogle777 Před rokem +160

    This is brilliant. It's amazing that as a 57 year old this young guy is hooking me into a genre I've never really embraced. Easily one of the most exciting artists I've discovered since my life was changed by hearing The Clash in 1981.

    • @AmaliaFraud
      @AmaliaFraud Před rokem +5

      He cites The Clash among his favorite artists and influences
      (and Johnny Lydon, and Bob Marley, and Sting, among others)

    • @Dstinii
      @Dstinii Před rokem +10

      Ditto. Gen X seems to love this guy!! I'm one of them.

    • @uweschwellenbach7278
      @uweschwellenbach7278 Před rokem +4

      the same for me ... by the way, i'm 59.

    • @MrWilliamdoggen
      @MrWilliamdoggen Před rokem +4

      Im 59...same here!

    • @jeanjeannierocks
      @jeanjeannierocks Před rokem +4

      60 tomorrow and love RENs music

  • @CecilDAsbo
    @CecilDAsbo Před rokem +78

    Trending in UK at #11 between Miley Cyrus and Noel Gallagher (Almost the same views as him in 21 hours, and Noel took 6 days). No commercial backing. Producing his own beats. Video made with his mates. Pure talent!
    (Edit: Now at #7 and climbing! and #23 in the US)

    • @Gametold5
      @Gametold5 Před rokem +3

      Now #21

    • @jameskelley9628
      @jameskelley9628 Před rokem +2

      Think hi ren peaked at 18 so it's more progress, a year to 18 months hes gonna be hitting top 5 on release day

  • @giallogem
    @giallogem Před rokem +4

    So, Im a 51 year old grandmother and people my age, people older than me and some even younger who refuse to acknowledge any music newer then Fleetwood Mac do themselves a disservice and they miss this, they miss the opportunity to experience something new and valid and vibrant, something that often times actually surpasses what they consider to be the best. Ren and Sam, your music/videos/lyrics are awe inspiring. I found you guys, like many of us via 'Hi Ren' and I've been binge watching for days. If you're able to produce ALL of this whilst managing a god awful medical condition at the same time you should really be the proudest man alive.

  • @COYR-du6fq
    @COYR-du6fq Před rokem +108

    Incredible once in a generation talent. Not seen anyone with this level of genius since Eminem 20 years ago. Amazing guitarist, unbelievable voice and an inspiration to everyone who's ever thought of giving up. Keep getting stronger brother

    • @MrOctoputer
      @MrOctoputer Před rokem +3

      My words...
      The better eminem.
      I hope he will sell out halls in future. TRUE.

    • @BestSomebodyNA
      @BestSomebodyNA Před 10 měsíci

      As an Eminem fan I was about to say the same thing! Very different styles of rap but the same drive and hunger.

    • @mikeparker7631
      @mikeparker7631 Před 9 měsíci

      well...the comparison to m&m is appropriate...but genius? the comparison is apt because they're both talentless douchebags who wouldn't know music if it kicked them in the nads...which they're both probably too high to even notice in the first place.
      you people really need to have your hearing checked...real music does exist and if you ever actually heard some, you'd be shocked at how completely you've been lied to all this time.

  • @armando0340
    @armando0340 Před rokem +88

    I'm 55, my husband is 76 and we both think that you are amazing! Your music is being heard across many generations. It's meaningful and wise and hard and beautiful. We love you! ❤❤

  • @laynestj
    @laynestj Před rokem +128

    Sitting here crying while I watch. I'm 73 years old and a grandmother. Ren has taught me much and softened my heart. I've never sat so close to an emerging genius.

    • @TheRock-xj7hs
      @TheRock-xj7hs Před rokem +12

      I am 69 and feel the same way… I was 10 years old when the Beatles came to Ed Sullivan show… I think he would have knocked Ed for a loop

    • @suecollins357
      @suecollins357 Před rokem +18

      I'm a 63yo gran and feel the same as you. Only clicked on the link coz my granddaughter's name is Wren. Soooo glad I did. Genius is genius, whatever the format

    • @rovingdodge
      @rovingdodge Před rokem +4

      Love that ❤

    • @kiaraninkampoop8968
      @kiaraninkampoop8968 Před rokem +7

      I just want to adopt all these wonderful wizened souls as my grandparents for real❣️

    • @kiaraninkampoop8968
      @kiaraninkampoop8968 Před rokem +4

      Mums n dads I mean.. forget I’m gettin on in revolutions round the sun sometimes.. with such wonderful taste you all can be honorary grandparents to my lil spawns ❤

  • @Speedy1515
    @Speedy1515 Před rokem +10

    One of the few individuals who truly understands that you cannot experience the highest of highs without also knowing the lowest of lows. The human condition. Seeing both sides of the whole and walking the balance between them.

  • @cristiweiland525
    @cristiweiland525 Před rokem +21

    This is one of my favorite songs from Ren. There are so many favorites tho it's hard to really say after seeing " Hi Ren". I think " Hi Ren" was a chilling masterpiece that will live forever created by the most talented person I have seen in years.

  • @jasthatube
    @jasthatube Před rokem +166

    I'm a metal head usually but damn, you speak across genres and generations. This guy is something special

    • @MorellaReborned
      @MorellaReborned Před rokem +4

      Same here, but damn getting into rap was definitely not a mistake with this one!

    • @lile8602
      @lile8602 Před rokem +5

      Same here. Ren is a genre all his own. Speaks to all ages, genders, and races.
      He's the Maestro!

    • @philiphalpin1997
      @philiphalpin1997 Před rokem +3

      As am I, but there's something special about Ren thats just hits home.
      Oh and I'm 60 years old.

    • @michellesteele99
      @michellesteele99 Před rokem +2

      Same

    • @cbs5742
      @cbs5742 Před rokem +2

      Brilliant

  • @michellepetrillo2235
    @michellepetrillo2235 Před rokem +123

    Hi Ren- I’m a 63 year old rocker chick from North Carolina, USA. In all my years, I have never seen an artist quite like you! I have watched Hi Ren about 50 times. Believe me when I tell you that I have shared Hi Ren with everyone within earshot- even my therapist, who absolutely LOVES your song!! You are such an inspiration- keeping me going when I want to give up myself. Take good care of yourself, and I hope to see you on a tour in the USA soon!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @nathanchohany8169
      @nathanchohany8169 Před rokem +2

      Ive shown my counselor and psychia, too.

    • @ClearTheRubble7
      @ClearTheRubble7 Před rokem +3

      64-year-old rocker here (rockin' chair, that is) in New Mexico. Same here. I haven't gotten this excited about an artist since the alternative rock days, early '90's. Ironically, my sister is a therapist, and I shared Hi Ren with her. She also loved it.

    • @AlSnoopsReid
      @AlSnoopsReid Před rokem

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @martinfinn674
    @martinfinn674 Před rokem +15

    Wow Ren, wow.
    The inner thoughts that torment so many of us. Ren, you describe complex PTSD so well.
    Every day...and night (oh the darkness of the night. Darkest before the dawn.) my sleep patterns are like a battle between Rembrandt and Picasso.
    Love your work Ren.
    I hope your treatment is helping you.
    I'm 59 in a couple of days and after surviving 10 suicide attempts the scars are not just physical...as you know.
    Please take care of yourself, the whole world loves you.

  • @kallen5623
    @kallen5623 Před rokem +24

    Hi Ren ! I have shared this with complete strangers , the furthest was a guy I met on the streets of San Jose Costa Rica , he was a homeless street poet. Like everyone he was blown away . thanks brother hope you are feeling well

  • @guitarmuscle6968
    @guitarmuscle6968 Před rokem +86

    The fact that he's a Musical Genius is incidental to the fact Ren has a Beautiful Soul, get Healthy as you can Buddy and know that what you do is now being heard by millions of People.

    • @ricksurratt9034
      @ricksurratt9034 Před rokem

      Amen 🙏

    • @graceydez6199
      @graceydez6199 Před rokem

      He doesn’t have a beautiful soul to the powers that be. Imagine Sony they wont want something as subversive as this released.

    • @supertuscans9512
      @supertuscans9512 Před rokem

      Labels really couldn’t give a shit as long as it sells.

  • @richardhuff1256
    @richardhuff1256 Před rokem +234

    When 95% of CZcams reactors have checked this out in the first couple hours you know you have made it. Keep the fire comming and happy birthday to you man!

    • @JamesBeck-yl4sx
      @JamesBeck-yl4sx Před rokem +6

      What’s a CZcams reactor? Like Chernobyl?

    • @independentunityreacts
      @independentunityreacts Před rokem +1

      Fo sho, ren drops a song I am reacting to it lol im as excited to see it as everyone else is

    • @G3NK5T42
      @G3NK5T42 Před rokem +2

      ​@@JamesBeck-yl4sx are you trolling?

    • @tonyfro23
      @tonyfro23 Před rokem

      ​@@JamesBeck-yl4sxhaha

    • @JamesBeck-yl4sx
      @JamesBeck-yl4sx Před rokem

      @@G3NK5T42 I’m genuinely interested, is it like an influencer that kinda thing? Like someone who watches a video on CZcams and then spouts their ‘opinion’ of it on their own video like some sort of authority? They ‘react’ to it? Can’t people just watch it themselves and make up their own mind? God CZcams has got weird! People flipping making videos about other peoples videos, odd….

  • @UncleSpellbinder
    @UncleSpellbinder Před rokem +10

    Hi Ren. I'm a 58 year old guy from the States. I grew up in an era of punk/post-punk and old school hip-hop. I've dealt with depression and anxiety over the years... still haunts me. Your music (whether hip-hop, with The Big Push, with Chinchilla, or whether story driven journeys like "The Tale Of Jenny & Screech") has changed me. Has changed me for the better... made me think, feel, ponder like I haven't previously. I need to say thank you. Thank you for the music you create, for the meaning, the lyrics, the rhymes. I think you touch many more people than you realize. ❤

  • @k8-jb8tg
    @k8-jb8tg Před 6 měsíci +5

    WOW, just wow. I found Ren 2 days ago and have been going down that rabbit hole since then. I can't say I'm impressed because it doesn't feel like enough. This guy is amazing, what an absolute genius. I am yet to find a song I don't love, and I don't think I will.

  • @andrewsears16
    @andrewsears16 Před rokem +77

    I know Ren isn't pregnant but he never fails to deliver

  • @zed4225
    @zed4225 Před rokem +88

    I got butterflies hahaha, cannot wait for this.
    G'day RENegades, anyone else still got their head stuck in Ren's rabbit hole still?, I think I"m stuck😂🇦🇺 🖤💛❤

    • @emilythomas9786
      @emilythomas9786 Před rokem +2

      RENegades! Yes, love it!

    • @mcflyjp
      @mcflyjp Před rokem +1

      Just started and loving it!

    • @nguyenngoc-ee8lc
      @nguyenngoc-ee8lc Před rokem +4

      It’s been years and I haven’t gotten myself out😑

    • @nancymoore9952
      @nancymoore9952 Před rokem +1

      Yep, most definitely 😁 couldn't think of a better place to be stuck though, could we? 🥰🤘 count me in as a RENegade 😁🇬🇧 ❤️❤️

    • @Jesperdekleuver
      @Jesperdekleuver Před rokem +1

      same here 😂

  • @revel2420
    @revel2420 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Not sure I've heard anyone say this, but I feel like 'Left righting, I'm striking' is another clever double entendre to mention the writer's strikes. Love everything you do.

    • @E-d1d3
      @E-d1d3 Před 3 měsíci

      Hot rockin' I'm Chopin, composer and motion with an axe

  • @oliverjones2426
    @oliverjones2426 Před rokem +10

    was not ready to see him shirtless and so ripped and then get assaulted with such a sick flow.

  • @THEgregallison
    @THEgregallison Před rokem +47

    Bro, you've snaked your way into my brain and made me question every taste I've had in music up until this point.
    When I wake, something you've made is the cadence to my heart beat. When I do something, in my head - your music is the theme song. You've been places, and you're making changes.
    You're authentic, without question. And I hope that you know you've connected people of all ages. You're a mentor to people twice your age and give voices to the things in rhyme that we can barely put into words.
    You're a modern day bard, shouting modern day Shakespearian constructs to the world, and you have my utmost respect because it makes you vulnerable, transparent, and genuine. And it puts other aspects you're not even talking about in your music to rest, satisfying more than one side of the argument. An example, "toxic masculinity". You can be strong and show emotion. You can "be a man" AND make room for the harder truths. I feel there is more but just wanted to throw it out there.
    Thank you for being a better person and making your listeners better for it.

    • @donnaroberts4565
      @donnaroberts4565 Před rokem +1

      I love what you wrote.. Have a wonderful day :)

    • @nancymoore9952
      @nancymoore9952 Před rokem

      Perfectly said, I agree completely 😊 Ren has definitely taken up residence in my mind 😀 I've been waiting for a modern day bard and here he is, way beyond my wildest dreams 😀

    • @zed4225
      @zed4225 Před rokem +1

      Brilliantly put❣

    • @TrulyNamaste
      @TrulyNamaste Před rokem +1

      Super nice x

  • @steveparker8065
    @steveparker8065 Před rokem +304

    Ren, you are a musical maestro, a lyrical laureate, a storytelling savant, a genius of genres, an inventive instrumentalist, a minstrel of Shakespearean manifestation, a warrior poet and a percipient prodigy. You were forged in the fire of mental and physical illness and rose like a phoenix from the flames. My sincere gratitude bro for all that you do and I can't wait to hear the new tune. Take care buddy!

    • @philipduttonlescorlett
      @philipduttonlescorlett Před rokem +27

      No pressure then! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @alexlowe8829
      @alexlowe8829 Před rokem +4

      True words Steve!
      Ren is born for that. Keep going champ. Do your thing. Work with great musicians like you did. So refreshing.

    • @ExpertTexperts
      @ExpertTexperts Před rokem +3

      Beautiful.

    • @illist
      @illist Před rokem +8

      After this I can't say anything lol

    • @pieintheskyguy1130
      @pieintheskyguy1130 Před rokem +9

      Steve, YOUR words are poetry. I can hear, in my head, Ren rapping to your words.

  • @lindseywhiting5110
    @lindseywhiting5110 Před rokem +9

    The Happiest Easter Ever.. Opted for a Ren fest party for myself all weekend instead of Pubs....Incredibly talented Ren ❤

  • @futureviking5091
    @futureviking5091 Před rokem +4

    I just got my DNA re-sequenced and I must say, REN’s intelligence is refreshing!

  • @tundiel
    @tundiel Před rokem +145

    Welsh mother of 2 ASD boys, & a daughter with severe anxiety and depression, and let me tell you I've NEVER been into this type of music, but sheesh, here I am with the ear buds cranked up to the max, and jamming like I'm an 18 year old in a rave in some deep, dark dive. ❤ Keep bringing the awesomeness Ren (and Sam!). Happy birthday, boyo!

    • @tonyfro23
      @tonyfro23 Před rokem +2

      Keep your head up maam. Prayers and Godspeed

    • @tundiel
      @tundiel Před rokem

      @@tonyfro23 thank you! ❤

  • @steveharryevans2868
    @steveharryevans2868 Před rokem +139

    From teenagers (and younger) to people in their 70's (me being 67). Ren has something to give to every generation, every colour and gender. It's a very special gift that makes Ren a unique artist.

    • @kellycostello1514
      @kellycostello1514 Před rokem +6

      Too, right pops!
      I love that all musicians (you and others) can love, respect, and promote Ren for his amazing talent, even if it's not your usual music to go to.
      I cant say I've loved and craved an artists work since I found Prince at 16. They have a similar brilliance 🤩.
      Thanks Dad, for sharing Hi Ren in the first place...
      #Renaticforlife ❤

    • @iamthemiracle81
      @iamthemiracle81 Před rokem +2

      42 here and just found this kid a month ago on a CZcams suggestion (Hi Ren) and was blown away. Lyrically young blood is wise beyond his years. Definitely can connect and dig it. Cheers!

    • @kathleenclark815
      @kathleenclark815 Před rokem +2

      Me too! I'm 50 and love him!

    • @lynneglazer2154
      @lynneglazer2154 Před rokem +2

      67: same! 👊

    • @luckisalady1
      @luckisalady1 Před rokem +1

      Totally agree, a must listen for all ages!

  • @jessietucker9342
    @jessietucker9342 Před rokem +23

    Just passed 1M views! So beautiful to witness! Ren passing the precipice and beyond!!!

  • @williewill167
    @williewill167 Před rokem +110

    I was born and raised in the Bronx, I am Hip Hop, and this young brotha has fulfilled all criteria to be knighted as an MC! Well done young man!
    We fucks with ya in the BX!

  • @StoryWolf420
    @StoryWolf420 Před rokem +56

    Ren is the Greatest Artist of our Time. How many lives has he saved? How many artists have had their flames of creativity re-ignited by the fire he built? Ren is a living muse. He deserves to be remembered for eternity. His name will sit alongside Shakespeare and DaVinci in the annuls of human history.

  • @johnmacdonald1806
    @johnmacdonald1806 Před rokem +62

    I’m 60 years old I’ve been going to concerts since I was 12, seen well over 1,500 bands and I have to say you are one of the most inspirational, electric, songwriter performers I have ever seen. I honestly believe you are the next great talent in music. I hope you get whatever you are looking for in your music career. I would like to know how do I get you to come to Vancouver Canada to play?
    PS
    I have never written comments on any social media before; however, this is the first and that’s how impressed I am with with your skills. Love you.

    • @bosoundaries
      @bosoundaries Před rokem +3

      Wlcome to the Reniverse - John!

    • @johnmacdonald1806
      @johnmacdonald1806 Před rokem +1

      I am in the Reniverse and loving it I need to see him live

    • @bosoundaries
      @bosoundaries Před rokem

      @@johnmacdonald1806 Whenever Ren calls me to do anything - I will!

    • @Duhovkaa
      @Duhovkaa Před rokem

      Old macdonald had a farm , YEEHAA YEEHAA HOOOO!!!!

    • @Nivleknosnhoj
      @Nivleknosnhoj Před rokem

      ​​​@@Duhovkaa and on that farm had some Rens with an eclectic mix of... OMFG

  • @mariolegault2561
    @mariolegault2561 Před rokem +17

    Not too shabby. And that's coming from a total metalhead. 🤟🤟🤟 Well done.

    • @DaveHead
      @DaveHead Před rokem +1

      also a total metalhead.... more punk than anything else

    • @YoreHistory
      @YoreHistory Před rokem +2

      Also a metal head but one that does appreciate electronic and rap...this is really good. I bet he could even do metal for sure rock.

  • @ISpook1
    @ISpook1 Před rokem +90

    Dammmmmmmmmm!!!!!! That song drops hard. This is what the world needs. More of Ren.

    • @RenMakesMusic
      @RenMakesMusic  Před rokem +20

      🙏

    • @ISpook1
      @ISpook1 Před rokem +4

      @Ren supporting you from day 1. Your musics a reflection of my own life. I hope you reach the world. You deserve it and more.

  • @drewperry4626
    @drewperry4626 Před rokem +9

    I don't know if I'm the only one to notice... Or if I'm nuts. But Ren's latest rap songs lean in to the EDM elements, but they toe the line, never really crossing. He uses so many cadences vocally that he bends the beat just inside the hip hop genre. Which is in fact a perfect evolution of the artform. It's pretty dope.

  • @saintmayhem9873
    @saintmayhem9873 Před rokem +13

    This sounds like it belongs in Cyberpunk 2077. I love this track so much.

  • @DickCoombes
    @DickCoombes Před rokem +84

    When Ren speaks I listen because what he says resonates with my own situation, and I'm 71 years old and been struggling with illness & PTSD amongst other things. Pain is my constant companion ,music is my only pleasure.

  • @mickiofthemountains
    @mickiofthemountains Před rokem +16

    I am a 56 yr old neuro divergent woman.
    I used to have a saying,
    "Can't spell crap, without rap"
    You've changed all that!
    This is the music my soul needs.
    I live off grid, 30 miles from anything. I live alone, because mostly, people suk. But this music has given me something I thought I lost a long time ago. The inspiration, the drive, and the determination to create my dreams.
    Thank You,
    For being here, at this time.
    When everything is so chaotic, your music is my peace.
    Thank You Ren.
    ....and to all the Ren-a-gades, out there!
    It's so wonderful to see all the oldsters like me, being touched by this music.

    • @wolframvonstein7303
      @wolframvonstein7303 Před rokem +2

      This comment is short, but beautiful. Hope you're finding fulfillment.

  • @Louise-rvn
    @Louise-rvn Před rokem +19

    🎉🎉 1 MILLION!! 🎉🎉 Congrats Ren! ❤

  • @bonostaffharlaar9910
    @bonostaffharlaar9910 Před rokem +53

    I'm 60 today. Never before has an artist blown my mind like you did. Keep doing what you do.

    • @donnaroberts4565
      @donnaroberts4565 Před rokem +1

      Happy Birthday Sweetpea XXX

    • @siwlasilva
      @siwlasilva Před rokem +1

      Feliz aniversário from Brazil! 🍀❤️🌻🥂

    • @bonostaffharlaar9910
      @bonostaffharlaar9910 Před rokem

      @@siwlasilva Obrigado

    • @bonostaffharlaar9910
      @bonostaffharlaar9910 Před rokem

      @@donnaroberts4565 Thnx

    • @ricksurratt9034
      @ricksurratt9034 Před rokem +3

      I’m 61 I haven’t been this excited for a song to drop in years. And that was back in the day when you bought albums and you couldn’t wait for them to come out.

  • @periurban
    @periurban Před rokem +97

    OMG! I'm 63 years old, a time served musical genius through my own efforts, but when it comes to Ren I'm like a 14 year old schoolgirl awaiting a new boy band single. His new album is called Sick Boi, and it should be dropping soon. I cannot wait!!!

    • @jamescooke9785
      @jamescooke9785 Před rokem +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @travgusmc
      @travgusmc Před rokem +1

      Omg, somebody better get their mamaw.

    • @ChrisLawton66
      @ChrisLawton66 Před rokem

      @@travgusmc obnoxious child

    • @wendyweedwhacker
      @wendyweedwhacker Před rokem

      I can totally relate, feel like a silly teenager needing to know all the lyrics and hear everything he's done.

    • @periurban
      @periurban Před rokem +1

      @@wendyweedwhacker I just got the Violet's Tale CD through. I can't tell you how stoked I feel about this guy's music. I was just talking to my oldest friend about Ren. We are both old men now, and we agreed that we've never seen the like. He is literally unique in the breadth and scope of his talent. And this is only the start!

  • @chaggart5
    @chaggart5 Před rokem +5

    He's wearing white all song, but he has darkness underneath. Surely intentional and I love it. Ren is the best! What a guy!

  • @diasmith4675
    @diasmith4675 Před rokem +2

    Okay, this took me two solid listens. First time I got distracted by some visuals in the video (there was some flashy bits that I needed to avoid for health reasons) but second just damn, son.

  • @beerandasongguy
    @beerandasongguy Před rokem +20

    Ren is the light of this generation, a true salvation for music. Thank you Ren for saving music from hell it has been living in.

  • @Mr-Mr66
    @Mr-Mr66 Před rokem +88

    Ren, you have literally changed people's lives and you don't even know it. You sir will live on forever

    • @sr2mono
      @sr2mono Před rokem +4

      He knows it.

    • @robinwallace1399
      @robinwallace1399 Před rokem +2

      Excellent.. happy birthday Ren😉

    • @SpideyCat1
      @SpideyCat1 Před rokem +2

      Truth :-)

    • @Amboy54
      @Amboy54 Před rokem +1

      "And when I am gone, I will rise, in the music that I've left behind. Ferocious, persistent ..." indeed!

    • @Mr-Mr66
      @Mr-Mr66 Před rokem

      @@Amboy54 fitting.
      Thanks

  • @Henry4ever
    @Henry4ever Před rokem +12

    1 MILLION KNOCKING...well deserved to a legend ...Ren ...#Renmakesmusic.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @camillafuchs7347
    @camillafuchs7347 Před rokem +4

    I think I just REN into something unbeleavably extraordinary. OMG! Ren!? Nice too meet you, where have you been?! WOW!

    • @tinymusikcodottv-Musikverse99
      @tinymusikcodottv-Musikverse99 Před rokem

      He is that good. He was banished from the heavens ya know the angel on earth that had his wings taken away but still tries to save humanity???

  • @nunyabusiness9910
    @nunyabusiness9910 Před rokem +43

    I'm a 55 year old, center right, Rush, The Cure, The Clash and The Ramones fan. I am pumped for this release. Ren goes right to the the things that we ALL feel at one point or another during our lives, although by most accounts, not as severely as it has affected him. Ren. Thank you. Please keep absolute creative control and keep making us us cry with sadness, joy and the inspiration your music gives us. Always remember how to be you.

    • @AnthonyLauder
      @AnthonyLauder Před rokem +3

      I am 58, and we have similar musical taste. I find Ren as exciting as I found Rush when I first discovered them more than 40 years ago.

    • @LadyLuck13
      @LadyLuck13 Před rokem +2

      53 here and yup, I feel ya

    • @anastasiabeaverhausen2647
      @anastasiabeaverhausen2647 Před rokem +2

      I'm OLD and in with you. REN IS 🔥 FIRE 🔥

    • @LadyLuck13
      @LadyLuck13 Před rokem +1

      @@anastasiabeaverhausen2647 my 19 year old son was quite impressed when I suggested Ren to him. I think it was first time in his life he actually thought his old mum was cool 😂

    • @anastasiabeaverhausen2647
      @anastasiabeaverhausen2647 Před rokem +1

      @@LadyLuck13 that's great! My mom went to OzzFest. She's more fun than I am! ☆cool moms☆

  • @AstroLaVista
    @AstroLaVista Před rokem +66

    "Splitting for Britain" yes please, never stop! A whole new much needed genre. I'm grateful as I feel something for music again, it's been a few decades. Happy Birthday Ren and please keep doing what you're doing.

    • @RenMakesMusic
      @RenMakesMusic  Před rokem +36

      More to come!

    • @mount-of-olives
      @mount-of-olives Před rokem +3

      ​@@RenMakesMusic Ren. Depression. Doctors. Blessed with a brain:
      How much longer will I endure this pain?
      Like a parched desert flower desperate for rain,
      Looking to the skies,
      Sliver of hope still remains,
      But at the end of it all it's clearly in vein.
      There's only so much a person can take,
      Only so much they can forsake,
      The torturous hurt ~ the betrayal ~ the heartache,
      Clasping my hands I pray for sanities sake.
      But it just doesn't stop;
      In fact it gets worse,
      My tears drench the page,
      As I'm writing this verse.
      I can't carry on;
      I want to go home,
      Where there's peace and there's light,
      No more darkness to roam.
      Will you love me just as I am?
      Will you deliver me like only the Lord can?
      I'm asking the impossible,
      That's plain to see,
      Because hope's not enough,
      And I'm losing my identity.
      I've lost her -
      Her is me.
      Where did I go?
      Where can I be?
      I just want to 'be',
      No pain or plight,
      I'm praying for rain,
      Because I have no more fight.
      I'm caught in this circus,
      An endless charade,
      A clown's painted smile,
      So tired of the facade.
      Like a Möbius strip,
      I'm bent out of shape,
      Forced into situations,
      In which I don't want to partake.
      They've pushed me so far,
      That's its hard to pertain,
      It's hard to remember,
      When my life wasn't their game.
      I don't ask for pity,
      I'm just trying to explain,
      That I'm a parched desert flower,
      Begging for rain.
      #sickestbelieve
      #keepshootingalchemyrennyboi

    • @glynjones2587
      @glynjones2587 Před rokem

      ​@@RenMakesMusic literally can't wait mate. Simply killing it.

  • @similovesunicorns
    @similovesunicorns Před rokem +10

    Yes, 1.000.000🤘🥳🙆

  • @harper4601
    @harper4601 Před rokem +11

    1 million- yay!!!

  • @profpeggyjohnson8281
    @profpeggyjohnson8281 Před rokem +22

    So here I am, in my 60s, waiting like a kid to hear your latest offering. The last singer to get me so excited was David Cassidy!!! 😅😅😅😅😅😅

    • @nancymoore9952
      @nancymoore9952 Před rokem +2

      Isn't it brilliant? How lucky are we to get so excited again 😀🥰 Mine was Wham though 😀 Can't really compare Ren and George 😆😆 Will be sat here waiting for the countdown 😁🤘🤘❤️❤️

    • @michaelcreel106
      @michaelcreel106 Před rokem +3

      Me too, except for the David Cassidy part!

    • @manjitu4253
      @manjitu4253 Před rokem

      Babes.!!..I had a poster of a David Cassidy on my bedroom wall...all those years ago !!!

  • @mkbcoolman
    @mkbcoolman Před rokem +80

    I’m a 49yo white dude who loves metal and kinda likes some rap maybe if I’m in the right mood. But this guy is just different. This is just fucking brilliant in every way. This lyrics, the beat, the tone, the message, the delivery…it’s genius.
    And don’t even get me started on the film director. This is just so fucking sick on every level, and I hope these guys works together for a long time. I don’t know how these two found each other, but let’s all just stop and realize the universe has given us a gift.

  • @staceyshaffer180
    @staceyshaffer180 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Sweeeet! You did it Ren. Most talented artist, musician, and poet of our time, I’m 63, never have I seen talent like this.

  • @theswill729
    @theswill729 Před rokem +5

    This is one of the sickest beats I've ever heard. That switch in the beginning from a generic hip hop into that eurotrash is so amazing.

  • @Wethreefish
    @Wethreefish Před rokem +272

    Here's a 70 year old grandma turning her grandchildren on to Ren ❤

    • @audreycasassa1683
      @audreycasassa1683 Před rokem +13

      66 yrs old and loving it and turning everyone on to Ren.

    • @Parula06
      @Parula06 Před rokem +13

      Hahaha, me too! My grown sons can't believe their mom is turning them onto a new phenomenal artist who raps like no other. ❤

    • @Catalinaobregon
      @Catalinaobregon Před rokem +12

      67 yr old grandma from California turning her kids on to Ren.

    • @joshcleary1324
      @joshcleary1324 Před rokem +4

      rock on Grandma!

    • @helenk43
      @helenk43 Před rokem +2

      ❤❤❤xxx

  • @SpideyCat1
    @SpideyCat1 Před rokem +99

    Me and hubby are both in our 60s - we're blown away by your music, a breath of fresh air - thank you and please get well, the world needs you :-)

    • @RenMakesMusic
      @RenMakesMusic  Před rokem +27

      Wow, thank you!

    • @nw2394
      @nw2394 Před rokem +8

      @@RenMakesMusic They are not the only oldies who like your stuff. You're not alone.

    • @deothang
      @deothang Před rokem +6

      .I am in my 50s....my mental health brought me here.....we got good taste hey?... ..love is all ❤

    • @davidturner2449
      @davidturner2449 Před rokem +3

      46 here, your music is therapy!! Get well soon bro, and happy birthday brother!

    • @CarolienGeurtsen
      @CarolienGeurtsen Před rokem +3

      Here a 66 yo impressed and moved again and again both by your talent, your relentless passion in your musical expressionism and your struggle for health. I wish you Well Being on so many levels 💞 and will follow your endeavours with fascination and awe 😘

  • @cato7778
    @cato7778 Před rokem +12

    It's about time Britain had a talent like Ren to be proud of. His raps are on a par with any of the top US rappers and songs like chalk outlines are beautiful. A star on the rise. Stay grounded Ren

  • @melissascherrah6100
    @melissascherrah6100 Před rokem +12

    1 million views! Congratulations!

  • @Snflw3r
    @Snflw3r Před rokem +50

    When I was younger I never understood how people could be so overwhelmed with emotion attached to a single artist and ‘fangirl’ if you will. At 24 years old I finally get it, it just took an absolute musical mastermind and theatrical genius to bring it out of me. Been following your music since two months ago and cannot get enough. Thank you for your will to keep fighting through this dance of life. The products so far are beautiful and life changing. You’ve become a beacon for so many including myself. I’ve been sharing your work with as many as will take the time to listen and everyone has had nothing but positive things to say in return. So thank you again, can’t wait for this song in a week ❤

    • @LunaWolf13.
      @LunaWolf13. Před rokem +2

      Girl I know how you feel I'm 32 haha.

    • @Parula06
      @Parula06 Před rokem +3

      For far too long there simply was no one worthy of it, IMO. I haven't been this stoked by any artist in many decades. I was 13 when the Beatles hit the US - yeah, I'm that old. Still a massive Beatles fan. I have that same deeply thrilled feeling with Ren. As with only 2 other artists (Beatles & Bowie) in my life, it was instantaneous -- I fell utterly in love with Ren's music the very first time I heard him. I'd forgotten how deliriously joyful discovering a one-of-a-kind genius artist can be.

    • @louiseboncher1070
      @louiseboncher1070 Před rokem

      @@Parula06 And Lemmy

    • @LisaMagdalenaBardell
      @LisaMagdalenaBardell Před rokem +2

      I feel exactly the same at age 52! Like a teenager again in obsessive appreciation and awe for all @renmakesmusic creates 🔥

  • @trentbobo4171
    @trentbobo4171 Před rokem +160

    23k likes in 3 hours. I think our boy Ren has made it. Incredible track.

    • @Efendim.
      @Efendim. Před rokem +17

      He has a very loyal fanbase because there is no other artist with his style. His songs are like a drug you can only buy from a specific dealer.

    • @_milka587
      @_milka587 Před rokem +4

      210k likes in 15 hours, he definitely made it!

    • @janseendiguiseppiThomasMC
      @janseendiguiseppiThomasMC Před rokem +2

      19 hrs 238k views. Yeah Ren made it 😂

    • @no.1fangirl
      @no.1fangirl Před rokem +3

      @@janseendiguiseppiThomasMC Illest of Our Times no1 hip hop track on itunes in less than 24hrs. He's arrived 💥

  • @transientdeja
    @transientdeja Před rokem +5

    Came to Ren for his words about mental and physical issues and was blown away. Hearing tracks like this..... everything I like about Vinnie Paz without any of the problematic bullshit. Carry on you fucking angel, I adore you.

  • @sympathyforthedevil1553
    @sympathyforthedevil1553 Před rokem +22

    The song feels like an act of vulnerability and authenticity because he's showing us a darker side of himself, that is just as true & real to him as his other sides. We know from his previous songs he has at least 2 sides: the genius side and the physically ill side. It's easy to empathize with these, appreciate them, and value them. But with 'Illest of our Time' I think he shows us a 3rd side that is harder to empathize with -- the dark/twisted side of Ren. The lyrics are brutal, twisted, violent, to some degree. And they are also him. And that's fine--we all have some 'twistedness' in us--we just conceal it to different degrees. Ren in this case is revealing his darkness, putting it on display for all to see. His final scheme lyrically here ties it all together by suggesting he is a 'fallen angel' with tattered wings, banished from heaven. But then he says 'Living with depression is a blessing in disguise, never second guessing intuition getting wise.' His depression helped him grow wiser, more self-aware, & Ren exposing his dark/twisted side like this, unapologetically, could be seen as an act of self-awareness-borne-from-suffering, authenticity, and vulnerability. His wearing white, I think, is meant to contrast the partial perception we might form of him (heroic, savior, goodness, vulnerable, soft) against the violent backdrop of animals fighting each other in an abandoned warehouse.

    • @Dust2Glow
      @Dust2Glow Před rokem

      😢😮 wow this is a very twisted up song/rap. I truly hope he gets the help he is searching for. To me this song is him calling for attention... he is wearing white as a symbol of spreading his wings far and wide, has rebelled christianity perhaps, struggling with religion... everyday society anxious issues, financial struggles, living expenses, all rolled into one.

    • @DistrictWitch
      @DistrictWitch Před rokem +4

      Haha nah, he's just not religious, simple as. Was kinda strange seeing allll these Americans thinking he was a Christian tbh! Why worry about a man who writes bars like 'I am the demigorgon of oppin'? That shows you exactly his depth of the wider, hidden world, and it is entirely not Christian, dude is a Gnostic if anything. Interesting interpretations from the OP but the comment that was worrying about him is misplaced imo. He's leagues above most religious people when it comes to serious existential thought - this vid is proof enough

  • @user-uf8gi8oj7y
    @user-uf8gi8oj7y Před rokem +78

    Ren, I'm a 54 YO American dad and I'm really glad I found your stuff. I have spent the last two weeks down the "Ren Rabbit Hole" looking at everything you have done. You deserve to get what you need out of your music, whatever that is, I hope you find it. Keep tearing it up in your unique way. Awesome!!

    • @rockyroad64
      @rockyroad64 Před rokem +6

      58! 🎵🎶The rabbit hole continues. He's beyond awesome. I'm so happy he brought us all together to watch him on this stage called life. I feel honored to be able to peek into his raw insides that he chooses to share.

    • @KernowFishy
      @KernowFishy Před rokem +2

      Good morning USA!

    • @alexanderkasner4165
      @alexanderkasner4165 Před rokem +4

      Just turned 51 and totally agree. Music is ageless.

    • @DoubleBarrelDarrell
      @DoubleBarrelDarrell Před rokem +3

      Same here. 56 yo American dad (metalhead) and Ren has blown me away. I'm always searching but rarely finding. Ren's music and lyrics are absolutely genius. I feel fortunate to have found his tunes.

    • @neilblanch1685
      @neilblanch1685 Před rokem +1

      I'm 56 and I can't believe how talented Ren is. My partner is a musician and I hear so much great stuff but rarely do I see such raw talent across so many genres.
      Can't believe he's not signed. I hope his health gets better soon - maybe be could have some respite here in Australia?

  • @daemonnice
    @daemonnice Před rokem +47

    This wasn' t what I was expecting, but it is exactly what I hoped for. Once again pushing the boundaries of what it means to make music. This is pure art.

    • @RenMakesMusic
      @RenMakesMusic  Před rokem +27

      This is just the trailer aha! video drops in a few hours!

    • @MissyGail4eva
      @MissyGail4eva Před rokem

      ​@@RenMakesMusic Simply sublime sounds

  • @eugenesouza3819
    @eugenesouza3819 Před rokem +14

    1 million today, WooHoo!

  • @MRGRIMMREAPER1
    @MRGRIMMREAPER1 Před rokem +5

    I'm a 49 year old biker......and THIS is THE SHIT!! Love from Canada, Ren!!!

  • @lotusnyt
    @lotusnyt Před 11 měsíci +2

    Thank you for not succumbing to the dark. Us in the in between need your light.

  • @g8yearsago948
    @g8yearsago948 Před rokem +27

    I’ve got lupus and hashimotos and potentially other autoimmune diseases as some unexplained symptoms, I’m 19 I was forced to drop out of school and I just relate to your music so much with my diagnosis journey and how people around me act and figuring out treatments and trying things that keep failing, I’ve also got adhd and autism so battling those together is such a challenge and I just love to see it portrayed in your music I was able to show my family and feel more understood

    • @bearbait7405
      @bearbait7405 Před rokem +1

      Prayers lifted for you. I am offering my suffering up as a form of pray for your well-being. Not going to waste my suffering a moment longer.

  • @biffalump
    @biffalump Před rokem +52

    I’m for once happy to be alive for a change , you did that ren ❤

    • @ricksurratt9034
      @ricksurratt9034 Před rokem +2

      Yes just what this world needs

    • @TheGothicLibrarian
      @TheGothicLibrarian Před rokem +5

      Ditto. Last week I had my therapist's appointment on Monday, and then my GP visit on Friday, and I have social anxiety, and not "being in a crowd makes me anxious", that's actually very okay, even going to the store is okay, because I'm basically invisible, but it's stuff like doctor's appointment, when all their focus is on me, that I really dread that and freak out. Anyway my GP told me my liver is showing signs of distress and she signed me up to go to the hospital to get an abdomen sonogram to better look into it, so, more dread, more social anxiety waiting which I'm already dreading, on the 28th. But then I saw on the 29th this will come out, and it's like I changed from thinking "5 days till I have to go to do the sonogram..." to "yes, but 6 days till we get a new Ren's song". The anticipation and excitement of it almost cancel out my dread and anxiety. And even if it'll be a horrible experience, I'll know I'll soon have something amazing to watch.
      Sorry that I blabbered too much, I'm literally unable to be brief. But all that just to say, this also completely changed the outlook I have for the rest of the month. Not many can do magics like this. Ren is one of the few.

    • @biffalump
      @biffalump Před rokem +4

      @@TheGothicLibrarian you just described my life too I think there’s a lot of us just trying to blend in and survive and ren is making it feel ok to survive for a change , I feel the same he may just be saving a few souls
      On his beautiful journey to his own health and well-being , good luck to you here to many more ren filled beautiful feelings ❤️

    • @CaraHillVoiceoverArtist
      @CaraHillVoiceoverArtist Před rokem +1

      ❤❤

  • @VideosbyLisaLisa
    @VideosbyLisaLisa Před 11 měsíci +7

    The last part of this song is amazing in its vulnerability. Thank you for sharing. One of my favorite songs and videos. Congrats on a great job!

  • @z3r0w1ng
    @z3r0w1ng Před rokem +10

    Congratulations on 1 million, on your way to history. Welcome to the RENaissance! RENegades RISE!

  • @vivienneheath4839
    @vivienneheath4839 Před rokem +59

    Ren's talent is phenomenal. 'Spread these tattered wings hold them high, banished from the Heavens, but I'm knocking on the sky'. Just blows me away!

  • @justindavies7317
    @justindavies7317 Před rokem +59

    can someone get this guy a million subscribers already. God knows hes earned it

  • @rebriffer
    @rebriffer Před rokem +8

    Yes!! 12 days to the first 1M!!! well done mate

  • @dreadsndogs4406
    @dreadsndogs4406 Před rokem +11

    Rap don't usually capture my attention. But there's something about your music - like every song I've heard so far, as I went down the rabbit hole - that's quite litteraly enchanting. It's like I'm suddenly being transported into a bubble of pure chaos and then realizing it's strangely peaceful and even soothing to be there. Curiously examining the twisted darkness of humanity through my own reflection...👀

  • @stewartoddie1528
    @stewartoddie1528 Před rokem +12

    52 year old child of the post punk revolution, I’ve followed REN for a while now and it’s been a long while since I’ve been this blown away by an artist.

  • @LogicDogg
    @LogicDogg Před rokem +169

    Ren's music is not a rabbit hole, it's a whole damn warren and at the end of every tunnel there's a new twist or turn to explore. Amazing talent, versatility and creativity, all while playing multi-dimensional chess with words and beats. Illest of our time? No doubt.

    • @AmaliaFraud
      @AmaliaFraud Před rokem +3

      My twitch name is RenegadeWarren, for I too found the hole analogy inadequate! 😂

    • @emmjaytee7346
      @emmjaytee7346 Před rokem +3

      I'm going thro it like a ferret 🦛

    • @clintonchico9547
      @clintonchico9547 Před rokem +3

      A Ren Labyrinth 🤪

    • @AmaliaFraud
      @AmaliaFraud Před rokem +7

      @@clintonchico9547 a labyRENth, ya might say. 😁

    • @faithandherghosts
      @faithandherghosts Před rokem

      I’m Fiver in the field outside the warren.

  • @greenhighlander7
    @greenhighlander7 Před 8 měsíci +2

    This rocks so hard, I live with severe depression and that 'depression is a blessing in disguise' is so correct! I'm just like that, I study others all the time, this dude give bad vibes I'm out.

  • @Stansonlipcreative
    @Stansonlipcreative Před rokem +5

    1 million views in 12 days!!! Blowing up!

  • @leighjones8614
    @leighjones8614 Před rokem +24

    Seriously, you are one of a kind Ren. I’m 58, seen a lot of artists over the years, but never one as talented as you.

  • @gilroy78
    @gilroy78 Před rokem +24

    And the countdown begins!!! Much love from the UK 🇬🇧 🎵 🎸

    • @raymond7452
      @raymond7452 Před rokem

      He's Welsh mate

    • @trekkietrek1774
      @trekkietrek1774 Před rokem

      @@raymond7452 urm... that's in the UK dude

    • @raymond7452
      @raymond7452 Před rokem

      @@trekkietrek1774 all I said was he's welsh

    • @raymond7452
      @raymond7452 Před rokem

      @@trekkietrek1774 my point was him being Welsh means he's also in the UK so much love alone would suffice

  • @azhani1501
    @azhani1501 Před rokem +11

    Happy 1 mil 🎉🎉🎉

  • @nathanialbrown1
    @nathanialbrown1 Před rokem +15

    I am 37 from the US and suffered from Lyme as well it altered my entire world and life forever. Your words and art and music are incredible and I hope you can see that all the pain and suffering and struggle has led to you giving hope and speaking with real perspective to so many. You are truly loved and never alone and thank you for your bravery and all the Light that you represent. No matter what darkness past, present, or future NOTHING CAN TAKE YOUR LIGHT IT IS YOURS GIVEN BY GOD> Get Well Soon. Let your Body Heal and remember as an artist Anticipation and Build Up is part of the release.... Breathe This is Only The Beginning of YOUR NEW LIFE>

  • @debi7648
    @debi7648 Před rokem +12

    51 year old Scottish fan here. Really looking forward to this Ren. Words can't describe the impact that "Hi Ren" had on me and since then, the privilege of listening to so many of your songs. I'm sad I didn't know of you until a few weeks ago, but happy I found you in the end 😊 From the amazing, lyrics, singing, rapping, music and artistry, I have been amazed. You even brought happy tears to my eyes, even making me reminisce about a time in my life I first listened to the Beastie Boys ☺️ (What you Want)
    I've struggled with mental health issues most of my life and I'm in a really bad place right now, mostly cut off from the world. I want to thank you for sharing your extraordinary talents and please know that they impact people like me in such a positive way ❤

  • @sethmayo
    @sethmayo Před rokem +5

    Hidden references:
    Freddy Krueger: a character from the horror movie franchise "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
    Mary Poppins: a character from the Disney movie of the same name.
    Demogorgon: a monster from the Netflix series "Stranger Things."
    "Eleven": a reference to the character "Eleven" from "Stranger Things."
    "Left, right in, I'm striking like I'm biting like a python": a reference to the boxer Mike Tyson's signature move, the "left-right combo," and his nickname, "Iron Mike."
    Hardy Brothers: a reference to the professional wrestling tag team, the Hardy Boyz.

  • @genevievebills5227
    @genevievebills5227 Před 5 dny +1

    2 years ago and still one of my favorites of Ren's music. Althought i think everything I have heard from Ren is a favorite for its own reason.

    • @jacqui114
      @jacqui114 Před 2 hodinami

      Still can't believe I've seen him Live ! Illest 🔥

  • @abercrombieuser12345
    @abercrombieuser12345 Před rokem +20

    I'm a 40 year old man and Ren is my new favorite artist. My wife thinks I'm crazy because I've been playing all his songs non-stop for the past 2 weeks!

    • @tonyfro23
      @tonyfro23 Před rokem +1

      Gotta be coy but she hopefully becomes a fan too! The guy is one of one

    • @AmaliaFraud
      @AmaliaFraud Před rokem +1

      Same.

  • @LeilaniKrenn
    @LeilaniKrenn Před rokem +71

    I appreciate how obvious it is that Ren treats his music as an expressive art form, rather than making music for the sake of getting popular ❤️‍🔥 It makes the listening and watching experience so much more enjoyable!