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You are the 2nd new Ren reacters to comment on the unkind responses for 'not initially knowing' Ren's backstory. I feel your pain. People who like Ren are insanely devoted to him. I wish they would be a bit more thoughtful for new folks to Ren's music. You two are fun fun fun. Keep it up.
Too many Parasocial relationships. I agree.
Wat man can put a minute on his ife he can't change?
Yeah. I like Ren a lot, but I would never go to a show of his...simply because I would not be able to stand the nerds. "Didn't you know he was talking about how, when he did manscaping, he came to realize that one has to cut off the fluff from your body even if it's a masochistic affair! HOW DARE YOU NOT KNOW THIS!?"
I think this is overplaying the "crazy fans/ nerds" quite a lot here... most fans of Ren's are very supportive and understanding. Sure you will get some like any fanbase for any superstar etc. I'm sure if you went to a Ren show it would just be People appreciating the music and art like any show. I also feel people care and want to share his backstory to new people (reactors often ask for more details) basically everyone should stop the keyboard warrior thing and chill
@@christophCymru Agreed, but it just takes one turd to spoil the drinking water. I just think it's unfortunate that people use the talent of an artist as a way to feel smug/superior, you know? And it's completely antithetical to what Ren's trying to convey in his music.
Posted by Ren under this video.
After Joe died the visits I paid to North Wales were fleeting. By being somewhere new I could be someone new. Brighton didn't just offer me a new chapter, it offered me a new book, and a whole new character.
On Monday I would make the difficult journey home because of music and the fund raising efforts of my incredible following. We managed to raise an incredible £21,000 for the RNLI, an incredible team of volunteers, who risk their lives without pay to aid calls of distress from British shores. The night Joe went missing they were out on the choppy stretch of water between Anglesey and the Mainland, until 5am, looking for Joe, without pay, from the goodness of their hearts. They continued the search efforts for the entire following week until hope dwindled. They owed us nothing, and gave us everything.
Yesterday I decided to pay a visit to Joe's mum and dad. I was asked to play them the new live session I recorded in Calgary. It was probably the most nervous I've been playing someone a video that I'd made. The topic isn't an easy one, especially for parents who have lost an incredible son. I nervously hit play, and the gravity of what I was showing sunk in and I began to cry. In the end we sat in silence, silently sobbing. Joes mum turned to me and smiled and we hugged, and I felt much lighter.
It made me really realise I guess what I've always known. Music is far more than music. It's a channel of communication for the things that are impossible to say. It's a bridge between the living and the dead. It's a way to stay immortal. It's a way to resurrect the dead. It's a universal language. It cuts down barriers of the parts of you which are encapsulated in steel cast iron. It allows frozen rivers to thaw and become un-stagnant. I owe myself, my life, everything I am to music. Music is the closest thing to god I know. I am so grateful to be doing what I do and to tap into this mystic force. My life, my energy, myself, I eternally devote to it.
Wow thanks for posting this.. Definitely a beautiful message wish I would have seen this before hand but glad to at least see it now
@@DivineMedusa165 Check out the follow up "For Joe" it starts off where this one finished is is an acoustic version with him playing keyboards.
@@1tommymulligan we definitely will that one and Genesis have been boosted to the top ☺ we got my tissues ready for the For Joe one for sure ❤
Man I don’t like how Ren fans give new reactors a bad time. We all stumbled across Ren knowing nothing of him before that and we stayed because he’s super talented, has the most relatable music and gives us all something different. Hope, realisation, new start. Inspiration………anyway. Stay with him. Every song gives us something new and we learn about Ren as we go.
Don't pay the negative comments no mind, appreciate you guys reacting to one of my favorite new artists!😂 You have that positive vibe!❤
Thank you!! We truly appreciate you as well ❤ I can definitely say he is definitely becoming a favorite of mine.. I've added the songs we done so far to my daily plays
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Thanks fam we appreciate you
His friend Joe leapt from a bridge. Ren was running trying to get there and when he did there was no one there. They searched for his body but to no avail. Ren wrote the first part initially, but then decided to add the spoken word at the end. The 1st album from Ren was called Freckled Angels, also in remembrance of his friend Joe. The song How To Be Me with Chinchilla is also about Joe at the end
How to be me is about Joe, or rather Ren's response to losing Joe, from beginning to end, not just at the end. Joe's suicide is only referenced at the end but the whole song is about how losing Joe affected Ren. :)
Menai Bridge. During a drug induced psychosis I stood on that bridge in 2012 ready to Jump. At 2 am a girl walked by and talked me out of it. I still think she's an angel, I don't even know if she actually existed as I never seen her again.
Im sorry to hear you went through those feelings Bri, always remember you have purpose in this world and are loved. Much love to you both❤
Thank you so much I appreciate your love and kind words ❤
As someone with frustrating sleep issues you may relate to and enjoy one of Ren's older songs aptly called "insomnia".
Also a great follow up to this song is "For Joe"
Definitely will make sure to add to the list of up next ❤
I concur^^
You need to do For Joe. It's a continued version of this song. Great job
I feel like I should apologise for some of my fellow Renegades.
I was one of those who judge you guys too early.
Understand you guys now. You guys are different. Different angles. We should respect that. Keep it up. It’s really refreshing to see.
And you Sir, you are showing more and more vulnerability in every reaction I see. You keep it up.❤
From Perth Australia
The second half of this makes me cry every time.
Oh my gosh it does!! N I knew it was coming when he switched the flow.. He definitely knows what he's doing when it comes to the words n composing of his songs
Ren does NOT stop with the chill factor. Check out his entire catalog... Ren lost his friend Joe that is who he is talking about when he said "I threw my childhood off the bridge the same night you jumped". There is a live duet dedicated to joe... Check it out! "How To Be Me" - Ren and Chinchilla; LIVE VERSION! There a a few dongs that refer to his friend Joe who took his own life... He was out on a bridge making goodbye phone calls talking about being in a bad place. He was 5 mins away. He got the message at 3AM that Joe was on the phone with someone upset. Ren ran out the door and made it there a couple mins after his last conversation... " I think about that vividly; what it looked like to look down and see tranquility". Ren was hoping to see his friend fighting... Instead he saw calm waters...
Edit: 9:23 I don't know that this song was made for Joe. There is a part for Joe but this song to me talks about Ren and his own struggle with the topic. Ren once said Joe taking his life saved his own because he saw what it did to his friends around him left and he could not do that to them. There are a couple songs to Joe. "How To Be ME" and "Freckled Angles" are two of them.
I believe the first part of the song was for Ren to show his struggles with suicide. The second part is for Joe, which he wrote after his interview with Knox Hill. Together, the two parts show what someone going through suicidal thoughts goes through and then the POV changes to someone who has to deal with the outcome of a loved one's choice to take their life.
And hear the rest with FOR JOE. It's a tear jerker too
I love how true to yourselves you are when you're reacting and I appreciate that you open yourselves up for us to see that. Im thinking its time you did a fun Ren song.I'll suggest Losing It or The Big Push I Shot The Sheriff/Rosd to Zion/Hip Hop. Cant wait to watch!
Sup you two crazy lovebirds. I found your reaction video to Hi Ren and purposely clicked on this one because I know that both songs, have the “feels” to it.
I appreciate you. I appreciate your honest reactions and sharing on the darkness that you both have experienced.
Know that your negative commentary are from others that have the “feels” too. They can be impassioned and rant about this or that, particularly for a once in a lifetime artist.
We all claim a bit of Ren in our hearts because we can all relate to it, if we but opened our hearts to it.
Keep faith in your content and purpose. I feels you - peace be with you both 🙏🏼
I just found you today with the Led Zep videos. First Bri, I’m so glad you are still here. The two of you seem great together. I had heard Hi REN and that one got me deep. I also have an autoimmune disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis and C-PTSD so I have experienced similar things with the medical help. Took 15 years to get a diagnosis for my AS. Thank you so much for these videos. I wanted to listen to them was I wasn’t sure I could handle them but watching you experience them at the same time some how helped. I’m really glad you made these because I love them all.
You guys are great wishing every success lots of love from Australia 🇦🇺
❤❤❤ lovee yall. Hearing and seeing those crazy ass mean add comments who sound like they are personally offended or biting someones head off for not knowing EVERYTHING about someones song or backstory, it makes me hesitant abiut enjoying new music from that artist. It definitely keeps me from commenting anything for a looooong time or being a part of the fan groups, like i dont want to be associated with it, but for th e most part rens fans are fucken outstanding and i know if i do come across some hate shit like that i see others quick to be like yo knock that shit off no need for that kinda hate. I make sure to say something at least, no being complicit seeing hate speech in rens name. Its not what he is about. Much love to you both and for just brushing that th ose comments aside. ❤❤❤
I’m surprised to hear about the nasty comments, I’ve found found the community very warm. I’m not much of a joiner nor would call myself a Renegade (my grumpy gen-x self balks at the idea 😄) but I’m a fan of Ren’s. I dislike speaking for others but I’m certain he would be unsettled and disappointed by the nasty comments.
I hope you don’t let them stop you from commenting - I enjoyed reading your thoughts! We just have to flood them out with love.
💙🩵💙
His best Friend Joe jumped from Menai Straights Bridge in Anglesey, Wales. I remember reading the news in the local paper as my Grandparents lived there. He spoke with another of their friendship group over the phone saying his goodbyes. Ren received a message from Joe and ran all the way to the bridge. Unfortunately he was minutes too late and Joe was gone. They never found his body. Ren blamed himself for being too late to save him, the what ifs caused him a lifetime of heartache. Having been in a similar situation with a childhood friend who left this Earth at only 15, I know some people don't show any signs or signals, they behave completely normal until that time comes. It's heart wrenchingley sad, but some people just don't want saving 😢 ironically, I came across Ren and Sam Tompkins busking in Brighton years later and have followed his musical journey ever since, to this day i still rate his Freckled Angels album (dedicated to Joe) some of his most powerful work, Freckled Angels and Dominoes in particular
Thank you for reacting to more Ren, much love to you guys x
Oh man, NOOOoooo,not the haters being mean coming for you?
You were awesome before Bri came to the channel RC, BUT, Bri is new and I could feel her nerves holding back and I wanted to send hugs ♥ It isn't easy getting on camera. BRI you are growing so fast it is amazing. Remember, you are lovely, full of bright eyed joy! I love watching you two grow together.
This was a good reaction. Love to you both.
Ren is in a lane of his own making, ♥
This is my first time to see you react and I appreciated you both. I will say that any unkind comments you received on past videos goes against everything Ren and the majority of his RENegades stand for. His fans are devoted, but that is 100% no excuse to ever be unkind and I'm super disappointed that this is your first impression. For the most part, we are a loving, respectful, warm, and welcoming group. We don't all agree all the time, but there is usually respect in the disagreement! I know I speak on behalf of the majority of RENegades when I say how sorry we are for comments made by others that crossed the line. Please don't judge us all by a few! Welcome to Ren, his music, and his (usually very kind!) fans. New sub, looking forward to more!
Been watching you for a while now...I've just subscribed.. because I really enjoy your natural reactions....I can see and feel a real light between you both which comes out in your interactions...Really beautiful....Thanks. .Paul
(Illist of our time) and (Hunger) are 2 songs I believe you would enjoy. I've been rocking with you since you found Tom Macdonald ( a few years now). Yall keep up the good work. HOG!
Need to add a disclaimer to your potentially new subscribers, turn the volume down when he speaks, and turn it up if he lets her speak.
They are both incredibly smart and have amazing chemistry, but my boy is loud AF and that overpowers her voice. BUT, Subscribe, just protect your hearers.
Great job you two.
I'm really happy you guys are going down the rabbit hole. You will not be disappointed. I haven't seen reactions lately, but you have a new fan here.
Thank you for doing what you do. Sending you both love. I appreciate you both a lot. 😊
We truly appreciate you too ☺
I'm so glad that both of you are with us today. that one it's really tough, I heard this song at least 50 times, and the tears still falling every time. Life it's so precious even with all the problem life present to us. and as REN and EDEN say "This worlds a Jungle,
But these trees hold the sweetest fruit"
Love you guys, great reaction
Bri we’re all thankful you didn’t end up going through with it-you’re a beautiful soul and you really enhance these reactions ❤ You also look beautiful in your glasses so don’t feel self conscious if you end up wearing them ❤
Your kind beautiful words mean so much to me.. Thank you ❤❤I truly with all my heart appreciate you
Please react to Dear Joe. It follows this song and they kind of go together. Thanks for another great reaction.
I will definitely have that on our list ❤ and make sure to get it out thank you for the love we appreciate it so much
Great reaction. One step at a time always. It's something getting ready to happen and what I don't know, not the only one feeling this way. We all need to come together soon and always keep looking up 🙏
Ya'll are great, I totally get focusing on the negative cause that's how we all work but most Ren fans are just happy to see people discover him and go deeper. Cheers!
Being a long time Ren rabbit hole devote and new subscriber to your fine channel I just want to say I appreciate you guys. Bri don't ever lose sight of how very special you are. Negative narrow minded people will always do their best to make us feel small but there are far more positive and kind people. Rom you have a kindness and a good soul.
Loving your Ren reactions guys.
The part at the end was about his friend Joe, Ren went back and added that part to the song before releasing it, you should check out 'For Joe' next, sort of a continuation of the ending of this song.
Ren has so many great songs that you can't really go wrong, and so many different styles as well.
Bri, your face is so expressive. When a line really gets you thinking, it washes across your face. There's a lot you don't say, but you show it. ❤
Ren is like a son or a brother in over a million subscribers hearts and therefore naturally protective. I love the fact you have warmed to him gradually as that warmth will grow into a burning glow. There is so much to Ren it is truly off the scale of talent and excitement. I would try the obvious " How to be Me " and " Chalk Outlines " with Chinchilla two absolute classics, but there are 200 plus inc The Big Push that are also wonderful. My current favourite is " Humble " with Eden Nash and " Penitence " with Molly McKinna all are so powerful. Loving your channel.
I quit drinking vodka 90 day's ago. It definitely was burning my stomach ❤️
I am so proud of you!! 90 days!!! ❤❤❤🙌🏼🙌🏼 that is amazing
Thankful for you both! Keep going! ❤
Its all good. Your reactions have always been excellent. As a Ren fan I choose to follow Ren's guidence, of be kind, be better, spread the love. I am embarrassed by Negative comments from actual Renegades.
You get music snobs in every genre, you two are awesome keep doing just what you do ❤
Love the channel hope it grows huge ...real people love from Scotland
Honest reaction.....thank you. Thank YOU Ren as ever. And great T shirt btw 😉
stay strong your man's got your back and we all love your reactions. p.s. still beautiful with the glasses you rock them.
Glad you both are around to entertain us and help us keep our sanity (a bit). You never know when or how Ren will hit you but he will. I think you might be ready for Ren's 'for Joe' live version now.
You go guys ❤
This one ... hurt.
It took me a bit to realize that this was a gift if perspective.
So many are so lost in the depths if despair.
They can't see a hand, friend or those around them who care.
This was an intensely personal glimpse into the pain that a loss such as this creates.
Yeah, it hurt.
It was supposed to.
It is important that you do For Joe next.
He took a song of pain, this one and turned it into one of HEALING.
I am sorry to hear that you were getting "not nice" comments.
I absolutely love you two.
The key word for me is always GENUINE.
You got it, you're good.
Thank you for spelling Bri for me.
I hate to be disrespectful by spelling it wrong.
You two have one stellar night.
You two make my day. Thanks for the video and reaction.
Thanks for reacting rest in peace to Joe his friend that committed suicide . Also I am depressed borderline and suicidal this song is deep . Take care greetings from France 🇫🇷
Love from Virginia guys! I always enjoy your reactions
Ren-Genesis PLEEZ !! Come on Bri I know you seen this. Great reaction as always..
Lol I have that one on the list I will definitely get it bumped up to the top since I'm seeing the request more and more ☺ I got you 😁
I think the pig is inspired by the pigs in George Orwell's Animal Farm. Ren's "treasure hunt" led to Pig Bay on the Island of Jura, off the Scottish Coast. The place where Orwell went when he was dying of TB and where he wrote the book 1984.
I love watching Her Emotional Reactions.
You should watch Her more Often, Very Interesting.
Next you should react to Ren's live performance of "For Joe" ! The song is decicated to his best friend, Joe, who jumped from the bridge ! 😢
No matter what song with REN , he makes you feel ❤️
Brea you have such a beautiful soul thank you for being here ...
Well done guys, great reaction. Ren hits us all in the feels❤❤
You guys are great to watch , I love your honest and raw approach to the music . I can also feel the ❤ you two have for each other
I come across your Chanel watching Ren reactions. I subscribed because of your qualities . Much love from New Zealand
And as for any negative comments “ fck em “ I say 😂
Not that’s it’s unkind but it’s that we want to react to both of you guys greatly. Thank you for the content. Got a subscriber. Appreciate it both of you.
Hey I've been watching for a year or so now, started watching your Tom macdonald and jelly roll reaction 😊 I'm so glad you finally got to Ren ❤ you two should react to Freckled Angels. He wrote it right after his friend Joe passed away. After freckled angels check out For Joe. It's extremely emotional but absolutely beautiful tribute to his friend.
I don't know why you get hate, I'm a Brit and very much enjoy your Ren reactions. When I got into him, Ren only had 500 subscribers, and very proud to see how far he has come so quickly. Keep up the great work
I enjoyed your reaction, thanks.
this is from Ren community page he wrote this before this song came out Today I want to write something beautiful and eloquent but I’ve been staring at my computer screen for the past 10 minutes blankly. So I’ll just write.
Today, the 1st of June is my friend Joe’s birthday.
I first met Joe when I was 8 years old, my friend Josh said I had to meet this guy, so we both walked over to his, it took about 10 minutes from my house. I was greeted by this kid covered head to toe in freckles, he grinned at us, climbed onto the back of his sofa and screamed “Swanton Bomb!” then front flipped off the top and landed right onto his back on a stone floor. He lay still for a moment, twitched a few times, then got up, grinned at us, brushed himself off, and did it again.
This was Joe. He’d do anything to make people laugh. He ended up becoming one of my best friends. He was there when we stole our first cigarettes out of his mums pack, way too young. He was there when I had my first kiss, with a girl twice my size on the back of the 42 bus. He was there when I first got so drunk I threw up in the woods after drinking as much white lightning Cider as we could. I was there when he did his first backflip on skates, and saw him do a 720 off of the pier cave, that moment became legendary.
Joe was the funny one in our friend group, he’d make us laugh till it hurt. No one had a bad word to say about him. It was impossible not to like him. Usually we put celebrities, athletes and actors on pedestals, turn them into role models and admire them from a far. The person I admired was Joe.
Him and Sagar knew every word to the songs id write, we’d get drunk at parties and they’d be singing along as loud as they could. It gave me a lot of confidence back then.
On Christmas Eve 2010 I was sitting in a pub with Joe, he’d been feeling low after a couple of consecutive break ups. He tried to check himself into a mental health outpatient facility a few weeks earlier but they turned him away because he didn’t have an appointment. He turned to me and said that sometimes he wished he could just walk into the sea and keep walking. He said it in a kind of half joking throw away comment type of way, then took a sip of his drink, walked over to the juke box and put Dig by Incubus on. If I knew that was the last time I’d see Joe id have hugged him, told him how much I loved him, how much I looked up to him, how much we all loved him, and I wouldn’t have left that pub. I didn’t know that, so I finished my drink, said happy Christmas and left.
Two nights after Christmas I got woken up by a phone call at 3am, it was my friend Ella. She told me Joe was on the Menai Bridge, a large suspension bridge connecting the main land to the isle of Anglesey where we lived. He’d been on the phone to her in tears saying goodbye. He told her to tell everyone he loved them. I pulled on my clothes as fast as I could and started running toward the bridge. It was up a hill. I lived about a ten minute walk away, I could run it in five. As I ran I started dialling then redialing his number. The line was busy, which was a good sign, it meant he was still on the phone to someone. As I got about halfway, the busy tone changed. It told me the line was out of service. I got a sinking feeling and picked up my speed. I arrived to the bridge minutes after I left my house. It was deafeningly quiet. I was the first person to arrive. I got there probably about 2 minutes too late.
Joe’s body was never found.
Initially we refused to believe he was gone. The coastguard came out that night, with boats, and helicopters. Me and my friends spent the next 10 days putting up missing posters everywhere we could, walking up and down beaches with flashlights, getting about 3 hours sleep a night. When you’re walking up and down a beach with a torch when its dark everything looks like a body. We still haven’t found Joe.
As his birthday came around, I wrote a song, freckled angels, a song I dedicated to Joe which I sang in front of his friends and family. A charity football match was put on for him, raising money for the RNLI where I won two bottles of wine in a raffle, I drank them both as quickly as I could, naturally, turned to my friend and probably slurred something along the lines of “This is the last time I ever drink” That was 12 years ago, I haven’t touched a drop of alcohol since.
My first ever album I named Freckled Angels in tribute of one of the best people I ever knew.
Skip forward some years. I’d been sitting on this song I wrote a few years ago. It always felt a little incomplete. It was going to be my next release, but I was dreading it because of this feeling of incompletion. I decided, very last minute, to do something about it. I sat by my piano, and the rest of the song fell out of me. I hadn’t thought about Joe in a little while, and the song initially wasn’t going to be about him, but the words all fell out of me. I wrote and recorded a whole 2 minutes extra, recording each part as I wrote it. Tears spewing out of my eyes pretty much the whole time, and decided not to do my usual thing of perfecting each line, I just recorded every line as it came. This will be my next release.
RIP Joe Hughes 🖤
I'm having a wonderful morning binging you two watching ren ❤❤
love you guys keep doing your thing and making dope ass reaction vids
Thanks fam we appreciate you. Love and respect
@@ROMsquad stay blessed man
Yeah, fuck those negative people and comments. Your reactions are genuine and deep. I love your perspective. You two are amazing. Thank you.
We love you guys!
9:46 that choke in your throat ❤ i appreciate you so much my love
I love your reactions and Bri, you are one smart cookie. (Grandma Janice) under the alias of my husbands account.
This song hits deep in my heart considering I lost 3 ppl to suicide in my life so I understand Ren here’s what Ren said this song is about hope this helps you understand the song more sorry I haven’t commented in awhile been depressed just found out my aunt passed away yesterday anyway here you 2 beautiful souls go.
Despite what the song is about and the theme of the heartfelt lyrics, ‘Su!cIde’ delivers a melody that can be described as upbeat as Ren seeks to find a balance in amongst the bittersweet sorrow of losing a loved one in this manner.
The story behind this song is a very emotional one, as you will see below.
“Today, the 1st of June is my friend Joe’s birthday.
I first met Joe when I was 8 years old, my friend Josh said I had to meet this guy, so we both walked over to his, it took about 10 minutes from my house. I was greeted by this kid covered head to toe in freckles, he grinned at us, climbed onto the back of his sofa and screamed “Swanton Bomb!” then front flipped off the top and landed right onto his back on a stone floor. He lay still for a moment, twitched a few times, then got up, grinned at us, brushed himself off, and did it again.
This was Joe. He’d do anything to make people laugh. He ended up becoming one of my best friends. He was there when we stole our first cigarettes out of his mums pack, way too young. He was there when I had my first kiss, with a girl twice my size on the back of the 42 bus. He was there when I first got so drunk I threw up in the woods after drinking as much white lightning Cider as we could. I was there when he did his first backflip on skates, and saw him do a 720 off of the pier cave, that moment became legendary.
Joe was the funny one in our friend group, he’d make us laugh till it hurt. No one had a bad word to say about him. It was impossible not to like him. Usually we put celebrities, athletes and actors on pedestals, turn them into role models and admire them from a far. The person I admired was Joe.
Him and Sagar knew every word to the songs id write, we’d get drunk at parties and they’d be singing along as loud as they could. It gave me a lot of confidence back then.
On Christmas Eve 2010 I was sitting in a pub with Joe, he’d been feeling low after a couple of consecutive break ups. He tried to check himself into a mental health outpatient facility a few weeks earlier but they turned him away because he didn’t have an appointment. He turned to me and said that sometimes he wished he could just walk into the sea and keep walking.
He said it in a kind of half joking throw away comment type of way, then took a sip of his drink, walked over to the juke box and put Dig by Incubus on. If I knew that was the last time I’d see Joe id have hugged him, told him how much I loved him, how much I looked up to him, how much we all loved him, and I wouldn’t have left that pub. I didn’t know that, so I finished my drink, said happy Christmas and left.
Two nights after Christmas I got woken up by a phone call at 3am, it was my friend Ella. She told me Joe was on the Menai Bridge, a large suspension bridge connecting the main land to the isle of Anglesey where we lived. He’d been on the phone to her in tears saying goodbye. He told her to tell everyone he loved them.
I pulled on my clothes as fast as I could and started running toward the bridge. It was up a hill. I lived about a ten minute walk away, I could run it in five.
As I ran I started dialling then redialing his number. The line was busy, which was a good sign, it meant he was still on the phone to someone. As I got about halfway, the busy tone changed. It told me the line was out of service. I got a sinking feeling and picked up my speed.
I arrived to the bridge minutes after I left my house. It was deafeningly quiet. I was the first person to arrive. I got there probably about 2 minutes too late.
Joe’s body was never found.
Initially we refused to believe he was gone. The coastguard came out that night, with boats, and helicopters. Me and my friends spent the next 10 days putting up missing posters everywhere we could, walking up and down beaches with flashlights, getting about 3 hours sleep a night.
When you’re walking up and down a beach with a torch when its dark everything looks like a body. We still haven’t found Joe.
As his birthday came around, I wrote a song, freckled angels, a song I dedicated to Joe which I sang in front of his friends and family.
A charity football match was put on for him, raising money for the RNLI where I won two bottles of wine in a raffle, I drank them both as quickly as I could, naturally, turned to my friend and probably slurred something along the lines of “This is the last time I ever drink”
That was 12 years ago, I haven’t touched a drop of alcohol since.”
Anyone who tells you what the pig represents they are purely guessing. Ren has never stated what the pig symbolizes and said he leaves it up for interpretation. He did say one day he may reveal what it symbolizes for him
Love and respect to you both ❤
It's time for you to explore another of the many sides of Ren.
Watch him and the band he plays in The Big Push doing "Bongo Bong"
Thanks for your reaction. Love to you both. As far as the negative comments, pay no mind to the opinions of idiots. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Awesome response guys
6:36 shakin my head cuz i knew this was gonna hit n i was NOT wrong ❤
This video reminds me of an animated film American Pop 1981 that had killer sound tracks throughout to tell the story
You two are great keep it up
If you rewind a little, after pausing, you won't miss anything. It's really frustrating seeing you miss so many fantastic musical moments. :)
Thank you ❤❤ for your Ren - Su¡c*de" reaction! I am sorry for the haters you get. Also to me, it is the second or third time I hear reactors talk about this. We love you ❤❤, and we love your haters ❤❤❤❤❤, too. They may need the love even more. Cherish art and effort, spread love ❤❤❤❤❤.
I understand the empty cup as signifying loss, and wait for Ren to switch that image in the "For Joe" video. It is the thing to follow this, in every respect. And where this one is a downer, "For Joe", a recital of the song Freckled Angels will lift you up again. If you want to know the full story, check out @KnoxHill 🔥 's interview with Ren 🔥🔥, where Renn tells the story. That interview made Ren think and add the second half to the song you just reacted to.
And now the crowd became part of me.
You tried teas to help you sleep? Chamomile or green teas tend to help. Beat to the song was pretty good. Change ups were nice. King in da house! Pet the pooch for me bro. Y'all keep doing your thing. Appreciate ya RDiss! #ROMSQUAD #saucy #whatspoppin
Ren - for Joe was flames live performance too 🔥🔥🔥
Those glasses rock Bri!
Some information about the writing of this song. I believe Ren initially wrote the first half about his own struggle with suicidal thoughts. But he ended up doing an interview with the reactor Knox Hill a week or so before the release of this song, and it brought up some conversation about his friend Joe, who jumped from a bridge 11 years ago. Ren said that loss of his friend was what helped him to hold onto his own life when he got into those dark places because he knew what his death would do to others. After the interview he thought about what he talked about and more about his friend and decided to add the second part of the song where the tone changes to honor his friend and share how making a decision like that affects the people around you.
Ren's friend Joe jumped from the Menai bridge in north Wales UK just up the road from me, his body was never found because the Menai straits is a body of water notorious for crazy tidal waters. Great reaction guys
Penitence should be next on the "to do" list for Ren reactions.
Bri, glad you’re still here.
💙 rip joe
Great reaction guys. And about the pig, that's people's opinion. He did an interview with Black Pegasus and he said he is not ready to reveal what it means to him.
Must check out Ren and Chinchilla live version of how to be me, and for Joe, by Ren
I love the lion picture behind you guys I want one…✌🏼
I believe I got it from Amazon if I'm correct and remembering right I searched lion tapestries
Please try for Joe. Its dedicate do his friend who committed suicide. Good to check out the story. There is also so many more to check. Genesis, murderer, humble, ocean, what you want, Power, Ft Chinchilla chalk outlines and how to be me
I've gotten pink eye from my dog once giving him a bath an he whipped around an splashed my eye. Just saying it happens ❤️
Well I'm hoping cuz my eye is good so far lol no gunk that it was just I poked my eye when putting my makeup on 😂🤣 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
My mom used to call them ‘turds in the punchbowl’, the people who ruin things with negativity. “Having that woman over is like having a turd in the punchbowl”
Sorry about the turds. This was my first watch and I found you both lovely. Keep it up.
Also Ren & Chinchilla chalk outlines
new to the channel but loving the reactions.. If you enjoy ren you should check out Chinchilla... would love a reaction to little girl gone... think you may like that one.
Sorry you had some unkindness from people - pretty sure most of us appreciate your reactions. Cheers from down under.
Like most everyone else I'm sorry to hear people gave you guys a bad time. That's just the nature of the internet though. Stay authentic to yourselves and you'll find your loyal core audience eventually. Wish you both the best. You seem like solid people.
Thanks fam we appreciate it love and respect
Your comment about alcohol addiction... "I'm not saying that's what HE'S saying..."
In interviews, Ren has said that he loves to see reactions, because he gets to see how his music is relatable and elicits a personal response and interpretation for each person.
YOU HAVE TO DO FOR JOE NEXT ITS PART 2 TO THIS SONG AND U WILL BE AMAZED BY THE SONG
I'm still new to him, 3 months or so.... not sure yet.