He was 30 or 31 at making the video.

He repeats the phrase "Thirty years of..." exactly thirty times.

To jump into Hope with no other knowledge of NF is crazy lol

You guys have so much to learn 😂. Y’all were about 5% right on stuff. Still a great reaction 😊

please check out 'Rosé : "Stay a little longer" (ft Lang Lang), "Toxic till the end", "APT." - Gala des Pièces Jaunes' ' an amazing performance she had the whole crowd singing along with her 35k people there.

The person who suggested this wasn’t lying— Hope is nothing short of a masterpiece and I’m always here for #nfrealmusic 🖤🎵

Need to do the nf journey

Since i can tell you loved this so much you need to take the NF Journey, which will be able to answer a lot of questions that you have. This whole song has a lot of call backs to past tracks/albums, I can promise you will feel so many emotions from anger, sadness, happiness and sooo much! NF an artists and story teller!

So intense! Took us on a ride🤯

Start with intro. His first release with Capitol and it sets the stage

Hey gang thanks for the shout out in the video.  And great reaction. Glad ya’s enjoyed as much as you did.  The search is a pretty dope NF song if you’re looking to check more NF out.

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Shout out from Trinidad Colorado baby!!

Love when I come across my fellow humans from CO.

I travel for work and haven’t been in years but I’m excited I came across y’all. Here’s to a new Subscriber 🤘🏽🩶

He fell into his 'mansion'....a song on an earlier album. You have to start at the beginning to understand the imagery he puts in his more recent video's.  I consider this one NF's Bohemian Rhapsody.  I believe this was filmed in Coos Bay Oregon.

More NF reactions, Please🖤🤍

The exterior shot are on the south Oregon coast.

Please take the NF journey!!! 🙏🙏🙏

Love it! New sub!

He's not on an island. They filmed that on the Oregon Coast in a town called Bandon

because more than half of you have not chronically listened to NF's catalog, allow me to allow "Auralcrave" to provide you with the backstory a bit.
It's a long read but worth it for context...

Originally Posted online by by Auralcrave

Hope: the song lyrics, the meaning & the video
Hope is a song that welcomes a new emotion, a new part of himself, in NF’s life.
As fans know, NF often talks about his different feelings, impersonating his emotions as actual characters. In the past, he had a pessimistic view of life, but now things have changed, and there is a new emotion, a new part of himself, inaugurated by the new album: hope.
It’s the first time the rapper feels hopeful.

Hope is a song released by the rapper NF, aka Nathan Feuerstein. Released in February 2023, it announces his new album Hope, set for release on April 7, 2023. As often happens with his music, the song has a deep meaning full of different shades, the lyrics are pretty long and need to be explained. This article will analyze the song and the video, providing all answers. You will also find the complete lyrics at the end.
The Hope lyrics tell the long story that made NF what he is today. He takes the merit for his change: he was a man looking for meaning for many years, but he’s always been loyal to himself. Now, he feels he’s harvesting the peace he deserves after years of struggling. The song begins with NF talking with the part of himself that was in control for all these years, stating that now it’s time to hand over to this new dimension: hope, which is also the title of his new album.
Then the first long rap bars of Hope start, and NF dedicates these lyrics to the definition of success in life. He lists what a successful person is for him. That successful person is himself, for the way he behaved in the last years, always trying to do the right thing against what the rest of the world did. The definition of success for NF is listening to your heart, doing what’s right, being brave, and being loyal to yourself. A person that puts his sense of justice and righteousness above everything There is a lot of pride in the Hope lyrics. NF feels he managed to accomplish an essential step in his self-growth. The last bars in this verse explain how he spent many years driven by his pain and hatred, whereas now, a new phase has started.
In the official video this is the moment when NF is pushed from the back by his own dark side. Until now, the NF dressed in white, representing the new hopeful NF, has been talking to the dark NF, probably representing his fear, his hatred. The new NF explains to the old one that it’s time to give control to hope. But when the dark NF pushes the new one, throwing him inside the mansion, we understand that the hopeful NF is still afraid that his past self can affect his growth. At this moment, Hope lyrics say, “they get it,” referring to the dark parts of himself, knowing what’s going on. Mansion is NF’s first album, released in 2015, representing where his internal conflicts occur.
There is a lot of pride in the Hope lyrics. NF feels he managed to accomplish an essential step in his self-growth. The last bars in this verse explain how he spent many years driven by his pain and hatred, whereas now, a new phase has started.
In the official video this is the moment when NF is pushed from the back by his own dark side. Until now, the NF dressed in white, representing the new hopeful NF, has been talking to the dark NF, probably representing his fear, his hatred. The new NF explains to the old one that it’s time to give control to hope. But when the dark NF pushes the new one, throwing him inside the mansion, we understand that the hopeful NF is still afraid that his past self can affect his growth. At this moment, Hope lyrics say, “they get it,” referring to the dark parts of himself, knowing what’s going on. Mansion is NF’s first album, released in 2015, representing where his internal conflicts occur.
At this moment, a new series of thoughts kick in. NF reflects on the necessity of having breakdowns. Hitting rock bottom is painful, but it also motivates you to start over again, building your new self. It forces you to take responsibility for what you are; it pushes you to make crucial decisions for yourself. Therefore, what happened in that mansion is not necessarily bad.
The last part of the lyrics inside Hope describes the fruit of the rapper’s change: in 2021, NF became dad, and now he’s committed to being the best example for his son every day. He doesn’t want to repeat his parents’ mistakes, neglecting their role. In an emotional vision, NF is standing at his window, waiting for his parents to come, but then he kind of releases this worry and forgives his mother: a significant step forward in the path of self-growth. Wake up every day and pick my son up
After thirty years while NF always felt wrong and inadequate, a new phase of his life has started, and this is the real meaning of the lyrics inside Hope: I welcome a new, optimistic part of myself into my life, and I let him drive for now, as something I deserve after a life struggling. It’s a crucial change of perspective and clear proof that working on himself always gives results.

Subbed for more NF. Tommee Profit is his long-time producer, he and NF make all the beats. Next song The Search and Leave Me Alone as as set.