Brother, got sent this by a friend, really appreciate the in depth reaction to my video and the approach of breaking down rhyme schemes, really meant a lot watching this! Also checked out some of your music bro ur dope! Got a sub from me! Big love man

Rewatching this knowing that Knox and Ren have a song together and have played shows together is crazy

This damn song gets me every time, especially when the 'battle' between his two sides commences and he comes out on top at the end.  Also that line 'i am the voice that you hear when you loosen the noose on the rope' is heavy

Watched 50+ reactions to Hi Ren and you are the only one who really gets it, where not even psychologist understand.

One thing I've noticed about his characterization after watching this song an honestly unhealthy number of times... is that when he's portraying "normal Ren" he looks at his fingers while playing the guitar, while "evil Ren" plays carelessly and confidently.  It's such a subtle thing, doubling down on the uncertain anxiety that characterizes the former.  It's such a brilliant performance.

3 year's later they're friends ❤ love em both

"some people know me as hope" line always hits me the hardest.

I have seen at least 15 reactions, I know this was 2 yrs ago and no one will see this, but you have the best grasp on Ren's approach to music, bar none.  ❤

Had to come back and watch the birth of my favorite online bromance, been watching since the beginning but it is cool to go back and see it again! The beginning of an Era! I bet Knox had no idea how this first reaction to Ren would gain him a friend (as well as the entire team Ren has including Sam to make amazing music vids for both), help propel him to 1 mil subs, and fingers crossed we might see a collab with between Knox and Ren this year! ❤❤

For some more context on Hi Ren, here is what Ren posted regarding Hi Ren on an earlier video description (this was written before he released Hi Ren in December 2022):
"Nina Simone once said that it was an artists duty for their work to fearlessly reflect their life circumstances.

In 2016 I had a stem cell transplant that saved my life, this video was taken two year before that. After the transplant I decided to force my past into a little box and hide it from myself. I wouldn't ever watch this video back. There has always been a part of me that's terrified that I'll end up back here and loose myself again. That part of me always gets loudest when I'm on my own with my thoughts.

When I got better and my music started becoming successful after years of never thinking it would be possible I almost treated it as a reincarnation. I'd barley talk about where I'd come from with friends, but despite my best efforts my past usually found a way to leak into my music.

Here I was convinced I was going to die. I was severely underweight, I had severe bone pain every day, I could barley eat food, I suffered extreme fatigue to the point even standing in a shower was excruciating. I ended up in a state of stress induced psychosis, my minds only rational explanation for the level of suffering I was enduring was that it was some kind of demonic intervention or that i was part of some twisted experiment or study. This had been my life for years. I'd bounced from doctor to doctor full of hope only to have my heart repeatedly stamped on when my condition only worsened.

Cut to present day and PTSD from years of my body torturing itself stopped me from doing work that I think is vital. Shedding light on a very under-lit , underfunded, and barley understood area. The plight of the chronically sick. Millions of people all over the world are missing. Trapped inside themselves. Conditions like ME/CFS, ehlers danlos syndrome, POTS, MCAS,  lyme disease, M.S. etc. Receive such little funding. To put the lack of funding into perspective,  male pattern receives over one thousand times the funding than many of these chronic illnesses do combined. Recent studies found the quality of life of a person with chronic M.E. was significantly worse than someone with HIV or breast cancer.  M.E. is currently one of the most underfunded disease at the national institute of health.

I was one of the exceptionally few very lucky people to escape before I died after receiving a stem cell transplant and finding a hugely restrictive diet that stopped my autoimmunity flaring to the point where it was disabling but I still suffer a wide array of symptoms every day.

To dive deeper into living up to the words of the late and great Nina Simone, who has for a long time been a great source of inspiration for me, I wanted my next piece of work to fearlessly stare my past in the face despite the trauma of doing so.

'Hi Ren' comes out on the 15th December at 7pm."

Seeing rappers, opera singers and therapists reacting to Ren signals his music is not just that, is art, high art. It is more than story telling, its poetry injected right into your vein.

It’s even crazier when you learn that he only had half an hour to use that basement room and sang and done this recording of the video live with only 4 takes! He’s a true artist! ❤

I'm addicted to watching reactions to this song because of how everyone connects with it and interperets the two voices in different ways.

You are the first person who said, "theres two voices, but i dont know what they represent yet". Very impressive to not leap to conclusions on complicated topics. also, you are the first person who ive seen truly appreciate the religious tone he took at the end (not necessarily in a religious way but at least understanding the references properly.)

After hearing this song for the first time a couple days ago I looked Ren up and it's sad yet inspiring at the same time...he was signed to Sony and then he got diagnosed with Lyme's Disease and was dropped by the label and was bed ridden for 23 hrs a day....but started making music again from his bed.  So when he stands up in the video, knowing his condition makes that moment so much more powerful!!

'when you loosen the noose on the rope' line always gets me in these react videos.

I think this is truly a masterpiece. It’s the Sistine Chapel, the Mona Lisa, Bohemian Rhapsody…. It’s his Magnum Opus. I never tire of seeing people experience this for the first time.

Yes, I am guilty of binge watching React Videos to REN's "Hi Ren". This one here is by far one of the most versed and detailed reacts out there so far. You combine this immense range of artistic styles Ren brings to the table with your very personal and minute obsession for detail when analyzing the poetry within the music. Very well done. Truly inspirational bits in your unique perspective on the song.

3 yrs down the track and who could have predicted you guys would
End up doing amazing music together. And more importantly you guys became friends.
Much respect to you both 🙏

The other most impressive thing is that video and audio are live. He did that as a performance, not with pre-recorded audio. That was the performance as it was. So amazing.

Man as a schizo affected person.. this is our anthem.