congratulations Ren on the 1 million subscriber Mark Your Grace your realism your vulnerability
connection you're creating a connection that we all long for in this world of sanitized or
censored social media or people putting posts out there that are so polished and airbrushed
that they look fake for being so perfect you are leading the charge and and leading by example
allowing your struggles and hardships to turn into something exponentially more meaningful
than trying to make everybody think that you're perfect we're all tired of that this is why every
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let's do this [Music] if you catch me alone you better stay on my zone because I'm ready to kill
I'll sit on my Throne made the bodies and Bones because I'm mentally ill I'm feeling alive I've
got the world to survive so never test my skill for goodness sake man I'm ready to break my mind
get down if you see me on the corner of my town get back [Music]
with the neighbors it's really interesting in light of his in light of Ren's 1 million
subscriber uh thank you and appreciation that he expressed on a video a few days ago and then him
assuming a character that is opposite of who he really is right he's like sitting on top of
victims and in admitting that he's mentally ill I I don't know you know lyrics mean different things
to different people with their own baggage but I think I see this contrast and it's
it's brilliant [Music] yeah I was born Shameless brother what my name is I was born famous friends
at the heart separated y'all can knock a finger in the anus I was born wasted Stoned on my brain
brother faded syllables contagious I was born courageous naked and [ __ ] outrageous with
a microphone I rock stages I jump on the Rhythm up listen to how he with the microphone era he's
going in and out of his head voice back and forth almost like he's he's yodeling as he's speaking
he does this all over the place where he he uses different resonances different placements to bring
an expanded range of expression out of his voice one of the reasons I appreciate Ren's rapping
so much is because it's a lot more Musical and dynamic than a lot of the stuff out there I feel
like anyway it's because he's constantly playfully using different resonances and placements listen
to this section again here I stayed Stoned on my brain brother faded was contagious
rangy head voice falsetto chest voice call it what you want it's
all over the place name is I was born famous friends at the heart is
rocking like a finger in the anus you don't hear a lot of guys do that it's Stone down my
brain brother faded contagious I'm courageous naked and [ __ ] outrageous with a microphone
not rock stages I jump on the rhythm of rhyming cyclone and I pull this tally but right out the
song the Precision it is like Stallone Rocky keep it cocky I'll be Al Capone I
walk alone all over the place right with his resonance even in the the sing wrapping he's
doing there going in and out of those two sorts of character aspects of his voice
even though the notes aren't rangy the expression is most singers try to go for ranging notes and
end up having way less expression way less range of character in their voice Ren is doing
the opposite here so even when he goes Ranger with his voice it's still super expressive he's
not trapped by the pursuit of notes partially that's the genre partially that's because Ren
has trained his voice and he knows what he's doing from a singing and rapping perspective
[Music]
that feathered vibrato I've talked about this on other Wren songs I just love how
he has this upfront and aggressive sound especially in the way these vocals are produced
if you notice they're just right up front that you feel like you could pet his voice when you're
listening to it because it's just it's just right out there there's if there is Reverb it's it's
delayed a little bit so you you get a sense of the of the texture of his voice like like you don't in
some other mixes especially the live stuff and so you really hear this contrast of mentally mentally
right up front chest voice bright and then this feathered release into vibrato beautiful [Music]
I'm feeling alive I got the will to survive so never test my scale
but goodness sake man I'm ready to bring mine [Music] if you see me [Music]
that's a hook I'm anxious to hear this section but I gotta hear the hook one more time [Music]
from a writing perspective you have this amazing blatant call and answer
for those of you who are aspiring songwriters go for the call in
response in your chorus it creates an amazingly natural way to come about a hook
sucker
[Music]
[Music] Maybe [Music] so simultaneously like light
and brutal and foreboding I think I think part of that is being up on on the the back
catalog of Ren's videos and and the tension he creates and some of these other storylines
and the way he hints at well not wrong hinting is maybe not the right word but directly ties
in all these other storylines and videos so cool and so fun to continue to watch homies
[Music]
I gotta see the ending again I'm ready to break mine [Music]
great writers performers and artists have a unique way to put themselves into different
characters embody those characters in genuine ways and be simultaneously themselves and these
other characters and create these contrasts because of the way that they are embodying
these two different characters we've seen this in wren's videos before here he is
now at a point in his career his is our level of artistic expression and and exposure he is
humble and grateful and expectant and then at the same time he's creating this diametrically
opposed character there's a lot to think about there like this guy who he's portraying seeks to
elevate himself by having a lot of bodies to sit on right if I can increase my body count
if I can walk on other people if I can uh create this thing where I'm sitting on top of everything
wait I'm doing that because I'm mentally ill And he as the person who's portraying this
has got has been able to be elevated with the opposite approach by by elevating others around
him and accepting communities around him that elevate him and then him elevating those people
in response like really interesting thanks Ryan for another great video looking forward to more