- I love Logic so much. (sniffles)
(exhales) I'm shaking.
- This is a really intense music video.
♪ (industrial music) ♪
- ♪ (man humming) ♪
- It's Logic! Oh my god, yeah!
- Is this Logic?
You're gonna make me cry, no!
- Aw, fatherhood. Don Cheadle. - Oh hey, Don.
- I cried watching this.
I just watched it for the first time this last week,
and I was just like...
- ♪ I've been on the low ♪ ♪ I've been taking my time ♪
♪ I feel like I'm out of my mind ♪ - It's a sad song.
- (singing along) ♪ I feel like my life ain't mine ♪
(softly) ♪ Who can relate? ♪ - ♪ Woo ♪
♪ I don't wanna be alive ♪
- What? - ♪ I don't wanna be alive ♪
- He doesn't wanna be alive?
- ♪ I don't wanna be alive ♪ - Oh, wow.
♪ I just wanna die today ♪
- Got the kid from Modern Family in there.
- ♪ I just wanna die ♪ - What a chorus, dude.
"I just wanna die."
- Aw.
- ♪ I've been praying for somebody to save me ♪
♪ No one's heroic ♪ ♪ And my life don't even matter ♪
- Oh no. ♪ I know, I know it ♪
- The disappointment his dad had. - Okay, I'm getting it now,
like, the lyrics and everything. That sucks.
- ♪ I want you to be alive ♪ ♪ I want you to be alive ♪
♪ You don't gotta die today ♪ - Oh.
Uh-oh, I'm getting flashbacks.
(knocking) ♪ (soft guitar music) ♪
- This part, man.
- (gasps) He's gay.
- Oh my gosh. Bless his heart.
♪ (somber music) ♪
- I like the fact though that that dad was processing
rather than just instantly was like, "What the F is going on?"
- ♪ It's in the lightness in the air when you're there ♪
♪ Chest to chest with a lover ♪ - I love her.
- I love her. She's so natural, you know? Unfiltered.
- I love Logic so much. (sniffles) (exhales) I'm shaking.
- Ooh, so uncomfortable.
- People are starting to mess with him. That's so messed up.
- High school kids are evil.
- ♪ I've been on the low ♪ ♪ I've been taking my time ♪
♪ I feel like I'm out of my mind ♪
- I know so many people in this situation.
- No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- This is deep, man!
- This is a really intense music video.
- (pleading) No.
I hope he doesn't.
- Be strong man. You'll get through it, bro.
Don't do it, man.
♪ (haunting choral music) ♪
- ♪ But I don't wanna cry ♪ - Oh, he didn't die.
- ♪ I wanna feel alive ♪ ♪ I don't even wanna die anymore ♪
♪ I don't wanna ♪ ♪ I don't wanna ♪
- That is so awesome.
- Did they grow older and get married?
Yay! Aw, it's a happy ending.
- Okay, it still makes me sad, though.
♪ (soft string music) ♪
I'm happy for him, but that was tough.
- Yeah, man. I was reading this morning
that the numbers increased for the line by 30%,
and they're at the highest that they've been
for the second time ever just because of the song.
And it's extremely important.
- I relate so much to this song.
I've had depression, and I still have it.
(exhales shakily) So every time I hear this song, I wanna cry,
because it feels like it talks to me.
- That's rough, man.
(softly) Oh my gosh.
(sniffles)
That was good.
I have students I've talked to about this, battling that
and then the depression that might come along with that.
As someone who's also battled depression,
I can see where you get to that point,
but I'm glad there was a good end result.
- (FBE) That was the music video for the song 1-800-273-8255
by rapper Logic. - Logic, yup.
- Oh, is it the suicide hotline?
(gasps softly) Wow.
- (FBE) So what'd you think about the video?
- I thought it was great. Logic is a great rapper,
underground cat. I knew him from, like, years ago.
- We need more videos like that.
To feel like you wanna kill yourself because of your sexual orientation
is just so sad. It doesn't have to be that way.
- It's tough when you don't have anyone to help you or be with you
through that process, especially in high school.
You feel that it's nobody else going through your family problems,
your friends problems, and it's actually everyone else.
We all go through the same things. We all suffer from it.
Different life challenges, but it's definitely the same thing.
- I know a lot of people that have struggled
with wanting to commit suicide, and it's just like...
Ugh, why am I crying?
A close family member of mine right now
is dealing with this, and I really want him to know
that everything's gonna be okay.
I wonder if he knows this song.
I'm literally just gonna be like, "Please watch this video right now."
- I kind of dealt with the same thing in terms of sexuality,
in terms of that when I was in high school.
Especially in high school, regardless of what
you're going through or who you are, there's always kind of that sense
of... (clicking) how would you say? Isolation?
I was bullied a lot and everything was...
It was horrible. The locker rooms were--
I didn't wanna go in the locker rooms.
I didn't wanna do anything. The music video has a good message.
I like it. I'm glad that it was a happy ending.
- I've had depression for... since I can remember.
"I wanna die." It sounds like it's me saying that.
And the second verse, when he's like,
"I want you to be alive," it's like he's talking to me,
saying "Don't. You can do this."
And then her verse is... you know how it goes.
And then the third one, it's like, okay, you know what?
I actually do wanna be alive. Life is precious.
With his music, especially now, today, I can feel down,
listen to this song, cry out what I have,
and feel so much better.
- I've been suicidal before.
It happened once, and it was-- I started seeing a therapist
right after, because it was just quite intense.
And it was just because of all the things
that the song sort of says.
When I was a kid, I used to get bullied by other kids.
They used to say that I was gay.
If I would've been gay, then it would've affected me
a different way, but it affected me in a way that I'm like,
man, why are they saying these things about me
when they're not true? I started questioning myself,
like, dude, am I... What's wrong? Am I...
Is there something about myself that I don't know? Am I gay?
It left me in a place of confusion.
I think what hit home the most to me with this
is that it was family related. You know, maybe if it wouldn't
have had nothing to do with my family,
it would've been a different case, but I have cousins that I love them,
and I love them, and they didn't wanna hang out with me
when I was a kid because of that.
Being suicidal, it's sort of like a...
It's an emotion that takes over, and it's like a flash. (snaps)
It hits you, and you're like, okay, where is it? Where is it?
Bam, bam, let me do it. I still ended up
reaching out for help,
but let's say if I wouldn't have had that connection,
then that number would've come in handy for me.
I feel like this song and what this song is doing,
what the video is doing, it's reaching out to these people,
reaching out to the people that feel they are alone.
- (FBE) So the number is actually
the official suicide prevention hotline number.
- I thought that's what that was.
- (FBE) What do you think about him not only tackling
this issue in the song, but to use the platform
to have the number available to those who need it?
- He's good. He's doing it right.
If they're going through that, sometimes they don't wanna accept it
and they don't wanna Google through it.
They don't wanna find the number. They don't want to get it.
But the fact that he's putting it just out there,
very simple, very easy, it's a great way.
- It was such a clever idea for him to put that,
'cause everyone's gonna remember the name of the song,
and it's, like, everyone goes through these emotions
of always feeling like things aren't gonna get better,
and they always end up getting better.
- For someone to have that platform
to just put that as the title of the song, brilliant.
People are gonna remember it because they love the artist.
It's still super emotional. It still hits me even afterwards
'cause I'm just processing it and thinking about it,
and it was very good. - When I saw his VMA performance
and I saw all those people standing and explaining that's what it was,
it's just like-- it hit me even more.
I think I watched his VMA performance over 10 times.
- (FBE) Logic has kind of an amazing story
of how he rose to prominence. He grew up in an unstable household
where both of his parents suffered from addictions.
He started rapping when he was 15 as kind of his outlet
and has been releasing new material as a rapper every year since 2009.
- Okay. Good, as he should.
- He got skills, man. I mean, the skills speak for themselves.
He's really speaking on important subject matter.
- (FBE) So while he struggled to get his songs played
on the radio over the years, he completely embraces the fact
that he's an underground artist, saying, quote, "If my objective
was to be the next coolest mainstream rapper,
I would've been upset,
but my objective was to sell records with real music."
So when you hear all this,
what does it make you think about Logic?
- On paper, that sounds great.
But, you know, the more people you reach,
the more people you can impact. So, you know, good for him
that it's not, you know, it's not screwed in his head
about fame and different things like that.
- A lot of rap is about bragging about opulence, right,
and having all these nice things and having money.
It's not something that regular people,
you know, like you and me, can relate to.
I respect the fact that he is doing something
to where you can relate to it
to a degree and it's just personable.
If he stays with what he's doing now,
I think that there's definitely a whole lot of potential,
and that opens up a lot of different doors in different ways.
- Instead of him following the same path as his parents,
he was like, "No. I'm gonna make music
and help so many people." I'm sure the way that
that song impacted me so much,
I'm sure it extended to a million people.
- We were used to having to need a sponsor for us to create art,
but now because of the internet, because of channels like YouTube
and different other sources, SoundCloud, if you're an artist,
you could do it. You could start working on it on your own.
- I think he's got his mind in the right place.
I think he's focused on the right things.
If he keeps those priorities straight,
people are gonna love him, continue to love him.
- He doesn't care about all that, you know, fame.
He just wants people to listen to what he has to say.
I really hope that he still continues,
and he's gonna go up to the top, probably one of the best rappers
we've had in this generation.
- Thanks for watching another episode of Adults React. (clicks)
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- What artist should we react to next?
Let us know in the comments. - Bye, everybody.
I'm gonna go listen to some more Logic.
- Hey, guys. Kyle from FBE here.
Thank you for watching this episode of Adults React.
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