Stream Violet's tale here: renmakesmusic.lnk.to/VioletsTale Here are the lyrics for anyone who wants them London City, far from pretty Two, zero, zero, five A lady down in Paddington Is fighting just to stay alive Rhythmic beeps and blood stained sheets Our lady weeps; she’s tired and frail To set the scene We must rewind the hands of time for violets tale Violet was a silent girl Grew up with violent starts Her mother was a drinker And her father was a bastard Every night he’d tuck her tight But never left the room Ill spare you of the things he did Im sure her mother knew Violet was a silent girl She moved out at sixteen A semi-detached council flat Paid for by a welfare-scheme Packing shelves at Tesco’s Stacking jars like pickled bricks She met a boy named Stevie And he was a little prick Violet was a silent girl And violet she fell fast See Stevie was a wrongun But he sure knew how to charm her Every night he’d tuck her tight But never left the room History repeats itself Hed paint her black and blue and ah… She never stood a chance The devil comes to dance “Violet, why you always so silent?” *knock knock knock* On her bedroom door and he’s irate He’s been drinking and smoking he’s up late And he stands by her bedside, she shakes But her eyes stay shut “You fucking slut! I know you’re up!” and he pinches her eyelids and folds them up “Violet, why you lying to me violet?” She stays silent, things turn violent *Knock knock knock* Thats the sound of his fists when they fall like a crashing pilot Hit like hailstones, one to the collar bone, full force, full blown, blood splat, bone crack, knick-knack-paddy-whack one to the jaw and a tooth spat - detached fist connects and disconnects the bone a quick deflect to misdirect the blow But non-the-less his punches met her throat such a mess; he’s left her bruised and broke “Violet!? Why you always so silent violet!? Why you such a little liar violet!? Do you think I want to do this Violet?!” In character she stays silent “Well say something Violet!” Silence “Fucking say something Violet!” Silence… “Wait… say something Violet” Not one word, she stays quiet…. London City, far from pretty two, zero, zero, five A lady rushed to paddington is fighting just to stay alive the doctor in a state of shock, saw something here so very wrong See Violet, she was pregnant, Poor violet, she was nine months gone Turning to the doctor Violet broke her silence and she cried, “If im to die right here tonight, please let my baby stay alive ” the doctor soon regained composure, called the surgeon to come in As violets world turned to black, the curtains closed The lights went dim in… London City, far from pretty, two zero zero five A lady down in paddington Just lost the fight to stay alive A tragedy, or miracle It happened on these very streets Two twins are lying side by side A girl named Jenny And a boy named Screech
I feel like he's taken the voices in his head hostage and he forces them to write lyrics for him. He's like I'll write something, and you guys fill in the rest. That's where he gets that unhinged mental patient vibe from
I write very similar lyrics. I'll get a line or phrase in my head and sit and write. I don't try to write or think about what I'm writing. It just writes itself. When I'm finished and read it, it's like the first time I've seen it.
I can only describe Ren as a modern day Bard. Not just a musician, not just a storyteller, not just a poet but all of them together into someone who can evoke visceral emotions in their audience and have their rapt attention through it all. Well done Ren, I haven't been moved so strongly by a performance in a long time and you consistently have done so.
@@Pieces_Of_History2 It is musicians most basic skill but not every person skill. So yeah I am impressed by it no matter who is doing it. Just because a lot of people can do something dosn't mean I can't be impressed by it, especially if I personally can't do it.
@@brandonelm4891it’s actually not hard to have your own subtle cues to keep time and beat without a metronome. Me for example I move my fingers or my feet to keep beat
@@brandonelm4891I am very sure he did not have a metronome as he is playing with tempo, meaning getting slower and faster. This does not work with a metronome
My grandson put me on to Ren… MIND BLOWN. It does my heart good to know young people still have passion to experiment with bare bones music. This guy is up there with Zappa, Lenard Cohen and others so far as musical genius and story telling goes. This is part of the soundtrack of my life. Thanks for the music Ren. It’s heard and received energetically ✌🏼 4:20
A jester he is not. A story teller, a massively talented artist. My god boy, you're something else. Stay independent, don't let anyone influence your creativity.
@@harmonybabe80 brilliant enough to have resurrected that word in my critical vocabulary... do you remember those old commercials from Guinness, with the 2 old fellas telling each other "Brilliant!" in response to various very basic ideas?? "What is that?" "A 6 pack." "Brilliant! What is a 6 pack?" "It holds 6 beers at one time." "Brilliant!" etc, etc, et al, ad infinitum... th-cam.com/video/3DPKf7y1F-Q/w-d-xo.html
A Bard for sure. I can imagine watching him perform when there was no other form of stimulation(internet etc) and being completely flabbergasted.(im still flabbergasted and i can literally watch anything)
I am a 54 year old woman and i want to thank you for EXACTLY expressing my entire life experience and making sense of what i have never been able to put into words. If i ever have my way, this will be played at my funeral cos you know and verbalise my struggle better than i ever, ever could x
Working as direct care staff at mental health facility for 16 years and being extremely abused as a child. I'd like to thank ren for making amazingly beautiful music about a sensitive subject. You are an amazing human
Ren won't sell out, he's too real, he does this for different reasons to all those riding A list fame... its a shame the world makes artists sell out to get somewhere... because artists like Ren don't get the recognition they deserve!!
I thought this was an insanely creative music video until I noticed the lapel mic and realised it was actually a live performance. A mind blowing live performance.
i would've never guessed that this is a prequel to jenny's and screech's tale. the whole series is mind blowing to me, the way he changes his tone and emotion when singing different parts, the great storytelling, the guitar playing, the singing, the lyrics, the talent and its also very catchy. like not only is it great musically but you can just read the lyrics and be interested..i also love the sound effects he makes with the guitar like in the rewind part and all the knocking, and how you can feel the emotion just from the way he plays. hoping for richard's tale im wondering what his backstory is
I feel like we won't have a song like this for a long long while ever again. This is pure art, storytelling, vocals and strings, just like the beginning of music as art form.
The "normal" way people listen to music has changed... Its mostly used as background sound to fill the silence.. Ren's is different, especially the tales. Everyone who's truly listened to them agrees instantly. The one who don't have only heard it, but never listended.
even when he spends almost 40 seconds, with no beat or music at all, each and every word, plus the delivery, is on beat. Its pretty amazing being able to carry on the beat, like an internal clock, whilst acting out a scene. I'm not surprised though, as when you watch him play and rap, he doesn't even tap his foot to stay in time, like 95% of guitarists do, as he is full control. one of a kind artist,
I love how you don’t just make music, but you tell stories. Not just of event, but stories of people struggle to survive, both metaphorically and literally.
Yes, by telling the tales of the individual people, he doesn't need to explicitly state the wider socio-economic picture, but you can get it in a way that's much more impactful than a straight up political speech would be. And he makes music too 😄
Ok, this got me gutted... Only to find out jenny and screech where siblings is a serious twist i never saw coming. Ren i love your amazing storytelling and delivery, please keep doing this !!
The moment I heard, " A girl named Jenny", my heart sank and chills went up my spine. What a sad conclusion to an already sad tale, but wow was it powerful.
@@arthurstephenson869 listen to the other songs but from what i understand they were brothers who were adopted apart and then the brother killed the sister in the other songs
As I've mentioned before, this man is a modern-day troubadour. I'm going to go further - he is exactly what we need to hear these days. Someone telling it as it is. Someone bringing the messages of our society right up front and centre! You are a gift, Ren. I'm 56, and grown-up on Bowie, Pink Floyd, and other incredible songwriters and musicians. Your voice and style are fresh and distinct. Please keep doing this!
I've got a new video premiering at 7pm (GMT) today that I'm really excited for you to see, would mean alot if you joined me for the premier and give it a share if you like it! th-cam.com/video/3Q6uCrpzbPY/w-d-xo.html x
People are scared, nay, resistant to hear what they need to hear. Shame...that humanity has not overcome this obstacle of the human condition. I think we're at a pivotal point where such application of humility and honesty within self and others is a necessity.
Just had to watch this in full after seeing a clip on another platform. Wow, that was so deep, I saw it all! This emotionally moved me. I've got to say that your talent is extraordinary in a world of recognised genres. Pure brilliance. Truly the modern day Bard.
Weirdest feeling I'm having when listening to his music. Not sure if I like it or not.... But damn... It hits hard.. It's like watching a one-man musical. It's the third time I hear this now. And if a certain song can make me come back for another listen, it must mean, that I like it. Your music in confusing my emotion, man!
I find songs that evoke sadness in me is the only way sadness ever feels good. Sometimes it's therapeutic and even feels a little good to settle down into the sadness instead of trying to avoid it all the time. It's like a controlled burn so you don't lose the whole forest when there's a real fire. If I freefall into it by choice every so often, when life becomes sad I don't shatter into as many pieces.
If you watch with closed captions on, at the very beginning of the video it says "in morte, ut in vita, numquam partiemur. Crevimus ad vocem eliusdem cordis" which translates to "In death, as in life, we never shall part. We grew to the voice of the same heart" ❤️ Oh my GOD. What an awesome little hidden message! I am stunned!!! I can't stop listening to this song. Just amazed by everything about this!
Do not worrie, GOD IS ALWAYS ON TIME. And CHRIST shall return again . The only reason He haven't come yet, is because you are still unsaved, GOD calls you home also: 2 Peter 3:9chapter context similar meaning copy save The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. John 3:15chapter context similar meaning copy save That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. Every time you worried and complain that GOD haven´t returned yet, ask these question from yourself; HAVEN'T I GOTTEN SAVED YET? DID I CAME TO REPENTANCE? Acts 17:30chapter context similar meaning copy save And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: The time is ticking, place your hand on your chest, on that side where your heart is, can you feel it, the pumping inside your chest? Can you hear you heart beating? - your heart, dear soul is the clock of your lifetime.
@@RayneDraws uhh so violet was a quiet girl was the daughter of an alcoholic and abusive father she moved out at 16 met a boy named steve who did the same thing as her dad, then one night he pulls up and beats her half to death then at the doctors she dies but gives birth to twins, screech and jenny
You should watch some of his busking videos - some of the most incredible busking performances I've ever seen. Once you find Ren you're hooked, and that's a good thing. ;-)
I've never grew to like an artist in such a small amount of time. This isn't my usual music I listen to. I'm a metalhead. I listened to hi ren first and Jesus I was hooked. You're talented in so many ways. Your voice, music, lyrics and how you feel your music is so raw and it's so hard to find.
haha, almost thought I was the only one 'getting soft', but we're not really, just shows our taste in music is off the charts and not limited to just metal. This guy is a nuke, doesn't even need distortion.
Ren, you don't play music, you PERFORM. I am awed by everything I've seen from you and let me say those you've helped are immeasurable. Your raw talent is amazing.
This is my first time hearing Ren. My goodness the amount of feels poured through all these lyrics and strings are amazing. TH-cam did it right for once.
Can we lease give some recognition to Rin’s guitar skills at 0: 0:35? The whole song is amazing but that part….its so pretty and so so cool. I think we need more talking about that part
Ren is a minstrel, a modern one. I think about five hundred years ago, minstrels performed like this. Ren can sing. He can play multiple instruments. He's a poet, a philosopher, an observer of life, an actor. He has taken rap to a new level that can appeal to everyone of any age. A perfect development of the people's voice for our times. x
So I think its for certain that it ends with another tragic death. And that Richard is gonna die seems certain as well. The question is what about screech's girlfriend and Patrick. They are probatly having an affair and dont seem to really care about screech. They will end up in a fight i whitch Patrick kills the gf and the Officer still fighting with regrets, Sees it, tries to Interfere and kills partick but to Late... then He either lives with the pain or kills himself. Like a good tragety everyone is dead or ruined in the same night and the bodies are now still only two streets apart. Ohh i got down a rabbit hole cuz of your music, ren, (proud part of the cult eh... bookclup) and i love it... ill be wrong with everything but it was a fun game to play ;] Edit: its gonna be Richards or Patricks tail, while i tend towards Patrick but i am not sure at all Edit two: idk if i have to put it here for the theorie to count...?
Every beat and note is incredible I love how it creates the story line and his voice for each note is outstanding one of the best songs I have ever heard in my life
You can’t just read the lyrics. You’ve got to hear the way he says them. Everything is spoken purposefully with emotion while maintaining a rhythm. It’s amazing. Great work
My mother kept me locked in a basement for years as a child as a sex object for her boyfriend/husband. Which I only share because I recently found this song, and I feel it's critically, crucially important for artists to tell stories like these. Things that are raw, and vulnerable, and true. So, thanks, I guess. I shouldn't be alive, but I'm glad to have found my way here. Beautiful.
Such a sad trilogy. So much impact on mental health, abuse, the effects of growing up in situations you can’t change. Absolutely so powerful, well written, performed. The whole nine yards! Well done sir!
Anyone who has suffered through chronic illness, addiction, and/or mental illness feels Rens music on another level! Ren isn't just a musician he's an artist and a storyteller a once in a generation talent n I'm so happy he shares his suffering with all of us❤
To be this young and to know this pain and articulate it so poetically is a gift we all need. We feel the pain in your voice and the lyrics are real. He’s amazing !!!
I’m amazed. This is it. I don”t even know what to say. The way that you moved something in my soul. I’m also a guitar player, but how are you able to take us into the past with sounds. Your creativity, sense, artistic inspiration, attention to details (nameplate on the hospital bed). I watched it 4 times in a row. Each was a new experience. The best thing I noticed is going back into the past by sliding your fingers down the fretboard of the guitar AND THEN LATER when you’re taking us to present you use the same sounds but in the reverse order.
It's poetry. It rhymes. Chills. Jesus Chris he simply uses his guitar in unique ways to tell the story. The incredible cinematography and camerawork, the entire thing is done in one take, the sets, the performance, holy fuck this is art.
I only just found this recently and just wow. The talent of the story telling, the guitar playing, and the lyrics! So heart breaking and beautiful all at once. Just incredible ❤
The way he uses the acoustics of the stair way, keeps the rhythm, the timing of everything! Just the whole thing!! It’s so well delivered, incredible!
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I play guitar, and I am really blown away by this guy on so many levels. To be honest, as he was playing that line walking down the stairs, I was thinking to myself that I wasn't sure I could walk down stairs at the same time as playing those lines without falling down the steps. Ren isn't playing music. It's pouring through him, oozing out ... gushing out. He's breathing it like pranayama. Very impressed , as I said, on so many levels. The playing with the singing and the stroytelling and, and... skill, creativity, very keen intelligence to it all. Good show!! (as this American imagines a Brit might say).
@ couldn’t of but it better! I play fingerstyle guitar. The moment I ever try and strum basic chords and sing at the same time, it goes wrong. I can fully appreciate the skill Ren has in this vid.
well i have no idea who this guy is but i'd be willing to bet the song was recorded ahead of time like most music is. Do you know what a producer and all that is?
@@astraldim It's a live performance - he's wearing a mike and the acoustic amplification is under his scrubs. Which makes this all the more mind blowing. He's a very special talent.
Not just the stairway the whole song is using the sound waves in accordance to the amount of space in the clip so if the camera pulls away the sound gets quieter but has more reverb because the space has increased sound amplification as well so it's an awesome ballad and this man is genius level musician I tell you I've never seen such a talent.
What the actual fuck…I’m speechless. And kinda (very) emotional 🥲 very tragic but also very real. So eerie yet beautifully written. Your best work yet, lyrically and cinematically, you can tell you put your heart and soul into this one. Bravo 👏👏👏👏 hoping this one gets the recognition it deserves.
@@sirweebs2914 I disagree. Very very few songs even tackle such horrible subject matters - let alone in such an amazing way. I'm sure many survivors of sexual assault, incest, and IPV would think this is a beautiful piece of art.
this sent chills down my spine, literally. i've listened to the song twice to understand the story in full detail (with and without subtitles), and gosh it's dark. dark and so beautifully written. thank you. Ren, for writing the third story, i never saw this plot twist coming! also, the one-shot format really fits here. it feels like the story unfolds right in front of our eyes. the cameraman did a brilliant job!
I discovered him above 2 hour's ago. I don't know how to put into words what emotions I'm feeling. Its refreshing, beautiful beyonds words and its like its about all the past 12 months of my life. Forgot addition and won, Forgot near fatel illness and won. I was supposed to discover him today, this moment when there was nothing on the tv and it popped up on Facebookt and now im here. ❤
I’m a 55 yr old grandmother. Just found you tonight. Wow. So far all I’ve heard has left me speechless but thank you for this one. Knocked my breath away and was very cathartic.
I honestly feel like his music has changed my life. It’s had a truly profound effect on me. He has more talent in his little finger than anyone in the charts these days. Absolutely blown away.
Agreed....the problem is that our modern culture no longer wants real talent....they don't want unique talent...our culture.only wants Mirrors and Ego.
Yeah i found you pretty late actually about 45 mins ago ren as you appeared randomly on my tiktok fy and it was jenny tale a few seconds of it and i was amazed by the guitar play. But man now that i have watched all 3 parts of this story I have to say this, I listen to various music and I am familiar with all the big names out there and I will say you are the one of the greatest Artists I think it is an Understatement to just call you a musician. The acting, the voice, the lyrics, the delivery style, the guitar playing AND ALL OF THAT LIVE is a feat unachieveable. This was perfect man to the last second pure perfection
Ren deserves to be world class by now. The incredible levels of talent shown is incomparable to other artists. The music itself, writing, ability to rhyme and artistic approach to story telling is on a level that others couldn't even dream of. Its truly magical and expresses how beautiful music is as an art form. Thank you Ren for the time, talent and dedication you put in to bless us with your music.
This song was the hardest for me to listen to. I survived years of DV so this song hit home. I love that you bring attention to all the dark things in life without glamorizing them. Keep it up Ren. You are in my prayers love
The originality of this tune is mindblowing. This young lad has created a modern day dark folk ballad delivered in a mix of singing, spoken word and rap bars backed up by guitar work with classical, melodic picking and percussive reggae flavours, all blended incredibly well. Jaw drop moment for me was the guitar scratch then "that's the sound of his fists when they fall like a crashing pilot " straight into the reggae rhythm again. that was alchemy...Not seen talent like this in a VERY long time and i hope this young un goes far
The word everyone is looking for is “Bard”, In ancient Ireland and Scotland, there were Bards. Traveling poets, lyricists and musicians. Musical storytellers. I have been a musician/ songwriter for 40 plus years. One thing I’ve learned is the most genius musicians/performers I’ve ever met/worked with were the most insane/outlandish mentally. Even people that were outwardly shy and reserved.inside, there were always issues.
Ren is like a visitor from another realm. He's obviously acquired lyrical skills and musical skills of a very high calibre (which immediately distinguishes him from 99% of the garbage that passes for popular music these days) so he immediately has a bed upon which to build his art. But most significantly...he's a spiritual thing of unique qualities. He breathes truth...and perhaps even magic...which I think is what so draws his audience.
the nowadays industry doesn't care about talent anymore man, almost all there is mainstream today is shit...we gotta dig deep to find something good and dig even deeper to find something like this guy
@@antonikollerI'd say he's pretty "famous" now, with a number 1 album! But as he says "the people who find his music, respect it!" The last thing he wants is fame.
I love the use of the acoustics in an empty room and echo up the stairs... AND the fact that he plays live in a video....damn it, this part got me. As a survivor this hit me
I've lost count how many films really kill it with the imagery using stairs. Run, Lola, Run, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Believer, Batman(1989), High Anxiety, Vertigo,...
Ren is absolutely on another level with this track! If he caught the short on my channel about how trappers are blowing up, his plays would be off the charts.
Yeah! I noticed that too and then later when the story catches back up at 4:25 he plays the inverse of that riff right back into the motif from the beginning
I am a 55yo Aussie lady. I heard Hi Ren last night for the first time. I'm an alcoholic, sober for today, suicidal, lonely, grieving for my soul mate who has been dead since October 2021 after having his Covid shot. I don't fit or belong anywhere, but I hearing you, I have found a young man who identifies with a depth of soul I truly thought I would never see again. Thank you.
@@LadyLibertyBella Thank you for your reply. It is difficult, but today is another day and it has actually been a good one, thanks to my God. God bless you too!
You don’t have to fit or belong anywhere, I lost a wife who ran off with my friend over twenty years ago, I’ve always been a loner and I work alone and live alone, I love my own company. When I wake up every day I set out to to be a decent human being, I don’t care if I am loathed or liked people will always have there own issues and gaslight others The person you should love the most is yourself, if you do it successfully you won’t feel the need to fit in.
I am going thru the exact same thing. Alcoholic addict lost the love of my life in February and also super depressed and feel like giving up. Glad Ren could help me feel better today. Just found him today. Just wanted u to know ur not alone and I can relate to u. ❤️
I too am a recovering addict 27 years on heroin and crack. When I stopped using most of my mates were dead and I didn't know anyone who wasn't a user. My dogs got me through! Every day I wouldn't want to get out of bed, I had to they needing feeding and walking. I made an agreement with myself that I would live until they died then I could get the f*ck out. All the physical pain from cirrhosis and necrosis in my bones that the drugs had kept under control hit me like a ton of bricks. But when my male dog (pit bull terrier x bull mastiff) died, my bitch (cane corso) just seemed to give up. I felt so so bad for her I did the unthinkable - got a pup to cheer her up! It gave her a new lease of life and after she died, I now had a 2 year old boerboel, so I had to keep going. I still have bad days, plenty of them, when my brain is hurting more than my body, but together - he's 4 this week - we keep going. Good luck to you, and all my best wishes. Not gonna feed you a load of lies about some god making it better, but life has some good bits. Ren is one of them.
I am seeing your text after a year... This night is my first time hearing ren. Coincidentally before violet i heard hi ren.... The song appread on my list as recommendation and i am glad that it did...covid has been a bad guest for more than a year to retrive souls. I have lost few people i knew and other peoples have too.... I can only hope and pray....that you are well and doing ok..... Always stay safe and sound... and i believe a caring being has been or will be found ....lastly i wish to heal your heart 💓....as an honest comment may connect two countries apart 😇
This is intense. Despite being here to see the premiere, I couldn't put any of what I was thinking into words right after and I still feel I won't do this story any justice with whatever I say. First of all, it's obviously a masterpiece, but coming from you that was to be expected. I won't even talk about the ingenious vocals, guitar play and acting. What really brings this to a new level is just the immaculate story telling. You made everyone expect anything and everything, but definitely not this. I love how the songs gradually get darker while the viewer slowly figures out just how messed up this story really is. This song alone is a modern tragedy and a piece of art, but the point is none of the tales could exist the same way without one another, and I can barely comprehend the weight that adds to it. I will definitely have to listen to this over and over again for hours on end, just to start doing it any justice and understand and feel it's darkness. Lastly, this couldn't hurt so much if there wasn't any truth or reality in it. Thank you for making this, and thank you for telling their tales, because they will not be forgotten. Lots of love, stay safe. 💛
As sickeningly violent as it is, the part from 3:17 to 4:02 has to be one of my very favorite pieces of *anything* ever. From the acting, to the rapping, to the guitar playing. How it paints the scene. It's so brilliantly executed
Agreed. I'm pretty thick skinned but it's so on the nail it actually makes me feel sick! It's the sign of a master artist when they can convey their point so well it can provoke that kind of reaction. Art is the language of emotion, and this guy's beyond fluent.
I wish it will become a musical on day. The full story with all the acts. It would me my favourite musical ever made in the history of humanity. So much talent here, not only Ren that is perfect as a singer, songwriter and actor but the director of this video, the one cut shot, the camera movement. It’s all so perfect high level production. I love you.
My theory one how it's going to end: The rounds were in Screech's chest, but did he die? I suspect he was alive last second until being kidnapped, healed, brought underground, got a sack over his head while some British dude rambles about capitalism before lighting himself on fire
this mans power to convey so much emotion in a single 6 minute song is incredible, the world building from Screech's tale and Jenny's tale were amazing and this one is not an exception, i am not joking in any way when i say that listening to this gave me chills, the singing had so much emotion and the perfectly timed silences od the guitar make it so perfect that i cant put it into words. Ren, you deserve a lot more fans than you currently have, best of luck to you in the future.
Listen I'm 41 and majority of what I listen to is thoughtful hip hop, mostly underground. I really look for those artist that remind me I'm not alone in my thoughts and feelings. You Ren, are on a completely different level and thank you for that! I really am not sure how many times I've watched and listened to you since discovering your art 3 days ago. You are special, you are different and you are needed! This is some of the most beautiful music I've encountered in my life. Keep it up as long as you can but please keep yourself up longer than that because this world needs more of you! 👊🏻
Another Ren masterpiece! I’ve watched this many times, and just noticed something about the guitar riff at 1:45…after the line “we must rewind the hands of time for Violet’s tale”. The riff climbs up the fretboard, as a reference to “rewinding”. At 4:28 the riff is the opposite, going down the fretboard, as if he’s bringing the story back to the present! This man’s a genius!
If you noticed, when he went back down the fretboard, where he stops it put back at the musical point at the start of the song. Subtle and right on point!
So the whole video is filmed in one shot, from interior to exterior, on the streets of...wherever that is, with him barefoot and singing and playing LIVE?! Magnificent!
Stream Violet's tale here: renmakesmusic.lnk.to/VioletsTale
Here are the lyrics for anyone who wants them
London City, far from pretty
Two, zero, zero, five
A lady down in Paddington
Is fighting just to stay alive
Rhythmic beeps and blood stained sheets
Our lady weeps; she’s tired and frail
To set the scene
We must rewind the hands of time for violets tale
Violet was a silent girl
Grew up with violent starts
Her mother was a drinker
And her father was a bastard
Every night he’d tuck her tight
But never left the room
Ill spare you of the things he did
Im sure her mother knew
Violet was a silent girl
She moved out at sixteen
A semi-detached council flat
Paid for by a welfare-scheme
Packing shelves at Tesco’s
Stacking jars like pickled bricks
She met a boy named Stevie
And he was a little prick
Violet was a silent girl
And violet she fell fast
See Stevie was a wrongun
But he sure knew how to charm her
Every night he’d tuck her tight
But never left the room
History repeats itself
Hed paint her black and blue and ah…
She never stood a chance
The devil comes to dance
“Violet, why you always so silent?”
*knock knock knock*
On her bedroom door and he’s irate
He’s been drinking and smoking he’s up late
And he stands by her bedside, she shakes
But her eyes stay shut
“You fucking slut! I know you’re up!”
and he pinches her eyelids and folds them up
“Violet, why you lying to me violet?”
She stays silent, things turn violent
*Knock knock knock*
Thats the sound of his fists when they fall like a crashing pilot
Hit like hailstones, one to the collar bone, full force, full blown,
blood splat, bone crack, knick-knack-paddy-whack
one to the jaw and a tooth spat - detached
fist connects and disconnects the bone
a quick deflect to misdirect the blow
But non-the-less his punches met her throat
such a mess; he’s left her bruised and broke
“Violet!?
Why you always so silent violet!? Why you such a little liar violet!?
Do you think I want to do this Violet?!”
In character she stays silent
“Well say something Violet!”
Silence
“Fucking say something Violet!”
Silence…
“Wait… say something Violet”
Not one word, she stays quiet….
London City, far from pretty
two, zero, zero, five
A lady rushed to paddington is fighting just to stay alive
the doctor in a state of shock, saw something here so very wrong
See Violet, she was pregnant,
Poor violet, she was nine months gone
Turning to the doctor Violet broke her silence and she cried,
“If im to die right here tonight, please let my baby stay alive
” the doctor soon regained composure, called the surgeon to come in
As violets world turned to black, the curtains closed
The lights went dim in…
London City, far from pretty,
two zero zero five
A lady down in paddington
Just lost the fight to stay alive
A tragedy, or miracle
It happened on these very streets
Two twins are lying side by side
A girl named Jenny
And a boy named Screech
Legend!
REN!
Masterpiece!
You’ve got some minor errors in the lyrics there nothing major just thought I’d let you know.
Absolute genius !! Worth the wait 💜
Honestly the guitar play alone sets him above most. Then the stories he creates are so vivid. Absolute wizard.
i have no clue how
elliott smith is still #1 😉
Dude this guitar play is so awesoe when i walk through a forest and listen to that everything looks 10 times brighter
The story, the guitar, the song. Perfect! th-cam.com/video/EdoZMurKQJA/w-d-xo.html
@@inshambles2 cringe
I feel like he's taken the voices in his head hostage and he forces them to write lyrics for him. He's like I'll write something, and you guys fill in the rest. That's where he gets that unhinged mental patient vibe from
I write very similar lyrics. I'll get a line or phrase in my head and sit and write. I don't try to write or think about what I'm writing. It just writes itself. When I'm finished and read it, it's like the first time I've seen it.
@@garthhammond5197Same here.
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He's controlled it so well
😮😮
Ren reminds me of a modern day bard, the way he tells stories feels on par with a bard in a medieval tavern telling the stories of local town folklore
100% agreed
Yes... This is the comment I couldn't put into words
this! this is what i’ve been trying to put into words
Yes!
I thought you said brad. I was like "who the hell is brad?"
"That's the sound of his fists when they fall like a crashing pilot". The way my heart dropped.
*jaw
I don't understand why this line holds so much significant
@@KaishShaikh376its just lyrical geniuses
I always disassociate in that moment. Suddenly im a kid cowering in a closet again. This man is a witch, I stg.
@@jessiycas1bro the glaze is insane 😭😭😭
The art this man is creating through his music is outstanding. Masterpieces all over the place. Ren, never stop! The world needs your music!
❤️
@@RenMakesMusic ren I love your music man! You're the best, I hope all your music videos gonna blow up very soon❤
True art indeed.
Where´s the multiple thumbsUp Botton - God damn It
Absofruitly
I can only describe Ren as a modern day Bard. Not just a musician, not just a storyteller, not just a poet but all of them together into someone who can evoke visceral emotions in their audience and have their rapt attention through it all. Well done Ren, I haven't been moved so strongly by a performance in a long time and you consistently have done so.
Great description of his music!
agree
Yes!!!
!!!
I was thinking the same thing
Stays on beat for 40 seconds of no music. Absolute insanity. I can't get enough of this guy!
I love Ren and I'm not saying he's not incredible but I can nearly promise he had a metronome or a time keeping tool for that part
@@brandonelm4891 well, being able to keep a steady pulse is a musicians most basic skills... u guys are impressed by that?
@@Pieces_Of_History2 It is musicians most basic skill but not every person skill. So yeah I am impressed by it no matter who is doing it. Just because a lot of people can do something dosn't mean I can't be impressed by it, especially if I personally can't do it.
@@brandonelm4891it’s actually not hard to have your own subtle cues to keep time and beat without a metronome. Me for example I move my fingers or my feet to keep beat
@@brandonelm4891I am very sure he did not have a metronome as he is playing with tempo, meaning getting slower and faster. This does not work with a metronome
I am currently half way down a rabbit hole of Ren’s music…..and it’s fkn awesome
Same 🙈
Me too. My 17 year old Grandson put me on to this.
54 today and I’m so grateful to add this to the soundtrack of my life
@@gday6633 I’m the same age haha
Ditto
My grandson put me on to Ren… MIND BLOWN. It does my heart good to know young people still have passion to experiment with bare bones music.
This guy is up there with Zappa, Lenard Cohen and others so far as musical genius and story telling goes.
This is part of the soundtrack of my life.
Thanks for the music Ren. It’s heard and received energetically ✌🏼 4:20
A jester he is not. A story teller, a massively talented artist. My god boy, you're something else. Stay independent, don't let anyone influence your creativity.
This is good comment, J, mhmm..
I agree
not a jester, but a bard
Blown away with Ren’s authenticity, a true Master!
Who called him a Jester though
Not often, if ever, I hear something I’ve not heard before and been left utterly speechless. That was a masterpiece
Yeah it’s pretty cool. Go listen to Igorrr - Opus Brain. Different genre but crazy shit like nothing else you heard before.
Tell me you listened to all 3? Tales of Jenny, Screech, and of course this one...
But yeah, frickin brilliant
@@ignoblesavage5559ABSOLUTELY did! Brilliant artist isnt he!!!!!
@@harmonybabe80 brilliant enough to have resurrected that word in my critical vocabulary... do you remember those old commercials from Guinness, with the 2 old fellas telling each other "Brilliant!" in response to various very basic ideas??
"What is that?"
"A 6 pack."
"Brilliant! What is a 6 pack?"
"It holds 6 beers at one time."
"Brilliant!"
etc, etc, et al, ad infinitum...
th-cam.com/video/3DPKf7y1F-Q/w-d-xo.html
Ich saß im Bus auf dem Weg zur Arbeit und hatte Gänsehaut bis unter die Schädeldecke und wußte gar nicht wohin mit meinen Gedanken,so intensiv!
Ren is like a 21th century bard. His musical and lyrical artistry is just unmatched! made me feel gutted and amazed through all the tales
You should also listen to Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day and David Keenan - Altar Wine great musicians!
twenty-firth
A Bard for sure. I can imagine watching him perform when there was no other form of stimulation(internet etc) and being completely flabbergasted.(im still flabbergasted and i can literally watch anything)
Dont ever tel me shitn the bed isnt warm
I am a 54 year old woman and i want to thank you for EXACTLY expressing my entire life experience and making sense of what i have never been able to put into words. If i ever have my way, this will be played at my funeral cos you know and verbalise my struggle better than i ever, ever could x
❤
Bless you.. ❤
Bless you and may your continued years be worry free, happy, and healthy.
I get you.... agreed.
Truth❤❤
Working as direct care staff at mental health facility for 16 years and being extremely abused as a child. I'd like to thank ren for making amazingly beautiful music about a sensitive subject. You are an amazing human
Excellent
With that storie im sure you are amazing to.
Less time as a worker at a psych hsp - (6.5 years for me), but same friend. Big Same
This world hands out Grammys to the wrong people. This kid is an absolute genius
Ren ain't sold his soul for fame x
Ren won't sell out, he's too real, he does this for different reasons to all those riding A list fame... its a shame the world makes artists sell out to get somewhere... because artists like Ren don't get the recognition they deserve!!
couldn't agree more. a true genius. wow.
Agree crazy talent They hand out Grammys to people who have 0 talent
Real @@mayrichardson2307
I thought this was an insanely creative music video until I noticed the lapel mic and realised it was actually a live performance. A mind blowing live performance.
This guy is a performer. Waiting fornnew stuff and hopefully it blowns my mind again ❤❤
I knew it was live from the echo in the hallway at the start.
This guy is the finest Bard I have ever heard and I’ve played Fable
@@solice9265facts
Most of his music videos are live
Why am I just now getting you all over my TikTok, you're very talented with music and storytelling. These are all so good.
at all sudden some random women review his song and i just want to know what the truth what's all about
Same
i would've never guessed that this is a prequel to jenny's and screech's tale. the whole series is mind blowing to me, the way he changes his tone and emotion when singing different parts, the great storytelling, the guitar playing, the singing, the lyrics, the talent and its also very catchy. like not only is it great musically but you can just read the lyrics and be interested..i also love the sound effects he makes with the guitar like in the rewind part and all the knocking, and how you can feel the emotion just from the way he plays. hoping for richard's tale im wondering what his backstory is
Thank you for noticing the little details x
@@RenMakesMusic we'll be waiting for Richard's tale and if you want to probably patrick's tale
14 year old Screech in 2019, Violet is a lady in 2005, oh yeah, all coming together now
the more you delve in the more
Or Stevie’s tale? What’s his deal?
This kid needs all the support we can give him when mainstream media will go after him.
Ren's lyrics are powerful while being whimsical.
He’s 33. I was sure he was no older than 24. Genius
He has protection from above.
That's exactly why the msn hate him. He doesn't conform to norms or narratives. I'm quite sure they see him as a future liability.
It's not whimsical at all
May he never be consumed by the evils in the industry. 🙏🏽
For anyone wondering, the first subtitle translates to:
"In death, as in life, we shall never part.
We have grown to the voice of the same heart"
Well.....spoilers! Well Done, Ren!
Translates to? Did I miss something in another language?
@@workingit3055Also wondering 😅
@@JessDauphin th-cam.com/play/PLyK6PA3ZIW6bVL2r7Cs6RKMyePUAPwKCo.html&si=NORZWoNJPajgBt-g
@@workingit3055 It's in latin
"She never stood a chance
The Devil comes to dance"
Never fails to give me goosebumps 😭 genius.
This man is what happens when you time travel and combine Eminem, Beethoven and Shakespeare into a single human being
I emotionally agree but biologically, how could time travel pull it off lol
You're so correct
+ Thomas Shelby
I don’t remember those 3 playing guitar
@@Skumfuk737 Ed Sheeran should be included for the guitar skills.
I feel like we won't have a song like this for a long long while ever again. This is pure art, storytelling, vocals and strings, just like the beginning of music as art form.
Wow thank you means a lot
The "normal" way people listen to music has changed... Its mostly used as background sound to fill the silence..
Ren's is different, especially the tales.
Everyone who's truly listened to them agrees instantly. The one who don't have only heard it, but never listended.
SIMMMMMMMMMM mano muito foda ver q tem br que admira cada detalhe desse cara tambem, tudo que este homem faz eh um masterpiece
q aleatorio eu uso foto do beard na minha conta secundaria tbm kjdfgjdfgjkgdfjkkj
minha conta secundaria kjekjekjekje
even when he spends almost 40 seconds, with no beat or music at all, each and every word, plus the delivery, is on beat.
Its pretty amazing being able to carry on the beat, like an internal clock, whilst acting out a scene. I'm not surprised though, as when you watch him play and rap, he doesn't even tap his foot to stay in time, like 95% of guitarists do, as he is full control. one of a kind artist,
It's like slam poetry
idt he is in full control, this came from a place where he let all control go. thing of a beauty regardless
Only Geniuses are capable of doing so. 🙌
You are gold man. You are GOLD.
I hate that i just now found Ren. He’s amazing
Don’t hate it. Be thankful that you found it now.✌🏼
I feel the same way! There's so much to get caught up on...
@@billhorstkamp98im really confused, who is violet to screech and jenny and are they the twins??
@@Creations3972screech and jenny are twins. Look up “the story of jenny and screech” to learn more and ye
I love how you don’t just make music, but you tell stories. Not just of event, but stories of people struggle to survive, both metaphorically and literally.
thank you means a lot x
Yes, by telling the tales of the individual people, he doesn't need to explicitly state the wider socio-economic picture, but you can get it in a way that's much more impactful than a straight up political speech would be.
And he makes music too 😄
Ok, this got me gutted... Only to find out jenny and screech where siblings is a serious twist i never saw coming. Ren i love your amazing storytelling and delivery, please keep doing this !!
thank you x
@@RenMakesMusic
I KNOW right, that twist in the end and his dramatic cues low key gave me chills
@@acetrail5715 Same here, gave me chills too lmao
I'm a new Ren fan, I must know the songs for Jenny and Screech's stories??
The moment I heard, " A girl named Jenny", my heart sank and chills went up my spine. What a sad conclusion to an already sad tale, but wow was it powerful.
Could you explain please
Oh nvm I saw the next song in my recommended
@@arthurstephenson869 listen to the other songs but from what i understand they were brothers who were adopted apart and then the brother killed the sister in the other songs
PAUMIRAND MUSIC NOW
So true
The riff going down the guitar for going back in time and up on the guitar for back to present was absolutely genius
Him rewinding on the guitar, going back with his story, it really gets me. This is pure poetry, pure art, pure performance.
As I've mentioned before, this man is a modern-day troubadour. I'm going to go further - he is exactly what we need to hear these days. Someone telling it as it is. Someone bringing the messages of our society right up front and centre! You are a gift, Ren. I'm 56, and grown-up on Bowie, Pink Floyd, and other incredible songwriters and musicians. Your voice and style are fresh and distinct. Please keep doing this!
Thank you so much Margeret , means a lot!
I've got a new video premiering at 7pm (GMT) today that I'm really excited for you to see, would mean alot if you joined me for the premier and give it a share if you like it! th-cam.com/video/3Q6uCrpzbPY/w-d-xo.html x
And I'm 54 and only just clocked this! Love it :) Go Ren
couldn't agree more. I like that he's got a few "lighter" numbers but this is incredible genius level
People are scared, nay, resistant to hear what they need to hear.
Shame...that humanity has not overcome this obstacle of the human condition. I think we're at a pivotal point where such application of humility and honesty within self and others is a necessity.
Just had to watch this in full after seeing a clip on another platform. Wow, that was so deep, I saw it all! This emotionally moved me. I've got to say that your talent is extraordinary in a world of recognised genres. Pure brilliance. Truly the modern day Bard.
really hoping you listened to jenny and screech's tales too!
Same
I'm from tikok
That's the word I was looking for to describe his music. Like a modern day Bard. Puts a story into song so well.
Same for me... That was a total surprise ❤
I jst realised that where the videos are held for violets,screeches and jennys tale are where they all died
I love how Screech and Jenny tie into Violet's tale. Who would have thought they were siblings.
Weirdest feeling I'm having when listening to his music.
Not sure if I like it or not....
But damn... It hits hard..
It's like watching a one-man musical.
It's the third time I hear this now.
And if a certain song can make me come back for another listen, it must mean, that I like it.
Your music in confusing my emotion, man!
I find songs that evoke sadness in me is the only way sadness ever feels good. Sometimes it's therapeutic and even feels a little good to settle down into the sadness instead of trying to avoid it all the time. It's like a controlled burn so you don't lose the whole forest when there's a real fire. If I freefall into it by choice every so often, when life becomes sad I don't shatter into as many pieces.
Listen to the song I deserve to bleed, it's the same feeling but arguably worse.
Agree with these thread of comments
Not all art is supposed to be comfortable, so I'd say he's succeeded in creating grand art when he evokes such feelings in people.
@@Feedbackking13 i like i deserve to bleed a lot
Ahhh... so that's how you write, sing, play and tell a story all in one. Masterpiece!
the drama was real
If you watch with closed captions on, at the very beginning of the video it says "in morte, ut in vita, numquam partiemur. Crevimus ad vocem eliusdem cordis" which translates to "In death, as in life, we never shall part. We grew to the voice of the same heart" ❤️ Oh my GOD. What an awesome little hidden message! I am stunned!!!
I can't stop listening to this song. Just amazed by everything about this!
Do not worrie, GOD IS ALWAYS ON TIME. And CHRIST shall return again .
The only reason He haven't come yet, is because you are still unsaved,
GOD calls you home also:
2 Peter 3:9chapter context similar meaning copy save The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. John 3:15chapter context similar meaning copy save That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Every time you worried and complain that GOD haven´t returned yet, ask these question from yourself; HAVEN'T I GOTTEN SAVED YET?
DID I CAME TO REPENTANCE?
Acts 17:30chapter context similar meaning copy save And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
The time is ticking, place your hand on your chest, on that side where your heart is, can you feel it, the pumping inside your chest? Can you hear you heart beating? - your heart, dear soul is the clock of your lifetime.
Wow! Thanks for that. Adds another contextual layer to the meaning
I watched this before screech's tale and Jennys tale, I like how you don't spoil it but also tell there tale at the same time
Can you explain it? My heart hurts too much, I can hardly get through this song without feeling.. Too much😢
@@RayneDraws uhh so violet was a quiet girl was the daughter of an alcoholic and abusive father she moved out at 16 met a boy named steve who did the same thing as her dad, then one night he pulls up and beats her half to death then at the doctors she dies but gives birth to twins, screech and jenny
Yes I got chills when I heard their names
Literal jaw drop @@Val-ul9gn
@@Kaphinated_lol OOOOOOH ok I know this is very obvious but I didnt quite catch that. Thank you!
1 video and I'm HOOKED. This man is one of the most talented people I've ever seen!
Wow thanku
You should watch some of his busking videos - some of the most incredible busking performances I've ever seen.
Once you find Ren you're hooked, and that's a good thing. ;-)
Absolutely
Once you find Ren you find Sam 😜🙌💖
@@mistydouglas2874or Stimpy?
I've never grew to like an artist in such a small amount of time. This isn't my usual music I listen to. I'm a metalhead. I listened to hi ren first and Jesus I was hooked. You're talented in so many ways. Your voice, music, lyrics and how you feel your music is so raw and it's so hard to find.
Fellow metalhead and Ren fan here haha. Did you listen to the tale of Jenny and screech before this one?
I'm also mainly a metalhead but this guy is a complete genius. Plus, his guitar playing is seriously outstanding
@@igornaimoli7321 I think he’s absolutely one of the best lyricists out there right now.
haha, almost thought I was the only one 'getting soft', but we're not really, just shows our taste in music is off the charts and not limited to just metal. This guy is a nuke, doesn't even need distortion.
Guilty, I am as well, my fellow metalhead brothers! This guy is something else, really. Love it!
Ren, you don't play music, you PERFORM. I am awed by everything I've seen from you and let me say those you've helped are immeasurable. Your raw talent is amazing.
I can imagine him in American horror story, in a nice beautiful way
2:45 was so beautiful, the way he sang the "violet was a silent .."
This is my first time hearing Ren. My goodness the amount of feels poured through all these lyrics and strings are amazing. TH-cam did it right for once.
He has two more about jenny and screech... It's starts with Jenny story and the other is ab screech
Ren is the Shakespeare or Quentin Tarrintino of modern music, I don't think we're going to see another one like him for a long time...
ya lol I see that ahah
It feels like he's a narrator in a musical
I'm living for it
This song was ,altho sad, a complete masterpiece
Can we lease give some recognition to Rin’s guitar skills at 0: 0:35? The whole song is amazing but that part….its so pretty and so so cool. I think we need more talking about that part
Agreed
It's honestly not that impressive if you can play guitar
Ren is a minstrel, a modern one. I think about five hundred years ago, minstrels performed like this. Ren can sing. He can play multiple instruments. He's a poet, a philosopher, an observer of life, an actor. He has taken rap to a new level that can appeal to everyone of any age. A perfect development of the people's voice for our times. x
This is it, thank you for saying. I love a minstrel style performance.
He is somehow in my room, all other music travels with via screen via the speaker . Ren is here somehow
Minstrel….just what I was thinking.
REMEMBER TO CLICK 'NOTIFY ME'
The third and final part to the tale of Jenny and Screech. How will it end??? put your theories below
so much love for you man
ren
Police officer has to deal with the parents of both victims and hopefully some meaning to life or at least compassion gives us hope at the end
We learn about Patrick down st number 54
So I think its for certain that it ends with another tragic death. And that Richard is gonna die seems certain as well. The question is what about screech's girlfriend and Patrick. They are probatly having an affair and dont seem to really care about screech. They will end up in a fight i whitch Patrick kills the gf and the Officer still fighting with regrets, Sees it, tries to Interfere and kills partick but to Late... then He either lives with the pain or kills himself.
Like a good tragety everyone is dead or ruined in the same night and the bodies are now still only two streets apart.
Ohh i got down a rabbit hole cuz of your music, ren, (proud part of the cult eh... bookclup) and i love it... ill be wrong with everything but it was a fun game to play ;]
Edit: its gonna be Richards or Patricks tail, while i tend towards Patrick but i am not sure at all
Edit two: idk if i have to put it here for the theorie to count...?
How is no one talking about how perfect he plays the guitar? This man is so freaking talented! 🤌🏼🎉
Every beat and note is incredible I love how it creates the story line and his voice for each note is outstanding one of the best songs I have ever heard in my life
You can’t just read the lyrics. You’ve got to hear the way he says them. Everything is spoken purposefully with emotion while maintaining a rhythm. It’s amazing. Great work
My mother kept me locked in a basement for years as a child as a sex object for her boyfriend/husband. Which I only share because I recently found this song, and I feel it's critically, crucially important for artists to tell stories like these. Things that are raw, and vulnerable, and true. So, thanks, I guess. I shouldn't be alive, but I'm glad to have found my way here. Beautiful.
god fucking damn that must have been horrific
Bruh
And how brave you are to write this down. I wish you lots of strenght, love and happiness🤍
Thanks for sharing your story...you're a warrior
🙏
Such a sad trilogy. So much impact on mental health, abuse, the effects of growing up in situations you can’t change. Absolutely so powerful, well written, performed. The whole nine yards! Well done sir!
Anyone who has suffered through chronic illness, addiction, and/or mental illness feels Rens music on another level!
Ren isn't just a musician he's an artist and a storyteller a once in a generation talent n I'm so happy he shares his suffering with all of us❤
Yes 🙌
I’m just pleased Ren managed to find a hospital setting and gown 🤣
I got & offered Him a gown but he didnt reply to me 😅 so I think it wasnt a big problem to get this 😁
dude the damn guitar at beginning specially and the rest really was damn boy wtf!
DUDE WHAT A PLOTTWIST
You got some serious talent ma dude it's insane, the story, the vocals and the mad skills with the guitar. Keep it up i love u❤️
@@RenMakesMusic ya bruh wow! 🙄
Zor❤ren
The technical aspect of the guitar playing in the into cannot be over looked it was on point
thank u!
To be this young and to know this pain and articulate it so poetically is a gift we all need. We feel the pain in your voice and the lyrics are real. He’s amazing !!!
I’m amazed.
This is it. I don”t even know what to say.
The way that you moved something in my soul. I’m also a guitar player, but how are you able to take us into the past with sounds. Your creativity, sense, artistic inspiration, attention to details (nameplate on the hospital bed). I watched it 4 times in a row. Each was a new experience.
The best thing I noticed is going back into the past by sliding your fingers down the fretboard of the guitar AND THEN LATER when you’re taking us to present you use the same sounds but in the reverse order.
Beautiful message Thanku x
This is real art men! Not just music, not a story nor a poem. This is a Performance for all senses! Thank you Ren for letting us be part of it.
yup thanks man! lik still here haha I love comments sections
Reminds me of Jamie t
I just discovered him n oh my!! Hes above any adtist ive encountered
ren's acting skills are impressive; he's not only singning and telling a story to us, he's expressing it, the emotions are clear.. art is eveything.
It has been 2 years and than ending will never fail to leave me with goosebumps.
The way he uses the natural reverb in each environment/room/hallway/stairwell he walks through is well, genius.
Every aspect of his performances are thought out in massive detail, most people miss it, it's almost OCD with him, he genuinely is a genius
Singing up into the stairwell....😢❤❤❤❤ That's when I started really crying.
It's poetry. It rhymes. Chills. Jesus Chris he simply uses his guitar in unique ways to tell the story. The incredible cinematography and camerawork, the entire thing is done in one take, the sets, the performance, holy fuck this is art.
I only just found this recently and just wow. The talent of the story telling, the guitar playing, and the lyrics! So heart breaking and beautiful all at once. Just incredible ❤
I’m blown away. The classical guitar style with such mastery backed by such powerful story telling. It’s beautiful man.
As someone who’s name is Violet and is silent, this hits something for me.
Same, (im transfem so ignore my username, I don't wanna change it due to backlash)
@@Mikaelashotmess backlash from who
@@God-nu7hy whoever u are, you bloody legend
PAUMIRAND
Hopefully its not your collarbone
The way he uses the acoustics of the stair way, keeps the rhythm, the timing of everything! Just the whole thing!! It’s so well delivered, incredible!
I play guitar, and I am really blown away by this guy on so many levels. To be honest, as he was playing that line walking down the stairs, I was thinking to myself that I wasn't sure I could walk down stairs at the same time as playing those lines without falling down the steps. Ren isn't playing music. It's pouring through him, oozing out ... gushing out. He's breathing it like pranayama. Very impressed , as I said, on so many levels. The playing with the singing and the stroytelling and, and... skill, creativity, very keen intelligence to it all. Good show!! (as this American imagines a Brit might say).
@ couldn’t of but it better! I play fingerstyle guitar. The moment I ever try and strum basic chords and sing at the same time, it goes wrong. I can fully appreciate the skill Ren has in this vid.
well i have no idea who this guy is but i'd be willing to bet the song was recorded ahead of time like most music is. Do you know what a producer and all that is?
@@astraldim It's a live performance - he's wearing a mike and the acoustic amplification is under his scrubs. Which makes this all the more mind blowing. He's a very special talent.
Not just the stairway the whole song is using the sound waves in accordance to the amount of space in the clip so if the camera pulls away the sound gets quieter but has more reverb because the space has increased sound amplification as well so it's an awesome ballad and this man is genius level musician I tell you I've never seen such a talent.
I vote for an album of just Ren playing that guitar! He’s a musician and artist in every form
I don't really know, but he seems to play incredibly. Have you seen him play the piano infront of the canyon?
What the actual fuck…I’m speechless. And kinda (very) emotional 🥲 very tragic but also very real. So eerie yet beautifully written. Your best work yet, lyrically and cinematically, you can tell you put your heart and soul into this one. Bravo 👏👏👏👏 hoping this one gets the recognition it deserves.
Means a lot x
you look easy to please
@@sirweebs2914 I disagree. Very very few songs even tackle such horrible subject matters - let alone in such an amazing way. I'm sure many survivors of sexual assault, incest, and IPV would think this is a beautiful piece of art.
@@auline8531 I also think this is a beautiful piece of art, why do you think I'm here?
I also never stated anything that would suggest otherwise.
@@RenMakesMusic jk man good stuff..nothin much to say
this sent chills down my spine, literally. i've listened to the song twice to understand the story in full detail (with and without subtitles), and gosh it's dark. dark and so beautifully written. thank you. Ren, for writing the third story, i never saw this plot twist coming!
also, the one-shot format really fits here. it feels like the story unfolds right in front of our eyes. the cameraman did a brilliant job!
thank you!!
This song is painful, raw and real. Literal chills
I discovered him above 2 hour's ago. I don't know how to put into words what emotions I'm feeling. Its refreshing, beautiful beyonds words and its like its about all the past 12 months of my life. Forgot addition and won, Forgot near fatel illness and won. I was supposed to discover him today, this moment when there was nothing on the tv and it popped up on Facebookt and now im here. ❤
I’m a 55 yr old grandmother. Just found you tonight. Wow. So far all I’ve heard has left me speechless but thank you for this one. Knocked my breath away and was very cathartic.
This was a hard pill to swallow. Your songs create a vortex of fellings, dude. Love your art.
I honestly feel like his music has changed my life. It’s had a truly profound effect on me. He has more talent in his little finger than anyone in the charts these days. Absolutely blown away.
Agreed....the problem is that our modern culture no longer wants real talent....they don't want unique talent...our culture.only wants Mirrors and Ego.
Mainstream music is full of performers not musicians.
Yeah i found you pretty late actually about 45 mins ago ren as you appeared randomly on my tiktok fy and it was jenny tale a few seconds of it and i was amazed by the guitar play. But man now that i have watched all 3 parts of this story I have to say this, I listen to various music and I am familiar with all the big names out there and I will say you are the one of the greatest Artists I think it is an Understatement to just call you a musician. The acting, the voice, the lyrics, the delivery style, the guitar playing AND ALL OF THAT LIVE is a feat unachieveable. This was perfect man to the last second pure perfection
This is exactly what the music industry needs someone who brings back story telling into the music with a mordern twist.
Ren deserves to be world class by now. The incredible levels of talent shown is incomparable to other artists. The music itself, writing, ability to rhyme and artistic approach to story telling is on a level that others couldn't even dream of. Its truly magical and expresses how beautiful music is as an art form. Thank you Ren for the time, talent and dedication you put in to bless us with your music.
Fully agree! I dont know any other moder band/singer, that makes such songs.
Yes another rusty cage fan
The masterpiece that is the tale of jenny, screech, and violet has come to a close by our modern bard that is ren
thanku!!
I’ve literally just shared this video on FB calling him a modern day bard as well. I think it’s an absolutely apt description of him
@@bexualhealing i agreee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeahhhhhh
that guitar part at 1:48 tickles my brain
See what you mean
Me too
This song was the hardest for me to listen to. I survived years of DV so this song hit home. I love that you bring attention to all the dark things in life without glamorizing them. Keep it up Ren. You are in my prayers love
The originality of this tune is mindblowing. This young lad has created a modern day dark folk ballad delivered in a mix of singing, spoken word and rap bars backed up by guitar work with classical, melodic picking and percussive reggae flavours, all blended incredibly well. Jaw drop moment for me was the guitar scratch then "that's the sound of his fists when they fall like a crashing pilot " straight into the reggae rhythm again. that was alchemy...Not seen talent like this in a VERY long time and i hope this young un goes far
Not only has Ren mastered musical story telling but also emotional conveyance through sound and lack of sound.
The word everyone is looking for is “Bard”, In ancient Ireland and Scotland, there were Bards. Traveling poets, lyricists and musicians. Musical storytellers. I have been a musician/ songwriter for 40 plus years. One thing I’ve learned is the most genius musicians/performers I’ve ever met/worked with were the most insane/outlandish mentally. Even people that were outwardly shy and reserved.inside, there were always issues.
Ren is like a visitor from another realm. He's obviously acquired lyrical skills and musical skills of a very high calibre (which immediately distinguishes him from 99% of the garbage that passes for popular music these days) so he immediately has a bed upon which to build his art. But most significantly...he's a spiritual thing of unique qualities. He breathes truth...and perhaps even magic...which I think is what so draws his audience.
Excellent pronounciation, too.
Amen
He an intergalactic being bro …a gift
If you have to bring down others to compliment him, then your compliment sucks ass. "He's so good bc others are so trash dude"
This would feed into my psychosis so bad bro
Can I ask the question why this person is not CRASY famous ?
Music creativity at it's peak
the nowadays industry doesn't care about talent anymore man, almost all there is mainstream today is shit...we gotta dig deep to find something good and dig even deeper to find something like this guy
@@antonikollerI'd say he's pretty "famous" now, with a number 1 album! But as he says "the people who find his music, respect it!" The last thing he wants is fame.
I think your just late the the party? No disrespect. Hes famously infamous at this point. One of those if you know you know. Better that way anyways.
I love the use of the acoustics in an empty room and echo up the stairs... AND the fact that he plays live in a video....damn it, this part got me. As a survivor this hit me
He plays live!???
I've lost count how many films really kill it with the imagery using stairs. Run, Lola, Run, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Believer, Batman(1989), High Anxiety, Vertigo,...
Ren is absolutely on another level with this track! If he caught the short on my channel about how trappers are blowing up, his plays would be off the charts.
that riff that matched the situation you played when you said "must rewind the hands of time for violet's tale" was just such a neat little detail
Yeah! I noticed that too and then later when the story catches back up at 4:25 he plays the inverse of that riff right back into the motif from the beginning
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I am a 55yo Aussie lady. I heard Hi Ren last night for the first time. I'm an alcoholic, sober for today, suicidal, lonely, grieving for my soul mate who has been dead since October 2021 after having his Covid shot. I don't fit or belong anywhere, but I hearing you, I have found a young man who identifies with a depth of soul I truly thought I would never see again. Thank you.
@@LadyLibertyBella Thank you for your reply. It is difficult, but today is another day and it has actually been a good one, thanks to my God. God bless you too!
You don’t have to fit or belong anywhere, I lost a wife who ran off with my friend over twenty years ago, I’ve always been a loner and I work alone and live alone, I love my own company. When I wake up every day I set out to to be a decent human being, I don’t care if I am loathed or liked people will always have there own issues and gaslight others
The person you should love the most is yourself, if you do it successfully you won’t feel the need to fit in.
I am going thru the exact same thing. Alcoholic addict lost the love of my life in February and also super depressed and feel like giving up. Glad Ren could help me feel better today. Just found him today. Just wanted u to know ur not alone and I can relate to u. ❤️
I too am a recovering addict 27 years on heroin and crack. When I stopped using most of my mates were dead and I didn't know anyone who wasn't a user. My dogs got me through! Every day I wouldn't want to get out of bed, I had to they needing feeding and walking. I made an agreement with myself that I would live until they died then I could get the f*ck out. All the physical pain from cirrhosis and necrosis in my bones that the drugs had kept under control hit me like a ton of bricks. But when my male dog (pit bull terrier x bull mastiff) died, my bitch (cane corso) just seemed to give up. I felt so so bad for her I did the unthinkable - got a pup to cheer her up! It gave her a new lease of life and after she died, I now had a 2 year old boerboel, so I had to keep going. I still have bad days, plenty of them, when my brain is hurting more than my body, but together - he's 4 this week - we keep going. Good luck to you, and all my best wishes. Not gonna feed you a load of lies about some god making it better, but life has some good bits. Ren is one of them.
I am seeing your text after a year... This night is my first time hearing ren. Coincidentally before violet i heard hi ren.... The song appread on my list as recommendation and i am glad that it did...covid has been a bad guest for more than a year to retrive souls. I have lost few people i knew and other peoples have too.... I can only hope and pray....that you are well and doing ok..... Always stay safe and sound... and i believe a caring being has been or will be found ....lastly i wish to heal your heart 💓....as an honest comment may connect two countries apart 😇
This is intense. Despite being here to see the premiere, I couldn't put any of what I was thinking into words right after and I still feel I won't do this story any justice with whatever I say.
First of all, it's obviously a masterpiece, but coming from you that was to be expected. I won't even talk about the ingenious vocals, guitar play and acting.
What really brings this to a new level is just the immaculate story telling.
You made everyone expect anything and everything, but definitely not this.
I love how the songs gradually get darker while the viewer slowly figures out just how messed up this story really is.
This song alone is a modern tragedy and a piece of art, but the point is none of the tales could exist the same way without one another, and I can barely comprehend the weight that adds to it.
I will definitely have to listen to this over and over again for hours on end, just to start doing it any justice and understand and feel it's darkness.
Lastly, this couldn't hurt so much if there wasn't any truth or reality in it.
Thank you for making this, and thank you for telling their tales, because they will not be forgotten.
Lots of love, stay safe. 💛
Wow, thanks for taking the time to comment that 🙌
your comment is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful performance art at its finest...poetry in lyrics and music from the deepest part of the soul..absolutely beautiful
As sickeningly violent as it is, the part from 3:17 to 4:02 has to be one of my very favorite pieces of *anything* ever. From the acting, to the rapping, to the guitar playing. How it paints the scene. It's so brilliantly executed
3:39 - 3:52 That guitar playing is incredible. That beat is so catchy.
110% no bullshit poetry, just amazing work
Man's a genius.
Oh I appreciate the intro up to 1:26 before all else
Agreed. I'm pretty thick skinned but it's so on the nail it actually makes me feel sick! It's the sign of a master artist when they can convey their point so well it can provoke that kind of reaction.
Art is the language of emotion, and this guy's beyond fluent.
I wish it will become a musical on day. The full story with all the acts. It would me my favourite musical ever made in the history of humanity. So much talent here, not only Ren that is perfect as a singer, songwriter and actor but the director of this video, the one cut shot, the camera movement. It’s all so perfect high level production. I love you.
NEEDS TO HAPPEN!!!
This is exactly what I was thinking
My theory one how it's going to end:
The rounds were in Screech's chest, but did he die? I suspect he was alive last second until being kidnapped, healed, brought underground, got a sack over his head while some British dude rambles about capitalism before lighting himself on fire
Best one yet ngl
Probably is
You are the smartest person I know
I always presumed the man he had kidnapped in money game was someone in high power such as the PM with the way they act and dress shoes they have on
you are so smart
Never seen or heard any other artist that's so raw and incites intense emotions... performing and lyrical genius mate!
this mans power to convey so much emotion in a single 6 minute song is incredible, the world building from Screech's tale and Jenny's tale were amazing and this one is not an exception, i am not joking in any way when i say that listening to this gave me chills, the singing had so much emotion and the perfectly timed silences od the guitar make it so perfect that i cant put it into words. Ren, you deserve a lot more fans than you currently have, best of luck to you in the future.
I appreciate you
Listen I'm 41 and majority of what I listen to is thoughtful hip hop, mostly underground. I really look for those artist that remind me I'm not alone in my thoughts and feelings. You Ren, are on a completely different level and thank you for that! I really am not sure how many times I've watched and listened to you since discovering your art 3 days ago. You are special, you are different and you are needed! This is some of the most beautiful music I've encountered in my life. Keep it up as long as you can but please keep yourself up longer than that because this world needs more of you! 👊🏻
Another Ren masterpiece! I’ve watched this many times, and just noticed something about the guitar riff at 1:45…after the line “we must rewind the hands of time for Violet’s tale”. The riff climbs up the fretboard, as a reference to “rewinding”. At 4:28 the riff is the opposite, going down the fretboard, as if he’s bringing the story back to the present! This man’s a genius!
yea i noticed that difference too. brilliant.
Not a man who spends his day with drum machines.
You just twisted my melon man
I also noticed this on first listen and i tought it was quite clever!
If you noticed, when he went back down the fretboard, where he stops it put back at the musical point at the start of the song. Subtle and right on point!
So the whole video is filmed in one shot, from interior to exterior, on the streets of...wherever that is, with him barefoot and singing and playing LIVE?! Magnificent!