Hey y'all! I had to cut out Oh Bo unfortunately! The video got a copyright claim (completely bogus but that doesn't stop the companies from doing it) so I needed to trim it out. Sorry for the weird jump at the beginning!
In the last song "are you happy" bo leaves the room, and metaphorically is leaving his comedy career behind him. So Bo walking back into the room at the start of inside is him coming back to his comedy career. And this connection makes me a little sad when thinking about it because both times we see him in his room (during the entirety of inside and for are you happy)we see bo at his lowest. He uses comedy to cope but comedy is also part of the problem as it build the fan base and the fans put more pressure on him to make more comedy.
I love the double meaning in his last line to the audience: "I hope you're happy." Whether you take it as genuine sentiment or defiant dismissal (or both), it lands.
The Kanye rant is genuinely one of my favorite songs of his. It’s genuinely really funny at the beginning and then it hits you with reality at the end of it and man, does it hit hard. He did a really good job with it!
Words words words is just a whole song about random wordplays. It'd probably be easier to understand with lyrics lmao. Certain lyrics can go over heads easily. Also, the Kanye rant is interesting as the Pringles can and Chipotle burrito things could be seen as weird references to his actual problems. He couldn't fit and everything kinda fell apart and no one told him. Funny but sad when you realize that the whole thing could be interpreted about his falling out of Comedy.
He didn’t actually intend for those to be metaphors, I’d send a link to where I heard that but I don’t remember which interview it was from, if I find it I’ll edit this comment
Most interesting part about the Kanye Rant is that it was the last song in his latest special before Inside about 5 years ago. The song sounds like a cry for help after inside because he clearly says that he doesn't think he can handle being in the spotlight for very much longer, and that he needs to work on himself. And as we all know, after having some panic attacks while performing the show he quit touring and ultimately took a 5 year break as he explained during All Eyes on Me
My 2 favorite lines from Bo are "My drugs attention, I am an addict But I get paid to indulge in my habit" from Art is Dead and "You say the oceans rising like I give a shit You say the whole worlds ending, honey, it already did You're not ganna slow it Heaven knows you tried Got it? Good, now get inside" from All Eyes on Me. The ways hes able to construct and portray his songs with both comedy and some real shit is mind blowing and I feel like those two lines are so deep and relatable to damn near anyone
Bo has so many genius songs with deep meanings. I recommend From God's Perspective, Repeat Stuff, Lower your Expectations, Pandering and Channel 5 News (an extremely underrated one about the media)
It's terrifying to realize that after he walked off stage in "Make Happy", he had a massive panic attack, quit comedy for 5 years, and then made Inside. Also, I think the ending of "Make Happy is really depressing because it shows something that I think Bo thinks he will never get and this sort of idyllic perfect world.
I was just talking with my roomie about how the worst days of my past have become the stories I tell while laughing the hardest. Was I happy then? No, but I have moments now when I'm happier for those times. Alternately, I feel sad when I think about the great times because they're gone and done. Happiness is weird and variable for sure.
I don't mean to offend, but some of us have traumas so severe that we can't talk about it without reliving it. There's no laughing, just sickness. Again I don't mean to snap at you or anything, don't take it wrong. But when Bo says, "They don't even know the half of it," I have a feeling "it" is a LOT deeper than almost anyone knows. If he's anything like me anyway. Which he's clearly not, because he's successful. 😏😅😰
Not so fun fact: this performance of can't handle this was his last performance before his 5 year break. After going off stage he said that he had a full blown panic attack becuase he quite literally, couldn't handle it.
A lot of his songs refer to his mental health if you look at it from an angle "we know you" is a song about different groups of people having a different view of him as a person eventhough that's not always true. The base their opinions on something that's hardly comparable. ART IS DEAD: his guilt for the position he was basically forced in after his vines became popular. And him feeling guilty of taking money and time from people when there's other who like the lyrics said who work at the drugstore and live from almost nothing. His debate on weather or not its good he's in the position he's in. I don't think that I can handle this right now: refers to not only his insecurity and anxiety but also the panic attacks Bo has had over the years. Part of me fears you. His intire life became dependent on the opinions of the media something he wasn't expecting nor was he equipped to deal with it. (Idk that's how I look at them but I could very much be wrong)
'I can't handle this' is a very moving song. The burrito is a metaphor to his career. He wouldn't have been a celebrity if he knew about everything else that came with it. Such as mental health problems, attention all the time leaving him barely any time to just be himself, the need to please have everyone, so on and so forth. He started out on Vine for fun, and got scouted before he was 18 I think. Everything was dumped on him and no one told him the repercussions
Someone probably already said this, but the panic attacks he was talking about on all eyes on me, that relates to the Kanye rant. This was his very last performance before he took the 5 year break.
Bo is such a versatile performer, he can make you laugh with his raps and his wordplay, and then bring you to tears. Can't Handle This and Are You Happy ? always give me chills and I cannot listen to them without crying, they hit me so hard. It's even more haunting when you think about his monologue in All Eyes On Me and how it's a sort of sequel to Can't Handle This, with him explaining he quit performing on stage after this. If you do another Bo reaction video, I highly suggest Rant (his rapping is so good in this !), From God's Perspective, Lower Your Expectations and Straight White Man.
If you're looking for "straight fire, fast rap bars": * RANT (Album- "Words Words Words" ) * Probably my favorite. It's an interesting commentary on religion but also a jam * Hell of a Ride (Album - "What.") * Not deep, just ridiculous
I'm sure you've heard by now.. but after he walked out the door at the end there, that was where he quit performing live for 5 years (that he talks about in All Eyes on Me)
EVERYONE reacts to Can't Handle This and most people consider it the end of Make Happy because it's the end of the live portion, but Are You Happy is so impactful, so important, so beautiful, and NO-ONE reacts to it, so thank you deeply for watching them both together. I greatly appreciate Can't Handle This every time I listen to it, but Are You Happy still makes me cry.
thanks for being here, i appreciate you! i'll be posting small micro-songs every so often on my TikTok. essentially gonna use it as a music outlet if you're keen to follow: tiktok.com/@freebootmusic
one of my personal favorite is "from god's perspective," it's *chef's kiss*. i've also recently been listening to "country song" more. they're both kind of a perfect middle ground of being very funny while still having a focused and direct point to make
The burrito was a metaphor for life. He wouldn’t have gotten half the shit if he knew it wouldn’t fit… This was also a planned farewell message to his standup career I think. He retired from standup for 5 years after that performance.
11:22 he had a panic attack behind stage after that performance and had a break from performing for 5 years but then when he thought he was ready to perform again covid happened.
on the subject of the are you happy thing: honestly, AJR did a pretty great job with "way less sad", just distinguishing that there's a difference between happy and rock bottom, that there's a hell of a lot of real estate there in the middle
I might be late realizing this...but the Pringle can must be a metaphor for not fitting into the performer role and the burrito is obviously a metaphor for ordering more than be could handle....😮
I think one of the things that hits me hardest with the kanye rant was how he basically tells the crowd hes doing bad, then he says he should "just shut up and do my job" and *then* they start cheering. Almost as if encouraging that mentality of "shove it down and stick to what you do best"
Thank you for laughing at “2 radius’ of a Pringle can is way too small..”! That one always goes over everyone’s head!! Never heard a single person laugh at it, but it gets me every time simply for being a silly little math joke.. lots of people never took geometry I guess 🤷🏻♀️
13:21 i think now knowing that he had severe panic attacks on stage this songs hits different. he's telling us what's going on in his brain like the i can't do this but i've got to stick to the script. it feels a lot like when you have to go about your day doing stuff when your brain is screaming this is too much
Great video as usual! Here’s my recommendations for other videos vvv If you do Bo Burnham part 2: -Repeat Stuff -From God’s Perspective -Left Brain Right Brain -Lower Your Expectations -Ironic If you do another part of Dream SMP songs: -Out of Touch by Tia Jade ft. CG5 -Spectre by Ellienort ft. Hator -Nothing to Lose by Precious Jewel Amor -Empty by Precious Jewel Amor (Empty connects with Nothing to Lose so listen to them one after the other) -L’Manburg Anthem ft. Viewers by Kanaya (Lyrics by Wilbur Soot, actual anthem in the series) -Home by Kroh ft. Precious Jewel Amor -Woe to People of Order by The Shiny Snivy -Disappear by Candlebard If you do another Derivakat part: -Doomsday -Why (Why is about the aftermath of Doomsday so listen to them one after the other) -Last Goodbyes (This is a song for a Sleepybois inc. fanfiction called Passerine, based off of the song by The Oh Hellos) -Blue Also, Words Words Words’ lyrics don’t make sense because the song is based on puns and wordplay. You can take apart lines and realise clever things he did ex: “A boy, a girl, a middle aged b!tch, botox in the third person/I give the perspective a switch and Bo talks in the third person” and “90 lady cops in the road and I’m arrested for doing 80”.
Oh, this is kind of off-topic, but I just remembered. I highly recommend listening to the Hollow Knight soundtrack. It's an amazing game, and AH the music is beautiful. To start, I recommend Mantis Lords, Greenpath, White Palace, Hornet, and Sealed Vessel. It was a PAIN to narrow that down to only 5, haha.
@@vicky_5158 Oh GOD same dude. I discovered it by accident, and I have never known such suffering. I completed White Palace relatively quickly, but this is a whole other challenge. I still haven't beaten the game yet, and I've had no spoilers. But, because of my stubbornness, I REFUSE to beat it before I overcome the Path of Pain. It's the completionist in me.
If you want him to spit fire, look up Hell of a Ride. It's tight and the fews times he did it on stage he was like almost struggling to breathe and keep the speed up.
Hey Mathew! I think it would be awesome if you did a video reacting to Hamilton songs! I just started listening to them and they are amazing, and so sentimental to me since I'm already obsessed with US history. I'm working on finding a way to watch the musical so I can get the visual experience. Anyway, everyone's voices are absolutely amazing. The music is just as great!
mathew: yeah im pretty familiar with bo also mathew: hasnt listened to some of the most famous bo songs /lh on a serious note, a lot of his older stuff does deal with issues as well, but there are also lots of songs like words, words, words, which are pure wordplay. and i dont think either is inherently better or worse, but if you like inside a lot, youd probably like his more serious songs more overall. i do love words words words tho even years after i first heard it, i was still picking up on new puns. id recommend Oh My God (or From God's Perspective, oh my god was a predecessor), channel 5 news, and hell of a ride
It was probably just unfortunate timing or down to editing choices or whatever, but you missed/didn't react to all my personal favourite moments from these songs 😭 That being said, still enjoyed the video and I'm glad you're seeing more Bo.
Something that has always hit home for me with Bo's introspection is that I have a similar existential crisis pretty regularly where I'm worried I don't deserve my life or that despite working hard, I was given opportunities over people more deserving of them. I'm constantly torn between quitting my job and going full-force into charity work and staying where I am and helping other people be successful in my type of career. It's legitimately a regular topic at therapy and my therapist always reminds me that I need my job to pay my bills anyways 😅
Just in case it wasn’t clear, that Kanye performance was his last ever live performance before he quit for 5 years. Which you see the sort of 2nd part of with All Eyes on Me
Great reaction - ngl I thought I knew most of Bo's songs but even i didnt know Are You Happy? existed until now. Also you should react to Rex Orange County (quite orchestral/ jazzy bedroom pop)
Can you please react to vocaloid? Its basically a program and there are producers that make amazing songs :D The english lyrics are often dark, but they hold a lot of meaning, so please turn on subtitles. The songs i would recommend are - rolling girl - world is mine - gomenne, gomenne (it's very disturbing, look at the translated lyrics at your own risk) - Bring it on - mind brand - the disappearance of hatsune miku - the vampire - ghost rule
"I started doing comedy when I was just a sheltered kid I wrote offensive shit and I said it Father please forgive me for I did not realize what I did Or that I'd live to regret it"
honestly i would recommend you see either Make Happy or what. as a whole. it’s an entirely different experience watching the songs in context with each other and his stand-up. anyways, really interesting seeing the perspective of someone who saw Inside first before seeing his other things
I think that most people, when they ask the question or think about the question, they consider mostly where they are right now in their lives, all the highs and lows, and put it all together and they base their answer on whether or not they are generally content with how things are for them at the moment. If you think back on your life, every decision you've made, the good times and the bad times, and you come out of those thoughts generally satisfied with the results at the moment, then you are happy, even if you're not smiling all the time, even if you're angry or sad about something from time to time, even if it's hard work and you're struggling, even if you do have some regrets, if you can give your life a solid nod and breath a sigh of satisfaction, then that's enough to call it being happy. Some people, of course, can't do this, but I feel like most people probably can, even if they think their lives could be more than they are, or they could be doing more with them. Of course, I could be wrong and most people don't feel that way, but I hope that most people do.
When he said it's Way back in 1000 BCE - That's before the common era .... It is literally before the common era because of the 1000 years before, but he is also describing the meaning of BCE (Before the Common Era) - The wordplay in this video is crazy. Bo's songs are comical, but he usually throws in truth bombs to make you think. This one is about the double wordplay, but then the verse about the US brings it down to earth. The USA is great, but we are also really judgmental on immigrants and certain things as a country. We the people of the USA Jose, we're not talkin to you, esse. We got a border in order to keep you out, It's what my NYU essay's about Cause we're, xenophobic warrior princess, Molested by my uncle sam, is that incest? "I want you" to smell my finger Does my nephew's scent still linger? South of queers, north of hell, The queer ones suck and the brown one's smell We guard the border and we guard it well But some slip through the cracks of the liberty bell Did I say liberty? I meant taco, paco, hey you better let that rock go Cause in real life goliath wins And then sells all the silk that the widow spins.
I have so much respect for how you choose to react.. actually transformative, and with real commentary.. not just pretending to be some “BAR BREAKUUUUR” but then missing nearly everything while stealing the entire content with literal pauses shamelessly saying “sorry have to pause not to get blocked..... “ awkward... how about actually saying bloody something about it and how you feel.. just pretentious. I actually enjoy your commentary so much i wish youd spend more time talking bc the quick things you say are always so on point and important and i just want to hear you rant or talk more about it.. you seem extremely self aware and able to read the room with your initial comment and throught mid of the kanye rant.. you could feel it.. “shivers”.. then the absolute difference of tone once you felt the gravity and understood the deliberate use of the “run it one more time”... after the mini retell “just doing his job” despite his health. He flipped this show on its head with that song.. and yes, it was the last time he ever performed on stage again.. even inside, wasnt on stage, obv. So he has stuck true to his words in podcasts and interviews after the show ended when he dropped the fact that was this was intented to be the last time hed ever perform on stage again.. even if just for yourself, i highly recommend watching “bo burnham art is dead in the green room”.. its abt an hour long, but its a fascinating watch bc its a Comedians Lounge for the highest tier comedians.. so 50 mins of the vid is him, age 20, invited by a group of famous comedians to just banter and joke around. So its cool to not only see Bo, so young, being treated respectfully and equally to these very seasoned Comedy Vets.. but also to see how THEY all look at him.. with such intrigue.. so one of them eventually asks him to play “art is dead” and if you dont know the song.. its a very anti industry with very heavy punchlines which are usually the “joke” like most of his stuff.. the very ironic parts of life. So in the Green Room, he gets on that piano with just evolving rage, slamming the keys everytime the small audience there laughs, as if to say “THATS NOT FUNNY”. The Comedians who “get it” just watch in awe.. theres a lot of beautiful and funny things these older comrades say to him that just feels so honest and kind. Highly recomend. And i do wish youd speak longer abt yourself within the songs.. whether about life, music arrangement, whatever. You just sound like you could add so much more you prob cut out. Many Cheers. 🧚🏻♀️
Please do more!! Recommendations: straight white male, sad, repeat stuff, from god's prospective, left brain right brain, we think we know you, "the break up song", rant
THEORY: The burrito was actually a metaphore about being 'famous', it all was way too much for him too handle, and being as young as he was definitely didn't help. He's telling the experts who helped him get there that they should've warned him about how overwhelming the life he wanted so desperatly actually is. The burrito was full, he couldn't handle the lifestyle and it definitely took a toll on his mental health. (causing panic attacks on stage and not wanting to perform anymore, as mentioned in Inside.)
Hiya!! I appreciate the analysis, but maybe don't state that as if it's confirmed that that's what he meant? It's okay to interpret it any way you want, but remember that Bo might not have intended that. Maybe the burrito meant something at else, maybe it meant nothing at all- we don't know.
@@ninkinminjaj Hi! Thanks for reminding me, you're absolutely right! When writing this I was convinced that that was what Bo was thinking when writing it, mentioning that for the watcher it's up to their interpertation, but that's what it meant for him (and that he himself confirmed it). But, your comment made me think about it and i realise that he never said that, it was actually someone who analysed it. So... Thanks for correcting me, I will fix it right away!
I loved this video! Also: I would recommend watching We Think We Know You if you do a part 2; it has a similar vibe to the Kanye Rant, and I think it's equally powerful.
Ever since I was a kid Bo Burnhams videos are the only thing that can shake me out of my depression it feels like he meets me at my level and brings me out of it with a joke
if you do a pt 2, definitely check out god's perspective, left/right brain, and Sad (everyone else in the comments was being sentimental so I had nothing else to stay-)
after listening to the kanye rant, you should absolutely watch make happy, his special from back in 2016 right before he "quit" live comedy. imo it's a perfect mix of feel good and poignant
i would really recommend watching his specials what. and make happy in full at some point because the way he uses the stage and really creates full shows is truly something special for stand up
PLEASE treat this like u did with inside. listen to a few of bo’s songs from his live shows, then have another reaction to his full live netflix specials!! If you watch “what” and/or “Make Happy” as a reaction video it will be fucking amazing. also good views
This is what I needed after watching some Ultra Despair Girls (spin off of the Danganronpa series that’s supposed to be played in between SDR2 and DRV3) play throughs
"harkens back to inside" that's the amazing thing about it. it harkens forward to inside. inside seems to begin near the end of make happy. despite the five year gap, the two shows feel like a single work. because yes, that is the same room at the end.
You should react definitely react to more idkhow! Some songs would include razzmatazz, leave me alone, new invention, kiss goodnight, and there cover of debra!
I like the song art is dead, but there is a specific video of it that I love, it is special because you can closely see all the people watching him perform, and they are laughing
12:52 THATS WHAT I'VE TRYING TO TELL TO MY MOM BECAUSE EVERYTIME SHE ASKES ME THAT I SAY "idk" AND ONCE SHE WAS LIKE "Well, you should be good cause there are people out there who don't have a house and don't have food and-" LIKE BITCH I KNOW BUT- WAS THAT NECESARRY?? (She said that cuz i kinda told my brother and dad that i used biting my nails as sh, and they told my mom)
Hey y'all! I had to cut out Oh Bo unfortunately! The video got a copyright claim (completely bogus but that doesn't stop the companies from doing it) so I needed to trim it out. Sorry for the weird jump at the beginning!
The entire audio is out of sync on this video!
@@SandSlash242 ohh okay i was confused because i thought something was wrong with my device, but yeah the audio is out of whack lmao
In the last song "are you happy" bo leaves the room, and metaphorically is leaving his comedy career behind him. So Bo walking back into the room at the start of inside is him coming back to his comedy career. And this connection makes me a little sad when thinking about it because both times we see him in his room (during the entirety of inside and for are you happy)we see bo at his lowest. He uses comedy to cope but comedy is also part of the problem as it build the fan base and the fans put more pressure on him to make more comedy.
oh i hadn't thought of that. ow.
I love the double meaning in his last line to the audience: "I hope you're happy."
Whether you take it as genuine sentiment or defiant dismissal (or both), it lands.
It lands so hard fr
he stated in an interview that it was written to be very sarcastic, but they ended up going with a more authentic take
The Kanye rant is genuinely one of my favorite songs of his. It’s genuinely really funny at the beginning and then it hits you with reality at the end of it and man, does it hit hard. He did a really good job with it!
yeah
@Chiefdrago17 same honestly
i was laughing so hard and then it became serious and i was just crying during a comedy show???? like bo pls
Words words words is just a whole song about random wordplays. It'd probably be easier to understand with lyrics lmao. Certain lyrics can go over heads easily.
Also, the Kanye rant is interesting as the Pringles can and Chipotle burrito things could be seen as weird references to his actual problems. He couldn't fit and everything kinda fell apart and no one told him. Funny but sad when you realize that the whole thing could be interpreted about his falling out of Comedy.
He didn’t actually intend for those to be metaphors, I’d send a link to where I heard that but I don’t remember which interview it was from, if I find it I’ll edit this comment
@@VagueNaming yeah I watched that interview too, I’ll link it in a sec
Here it is: th-cam.com/video/eOABIabgRCg/w-d-xo.html
@@VagueNaminghe, in fact, did not edit the comment
Most interesting part about the Kanye Rant is that it was the last song in his latest special before Inside about 5 years ago. The song sounds like a cry for help after inside because he clearly says that he doesn't think he can handle being in the spotlight for very much longer, and that he needs to work on himself. And as we all know, after having some panic attacks while performing the show he quit touring and ultimately took a 5 year break as he explained during All Eyes on Me
Ow 🥺🥺
exactly this tho
Apparently he started having a pinck attack at the end of the kanye rant which is oart of why he left so quickly
Mathew: i wonder how serious Bo is gonna get with this
Bo: *starts singing about pringle cans*
I would HIGHLY recommend 'We think we know you' by Bo. I listen to it so often, and every time it still gives me chills.
My 2 favorite lines from Bo are "My drugs attention, I am an addict But I get paid to indulge in my habit" from Art is Dead and "You say the oceans rising like I give a shit You say the whole worlds ending, honey, it already did You're not ganna slow it Heaven knows you tried Got it? Good, now get inside" from All Eyes on Me. The ways hes able to construct and portray his songs with both comedy and some real shit is mind blowing and I feel like those two lines are so deep and relatable to damn near anyone
Two absolute bangers of a line.
Bo has so many genius songs with deep meanings. I recommend From God's Perspective, Repeat Stuff, Lower your Expectations, Pandering and Channel 5 News (an extremely underrated one about the media)
Omg I forgot about channel 5 news, that's a good one
There's another underrated one about teen depression and cutting but I can't remember the name
@@pencils7351 Nerds perhaps?
@@pika_9259 oh yeah, I really like that one
Channel 5 news is really underrated
It's terrifying to realize that after he walked off stage in "Make Happy", he had a massive panic attack, quit comedy for 5 years, and then made Inside. Also, I think the ending of "Make Happy is really depressing because it shows something that I think Bo thinks he will never get and this sort of idyllic perfect world.
if i remember right i thought he was having the panic attack while ON stage as he performed Can't Handle This, could be wrong though
:O part two with from god's perspective, left/right brain, repeat stuff, my whole family thinks i'm gay, and ironic - smile
I was just talking with my roomie about how the worst days of my past have become the stories I tell while laughing the hardest. Was I happy then? No, but I have moments now when I'm happier for those times. Alternately, I feel sad when I think about the great times because they're gone and done. Happiness is weird and variable for sure.
I don't mean to offend, but some of us have traumas so severe that we can't talk about it without reliving it. There's no laughing, just sickness. Again I don't mean to snap at you or anything, don't take it wrong. But when Bo says, "They don't even know the half of it," I have a feeling "it" is a LOT deeper than almost anyone knows. If he's anything like me anyway. Which he's clearly not, because he's successful. 😏😅😰
Mathew: *laughing during ART IS DEAD*
me: you're laughing now... *cries*
Not so fun fact: this performance of can't handle this was his last performance before his 5 year break. After going off stage he said that he had a full blown panic attack becuase he quite literally, couldn't handle it.
A lot of his songs refer to his mental health if you look at it from an angle "we know you" is a song about different groups of people having a different view of him as a person eventhough that's not always true. The base their opinions on something that's hardly comparable.
ART IS DEAD: his guilt for the position he was basically forced in after his vines became popular. And him feeling guilty of taking money and time from people when there's other who like the lyrics said who work at the drugstore and live from almost nothing. His debate on weather or not its good he's in the position he's in.
I don't think that I can handle this right now: refers to not only his insecurity and anxiety but also the panic attacks Bo has had over the years. Part of me fears you. His intire life became dependent on the opinions of the media something he wasn't expecting nor was he equipped to deal with it.
(Idk that's how I look at them but I could very much be wrong)
Him saying 'I don't think i can hadle this right now' hits way harder when you realise hes literally have a panic attack at that very moment
'I can't handle this' is a very moving song.
The burrito is a metaphor to his career. He wouldn't have been a celebrity if he knew about everything else that came with it. Such as mental health problems, attention all the time leaving him barely any time to just be himself, the need to please have everyone, so on and so forth.
He started out on Vine for fun, and got scouted before he was 18 I think. Everything was dumped on him and no one told him the repercussions
He said it was a joke in the interview , nothing else
im sorry but reading “the burrito is a metaphor to his career” makes me laugh lmao
Wow "disarming the audience" is the most perfect way that I've never heard someone describe that 👍
More suggestions if you wanna do another one:
-Hell Of A ride
-Left Brain Right Brain
-We Think We Know You
-From God's Perspective
"words words words" is entirely wordplay (hence the title) so it's a lot easier to digest with lyrics on hand lmao
Someone probably already said this, but the panic attacks he was talking about on all eyes on me, that relates to the Kanye rant. This was his very last performance before he took the 5 year break.
"Goodnight. Thank you. I hope you're happy." Chills every time.
Bo is such a versatile performer, he can make you laugh with his raps and his wordplay, and then bring you to tears. Can't Handle This and Are You Happy ? always give me chills and I cannot listen to them without crying, they hit me so hard. It's even more haunting when you think about his monologue in All Eyes On Me and how it's a sort of sequel to Can't Handle This, with him explaining he quit performing on stage after this. If you do another Bo reaction video, I highly suggest Rant (his rapping is so good in this !), From God's Perspective, Lower Your Expectations and Straight White Man.
If you're looking for "straight fire, fast rap bars":
* RANT (Album- "Words Words Words" )
* Probably my favorite. It's an interesting commentary on religion but also a jam
* Hell of a Ride (Album - "What.")
* Not deep, just ridiculous
I'm sure you've heard by now.. but after he walked out the door at the end there, that was where he quit performing live for 5 years (that he talks about in All Eyes on Me)
EVERYONE reacts to Can't Handle This and most people consider it the end of Make Happy because it's the end of the live portion, but Are You Happy is so impactful, so important, so beautiful, and NO-ONE reacts to it, so thank you deeply for watching them both together.
I greatly appreciate Can't Handle This every time I listen to it, but Are You Happy still makes me cry.
thanks for being here, i appreciate you! i'll be posting small micro-songs every so often on my TikTok. essentially gonna use it as a music outlet if you're keen to follow: tiktok.com/@freebootmusic
Please react to “happier than ever” by Billie Eilish
Pls react to Random Encounters’ songs! They make amazing songs and live action music videos about games
Can you try and react to the live versions? The are better by a long shot
You should take a look at TheStupendium, his lyrics are really catchy and well written
Have you reacted to Rex orange county?
If not you should check him out
one of my personal favorite is "from god's perspective," it's *chef's kiss*. i've also recently been listening to "country song" more. they're both kind of a perfect middle ground of being very funny while still having a focused and direct point to make
"I wonder how serious this one is gonna be"
Bo: yes.
I love that he ended his last special by going out of that room and in Inside, he comes back in.
The burrito was a metaphor for life. He wouldn’t have gotten half the shit if he knew it wouldn’t fit…
This was also a planned farewell message to his standup career I think. He retired from standup for 5 years after that performance.
11:22 he had a panic attack behind stage after that performance and had a break from performing for 5 years but then when he thought he was ready to perform again covid happened.
And that, kids, is how we got INSIDE.
If you ever do another one I recommend "we think we know you" if you haven't heard it yet, it's great
watching people react to "oh bo" for the first time is so amusing
on the subject of the are you happy thing: honestly, AJR did a pretty great job with "way less sad", just distinguishing that there's a difference between happy and rock bottom, that there's a hell of a lot of real estate there in the middle
I might be late realizing this...but the Pringle can must be a metaphor for not fitting into the performer role and the burrito is obviously a metaphor for ordering more than be could handle....😮
15:10 - that is indeed the room Inside was filmed in. :)
I think one of the things that hits me hardest with the kanye rant was how he basically tells the crowd hes doing bad, then he says he should "just shut up and do my job" and *then* they start cheering. Almost as if encouraging that mentality of "shove it down and stick to what you do best"
Thank you for laughing at “2 radius’ of a Pringle can is way too small..”! That one always goes over everyone’s head!! Never heard a single person laugh at it, but it gets me every time simply for being a silly little math joke.. lots of people never took geometry I guess 🤷🏻♀️
13:21 i think now knowing that he had severe panic attacks on stage this songs hits different. he's telling us what's going on in his brain like the i can't do this but i've got to stick to the script.
it feels a lot like when you have to go about your day doing stuff when your brain is screaming this is too much
ive tried loading a dozen times and it seems that the video is just incrtedibly offsync.
Great video as usual! Here’s my recommendations for other videos vvv
If you do Bo Burnham part 2:
-Repeat Stuff
-From God’s Perspective
-Left Brain Right Brain
-Lower Your Expectations
-Ironic
If you do another part of Dream SMP songs:
-Out of Touch by Tia Jade ft. CG5
-Spectre by Ellienort ft. Hator
-Nothing to Lose by Precious Jewel Amor
-Empty by Precious Jewel Amor (Empty connects with Nothing to Lose so listen to them one after the other)
-L’Manburg Anthem ft. Viewers by Kanaya (Lyrics by Wilbur Soot, actual anthem in the series)
-Home by Kroh ft. Precious Jewel Amor
-Woe to People of Order by The Shiny Snivy
-Disappear by Candlebard
If you do another Derivakat part:
-Doomsday
-Why (Why is about the aftermath of Doomsday so listen to them one after the other)
-Last Goodbyes (This is a song for a Sleepybois inc. fanfiction called Passerine, based off of the song by The Oh Hellos)
-Blue
Also, Words Words Words’ lyrics don’t make sense because the song is based on puns and wordplay. You can take apart lines and realise clever things he did ex: “A boy, a girl, a middle aged b!tch, botox in the third person/I give the perspective a switch and Bo talks in the third person” and “90 lady cops in the road and I’m arrested for doing 80”.
Oh, this is kind of off-topic, but I just remembered. I highly recommend listening to the Hollow Knight soundtrack. It's an amazing game, and AH the music is beautiful. To start, I recommend Mantis Lords, Greenpath, White Palace, Hornet, and Sealed Vessel. It was a PAIN to narrow that down to only 5, haha.
Oh my gods YES!! Hollow Knight is one of my all time favorite games and the soundtrack is so good.
I’m doing Path of Pain rn and I still haven’t got through the first part T.T
@@vicky_5158 Oh GOD same dude. I discovered it by accident, and I have never known such suffering. I completed White Palace relatively quickly, but this is a whole other challenge. I still haven't beaten the game yet, and I've had no spoilers. But, because of my stubbornness, I REFUSE to beat it before I overcome the Path of Pain. It's the completionist in me.
If you want him to spit fire, look up Hell of a Ride. It's tight and the fews times he did it on stage he was like almost struggling to breathe and keep the speed up.
Hey Mathew! I think it would be awesome if you did a video reacting to Hamilton songs! I just started listening to them and they are amazing, and so sentimental to me since I'm already obsessed with US history. I'm working on finding a way to watch the musical so I can get the visual experience. Anyway, everyone's voices are absolutely amazing. The music is just as great!
Great video! I have only been getting into Bo’s stuff recently myself, so I appreciate this so much!
When he was screaming he was in the middle of a panic attack and trying to keep singing
mathew: yeah im pretty familiar with bo
also mathew: hasnt listened to some of the most famous bo songs
/lh
on a serious note, a lot of his older stuff does deal with issues as well, but there are also lots of songs like words, words, words, which are pure wordplay. and i dont think either is inherently better or worse, but if you like inside a lot, youd probably like his more serious songs more overall. i do love words words words tho even years after i first heard it, i was still picking up on new puns.
id recommend Oh My God (or From God's Perspective, oh my god was a predecessor), channel 5 news, and hell of a ride
It was probably just unfortunate timing or down to editing choices or whatever, but you missed/didn't react to all my personal favourite moments from these songs 😭
That being said, still enjoyed the video and I'm glad you're seeing more Bo.
The one song i live by from Bo is "lower your expectations"
I'M SO GLAD YOU MADE THIS
Something that has always hit home for me with Bo's introspection is that I have a similar existential crisis pretty regularly where I'm worried I don't deserve my life or that despite working hard, I was given opportunities over people more deserving of them. I'm constantly torn between quitting my job and going full-force into charity work and staying where I am and helping other people be successful in my type of career. It's legitimately a regular topic at therapy and my therapist always reminds me that I need my job to pay my bills anyways 😅
Just in case it wasn’t clear, that Kanye performance was his last ever live performance before he quit for 5 years. Which you see the sort of 2nd part of with All Eyes on Me
Great reaction - ngl I thought I knew most of Bo's songs but even i didnt know Are You Happy? existed until now. Also you should react to Rex Orange County (quite orchestral/ jazzy bedroom pop)
Can you please react to vocaloid? Its basically a program and there are producers that make amazing songs :D
The english lyrics are often dark, but they hold a lot of meaning, so please turn on subtitles. The songs i would recommend are
- rolling girl
- world is mine
- gomenne, gomenne (it's very disturbing, look at the translated lyrics at your own risk)
- Bring it on
- mind brand
- the disappearance of hatsune miku
- the vampire
- ghost rule
THIS
3 words: World end's dancehall
YESSSSSS
If your gonna do a part two I recommend
My whole family
Repeat stuff
Left brain right brain
Ironic
From God's perspective
Sad
New math
:)
Ranboo and bo burnham fan? BE MY FRIEND!!
@@agathasapycmember8728 okay lmao
@@agathasapycmember8728 but first how old are you
"I started doing comedy when I was just a sheltered kid
I wrote offensive shit and I said it
Father please forgive me for I did not realize what I did
Or that I'd live to regret it"
„We think we know you“ by Bo Burnham is one of my favorite songs
honestly i would recommend you see either Make Happy or what. as a whole. it’s an entirely different experience watching the songs in context with each other and his stand-up. anyways, really interesting seeing the perspective of someone who saw Inside first before seeing his other things
I think that most people, when they ask the question or think about the question, they consider mostly where they are right now in their lives, all the highs and lows, and put it all together and they base their answer on whether or not they are generally content with how things are for them at the moment. If you think back on your life, every decision you've made, the good times and the bad times, and you come out of those thoughts generally satisfied with the results at the moment, then you are happy, even if you're not smiling all the time, even if you're angry or sad about something from time to time, even if it's hard work and you're struggling, even if you do have some regrets, if you can give your life a solid nod and breath a sigh of satisfaction, then that's enough to call it being happy. Some people, of course, can't do this, but I feel like most people probably can, even if they think their lives could be more than they are, or they could be doing more with them. Of course, I could be wrong and most people don't feel that way, but I hope that most people do.
Oh wow! I didn't get the notification. But, enjoyed the video, as before though, react to Stupendium songs please!
When he said it's Way back in 1000 BCE - That's before the common era .... It is literally before the common era because of the 1000 years before, but he is also describing the meaning of BCE (Before the Common Era) - The wordplay in this video is crazy. Bo's songs are comical, but he usually throws in truth bombs to make you think. This one is about the double wordplay, but then the verse about the US brings it down to earth. The USA is great, but we are also really judgmental on immigrants and certain things as a country.
We the people of the USA
Jose, we're not talkin to you, esse.
We got a border in order to keep you out,
It's what my NYU essay's about
Cause we're, xenophobic warrior princess,
Molested by my uncle sam, is that incest?
"I want you" to smell my finger
Does my nephew's scent still linger?
South of queers, north of hell,
The queer ones suck and the brown one's smell
We guard the border and we guard it well
But some slip through the cracks of the liberty bell
Did I say liberty? I meant taco, paco, hey you better let that rock go
Cause in real life goliath wins
And then sells all the silk that the widow spins.
I have so much respect for how you choose to react.. actually transformative, and with real commentary.. not just pretending to be some “BAR BREAKUUUUR” but then missing nearly everything while stealing the entire content with literal pauses shamelessly saying “sorry have to pause not to get blocked..... “ awkward... how about actually saying bloody something about it and how you feel.. just pretentious. I actually enjoy your commentary so much i wish youd spend more time talking bc the quick things you say are always so on point and important and i just want to hear you rant or talk more about it.. you seem extremely self aware and able to read the room with your initial comment and throught mid of the kanye rant.. you could feel it.. “shivers”.. then the absolute difference of tone once you felt the gravity and understood the deliberate use of the “run it one more time”... after the mini retell “just doing his job” despite his health. He flipped this show on its head with that song.. and yes, it was the last time he ever performed on stage again.. even inside, wasnt on stage, obv. So he has stuck true to his words in podcasts and interviews after the show ended when he dropped the fact that was this was intented to be the last time hed ever perform on stage again.. even if just for yourself, i highly recommend watching “bo burnham art is dead in the green room”.. its abt an hour long, but its a fascinating watch bc its a Comedians Lounge for the highest tier comedians.. so 50 mins of the vid is him, age 20, invited by a group of famous comedians to just banter and joke around. So its cool to not only see Bo, so young, being treated respectfully and equally to these very seasoned Comedy Vets.. but also to see how THEY all look at him.. with such intrigue.. so one of them eventually asks him to play “art is dead” and if you dont know the song.. its a very anti industry with very heavy punchlines which are usually the “joke” like most of his stuff.. the very ironic parts of life. So in the Green Room, he gets on that piano with just evolving rage, slamming the keys everytime the small audience there laughs, as if to say “THATS NOT FUNNY”. The Comedians who “get it” just watch in awe.. theres a lot of beautiful and funny things these older comrades say to him that just feels so honest and kind. Highly recomend. And i do wish youd speak longer abt yourself within the songs.. whether about life, music arrangement, whatever. You just sound like you could add so much more you prob cut out. Many Cheers. 🧚🏻♀️
Please do more!! Recommendations: straight white male, sad, repeat stuff, from god's prospective, left brain right brain, we think we know you, "the break up song", rant
Can’t Handle This is heartbreaking when you realize he was near a panic attack at the end. Those yells are him genuinely panicking. So sad.
THEORY: The burrito was actually a metaphore about being 'famous', it all was way too much for him too handle, and being as young as he was definitely didn't help. He's telling the experts who helped him get there that they should've warned him about how overwhelming the life he wanted so desperatly actually is. The burrito was full, he couldn't handle the lifestyle and it definitely took a toll on his mental health. (causing panic attacks on stage and not wanting to perform anymore, as mentioned in Inside.)
Hiya!! I appreciate the analysis, but maybe don't state that as if it's confirmed that that's what he meant? It's okay to interpret it any way you want, but remember that Bo might not have intended that. Maybe the burrito meant something at else, maybe it meant nothing at all- we don't know.
@@ninkinminjaj Hi! Thanks for reminding me, you're absolutely right! When writing this I was convinced that that was what Bo was thinking when writing it, mentioning that for the watcher it's up to their interpertation, but that's what it meant for him (and that he himself confirmed it). But, your comment made me think about it and i realise that he never said that, it was actually someone who analysed it. So... Thanks for correcting me, I will fix it right away!
Bo didn’t intend anything with that, he said that in another interview, I’m sorry but i don’t remember the name of the interview
"Are you happy, as a question, is inherently flawed as a question." That's real.
Frickin love bo! have you ever thought of reacting to musical songs?
"rant." by him is so good too!!!
The Kanye Rant always gives me chills, but this time I enjoyed your rant too :p
WE GONNA NEED A PART 2
I remember when I found out about him few years ago and now I’m just so glad that he’s getting the recognition that he deserves
I love cant handle this sm
Mathew, you should listen Doki Doki Literature Club fan songs!
Some examples:
Just Monika!
Doki Doki Forever!
They’re all so good in my opinion :)
your reality isn’t actually a fan song! it’s apart of the actual game. :]
@@revit4lizedd oh sorry, i messed the songs up.
thanks for telling me!! :D
Does he know the context of ddlc though?
@@sandy-pb5vt i mean he didnt know the context of a lot of things he listened to. also, he will probably get it from the songs :)!
i can't handle this right now is so intense to see after watching inside. its like your seeing exactly what you hear bo talk about in inside
I loved this video! Also: I would recommend watching We Think We Know You if you do a part 2; it has a similar vibe to the Kanye Rant, and I think it's equally powerful.
Ever since I was a kid Bo Burnhams videos are the only thing that can shake me out of my depression it feels like he meets me at my level and brings me out of it with a joke
if you do a pt 2, definitely check out god's perspective, left/right brain, and Sad (everyone else in the comments was being sentimental so I had nothing else to stay-)
12:41 I HAVE SEEN MAKE HAPPY WAYY TOO MANY TIMES AND THAT NEVER EVEN CLICKED IN MY BRAIN WOW
You should definitely do We Think We Know You!
can’t handle this right now will always hit catastrophically hard every time feels like the first time listening honestly
I love how the room at the end is the same room he filmed Inside in.
after listening to the kanye rant, you should absolutely watch make happy, his special from back in 2016 right before he "quit" live comedy. imo it's a perfect mix of feel good and poignant
i would really recommend watching his specials what. and make happy in full at some point because the way he uses the stage and really creates full shows is truly something special for stand up
2nd (: all I have to say for now
He needs to watch: Gods Perspective, Right and left brain, inside again and other live songs
dude, im so happy his stuff is blowing up again
PLEASE treat this like u did with inside. listen to a few of bo’s songs from his live shows, then have another reaction to his full live netflix specials!! If you watch “what” and/or “Make Happy” as a reaction video it will be fucking amazing.
also good views
This is what I needed after watching some Ultra Despair Girls (spin off of the Danganronpa series that’s supposed to be played in between SDR2 and DRV3) play throughs
"harkens back to inside"
that's the amazing thing about it. it harkens forward to inside. inside seems to begin near the end of make happy. despite the five year gap, the two shows feel like a single work. because yes, that is the same room at the end.
You should react definitely react to more idkhow!
Some songs would include razzmatazz, leave me alone, new invention, kiss goodnight, and there cover of debra!
I like the song art is dead, but there is a specific video of it that I love, it is special because you can closely see all the people watching him perform, and they are laughing
You should listen to some more of his poplar songs!
i havent laughed at “art is dead” since 2017, i can’t find it funny anymore it’s just sad
Botox in the third person
Bo talks in the third person💃🏻
12:52
THATS WHAT I'VE TRYING TO TELL TO MY MOM BECAUSE EVERYTIME SHE ASKES ME THAT I SAY "idk" AND ONCE SHE WAS LIKE "Well, you should be good cause there are people out there who don't have a house and don't have food and-" LIKE BITCH I KNOW BUT- WAS THAT NECESARRY??
(She said that cuz i kinda told my brother and dad that i used biting my nails as sh, and they told my mom)
"I wonder how serious Bo gets in this..."🙄😅😆😆😆
hey, if you feel like doing any other songs (no pressure if not tho!) hell of a ride is a great one :D
MATT!!! You gotta react to Aurora (Aksnes). Her songs is incredibly amazing and ethereal, I think you're gonna love her!
Finally, a reaction video where they actually laugh! It makes it so much more enjoyable knowing that you understand his sense of humor and background