Underplayed Gems

Hi Ren (2022)

Hi Ren poster
Directed by
Ren Gill
Genre
music
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
9 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

This is a music video where the artist raps and sings about his struggles with illness and mental health. He performs a dialogue between different parts of his mind and body.

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What happens

Ren Eryn Gill (born 29 March 1990), known professionally as Ren, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, rapper, producer, actor, and director. Ren has been a member of Trick the Fox and the Brighton-based busking band The Big Push, and has independently released the studio albums Freckled Angels (2016) and Sick Boi (2023). Ren gained wide attention with the 2022 music video "Hi Ren", which addresses illness and mental health. The video was nominated in the Best Music Video category at Camerimage in 2023. Sick Boi reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 20 October 2023. In the United States, the album debuted at number 137 on the Billboard 200, and Ren reached number four on the Billboard Emerging Artists chart. Ren has spoken publicly about living with Lyme disease and related chronic health problems. He has said that before receiving a Lyme disease diagnosis in 2015, he was treated for depression and was also misdiagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and bipolar disorder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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