Watch an exclusive clip from part two of Ren’s ‘Prisoner’s Round’ documentary
An intimate look at the singer's new documentary
By Nick Reilly
Ren has shared an exclusive clip of the second part of Prisoner’s Round, the new documentary which follows the creation of his ‘Starry Night’ visual and the huge personal cost it nearly had on him.
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The film is an in-depth look into the creative process and challenges that Ren has faced while juggling a burgeoning career with chronic Lyme disease.
On the making of the piece, Ren explained: “Creating this for me was more than making a song, on my first attempt to film this I went temporarily blind in one eye during an autoimmune attack, I ended up in hospital with a flare of brain damage related issues, and had to wait months before attempting again, and there were several very difficult setbacks during the time scraping this together, but I was so adamant to finish it.”
“It embodied something I’ve been feeling deeply, as a growing feeling for years, that we as a people have created a system of decision making that is making us collapse inward. It’s obvious, everywhere you look. No matter which side of the political fence you sit, our own value system has divided us to the point of severe conflict. I’m sick of the circus.”
He added: “Despite this I feel hopeful. Every day I meet and see beautiful people, with good intentions, with no desire to tread on their fellow man or woman to get where they’re going, with good thoughts, creative people, people who want to work to make change, and time and time again, we have proved our adaptability, our ability to learn, steer course when we need, admit where we fall short rather than point fingers, and grow.
“A better way of making decisions on behalf of our entire species exists, we just have to want to build it, and we must build it together, with good intentions.”
It comes as the singer and multi instrumentalist gears up to release his third full-length album with accompanying visuals later this year. His last album, 2023’s Sick Boi, hit Number One in the UK charts in its first week of release.