Ren's currently doing a collaboration with the Skinner Brothers, a UK artist. I loved them all but especially, Dream Life, and Ctrl Alt Delete.
Dream Life 🔗Ctrl Alt Delete 🔗Ren × The Skinner Brothers — Sick Sick Soul: A Day in Brighton Told in Four SongsFew collaborations land with the immediacy and swagger of Ren and The Skinner Brothers' Sick Sick Soul project. What began quietly at 7:16 a.m. with "So the Story Goes" evolved into a four-part Brighton chronicle — a single day told through rhythm, mischief, and defiance. Each track marks a new hour, a new mood, and together they map a full creative pulse: from chaos to clarity, from funk to soul.
The opening chapter, "So the Story Goes," sets the tone. It's early morning in Brighton: Ren slips out of a woman's window as her boyfriend storms in, the chase begins, and Soul Boy pulls up to save him, The track bursts with dawn energy — half-danger, half-laugh — setting up a day that refuses to stay quiet.
By 10:37 a.m., "CTRL-ALT-DELETE" rolls in on a thick, 70s-80s-style funk groove — bass heavy, swagger-driven, and perfectly steezy. Ren and Soul Boy stop at a convenience store for pre-sesh scran, the kind of detail that grounds their rebellion in everyday life. The track's hook, "CTRL-ALT-ALT-DELETE," becomes both a dancefloor chant and a metaphorical reboot — wipe the slate, start fresh, move forward.
Mid-afternoon (3:13 p.m.) finds the crew in "Truth or Dare," posted up in a Brighton pub. The mood loosens but deepens; Ren's bars crackle with local references while Soul Boy's hooks nod to the old-school — "Turn up the tape and the CD player." It's the record's midpoint, where reflection meets rhythm, where bravado gives way to shared humanity.
The story closes at 11:11 p.m. with "Dream Life." The beat brightens, the tone turns soulful, and Zach Skinner's voice takes center stage — raspy, warm, and irresistibly alive. Ren reappears, this time not running from love but stepping toward it. The final monologue, read like a professional narrator, lifts the curtain on the entire series: dreams as rebellion, imagination as survival. It's more than a song; it's a statement that even in the noise, meaning still breathes.
From sunrise to midnight, Sick Sick Soul captures the dual spirit of Brighton — restless and reflective, gritty yet full of light. Ren brings the wordplay and philosophy; The Skinner Brothers bring the heart and swagger. Together they've built a world that moves, laughs, fights, and loves — all in a single day.
These are all bangers, and I highly recommend watching them all in order.
You can watch them all at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=0HhRNbZ0wRY%2CFmaBhsRfhIw%2CX--PXyB1Zw0%2Cu1qtyMPokZM&type=0&title=Collaborations 🔗 [Link: youtube.com/watch_videos/]
