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  "description": "This week's Song of the Week is CTRL ALT Delete by Ren and the Skinner Brothers!",
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  "tags": [
    "Sick Sick Soul",
    "So The Story Goes",
    "Ren",
    "Hi, Ren",
    "Sick Boi",
    "Lyme",
    "ME/CFS",
    "wellness center",
    "here",
    "Fire In The Booth",
    "shout out",
    "THAT",
    "EP",
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  "textContent": "Sometimes when I post a poll to choose the next Song of the Week it feels like a fierce competition right up until the timer runs out and the poll closes. It's pure chaotic uncertainty, and at times can feel very nerve wracking... But this was not one of those times.\n\nAs soon as I saw Ctrl Alt Delete come up as one of the randomized selections, I almost didn't bother to roll the rest because in my mind it was already in the bag. And as the first song from the Sick Sick Soul EP to ever be rolled as a poll option, is it really any surprise?\n\nBetween the song itself and the video, _Ctrl Alt Delete_ is definitely a fan favorite from that collaboration. It was the second track from _Sick Sick Soul_ to hit one million views, following closely on the heels of So The Story Goes which was released a week prior.\n\nAh, yes—the glory days where we got to experience a new song from both the Skinner Brothers AND Ren every single week for six weeks straight. What a time to be alive! Personally, I had already been following the Skinner Brothers for some time when this EP was released, but Ren's ongoing health battles made him a little trickier to catch in a premier. I think this is one of the first of his that I was able to attend (and I honestly didn't know what to expect from it), but I was completely unprepared to see the chat whizzing by at break-neck speeds, even on slow mode!\n\nI’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that Ren needs no introduction in this community. It was through Ren that many of us found the Skinner Brothers to begin with (myself included), and we are eternally grateful for that connection. On the off chance that you aren’t familiar with his work though, it would be a massive understatement to say that you are in for a treat.\n\nMany of his songs, including Hi, Ren and Sick Boi illustrate the daily struggles of living with chronic health conditions, and the impact his eventual diagnosis of Lyme disease has had on his career after being incorrectly diagnosed with Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and bipolar disorder previously. His lyrics also touch upon his frustration with the medical community, and the strength he found in becoming his own advocate in a system that cares more about profit than it does about wellness.\n\nThese challenges have led him to give back to the community by opening his own wellness center that will provide access to homeopathic treatment options for others who are also battling chronic conditions, and the aim is to do so in a setting that feels less clinical and more comforting. While it is still in the planning stages, the wellness center already sounds like a promising option for those who are suffering and feel as though they have exhausted any other available option.\n\nTo learn more about Ren’s story, I highly recommend checking out the series of videos he posted chronicling the events from beginning to end here.\n\n> I'm a certified nutter\n\nApart from being a master lyricist (Fire In The Booth, anyone?), Ren is also part of a small percentage of independent artists who have clawed their way to success despite the music industry desperately trying to hold them back. Subsequently, he is in a unique position to pave the way for other rising stars by putting them in front of his growing fanbase (who have appropriately adopted the nickname ‘Renegades’). The Renegades are well known for coming through in force to support any new artist that Ren recommends– but don't confuse that with following blindly– I have yet to see a bad recommendation from Ren. The dude is literally a talent magnet.\n\nAfter Ren gave the Skinner Brothers a shout out for their song _Prawn Soup_ , many of his fans found their way into the Skinner Brothers camp as well. (No, not THAT one.) What resulted was a remarkably seamless blend of like-minded individuals who have come together as one united front, showing up every day and proving time and time again that you do not have to be blood-related to be a family. Tony Soprano, eat your heart out!\n\nSame, bruh.\n\nFrom that moment on, we were all rooting for some type of collaboration between the two, but we certainly were not expecting an entire EP! And you could have knocked me over with a feather when rumors began to swirl that _Sick Sick Soul_ was only the first volume of what could potentially end up being THREE!\n\nWithin the first day or two of this song being released, someone in the comments section had described the little guitar piece (at the two-minute mark) as being “Santana-esque,” and that line has stuck with me ever since because it hit the nail right on the head. Trying to figure out if Zac or Ren was responsible for it was a real mystery though, because neither artist wanted to spoil the surprise.\n\nPersonally, I could see it going either way: In terms of overall style, it certainly seems more in line with Ren’s music, but Zac operates on an undercurrent of modesty equivalent to casually slipping into your final dress and saying “What? This old thing?” while everyone scrambles to pick their jaws up off the floor. I’m not much of a gambler, but if I were, my money would be on the Skinner Brothers for this one.\n\n> I played the cards that I was dealt\n> My hand was bad, but\n> I'm a fuckin' lion in this bitch!\n\nAnd we haven’t even talked about the video yet! There’s so much to unpack here! If you’re on the Patreon you’ll remember Zac’s woes of having to shoot the scene where he buys the mushy peas over and over, which will never stop being funny to me (Sorry, Z!). After leaving the shop, he briefly stops to play soccer (yeah, I said it… fight me!) with some fellas outside, which makes me wonder if all British people are just born knowing how to play soccer, kind of like how sea turtles instinctively know to head towards the ocean after hatching.\n\nThen, there’s Ren buying “medical supplies that comply with YouTube’s Terms and Conditions,” but we all know that’s a lie because only drugs could make you think that eating an entire can of mushy peas all by itself is a good idea. And the cameraman’s shadow? Priceless.\n\nBut we certainly can't forget everyone's favorite part...\n\nI don't think anyone was expecting that, and yet somehow, it works. The happy little trumpets take this song to the next level, and you can't help but do a little boogie whenever they chime in. It's the cherry on top of an already perfect sundae, if you ask me.\n\nKeep your eyes peeled for the next installment of _Sick Sick Soul._ While they may decide to take it in an entirely different direction this time, I don't think anyone would complain about having more songs like _Ctrl Alt Delete_ in their lives!\n\n☘️🖤\n\nLyrics from Genius:\n\n[Zac]\nWoo!\nI say slow down, preacher man, the love won't stop\nWhen a beat this tough, they're gonna lose their top\nThey told me thousand times, they said, \"Soul Boy, stop\"\nI put my middle finger out, I said, \"Fuck you, watch\"\n\nI played the cards that I was dealt\nMy hand was bad but\nI'm a fucking lion in this bitch\nTurn a bad thing around and make it feel good\nFeeling myself right now, I really could\nKing of the world, so hot, man\nI'm frying in this bitch\nTop Trump when I hear the world gonna go bang\nGonna go to bed when the planet get peak\nMan, I'm gonna ctrl-alt-alt-delete\n\n[Ren]\nI said slow down, stop and breathe, relax and inhale\nLost myself inside the spaces between heaven and hell\nYou see we gentrify the fibres of the human condition\nExcavate the soul, replace it with materialism\nHold up, watch it\n\nWatch the kid, I'm in the cockpit\nBass line riff, it hits right in the pocket\nDrop it, sick, the Sick Boi spit droplets\nRain on the rhythm precision it's hypnotic, sucker\n\nMusic for the gutter, a mean motherfucker\nA G not butter, I'm a certified nutter\nOooh, the force, the typhoon, the music tycoon?\nI'm steezy, my brother\n\n[Ren]\nI played the cards that I was dealt\nMy hand was bad but\nI'm a fucking lion in this bitch\nTurn a bad thing around, it make you feel great\nPick it up or pressurise the pressure deflates\nPour a little gasoline and make a bonfire in this bitch (fuck off)\nKick drum with the 808, damn it's so bad\nThink I'm gonna turn it in, I feel a little beat\nMan, I wanna ctrl-alt-alt-delete\nMan, I wanna ctrl-alt-alt-delete\n\n[Zac]\nAnd then so my story goes\nGirl meets boy, let's go\nOf the things they love and the things they do together\nAnd then so my story goes\nGirl, meets boy, let's go\nOf the things they love and the things they do together\nAnd then so my story goes\nGirl meets boy, let's go\nOf the things they love and the things they do forever\n\n[Ren]\nRun like I'm Usain, true pain, new game\nProfane bars are fat like the Buddha\nCome like I'm Bruce Wayne, old game, new lane\nPropane, lightning strike like barracuda\nMicrophone abuser, cyclone maneuver\nTyson-like movement, striking twice using\nMighty right bruising, line of sight humans\nNighty-night 'scuse me, I'm polite, usually\n\nSike, I'm a sick boy, I do what I like\nI don't like that sort of fish, it won't bite\nHow'd you even get in a dress so tight?\nThe nights still young, but I think I just might\nHumour me, usually I'm in the mood to be\nMoving with you, that's a unity\nChoosing me, choosing you, beautifully stupid\nEnough, that's a lovesick lunacy\n\n[Zac]\nI played the cards that I was dealt\nMy hand was bad but\nI'm a fucking lion in this bitch (I'm a lion)\nTurn a bad thing around and make it feel good\nFeeling myself right now, I really could (what?)\nKing of the world, so hot man\nI'm frying in this bitch (sick, sick, soul)\nTop Trump when I hear the world gonna go bang\nGonna go to bed when the planet get peak\nMan, I'm gonna ctrl-alt-alt-delete\n\nWe don't have a comments system enabled, mostly because we respect your privacy and we also don't want to potentially have to act as moderators on this site. 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  "title": "Song of the Week: CTRL ALT Delete",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-09T09:00:36.707Z"
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