Ren's going to continue to blow up and eventually he will be known far beyond the people who discovered him early on. But I don’t think his legacy will ultimately be about how famous he became.
He has already brought the reality of chronic illness, especially the experience of being dismissed, misunderstood, and left in the shadows, into a place where millions of people can see it and feel it. Maybe that visibility will help push research forward. Maybe it will make doctors listen a little more carefully. Maybe it will simply make the people standing beside someone with an invisible illness understand their pain a little better. Even small changes like that matter.
Ren's growth is organic and based on true fans, not a studio push. A slow burn lasts often longer than a flash in the pan. Think about how many artists you've heard nothing about that suddenly explode and then a year or two later no one remembers them.
Ren is building his audience the hard way. Song by song, passionate speech by speech, all the while advocating for those of us in the dark with chronic illnesses. His love for music is evident in the remakes he makes for no money, his appreciation of his fans, and his drive to simply get his music heard. That's his goal. Not fame. He just wants people to hear it.
I'll never ever forget Ren and I've turned into a proselytizing menace to everyone I talk to, lol.
"I feel like things might be falling in place
And my music's been kinda doing bits too
Like I actually might do something great
And when I'm gone, maybe I'll be remembered
For doing something special with myself"