This Rap Fan Listening To My Chem For The First Time Is So Wholesome

Though for most of us it feels like only yesterday we were discovering the brilliance of My Chemical Romance, in actual fact it's coming up two decades since the New Jersey titans began their journey in taking over the world. There are still a ton of people out there who have somehow never heard the band, though, as YouTuber JY Tha Pharoah demonstrates with this wholesome reaction video.

The rap fan puts on 2006 LP The Black Parade's lead single Welcome To The Black Parade and anthemic sing-along Teenagers, plus 2004 album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge's iconic opener Helena for the first time, documenting his heartwarming and surprising response to Gerard Way and co.'s brand of rock.

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"I went into this video feeling kinda tired, feeling kinda sleepy. Not no more! Not anymore," JY enthuses after Welcome To The Black Parade, before diving into the musicality and many gear changes within the single: "How the song built up with the instrumentation, with the piano and then Gerard's sombre tone and all the other instruments came in, and then it hit that first initial 'boom', right? Gerard's dope singing vocals came in so strong, right? It's like something came over me! I got goosebumps…"

His reactions to Helena and Teenagers are similarly infectious, headbanging along and providing some very intense facial expressions. And, we have to say, we still feel exactly the same way – even after our millionth listen…

Check it out below:

Catch My Chemical Romance’s reunion tour (and react exactly like this) at the following dates next year:

June 2021

15 St. Avstell Eden Project
17 Milton Keynes Stadium MK
19 Milton Keynes Stadium MK
20 Milton Keynes Stadium MK
22 Dublin Royal Hospital Kilmainham

July 2021

2 Prague Rocks
4 Bologna Sonic Park Festival
6 Bonn Kunst!rasen
7 Bonn Kunst!rasen
9 Kiev U Park Live
11 Moscow Park Live Festival
12 St Petersburg Ice Palace

September 2021

8 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
9 Toronto, Ontario – Scotiabank Arena
11 Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
13 Boston, MA – Garden
15 Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
16 St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
18 Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
19 Atlanta, GA – Music Midtown
21 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
22 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
25 Sunrise, FL – BB&T Center
28 Houston, TX – American Airlines Center

October 2021

1 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
3 Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
6 Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
8 Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
11 Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
12 Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
14 Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
17 Los Angeles, CA – The Forum

November 2021

6 Auckland, NZ – Outer Fields At Western Springs

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