What’s really unfortunate about the bad rap Swifties have gotten online, is that it’s pretty new behavior in the grand scheme of Taylor’s fame. Up until very recently, it was very uncool to be a Taylor Swift fan. She’s been regularly insulted by the general public & media for going on two decades now. Her dating life, her perceived art credibility, her vocal & songwriting abilities, etc. And if you liked her, your taste was immediately trash to the people who get to decide what good music is. So long time fans got into a habit of being defensive. However! In the past 2-3 years, as Taylor’s fame has continued to grow exponentially, more and more new fans have joined the party. And some of those fans are loud, & mean, & lack empathy for the people they’re claiming to “protect” Taylor from. It’s incredibly frustrating to those of us who have been here for a long time. I try to remind myself 1) that many of them are probably young teens & 2) not to be ashamed of liking Taylor on their behalf, because I’ve been a fan for a long time and have never once considered leaving hate comments on a reactor’s YT video for “misinterpreting” a song that was already up for interpretation. The rest of us should do better job of policing anybody who acts like that on social media. It’s just so strange to see such a lack of empathy from fans of an artist renowned for hers. I’m very sorry you had such a poor experience and I hope it doesn’t turn you away from exploring more of Taylor’s music

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Please never stop with the random stories! Lol I'm dying here 😂

I cannot tell you how much I loathe when people say “you’re wrong, the song is about this”. Sure, it’s fun to speculate and see connections through the songs but the fact of the matter is we’ll never know exactly what the songs are about unless she explicitly tells us. And songs are supposed to resonate differently with different people. She also is a big fan of double entendres. Many songs are literally supposed to be taken two ways and fans are calling out reactors saying they’re wrong because they took it in one direction and the fan thinks it goes in the other direction. 😅 It’s insane

One thing to know about this album that is fact. There is a love trilogy that links Cardigan, August and Betty. Betty and James were an item. James had a summer fling with…. Augusta ?? (“August”), then James came back to Betty (“Betty”). “Cardigan” is Betty’s perspective after it all went down.

You know Imogen Heap?!!!! Have you heard “Clean” by Taylor Swift? Produced by Imogen!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure someone has already mentioned this at some point, but the additional genius behind Great American Dynasty is that Taylor LITERALLY bought the house she sings about in the song. So it's not just that her life is so similar in terms of the "ish" that Rebecca Harkness went through from judgmental people, when she sings the line about "and then it was bought by me" she meant it. Plus I just love the mental image of some pompous man's pooch getting a dye job.

Have been marathoning your Swift reactions today and loved them thank you. I know it's been suggested to you already but if you haven't listened to Safe & Sound yet, please do. It seems like we have pretty similar taste in music so I think it could be right up your street. It was Carolina and Safe and Sound that made me say "holy fuck" when first diving into her discography. Edit: Also, I'd be really interested to see how you react to Wildest Dreams. It's a single and somewhat glittery but I think it's actually a really beautiful song. The performance at the Grammy Museum with just her and her electric guitar is gorgeous.

Great reaction, love hearing your opinions and interpretations

So the line from TTPD:The Anthology you are connecting to the bridge line from Cardigan is, I think I'm right, is from The Black Dog " 6 weeks of breathing clean air, I still miss the smoke"... Or are you talking about the line from track 2, "you smoked then ate seven bars of chocolates"? 😂 I would argue that Swift's songs rarely operate on the level of only being about one thing. Especially Folklore and Evermore. Cardigan, August and Betty are supposed to be first and foremost a fictional love triangle. But I definitely think the references you are making to imagery from TTPD + The Anthology are strong. How much fun is it to be able to see a musician... Let alone a pop musician... Carrying imagery and metaphors across albums ranging over years apart? There is also imagery and metaphors that she's been carrying through albums since her earliest albums. That's dedication to songwriting that is just so satisfying and exciting to me 😊

No mean comments people, everyone has the right to their opinion.

I am so sorry that you’re feeling some kinda way about the feedback you received. Fans, and we Swifties are no exception, are passionate and it may come across kinda strong. I’ve read comments from some fellow Swifties to you and I wholeheartedly agree that Taylor’s work has many different ways to interpret. I feel that the most powerful message that she brings out in her work, is that it relates to everyone on different levels. The only comment that I see over and over, related to Our Girl’s Reactors’ is an urging for you all to become familiar with Taylor. For example: “Dear John” hits different (😏) once a person learns about Taylor’s experience with John Mayer. “My tears ricochet” is another example, as once a person learns about Taylor’s stolen melodies by Scott and Scooter, it is so poignant. So, don’t worry much. We always appreciate watching reactions! Especially watching the birth of new Swifties, once people get to know who Taylor is, and not from listening to haters.

Have you seen the music video for Cardigan? It’s gorgeous- so good!! She def doesn’t do anything half ass.

My interpretation of mirrorball as a self-diagnosed one herself, is that in simple terms it's about 'people pleasers'. The narrator of the song is desperate to impress and satisfy others so she becomes this thing that no one can take their eyes off - a shiny mirrorball in the center of the room - by almost taking pieces of others to "reflect" back at them. So it's like she has different personalities or facets for every person she meets; "I'll show you every version of yourself tonight". It works because by molding herself in these ways, it keeps people interested because who doesn't like to hangout with others who are similar to them. The problem is that eventually she's taken so many different parts of others to add to herself that she loses who she actually is underneath that and all she is now is a mirror and a performer at all times. Which is why she's still spinning even in the dark or why even when the "circus" is sent home she's still there performing without anyone to perform to. The only way for her to find her true self is to let herself fall and shatter and redefine her shape. Now this is a little different to Taylor's own interpretation which she gave though, where said: "And I think with ‘mirrorball’, sometimes when I’m writing to an instrumental track, I’ll push play and I’ll immediatly see a scene set. This was one of the cases where I just saw lonely disco ball, twinkly lights, neon signs, people drinking beer by the bar, a couple of stragglers on the dance floor, just sort of a sad, moonlit, lonely experience in the middle of a town that you’ve never been in. And I just was thinking “Ok, we have mirrorballs in the middle of a dance floor because they reflect light, they are broken a million times and that’s what makes them so shiny, we have people like that in society too, they hang there and, every time they break, it entertains us. And when you shine a light on them, is this glittery, fantastic thing but then, a lot of the times when the spotlight isn’t on them, they’re still there, up on a pedestal, but nobody’s watching them.”

I saw you dropped this a while ago on Patreon and I was so worried you wouldn't drop an edited version on KZfaq too. The exchange rate is just too much for me right now to subscribe on Patreon, but one day 😂 I've seen some of other non-Swift content you've dropped and I will do my best to get some of it listened to at some point 😅 I feel I owe you that because I definitely shited you out on at least 3 of your early Folklore reactions. And I've enjoyed the music you've recommended since, so I'll stick with ya on the journey when I'm about 😬 Long story: I'm super thankful you are sharing this on KZfaq too 👍😊

Yep. Ttpd refrences a lot of her old work. Ideally, the songs can be interpreted however you like. There's official statements about how certain songs are connected from Taylor herself, but some fans take things way too far claiming songs written on 1989 before she ever met Matty Healy are about him.

I believe she said in TTPD that she “ swirled him into all her poems “ - so I think that is proof that you’re right.

In answer to your question... I believe Mirroball is a metaphor for her relationship with the fans, at times beautiful but also delicate and fragile. She is the mirroball, reflecting the fans emotions back with her song writing. "I want you to know, I'm a mirroball, I'll show you every version of yourself tonight..." The metaphor extends to a circus theme where she compares herself to a trapeze artist/tightrope walker who is "not a natural" but always trying her best to keep the fans happy and entertained.

during lpss she told us cardigan was fictional, after ttpd and some connections to the song like the peter pan reference i‘m also pretty sure its about matty, the same for the 1 probably. you commecting the dots after one listen is actually quite impressive

Quick note. I'll have to check, but if you have not done Carolina (she wrote for movie "Where the Crawdads Sing), I think you'd love it. Done it? Disregard

About your Bon Iver point: Taylor is very aware of her image… she knows how people view her… with this album, she really just tried to work with people she admired - this was not even supposed to be an album, it was supposed to be a way to go through quarantine… and when the album came to be she was terrified that Justin would back out because he wouldn’t want to be in a TS album (it’s in her interviews at the Long Pond Studio Sessions) Also: how fucking do I know this album 😂 you said next is mirroball, and I reflectively said out loud WHAT no its not 😂

When it comes to Swifties, Armys, and Beyhives, the fandom just gets so much shit from people who never actually dive into the entirety of 1 album and usually are just take their radio hits and pissing on the artist for being overrated, talking about exes or just not worth a listen but often the undertones are just plain sexists, racists and xenophobic. So a portion of the fans gets defensive really quickly and have just made it a bad habit. But still, media outlets will blow the toxicity out of portion because it makes more clickbait news. All this to say, as someone who does not subscribe to that toxicity, I can understand the history for these fandoms and many others like it. That does NOT and will NEVER excuse fans from threaten and attacking new listeners who don't understand that and haven't delved into the discography of their artists. The fandoms really need to put the toxic parts of the fandom in place or drown them out because it is tiring.

I'm honestly not sure if Bon Iver is using a pedal or if that's his falsetto in harmony, but theres a ton of post production processing anyhow to clean it up, fix timing and add a ton of reverb, and extra harmonies just as there would be on any record. From the little i know of him, i think his falsetto sounds like that when he performs skinny love live, but i may be wrong. Especially since they were recorded separately during covid. I will say hide and seek is done with a vocoder which i don't think he is using. It's fun to watch her play live... she has a lot of fascinating tech including gloves that act as a live synths. Also i think the credibility thing was more about aaron desner than bon iver. She has a pretty long history of reaching out to whomever she admires and can help her get the sound she wants.

Lana is so good influential in modern pop music it is true! You see her stamp everywhere

Thanks. New Swiftie (followed her from the Chief's - U.S. football). Really like your reviews. Once this old grandma figures it out? I'll see you on Patreon,

11:20 and I noticed in the tortured poets department too (the title track) that the percussion sounds a lot like the sound of typing on a typewriter and then it stops between verses and starts again with the new verse as if she was writing what she sings, so cool! Thank you for your reaction I was looking forward to it!

I think what originally would have annoyed me about your fiest Exile discussion is touched on in her discussion with Aaron and Jack on Long Pond about the background of the entire collaboration. I don't disagree at all that it was an incredibly smart move on Swift's part to collab with a name as big as Bon Iver when she was trying to get into the indie realm... But on top of that, I doubt whether she would have done it with them specifically if she hadn't had been such a serious fan of their music on a personal level. This is a woman who does not need to beg any big name to work with her. She frikking got Kendrick Lemar to collab with her. She got Future to collab with her on her hip hop inspired Reputation album. Neither of those men needed that collab in their careers at that time. And she was so clearly giddy that Vernon did want to collab with her, like she wasn't the biggest mega star on the planet, on that interview at Long Pond, and I didn't find that excitement calculated or fey. It's endearing and I had only really been into Swift's music for a year when Excile came out and had known Bon Iver fairly well since For Emma, Forever Ago. It was what felt like a negation of her personal enthusiasm and that she'd personally been listening to them for years that was frustrating to hear. She wasn't ever just ticking a box with Bob Iver. I think it was a dream she'd had for years.

Everyone has a right to their opinions and nobody should be mean to you if they disagree with your opinion (even if you’re wrong 😂). You have said many times that you don’t care about the back story and just care about the music! Nobody needs an echo chamber. This is a reaction channel after all! I find you entertaining and ❤ how you roll your R’s. I’m an American Swiftie and Sheerio!

Honestly the mean swifties are not true swifties. Taylor has always been about being nice to people. Lyrics can have double, triple meaning and there is no such thing as right or wrong. You can tell a story of what she felt when she wrote it but we can all take away what we want from a song. The real swifties will support you no matter what as long as you are not mean 👏🏻 Love your insight to her music

Fand deine Reaktion wieder super, hab dich durch die Reaktion auf TTPD entdeckt, kann auch völlig nachvollziehen das du den kopf nur schütteln kannst über die toxischen swiftis.. geht mir auch so. Ich hab selbst erst Taylor Swift für mich entdeckt, als langzeit Kansas City Chiefs fan zog mich die neugier von Travis kelce's partner zur swift musik. Hatte ihre musik vorher immer als teenie musik abgetan. Hab aber zeitig endeckt wie falsch ich damit lag. Aber was ich nicht mag ist die verurteilende,toxische swifti gruppe... egal um was es geht, die müssen hass verbreiten. 🤦‍♀️ Ps. Sorry fürs schreiben in Deutsch, kann wunderbar englisch verstehen, bin aber schlecht im englisch schreiben. Grüße aus Deutschland 😅

What happened to "My Tears Ricochet"?, track 5 after Exile?

Mirrorball: Taylor's response to the cancellation of the Loverfest tour because of the pandemic. No circus and rodeo but Taylor is still performing for us all even though we couldn't see her.

THE BALLOONS 😭😭

in exile justin vernon doesn’t use the messina bcz it’s not credited unlime they did in evermore. it’s simply his vocals harmonizing himself

Every time I see one of your videos pop up, I immediately carve out an hour to watch it. I appreciate your insight. 🙂

One of the reasons there is discourse about the meanings of songs is precisely because with more albums comes more information. Taylor told us folklore was fictional. She was in a relationship with Joe, but come to find out she’d been using matty healy as a muse for a decade. NO ONE knew that until TTPD.

She explains each song on the Long pond studio sessions you should watch it

Ahhhh here it is!! Woo hoo ❤❤

I barely listen to the studio version of Mirrorball any more. Probably because it is just easy and chilled. The acoustic for me is just gorgeously gentle and quite anxiety filled on the bridge. The driving rhythm of it also really pulls me in every time. If it wasn't for the acoustic version, I'd probably skip the track most of the time

Folklore is supposed to be fictional and the swifties absolutely disregard that every time she says it. It's so annoying lol

18:33 how many other comments are people screaming “it is Matty Healy”. I know you hate it but the fact that you can tell it’s related to TTPD shows it’s not even well hidden. We didn’t know who it was about before. She said it was “fiction”

Hi I’m back after two days off from watching ALL your TS reactions As far as what the songs are about, Taylor has said on multiple occasions that once they go into the world, they belong to us anyway. We can apply them to our lives If a song IS about her personal life, she’s not going to spill. So it isn’t fact even when we “know” (All Too Well😂😭). Songs that are fictional she sometimes gives the details on so I guess there’s some semblance of “fact” there but again, it’s for you to make it about what you relate to. No one needs to be getting arrogant and territorial about it I’m only on Cardigan and I’ve written a novel 🤦‍♀️ I’ll get out of your hair now 😊

Yeah, so if I don't put Folklore on shuffle, the 1 is often a skip for me (I listen to the playlist on Spotify that has the studio version and the Long Pond Studio Session versions on the same list). I enjoy the song... But I'm usually just too excited to get to better songs on the album if I play the list unshuffled. I never connected the 1 as being similar to The Civil Wars... But now I kinda see that similar vibe in the Long Pond sessions recording. It also gives me a bit of the feel of that band that had at least one song on the Juno soundtrack. Can't for the life of me remember who they are right now

August is my well one of my favorite favorite songs! It does not have to be anybody else’s favorite song it’s just so poignant. The girl who thought she had a relationship but he wound up just using her as a rebound/payback sorta gal. So heart breaking and I just adore the bridge! Just my 0.02$. 💖

Cardigan, August, and Betty are the teenage love triangle, that is a fact, Most of the songs on folklore and evermore are supposedly fictional, with some personal. Cardigan is the POV of Betty, August is the POV of the other woman, and Betty is the POV of James, those are facts.

"None of that's making it to YT." counter: 314 Also: Thanks for all the things you do. Also Also: Part 2 when? Also Also Also: "Babymetal fans" is ignorant. We toxic fandoms prefer "those arseholes" or "youse". 🥔

Loved this haha!!

Oh no no no... Did you miss the song seven??? Or is it a Patreon exclusive? It's quite constantly on my slightly fluctuating Top 10-20 TS songs. So I'd be super sad if you missed it 😢

I don’t love shake it off either but the video is fantastic. I’ll skip the song but watch the video. I hope you’ll check it out sometime

I was today years old when I realised that fking BABY metal was a genre.... What on this godforsaken planet where teletubbies is making a comeback is baby metal 😂😂😂😂😂

I can’t stand people who speak on it as fact! It’s meant to be open to interpretation and that’s typically based on YOUR personal experience. From there we can try to figure out what it means to Taylor but we will never know

I think Taylor’s voice is better than Lana’s!

My favorite 2 songs are cut 🫠

Oooh, I have another connection for you on the Cardigan bridge to TTDP. In Cardigan's bridge, she refers to "standing in your front portch light". On loml from TTPD, she talks about "dancing phantoms on the terrace" 😂😭😂😭😂😭

always love your videos and commentary about T Swift, and especially how you’ve come around as a legit Swiftie. But I must correct one thing regarding your thoughts on The Last Great American Dynasty. Let’s not call Donald Trump “old money”. I believe it goes only one generation back with his father being the son of German immigrants. The Kennedy family is old money. The truest old money goes way back to families coming to America on the original Mayflower ship. Sorry I just can’t let it stand where Trump gets credit for anything!

“ball bag”. 😆😆😆

Evermore is my favorite of the two. More moody.

Okay but shake it off is not a bad song😭

I wasn't sure from what you said in your discussion if you realised or not, but Swift literally did buy Rebekka Harknesss' house in Rhode Island.

😱 Who was mean to you?

The long pond interview for Mirrorball revealed so much. Have you watched the actual full thing when she talks about each song? Maybe you can do that after to discover even more, it’s very insightful, and we LONG for an Evermore Long Pond Session too 🥲