Taylor Swift Inspired These Poems.

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00:00 intro
03:14 The Albatross
06:27 The Tortured Poets Department
09:28 So Long, London
12:47 My Boy Only Breaks his Favorite Toys
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@diaz9rox 3 ай бұрын

critical swifties unite! jet emissions (she is working on, which is great), billionnaire status (she does not need this much money, she needs to ethically produce merch and reduce the amount she is producing, but at least she pays her tour and artisitic workers well).

@jaelikesjackalopes 3 ай бұрын

the exclusive deluxe editions where you have to buy the album 3 or 4 times to get all the songs

@sarafreitas6988 3 ай бұрын

Agree, specially with the merch. It could be more sustainable, since they are very hefty priced. For example, all the cardigans (that are collector pieces) are made with polyester. Why not pick cotton? Or bamboo? Keep in mind they cost 80/90 dolars a piece.

@NemesiaVicuna 3 ай бұрын

Yes! I’ve been looking for a space on KZfaq for critical Swifties.

@Larissa_KD 3 ай бұрын

@@jaelikesjackalopes sorry what????

@lena311 3 ай бұрын

I personally do not buy any physical music products because UMG/Bravado seem shady

@mimirobin 3 ай бұрын

aah Leena that's why I'm heeere, the careful nuance of fangirling grounded in anticapitalism and also anti-stardom. ngl i don't care for Taylor Swift at all and my initial reaction to the video title ugh not that hypetrain but ofc i love you for making criticism accessible via the hype train and also, your poems are lovely!!

@wanderingoread6423 3 ай бұрын

"and then wonder how many kettles you will manage to boil before you are turned out" Woof. Excuse me while I put myself back together. I've been a renter since childhood and still am. This really captures the feeling of impermanence and instability of moving every 2-4 years for most of my life.

@augustaholyfield388 3 ай бұрын

I've been a huge Swiftie for years (1989 was my gateway drug) and this video is everything I want the fandom to be. Hopefully we can move away from the picking every word apart for the dirty details of people's lives and instead picking every word apart to form our own meanings and find inspiration for our own art, work, and lives

@tararobinson5923 3 ай бұрын

The “thank god I’m not 22” comment 😭😭 girl I’m 22 and I want this year wiped I just want to be older and wiser

@marloesk9753 3 ай бұрын

you got it, live through it, make as many mistakes as you can, wish i had done that

@thiswave499 3 ай бұрын

So long London came for my neck. Playing grown up and having to borrow a home and constantly getting priced out 😭

@Treaclewaffle 3 ай бұрын

What a beautiful idea 🥰 I thought all your poems were really cool! I also appreciate you always take us along for the journey and explain your thought process behind it. Often we only get to see the artist's final product, but I find the process behind it so interesting and informative!

@TheHanification 3 ай бұрын

The So Long London broke my heart a bit. Hit me right in the feels, that one.

@blue_shoes8715 3 ай бұрын

Not a swifty (too much of a metalhead, but i love her lyrisism), and this video idea is a great way to engage with pop culture even if you're not that into it. That is to say your videos are always so approachable and accessible, thank you for that

@amym3745 3 ай бұрын

I don't know Taylor, but I like to think she'd love that her song titles inspired this. These are so good. I need a copy of your Albatross poem!

@hearsae 3 ай бұрын

As a long-time Swiftie, creative writing major, and poet, I am ecstatic for this video!! I'm actually planning on doing a similar challenge in April where I write one poem per day based on the track titles leading up to the album release. Tortured poets unite!

@MaraCares 3 ай бұрын

I'm so glad the algorithm brought this to me today, you are delightful!

@leenanorms 3 ай бұрын

Aw, welcome!

@daisymoon8 3 ай бұрын

The only Albatross I know if it's from the french poet Charles Baudelaire :) It's weird to see how different basic readings are around the world

@moirasalomon 3 ай бұрын

I'm not usually a commenter but am breaking that habit here to say holy shit this is such a cool video idea!!!

@laurahonkanen6765 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely fucking need this pamphlet of poems ASAP! 🤩😅

@Gpchv25 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely adored this - I actually replayed this video to process them again. I find myself enjoying poetry more when I read it (there is something weird? Magic? Mysterious? Sometimes annoying? about how a poem changes when it's read out loud) but this all worked wonders for me even tho I wasn't *reading* them 😂❤ Ps. Leena pumping poetry at the same time my Hannah Louise Poston's poetry book arrived?! Bliss

@candiceo8028 3 ай бұрын

YES!!! Hannah & Leena are so wonderful 🎉

@Alex-hh3sr 2 ай бұрын

Your poetry has given me goosebumps on a number of occasions, I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to see and hear you being your true creative self! You are appreciated!

@leenanorms 2 ай бұрын

Xxx

@Lifescapers 3 ай бұрын

Your sweater is gorgeous and you look wonderful in it. Also the plaid. The London poem really touched my heart and your metaphors really work. Also, I so love you as a tortured poet.

@cutiepiemania45 3 ай бұрын

Leena this is a fun and clever writing exercise. I'm quite excited for the new album!

@CoreenMontagna 3 ай бұрын

14:00 I think that last track could maybe be referencing one of my favorite e.e. cummings poem, You Are Tired (I Think) … You have played, (I think) And broke the toys you were fondest of, And are a little tired now; Tired of things that break, and - Just tired. So am I.

@etCdOMi 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your creative process! I like how you don't just start but try to get into a mindset first based on every song title, make some associations before you start writing. I'm going to try that!

@katiebiggs2289 3 ай бұрын

What a spectacular video Leena!!!

@andrineslife 3 ай бұрын

Genius idea Leena, I might have to give this a try too just to see if I can get myself to writing a little again this way!

@sophiecmitch 6 күн бұрын

Maybe im cringe too but i loved your So Long London poem, it gave me sad chills. Justice for renters

@jamiemonaco2753 3 ай бұрын

Yay! I was hoping you'd put out a new poem video. The challenges are always so creative

@Eleeyore 3 ай бұрын

Never been more excited to be part of the gumption club!! Watching this made me sit down and get back into writing some poems myself

@NataliaNNS 3 ай бұрын

This is such a great idea/video! Loved all the poems ❤

@diaz9rox 3 ай бұрын

i'm already SO excited

@chattylily 3 ай бұрын

Honestly I love your albatros poem! You are so so talented!

@JoyEvelynT 3 ай бұрын

Very creative and unique video! Thanks Leena

@monicasimmons7571 2 ай бұрын

I love this!! Thank you for your thoughtful reflections - I appreciate the encouragement to creatively engage with artists!

@Charlie_Fuchs 3 ай бұрын

I love the idea of getting inspiration from songs titles, and I really liked getting your thought process on each of them. I especially liked the last poem, it made me think of Funeral Blues in its structure. The very classic rhymic pattern adds some kind of normality to the poem, though it's talking about being used for love and I found it particularly striking.

@candiceo8028 3 ай бұрын

Living for this video 💕💕💕

@adelweisz 3 ай бұрын

our swiftie journey is so similar. i could see her appeal prior to 1989, it just wasn't appealing to me specifically. but that album was on repeat in my car for a year (tbh i skipped about half of it tho). and then i dropped off again until midnights (but some of my fav songs, not just of hers but in general, are on the albums that came out between those two albums). ANYWAY! i love this video concept, am so on board with your reasoning, and will resume watching now.

@rachelwilson2773 3 ай бұрын

I’m so inspired by this, what a great exercise! Thank you for your thoughts on creativity. 💛

@cypriennezed5640 3 ай бұрын

I am again in awe of the sleeves on this sweater!! 💜

@KAIMAOFFICIAL 3 ай бұрын

Ahhhhhhh this is so good!! Poetry and Taylor swift… 2 of my biggest loves! April 19th is going to be devastating.. the albatross poem got me emotional! ❤

@literaturegeek1570 3 ай бұрын

Leeeeeena! I know it doesn't fit the video, but I am hyper! I learned knitting yesterday and now the whole world is open to me! 😍😍😍 Thanks for being a knitting influencer for me. 😁 Looking forward to countless hours of keeping my hands busy and mind relaxed with knitting as an ADHD-babe and warm socks for winter. As I don't have access to grandma-knitted socks any more, I shall make my own!

@sursh1429 3 ай бұрын

this is the best kind of taylor content i've never thought of before. i'm continually impressed by u leena. ur my fav youtuber fr

@ZaydaFleming 3 ай бұрын

I do not consider myself a swiftie but I can recognize that she is a good songwriter, engaging performer, and one hell of a business woman. I also didn’t relate to most of her first albums but connected to 1989 at kind of a time in my life when things were in flux and then I didn’t really connect with her music again until Midnights. But I don’t listen with any real regularity. Also I agree that no one needs the influence and wealth and notoriety she has accumulated. Love this prompt for yourself. Really enjoyed the Tortured Poets Department poem.

@Violet316 3 ай бұрын

Taylor gives back constantly, in every city she tours she donates a lot of money to food banks, and she also donates millions to natural disaster relief and cancer research. There is more but I don't have the time, but you get the idea. She also helps any fans who need help, Taylor's people are called Taylor Nation, and they help Taylor carry out good deeds.

@findingthebroom 3 ай бұрын

love this concept!!

@theiceisgettingthin 3 ай бұрын

I love this so much, such a brilliant idea need to go back and watch the others in this series now. What red lipstick are you wearing in this video it's beautiful

@lilyhomma6965 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful poetry! I love the idea of engaging with pop culture in this way - using your creative energies to put something out into the world, and not just passively consuming. You and ItsRadishTime have got me thinking a lot recently of how empty a person can become when all they do is consume and never create. Specifically, you create a positive model of what the self can look like when it puts in just as much as it’s taking and I’m so grateful for that 😊 Would love to see a collab between the two of you eventually!

@daisymay_23 3 ай бұрын

I had literal full body chills during those first two poems

@amy8250 3 ай бұрын

Loved this! 💛

@mariavalente6304 3 ай бұрын

the poems were all amazing. write one poem for every track!

@annalehneis7609 3 ай бұрын

I think this is one of my favourite videos ever 😻

@colleenjuneglatzel5926 2 ай бұрын

I bet she is going to release a poetry book in tandem with her new album.

@annaj3170 3 ай бұрын

Love it!

@sunnys2434 3 ай бұрын

I LOVED this so much, both as a Swiftie and a wannabe creative person?! Anyways, I loved how you took your inspirations to create some poems and just CREATE because god damn it yes, we can all do it and we can all make the things we want ✨

@eliza.the.earthling 3 ай бұрын

We love a nuanced take!!

@grappisrule 3 ай бұрын

that last one hit me in the feels, jeezum

@ellakae7 3 ай бұрын

This video was made for me, specifically 😂

@flyktus 3 ай бұрын

What a great intro 😄 I top started with 1989 and have my own story with that. But I too had to vome clean to myself and acknowledge the fact, that yes, I too am a swiftie.

@nommh 3 ай бұрын

This was so brilliant! I'm not a swiftie. Many reasons for that. Mostly because I'm fairly old, and prefer my music a little off. But I have recently begun to admire her business acumen. Love your poesy acumen! If you get bored in the tortured poets department, remember there is always the Society for the Prevention of Textile Boredom.

@carinen8119 2 ай бұрын

Yay to sharing first draft and not needing to be perfect on first try!

@skepticgirl114 3 ай бұрын

whether joe needs a welfare check killed me- too good as always! 💖

@Miss_Lexisaurus 3 ай бұрын

oh man, the last one broke my whole heart because my best friend is still in that place.

@sianswinton4623 3 ай бұрын

Haven't watched the whole thing yet but needed to comment RE Rime of the Ancient Mariner and an eco reading of it! Two students at my university wrote a play based on the poem about the conversations different seabirds might have at the end of days. It's incredibly poignant and beautiful and raises awareness of microplastics, habitat loss and species decline. It's called For the Sound of the Sea in the Sky!

@nimrodgrrrl 3 ай бұрын

I was the same re: 1989 and Midnights, but I had been a huge fan of her earlier work as well as I was a little kid when she came out.

@LittleRedTeaCake 3 ай бұрын

It's actually really funny, once it came out that she is now a billionaire, my husband was like, "man, I kind of like her less now. this sucks." We're both still Swifties, but I couldn't stop laughing. Also, I love this! I also love being in my 30's. Like my 20's weren't terrible, I met my husband, became a mum, finished a degree and made some great friends, but 30's is just so much more chill.

@antarktiida 3 ай бұрын

this was amazing! i have a similar swiftie journey and this is also my first fully present album release journey. if you're looking for critical swiftie content, may i recommend the channel Swiftologist, featuring anticapitalist (and antiroyal) videos but also appreciating the lyricism of Taylor's songs.

@silliepixie 3 ай бұрын

I did not cringe... I felt the feels though. Thank you!

@scarlettr8823 3 ай бұрын

I love this

@CharlotteMarree 3 ай бұрын

The perfect cross over

@nimrodgrrrl 3 ай бұрын

I was the same re: 1989 and Midnights, but I had been a huge fan of her earlier work as well as I was a little kid when she came out. Also: several of these lines left me with a lump in my throat. Oooft.

@a-og3ku 3 ай бұрын

I think I'd call myself a critical but appreciative casual listener of Taylor Swift. I definitely like some of her music, but I wouldn't consider myself a Swiftie, don't really care about her personal life or album releases and such. And I still think something about it all just puts me off, like the different deluxe versions of albums and the movie and tour and merch prices and all that just feel so drenched in capitalism that I can't help but see her as a billionaire businesswoman, and it kind off puts me off her music as well I think. And from an environmental standpoint too, it's not just the jets and touring itself even the friendship bracelets: the millions of plastic beads people must be buying for those just to (likely) never really wear the bracelets again or (if they do) have them fall apart in a couple of years? Considering the amount of people who go to her shows, often having made tens to hundreds of bracelets (not joking)... it does bother me. But I see my Swiftie friends so excited, buying multiple albums and spending a bunch of money on merch and beads for friendship bracelets and I'm like... am I just a grumpy old hag for not appreciating this like they do and am just hiding behind the anti capitalism argument? At the end of the day, it's fun, people are engaging, finding a creative outlet! Who tf am I to shit on that?

@Mongoly8 3 ай бұрын

Lol I’m definitely an artistic nose picker

@laurawatson9193 3 ай бұрын

Love this as a way to engage with what is exciting about pop culture while also trying to work against the more insidious hero-worship/passive-consumption aspects.

@Chilemalteca 3 ай бұрын

Is your book available on e-book? 🥰

@zoeziebee 3 ай бұрын

You missed Lover! That’s one of my favourites

@thoughtcouture 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate your dedication to rhyming! But I must say I think your skill and style really shine without it-the London poem, wow! Thanks for sharing your artistic vulnerability 👏👏

@lucillecaradec227 3 ай бұрын

I am currently looking for a flat to rent and the "so long London" hit me like a truck. Gorgeous but also why did you have to strike so hard ? Thanks for the video

@rosiered2951 3 ай бұрын

Phenomenal

@mr.icecream7880 3 ай бұрын

I’m so excited to watch this. Also.. now that you’re a swiftie, have you watched the Swiftologist?👀 Let me tell you, you would love him. He’s a huge swiftie who’s also a journalist so he is critical of her when he has to. So he’s pretty controversial in the swiftie community for not boot licking. He has an amazing video about Taylor and her billionerdom and several analytical videos.

@amandabritannica 3 ай бұрын

You realize that if you're even slightly close to her lyrics with these poems/themes, you're going to end up getting pulled into the massive t.swift conspiracy easter egg web, right? 😅 godspeed.

@sarafreitas6988 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video. I feel someone is geeting a call from Taylor Nation, a special edition with Leena's version. :D I don't like that people need to dig who the songs are about, I don't like that for any artist. I like to separate the artist from the art, because it feel it minimizes their creative effort if it is just reduced to who the song is about. I like to see albums as capsules and I like to imagine my own version of events, that is why I like concept albums so much.

@agnese16 3 ай бұрын

atm my biggest critic of taylor is that she hasnt said anything in support of palestine. honestly, she has so much power and influence that she could say anything and there would still be ppl supporting her. she presents herself as a feminist but the genocide is also a feminist issue. white feminism is not feminism.

@Adustlandfaerytale 3 ай бұрын

The billionaire status and the situation with Singapore makes it more difficult for me to stay critical versus stepping out.

@maggiebookworm 3 ай бұрын

A friend bought me the very first Taylor Swift album in 2007 when I was in middle school and i totally relate to certain albums being the soundtrack to a time in my life. So i love her music but am definitely ambivalent about the stardom, superfandom part of it. Love what you love but try not to overconsume right?

@ContemporaryMeepsie 3 ай бұрын

I am indifferent to Taylor Swift (an unpopular opinion to be central nowadays I feel). But I am here for the poetry, I would adore you to edit and include that last one in your next poetry collection. The idea of shipping what's left of you back home to your parents hurt so much but was so poignant!

@loissage3630 3 ай бұрын

❤

@littleleafy 3 ай бұрын

🎉

@augustlovesjosh 3 ай бұрын

not a true taylor swift hater, im taking your Not Like Other Girls card

@LauraSomeNumber 3 ай бұрын

Not being a Swifty is not pick me energy, it just doesn't speak to me, I don't dislike her it's just not for me.

@rosestormwolf 3 ай бұрын

Um maam?? All the poems were so good????

@betsyhaddox3964 3 ай бұрын

What about who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf

@rileyponders3540 3 ай бұрын

The Swiftologist on KZfaq has a fantastic video on her billionaire status if anyone is interested. Done by a diehard old school swifty who’s extremely articulate and critically reflective. :)

@user-sx4rf6tr5k 3 ай бұрын

I had a moment when i thought i'm NOT too cool for listening to Taylor Swift, around 1989 album when i was listening to it on repeat trying to convince myself i liked her. But i don't. I just can't stand her and i can't shake the feeling she's not really an artist, she's only a businesswoman that makes heaps of money through her business decisions - not artistic choices. Especially when i see the timing of collaborations or album aestethics - whoever is popular, whatever is currently most on trend. And i can't see the lyrical genius everyone else claims she is, her lyrics are nothing special and sometimes so dull it's cringe. That being said, i love your idea of using the titles as prompts, and i love your poems, so when the album comes out i will definitely check out her lyrics at least (TO COMPARE :x). I really liked your last poem, it reminds me of Paris Paloma lyrics - the self awareness that comes to you only after the relationship ends and you realize they treated you so badly and you never even noticed because you just wanted their love and approval. Considering joining the patreon to hear them all!

@hanzib31 3 ай бұрын

I think she is a savvy business woman and the tactics could easily overshadow the art. But she is truly an artist. Every person that talks about working with her talks about how much of a natural, unfiltered, talent that she is. She comes in with fully fleshed out ideas and her collaborators often only tweak or edit. She was signed as a songwriter before she was ever signed as a singer. I wouldn't class myself as a swiftie but I can certainly respect her artistry but can see how the Taylor Swift Machine overshadows this. Plus, in the mainstream at least...I can think of a better example of a lyricist that reaches the emotion of the masses. And that is art too. I don't think all art needs to be complex. That often just makes it inaccessible.

@andyg7747 3 ай бұрын

This was fun and I hope you'll do more but I gotta say if you talk to people who actually dedicate their lives to fighting for the environment you'll find that they don't care about Taylor Swift or any other celebrity because the aviation industry (commercial and private) makes up about 3 percent of carbon emissions every year. If every flight was cancelled and nobody ever flew again it would not matter. This conversation mostly serves as a distraction from the CEOs and and the companies they run and the governments who refuse to punish them for destroying our planet. The discourse about Taylors jet usage is largely led by people who hate Taylor being successful which is why people don't keep the same energy for Kim K, Beyonce, Travis Scott or many other celebs and politicians who have a much worse record. The guy who tracks her jet usage is a right winger who successfully managed to "blackmail" Mark Cuban into being his friend and riding his jet in exchange for no longer tracking him. And until recently would like and retweet tweets slut shaming Taylor and wishing harm on her.

@artsbooksplaces 3 ай бұрын

I just don’t know how Taylor sells out these huge arenas when she’s not really known for her stage presence/ dancing especially when I compare it to something like Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour which I watched at the cinema not even in real life and it still gave me literal goosebumps!

@feminisTina. 3 ай бұрын

Leena! I was the same way about Taylor Swift. I absolutely loved this video. And I have a non-on-topic comment and question. I am obsessed with the paint colors you have on your walls in this vid and I zoned in on those as I really want to repaint my space. Is there a chance you know the paint brand and color names you used? Such a weird question I know. 😅

@leenanorms 3 ай бұрын

Oh absolutely - they’re both dulux and the purple is called Plum Custard and the blue one is Teal Tension :) good luck with your colour splashes!

@feminisTina. 3 ай бұрын

@@leenanorms thanks so much! Is the color in the bedroom also the plum? Might be the lighting difference. That one is amazing.

@leenanorms 3 ай бұрын

@@feminisTina. oh I forgot that one! The magenta bedroom one is Mischief from Little Greene :)