Pin this comment. Sleepy doing the work! Thanks dude!

Thank you!!!! I meant to do this but got excited and then fell asleep! Hahaha

I updated it in the video description so you can navigate through in the video's timeline too! Thank you @sleepysquidasmr2705 !

@@elyse_myers omg! You already went through all the work of making a wonderful video of your reaction to a killer album, least I could do as a thank you was write down timestamps☺️ also side note: to me, So Long London feels like a darker cousin of my tears ricochet + you’re on your own, kid (as well as the connections to You’re losing me)

@@sleepysquidasmr2705omg yes I totally can hear that now!!! Incredible ear!!!

Yesss

HAHAHAHA I didn’t intend on you being able to hear it from my headphones but now I know that works…part two might be a litttttleee bit louder 😂

@elyse_myers I synced my Spotify one my phone and watched the video on the computer for a few songs, the words really helped me keep on track, it was fun, reminded me of when i was in jr high making mix tapes and stuff ! I love youtube hangs. It's the most convenient friends ever.

This is in fact what I did 🤣

@@elyse_myers So EXCITED for part TWO 🙌🙏🏻✌❣❣

SO GLAD you’re here!!!

Oh that's wonderful! Elyse is a treasure! Hope you'll stay for super funny, super relatable, beautiful stuff!

the realest thing i’ve ever read in my life- anything and EVERYTHING taylor swift

Come for Taylor stay for Elyse. It's a pretty sweet deal

So exciteddd for you to hear that! 🤍

Elise I had the same reaction for I can do it with a broken heart, I cried, it is so sad even though the music is so upbeat. She is a genius for doing it that way. Also I love you, loved this reaction video.

Yay will watch

When she mentions grey and blue I think she referring to the emotions as grey and his eyes as blue

THIS IS THE KEY I NEEDED THANK YOU SO MUCH

​@@elyse_myers omg hi! so it's since occurred to me that this album is not about men in the slightest really; it's about her and us. if you listen to the lyrics as her speaking directly to herself and/or us the album becomes very direct, esp considering (!!!!) most of the songs have elements of previous ones embedded but slightly distorted while speaks frequently abt dealth and violence (death of the author, literary theory). they all use an incredible amount of red herrings and i think one of those is the prevalence of male pronouns; this album isn't who you're supposed to think it's abt. she qrt'd reviews essentially saying to get this album, you have to go beyond the paternity testing of songs and view it as the poetry it is. the quintessential example of this red herring effect is thanK you aIMee. the letters clearly spell out kim and the first line is abt a bronze statue. obviously it's abt Kim Kardashian and the kimye situation. except it's not. it's convenient that everyone will think it is, however bc the song's true muse (if it even is one person; it's not, it's abt everyone from her hometown that watched her start her career in hs and laughed at her while she did. I think if you searched you might eventually be able to find a local news article from a peer disparaging her attempts if u looked hard enough) wld probably love her to mention them, but she removed all obvious clues abt their identity and no one but her and them will ever know the truth and that's the album's thesis. the subjects of her songs might be able to recognize themselves there but all we can ever see is the surface level story that plays out in public, one that is a woefully incomplete image of the real story (she's been saying this since rep; the poem here's something i've learned about people summarizes it nicely but ppl exist in shades of others perception of them and we have only what she chooses to reveal to us, which is a carefully fabricated story, one that only contains elements of truth). all this to say, this album won't make sense and will cont to feel dissonant if you try to find out who the songs are abt lol. look for the second or third and tenth meaning you can glean and then disregard any details that seem personal to her bc this album isn't abt her; it's abt you taking her songs and making them abt yourself bc that's what she has written them for. (in this light, the manuscript will make perfect sense)

Mattie has also been described as blue and gray via Halsey…Joe is usually described as gold and blue. I learned this which clarified a LOT more of the songs are actually about Mattie and was her chosen outlet of self therapy. Only a few songs were about closing the Joe chapter 😸🫶 @elyse_myers ❤

@@greenfox42 Joe is blue and their relationship made face turn grey and now that it’s over she’s getting colour back into her face.

Lol, girl same except I started the video a half hour after she posted. Dying for Elyse's take on The Anthology!

Same!!

Me too! 😂

YOU ARE AMAZING hahahaha

@@ambermariestewartI DIDN’T EVEN KNOW THIS SECOND ALBUM WAS DROPPED! When I first saw someone ask about it, I thought it was a bonus vault song and was like “oh I don’t have that deluxe version yet” HAHAHAHA I AM SO EXCITED FOR PART TWO.

I didn’t think I’d love it but by the end I needed to listen to it again I really did!

I also feel like “But Daddy I Love Him” is a progression of how she reacted to different relationships she was in at the time as she matured.

Love you! This is so kind!

Honestly i don't even need to watch the video to know this! (I just started the video)

I love that so much!!! Honestly I didn’t know how to do it without getting my video removed from KZfaq completely so I’m glad I figured it out hahahah

@@elyse_myers Having the lyrics on the screen to match up the music on our end was GENIUS!

And I think that no one knew at the time, but the actual breakup happened while she was on tour in Texas, so that's why she mentions she's escaping the shitshow in Texas.

@@KimixKicksI lived in Texas and it is a shit show. So she’s right in her metaphor.

Yes! And the false cheating rumors because people didn’t know she had broken up with Joe. Also loving the Dateline references. Apparently Emma Stone helped?

@@KimixKicks Texas was after Florida though

@@DrMLE-76 Emma Laird posted the photo of Joe in her carousel on April 19th last year. Same day this year of the album release. Could be a concidence if it were any other artist.

Honestly same. I was so confused during my first listen so I am enjoying other peoples reactions.

reactions to such hefty material help me process wth is being talked about and pull me back from reeling lol. neecee's was particularly helpful!

​@@ferntellaI was way too overwhelmed after listening to all 31 songs, so watching these reactions I'm just relistening and i felt seen, in a way it's also helping me know which songs I'm inclined towards (which is basically 90 percent of album but ok) 😭

I feel like I should have recorded my second listen through because this one I’m just mostly confused and googling things the entire time HAHAHA

​@@elyse_myers I live in NY. Fell asleep just before midnight 4/18/24 so woke up to see that at 2am she released the extended (31 song!) version. Listened alone a few times then stumbled onto someone's reaction. Didn't feel much there but THEN, late last night, saw you (☺️) had posted this and immediately clicked! Had already gotten the songs in my head so was able to watch the lyrics-which I hadn't seen yet-and listen to you react. Awesome! So awesome that while washing dishes now, I have an earbud playing TTPD from my phone *and* my laptop on the sink shelf with its speaker time-matching so on this listen through of Taylor, which was gonna be the sole audio of my chores today, I can watch this video on a bigger screen and dance along. Loving the swifties sharing vibes❤

💕💕💕💕💕 Thank you for posting this!

PS- I have a little experience in music 😜 (should have done A&R)

She also makes a reference to the muse's feelings being blue; That's fairly common on songs widely understood to be about Joe

"and i'm just getting color back into my face" SLL "my face was gray but you wouldn't admit that we were sick" YLM

😭💔💀

YESSSS, literally none of my friends like Taylor and I keep going on to them about this and obviously also the London Boy - So Long London thing too 😂

@@elyse_myersYou’re losing me is also about Joe.

❤️❤️

OMG THAT SONG IS MY FAV. It’s so cinematic!!!!

@@elyse_myersIM SO HAPPY PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS SONG!!! I’ve had it on repeat, it’s my new all time fav song, replaced getaway car (my fav for like 3 years) that’s how much I love the song! I’m so glad people are starting to talk about it!!!!!

When I first heard Taylor say “you should be” I lost it! So so so good.

I am OBSESSED with this song. I think it is about Kanye / the Grammy’s / the media & a lot of the music industry turning on her / subsequent depression & now she is reclaiming her power. Freaking LOVE IT.

just a heads up the “this one’s about you you know who you are” etc on the book at the Spotify installation was photoshopped as a joke it never actually said that 😅 and I think Taylor said it first and then Matty said it the next day but I could be wrong it feels like so long ago. There is so much lore though you’re right

I assume you're right about the Photoshop but as far as I'm aware Matty did the mouthing words during a song first and then she did it a couple days later. ​@@glorializb

I heard- The one was for/ about Jake

Same!

Oh good! I was scared I was going to weird people out 😂

I wanted to be like “didn’t they only date for like two weeks??” But 99% of my songs are about someone I never even dated so 😂

@@elyse_myersThey had a 10 year off & on situationship!

Yes! Part 2 please!!!

HAD NO CLUE THE DOUBLE ALBUM WAS EVEN A THING UNTIL I POSTED THIS!!! When I recorded this, I don’t think it had dropped yet because this was Friday morning!! Doing part 2 ASAP! Will post tomorrow!! Edit to add: I guess I just missed the part 2 when I listened, because you said it dropped 2 hours after the first!! 😂

@@elyse_myers no worries! I'm still a relatively new Swiftie too and there's so much to learn/keep up with! I'm super impressed with your analysis and how well you've integrated into the chaos 😂 Your excitement level when you realized "The Alchemy" could be about Travis was the best! I was literally giggling with you when I was watching last night. Still puts a smile on my face recalling your reaction now. So excited to experience The Anthology with you!!! 🩶🤍🖤 (Edited for spelling)

YAYYYY!! See you here!

​@elyse_myers living for your long form bestie hangouts!

I love that we’re in this together!!! And I love the album!! The second and third listen through have been even more fun than the first. Making my husband listen to it today while we paint 😂

I'm very down for this.

Well this is incredibly kind, thank you 🥹

2. Right?! But it's Elyse, so it's absolutely fine. We love her no matter what!

On brand, it's endearing! ❤

I know way less than I needed to coming into this album and honestly I feel even less prepared for tomorrows listed of the 2nd drop 😂

@@elyse_myers We'll be eagerly watching regardless! 😉

🥹♥️♥️♥️

I would rearrange my schedule for a live stream listening party.

YASSSSSS!!!!! My pleasure!!! Just found out there was a DOUBLE ALBUM DROP and I’m about to listen to part two right now!!

@elyse_myers it's so good. The whole shebang is a trip. I spent the past week working in a gallery, and had 2 full TTPD listening days. I tell you, I'm disoriented, and it's not hyperbole. I'm reeling with the stark display of raw emotions, no matter the form they fell out into, swampy is a great descriptor, but like if the swamp was literally just ALLLL of the TS everything and I clearly have no coherent thought yet. I'm still checking in with myself about it, but my #1 takeaway is the POWER of say, listening with you and all the swifties all over the world, like I'm walking my dog, listening WITH so many people simultaneously, and actually feeling the same goosebumps? It's wild! My #2 favorite takeaway is that writing your messy feelings down is invaluable for moving on, even better if you can make art and share it with someone, because who wants to just horde embarrassing diaries and feel like crap about it?! *(Oh! Oh! I tried to write a letter hahah 😅 I've decided to work on not being embarrassed by being alive, so I'm doing embarrassing things.)

@@elyse_myers ps on my channel lol 😆

​​@@meg.please You have poetic abilities, so does Elyse... use those abilities, collaborate.

@@cwonderment awww thank you 😊