This is my favourite reaction. I’m screaming “finally someone interprets these songs like I do and feels how sad and painful they are!” Your empathy is what makes your reactions so amazing ❤

Aaron dies a little every time people think his production is Jack 😢

Timestamps !!! :)) Fortnight 3:18 TTPD 11:15 MBOBHFT 20:18 Down Bad 25:40 So Long, London 30:45 BDILH 37:34 FOTS 47:19 Florida!!! 55:04 Guilty as Sin? 1:01:10 WAOLOM 1:06:30 I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) 1:13:20 loml 1:17:35 ICDIWABH 1:23:37 Smallest Man 1:28:55 The Alchemy 1:37:23 Clara Bow 1:43:00 Amazing reaction as always !!!

To me, the Joe and the Matty bleed together because she was confiding in Matty towards the end of that relationship and he knew all of the things that she wanted from it and didn't get and he promised them to her for the thrill of stealing her away. And then she realised that he was just full of shit and it was like the same thing happened to her twice in short succession. The only song, I think, purely about Joe is really more sad but accepting because he was just too caught up in his depression, but the songs about Matty are more scathing.

I think the "coming back" on The Alchemy is also a reference to her return to the States and dating a guy from "home" after being in London and dating a few Brits.

i have yet to see anyone notice this but in i can fix him, the last chorus is all in past tense; it goes from "SHAKE their heads" to "SHOOK their heads," "your good lord DOESNT need to lift a finger" to "good lord DIDNT need to lift a finger" and so on. just a great writing detail

"It's sad, but I'm bopping." Interesting. That's how I currently describe my life. 😏

What I love about this album is precisely that it’s about Matty. I think that brief and disastrous relationship IS her dealing with the breakup from Joe. She felt like so much of her youth and her life was wasted, sunk cost fallacy and all that, which made her incredibly susceptible to lovebombing. It’s the addict who got clean getting their first taste of heroin after years of sobriety. It’s a love bender, full of high highs and very low lows. None of us was expecting this to be what the album was about, and I love that.

I've watched an unhealthy amount of TTPD reaction videos, and really enjoyed yours! Insightful and empathetic. Plus it's so nice to find another Fresh Out the Slammer appreciator!

1:05:12 The 1975 song About You is in the background of Guilty as Sin. That’s the song that MH dedicated to her on stage last spring.

Oh the Matty Healy of it all. None of us were prepared! I LOVE this album. I've been a happily married boring person for almost 16 years, but I'm still a messy girl at heart. Lol. Loved every minute of your reaction as always and can't wait to hear your thougts on part 2! ❤️

Matty healy is the tattooed golden retriver. GQ was also nice enough to share an interview clip they did with him where he talks all about how he loves typewriters

Loml is my favorite track on this album. Who’s afraid sounds like a tornado. Genius

Alex, you going through all the emotions when you started to come to terms about the Matty situation. What a plot twist! I can't wait for you to see the set on the tour and of course the second album! Thank you for sharing with us!

This was an excellent reaction. This album made me a Swiftie. Her messiness makes her 100% more interesting, and relatable. She finally sounds like an adult and I LOVE IT. I had a great time watching your reaction.

I highly recommend analyzing the summary poem she wrote for this album. It connects all the dots and are extremely insightful. Btw, there are people who are now claiming that some of the 1989 songs are about Matty. But iirc 1989 had already come out when she hooked up with him. (2014) They're also rewriting history by saying she was never really in love with Joe. The order of things as i see it is: the old flame rekindled only because the long term relationship was dying a slow death. Joe's indifference opened the doors for Matty to enter the scene. Feeling trapped and lifeless, she began to wonder what would've happened, "if one thing had been different, would everything be different today." It's a coping mechanism. In that state of mind, we over-romanticize the "what if" relationships from our past. And in Taylor's case, that old flame happened to be a part of her circle of friends/collaborators. "forever run into you sometimes, ask about the weather Now you're in my backyard, turned into good neighbors" So, i don't think it's fair to say that what she and Joe had wasn't real. She doesn't even refer to one person or the other as the love of her life. However, she does call one of them "the loss of her life." I've fallen deeply in love more than once but only one person has been the loss of my life. And it wasn't the longest relationship I've had either. Circling back to the rebound timeline, she outright described it as "not a love affair but a mutual manic phase and self harm" Him love bombing her, making promises about rings and cradles etc., it was all so easy for him to sweep her off her feet since she was in a vulnerable state. She opened up to him. And being ghosted after all that, even enduring the shitstorm she faced for dating him, it makes sense why this one hurt her more than the other. "I would've died for your sins, instead I just died inside" Anyway....I'll shut up now. Looking forward to the anthology reaction. I really adore this album and I'm proud of blondie for talking her shit.

Not Taylor taking 'Long Live' out the tour and replacing it with "WAOLOM" and "BDILH" being like yeah bitches these songs are about you too haha.

Thank you for mentioning her depression because I have been thinking and saying this a lot like Taylor was not okay and I am pretty sure if she didn't have the eras tour it would have been worse for her. In down bad "waking up in blood" I am too scared to know what that means but I think you know that hurts me so much to even think about it. Its really devestating to me that people only care who the songs about what about Taylor's feelings? 😢

I have been WAITING for this! (Not that you needed to react any sooner than you did: your own well-being is absolutely priority always.) Only at track five but am already enjoying this journey with you!

Alex, I get the impression you are of the mind that ALL of us haven’t been messy girlies at some point. Just so you know, we are ALL messy one way or another, you aren’t alone in that. Now. I’m sure you’ve listened to it a few times, I’m dying to know how your rankings stack up now!!

This album/anthology is SOUL-CRUSHING because she thought she found her lifelong love in Joe but she always felt way more for him than he did for her but it was comfortable and he didn't have the decency to admit he wasn't willing to make it last. But meanwhile she'd also had feelings for Matty for YEARS and it sat in the back of her mind every time one of her relationships started to sour (Harry, Calvin, Joe) that he could still be an option, so when things finally officially ended with Joe she tried to really make it happen but then he couldn't follow through. And she had sat for YEARS still in her relationship with Joe but daydreaming about Matty and writing folklore/evermore building up this plan, these expectations, about Matty and when she then finally actually got with him it completely fell flat in comparison with her imagined life with him and the loss of the dreamy, perfect thing she'd imagined absolutely shattered her.

My friend was an anti-Matty naysayer, she literally sold her Eras tickets over it. And now whines about how sad she is to be missing the Eras tour. Like, girl. Whose fault is that? LOL

Everything you said after But Daddy I Love Him. 100%. It's been my favorite song on he album and maybe in her whole discography since the moment I heard the first chorus. This album gets better ever time I hear it. I tried listening to something else after 3 straight weeks and it just felt weird. Had to go back to it. And that has Never. Ever. Happened with any other album in my 62 year life. She's a fucking genius.

I Can Do it With a Broken Heart was the only song I cried to on first listen, and somehow, I knew youd be there with me

This has been one of the most thoughtful and empathetic reactions I have watched. I think it is because you can "see" past the production and focus on the lyrics. I am so glad it seems like Taylor is in a better place right now because I won't lie a lot of her lyrics in these 2 albums had me very concerned (the amount of references to dying, waking up in blood 😢) We all needed the alchemy on ttpd....especially Taylor.

I never thought any of her work wasn’t based on her life. She always writes in code. But yeah it make perfect sense now. Matty wasn’t on my bingo card either,

THE BEST REACTION OF TTPD !!!

On this album the HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING ITS LKKE A BOXING MATCH AND TAYLOR IS KICKING OUR ASSES

omggg I was so excited for your reaction, I feel like my experience with an album is complete after watch your reaction, thank you for doing this I really enjoy your opinions, reviews and the way you see things🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 I’m sending love for you from Brazil❤️

Insane Swifty here - you are SO great, so glad to have found another BPD messy girl to love on through this.

You are AMAZING. I love your reactions--your insight as a musician and just as a thoughtful person is so refreshing. Wishing you all the best!!!

I love your reactions and reviews! Thank you for posting this and for being awesome! 😄

we mustttttt see the anthology reaction

Down Bad alien experience = tiny/powerful bridge of Illicit Affairs on the Eras tour. I was already grateful she included that, but this totally explains her FU look directly into the camera.

I appreciate reactors for those moments when we get to witness that same wonder we felt AND for those few times where we think our own reaction to a song was outsized or weird and then we feel seen when someone feels the same. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart destroyed me on first listen then when the lyric video came out, it was the final nail in the coffin. Fortunately, the feeling got tempered slowly by her postscript to the album (it's on her IG, from the day of release) but still. So thank you!

Midnights was joes tape

These songs seem to me to be clearly about MH. He's leaving her/ghosting her, etc. So Long London is really the only one that is exclusively about JA. She finally left that relationship to pursue the one that simmered in her heart for a very long time, especially after her long term relationship was grinding down.

Oh wow 😮 I've been seeing a lot of Taylor reactions; the first time I've come across your channel and have really enjoyed your intuitive interpretations of her songs. I bawled my eyes out when you watched I can do it with a broken heart....and I've heard that song many times already

I feel like so much of this is about Matty because narcissist abuse is so brutal. They act like it's the highest cosmic love and then devalue you once they think they own you.

im seated!!!

I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE 😭 Thank you for taking the time to make the vid and hope you’re doing okay ❤

CONGRATS on 20,000 alex!!! so deserved

Loved your reaction, I think you really understood a lot of what she was saying, and the heartbreak, anger, and everything that goes along what she was going through. Great job, can’t wait to see the next part!

This is my favorite album and I never thought I would love anything more than Reputation! LOVE IT!!

Omg, when you said that thing about dating a shitbag, I felt it - been there, done that. And everybody around was like "no, don't do this, he is so bad for you" etc. But thats the case - you need to realise it yourself. Otherwise you'll be wondering - oh, maybe he wasn't that bad, maybe I really could've fixed him. No, you need to really go through it to understand, that you can't fix anyone and move on with your life. 💯💯💯

Glad you're doing much better!

LOVED this, Alex!! I always appreciate your insights, expertise, and the connections you make to your own experience AND to the human experience. Thank you.

Alex and the chatroom were so lit the first 30 minutes into the listening session 🤣 I was at the edge of my seat! EVERYONE knew most of the songs were about Matt Healy and Alex was still processing but she kinda knew and wasn't 100% certain but she was heading there. Oh man. It was like watching a telenovela where everyone, including the audience (viewers), knew the whole truth/story except for the main character. In this case, it was Alex LOL!!! Alex, you did a freaking awesome job breaking it down. I cannot wait for The Anthology reaction. ✌and ❤

Your dawning realisations are EVERYTHING

Yay! I love your reactions and was waiting for TTPD. Can't wait until the Anthology. How Did It End is my favorite. Sending you well wishes. I've been through what you just did in hospital and I just wanted to encourage you and let you know that a complete stranger cares and is beaming love and light your way. Big hugs!

Liked, subscribed, all of it. This is the most spot-on first listen I've seen...and I've seen them all because apparently this is my whole personality now. 😂

This is handsdown the best understanding of this album lve watched. This album is totally devastating in every way and you completely got it. Thank you and l could feel your sadness at the realization of how truly gutting it all is. 😔

Love hearing your point of view! Same top 3 albums so I always feel like when I watch your videos I'm analyzing lyrics with a bestie 🫶🏼

this is the easily best reaction to ttpd on youtube! thank you and excited for the anthology reaction!!

The best - as in going through the same emotions & processes as I did- I have seen! Loved it. Subbed.

Such a good react video ! You directly felt the subject of each song : loved it, I was like « yea girl ! You get it ! I was not always in line with your previous reactions, but this one is perfect to me ! Can’t wait for part 2 !

I love your reaction. I totally think it's fun to speculate who the songs are about, but it's even more meaningful to feel the feelings in and behind the songs, than to necessarily attach it to a certain person, and that's what I got from your reaction. There is so much pain in this album and it's so real. I can't wait to see your rection to the other half.

here it issss let's gooooo alsooo thank you for doing this for us i wish all the happy smiles in the world for you

Alex this has become my favorite reaction ever of this album! omg hahaa tankyou so much, after this im going straight to the anthology reaction

Got to see her in Minneapolis last year, and was lucky enough to score tickets to Indianapolis, night 3 in November!!! I legit can’t wait to see what the show will look like with TTPD live, I’m so pumped!! You should try to get tickets, I know a few people who have recently scored tickets! Looks like the Europe shows are cheaper and still have some available, you just have to score on plane tickets then.

Thank you!! I saw so many ppl bopping along like icdiwabh was the next banger anthem and the first time I heard it, it just felt like the biggest gut punch and made feel like throwing up …it was so sad and filled me with so much anxiety

Can’t wait to hear your reaction to the second half!

This was my first time viewing your channel, and immediately subscribed...this is by far my favorite reaction to TTPD.

So glad your back! Thank you for making this video for us :,)

I have to say that I watched live fees of her first night in Paris with TTPD set list and OMG this song hits so much harder watching her perform it than just listening to it. She is literally pissed and you can see all her anger and frustration in her performance. At the end of all of TTPD she mentioned that it was a set list of female rage and I totally agree and it was so worth seeing on the first night.

(this is a taylor reaction so I'm gonna have so much to say omg) 1. Your hair looks sooo good 2. The way you paused fortnight immediately to mention the Hits Different lyric is EXACTLY how I listened to this album. 3. I love the feeling of being a Swiftie knowing you're about to enjoy music sonically but also be working OVERTIME making connections, googling new words and paging through old lore to make sense of new details😭it's so invigorating 4. "that ruined my life" - wait til you hear the anthology babe 5. The way this muse (the one we didn't expect to be so present on this album 👀) did a NUMBER on her; I have so many thoughts - but most of all I wanna hug the Taylor that was in the throes of writing this cause damn ms. girl was going through it.

Absolutely loving the hair! 💙

I’m baffled that I’m only now finding your channel. I loved your reaction and you have a new fan in me! I can’t wait to check out your new single, too!

THIS IS THE REACTIONS I NEEDED SINCE CHATS AND REACTS…..i loveeeee it smmmmmm😢😢😢😢😢❤

(Just for the sake of sanity Taylor didn't meet Matty until after 1989 was out for a couple months, so none of those songs could be about him)

You need to find a fan of both 1975 and Tay. I did and she knew all the clues; uses a typewriter, has a bike, called Tay his American girl, wears cheap suits, shortest member in band… There are also a lot of similarities in the look of his album to TTPD. And many, many things he said to and about Tay. This courtship started in 2014. For 10 years he has love bombed her and she built him up in her mind. Not her fault…he made all kind of promises. This is why most of TTPD is about Matty not Joe. She was deeply hurt and confused when he just left. His apology was a spray painted “sorry” at one of his concerts. Lame.

Yesssssss!!!!!! I have been waiting for this...and forgive me...but I will have more then 1 cocktail...but let's go!!! we all ❤ and support you, and your blue hair!!! You have been missed!!! For the record, I LOVE this whole album!!! Don't ask me my favorite song, because I can't pick 1...love them all!!! So....gonna start drinking!

My dopamine receptors are enjoying DOWN BAD on repeat. Happy I found you here! New follower!

Oh my God, I love you! Your reaction was everything…especially when you realized Matty was the subject on TTPD.

love your reaction and compassion 🖤🤍

can’t wait to see your reaction to the anthology!!

This was so fun to watch, you worked through the disbelief that this was about MH much faster than me, took me a good 24 hrs. I was also very in the feelings listening to this album, it is so sad.

yayyy so excited for this one!! hope you're doing better now,Alex❤

I do see it as two albums in the sense that Midnights was finished like April 2022, she clearly kept writing, a lot is about Joe, but Ratty does come in in points. I think folklore and evermore were ever longing but having evermore and The Lakes as the last Tracks...she stayed with joe for some reason. Midnights was her fed up, using past relationships to grieve the one she was in but again she stayed...it was only when the tour came she kinda had to leave, and fell into the nearest person which was Ratty who dipped after two weeks in the public eye 😢 The Gray and Blue and Fights and Tunnels but is literally folklore and Midnights 😢 handcuffed to the spell I was under, for just one hour of sunshine =Daylight/Lover. Florida feels like Midnights is done, she knows she will be touring and Florida was an early date on tour, she's saying in the end that she paid the price for it, the public ruined what she was creating with Ratty 😢 she is also going back to Floriday with her Miami this time over Tampa shows this year too.... There was an article awhile ago and I think Travis said that they kept their relationship private for a bit before she started attending his games, I think that's what the Alchemy is about

Best TTPD reaction/review video I’ve seen so far 🫶🏼

Its my favorite, hands down, with the anthology tracks coming in clutch.

The video for I Can Do It With A Brokenheart has made me cry multiple times now. It’s so hard to watch.

Love this reaction, Alex 💗

ttpd is definitely top 3 for me, she made this album for us rep&evermore stans. great reaction Alex! Fresh out the slammer is my fav of this part of the album.

Ok first ,love your hair . Just amazed at every song ,cleverness overload .

This started playing automatically, and I was too lazy to turn it off or find something else. So I ended up listening for like half an hour, and wow you’re awesome! I just subscribed because you sound soooo fun I think I’m going to binge all your videos now😭 Going back to finish the video I just paused to write this!

Loved this reaction, you really understood so much, on the first listen. Your eyes are a beautiful blue, by the way.

One of the best ttpd reactions!

when I was first listening to the album, I cried to ICDIWBH but was also dancing because It is a bop lol

"because... don't ask questions" in the chat 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

off topic but i love your hair!! it’s so pretty

What a gift to come back from a 9 day vacation in Colorado Springs, not watching any KZfaq reactors or my Patreons while I was there and my favorite little beautiful creature of a soul sister gave me thissssss!! Can’t wait for you to react to the Anthology because, you have to 💙

Loved this reaction! So good👏🏼👏🏼

Happy 20k subs alex ❤

i love your reactions! You are alllll of us. :)

Ahhhh I NEED your anthology reaction 🥲

My top 3 in order from the 1st half are: "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?", "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart", and "loml" Thanks for the great video, I'm so glad I stumbled across your channel. I hope we get to see a video for the anthology :) Cheers!

As a fellow messy girl who finds joy in watching others discover this is a mostly Matty album, this might be my favourite yet. You're a joy. I'm only 50mins in and I'm already so excited for the Anthology reaction! Taylor gives us great music but also introduces us to new creators, love her for that. 😂💜

Love your reaction. Here for it

Finally you're back, I hope you're doing well now 🫶🏻✨ I love your reaction, good to see you again