ALBUM REACTION : Folklore - Taylor Swift

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Hello and welcome to this weird crevasse of the internet where we get really excited about music (particularly Taylor Swift) and break down our favourite albums and songs. Our names are Bonny and Emily, and our aim with these videos is to share our love for music and also share context and understanding around the songs, by highlighting breaking down the lyrics, melodies and production. We are so happy to have created this little community that is just as unhinged as us when it comes to music 🤪
0:00 intro
2:05 the 1
5:22 cardigan
9:20 the last great american dynasty
12:33 exile
18:05 my tears ricochet
21:36 mirrorball
25:08 seven
28:00 august
30:37 this is me trying
32:43 illicit affairs
35:26 invisible string
39:35 mad woman
44:07 epiphany
45:26 betty
49:11 peace
53:18 hoax

[@chatsandreacts]

OH MY GOOOODDDD... We have just realised the whole album is about the painful process of losing her Albums and the relationship with Scott (her record label) and the betrayal she felt went he sold her albums .... it's about the music, the fans and him (the love triangle)...but written like folklore... stories....with the underlying message of how she feels experiencing this.

[@dounutxd]

Thaannnks ❤️

[@joanedelacruz3844]

I think a new video for the elaboration of this realization is deeply needed!

[@chatsandreacts]

@@joanedelacruz3844 omg yes i think so it's crazy how different we see the album already! My tears ricochet- to scott Cardigain - to the fans Mirrorball - the fans/joe Hoax - scott invisible string - joe EEEEkkkkkkkk

[@joanedelacruz3844]

mindblown

[@KhalidKhan-uc5et]

@@chatsandreacts I think mad woman could also be about that.

[@tbsl_kna0049]

“Her and Joe are OKAY right…?” Ohhhh how poorly that has aged 💀💀

[@HarryPotter-om7zg]

Zon zo it girly pls zon zo itttt🌚

[@wonuswife]

NOOOO😭

[@whatiwatch006]

fr fr and some of the midnights song def about him😭

[@gabrielferrazramos1611]

Sad

[@milimartinez6333]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@Someone-ln8wm]

I physically cannot imagine a world where folklore and evermore don’t exist

[@ICaughtMyself92]

This!!

[@NearThe1989]

I genuinely can't😭🤍

[@beccaorgel1062]

a world without exile is a world without me.

[@bigcoconut]

folklore and evermore used to be my least favorites then i listened to them..how much my life has changed omg

[@Andher4bp]

I used to think Taylor's best albums were 1989/REPUTATION... I WAS SO SO SO SO SO WRONG.

[@jessyfierce_]

You guys said “poetry” and “tortured” in this video ahhhh manifested TTPD ✨

[@ds06927]

Yepppppp ts11 gonna be amazing😭✨

[@SUNN.F4IR]

@@ds06927yessss

[@Annxswift]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT

[@JC_2003]

hi! what is the timestamp?

[@EliasFuentesC]

​@@JC_200350:15

[@Hsviss87]

Two years later and I LOVE that Bonnie says “this random guy, Aaron also worked on it” and now look where we are 😭😭

[@FAY-di7rg]

💀💀💀

[@aafrinansari2967]

😂😂😂

[@charlotteshao7782]

and now she goes: this is an Aaron song

[@alimostafa2067]

Time stamp plzz

[@huron3483]

@@charlotteshao7782 the progression 😢❤

[@ravenmackenzie1954]

This is the only appropriate reaction to this album

[@chatsandreacts]

I’m so glad you agree 😂 - E

[@michaelschwab7848]

period, only reaction i've agreed with thus far

[@marlondizon5214]

I couldnt agree more

[@nobisuke3008]

Steven in Stereo: 🙁🙁🙁

[@batoulalbar3556]

Seriously though. Loved this so much.. Lol. Unbelievably hilarious, I swear. I cried laughing.

[@elixir1011]

I hope somehow taylor finds this and is smiling ear to ear watching it

[@Michelle-cj7eu]

Couldn't agree more!

[@chatsandreacts]

that.... is an overwhelming thought!!!

[@danielphung6146]

@@chatsandreacts I love your reactions, you guys truly understand the lyrics.

[@Theteresamaria]

I was thinking the same thing!! Taylor needs to see this! You guys are the cutest...totally got how we are all feeling after hearing Folklore!!🙌🏻💯🥰

[@oxmissalyssaxo]

YES!! I really hope she sees this 🥰🙏🏼

[@ianhartdige]

the reaction to cardigan..."her & Joe are ok right?"...IF WE ONLY KNEWWWWWWW

[@hepburn8691]

"Imagine her albums 2 years from now" Midnights: It's me, Hi. I'm the album, it's me

[@luisdaviddiaz947]

OFFENSIVE ❤❤

[@agoodgirlsguidetotaylorswift]

at teatime, everybody agrees.

[@David.124]

And one of her least best (worst sounds too bad) albums to date

[@catherine6510]

@@David.124 it’s actually one of her best albums. it’s one you have to listen to a few times until you start to like it. the 3am tracks are great too

[@David.124]

@@catherine6510 I have, I’ve been a swiftie since rep. I’ve tried to listen to it multiple times to force me to like it, but there’s just too many skips. Almost all the songs on the regular version are skips except Lavender Haze, Yoyok, and Labyrinth, maybe bejeweled. The 3 ams are good though Edit: also, I would never say this is her best work 😭 Lover in my opinion was her best work for the masterpiece it is, though it was my least favorite era

[@erinpelletier8351]

I’m obsessed with the fact that you both did your hair like her pics in the woods?????

[@chatsandreacts]

absolutely !!!!

[@oxmissalyssaxo]

OMG HOW DID I JUST NOTICE THIS LMAO

[@burstthroughtheconcrete]

Didn't even notice this till you pointed it out! LOL, love it.

[@comosedice6104]

And the whole aesthetic ❤

[@hurricanecatrina9548]

“some random guy Aaron” little did we know how much he would mean to us😭

[@cfaithmariem]

i love how we truly adopted aaron by now😭

[@abby_18]

We all just collectively know if Aaron is on any album/songs, it’s going to destroy us 😂

[@Sarabelle29]

The way one of you said “tortured” and then soon after another of you said she is a poet. And then Taylor invited you to a concert in the VIP tent… such foreshadowing. ❤

[@mehlev]

It's adorable and hilarious that you guys LITERALLY read aloud that most of these songs are fictionalized and yet every song you were all like, "This is Joe!" "This is Calvin!" lmao

[@BelleFlower15]

Right 😂😂 I love them

[@LukeAlexander]

This album is a masterpiece

[@chatsandreacts]

OH so glad you are loving 🙈

[@fernando2917]

Definitely

[@jns915]

LUKE omg i need a reaction video from you PLEASE

[@DaphneGsell]

For sure ❤️

[@regeneratedwitch]

Indeed it is

[@umjessicaflynn]

Dang I need friends who are into Taylor like that

[@abrielle13]

Same

[@makoscorner]

For real

[@florbossio1658]

All the feels

[@roseb373]

same🤞🏽

[@justinelim9871]

Same

[@Amber-be9pe]

5:10 "imagine the next Taylor album” "Two years away" lol

[@AB-ku8du]

@Isha Goyal we knew nothing😭 And now we have fearless (Taylor’s version)

[@DR-fc1ey]

@@AB-ku8du and now we got Red (TV) Coming out in a few weeks lmao

[@jennxpennsgingerbreadman6679]

@@DR-fc1ey and now she said speak now TVs coming in February!!!

[@luvsoojins1816]

@@jennxpennsgingerbreadman6679 no she didnt

[@disgustedrn4215]

@@jennxpennsgingerbreadman6679 she never said that plsss 💀

[@ninreck5121]

emily: "I don't know where you go after writing an album like this" taylor: do more of it

[@nicolephocas6080]

My tears ricochet is DEFINITELY ab Scott. “Stolen lullabies”, “cursing my name wishing I stayed”, she’s spoken about how she’s cried to him, etc. the best song

[@avivapeltin]

Woahhhh.

[@chatsandreacts]

OH MY GOOOOODDDDDD WE JUST LISTENED FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE AND IT MAKES S MUCH SENSEEEWWWWEEEEE OMG ITS SCOTT!!!!

[@TheLCJ82]

I see this but i think calvin too - there was a song on rep that could apply to both too hmm

[@---sm6ve]

Lisa nah i think the 1 is about calvin

[@johnnashguzon9116]

Yeah I feel like it's about Calvin or some other ex, and the lyric just says that when that person can't sleep at night, he hears her stolen lullabies, which only references her songs from her past albums (which were stolen from her by Scott) that were probably about that ex?

[@formula415]

“That harmonica is so illegal” - Emily Hunt (2020)

[@isabelleb.3653]

“Oh I’m sooo ready to be fucked by Taylor Swift” - Emily’s sense of poetry is incomparable ♥️

[@muntiliciousgirl]

As a fellow Emily Hunt, I second this opinion

[@pablovaldivieso4709]

SOO TRUE

[@chatsandreacts]

I have been told many times that I have a way with words.... 😂😂😂😂 - Em

[@bindumadhavi595]

Anyone Rewatching this after TAYLOR has given handwritten letters to BON and EM through Scott Swift?

[@Neri-hx8mn]

YES

[@MsDiMera2]

Yep !!!!

[@jitaru3707]

Fun fact: the strings in august were recorded by some musicians in florida who had no idea! they were approached randomly and asked to record some music with no context. they only found out what it was when they heard it in folklore when it was realeased!

[@nathanwardin3331]

Really? That was so cool

[@BiggerBear]

Florida is definitely one hell of a drug

[@cherrysoullvinas4399]

2009: I'm not a princess 2014: I'm a queen 2017: They took the crown, but it's alright 2019: We all got crowns 2020: You were my crown

[@landrifergerson4123]

❤️

[@kateg4623]

Always telling a story- and that is what matters...

[@Mandyn8868]

2010: we were the kings and the queens

[@chinmayeep8900]

202_: Crowns are overrated

[@cherrysoullvinas4399]

@@chinmayeep8900 We're gonna be hearing that soon hahahahahhaa

[@jabriibrahim8735]

Who was the lady off camera with all the genius insights tho💀

[@chatsandreacts]

That's Kara.... she is our smart, well-spoken writer bestie who is just the BEST !!!

[@JessicaNicoleFaust]

Right!! Such superior insight!!

[@sweetpea3908]

@@chatsandreacts She deserves the spotlight too

[@JoyfulRelaxation22]

@@sweetpea3908 i'm thinking they might not want to be recorded

[@Vitoria-tx4xh]

She and her roommate Amanda (who was also off camera) have an amazing podcast called To Be Honest. You guys should check it out! If i'm not wrong, the next episode will be about Taylor's discography

[@britt905]

Illicit affairs I think is my favourite song on the album. People always make a villain out the other woman but this song really shows you that are no winners and everyone gets hurt in their own way.

[@arrietty1619]

My favorites on folklore are illicit affairs and august. And on evermore, it’s ivy. All of them are about forbidden love. These songs evoke feelings of deep longing and I’m in love with it

[@lottiedenny1139]

@@arrietty1619 my favourites too!

[@cri5anto370]

Wait I’m a year late and your the only comment k can find talking about illicit affairs and I’m pissed no one is talking about the callback to “ The Outside” when she says “Take the road less traveled by”

[@BelleFlower15]

People who knowingly cheat don't get sympathy

[@buzzcutseason142]

thats stupid

[@tiffanycoleman4776]

Okay but the way you guys described this album as “tortured” and “poetic”…….. 😱

[@pureevil8091]

"It's an album of Track 5s" PERIODTTTT

[@brittniic13]

"Taylor is God and Jack Antanoff is Jesus.... we speak to her...through him." --- bruh. yes.

[@VinhNguyen-vn2mf]

Amen sis

[@MetricMod]

Aaron Dessner did most of the co-writing and the production on this album. He’s from “The National” and is the driving force on this album. So much so that Jack had to change his approach knowing that they were onto something better than ever before. My old friend JT also plays drums on a couple of tunes. Not saying Jack didn’t do a good job on the two songs that he did, but Aaron is a musical and lyrical genius. A beautiful album. One of the best albums in years to be quite honest ❤️

[@carlosnazario7825]

this comment, it all makes sense now 🥺✨

[@sarahburkett4790]

Umm... I know ur a swiftie fan but, we have only ONE god and he perfect Taylor is not god and no where’s near perfect. I don’t care if ur drooling over her new album folklore. I’ve literally listened to her new album and to be honest it’s way to slow and too mellow. And the fact that she did this to get even with Scooter Braun is crazy. I get what he did was wrong I do but, to write bad about somebody who did her wrong is childish. She making him out to be completely evil. It’s 2020 and Taylor is STILL talking about scooter. Get over it!

[@carlosnazario7825]

Sarah Burkett girl please chile 🙂✨🧚🏻‍♂️

[@BebsTaem]

It’s still iconic how you guys created this channel a week before folklore

[@thomascampbell350]

As a nurse, Epiphany fucks me up so much in the best of ways. I can’t listen to it without crying. She really captured the hopelessness we felt during the height of the pandemic

[@pedro4536]

it’s so underrated 😢

[@CarolinaGothic35]

It is truly impossible for me to hear the long pond recording of Epiphany without dissolving into a puddle.

[@laurah.9151]

exactly! I broke down crying the first time I heard "some things you just can´t speak about"... I truly felt like a hug

[@skurinski]

I felt hopeless due to the government tyranny...

[@bbrandoff]

"her and joe ARE OKAY right?" hahahahahahahah our collective feelings

[@hyokat5183]

This was my thought the first time I heard Hoax. Haha. Especially with the line 'dont want no other shade of blue but you' as we all know Taylor associates blue with Joe. But in Hoax I think when she says that blue line she means Bluebird Cafe, where she was discovered by Scott. She says that line coz she cherishes the fact that it was Scott who took a chance on her even tho he turned her down in the future. This is further proved by the line 'but what you did was just as dark, when they pulled me apart.' Coz she was comparing the pain when that Kanye fiasco happened to what Scott did to her.

[@bluaurora8635]

And now look where we are… 😢

[@katlynquinlan6007]

😭😭

[@Lorenatpwk]

Well.... yeah uhm yeah

[@kosmikpixie]

I'm a 72 year old Swiftie and I've watched reaction videos from producers, vocal coaches, guitarists, and any number of stans. You guys are the best. Just love your enthusiasm , your insight, your intelligence.

[@chatsandreacts]

Ray Bernier woah thank you so much! Really means a lot 💛

[@hannxiety]

this is the album that made me a swiftie. i’ve only heard of tswift hits but when this came out 2 years ago, i was enamored by her storytelling. since then, i’ve watched everything i could watch and listened to everything i could listen made by taylor. i love her so much it hurts

[@Emily-df4lf]

meeee

[@kazoolene]

Same, same

[@Avacado212]

Same here!! Now I’m a hardcore swiftie 😂❤

[@DylanLovesBrenda]

I actually loved country Taylor and loved the transition into pop then i kind of left the swiftie fandom with reputation…this brought me back, I could never leave again lol

[@isinha21isi]

I’m rewatching this and it’s so funny now that we know way more about this album. The fact that they called Aaron Dessner “this random Aaron guy” makes me dead 💀 we had no idea what was coming

[@miaflint9146]

@Gabriela wait what do we know?

[@GiveMePopperz]

@@miaflint9146 for example her fiancé helped write exile and betty

[@uneedtherapy5937]

@@miaflint9146 and also like they are saying this song is about Calvin or this is about some other but actually it's about fictional characters. And Mad woman is not about Kanye. You know things like these that we figured out wayyy later

[@bellamarie8764]

@@uneedtherapy5937 is mad woman about something specific or

[@elisagrones2549]

@@bellamarie8764 scooter braun

[@nicolettekeely]

Also the lyric “robbers to the east clowns to the west”....scooter and Kanye

[@erikdaniels0n]

Clowns to the W E S T. You ain’t slick, Taylor

[@swiftlylovestruck]

OMG YEEES I JUST REALISED

[@Mandyn8868]

In the lyrics West is capitalized!!!

[@ishita2027]

She legit had w in capital letter, as in sur names💀💀 Jsjsjsjs

[@zhannaboo]

1. «The 1» 2:05 2. «Cardigan» 5:22 3. «The Last Great American Dynasty» 9:20 4. «Exile» 12:33 5. «My Tears Ricochet» 18:05 6. «Mirrorball» 21:36 7. «Seven» 25:08 8. «August» 28:00 9. «This Is Me Trying» 30:37 10. «Illicit Affairs» 32:43 11. «Invisible String» 35:26 12. «Mad Woman» 39:35 13. «Epiphany» 44:07 14. «Betty» 45:26 15. «Peace» 49:11 16. «Hoax» 53:18

[@rld8272]

Yoo ty

[@lestersmith8052]

Thank you 💗🤗

[@sherriranola7257]

😍

[@clairesnelson9961]

Bless you friend!!

[@andersonhenriques97]

thank yoooou

[@tomygirl18]

This is the closest I'll ever come to experiencing Folklore for the first time again and I genuinly thank you for that 😅❤️

[@saimallow]

Omg yes!!!!

[@worldsbiggestholdthegirlfan]

I’d argue hearing it live gives you that experience too! Hearing 7 of the songs from this brilliant album by taylor in a stadium BLEW ME AWAY

[@chelseabeeching2439]

Can we talk about how Emly looks like she's been THROUGH HELL by the end of this... girl felt it

[@noahbard.mp4]

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s daughters names are James, Inez and Betty...

[@theadventuresofarlo_]

Oh boy, if that was a big concindence 😂

[@vmovec2335]

three girls....

[@fatimashaikh499]

I’m screaming internally and I don’t think it’s a coincidence 😱

[@mohammedfouzan4155]

@@fatimashaikh499 it's not ;)

[@desireebaylon6965]

@@mohammedfouzan4155 i think so too. Remember the baby on her Gorgeous song? Like in the beginning of the song. Its ryan and blake’s kid James.

[@jadefrota1583]

I’m like FEEELING THIS. Listen I don’t have friends who like TS like I do so I need to talk to SOMEBODY

[@isabelleb.3653]

Saaaame!

[@keshamcinnes]

HUGE TS FAN IF U WANNA TALK TS DM ME ON IG @keshamcinnes is my handle 😊

[@carok3993]

Saaaaaame. I wanted to talk to someone so baaad about this album. So I annoyed my best friend and boyfriend 😂

[@isabelleb.3653]

Any TS fan out here in Sydney, hit me up 😀☺️

[@mangilimanirisandrea4255]

OMG YES

[@sofiamarieortega7471]

"This random guy named Aaron" to "Its with Aaroooon" like, yeah, the character development

[@kosmikpixie]

If Taylor doesn't win every major music award next season, there simply is no justice.

[@huhfudge7797]

Yessss!!!

[@janoliakwon710]

FACTS!!!

[@minswift1989]

True

[@comosedice6104]

So f**kin true *remember what happened with reputation ugh!

[@saakshishetty7899]

@@comosedice6104 but let's be honest, there were many better albums than reputation during that year.

[@jokeorpa3805]

Im kinda jealous that you guys have this circle of friends who you can share your theories and gushing about how relatable and great Taylor Swift is as a song writer a singer and a person, but im also glad to find this channel that makes me feel that im not alone of feeling this way about her and its enjoyable to watch your reactions and theories 🤗

[@sophh1585]

Me too x

[@gitaputriutami3919]

Me too. I don't have friends that into Taylor as much as I do 😅

[@likemve6541]

Same, my react to this album was alone in my bedroom screaming and crying like crazy

[@theruzeljames]

Yes :(

[@wuolfric]

ME TOO 😭😭

[@RockDocNeal]

I initially heard the song Exile while driving in my car and when Bon Iver first sang "You never gave me any signs" followed by Taylor's echoed response line "I gave so many signs", I almost had to pull over because it's like my entire history of relationships. 😲

[@cici.ngxenge]

Sooooo many siiiiiigns

[@applehappyx-files2456]

exactly 🥺

[@liadelgado3898]

So I'm a Year 6 teacher and today I got my students to do a song analysis on My Tears Ricochet (because of course I'll incorporate Taylor Swift into my classroom if I can). I asked the kids why the music at the beginning was chosen. Funeral/ ghost inspired answers were the norm but I loved this explanation from one girl- "The music at the start is almost like it's a siren's call- eerie and enchanting... And just like a siren's call luring men in and killing them, the record label lured in Taylor Swift, made her feel loved but then ruined her too".

[@casie6609]

That's beautiful!

[@enchantxd]

wowww i wish i was in your class, as a big swiftie

[@JoleneDaviesITKWJ]

EPIPHANY: starts about her grandfather (WWII vet) (the beaches, bleeding out, some things you don't speak about) them being heroes... Second half: COVID heroes (heath care) (holding hands through plastic, breathe in - breathe out like a ventilator, what they don't teach you in med school) she's basically praising different types of heroes, and reflecting the pain they go through while still doing their jobs (someone's mother, daughter, short breaks to deal with it) imo This is such a POWERFUL song. Whenever I hear this song I picture veterans telling their stories and storming the beaches of Normandy and WWII experience and nurses/doctors working Covid front lines

[@chatsandreacts]

TOTALLY AGREE... and also maybe her fans... serving with her

[@rebeccarosencline2118]

Yes! And her BFF Abigail also works with veterans and is very passionate about it!

[@mackenziedawn9892]

This song makes me cry every time. From the first time I heard it I felt a deep emotional connection to it and her since I am a nurse who has held a number of elderly patients with covid’s hands as they take their last breathes without any family around and this song spoke that so true. When the album came out I was actually in quarantine since I got COVID while on the frontlines being the support for these poor patients who are fighting without family beside them. Wow this just hit me so hard. Will never not make me cry and feel all of the heart wrenching feelings. 😭😭

[@JoleneDaviesITKWJ]

@@mackenziedawn9892 wow, thank you for all you're doing. Take care of yourself.

[@mackenziedawn9892]

Jolene Davies thank you ❤️✨

[@alakega]

Why is no one talking about how ‘august’ is the 8th month of the year and is the 8th song on the album as well??? Freakin ICONIC

[@AlexB-dh2ox]

… 💀that’s it ? Wow how iconic

[@alakega]

@@AlexB-dh2ox as swifties we’re alll about the little details so yeah 🙂.. that’s it and IT IS ICONIC THANK U

[@adrianbumaat7662]

same with 'the 1' as the first track, 'seven' as the seventh track

[@MissJaney82]

I had to come back to this video after your Eras tour experience. So proud of you and everything you’ve achieved ❤

[@ellierichardson1616]

Me: watching an 1 and half long video reaction to folklore *video ends* Me: Hm, let's watch another hour long video about Folklore

[@DaphneGsell]

Accurate

[@LenaLuthorWife]

sameee... I just watched AJay's and then I saw this

[@natacatLrcs]

Yeap. Same

[@jessiediaz9536]

watch Steven in Stereo reaction.. he officially said he is a swiftie now after reacting to TS albums ❤️

[@belsuarez1923]

sameeee

[@mimicrown6543]

I dont have any switie friend so, Im gonna watch this and pretend I was there, pretty the same my reaction

[@chatsandreacts]

perfectttttttt !

[@ainoaro5808]

Omg me toooooo

[@varsharawat9188]

Me too. I don't have any friend who is as crazy as me about her

[@mimicrown6543]

@@varsharawat9188 I know how you feel,!!! lets cry together as we listen to "My tears ricochet"

[@sofie4172]

None of my friends like her as well, and I still regret nog going to reputation alone omg

[@Katie-wc9it]

Seven hit me so deeply, I instantly felt like the song could be from Taylor’s inner child to my inner child. I’ve cried many times listening to Seven, wishing that someone could’ve saved me.

[@iloveevermore13]

...

[@bouchrakebour2629]

I cry to that song every single day for the same reason 😔

[@mixxii_rx]

my favourite taylor song ever, i relate to it in both perspectives which makes me sob to no limit

[@DramaticMrs]

same

[@maddy7209]

i will NEVER be the same after hearing this album. i am still speechless and overwhelmed and cannot process everything she has just said so perfectly?????? How does she keep getting better ?!?!?! I’m simply still in a state of shock

[@chatsandreacts]

I can relate to every word 😭its simply too overwhelming!

[@franciegrasso5011]

my tears ricochet is about her leaving big m*chine! "I didn't have it in myself to go with grace" (she took a stance pre/during AMAs and her Netflix doc), "stolen lullabies" (her masters being held hostage). SOOOOO much deeper than it seems!!!

[@Angel-fq9re]

i think it’s more about her leaving calvin harris she referenced about the big machine record in mad woman tho

[@amberplaatje8754]

I was thinking this too!

[@franciegrasso5011]

@@Angel-fq9re my personal take was that mad woman was about Yael Cohen Braun, as she publicly shamed Taylor when she spoke out at SB selling BMR to Sc**ter

[@Angel-fq9re]

Francie Grasso yep it could be that too as much as ‘mad woman’ could apply to kimye as well which is why ‘folklore’ is genius because it can mean a lot of things

[@ceciliarogers5287]

@@Angel-fq9re I think Mad Woman and My Tears Richochet are connected as they both use the same imagery of battle and ships going down / canons firing at your yacht. It could easily be about two things at the same time, a romantic relationship AND Scooter Braun ... and I love how she does that :)

[@daniellerose7026]

I love the shift in her album art, here and in evermore. She "removes" herself from the album's image, letting the music speak for itself. In prior albums, it was obviously her work. These show her in somewhat ambuiguity and at first glance you don't see her name or face. I feel like it speaks to her doing something that felt true to her and releasing it without the need for approval and applause. Make sense? lol

[@jessiejackson7727]

“This other random guy, Aaron” 💀💀💀

[@jadefrota1583]

U guys. I never want this video to end.

[@chatsandreacts]

😭❤️😭❤️

[@andreaalcid9266]

me too💗

[@GGluver22]

Omg I am only 16 minutes in, and you girls are giving me so many insights I haven't thought about yet!

[@chatsandreacts]

oh oh oh we are uncovering so much after reading these comments and listening more hahah

[@dougintothesunset]

Two things . . . I will never tire of watching you two react to Taylor music you don't know. I'm really looking forward to your TTPD reaction. Thank you for sharing.

[@itsrachelscloset]

Love returning to this video because that "random guy Aaron" has given us some of the best songs and I am still shook about this album dropped. And now m i d n i g h t s coming soon. Ahhh.

[@Maxfitzpatrick13]

same i love going back to this going back to the folklore release

[@lindseysquire8417]

My girl literally got bored and wrote 16 masterpieces, and most of them weren't even about her experiences. Just stories she wrote because she's an icon.

[@brittniic13]

"that harmonica....is so illegal"

[@mnzthegreat]

Taylor just confirmed that she’s watching their videos 😭

[@ford7372]

Wait really?? I wanna know how 😭

[@stevesmith5883]

@@ford7372 You probably know by now if you've been watching more of them, but if you don't they got messaged by the official TaylorNation account and got given VIP tickets for night 3 of Melborne, Taylor's father personally handed them bags of merch and personalised, handwritten letters from Taylor as well as confirming that he's watched their videos for a while and always sends them to Taylor. So it's pretty much a given that Taylor has watched at least some of them if her dad is linking them to her.

[@RealtorJonathanCruz]

Omg it so hard to watch all this videos for the second or third time again after joe break up there are so many references and everything takes a different meaning now

[@justinecondesa3039]

I want to be their friend

[@DaphneGsell]

Same!!

[@kimberley3754]

mirrorball is definitely about her desperation to be loved and being a people pleaser. she spoke about always reinventing herself to keep people interested in her, and i think this song is for fans or the general public, and how shes trying everything to make them love her

[@taylorsversion6927]

the fact that she wrote it after her shows were cancelled 😢

[@corneliastreet2491]

A pathological people pleaser 😭 who only wanted him to see her 😭😭😭

[@mariontllb]

​@@corneliastreet2491A PEOPLE PLEASER😭

[@filipmarinkovic6281]

it is the song about people who give more than they get as well.

[@anjarw]

Watching this back and realising how many of those songs are about Matty Healy...and we all thought are her and Joe ok haha

[@kongs13]

Which ones do you think are about him?

[@bialopesm]

Time to time I come back here just to remember THE feeling of this masterpiece release. What an important album, what an important era... for Taylor, for us as fans, for human beings in this planet in 2020... folklore forever

[@lindipeterson4549]

Truth!

[@sam_sa09]

I wish I was there then

[@gelifilms]

"THIS WHOLE ALBUM IS JUST A 16-TRACK FLEX OF 'LOOK AT ME WRITE THESE LYRICS THAT ARE GOING TO PIERCE YOUR BODY EVERYTIME.'" AMEN. AMEN TO THAT SISTER.

[@ivymural9201]

Is it just me that keeps coming back and rewatch this whole video like every single day? Best reaction video ever.

[@cj2348]

Anne Stewart samee

[@CarolinaMartinez-tj3me]

sameeeeeeee

[@arturonunez1627]

Sameeee

[@ally_roro1482]

🙋🏻‍♀️

[@natalieg-s]

this and the evermore are my comfort videos fr, like the great music and the pure joy reactions just feel like a safe space for me

[@jacobmccain8794]

“The 1” is my favorite song on this album! It’s actually my favorite song ever by Taylor! I heard it and instantly got chills and fell in love!

[@JMC89426]

I feel like Epiphany didn't get the reaction it deserved😫😫 i actually weep listening to that song😭😭

[@mishalaamir8525]

Somehow THIS IS THE ONLY GOOD ALBUM REVIEW of folklore on youtube, everyone else keeps missing things!! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

[@estplorer]

Yes I agree! I loved how they really listened to the lyrics instead of just focusing on the music and production

[@DaniLore]

I Love Caitlin Marie's reaction. So emotional

[@cherrybelle5794]

Super true!!! And they know alot, so they're words aren't empty nor it is purely simping for views. I love all their reactions!

[@weshouldtotallyjuststabcea1382]

Ajay..

[@borki7469]

@@weshouldtotallyjuststabcea1382 hers was too short

[@ari101aracely]

I feel like “This Is Me Trying” is about her career and coming back to music, because of the line ‘I didn’t know if you’d care if I came back. I have a lot of regrets about that.’ And she’s said a lot she almost quit music after the whole drama, and it was the fans that brought her back.

[@theadventuresofarlo_]

Yes I agree

[@issuequeue5218]

I can't imagine what it could have been if she quit music at that time. How the world and especially my life would be existing without reputation, lover and now folklore... I don't even wanna think about it more

[@theadventuresofarlo_]

issue queue And of course all the other masterpieces that are 1989, Red, Speak Now, Fearless and Taylor Swift! Xx

[@issuequeue5218]

@@theadventuresofarlo_ Yesss! you're absolutely right about that Emma

[@theadventuresofarlo_]

issue queue ikrrrrr 😂!

[@nataliamanna1047]

them saying that mirrorball is about joe is so funny to me because it’s such a sad song about someone who is only used to shine off others and is able to mold to what others want from them

[@karl14527]

Epiphany is my Favorite song by Taylor Swift. For me, it is not only the best, but also the saddest Song. It is the Most underrated Song. It is not the tragic Romantic sadness which is often used. This Song lets us feel the pain that you feel When you Lose a important Person. This pain aches so much harder because you can't Change it and you know that you will never be able to see or talk to This Person. Also the slow and quiet Sound of This Song is the Sound of accepting that you Lost the Person, and you Remember again and again What you still wanted to Do and could've have with this Person. You think of the Memories you Made with this Person, and it hurts even more, because you know that you will never experience this again. And you dont even know where the Person is and How the Person Feels. You Don't know who is more hurt. The only Thing you know is that you can't Change it. Nothing will ever bring the Person back. You lay on the ground, look up and feel the pain. Forever.

[@karl14527]

I know that this is not the exact what the lyrics Say but this is what feeling I get

[@yousrabensedgua1543]

This

[@maconfort]

"She's still going" YASSSS, my whole feeling during Cardigan. Those lyrics are a master piece.

[@GGluver22]

I was thinking Tears Ricochet was about Scott Borchetta...stolen lullabies, fighting/leaving labels. I was teary eyed when I realized :(

[@chatsandreacts]

YOU ARE RIGHT!! AHHH it makes so much sense!!

[@sarahbear892]

I actually thought it was about her younger self? "And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake?" "You wear the same jewels that I gave you As you bury me" Like nodding to LWYMMD? Remember the music video? Idk, in Miss Americana, there was a lot of talk about her difficult relationship with herself, you know?

[@tomashe8120]

the whole album revolves around the woman who owned her rhode island home and the song my tears ricochet is about her divorced husband who was killed in the war (which is what epiphany is about) and the whole album tells the story of their relationship if you really listen however a lot of it has underlying messages which relate to taylor

[@bammmitsrachel]

I became a new swiftie in 2021 a few weeks after Fearless TV came out. So all her discography was a lot for me to take in in a short span but this video really made me see what it was like for the long time swifties. I can't imagine listening to all those years of country, pop and rock. Then she drops this album randomly in the middle of a pandemic and it's an entirely different genre. It's fun to see the shock you both had!

[@illyanclement_]

this reaction as well as their reaction to evermore have quickly become comfort videos for me lol

[@apopatatime]

Taylor is the God that keeps on giving Jack is Jesus We talk to her through him

[@blueandpurple5467]

I SCREAMED when she said that omg

[@MonumentToSin]

That was so funny hahaha

[@samanthaangulo2020]

Bonny I love you for editing a 58 minute video in a day 😭

[@chatsandreacts]

I didn't sleep a lot hahaha 🥰

[@nicolettekeely]

Yes Idk how you did it! You are amazing!!

[@gretakcomt5393]

I love how we all listened to the album and tried to connect it to an ex but then like a few days later we realized she created the Taylor Multiverse 😭

[@yuurioholland8243]

enough time has passed, this is my favorite reaction of folklore out of many reaction videos that i have watched and re-watched many times for entertainment. cant even count how many times i re-watched this video and their folklore breakdown videos are my fave too, it gave me more understanding of the context and imagery of taylor's superior lyricism

[@Lucybee79]

I feel like you two will appreciate this story so I want to tell you :) I’m from nyc and on May 5th 2010 (I was 12 at the time) my best friend, my sister and myself were walking down the street listening to Taylor’s Christmas album, yes, in May 😂 We stumbled upon an antique shop on 14th street and there were a few paparazzi outside of this store, I was so curious but the paparazzi told us we couldn’t go in. I wasn’t going to take no for an answer so I went in anyway, looked around, didn’t see anyone and then all of a sudden I look up to my right and Taylor is looking down at me and says “hello there” I couldn’t believe that what I was seeing was real. I said hello and that I loved her so much. Ran back outside to tell my friend and sister and we freaked out. We decided to wait outside and then her manager came outside and said “Taylor would like to have a picture with you three, please come in!” She invited us in the store and was the sweetest person you could ever imagine existing. I will never ever ever forget that day for as long as I live. If I could insert the picture here I would!!

[@chatsandreacts]

AHHHHH OMG THAT IS AMAAZINNNGGGGGG I LOVE THIS FOR YOU!!!!! Omg and her Christmas album in May? YES!!! Her version of last Christmas is SUPERIOR I listen all year long!!! - Em

[@sophh1585]

OMG!!

[@stellapuellae2354]

Why do I feel like I was the one meeting Taylor? I was probably feeling what you must have felt that day. Taylor is so down to earth. You truly are a lucky one!

[@sugarfacerobberr8472]

I saw A theory that Mirrorball was about us fans and that her career is “coming to an end” but she wants us to know that she’s still gonna be there for us and she’ll have all the memories reflecting on us and we can always look back on it. When she said “I’ll be on my tallest tiptoes shinning just for you” she was saying that she does everything for us but her career is going to end at some point and she’s doing everything to keep us looking at her and supporting her

[@gerbiei.1370]

Why did this make me cry 😢

[@anusribrahmachary2139]

Yeah I thought the same from my initial listen. But everyone said it's about Joe. You don't change yourself for your lover. He or she will have to love you just as you are. It's definitely about the fans and I feel so sad. I'll even watch a video of Taylor swift making no absolute sense for the whole day! Though she always makes sense.

[@estplorer]

Yeah I thought so too! Her and her music being a mirrorball that everyone somehow can relate to or find their own feelings and experiences reflected through her songs. When she mentioned "Hush, I know they said the end is near..." its like she's whispering to us her fans, saying even though people say her reign in music is coming to an end, she is still enjoying herself in her tallest tiptoes dancing in her highest heels, shining just for us. And her bridge where she uses the different imagery to symbolize her different eras (circus = red, disco = pop/1989, horse & rodeo clowns = country), I think she's talking in line with what she mentioned in her Miss Americana documentary about how female artists constantly having to reinvent themselves to stay interesting and relevant.

[@sugarfacerobberr8472]

estherchiong ahhh omg 🥺 gosh this song just has so many meanings it’s hard to handle

[@sugarfacerobberr8472]

Anusri Brahmachary Yes! Exactly, also just realized when she said “I’ve never been a natural all I do it try try try” she’s probably referring to us saying she’s such a good artist and how we love her writing skills and she’s basically taking our complement and saying all she ever did was try UGH THIS SONG IS SO GOOD

[@breezybumbles17]

I know this is a super old video but I am watching this just wishing I had a Swiftie friend to share my obsession with Taylor with. But I will just join you guys in the meantime!

[@lestersmithies]

It's 2024 now and I can't imagine my 2020 without this folklore reaction video 😊❤

[@crcooney]

hoax: “don’t want no other shade of blue, but you” delicate: “oh damn never seen that color blue” delicate: “deep blue but you painted me golden” red: “losing you was blue like i’ve never know” cruel summer: “and it’s blue, the feeling i’m getting”

[@jasazos]

You mean Dancing With Our Hands Tied for the third one? Lol

[@bya22666]

Miss americana & The heartbreak prince: "we're so sad, we paint the town blue"

[@Surreality22992]

I'm calling it the "Joe shade of blue"

[@camelliareja95]

@Tanisha Goveas indigo eyes was in I Think He Knows 😍

[@Victor-ch6xp]

all too well (10 minute version): and did the twin flame bruise paint you blue?

[@emmy11ification]

betty and cardigan are my favorites so far. I can’t get the lines “I’m only seventeen” and “I knew everything when I was young” out of my head. Also Betty is lowkey giving Fearless vibes? Which I guess makes total sense because it’s a teenage love story mixed with a slight country vibe. Obsessed with this album as whole. It’s driving down windy roads in Autumn. It’s log cabin. It’s everything I needed from her.

[@chatsandreacts]

BETTY IS SO FEARLESS yes it has that country vibe and the style of writing too!

[@MskLeeSay]

This is my comfort video.

[@eleanor8370]

watching this 3 years later and it actually made me emotional watching a real, raw reaction to this and remembering listening for the first time😭

[@liamp.2478]

I think Mad woman is about all the people that drag her like Kanye, kim, scooter, scott, Bieber etc

[@horsenoise28]

And my tears ricochet too, i think

[@liamp.2478]

Thi Ha Chi Nguyen nah, my tears ricochet are about only scott and the label, not Kanye and the others

[@lucabricca8529]

Mad woman seems to be more about Scooter + wife and Kanye + Kim

[@theMj1793]

Yeah I also thought of this

[@nooralggg4829]

Liam P. Omg wtf. No it’s not

[@matthewmorrin1974]

Honestly tho. If you don’t react like this to new Taylor Swift music, you don’t deserve to listen to it. *LOVE THE ENERGY.*

[@Pibbs.]

This!

[@brandonsanchez1825]

I love how y’all share your feelings about the song and how y’all have close friends on sharing all of this! The pure excitement and joy makes me feel like I’m not the only one with these reactions!

[@ichokedonadoritoonce7670]

The fact that Taylor watches your videos

[@matildaonvideo]

From one Aussie folklore lover to another, thank you! Obsessed with everything about this. From your outfits matching your living room, to the John Mayer references, hand gestures and constant stream of 'I’m sorry...?!' 58 minutes of this energy made me feel refreshed, recharged and renewed 😂👏 x

[@urvishrivastava5510]

Timestamp for the John Mayer reference pls.

[@kateg4623]

@@urvishrivastava5510 its like right at the start... too busy listening to give exact timestamp -sorry- its def ‘the one’ or ‘cardigan’! That i can say for sure...

[@zoet1904]

@@kateg4623 nope last great American dynasty

[@zoet1904]

@@kateg4623 9:38

[@ZosiaDabrowski]

Oh my god the comment section crossover I never knew I needed, just watched this video and hello Matilda!

[@katerose_13]

All I can say is not even 3 minutes in and your reactions are too relatable, I squealed about 30+ different times throughout the day while soaking up this lyrical masterpiece of an album 😭♥️🙌🏼

[@chatsandreacts]

squealing is the only way I made it through alive

[@batoulalbar3556]

This is literally what I've been looking for in music. Some great storytelling and imaginative stories. Also, I never noticed how great of a writer she is. Her writing for both evermore and this one is just so good. Motivated me to get back to writing some more poems, which I've been planning to do but this just excited me to get back to it.

[@ManateeGhost]

I swear I watch this video at least once a month. It brings me so much joy since I can’t experience this album for the first time anymore. 😂

[@zainabimran5825]

You are like the swiftie friends i have never had😭

[@Helamans]

What wouldn’t I give to have friends like you who are just so knowledgeable about Taylor’s life and works!! Absolutely loved this reaction!!