Alright... Let's listen to 'The Tortured Poets Department' - Part 1 (Taylor Swift Reaction)

[@becauseisaac]

This album is so good guys, and It only get's better. Because of Copyright issues, we split this episode into 3 parts. Here's part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYrYh4mefKd-nas

[@BrandyFisher-x6d]

Says the video isn’t available

[@mummyfuzz1995]

Chocolate… Matt Healy is in the band 1975 they also have a song about chocolate but it’s not the normal chocolate 😂

[@CutieSong]

They talk way too much 😢 I like listening to your reactions about production and vocals. Maybe you should pause the music when someone has something interresting to debate on. Sorry about my english I’m French. Hope you understand ☺️

[@jomatuazon]

Not me watching yet another full album reaction video of TTPD 🤡

[@just_swiftly_shake_it_off_1989]

for real

[@rangoligarg2634]

no bcz same 😭 I've seen so many of them and now my youtube wont stop recommending more and I just keep watching them

[@bethany3930]

not me making this my favorite pass time lol

[@Here_For_Humanity]

I've lost count of how many TTPD reactions I've watched at this point, lol!! ✨️🫶🏻🎶💃🏼💖

[@madisonfrancis6705]

I’ve watched so many 😭

[@Flixtex]

The production also felt monotonous to me first listen and was burnt out till 31 songs ended but in second listen on shuffle, this album grew on me so much that i can't listen to any other Taylor songs except this album 😅

[@patriciac814]

Same thing here!!

[@LavenderrLatte]

It was just so overwhelming. I listened to the standard album for a few days and they really grew on me. I did the same thing with The Anthology and was able to appreciate it a lot more with time in between and now I can’t choose which I love more

[@rexanael243]

31 songs straight through is very fatiguing on first listen. I have found it works much better as 2 albums or on shuffle too. Great album the more I listen.

[@carolynnewcomb2153]

So true lol! After more listens it’s like - how the hell did I think it was a bit sleepy? It’s amazing!

[@landm2001]

Same!

[@fantastischfish]

Down Bad breaks me. The way she compares the end of a relationship to being dropped back down to earth after being abducted by aliens, shown and different world then arriving back and being disoriented not knowing what happened b

[@felonyharlem2219]

GOD I'm so glad I found your comment. I've been saying forever that Down Bad lyrics are slept on because the beat and "fucks" take all the attention. The lyric "Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up" HURTS ME

[@Madi99Renee]

It’s also giving “You showed me colors You know I can't see with anyone else (…) You taught me a secret language I can’t speak with anyone else” 😭

[@felonyharlem2219]

@@Madi99Renee Right??? I love love love the beat of Down Bad but I'd also like to here an acoustic version

[@flowerswithpowers]

Down Bad is a perfect song

[@GrapefruitPizza]

"If it's deep it's about Joe" ...you should toss those preconceived notions for this album and just listen to what the lyrics are saying.

[@tracieturner1907]

They wouldn't be quiet long enough to actually listen. It's deep...you listen.

[@mackaz3930]

As someone going thru a breakup after 13 years, this album is everything! (13 years, no ring, no baby, naivety can really wreak havoc! Hence, the need for this album!!)

[@Violet316]

Luckily Taylor only lost 6 years.

[@MrFrye12345]

Speaking of 13, it’s Taylor’s lucky number

[@mackaz3930]

@MrFrye12345 k that brought the tears! It's weirdly comforting 😊❤️

[@mandeepdevesar]

I hope you’re doing okay, sending you a big hug

[@RedPaperStudies]

People just come on the internet saying , " I hate Taylor Swift " and make some videos and just become a swiftie .

[@Flixtex]

People on internet say all the Taylor Swift songs sounds alike and most of time in edits or radio they don't realise its a Taylor Swift song 😂

[@SiareHamilton]

It makes sense if u just listen to song without paying attention to lyrics

[@SiareHamilton]

But if u jut listen to lyrics boom blown away

[@jakariyamahmud]

​@@SiareHamilton I get what you mean. You know how sometimes superpop-ish songs sound alike. But if they say folklore and 1989 is same, that's absurd😅

[@SiareHamilton]

​@@jakariyamahmud let's be real those people would not have even listened to folklore but would just type " EwW aLl Of ThEm SoUnDs LiKe ShAkE iT oFf"

[@13thSwiftieDepartment]

This album grew on me so much it's so weird

[@jennyph79]

same!!!

[@brytonmunro5270]

The best art is often the hardest to absorb

[@AzoreAcai]

can't handle the "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" slander, it's such a BOP

[@jacquelinelarraux690]

They literally talked through all the cutting lyrics. 😒

[@AzoreAcai]

@@jacquelinelarraux690 been singing 🎶MY BOYYY🎶 everyday since the album came out

[@Ricky48888]

Hey guy Jack Antonoff did not do the rerecordings of 1989. He just did the vault songs. Get it right before you accuse him of something.

[@DanielSalava]

Also IKYWT is not 1989!

[@jillronan6786]

Honestly I’ve never seen a TSwift reaction where they got so many facts wrong, missed ALL the metaphors and badly mangled the lyrics from past songs 😂

[@becks.w]

That whole convo was OFF THE WALL. Like, wth? Wrong, wrong, wrooooong.... 😆🤣

[@agvicster]

yep. I knew this reaction screamed disaster from the very first minute. All the "omg, chills, omg, chills!" only added to the "sh!t storm" (😉) that ensued.

[@b2_youtube181]

He literally did Out of the woods, I wish you would, and You are in Love

[@templeofdoom8629]

"I'm gonna walk down the aisle to this" (Down Bad) 🤣🤣

[@lukajelacic2539]

3 people, 2 brain cells

[@becauseisaac]

best comment

[@diancavilla6422]

I really wish that your friends (not sure, I didn’t catch their relation to you) wouldn’t bring up a man every single lyric that Taylor sings. Them bringing up a different guy every minute really took away from the lyricism and what story Taylor is telling in the songs. I loved your perspective especially since you point out lots of production elements I usually don’t hear the first time around.

[@Paola-tz5je]

Right! It was so annoying!

[@emilyisable]

Ya I didn’t appreciate the limp paternity tests. If you’re going to do that you have to say something thoughtful

[@Jojo-fh1ol]

I personally don't think too much about the men because you don't need that to follow the story.

[@plnkblue]

Same, its kind of hilarious because it's actually an extremely hypocritical thing to do. Fans will always get defensive and angry when somebody says that Taylor only writes about breakups and men, but then they'll turn right around and only ever try to interpret her songs through their preconceived, surface level ideas about the men she dates. It's like, you can't have it both ways lmao. The men are not nearly as important to the stories and worlds she crafts within her songs as people seem to think.

[@AmeeraJamal-f6j]

Yee

[@_aly_cat]

Hey Issac, always love your reactions :) I just wanted to correct you- Taylor has been using Christopher Rowe to do all her re-recordings. Jack has only been used for songs he actually produced originally and some of the vault tracks that were never released. Also, Shellback worked with Martin on the original release of 1989 and he did actually come back to help re-record Wildest Dreams along with Ryan Tedder and Imogen Heap on their original tracks.

[@Flipper568]

The song Fortnight is (partly) about Tortured Poet, Sylvia Plath, who k*lled herself in 1963 after her exhusband left her for another woman (there are big references to this in the music video).

[@andro99991]

Also famous for the quote "Dying is an art like everything else. I do it exceptionally well".

[@LanaJulie33]

Jack was on the original 1989 album, too. And the reason why max Martin isn't around too much in pop now is because he makes artists he works with give him writing credits even if he didn't participate in writing at all

[@amberalexander9284]

This would've been more enjoyable to just listen to Isaac review it.

[@KeaganKeagan-gk3op]

This may be a coincidence but during some shows of “The Man” at the eras tour they background people are using typewriters just like in TTPD title song.

[@aarondiaz9707]

The irritation when they talk and not pausing the track😅

[@becauseisaac]

So… Unfortunately due to copyright issues, the second and third part of this reaction has been taken down from KZbin. I’m pretty mad about it, but for now there’s not really anything we can do. Thanks for watching this though!

[@LanaJulie33]

Oh no!! I was excited to see those next lol

[@treys130]

i just finished all 3 and saw the other 2 were gone :( glad i got to seem them!

[@alesharoth4340]

I just really want to know what you thought of but daddy I love him because I felt like it was the only song that sounded different.

[@justbeeyourself]

a patreon would be a good solution!

[@polarpaw224]

Noooooooo. I was half way through part two. 😭 I really wanted to see I Can Do It With A Broken Heart.

[@David.124]

15:17 this is Taylor’s signature sound. She first began with her album 1989, which she explained why she titled it the year after she was born because it was a collection of 80’s synth pop songs. Since then, every single one of her albums has an element of 80’s synth pop. It was extreme in lover, some hints in folklore and evermore, prominent in Midnights, and extreme in Tortured Poets.

[@craftingranger7552]

I don't know there the name but the girl in black gets It!!! I like that she was looking at the album with the perspective that Taylor had a lot to write about so these songs aren't entirely about one person in particular

[@carolynnewcomb2153]

I think he’s right, Fortnight seems more metaphorical, covering themes that run throughout the album such as love, longing, wanting someone who’s not good for you, mental health etc. Fun reaction!

[@AniSamurkasovi]

I've never heard such a wrong interpretation of some of these songs.

[@ElisabethsTeam]

Hate to break it to you-Matty, Matty, Matty, Matty first four.

[@jamiekay3650]

I disagree about MBOBHFT, but the rest are def Matty.

[@AlexRonalds]

OK But... do you know that Jack Antonoff did NOT produced the Max Martin songs on 1989 TV???? She produces those tracks with Cristopher Rowe.... hehehe just saying.

[@natmqs]

I can't wait, I really enjoy hearing your perspective

[@becauseisaac]

Thank you!!!

[@Draemina]

“Ate seven bars of chocolate” The 1975 has a song called “Chocolate.”

[@JChang13]

I understand on first listen it might be hard to grab every detail but I think over time there’s so much perfection to both the production and writing on this album throughout that you really have to critically listen to hear

[@alextoscano2475]

So I saw a theory that “Fortnight” is supposed to be this idea where it’s meant to take place in the future where a past relationship that was daunting on you feels like it didn’t last as long as it had felt when it was happening and you realize the other person moved on and is living a happier, better life than you and you’re jealous of their “happy spouse, happy house” life; hence the “my husband is cheating.. your wife waters flower” lines. SO GOOD!

[@clapyourhanz7742]

Jack Antonoff also produced 1989 (2014) with Max Martin, Shellback, Ryan Tedder and a few other producers, just so you know. Jack Antonoff only produced the same songs he initially was part of in 1989 (Taylor's Version), the rest were produced by Christopher Rowe, together with the returning Shellback, and Ryan Tedder.

[@renatataunay3258]

I absolutely love this video! Tks for putting it together :) a suggestion for next time: it would be interesting if the girls were more technical about their review instead of saying “it’s about matty/joe” every minute

[@courtneybbates]

Fortnight is a contunation of the No Body No Crime story on evermore and no one can tell me otherwise.

[@marigolden_mariposa]

hahaha that's a good one. everyone connected to the end of hits different when she says is that your key in the door have they come to take me away.

[@Madi99Renee]

No wayyy. Why would the wife in no body no crime be upset about him cheating if she’s pining for some guy she spent a fortnight with ? 😅

[@anyasmith1703]

​@madi.gonzalez. I'm guessing they mean it's fron the perspective of the mistress

[@purpledragonfly313]

You’re missing all the greatness while speculating about the who is it about aspect. She writes a lot of metaphors and not everything is to be taken literally. She wasn’t really in an asylum, but Clara Bow was (example). She paints pictures with her words, like poets tend to do ❤

[@lizamurphy5844]

It's a fantastic album but it's all basically about Ratty apart from So Long London, Clara Bow, Who's afraid I'd little old me and of course The Alchemy which is about Travis. Healy really did a number on her 😭

[@polarpaw224]

That is so interesting! I completely disagree about My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys. I get lost in her voice and that’s what I hear most. I get that weird senses mix up where I actually see her voice in some way. Sometime when you’re listening to it, focus specifically on how her voice moves through different sounds. It became my favorite song after the first time I did that.

[@skepticalmaiden]

Nothing in this album is lame. 🙄

[@lindseypulchny2581]

Anna, I hate to tell you, but your favorite song “cardigan” is also about that ‘Grimey’ Matty Healy… AKA “Augustine”

[@helloheyo4ever]

Soooo 1975 has a popular song called Chocolate as well - someone else pointed out that bars are lines in a song so if she said you ate 7 bars of chocolate - could be interpreted as you kicked butt and wrote 7 lines of his song ??? I’m not a music person so I can’t confirm this …. Anyone else interpret it this way ?? We know how Taylor loves her double Meanings

[@treys130]

this is probably my 2nd favorite album of hers! after folklore of course!

[@nickburckart8107]

oh my god i literally love u guys especially the clip at the end please keep making taylor swift videos with your sisters

[@becauseisaac]

thanks!!

[@luisespinaljr]

Taylor swift brought back the 80's sound with the original release of 1989 (2014) it's HER sound now 😁😁

[@prathapatel6]

These people have to be quiet more because every single time they talk while the song is playing, I'm like YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON A REALLY GOOD LYRIC!!!!! And then ask what happened!?!?

[@Alyy98765]

I read comments on another video about how fortnight was kind of based on Clara bows life but I think it has a little bit of her experience as well

[@cwoissant_22]

Fortnight, My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys and Down Bad are top favorites of mine

[@andro99991]

I like how the reviewers have absolutely no clue who Dylan Thomas or Patty Smith are.

[@tracieturner1907]

This was the most annoying reaction video I've watched thus far. Issac, you're just completely off in every way. The production is insanely awesome in this album! Also, having three people just constantly talk over the song while it's playing is obnoxious (blonde girl). The dark headed girl was the only one that was tolerable. Also, you're supposed to do a reaction video going into it completely without knowing the songs and especially not having heard them. This was disappointing and a disrespect to Taylor's phenomenal album.

[@jackito0]

To me, the "Like I lost my twin" part, is about you losing your twin sibling, and it would hurt a lot, because twins are always very connected to each other.

[@delasalaszevastianc.9979]

You (the guy) dancing to Guilty as Sin is so cute!

[@MamaBearSwiftie]

Taylor likes Ariana, she just started sharing the trailer for Wicked now that it’s available at Eras tour. She plays a song by GaGa…people just love the drama. MH was a guy from her early years so there is a history. She gets out of this long ass (6yrs) toxic relationship and he swoops in love bombs her already tortured heart, shows her off for attention, gets what he wants and then ghosted her. So slimy!! Anyway thanks for the reaction!

[@David.124]

23:42 Not sloppy wet kiss 😭 the unforeseen kiss is much better 😂

[@DaBlueAxolotl1]

‘Owl City?’ Me still having no fricking clue what owl city is (cut me some slack I am not American)

[@parthgupta6411]

Jack Antonoff is also a producer of 1989 (the original) 2014 Educate yourself, please

[@tubellizashienaandrea8560]

“If it’s deep, it’s about Joe.” I couldn’t agree more! 😭 Jokes on matty lol

[@akashvalsan6609]

Wdym? loml is about Matty Healy

[@MichelleLeeSWEKR]

@@akashvalsan6609 No loml is about Joe.

[@akashvalsan6609]

@@MichelleLeeSWEKR Mr Starry eyes= Matty Healy Mr Blue= Joe Alwyn

[@MichelleLeeSWEKR]

@@akashvalsan6609 She never said Mr. Starry eyes, she just sang about being safe rather than starry eyed, and even if what you said would be true it still holds. She says that she thought it would be better to be safe = being in a safe relationship with Joe, rather than starry eyed = being in a relationship with Matty.

[@xfnxn_xo]

i don’t mean this in a bad way but please stick to solo reactions :/

[@jacquelinemilom4164]

I liked this reaction.

[@dremin-ip2em]

Your reactions are always best

[@bigsky-s6r]

"Hahaha! Drunk driving! Hahaha!" 😳

[@normanleemer2313]

9:58 you're crazy (the timing!)

[@OneOddUno]

Listen to the lyrics and stop talking over and assuming, down bad leans towards matt, surprisingly most of the "deep" songs seem to be about matt who she spun the block on... pause to discuss, you can't truly have an opinion when you aren't fully listening o the beat, the lyrics, vocal cadence... listen, pause, discuss, rinse repeat...this format is chaotic ...this presents like it's only to farm engagement

[@ArigatoGrandee]

Poor Isaac have to hear the girls talk about Tay's past relationship, i know u just wanna hear the music. ❤

[@TonyZhang3]

The title track just grew on me more than fortnight...Soooo goooood!

[@janicemackie611]

Vigilante is about Scooter Braun and selling her masters

[@cwoissant_22]

Her best album yet hands down 😩

[@akashvalsan6609]

Every Taylor Swift going through paternity test is so annoying.

[@vante4738]

MBOBHFT is about joe

[@jessicaboyd9148]

Yes and so is TTPD.

[@MichelleLeeSWEKR]

@@jessicaboyd9148 No that one is def about Matty. "like a tattooed golden retriever", "ate 7 bars of chocolate and then smoked" and all the references to him kinda being a mess but that she's here for it. Nothing about this song is Joe coded.

[@breezee6467]

Listening to these girls reminds me why I don’t have, or want, female friends. Omg. Stab my eyes out with a dull pencil. A fortnight is 2 weeks. Matty Healy is British. Please stop just saying words to say something. If you don’t have anything of value to add, then just listen.

[@delasalaszevastianc.9979]

Another thing, Jack didn't produce the rerecords. Christopher Rowe did those that were not originally produced by Jack.

[@charlottemlld]

Isaac any day of his life : "Owl City???!"😂

[@jayesoine6981]

You guys are so fun and entertaining to watch! 😅

[@elizabeth9674]

I can’t wait till you guys do the Anthology.

[@SiareHamilton]

Amazing review !!

[@janicemackie611]

A fortnight is 14 days

[@PandaSage1221]

“Like I lost my twin” doesn’t bother me at all. I just think of it as like a synonym for soulmate in this case. “Sexy baby” is kind of eyebrow raising / borderline weird, but largely ignorable. But I physically cringe at “sloppy wet kiss” every single time. I hate that line so much. I can’t get used to it. (And, yeah, “unforeseen kiss” isn’t really any better.)

[@springenderspringer]

TTPD would be a such a good song, if there weren't this Charlie Puth shoutout and the tattoed Golden Retriever line!

[@marilynmichelle2644]

Cool but why do we also have to figure out who each song is about like 😐 we get it ur obsessed with Taylor. And I love Taylor too but I have no inkling to decipher each and every song she ever writes.

[@OYJluv]

😂 you ended up being a swiftie. 😂 it always happens when they fall down the rabbit hole lol

[@OmarAyman-on2sk]

I love your chemistry together guys ❤❤❤

[@FC-qb9wp]

Everyone is going for the 80s thing these days because Taylor put it as the norm with 1989, before that the pop was bubble gum, next year it was solidified with Carly Rae Jepsen, then The Weeknd, dua lipa, etc.

[@lmj9517]

7:01 - sound of the 80s? What the Hell?

[@devonlindsay3879]

I don't know what you're critiqueing because you talk over it (i.e., the man does,). Bye

[@jessicaboyd9148]

You guys. Lost my twin = twin flame. She lost her soul mate.

[@TheNeonRabbit]

20:39 I love this album but I keep hearing "They'll say I'm Nazi-fied Taco Bell".

[@jimmcintyre7754]

She’s going back to country in some songs. Just my opinion. Isaak you have such great hair why are you hiding it? To ward off the chicks?

[@jennyleepaints8128]

Jack definitely worked on OG 1989 not just Max.

[@phalonschleppe8852]

Not a fan of the two girls. Your videos by yourself are much better. They’re very immature

[@swiftiehaze_13]

True

[@kevinang2836]

Totally random but i think isaac is the most handsome man i ever seen. I have a HUGE CRUSH.

[@imawakemymindisalive13]

bestie no offense but there are 4 of him in every gas station in america

[@apexa_063]

Thanks Issac ❤

[@18100booklover]

Can anyone else watch parts 2 & 3? It keeps saying video unavailable for me.

[@akashvalsan6609]

He removed them 😅😅😂😂

[@estherscanon9057]

SLAY

[@Jiji_kittymuragrayu]

8:36- Charlie Puth? That's a signal to listen to his new single with Skz, 'Lose My Breath'

[@safwanashafiq830]

Hey Would love to see what you think about the single Come Back To Me by RM coming on 5.10! His second studio album Right Place Wrong Person is coming on 05.24!

[@shanley7253]

"if its deep its about joe"

[@cheergirl0619]

As a Christian, i immediately got the sloppy wet kiss reference 😂 23:43

[@PeaceIsWork]

It’s all about matty a couple about Joe and Travis… sorry but she loved matty… we know nothing or little about her personal life, let’s keep that in mind

[@Kelly-i4j]

The next album next!

[@carolla_michelle]

The dude needs some fact checking we 1989 and Jack

[@stephnazwhat6829]

Comparing Matty Healy and Harry Styles? Lol. Harry is a lovely performer and all. But Matty is on another level. Minus the pretty boy vibe and popularity, the 1975 band is an art.

[@LizyCinder]

Yeyyy 🥳🥳🥳

[@becauseisaac]

Wooo!!!

[@sherribartenstein]

Listen watch video "RONAN" Song about a little boy who died at 11 years old taylor does a song with the lil boys mom! G.o.t games "ronan" So sad and beautiful. The guys reaction is WOW ❤❤❤❤ taylor n the boys mom made the song together the video is amazing!

[@imjakedeason]

Jack A. didn't re-record max martins song but yeah... I'm not mad you are trashing him tho lol