bathing in a shower of my own tears with FOLKLORE by TAYLOR SWIFT *EMOTIONAL CONTENT*

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well THAT was... a doozie
had a bunch of fun with this one y'all, impeccable suggestion! chef kiss i knew miss taylor wouldn't disappoint
what do we listen to next? or what other kind of videos would be fun?
i'm all ears baby!
happy 4th of July weekend to all my USA HT homies (make sure to eat some hot and spicy weiners for me heheh) and I'll cya next week!
Stay Happy, Healthy & Strong
- troy
#folklore #taylorswift #1YearofFolklore
~ time stamps ~
0:00 - 7:53 intro
7:54 - 11:18 the one
11:19 - 15:36 cardigan
15:37 - 18:41 the last great american dynasty
18:42 - 21:33 exile feat. Bon Iver
21:34 - 24:52 my tears ricochet
24:53 - 27:01 mirrorball
27:02 - 28:16 seven
28:17 - 29:52 august
29:53 - 32:09 this is me trying
32:10 - 35:16 illicit affairs
35:17 - 39:14 invisible string
39:15 - 41:40 mad woman
41:41 - 42:51 epiphany
42:52 - 46:23 betty
46:24 - 48:57 peace
48:58 - 52:33 hoax
52:34 - 54:44 outro

[@hthazee]

Just in case y’all are wondering “HE DIDN’T DO THE LAKES” 😅 sorry heh we covered it on my IG Live after party so go peep it on my IGTV Instagram.com/hthaze

[@giuliafernandes2188]

We were lol you should pin this comment

[@justincarlcera346]

U GOT A NEW SURVIVOR KING!

[@justincarlcera346]

i meant subscriber

[@pret1233]

OMG

[@dhairyarami1374]

You should just know what not all her songs are written from her personal experience she read some book or some movie and made a song out of it. she is happily in a 5 years old relationship with Joe Alwyn

[@ryannfrancis9692]

“the next one is cardigan - shouldn’t be that bad” - famous last words

[@impish_snake3526]

I need to apologize for something you didn’t know I did: I misunderstood your comment as slander.

[@yviivy]

literally my exact words

[@DiabIe37]

TS: Hold my cardigan.

[@bernardroe7961]

Hahaha ha yeah

[@ashthegigachad]

Ikr I audibly laughed

[@callieegelhoff1753]

Leaving like a father, running like water hit him DIFFERENT

[@lifeofanu5325]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYTcioqFop2MjLc

[@Bellas61]

It hit all of us different

[@joesquinn9517]

Lmaoo🤣🤣🤣

[@folkwh0re]

all swifties have daddy issues lmao

[@amyvk_]

It hits different huh 🤪

[@xkyrii55x]

i love seeing people hear "leaving like a father, running like water" for the first time 😭

[@TheJessicastro]

Same! It rocks my whole world every time I hear it and I love seeing other ppl hear it🥰

[@everardoguerrero6492]

kills me anytime

[@taetay_love2772]

I almost threw up at that line. It cut that deep

[@keiraidkk]

my favorite lyric ever.

[@blinkiuuuu]

And "cause I knew everything when I was young"

[@ghostface5601]

Fun fact, she said the way she likes to categorize songs is into three sections: Quill, fountain pen, glitter-gel pen!

[@charlie1296]

I like to imagine her more angry or 'diss' tracks are in the glitter-gel pen category

[@mooncookies7803]

@@charlie1296lmaooo

[@EmmaTheSwiftie13]

@@charlie1296I like to imagine she writes them with a knife lol

[@yoyok__]

@@EmmaTheSwiftie13 or with some mediaeval torture weapon, like he said

[@hannahmoisant6292]

@@EmmaTheSwiftie13one of those fountain pens that looks like a knife with the red ink 😂

[@Jess_mc]

“Who’s Scott? I don’t know, but apparently he sucks.” He does. He’s Taylor’s old label boss. You know, the one who sold her master’s to scoot scoot? They both suck, actually.

[@finleyh3834]

Scoot scoot AHAHAHAH

[@cynthiavalencia724]

@@finleyh3834 lol. Tay tay, jack jack, and scoot scoot lmao

[@mariaratrinata5785]

🛴🤺

[@sherling3467]

In a way Scott sucks more because he probably hurt Taylor more since she trusted him he was like a second father to her but omg scooter is literally disgusting the hate I feel for him can’t even be described

[@shizzlemywizzle1]

@@sherling3467 wow, her fans are really getting involved in her personal drama and life lol

[@anabeatrizgenskebaia5023]

no because this is EXACTLY how I feel like jake peralta would react to this album

[@racheldarby6000]

😭😭😭

[@vasundhrajamwal]

Omggggggg😭😭😭😭😭😭❤

[@rosmerita2299]

OMGGGGGGGG 4 REAL

[@newtontran7418]

i feel like this is the biggest compliment a person could receive

[@rupsa9432]

OHMYGOD YES

[@haileydavis6404]

As a married woman, you can always tell when a man is in a loving and healthy relationship. Watching this one listen to Taylor Swift is a perfect example 😂

[@bramvanharen689]

Hes in a relationship? How do i not know that

[@haileydavis6404]

@@bramvanharen689 He’s married :)

[@bramvanharen689]

@@haileydavis6404 good 4 him 😁

[@fjohnn8]

Was he already married here?

[@ClaraBell3452]

Lol the people who dontnunderstand this comment 😅😂 I 100 percent get it, girl

[@coopernat1]

The moment you realised Betty was also connected to Cardigan gave me so much serotonin

[@itskashkashi]

Unpopular opinion, my fav of the 3 is August

[@whatwhatwhatttttt]

@@itskashkashithat's not unpopular, august is literally a fan fave

[@alejandrachavez2397]

I screamed at this part! 😂 loved it so much

[@abbie.20]

wait until he discovers that all of the songs make a story when put in the right order 😂

[@burbujaspy]

“When I think taylor swift writing a song I imagine she has like a parchment paper where she writes this elegant piece of literature” YES queen of literature

[@lani1709]

That moment brought me back to LIFE

[@everythinsrosie9765]

The funny thing is she did go through a period when she was young when she used to write with a quill on her diaries 😂 you can see it on the lover diaries too. I love her

[@burbujaspy]

@@everythinsrosie9765 you know I immediately thought of that when I heard him say that lmao that’s such a taylor thing

[@laibakazmi6627]

elegant*

[@vazquezfrancojoseernesto3373]

It's funny because Taylor's letter its hard to read and not really fancy

[@Phatima.]

*illicit affairs starts playing* troy: "who's the cheating son of a bitch" taylor: "make sure no body sees you leave" troy: "?!?!?!?!!??"

[@bertiebees3599]

Watching the evermore review and waiting nervously for ivy the whole time aha

[@harshilldevs7611]

hahaha........... i laughed so hard.....

[@namrathakashid3920]

DED

[@georgia5139]

Taylor: It’s me…hi ….I’m the problem it’s me

[@Ldlover]

this got me i could not stop laughing 😂😂

[@katherinechafian]

I love when you read the lyrics it always sounds like a youth pastor HAHA

[@gabrieljimenez3461]

LMAOOOO not the youth pastor

[@dancemoms567]

I envy his ability to vibe to mirroball and seven without bursting out in tears.

[@raniaislam__]

Listening to mirrorball for the first time was the most unbelievable experience efer

[@kamfreeman8306]

i relate to the lyrics in mirrorball sm, i honestly wasn’t a huge fan of the song at first but when i finally listened to what she’s saying it hit me. he was just vibing tho 😂

[@mariarossa2336]

Troy: "Next up is 'Cardigan'. Shouldn't be that bad right?" also Troy: *sobs as the song ends*

[@lifewithemily716]

me, upon hearing that: buckle up buttercup

[@mathiangx9047]

I like how he said at the beginning "are you making me listen to a sad album?" lmao sweet child you don't know what's awaiting you

[@mystery1317]

*Mirrorball starts* Troy: “Oh it’s more upbeat” Me: “but more emotionally devastating 😬”

[@carolinealano3962]

“Next up is peace. Maybe it will give me peace” 😢

[@kelsry]

this is the closest i'll ever get to experiencing the album for the first time again and i loved every second

[@deshayna1178]

you should watch "chats and react" they are big swifties

[@lkcullen1918]

@@deshayna1178 omg yes I swear their video is one of my "comfort vids". I always go back once in a while lol

[@sunshinelola1235]

yeah that part

[@carolinemanley9216]

FACTS.

[@chitwansharma4947]

Folklore release week was the last time I was happy

[@michellemarion3077]

The bad blood reference, the waitress telling Taylor swift she looks like Taylor swift, and the reference to sending Joe jones kids presents are my fav things ever

[@meghansullivan6812]

YESSSSSS those references are fantastic

[@calmmint4030]

wow i love joe jones

[@siyamahajan511]

also that and joe changing it to now i'm cool with superstars IS JUST EVERYTHING

[@abbykroezen6430]

@@calmmint4030 this comment isn't aging well lol

[@danico3070]

everything about that song is perfection!

[@faithlove5603]

also seven is about Taylor growing up in Pennsylvania with a friend (whose name she can't remember because its been so long) and about how this friend dealt with an abusive father ("your dad is always mad/and then you won't have to cry or hide in the closet") It's a song about childhood innocence and how Taylor's friend lost it at seven years old. It's honestly so heartbreaking.

[@blinkiuuuu]

All this time I though it was just another spontaneous story she created

[@tri_ggerwarning]

oh my god ive always loved that song and now im goung to go sob byebye

[@fernandaohofugi6191]

“who names their kids Inez?” blake and ryan watching this: 👁👄👁

[@kamallb4650]

Taylor: 🔪

[@thiagogonzalez425]

Hahahahah

[@MrsLuckystar98]

Cough

[@fernandaohofugi6191]

@@MrsLuckystar98 oh, that’s awkward hahahah

[@ExtreMe-uk4lm]

@@kamallb4650 she'll be the actress starring in his bad dreams

[@SelimGhommidh]

"Fuck Inez! She's talking shit" Inez in her crib: 👶🏻

[@Emm_08]

Lmao 😂😂

[@anacarolinalorena]

Also he asked who names their kids Inez... well, Ryan and Blake do.

[@emmajean7410]

LMFAOO

[@msgarciamayorca]

Lamoooooo😭😭😭😭

[@Slaywhatyouwanttoslay687]

@@anacarolinalorena and Betty... and James...

[@saracarr3382]

“… and dyed him lime green?!? OKAY REBECCA!” The only correct response 😂😂 I love it

[@ashleyvandokkum]

Revisiting this video after her “quill, fountain, and glitter gel pen” line from the Nashville Songwriters Awards makes me smile. You pegged her quill

[@yaelwinckler2352]

He did WHAT to her quill?

[@cailin7537]

@@yaelwinckler2352 😳

[@mayadrachmann5138]

@@yaelwinckler2352 😭😭💀💀

[@sarasilva7105]

The fact she rhymes cardigan with car again. Pure genius. Chefs kiss

[@lifeofanu5325]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYTcioqFop2MjLc

[@avajavaheri980]

Beautiful pun

[@cadegranger4602]

See also: Pub we/Rugby ; Accidents/Friends to this

[@nectarofthegods86573]

I literally didn't realize that even after like 10th listen

[@sillylittleguy13]

🤭master mind 🤭

[@SarahCeee102]

This album just sounds so expensive to me. It's luxurious.

[@hunniepie6380]

i really think it’s her voice that gives it that quality. she puts so much feeling into her recordings, but not in that excessive cathartic way that a lot of artists do (and do well) which is not without benefit and quality, but the subtlety is like. so much more intimate and personal and it feels like she’s talking straight to u

[@22OrangeGirl]

Folklore and Evermore sounded like the POV of a refined sophisticated rich woman going back to her hometown and roots, then as a result she had these realizations-basically, Taylor. 🤣

[@witchy.business]

@@22OrangeGirl wow that is just a perfect way to describe it

[@pawelbolek7419]

@@22OrangeGirl yeah, those albums feel so RICH

[@sharifaalfahad306]

thats so accurate

[@pixoceana4939]

folklore is the best album ever made, no questions asked. its beautiful and perfect and nostalgic and nothing can compare. if you hate Taylor Swift and haven't listened to folklore, you can't say you hate her until you've listened to this musical and lyrical masterpiece that I have memorized by heart.

[@lenelupunen4724]

facts

[@georgiabell3886]

My SO HATES folklore; he finds it “boring” 🤬

[@chiyonleo3895]

@@georgiabell3886anyone who finds folklore boring should grow up

[@tinkerbell9282]

​@@georgiabell3886he is boring

[@sam_sa09]

Nah, it’s evermore

[@lillythornton1862]

august is the midway point. there are 16 tracks on the album. august is the 8th track, august is the 8th month. How did i just realize this. Blondie is a genius

[@immiky]

OMG me too! I Just Released! She's mastermind

[@bibi-yy8gq]

i’m convinced taylor swift had a manic episode because “i knew you’d linger like a tattoo kiss i knew you’d haunt all of my what if’s smell of smoke would hang around this long cause i knew everything when i was young.” is she INSANE??

[@eniola8062]

I mean I knew she could make me mentally unstable but not this mentally unstable

[@kaitlynjohnson1967]

i swear everytime I hear this i screech. wtf was she doing writing this 😭

[@hekatedied718]

I relate and yes I am insane

[@arifarafah6433]

can someone explain to me what this lyrics about?

[@viacrucishector1821]

@@arifarafah6433 Basically how her lover still affects her in the littlest ways that stick around for a long time. She uses tattoos and how smoke lingers to convey just how his influence clings to her.

[@amaneerazeq2138]

troy: “next song is called peace. let’s hope it gives me a little peace of mind.” taylor: “would it be enough if i could never give you peace?” LMFAO

[@quadiacautrongsang2345]

Shitttt ahhhhhhh

[@ZosiaDabrowski]

Peace was the soundtrack to my last relationship and it absolutely broke me fml (:

[@ka97308]

fun fact Taylor owns the house owned by Rebekah in the last great american dynasty hence the lyric “…and then it was bought by me.” and Taylor is known for her extravagant fourth of july parties at that house, so now she’s the loudest woman that town has ever seen. somebody prob already commented this but i just love taylore lol

[@lastk7ss]

folklore is one of her most lyrically heartbreaking albums of all time, if not her most. it's perfection.

[@uhmxtine]

i love the running gag that taylor writes with a giant ass quill when it’s shown in her miss americana doc that she literally types into her notes app

[@amiyahdavidson1892]

She did when she was younger tho

[@mymido14]

@@amiyahdavidson1892 i think she only wrote with ink in her diary. not lyrics

[@XxSceneFagzInTutuzXx]

@@mymido14 there are some pages in the lover diaries that have lyrics, the first one has a rough draft of lyrics to all too well

[@roxypicasso66]

if it wasn’t a massive invasion of her privacy, i would 100% look through her notes app if given the chance

[@emilywenarchuk8399]

the fact that i didn’t get to hear you react to “i’ve never been a natural, all i do is try try try” feels like a crime against humanity

[@sofia-qw4bd]

FR I THOUGHT THE SAME THING

[@ivy-ella]

Im 100% certain that his reaction was just too heartbreaking and raw so he had to cut it

[@freyaabailey]

I THOUGHT THIS

[@asyakarademir]

and the “so much for summer love, and saying us cause you weren’t mine to lose” part.. IVE WAITED FOR THIS THE WHOLE VIDEO

[@cybervsp9916]

EXACTLY

[@hollybxoxoxo]

the illicit affairs bridge is one of the best things she's ever written honestly

[@Elizabeth-Ferry]

“She wrote this one with a gun”🤣 These videos are my FAVORITE. Your pure joy and emotional reactions to the lyrics and sounds of these songs is so comforting. I literally had the biggest smile on my face during this entire video🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@beckymorgan812]

you’re realisation of the ‘cardigan’ lyric in betty made me smile, laugh and also want to ball my eyes out simultaneously

[@anacarolinalorena]

I cried laughing

[@larissacarletti9902]

ahahhhaa omg I was so waiting for it

[@user-rj1ro8rm1s]

Your*

[@cerealb4mlk]

​@@user-rj1ro8rm1sthank you for your service

[@user-pd1ee7zo7r]

omg i love seeing ppl hear that line for the first time and realize

[@purplepuppy2132]

Seven is low key one of the most haunting songs in their, the allusions to child abuse. It's one of my absolute favorites though as a child of abuse

[@paullacorte1885]

Hoax is darker since it alludes to suicide

[@tolerateitate]

i 100% agree

[@kdramacrazy94]

The bridge is just a punch to the gut everytime even though it's so subtle

[@elleredmond3400]

Same here, I caught it right away

[@faeriecat444]

absolutely agree, it’s one of my absolute favorite songs of hers i relate to it so much

[@juliet2537]

I would literally give a kidney to hear folklore for the first time again

[@MsRocioar]

This reaction video felt like that for me

[@maphey1925]

Cardigan and My Tears Ricochet are simply the most beautiful songs ever. They're literally masterpieces. It's a story that you get involved into both of the perfectly, sad, beautiful and tragic lyrics and the addicting instrumentals/arrangements. And the normal effect of them is to you just to get extremely intrigued by all of that handsome sadness, and one of two options: you'll cry your soul out, or you gonna get on your knees and pray to these Gods in a song disguise.

[@yomnaislam948]

I see what you did with the sad beautiful tragic

[@reeveharper6061]

I will take no criticism for this album I believe it's her best. Obviously not built for popularity but that's what makes it.

[@freyaabailey]

yess it's my absolute favourite even now

[@jiafei_products7085]

EVERMOREEEEE

[@alexanderwee2055]

This album is almost flawless (I think peace has the potential to be better I’m sorry that’s probably the only problem I have with this album)

[@reeveharper6061]

@Alexander Wee I see your point, I guess how I relate to that song emotionally makes up for that in my case. It really deserved aoty though

[@kemizehabib-mohammed8791]

@@alexanderwee2055 noooo. Peace is maybe my favourite on the album. I love that it's just her talking, being so vulnerable to her lover, like in Delicate. I love the piano, the single note beeping all through, the bridge. Damn

[@taylorxleigh]

watching someone react to folklore without fully knowing about the august, betty, cardigan love triangle is always such an interesting experience

[@amiraoubaiche360]

Can you explain 😭

[@taylorxleigh]

@@amiraoubaiche360 those songs are written about the same experience from 3 different perspectives. cardigan is from betty’s pov (the girl that got cheated on), betty is from james’ pov (the boy that cheated), and august is from augustine’s pov (the girl that james cheated with). very fun to hear all of the lyric parallels when u know what to listen for

[@amiraoubaiche360]

@@taylorxleigh alright !! Now everything makes sense, it's all connected now in my mind , thank you so much , I'm not a fan , but I have to admit it Taylor is genius , and this album is a ✨ MASTERPIECE ✨ .I'll listen to evermore , I have high expectations on that album XD

[@featble]

i always thought it was the 1, illict affairs and betty help

[@katdelrey]

yea i still remember thinking taylor was bisexual after hearing betty.

[@SingingMagick]

The opening chords of the 1 always makes me feel this warmth and happiness deep in my heart. Imagine, we've been in pandemic purgatory for, what, 3 or 4 or 5 months, and suddenly these chords open up like a sunrise.

[@jasminekirkman5416]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@staniofficial]

your comment brought tears to my eyes cuz i know exactly what you mean and i felt it once again

[@SmartTrinzie]

So true

[@amiraitallouache4377]

Right??? That's one if the reasons I'll always be a Folklore girlie at heart

[@vencebarnes4663]

Same! Hearing the opening chords to the 1 kind of makes me feel feels. Like it's very cozy and comforting.

[@georgiabell3886]

I think learning the lore behind each song (seven being about an alcoholic abusive father, the live triangle between Betty James and Inez (Cardigan, betty and August)) makes the album even more stunning.

[@noor-ov1ho]

inez is not part of the love triangle…

[@georgiabell3886]

@@noor-ov1ho No I know, she’s the gossip. My brain wasn’t working. Inez is the gossip, Augustine is the triangle 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@carleyrogers5873]

The appreciation for “invisible string” is what makes me fall in love with this man along with his WHOLE personality

[@analilianatorresleal8964]

I just know he loved it even more because it sort of tied in with his relationship. It’s so cute

[@jisooland3601]

I LOVE IT SM OMGG

[@laineyk8632]

ITS MY FAVORITE SONG AND I LOVE SEEING IT GET RECOGNITION

[@caiocm]

so sweet indeed!

[@alissonm3739]

My favorite song finally getting some recognition 🥰🥰

[@julietaperez380]

EVERMORE NEXT PLEASE. Taylor called it "folklore's sister" so prepared yourself

[@mohammedfouzan4155]

YESSSS TROY FUCKING DO ITTT

[@TheProvocativejules]

I can't wait for the reactions to Champagne Problems!!

[@Kevin07202]

Yes we need EVERMORE

[@Josh-md3di]

Do EVERMORE SIR!!!! Please

[@sydneyelisabeth9920]

GOD YES

[@pixel4699]

Epiphany deserved more praise, the lyrics are amazing. It’s so underrated.

[@ivysepiphanies]

I don’t get why he skipped the entire song and just reacted to the beginning and end

[@CelesteRainYoutube]

@@ivysepiphaniesit’s hiring

[@ivy615]

@@ivysepiphanieshe didnt skip it he js edited it so it wasn’t as long of a video

[@Onyxiate]

@@ivysepiphanies a lot of reactions do because there isn’t really much to add. It’s a great track to analyse and think about, but it’s hard to dissect on a first listen while you have the rest of the album which is a lot denser and nicer to listen to, while epiphany kinda just has a vibe that its almost an interlude track leading into betty. Also missing the grandfather/COVID connection does remove a lot of the track’s power, and it being so far after the latter’s biggest moments kinda loses the impact.

[@sdrkelley]

“Next song is called peace, let’s hope it gives me a little peace of mind” … yeah.. it won’t but you’ve got the spirit

[@ninjaahjumma]

Girl, GIRL. This will be a whole ass MOOD. And you best be making that Evermore reaction video now. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.

[@Starbuck-dr7yl]

Oh evermore…. Yes please

[@afiqakmal6676]

Hear me out, do evermore reaction

[@Starbuck-dr7yl]

@@afiqakmal6676 long story short…. It’s a banger

[@peanut2089]

@@Starbuck-dr7yl haha I see what you did there 😏

[@amanda-lo2hg]

Evermore neeeeeeds to happen

[@moonlight.z6543]

"The next song is called... Illicit affairs. **Pause** _ILLICIT AFFAIRS?_ **Pause** What does illicit mean?" He's so unintentionally funny that I can't be blamed for laughing

[@Blueapples514]

Wow

[@mitica-mar]

Him losing his faith in James during Betty is my favorite thing. 😂

[@holly289]

watching troy reacting to folklore is free therapy

[@izzycamoc1289]

"are y'all gonna make me listen to a sad album?" *laughs in evermore*

[@localfairy_1113]

lmao yes

[@marsyadinda9756]

I’m laughing while my heart literally said this 😭

[@raileygrey4332]

HAHAHA YES

[@dontdoitrightinfrontofhers2801]

fun fact: Taylor's boyfriend wrote the whole first verse of Exile. Basically what the Bon Iver guy's singing... is written by Joe Alwin, Tay's boyfriend.

[@carmellac.5997]

omg! i didn't know that, that's so good.

[@amiraoubaiche360]

Really !!wow

[@Ana-tl4mb]

*Alwyn

[@zigster1298]

‘The Bon Iver guy…’ 😂 If you haven’t already, listen to the album, ‘For Emma, Forever Ago.’ Then you’ll understand why he is such an inspiration to Taylor, and so many others. It has some similarities and similar feels to Folklore, but it’s also a complimentary opposite in that the lyrics are deliberately vague in paces, so they evoke general feeling, rather than pulling your focus towards specific experiences. It’s a masterpiece, as is Folklore, and I’m sure any Folklore fan will be enchanted to experience it.

[@elizabeth-lg8gy]

Why isn’t his name written in the song credits then

[@danicasteinke390]

it's funny hearing you mention that you imagine her with a big fancy quill writing her lyrics, because she has openly discussed that being a previous phase she has went through LOL

[@danicasteinke390]

nowadays she just puts eeeeverything into her phone

[@cindycristalalberto1009]

Where has she talked about that??TY!!

[@nectarofthegods86573]

​@@cindycristalalberto1009 i think it was in miss americana

[@analuizahenriques1703]

Troy "this is surprising upbeat" and the song is mirrorball 😭😭😭

[@rosie5578]

fun fact, the three names used in betty (betty, inez, and james) are the names of blake lively and ryan reynolds daughters. tay is really good friends with their family. also, the kid voice in the beginning of taylors song "gorgeous" is the voice of their daughter james!

[@ainsley9319]

Awww that’s so cute I didn’t know that

[@nrlizz8265]

Wow

[@veahdavis]

that’s SO cute stop.

[@avriiiana]

i just started crying

[@morgs2009]

Him not knowing this and continuing to completely shit on the name Inez had me cracking up 😂

[@avocado2176]

Fun fact: in invisible string, the last verse (now I send their babies presents) is actually referencing to Taylor giving a congratulatory gift to Joe Jonas, one of Taylor’s exes, welcoming a baby in 2020 with Sophie Turner.

[@mildlifeisatrisk5727]

I only will watch a new X men installment if Tatlor writes the soundtrack, just saying 😌

[@britt905]

Cardigan has to be in my top 3 favourite songs she’s ever written. It’s just phenomenal.

[@hollowlight1]

Real. It got me feeling some type of way

[@mialorden]

i didnt realize how clever the lyrics were until i annotated it. “chasing shadows in the grocery line”

[@agnete1060]

To many of us with various mental illnesses This is me Trying is almost healing - it makes us feel seen in so many new ways!

[@oliviad8881]

“and it’s hard to be at a party when i feel like an open wound, it’s hard to be anywhere these days when all i want is you” makes me sob every time i listen to the song

[@xx_shades_b1521]

are we just not gonna talk about the fact that it took a WHOLE ASS CALENDAR YEAR for you to listen to this album??

[@sienna230]

RIGHTTTTT

[@usernotfound.......1918]

I didn't learn about this album until red Taylor's version came out

[@nickthebrazilianguy]

@@usernotfound.......1918 damn

[@paumdzaa]

@@usernotfound.......1918 howww

[@usernotfound.......1918]

@@paumdzaa If it was on my fyp on tiktok in 2020 I didn't know about it lol,

[@andrzej7048]

I can't experience Folklore for the first time ever again, so you bet your ass I'm watching Haze destroy himself emotionally for my own ENTERTAINMENT

[@lifeofanu5325]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYTcioqFop2MjLc

[@floridaxswiftie]

“Bon Iver… MY BOY!” One time I listening to exile with my sister and I asked her “What instrument is that?” She said “That instrument is Bon Iver…” 😂 I AM DYING OF LAUGHTER😂

[@Krustykrab4lyfe]

Epiphany is actually about Taylor's grandpa that served and about the healthcare workers that worked during COVID and how it's hard to talk about the things that those people saw. As a healthcare worker, it's a heartbreaking song!!

[@bri6707]

"who's Scott??? I have no idea but apparently he sucks" I have no right to be laughing this hard and the loser alert for scooter I am DEAD

[@tulipprakash9626]

IM DEAD DIED RIP ME 🛐🛐

[@bellamarquis8753]

I couldn’t breathe 😂

[@kbugg0650]

I was screaming 💀💀💀😂😭

[@tisha4470]

@@tulipprakash9626 I see what you did there

[@kaylind.1804]

THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR, ITS ONLY BEEN A YEAR

[@hthazee]

sounds like I need to be punished.. okay I’ll go sorry

[@silh8686]

@@hthazee do evermore as punishment

[@kaylind.1804]

@@hthazee no no don’t go 😂

[@kaylind.1804]

@@silh8686 YES

[@Josh-md3di]

As your punishment, react to evermore sir before it turns out one year this December. I’ll keep my eyes on your channel

[@biancasantiago9735]

I don’t see swifties appreciating “peace” enough so seeing your reaction to it was great!

[@LoveVicXo]

You’re so good at cutting out my favorite parts of every song 🥲

[@banidhwl]

“illicit affairs” “ILLICIT AFFAIRS??!!” brief pause... “what does illicit mean?” LITERALLY CRACKED ME UP HAHA

[@lifeofanu5325]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYTcioqFop2MjLc

[@wendysii9770]

“Who names their kid Inez?!” Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively: 🚪🚶🏻‍♂️🚶🏼‍♀️

[@hthazee]

RYAN BLAKE IM SORRY

[@gabrielaferreira3381]

I've always seen Peace as a song describing a person with mental health problems that is trying to say like "I can be a lot, but I will do my best". Especially when she says "would it be enough if I could never give you peace?"; when you have depression you always think about giving people "peace" and going away, so it really resonated with me in that sense. Like looking at the people you love and saying "is it enough if I don't want to go? If I don't WANT to give you peace" I don't know, as someone who has this type of problem, blaming myself is something I always do and I cried a lot listening and feeling this song

[@reeveharper6061]

She litterally says that it is in long pond studio sessions

[@maya-rw3is]

watching this makes me feel like a parent watching their kid experience something for the first time that they loved as a kid. im bittersweetly smiling singing along because this is the closest i will get to experiencing this album for the first time again

[@Kammy-nh8vl]

My Tears Ricochet is about her stolen lullabies and each line of the first chorus was taken from a song from each stolen album!! “i didn’t have it in myself to go with grace”- Red (State of Grace) “you’re the hero flying around saving face”- Speak Now (Superman) “and if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake?”- rep (LWYMMD/old Taylor is dead) “cursing my name”- Fearless (The Way I Loved You) “wishing I stayed”- 1989 (All You Had to Do Was Stay) “look at how my tears ricochet”- Debut (Teardrops on my Guitar)

[@onthevirgooftears]

shes so insane for this what 😭

[@zoebernal1337]

Omg you just blew my mind 🤯

[@Kammy-nh8vl]

@@zoebernal1337 lol I sent this theory to the 13 Taylor Swift podcast and they loved it! I’ve literally never heard anyone talk about this!

[@pmscene]

wowwwwwwww omg

[@maylightbewithyou]

Holy shit bruh

[@kevinvitualla]

"a dwindling mercurial high" it means an unpredictably intense feeling that’s slowly going away... so like when the very happy feeling you get when you first fall in love stops being something that happens every time you see that person, or feels less intense when you do feel it. this is the reason why that is my most fav lyrics from the album

[@lifeofanu5325]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYTcioqFop2MjLc

[@hthazee]

Thank you encyclopedia man I tip my hat to you stranger 🤙🏼

[@kevinvitualla]

@@hthazee you gonna be so fucked up with evermore!!!!! I am watching. We are watching. You’ve been watched

[@Josh-md3di]

@@hthazee SIR YOU HAVE TO REACT TO EVERMORE, YOU’LL BE FEELING THINGS THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW THEY EXISTED

[@rodolfodealmeida8824]

why it means the intense feeling going away? has to do with mercurial?

[@audreyheng8275]

Betty is really knew everything when she was young, “I knew you’d miss me once the trill expired, and you’d be standing in my front porch light.” And James literally showed up at her party saying he misses her.

[@crimsondarnell7288]

I have now watched all of his Taylor reaction videos, some a couple of times, and we must protect this man at all costs. I bee-bopped, I wept, I witch cackled. Thanks, Troy Swizzle.

[@mash9415]

troy: "oh i thought for a second YOU were the one having the affair, taylor. but you would never do that. you're t swizzle." me: laughs in "he's going to enjoy ivy"

[@majafolklore]

and I’m over here laughing in high infidelity

[@whitneyhendrix8075]

Laughing in gorgeous/mastermind

[@curlykiddo8617]

laughing in Style

[@yutisima]

@@whitneyhendrix8075 mastermind?

[@deaditeera]

Immediately thought about High Infidelity

[@nargesseyedin4132]

When you skipped “and then it was bought buy me” during the last great American dynasty I was very insulted but the rest of the video made up for it.

[@halledupre5148]

RIGHT! and he skipped the big drop in August I was like WHAT

[@BrunetteGiant]

ME TOO AND HE EVEN WENT OVER THE FIRST HALF OF THE BRIDGE AGAIN AND STILL DIDN’T MENTION IT

[@iamnoone7247]

He has a patreon tho ..watch the full thing Girls 👧

[@lauravsthepage]

@@iamnoone7247 It is edited on patreon too, unless I am missing something there is no uncut version.

[@fionaastbury1907]

Watching men react to Taylor albums is one of my favourite things to do. Watching Troy is the _best_ thing to do

[@breilamccauley8621]

“If I’m dead to you why are you at the wake” is such an amazing lyric

[@ko-lq7vu]

is it weird that folklore doesn’t make me sad? i find it so comforting lol

[@leahnicole9308]

no that def makes sense

[@mildlifeisatrisk5727]

not at all, just that you have good taste 💁🏻‍♂️

[@suzy3899]

It feels cozy to me - like I’m wrapped up in warm cardigan. Listening to it through his ears are making me crazy sentimental- remembering the pandemic and the insanity and the bright spot which was Ms Swift and her surprise album drops.

[@drmaeing]

i personally think that folklore IS sadly comforting hahaha because that's what i feel too^^

[@hasznosiorsolya7324]

SAME, folklore feels like a warm hug to me

[@123Saulytea]

i actually think u should give the reputation album a chance as an adult, some of those songs are sooo good, but they weren't singles and i didn't know of them back in high school and stuff. Also can't wait for the evermore.

[@meghansullivan6812]

Yes!!!! Incredible pop album.

[@milliemadge5]

The further away from reputation I get the more I appreciate it. It's got some amazing songs on it honestly.

[@actuallynathalie4650]

Reputation is my personal favorite album of hers

[@iancordero9431]

Getaway car is my favorite

[@stormeyhine7291]

Yeah I didn't like reputation when it came out, appreciate it now in my late 20s

[@pia_moss]

Hoax is literally in my heart like first time I cried to one of her songs was hoax. The bridge is breaking me every single time its not my favourite but it has the most special place in my heart.

[@ryuuiink]

Finally someone understands hoax. It is the hard truth of someone reliazing everything and tried for has broken down and crumble. Someone who doesn’t know their own worth and feels that way. Every lyric is a metaphor on metaphor, it’s heartbreaking truth. It’s really important & impactful. It’s my fav song ever and relatable.

[@rosalindwilmott3129]

His whole reaction to the entirety of Betty is so hilarious and genuinely made me cackle a bit😂

[@lenaklapper]

The shit metaphor for This is Me Trying is absolutely sending me

[@lifeofanu5325]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYTcioqFop2MjLc

[@ruthleeesss]

@@lifeofanu5325 HELP-

[@agamar8459]

@@lifeofanu5325 WHAT IS THISSS

[@erikmandolini]

actually the characters she talks about are NOT people around her, they’re literal fictional characters she’s created in her head in a parallel universe maybe yk

[@rr-wh2eb]

There are still some characters around her for example her grandfather in epiphany.

[@erikmandolini]

@@rr-wh2eb yes but it's still narrated using that fictional spectrum yk

[@shizzlemywizzle1]

People who aren’t hardcore Taylor fans wouldn’t know this, though! Casual listeners don’t know the same things that you do. Sometimes people just listen to your favorite artist without knowing much about them or their personal lives and that’s fine!

[@tirsitstar]

That’s true but some lines are taken from her life and experiences for example “now I send his baby presents” refers to a real ex, I think joe jonas and madwoman about her fight with scooter Braun + rights to her music. She says so in long pond studios

[@ciarali9295]

He needs to hear the backing vocals for Cardigan asap

[@boyfriendshouse]

for real! he will loose it!

[@sushibebussinfr]

troy: these have been surprisingly more upbea- taylor: IIIIIIIII troy: then i tho- taylor: WANT YOU TO KNOWWWW

[@carinek8103]

"Getting back to her roots"... daily reminder that Taylor is an album artist... Her singles rarely represent the albums. She always chose the most radio friendly songs while her albums are full of storytelling centric songs. Im not saying Folklore isn't special though. I really think that you should go back and react to her albums in full

[@sumayaalbelushi8626]

So true but he will realise this in the future

[@user-ox2py6jr3p]

was gonna say the same thing. like this dude is literally judging whole albums based on their lead singles

[@meghansullivan6812]

Say it louder for the people in the back!!!

[@m557]

fun fact : Taylor did indeed go through a quill phase in her teen years😂😂 so she did write songs with a quill

[@haileyleigh]

Omg wait I completely forgot abt that, she’s just iconic honestly

[@JessicaGonzalez-xk1dz]

@@haileyleigh she's a huge nerd and I love her for it

[@marsyadinda9756]

Omg u serious?!?!?!?

[@m557]

@@marsyadinda9756 yeahhh she mentions it in her miss americana documentary

[@toastttttyy]

I was ant to comment this lol

[@giovannabrecailo2877]

the way I could write a full essay about the meaning of any of the songs on this album... omg how does she fit so many feelings inside a single song?? how does she do that?!?!

[@typical.bellaa]

Illicit Affairs is honestly one of the best songs on the album and in her discography as a whole. In my eyes, I’ve always seen it as a sort of “this is what happens in secret relationships” instead of it being about cheating on a partner. Taylor captures the magic of the thrill you feel having to hide your love for the other person, and that “dwindling mercurial high” is likely the words “I love you” since they are “a drug that only works the first few hundred times.” Illicit affairs and clandestine meetings mean the same thing, it’s about meeting up in secret behind everyone else, and I’ve always found the song to kind of be very close to my heart for some reason. Like it hits home in no way any other songs on the album (save for 2 others: mirrorball and this is me trying) really do

[@farty81]

"How does she write this about other people?" Exactly. How does she have this connection, this ability to paint, as you say, about these experiences like she's lived it all already? It's just incredible. That's why this album should rank amongst the all-time greats.

[@afterglowsunshine6820]

In terms of LWYMMD, reputation as a whole is a GIGANTIC difference and makes the song sound much better especially when you take it into consideration conceptually. How the album is simultaneously a defense mechanism and battle cry, and an ode to finding real connections and true love among chaos and hiding. The album goes from abrasive electropop to pure romantic softness.

[@zoeydawn658]

ill defend reputation till my death bed tbh

[@nixnax707]

Yes

[@ianmusicc]

it wasn't even a bad song to begin with LMAOOOO

[@zoeydawn658]

@@ianmusicc exactly

[@ianmusicc]

@@zoeydawn658 rep is my baby aint nobody hating any part of it lmaooo

[@franciscacosta8463]

“cardigan.. shouldn’t be that bad” FAMOUS LAST WORDS 😭

[@ingledont]

watching you realize the meaning of the "your dad is always mad" line in seven was so heartbreaking and comforting. i wish i could hear this album for the first time again. thank you for sharing this magic with us !!! there is nothing quite like seeing someone fall in love with a song/album in real time

[@milag8681]

"next song is called peace, lets hope it gives me a little peace of mind." literally the lyrics: "No, I could never give you peace"

[@Talitha330]

She talks about going through a "quill phase" in Miss Americana. So you're not that far off. 😂

[@AndreaRodriguez-cu7yn]

YES!!! I was literally dying when he mentioned the quill 🤣🤣🤣

[@Talitha330]

@@AndreaRodriguez-cu7yn I know bruh, same! 😂😂

[@brittanyjansen2325]

Peace is my favorite song. You hit the nail on the head with your interpretation. My favorite line "and you know that I'd swing with you for the fences, sit with you in the trenches. Give you my wild, give you a child. Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other." Like that's truly what love is. Giving each other everything you have in the darkest of moments and also in the lightest. Choosing each other regardless of what comes your way. It's devastating to know that the person she felt this deeply for is no longer in her life. I hope she is doing okay.

[@jf-s7809]

Exile is one of those songs that gets me ever single time... bon iver and taylor are perfection!

[@TheNraveles]

Epiphany is one of the most heart wrenching songs I’ve heard in a LONG time. The way she compared the trauma her grandfather in WW2 went through with nurses and doctors during the pandemic is honestly true though. Doctors only were able to get minutes of sleep sometimes during the pandemic. The amount of people they would see dying, people they might’ve known, and having to literally gather bodies upon bodies and just put them in masses to the mortuary and all that. It’s scary. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a huge upsurge in PTSD cases within the medical field. It was very traumatic and is still traumatic. The ending sounding like a heart monitor as well…just sad as fuck “Just to make sense of what you’ve seen”.

[@katdelrey]

its one of those grower songs which sounds like a skip til you realize. Folklore is truly skipless with all of its tracks. People have to realize epiphany's beauty!!

[@MonumentToSin]

Yeah, I read an interview with an old nurse taking about how she could see a lot of the young doctors that started their careers with the pandemic losing their empathy, just cutting off their emotions like soldiers do when they learn not to get attached to people in war. Very sad.

[@pizzaqueenieweenie]

all this shit in past tense... still going through it sadly. the song brings tears to my eyes

[@envyswift]

WW2, WORLD WAR 2?

[@ryliegarcia.]

@@katdelrey Except for peace and hoax, they are skips.

[@corinacoppersmith1413]

him about mirrorball- “this has been more upbeat” me crying to it in my room every night for the past year

[@candyleigh015]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who cries to mirror ball. After reading the theory that it’s about her ending her music career soon is just ugh 😢😭

[@willapple8145]

Seven gets to me and im not a huge TS fan

[@ally6969]

THIS. BRO I BALL EVERYTIME I LISTEN AND HES DANCING

[@flip4907]

@@candyleigh015 well how do we feel about that theory now 😬

[@candyleigh015]

@@flip4907 immmm so pleasantly surprised and happy that I was wrong!! :D

[@mystamusica8571]

When he said ‘oh no, OH NO… this is SAD’ I literally burst out laughing 😂 lol