DON'T EVER CROSS TAYLOR! DAMN! Taylor Swift - The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

[@ladylisaromance8129]

This is about Matty Healy

[@steph_ace16]

"The smallest man who ever lived" is about Matty Healy.. If you want about Jake Gyllenhaal, try listening to "All Too Well (10min. version.)" and also its short film. 🤩 Both are a MASTERPIECE! 🥰

[@MissShellyWebster]

And " I bet you think about me" - great diss

[@luthietin2]

This is about Matty Healy, lead singer for The 1975. The story goes that they first met and had a flirtation back in the 1989 era but he had a heroin problem at the time and her people pretty much nixed the idea of a relationship because it would have destroyed her image which was still very all American good girl at the time, hence it being "forbidden". But they stayed in contact over the years and when Taylor and Joe Alwyn broke up after 6 years in spring of 2023 right as The Eras Tour was starting, she had a very fast and intense rebound relationship with Matty that summer of 2023. So "rusting my sparkling summer" is referring to ruining The Eras Tour for her. It seems like there had been a lot of talk over the years and during their short relationship about being soul mates/destined to be, he made a lot of insinuations and promises of marriage and forever, and then just ghosted her very quickly. The theory is that many of the songs on TTPD are about Matty and this relationship that took off fast and burned out fast. The performance of this during The Eras Tour is amazing, you should watch the whole TTPD set!

[@kavynryan3159]

Im kinda confused tbh lol. So in 1989 (the year Taylor was born) they first met and had flirtation? Then in 2023 they had a short fling thing and she started openly dating Kelce in September of 2023? I'm not a huge Taylor fan so 1989 might be an album but I don't know much about her lol

[@luthietin2]

@@kavynryan3159 By 1989 era I mean the album called 1989 not the year. The 1989 album was released in 2014 when she was 24/25 and that is when she met Matty Healy originally. Between May-June 2023 Matty and Taylor dated, she started dating Travis in August or September 2023.

[@kavynryan3159]

@luthietin2 ah okay cool, thanks!

[@FuhqEwe]

@@luthietin2Why do you know this though? Are you a girl?

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

The line "You'll slide into inboxes and slip through the bars". The bars are a triple entendre. Prison bars, dive bars and the bars in her songs. I dare anyone to say she's a basic writer after writing something with intent like that.

[@SnailHatan]

Lmfao that is, in fact, basic writing.

[@marigolden_mariposa]

​​@@SnailHatansure, but she's a brilliant writer, regardless. she's written over 200 songs, about all kinds of topics, using different writing techniques. It's extremely impressive. She's absolutely a highly talented songwriter and lots of other song writing legends say so themselves.

[@Amandaarford83]

Knox hill calls her a battle rapper with a guitar

[@anajluz]

He's not wrong tho

[@courtneyohagan1859]

Love his reactions. Need more of his Taylor Swift ones tho. Such an amazing perspective

[@josephk.8728]

Here for all the Taylor Swift reactions.

[@xoxoxANGExoxox]

The guy was asked about this song and said he's surprised it wasn't worse, so he knows he's an a$$

[@jonathongeorge3093]

This one is Matty Healy... if you want the Jake Gyllenhaal song, you gotta check out "All Too Well" (the 10 minute version &/or the music video/short film that Taylor directed for the song) - one of the best songs she ever wrote.

[@Skylar42002]

Omggg I’ve always watched your videos but I’m loving these Taylor reactions!!! Pls do Dear John, would’ve could’ve should’ve, vigilante shit, and who’s afraid of little old me🩷

[@josefinasoderholm6488]

And yeah. You definitely need to se the live performance of this song

[@skyt3265]

down bad- taylor swift

[@jonathanheyerdahl3660]

"You are what you did." Wow! I don't rock with Swift either, but there's a song or two, ya know? Congrats and much applause for honoring the artist, even if it's not our style. Bravo. 💯

[@kat_1717]

So glad you’re being respectful about not liking her music and not just hating on her!

[@Kristyn1980]

Taylor Swift and Matty Healy have ten years worth of writing to each other. Watch the “oh, Caroline” music video and then watch the “delicate” music video. Listen to the intro of “looking for someone (to love)” and then the intro of “imgonnagetyouback.” Also listen to “fallingforyou” and how it mentions the bike she references in “imgonnagetyouback.” I am convinced the whole reason she decided to title her 1989 album that way, was as a shout out to the 1975 (she already knew Matty at the time). If you’ve already heart Fortnight - “you smoked then ate 7 bars of chocolate” is her saying he got high then did a good job (“ate”) at singing the 1975 song, Chocolate. One more: watch the “you and me together” music video and then watch the “you belong with me” music video. It’s all about each other. Ten+ year situationship.

[@kristentitus4946]

PLEASE do Down Bad. I need a correct first listen bar breakdown of that song!!! 🙃

[@karinrommel5925]

I had a lot of fun watching this with you. Could not agree more that she is a true poet!

[@karehelene]

My understanding is it was about Matty Healy. Apparently, they had an off and on relationship for years. It's theorized her song Peter (my favorite) is also about him.

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

It's suspected that about 70% of TTPD is about Matty

[@laramorrison5973]

black dog, loml, down bad, fresh out the slammer, peter, smallest man, i can fix him are all about Matty

[@karehelene]

@@laramorrison5973 I love the song Peter and I like to think it is the story of Peter Pan and Wendy, but I know there is more to it.

[@laramorrison5973]

@@karehelene it's the story of Taylor and Matty told through the story of Peter and Wendy! It refers back to the line in cardigan "trying to change the ending, Peter loosing Wendy"

[@mcbello3319]

I love the concept... oh youre gonna ghost me? Let me see if anyone can give you this message...

[@lisan3024]

I've been loving your Taylor Swift reactions more. Please.❤❤❤

[@ameliadavis1979]

I appreciate how much she says in this lyric video by the background changing from white to black, stylized word choices, size and placement of words.

[@mmlory78]

Thanks for your reaction Cliff. Swifty and Renegade here, even though Taylor might not sing the type of music you listen to, I appreciate the fact that you give it a honest and respectful listen! I just watched a reactor who was listening to a Ren song and they trashed Taylor in their intro for no reason. I checked out his other reactions to see if he even has reacted to any of her songs and not once had he reacted to Taylor. It is those kinds of people that swifties get upset with cause Taylor gets so much unnecessary hate! We do not expect you to like every song or even listen to her music in your own time but if you give her a chance and respectfully listen to her body of work you will see why she has a following like Ren. You will see her lyricism and ability paint a picture and move people with her lyrics and how genuine and caring a person she is like Ren! Both Ren and Taylor make their fans feel emotion in different ways. Both are amazing in their own rights and I respect that you give artists a chance rather than automatically putting them down! Here for all your reactions thanks for being a great reactor cause it’s reactors like you who I will actually subscribe to! 😊

[@jadegold8339]

It wasn’t sexy once it wasn’t forbidden is her saying that he only pursued her when she wasn’t available like he’s one of those guys who chase the girl and do all these things to get them to fall for them and when the girl wants to be with the guy she leaves her

[@jadegold8339]

This is about Matty Healy. Frontman and singer for the 1975. Yes Taylor has almost a whole album about Jake Gyllenhaal, but that was 12 years ago. She’s not making any diss track about him now.

[@Violet316]

Least we not forget the "I Bet You Think About Me" Vault track.

[@RachelDacusAuthor]

She's a poet. I love watching people appreciate the genius of her pen. This isn't my favorite T. Swift song but even the ones that aren't feel brilliant and then I take notes for my own writing. Taylor Swift is a masterclass whatever she does, whatever she says or sings.

[@taylorcollins8254]

Cliff you gotta check out her live performances! They HIT SO DIFFERENT!!! She actually uses REAL live instruments, big drums and everything! You can’t beat that especially when so many live shows are nothing but the electronic instrumentations etc

[@Violet316]

A good portion of the album is about Matty Healy.

[@P4-swiftie]

Subscribed! ❤ Thanks for reacting to Taylor Swift. She was hired when she was 14 years old to write lyrics for other artists. She really is a lyrical savant! She describes herself as a lyricist who happens to sing.

[@Mssteph239]

Perfectly written ❤

[@josefinasoderholm6488]

Kendrick called Taylor a rap-battler with a guitar. You need to listen to TTPD in full!! We would be here for it!

[@pmv1969]

She is an underrated lyricist so it's nice to see some application for her!

[@Alexrocks2024]

2:02 is where it surprises me.

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

the Red Album {including the 10 minute version and short film of all too well) are about Jake. TTPD is mostly Matty from 1975, with a few Joe songs thrown in. Matty love bombed and future faked her. they were attracted to each other over the years and got together briefly at the start of her Eras tour (in Florida) Joe wouldn’t marry her after 6 years and hated the spotlight.

[@MarieScholz-g8u]

So here for all of Taylor's diss songs

[@ChelseaLynnThibodeaux]

The buying pills part gives away that it's matt Healy.. So it Halsey's song colors, " everything is blue, his pills, his hands, the color of his jeans"

[@josephk.8728]

9:49: My man, Cliff, over here barring. Taylor Swift actually has a song on this album called "Down Bad". Nice.

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

which also mentions the gym 😅

[@danaernst9659]

Are you saying that he wasn’t doing that on purpose?

[@josephk.8728]

@@danaernst9659 Nope. I don't know if he was, one way or another. But I was more explaining it to anyone else who may have stumbled across my Comment. Either way, it is a bar, whether intentional or not. 😊

[@danaernst9659]

@@josephk.8728 absolutely! But now I must know 😅

[@Emilie-one]

She is really amazing with her writing. She can really write a diss!!! ❤️❤️

[@tsara_9d]

I've WAITED for cliff to get into TTPD 😭

[@Sassyglbeauty]

Love this song so much.

[@AChickandaDuck]

As Taylor puts it, “if guys don’t want bad songs written about them, don’t do bad things.” 🤷 😂

[@amandabearss797]

Cliff!!! She’s “Down bad crying at the gym” you don’t even know you paraphrased another song on TTPD yet! lol 😂😂

[@TraceyM-mj5vg]

All to well 10 minute is about jake, dear john and could’ve would’ve should’ve is about john mayer, these are amazing

[@ellieandthetorts]

Would love to see!! you check out some of her Reputation album! Might be much more your style. Ready for it mv or I did something bad live at the AMAs will blow your mind😁

[@NativeNYerChicHK]

She’s an American poet ♥️

[@goldieschooch8512]

Best Bridge! Amazing song writer!

[@skyt3265]

i thought this was about matt healey

[@jadegold8339]

It is. He either genuinely believes that she still writing break up songs about Jake Gyllenhaal 12 later, which I don’t see plausible. Or he’s one of these guys who react to Taylor, find out that she wrote five breakup songs about a guy & think that every song she writes from now on that’s a break up song, is about that jake G. Even if she’s moved on and dated other men and had her heartbroken over and over again by those other men.

[@skyt3265]

this bridge

[@sue5158]

💥Here for swift reactions!

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

Travis still the dream team 😘

[@SparkimusPrime]

I love your Taylor reactions 🩷

[@nmswjm]

If you love her lyricism, check out “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me”. She takes shots at everybody… the music industry, other artists who disrespect her, right wing religious nuts who accuse her of using witchcraft on her fans… she even takes a shot at her stalkers. It’s brilliant with metaphors, imagery, and doubles. ❤

[@erikahutchcraft1742]

You should listen to her songs about John Mayer. Pretty bold of her when she was only 19 and new artist in the industry to take on 32 year old John who was at his peak at this time!!

[@BlairandGeorgie]

Subscribed! Great reaction.

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

He couldn’t hang out with me anymore after this song came out, cuz I love this song!!! Muahaha!!!

[@ameliadavis1979]

This album, TTPD came out in the beginning of this year, I believe. She said she wrote this album during a very chaotic time and chaotic emotions. She realized a lot of injuries were self inflicted. During parts of the album she is making fun of herself for acting immature. She sings about her "teenage petulance" coming out and growing up precocious. Most of this album + the anthology, total 31 songs were written while she was/is still on her tour.

[@eastenderlou3373]

Matty Healy took the biggest L on this one

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

it’s crazy that he thinks he got off lightly on the album. wtf did you do man?

[@kerrisouth]

​@@CloudslnMyCoffeefr

[@melindatintle9728]

If we are going to stay in this same thing: All too well (10 min version) Dear John (live from the speak now world tour -2011) the song goes so hard, but her delivery and facial expressions take it to another level.

[@sue5158]

As others have said, its Matty Healy.

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

If you want Travis Kelce songs, check out Alchemy and So High School

[@purpledragonfly313]

The Albatross and second half (at least) of But daddy I love him also has some strong Travis vibes ❤

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

@@purpledragonfly313 those are both very matty healy coded imo

[@kimberleyoliver1243]

You should listen to who's afraid of little old me

[@hannarosemeixell3425]

Please please please do the trilogy!!! Cardigan, August Betty - from evermore.

[@bethmas99]

Irrelevant who this song is actually about , but I know that its a song that many if not all women relate to and Miss Taylor Swift is an absolute poet, and I believe she wrote to all the women out there that need to hear this song who can relate to whatever situation they are experiencing involving the smallest man that ever lived!!! Taylor you are my hero 🩷

[@mikemorgan8144]

For the algo👍

[@nmswjm]

She’s still with Travis. She wrote this album about the end of a long relationship and her very toxic rebound w Matt Healy (lead singer of the 1975). Apparently he love bombed her then ghosted her. After all that she met Travis, and the album has a couple really good songs about him. Her songwriting is the BEST.

[@CreativeKarmaDesign]

"rusting my sparking summer was the goal" - once you get into TS and her past song lyrics it takes everything to a whole new level. Rusting = red album sparking = bejeweled. Swifties know the deep inside meaning behind this, and once the veil gets lifted you see what a genius her songwriting really is!

[@laramorrison5973]

i think it just means ruining her era's tour summer - she hadn't even met Matty during Red and Bejewelled is about Joe

[@kalibasu2631]

You’ll slip through the bars!!!!

[@sherribrock2726]

Definitely Matt Healy!!

[@dragananechkoski968]

This is about Matty Healy. Some other diss tracks to reccomend: ThanK you aIMee (Kim K), This is why we can't have nice things (Kanye) and pretty much all of Reputation is a diss album for the drama Kanye and Kim caused as well as how the media ate up their BS and lies, All too well - 10 min Version (Jake Gylenhall), Cassandra (in my opinion, this is also about Kim and Kanye)..

[@char4980]

Taylor Swift & Eminem are easily the greatest songwriters in music history. without a doubt.

[@sarrahgarcia399]

Babes... wrong person

[@I.D.A-sw]

👏👏👏👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩🤩 Look what you made me do, is another amazing song 🥰

[@ambersharpe]

I think she and Eminem should write a song together. Was definitely a Matt Healy diss or Joe but she seemed to go more gentle on Joe.

[@sarawillis4071]

Need to see you do Vigilante Shit live from the Eras Tour!!

[@kaylamclaughlin3312]

you need to listen to would’ve could’ve should’ve (sequel to dear john) it’s a major diss to john mayer

[@StephanieHealy-wh9cn]

❤

[@karenm5556]

Not about Jake ! All too Well is about Jake. This is Matty Healy

[@amandabearss797]

Would Love love if you’d do all 31 tracks on twitch 😃🙏

[@Yephimł]

Yep this is about Matty Healy of the 1975. Someone else in the comments had the perfect explanation about what happened.

[@udayshah7205]

This has to hurt poor guy 😅

[@Violet316]

The poor guy my butt, he deserved it. He claims to not have listened to the album when asked about it when it first came out. Last I heard he got engaged to an old girlfriend shortly afterward.

[@udayshah7205]

@@Violet316 i didn't know the back story

[@kerrisouth]

​@@Violet316oh right. He had listened to it carefully, as you say.

[@sue5158]

To showcase writing, listen to loml official lyric video. Omg bars bars

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

Well the real life Tony Stark story like avatar, ready player one kinda stuff going on!

[@madchatter102]

All u need to know is it apparently about matty healy from the 1975 band. They both had lnow eachother since i believe 2014 but i hratd didn't daye due to his drug problems but hete we go again. Well that and other tiny things 😂😂 oh cant forget his crashing her party either in or and his rental car. Poor bloke is broken in many ways now 😂😂😂🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

I would still love to hear your reaction to Taylor swifts song battle

[@annietrahan7322]

Please do Taylor song. My boy only breaks his favorite toys.

[@jadegold8339]

Yes, Taylor and Travis are still together Jason, Kylie, Elliot, Wyatt, and Donna went to Miami night one of the arrows tour Travis, unfortunately couldn’t make it because he had football game.

[@EskimoPablo907]

Need more. Step up your Taylor game on this channel. Do some live.

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

Woohoo!!!

[@shelleynull6532]

Omg 😂😂 please now cliff see im older and grew up hood but I don't know that the average swiftie knows what the hell a plug is ....

[@elprofereacciona]

Did you just say "down bad" and "gym" together? Then you should listen to "Down bad" song from the same album

[@kerrisouth]

???

[@kerrisouth]

Wondering what I'm missing...

[@elprofereacciona]

@@kerrisouth didn't he said at the end that the guy would be down bad. And a minute later something about a gym?

[@letitiavandermerwe2510]

You must do her new music

[@Violet316]

Matty Healy is the frontman for The 1975. They met around 2014. Being with Joe Alwyn for 6 years, she was off limits (forbidden). He was the rebound before Travis. Matty struggles with drug addiction amongst other things. The next song should be Down Bad since you brought it up accidentally.

[@kerrisouth]

In Down Bad she refers to Matty as her twin. They clearly had something special, but too much got in the way. So glad she has Travis.

[@berniewatts5028]

❤️❤️❤️👵🏼 Gmaw

[@TheCarolinaAsh]

This kind of makes me want to see a serious battle rapper take this song and legit turn it into a rap.

[@ChelseaLynnThibodeaux]

Well too well is about have though

[@HeatherBenedix-y6r]

Cant wait to see more, maybe get Karen up in here….🎤

[@jadegold8339]

No, they had a short fling from April to May 2023, right at the beginning of the errors tour and it after her break up with Joe Alwyn who was her boyfriend for six years was announced.

[@kerrisouth]

She had a situationship with Matty for 10 years as has been documented. So, that predated Joe. Messy I think. I'm sure you know all this.

[@jadegold8339]

@@kerrisouth yes that why she writes “It wasn’t sexy once it wasn’t forbidden”. When she was w/ Joe she was unavailable

[@sandybourdeau9300]

Matty Healy from The 1975

[@SnailHatan]

“One of the nicest people” > Has hundreds of songs spilling all the petty dirty laundry and rumors about every one of her exes to millions of sycophantic fans

[@gjh9299]

no, poor Jake went out with her when she was 20 for a few months and hes not small

[@jadegold8339]

Taylor didn’t start dating Travis until August 2023

[@pattihorigan8700]

I believe TS has written for Eminem, as you call it ghost writing.

[@jadegold8339]

She’s never ghost written for him, although I don’t think that she would not be honored to ghost write for him

[@bookluvrmindy]

Matty Healy