First Time EVER Listening to MY TEARS RICOCHET + INTERVIEW (Long Pond Sessions) | TAYLOR SWIFT

[@Violet316]

The jewels she gave Scott Borchetta were the albums that went gold, platinum, and diamond.

[@jessicacurtis5637]

It's worth noting that all her Track 5's are the most personal. All Too Well is also a Track 5.

[@HPReact]

Thank you for this. I had a feeling it was something she always did.

[@ashleygniadek2543]

Yasss track 5 is very important to note……also tolerate it is a track 5❤

[@lonbub6832]

“The Archer” & “You’re On Your Own, Kid” are also track 5 songs. They are always her most personal songs.

[@julia2802]

Out of the Woods should've been the 1989's track 5

[@drunkenlovee]

⁠@@julia2802 I was thinking clean tho

[@Kammy-nh8vl]

So my theory, that has not been confirmed, is that “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)

[@HPReact]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@CelinaSharp]

I was just gonna say this. Her mind ❤🤯❤

[@joditurner6748]

I wanted to like your comment, but it's at lucky 13! I agree with you!

[@lonbub6832]

Ohmigah! 🤯 Totally. Never thought of that. Genius.

[@carolla_michelle]

Came here to say this too. I don’t think it needs confirming really, the extremely specific symbolism validates it I reckon

[@bonnieflynn4798]

She signed with this guy when she was 16. He was just starting a record label. She and her mother went from radio station to radio station to promote her music. She writes her songs, then promoted it She made Scott millions and he sold her music for $300 million behind her back. Now she’s re-recording own her music again.

[@HPReact]

So happy she's able to re-record all of her songs. What a bad situation.

[@krissy4187]

Track fives for Taylor are always her most emotional and most personal songs. They’ll almost always hit you in the gut in the best way. When she performs this at the Eras Tour omg.

[@HPReact]

We've noticed the importance of track 5. Thank you for your support! :)

[@JenniferDomitrovits-xu9df]

Hello. You’re absolutely right. For her, the song was about her former label owner, Scott Borschetta, who Swift considered something like a second father. - “You wear the same same jewels that I gave you as you bury me. - “You hear my stolen lullabies.” - “I can go anywhere I want, just not home.” To cite a few of the lyrics pointing to the masters situation. 😊 I think the beauty of it, though, is that it’s written in a way that other people can interpret the song in a way that relates to them- even if they don’t know what it was about for Swift. Of course that’s true for all good art. Enjoyed your reaction. 😊

[@HPReact]

thank you for the info. We don't know the full details, but we knew it had something to do with her catalog being sold. The stolen lullabies lyric really felt like a tell-tale for sure. Thank you for pointing all the others out too. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Carrie1869]

@@HPReact yes and he sold her masters to Scooter Braun, someone who she doesn't have a good relationship with.

[@HiSummerWasHere]

It’s even more than that: he essentially discovered her, and she (as a teenager) trusted him enough to be the first artist to sign to the new label he was creating. Then she was the most successful artist on that label, she made him rich, and made the label successful enough that he was able to ask a huge price for it when he was ready to sell it. They had always had an overall positive relationship across six albums, but when she was signing with a new label and his was for sale, she asked for the option to purchase her masters back and he said only if she re-signed to make six more albums, and with each new one she could earn an old one. That felt like a huge betrayal to her. Then, knowing that she wanted access to those masters and intended to negotiate for them, he sold them to Scooter Braun, with whom he knew she had a negative relationship (because of Braun’s professional relationships with friends and acquaintances. She didn’t like how he treated his clients). That’s why she’s using death and a funeral as a metaphor in this song…it felt like the death of a close, critical, familial relationship to her.

[@wildly_heather]

​@@Carrie1869doesn't have a good relationship with is an understatement... She despises him.

[@saftdragonghost7321]

@@wildly_heather and they had so much Dialoges about him. They both actually hated him.

[@Kammy-nh8vl]

My husband believes she’s a savant and doesn’t have a bad song, so he’s currently going through each album with the sole purpose of finding a bad song, I told him it isn’t gonna happen. There will be songs you like less than others but there is truly no bad song.

[@HPReact]

Please let us know what happens! S&S 🙏🏼

[@Kammy-nh8vl]

@@HPReact only found one so far, “Jump then Fall” he liked the lyrics but not the production I guess. And he likes one that I don’t care as much for “Stay Stay Stay”

[@ellenpederson-lewis8557]

I do think she is a savant!

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

" You wear the same jewels that I gave you as you bury me" and " when you can't sleep at night, you'll hear my stolen lullabies" are very much the telltale lines.

[@HPReact]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@yara5502]

SO this song is about Scott Borchetta, the owner of the label she was on until 2018. Scott Borchetta signed her as his first artists on his label BMR in 2005 after seeing her perform at the bluebird cafe and she made that label a huge success and he became like a father figure to her. Taylor wanted to own the masters to her work ( because she wrote all of the songs) and for 15 years she begged him to let her own her work. In 2019 she left the label to go sign a contract with republic/UMG because they would let her own her future masters. Scott then instead of letting her buy them, sold her masters to a man who has been bullying Taylor since she was a teenager because she refused to work with Scooter and he really wanted her on his roster. Scooter bought them because he thought that would force her to be under his control, but Taylor instead decided to re-record her first 6 albums to regain her masters. Scott had been around for all the horrendous bullying Taylor had recieved from Scooter through the years and he knew selling them to him would be the worst betrayal, because he used to hate him too, but did it anyway because he was angry and wanted to hurt her. Scott also spent so much time gaslighing her in the press Hence the "If I am dead to you why are you at the wake?" line. He used to tell her that he was never going to be a person who valued money before music and that right should always win, hence the "You turned into your worst fears" line. Scooter has never worked with Taylor.

[@HPReact]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@P4-Swift-Watch]

Thanks for explaining this in greater detail. Didnt Scooter Braun represent Kanye West, who treated Taylor worse than anyone else? So pleased to hear that after the release of the first 4 of 6 of the Taylor's Version Album, that allowed Taylor to reclaim her work, Scooter is no longer in the Music Industry, and Scott Borchetta then sold Big Machine. Of the three, Taylor is the only one left standing, in all her righteous glory! ❤ It would be w onderful if the company owned by Disney, who bought the rights to Taylor's original 6 albums, offered to sell Taylor her work. They must know Taylor will not work with them, as Scooter Braun would benefit monetarily.

[@TiffanyTeaLeaves]

Her fans noticed that Taylor’s track 5 songs are always the most deeply revealing. Taylor realized they were right and started doing it on purpose several years ago. According to one of Taylor’s interviews

[@lisalouao]

"I didn't have it in myself to go with grace" is one of my absolute favourite lyrics!!! It makes me think of how many times, as women, especially, we are expected to just accept things with good grace and a smile on our face. If we get angry or respond negatively, we're seen as problematic or irrational. People just expected her to be 'ok' with what happened because that's 'just the way it is' in the music industry, and she was like, no, I don't accept this, this is not ok. I don't have it within myself to just let this go, I have to speak out.

[@Kellendras1]

It is one of my favourite lines too. For exactly those reasons.

[@marsha6004]

No, Scott Borchetta signed Taylor at 14. He was like a second father to her. HE'S the one who sold all of her music to Scooter Braun, who had been abusive towards Taylor over the years. This performance never loses its power for me. Her hurt, her anger... all of it is so palpable. She conveys emotions lyrically, visually, physically... she's amazing, and peerless, in my mind.

[@HPReact]

We're really feeling that she opens her heart for just about every song. That's very brave! S&S

[@Ethanbball7]

The fury in her eyes is real

[@chrisnewburg4839]

Enjoying your reactions...Taylor & Bon Iver "Exile" from The Long Pond sessions will knock your socks off...hope you get to it soon!

[@megamaurizkafitri1965]

Agree!!!

[@ericajohnson8145]

Her pain is palpable, her voice is beautiful, her words are haunting. Ty for this reaction❤

[@HPReact]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@PeaceIsWork]

I agree with everything Jack her producer said during the interview. It’s one of her best written songs and rather than descriptive of actual facts, it’s more metaphorical except maybe for the line “you used to tell I was brave” which also cuts deep because it shows how it was almost a father daughter relationship.

[@goddessbeccamayy]

As someone who doesn't speak to her parents anymore through no fault of her own, this song is like she went into my brain and made a song out it. I cry every time I hear this song.

[@HPReact]

🤗

[@bonniea.1941]

Oh boy, me too! I think about my dad. :(

[@lifeisgoodll]

So very sorry. Take care of you. ♥️

[@lifeisgoodll]

Hard for me to narrow down to even a top 25 lol. Her music just speaks to me on so many levels. This is definitely a favorite. Another favorite from the Folklore Long Pond Studio Sessions is a duet: Exile. Possibly one of THE greatest breakup songs written and performed imo. Takes my breath away every time I hear it. Some folks get annoyed by some of her more upbeat pop songs like Shake it Off or ME! but not me haha. The music videos for those are great. The Man is fun one also. I’m just in awe of her many talents.

[@HPReact]

It does seem impossible to rank songs from her since they’re so different.

[@Mavis-Tanya]

I would say most Swifties have a completely different Top 10. No one has the same top ten because one is always attached to ones that moved them.

[@Mavis-Tanya]

This bridge is on the Eras tour and its literally the climax of the tour. Powerful and chilling ❤

[@barb24427]

Its the sigh at the end the the song that speaks volumes. I feel lucky because I requested this. Thanks fellas. Always enjoyable to watch you and listen to your thoughts. 😊

[@HPReact]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@laverneswartz]

Yup, stolen lullabies represents her catalog was sold, and Scott borchetta ( Taylor's ex manager who first signed her at the age of 15) sold it to scooter braun for R300 million

[@tatianebernardo2482]

Exile and Cornelia Street live from Paris are a must

[@adabadoskova2915]

track 5 is significant for Taylor specifically, she subconsciously always puts very vulnerable tracks as tracks 5 (for example All Too Well, Cold As You, Dear John) and fans noticed that, pointed it out and so now she does it consciously ans we know that we have to always emotionally prepare for a track 5

[@HPReact]

Good point. We get it, and looking forward to continuing down the TS rabbit hole. Excited! S&S

[@sirsimonthesentry4787]

The album version is amazing too. The production really swells then drops along with your emotions. It is really worth the listen. The Long Pond Studio Sessions are basically a stripped back production of an already stripped back album. But the instrumentals on the album are really not to be missed they are so beautiful and really add to the overall feeling the songs.

[@CoastDreamz]

She may write songs based on her own life, but she wants listeners to relate to it in their own way. So she very rarely lets people know what the song is about, or confirms theories. But she doesn't go out of her way to hide it either. Some of her songs may have a touch of real life drama in them, but are largely filled in with bits that aren't directly connected. Just good for the song.

[@michelle6337]

The thing that infuriates me the most about the Scott Borchetta situation is that when Taylor begged to buy her masters, her former label, who she had left at this time, tried to trap her in a continued relationship by telling her that if she came back to them she had the opportunity to "earn" back her masters one album at a time. So for each new album she released, she'd earn back one of her "stolen lullabies." It's so manipulative and gross how they act like they are doing her this huge favor, when they were just trapping her in a situation that would never end.

[@lostandfawned]

This was my FAVORITE performance at the Eras Tour. It’s very powerful on stage.

[@lorislotsky]

I'm so glad you also watched her conversation with Jack before the song. Can't wait until you do Exile with Bon Iver. Thanks for this reaction!!

[@HPReact]

Thank YOU - the fans - for recommending 🙏🏻

[@laurabella13]

Watching this live at the eras tour was such an amazing experience. One of her best songs

[@Elisabet7519]

There's so many greats in her catalogue. Exile Champagne Problems Your losing me All the girls you loved before False God Lover Cardigan Betty and August a trilogy She has some awesome live performances for Blank Space I knew you were trouble where she totally rocks and Dear John followed by would've should've could've shows how she has matured And her videos Anti Hero Delicate I bet you think about Me, Lover are so fun Safe and sound is beautiful as well as long live Political-Need to Calm Down Want sultry try live Vigilante Shit or I did something bad Love how you both actually listen and process the lyrics providing a genuine reaction Cant wait to see more

[@mwoods8988]

Great producers' comment on track order. I remember for an album release, Taylor Swift asked her fans to listen to it in track order. This was well into in the individual song digital download era, so it seemed really old school, and she seems to like some traditions, including releasing her albums on vinyl.

[@HPReact]

Sometimes the old ways allow you to include the audience. Thanks why so many, if not all, albums are meant to be played in the correct sequence. Thank you so much for your comments!

[@LadyQbear2018]

All the songs from the Long Pond Sessions are excellent... exile in particular

[@TiffanyTeaLeaves]

You are correct, she wrote this song to Scott borchetta when he sold her music catalog to scooter Braun, a man Scott knew had ill will toward Taylor and knew he would restrict Taylor’s use of her own music. And in fact is the reason she wasn’t allowed to use her own music in the documentary Miss Americana. Her stolen lullaby’s are those songs. The jewels she gave him are her songs. She always referred to her songs as jewels and her albums as her children.

[@cassietessier5594]

Epiphany and peace from the long pond are amazing. Remember 2020 is when folklore was written.

[@bailliewilliams9335]

Hope you guys can watch the eras tour performance of this sometime. It's beautiful! Love your reactions!

[@HPReact]

Definitely will. Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@NYandAZ]

She calls her songs “her babies” because she’s written all of them from her personal experiences, making the “my stolen lullabies” verse so powerful. Scooter Braun sold them to Scott Borchetta. It has to be mentioned that he was an influential person who helped Kanye and Kim to torture Taylor, going on stage and causing the scene at her first VMA’s at 17 years old, Kim/Kanye and the internet of trolls called her a snake about the infamous phone call that Kanye and Kim edited to make it sound like Taylor gave her approval to be called a B (female dog), and when Taylor said she didn’t, no one believed her because of the highly edited phone call that Kim released. Later on, maybe a year, the entire call was released and it showed that Taylor was telling the truth. It really hurt Taylor because she prides herself on being a “good girl”. She says so in the Miss Americana documentary. After the phone call scandal, her pain and depression caused her to disappear for a year. No one saw her. No one heard from her. While she was gone (that’s what she thought people wanted), she worked on herself. Music is therapy for her. Taylor came back stronger and better than ever with “Reputation”. You will be able to see a completely new version of Taylor’s writing and confidence in Reputation. It’s remarkable how she continues to reinvent herself and make such personal records that resonate with most of her fans. WE believed her, but Kim and Kanye even went on TV shows to make her look worse on purpose. She used to look up to Kanye. Now she says “I don’t like you” flat out in Look What You Made Me Do. There’s so much in that one song. Geez. She got all of the dirt out on everybody that backstabbed her. It’s a work of art. There are “what you missed” KZbin videos on that one song because there’s just no way one “non-obsessed Swiftie” person could catch everything. LOL. Great job, guys!! I enjoy your reactions. You aren’t afraid of letting the song take you where it’s meant to go. Her lyricism is so poetic and powerful that she can touch a wide range of people. ❤

[@HPReact]

Wow. We had no idea. Thank you for the context ❤

[@conniecenters8482]

Scott B sold them to Scooter Braun you mean

[@nfgc86]

My favorite track from Folklore ♥️

[@Sassyglbeauty]

It was her previous owner of the recording company. Please do yourselves and us a favor and also react to her Eras tour of her singing this song! It means so much more once you learn the backstory and it’s so much more powerful done live !

[@tammyluce8474]

I’d love to see y’all cover exile

[@HPReact]

Feel like that one will come more sooner than later 👍🏻

[@loud_hailer6240]

Please check out any of her performances at the Grammy Museum, she speaks a little before the songs there too. Or maybe Cornelia Street Live in Paris Have you seen Dear John ? The whole album 1989 is a fun experience.

[@RobGamesOn]

It was Scott Borchetta that sold her catalog... and the person he sold it to was Scooter Braun. So she was singing to Scott Borchetta in this song.

[@denisegraves1422]

My Tears Ricochet is in my top 3. This song makes me cry every time. It’s so good.

[@KarenMonneau]

This song is so beautiful.

[@JeanneKrueger-f2f]

Love watching your reactions to Taylor’s art. This song is so relatable in many ways.

[@queenofjensylvania]

If you want to see the rock site of Taylor, do "Never ever getting back together" from the 1989 World Tour. The girl can rock too. 🤯

[@HPReact]

Yes! We want to see her rocking out. We kind of did with Don’t Blame Me but we want more 🤩

[@sandyczarnetzke7141]

Thank you for cleaning up for us.😉 Yep this is to and about Scott Borchetta and the sale of his record co Big Machine to Scooter Braun that included the masters of her first six albums behind her back. Stay safe❤

[@HPReact]

Haha. Thank you. And thank you for the info. Always appreciated 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@mamat8184]

Excellent reaction. Thanks guys❤

[@reneeharkness1337]

Great reaction! Love you guys! I would say listen to exile next. Also from her long pond sessions!! It’s amazing!

[@HPReact]

Great suggestion!

[@HPReact]

And we love you too ❤️❤️❤️

[@lubalethudube186]

I have been listening to Taylor since 2008 and this is my favourite song from my favourite album

[@trelew2023]

In the long pond studio sessions she's not being interviewed by anyone, She's having conversations with Her producers Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner.

[@HPReact]

👍🏻

[@randystalnaker6700]

❤❤❤ what a great song to react to...thanks so much, really enjoy your reactions...thanks

[@HPReact]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@leeannies-tears369]

Hi you guys! ❤ This sing was my intro to Taylor. I fell in love with this whole "Studio Sessions" as first exposure. Now I love her so so much and I'm really enjoying your reaction! Thanks to your requests people!

[@HPReact]

We love the intimate setting for this song version. Gives it an even more personal touch to it. Really good song.

[@ingobordewick6480]

Same for me, this was the song that pulled me in.

[@pattyminor1469]

All her songs are top 10's but this is one of my favorites. You should either, do all Track 5's, or start from the very beginning. Out of the woods Video is great but all her videos are great. Taylor is top tier.

[@HPReact]

OH! Great idea!! We'll look into a compilation of 5's where we'll play all the #5 songs in one big special! Thanks again!

[@erikamae0416]

I've seen the comments talking about Scott and Scooter but there's also speculation in the "swiftie" community that Karlie Kloss, who was her best friend aided Scooter in buying her work. She hung out with him multiple times, would've know Taylor was looking to buy her work, discussing and negotiating her contract and looking at other labels. Kinda clues me in too with the comment she makes about best friends know how to hurt you/they're your worst whiny bc they once were your closest friend.

[@Suprachiasmatic]

You guys are a lot of fun.

[@HPReact]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@carmenx4785]

Hello, Just started watching and I am soooo excited for future reactions!!!! I’ve been a Taylor fan since I was younger… seen her live 4 times and she continues to Amaze me! She continues to grow musically, lyrically, and just everything… breaking record and record… there is nothing this woman can’t do. Recommendations: For videos: -I bet you think about me - Anti-Hero Lyrics: -Champagne Problems -tolerate it -Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve - Mr Perfectly Fine (not emotional a little more on just a good bop song) Live performance -tolerate it (Eras Tour) -They say I did something bad (reputation) - Vigilante Shit (Eras Tour)

[@HPReact]

Wow-We-Wow-Wow! You're amazing! Thank you so much for putting the time in to compile the list. Warmest, S&S

[@RamonaRickard]

Love this song and so many more

[@SHad8312]

I really enjoy your reactions. Very thoughtful! ❤️

[@SwiftieXinfinity]

Scott Borchetta is who this song is about. He was the person who first signed her to a label at age 16. He was like a father to her and she gave him years of success and money. He then sold her masters out from under her and is the reason she is having to rewrite all of the albums again as “Taylor’s version”. Her tears have become his tears now because he traded everything she had given and done for him for her “stolen lullabies”. This is one of most powerful and painful moments in her entire music and personal life. You can see the pain on her face and hear it in her voice, this wound was cut deep. 💔😔

[@HPReact]

Thanks for the information!

[@SwiftieXinfinity]

@@HPReact thank you guys ♥️ I love seeing you come up on my feed. She’s definitely a rare jewel!

[@HPReact]

@@SwiftieXinfinity We ♥ you! You are always welcome here :) (and yes, we are really starting to see why so many love her)

[@Kellendras1]

Just found your channel. Really enjoying it. Thank you

[@Sifolamdg]

Also when she left BMR they tried to lure her back by saying she could “earn” 1 album back at a time for every new album she released. Scott Borchetta tried to pretend like she refused his offer to buy her masters back when that was the offer. Like how messed up is that. He is so money hungry.

[@HPReact]

Yes, we read that. Insane crooks!

[@RamonaRickard]

Love the watching you!

[@lucy_palmerct]

This is in my top 5

[@cherylreinell857]

Loved Exile!

[@kelleycheek5142]

She always comes with the punch in the punch line though, stolen lullabies

[@HPReact]

Thank you for commenting and hopefully following us. Keep in touch, won't you? Your nutty friend, Sam

[@poppygame6678]

You should definitely try reacting to King of my hearts live from reputation tour, it's a magic live perfomance!

[@olanaowen7320]

I feel like this is a solid top five.

[@Augustine0899]

so a little more info on the masters situation - Taylor did try to buy them back, but scott put in the conditions that she would get back one album for every new album she puts out, binding her to him for longer. she signed with another label and he sold her masters to the guy she hated (scooter). Also, i love the 'oh geez' when she said its one of her saddest songs lmao I think its one of her best written songs, and yes she has bad songs lol (not objectively bad, but like meh) Also, you guys are doing great!!!!

[@HPReact]

Hey wow, thank you, that means a lot to us! Thanks for clarifying the history. "Choose your friends and associates wisely." I know because there were people who torpedoed our musical endeavors. They didn't feel they were getting to control things, no team-players. Thanks S&S

[@Augustine0899]

@HPReact ahh, sucks you had to go through that. but youre out of it and doing well, so its a win!! :)

[@kindredanastasia]

⁠@@HPReactThe song that should truly come with a warning is "Ronan" which is based on the true story of a little boy who died of cancer and is from his mom's perspective. it's devastating.

[@Jojo-fh1ol]

You guys should react to Marjorie! I think it’s one of her most beautiful emotional songs.

[@TiffanyTeaLeaves]

No clinkers. Even songs I didn’t like years ago have found their way into my playlists. I am not as big of a fan of her country music but that’s because I’m just not into that kind of song, not because her songs aren’t as good. Also, I’m 50, I started listening to Taylor swift passively through my daughter, it wasn’t until Taylor had matured that her songs began speaking to me. Once Taylor really dove head first I to poetry is when her music started to clutch my soul. I’d say the album lover and beyond are when I became a Taylor swift fan independent of my kids. I would wager money that the album she is dropping on May 19 will be my all time favorite. Its song list and album word-art are dripping in literary devices from the romantic era of poetry. Which is a sort of milestone for her, as she’s writes about in the song the lake’s, that she name drops Wordsworth. I’m having fun drawing lines of conjecture between the album’s songs and word-art to references in Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge. The poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and her song The Albatross, for example. I can’t wait to hear these songs! 🤩

[@sml24157]

Love your journey! You should check out Taylor Swift - Cornelia Street (Live from City of Lover Paris). Considered by many of us to be one of her best performances to date!

[@lonbub6832]

Scott Borchetta was her manager. He “discovered” her. Really, he had no other artists and had just been canned from another big label. He wanted to start his own label. Taylor (and her parents) helped him do that. She was his first artist, I think. Definitely his most notable artist. He helped launch her career. She and Scooter, famously, DID NOT get along (he’s a bully), prior to the sale of her entire discography. When it all happened, She had only an inkling that something big was about to happen. It was time for her to “re-up” her contract. Scott B. and her “team” were trying to pull one over on her. She asked if she could buy all her masters directly from Scott. He said, if you re-sign with us we will let you buy back one album at a time… all you have to do is put out new music. For every new album you put out, one of your previous masters will belong to you. Meanwhile, Scooter (the buyer of her old label) had been spending his money, collecting “pop-stars” (Ariana, Bieber, Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly…). He wanted to own Taylor and her masters, so he could control her career. She’s too smart. She said, “nope.” And she left. Because she wrote all her own lyrics, the music legally belonged to her. Hence, the re-recording of her first six albums. Taylor’s Versions. Fans stopped streaming her music, so he wouldn’t make money. Personally, I got a boombox for X-Mas that year & started only listening to her music on CD. 😂 Then, she made a deal with iHeart Radio, where they would only play the official Taylor’s Version of all her old music. That was amazing! It really is sad. He did her so dirty. She looked up to him and trusted him for so long. They made each other successful! Then, he sold her out. 😵 She has said, he had 300,000,000 reasons why he did it. Ouch! Tears Ricochet, indeed. It amazes me how she can take strife and turn it into something beautiful! It must have been so painful. She used it as fuel. She really is a Phoenix ✨🧚‍♀️✨

[@melindatintle9728]

There are no “bad” songs. There are just come that are not nearly as good as others. But just about every black sheep song has groups of swifties that willl say it’s their favorite.

[@thomasdworak2030]

I would be curious to know, what kind of stuff YOU have produced in Hollywood. Can I find that info anywhere? Love your reactions! ❤

[@HPReact]

We have a video!

[@thomasdworak2030]

@@HPReact Ah, thanks, I will check it out. 👍

[@ingobordewick6480]

This was the song that made me aware of the fact what an outstanding songwriter she actually is. Please do "Ronan" the lyric video, to get those hankies in use. LOL

[@lifeisgoodll]

Oh no save that one for last I can’t bear it 😢😢😢

[@JenniferDomitrovits-xu9df]

Just as a warning- Ronan is a true story about a child who dies of cancer (Swift wrote it for a cancer benefit).

[@ingobordewick6480]

@@JenniferDomitrovits-xu9dfWe already talked about it on one of the last reactions.

[@HPReact]

Sam will get really emotional on that one. It's on the list. S&S

[@VickieGray-p6k]

I wish ya'll would do Exile with Bon Iver studio long pond.

[@KetlinCarramanhos]

Hello! Love your videos! Thanks for reacting to her work. ❤ Well, if you want to know about not so great songs from Taylor, I might suggest one that is controversial in the fandom: ME!. Half of the fandom hates it and the other half thinks it's only "okay" compared to Taylor's standard of work. Like, we know she can do better. Another one that some fans don't like is: Stay Stay Stay, it's a happy cute song, some people think it sounds childish. I personally like Stay Stay Stay, but I do agree that it's a bit too bubbly and repetitive.

[@HPReact]

Oh, thank you so much for your insights. We are amazed at how accepting Swifties are welcoming and very helpful!

[@mwoods8988]

Originally, the lyrics were a bit of a head-scratcher 🤔 for me trying to imagine a fitting scenario. What gives "My Tears Ricochet" so much more impact is knowing the backstory that several other comments detailed. I would add that the "jewels" 💎 are a metaphor for her masters 📀 -- last year her store merch included a jeweled (not real jewels) bracelet having each jewel's color corresponding to each of her albums. And I'd add that the "I didn't have it in myself to go with grace" is about her decision to go public when trying to buy her masters in a clean deal -- a deal he would make with anyone else -- not the deal that he insisted upon from her that included 1 new album for each old master (so 6 new albums!). Several times in the interview segment Taylor Swift said "it's a song about...", but if she said "it's a song about Scott Borschetta" -- this would have really helped me! 😂 The backstory makes the lyrics' metaphors fit together perfectly. Taylor Swift was born to be a songwriter, singer, and performer.

[@HPReact]

Great insight, thank you for the info!

[@HPReact]

Oh, nice! Thanks for clarifying the song. We are humbled by all the Swifties chiming in with much-needed guidance and info! S&S

[@bunbuddy6137]

So many people really dislike her song Me! It is not one of my favorites, but I think the music video is fun and that it is a catchy song!

[@thomasdworak2030]

Since I became a Swiftie last October, I have listened to four albums (each 1-2 month, to REALLY get to know them). And so far I have only removed one song from the playlist because it was kind of flat or boring. (But I won't tell you which 😜) So if you want to find a bad TS song, good luck! 😂❤️

[@Violet316]

Welcome to the rabbit hole.

[@thomasdworak2030]

@@Violet316 Oh, I am in as deep, as you can get... 😉😅

[@HPReact]

We’re still skeptical a bad song exists from her. 🤔

[@thomasdworak2030]

@@HPReact I doubt it. 😅

[@sabrinassl9832]

You guys should react to the trilogy songs “cardigan - august - betty” from folklore!!!! ❤ it’s a history, 3 povs intertwined

[@HPReact]

Thank you, I’ll add it to the very long list! We’re swamped!

[@IvyCowboy]

I think my comment got deleted. 🤥 Anyway, you guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite reaction channels. You have interesting commentary and you appreciate Taylor for the artist she is. We love that. There's no way I could ever choose my top ten Taylor songs -- it's a steady rotation that depends on my mood. I wouldn't say they're "clinkers", but any song that's played to death on the radio is usually a no for me.

[@HPReact]

Thank you so very much for the compliment and staying with us. We take music seriously. I don't know how we never actually listened to any of her music, until we stumbled into TS. Stay tuned for more! Best S&S

[@IvyCowboy]

@@HPReact You guys are the best. One of the things you're "doing right" is engaging with your commenters! We appreciate that too. If you ever want access to some harder to find material let me know.

[@HPReact]

@@IvyCowboy Oh we'll need all the help we can get :)

[@wildly_heather]

Please, please do no body, no crime!

[@musicfangirl7403]

Of course you will hear the background about Taylor and her masters but this song also brilliantly describes a messy divorce. It’s so painful. I have a playlist of about 20 favorite Taylor songs that gets edited as she releases new music. But even as a major Swiftie I have a very long list of songs I think are terrible. I don’t think an artist can create so prolifically at such a high standard and not have some big misses.

[@HPReact]

Great insight! As a composer myself, I know what that's like. I think every artist strives to do great work every time out, but creativity can be fleeting. Thank you so much! S&S

[@charbenz2768]

Btw, Scooter paid over 300 million dollars.

[@HPReact]

WOW, thanks for the info! S&S

[@Fhzieiekzkw]

Her songs that are my least favorite are usually the radio singles. I never cared for Bad Blood. For the rest of her catalogue, there are songs that I thought I didn't like, but it was only because I hadn't related to them yet. I can go from not liking a song to suddenly having that song describe everything I'm going through and helping me process those emotions.

[@HPReact]

We can totally relate

[@Scorpio13-59]

scott brochetta

[@lyric-dawn]

I’m a Swifty and my clinker is Speak Now. Possibly my favorite album is Speak Now, but that song makes me cringe. It’s well done and I get why the album was named Speak Now. Just one of my least favorites from her discography… if you’re looking for a single that’s less liked.

[@HPReact]

Ooo, thank you for that! We really appreciate every comment and guidance!

[@MikaiasWerneck]

React more taylor’s songs plss

[@Rebecaelisie]

Is there a bad TSwift song? Well, it depends on who you ask haha. Most fans would say her worst song is "Me!" because it's kind of childish, but other love it. Regardless, it got really famous. I personally use to hate "look what you made me do" and now I LOVE it haha.

[@sheilamason1895]

This song is primarily about the betrayal of her music lable and producer, Scooter Braun. It does encompass other similar events in everyone’s life. It is not my fav but it is one of her more important statements about the trauma of betrayal and how karma”my tears ricochet” always repays the abuser. Love your TS comments. Just have some fun w the video “ The MAN” it goes after the misogyny she has faced in her career. It’s another touchstone for her fans.

[@HPReact]

We had a feeling. 👍

[@teszter704]

Scott Broschetta was her label owner (not producer) with whom she signed as a teenager for 6 albums. He knew how much damage Scooter Braun did to Taylor (they never worked together but he was kind of the insigator behind her cancellation in 2016), yet Scott sold her catalouge to Scooter.

[@yara5502]

This is not about Scooter Braun, it´s about Scott Borchetta. Scooter has never worked with Taylor, he has just spent years bullying her for not wanting to work with him. Scott borchetta signed Taylor in 2005 and was his first artist on his label and he was like a father figure to her. Scott then sold her masters to her 6 first albums to Scooter when Taylor wanted to leave the label.

[@laurenhams58]

This is not related to Taylor (although I love these reactions), but I would like to recommend a very different artist. His name is Ren Gill (goes by Ren) and he is absolutely phenomenal. He provides a perspective that I've never seen in the music industry, and that connects with people in varying walks of life. I recommend him to just about every reaction channel I come across because I believe his music and his story deserve to be heard by anyone willing to listen. Most people discover him through his song "Hi Ren" which is definitely the best introduction to him, but to fully understand the depth of his talent you need to dive head first into the rabbit hole. The following are songs that I believe capture who he is and his talent the best: "The Tale of Jenny and Screech" "Chalk Outlines" "For Joe" "How to be me" "Sick Boi" "Murderer" "Seven Sins" "Dumb King Come (King Dotta Diss)" "Money Game (1,2, and 3)" and his most recent releases "Fred again Mashup" "Back on 74/Message in a Bottle Retake". Also some of the cover songs from his busking sessions with his band The Big Push: "I Shot the Sheriff/Road to Zion/Hip hop" "Englishman in New York" "Bongo Bong". Sorry about the novel, I am just very passionate about Ren, and I think you guys would enjoy his art. He is an independent artist so he is not nearly as popular as he deserves to be, but he embraces the reaction community, and he is slowing amassing a sizable audience. I hope you will give him a chance, you won't regret it!

[@HPReact]

Wow, we’re intrigued. We will definitely research him. Thank you so much for putting us onto him! 💛💙💛

[@khills]

I’m not as much a fan of some of her earliest popular songs, tho I do concede they sound much better with her adult voice. (I’ll be crucified for this, but I could never get into Love Story.) And just a note re the Long Pond sessions - they’re all very paired back versions of the album songs, so My Tears Ricochet from folklore sounds different than this. (And personally, I like the album version more - I like the anger that comes through. This lullaby, she’s just more weighed down and sad, and while I get that, there’s a power in the anger that comes through on the line “when I’m screaming at the sky” that is missing for me here.)

[@HPReact]

Many artists mature as their careers go along. If I'm not mistaken, Scott is looking into doing the album version. So stay tuned, please. Thank you for commenting! S&S

[@khills]

@@HPReact I’d actually argue that it’s pretty rare to see an artist mature like Taylor has. I think we might have a small glut of it right now because there were a LOT of talented teen bands 15 years ago (thanks Simon Cowell!), so we have all the One Direction boys plus some of the Disney kids, like Miley Cyrus (who has also had her craft mature beautifully, if you wanna branch out). But think of all the pressure for JLo, Madonna, etc, to sound the same? Even James Hetfield of Metallica had to explain why his voice suddenly sounded just a LITTLE different on records (way back in the late 90s), because he had to learn to sing properly or else he’d destroy his throat. I think that for some reason, there’s only a small group of entertainers who are allowed to grow up and grow into their voices and craft. Hell, even Beyoncé has faced pushback for it!

[@HPReact]

@@khills 💯

[@jbaalman]

A song that isn’t “up there” with the rest would be a parody track called Thug Story ft. T Pain. It’s meant to be funny and is a young Taylor, having fun, before all the drama happened in her life. She was still the girl living her dream. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIaulZuOgZiBedksi=m_4GW6Od3TjSxQ6j

[@julielafrance6526]

Watch Out of the woods and look what you made me do video

[@ashmarie1370]

It about Scott bruschetta her former lable head.

[@gaylenwoof]

“Does she have any bad songs?” you ask. My personal answer it “no” (I’m excluding her Christmas album from this conversation because…well…just because.) But some of her songs do have swiftie-haters. I don’t hate these songs, but I do rank two of them near the bottom. Here they are: Taylor Swift - ME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco) ft. Brendon Urie kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKa7f6ijd9x3ha8 Taylor Swift - Superman (Taylor’s Version) (Lyric Video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ-TlqVtfZZ3o5I Taylor Swift - It’s Nice To Have A Friend (Official Audio) kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5KzYomprKd5aJo (I personally love this song, but a lot of swifties groan about it.)

[@HPReact]

So they DO exist? 🥹

[@gaylenwoof]

@@HPReact It depends on how you look at it. I like these songs but, if I was forced to rank them, then two of them would be in the bottom 20% of the TSwift discography. Also, a lot of people super-duper hate Shake It Off. I personally like it, but some people hate it with a passion - probably because it got so over-played that people just can't stand to hear it anymore. I don't hear radio much and I never over-played it, so that problem never happened for me. Anyway, if your are looking for an example of a "bad TSwift song" you now have some candidates to consider. But checking these out in a reaction video might be a treacherous path. Swifties tend to be passionate about their TSwift rankings.😉

[@HPReact]

@@gaylenwoof we agree. Songs are art and art appeals to different people in different ways. It was more of a curiosity question since we have yet to hear a bad song from her.

[@mwoods8988]

I can't choose a Taylor Swift top 10! Maybe a top 50 or 100. If I could, it would vary over time, and on how recently I listened to songs, because when listened to less recently listened songs, I forgot how good they were or maybe they hit different now. Of the 44 songs performed at The Eras Tour, I personally thought 28 to 30 songs were excellent, which is an incredible ratio for 44 songs. Only because you asked...the only song I didn't really care for was "Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince", and my next lowest was "Tolerate It"...but they're all hits, so plenty of people love them. Someday I may love them too, although "Tolerate It" could be a challenge, because its scenario seems unrealistic (so maybe I'm missing some context 🤷). I don't think any of Taylor Swift's album songs are clinkers, which is really saying something, because I think all of my other favorite artists have had clinkers, although some of them may have escaped putting their clinkers on albums. Music artists vary greatly, so I didn't have a good way to rank my favorite artists until I finally thought about having to listen to each of my favorite music artists' catalogs continuously. After thinking about it this way, I'd listen to Taylor Swift for the longest time, so Taylor Swift is my favorite music artist. It's really based on her song distribution on the clinker-through-excellent scale, and the extent and variety in her catalog. And if I do the same for music artists' music videos, Taylor Swift is again my favorite. (I really enjoy her lyric videos too.)

[@HPReact]

WOW! Thank you so much for the insight!

[@vidsorama2]

If you can't relate to "Tolerate It", you are a very lucky person. Most of us have been in relationships where one person puts time and effort into a relationship and tries their best to make everything perfect for their partner but that partner just tolerates his or her existence. That lyric "I know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it" hits home for too many of us during some point in our lives. You are blessed if you can't relate.

[@mwoods8988]

@@vidsorama2 Thanks, your comment helped me! Up until now, the lyrics in "Tolerate It" seemed a lot more platonic and metaphorical than they did romantic, so whenever I listened to it, I mostly wondered if it was about Scott Borschetta (her old record label). I figured that in a romantic relationship, Taylor Swift wouldn't let it sink this far before breaking up -- because she's extremely intelligent, extremely perceptive, and financially independent -- but I guess her "hopeless romantic" side sinks her. I went back and watched the lyric video a few times today and read some of its many comments, and some of them had me tearing up. 😢 Needless to say, now the scenario is realistic to me, and I no longer just tolerate "Tolerate It". 😄😭 Damn it, Taylor. ❤️

[@BrentDeJong]

At the end of the video you ask for "clinkers" so here my list of Taylor Swift songs that make people cringe a little sometimes: - ME! - some fans dislike the style - willow - one jarring phrase - A Perfectly Good Heart - I'm not sure why this one is disliked so strongly by the fandom but I know I can't listen to it on repeat. - Shake It Off - I think fans just get annoyed that the general public assumes (or assumed?) this is Taylor's sound - This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things - intentionally sounds condescending and some people don't pick up on the irony There's probably more that are relatively widely disliked. I know most fans either didn't like or didn't understand Vigilante Shit until the Eras Tour.

[@HPReact]

Hey, nice work making that list. Scott & I really appreciate all the wonderful comments and suggestions. Thank you, S&S