First Time Hearing Taylor Swift "Cardigan" & Taylor Swift "August" & Taylor Swift betty MV REACTION!

[@GOTGames]

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[@andrianatrisna9a670]

Next, please react to another K-pop Group, is Secret Number "DOXA", please support them... 🙏🏻

[@emmavink]

Suggestion to consider: listen to the song first and then do a quick scan through the lyrics afterwards and react to any lyrics you maybe missed or didn't pick up on? You absolutely don't have to do a deep dive into the lyrics afterward. I am the same way. I want to hear a song or a poem in its entirity the first time I hear or read it. I want to get the feel and the tone and the rhythm of the piece down before I go into the details. But with Taylor especially, the lyrics are so damn good that you don't want to miss too much either. Loving the videos, thank you 😊

[@JenniferDonahue702]

The verse "your back beneath the sun, wishing I could write my name on it..." takes me back to my teenage years of Summers and crushes at the pool parties and beaches. I see my first love's back in the Summer. The writing is so evocative.

[@tobysneed8514]

Ready to have your mind blown? At 3:13 in Cardigan, she says "I knew you were standing in my front porch light.". At 3:13 in Betty he says "Betty I am standing on your front porch". Also, at 2:43 in August, she sings "remember when I pulled up and said get in the car". At 2:43 in Betty he sings "she said James get in the car". Taylor is really a master storyteller and the concept and execution of this love triangle is true brilliance. Have a Swift day.

[@sirsimonthesentry4787]

And Betty says “when you are young they think you know nothing” and James in Betty says “I am only 17, I know nothing”😊

[@tobysneed8514]

@@sirsimonthesentry4787 You are amazing! I never thought of that! Have a Swift day.

[@chandru00123]

Woow..even the timing tho...3:13 , 3:13 and 2:43 , 2:43

[@hkandm4s23]

Also the cobblestones

[@very06]

Plus, a small detail (but still!): while Cardigan and Betty end on final notes (and Betty and James's story has an "ending") August fades out (as Augustine moves on and her story "continues.) 🙂 Love your reactions @GOTGames 😊

[@mia_c89]

One of my favorite parallels between Betty and August is that James calls it “just a summer thing”, while Augustine says “so much for summer love” 🥺😢

[@caseyksings]

FRIDAY: After Miss Americana can you watch the Long Pond Studio!! :) TUESDAY: the Midnights album Music videos: Bejewelled, Anti-Hero, Lavender Haze & Karma

[@JenniferDonahue702]

Yes. Long Pond Sessions.

[@GOTGames]

💯💯💯

[@Allie-oz3ej]

We probably need to start talking about Easter eggs tho….? Maybe watch the Easter eggs Taylor video first and then bejeweled/karma??

[@jadegold8339]

Her coming up out of the water, and finding the piano is basically like the piano is a metaphor for her music, and she’s in a crazy life in a crazy world, but as long as she can find her way back to her music or have it with her at all times she’s safe

[@GOTGames]

Oh that's a brilliant metaphor! 💯💯

[@ValerieBeck-kw7qu]

Her piano IS her floatation device. I've gone down this rabbit 🐇 hole with you as one of your watch parties came across my news feed. This woman is intelligent, imaginative, articulate, creative, talented to the 10th power and so real. And she lives her gifts with poise, humor, resilience, respect and class 👏

[@WendyMcPherson-sy9qb]

Taylor is one of a kind amazing. I am in awe of her abilities and she is a good person too.

[@CAMPFIRESKY]

So well said !!!

[@eleanoreleroux5515]

You should do the Folklore Long Pond sessions. She talks about each song and her thoughts and perspectives when writing them. She talks about August and Taylor's perspective of "the other woman" is absolutely profound.

[@Laura-rm6us]

August is so sad! Living for the hope of it all

[@veronicag8257]

I agree. After the Miss Americana documentary he should do Folklore Long Pond sessions.

[@GOTGames]

Absolutely! 💯💯

[@crystalkadletc1944]

August is my favorite part of the story. I feel so sad for Augustine.

[@RachelHalder]

Yes yes yes! THIS!

[@madisonward2862]

the contrast of james saying “im only 17 i dont know anything” and not taking responsibility verses cardigan saying “when you are young they assume you know nothing”..then “but i knew everything when i was young” (he should’ve known better too. dude the parallels are crazy and there’s soooo many of them

[@the_brinaki]

This "but I knew everything when I was young" hits me like a ton of bricks every time. I adore it.

[@edadragneel1569]

Also, August says “so much for summer love” which means that he probably told “Augustine” that he loved her, only to leave her once the thrill expired. So he betrayed both women

[@JenniferDonahue702]

I was the Betty in this scenario with my first love. and he "made me break my own heart because he was to polite to do it." Not polite at all. Saying something and making it mean the opposite is very much in her writing style.

[@GOTGames]

💯💯💯💯

[@RandiSavageYT]

Cardigan- Betty's perspective Betty- James perspective August- Augustine's perspective Just leaving this here if anyones confused :)

[@dawn4227]

Spot on, and as I understand it, Cardigan is Betty's perspective but ad an older woman looking back on it x

[@NYandAZ]

All of them - James, Betty, Inez: Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s beautiful baby girls. ❤️❤️❤️

[@argentinaangel]

Illicit Affairs is from Augustine's POV too

[@drunkenlovee]

Cardigan is betty’s perspective when she’s older looking back… in my opinion, i feel like she got back together with James in HS after the summer fling but then he cheated again. Coz the whole bridge feels like she sees him everywhere because he left a scar but he’ll always come back to her every-time so it’s a never ending cycle like in the MV she literally went back to where she started.

[@GOTGames]

❤️

[@thomasdworak2030]

Remember the ending of Cardigan. When you do Willow one day, it starts exactly where Cardigan ends. 😉

[@dixiedawnmillergoode6850]

Yes. I came here to say this.

[@MCP920]

I just love Willow.

[@Sadielady1978]

Is willow the 4th song, where she clearly forgives James??

[@thomasdworak2030]

@@Sadielady1978 Not sure if there is any lyrical connection. I think it's just the video.

[@GOTGames]

Ah amazing!! 🤯🤯

[@ER-lq1zo]

I don't think you've done it yet, but I'd love to see you react to No Body, No Crime for another story song! I think your reaction as you figure it out would be great!

[@nafi2381]

I was going to suggest No Body, no crime as well. Another great example of her amazing story telling!

[@celior]

“what the actual fuck is the deal with Taylor’s music videos?” A BIG BUDGET 😂 they not only come from her mind, she also directs them

[@123_LGB]

I laughed so hard when he said that 🤣😭

[@donnahudson1884]

She's a musical genius...

[@ericabrabbin8805]

I think a lot of creative ideas die in committee. But nobody is gonna tell Taylor ... That's too crazy or out of our budget.

[@celior]

@@ericabrabbin8805 absolutely. she has full control over the decisions of her career, there’s no one who could stop her decision making - thank God.

[@dericpaloso9560]

And he did not see the director credit cuz he looked away 😮

[@judeless77]

Taylor live in Paris is outstanding

[@Brandi2281]

Yes! There’s a live lounge session where she does several songs as well and it’s also amazing🫶

[@linneathunberg6459]

Ive been asking for it forever!

[@careymehome5957]

Has he heard Death By A Thousand Cuts live from Paris yet???????

[@markx1212]

Daylight is my favourite song from her, and live in Paris is amazing.

[@DannyGoldstein]

I’ve been suggesting Cornelia Street from Paris for so long! I’m gonna be so excited one day when I finally see it in my sub box lol

[@TiffanyTeaLeaves]

3:45 to look inside Taylor’s mind you’ll need to watch the video for ME! 😂

[@k21n59]

Yes!! You have to!

[@JennaC984]

Yes!!! I came here to say this!! I remember when that's how Taylor described the video for ME!

[@sandyczarnetzke7141]

The opening of a music award program in Vegas 4 years ago when she sang ME was amazing! The stage, the drummers, the umbrellas, everything about it was spectacular. And then it shows Travis Kelce in the audience.❤

[@GOTGames]

👀👀

[@CWhe0211]

Absolutely you must do Me!

[@logan4005]

I LOVE your reaction in August to “you weren’t MINE to lose.” Breath taking.

[@TiffanyTeaLeaves]

Taylor says, her intention was to honor the other woman. Because all she wanted was to find love. She wasn’t out to hurt anyone. She wasn’t trying to do anything but follow a feeling with a boy she liked and thought wanted what she wanted. August is the month because it’s a literary device. In literature, the season of summer represents sexual promiscuity. Spring = coming of age Summer = promiscuity Autumn = commitments Winter = reflection Taylor’s poems and songs always obey classic literary devices. She does it with colors, flowers, metals, gemstones, astronomy, anything available to use for layering meaning upon meaning upon meaning to anyone paying close enough attention. Poets and classic literature writers created literary devices so they could tell a more “risqué” story using non risqué diction. Taylor mastered this early on because she was writing sing lyrics as a child in a religious home and upbringing. She needed to be modest, so she used the only allowed vehicle to express her less modest imagination; poetry. As an adult she has upped the game, still using literary devices, but now she’s using them for more complex laying of meaning. Check out The Great War, with all of this in mind. Every single color, flower, element is specifically chosen because they add specific details to the lyric it’s used in. Crimson Clover has always been a crop that springs up on a battlefield because they thrive in environments where they can leech toxins from deep in the soil and recycle it into a nutrient rich crop. So, the gun powder, shells, blood, carcasses, anything littering the vast open space, where the battle took place, and toiled up the earth, is a prime place for crimson clover seeds to settle and flourish. They leech all kinds of gunk out of the ground, and use it to push up fields of bright pink sweet to eat flowers. The way Taylor used the words crimson clover in this song indicate her emotions are going through this process with the memories littering her mind to turn out songs. That’s just one example. Every single flower, color reference has the same kind of exact purpose usage. Planting a memory garden has only one meaning. Holding space for whats no longer living. So, something has been laid to rest. We don’t know if it’s a person or a path they took and want to close the door on. But the significance of it being in the past seems the point that’s being cemented, whatever it is. I know we all probably assume these things when we listen, but it is interesting to me that Taylor never misses. Any literary reference I look up is always spot on in its usage. It impresses me so much that she first chooses words for the quality of their content, and only then begins the process of arranging the syllables in lines of a stanza. The technical writing details behind her work is kinda mind blowing. Just about everything she writes is a fully formed poem. Most other songs can only make that claim very loosely. But Taylor’s are technically accurate poems. It’s wild

[@TiffanyTeaLeaves]

I actually believe this song is about Joe wanting Taylor to give up her career and settle into a life like they had during the pandemic forever. I think the memory garden is the catalog of unwritten songs in her head. Lol, this song haunted me for two years in a row. It’s all I could listen to on loop until I felt like I had figured it out 😂 I could be way wrong 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🫶🏼

[@khills]

@@TiffanyTeaLeaves There are a lot of songs on the last three albums that make it pretty clear that was the case, I think.

[@Cremy1016]

@@TiffanyTeaLeaves For sure.. and this made the original Midnights release date because perhaps she thought they'd survived the Great War.. but they obviously didn't, and You're Losing Me is the "death" of them.

[@WendyMcPherson-sy9qb]

You just taught me so much! Thanks.

[@ankushkaushik833]

@@Cremy1016 My theory is that You're losing me (cuz it was written during december 2021) WAS the actual battle in The Great War but she thought they survived it but they didn't

[@TopNotchWatcher87]

Cornelia street and Death by a Thousand Cuts live in Paris are my votes for next Tuesday!!! Please please pleeeeaaaase :)

[@Mymerlot]

Yes, I agree with these. Amazing songs, just her and her guitar and her singing is so perfect!!!

[@Alfrodo8]

Btw, besides the additional acoustic songs you already know about, Disney+'s version of the Eras Tour movie ALSO has one more song at the very end of the folklore part of the setlist, which is cardigan

[@sirsimonthesentry4787]

Folklore is done entirely in Taylor’s lower register and softer tones - which really shows thru in Long Pond Studio version. After watching the stripped back Long Pond Studios film, you HAVE to listen to entire Folklore studio version (on your own with headphones on because the full instrumental production is unbelievable- there is an amazing richness to it that doesn’t show up jn Long Pond. After you do that, you will understand why it won Album of the Year, and Evermore (sister album) was nominated.

[@MsMebay]

Everything you just said!

[@Donna-C]

I concur

[@lyric-dawn]

I think it was serendipitous that you put Betty in the middle since it was from James’s perspective and he’s at the center of this whole triangle.

[@kristinadewi4893]

LUKE! I'm so glad you love August!!🤍 Can't wait for you to react Folkore : The Long Pond Studio..I bet you're gonna LOVE it!!❤

[@angiehelmbrecht7731]

Absolutely! This should be the next Friday series after miss Americana!

[@MsMebay]

Yes, yes. Yes!

[@Mar_val26]

Came to say this! Definitely need a reaction to Folklore The Long Pond Studio Sessions on Disney+ can’t wait!

[@GOTGames]

Very excited to check it all out 💯💯

[@Kaysinfernal]

For more connected songs check out “tis the damn season” and “Dorothea” from evermore. In “Dorothea” the narrator reminisces about their relationship with Dorothea after she left town to become a famous actress. “Tis the damn season” is from Dorothea’s perspective when she returns to her hometown for the holidays and hooks up with her ex

[@angiehelmbrecht7731]

Lovw tis the damn season!

[@JenniferDonahue702]

Love that pair of songs so much.

[@kmichelle1]

Seconded!

[@GOTGames]

Oh thank you for the recommendations!! ❤️

[@rhiannonsummers6943]

came here to say this 🙌 pleaseeeee do TTDS and dorothea!!

[@michelle6337]

"A friend to all, is a friend to none. Chase two girls, lose the one" is one of my favorite verses of hers. She's so good at painting a picture of human nature and messy relationships with just a few words, and I love her lyricism.

[@fancyclan5679]

Yep this is the creative output of what happens when Taylor is bored and in isolation during covid... I personally feel like there are certain boys that hope and present that their charm and affection can win over a girl regardless of history. He apologizes, he means it, but he's playing up the sweet charming boy she fell in love with. I think that's why it's got the feel of the happy go lucky. In contrast, the girls stories both involve heartbreak, so i think that's why they have a bit of a reservation to the tone

[@Suprachiasmatic]

You really need to react to the "Me!" music video featuring Brendon Urie from Panic at the Disco if you want to see Taylor Swift's creativity in full unbelievable swing. I think that music video is a lot like what taking a walk through Taylor's brain would be like.

[@Donna-C]

And then they performed it at The VMAs which was like a Taylor concert!

[@GOTGames]

I think so 💯💯

[@Suprachiasmatic]

@@GOTGamesoh! Do the MV and then the behind the scenes for the MV! Highly recommend both!

[@aizuddinghaffarud-din9365]

As a Swiftie,I'm a fan of era Folklore and Evermore, there are both sister album during pandemic.Folklore is a storytelling during summer and spring and Evermore is a storytelling during autumn and winter.❤❤❤

[@SouthernArtist77]

Do “False God” the SNL version, it’s stunning and the saxophone is outstanding.

[@MsMebay]

Please!

[@swiftigoth]

Yes... but for me, it's the SNL Lover performance, it's so raw and just breaks me

[@SouthernArtist77]

@@swiftigoth That live version of Dear John too, you can see the pain on her face.

[@swiftigoth]

@@SouthernArtist77 yesss

[@GOTGames]

Okay 💯

[@vampireswft]

"illicit affairs" somewhat ties into this storyline as well, her performing it right after august at the eras tour was so perfect

[@123_LGB]

She sang all three at the Eras tour, but for whatever reason they cut Cardigan for the movie at theaters, but it IS included in The Eras Tour Movie (Taylor’s Version) on Disney +

[@khills]

I REALLY loved the way August went into Illict Affairs for the Eras tour. That has haunted me since seeing it. Just… so good. I’ve also wondered since if we are supposed to take it as a coda to the trilogy.

[@SiGr10614]

the guitar instrumental at the end of august always pulls at my heart strings. such a beautiful songs and piece of music.

[@ashtonholland1877]

Something else I was thinking for other reactions, her appearances on Graham Norton have been pretty funny through the years 😁

[@DreaAnnTW]

They are some of my fav interviews!!!

[@GOTGames]

Oh yeah? Could be fun 💯💯

[@DreaAnnTW]

@@GOTGames let me find you a link to my favs

[@DreaAnnTW]

@@GOTGames 13:07-27:05ish kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3qtd6ihYq56mNUsi=MaSINg39oJUnMrl4

[@twinfiresigns]

Happy TuesTay Swifties!🫶

[@GOTGames]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@courtney.throckmorton.author]

I just wanna say that with his accent, he has the Brittish "Chews"day sound...so I always hear "ChooseTay." And it's my favorite thing.

[@bananabama20]

We need no body no crime next. The story in that is so good!

[@janeanwesthues6389]

Two more things, lol, she had the line “meet me behind the mall” written down years ago waiting for the right song to put it into. Also the “get into the car” is also in both Betty and August songs. She weaves them all together with a golden thread.

[@AleksandraKloc]

Which also connects to illicit affairs and invisible string

[@Donna-C]

Getaway car! 🚗

[@kelloneill74]

And it can also be heard as “Meet me behind them all.” Because it’s a secret affair. So clever.

[@EdwardRLomas]

August @ 2:47 : "Get in the car" Betty @ 2:47: "James get in" Betty @ 3:13: "I'm here on your doorstep" Cardigan @ 3:13: "And you'd be standing in my front porch light"

[@GOTGames]

Brilliant writing!!

[@Allie-oz3ej]

2+4+7= 13 🙃

[@sarahboileau638]

I think you would love listening to London Boy from the Lover album! It should put a smile on your face 😃

[@MsMebay]

August is such a beautiful song and I loved watching you enjoy it. I cannot wait until you do the Long Pond Studio sessions! Please?

[@angiehelmbrecht7731]

YESSSSS been waiting so long for this! This should be the next Friday series for sure!!!

[@SilverHairSimmer]

I think Cardigan is post high school reflecting on the situation where the other two are from fresh off the summer fling. I’ve always thought that from James perspective it has a weird happy vibe even though it’s such a sad situation lends to him being in High School and not understanding how hurtful what he did was. Like he just assumed Betty would take him back and it turns serious when he’s actually at her door realizing she might not want him there.

[@debwilson245]

How beautiful; 3 people in the same story, but each one experiencing it from their own perspective - Brilliant - absolutely brilliant. All so beautiful; and each so real - 💜💜💜

[@ashtonholland1877]

Would LOVE to see some full album reactions from you Luke! Maybe something for Fridays? I know it’s a big commitment due to the timeframe it would take, but I’m positive your regular Swifties would ☠️ for this.

[@lkcough]

He could just do a few songs at a time.

[@SouthernArtist77]

The trilogy names came from Ryan Reynold’s children, James, Inez and Betty. They’re good friends.

[@mohamednasser8528]

3 years of being swiftie and first time knowing this

[@donnaj9769]

Well, actually, she’s really, close with Blake Lively, Reynold’s wife 😉

[@leticia-iu4my]

HOLY CRAP IT'S TRUE

[@khills]

Ryan’s a fantastic booster, too - he’s got a great interview talking about her using their names in this trilogy. He and Blake didn’t know what the songs would be about, but they trust her implicitly with their kids and understanding their boundaries with privacy.

[@khills]

@@mohamednasser8528 Did you know Taylor filmed in Blake and Ryan’s upstate NY house for All Too Well? 😉

[@agamer4641]

Btw you should react to lavender haze music video and the behind the scenes it s so fun ❤

[@JaneyManly]

29:52 - Taylor wrote a 300ish page book called 'A Girl Named Girl' when she was 14 but it was never published!

[@GOTGames]

Oh I would love to read that!! 💯💯

[@sarahhandberg5185]

The other girl is, according to Taylor, called Augustine. She talks about the triangle in her long pond sessions - which you should definitely react to Betty and august are truly sad bops and august does feel like a summer song - light and airy There’s actually a pretty good movie some swifties made to these songs

[@irismato]

"Walking through Taylor's brain would be like walking through Willy Wonka's chocolate factory" Truer words have never been spoken...

[@GOTGames]

😂💯💯

[@kimberlymoeller6552]

Now that you are earmarking Fri-Tay’s to longer concerts and documentaries and stuff, you should do The Long Pond Sessions. She goes through each song on Folklore, discussing her thoughts about writing the song, what they’re about, and then performs them acoustically. You’ll also get to know her 2 main producers and friends, Jack Antonoff (a best friend whom she considers family) and Aaron Dessner (whom she calls her songwriting soulmate). I think you’ve probably reacted to parts of it already, but you should react to the whole thing. It’s perfection.

[@Augustine0899]

i think betty sounds so happy because it just throws us back into the highschool times. it just sounds like a teen boy singing this to his sweetheart and embodies that puppy love/ first love (also im so glad you appreciate the 'last time i can dream..' line, i love it so much and ppl dont generally pay too much attention to it) august has a hopeful, but melancholy feel to it because the 'other woman' actually loved him, but she knew james never loved her. i love the intrumentation at the end for this reason

[@Podeyn]

I had no idea about these songs being a story. How cool is that?!? Cardigan is what turned me into a Swiftie in my fifties. I heard it on TikTok and was hooked. The next song that pulled me on was August. I never saw the correlation between the 3.

[@carolboxberger3777]

She is amazing!!! She just won 3 awards at the I❤ Radio Award show last night!

[@MaryR75]

She actually won 6. Taylor Nation posted that

[@carolboxberger3777]

@@MaryR75 ohh I knew of the three...even better...😊

[@MaryR75]

@@carolboxberger3777I wish we would have won for best fan army but BTS fans won that.

[@GOTGames]

Ah she really is 💯💯

[@shkh1418]

Luke discovering Taylor’s sad pops 😂; dancing while crying. Taylor have many of these🤌🏻

[@thomasdworak2030]

Death by a Thousand Cuts comes to mind. So sad lyrics with such a cheerful melody. 😅

[@GOTGames]

😂😭

[@F1Swiftie]

Among many other things she is queen of, Taylor is also Queen of the Sad Bop. “Hits Different” is a prime example.

[@MilKy_21]

I would like you to listen to Midnights (Tay's last album) and share your thoughts on it, to prepare for TTPD, her new album, which will be released on April 19. I believe that songs like "The Great War," "You're Losing Me," "Hits Different," and "Bejeweled" from Midnights' album will have a connection to TTPD's storytelling. Even though it's not necessary, it would add more context to it.

[@darsynia]

Fully agree, especially You're Losing Me and Hits Different (two of my very favorites from Midnights, which is my favorite album of hers)!

[@taracrothers8495]

Completely agree! A complete Midnights reaction to the Til Dawn Edition, including You're Losing Me.

[@bbregande]

I agree with this as well. The Til Dawn Edition with You’re Losing Me added on. I can’t wait for Luke to get to her earlier stuff but I do think he needs to fully listen to Midnights before TTPD comes out.

[@bottlepop7]

I agree, unfortunately his schedule is pretty blocked up, I dont think he would be able to in time of the new album. Unless he avoids the new album until after he listens to midnights, so hopefully!

[@hkandm4s23]

I really hope he'll do an album reaction to midnights.... he was really enjoying it on the eras tour.

[@sidneygeorge1899]

I love that we get to see your journey Luke! However, I will say that part of the swiftie experience (especially for someone still getting to know Taylor’s music) is listening. A lot. Spending time with her music is such a big part of it. So definitely keep your first reactions to the channel (we love watching them 😊) but I’d reccomend listening to songs you’ve already reacted to off camera. You could even make a playlist of songs you’ve already heard. I like to say that her music is like the soundtrack to my life, and my connection to her songs is so much more meaningful because of that.

[@silverwings920]

I'm so glad you loved these songs and appreciated her ability to reorient the listener in three different perspectives. Just a few fun facts: - 'cardigan' and 'betty', and 'august' and 'betty' actually have overlapping lyrics at the same time. - According to Taylor, Betty and James do end up together, and 'cardigan' is sang from her perspective years down the line. Also, the girl from august's name is Augusta or Augustine. These both come from her folklore: long pond studio sessions documentary. - She actually has signed with Searchlight Studios (under Disney) for her film directorial debut. - She also has written many, many poems, some as part of her different album packages. These can all be found online if you want to take a look. Recommendations for reactions: - There is another duo of songs on evermore with pov shifts if you want to doing something similar to the teenage love triangle: 'dorothea' and 'tis the dame season'. - If you'd like to react to more of her songwriting process, the long pond studio sessions for folklore are great, as well as the grammy museum presentation/speech she did for 1989. - Otherwise, there are documentaries of all her tours (except Red, there are many theories as to why but nothing concrete; there is a fan tour film/compilation on yt, though) as well as a few others from third parties such as the America's Sweetheart film, which I believe coined the "no, she IS the music industry" phrase about Taylor.

[@angiehelmbrecht7731]

I do like going back and watching the earlier Taylor reaction videos compared to the later ones - the journey has been a story within itself! Thank you for sharing it!

[@Serenitywellnessarts]

I love you soooo much! I live for it when you sing along to Betty's chorus😂 Please react to "ME"!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@MaximSchnabel]

I LOVEEE YOUR REACTIONS!❤ PLEASE DONT EVER STOP! I would recommend that you react to her other tours on Fridays, so the 1989 world tour movie (which is a YT video), the Rep Tour Movie, and potentially the Fearless tour, Speak Now tour, and Red tour! Other than that I would also HIGHLY recommend her Holy Ground performance at Formula 1!❤

[@breico8535]

In 2020, both Taylor and Harry Styles released music videos that have a piano in water. There is a mashup here on KZbin that is so hauntingly beautiful and almost sounds like a conversation. If you search “cardigan and falling”, it’s the first video.

[@Allie-oz3ej]

I just have to say, I’ve been on Luke’s Taylor journey over the last couple months and have been commenting along and this is the NICEST group of people. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything rude or mean in the comments section, it’s all just supportive and interesting comments that make me so proud to be a part of such a lovely group of swifties ❤

[@kenzak8040]

it’s always a good time whenever you drop a new video of taylor. thank you, luke. you’re the best ✨

[@randystalnaker6700]

❤❤❤❤such a great choice today, thanks so much, always looks forward to today....hope you can get to her songs Safe and Sound and Carolina....glad you are feeling better😊

[@IvyCowboy]

Randy always coming through with the great suggestions.

[@Kelly-i4j]

Yes!

[@lcats02]

The piano key in cardigan is broken bc it's the 7th key representing lover and how that era got cut short

[@shkh1418]

I also read once that’s it’s a b key for betty

[@Donna-C]

Mind blowing 🤯

[@Donna-C]

@@shkh1418 Mind blowing 🤯

[@Brandi2281]

Yayyyyyyyy!!! Been waiting for this all day🫶🫶 Taylor has always been heavily involved in the artistic direction of her music videos and tours. There are so many great behind the scenes interviews where you get to see her creative mind work through the songwriting process or the artistic direction she brings to the table for her visual productions. Since moving to her new label (Lover era), where she has much more creative control, Taylor herself has been the sole artistic director of her music videos. 🫶🫶 Cardigan = Betty’s perspective Betty = James’ perspective August = Augustine’s (other woman) perspective. However, to answer your question the love affair did take place in August too.

[@angiehelmbrecht7731]

August is one of my favs - to me it sounds wistful - like thinking about a memory that is a mix of happy and sad moments - the song goes through highs and lows too. For Betty - I think it sounds happy bc it’s written in the present when James is 17 - he still has the ignorance of youth when your whole life is ahead of you and think everything will work out.

[@kymhenderson2335]

When you are finished the Americana Doco, you have to do the Long Ponds studio session!! I watch that on repeat!

[@DemonSmack]

I want to see a reaction to all of folklore. One video, you sit down and go through the whole album and get the full experience. It's an incredible album that moves the soul. We are so lucky to be alive during the time that this album (and evermore) exist. Let alone Taylor Swift herself. I could cry just typing this.

[@WendyMcPherson-sy9qb]

I totally agree. I am so happy to be witnessing Taylor’s brilliance and I sure hope she outlives me. She has the charm of Princess Diana and I hope never the same fate.

[@DemonSmack]

@WendyMcPherson-sy9qb she's a very special human ❤️ I'm happy we as a community can experience it together. A whole new album release coming up is so exciting!!

[@judithdoughty7967]

Totally agree about her storytelling being cinematic. One of my favourite tracks is No Body No Crime. If you haven't already got to it you need to check that one out. It's like a crime film condensed into one song. I'm waiting for her to write and direct a film!

[@jelinenanashi9466]

Yes! August is the same way for me! I feel the warm summer air. I smell the salt on the breeze as brings the scent of the ocean. I am transported back to the lazy summer days of the 60s (before my time actually) where lounging on the beach with your lover with no technology, only your lover to distract you. I haven't met anyone else who feels this song the same way I do! Funny you say her name is August.... You'll learn when you watch the long pond studio sessions of this that Taylor named her Augustina or Augusta!

[@veronicabonilla7086]

Cardigan is from Betty’s perspective when she’s older looking back. So that’s why I think it’s a more mature sophisticated sound because James is from the perspective of teenage James as it’s happening. As for the way Cardigan sounds at the end, I hear it as though it’s an old warped record so the sound is off. Which to me, I imagine Betty much older looking back so that goes with the image in my mind. I would love for her to write a book or screenplay (or both) because she is a great story teller. I’m kinda mad at her for depriving us of this brilliant masterpiece thus far lol. As a side note you mentioned people who don’t know her music hearing these songs for the first time… over on Tiktok non-swifties are having their minds blown learning that Cardigan (which is a trending sound) is a Taylor Swift song. The comments are like “this doesn’t sound like her usual stuff” 😒🙄

[@texasseastar]

For the US Swifties - it was just announced that Taylor will have her own SiriusXM channel from April 7 - May 7th to tie into the release of TTPD!!! It will be Channel 13, of course! Can’t wait!!

[@Donna-C]

I hope Taylor Nation post it on KZbin as well

[@texasseastar]

@@Donna-C I’m sure they will post the announcement and other creators will too. I’ve already bookmarked it. They have a little promo clip that plays on the radio and you can see it if you log into the App. I know not everyone has SiriusXM but for those that do, they make these kind of themed channels all the time, so it’s awesome that Taylor is doing one with them.

[@thomasdworak2030]

(Not US here) What is SiriusXM? A streaming service? Or radio or something?

[@OathkeeperBry]

she's such a mastermind, and it's so crazy to hear people connect the dots about how things go from point A to point B. this trio of songs is easily such a hidden gem that most people miss!

[@karehelene]

It makes sense to me they all sound different, because it's 3 different people. Different personalities, different sounds. I do think the two women's songs sound "softer".

[@AlexisMattes]

Fun fact: James, Betty and Inez are the names of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds children 🥰

[@TheUnknownSophy]

"This is not crying; I'm not counting it as crying." Now that's a line. A Taylor worthy line!

[@ashleysmith8147]

Been a “lurker” since you’ve started this Taylor journey and IM SO GLAD to be here… I look forward to Tuesdays/Fridays (though it’s Wednesday/Saturday here in Australia) and I love falling in love with her -again- with you! (If that makes sense) I cry with you in every video 😂 I just had to finally comment and say a huge THANK YOU - thank you for being a highlight of my week twice! I appreciate you 🥹 and I hope with every fiber of my being that you get tickets and get to experience the magic in person! 🩷

[@TopNotchWatcher87]

I think hearing something live, even if you did, it’s just fine looking at them all like this and focusing on the lyrics is great! It’s how you see the real storytelling! Can’t wait for Friday AHHH!!

[@Rite45]

One parrallel that always gets me is: Cardigan: “High heels on cobblestones” Betty: I was walking home on broken cobblestones” Basically signifying that he broke her heart

[@SouthernArtist77]

She also says, “Well for me” and she talked about it. So precious her humble self deprecating humor. She’s just precious.

[@DebbieHancock-i2m]

In the Folklore documentary, Taylor talks about the trilogy….Cardigan from Betty’s view, Betty from James’ view and August (Taylor named her Augustine) from August’s view. All 3 are on the Long Pond Studio Sessions where we watched Exile and My tears Ricochet. The Folklore has a lot of Taylor explaining how certain songs came to be for this album. Love your reaction❤❤❤

[@maryanabrovar4964]

I believe that all 3 songs sound SO DIFFERENT is because the 3 characters of the story are different and have their own side of the story to tell.

[@soytoast6404]

There is a reason this album won the Grammy for Album of the year and these three songs are a great example of why.

[@erinsmith8670]

Well, I think after this Willow is necessary! But….I would love for you to start getting into her Midnights album: Lavender Haze, Anti-hero, Midnight Rain, You’re Losing Me (vault), Bejeweled, Maroon

[@907Bluedot]

Willow video, on Evermore, picks up where Cardigan left off, literally at the piano. It also gives a nod to Invisible String from Folklore. She brilliantly intertwines her stories.

[@yolandamendoza8978]

I truly am enjoying this journey you’re taking and you bringing us along for the ride. I am a big country music fan and pretty much lost track of Taylor after she left that genre. I too have falling in love with this good hearted woman who is so honest and wears her heart on her sleeve. With all that she has shared about her experience’s, I feel so invested and want to learn more. Luke definitely needs to react to Taylor’s live performance of “Dear John” followed by the lyric video of “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve”. Luke would be so upset and ready to kick some ass!

[@biol232laboratory5]

Wonderful reactions as always. These three songs are incredible. Casting my vote again for Death by 1000 cuts and Cornelia St live from Paris. Top tier!!!!

[@thinedge]

Loved your reaction. Listen to it again in the reverse order, A,B,C; August, Betty, Cardigan, then play Willow. The end of Cardigan feeds into Willow. You can also listen to Illicit Affairs after August to get her view of the affair when she's older. This is such incredible story telling and mood making. Taylor is a lyrical and melodical genius.

[@tonielia9050]

It makes sense though Luke. Three different people, three different viewpoints, three different thought processes. I can see why they all sound different.

[@Koreankimmie]

Love it!!!! You get the whole trilogy now!!! wooohoo!!! Don't you love how she sings the trilogy songs on Eras tour so happy lol🤣

[@amberdw1803]

Since you mentioned her storytelling and movie stuff I would recommend the music videos for bejewelled and anti-hero since they have little scenes in them that were written and directed by Taylor and they are absolutely incredible and so hilarious. She also is going to be writing/directing her own feature film I believe in the next couple of years obviously after the tour is finished.

[@sofialoccisano3160]

She does sing all three songs in the eras tour, however cardigan was cut for reasons unknown but was later upload when the eras tour was put on disney+

[@sirsimonthesentry4787]

The outros on Folklore are amazing - thanks to Aaron Dessner (from The National) who co-wrote much of folklore (first time Taylor actually wrote to tracks) and he co-produced the album too. Same with Evermore. He started showing up on Vault Tracks on Fearless, Red and 3am tracks of Midnights.

[@angiehelmbrecht7731]

Agree! Should watch folklore studio sessions on Friday’s - even if just for the talking before each song! :)

[@vivirobledo3151]

After the Miss Americana documental, you've to watch the Long Pond session of Folklore, she explains each song from that album and it's amazing!❤

[@anastasiak.8827]

One thing i’ll always love about the cardigan music video: the piano in the ocean. Like the metaphor of being lost in the ocean and finding music as your saviour🤌🏼🫠❤️

[@harperluu]

I believe Cardigan is written from Betty’s perspective but many years later. The song has a more mature feel to me. Betty and August feel like they are reflecting a current moment.

[@musicfangirl7403]

The three songs have three different sounds because they represent the perspectives of three individual people. I think the sound of each song is part of their individual identities.

[@elliebrocklesby9097]

The artist of the decade performance could be a great tuesday video!!! Friday video needs to be- Long pond studio sessions- folklore Reputation stadium tour Eras tour extra acoustic songs 1989 world tour (watch in full and on youtube, amazing seeing all the guests she brings in, you will love this) 😊 Keep the reactions coming! I love them!

[@courtneyshatzer7470]

Cardigan is from Betty’s perspective. Taylor said in the long pond studio sessions that it’s from Betty’s perspective, but in the future as she’s looking back on the relationship and she mentions that she likes to think Betty ends up with James, but he really put her through it. August is from the summer flings perspective, Augustine. and Betty is from James perspective.

[@Koreankimmie]

Oh they are different, which makes it so much more authentic and intentional; she made us work our brains lol

[@berlincitylights1972]

I love you singing along to betty ❤

[@cactuscore3093]

I think that the way each song sound so different is a genius way of characterizing Betty, James, and Augustine. Betty has such eccentric production, which is played behind a beautiful piano, which makes a lot of sense. cardigan seems to be a retrospective song, Betty looking years back to the situation. I like to think that the futuristic production elements are played with the acoustic piano to create a feeling of looking back on the past from the future. The seriousness of the song also emphasizes just how deeply and permanently Betty was cut. This contrasts greatly from betty (the song) because it’s isn’t very serious. You’re right. It does almost feel happy in a way. I think that’s to almost emphasize that James hurt Betty, and doesn’t fully understand the extent which he has. Finally, August has this whimsical, yearning tone to it. That’s exactly how she characterizes Augustine. All she wanted was a real love with James, but he went back to Betty. Augustine almost remains optimistic despite him going back. Anyways, those are just my thoughts.