First Time Hearing Taylor Swift "betty " | Live 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards | REACTION!

[@GOTGames]

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[@darsynia]

I always feel like that reaction to 'would you tell me to go straight to hell' is her realizing she totally said 'a bad word' in her old childhood stomping grounds :D Especially since, as I'd forgotten, the real lyrics are 'would you tell me to go fuck myself' so she is grinning to the people who know better, too! (there is a performance of Taylor and Stevie but Taylor's in-ears are clearly not working and she sounds terrible, don't listen to it, haha)

[@mia_c89]

@@darsyniaexactly what I was gonna say!! Also I feel like the next songs he should react to is Cardigan and August because how it connects with Betty!!

[@folklore_hoax]

attemt 12 of asking for champagne problems

[@louiseogorman5018]

Defo yes to Cardigan music video

[@katiedyer9438]

Marjorie

[@BigD151065]

The smirk at the start of the first chorus is because of the lyric change for tv. She now sings “to go straight to hell”, where the original lyric is”to go fuck myself”.

[@macyjames1695]

folklore doesn’t have a tv, it’s already owned. it’s just the clean version.

[@stephanieorman3675]

I think he meant for television :)

[@BigD151065]

@@stephanieorman3675 thank you, that’s what I meant indeed. Television is shortened to tv in my native language.

[@tammyboon6259]

😂 EXACTLY!!!! I knew what that SMILE/ SMIRK meant instantly!!!! 🤣

[@carolla_michelle]

@@macyjames1695haha you know your a swiftie when tv means Taylor’s Version and not television. Beautiful 🥰

[@JesseMadrigal-q4z]

There are 3 songs on the album Betty, August and Cardigan. It's a love triangle Betty is from James point of view of what he did wrong, August is from the other girl Augustine and Cardigan is from Betty's view. They are all great songs.

[@melindathompson8374]

The story she tells with these three songs is so good, sometimes when I listen to Illicit Affairs I feel like it could fit perfectly as 4th song in this triangle

[@mia_c89]

YESS

[@kevinfrancis1583]

​@@melindathompson8374I absolutely agree that there are four songs. Illicit Affairs does go with the other three.

[@annkathrink]

just hear it in order: cardigan, august, betty…you’ll see so many connections ♥️

[@annkathrink]

ohh and if you want to go in her earlier country maybe look out for „Mean“ followed by a pop track from the vault „I can see you“, both music videos 🤌🏼 oh and also „No Body, No Crime“, perfect story telling in country way

[@lavielavendel9011]

I am yet again recommending “no body, no crime” for being the absolute storytelling masterpiece that it is. Also it has an harmonica too. AND ITS SUCH A VIBE.

[@AnushkaGroen]

I always have this fictional movie playing in my head when I listen to No body, no crime. It can easily be converted into a movie or a series!!

[@LindsayGoldstein-s1t]

I love No Body, No Crime!! Favorite Karaoke song and what made me change my mind about giving evermore a chance!!

[@GOTGames]

Can't wait to hear it 💯

[@lavielavendel9011]

WOOOOO can’t wait for you te be blown away (again) @@GOTGames

[@shraddhajain1907]

Yes, definitely definitely should be on your list next. It’s like a crime scene developed into a song, but actually it’s the other way around 😅

[@Mariam-dz9dc]

This song is connected to two other songs from the album folklore: So basically this song " Betty" is from James perspective, the song "cardigan" is from Betty's perspective! While the song "August" is from the perspective of the girl who James spent the summer with. I hope you react to these two other songs, so you could connect the dots. 😉

[@kimberlybain9143]

I did not know that. That makes a lot of sense now.

[@Cremy1016]

I'm pretty sure Illicit Affairs is from an older Augustine's perspective... there's a lot of parallels between that song and the other ones.

[@Mariam-dz9dc]

@@Cremy1016 yes! I like to think about it that way too.

[@GOTGames]

Definitely will react to all 3! I might do the other 2 in one video 💯

[@heatherlmn]

@@GOTGames yess 2 in one would be awesome!! :D

[@Hey_Jamie]

The song actually is “would you tell me to go f*ck myself” which is fun to sing along with haha

[@Carolina_Girl_]

My goddess!!! I would love to talk to you, hence my comment before I saw you were here. lol Can we please talk soon? Twitter (x) whatever you wanna call it (trash. lol) or Insta? Whatever you feel comfortable with. I’ve wanted to talk to you again since the last time we talked in comments. And again, thank you for doing Gods work. You’re the best. Lemme know about x or insta. Keep shining love✨

[@tammyboon6259]

I HOPE he sees this comment!!!! 😂

[@GOTGames]

😂

[@kristim6696]

Jamie .... ur on multiple channels as being the Taylor Swift guru ... hehe. Mega Swftie? What made you a fan?

[@Hey_Jamie]

@@kristim6696I wouldn’t even know where to begin to answer this! Haha

[@reneeharkness1337]

Fun fact, she’s great friends with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Their 3 girls names are James, Inez, and Betty. She wrote this during Covid and there are 2 other songs that make up the trilogy. Cardigan and August are the next 2 you have to react to! It will fill in all of the gaps for you! 🔥

[@emmurrenauthor]

Reynolds and Lively had another child in the past year and they haven't released the name or sex of the child and in an interview Reynolds said they were waiting for Taylor to tell them the child's name... he's so funny. 😊

[@hath21]

She grins at "straight to hell" because that's the clean lyrics for TV ;) originally it would be "f* myself"

[@clarkbarrett6274]

Let's all recall she made 2 FRICKING ALBUMS during 2020 while the rest of us were scared, trying to score toilet paper and making sour dough starters. This stripped down performance was also due to COVID. Alone with a guitar on a sound stage, giving us her heart and the glorious output of her megamind brain and pen.

[@scarlett405]

!!! Seriously! Every time I feel lazy or like I know I can do better, I remind myself how she released two albums during covid

[@GOTGames]

🤯

[@ESWrites]

Never feel bad about crying to a Taylor performance. Swifties do it all the time because she just puts her all into every performance. Since she writes all her own stuff she can and does really push her emotions through in her songs, those emotions she had when she wrote the songs and it’s amazing.

[@English3Muffin]

One of my favorite country writing style songs of hers is Last Great American Dynasty. I feel like it gets slept on but it’s such a fun way to get to know about a new character and why Taylor was compelled to write about them. Maybe you could react to her Eras Tour performance of it, it’s like a full on theater production. 😊🫶

[@caseyksings]

PLEASE DO ALL THREE SONGS TOGETHER !!! xx For the storytelling alone!

[@GOTGames]

I'll make sure to do the next 2 together 💯

[@celiaeven878]

For your peace of country-loving mind: Taylor discussed the love triangle (Betty/cardigan/August) story on the Long Pond Studios Sessions, and she said that James & Betty are fine and ended up together in her head!

[@shmamycakes]

🥲😂 Love Taylor so damn much! 🫶 I'm still in my 'Lavender Haze' from seeing her this past summer!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️ And she makes me cry all the time too. lol

[@judeless77]

Luke, you’re a swiftie. You get it. Welcome.

[@fineas219]

The smile you mentioned was because she had to change the lyrics for the awards show. In this version, she says "Would you tell me to go straight to hell..." The original lyric is "Would you tell me to go fuck myself...."

[@krissy4187]

Betty is part of a trilogy. It’s a teenage love triangle. Betty is James’ POV and he loves Betty but spent the summer with another girl. August is the POV of the other girl over the summer and Cardigan is Betty’s POV looking back years later. It’s super fun to listen to them in order on Folklore

[@fullofstars977]

I am always left so sad for Augustine.

[@kerrichristian7991]

This song is part of a teenage trilogy on the Folklore album. This is from the Point of view of James. August is from Augustine, and Cardigan is Betty. They all tie together beautifully.

[@joannburrage3371]

Taylor started out country her second album Fearless wins a Grammy for album of the year. She makes four country albums. She switches genres and goes pop with 1989 and wins a Grammy for allbum of the year. She then makes two more pop albums, and then again switches genres and makes a folk album with Folklore and wins a Grammy for album of the year. She makes another folk album with Evermore and then switches genres again and goes back to pop with Midnights, and if she wins a Grammy for album of the year for Midnights, it will be so amazing!!!

[@nyiathompson7531]

It’s sung in the perspective of a boy named James, to Betty. Also, side note: James, Betty & Inez are the names of Taylor’s best friends’, Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively, 3 children.

[@Maineman00]

I love you man ! You're such a genuine gentleman, it would be a privilege to know you.

[@shmamycakes]

Agree!!! 💯 You are a wonderful person... I can tell all the way to Colorado!

[@melissadavis4981]

Hey! I just wanted to say, thank you for the Taylor Swift reactions... I'm also a new Swifty as of a year ago when she released her Midnights album and I still have yet to listen to all of her songs. This is a new one for me as well, so excited to react along with you as I have for a ton of your videos this far :)

[@Debbie-m7f]

You have a lot to listen to… Folklore and Evermore albums are AMAZING! Welcome Swiftie❤️

[@melissadavis4981]

@@Debbie-m7f I've heard! I started at the beginning and got stuck on Fearless for some reason and haven't continued other than the random reaction videos I watch

[@ErinHaskett-jw6oz]

Welcome to our cult. 😉 Just kidding but seriously. We are happy to have you. ❤

[@GOTGames]

❤️❤️❤️

[@jacinthelamontagne5942]

If you find her versatile, I would say you don't know half of it! I describe myself as a recently converted Swifty. I was always a casual fan. But in the wake of the Eras tour, and the re-recording of her first six albums, I find myself falling in a deep rabbit hole where I watch or listen to everything I can get my hands on. And found myself really enjoying her old country records (Debut album, Fearless, and especially Speak Now). Her storytelling has always been on full display, even from the young age of fifteen, when she published her debut album. She has a staggering amount of musical talent, and you can tell she was born to perform on stage. My suggestion for you is to react to "Sparks Fly" and "Last Kiss" from Speak Now live, videos for "Picture to Burn" and "Teardrops on my Guitar", and "Our Song".

[@Debbie-m7f]

Yes !!! To all you said❤️

[@melissadavis4981]

Yes to all! Especially Last Kiss ❤❤❤

[@GOTGames]

Thank you for the comment and recommendations! Can't wait to hear them!

[@jordancotter5885]

Mine and Love Story are story-telling masterpieces and from 8 and 9 albums ago respectively. So I agree, her genius writing goes way back.

[@mandiamaya35]

My Tiny Swiftie is obsessed with the song Speak Now....I'm afraid she may one day crash a wedding...and she is not the type of girl to be rudley barging in on a white veil occasion...

[@jordancotter5885]

I wonder how much you would cry to her live Grammy performance of the original All Too Well. It’s powerful and moving.

[@beccasedai4457]

Love your reactions. If you’re looking for another yee-ha Taylor song, I absolutely love the live Grammys performance of Mean. This song is a response to a tabloid journalist who wrote an article about her that she can’t sing. Such an awesome song and performance

[@yonnegartner-nl4il]

YES! I always look for it on KZbin when i'm down because of others, to cheer me up. 😁 It's so cool and motivating, especially with her background and overcoming the critics and her success today 😁♥️ and it NEEDS to be the Grammy Performance 😄

[@mayadrachmann5138]

"another ye-haa song" lmao i love that😭

[@English3Muffin]

Yes! It is one of my favorite performances of hers. I adore it so much.

[@rainydaysarebest]

The fact that that specific critic still tweets about her being talentless is kind of amusing

[@dirkus3722]

Betty is sung from the perspective of James, who is part of a teenage love triangle involving Betty and an unnamed third girl who people generally refer to as August or Augustine, based on the title of her song (august). Cardigan is the third in the trilogy which is from Betty's perspective many years later. All three are on the folklore album. Anyway, James is trying to get Betty to take him back, after cheating on her with Augustine, or something along those lines. Also, worth noting that the original lyric is "would you tell me to go f$%@ myself," not "would you tell me to go straight to hell." Had to be cleaned up for the TV broadcast... Betty is my cat's name, so I have a special love for this one :)

[@TopNotchWatcher87]

Here to suggest Long Live/New Years day from Reputation tour, including her speech! Please Taylor guru person :)

[@nackalack]

Yes!!! That makes me cry!

[@Debbie-m7f]

@@nackalackyes please 🙏🏻

[@ericabrabbin8805]

Yes!!!!!

[@IvyCowboy]

I'm sure there will be plenty of us who fill you in on the "love triangle" in folklore, who James is, and the significance of the street light. Seeing you react to this made me think of another performance of hers that I think you'd love as well -- Cardigan/August/Willow at the Grammys is superb. It was recorded during the height of Covid, like this one.

[@darsynia]

It's SO visually STUNNING, too!

[@IvyCowboy]

@@darsynia yes!! The set is amazing and she looks so beautiful ❤️

[@randystalnaker6700]

if you notice, there is no audience...this was shot during covid, try reacting to Forever Winter from her Red Album, or try her live performance from The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, TN, of Better Man, also from the Red Album. ❤'d your reaction!

[@Kim-hc5si]

Preemptive crying. He made it! 👏👏👏❤️

[@kena5651]

Here is a fun fact for you the outfit she is wearing is from fashion designer Stella McCartney the daughter of Paul McCartney also Taylor is known to wear quite a few things from her fashion line

[@Debbie-m7f]

I wish you would react to “Last Kiss” … such a sad, beautiful song!!!!!

[@margaperez6098]

She smiles because the song says “tell me to go f*%k my self” and she had to changed it for the clean version as it was on TV

[@aidenrushing9841]

So many CONGRATS at being very near 400k! I know we didn't get you there by the first of the year, but pretty gosh darn close! You deserve all the success man. You're engaging, honest, funny, kind, not afraid of expressing yourself, willing to try new things . . . I could go on and on. Keep up the fab work my man! Absolutely stellar.

[@aidenrushing9841]

And, NO, you are not a wimp for showing emotion. The strongest people wear their feelings on their sleeves and it's just one more thing I freaking adore about you!

[@shmamycakes]

Well said.

[@GOTGames]

You're all so wonderful!!! Thank you for being such a welcoming community!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@moniquenicole88]

Also, you need to listen to August, Betty and cardigan to understand the song. It’s a trio, love story.

[@swiftigoth]

This this and this.

[@AnushkaGroen]

This is a safe place where we all can listen to Taylor Swift and just cry... I can't wait for your next reaction.

[@BeGD]

In addition to the lyical parallels throughout all 3 songs, Taylor is such a genius that the times in which she says certain lines within the songs also line up. Betty is the song that is in the moment and is the frame of reference for cardigan and august. For example, in cardigan the line "And you'd be standing in my front porch light" is sung at 3:14 on the track which directly parallels the line "Betty, I'm here on your doorstep" which she sings at 3:14 on betty. And on august the line (the first time she says it because she says this particular line multiple times in august) "And said "Get in the car'' is sung at 2:46 which reflects the line "She said "James, get in, let's drive"" in betty which is also sung at 2:46. This is why I think she's one of the best songwriters of all time. (Saw this explanation and had to copy and share) Also to add; the folklore songs August, Betty and cardigan being from 3 characters perspectives, I must add: in the folklore studio sessions Taylor said she feels Betty and James got back together in the end despite what happened so at least there’s a happy ending. Also: day 300 of requesting haunted from the speak now tour lmao

[@sydneymiller3970]

Your comment about shake it off made me laugh. You WOULD probably like it now. You should react to the music video! There's behind the scenes you'll love too.

[@swiftigoth]

How do you describe the genre of Taylor Swift? Barbara Walters put it best: "Taylor Swift IS the music industry"

[@Violet316]

This is art. Great reaction. That little smirk of a smile when she does the lyric change is everything.

[@amybeavis5834]

Your excitement is contagious! 😄

[@judithdoughty7967]

There are lyrical parallels throughout all 3 songs. TS is such a genius that times in which she says certain lines within the songs also correlate. Betty is the song that's in the moment and is the reference point for Cardigan and August. For ex. in Cardigan the line "And you'd be standing in my front porch light" is sung at 3:14 on the track which directly parallels the line "Betty, I'm here on your doorstep" which she sings at 3:14 on Betty. And on August the line, the 1st time she says it, "And said 'get in the car'" is sung at 2:46 which reflects the line "She said 'James, get in, let's drive'" in Betty which is also at 2:46. This is one of the many reasons why I believe she's one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

[@donnaj9769]

Everyone else has filled you in on the tie in to Augustine & Cardigan… the other thing is that she is close friends with Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds & this song was the reveal of their daughter Betty’s name….her older sisters are named James & Inez so, yes, she included all their kids, at that time, names in the song. They have a 4th child that they haven’t revealed its gender or name, maybe Taylor will reveal that in her new album & get a tradition going. Love the reaction! Glad this one had a happier ending for you!

[@painsley13]

Taylor live at the AMA's 2019 when she won Artist of the Decade was a pretty epic montage of songs if you want to react. It was pre-Reputation/Folklore but it's pretty wild how she preforms and how she just gets the crowd of celebs going. Pretty epic performance!

[@Pure-Jealousy]

This reaction was awesome. I'm a 46 year old huge Swiftie. 🩷 Ironically Pantera is also one of my favorite bands. 🖤 I wouldn't be surprised either. Just excited. 🤩

[@gregbell3559]

I'm 61 and I'm a huge swiftie

[@darsynia]

I would looooove for you to check out the Grammy Museum recording of Out of the Woods, since you've seen the live performance of the 1989 tour one-- and this version is just her at the piano, no drums, it's SO different and wistful. I think you'd love the difference!

[@jennabolmgren]

Also, your high level of empathy is everything. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤

[@Dr_Xavier1]

I don't know how, or by what means, but somehow someone needs to get Taylor to see this mans videos. Of all the reaction vids to Taylor's music I have seen his are the most genuine and Heart Felt!!! TAYLOR.. If you're Out There, See this amazing Man!!!!!!

[@pamellaisenberger9207]

In Taylor's album "folklore" theirs Betty, August and cardigan...which tells the story of James, Betty and Augustine. The song that you say you didn't care much for is " shake it off " and if you want to see Taylor's quirky personality you might want to watch her "shake it off" video on her 1989 album it's really cut and funny. Have a wonderful day and thx for your review, you did good again😊

[@MahrukhAdeel-b1p]

this is me trying from the long pond studio sessions is also a great song

[@adabadoskova2915]

meanwhile we all knowing that Taylor smiled that big cause there is the f bomb in the original song XD

[@Yramuol]

Watching you has restored my faith in men’s ability to feel emotion. Taylor does this, and if you allow yourself to open up to her lyrics you will truly process emotions you never knew you needed to. It’s lovely and heart warming to watch you discover Taylor and her incredible music.

[@TawniCreta13]

If you want to hear an INCREDIBLE acoustic session, with some of her best vocals and guitar playing I’ve ever heard, react to Cornelia Street live from Paris. The show she did was actually called Lover In Paris if that makes it easier to find. That and Death By A Thousand Cuts from her Tiny Desk performance. But I’m telling you, the “squeak” that kills you, she does often in Cornelia Street. You would absolutely fall in love with it.

[@marthaayala0206]

Taylor slays any genre!!! She is awesome!!! 👏

[@MahrukhAdeel-b1p]

This song is connected to two other songs from the album folklore: So basically this song " Betty" is from James perspective, the song "cardigan" is from Betty's perspective! While the song "August" is from the perspective of the girl who James spent the summer with. I hope you react to these two other songs, so you could connect the dots.

[@simplyitsashley5009]

You should listen to No Body No Crime which has country twang. Or to the rest of the folklore love triangle that the comments talk about which is August (which you could react her this live from the eras tour) and Cardigan (maybe to the music video.). Or also would love to see you react to something from the eras tour movie.

[@snippet6220]

I really love listening to the songs in the album order; Cardigan, August, then Betty. I feel when you do you get more of a "OMG" feeling and the Cardigan line hits so much harder. The way she ties the three songs together is amazing.

[@katlynne_23]

Technically speaking- Taylors first 4 albums were “country” then she made the move to pop, dipped her toes into “folk” with folklore and evermore, and returned to pop for midnights.

[@dipaolav]

I’m a huge Taylor Swift fan thanks to my granddaughter…she tuned me into a Swiftie when I took her ,at 13, to see her first concert, Taylor Swift´s 1989 tour. This year I turned her into a fan of P!nk when I took her to see her at MSG in New York. If you want an amazing video, check out her performance of Glitter in the Air from the 2010 Grammy awards and then take a gander at any of her live performances, the Trustfall video and the duet she does with her father.

[@oh_jesse]

Here to add a little context to this performance. This was October of 2020 and one of the first, maybe THE first, award shows to happen after the start of Covid. Taylor is alone on stage because of social distancing. I assume she is also in very minimal make up for the same reason. Also, notice how there are no crowns shots - I don’t think there was a live audience for this. I get choked up watching this performance because it felt like maybe a return to normalcy after such a long period of not know if we would ever have something like this again. (This is also about a month and a half before she releases Evermore, her second surprise album of 2020 🤯)

[@MaryR75]

You have to listen to “august” and “cardigan” as well. All 3 songs go together. It’s a love triangle between James, Betty and Augustina who are fictional characters on her Folklore album.

[@MaryR75]

I just say that Taylor is an amazing songwriter that happens to sing her own songs.

[@Carolina_Girl_]

You’re the freakin best Luke! Don’t worry, I’ve been fan girling over Taylor since she was playing at County Fairs, in parades, etc, then she opened up for Kenny Chesney and my worlds collided so about what, 17 years and I still find it hard to explain Taylor to someone. I’m like, you just gotta see her perform and really listen to her lyrics bc she’s such a prolific songwriter and lyricist that you just have to be in it all the time!! Nothing is currently making me happier than your love for her!! Thanks for all you do! Can we add “Death by a Thousand Cuts” the “City of Lover” performance live in Paris please?? And “Out of the Woods” Grammy Museum performance PLEASE! Where the hell is Jamie, I need to talk to her. lol #heyjamie Find me babes! Love to all💜 Can’t wait to see what you’re doing on Tuesday!!! 👀 Keep shining my guy✨

[@vanTTPD]

my dream is to have a video of you reacting to a full album

[@nessbolton]

I love a harmonica too and a steel guitar and this story suits the harmonica and yes her smile is an absolute killer every time❣️

[@ltellis63]

I am truly enjoying your reactions to Taylor Swift's music. I would love to see you react to some of her earlier work. I'm thinking, Picture to Burn, from her debut album. The video shows how she came on the scene when she was so young and so steeped in country music. I think it provides an interesting insight as you see her grow up and grow as a singer-songwriter, performer, and master storyteller. I'm sure you would also enjoy her live performance of Mean at the Grammys. It's a later work with her playing the banjo--still very country and completely Taylor.

[@amylynn3821]

Just to echo what everybody has said, the smile is because of the lyric change because she knows everyone was listening to see if she changed the lyric. Also, you really have to listen to all the songs to fully understand the triangle and how all the songs fit together. Finally, I agree you need to react to the Grammy performance of Mean. It was written in response to a critic who blasted her prior Grammy performance and was on Speak Now which is an album where she wrote all of the songs herself because people were criticizing her for not writing her own songs. If you love country music you will love this song and thus performance in particular was what really made me a fan.

[@timothytheis9709]

Another great reaction, I'm enjoying your ride as it's mine, also! The only video I've seen that you haven't is "Clean", the Remastered from the 1989 Tour. PLEASE check it out, there's one where she introduces the song, and after that her charisma + the crowd will drop your jaw to your lap. :-) I found you when I started looking into Taylor, now I'm hooked on ya both! Thanks for the authenticity, Luke, it's the same thing I'm loving about Taylor.

[@88missjessica]

There was actually no crowd at this performance as it was during the pandemic...she still performs her little heart out though!!

[@Starbuck-dr7yl]

Haha, just like everyone says it’s part of a trilogy. At the end, he (James) misses Betty standing in her cardigan (song #1 from Betty’s perspective), kissing in your car again, standing in the streetlight (lyrical imagery from Betty’s perspective sing Cardigan), you know j oh w I miss you. I agree, her smiles on this performance is charming. Her goo-goo eyes with the camera makes it.

[@jacizaci_3]

Fun fact the names in the song are Blake Lively’s and Ryan Reynolds’ children.

[@ruddock308]

Please please please do “Ronan”….. she wrote it after reading a blog by a mother who wrote about her little boy with cancer…. She made the mom a writer on the song bc she used some of the things she wrote in the blog! Please???????❤

[@gregbell3559]

Happy tears man Travis is the luckiest man alive

[@BD-vm1oc]

Walked in from smoking a cig during the pandemic and away from family… this made me cry.

[@swiftlyme13]

Stopped at a streetlight!!! In the song cardigan from Betty’s perspective she says “but I knew you, dancing in your Levi’s, drunk under a streetlight”

[@jennyph79]

I love love your honest reactions, with such emotions! It is really amazing!!

[@elisamaer9914]

Always enjoy your reactions to her music. She reallym s a good storytellerl.

[@SwiftZilla]

Her debut album came out in 2006 and was Country, Her first single ever released was "Tim McGraw", Her Second album is "Fearless", released 2008, Country, Third album: "Speak Now", released 2010, Labeled Country but is more country/pop/pop-punk, Fourth album: "Red" released in 2012, Labeled country, but was her 'transition' into pop, Fifth album: "1989" released in 2014, First Pop album, Sixth album: "reputation" released 2017, labeled Pop, Seventh album - (in which she fully owned because she switched labels because she didn't want to stay with Big Machine Records which her first 6 albums were on which were sold to Scooter Braun, someone Taylor does not like and for good reason, by the man who discovered her, Scott Borschetta, who was like family to her so whenever you re-listen to "my tears ricochet" from "folklore", think of Scott and that situation) - "Lover" released in 2019, Pop, Eighth album: "folklore" (in which this song is from) released in summer 2020, labeled Alternative, Ninth album and 'folklore's sister album, "evermore" released December 2020, labeled Alternative, Tenth album: "Midnights" released 2022, labeled Pop; That is her catalog in chronological order, not including the rerecords, or "Taylor's Version"s which "Fearless TV" was released in April 2021, "Red TV" was released in November 2021, "Speak Now TV" was released July of 2023, "1989 TV" was released in October of 2023, and the two left to be released are "reputation TV" & "Taylor Swift (Debut/Self-titled) TV" - She's re-recording her first six albums so she can own her work. I'm sure you've been made aware, I just felt like including it! So happy I discovered you, you seem like an amazing guy. Can't wait to see what's next!

[@MahrukhAdeel-b1p]

i would love for u to listen to youre on your own kid. literally one of my favourite songs and. then you could read the lyrics and background on genius to give you even more context

[@logan4005]

The smile you saw her get was definitely because she had to switch the lyrics to make it appropriate for the CMAs. “Would you tell me to go f*ck myself?” to “Would you tell me to go straight to hell?” I’m pretty sure there were people in the audience singing the actual lyrics and it made her almost chuckle. Plus, Taylor performing at the CMAs was probably like going home for her because it’s where she started. I’ve seen people in the comments here mention the other two songs that go along with this one so have a listen to those as well.

[@bcooke01]

Betty is the girl in the song Cardigan. August is the song the narrated by the other woman who loved James for the Summer. The song Betty is narrated by James who decided to show up at her party. Betty is the girl in the Cardigan. Discription on Taylor Swift : talented, skilled, creative and SMART!

[@gregbell3559]

I love her so much

[@suzannemaxwell7519]

Watch Taylor at the Victoria Secret show. The way you like her confidence in her walk and stage presence…you’d love this!

[@craigmoon2121]

Now that you've heard this one, you gotta hear Cardigan and August as well! They're three separate POVs of a fictional love triangle Taylor Swift created for her Folklore album. They're all connected! To get the full story, you need to hear all three.

[@cactuscore3093]

OMGGG WAIT I JUST REMEMBERED THE PERFECT REACTION FOR YOU- you haaaaaave to listen to the cardigan/august/willow performance from the Grammy’s!!!! Visuals, vocals, EVERYTHING ITS PERFECT she’s a fairy princess in it fr and you’ll absolutely love it

[@stacey__withanE]

OMG!! You have to do Cardigan and August to get the whole story - it's a trilogy!!!!

[@tee272]

I love the way she builds tension at the end. No matter how many times I hear this song, I feel the anxiety the same as you. Like oh, what’s gonna happen when he shows up at the party?!

[@loud_hailer6240]

if you like story telling you have to hear The Last Great American Dynasty :D

[@Alfrodo8]

I think the last lines go together? Like "I don't know anything, but I know I miss you standing in your cardigan; kissing in my car again, stopped at a street light. You know I miss you"

[@theyoshow]

Can't wait for the Folklore album reaction. The tears.......

[@sharingthebounty2488]

I read somewhere that Taylor had a grandmother who was very close to her, and apparently her grandmother told her this story that happened to her. (Probably because Taylor most likely confided in her about a boy who hurt her... So this story was most likely created from a story told to her by her grandmother.

[@kelliboyle9060]

Well now you HAVE to listen to Cardigan next, the imagery from her lyrics on this one will blow your mind 😊

[@kevinfrancis1583]

OMG here we go. It's the Taylor Swift patented slippery slide down the rabbit hole! Betty + August +Cardigan are a set of song that all tell a story about Betty, James and Augustine - the three teenagers in an imaginary love triangle that Taylor masterfully tells a magical story about. We need you to react to all three together. Then the cardigan, the car and the stop light will all make sense, and we need to see that happen for you on video. Get on it!!!! Please.

[@kevinfrancis1583]

Oh and you can do the Long Pond Studio versions of all three. You may need a strong drink with you though. 😅

[@Talia_M_Adams]

So that smile you pointed out is because instead of “would you tell me to go straight to hell” line is actually “would you tell me to go fuck myself”. And yes, this is a love triangle that the other comments have said. This song is also a little more upbeat in other performances so could be fun to react to either the long pond or the eras tour performance!

[@tracyknapp6516]

Also: Margorie!! Karma and You need to calm down!!!!!!!

[@shmamycakes]

Marjorie... 😭😭😭😭❤❤❤

[@ricochet-ek7zb]

Her ability to perform is so incredible, i believe the audience was empty due to covid? You cant tell from how she's performing.

[@MahrukhAdeel-b1p]

i would love to see your reaction to no body no crime with HAIM

[@ER-lq1zo]

I think you should react to Ronan either the Stand Up to Cancer performance or 1989 Tour performance. Or even the lyric video which is so beautiful and important.

[@USAFACAP]

I would love to see you react to some of her country music! She's so young and adorable, and they're so delightful and nostalgic 😁Picture to Burn, Mean, or Our Song are great❤

[@swizzasnake]

If you’re thinking Fleetwood Mac (almost always a good idea), then “I can see you” from the Speak Now vault gives me Fleetwood Mac vibes.

[@lionelpayette4628]

Love the song Betty. 😊