Poet REACTS to TAYLOR SWIFT'S RED DELUXE - (FIRST LISTEN EVER)

[@sherthetruth]

0:00- 1:00 Intro 1:02 State of Grace 4:02 Red 9:09 Treacherous 12:50 I knew you were trouble 15:08 All Too Well 23:42 22 25:52 I almost do 28:05 we are never ever getting back together 30:30 Stay Stay Stay 33:29 The Last TIme 35:29 Holy Ground 36:59 Sad Beautiful Tragic 39:09 Lucky Ones 43:25 Everything has Changed 46:45 Starlight 48:37 Begin Again 52:43 The Moment I knew 1:03:35 Come Back, Be Here 1:05:55 Girl at Home 1:08:35 End -- Sorry for the audio! I know how to fix it now. I should have fixed audio before editing not after so it's low in some parts but I don't want to reupload!---

[@idle_worship]

It's ok we know how the songs sound, we have had almost 9 years to memorize them 🤭

[@supriyasharma2653]

@@idle_worship 😂😂😂

[@idle_worship]

@@supriyasharma2653 heheh we all know the songs by heart 😌

[@supriyasharma2653]

@@idle_worship literally, I can probably recite them in my sleep better than my own name 😭😂

[@tracyd8779]

I hope you found the order of the album quite interesting, she wanted to express the ups and downs of love, one minute its exciting, the other minute it can be anxiety and heartbreak, the complexities of love but also the hope and thrill of it

[@candicelittlewolf9984]

Fun fact about WANEGBT: Jake Gyllenhaal made fun of Taylor for writing “pop-y” music (and cheated on her with an indie singer) so when they broke up for the last time, Taylor set out to write the most catchy pop song ever so it would constantly get played on the radio and remind him of her. And she definitely succeeded. I just think it’s funny.

[@sknight2810]

Candice Littlewolf funny how she wasnt even a pop artist back then.. pre red was speak now and it was hella country

[@m.ibrahimkhanniazi9422]

Who was the indie singer? 🤔

[@katie2606]

@@m.ibrahimkhanniazi9422 i don't think he cheated on her. jake is good friends with mumford and sons and has toured with them before and mumford and sons is peak indie

[@mw8646]

@@katie2606 “And you, would hide away and find your peace of mind; with some indie record that's much cooler than mine.” checks out

[@dc9067]

They, are NEVER EVER EVER getting back together.

[@mugochoks9169]

'' May your heart remain breakable but never by the same hand twice" - Taylor Swift

[@aghnashajan5903]

Woahh.... speechless

[@brookemckinley5709]

Reputation poem right??

[@mugochoks9169]

@@brookemckinley5709 yes

[@mariamst2096]

Heartbreak is our national anthem 🙏

[@sknight2810]

The last time walk so Exile can run

[@melaniem948]

The last time walked!!! She strutted the runway mama so PEPPA COULD RUUUUUNNNNN!!! 😂 I’ve been on TikTok for too long

[@soulsilvia7947]

YES

[@il3077]

THIS THIS TJIS. I play them together

[@tantheta2184]

I listened to it for the first time a week ago that was the first thought I had.

[@deathby1000cats]

One of the most amazing things about All Too Well is that the song used to be incredibly hard for her to perform because of the heartbreak associated with it. But now... after her fans have turned it into this cult following thing, she has grown to associate it with memories of being with fans and performing for and connecting with them. Its a happy song for her now.

[@VictoriaTunmishay]

Hayley Trimmier this!

[@TheKindleGirl]

Yes. I love her live performance of it Reputation era but it was a small event for fans (she’s wearing a green jacket I think). All too Well still my fav song ever.

[@dcasanova26]

This is one of my favorite songs of hers if not my favorite.

[@minceroft3710]

"I used to think love would be burning red but it's golden like daylight" Daylight (Lover, 2019)

[@MonumentToSin]

I was literally screeching in my car the first time I listened to that lyric!!!!

[@hannahedoss9345]

my favorite taylor line ever. GROWTH

[@PolliitoAle]

I was listening to the album for the first time like at 4am in the morning and I literally cried when I hear that part, i was too overcome by emotion and i can't handle that shit lmao

[@vanessa1052]

When she got up and said “what an asshole” - Yeah I felt that...just here waiting for her realize it was Taylor’s birthday

[@modona100]

Who was it about?

[@vanessa1052]

Mariposa Jake gyllenhaal

[@minceroft3710]

"who I gotta hurt" jake gyllenhaal--

[@sherthetruth]

Hehe I liked him! I forgot they dated lol. I will leave him intact 🤪😂. hope he has grown and treats women better!

[@minceroft3710]

@@sherthetruth there are so many memes about the scarf JDBDHDB it's been over 8 years what happened to it lmao

[@MonumentToSin]

@@sherthetruth Remember, you don't have to break his face, just his legs so he can't run away xD

[@jerassica]

And that's why everyone hates Jake Gyllenhaal

[@MonumentToSin]

@@jerassica Personally I don't think he's a nice guy. He's treated all his exes badly, not just Taylor. TS is just the only one that wrote a song about it. Also, you have to be a pretty shitty person to miss someone's birthday party and not even send a message that you can't make it. And that should be for anyone, let alone your boyfriend or girlfriend.

[@6ftofmisery636]

The original "all too well" was actually close to 20 minutes but it was edited down to 5 minutes. She really had a lot to say I don't know what jake did lmaoo

[@fshomarlen]

the question is..what did he do right?! hahaha i would just love a crumb of the other 15 minutes

[@matthewlocke9225]

Rumor has it one of the lyrics is “building castles in the sky / baby you and I / dreaming of raising angels / angels in to good people / now we live in desserts alone / never to be part of history again / oh what could have been / I’m living on my own / hoping that you won’t hate me in the end / remember me now remember me then”. I hope she released the rest!!

[@JoaoGabriel-fm3ho]

@Jerick Cordero nah, she's really happy with Joe. id doubt it.

[@isabellasarno1585]

@Perfect Style I always thought The 1 is about Tom Hiddleston by the end of their relationship, how she met Joe and how they probably still saw each other at events but now it was the one guy she met at a party and not him anymore

[@michellerivera6244]

@@isabellasarno1585 I think August/ Betty is discussing Tom.

[@leunam_2200]

KZbin: *Poet reacts to Taylor Swift's Red Deluxe* Me: Excuse me? click.

[@mayzcorn27]

Same here

[@esfsddfsafsasgsdfgsdfg1728]

aaaa samee

[@raymarksobebe5058]

Samee

[@thecravehousereview]

Same! I clicked so fast

[@laynemendiola1084]

So are we going to address her gorgeous choice of style for reviewing this album🤩

[@matthewlocke9225]

All she needs is a scarf 🧣

[@bowmanj09]

I love that she analyzes the lyrics in each song. Makes me appreciate the album so much more.

[@taylorfaber2610]

I came here to say the same thing

[@kerrym4109]

that depends. are we gonna address how you used the word “gorgeous?” *insert baby voice here*

[@laynemendiola1084]

@@kerrym4109 genius

[@micpena3583]

A little backstory on why she wrote 22: In The Moment I Knew, it was her 21st birthday, which pretty much sucked. So I guess turning 22 was a big deal for her because she was doing much better and happier than the previous year.

[@Lochness19]

Taylor won a national children's poetry contest when she was in grade 4 with a Dr. Seuss inspired poem.

[@mattd501]

"Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met", "Casually cruel in the name of being honest"...8 years later and my mind is still blown and trying to wrap my mind around those complex yet so simplistic lyrics. Modern classic among us!

[@nyanthittun3161]

Thanks to Jake Gyllenhaal We got the best song ever written “All Too Well”

[@vanelui8084]

Last Kiss, Dear John and Enchanted join the chat.

[@solongmari]

Thanks to Taylor Swift we have the best song ever written 😝

[@alvarodc1798]

@@vanelui8084 LAST KISS AND DEAR JOHN DEFINITELY A BOPS

[@dc9067]

@@vanelui8084 but those weren't about Jackass Jailhaal

[@mochayie7966]

Am I the only one that needs to thank Owl City's Adam Young as we got the song ENCHANTED..🤣

[@summerblues816]

Taylor Swift always has a running metaphor through each of her albums. In Red, it's Traffic Lights. In 1989, it's Clothes (Dresses, suit and tie, t-shirt, skirt etc), in Reputation, it's alcohol (beer, liquor, wine etc.). Lover had color Blue. Folklore has films/movies. Lover also has "City" as another metaphor running through the entire album. City, sidewalk, town, street, walls. She describes all of these as if she's "an architect, drawing up a plan". :) Edit: as I re-listened to "folklore", I realized that there's also constant reference to fire and ash, and also a lot of waters :)

[@sophieg2807]

The way she can piece together motifs is insane

[@Azarath_Metrion_Zinthos]

What about Fearless and Speak Now...did you decipher any metaphors? I'm dumb at this or else I would have tried lol.

[@diegobriones2502]

Fire because Taylor it's sagittarius (sign of fire) and Joe it's Pisces (sing of water)

[@SofiaAilinBarrios]

Folklores are story's, heartbreak, evolution, teenage, forest, blood, hard and deep feelings, fresh air, hope and her voice.

[@radhikarao9986]

Reputation also has a criminal/thief/prison theme

[@alext9215]

If you're interested in unfiltered teenage emotions, react to her self written album Speak Now. Still my favorite TS album.

[@Lostintheforest777]

Definitely the best album ✨

[@lunablanton3031]

I *REALLY* want her to listen to Last Kiss. Such a beautifully written song that still hits me in the gut.

[@lindltaylor3438]

That album is sooooo underrated

[@cheesecakelasagna]

And also the fact that all songs are solely written by TS!

[@mitchlaurensantillan58]

Yess

[@idle_worship]

The way I'm a Taylor stan and I've never interpreted the Maserati line as you did 😳 I just thought that they were going too fast, and eventually they were going to crash. Your POV is better sjksks

[@akkshitaswain9121]

yes!

[@TheKindleGirl]

Same here, “faster than the wind .... ended so suddenly.”

[@lauraeeeee]

Yeah I thought it would be like head on collision vibes, but going nowhere in something valuable is the other aspect to that line that I was missing

[@idle_worship]

@@TheKindleGirl It could work both ways, I guess bc the brand Maserati is known for their sport cars but yeah she def nailed it with this love ain't going anywhere, it's a dead-end street. I honestly didn't think about it like that, she made me rethink that line 🤯🤯

[@idle_worship]

@@lauraeeeee mind blowing tbh I loved this reaction

[@lydiameeks6327]

"I lost interest in disinterest" is fabulous. Just gorgeous. Wanted to toss this comment in while I was thinking of it rather than waiting for the end of the video.

[@sherthetruth]

Aw thank you so much!

[@Kate-qp7lw]

@@sherthetruth I was thinking the same thing. GREAT line!

[@MariE-th9ym]

Sher The Truth reminds me of I Forgot That You Existed... “ it isn’t love, it isn’t hate, it’s just indifference”

[@chingmunleong9973]

It’s also worth noting that on WANEGBT, she sings: “And you, would hide away and find your peace of mind; with some indie record that's much cooler than mine.” And then she made folklore. 😇

[@masonnguyen2859]

i just relistened to wanegbt the other day and i noticed this too!!

[@vishaloinam4098]

... Every Swiftie who clicked here were low-key waiting for her reaction to "All too well" and "The moment I knew"🙂... N it didn't disappoint... Subscribed!!! Hehehe...

[@giovannarodrigues2647]

After hearing the moment I knew that “I showed up at your party” line from Betty kinda hits different

[@gost4995]

😮😮😮

[@jasonmoore5619]

Bit sad about missing the fact dude came back into the room with protective headgear after she threw the phone at him. Always gets a chuckle from me

[@odile8701]

Yeah, I was like girl no physical violence! But also, he’s a keeper, cause that was funny as shit.

[@madisonbutler9711]

The first time I listened to Invisible String off folklore the lyric “time mystical time, cutting me open then healing me fine” instantly made me think of “time is taking its sweet time erasing you” from Sad Beautiful Tragic. I haven’t seen anyone point this out and those are my favorite lyrics from those songs

[@emilylaud4435]

Madison Butler is that also a string instrument playing at the beginning similar to Invisible String??? No way...... or am I wrong🤷‍♀️

[@heyitskinza]

The moment I knew was about Jake Gyllenhaal ditching her 21st bday 🤧smhhh

[@14mrno]

I don't think anyone has commented this but Taylor wrote Stay stay stay about the relationship she'd like to have or what she dreamed about in a relationship before she even began writing Red.

[@xgise]

I like that apparently, her relationship with Joe is a little like the one she describes

[@roland276]

i love how in “the moment i knew”, she waited until almost the end of the song to reveal that it was her birthday, and what i love even more is how it reflects how she waited for the guy until almost the end of her party that she realized that he wasn’t coming.

[@ladybird3]

I love your reactions so much! It's rare to watch someone so focused on the lyrics, which is the whole point with Taylor's songs. I'd love to see a reaction to Speak Now, her completely self-written album!

[@emilylaud4435]

ladybird3 omg yaasss she should react to Speak Now. Have you seen Anthony Aiken Jr reacting to Taylor he’s also focused on the lyrics so would recommend😊

[@incubaby876]

The Moment I Knew IMO is one of her most emotional songs. I tear up every time I listen to it, after all these years it still gets to me. Side note, your reaction during the song as everything unfolds and you realize what’s going is my favorite thing.

[@mayzcorn27]

I think so too, my sister first showed me the song saying I’d relate to it, and boy was she right because I experienced the same thing with my ex.

[@00Kristyna00]

I lost interest in disinterest. Wow girl. Come through with your own poems. We need a video of you reading your own stuff! Also, I really feel like you would enjoy the Miss Americana documentary on Netflix. I hate documentaries, but this one about Taylor is SOOO well done. You undestand so much more about her. And the themes she touches on are so important. I'm really loving this reaction of yours. So sad that I have to stop it midway cuz I dont have time, but I'll be back to finish.

[@sojansetly6810]

Yes!! To everything you said haha

[@jessekeiser100]

Jake once came into my store, and while all the other girls were drooling from around the corner, I was stocking products right next to him/hella wanted to ask his opinion of Red 😂💔

[@saraberries2821]

You should have asked him if he still has the red scarf. 😂

[@jessekeiser100]

Sara Berries Omfg mood! He was really short lol

[@jessekeiser100]

Sara Berries I was more triggered by his performance in Brokeback Mountain-that was the real tea 💔💋

[@bangswizzle7938]

@@jessekeiser100 WAIT I WANNA KNOW THE TEA. what did he do??

[@OYJluv]

You shouldve put WRNEGBT in the speaker 😭

[@LamentedeLuis]

lmao I was SO EXCITED waiting for you to hear the “happy birthday to you” in the moment I knew 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

[@madeira5058]

Same, her reaction did not disappoint

[@mickaelaangelineballestero8630]

sameee

[@c4yrr696]

FRRR I WAS WAITING

[@rndmusrnm2763]

I love the "crumpled up piece of paper lying here" bc when you take into account people typically crumple/ball up paper either out of carelessness or either in frustration, you can find different interoperation to why the person hurt her. It also paints a perfect picture of the aftermath of that heartbreak. When you crumple up a paper and try to smooth it out, that piece of paper wears its damage so so visibly. Another thing, ofc a crumpled paper still works, you can still write on it, but it's not easy, which basically goes back to her first verse in the song "And I might be okay, but I'm not fine at all", so she'll live and move on, but its so hard right to function (the same way the functionality of a crumpled piece of paper is compromised).

[@thoughtsthatmatterbyjanesa8049]

Wow! This is well said. 👏

[@josefcarlolee8592]

I’ve known these lyrics for several years now, and I don’t think I’ve watched anyone do Red lyrics with such literary insights and enthusiasm. These songs are now more special to me. Thank you!

[@lydiameeks6327]

Lucky Ones is about Joni Mitchell and then herself. Joni Mitchell experienced the overload of attention and fame and abandoned it for peace. Some of the tones remind me of Joni's songs and of 70's folk pop. "The Moment I Knew" and "We are Never Getting Back Together" can be looked at together. Pretty sure they are written about the same person. I enjoy your reviews because of the combination of lyrics analysis and meter and rhythm. It is really unique in this space. I agree with another comment about Hozier but I would also be interested in other artists. I would love your reaction on older folk or jazz/blues. I just really want someone to do lyrics analysis on some older stuff. But really just do whatever you want and I'll go along with you.

[@Rosenrot0eme]

I just want to add that the album title is a reference to Joni Mitchell's Blue album!

[@leahdobres2616]

finally, someone who understands the power of the moment i knew

[@ms-luthor1813]

Red is actually loosely inspired by Pablo Neruda's Poem 20 which talks about the idea of loving as easy and quick but forgetting as so long and hard

[@xgise]

Yeah, that's mentioned in Red, but we're kinda cancelling Neruda

[@carloscabrito2261]

It's so weird to see RIHANNA reacting one of TAYLOR'S album. LMAO

[@minceroft3710]

if you like her self deprecating side, you should watch her look what you made me do music video and wait til the end :)

[@thingsthatshine-sam1826]

I was waiting all the way through "The Moment I Knew" for the birthday line because I knew you would lose it!

[@sidielyoussy1102]

You're one of the best reactors, Sher!! I enjoyed every bit of it. You are amazing, sending you love and appreciation :) Please do a reaction to her album Speak Now, its ALL self-written by her at the age 19 with 0 co-writers. One of her best albums ever.

[@sherthetruth]

Aw thank you!

[@mitchlaurensantillan58]

Yesss

[@Lex-jj7hb]

Gary Lightbody is the lead singer of Snow Patrol (most popular song by them is Chasing Cars). Most of the songs on the album (State of Grace, All Too Well, The Moment I Knew, Red, I Almost Do, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, The Last Time, Sad Beautiful Tragic) are about Jake Gyllenhaal. Fun fact: Taylor made WANEGBT such a pop sounding song because he hated pop. The songs that aren't about him are: The Lucky One- Either Joni Mitchell or Taylor's Grandmother, possibly both. Plus Taylor herself at the end I Knew You Were Trouble, Treacherous- John Mayer, a lot of the songs on Speak Now are about him. He was her worst boyfriend, dated her when he was 32 and she was 19. He called her writing a song about him a cruel use of her gift but he wrote a song about her too so??? The song Dear John she hasn't sung since the Speak Now tour even though she brings back her other old songs as suprise songs on tour stops since the song still hurts her Holy Ground- Making up with Joe Jonas, he has a few songs about him on Speak Now and Fearless cus he broke up with her over a 19 second phone call but they were just teens at the time and they're friends now 22- Ashley Avignone, Dianna Agron, Claire Winter Kislinger, Selena Gomez, and herself Stay, Stay, Stay- No one, just a daydream Starlight- Bobby and Ethel Kennedy. She saw a photo of them young and sneaking into a party and was inspired. Taylor met Ethel Kennedy and played the song for her Begin Again and Everything Has Changed- Conor Kennedy, no turmoil in that relationship Come Back, Be Here and Girl at Home- possibly Zac Efron, there's sort of tentative evidence for the first one but this is the loosest of the theories so they could easily not be about him

[@narisarahman2664]

I think i knew you were trouble is about harry styles.

[@Caraphatash]

I always thought CBBH was about Harry since she mentioned London

[@Lex-jj7hb]

@@narisarahman2664 Impossible, she hadn't even started dating Harry when the song was released

[@Lex-jj7hb]

@@Caraphatash The Red album was released before her and Harry got together

[@Caraphatash]

@@Lex-jj7hb oh right. i guess i was just wrong for 8 years

[@minceroft3710]

her speech before singing all too well in the reputation tour movie is so beautiful tbh

[@minceroft3710]

I'm so ready to watch sis get emotionally destroyed

[@xxGuItArGiRLxx89]

Yeah Red is about that ONE ex.💔

[@amandamarie5601]

Your reaction to Monent I Knew was 100% me screaming at Jake for doing this to her but I'm also grateful we got this amazing album 😂

[@nicolehunt4873]

***Immediately skips to “All too well.”***

[@minceroft3710]

sad beautiful tragic really summed up a break up in ONE BRIDGE the iconicism

[@Surreality22992]

The crescendo that builds up to the gut-punch of a final chorus in "The Moment I Knew" makes it one of my favourite tracks in Taylor's entire discography. Next to "All Too Well" and "exile," of course.

[@taylorreising7196]

the way you picked up on the kennedy thing in starlight so fast was so good hahahaha

[@T3amTaylor]

Can we also dwell back on the line “And I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to”? It’s one of my favourite lines from All Too Well.

[@pavanaatawale3464]

T3amTaylor yesss I was looking for this comment

[@anjela8411]

From a swifties perspective, All Too Well is the fandom's favorite song. We are obsessed with it and we often annoy taylor asking her the 10min version of it. (She said when she wrote the song it was very long cause it was a whole ass story, it was almost 10mins long, but then she shortened it for the album)

[@bilalnaqvi2980]

I cant wait for all too well tv, i hope its the 10 mins one, i will die dead RIP

[@ceciliashaw2417]

Now you know why they are never, ever, ever getting back together. Best reaction to The Moment I Knew of all time.

[@GatoPachanga]

I once believed love would be Burning red But it's golden :')

[@mountainrock7682]

In The Lucky One, the first verses talk about someone in the industry that Taylor personally knew, and how that person got into the indsutry. Everyone tells that person "she's the lucky one" and then the next chrous with all the turmoil happening already, it changes into "can you tell me now you're the lucky one?" and the final chorus, from Taylor's perspective now, she tells that person "let me tell you now you're the lucky one" because the person managed to get out of the industry and live a peaceful life outside of it.

[@raykoasianime.tv21]

SML?

[@mountainrock7682]

@@raykoasianime.tv21 Just woke up? Or yet to sleep?

[@mountainrock7682]

@@raykoasianime.tv21 The way you actually found me. I hate it here. 💀

[@Wonder-zm4cc]

@@raykoasianime.tv21 what is sml?

[@raykoasianime.tv21]

@@mountainrock7682 HAHAHAHA

[@raeganwright2201]

You should react to all her albums because they’re all lyrical masterpieces😂

[@SamuelSampayo]

You MUST listen to the BBC Radio 1 version of holy ground... since you loved the lyrics and not the vibe. It’s completely different vibe as she visited the song during her Lover era.

[@josepha133]

"Chose the rose garden over maddison square" -> Maddison square garden -> choosing a simple life over fame.

[@blackwhite1123581321]

You are entertaining to watch. I never caught the meaning of some Taylor Swift lyrics even after years of listening. Please do a reaction to reputation, Lover, 1989 and Speak Now as well.

[@nikai0713]

I love how everyone pretend the debut doesn't exits lmaoo

[@ApprenticeWonderwall]

THE MOMENT I KNEW SUPREMACY!!!!!!

[@annalehneis7609]

Loved your reaction! I'm so happy when people try to take in Taylor's lyrics and not just the music. The lucky one is about another musician (some people think it's Joni Mitchell but Taylor refuses to reveal who she wrote it about) who got really famous but after experiencing the dark side of fame chose to leave the limelight. "They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere, chose the rose garden over madison square and it took some time but I understand it now". So this person decided to live a private life somewhere (in a big garden) and not perform anymore (eg at madison square GARDEN, a world famous arena, nice little word play there) and now that Taylor is experiencing the trials and tribulations of fame herself, she understands that person's decision. Just like you this song is not my favourite musically, but I love the storytelling. Really reminds me of Taylor's new song the last great american dynasty in the way that in the verses she describes another person's life but then in the bridge she brings herself into the song and relates the other person's experiences to her own 😊

[@vespastik]

Maybe a hint? THE Rose Garden is at the White House...not just A rose garden...THE Rose Garden. A former First Lady?

[@annalehneis7609]

@@vespastik Hm doesn't make much sense to me in the context of the song. This person clearly stepped away from fame and out of the spotlight. Going to the white house would make them even more famous. Plus has there ever been a musician that became a first lady? I'm not American so idk but I've never heard of that before. I think in this case rose garden is not a specific garden but rather a metaphor for a quiet, private life away from prying eyes, unlike madison square garden. Songs are obviously up for interpretation 😊 but the white house thing doesn't really fit here in my opinion

[@vespastik]

Anna Lehneis maybe. Maybe it means going into politics? Shes juxtaposing two prominent places. I dont think the rose garden is a generic term in this song, but we all have our interpretations! Hopefully we’ll find more clues!!

[@Isabel-py7pi]

I don't know why but when you had that realization that the guy she was talking about was a narcissist it remained me of that line in I Did Something Bad "I never trust a narcissist but they love me" I don't know if the lyrics are related but not gonna lie, it kind of blow me away.

[@sherthetruth]

Wow interesting!

[@robertwilfred12]

The Lucky One is about a singer (they said it was about Joni Mitchell) that was once famous in the 60's (referenced in the first verse) who experienced the ups and downs of fame then decided later in life to leave the spotlight... Taylor later in the song expresses how she understands the singer's decisions as she is now experiencing the fame and success.

[@juanda1799]

Fun fact about all too well: the original version of the song was 20+ minutes long but Taylor decided that she had to cut it bc she thought people wouldn’t listen to it and realized that most of the things in it were too personal. Later she said that lost the paper where the whole song was written and it should be anywhere in her room. Now the song became like a special thing for swifties and tay cause she said that hearing all the fans screaming the lyrics and loving it so much made her feel better about it and it doesn’t hurt so much now as it did before.

[@tracyd8779]

Starlight is about Bobby Kennedy (RFK) and Ethel Kennedy, you got that so fast hahah

[@richkyc]

ITS HER OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY IN THE MOMENT I KNEW

[@laliayala]

Love this reaction!!!!! In All too well I think this two lines are related: "But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up" And then.. "I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here" This song is like an entire movie in 5 minutes...I love it so much

[@anandadaniel985]

this was an autumn feels album, very chills and sad at the same time

[@josepha133]

My favourite line of the whole album is "nothing safe is worth the drive" in treacherous. I also believe that the "I I I" alludes to a certain kind of coitus and that in all too well the lyrics "nights when you made me your own" and "it reminds you of innocence" are a reference to her losing her virginity as well? In a way this is her coming-of-age film in the form of an album?

[@babs51]

Kind of known she gave up her virginity to Jake Gyllenhaal. Yep that's what it's about.

[@angelashrum3581]

🥺 Begin Again 🥺 A song about hope, and being seen and appreciated again. ♥️

[@josepha133]

You have to watch her Grammy performance of All Too Well - it’s so emotional!

[@amandam.4841]

An ex of mine gave me this album when we were dating (there was an inside joke about WANEGBT) and lets just say I kept the album and ditched the boy. Holy Ground BBC lounge is gorgeous. Loved your reaction!!

[@haneyya1015]

The man who didn't come to her 21st birthday party was Jake G, thats how 22 was born

[@johnreyes3514]

I thought she wrote 22 for Selena Gomez? Maybe just me imagining it.

[@barbarapascual326]

you should listen and react to taylor swift's DEAR JOHN, lol thats her juiciest breakup song!

[@TedLor13]

That is the most Underated Album of her.. 2nd is reputation.. the music academy is definitely DEAF

[@idle_worship]

Also in State of Grace, I didn't know about the twin flames thing. I thought she was referring to their zodiac sign (Taylor and Gyllenhaal are both ♐) omg I am loving this!! Thank you

[@muhammadibrahim8248]

@idle worship I remember you From honest vocal coach’s livestream folk lore reaction Heyy🤗🤗🤗

[@idle_worship]

@@muhammadibrahim8248 hello! Yes georgina is very cool 🤗 I have watches probably every video reaction of folklore lol

[@ADAM-uf3my]

The Lucky One is written in the same style as The Last Great American Dynasty, where she talks about the life of someone else and at the end of the song she wrote how the story of that person resonated with her. In TLO, she was telling a story of a person who was in the music industry who was being celebrated and was considered "Lucky" because of the lavish life. The person basically have everything already but of course it come with its challenges: She doesn't really build connections and personal relationships with those who "love" her. How people will eventually replace her with someone younger and more talented. How there is no private life when you're in the limelight. But these challenges are not seen in the public eye. This kind of challenge and pressure pushed this person to leave the fame behind and choose to live a quiet life instead and so the person disappeared from the industry. After some time, Taylor became famous and was working in the music industry and making it big. In the eye of the Masses, Taylor is considered "Lucky" because of the success she's experiencing. But the fame comes with the same challenges that the person she was talking about earlier in the song was experiencing. She was having a hard time with the problems and the difficulties that comes with the career. And so Taylor realized that the actual "Lucky" person in was the first person after all, not because she was famous but because she was able to get out of the system before the system destroys her. This is the reason that in the 3 choruses, the lucky one line was written as: 1. And they tell YOU now "youre the lucky one" 2. And they tell ME now "Youre the lucky one" 3. Let ME tell YOU now "Youre the lucky one" Its beautifully written IMO but I do get why youre not into it, its not the best produced song in the album.

[@1940semochild]

Taylor samples certain lyrics in the Red song in her song Daylight from Lover (2019). That album is about her being in love with her long standing partner to show how this relationship altered her previous belief of love and relationships she had when she was younger. Its beautifully used and for fans,its a nice call back. I suggest you listen to it! Is the final track on that album. Also do you plan on listening/reviewing her other albums?

[@levi13131]

folklore is objectively my favorite album by her but im not emotionally ready to put anything above RED yet. This album saved me

[@sknight2810]

The moment i knew and all too well are about the same guy and its jake gyllenhall or whatever his name is spelled 😭

[@lauraeeeee]

Red was the album that had me hooked. Thereafter I’ve been a loyal swiftie

[@mellinatre1149]

your reaction to the moment I know was my exact same one when I heard it for the first time...in the end you feel outraged and enraged about the all ordeal LOL

[@mariaespejo2851]

Red is its own masterpiece. Glad you reacted to this! The first time i heard the moment i knew i got caught off guard and cried too! I don't know what is it about that song but it just hits you with a truck of emotions. Of course All too Well is still the best song she's ever written.

[@wandasmith7356]

I'm really enjoying your analysis of albums. Most reaction channels focus more on the music and production instead of lyrics, which isn't a bad thing. But it's nice to have a more focused reaction to the songwriting. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do in the future

[@luciasiboldi9579]

speak now is entirely self-written!! and she was only 19! you shoud definitely react to it xx

[@desireefisch3833]

So I love all the songs and I have to comment on how you responded to the lucky one and you’re completely entitled to your opinion but the reason I love this song is for the line “they tell you that you’re lucky but you’re so confused. Cause you don’t feel pretty, you just feel used” which connects to me as a sexual abuse survivor. It just makes me sad for all the people who’ve had their bodies or their lives or their privacy or security violated and then had someone gaslight them and tell them how to feel about it. A lot of it is beyond even just celebrity, it reminds me of how our society gaslights women into saying they love or want something when they don’t

[@anjaneya3138]

please react to "the lakes". it is her most poetic track upto date probably

[@javythebest1]

Omg a Red reaction ♥️ I love peopke reacting to Red, this album means so much, I remember myself back in 2012 living for this album, looking back all this years makes me cry, Red is really special for me.

[@unis3xmusic]

Please react to Lorde's Albums if u haven't, she's a lyrical genius

[@sherthetruth]

I love her lol. Maybe a lyrical analysis down the line.

[@nadazahra8913]

@@sherthetruth yess melodrama pls love your analysis/reaction 💖

[@AGrrrlsTwoSoundCents]

I feel like the car and traffic light metaphors in the songs are meant to be foreshadowing for the relationship ending in a symbolic "crash." not sure if that's me reaching, but she alludes to the inevitability of the relationship being doomed from the start in most of the songs, and that relationship also ended in disaster

[@mikkopring7295]

omg your reaction to 'The moment i knew' is superbbbb

[@jasmins7491]

Because of what you said about her jumping right back into relationships and not being afraid of love: she has this really beautiful quote "and may your heart remain breakable, but never by the same hand twice". It's from one of her poems. You should really react to them too.

[@heyitskinza]

The lucky one is about Joni Mitchell :) Also, you should listen to her live performance of Holy Ground she did for BBC radio 1!! it's slowed down, and it just makes the lyrics so much more impactful imo, i think you'd really like it

[@LamentedeLuis]

I want to congratulate you for editing in your after reaction point of view!!!!! Us, as viewers, often wonder if the reactors get to like the songs with a few more listens, and it’s very nice to see your comments 💗 no one else does it

[@mkeyyy6463]

This is my favorite album of her! I was only 12 years old when I heard this whole album. And now that I'm older, I get to have different interpretations of the songs and realize more how wonderfully written this album is ❤️ And I really love your interpretation of the songs, gives me a different perspective of it.

[@Lochness19]

This albums has a few escapist type songs to get past her break up. 22 is about having fun with your friends to forget about your ex. Stay stay stay is some silly fantasy of how she wished things went. Starlight is her idealizing the long lasting relationship of an elderly acquaintance. Holy Ground is about a relationship from a few years before the one on this album where she was eventually be able to be at peace with it ending (she's friendly with that ex now). Maybe she put it on this album because she's hoping this more recent breakup will resolve similarly.

[@skymmac]

I'm like smiling all proud bc even though I had completely nothing to do with this, Red is my prideXD

[@johnreyes3514]

I took “driving a new Maserati down a dead end street” as more like a car capable of racing fast in a street that leads to nowhere.

[@wowyzowy1895]

OMG I LOVED THIS! I always feel like people get sad at All Too Well and yes it is sad and you'll feel bad for Taylor but you won't like hate Jake until The Moment I Knew

[@lambulance]

A poet reacts to a poet. Period. Loved this!

[@elizabethrobinson7148]

"I'm pissed. I'm pissed. Are you guys pissed?"