POP SONG REVIEW: "Look What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift completes her long, slow descent into the vapid, obnoxious pop star we knew she was always going to be.
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[@buythislamp]

So you're saying she's not "so 3008" and more "2000-and-late"?

[@ecliptik8020]

celestial notions but she unfortunately, does not have that boom boom boom

[@brandievan2678]

@@ecliptik8020 she does.....that's the problem 😂😂🤣

[@RenaldyCalixte]

She don't got #ThatPower ?

[@NYPDWeatherman]

OHHH

[@ffjreviews9029]

Actually, the Chainsmokers are basically the B.E.P. of the 2010s. They basically started horrible trends of the decade.

[@antagonizingprotagonist8721]

"This isn't an antihero transformation" Wow, Tod manages to predict the song "antihero" 5 years in advance

[@bubblegumbitch2191]

I just thought of that Toddstradamus strikes again

[@Rikku147]

Lmao I love how he's only ever accurate about Taylor swift

[@antagonizingprotagonist8721]

​@@Rikku147 oh wait you're right. That's hilarious

[@GoldenRose116]

​@@Rikku147I mean he did believe her career was pretty much over like 5 times

[@societycrumbles]

Just a reminder that he also predicted Reputation back in the 1989 era.

[@TrentOrTreat]

Thing I hate the most about this song is how it builds up with the pre chorus, then dies immediately.

[@tecwynjones6532]

Exactly! If she just made it better, then, in my opinion, it would actually be an interesting song.

[@Hola-tq4pg]

lmao you're right, the pre chorus is the only saving grace i had for that song, and the only reason why i think is not even in the top 5 of Taylor Swift's worst singles

[@ffjreviews9029]

It’s exactly like Scream and Shout

[@moyo6606]

This song is a ruined orgasm.

[@aditya_raina_]

@Luke I also kinda liked the song and it was actually a career saver

[@andressotil4671]

Confirmed...Todd has ears

[@whiterabbit75]

Or, so he says... Evidence needed!

[@petercahill6696]

Andres Sotil Well, that ought to narrow our search down.

[@MykiiMescal]

His face has leaked

[@luanders5232]

Michael Olberding earshells themself only make hearing sound easier. Technically - even without the earshell - he could still hear

[@joaovitorcabral7224]

Big if true.

[@twigboat]

Looks like Taylor is two thousand and late.

[@dillwad88]

TugCoat todds so two thousand and eight

[@nathanshlap]

Huh? Why?

[@monwren]

I CHOKED

[@culwin]

Winner

[@kimifw58]

Explanation: "two thousand and late" is a line from Black Eyed Peas' 2009 hit "Boom Boom Pow."

[@Clairelaferret]

"I check it once, then I check it twice" what is she, evil Santa?

[@doof.got.internet.access]

Santa claws?

[@Theta411]

MWA HA HA HO HO HO!

[@noonenowhere877]

The word you are looking for is Krampus.

[@angrytheclown801]

The only evil santa of note is John Goodman.

[@AlexWeitzman]

Well, in the first episode. After that, it's John DiMaggio.

[@gabeguarin1096]

‘Look What You Made Me Do’ was even mixed by Serban Ghenea, the same mixing engineer behind ‘My Humps’.

[@queerty7]

He's trash.

[@masterseal0418]

Yeah, like WTF?

[@RRAAII17]

Isn’t plagiarism if you plagiarise yourself

[@Jaceblue04]

That explains so much.

[@WednesdayAddams5150]

To be fair Serban Ghenea was the mixing engineer for a million different pop songs/records.

[@87idk]

Taylor Swift wants to be a Disney villain, but not like a good Disney villain, like a Disney sequel villain, that doesn't have a good/classic villain song

[@jmurray1110]

shed probably be in home on the range

[@viscountrainbows6452]

This is a sicker burn than most will ever come to appreciate.

[@PLAGUE-KARM]

Nah she’s that twist villain that’s revealed 10 minutes before the movie ends

[@PLAGUE-KARM]

Jack McMullan pretty much

[@Calpsotoma]

She's Tim Curry Organ

[@inugamidalton8270]

Despite this song not having much of a melody, it sounds absolutely haunting when Todd plays it.

[@snowcherryleopard]

Inugami Dalton Todd's piano playing makes unlistenable music goddamn masterpieces

[@caitlinerickson7355]

Inugami Dalton he always gets me hopes up when he plays a song I've never heard on the piano, because it always sounds so cool. Even 'Whip my hair' sounded like part of an awesome horror movie soundtrack.

[@Rikku147]

Inugami Dalton yeah his piano playing makes almost everything better.

[@sarahdodge2866]

jacksfilms should see this video

[@crazyluigi6664]

Bad & Boujee by Migos and Lil Uzi Vert sounded more like we were in a funeral with that piano rendition, though.

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

Holy shit, it DOES sound like My Humps!

[@archivedaccount5990]

Only ten times worse.

[@1daboi100]

That merging of the 2 songs was so natural.

[@IoEstasCedonta]

"Two Presidents had to comment on it." ...I was tabbed away then. I did *not* think the other one was Carter.

[@jacklovejoy5290]

Carter made sense, he's such a wholesome fellow

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Shadow Cormorant yup, he’s in his 90s and still kicking. Outlived his successors in fact.

[@bossbeartherock6034]

Bit late but carter is the us'es queen elizibeth II , they never die .

[@sketchyjulia]

_He’s history’s greatest monster!_

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

@@sketchyjulia He doesn't belong to history just yet! :D

[@spookyrosev6467]

I like the Google Translates version better: “what am I doing?”

[@neilagangitlog]

Ohh yeah i like that one better too! I don't even listen to the original 😆. Google translate sings is life!

[@arbutusunedo2069]

Taylor Swift parodies were better than the originals since the screaming goat meme.

[@KillerKoifish]

Its more acruate than the orginal

[@mabryperry1829]

I love Google Translate songs. My favorite line from this one was "I'm dead, and I have been all the time"

[@sammysstopmotionoas2004]

Lol, fucking perfect!

[@carwyn3691]

I particularly like the Dancing Gays™ in the background.

[@oof-rr5nf]

@@soaribb32 True.

[@laylabeee555]

Yeah I love see todrick hall in mainstream stuff

[@seraphiccandy21]

@@soaribb32 Eh, maybe Lady Gaga gave them a day off

[@munjee2]

@@westwardeggplantstudios9715 it goes well with the comment

[@veganjotaro]

Same...👀👤

[@gregorybest6580]

Look What You Made Todd Do

[@heelstevenmaggle5615]

You beat me to it.

[@TheICEgirl6100]

the radio station i listen to actually says sorry whenever they have to play it because someone requested it

[@lydiavalentino]

@Blakely Uselman and can i get a job there

[@buzinaocara]

They could say: "look what you made me do"

[@IFYOUCOULDFLY]

The thing is...blank space was like the perfect little nod/mocking of her reputation. It was fun, catchy, and even sort of clever at some points. So why the fuck did she have to make it again, but without a melody or bassline or any semblance of self-awareness?

[@kodythomas9880]

I think that song was actually pretty good and I don't like Taylor Swift. It had parts everyone could relate to in some way, like everyone's had that crazy shitty relationship whether on giving or receiving. Who the fuck in everyday life can relate to being so famous you get hounded by the media and fucking up your image?

[@jesuszamora6949]

Thing is, this isn't even the best mean girl song on Reputation. Why was this the lead single instead of "I Did Something Bad"?

[@yaraperez8501]

Plus the Death Note references. ...

[@phoenixrising7777]

Well according to Taylor, Blank Space is not about her but rather the “character” that the media makes her out to be.....so idk about that self-awareness

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

@@jesuszamora6949 well, she would have received backlash for I Did Something Bad either way. because that ''faux edgy" persona that Taylor adopted is so tired, pretentious, inauthentic and played out. and not to mention she comes across like a hypocrite in this song. The one minute, she sings that she plays someone ''like a violin" but then a few seconds later she says "tHeY sAY i dId sOmEtHinG bAd!!!" and it doesn't have any playful self awareness whatsoever. It's so angry and in your face that it cancels out the ''satirical" argument

[@healed1337]

The Google Translate Sings version of this song is better in more than one way. "Look what you made me do" turns into "What am I doing?" That question kind of sums up a lot of pop music these days.

[@szlanty]

healed1337 yep.

[@jessica23claire]

I see someone's a Malinda fan ;P

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

not another theatre trash channel Of course

[@brainflash1]

If this song had actually been that introspective, it might have actually been good.

[@megamage911]

Malinda is fucking awesome!

[@peateargryfin844]

Because nothing says "Shake it Off" like making a song calling out your critics for making you change in response to criticism.

[@kyrla]

PeaTearGryfin Actually this is the *other* Taylor Swift song entirely about her being criticized

[@TiaLuxanna]

+Asmodean Underscore see Mean", from Speak Now too.

[@bizarrenrugged3370]

+José Mário Jr. no need, the song speaks for itself

[@DGilVids]

I'm reminded of a quote from The Avengers to describe T-Swizzle, "... you lack conviction..."

[@LepricahnsGold]

Like I said recently, Taylor likes to play the victim. An example: There was a recording that, I think, Kanye did with some Taylor Swift samples that got some flak. Later, Taylor said she never gave him permission to use the samples but he had their phone call recorded where she DID give permission..

[@robjgolde3221]

The prechorus/chorus of this song is the musical equivalent of blowing up a balloon then releasing it and letting it shoot around in different directions as it deflates. The first time I heard it I was like “Okay, this is different, kinda excited to see where this going and…ohh..oh no”

[@Radioactiveafikomen]

It's okay Todd, we love your unfinished South Park AMV.

[@b.collins2656]

the most underrated comment of all

[@roenais]

sometimes i get this song stuck in my head, so i go to listen to it, and EVERY time its worse than i remember. its like my brain is so in denial of how awful it is that ive constructed and alternate version thats better in the safety of my own mind

[@haleypotter417]

I've done the same with her newer single, I get the chorus stuck in my head because that's all I can tolerate

[@eadlynjune]

Roenais I kinda like the before chorus beat but she quickly ruins it.

[@Karmy.]

Roenais I never heard this song until watching this video I'm really wishing it stayed that way

[@Nightlark36]

That's the "My Milkshake" song for me. Every time I hear it's infinitely worse than I remembered.

[@VictoriaSobocki]

Roenais Same

[@guppy2816]

The "She can't come to the phone right now" part is so fucking corny I died when I first heard it.

[@mikerivera373]

Bella Muerte don't forget checking her list twice. Merry Christmas Taylor

[@colmryan9289]

Kris Sosa I thought I was the only one who noticed.

[@nathanshlap]

Damn you on some ritualistic resurrection shit. After all, how did you write this comment if you died?

[@tommycarr8111]

Bella Muerte is that why you can't come to the phone right now?

[@aditya_raina_]

It is freaking Iconic

[@user36able]

Guys, we found the new theme song for Thirteen Reasons Why.

[@Musicradio77Network]

That's "16 Reasons" by Connie Stevens, and that was from 1959.

[@matheustran8009]

user36able it's now 14 reasons why actually

[@gimmefeedback]

PFTTTT

[@hell6295]

MTN Productions what?

[@T2G-DJT]

Wellcum too yur taype😡😡

[@faelapis8780]

who says stuff like "i've got a list of names and yours is in red underlined" after graduating middle school, is my question

[@oddsdenver9673]

Must have misspelled my name

[@mc-ps-playa5569]

Fae Lapis School shooters

[@jimmyl27]

She either has a hit list or it’s a Blank Space reference

[@JamesC1337]

@@jimmyl27 Which is fitting because both of those songs are (obviously) sarcastic.

[@CameronMetrejean]

Teachers who teach middle school?

[@plainjellis]

Check it once check it twice. Nothing as edgy as Santa

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

James Ellis Santa Claus is truly the most gangsta motherfucker alive. 🔫🎅🏻

[@matteframe]

Lol noice

[@oculttheexegaming2509]

Taylor Swift is coming to town!

[@onijester56]

I actually had a strange realization: the song sounds a hell of a lot like that Meghan Trainor song "I'ld wanna be me, too."

[@nitara38]

Anthony Hauser OMG me too I thought I was crazy

[@CNWhatImSaiyan]

Anthony Hauser I just found out that she’s engaged to Darryl “Juni Cortez” Sabera

[@TimmyTickle]

@@CNWhatImSaiyan So "Dear Future Husband" is about the annoying one from Spy Kids?

[@LaineMann]

But that song is good. This isn't.

[@sweesbees]

taylor being in the right honestly doesn’t remove any of the criticisms of the song that todd made.

[@JJ-ws4kr]

no yes it does because he didn’t clearly see the message of it lmaoo

[@anthonydeadman]

@@JJ-ws4kr Ok. What is the message?

[@anthonydeadman]

@@SuperNuclearUnicorn Pretty weak message ngl. Dare I say, the message is so weak, that it could fall under the lines of psychotically delusional regardless if she were in the right or not at the time of recording.

[@fntthesmth423]

@@JJ-ws4kr also i really would like to know what the message of the song is, i'm not much of a Taylor Swift person so hearing your thoughts would be pretty cool :)

[@cramarshe]

@@fntthesmth423 bit of a late reply but being a taylor stan for the last 8 years, I think the song just represents a comeback/revenge theme and yeah I am biased but the taylor stans i think sort of see it as an iconic era where this song is a very big standout song of the album. If you listen to the rest of the album and mostly not the singles, then the album is more about falling in love and it's very nice sounding overall. It's not one of her best songs but it is one of the most iconic ones. The album and song are very much tied to that era and it's fun to listen to. The rest of the album does not really mirror the songs repitive nature. I like king of my heart and also dont blame me cause they just sound so good and are fun to dance and it makes me feel powerful. This single I think envelopes the album and completes it well but have a look at delicate which is another single and the album has a lot of themes. The album goes very well with lover and it makes more sense when you compare the themes of them together. The music video and song are just very attention grabbing and catchy and a bit annoying mostly because thats a what made the album blow up sort of and compared to her album before it was a big suprise tbh it compliments her other songs on the album very well basically as well. just my opinion

[@mintyfresh4940]

Its so fucking bizarre watching someone over 20 going through their hot topic phase im getting flashbacks to middle school and that is the last thing I want

[@Celio19891]

That is very true. At least when all these former Nickelodeon/Disney actresses turned pop singers go through their "wannabe trashy bad girl" period it's during either the later end of their teen years or their early twenties. Taylor is just a couple years shy of thirty, it would've made more sense and have been less embarrassing if this was her persona back in the late 2000's. At least back then she was still at that age where we could've chalked it up to youthful immaturity. In the here and now though it's just sad.

[@yvette4948]

It's like she discovered Hot Topic for the first time during her hiatus and was like OMG ITS EDGY TIME!

[@bjam89]

Yvette you might be right

[@Bookworm579]

I now have this image of a montage where she's trying on a bunch of Hot Topic clothes and generally pissing off the workers while "22" or "Shake it off" plays in the background.

[@Betta66]

Yvette Yeah, the underlying issue with LWYMMD is that it's trying too hard to be edgy. The problem is that, to some degree, you need to make a case for being taken seriously in order to make "edgy" work. Sampling "I'm Too Sexy" and doing that whole "the old me is dead" bit isn't helping. Seriously, go to the 3:47 mark of this video and look at the expression on Tori Kelly's face as she's watching Taylor's Grammy speech. That one expression from Tori Kelly, a person so inoffensive and cheerfully saccharine that merely shaking her hand would give you type 2 diabetes, was edgier than the entirety of LWYMMD

[@videogamerules645]

Shadow the Hedgehog is a million times edgier than Swift.

[@yvette4948]

Betta66 I’ve always wondered who that woman was. I knew she looked familiar but couldn’t place her name. But yeah, her face sums up my thoughts on Taylor Swift.

[@woodfloor111]

I toooootally agree about the drop. The song, at the bridge, is building up so well, right up until the line "Oh! Because she's dead!"... Just for the refrain to come in and ruin it with its simplicity and monotony. It's really disappointing and unsatisfying, and I really think a good drop could've redeemed the song a bit.

[@jesuszamora6949]

Yeah. She should have made "I Did Something Bad" the lead single. THAT song has a drop!

[@joshraid1550]

@@jesuszamora6949Yeah “I did something bad” has always been a guilty pleasure of mine.

[@traitorminion]

I can't help myself, Todd's Taylor-related reviews are my favorites.

[@Musicradio77Network]

That's the line from a song by the Four Tops.

[@weirdaljedifan2]

Who wants to hear a mash-up of "Look What You Made Me Do" and "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor.... Yeah, neither do I.

[@kimifw58]

DJ Cummerbund made a mash-up of this song and Tool's "Schism." I hate how good it sounds.

[@mickeystar12]

It's got the melody of "I'm Too Sexy," the horribly dated Will i Am-esque production, and her "rapping" reminds me sooooo much of "Me Too" by Meghan Trainor (another horrible song)! Augh!

[@hafaball]

I was hoping he'd mention that

[@godozo]

Thank you for spotting that. I would go further, and say when I heard the chorus that I thought of Meghan Trainor's "Me Too" instead of Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy." I'd say she glommed onto Right Said Fred for the street cred.

[@125loopy]

mickeystar12 At least Me Too had some fun bass

[@Musicradio77Network]

Or let's not forget Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy", and that's a classic song from 1979.

[@iwanttobefree3739]

It's hurts me inside when I hear how hard Taylor is trying to be edgy here. It's kind of pathetic

[@469ka37]

I want To be free kind of?

[@christinedraws1692]

Fernando Zevallos CUT to the Feeling more like #buyCarlyRaesCuttotheFeeling

[@robinchesterfield42]

"You did a thing. A really bad thing. I'm saying what it is but trust me, it's bad. SO NOW I'M EVIL K BYE." :P You know, if she played this like she was being a CHARACTER, like, a new, fictional villian in a movie, it'd work much better. With her trying to be _serious_ about this as her real self, though...

[@enthiegavoir5955]

The phone call bit just reminds me of emo kids thinking that they're saying the worst things imaginable when they really just sound like fanfiction Mary Sues.

[@mr.myoozik7096]

I want To be free Miley pulled it off better.

[@emmadotcom]

"i might be on her side at this point, but that doesn't mean i want her to sing about it!" yeah, kind of sums up my opinion on this song now that it's come out taylor was actually telling the truth. like, sucks that she got torn to shreds, song is still awful.

[@JJ-ws4kr]

she made the song that way for a reason lol

[@leaffinite3828]

​@JJ-ws4kr why, to make it unlistenable? I feel bad for her, but how on earth was a teenage-level maturity rant about how "the old taylors dead," and shes keeping lists of names or whatever, it makes her look like shes being thinskinned and immature when in reality she was being slandered! Horrible pr move.

[@idontknow-re9dx]

"I wish it had sampled more of I'm too sexy" Look what you made him do, todd

[@samuraifighterchick1456]

At least "Swish Swish" knew who it was targeting. Yeah, the video is hilariously bad, but it wasn't as vague as Taylor's message.

[@riddypr]

Also, Swish Swish has a good beat.

[@Zaslanetz]

And video is funny.

[@Mosixman]

+Maker Zaslanetz it isn't funny.

[@aliffzamri9569]

Well look what you made me do. Get no 1, achieve 1 billion now. So?

[@prizonpalace]

IF BUTTERS SANG THIS SONG ITD BE GOLD

[@avosmash2121]

lela madfis all in favor of an amv of this say aye

[@TheLowBrassDude]

Somebody call Matt Stone.

[@SatoshiKong]

Loo loo loo I got some apples Loo loo loo You got some too? Loo loo loo Let's get together Look what you made me do

[@exquisitecorpse__]

_Hehe_

[@nerkdurgen5574]

whomst'd've'ly'yaint'nt'ed'ies's'y'es?

[@yodafour]

"You did a thing, a real bad thing" Best song ever.

[@SitaraAleu]

Her videos are starting to look like Lady Gaga videos. That's a charm only Gaga can pull off and even then, it's questionable sometimes

[@SiRenfield]

Honestly there’s parts of the music video that are legit kind of cool, but other shots where it’s like....what the hell is going on?....in a bad way. At the very least I wanna Google the director LOL

[@Jygerthe2nd]

I dunno why, but the Thriller bit fucking kills me. XD

[@TheLowBrassDude]

Man when Kesha and Miley act like grown ups and Taylor Swift is emulating Fergie, you know something is seriously wrong with the universe.

[@leowong8777]

Kesha is acting like a grown up but not sure about Miley. Taylor Swift always starts her album with a song bashing on haters that is horrendously bad and you will definitely lose some brain neurons. Normally the third single is the best because third times the charm.

[@mikerivera373]

POINTLESS GUY Kesha's also been through a lot, so she almost doesn't have a choice but to be a grown up. As for Taylor, the third isn't always the best. 22 (aka the stereotypical white teenage girl anthem) was the worst song off of Red (in my opinion). Style was the one time the third one was the best, and I can only pray that it's true again, because even Ready for It still wasn't that good.

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

POINTLESS GUY Considering the fact that a couple of years ago, Miley released "Dead Petz", I don't think I can say Miley grew up.

[@crazyluigi6664]

Or if she did, it isn't particularly special.

[@KaijaSchmauss]

KDog1265 I have to agree. Miley didn't grow up so much as she realized the whole "bad girl" thing wasn't working for her and just dropped the schtick in favor of some off-brand Colbie Callait stuff that made her look better.

[@enigma19833]

This video (and the song it's about) became a LOT more interesting when it recently came out that Swift actually WAS telling the truth, and in fact WAS being smeared by Kanye & Kim. She had legitimate grievances and every right to be angry about what they did (I mean seriously, secretly recording her on the phone and then editing it to show her saying the exact opposite of what she was actually saying? That's the kind of shady low-rent shit Jack Posobiec does). So yeah the song is terrible and she was clearly in the midst of a semi-meltdown, but I kinda don't blame her for it. It's probably tough to endure years of the entire country endlessly calling you a snake and a liar and a racist over something you didn't even do.

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

taylor was certainly telling the truth but the framing and execution of the song was very problematic. to the average music listener, the song literally screams ''I AM INSANE! IT'S YOUR FAULT!" and i don't blame anyone for thinking that way. i understand why some people think the song is in some ways ''Satirical" but the argument doesn't hold much of merit whatsoever due to the lack of sarcastic and playful lyrics and the vibe is SO ANGRY and edgy and in-your face that it cancels it out.

[@spiralysts]

@@Johnny-ux7yi ehh, its not towards any average listeners, its towards the ppl who shit on her.

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

@@spiralysts certainly but the issue is that the sentiment of the song reads like an angsty teenager blaming someone for their mistakes and not taking taking responsibility. Saying to someone ''Ohhhhh, look what you made me do" doesn't really sound empowering whatsoever. and what's even worse is that the song is lacking any playfulness and self-awareness to support the ''satire" argument. The whole song (and also I Did Something Bad) is so angry and in your face that it cancels that out. Even Taylor herself has an angry face during those performances in the reputation tour as if she was about to murder someone.

[@spiralysts]

@@Johnny-ux7yi cool, she wanted an outlet to release all her anger out at then, its just based on ppls opinions on how they’ll take that

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

@@spiralysts her anger was understandable but she was setting herself up for scrutiny with the way the song was framed. it's more in the execution and framing of the song that i find problematic and less so on the idea.

[@canadmexi]

Ok, is it just me or does this sound like the Dollar Tree version of Lorde?

[@LaineMann]

The irony is now I want Lorde to sing this

[@j.d.t.5761]

Well, Jack Antonoff (from Fun. fame) did produce this. As well as "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", "Into the Woods" and the entirety of Lorde's Melodrama album.

[@jimpemberton2246]

Todd, you prophet. You prophesied this moment! I re-watched your review of "We are never ever getting back together." At the 4:27 mark of that review, you foretold her future and it looked exactly like this video! Hats off to you, Nostodddamus. Well done.

[@RectPropagation]

Holy crap, you're right! channelawesome.com/we-are-never-ever-getting-back-together-a-pop-song-review/

[@Gingerm0nster]

I think your comment inspired him. Check the Worst of 2017 list

[@Link24a]

I think the song is fine except for: -garbage non-chorus -that God damn siren halfway through -"hehe old Taylor is DEAD I'm edgy love me now"

[@eugenideddis]

Yeah, I enjoy the verses

[@mr.myoozik7096]

Swankeaboo Don't forget the music video is awesome too

[@ayiniseasilyamused9215]

True. It's fine if you don't focus too hard on the song and totally ignored that poor excuse for a chorus

[@mr.myoozik7096]

Ayin Muhsinah The verses are alright, but I do agree that the chorus is awful.

[@mikerivera373]

She has a list that she checks twice. Ladies and Gentlemen, Taylor Swift is taking inspiration from Santa Claus

[@louschwick7301]

the recent revelation of the entirety of the taylor/kanye conversation kiiiinda vindicated taylor (kim only released a heavily cut snippet) kanye may have offered to have her listen to the entire song, but that seemed to be more to inform her of what he was gonna do anyway, whether or not she approved. she noted that she would rather not be called bitch in the song, he called her that anyway and he didnt even mention that creepy naked statue the really striking thing about the video is just how ... coldly, professionally the two were when discussing it. taylor seemed kinda uncomfortable, naturally, but they both seemed shockingly self-aware about how what they do affects their image. i mean, theyre obviously not self-aware enough to avoid constantly embarrassing themselves, but still, weird to see. interestingly, taylor was afraid that there would be backlash against her from the feminists if she just let kanye do his thing instead of speaking out against it, which explains how she acted later on end of the day, taylor comes off the wronged party. apart from the bitch line she explicitly didnt want still being in there, if some guy i was only vaguely acquainted with was making a naked statue of me, i think i'd be perfectly justified in feeling offended

[@stephaniel2850]

Honestly, as someone who's only much more recently taken a proper deep dive into Taylor's music, one thing I've noticed is that each of her albums is mostly really really good, and then she'll have a couple songs that range from fine/enjoyable but pretty standard pop fluff to flat out not good, and somehow those end up being the ones that become the big singles haha. This wasn't so much the case earlier on, but like.. from 1989, Reputation, and Lover, pretty much the only huge singles I feel like are a proper reflection of how talented Taylor is are Blank Space and Style. And now actually listening to the rest of those albums, it's crazy because overall they're all pretty great! Admittedly Reputation does have more songs that just aren't as much my personal taste, but I Did Something Bad is very similar to Look What You Made Me Do but it is a MUCH better song. It's just such whiplash for me hearing songs like Look What You Made Me Do, Me!, You Need to Calm Down and so on which are so lacking in substance, and know they're from the same person who wrote such genuinely fantastic, lyrically thoughtful songs like Delicate, Call It What You Want, New Years Day, Lover, The Archer, Cornelia Street, and literally the entire Folklore and Evermore albums! I'm super happy that she did Folklore and Evermore and her talent is finally being properly recognized, but it just frustrates me how she's been steadily growing as a singer/songwriter and making such good music for *years* , but the great stuff is overshadowed by the few weak songs on the albums that become the biggest hits. I get that singles have to be more flashy, but it's not like she's not capable of writing extremely good flashy songs! So I don't really get why a song like Look What You Made Me Do had to exist haha. But either way, she's genuinely ridiculously talented and I'm glad more people (including myself) are finally getting to fully see that after the albums from last year

[@humanconvertile]

That opening bit was great! "This can't wait..." Love the delivery. Before even clicking on the video, just the title "Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift," I just knew the song was going to be like this. I even made the call that Taylor was talking about the media. Not as much murder as I expected, but you know, can't win 'em all.

[@aleksasavic219]

Do you do cocaine?

[@humanconvertile]

Deaf Guardian -- That's not all... I also huff p-p-paint, c-c-c-crystal meth, h-heroine, pain pills, oxyc-c-c-cotin! I do it all!!

[@Musicradio77Network]

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[@Lime30373]

I'm surprised you skipped over the "Here Lies Taylor Swift's Reputation" tombstone. That's one of the most melodramatic things I've ever seen. Her reputation may have been damaged a little bit, but not enough that she was suddenly outcast by fans or the pop world.

[@TiaLuxanna]

I think it's intentional, but it doesn't make it better. She looks like when your uncle are trying to tell a better story than you but you are aware that his life isn't great. Very petty.

[@Lime30373]

It just reminds me of a moment from Spongebob. "Here Lies Squidward's Hopes and Dreams. ...What a baby."

[@friendlyneighbourhooddegen4739]

HW W I rolled my eyes at that. If Taylor thinks her reputation has been THAT damaged, then perhaps she should look at what happened to Britney Spears in 2007.

[@RyanStorey1231]

+Little House On The Stinkfish - Yeah, I hope for her own sake that she never has to endure what Britney Spears did in 2007. I feel like Taylor's going down this route because she's run out of material. She hasn't really been involved in that many breakups lately, and even so that topic is already played out and a complete meme for her at this point. So she has no idea how to mature artistically, and now spends her time doing... whatever this is. This is exactly what happened to Avril Lavigne, and we kicked her out of relevance for "Hello Kitty". Yet because Taylor Swift has the clout and brand that no other pop star has, she can actually get away with this. She can do anything she wants with no consequences and she knows it.

[@friendlyneighbourhooddegen4739]

RyanX1231 Yeah, I wouldn't wish the horror Britney dealt with on anyone, but Taylor is so bloody immature to think she's been torn down a peg. She is WAY too thin skinned. I'll say this about Avril, she may have become obnoxious but at least it seems like she's self aware and doesn't take herself too seriously. Taylor on the other hand, seems like she thinks her shit smells sweeter than most and that she's untouchable. Like girl, you got a long fucking way to go until you're untouchable on Madonna or Prince's level.

[@Davethe3rd]

Taylor Swift's relationship can best be explained with a quote from the knockoff movie "Lion and the King" (thanks, Phelous): "Let's be friends!" "No, I think we should be enemies..."

[@windmoonsoon4472]

The piano sounds so much better than the actual song

[@Musicradio77Network]

Wait until "Kidz Bop 37" comes out and they will sing their version.

[@twiggymorris406]

Nice nod to 'Chicago' there. Though, I'd say Taylor's more a Roxy Hart than a Velma Kelly...but she definitely can't do it alone, I'll give you that.

[@tsunderefandomer3425]

I'm sorry but the old Todd can't come to the phone. Why? Leave your answers below and we'll read it the next episode YIAY.

[@nothingtoseehere3363]

because his getting head

[@TheSkully343]

Because he's finally stepped out of the shadows.

[@StardustLegend]

Nice jacksfilms reference

[@happymilk7433]

Because he has ears

[@hidbid1]

Jack...

[@captaingymshorts]

I'm convinced this video in particular inspired the song Antihero

[@Saintnick90]

This album was like a Trainwreckord that didn't kill her career.

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

even as a swiftie myself, i really didn't like reputation and many pop fans and swifties crucified me for my ''unpopular opinion" and labelled me as ''tasteless".

[@mollypocrass4562]

@@Johnny-ux7yi I also didn’t really like rep, except don’t blame me and delicate.

[@Tsukiakari-qb3tk]

@@Johnny-ux7yi i didn't like reputation on first listen but after about 5 replays, i do like some of the songs like Delicate, Dress, and This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things I still hate LWYMMD

[@lesonarong54]

@@Tsukiakari-qb3tk rep is a masterpiece lol. Its my fav album

[@Tsukiakari-qb3tk]

@@lesonarong54 i never said it wasn't good, i enjoy Rep, it's just not my favorite

[@notanurag6176]

Before I watch this: Todd, please tear this song a new asshole

[@crazyluigi6664]

And he did...

[@guillermodebaskerville7117]

H e was kinder than Buckley. However, anyone is kinder than Buckley

[@sublimed5155]

Guillermo de Baskerville Pouring acid onto a guys Testicles is kinder than that guy

[@whitneymouse]

GD Knightmare yes!! I've been waiting for this! I can't wait for the worst songs of the year this year. It best be #1. I can't imagine something worse coming out...

[@kinght676]

Guillermo de Baskerville who is buckley?

[@TheNukaColaMan10]

This song is terrible, like it actually hurts to listen too...especially that phone call bit, that just...

[@noaccount4]

2edgy4u I feel like this is Taylor Swift's version of a Jeb Bush 'please clap' moment, where someone needlessly discards their dignity

[@cyclone313]

The Nuka-Cola Man I never heard it before now, because I was waiting for the TITS review. I physically cringed.

[@machinfacultatif9012]

The Nuka-Cola Man The phone call is, indeed, cringy.

[@josh44026]

The Nuka-Cola Man especially the chorus.

[@Karmy.]

Yeah I'll be listening to Pearl Jam's Vs. album trying to forget about this trash

[@duckie7576]

Holy shit Kesha is back and her music is some straight up inspirational shit oh my god

[@Rogun987]

She doesn't sing. She talks. She talks all her lyrics.

[@ecliptik8020]

Rogun987 like raping but bad

[@etkreviews7935]

Kyaan rapping you mean lol

[@ecliptik8020]

ETK Reviews no

[@emanatingf]

@@ecliptik8020 *Exactly :)*

[@tymaa9349]

At least they’re good lyrics that won her BMI award

[@LordNifty]

"This can't wait." This is what I thought when I saw this review had been uploaded.

[@havenmashups5081]

Brb, gonna make that dirty bit and look what you made me do mashup now....

[@MissChase86]

Checking in to see if completed

[@Cdr2002]

The piano cover at the beginning is so much better than the actual song that it’s insane

[@BG12sofia]

I like to call this Taylor's villain meltdown phase. It was wild. I'm glad it didn't last, though, and she went on to make folklore.

[@leikfroakies]

Funny thing is, she does a better job of narritivising this meltdown on folkmore. Mad woman manages to convincingly blame the people around her (Scooter and Kimye) whilst also being a great feminist anthem. The Lakes explores the effect the whole thing had on her whilst simultaneously falling in love. Long story short is her happy ending where she learns to let go and evermore is used as an inspiring message about how depression doesn't last

[@dirk2387]

The outro reminded me that I should be listening to Joan Jett rather than Taylor. Thanks, Todd.

[@NJGuy1973]

Taylor doesn't give a damn about anything except her reputation.

[@Celio19891]

You needed reminding of this?

[@proffy8778]

5:35 actually... comparing the songs. I like "My Humps" way more

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

pwrsurg35 At least it‘s *self-aware* in its stupidity

[@JackedThor-so]

My humps is laughably bad whereas look what you made me do is only funny with the music video where you can see traylor being a complete poser. The so g by itself is migraine inducing.

[@TheGustavitou]

3 years later, she kinda turned this around: Kathy is flopping harder with every song she releases, Kanye is on the verge of going totally nuts (last news, he started his presidential campaing that turned out to be a fiasco)...and Taylor "progressed" to a new persona: the folk songwriter in Folklore, which is debuting at #1 in Billboard 200 with more than 800K sold!

[@nv52895]

not to mention, katy's recent album also flopped critically and commercially and kanye west is having this bad habit of first teasing an album then never releasing it

[@mags3872]

Idk, Kanye has way more star power than she does right now. The presidential campaign was the exact right next step for him in that it kept him relevant and interesting. Being on the verge of going totally nuts is, as it so happens, way more interesting than just releasing an unsurprising album.

[@lotsofuwuenergy3983]

@@mags3872 Really? I kinda sense the opposite vibe whenever I see people's reactions if Kanye's ever mentioned: "Ugh [eyeroll]" or "...oh haha that guy" and everyone goes right back to whatever they were doing. Whereas whenever Taylor Swift is mentioned I hear pretty decent praise for Folklore ("Dude you need to listen to it!"). The unhinged celebrity thing works as a concept, but in execution Kanye just became extremely boring for people.

[@aditya_raina_]

@@mags3872 Lol , no one cared about Kanye as a serious presidential candidate just a joke and even less about his music actually more about his "divorce" with Kim and "dating" Jeffre Star

[@aditya_raina_]

@@lotsofuwuenergy3983 Exactly, I completely agree .

[@unknownsubject6834]

I watched this video today and ironically #TaylorToldTheTruth started trending soon after, when a longer version of the video came out that indicated Kanye didn't really tell her the full lyrics. Anyway, a bit of a post script trivia.

[@atzesijtsma7824]

Still can't believe she won album of the year over To Pimp A Butterfly

[@ponygon777]

One of the many reasons why the Grammys are a joke these days. A sellout record winning album of the year.

[@Nigerian_Papi]

I can believe it

[@FKA91]

This was so underserved. TPAB was a masterpiece about mental illness and discrimination and it lost to the album that had songs like "haters gonna hate hate hate, i'm just gonna shake shake shake!" and "now we got baaaaaad blood! We got a proooooblem! Cause baby now got baaaad blood!" The Grammys are a joke.

[@bizarrenrugged3370]

+Diana Simmons never say that again.

[@bizarrenrugged3370]

Whaaàaaaaat! oh hellll naw!

[@justthecoolestdudeyo9446]

I wish Taylor stopped acting so pissy at being "revealed" as a "bad girl". Like, I'd enjoy a "Sike! I a big ol' bad guy out for blood" if that was actually what it was. She doesn't actually do anything all that impressively bad in the song, just says that she's different now, and is really not pleased about it either. Which just makes it obnoxious, like "how'd you take 'playing the villain' and manage to still play the victim in the lamest way". I've never seen someone botch "self-awareness" quite this bad

[@zeta970]

"Quotation" "marks"

[@lalolindu]

i wonder, have your opinion in the song changed when it was proofed she was saying the truth all along?

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

@@lalolindu she was certainly saying the truth but i still think the song is problematic. i get why some people think the song is ''satirical" but that argument doesn't hold much of merit because of the lack of said ''satirical" lyrics and the tone is SO EDGY, serious and in your face that it cancels it out. and to the average music listener, the whole chorus and attitude literally screams "I AM INSANE! IT'S YOUR FAULT!" which is remarkably immature for a supposed 27 year old (at the time in 2017) Taylor Swift. ironically, many swifties found the ''edgy" persona to be ''badass" but i don't think they know what ''badass'' even means. They probably haven't listened to stuff like Paramore, Dead Sara and Wolf Alice. Being a ''badass" is not wearing edgy clothers and blaming your mistakes on other people (that's what the LWYMMD chorus reads like imo).

[@marcomarquez1524]

@@lalolindu Did you see Miss Americana? " when a person has decided to hate you there's nothing you can do or say to change their minds " She was right

[@someoneyouprobablyknowandl9964]

@@Johnny-ux7yi I'd say LWYMMD isn't the best song on Reputation (and the reputation of Reputation definitely suffers because of that), but it *is* very iconic. That being said, my opinion on the song did change after the truth came out. Before, I still found Taylor decent and thought she just made a mistake. Maybe there was some misunderstanding. Finding out that there was none and she was saying the truth the entire time, has definitely made me view her in a more positive light.

[@puffedrice4624]

"Im SoRrY tHe OlD tAyLoR cAnT cOmE tO tHe PhOnE RiGhT nOw"

[@normalpigeons5190]

If she did, then it would just be time travel

[@user-fl3xe3ot6e]

I like how Todd explains the lore of the song and always in the context of music creation. He tells the important points and I learn about a music contemporary history in less of 2 minutes. It reminds me about a good music teacher a had in school who told us this little facts about the art that I still love. Thanks for your hard work.

[@stephaniewozny3852]

Taylor, I didn't make you do anything. Take some goddamn responsibility.

[@ayiniseasilyamused9215]

If only someone actually said that to her. I spent the first half hour after listening to the song feeling like someone just pointed a finger at me aggressively and I don't actually have a clue on what I did.

[@robinchesterfield42]

And what Todd said about the title, that that's what _abusers_ typically say? Yeaaah...that had occurred to me earlier too. "Look what you made me do, baby!" (turns wife's bruised face towards his eyes) "YOU did this!" Uh-huh. Also you can't be the victim AND the villian at the same time, so...

[@IAmHermaeusMora]

I'm sorry, but the old Taylor can't read your comment right now. Why? Oh, because she's pretentious.

[@Starlight-Tale]

Stephanie Wozny Yeah, that's actually my main issue with the song. I don't really have any issues with the themes of the song. Girl turns bad and wants revenge for being hurt, ok. But knowing the context and the way she intends it feels like a major overreaction and complete lack of accountability.

[@miastevans7392]

You guys don't get the point of the song do you? She is playing the part the media portrays her as. She is very aware people say she plays the victim, so she made a song completely doing that. Look what you made me do isn't avoiding responsibility, it's saying this is the person you created, and now I'm going to become that. The song is complete satire.

[@Remerdre]

Oh dear God thank you for this. I have co-workers who lost their damn minds over this song and say it's the most empowered she's ever sounded. I've almost ground my teeth to powder.

[@armadilloalien854]

You need new co-workers

[@lconrad9520]

You did a thing, a real bad thing - I'm not going to explain, but trust me it was bad. Lmao that was actually pretty good. Better than Taylor!

[@jeanaquin]

God, her new music is so much better. Reputation was such a low for her.

[@thecinematicmind]

In fact I go on to say that Lover is actually her best effort

[@GayRiku]

As soon as this song came out I was so excited for Todd to make a video on this. So thank you!!!!

[@thefairybug40]

Didn't anybody learn from How I Met Your Mother that pulling a Robin Daggers doesn't work?

[@cashnelson2306]

That butters joke was funnier than anything South Park has said in fifteen years

[@DinosaurFan88]

The old Taylor's dead, my friend, you can call me... Joker. And as you can see, I'm a lot happier.

[@LyonEnigma]

It's like Bad Blood! ONLY WORSE!

[@Musicradio77Network]

"Bad Blood" was a great song by Neil Sedaka back in 1975, and it was his follow-up to "Laughter in the Rain". It features backup vocals by Elton John.

[@meleter8107]

@@Musicradio77Network I think this is referring to the one be Bastille?

[@LordNifty]

8:09 YES! I don't know why I this hasn't been mentioned more in reviews of this song.

[@helenanilsson5666]

I think I would have liked the song a lot more if 1. The whole (fabricated??) real life drama had been cut out and replaced with 2. an entirely fictive narrative as basis for the song, tying in to the "sexy back" by 3. focusing on the "evil is sexy" aesthetic Songs are like books, not every one needs to be a biography. I would have loved a song about (for example) a fictive female supervillain doing supervillain stuff. She'd get to do the dress up, be a bad girl for a while and we could all move on from the drama. It wouldn't even take that much tweaking on the lyrics and music video, just make it a little more coherent as a stand-alone piece, remove the most glaringly egocentric bits and cash in on the Marvel and DC fans who will happily add anything hero/villain themed to their playlists.

[@someoneyouprobablyknowandl9964]

The new Taylor says hi XD

[@rainespells1273]

@@someoneyouprobablyknowandl9964she aaw this comment

[@DeclanCorey]

The Butters bit was awesome

[@wanderinghuntress8645]

Declan Corey it was glorious

[@Morbos1000]

I love that you ended it with a Joan Jett song. Its not just the lyrics that are fitting but the fact that she is a legitimate bad girl/badass while Taylor is just pathetic.

[@CyberHangman]

It's a funny coincidence that I watched this video just after I binge-watched a bunch of old Pat the NES Punk episodes. This song is the main opening song for Pat's NES game episodes

[@AdrianVex]

For most of this I was sad. Then I heard Vincent Price and I was happy. Then I was sad again. I consider myself a T Swizzle fan. I don't know what this bullroar is. But it makes me sad. What the hell, Taylor. I'm gonna go listen to Thriller now.

[@HectorGonzalez0642]

AdrianVex I love Taylor too but she really let me down massively with this song. She's so much better than this!

[@pseudofox]

If you haven't actually watched his films go back and watch something such as the 1950s 'The Fly' movie, Vincent Price is/was such a treasure. The man.

[@abevamp]

As a Taylor Swift fan and a Look What You Made Me Do apologist, I already clicked on this review steeling myself for a lashing, but nothing could have prepared me for "this sounds like the Black Eyed Peas". Woof.

[@emilylewis1295]

Your piano intros are giving me LIFE

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Todd, I've been sick as a dog the last 4 days. Fever, chills, cough, sore throat, and MASSIVE amounts of kidney pain and very little sleep. It's sucked. Seeing a new Todd In The Shadows (the anagram of which I just realized is T.I.T.S.) really made my day. My girlfriend is in a traveling nursing program and we've been traveling cross country all year so I'm always desperate for great content to watch when I'm bored or in the car. Todd in the shadows, Baywatching from Allison Pregler aka Obscurus Lupa (or really everything she does), rap critic, nostalgia critic, RLM, or anything and everything Lindsay Ellis does always makes me happy when I see it in my queue. Please keep it up!

[@nifralo2752]

Stefan Filipovits sick as a dog? not heard that one before.

[@ailish2284]

Todd plays the song on piano: oh that sounds nice maybe this song isn't that bad Taylor starts singing: 😨😨😨😨🤢🤢🤢

[@TheSteve5154]

I went to the comment section of the music video, and it's just a cesspool. They're all middle school girls thinking they're better then the people who dislike Taylor. One of the comments was a girl saying she bets all the boys in her school hate the song.

[@louschwick7301]

are u surprised? the vevo comments sections are always full of awful braindead normies

[@kodyeldridge5847]

so naturally you went to the comments section of a review video of that same song to gossip about those gossipy teenage girls proving yourself to be no better than said gossipy teenager girls =D

[@TheSteve5154]

@@kodyeldridge5847 I went to the comment section because I wanted to see if this was a well liked song. When I read the comments, all I saw was a circle jerk of people calling this song a masterpiece. It obviously isn't, so I posted a comment on Todd's video. Then a dipshit named Kody came along and decided that me saying the songs comment section was full of shit made me a gossipy 13 year old girl. Sure.

[@Rebecca-gl8zi]

She just can’t shake it off anymore so now she’s blaming everybody for her current state.

[@duke86fan]

the todd alarm happens whenever a big popular song comes out... or when so many dog moments happen

[@Xarfax321]

WAIT... *goes off to grab a beer and some potato chips, shuts off my phone and close the door and finally takes my time getting comfy in my chair* Okay, Todd: You may begin!

[@witnessme4352]

This sounds like when Robin Sparkles became Robin Daggers, except that "PS I Love You" was actually a good song.

[@Mysterytour7]

You're bang on, there.

[@shai2121]

finding out kimye were definitely the assholes in that situation (shocker 🙄) still didnt really do anything to make me like this song more... i feel like i more or less get what taylor was going for and it's cool that she takes big swings and follows her muse but this one still just sounds so bad lol

[@Euphemia25]

My favorite take on this song was that if you add "Michael" after any line, it could be a Lucille Bluth quote.

[@Koolkats1234567890]

Euphemia25 best comment

[@sarahjane6156]

Euphemia25 this comment has changed my life

[@runtly5842]

I don't like your tilted stage Michael.

[@c41alek78]

That South Park scene 9:10 😁

[@dillwad88]

C41 Alek the old butters cant come to the phone right now, why? Because professor chaos killed him!

[@brandonporter8509]

How is it that it’s been three years and there still isn’t a butters amv to this song

[@Gingerm0nster]

4:03 this has aged poorly