Dad Reacts to Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) (Part 2)

[@lexxy1011]

Forever Winter is a song she wrote for her friend Jeff Lange who left the world because of suicide. It’s about depression and being able to notice when someone is struggling mentally.

[@wehaveadarkside]

yeah it shouldn't be left in the vault at all its an important song

[@kalen1702]

Got me through some tough times last year

[@BebsTaem]

I didn’t get Forever Winter at first listen because i was so overwhelmed by its production but when I had the chance to sit down and really listen to it, i fathomed it and realized it was one of the most special songs she’s ever written.

[@thesugars1351]

Literally one of my favorites of hers, their opinion offended me almost personally...

[@edpotter1170]

@@wehaveadarkside it might've been difficult to release the song when the family and friends are still mourning. I'm glad it's finally out though.

[@flos567]

It's sad that you didn't like Forever Winter. It's about her friend who passed away 🥺💔

[@yellowgina23]

I love you guys both so much ❤️ So cute dancing to Message in the Bottle. Red is my fave album because it's a breakup album and I was also going through a breakup at the time. It hits different. I hope you also dive in to Lana Del Rey's music. Born To Die came out the same year as Red ♥️ Congrats to your sister ❤️❤️❤️ Best wishes, Megan

[@meagmull]

Thank you so much! Sending you hand hearts!💗

[@kierstenjordan]

“Did you listen to anything I said for the last five minutes?” 😂😂 Ive said that to my dad so many times 🤣

[@UltimaFantasy]

Your dad mentioned that he would want to hear Taylor sing a song where she was the one the one that ruined a relationship, but if he remembers, you guys did react to Back to December 😭

[@lilythefujoshi7637]

midnight rain is another one

[@heyy.im_mithi]

also champane problems & afterglow

[@camilabruno4423]

also getaway car, in which she admits she was the problem

[@AhmadAli-ix5mp]

I mean nearly half of fearless is her admitting it

[@mars_mayday]

I think there's this popular misconception that Taylor either hates men or serial dates guys who treat her poorly. In reality, nearly every album she has is about *one* love interest each. Not every song is about a different guy. I guess you can see it as the album itself will be mourning/celebrating the relationship, and can be used as a tool to navigate and make sense of what happened. Some songs are fictitious (Stay, Stay, Stay), some songs are about the things her friends went through (Happiness), some are historical (Starlight), etc.

[@emylou815]

There are also a few albums that are nearly all sweet love songs from her 7 year relationship.

[@mountainrock7682]

Plus, not everything is about her own experiences. She also writes about the romantic relationships of her friends, people she know, people that she don't know but feel connected with such as those in books and movies.

[@elizabethjulia20]

THIS. Each album is the story of a period in her life, usually one relationship and maybe the ending of the one before or beginning again with another. It's a reflection and snapshot of her life in that era and each song is a chapter (I think 1989 actually shows this the best, red is a close second though).

[@mischuv]

WOAHHH i always thought happiness is about scott and her kinda forgiving him and accepting everything..

[@LeahJo13]

Taylor wrote Forever Winter for one of her best friends that committed suicide. Maybe you'll appreciate it more if you look at it in that angle.

[@Starbuck-dr7yl]

Better Man she wrote & gave to a band called Little Big Town, it won several awards. Babe she wrote & gave to a band Sugarland & was a huge hit. She stars in the music video & sang backing vocals. I get think about me. This song was nominated for a Grammy. Forever Winter is about mental illness after one of her best friends committed suicide. All Too Well 10 is considered one of the best songs ever written according to Billboard, Rolling Stone, and just about every critic on the planet. And it is considered her best song. It’s the longest Global #1 song in 50 yrs, dethroning American Pie. She performed it on SNL in 2021 when this album was released & it was named the best performance of the year and considered one of the best of all time.

[@DeadSezSo]

All too well 10 is a lyrical masterpiece, I genuinely think it's the greatest heartbreak song in history.

[@emmarose6590]

Red is a heartbreak album. It’s about a girl in her early 20s getting her heart shattered really for the first time deeply

[@luckywolf123]

That's why the album name is Red, it means a Red flag

[@emmarose6590]

@@luckywolf123 no it’s about the color red and the feeling of passion while falling for someone and then getting heartbroken.

[@mbb131]

26:35 I think hurtful moments and painful relationships are more formative and impactful than easy, fun ones. I think Taylor, along with many other artists, use their art as coping mechanism and to process, you don’t typically have to cope or process positive experiences. But ultimately, Red is a breakup album. And vault tracks are almost always sad, and they were left in the vault to not be redundant in an album full of sad songs.

[@yousra8728]

But she has written multiple love songs, and a couple of "apology" songs

[@im_azraelle]

yes Taylor Swift has had a lot of relationships, but so do a lot of young people. they just don't write and sing about it publicly. Red is mostly a sad breakup album mostly because she did go through a bad breakup while writing the album (same for the next album, 1989). most if not all of the breakup songs on this album are about the same guy, not multiple ones. and there *are* romantic or hopeful songs on the record like State of Grace, Stay Stay Stay, Treacherous, Begin Again, Run, Everything Has Changed, Message in a Bottle, or songs unrelated to relationships at all like The Lucky One, Nothing New, Ronan, and Forever Winter - which is about a friend who was suicidal, not a relationship. and as Taylor herself once said: "if guys don't want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things." is it possible for every guy she dates to be the problem? yeah but it's not likely, okay sure i'll give you guys that one. but Taylor also has songs and lyrics where she takes accountability in her relationships. Back To December from Speak Now was all about her swallowing her pride (literally in the lyrics) and admitting she's the one who messed the relationship up and she regretted it because he treated her so well. there's a song from her album Lover where she is outright admitting to something she did wrong and apologizing. she also got out of a 6 year relationship fairly recently. they were together from 2016-2022/2023. because of that relationship, she had very very few breakup songs on some of her more recent albums (Reputation and Lover) and more love songs. she writes purely from her own experiences (sometimes the experiences of those around her) and if heartbreak is what she's feeling then why not let her channel that? with that said, you guys seem to not be crazy about really poppy songs, so Reputation and Lover may not be totally up your alley. but if you're wanting love songs then surely you'll appreciate the topics and lyrics. :)

[@Krie1ok1o]

Much more nicely said that what my fingers were ready to type. Thank you very much for this thoughtful response

[@mariana.oliveirablanco]

👏🏻👏🏻

[@elizabethjulia20]

all of this.

[@MakaylaXBailey]

If I could pin this I would!!!

[@LeahJo13]

Your interpretation of All Too Well 10 min version is one I've never heard. I recommend you watch the short film to see what the song is really about. ❤

[@lauraguerrero1324]

As Taylor said “"if guys don't want me to write bad songs about them then they shouldn't do bad things" 😊

[@jenniferpetersen536]

Dad’s spiel right before Nothing New….bit ironic, talking about how she only writes about bad men….and then bam! This was her fear all along. Losing her novelty. Being shot down! No-one complains when male songwriters constantly write about their own heartbreaks. I think it might have been lost on you because you aren’t female. There is so much meaning to us girlies. But I guess that’s not your perspective. Fair enough.

[@Morgan_Stewart]

A very Boomer Dad moment of him

[@claudiavictoriapareja5913]

she ate him up with that one for real

[@folklore9062]

The nothing new disrespect is killing me lol It's really brutal and honest And so beautiful

[@elizabethjulia20]

It's on my anxiety playlist and is genuinely difficult to listen to for me but I've NEVER heard anyone think it's lacking in meaning. My jaw dropped, if anything it feels overemotional and she didn't include it because the world wouldn't have been ready to hear young beautiful privileged taylor sing about crying in her room feeling like she's "nothing new". Hurt my soul a little even though I like hearing their different opinions.😪

[@MsJassi13]

I was thinking that maybe it’s more of a female experience we all go through 😂 How long will it be cute all this crying in my room when you can’t blame it on my youth and roll your eyes with affection. So relatable as a teenage girl in her mid twenties

[@danie11eleeanne]

nothing new is for women, so it makes sense that they’re not able to appreciate it fully…still hurts though lol

[@folklore9062]

@@danie11eleeanne I'm not either but I feel what she wanted to convey so it's not necessarily about gender all the time Just my opinion

[@danie11eleeanne]

@@folklore9062nope, it’s not about gender all the time. but nothing new is for women, lol…you don’t have to be a woman in order to appreciate it, but the song was written for women. and…that’s okay.

[@paolamendez5922]

Red is THE break up album haha also the reason why some of vault songs were left out was because there were too many break up song, so it makes sense we end up with a lot of them in Taylors version. But if you want happy Taylor I recomend Lover. Love your reactions

[@kjla93]

Remember she wrote this based on what she was going through at that time. A lot of songs are about the same relationship so it’s not about all men being bad. Just the one. Reputation and lover have so many songs about her falling in love and being in a long term relationship. You’ll get your redemption when you get there

[@courtneylopez4603]

y’all heard Back to December, that was her owning up and apologizing!

[@HS-so1yo]

Taylor has written many albums appreciating and loving joe, she has a lot of love songs Just saw the end of the video and you might do 1989 next which i LOVE. However my suggestion would REPUTATION. You will get to see a lot of male appreciation lol and her fierce side.

[@sailorgallifrey1365]

Yeah 1989 TV has one real love song (You Are In Love), maybe 3 if you count I Know Places and Slut

[@stephane1623]

A lot of male redemption when you guys react to “Lover”. I cannot wait for you guys to react to this album.

[@AllTheArtsy]

nah that one is her worst album tho 🙈🙈🙈

[@HS-so1yo]

@@AllTheArtsyeven if it is her “worst” album in your opinion, it still is a great album. I love would to see their reaction to it.

[@tothelakes]

@@AllTheArtsy for u I love that album

[@stephane1623]

@@AllTheArtsy that's your opinion because the commercial success and cruel summer going #1 from 5 years are laughing at you.

[@wehaveadarkside]

lover qnd rep

[@putyouon]

All Too Well Short Film reaction is up on Patreon 🫶🏻 www.patreon.com/PutYouOn? (Also Forever Winter is much more impactful with the backstory, definitely one of my favorites now with the meaning behind it. Beautiful track, ik it’s probably annoying to see us misinterpret it but yeah it’s great 🫶🏻)

[@blib4328]

Petition for your dad to listen to lover (literally an album about how happy she is in her comitted relationship at the time) or even reputation (the start of that relationship). There are some beautiful love songs she wrote for Joe whilst they were happy 😌 Edit: I'm now at the part where your dad talks about nothing new and i repeat my plea for lover. In 'the man' she explores her struggle as a woman/ vs how a man in her position would be treated a bit more in a fun and tongue in cheek kinda way. Noo, forever winter is so deeply sad. I don't think they caught the meaning? 😢😮😮

[@KarolinaK00]

Tbh I didn't catch the meaning of forever winter until the fandom told me

[@TheUpikz]

This did not age well 😂

[@anki5156]

Run with Ed Sheeran is so beautiful. I think their voices fit so good. You missinterpret All too well 10 Minute version. There wasn't a car accident, she wasn't dead ir a spirit. The lifeless body described her in the toxic/one-sided relationship.its about her relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal.maybe you understand the song better once you've seen the short film for it. Also The moment I knew is connected to this song as in All Too well 10m she sings about how her dad told it its supposed to be fun, turning 21. The moment I knew is about that 21 birthday party if hers where she was sad as Jake Gyllenhaal as her boyfriend then promised/said he would be there and he didn't show like in the song.

[@nubiaferr]

Hahaha this isn't about multiple heartbreaks, it's about just one particular guy! The redemption will come! Love your reactions!

[@sajini7925]

yes! Jake Gyllenhall is the only target in red

[@novembermedusa]

you cannot know that

[@ayseturkoglu1061]

You guys call everything you don’t understand one dimensional, you should try to understand the songs better, maybe read the things genius has to say on their website because they explain the meanings behind the lyrics that a regular person may not catch on their first listen. It would be a lot more fun to watch if you were a little bit better informed. Just a little constructive criticism…

[@ametistazz]

Red is definitely not the album if you want male praising, lover is tho 😅

[@JeanettePagulayan]

Hope you're ready for Ronan TV.

[@jessicaarend]

No one is ever ready for Ronan. 😢

[@celestegambardella3285]

Oh guys, i'm really disapointed that you didnt get Forever Winter. You just talk about the length, but not about what the song means and expresses. This is exactly what you were asking for: a song that's not about a breakup, but about being there for your friends and family when they are really down and won't say a word. Her friend commited suicide, and she wrote this song for him. It's really sad, and most people dont get it the first time. Maybe you should listen to it again.

[@raellepickton6844]

54:00 - I think what Taylor is referring to when she says "you held my lifeless frame" is when you've been in a relationship that has beaten you down and exhausted you emotionally, that you end up just numb. So she's saying when they tried again for a second time, they tried to 'revive' what had 'died' between them, but she just had nothing left of her to feel or give anymore. Then you add in the element of "shame" she mentions. And you realise the complexity of feelings she is talking about when you go back to someone you know you shouldn't go back to. And how consequently it just isn't the same as it was before - although you desperately long for it to be. Anyway, I love your reflections and analyses of the songs. Your perspectives are always respectful and considered. I look forward to the 1989 video !!

[@StephanTangy]

“did you listen to anything i just said the past 5 minutes” 😭😭. God bless dad’s heart, he’s trying !!!

[@AntiHeroApollo]

Forever Winter being one of Taylor’s best songs in her discography and they say “keep in the vault.” 💀😭

[@margotkkka]

i think you and your dad would really like safe and sound by her. it was between red and 1989 era

[@sarabitterman7781]

I think Nothing New's message continues in the second verse as well, because she's talking about how she has to fake smiles. It also talks about how some younger girl will eventually replace her, and if she's just biding time until that happens. It's notoriously difficult for women to have longevity in the entertainment industry and have the same level of fame as when they were young. I think that song is about how she feels about that eventuality. Which is in and of itself a double standard. We don't look at men in the industry and say they are too old for roles or cast younger men as love interests. But we do that for women. She's commenting about how she feels her career has a shelf life.

[@micaelabarberen7084]

She's not talking about that many men, is just Jake here. In speak now is John. The rest of them didn't hurt her the same way this two did (gaslighting, manipulating, etc). Also, she was 20/21 when she was with Jake and he really fucked her up. The "lifeless frame" line is about them getting back together after he left her, and her realizing that she wasn't there anymore (in the relationship), that's why she's embarrased (all i felt was shame). Is a methaphor that starts with the realationship being dead and him digging it up (check the pulse and come back swearing it's the same after three months in the grave). The song is about the good parts of the realationship, but also the gaslighting that he put her through (i like to be myself again but I just can't find it), she doesn't know if things are real orin her head (I'm in a new hell everytime you DOBLE-CROSS my mind). This is why she keeps reapeting "I was there, I remember it all too well"

[@yara5502]

This is a break up album. Taylor´s first 2 relationships were with a predator and a narcissist, so not a great start for a young girl at the time, also being hunted and ridiculed by the media, that false media narrative that still today linger in people that don´t listen to her music or understand her lyrics. She has however not dated a lot compared to other 33 year olds. And people mistake the meanings of so many songs that are not about a romantic relationship. Every album of the early ones tell the whole story of her different feelings about a specific relationship or events at that time. I am suprised you missed the point of Forever winter.

[@mattsaracen7]

I would suggest listening to Nothing New a few more times. I think women get it on the first listen but you may need to really digest it and break down the lyrics

[@xoAnnieBee]

When Mike said that Girl at Home sounds less pop-y because of the production, I felt that. Girl at Home is actually one of those tracks that became a fan favorite in Taylor’s Version because of the improvement in production. The original was very pop-y and in this version it’s so much more laid back.

[@taylorchameleon]

wait lol i'm sooo confused bc girl at home (taylor's version) has waaaaay more production on it/effects on her voice than the original, which is literally just guitar, bass, drums & no vocal effects? to me, the original is the laid back one & taylor's version is super pop-y & overproduced. me personally, i cannot get down with taylor's version cause it's too much happening & too different! obviously just my opinion but i'm just confused how people say taylor's version is more laid back 😆 am i going crazy?!

[@kpoverloaddd]

wait huh? the new version was way more poppy than the original

[@ark2550]

Lol she improved the production for the new girl at home, or are you just mistaken

[@schuyler6476]

The forever winter slander........

[@emmaliamoorhouse2704]

Nothing New is about the experience of being a woman in the public eye (and specifically the music industry) and is about how women have to constantly reinvent themselves or be left behind. She's singing from the perspective of being worried that she's not young or shiny enough anymore and that she's going to be forgotten for the next new girl who comes along. This is where Pheobe comes in as that younger girl (who she's singing to and giving advice) who she thinks is going to be replacing her. She's going to be happy for her but is mourning and knows the cycle will inevitably repeat itself again when the next person comes along.** She's expressing the fear of her success having an expiry date the more people become bored of her and how she can feel her time in the prime of her career running out. "Lord, what will become of me Once I've lost my novelty?" "It's like I can feel time moving" "And will you still want me when I'm nothing new?" "People love an ingénue" **"I know someday I'm gonna meet her, it's a fever dream The kind of radiance you only have at 17 She'll know the way, and then she'll say she got the map from me I'll say I'm happy for her, then I'll cry myself to sleep"

[@tommijy]

love you guys - but i think your videos and reactions would be really elevated by having brief contexts for each song before you listen! it’s really great to formulate your own ideas and opinions of her songs, but there are so many things that you both missed because it is buried in the knowledge of the swiftie fandom. we are the best fans and we would be so happy to help you! for example, i think your reaction to forever winter would of been SO enhanced by reading a few sentences on the song before listening.

[@jessicaarend]

I loved the dancing to Message in a Bottle!! 😂🎉 It's one of my all-time favorite Taylor songs! Also, the popcorn buckets are only for the movie! 🍿

[@Espi1502]

Congratulations to your sister/daughter wedding. I was very surprised that you guys liked Girt at Home. Its probably the track with most changes/variations in term of production and that stays away from the original version. Most of the fans don't like it but good for you guys. Personally, I love forever winter, it's my favorite from the vault. I understand why for some people is very simple but I just love visceral Taylor. The male redemption is in Reputation, Lover, Midnights and obviously the Iconic "Back To december" from Speak Now. I think Red was Taylor's biggest heartbreak and a crucial comming of age moment and that is reflected in the variaty of sound and experimetion in the songs. I'm kind of scared for the 1989 TV reaction (I'ts my favorite album from her) because its pure classic pop perfection, but I will be there to heard your thoughts about the songs.

[@mbb131]

39:55 the video for I Bet You Think About Me is SOOOP iconic

[@siessdanielle]

omg reading these comments I thought you guys were gonna be DICKS 😂 I should’ve known better 😂😂😂 I do agree that the redemption comes w/ rep & lover! (whether you guys will like those albums…. that’s another story - I personally do 😌 lover did take quite a few listens to warm up to ngl). hearing mike say he’d like to listen to her country stuff made me want a fearless tv reaction SO BAD. I LOVE that album. it is very teenage girl but if you can just sit in that and let it take you over, man you’ll be blown away by what she could do at 18. keep on keepin on you guys! I hope people don’t start making you feel like these reactions aren’t worth it if you don’t always have only praises - that is OKAY!! and the rest/most of us love these ❤

[@putyouon]

I appreciate that very much. We’re gonna keep on keeping on we love doing it 🫶🏻 thanks for your support

[@carinek8103]

Red tv is a breakup album and most of the songs are about the same guy ( Jake Gyllenhaal 😅)

[@Myles_v2]

dressed up for the occasion, W 🔥🔥🔥

[@markbarnwell942]

i love this album and really love the back half of tv so much. so well done always and so well performed.

[@alvaropca]

About the 10 minute version: She's not talking about a car accident. She says "you come back swearing it's the same after three months in the grave...", because they broke up and got back together a lot. Throughout the song you can see how they break up and then it goes back to "and there we go again..." because they get back together. "I forgot you long enough to forget why I needed to", because after a certain amount of time passes, you remember the good without the bad and that's dangerous if the person comes back and asks you to get back together because you might do it. That's why she says "you come back swearing it's the same", but they had been broken up for three months. And he NEVER said he loved her. He never said they were IN LOVE. "anytime now, he's gonna say it's love, you never called it what it was". If you listen to the song closely you can see how it's a full on "love story" or the story of a relationship. It's starts out good, but she doesn't really see how he's manipulating her in a way. He was 10+ years older than her and she was 20. And it's really interesting because throughout the song she says "I remember it all too well, I was there, I remember", because he used to gaslight her and make it seem like she was imagining things or making things bigger than they were. Oh, and the old red scarf she left... That's a metaphor for her virginity.

[@KB-xs8tq]

Yay!! I watched part one and was crushed when I realized I had to wait 5 days for part 2 😂

[@emmavink]

Oh man.... You guys REALLY dropped the ball on Forever Winter. It's probably one of my all time favourite TS songs. It's about depression, addiction and suicide and has some of the most heartbreaking lyrics. And the horns on this track are just breathtaking.

[@valeriemmilch]

Yeah, I wish they had read the context for it, just like with Ronan. Knowing also that she allegedly played it at her friend's funeral is... quite the emotional revelation, as well.

[@Hannahk00]

agreed! forever winter is beautiful and heartbreaking. made me so upset that they missed that

[@putyouon]

Yeah listening back with context changes the song a lot 👍🏼 I think it’s just a testament to her songwriting that it can come across as a breakup song on the surface even though it has much deeper meaning, love the horns as well 🫶🏻

[@emmavink]

@@christianseibold3369 absolutely. There is not one suggestion of romance in any of the lyrics.

[@tekken4granted913]

Who told these lads to wear suit and tie and vibe to Message In A Bottle? Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣 the awkward dance definitely something we didn't thought we need.

[@mm_A]

Ronan 😢

[@monicaherrera2224]

If you want more of Taylor talking about being madly in love with a guy you’ll have to react to reputation and lover!

[@mbb131]

Wow, you guys look so spiffy!!!

[@carolla_michelle]

Red is a thematic break up album. So each song relates to the idea of “mosaic broken hearts”. It’s looking at the prism of breakup and loss through one primary relationship. It’s fun to think about All to Well, The Moment I Knew, I Bet You Think About Me, 22, We are Never Getting Back Together having lyrical overlaps in storytelling the same relationship and the ever changing feelings she had during its breakdown.

[@hollyfreya4]

agreeee!! great comment :)

[@carolinev4305]

I love you guys! I look forward to your reactions so much!!! As a staunch Forever Winter defender, I have to throw it out there: it may be helpful to listen with its context in mind - a friend of hers who ended his life. ALSO - I LOVE Message In a Bottle. SO glad you enjoyed it!! Looking forward to your next TS reaction

[@Trishthedish89]

Why did I feel so upset with the forever winter slander?!

[@castlebyerslives7021]

i think it’s understandable since they don’t know the context of the song

[@dianneustace7011]

Me 😫

[@robbyten100]

Back to December is a song where she owns up to mistakes she made in a relationship

[@emmavink]

Red was specifically about her short relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal and the breakup was very traumatic for her. She does talk positively about men. Or did you miss those discussed in Begin Again, Stay Stay Stay, etc.

[@_khorshid]

I have a question for Michael: Are there any Taylor Swift tracks that now you have in your playlists and you're listening to them more after finding them in these reactions?

[@samantharodriguez4046]

Lover and reputation have some of her best love songs! You get the full Taylor in love and it’s beautiful!

[@megan5636]

Y’all went too deep in the ATW 10 min version 😂 the film will fit it all together for you better

[@emylou815]

You need to listen to lover and reputation for all the men redemption / love songs. It took her awhile to find a good guy haha, but thats just the female experience.

[@AllTheArtsy]

ATW10, for its sprawl and messiness and some cringe lyrics, really highlights the emotional labor of memory and remembering that (usually) women are forced to undertake in relationships (not just romantic). Taylor's assertion that she remembers, and her insistence that the guy also remembers, is her way of claiming her story. That she isn't making it up. That these moments and feelings were real, true and important and that's why she needs to capture them into song. Remembering and processing memories is pretty much the thesis of Taylor's entire songwriting journey.

[@anfilias]

Begin Again was nice about the guy. And the album is about 10 years older Jake Gyllenhaal which was an asshole to her sooooooi

[@fariah]

would love if you did lover or 1989 tv next! love the reactions and opinions you both have, even when I don't agree with some! great video as always ^-^

[@rachelmercer4036]

I think the the "lifeless frame" is a metaphor for feeling like their relationship was a car crash (she's used this idea before in "Red") but the idea that she could be a spirit talking from behind the grave is a really interesting interpretation. Looking forward to one day hearing your thoughts on my fave, 1989.

[@sofiesandrini7017]

maybe it would be a great idea to read about the song before playing, cause she is a poet, and you have to analyze what she is saying instead of taking it literal :)

[@JRay.R]

Oh my goodness, please tell your sister/daughter (Megan, right? I might be wrong but I’m thinking it’s Megan, I apologize if I’m wrong) that the Swifties congratulate her on her marriage, and I wish her and her partner many many happy years together and all the blessings. 🎉 (I’m not, in fact, the spokesperson for all Swifties…but I’m gonna go ahead and assume that this message is something we can all get behind haha)

[@mightymike9469]

❤

[@meagmull]

Catching up on videos delayed, but thank you so much! You're so sweet!!

[@JRay.R]

@@meagmull I’m just glad i got your name right lol.

[@leonardorc4513]

Idk why people get mad when someone doesnt get the true story behind a taylor song, like only 1% of casual listeners will have the context and music is also there for people take their own thoughts about the song

[@veroniqueduval1873]

Takes a special breed of men to review this kind of music and cry on KZbin, what a breath of fresh air.

[@Violet316]

Ronan died right before his 4th birthday. About 2 years later Mya had a baby girl, they named her Poppy Ronan. Ronan had 2 older brothers, which is why she mentioned the hand-me-downs.

[@kaiyamv]

Message in a bottle is so underrated! It was my surprise song :)

[@emmavink]

There was no car accident in the 10 min All Too Well. They break up, but after 3 months he tries to reaerect the already dead relationship. So they have sex again, but she feels nothing because her heart had already been broken. "And then you wonder where it went to, when you reached to, and all I felt was shame, as you held my lifeless frame" is a reference to feeling regret about having sex even when you know it was over months ago.

[@heyitskiaraallan]

most of taylors songs actually are written acoustically first! she likes her songs being able to be stripped back and still be appreciated

[@itsblossomedits-heavenly5420]

You guys NEED to listen to LOVER and REPUTATION for love songs.

[@yamelinrod]

You both are awesome! How about you guys react to 1989 Taylor’s Version or Midnights next? 😊

[@elzabeatrizbarrosdepaiva4226]

Cried all over again with State of Grace acustic and Ronan 💔 Loved the reaction. As alwaysss

[@Ari-Mc]

ooph, Mike gets judgey when he's tired 😅😂 (honestly same)

[@_aly_cat]

love all your honest and sincere reactions :) another great video! I really can't wait for you both to hear the rest of her catalogue and experience the growth in her storytelling.

[@daviddye6558]

Male redemption - Back to December lol Our girl only makes that mistake once hehe

[@faithlinsmeyer2589]

Everyone has their own interpretations of art but in all too well I would say the lifeless body and checking the pulse is in reference to draining the life and happiness from her by keeping her strung along for months after it was really over hence the shame she felt because she knew the reality but was still living in the delusions of maybe he’ll be better. One might even say maybe he’d be A Better Man 🧐

[@miriamcannella9379]

Can't waut to see ypur reaction for all too well 10 minutes version

[@mbb131]

It was so lack luster lol how could they not comment on “I’ll get older but your lovers stay my age”… I think Mike was just over her *feminine woes* of heartbreak and maybe wasn’t listening as deeply

[@chiaraserrano6]

Nothing New is just so PERFECT and very much the female experience. Im not critizacing but i do think there are some things you guys will never understand 100%

[@vrindasview2714]

I think the lifeless frame part was a metaphor because of their repeated breakups and their dynamic really affecting her, like she said about him coming back to her but ‘all I felt was shame’

[@Maria-gf6xh]

In my opinion from the outside, i think the issue with Taylor’s exs is that they never liked that she was the more famous person, their egos couldn’t handle it and it created different types of issues. Which is the only reason i think Travis and Taylor might have a chance, since he isn’t ashamed instead he’s proud about it.

[@chantelthorn892]

nothing new is a song that i understand men might not get, men don’t fear aging in the way women do. This song absolutely destroys me, as women we are taught that our worth is almost completely tied up in our age and our youthfulness. this song addresses the question we all seem to have of when will we run out? this song has had me sobbing so many times lmao

[@bryanchu5379]

All Too Well 10 minute version hit on a different level if you had been listening to the original version since it first came out, the way the new parts were unfamiliar yet fit into the flow of the song so well was actually mindblowing on first listen

[@amandan.9649]

At the concert they had mirror ball cups for mixed drinks. Yes I bought one 🙂and it sits in pride of place at my desk at work. I have also been to the movie and they didn't have the popcorn buckets the night I went. I was SO bummed. Love your reactions, thank you for being so open to listening to everything.

[@putyouon]

Thanks so much for watching and mirrorball cup that’s so cool 😭

[@ethanedson1609]

The ‘Forever Winter’ slander is unreal 😐 maybe do a little Google about what a song is about - check Genius and then comment if a song got to where it needed to be. Just some feedback.

[@gianni4096]

I think you guys we're getting tired by the second half, and started misunderstanding the lyrics due to zoning out lol, which is fair this is a long album. You maybe should have done it in 3 parts, but as others have said, Forever Winter is about suicide. Aside from that yes some songs are long lol its a lot to digest.

[@blueboy8902]

Hey Michael, you should listen to Chris Stapleton - starting over album with your dad , it's a great album , it won Album of the year of county music , you will never regret. ❤️

[@putyouon]

I love that album so much. You should probably leave is one of my favorite songs ever

[@blueboy8902]

​​@@putyouon same i also love Arkansas and cold too. ❤️

[@amags_]

Great album reaction! 1989 TV just came out and is a very poppy record so curious to see how you feel about it… reactions seems pretty divisive, as people aren’t liking the production as much as the OG. Wildest Dreams still my favorite Taylor song though so looking forward to your opinions if you decide to listen. Would recommend reputation as well as I think you guys would enjoy that one more tbh. Scared for Reputation TV though as it’s a very heavy production record and hopefully they can replicate it to sound mostly the same

[@JRay.R]

Wait… did you guys not notice that State of Grace (track 18, I think) was an acoustic version of the first track on the album?

[@DeadSezSo]

Something I think yall missed is that the song "The Moment I Knew" is about a specific moment that the 10 minute version of All Too Well references. The part about the guy charming her father but then he saw her watch the door all night willing him to come and he said its supposed to be fun turning 21. It was her 21st birthday and he essentially stood her up which to be that young and celebrating such a big milestone, that can be devastating. To be in love and to have the moment of realization that its not reciprocated like you thought during your 21st birthday party...that will forever be her memory of her 21st birthday. You only get one lifetime and you only turn 21 once but instead of it being a joyous memory of fun like it is for most, shes gonna remember it as the moment she got her heart broken for the first real time...thats so powerful when you think about it in that context and thats why All Too Well 10 and The Moment I Knew are two of my absolute favorite songs by her!

[@abdullahjaved0330]

Someone educate them about the 10 min Version. I have anxiety over that ghost theory

[@Mazin_YouTube]

Day 8 of asking you to react to Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die

[@emcake36]

i want to preface this by saying i really enjoyed your reaction! you guys have thoughtful commentary on both lyrics and production and i appreciate that. and thank you for showing girl at home some love, i feel like so many people don't like it 😭 but i did want to share my perspective as a swiftie: i think something that the general population forgets is that taylor doesn't write these songs as revenge against these men who have wronged her or whatever, she just writes her feelings like diary entries. and sometimes those feelings are angry or sad. and she doesn't claim "this is objectively how the relationship went down", she's just expressing how SHE felt. and people enjoy her music because she can articulate emotions in a way that make people think "i've felt this exact same way before", whether that's about a relationship, a friendship, a family member, misogyny, etc. and this album just happens to be THE taylor swift heartbreak album, so it's bound to have lots of sad/angry songs about relationships but yes she also has positive love songs (a lot of reputation and lover songs) and songs where she acknowledges that she's in the wrong too (ex. back to december, afterglow, the great war). and when people say stuff like "damn taylor can't keep a relationship, maybe she's the problem" -- she acknowledges that in anti-hero. also that criticism is rarely levied against men like leonardo dicaprio who date a lot. i hope this is not taken as an attack because it's not intended to be one. it's just that there has been this media narrative, particularly in the early-mid 2010s, that taylor is some vengeful man-hater (which she addresses in blank space) and i don't fault people for having absorbed some of that narrative if that's all you've really heard about her, so i hope sharing my perspective can provide some food for thought anyways, i still enjoyed your reaction and appreciate your open-mindedness in trying out new music and sharing your thoughts! and congrats to megan!!!

[@b_jeweled]

She actually has an album filled with songs about a good lover, entitled Lover, and she also has a song there admitting her wrong in a fight ☺️

[@miguellatorre3616]

what do you mean 19 hours ._.