*REACTION* Taylor Swift - Epiphany (The Long Pond Studio Sessions)

[@emmaschultz1020]

I was an ICU nurse in a level 1 in Seattle Washington. I was only 21 when Covid hit bad and the amounts of deaths a day grew higher and higher. Family’s weren’t allowed to come in to say goodbye to their loved ones 😢 We were understaffed and weren’t prepared. I cry every time I hear this song. It brings me back to those moments. I don’t talk about it to anyone. God bless the families who lost loved ones❤

[@Laura-rm6us]

This sounds so similar to my story. Much like fighting in a war, there is just no way to discuss this with other people that didn’t experience it.

[@ashleyolesen]

Thank you for all that you did during that time. I remember listening to this the first time after I realized what it was about and broke down crying. I couldn’t imagine all that you went through. I had so much anxiety just thinking about my 2 year old getting sick and me not being able to be with her in the hospital.

[@Laura-rm6us]

@ we were wearing trash bags and writing our wills and watching people die in what felt like an abandoned hospital. I’m sure being in combat is similar, like does anyone care what’s happening to us? It’s surreal now to think of it. Folklore was definitely impactful during that time.

[@emmaschultz1020]

@@Laura-rm6us what will always be in my memory is how many people passed who didn’t get a funeral. So there were just rows of body bags. I had to help carry people out and after I just burst out crying in the break room. Like I said we weren’t prepared because like Taylor sang we didn’t get taught this in med school. So yes very much like being in a foreign country war zone it was at the Seattle hospital.

[@LeahJo13]

God bless you!!!! My Grandma got Covid in April of 2020. She was admitted to the hospital. She had 5 children, 20 grandchildren and non of us were allowed to go visit. I talked to my Grandma the day she died. The nurse took the phone after our brief conversation and I asked her through tears to please not let her die alone. I asked her to please hold her hand for me. She promised me they wouldn't let her die alone. Later that day as my Grandma passed away, that sweet nurse, and two others, held her hands and sang my Grandma's favorite hymn, Amazing Grace. I am forever grateful to those nurses. I'm indebted to them.

[@AnnaleeD]

I was a trauma nurse in a level 1 OR. I saw so many horrendous things on night shift. They left a mark. I cry every time I hear this song. In a way it’s healing as I honor the ones we could not save.

[@Suprachiasmatic]

Godspeed to you. I used to work as a social worker in a hospital that had a level one trauma designation and only ever saw the aftermath or the rustling of beginnings when a case was called in. I’d do all my ER work in an unused trauma bay and when we’d get a call that something was coming in I’d high tail it out of there until I was called back. The trauma that professionals take on willingly in those instances is really admirable and not honored nearly often enough.

[@LeahJo13]

God bless you! My Grandma got Covid in April of 2020. She was admitted to the hospital. She had 5 children, 20 grandchildren and non of us were allowed to go visit. I talked to my Grandma the day she died. The nurse took the phone after our brief conversation and I asked her through tears to please not let her die alone. I asked her to please hold her hand for me. She promised me they wouldn't let her die alone. Later that day as my Grandma passed away, that sweet nurse, and two others, held her hands and sang my Grandma's favorite hymn, Amazing Grace. I am forever grateful to those nurses. I'm indebted to them.

[@sulathenewfie4277]

You have to hear the studio version….. unbelievable

[@NYandAZ]

This is definitely one of the best songs on this album. After first listen, I liked it. After I heard her interpret the song, I loved it. It should get more recognition than it does. Thank you for your service, Jake. I believe Evan, too, right? My apologies for not knowing. This is a special song; given that nearly no other artist made a song about the most horrible pandemic that our generation will have had in 100 years. There are so many special people who we need to thank for giving their lives to the most unimaginable scenarios that most people couldn’t bear. Love the parallel between war and the pandemic. Thanks guys. I knew that you’d all appreciate this one.

[@HistoricalMonogamyDoctrine]

One thing you didn't mention was that during the height of the pandemic (when this song was written) everyone was referring to doctors/nurses/paramedics as being "on the frontlines" of the pandemic. I had always seen that as being a big part of the reason why this song became simultaneously about war and about the pandemic, and the parallels between both.

[@mamat8184]

I really loved Epiphany getting some love and really appreciated Jake's insight into the Marines. Love you guys big time!

[@ZATennisFan]

It's one of the most beautiful songs she has ever written. It's stark and painful but so haunting. Reminds me of Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms"...

[@Mandilee9393]

What a great comparison! I've never thought of that; good catch!

[@ZATennisFan]

@Mandilee9393 Thank you. The first time I ever heard Epiphany my mind went straight to that song. They are both about communities of people who have gone through things they will never be able to explain to those who weren't there. Also the way she linked her father's experiences to what the first responders went through Covid is just genius.....

[@Suprachiasmatic]

Dire Straits is such an underrated song!

[@crissyb65]

My dad turned 18 at the Battle of Tarawa. He would speak of the South Pacific and how much he loved the ocean. But he didn’t speak of what he did. From what we dug up, his job was to recover the bodies. This song makes me weep ever. single. listen. It’s so beautiful and it just destroys me due to my highly developed sense of empathy.

[@LeahJo13]

My Grandma got Covid in April of 2020. She was admitted to the hospital. She had 5 children, 20 grandchildren and non of us were allowed to go visit. I talked to my Grandma the day she died. The nurse took the phone after our brief conversation and I asked her through tears to please not let her die alone. I asked her to please hold her hand for me. She promised me they wouldn't let her die alone. Later that day as my Grandma passed away, that sweet nurse, and two others, held her hands and sang my Grandma's favorite hymn, Amazing Grace. I am forever grateful to those nurses. I'm indebted to them.

[@GraceNicole87]

This song brings me tears just seeing the title every time. It’s a masterpiece

[@ZATennisFan]

@@GraceNicole87 Absolutely it is. Like Ronan it is too stark and raw to be a favorite but as a piece of art??

[@GraceNicole87]

@ exactly

[@emmavink]

You HAVE to listen to the studio production on this track, just for yourselves. I can't recommend it enough!!! This Long Pond stripped version is lovely...but the studio version has a whole violin/viola/cello/bass arrangement. And there is this haunting trumpet motif at some points with a hospital monitor sound effect used at the end. And all of it is pulled quite far back so that her voice still shines and it doesn't overpower the simplicity of the melody. The studio track still gives me full body chills every single time I hear it 🥰

[@_rat_5758]

Agreed! This is one of the few songs on folklore that I really never listen to the LPS version of it- the studio one is just too beautiful

[@Kelly-i4j]

Agreed

[@pauline6092]

!!!

[@SarahM_GiveMeSparkles]

Yeah this one always gets me in my cry spot EVERY SINGLE TIME. I'm so pleased you listened to the pre-song interview first, it really helps understand the mood going in, for this one in particular. The studio version has a lot more layers of instruments, so it's worth having a listen to that (not for a video) just as appreciation for all those strings. With Remembrance Day this week this was very timely. 💜💜

[@sulathenewfie4277]

I have had a hard time listening to this without crying for the longest time. I liked this version but the studio version is so haunting.

[@patrickkelley2735]

This is not only my favorite song on the album, it's not only my favorite song of Taylor's, it's my FAVORITE SON OF ALL TIME! I was an essential worker during Covid, so this song speaks to me.

[@allaboutb9889]

Evan I could tell you were so close to the edge 😢 just let the emotion come. It’s an incredibly haunting and emotional song. Great reaction as always.

[@fenellajameson320]

I could feel that too. I think the song his a nerve with everyone that really absorbs the lyrics but especially with those who have some personal experience or connection with the Subject matter. It's incredibly moving, the way she weaves the two stories together. It's cathartic.

[@Sharon-yn8xg]

As an ICU nurse during Covid the second verse hits hard, having your patients die every day that you worked so hard to save then having to call families because they couldn’t be with them just broke my heart. “Hold your hand through plastic now, doc I think he’s crashing out” was our life during covid pandemic. We frequently worked 18 hour shifts due to nursing shortage. Also I lost an aunt and an uncle to covid. Epiphany is a special song.

[@tmjdunn]

This has been one of my faves since I first heard it. As a nurse this song still hits my C-spot😂

[@LeahJo13]

God bless you! My Grandma got Covid in April of 2020. She was admitted to the hospital. She had 5 children, 20 grandchildren and non of us were allowed to go visit. I talked to my Grandma the day she died. The nurse took the phone after our brief conversation and I asked her through tears to please not let her die alone. I asked her to please hold her hand for me. She promised me they wouldn't let her die alone. Later that day as my Grandma passed away, that sweet nurse, and two others, held her hands and sang my Grandma's favorite hymn, Amazing Grace. I am forever grateful to those nurses. I'm indebted to them.

[@micaelakedhammar5066]

One of Taylor's greatest talents, according to me at least, is how she can put so much life and emotion into very few words. This song is perhaps the best example of that.

[@markbarnwell942]

CS song. so well written and performed. to those of us who worked icu during covid this song really hit home. yet to find my epiphany.

[@Carla-hk2jo]

I love this song and just wish it was longer. I'm never ready for it to end. It is heart-wrenching, but so beautiful.

[@lkx7833]

This song is so slept on or people just don't jam with it but I find it's beautiful emotional and hold back tears every time I listen! Loved your reaction and a bit more insight / history into the subject x

[@lunaloutfy]

This is one of my favorite songs from Swift’s entire discography. The way she connected her grandfather’s experience in the Second World War as part of the military at Guadalcanal in 1942 (which is why the song is number 13 on the album) along with the lyrics about those who were soldiers on the battlefield at the time (hence the first verse) to what was happening during the current times she wrote this song (hence the second verse), which is the Covid-19 pandemic with nurses and doctors blows my mind. And I could be wrong about this because I’ve read something about it in the past, but at the end of the song, you can hear the sound of something beeping, and I think it’s not just the actual sound of a stethoscope as part of the instrumentation, but rather also Taylor’s very own heartbeat. (Someone correct me if I’m wrong because it’s been so long since I’ve checked for this fact.) Anyway, this was such a lovely reaction, as always. Love your content ❤️

[@luthietin2]

This song is one of the rare times I think the studio version is more powerful than the Long Pond version. The instrumental and backing vocals on it are so ethereal, I have never heard anything like it.

[@ashtonreads]

I still can’t listen to this song without crying. My dad was on a vent with Covid in 2020; he miraculously survived and made it back home, but those were 2 of the scariest weeks of my life when the medical professionals had no clue if he’d make it and we weren’t even able to be at his side. I give her major credit for writing this song but wow is it a tough one.

[@henryvela1319]

If you look at the music video for Cardgan look carefully at the picture that shows Taylor's Grandfather in uniform.

[@purplegoop8559]

When I tell you I have been waiting for this one

[@joannburrage3371]

Evan’s face when Jake said they were in their bag! 😂😂😂😂. Again this is why Evan is my fav! You guys are awesome!!

[@Archer_1212]

Thank you for your service guys. 🇱🇷And thanks for doing this one. She’s just incredible and incredibly human. That’s why so many of us find ourselves able to connect with her and her music. Whether you are a fan, or not, you can’t deny that she is an amazing artist and writer. ❤

[@alexavmtz]

Such a heavy and beautiful song

[@goofyme1659]

FYI in her video Cardigan, the picture on the shelf is of her grandfather and the painting on the wall is one she did. Also, in the background it was to sound like a heartbeat.

[@MoobWorld]

This reaction to THIS song being uploaded after I just finished reading a tragic war novel 😭

[@gummycake_]

omg what novel??

[@melissadavis4981]

😭😭 thank you for your service

[@petercharlesworth4973]

Respect to all medics

[@kristinotten8802]

This one makes me cry. ❤

[@Suprachiasmatic]

The thing about My Tears Ricochet is that it is a break up song. She wrote a break up song about the breakdown of her relationship with a mentor to her and the whole record label mess, but she specifically says in her intro to it on long pond that she was inspired by how a divorce or losing a close friend must feel. Divorces are just legal break ups. So those haters are wrong for criticizing you on what you thought it was about. Taylor writes about her experiences but tries to make them relatable to her fans and if the song were just about Scott Borchetta and that whole thing then it wouldn’t be relatable. I don’t know about you but I don’t have a record label. Lol

[@TAHBofficial]

🙌

[@KelliDunn-d6h]

Thank you for your service

[@gracefelty]

if anybody's watched The Wilds on Prime Video, you know how hard this song hits

[@kendallbrown9194]

I’m earrlyyyyy🎉

[@markbarnwell942]

Bryce is Aaron's twin brother also multi talented music composer etc.

[@Bea56601]

I remember listening to this song for the first time, it was not too long after my dad lost his cancer battle. This song and Soon You’ll Get Better are so difficult to listen to for me.

[@Bea56601]

Also seconding some of the other comments. I love Long Pond session for most of this album but the studio version of Epiphany is powerful.

[@desa8706]

please, react to xdinary heroes "Instead", they are a k-band. I think you guys will like it!!

[@eylululutas0908]

Please give them happier songs

[@emmygeorgia166]

I feel like an idiot because my name is Emily and I wanted to donate and request this song and I don’t remember if I actually did so either another Emily requested the same song or it was me… either way, great video as always

[@musicjunkie31karma]

Jacob we love you even if you say m instead of n lol

[@JRay.R]

Boooo! You guys suuuuuuck! 😅 (I’m just kidding, I love you guys… but I think Jacob needs a timeout or at least a dunce cap. Not because of anything that happened in this video…though I’m only 5 minutes in, so there’s still time)

[@JRay.R]

10 minutes in now and now I already feel SO bad for being a d*ck and booing you immediately. 🥺😭 (Psst…Evan…I hope you are doing ok) 🩵

[@TAHBofficial]

😂😂😂

[@clarapires9690]

this is my third favorite song from taylor for all times❤️‍🩹