Reliving Folklore and this time it's Better!

[@hannahgarrett2611]

Darriel lowkey ate with that "I can see you standing honey" LOL

[@carked5707]

His new go to Karaoke duet

[@donovansandoval8918]

PLS THAT KILLED ME

[@shalay482]

i was waiting im(patient)ly for this comment to come to fruition in the video and when it did lmAOOOOOOO

[@sarahmichelle5585]

Real 😂😂

[@yianantonio3980]

with the internet deciding to discredit and pick apart everything and anything to do with taylor recently, these guys' reactions have become an absolute favorite of mine. her craft should always be the focus when talking about her and it's nice that y'all never strayed away from that.

[@judeless77]

That’s kinda general bitchiness. Not the entire internet because there are people who have never heard of Taylor. Yes, they exist. You can’t be taken seriously when you write like an angry child.

[@carmendowler1708]

I'm old! Lol but I watch everything they put out

[@D22BH]

❤ love these 2❤

[@kendrap7017]

Oh, has the pendulum swung back to hating Taylor again?

[@emmamcardle3451]

The meaning behind "my tears ricochet" is about Scott Borchetta, the head of her record label for her first 6 albums. They were very close professionally and personally and she was the main reason for the success of his record company. He use to be a father-like person in her life shown in the lyric "'Cause when I'd fight, you used to tell me I was brave". His major betrayal was selling her albums without her knowledge and that's why she says "And when you can't sleep at night (you hear my stolen lullabies)" - stolen lullabies being all the songs from her first 6 albums that were sold. And also the lyric "And I can go anywhere I want, just not home" - home being the record company she grew her career in and also her own albums. She had everything she knew taken from her with that business deal.

[@suzyvials319]

Beautifully put into words, Emma 👏🏻❤️

[@sma11bean]

OMG I didnt know that!! This made the song 10x better!!

[@tokiaholic]

Nicely put, but just to clear things up: Taylor knew that Scott was gonna sell the record label (and her albums with it), but she never in a million years thought that he’d sell it to Scooter Braun, which at the time she already had major issues with. She felt betrayed on a personal level cause Scott knew what Scooter had done to her, but chose money over loyalty

[@courtneywoods5750]

Yes! And all the lines about cursing my name, wishing I'd stayed and the line if i'm dead to you, why are you at the wake are about how Scott would tell her one thing, then tell the media something completely different and trash her or throw her under the bus.

[@DMN10-ib1sm]

the reaction to mirrorball of “being alone on a dance floor with a disco ball” is literally what taylor said it was so that was so accurate

[@maddyxo2005]

darriel's "that's a bar" never goes away 😂😂😂

[@reneesmith983]

I need merch

[@fairy40fulton59]

0:37 the 1 3:22 cardigan 6:26 the last great america dynasty 9:20 exile 12:20 my tears ricochet 16:40 mirrorball 19:52 seven 22:59 August 26:52 this is me trying 30:17 illicit affairs 34:49 invisible string 39:05 mad woman 42:18 epiphany 46:48 Betty 56:04 peace 59:54 hoax 1:04:26 the lakes

[@annamcdonald7860]

Doing the lords work IMMEDIATELY 🫡

[@fairy40fulton59]

​@@annamcdonald7860🫡

[@diamondnightnico]

Thank you legend

[@wheezy_bby]

bless you🫶🏻

[@AstroBaby91]

This album always feels like listening to it for the first time but every time. It's very nostalgic.

[@laaauraaa158]

Yes. Every time I listen to it I can’t believe that we are living in a time where we can listen to this masterpiece. And the lyrics always hit like the first time.

[@RositaCasio]

James: summer thing August: summer love I will never ever move on from this!!!

[@falihaishma4920]

ashton is such a folklore stan, we love to see it

[@sheba8847]

Folklore will never fail to amaze me

[@Millie_TaylorsVersion]

Same it’s my fave album

[@maddyxo2005]

ashton saying "wtf are u with the label?" made me choke on my water 😂😂

[@briloud91]

I feel like they would love the long pond session just watching it all and taking it in after this. Their reactions are just so 🥹

[@cutseygymnast]

They did it for Patereon!

[@tshypooooo]

“Is this fucking play about us?” 😂😂😂

[@antoinettecampbell3563]

"Once you feel that invisible string, you let go." That fellas is a bar; I'm stealing that Darriel .

[@jillianyanai2660]

Ashton getting chills during the lakes is everything

[@hannahl5161]

Seven is heartbreaking now thinking she’s talking about her friend coming to live with her so she doesn’t have to hide in the closet from her angry dad and cry.

[@RosaMartinez-rc5zq]

“She should put some drums on this track” PLEASE LISTEN TO THE LAKES ORIGINAL VERSION YOU WONT REGRET IT

[@submarinos]

not the beef with the word clandestine 😂😂

[@aguericke2]

This part had me cackling 🤣

[@aimsly86]

It lives here, it dies here 😂

[@jorgeescudero5034]

It's such a "spanish" word. It wrotes with just one different letter and Shakira has a song under the same name.

[@submarinos]

@@jorgeescudero5034 i know!!! in spanish we use it a lot but i guess in english is more of a poetic type of thing, idk haha

[@melisaravia93]

​@@submarinosI've actually realized most English-speaking reactors had problems with the 'latin based' words on this album, such as clandestine and illicit. At first I was like "why does nobody know these words, they're not that weird" and then I came to the conclusion they actually don't use latin based words that much 😂 a point for us Spanish speakers that didn't have to look them up😅

[@ameliadavis1979]

Peace is about Taylor dating a "normal" guy. He had done 1 small independent film when they started dating. She could never give him Peace because Taylor comes with paps, gossip mags, gossip sites, being followed, stalkers etc. She has 2-3 security guards 24 hours a day. The only time she doesn't have them with her is when she is inside her house. They are in cars outside of her house then. If she goes to her boyfriends house security is in cars outside their house. Restaurants, everywhere. That is a whole lot of crap to deal with! There is nothing she can do about it, though. Therefore, she can never give him Peace. She is asking am I worth all this that comes with me.

[@jessicamerrill5897]

"This is me trying" is about addiction and mental health

[@_Jadot_]

Epiphany is one you guys should listen to and reflect on the fact that this whole album was written during the peak of the pandemic. She’s referencing the experiences of her grandfather’s wartime military service and making a parallel to all the medical staff that were battling the pandemic in overwhelming situations in hospitals. Both circumstances were extremely difficult and those living through it were often speechless about their experiences, but she’s giving how they felt recognition and saying she stands in solidarity with them.

[@clelliott610]

My dad died of covid in December 2020. Epiphany DESTROYS me. It's so sad but so beautiful.

[@alondraglessing5166]

Epiphany is one of the most beautiful songs ever

[@trishalamadras99]

"It lives here , it dies here" - Sir , that's a bar .

[@tina1989era]

you HAVE to listen to the FOLKLORE: the long pond studio sessions!! they’re criminally good ugh. we were ROBBED of the evermore long pond sessions fr😢😭

[@hannamills5531]

A RE-LISTEN we all needed!! First time is never enough. Waiting for a re-listen TTPD

[@dianariverjackson5123]

My tears ricochet is even more powerful when you understand WHY she wrote it. It´s about the whole selling S.B her art without her permission that happened in 2019. That´s why she sings: "You were the same jewels that I gave you as you bury me" Epiphany is about the entire medical staff in the face of the pandemic.

[@LK-lz6lk]

Epiphany: the 2nd half, yes. The 1st part is about her grandfather serving in the Military (on the beaches of Normandy I believe.) Overall, it's about those who "serve" during tragic events & the resulting trauma that sadly often follows.

[@210Mimi]

Epiphany is about two things - it's a memorial to her grandfather, who served at Guadalcanal AND healthcare workers who served during COVID. Notice the first part is about landing on the beach; the 2nd part is re: COVID (holding hands through plastic). This is one of the only songs I've heard written by her where she writes about two distinct subjects. She has a conversation with Aaron Dessner about it in Long Pond Sessions. It's very much a dirge, which is a lament for the dead. So brilliant.

[@CandiceAlane]

It’s actually really cool to see a second listen and hear how some songs connected with you and why. There are many songs I don’t quite connect with at first but after living life I revisit and feel differently.

[@HannahSmith-n7z]

"ever since then a love was birthed for a song that would never go away" has me quite literally crying

[@harryspeace6316]

The best album she EVER made ❤ perfection

[@inabubble1875]

"he acting like he's with the label. show em what you got there" lifts up the iPad "annotating 😌" this is so funny for no reason lmfaoo

[@pixi78]

Such a magical journey. 2020 gave us the low of the pandemic and the high of the gift of Folklore (and Evermore)

[@kieratnb]

The “clandestine” convo has me cryingggg 😭🤣 so real

[@thiagofaleiro9855]

I literally watched you guys all day today and was looking for the folklore reaction, now you post this?! 😭❤ love from brasil! 🇧🇷♥️

[@erinsnow1167]

Love you two! The full appreciation you have for her is a lovely thing. Also the fact that we can see you listen to these songs and know the words 😊

[@Staycee807]

“Oh we gotta get up cause the cruise is today” 😂

[@CassieWiebe]

Someone take his pen away 😭

[@Maddie-lf5tt]

😂😂

[@diamondnightnico]

😭😭😭

[@77KDP]

Clandestine is to keep secret or to do secretly. Love yall"s videos

[@megs006]

Ashton's love for Cardigan makes me so happy, because SAME.

[@bradliehallbauer9225]

Just a fun fact- Taylor’s old label told her for every new album she turned in, they would give her an old one back. In 10 years, she released 5 albums with them. In the past 5 years, she’s released 5 albums plus the re-records. She said I’m going to drop like crazy, save my sanity, and make your purchase of my music worthless. Battleships- masters. They’ll sink bc they didn’t do the right thing and Taylor needs to do right by herself and re-record.

[@mayadrachmann5138]

She's so iconic🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@maddyxo2005]

why am i blushing to your reaction to exile??? your act with lyrics has me dying 😂😂😂

[@Make_upbyemma]

in MTR the line "you hear my stolen lullabies" is about scooter constantly hearing her songs because they are played everywhere even though she has left the record label.

[@maddyxo2005]

a very much needed album in August ❤

[@michelledann7824]

She wrote this is me trying in the aspect of mental health and addiction. It has hit me so hard lately. If you’re dealing with your mental health, you’re not alone. Sometimes trying is your best and that’s okay!

[@colleenb84]

It’s such a hard and amazing song 😢

[@ashliekinsler1160]

It’s like a rare re-listen for me too. I listen to the long pond session so much I forget what the other production versions sound like!

[@ronjaaspenes3328]

I LOVE THIS!!! Also, your dedication to Betty is so hillarious. I wish you paused songs that much for all of them hahaha

[@ayutantri7479]

The commentary on Betty is top tier. I can't stop laughing lol

[@missfreed0m866]

It’s pretty rare to find guys reacting to Taylor Swift songs and actually getting the meaning, so this was a true delight. Loved it!

[@KatieBSewCrafty]

“This album just feels good”. Facts.

[@MamaBearSwiftie]

To me, Mirrorball is her music and how we listen to it with our own experiences in mind and she essentially is the mirror ball showing us all the versions of ourself. Love your reactions!! 🫶

[@amyhalarious]

You are my favorite KZbinrs, for sure! Great Job as always. Been watching your channel since you guys started the Swift journey.

[@Nelz737]

It’s fun watching y’all’s videos get better and better!

[@cristinagonzales3520]

I love that you guys revisited this one! The fact that you guys actually listen for the production value, lyrics, and overall vibe is really cool. Also loved the invisible sting dance!

[@samyvol.6]

you guys should react to the long pond studio sessions!! it was what made me fall in love with her music and now folklore is my favorite album ever, she goes through every song playing a stripped down version of them and explaining their meaning as well as the writing process for each one, it’s really special, I think you’d love ittt

[@heatherjones7441]

This album hits different when you find out how deep her involvement with Matty Healy really went.

[@winterkitten]

Listening to your reaction on the morning commute and it already made my day better 👏👏😁

[@EmilyJane-gk9hw]

Still the best album ive ever heard, i remember sitting on my kitchen floor crying to this album, its something i never knew i needed

[@mmarieritter216]

The conversations on clandestine and “Betty” really served all my needs for today, thanks guys. I’ve always been an Evermore-over-Folklore gal but I really get it, I do understand how good it is. Nice to spend more time with it.

[@1989TaylorsVersiom]

I still remember yalls reaction even though it was in bits and pieces!!! Love that yall are doing it again! 🫶💙🫶💙🫶

[@nowam9071]

This album is forever ❤

[@theariellagomes1509]

yall have become my favorite teachers and KZbinrs 😽😽😽

[@Blukyu]

lol it took me a few listens to like bon iver’s vocals in exile too 😅 you guys are insightful and funny lol

[@agustinapavez5288]

sending love from Argentina🇦🇷❤️

[@deborahgrabien3125]

"Mad Woman" is my favourite song of hers ever. And check out "Cassandra" on the TPD anthology - it's a continuation of Mad Woman, musically and thematically. Both about being gaslit by people you trusted. This one is about Scooter Braun, Cassandra is about Kim and Kanye. Female rage, baby!

[@annaliselabar5775]

u guys HAVE to watch folklore long pond studio sessions!!! she explains the meaning behind the songs & it’s so powerful

[@colleenb84]

Yes! It gives so much insight into the album!

[@catH727]

Last American Dynasty’s Rebekah owned her home she bought up east coast, back in the 40s. She was a ballerina.

[@luciamoira9693]

It's always a pleasure to see your reactions, guys! I agree, folklore is, without a doubt, one of their best albums and a beautiful journey to listen to the whole thing. I would love to see your reaction to the Lover or Red album. You've already listened to my favorites, but I think it could be very interesting to hear your thoughts on it. Thank you for giving your opinion with such truth and care. You guys are great!

[@shravani1221]

BABES WAKE UP & GET COZY THE BEST REACTORS JUST DROPPED THE FOLKLORE VIDEO The perfect album reaction to drop in AUGUST! I know you both absolutely adore this album (from you past reactions on YT & TikTok) so I was veryyyyy excited to see the full reaction whenever you drop it You both singing along & vibing to the songs makes me soooo happy LOOK AT YOU SWIFITES BEING PROS NOW

[@ultimateTswifty]

Mirrorball is about how during covid she felt like she lost purpose kinda bc before everyone was there looking at her celebrating her and physically present but during covid she still wanted to keep the fans attention and kinda the realization that even when nobody is watching she still acts as if the whole world is watching and she has to preform all the time no matter what

[@alyssanicole81]

Love being able to sit down and watch these reactions all the way through the album!

[@kristinabooker8831]

So glad you did this!! My favorite album of hers. Thank you ❤❤❤❤

[@laurajanedunlap]

Take into account how this album was made.... and it truly is fascinating. During Covid remotely, Taylor recording her vocals in a makeshift vocal booth in her bedroom. Like, what?! AMAZING!

[@lefttrixx]

ashtons love u to the moon and to saturn at the end was so cute😭😭

[@massimodigiorgi5166]

I always watched your taylor swift reactions on youtube since your first reaction on the youtube channel and never commented on any of them. This is the first time that i leave a comment and I just wanted to say that i enjoy your reactions and i hope you will never stop

[@marti8278]

i missed this typa video so much, ly !

[@isabelladepalogarciaperez99]

the love for peace gets me because that's my favorite song on this album and it just HITS

[@TerrieOngono-je1pz]

This literally made my day

[@Likewewereinparis24]

You turned a shitty Tuesday into a fuck yeah!!! ❤ Love your authenticity & vibes ❤

[@jillchristian8764]

Loved your revisit. I hadn’t listened to it in a while. Loved to see Darrien found appreciation for Seven! I agree with Ashton, Cardigan is one of my all-time favorites from Taylor.

[@jillchristian8764]

Darriel. SP 😮

[@OrlandoMarrero]

A comment from a Swiftie said that the Chorus has easter eggs of her 6 stolen albums: She's a Mastermind !!!! 1. …..I didn't have it in myself to go with grace ( Song - State of Grace ) Album: RED 2. …..And you're the hero flying around, saving face ( Song - Superman ) Album: Speak Now 3. …..And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake? ( Song - Look What You Made Me Do ) Album: REPUTATION 4. …..Cursing my name, ( Song - The Way I Loved You ) Album: FEARLESS 5. …..wishing I stayed ( Song - All You Had To Do Was Stay ) Album: 1989 6. …..Look at how my tears ricochet ( Song - Teardrops On My Guitar ) Album: Debut - Taylor Swift

[@ivysousa4340]

OMG YES!!! YOU GUYS ALWAYS ROCK WITH THE TAYLOR SWIFT REACTIONS!!!!!

[@Joan_baby]

I love this guys so much, they seem like cool people to be friends with

[@jcwalter9973]

This is what I listen to when I have, the album, when I have I bad day. It is so smooth and calm. Individual songs on play list always, but the whole of it saves me on the truly horrid word days.

[@vaybedumb]

the folklore love triangle (cardigan - betty's perspective, august - august/augustine's perspective, betty - james' perspective) just makes this album sm better

[@selamteame4215]

thanks for returning with tay tay, i was having withdrawls 😂 now please comeback with debut, fearless, red and lover albums.

[@amyk3368]

“Prepare to star this one, buddy” 😂

[@beatrizlepre]

It was so nice to see you guys liking her songs more each time ❤🇧🇷

[@allisonroth2080]

Did I hear a Duncanville shoutout?! Love watching you guys!!

[@kiyannarose.]

I've been waiting for this🎉

[@alonsoguttierrez4455]

Such a masterpieace ❤

[@luisaalves2233]

we need this same energy for EVERMORE

[@ellabennett4990]

“He should’ve shut the fuck up about that one” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 51:58

[@filippamattis8215]

Did you guys watch the Long Pond studio Sessions?! It Hits different

[@sulathenewfie4277]

You will see/read the word ‘clandestine’ a lot in spy type films and books… 😂. Basically it’s meeting in secret…

[@maddyxo2005]

oh thank you guys....you heard my pleas 😂😂

[@ishitadeshmukh9939]

absolutely love your reactions!!!

[@meredithfaber1780]

We love a couple of girls guys.❤😂

[@JonP762]

Love all the videos from yall! Especially taylor

[@_CowboyLikeMe]

Do yall big one! You guys rock! Keep the reactions coming!

[@GiovanaLysakowski]

My favorite albummmm🎉🎉❤❤❤