reputation | Taylor Swift's misunderstood masterpiece

This is the best #TaylorSwift album ever. Reputation is Taylor Swift's magnum opus. Her masterpiece and probably my favorite record of hers. #reputation #videoessay
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[@EljohnMacaranas]

Yes, I know Red exists. I explained myself. Comment your fave track here.

[@mariiomecatii]

Getaway Car for sureee

[@ikarus1752]

Red exist, but also does 1989 tho. Reputation is like her third best album. FIGHT ME.

[@mariiomecatii]

@@ikarus1752 to me it's like this: 1. Rep 2. Red 3. 1989 4. Lover 5. Fearless 6. Speak Now (sorry, I know this is controversial) 7. Debut

[@EljohnMacaranas]

ikarus Red literally was murdered by bloat, the track ordering was a disaster going from joy to sadness to confusion to ???, the bonus tracks for it are retreads of other tracks or leftovers from that time she was finding the record. 1989 is her safest album to date and the ones locals stan. Some of the bonus tracks shoulda been on the standard. New Romantics deserved better. I think it’s too rooted in nostalgia for better times to take seriously. I love 1989 but I’ve overplayed it to death. Tbh one of the key reasons I prefer Rep is because she clearly had fun promoting this record bc she got to do it on her own terms. The Red era was a time she actually developed an eating disorder and was harassed by a DJ. And the world spent too much time bothering her about who she was dating to wonder why she looked so miserable. The 1989 era was exhaustion. She was everywhere and that was amazing during the time but looking back, I almost feel bad how hard she tried to be liked. Only for ppl to backlash so hard she went into hiding. I feel bad Lover never got the promo cycle it deserved. Like rep came to life when she did her tour, Lover Fest woulda added a lot to the record. It’s an incomplete era.

[@mariiomecatii]

@@EljohnMacaranas this is so true

[@smexipenguin]

I’m still furious that I Did Something Bad and Getaway Car never got a music video.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Honestly, yes. I’m also furious we never got Cruel Summer or any visuals for anything other than the leads for Evermore and Folklore. When she does finish rerecords and does a proper era again, I want all the music videos!

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

Right I really wish reputation, folklore and evermore were visual albums

[@mariananicoli]

YES I DREAM ABOUT AN I DID SOMETHING BAD MUSIC VIDEO EVERYDAY and getaway car mv would snap too

[@matheusrdg]

I think Getaway Car will be Reputation TV's lead

[@maroonscarlet]

@@EljohnMacaranas what if when she make the Taylor's Version, taylor will make it into a single of music video idk WAAAAAH

[@MiniKitty27]

now that it's been a few years since Reputation first dropped I feel like more people are waking up and realizing how great this album actually is, myself included

[@EljohnMacaranas]

2017 was such a loaded year, with distance and time and like 4 albums (Lover, Folklore, Evermore and Fearless TV) now we can appreciate rep so much more!

[@floraice11]

I love reputation because an outsider's understanding of it almost functions like a reputation. It has a reputation of being her "vengeful" album, her snake era when in fact if you listen to it its this beautiful love story, Taylor falling in love with someone who truly cares about her and not her repuation and then finding herself along the way. Reputation has no bonus tracks because it functions as a complete story-listening to reputation is like going on a journey through Taylor's last six months of 2016 and its a cathartic journey of healing as much as anything else. It draws a lot of comparisons to Lorde's Melodrama partially because of Jack Antonoff but also it brings the listener along on the same emotional highs and lows as Melodrama does - its a story in three acts - the first dealing with Taylor's break down of her reputation (Ready for It-Don't Blame Me) the second act dealing with how she copes with that break down (Delicate-Getaway Car) and the third act is her and Joe Alwyn's love story in the shadow of her broken reputation (King of My Heart-Call It What You Want). New Years Day is musically very different from the rest of the album and acts almost as an epilogue to the rest of the story, a promise that they might live happily ever after. I really wish Taylor would do more concept albums along the same lines as reputation, it would be interesting to see her try to tell another whole cohesive story in an album but in the musical style of folklore and evermore. But reputation is so underrated and I agree that it remains her best and most personal album to date.

[@carlosnazario7825]

This comment is very well stated. I never thought about the idea that reputation could have three acts, that’s an interesting approach. From her evermore album, long story short is definitely leaning to reputation itself- and one thing is for certain, “reputation (taylor’s version” vault tracks will leave everyone shook!!!

[@noonstyles3973]

@@carlosnazario7825 omg yess! Reputation (Taylor's version) is gonna be amazing

[@jasminemarco]

you've written it very well!

[@auandaily]

I agree with you saying that rep is her most personal album like mariah with her charmbracelet album after a feud with her ex-husband and that female entertainer and a failure of Glitter and her breakdown.

[@heyypamela]

❤️❤️❤️

[@DrewIscariot]

If LWYMMD wasn't the first single, her comeback wouldn't make sense!

[@hunniii2356]

exactly

[@justina2320]

Yeah this is interesting how it isn't a regular radio song but nothing else could deliver such impact

[@katekoppe2187]

I am waiting so patiently for Reputation (Taylor's Version)

[@365party]

same so i can buy it 😭

[@christaacree9759]

Sorry but you have to wait at least until 2022

[@giveustimetogrow]

@@christaacree9759 she can start rerecording it next year tho

[@shania1twain2]

You're not the only one, I'd say Taylor wants to put it out herself and hopefully it'll get the Grammy it should have got in 2017. I'm hope it comes out soon espicially now that midnights is out on Friday and don't forget there's a song called karma on it. and it out on Kim ks birthday Only Taylor would come up with something like that.

[@johnburns903]

THIS ONE IS GONNA BE CRAZY

[@khoiphan2990]

she did not lie when she said “i am an architect im drawing up the plans” like bro tHE BRIDGES

[@EljohnMacaranas]

omfg that bridge on I Think He Knows is actually one of my faves from her ever

[@faithformerlywhatever]

New Years day amazes me because its the song about the life after the party. this strictly piano song after these party beats and amazing, exciting, pop songs. Will you love me for me? Will you love me with just me and you in the taxi ride home? Do you love me for who I am and not the show I am putting on.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I think it was a reminder that the old Taylor never really died, she grew up beyond fairy tales and Pinterest boards and James Dean daydreams. I feel like her songs about Joe really show us how happy she is to be in a relationship for herself and solely herself.

[@shalakaj523]

will you love me when the drama settles? when its not about the excitement of this pop persona i have? will you love me when i get hate for lwymmd and people label it vengeful? will all these insecurities be reason for this to end or will you hold on? also it is the song of hope. the rest of the album is so charged, this relaxed track (along with ciwyw) act as perfect melodies. new years day has the hope that is also apparent in the future records- closing with daylight (lover), the lakes (folklore bonus) and evermore/ its time to go (evermore/ bonus). i wish clean were the closing to 1989- it would continue the theme of hope as the closing track

[@gracelin8779]

I’m glad I was too young to have Twitter and to fully understand why the internet hated Taylor swift back in 2016. Otherwise, I probably would’ve joined the hate bandwagon instead of still bopping to all her songs.

[@LaurenLaass]

I remember being confused why people thought she was lying. I wasn’t a fan, but I watched the video and read what she said. I believed her. People really jumped on the bandwagon for no reason, maybe because ~misogyny~

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I remember this one particularly nasty article from Buzzfeed that started the avalanche of backlash. It was a little after she won AOTY in 2016 and post-Kanye’s fabricated voicemails.

[@gracelin8779]

@@LaurenLaass I remember seeing the video Kim posted though. And I remember thinking that the song lyrics were never explicitly said, it was all so vague.

[@mitchierainbow7353]

I think I have a reason why people jumped on the Taylor swift bandwagon(it's just my theory though, I could be wrong😅) The first reason I think is overexposure, this isn't Taylor's fault but I feel like the release of 1989 and its accompanying successes led to an over saturation of Taylor swift in the public's eyes and people wanted a reason to make her go away, they couldn't attack her for focusing on relationships like they did in previous years because she was in a relationship at the time and she had a great friend group that everyone knew about so they couldn't say she doesn't have female friends. They had this idea of Taylor in their heads and were frustrated by the fact that Taylor wasn't living up to that distorted vision and when they received "proof" via Kim and Kanye, they just started the attacks and didn't care to pay attention to the evidence. I really felt bad for Taylor during that time but thankfully she's in a much better place now.

[@korkinalina]

When she re-record it, rep will finally get the hype and love it deserves

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The Vault tracks I need them rn

[@korkinalina]

@@EljohnMacaranas omg they exist 😭✨

[@jessamaevidanes3630]

Hopefully she promotes it like she did with RED TV and not like with Fearless TV.

[@xoieveck9505]

Honestly, reputation aged like fine wine. Reputation is like my hometown. I am still so vexed that so many people didn’t like it as much :/

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I blame public perception at the time. Being a Swiftie from like 2016 to 2018 (around Delicate's release) was HARD.

[@niemeyerjack]

it is her best, you are right and you should say it

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Jack Niemeyer I’m so protective of this record. It’s probably her most cohesive and thought out era to date. Everything was prepared deliberately.

[@littlebiscuit2004]

Tbh I love every album by Taylor swift equally, they are beautiful, unique and all are different. Why? Because they were written by Taylor swift 😊

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Good take!

[@rockablity_hound1716]

Reputation is my favourite pop album from Taylor. It's an album of absolute bangers.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The fact people still talk about it up to now and that its merch restock sold out in 10 minutes after being put up… aged like fine wine!

[@MonumentToSin]

Finally, another "So It Goes" stan! I really liked this song from the moment I heard it, but I understand why it doesn't click with most people. It describes an extremely intimate moment between two people. In my head, it evokes the image of making love in slow motion, and having this epiphany, almost religious experience, of a love that runs so deep that the whole world just fades away around you.

[@alejandrovallencci]

Reputation is definitely her best era. So much dgaf attitude, the concepts, the commentary on media all wrapped up in amazing beats and her foray into rap was legendary. There will never be another Reputation

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Oh Reputation was overshadowed by 1989 when it dropped but agreed. Like it was such a moment, so many people were mad but by the end of it with Delicate and the tour: everyone had to stan at the end. I also think some people being disappointed with how Lover was run as an era combined with nostalgia on TikTok made this era loved again!

[@EpicXKoala]

My all time fav from rep is prob I Did Something Bad & sometimes I wish it would've been the lead. I think it's the only other song on the album that could've worked besides LWYMMD

[@EljohnMacaranas]

IDSB probably could have been the lead, I could see a similar video to LWYMMD for it tbh. The hook’s pretty great and the bridge for it is beautiful live. I recall reading somewhere that Joseph Kahn (her music video director for most of 1989 and Rep) helped pick the first single. And probably the performance of I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (a Jack Antonoff production) hitting #2 on Hot 100 made them confident in the track.

[@iceetas]

when reputation came out, i heared LWYMD and i hated and i thought, maybe i've outgrown Taylor and then a few months later i finally listened to the album and cried the whole time bc i was going through so much anxiety and paranoid and thinking the whole world was against me. it quickly became one of my favorite albums and it wasn't until recently, when i got in a relationship, that i realized it's really a love story. taylor has a strange way of understanding my life and releasing songs that i need at the perfect times! (red and rep are also my favorites along with folklore!) also i hope rep (taylor's version) has an acoustic king of my heart version bc that video made me fall in love with the song

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Rep Taylor’s Version is going to be her best rerecord. I wholly understand how you feel. It’s a powerful record and hella underrated!

[@isabelagraton]

I really liked Reputation when it came out but it has since become my favorite album of hers, I love it so much and listen to it all the time

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The interviews she gave about it during the lover era explaining how those two albums were inspired by Game of Thrones among other things put it into perspective why it had such intense visuals on tour and in videos. But yeah… the album really being about finding love and yourself when the apocalypse comes for you and you have to rebuild. Ugh, it’s a top 3-4 album for me. I’m personally excited to hear the Vault Tracks.

[@PaulSaayman]

When I first listened to Reputation in 2017, a lot of what she went through, I could resonate with as similar situations were happening to me. My Reputation took a dive due to lies others spread, and this record felt like it spoke about my situations. With all 10 albums she has released by now, Reputation always stands out for me. At first it sounds like she was trying to be edgy, but as the album progresses you actually see that it is a big love letter to Joe standing by her side even when the world hated her. Only skipable track for me is mostly End game, but when the mood is right I'll give it a listen.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Reputation is such a beautiful record. I’m glad you loved it and it resonated. End Game is a fave of mine funnily enough but yes it is very much a mood listen. I think it’s the closest to R&B Taylor’s ever gone near and that had there been no Ed Sheeran rap, it probably would and should have done better. Yeah, Ed was huge in 2017 but his verse always took me out. The fact she got Future on a track will never not shock me. That song has like 4 hooks too!

[@justjoannak]

I honestly dismissed this album when it initially came out and turned my back on Taylor's music and her. Now, as an adult, I 100% regret that decision and wish I hadn't. I love and respect her as an artist now. As much as I don't like LWYMMD's production (I wish she had made it more rock like and hope she does in her version), it did have to open the album

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It honestly is a genius record that a lot of people took forever to get there (myself included)

[@KEVFRAGRANCE]

Thank you for this. I keep seeing people Saying this album was her worst. I love these songs. Kind of my heart and dress are my favorite songs.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It’s in no way her worst like have they listened to debut? Like not that that album was even bad. KOMH and Dress are classics, the Rep tour versions are so good!

[@sswiftiee1313]

So It Goes is one of my favorite TS songs of all time! ❤

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Literally a classic! 🖤

[@nicholasvinson9862]

When I first listened to reputation I only really liked the first five tracks (ready for it, end game, I did something bad, don’t blame me, delicate) and dancing with our hands tied, but after going back to it actually saw how amazing the album as a whole is!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I had a similar reception! I had a handful I loved then over time came to like the whole record.

[@暁の鎮魂歌]

😭 King of my heart is also my favorite in the album! Makes me feel happy and in love with an imaginary man

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It’s genuinely an underrated banger and one of the best on the tour!

[@cecil.321]

Reputation tour was amazing!!! I might like it more than the Era’s tour! Something about it was just so powerful.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The Netflix recording makes it look so legendary (it was)

[@flxwercxrpse1871]

I too am guilty of thinking the album was going to be pure anger and revenge so i was sad and thought that they made her into a bitter angry person and thought i disliked lwymmd but i ended up having it stuck in my head since i had heard it and thus heard the entire album (was going to regardless because im a huge fan) and i was so confused but happy that it ended up being absolutely amazing.

[@WilliamDanigan]

Enjoyed the video a lot! :p My favorite by Taylor by farrrrrr. Dancing with our hands tied is just to good!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

A classic! If you liked the production, check out Troye Sivan’s new tracks: they’re produced and worked on by OzGo who produced DWOHT

[@rickzamboni]

After doind a lot of fathoming, I guess I can say this is my favorite album! 🖤 The feeling I get when I play it is just impossible to describe.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The second Ready For It? comes on… it’s like a shock to the system. Love that for you!

[@gillian3187]

HER BEST ALBUM TO ME THEN 1989 THEN LOVER !

[@estivrep2417]

i think i wouldn't care if i get to be in love

[@popcup4151]

folklore released few weeks after this vdo

[@stevenmorris2234]

The only album that made me a 100% swiftie fan 😂 (it’s so hard not too love this badass slick pop album) Then she went to being girly again with the album Lover. I was like nope nope nope! I went back to being a 0% can’t stand Swift’s music again. This album is truly misunderstood.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I feel like Lover was an overcorrection, there’s still a ton of Swifties who long for continued dark pop Taylor

[@lolcatz88]

Have you listened to Midnights?

[@lyrically9559]

So It goes...>

[@EljohnMacaranas]

That song got treated so bad on tour. Deserved way more.

[@dennisjones3253]

Thank you for sharing your gift, ma chérie♐️or⛎or both😊 🔥☯️🔥

[@HunterJarvis]

The whole “snake” thing is what REALLY drew me to her. Her branding was SUBLIME and it’s what really made me think this woman has got A LOT hidden up her sleeve! 😻

[@EljohnMacaranas]

the snake rebranding was art in its own right, the merch, the outfits on tour, just strong iconography!

[@ellay2715]

Same! I loved her first 3 albums as a kid, I had a hard time connecting w Red and 1989, but reputation made me fall in love with her again

[@luisefelix]

Same here, i knew taylor swift, and i like “some of her songs”, and after her, being canceled i remember thinking she was done, and then she disappeared, months later maybe more than a year, i don’t remember, nobody see her for months and she erased social media (literally pop culture)she disappeared; And then she bring the snake as a simbol for her new album, and i thought she was a freaking marketing genius, a master of marketing, i listen reputation just for curiosity of everything in the media, tbh i become a swifty and now i am obsessed with her, her life, her song writing skills, i love taylor♥️

[@soccerlife8912]

I love that 1989 is also the year of the snake. She really was able to take it and run with it and I LOVE that.

[@KelanJ29534]

She used the snake narrative as a marketing strategy for the record and it worked. She's a different kind of genius that's why she's still successful and others are not.

[@carla6485]

Taylor has always been the queen of bridges. People don't exaggerate when they say "taylor swift is the music industry". She really impacted the 2010s.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

PREACH

[@ahuman3755]

Yeah, I remember listening to Red and 1989 in elementary school. I’m now in highschool and love her even more

[@SideEyeee_]

that’s a lie. she’s not the queen of bridges and she’s NOT the music industry. she’s the mediocrity in it.

[@Nikki_R]

Am I the only one who fell in love with the entire album as soon as it dropped? 😍

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I fell in love with the Jack Antonoff half but it took me time to really like the whole album!

[@racheal3538]

This album and 1989😍

[@amystout7772]

Noooo it was my favorite TS album then and it still is now. It’s without a doubt her magnum opus. Also, I don’t know if the creator is reading this but thank you so much for editing this so well and doing this iconic album justice.

[@olgateresanizialek7235]

Fell in love instantly, my favourite album to date

[@brookemckinley5709]

Well duh 😂 😂

[@chloemsmithh]

I am embarrassed to say that, as someone who grew up on country Taylor, I jumped on the bandwaggon of hating on her “new style” when Rep dropped. I realized my mistake about 2 years ago when I actually sat down to listen to the album in whole. Such good stuff.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It’s truly some of her best work hands-down! And she recently made history with it as its the female album with the most individual tracks that can be certified Gold or higher (Big Machine won’t pay to certify)

[@katesuperczynski5620]

Same with me, when it dropped I was going through a bit of a "not like other girls" thing where I listened to mcr and green day and stuff (I still like them but I now openly adore mostly pop artists). I lovedddd taylor in elementary school so when I heard songs like lwymmd on the radio I was like wow she has really gone downhill. Thankfully I recently started listening to her again and the first album I fell in love with was rep. It's probably one of my favorite albums, both of hers and just overall.

[@qiqisongs]

Her pop and indie albums were actually much much better than the country album in terms of songwriting.!

[@nicksmith7750]

me too! ahh so embarrassed by it

[@zxenlk]

@@qiqisongs youre definitely right but to be fair thats because of exp and maturity

[@enchanteddreams7532]

Furious that don’t blame me is so criminally underrated

[@kayleegreen413]

the taylor choir takes me on religious experience every time i listen to it 😩😩

[@jennifersun2638]

Don't blame me has her best vocals

[@paperpenn9923]

SAME

[@soscarlettitwasss]

Ikr Don't Blame Me is my favourite song on the album

[@Rohan-iq6zb]

Best song in her discog wbk

[@alexistargaryen8675]

fun fact: reputation is actually more experimental (for taylor) than folklore and evermore

[@orangeleprachaun4723]

I love folklore because it reminds me of my youth with the old country Taylor. It definitely is different but a similar soft warm feel. But reputation truly feels like what I love about musicals.

[@alexistargaryen8675]

@@orangeleprachaun4723 i know right. but I said it because reputation was a completely different sound for Taylor and she was doing it for the first time and so far she hasn't done it again. however folklore and evermore are alternative, folk and with country elements and at the end of the day folk sounds like acoustic music which is a sound that taylor had already made

[@idontevenhaveapla7224]

I agree with you. But Folklore/Evermore is particularly special for me, because her lyricism has gotten so much better ❤

[@smacksoftSMA]

Sad to say that I, a huge Taylor Swift fan snubbed this record upon release. I saw it as a phase and something she needed to get off her chest, and for some reason deemed that as a bad thing instantly. I regret that so much now. I’m loving this album more and more each day and it might become my fave of hers

[@EljohnMacaranas]

you literally captured my thoughts on it, i was also a lil pissed that we had to buy merch to boost our place in line for the tours lmao but tbh looking back and relistening, i get it now! it’s such a grower!

[@smacksoftSMA]

Eljohn Macaranas unfortunately I’ve not seen Taylor during any tour. Something has always got in the way. I’ll make sure to catch her next one. I can’t wait to hear Lover live

[@Jellybeansatdusk]

@@smacksoftSMA a moment of silence for the Lover tour ☠️

[@liv97497]

Same! I liked LWYMMD, but never really got into the album. It was only years later that I feel in love with pretty much every song. It's now up there with my most favorite albums.

[@irisdonnie1405]

Yes, exactly this! I feel like I only now truly understand it

[@s.3712]

I also feel that reputation is more authentic and personal than Lover, thanks I didn't find the word

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Reputation just feels more real. Lover is a beautiful album like you said but I felt more listening to Call It What You Want than most tracks off Lover.

[@s.3712]

@@EljohnMacaranas yes, I also feel it more. I think it's because reputation is a journey that took a lot and knowing that the song are part of that makes them feel especial.

[@shawnmoore3472]

call it what you want is probably her most underrated song tbh

[@LaurenLaass]

It’s beautiful.

[@flxwercxrpse1871]

It was one of my favorites instantly and till this day i love it. Sounds like you’re floating on a warm cloud?

[@ishita2027]

*I* think Dancing with our hands tied is the most underrated and underappreciated one but still I respect your opinion

[@drunkkillerwhalesdriving]

It's perfection

[@AnthonyCayne]

it is her purest and most romantic love song. I will stand by this.

[@deyoncew3311]

Red is my favorite Taylor album but reputation is a close second. It doesn't get the love it deserves. Thank you for giving this record its flowers. It is her most cohesive work and has her best vocals ever.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Thanks! I love Red sm! For the longest time it was my favorite record! I loved the raw emotionality of it, how she really started finding her pop voice in it. Red deserved AOTY.

[@deyoncew3311]

@@EljohnMacaranas It did. It has the best lyrics of her career on it and she finally started to push her vocals a bit. If TS8 had Red lyrics and rep vocals it will be the album of the decade.

[@woolfric]

Omg. Thank you for putting my thoughts into words ❤ Reputation is such a close second.

[@jcksparrowfan]

I never understood why it was so hated, it was clear from the get-go the purpose of this album: to air out and address directly, in it's rawest form all the bad press surrounding Taylor. It was her speaking out after the year of silence. It was an experiment cuz it was supposed to be only a one-time thing. It was her basically burning her bridges so she can start a new path without the burdens dragging her down. Sure, there'd be ashes remaining, but those are easily blown away. And she accomplished what she set out to do with "reputation" with finesse.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

People were too wrapped into the Kimye feud and LWYMMD that when it revealed itself as a meditative record, they were disappointed. Once she brought it to life on tour, everyone flipped like a switch.

[@danielm6164]

reputation is my favorite album from her as well, and it was the first era i experienced as a fan

[@EljohnMacaranas]

i honestly could not imagine being a first time stan during rep but i envy that experience which musta been a ride like i had stanned around debut!

[@thehorrormonster]

ME TOO!!!! I became a swiftie during rep :,)

[@adrianocavalcanti298]

Same here! I will never forget the 🐍 being posted everywhere.

[@Jordy1310]

ME TOO!

[@grievous2007]

I listened her other’s records before but Reputation is the one that i became Swiftie

[@alexistargaryen8675]

am I the only one who from the beginning always thought that look what you made me do is a good song and does it until now?

[@pinkopat]

I agree, it's so catchy!

[@alexistargaryen8675]

@@pinkopat I literally feel like a mean girl when I listen to it jdkgfkj

[@lightningmonky7674]

It's a fucking banger are you kidding 🤣🤣

[@mynameisreallycool1]

I did too, and I loved the music video, though I didn't admit it back then. Lol

[@thefold1016]

Reputation has a lot of potential to be her biggest era, I got kinda dissapointed that she didn’t promoted it that much as soon as the tour was about to end but I understand now that she already saw the Scooter/BigMachine thing coming and she’s preparing for bigger things to achieve

[@EljohnMacaranas]

She definitely was in the process of trying to buy back her masters but it became apparent to her soon that Scott would not let her go. He offered her a chance to buy back masters by continuing her contract with BMR like she’d record a new album then she could buy back her debut then another to buy Fearless. But that deal is trash.

[@thefold1016]

@@EljohnMacaranas yeah that deal is dumb asf, they couldn’t afford to let Taylor go

[@johnxiii]

Totally agree with your insight on So it goes. Swifties sleep on it. It is my most played reputation song.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I forgot to talk about the way she sings words on the track, like her pronunciation of certain tracks is hypnotic

[@amna6842]

@@EljohnMacaranas the "who's counting, 1 2 3" concept in the bridge is really interesting as well.

[@notimetothink6786]

Also Miss Americana on Lover has So It Goes sampled. Def a great listen

[@joaolucas4514]

reputation is definitely my favorite album ever, and the one I've heard the most in my entire life. I hate when people say she's being fake on it, acting edgy, but she was on her worst moment on life, everyone hating on her, so she probably felt that darkness. Taylor is a songwriter and she writes every song she sings, how can she make a whole album with fake feelings? There's no way. She felt that.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Tbh it’s not even a revenge album, it’s a confessional album about who she wants to be after her world fell apart. People didn’t see that because of LWYMMD but she really made the album’s true story shine on tour.

[@josjoererg]

also i feel like lots of the revenge was her satirizing herself like she did in blank space but people took the wrong way.

[@sofiamchugh2451]

"it's like boom boom pow and wildest dreams had a child" i've never seen anyone describe ready for it so perfectly

[@JamesKovacic]

She had to make something dark, excessive, decadent, overblown, and indulgent like Reputation in order to let it all out and move on. I see Lover as the light appearing of that darkness. Taylor was playing a different kind of character on this album, and it was a crucial element to her musical and personal evolution. She needed that moment of catharsis

[@paulgomez6268]

Yeah, like she didn’t do it for the media. She did it for her.

[@ishita2027]

People thought it's gonna be a full on revenge and calling out people album but in reality it was the album appreciating family, friends and fans who Truely love and trust her and who were there for her. It's actually really amazing how she took all the hate especially her snake symbol and turned it all around and took the narrative of her life like she was not gonna let media control her life anymore Truly a masterpiece and to me this album will always be my Number One🖤🖤

[@iwilitu6591]

THIS ALBUM MADE ME DO A 180 WITH HER. I used to believe Kimye but starting with the LWYMMD video I slowly started to "switch sides", like her reclaiming the snake and everything I honestly believed her side of the story and I became a full fan when the album dropped. Then I saw the Netflix rep show and I fully became a full swiftie

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The rep show on Netflix perfectly captured the energy of being there!

[@gaylenwoof]

For me, one of the most heart-breaking scenes in all of cinematic history is the scene in the "Miss Americana" documentary when she gets the news that Reputation didn't get any major nominations and she says "I just need to make a better album." I can barely imagine accomplishing something so beautiful and monumental and then thinking that you failed.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

The other scene that got me was when she ate a burrito with Jack for the first time 😭

[@valeriaVPV]

Oh, my, yeees, I felt bad seeing that scene too. Reputation did not get any award because, probably, the album considered to be her fight back to all what had been going on..the press, fueds, and it was her side of the story. Awarding it ( it was worth it) would have meant taking sides

[@Independent365]

She was right. It wasnt good enough to deserve the noms. Folklore on the other hand definitely so

[@realsadegg7246]

This album is super special to me. Small CW for mental health, suicide and abuse: I had survived being left by my fiancé for another person out of nowhere, one of my best friends betraying me and surviving several hospitalizations. I got kicked out of school the day I was released from the emergency psych ward and I had to move back home. I felt so low and didn’t really talk to anyone during that time. I had a lot of feelings, pain, anger and sadness. I know it’s kind of embarrassing to admit but when this album came out it really felt like it was for me. It was messy behind the scenes of its production, I related to the themes of betrayal and being hurt but getting up again. But the softer tracks really spoke to me too. I met and got close with a person who would later become my partner of 2 years now, and I remember listening to Gorgeous and Delicate as I found myself getting feelings for him. This album doesn’t get its dues but I’ll always have an incredibly soft spot for it. I get made fun of a lot being a grown adult who hangs around the punk scene for being a Swiftie, but idk her music is pretty special to me. Fun fact: me and my partner became official around the Lover era, as he helped me embrace a softer and more gentle side to myself 🥰 I really feel like I’ve grown and evolved along with these albums coming out and being the soundtrack for it. Thank you for this video, it just appeared in my suggested videos lol. I don’t see a lot of love for Reputation from the same people who came in praising Folklore last year, it really does feel like it’s this fanbase’s little treasure. ❤️❤️

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Awww I’m so happy for you and your partner and I’m glad you had this album to help you process what must have been the most difficult time of your life. Music holds so much power, but I find that so many Swifties bonded with her music because it was the soundtrack to their lives’ best and worst moments. Reputation came out at a point of my life where I was deeply unsatisfied with where I was as well so there’s a place in my heart for this record (as with all Taylor records ofc.) I think a lot of Reputation fans or those with a kindred love of the record have gone through a lot (much like she did during 2016) and hopefully came out so much better on the other side.

[@ElleGur]

this album just showed how versatile of an artist taylor swift really was

[@EljohnMacaranas]

A lot of the songs with some tweaks could have been rock songs, but the range in electropop was divine. 1989 is a great album but the range of sounds was a little too cohesive and locked in the same mold.

[@anandamorales5803]

“masterpiece”. the most fitting word for ms taylor swift

[@supertalks4615]

the only bad thing about reputation is that don’t blame me wasn’t a single - the reputation tour performance is literally PERFECTION

[@EljohnMacaranas]

It would have been a hit!

[@almiranara]

it really is a grower. i'm not a swiftie but i listen to her music, especially her pop stuff. when i first listened to reputation, it's just an 'eh' album for me, but the more i listen to it, also watching reputation stadium tour and miss americana, i understand what she's trying to say. call it what you want is probably her most romantic song ever and i love it so much!

[@reputaytion1467]

hun I think you are 😭😭

[@lexgrrez]

Reputation is still one of my all time favorite albums. So underrated!!!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I will never understand why it’s rated so low. It’s iconic!

[@stevenmorris2234]

@@EljohnMacaranassame I will never understand why it’s not rated high!

[@LioraBCT]

1989 came out my daughter's freshman year of high school. In spite of (or because of) being brilliant, beautiful, and a varsity athlete, she started getting dragged on social media as she gained the attention of older boys and an unearned reputation. 1989's giddy rise-above-it-ness was perfectly timed, as she discovered who her true friends were and learned hard lessons about the world. By the time reputation dropped, we were READY FOR IT. I vividly remember hearing those opening beats and losing our goddamn minds together, blasting it in the car and flipping two big middle fingers at everyone who tried to bring her down. She triumphed and held her head up, and these two albums were the soundtrack to her victory. "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" laid the blame where it belonged and saluted her real friends (and her momma)--she (and Taylor) had finally Shaken It Off and achieved some freedom from the unearned reputation. I am so grateful for these two albums and Taylor Swift's courage and honesty. It is clear why there are so many Swifties worldwide. She tells the stories of all our lives, in some ways; and her music has carried many fans through the worst of times.

[@habsmcj]

My favorite record off of this album is probably Delicate

[@EljohnMacaranas]

That was the one that got me hooked on first listen!

[@jace2915]

as a person whose all time favorite album from taylor swift is reputation, I appreciate this video so f**king much. I feel like the initial backlash over it was caused by the fact that she picked Look What You Made Me Do and Ready For It as the first two singles, which kinda focuses more on the snake-ish side of it, but at the same time, I also understand why she did it, because it's like peeling the layers of a fruit, the more you listen to reputation the more that you understand what it's about; it's less of a "revenge" or "comeback" as the general public tends to portray it as, and more about finding love in the midst of all the conflict. songs like Call It What You Want, Dancing With Our Hands Tied, and Delicate are probably some examples of that, and I think at least we got Delicate as a single. I have no idea why i'm writing this long comment, but really I guess i'm just hoping for more people to appreciate what a work of art this album was. p.s. miss taylor it's still not too late to release that getaway car music video

[@lenasanz5544]

After Folklore, Reputation is my favorite of her albums

[@EljohnMacaranas]

YES

[@PolliitoAle]

I've been a fan of Taylor since Fearless, which was weird for me because I was never really into country. Anyway, I remember loving red so so fucking much, and how 1989 came out just at the time I needed it. The ways it could lift me up when I was in the middle of a depressive episode was... priceless, to me. Almost nothing could get me to feel excited or happy or relaxed, but Taylor's music? Than never failed. I also love all her last albums (folklore is a damn masterpiece and evermore is flawless, I'll die on this hill) but reputation??? ohhhh reputation was it for me. I love that album with my entire soul. It never made sense to me when people misunderstood the entire concept, sometimes willingly, because the fragility and relatableness was right there to me and this is coming from someone that has never been in love. I'm in my late 20s, my aromantic ass can relate to Taylor's songs lmao. Dancing with our hands tied helped me through anxiety attacks juts because how much I could find myself in the feeling of it.

[@strangertoyou8523]

Don't blame me and Dress deserves more attenttion. Dress is one of the most underrated ones. That brigde!!!! Godly. And I believe in DWOHT supremacy. It's also really underrated.

[@cosmoslady]

I started liking Taylor around 1989. Rep is hands down my favorite album of hers. I think Midnights is a close second now (I know it wasn't out at time of recording).

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Rep is such a beautiful record like genuinely her most underrated gem. The slander it got… undeserved.

[@yashkevinsingh1975]

This album is pure euphoria

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Literally.

[@javierbarrios5698]

Reputation is the album that made me a fan of her. I've heard the popular songs from 1989 (shake it off, blank space, style) before rep but these songs didn't make me want to listen to the rest of her discography. But when reputation came, I was amazed, after all she's been through with the media and the haters, this album was such a good comeback and I actually think that LWYMMD is a good first single, after listening to the full album you can really appreciate how it is a love letter to Joe, her fans and herself (being really authentic). This was the album that really introduced me to her and I'm really thankful for that, that's why this is my favorite TS album. Edit: I hate that rep (Taylor's version) will only come in 2022 and that it will be the last re-recorded album, but I'm also excited to experience the re-release of the firsts albums lol

[@niuipyenagar7813]

I have to hide my love for rep because a lot of people were hating it because "it wasn't the same Taylor" that they got used to. But, rep is Taylor's most vulnerable album to date. My fave tracks are: Endgame (it's a banger), Delicate (which is her most vulnerable song to date for me, aside from Soon You'll Get Better), Call It What You Want, Getaway Car, and New Year's Day. New Year's Day has the best ending song of any of her albums because you, with the person you love, can do the most mundane things together, such as, cleaning up the bottles, and it's fine because it'll be a memory you hold on to. That's how Taylor describes her love for Joe and I think it's beautiful.

[@patrik7548]

reputation is my favorite album and to me every song on the album it's just amazing. my favorite song is new year's day just because it's very nostalgic to me and idk i like it very much. also really great video, you said everything that needs to be said.

[@kinggee1110]

People just thinks it’s bad cause before the album dropped, she released LWYMMD as the lead single and everyone dismissed it as petty and full of drama album, but it is so much more than that, it’s literally full of love songs, it’s just the way it was presented that made it look bad especially if you don’t keep up with Taylor’s personal life, you wouldn’t get the references in the album. But her team kind of messed up in keeping the momentum going by taking too long to release follow up singles, and of course reputation not being available to streaming services for 1 whole month. They should’ve dropped the RFI video the same week it was released, and endgame should have been released before the album came out to generate streams then followed up by IDSB, DBM & GC.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Delicate was proof that the album’s single choices were less than desirable. Both LWYMMD and RFI peaked fast then dropped off fast. End Game could have had a better run if they had dropped the video faster and there was more promo. But Delicate was a sleeper hit, it grew week over week, the only reason it was blocked from hitting top 10 was sales being pretty low (since everyone bought the album beforehand.) Radio loved Delicate in a way it didn’t the other singles.

[@kinggee1110]

@@EljohnMacaranas i agree, it’s a classic Taylor love song, I wished people listened to the second half of the album, it’s so underrated. Even my friends who doesn’t care about her music, loved ‘CIWYW’

[@empirestateinstruments1917]

it was great to hear taylor with some dope 808s on ready for it as the album opener. the drums are truly truly excellent throughout the entire album. I also want to add, no troll, that I think ye and taylor should make a track.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

We really probably could have gotten a collaboration had the famous dustup never happened! But likewise, we never would have gotten this album or Lover if that was the case either! It’s weird to imagine what her career woulda been like had 2016 not happened the way it did tbh

[@empirestateinstruments1917]

@@EljohnMacaranas yea, probably! aside from world events it might be a good time for them to collab--i think they would make an amazing track. They are both uber talented and amazing artists. Taylor more so, of course.

[@thinlineofsanity1035]

I LOVE call it what you want!! And you just blew right past it lol.

[@gard2310]

Leading up to reputation was when i became a hardcore swiftie, and i just fell more and more in love

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Being a Swiftie during the Rep era was a gift! A bit different from her being imho overexposed during 1989. She wasn’t everywhere during Rep but if you wanted to keep up with her, you could. Lover was a fun era but Folk and Ever were very low-key. Glad you became hardcore around Rep! Also (fellow swiftie) Dylan O’Brien deserves the world (saw your pfp!)

[@meretc]

What I find so sad is that nobody ever talks about Call It What You Want or Dancing With Our Hands Tied. These songs are truly so beautiful as they describe how it feels to fall in love, to be loved and to love someone while the whole world seems to hate you and the image she started to question who she was and if she wanted the life she was living anymore. In Miss Americana she explained that she always wanted to be a good girl and that she wanted to please everyone and I feel like in Call It What You Want she kind of broke free of that as she realized that it is enough to be loved by this one person even if the rest of the world seems to hate you. These are so meaningful, so beautiful and so emotional, I love it. These are some of the best songs in her entire career and I wish there was a music video for Dancing With Our Hands Tied.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I like those two a lot! They were my faves on my first listen through back in 2017 so I didn’t even have the context of those documentary/interview bits but they did feel like two of the most honest tracks on the record. DWOHT is a deep cut I wish had gotten visuals.

[@calebmerillat9035]

Fuck this album is so iconic

[@EljohnMacaranas]

once in a lifetime era: Taylor’s never gonna serve this hard again (well at least in the way she did for rep)

[@calebmerillat9035]

Eljohn Macaranas facts going to the rep tour was one of the greatest things I’ve ever experienced

[@EljohnMacaranas]

i went last minute with friends, made it in time for Charli then BAM ready for it snatched my wig

[@calebmerillat9035]

Eljohn Macaranas I got to meet Andrea before the show started she was so sweet I tear up just thinking about it 😭

[@EljohnMacaranas]

omfg that sounds like a religious experience tbh, so jelly!

[@makeupstories605]

0:10 she won her second grammy for album of the year, this was her 10th grammy overall. Great work though!! Reputation is a cultural reset, you did the album justice

[@jewdea]

Lol just seeing this two years later.. I guess you can amend this because Taylor’s era tour definitely topped the reputation tour

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Oh for sure, Eras absolutely bodied the Rep tour. Like I loved the Rep tour but once Eras is immortalized on video. We will all see!

[@mal07]

new year’s day is definitely my favorite song off of rep just because it’s so intimate and you can truly understand what she’s saying. i feel like that song was a peak into what folklore and evermore would become

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Oh for sure, there's a lot of solid songwriting and storytelling on Rep. I'm mad a lot of people think of it as her weakest record when honestly it was a precursor to some of the sounds and themes she'd do on lover, folklore, evermore, and now midnights!

[@eunoia6184]

I remember when I used to hate her and I don’t even know why I did. It was like I was brainwashed bc I didn’t have any argument to prove why I hated her, no reason at all. I’m glad I learnt my mistakes

[@damagehurdle]

Hot take: Dress is one of her best songs

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Not a crazy take at all: I consider it far superior to I Don’t Wanna Live Forever and a precursor to Maroon.

[@christiana2192]

This is an amazing video, i love listening to people praise reputation, it’s a literal movie

[@shannonkline8169]

Reputation was my favorite T.S. album right from my first listen. I really don't understand why it's so underrated. So. Many. Bangers!

[@corrosivenanomagnet424]

Red, 1989 and Reputation are her best albums. You can't change my mind.

[@amna6842]

Replace red with lover and your good

[@corrosivenanomagnet424]

@@amna6842 Lol I don't like Lover as much as I do Red but it's a very good album still lol

[@magarwal7266]

I believe lwymmd was the perfect single for reputation even though it is obviously not the best song off the album. Like if she released delicate, everyone would have just labelled it as a love song where she was being vulnerable without addressing the real issue going on about her. Getaway car would have been scrutinised as hell and taylor would have been called a manipulator and what not. TIWWCHNT could have been an option though but it was too direct an attack lol. Basically if taylor straight up released a love song/ breakup song after that disappearance , the locals ( i mean non fans) would have easily gotten bored. So she somehow had to address the situation , take control of narrative, not be too attacking and get everyone talking . therefore LWYMMD was perfect as a lead single.

[@originalparafan]

Do you have a video on 1989? Can’t find

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I’ll make one one day soon! I’m waiting for the rerecording to talk about it!

[@brookemckinley5709]

I love the “Delicate” music video so much!!

[@EljohnMacaranas]

Literally one of her top 3 music videos ever, the visuals for Rep were really ✨IT✨

[@mklynxo]

something I thought of while watching this was the whole “lover and rep are sisters who hate each other” joke. It’s funny don’t get me wrong, but it can actually be looked at a bit deeper, because rep and lover are both love albums. So it’s like they’re really more similar than they thought.

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I think they tell love from different time periods. Like Rep is the thorny start to a relationship while Lover is the mid section where somedays it’s easy breezy but others you can’t help but wonder if it’ll last but you keep going. Midnights felt like the end or the beginning of the end of a relationship to some degree.

[@amyfalls]

AYO FACTS I STAN *SO IT GOES* AND *KING OF MY HEART* BUT THEY ARE THE MOST UNDERRATED

[@cherrycola542]

I might have been 10 but I DEFINITELY remember the SNAKE era. That shit was crazy and I STILL loved her. She left. She returned. And made one of my favorite albums ever. I think I was in 7th grade when Look What You Made Me Do came out, it played at my middle schools Halloween dance and EVER SINGLE KID (guy or girl) was SCREAMING the lyrics. Every song in the album was good.

[@ginayoung4174]

Endgame was one of my favorite tracks on this record! Honestly, Taylor is a great songwriter. She just manages to reinvent her music every album.

[@bettip4331]

12 year old me was absolutely IN LOVE with reputation

[@advaitsingh8074]

“raindrops” on Ariana Grande’s Sweetener is my favorite opener but “...Ready For It?” is a close second

[@letstalkaboutit3195]

Everyday I realice I am a little more of a REP Stan and I can’t wait for the re-release so I can listen to it peacefully.

[@English3Muffin]

Reputation was what made me a fan. I had listened to her hits and enjoyed them, I liked 1989 and some of Red when they came out, but I was a casual listener until Rep. It blew me away. It’s not only my favorite album of hers, it’s easily one of my top 3 favorite albums of all time. I love the bad bitch energy, and I love the softness of the second half. It was a phenomenal comeback and I’m so glad people are starting to recognize it for the experimental masterpiece that it is. I cannot wait for Taylor’s Version to come out and for this to get the recognition it deserves. Enjoyed your album essay! I really like listening to people’s breakdowns, it helps me to articulate my own thoughts and find new things to appreciate. 😊

[@iandean1112]

Delicate could have honestly been on the current album and fit in for me...

[@EljohnMacaranas]

You're so right! It's like proto-Midnights (and would honestly fit into the whole aesthetic/story of sleepless nights.)

[@umnoitsxander]

This honestly my album ranking as of today: 10. Fearless 9. Debut 8. Red 7. Fearless (Taylor’s Version) 6. Speak Now 5. 1989 4. Lover 3. evermore 2. reputation 1. folklore

[@EljohnMacaranas]

I’d personally put Red at 4 and Lover at 8 but everything else is nearly the same for me. I’m wondering if Taylor’s Version with the Vault tracks will change things for me.

[@umnoitsxander]

@@EljohnMacaranas oh yeah, me too. Mr Perfectly Fine and We Were Happy made me rethink the album.

[@simeonfrancis6751]

Red so low is a hate crime ngl

[@tylernelson02]

@@simeonfrancis6751 there are some top notch songs on red but as an album it’s so inconsistent that I would also tend to rate it on the lower end.