Taylor Swift - Folklore pt. 1 | FULL ALBUM REACTION

[@karinrommel5925]

We love your reactions. We know you won't love every song. We know you don't know every detail of Taylor's life. We appreciate you giving it a listen and the attention it deserves!!!

[@markabusireactions]

Why thank you! ☺️

[@joandidion8709]

What’s really unfortunate about the bad rap Swifties have gotten online, is that it’s pretty new behavior in the grand scheme of Taylor’s fame. Up until very recently, it was very uncool to be a Taylor Swift fan. She’s been regularly insulted by the general public & media for going on two decades now. Her dating life, her perceived art credibility, her vocal & songwriting abilities, etc. And if you liked her, your taste was immediately trash to the people who get to decide what good music is. So long time fans got into a habit of being defensive. However! In the past 2-3 years, as Taylor’s fame has continued to grow exponentially, more and more new fans have joined the party. And some of those fans are loud, & mean, & lack empathy for the people they’re claiming to “protect” Taylor from. It’s incredibly frustrating to those of us who have been here for a long time. I try to remind myself 1) that many of them are probably young teens & 2) not to be ashamed of liking Taylor on their behalf, because I’ve been a fan for a long time and have never once considered leaving hate comments on a reactor’s YT video for “misinterpreting” a song that was already up for interpretation. The rest of us should do better job of policing anybody who acts like that on social media. It’s just so strange to see such a lack of empathy from fans of an artist renowned for hers. I’m very sorry you had such a poor experience and I hope it doesn’t turn you away from exploring more of Taylor’s music

[@hkandm4s23]

100% agree...i think some of the younger/newer swifties grew up on Twitter and think fighting online is somehow important and something other than a waste of energy. Older swifties might correct misconceptions or call out blatant misoginyst takes but if you just don't like it that's cool. Not everyone likes the same thing.

[@jensen6929]

That's why as an og fan, I tend to only fight the new "swifties". Heck yes, I'm gatekeeping the term swifties intensively. They thought they could listen to like two albums and came in swinging saying they're swifties and be toxic 😭 funny as heck

[@Scorpio13-59]

I agree! I always seem to be reading comments about Taylor in her fandom posts, which are so rude to Taylor and to anyone who loves her work. I just don’t get it. If a person relates better to another artist, why doesn’t that person just enjoy that singer? Why do they post on Taylor’s fandom to be haters? Art is subjective. I loved Leonardo DiCaprio’s work in Titanic. My BFF refused to see it because she did not like him. So? Was she wrong? No! It was her preference! My friend did not take to social media to proclaim how much she did not like him and to throw shade at his fans. It is art, not mathematics. I do try to show ❤ and offer reason and logic, but it will not change haters.

[@Brandi2281]

You know Imogen Heap?!!!! Have you heard “Clean” by Taylor Swift? Produced by Imogen!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Scorpio13-59]

Honestly, I was totally ignorant to Ms Heap’s work prior to “clean”.

[@manondumas2953]

One thing to know about this album that is fact. There is a love trilogy that links Cardigan, August and Betty. Betty and James were an item. James had a summer fling with…. Augusta ?? (“August”), then James came back to Betty (“Betty”). “Cardigan” is Betty’s perspective after it all went down.

[@Shady_Belle]

Augustine :) (is what taylor said)

[@lisahillis8973]

Please never stop with the random stories! Lol I'm dying here 😂

[@jenunboxed512]

I'm sure someone has already mentioned this at some point, but the additional genius behind Great American Dynasty is that Taylor LITERALLY bought the house she sings about in the song. So it's not just that her life is so similar in terms of the "ish" that Rebecca Harkness went through from judgmental people, when she sings the line about "and then it was bought by me" she meant it. Plus I just love the mental image of some pompous man's pooch getting a dye job.

[@lkcullen1918]

And the footage in the lyric video is footage she took from the terrace of Holiday House! One of my favorite 'hidden' details.

[@sml24157]

I cannot tell you how much I loathe when people say “you’re wrong, the song is about this”. Sure, it’s fun to speculate and see connections through the songs but the fact of the matter is we’ll never know exactly what the songs are about unless she explicitly tells us. And songs are supposed to resonate differently with different people. She also is a big fan of double entendres. Many songs are literally supposed to be taken two ways and fans are calling out reactors saying they’re wrong because they took it in one direction and the fan thinks it goes in the other direction. 😅 It’s insane

[@laviestbelle3760]

👏👏👏

[@teszter704]

I often feel like the fandom decides on one theory and then it becomes canon and when your own interpretation is different, you are deemed as heretic. Like WANEGBT in my opinion would fit Mayor a lot more than JG but I get stoned if I say that 😅

[@jslvdr_]

It's not always stretched out by fans. Sometimes she just does it in a way that's kinda specific for the fans. She's actually addressed this. Like the song cardigan. Anyone who is not in the circle can perceive that it's about Matty, but we know it's not. The double entendre is supposed to be the thing it's truly about and the way the song reflects you or how you can resonate with it.

[@sml24157]

@@Violet316since 2007. Believe me, I know all the lore and all the stories. But Swifties are really toxic in their judgment of reactions.

[@sml24157]

@@jslvdr_ Believe me, I’m a 34yo fan since 2007. I know all the lore and all the specifics. And it’s definitely fun to be in the know about the little details. I’m just talking about the toxic swifties who berate reactors for being “wrong” when they say My Tears Ricochet is a song about loss of a relationship and Swifties meanly say they have no idea what they’re talking about and they should research before the listen. Music can be solely enjoyed and interpreted for what it is without knowing every piece of lore.

[@scarletwoodland5210]

Have been marathoning your Swift reactions today and loved them thank you. I know it's been suggested to you already but if you haven't listened to Safe & Sound yet, please do. It seems like we have pretty similar taste in music so I think it could be right up your street. It was Carolina and Safe and Sound that made me say "holy fuck" when first diving into her discography. Edit: Also, I'd be really interested to see how you react to Wildest Dreams. It's a single and somewhat glittery but I think it's actually a really beautiful song. The performance at the Grammy Museum with just her and her electric guitar is gorgeous.

[@markabusireactions]

I’m sure I’ll get around to both of them eventually!! You’re welcome to drop by the stream and request them ☺️

[@Scorpio13-59]

I am so sorry that you’re feeling some kinda way about the feedback you received. Fans, and we Swifties are no exception, are passionate and it may come across kinda strong. I’ve read comments from some fellow Swifties to you and I wholeheartedly agree that Taylor’s work has many different ways to interpret. I feel that the most powerful message that she brings out in her work, is that it relates to everyone on different levels. The only comment that I see over and over, related to Our Girl’s Reactors’ is an urging for you all to become familiar with Taylor. For example: “Dear John” hits different (😏) once a person learns about Taylor’s experience with John Mayer. “My tears ricochet” is another example, as once a person learns about Taylor’s stolen melodies by Scott and Scooter, it is so poignant. So, don’t worry much. We always appreciate watching reactions! Especially watching the birth of new Swifties, once people get to know who Taylor is, and not from listening to haters.

[@markabusireactions]

Oh no it’s all good, this was fairly early on. The comments from the TTPD album reaction fixed everything lol

[@Scorpio13-59]

@@markabusireactions I am relieved! I am a “baby swiftie” with only about a year and a half since I discovered Taylor’s work with the exception of the pop stuff. I have taken to watching reactions and following reactors who I feel, offer opinions based on their personal interpretations and also by getting to know Taylor. The reactors are all deliciously different. My girls from “Chats and Reacts” always get big laughs from me, watching their interactions with each other, and how they slap each other. So funny! And yet, they also get tears from me when they describe a point in Taylor’s history, which resonates with specific songs. When they cry, I too cry. They are wonderful! Some reactors, like My boy Zack the Swiftologist, brings his critically experienced eye, as he has been with taylor since her debut album. He is not critical, but he is not afraid to say what he thinks. In my humble opinion, Zack must be one of the most insightful reactors to Taylor! He is adorable and spicy. He truly loves Taylor too. But it cannot be a picnic for him to be such a loyal fan. Not only have people been very mean to him, but he has actually gotten freaking death threats from psychotics who mascarade as Swifties!!!!But Zack is as tough as he is witty and thankfully, hasn’t given up on us. Just hang in there. Like with my buddy @ G.O.T., I have adored watching him turn into a dedicated Swiftie. I am now loving to watch you grow with Taylor as I continue to do so. We are with you. Like Tay says, haters are gonna hate Just remember that they may be noisier but we are stronger.

[@emmavink]

So the line from TTPD:The Anthology you are connecting to the bridge line from Cardigan is, I think I'm right, is from The Black Dog " 6 weeks of breathing clean air, I still miss the smoke"... Or are you talking about the line from track 2, "you smoked then ate seven bars of chocolates"? 😂 I would argue that Swift's songs rarely operate on the level of only being about one thing. Especially Folklore and Evermore. Cardigan, August and Betty are supposed to be first and foremost a fictional love triangle. But I definitely think the references you are making to imagery from TTPD + The Anthology are strong. How much fun is it to be able to see a musician... Let alone a pop musician... Carrying imagery and metaphors across albums ranging over years apart? There is also imagery and metaphors that she's been carrying through albums since her earliest albums. That's dedication to songwriting that is just so satisfying and exciting to me 😊

[@Scorpio13-59]

Well put!

[@booluther]

Great reaction, love hearing your opinions and interpretations

[@hkandm4s23]

Yep. Ttpd refrences a lot of her old work. Ideally, the songs can be interpreted however you like. There's official statements about how certain songs are connected from Taylor herself, but some fans take things way too far claiming songs written on 1989 before she ever met Matty Healy are about him.

[@Violet316]

No mean comments people, everyone has the right to their opinion.

[@markabusireactions]

lol, they can be mean if they want! ☺️ it’s all good!

[@lalolapolo]

​@@markabusireactions mark, you are kind and gentle human being. i hope no more mean comments although we can't control it. but just really wanna say how kind, gentle of a human being you are. ❤

[@markabusireactions]

@@lalolapolo oh, thank you 😳 I dunno what to say to that!

[@Scorpio13-59]

Playing 😈 advocate, not every critical remark is mean. We do not all have to be saying, “wonderful”. I heard two reactors who were so upset with Scott Swift when they heard, “But Daddy I love him” and many pointed out other interpretations. Some got defensive about that. We learn from critical thinking too. But I do agree about being mean-spirited. Unfortunately, with the present climate in The US, with a presidential candidate, who instead of debating points of view on issues, has been a model example of the worst behavior, calling people names and mocking them personally, has led to weak minded people embracing this sad behavior. The kind of behavior which earned us a “time out” in kindergarten, is being celebrated. Especially when they have no intelligent remarks. Aye aye aye. 😢

[@markabusireactions]

@@Scorpio13-59 oh no I’m fine with criticism. If I say something factually incorrect, by all means point it out. This whole channel is me just saying what I think to be true, and then adjusting my thinking when I get new information, I’m fine with that

[@carolynnewcomb2153]

Have you seen the music video for Cardigan? It’s gorgeous- so good!! She def doesn’t do anything half ass.

[@Scorpio13-59]

@@carolynnewcomb2153 Ain’t that the truth! August and Cardigan make me holla along ( what I do cannot be mistaken for singing 😆) They touch me so, but there are too many to count with Our Girl’s catalog, which do that too.

[@emmy2417]

i’ve been a fan since her first album. i’ve been to 4 eras shows. i’ve traveled internationally to see her in concert. i was on her stupid social media app that she had for like 6 months and never went on. i’m a huge swiftie. nothing you’ve said about her or her songs has offended me at all. you’re really open to her music and your interpretations of songs are always interesting to me and make me think about her music in different ways. we all have different brains so i think it makes sense for us to interpret songs a bit differently and to have different tastes in music. i’m sorry that the unstable swifties found you and that they’re committed to having the least charitable interpretation of your words. nobody who’s normal has a problem with anything you’re saying also those are the kinda fans taylor would hate lol

[@markabusireactions]

Well, you’re delightful. You are permitted to stay on the channel! 😂

[@hailsaep13]

My interpretation of mirrorball as a self-diagnosed one herself, is that in simple terms it's about 'people pleasers'. The narrator of the song is desperate to impress and satisfy others so she becomes this thing that no one can take their eyes off - a shiny mirrorball in the center of the room - by almost taking pieces of others to "reflect" back at them. So it's like she has different personalities or facets for every person she meets; "I'll show you every version of yourself tonight". It works because by molding herself in these ways, it keeps people interested because who doesn't like to hangout with others who are similar to them. The problem is that eventually she's taken so many different parts of others to add to herself that she loses who she actually is underneath that and all she is now is a mirror and a performer at all times. Which is why she's still spinning even in the dark or why even when the "circus" is sent home she's still there performing without anyone to perform to. The only way for her to find her true self is to let herself fall and shatter and redefine her shape. Now this is a little different to Taylor's own interpretation which she gave though, where said: "And I think with ‘mirrorball’, sometimes when I’m writing to an instrumental track, I’ll push play and I’ll immediatly see a scene set. This was one of the cases where I just saw lonely disco ball, twinkly lights, neon signs, people drinking beer by the bar, a couple of stragglers on the dance floor, just sort of a sad, moonlit, lonely experience in the middle of a town that you’ve never been in. And I just was thinking “Ok, we have mirrorballs in the middle of a dance floor because they reflect light, they are broken a million times and that’s what makes them so shiny, we have people like that in society too, they hang there and, every time they break, it entertains us. And when you shine a light on them, is this glittery, fantastic thing but then, a lot of the times when the spotlight isn’t on them, they’re still there, up on a pedestal, but nobody’s watching them.”

[@jessicamartin8552]

Hi! OG swiftie here. I’m a Tay1 since day1 and I have watched a lot of reactions. stumbled on your reactions by accident and I’m so glad I did. Your take on The Anthology is one my favorite ever. You bringing up the way they used the piano as a way of giving a typewriter effect for The Manuscript actually blew my mind. Taylor is in fact a lyrical genius and a mastermind but so are you! I never put the 2 together but it’s incredible. Also, your reaction to How Did It End…..chills. Best reaction I’ve seen. Lastly, want to tell you im so sorry that anyone made you feel bad for your opinion. Some self proclaimed swifties don’t really get that their judgement and overall assholery is exactly everything that Taylor is against. They do not speak for the fandom. They are the same ones that went after her for Matty Healy and it broke her heart. Absolute assholes. Thank you for your candor and your take on Taylor.

[@markabusireactions]

Thank you for watching, and all the kind words!!

[@MsClarissa29]

In answer to your question... I believe Mirroball is a metaphor for her relationship with the fans, at times beautiful but also delicate and fragile. She is the mirroball, reflecting the fans emotions back with her song writing. "I want you to know, I'm a mirroball, I'll show you every version of yourself tonight..." The metaphor extends to a circus theme where she compares herself to a trapeze artist/tightrope walker who is "not a natural" but always trying her best to keep the fans happy and entertained.

[@postaldee68]

"When they called off the circus. Burned the disco down" is a reference to Loverfest being canceled.

[@emmavink]

I saw you dropped this a while ago on Patreon and I was so worried you wouldn't drop an edited version on KZbin too. The exchange rate is just too much for me right now to subscribe on Patreon, but one day 😂 I've seen some of other non-Swift content you've dropped and I will do my best to get some of it listened to at some point 😅 I feel I owe you that because I definitely shited you out on at least 3 of your early Folklore reactions. And I've enjoyed the music you've recommended since, so I'll stick with ya on the journey when I'm about 😬 Long story: I'm super thankful you are sharing this on KZbin too 👍😊

[@markabusireactions]

You don’t need to feel bad at all! I appreciate you being around ☺️

[@angiepeterson1282]

I believe she said in TTPD that she “ swirled him into all her poems “ - so I think that is proof that you’re right.

[@sonicAndHedgehog]

Your explanation about her getting the indir crowd was SPOT on!

[@abjbgbbb]

OK, I rarely laugh out loud with a long giggly laugh but having all of Russia hating you to the point where you can’t drink tea is absolutely hilarious!!!!!!

[@markabusireactions]

😂😂 watch my Putin reaction, you’ll understand why lol

[@H8Red92]

during lpss she told us cardigan was fictional, after ttpd and some connections to the song like the peter pan reference i‘m also pretty sure its about matty, the same for the 1 probably. you commecting the dots after one listen is actually quite impressive

[@Scorpio13-59]

@@H8Red92 i agree with your assessment. 🫶

[@MaggieMcDonald-v8z]

“Standing in the front porch light,” is also at the end of Fresh Out the Slammer.” Cardigan is definitely about Matty Healy. In the same song she said she swirled him into all her poems.

[@alaneluziadasilva19]

Now I have something to think about. I believe that even when someone writes fictional stories there something from their personal experiences. But when she realesed this song she was in a relacionship of 4 years with Joe Alwin and actually he co-writed Betty and Exile from this álbum. And Taylor have said that she went in a fictional writing process in this álbum and that "Betty" "Cardigan" and "August" are three perspectives of the same fictional storie. So...I don't know

[@markabusireactions]

Tbf, I’m in a happy relationship, but if I decide I wanna write a sad song about a break up it’s not tricky to just put my mind back in a previous relationship and remember how I felt at the time

[@eirinikomotini]

About your Bon Iver point: Taylor is very aware of her image… she knows how people view her… with this album, she really just tried to work with people she admired - this was not even supposed to be an album, it was supposed to be a way to go through quarantine… and when the album came to be she was terrified that Justin would back out because he wouldn’t want to be in a TS album (it’s in her interviews at the Long Pond Studio Sessions) Also: how fucking do I know this album 😂 you said next is mirroball, and I reflectively said out loud WHAT no its not 😂

[@markabusireactions]

Yeah… I might have been sneaky and papped a couple of songs as patreon exclusives lol, cause I’m mean like that!

[@eirinikomotini]

@@markabusireactionsas long as you heard all the songs I can live with that 😂 leaving out my tears ricochet would be an actual crime

[@markabusireactions]

@@eirinikomotini oh no, that’s my favourite song 😂

[@Scorpio13-59]

August is my well one of my favorite favorite songs! It does not have to be anybody else’s favorite song it’s just so poignant. The girl who thought she had a relationship but he wound up just using her as a rebound/payback sorta gal. So heart breaking and I just adore the bridge! Just my 0.02$. 💖

[@karinrommel5925]

August is one of my favorites too...but I first heard it in context with Cardigan and Betty. As the point of view from the girl who thought she had found "summer love," in reality, we hear James call it "a fling" in Betty...my heart broke for her. It really endeared this song to me.

[@Scorpio13-59]

@@karinrommel5925 August and Betty knew everything when they were young. James just took no responsibility. after all, he is only 17. 🤯

[@shelleynull6532]

So for this album there is also The Long Pond sessions where Taylor performs these live in studio and before each song her and her two producers speak about the exact meaning of each song. Cardigan is a fictional story that’s a trilogy along with Betty and August. I would watch those it’s great but those three songs are just a fictional story.

[@markabusireactions]

Yeah but if I watched those then I’d just be telling people what the songs are about, and half the fun is in the guessing without any context.

[@shelleynull6532]

@ ha ha true lol it's just those are such a great vocal performance and awesome interviews

[@emmavink]

I think what originally would have annoyed me about your fiest Exile discussion is touched on in her discussion with Aaron and Jack on Long Pond about the background of the entire collaboration. I don't disagree at all that it was an incredibly smart move on Swift's part to collab with a name as big as Bon Iver when she was trying to get into the indie realm... But on top of that, I doubt whether she would have done it with them specifically if she hadn't had been such a serious fan of their music on a personal level. This is a woman who does not need to beg any big name to work with her. She frikking got Kendrick Lemar to collab with her. She got Future to collab with her on her hip hop inspired Reputation album. Neither of those men needed that collab in their careers at that time. And she was so clearly giddy that Vernon did want to collab with her, like she wasn't the biggest mega star on the planet, on that interview at Long Pond, and I didn't find that excitement calculated or fey. It's endearing and I had only really been into Swift's music for a year when Excile came out and had known Bon Iver fairly well since For Emma, Forever Ago. It was what felt like a negation of her personal enthusiasm and that she'd personally been listening to them for years that was frustrating to hear. She wasn't ever just ticking a box with Bob Iver. I think it was a dream she'd had for years.

[@markabusireactions]

Ahhh okay yeah that makes sense. I only didn’t say that because I felt like it didn’t need to be said lol, I just assumed she chose him because she was a massive fan 😂

[@namobobo]

When it comes to Swifties, Armys, and Beyhives, the fandom just gets so much shit from people who never actually dive into the entirety of 1 album and usually are just take their radio hits and pissing on the artist for being overrated, talking about exes or just not worth a listen but often the undertones are just plain sexists, racists and xenophobic. So a portion of the fans gets defensive really quickly and have just made it a bad habit. But still, media outlets will blow the toxicity out of portion because it makes more clickbait news. All this to say, as someone who does not subscribe to that toxicity, I can understand the history for these fandoms and many others like it. That does NOT and will NEVER excuse fans from threaten and attacking new listeners who don't understand that and haven't delved into the discography of their artists. The fandoms really need to put the toxic parts of the fandom in place or drown them out because it is tiring.

[@markabusireactions]

You know, it’s actually been really positive here on the channel for the most part, but I do feel like it’s okay for me to call out the toxic stuff when I see it. In every fanbase.

[@eirinikomotini]

VERY well put 👏 unfortunately, with fandoms this big it’s really hard to coordinate and have one collective image… let’s face it, among the millions who love Taylor, some are gonna be crazy 😂 However, I watch every reaction video I can get my hands on and I do have to say that when the reactor is respectful the comments are mostly positive, even if they don’t like the music… unfortunately this has not been the case in this channel in the beginning… some comments were just horrendous… glad that this is not the case anymore, because I really like it here 😊

[@markabusireactions]

@@eirinikomotini I’m glad you’re here too!

[@SpaceyStacy333]

Everyone has a right to their opinions and nobody should be mean to you if they disagree with your opinion (even if you’re wrong 😂). You have said many times that you don’t care about the back story and just care about the music! Nobody needs an echo chamber. This is a reaction channel after all! I find you entertaining and ❤ how you roll your R’s. I’m an American Swiftie and Sheerio!

[@markabusireactions]

Thank you very much!

[@tiffylew]

One of the reasons there is discourse about the meanings of songs is precisely because with more albums comes more information. Taylor told us folklore was fictional. She was in a relationship with Joe, but come to find out she’d been using matty healy as a muse for a decade. NO ONE knew that until TTPD.

[@user-gp9es3rd3e]

Lana is so good influential in modern pop music it is true! You see her stamp everywhere

[@hkandm4s23]

I'm honestly not sure if Bon Iver is using a pedal or if that's his falsetto in harmony, but theres a ton of post production processing anyhow to clean it up, fix timing and add a ton of reverb, and extra harmonies just as there would be on any record. From the little i know of him, i think his falsetto sounds like that when he performs skinny love live, but i may be wrong. Especially since they were recorded separately during covid. I will say hide and seek is done with a vocoder which i don't think he is using. It's fun to watch her play live... she has a lot of fascinating tech including gloves that act as a live synths. Also i think the credibility thing was more about aaron desner than bon iver. She has a pretty long history of reaching out to whomever she admires and can help her get the sound she wants.

[@CindyEvens-nh2tm]

Quick note. I'll have to check, but if you have not done Carolina (she wrote for movie "Where the Crawdads Sing), I think you'd love it. Done it? Disregard

[@markabusireactions]

It’s my favourite song of hers lol, it’s the entire reason I decided to be a swifty 😂

[@rachelmcknight1470]

Every time I see one of your videos pop up, I immediately carve out an hour to watch it. I appreciate your insight. 🙂

[@markabusireactions]

AN HOUR?!

[@rachelmcknight1470]

@markabusireactions Haha. For the album reviews, such as this one, I immediately carve out an hour to watch it. I appreciate that you'll say when you don't like something. With a lot of reactors, they'll praise whatever gets them views. I totally get reacting to Taylor for views, she has a huge fan base, but you give a thoughtful, honest review that I may not always agree with, but do always appreciate. 🙂

[@markabusireactions]

Why thank you!! I come at these songs from a different music taste than a lot of other people so different songs are gonna hit me, and I think that’s totally okay if I can articulate a decent reason why!

[@rachelmcknight1470]

@markabusireactions Ahh, adult conversation. We aren't getting much of that where I'm from these days (US). Well, I commend you. It's not easy to come on here and be genuine, knowing that we live in a world where, "if you don't agree with me, you're wrong and I'm going to tell you about it." I couldn't do it, but I certainly glad you can! 🙂

[@markabusireactions]

Oh I just tell everyone to fuck off if they start 😂😂

[@CindyEvens-nh2tm]

Thanks. New Swiftie (followed her from the Chief's - U.S. football). Really like your reviews. Once this old grandma figures it out? I'll see you on Patreon,

[@markabusireactions]

Aww thank you!! ☺️

[@SpaceyStacy333]

This grandma needs to figure that out too😅

[@Scorpio13-59]

@@SpaceyStacy333😂😂😂. i figured it out but if i subscribe to every subscriber who I enjoy, i’ll have to work even more OT. 😁

[@ytuser392]

11:20 and I noticed in the tortured poets department too (the title track) that the percussion sounds a lot like the sound of typing on a typewriter and then it stops between verses and starts again with the new verse as if she was writing what she sings, so cool! Thank you for your reaction I was looking forward to it!

[@eiszeit9032]

Fand deine Reaktion wieder super, hab dich durch die Reaktion auf TTPD entdeckt, kann auch völlig nachvollziehen das du den kopf nur schütteln kannst über die toxischen swiftis.. geht mir auch so. Ich hab selbst erst Taylor Swift für mich entdeckt, als langzeit Kansas City Chiefs fan zog mich die neugier von Travis kelce's partner zur swift musik. Hatte ihre musik vorher immer als teenie musik abgetan. Hab aber zeitig endeckt wie falsch ich damit lag. Aber was ich nicht mag ist die verurteilende,toxische swifti gruppe... egal um was es geht, die müssen hass verbreiten. 🤦‍♀️ Ps. Sorry fürs schreiben in Deutsch, kann wunderbar englisch verstehen, bin aber schlecht im englisch schreiben. Grüße aus Deutschland 😅

[@bellapeterson94]

Honestly the mean swifties are not true swifties. Taylor has always been about being nice to people. Lyrics can have double, triple meaning and there is no such thing as right or wrong. You can tell a story of what she felt when she wrote it but we can all take away what we want from a song. The real swifties will support you no matter what as long as you are not mean 👏🏻 Love your insight to her music

[@markabusireactions]

Thank you!

[@riley1312]

She explains each song on the Long pond studio sessions you should watch it

[@markabusireactions]

True, but I also kinda don’t want to have my opinions informed by outside information, cause then I’m just repeating what someone else told me rather than giving my own thoughts on it.

[@emmavink]

I barely listen to the studio version of Mirrorball any more. Probably because it is just easy and chilled. The acoustic for me is just gorgeously gentle and quite anxiety filled on the bridge. The driving rhythm of it also really pulls me in every time. If it wasn't for the acoustic version, I'd probably skip the track most of the time

[@kevinfrancis1583]

Mirrorball: Taylor's response to the cancellation of the Loverfest tour because of the pandemic. No circus and rodeo but Taylor is still performing for us all even though we couldn't see her.

[@Hortonfantastic4]

18:33 how many other comments are people screaming “it is Matty Healy”. I know you hate it but the fact that you can tell it’s related to TTPD shows it’s not even well hidden. We didn’t know who it was about before. She said it was “fiction”

[@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD]

Hi I’m back after two days off from watching ALL your TS reactions As far as what the songs are about, Taylor has said on multiple occasions that once they go into the world, they belong to us anyway. We can apply them to our lives If a song IS about her personal life, she’s not going to spill. So it isn’t fact even when we “know” (All Too Well😂😭). Songs that are fictional she sometimes gives the details on so I guess there’s some semblance of “fact” there but again, it’s for you to make it about what you relate to. No one needs to be getting arrogant and territorial about it I’m only on Cardigan and I’ve written a novel 🤦‍♀️ I’ll get out of your hair now 😊

[@markabusireactions]

Nah you’re good, I like to see new people enjoy the channel, it’s why I made the damn thing 😂

[@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD]

@@markabusireactionsYou are so lovely that I’ve already forgiven your crime against August 😂 I joke, it was probably my favorite along with Exile and Betty when the album first came out. Of course with an album this substantive, favorites change over 4 years.😮

[@markabusireactions]

@@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD listen, it’s a great album, with 3 absolutely standout tracks, and none of them are the ones you just mentioned hahaha 😂 Also, if you’re enjoying the channel, you should consider joining the discord etc, it really is quite a lovely wee community over there and there’s plenty of swifties lol

[@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD]

@@markabusireactionsHa ha! Talk to me in 2028 and we’ll see what your standouts are then My favorite is now Illicit Affairs and I kid you not, I never even NOTICED the song until a month ago 😭 Folklore, Evermore, Midnights and TTPD are all “growers”.

[@markabusireactions]

@@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD right now my favourite song of hers is How Did it End? I’m considering attempting a cover of it for the album I’m making but I probably won’t do it cause I’d just embarrass myself lol

[@esra78262]

in exile justin vernon doesn’t use the messina bcz it’s not credited unlime they did in evermore. it’s simply his vocals harmonizing himself

[@markabusireactions]

That was my entire point… I was saying it was nice to hear his natural voice

[@Hey_Jamie]

Ahhhh here it is!! Woo hoo ❤❤

[@darrengibson8787]

What happened to "My Tears Ricochet"?, track 5 after Exile?

[@darrengibson8787]

Ah. Patreon exclusive. I see from other comments. Hope you at least tell us what score you gave it!

[@markabusireactions]

High! I think I have MTR a 15..?

[@kanyapvd]

The long pond interview for Mirrorball revealed so much. Have you watched the actual full thing when she talks about each song? Maybe you can do that after to discover even more, it’s very insightful, and we LONG for an Evermore Long Pond Session too 🥲

[@edwardl9683]

yeah but you're all wrong cos this song is about me and im 75 years old so work that out

[@chloecampbellwrites]

THE BALLOONS 😭😭

[@Scorpio13-59]

“ball bag”. 😆😆😆

[@mm_A]

I don’t love shake it off either but the video is fantastic. I’ll skip the song but watch the video. I hope you’ll check it out sometime

[@BrandyFisher-x6d]

Loved this haha!!

[@hedonutopic]

My favorite 2 songs are cut 🫠

[@markabusireactions]

Not on Patreon they ain’t!

[@Debbie-m7f]

I think Taylor’s voice is better than Lana’s!

[@emmavink]

Yeah, so if I don't put Folklore on shuffle, the 1 is often a skip for me (I listen to the playlist on Spotify that has the studio version and the Long Pond Studio Session versions on the same list). I enjoy the song... But I'm usually just too excited to get to better songs on the album if I play the list unshuffled. I never connected the 1 as being similar to The Civil Wars... But now I kinda see that similar vibe in the Long Pond sessions recording. It also gives me a bit of the feel of that band that had at least one song on the Juno soundtrack. Can't for the life of me remember who they are right now

[@Violet316]

Cardigan, August, and Betty are the teenage love triangle, that is a fact, Most of the songs on folklore and evermore are supposedly fictional, with some personal. Cardigan is the POV of Betty, August is the POV of the other woman, and Betty is the POV of James, those are facts.

[@markabusireactions]

Em… spoilers..?

[@sydneymiller3970]

she did LITERALLY buy rebekah harkness' house though. I just want you to know. Lmao

[@ErisianThreeFourteen]

"None of that's making it to YT." counter: 314 Also: Thanks for all the things you do. Also Also: Part 2 when? Also Also Also: "Babymetal fans" is ignorant. We toxic fandoms prefer "those arseholes" or "youse". 🥔

[@IvyCowboy]

Spud Gang represent 🥔

[@lubalethudube186]

I can’t stand people who speak on it as fact! It’s meant to be open to interpretation and that’s typically based on YOUR personal experience. From there we can try to figure out what it means to Taylor but we will never know

[@tvil8]

Okay but shake it off is not a bad song😭

[@emmavink]

I was today years old when I realised that fking BABY metal was a genre.... What on this godforsaken planet where teletubbies is making a comeback is baby metal 😂😂😂😂😂

[@markabusireactions]

Oh no, it’s a band called Babymetal. And the fans fucking hate me 😂

[@emmavink]

@@markabusireactions 1) thank holy fk it's not an entire genre 😂 2) ah well.... Haters gonna hate... And yes. Yes I did just do that 🤣💀

[@issofsar]

Evermore is my favorite of the two. More moody.

[@musicfangirl7403]

always love your videos and commentary about T Swift, and especially how you’ve come around as a legit Swiftie. But I must correct one thing regarding your thoughts on The Last Great American Dynasty. Let’s not call Donald Trump “old money”. I believe it goes only one generation back with his father being the son of German immigrants. The Kennedy family is old money. The truest old money goes way back to families coming to America on the original Mayflower ship. Sorry I just can’t let it stand where Trump gets credit for anything!

[@emmavink]

Oooh, I have another connection for you on the Cardigan bridge to TTDP. In Cardigan's bridge, she refers to "standing in your front portch light". On loml from TTPD, she talks about "dancing phantoms on the terrace" 😂😭😂😭😂😭

[@eirinikomotini]

Also, Fresh out the slammer: Now pretty baby I’m running to the house where you still wait up and that porch light gleams

[@emmavink]

@@eirinikomotini yessss!!!! Oh my word, totally forgot about that lyric, thank you for reminding me 😊

[@IvyCowboy]

@@eirinikomotini And in Peter: "But the woman who sits by the window has turned out the light".

[@emmavink]

Oh no no no... Did you miss the song seven??? Or is it a Patreon exclusive? It's quite constantly on my slightly fluctuating Top 10-20 TS songs. So I'd be super sad if you missed it 😢

[@markabusireactions]

No no, the opening verse is the best thing on this album lol

[@scarletwoodland5210]

​@@markabusireactions @emmavink Oh I just love Seven. it's in my top 10 too. What score did you end up giving it?

[@markabusireactions]

@@scarletwoodland5210 I think a 15..? Also, I just saw you just followed me on twitch lol, thanks for that 😉

[@sophiemoroz5744]

sh*t, I wasn't expecting putin here lol hi there from Russia, the city of Voronezh

[@markabusireactions]

I have a Putin reaction video, it’s great! 😂

[@notyourmanicpixie]

Folklore is supposed to be fictional and the swifties absolutely disregard that every time she says it. It's so annoying lol

[@emmavink]

I am wondering if you haven't watched the Long Pond Studio Sessions then? She says all over the interviews on the Long Pond Studio Sessions Special that the songs are inspired by her own life. She says the premises for the songs are/may fictional, but many of them include experiences she's had or feelings she's felt. Epiphany is factually partly about her grandfather's experience in WWII in the Pacific Theatre. She says so. Hoax is about/inspired by personal experiences with different forms of sadness in her own life. She says so. Peace is about her personal experiences with romantic relationships while being so famous. My Tears Ricochet is 100% factually about her experience with Scott Borchetta. Again. She doesn't say his name, but she says it is from someone in her own life. Mad Woman is about her personal experiences of female rage after being gaslight after Scott/Scooter, Kim/Kanye, and specifically during the defamation trial Taylor's sexual abuser brought against her for slander. I definitely think that the love triangle of the album is pure fiction. But she still weaves little glimpses of her own life and feelings into those songs. Betty, for example, the fkboi character James makes me think soooo much of the boy who never really cared from her small town earlier in her life as described in You're On Your Own Kid from Midnights. I think the difference with Folklore and Evermore is that she has let go of writing as directly autobiographically as she has for most of her career (much of which for me as well, I'm looking at in hindsight. I only really got into Swift in 2019). I don't think their is an artist alive or dead that has ever completely divorced themselves from their own work. And why should they?

[@notyourmanicpixie]

​@emmavink I have watched it, I also listen to what she says on stage every weekend before singing Betty. I'm not reading all that, this shit is literally what he's talking about 😂

[@emmavink]

@@notyourmanicpixie you have that choice. You don't get to say it's 100% fiction when she says other wise about a bunch of the tracks on the album. I also don't know if you just misunderstood what I said about Betty. I am in 100% agreement that that song is fictional. I do think, however, that it is worth thinking about images from fictional songs that then crop up in later songs on other albums where she is clearly writing from her own autobiographical experience. And yeah, sometimes I also just blatantly deny what her takes on her own stories are 🤷‍♀️ she says that Betty and James ended up together during that Long Pond discussion. Not in my imagination they don't! Betty and August girl both go on to be happy with not fkbois in my world 🤣

[@gigin6534]

Agreed about most of it, but she has publicly said that songs like Peace and Mad Woman are autobiographical

[@notyourmanicpixie]

​@emmavink what do you mean I don't get to say it's fictional? You just said you disregard what she says anyway. It's the hypocrisy you guys never see. Unless she sat you down face to face and was like "girl let me spill the tea" we should stop acting like we know the woman. She's not a character, she's a person.

[@iteachlit]

😱 Who was mean to you?

[@markabusireactions]

EVERYONE

[@iteachlit]

@@markabusireactions ☹️

[@emmavink]

I wasn't sure from what you said in your discussion if you realised or not, but Swift literally did buy Rebekka Harknesss' house in Rhode Island.

[@markabusireactions]

Oh, yeah I knew that, I was trying to explain the song to someone in chat, but also keep up with chat, and I think I skipped some important details along the way 😂

[@emmavink]

@@markabusireactions I realised as well as soon as I'd hit enter on the comment that it could just be that it got lost in the edit for KZbin. Yeah, it's a small factoid... But I like it 😁 Because it an even bigger level of fk you to the people who were shitting on her then. Like, well ok fkkers, I'm still the one that can go and buy a former billionaires beach house on a fansy ass beach in a fansy ass town. And if the fkkers in that town don't like me either, fk'em. Shouldn't have left the house on the market 😎