Taylor Swift - folklore |REVISIT|

This is a revisit to folklore by Taylor Swift.
Did it age like milk or did it age like wine? Let's find out together!
Twitter: / theajayii
Taylor Swift - folklore album track list
1. the 1
2. cardigan
3. the last great american dynasty
4. exile (featuring Bon Iver)
5. my tears ricochet
6. mirrorball
7. seven
8. august
9. this is me trying
10. illicit affairs
11. invisible string
12. mad woman
13. epiphany
14. betty
15. peace
16. hoax

[@reidswan2126]

The real love story of folklore is between Ajay and Bon Iver

[@ragh2dmg428]

I’m crying 😭😭😂

[@widyagaluh3987]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@deepindersandhu1459]

😂😅😂😂😂true!

[@santiagoburitica1771]

LMAAOOO

[@santiagoburitica1771]

LMAAOOO

[@osamaelgamal1300]

No one: Bon iver starts to sing: Ajay: 🎀🤰🏽🎀 Edit: OMG YOU GUYS! Thank you so much for 3k likes!!

[@vincedeguia]

HAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@tabrisflyway]

Girl i- LMAO

[@Imdalyi]

LMAO I--

[@JonathanClippinger]

“so i’m 34 weeks today”

[@ZacharyTay]

omg the accuracy -eye HAHAHA anyways hey :) I dropped a stripped down cover of "Cardigan", check it out!

[@tabrisflyway]

Exile: *starts playing* Everyone: 😭 Ajayll: 🥵

[@leonk.3329]

*LMFAAAAAOOOO*

[@teddyeatspudding]

LOL

[@glowdeer_6693]

ZKZKZKZKZKZK

[@Jess4evermore]

OMFG SKKAGAUGAGJSHJGA

[@voxtur__7]

Omg is that bibble in your pfp? I stan

[@kelsieavella2013]

"Is there a connection perhaps or am I reaching" sums up 100% what it's like to be a Taylor Swift fan

[@tristianybanez5972]

Reaching? More like clowning ejshdkdbsebebeb

[@tristianybanez5972]

"only the clowns" sis

[@americawtay]

The way Taylor Swift made this album for fun is terrifying. She likes making us cry😭

[@lamtung9283]

No one made an album for fun. You need to read her words on this.

[@jergoodman8067]

MImi G okay? 😂

[@krystalphan8871]

@@Mimihigh cheez, no crying at all?? lucky me not having any friends so unemotional.

[@RemingtonTaylorr]

She really had fun and wanted to give us the cruelest of all cruel summers

[@Lex-jj7hb]

@@Mimihigh Personally even if you feel that way about the other songs Epiphany and Peace really hit hard for me. The former equating the medical professionals fighting Covid-19 to soldiers in WW2, expressing the helplessness and how nothing could've prepared them for it. Then Peace is one of the most beautiful songs she's ever written imo, cus that's such a deep question to me. She's scared that no matter how deeply they love each other, that the cloud which always hangs over her will still ultimately drive him away. It sounds obvious that 2 ppl in love would remain together, but commiting urself to never having peace is a lot harder than you'd think. Imo go back to those 2 even if u keep ur opinions about the other ones

[@spencerlee8064]

Timestamps 🌲🌲🌲 2:04 (the 1) ⭐️ 5:54 (cardigan) ⭐️ 9:41 (the last great american dynasty)⭐️ 12:42 (exile feat. bon iver)⭐️ 17:00 (my tears ricochet)⭐️ 22:05 (mirrorball)⭐️ 23:16 (seven)⭐️ 25:16 (august)⭐️ 27:39 (this is me trying)⭐️ 28:46 (illicit affairs) 31:08 (invisible string)⭐️ 33:40 (mad woman)⭐️ 37:30 (epiphany) 38:55 (betty)⭐️ 41:50 (peace)⭐️ 43:56 (hoax)⭐️ ⭐️= _The songs she put a mark to_ Please like for queen Ajay😁

[@rosmmytoledo2286]

You’re so fast.

[@rlrcia]

Thank You

[@LamentedeLuis]

doing God’s work periodt

[@soniclyqaulan]

Thank you 🌈

[@ZacharyTay]

love the effort to make our lives easier

[@primaveradel78]

Vintage tee, brand new phone: 1989 High heels on cobblestone: Red Sequin smile, black lipstick: REP Sensual politics: Lover

[@hansolo8560]

OMFGGGGGG

[@kimmy2631]

Omg

[@All_I_See_Is_Red_Lights]

Hotel: trivago

[@solongmari]

You're a fucking genius!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jmrosario3023]

WJAAAAAAAAA

[@genesis9401]

this is absolutely album of year

[@andreaguillen817]

I really hope ! Make sure u vote :)

[@Louis_Chu2001]

Yes!no.. yes...no... I mean... now we have Evermore now

[@joea-r7983]

@@Louis_Chu2001 they are in two different years for the grammys so they can both be aoty 😌

[@genesis9401]

queens queen what?? who is doing that? both albums are different too I think they are both great in their own way

[@frankyfish3078]

@@genesis9401 The best example is that Folklore is nominated and Rare not... I think both albums very beautiful🥰 but I think there are a lot of similarities😅

[@nelsonemanuelrodriguezpala9234]

In a parallel universe Taylor Swift is revisiting Ajay’s Folklore

[@antoniomurilo6594]

🗣🗣🗣

[@zirryllepatrickmarchades5757]

Lol

[@ciggytwiggy]

She probably is!!

[@tabathaarria9558]

imagine taylor's reaction to ajay's reacting to exile

[@ChrisRaymundo]

I’m invested in this comment

[@PianoHits]

Folklore is an album the unfolds slowly and beautifully, and for most of us we are used to 'scrolling so fast through life' we can miss the moments. After every listen this album just gets better and better.

[@joshuaramon123]

Okay Piano Hits! I see you making piano tutorials from folklore :D

[@meidenliepalaran2790]

Ur game sucks

[@normanfgrockwell950]

@Meiden lie Palaran Karen

[@jonatafontela5595]

Yeah! When she released it I noticed that, so I prepared everything for the first listen. Some time alone, a cup of tea and some hot water. I paid fully attention to the songs, it was a perfect moment!

[@SP19NC]

I was your 1000th like! Also, I totally agree with you! The more you listen to folklore, the more you love it!

[@rndmusrnm2763]

I didn't realized just how tragic August was until I heard Betty. Like damn my girl painted this summer fling like it was her favorite memory, she was canceling plans and saying anything was enough for her. But u hear Jame's trifling ass in Betty referring to her as "figment of my worst intentions" and referring to a summer fling she cherishes as "the worst thing I ever did" and then also admits that even while he slept next to her he was imaging Betty "I dreamt of you all summer long" . Dudeeeee, this messy asf 😭.

[@mayanknegi9167]

The girl in august had it worse than Betty! Her story is more tragic. 🥺

[@ethan2671]

And in August she calls it a summer love but in Betty James calls it 'just a summer thing'

[@rndmusrnm2763]

@@mayanknegi9167 I agree! Betty' story is a wistful type of sad, in the sense she's mourning what could've been had they not been so impulsive. But the girl from August is the kinda sad you physically feel in your chest, bc it's a complete self-abandon for the sake of simply being wanted back.

[@reyque]

as a person who is currently in the position of the august girl, let me tell you that this song just hits hard because you know that he doesn’t love you, you know his heart belongs to someone else but you can never say no to him because he’s all you’ve wanted. You love him more than you can bear and you know its wrong and you know youre going to end up hurt but you’d do it because you need him. the part where she says ‘cancel all my plans in case you’d call’ is so real because now my whole schedule revolves around him whereas I’m an afterthought in his day. Its real, the pain with which Taylor sings that ‘you weren’t mine to lose’.

[@edithanyakee7023]

Perfectly said!

[@kevingeorge9805]

"my ass was over here thinking Miss Taylor Swift was in a relationship with a bi-sexual man who had a side dude and she dipped in the lady pond, I was all kinds of lost" is the perfect way to describe Folklore and I love it hahahahha

[@BradyJager]

“American Singer, that’s because she IS” is SENDING ME

[@moonsing19]

I LITERALLY DIED

[@juanamaral7134]

folklore is such a masterpiece. this one goes to everyone who thought she wasn't great enough for the title of "artist of the decade". well, she's starting the 20's owning it again! so proud of my baby taylor!

[@francesca-selfproclaimed-bleep]

Everything aged like a good pinot noir and cherry pie🥧 changes aged like cut apples

[@HiThereLindsey]

Wait who said she is artist of the decade?

[@saakshishetty7899]

@@HiThereLindsey she was crowned as artist of the last decade. How did you not about this ? ☠

[@HiThereLindsey]

@@saakshishetty7899 LOL, really? I didn't know that. I don't really follow pop culture as much as I thought. Or maybe I heard and disregarded it 😅 Good for her I guess haha and whoever crowned her I'm sure they had a good reason.

[@arjit.ab.bansal]

@@HiThereLindsey she was given that award at the AMAs and the women of the decade by billboard.

[@milkyway13_]

anyone who love "seven" so much as i do?

[@israa.fathima3943]

Same girl. It has such a pretty melody

[@milkyway13_]

@@israa.fathima3943 hahah, btw im a boy 😂

[@estheralicearmours7708]

It's my favorite on the album! Sounds so nostalgic and smooth

[@milkyway13_]

@@estheralicearmours7708and very calming

[@darkboy2216]

no

[@shivanimathur828]

"He sounds... girthy" Ajay blushing and gushing about Bon Iver is EVERYTHINGGGG

[@pickledcucumber8693]

YES THIS IS HER MOST ICONIC AND UNDERRATED MOMENT

[@leeeowyndelmundo9817]

#DaddyBon

[@troymeetsboy]

It’s been a week and I’m still not over Illicit Affairs

[@PLazz257]

It's being slept on... Periodt!!

[@pollyanaketchlen6578]

Yeeees, it's my favorite but soooo underestimated

[@troymeetsboy]

JmethenDour // IT IS AND IM SO SAD

[@cirilovazquezpatricianayel1243]

ME TOO. I am so in love with the song and so damn mad that it is not appreciated enough.

[@troymeetsboy]

Nay Vázquez I will scroll on TikTok for hours watching Folklore Ranking Lists and I stg I’ve seen Illicit Affairs listed as 16th so many times 🥵

[@johnloyd4411]

List of songs: 1) The 1 : 02:04 - 05:52 2) Cardigan : 05:53 - 09:39 3) The Last American Dynasty : 09:40 - 12:41 4) Exile (feat. Bon Iver) : 12:42 - 16:57 5) My Tears Ricochet : 16:58 - 22:03 6) Mirrorball : 22:04 - 23:14 7) Seven : 23:15 - 25:13 8) August : 25:14 - 27:35 9) This Is Me Trying : 27:36 - 28:44 10) Illicit Affairs : 28:45 - 31:06 11) Invisible String : 31:07 - 33:37 12) Mad Woman : 33:38 - 37:27 13) Epiphany : 37:28 - 38:55 14) Betty : 38:56 - 41:49 15) Peace : 41:50 - 43:51 16) Hoax : 43:52 - 45:58 Thank me later :)

[@oblivionxx4892]

thank you

[@shannonnorman1101]

Thank you

[@CAM-sf9yy]

thank you

[@debora_aguirre]

thankssss

[@shineabovestar7121]

God bless U dear

[@theexoticproject]

THE EXILE REACTION AGAIN IS LITERALLY WHAT I CAME FOR HERE JAYAJSHSH

[@sojansetly6810]

I laughed so hardddd😆😆😆

[@rugamialoe]

"She's going to reach levels y'all never thought she would..." This really, really gives me chills. Because it's not a euphemism or an exaggeration or fake praise, it's literal, verifiable fact. She's breaking record after record at this stage in her career. She's beating the odds, come waves, storms, or tsunamis-- both, personally and professionally. There are BRILLIANT singer/songwriters just like Taylor, but not one of them has this kind of widespread connect-- it's fucking magical. This is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of artist, and we are so damn lucky to witness her mastery, y'all.

[@matt3246-j7c]

PERIODT

[@monyroath]

And that’s on PERIODT

[@javeriakhusro]

PREACH GIRL

[@judeallaga9323]

During a pandemic too. :d

[@RandomSwiftie13]

OMG YES PERIOD!

[@caitlinbishop6624]

So glad you’re revisiting. It’s really an album that was hard to digest at first. It’s long, it’s different from her other work, and the lyrics are so complex that if you miss them you miss the whole point of the album. It’s such a beautiful album, but after my first listen I felt so discombobulated lol. I wasn’t sure what songs I liked & didn’t liked, didn’t even remember which songs were which. But now it’s one of my favorite albums she’s ever done ❤️

[@callmedilah]

Yeah couldn't agree more. At first every song just sounds the same. Meh. But, when I listen more, it's beautiful. Smh

[@watashiwaaida]

Same...❤

[@kamallb4650]

It threw me off guard even after listening to it twice earlier on the release date. I swear I know English ☠️

[@andrescastillo07]

same same same!

[@KhaliltheGreat23]

well said, this is such a great album!

[@Angel-fq9re]

folklore has the juiciest gossip tbh i cant believe im way invested in a teenage love triangle like miss swift really got me mad at an imaginary james UM

[@abigailnegron9]

LMAOAOAOAAO TBFHHHH

[@ajkennethsumagang683]

Samedt omfg i despised James sm kssksks its all Taylor's fault

[@salmangul1537]

STORY ABOUT INVISIBLE STRING! this is about taylor writing about how all along before her and Joe met, there was ‘an invisible string’ that tied them together and so many things happened coincidentally. for instance, the first song Joe heard when he went to the U.S (LA specifically) for the first time, was Bad Blood on the radio. LYRIC -> “Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first trip to LA”. another one was that Joe ate at Taylors favourite spot for diner before they even met - they then even ended up going there for their three year anniversary. LYRIC -> “You ate at my favourite spot for dinner. bold was the waitress on our three-year trip getting lunch down by the lakes. she said i looked like an american singer!”. hope that helps! :)

[@Daaaanielle]

I don’t think the dinner and the waitress happen in LA. The dinner did. 100% maybe in his first trip as well? But I feel like the waitress thing was in the UK because no one in the us is going to say “oh you look American” probably up north too. They hella friendly 🤣.

[@tinamardt7734]

Agreed I think they went to ‘The Lakes District’ in north of England for their 3 yr anniversary. Beautiful area. I do tie this to Joe incl the album of Lover w blue pink skies referenced. Track 11... invisible string and London boy, golden thread tying them together...

[@melricho6934]

“Give me the blues and then purple pink sky’s” DESCRIBING THE LOVER ALBUM COVER

[@selamtesfaye9631]

my thought exactly

[@meowitsChloe]

he also used to work at a yoghurt shop - Teal was the color of your shirt when you were sixteen at the yogurt shop you used to work at to make a little money

[@ronakaejaz7466]

folklore is about 4 months old now and you know what it aged like finest of wines.

[@finnowens3821]

i knoww

[@stansb1951]

Yup. There are songs that on repeat now that i didn't like at first listened.

[@MissFueledByCoffee]

@@stansb1951 Exactly! Seven, invisible string became repeats over a time:

[@justanothersadkid9434]

Tears ricochet just became my fave.

[@ismael5912]

Didnt age well imo cuz Evermore exists and its SO much better

[@LamentedeLuis]

this HAS TO BE Taylor’s best lyrical work. No one can deny her talent. Edit: Credits to the co-writers and producers of this record. They all made it as magical as it is 🖤

[@rosmmytoledo2286]

And that’s is the tea. Period.

[@ZacharyTay]

PERIODT. lyrically so much growth Idk how she does it (cos she's already so gd) And hi! I made a cover of "cardigan", mind giving it a listen? :)

[@sonicpotato3761]

I think this has to be 2020’s best lyrical work at least one of, not only Taylor’s. This album is superior!!🥰

[@chicbitch]

All to well is still here

[@hazelonnutella9599]

Long Live, All Too Well and Clean are all up there

[@eggsintheface8272]

I’m glad that u are revisiting this, folklore is such a growing album.

[@CAM-sf9yy]

it definitely is, every song just gets better and better the more you listen

[@ZacharyTay]

it's the fastest grower kind of album to me tbh like wow. Also hey :) I made a lil cover of "cardigan", mind taking a listen to it?

[@misspetras4457]

Agree

[@Adam-id2xc]

If it doesnt win AOTY im gonna cancell scrammys forever

[@tswizzler101]

A note on lyrics in peace: “Robbers to East, clowns to the west” is referring to Scott and scooter in Nashville and Kim and Kanye in LA

[@danielgarciazurita4343]

Also West being a CLEAR and explicit reference to Kanye lol ❤️

[@zzzzzzz8493]

clowns to the "West"

[@WIllieDallman]

It’s also inspired by a line from a old Sheryl crow song.

[@carlajonck4618]

Also, in the lyric video for peace, "West" is capitalized. That was for sure purposeful.

[@hallieharmon701]

These are the lyrics I can't get over. Like LITERALLY calls them out!

[@yoonsic3668]

we all have to agree that My tears ricochet bridge is GOD TIER

[@davidmichael9624]

I feel like almost every Taylor Swift bridge is God Tier to be honest lol.

[@pennylane4360]

^^^^fr

[@ava-sj5cr]

Every taylor swift bridge is top tier. Like her worst songs are better than most songs best songs and that’s the tea☕️ But like Cardigan is so underrated. Especially the bridge

[@landyrahoelina3611]

@@ava-sj5cr cardigan went number 1... not THAT underrated

[@ava-sj5cr]

@@landyrahoelina3611 i mean in the fandom and stuff

[@singlehandedbeauty3581]

I think Mirrorball is Taylor expressing how hard it is to remain "relevant" in the music industry. She is trying hard to be what we want to keep our attention. Well, she certainly has my attention and this album has proven that she has absolutely nothing to worry about.

[@caldeirao3177]

All her musics sounds the same, it should be really hard to her.

[@manvysings]

@@caldeirao3177 seriously? she has shifted 3 genres and reinvents herself every goddamn album. the blinding contrast between reputation and lover and then lover to folklore is testament to her versatility.

[@kamallb4650]

@@caldeirao3177 so u think blank space or shake it off sounds same as safe and sound or illicit affair? Then gurl lemme tell ya that u need a cochlear transplant ASAP!

[@caldeirao3177]

@@kamallb4650 Bitch these songs are 7 year's old. Reputation\Lover\Folklore are pretty similar

[@lela...]

@@caldeirao3177 you're definitely crazy lol clear you ears I beg you

[@clayjensen2463]

I wonder if Ajay knows that Bon Iver is a band and Justin Vernon is the name of the singer 😳

[@gokcelaprincessa]

I didnt even know that wow

[@katerinemiranda516]

It's not a band. Justin Vernon is Bon Iver just like Brendon Urie is Panic! At The Disco. It's not incorrect to call him Bon Iver when that's the name he used for the ft

[@flxwercxrpse1871]

Katerine Miranda are you serious? Justin and Brendon may be the lead vocalist’s but they are in a BAND. With OTHER members aka a ✨BAND✨so yes Bon Iver is a band.

[@katerinemiranda516]

@@flxwercxrpse1871 you don't know shit about those projects but go off i guess

[@ANonymous-gw2cs]

@@flxwercxrpse1871 Panic! at the Disco was originally formed as a band consisting of multiple members, but it is no longer like that. Brendon Urie is now the only member of the band and it's a solo project.

[@aisan2649]

Ajay: I'm trying to contain myself also Ajay: He sounds girthy

[@tabathaarria9558]

😏

[@Augustforever1056]

Omg 💀😂😂

[@swiftlylovestruck]

I CAN'T WITH HER

[@spurthihiremath9121]

Oh ok! Girthy makes sense. I hears it as girly and I'm like huh??!

[@Anna13Tonks]

😂😂😂😂

[@vladleiva4055]

Join me if Illicit Affairs is your favorite song on folklore and you are personally offended that is being underrated by almost everybody 🥺

[@machi5550]

It is my favourite song too!!

[@wickedlyawesomemealive4711]

Mine is Seven and it's slept on too

[@Amaranthine56]

Illicit affairs, Epiphany and seven are underrated af and they are three of my favourite songs on the album.

[@jimena.the.swiftie]

ITS STILL MY FAVORITE

[@takshdoshi3303]

I love every song on the album. I can't compare the songs. Its a lyrical masterpiece

[@shaesenter8520]

i don’t think Invisible String is fictional. There are so many mentions to her and Joe’s relationship. like Centennial Park which is in Nashville where Taylor essentially grew up. Or “right into that dive bar” In her song Delicate a big part of it is Taylor meeting Joe in a dive bar. Then we have “Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first trip to LA” which i think is a mention of her song “Bad Blood”. Then of course we have the mention of the waitress who thought taylor was an “american singer”. Lastly, they mention eating “lunch on their 3 year trip getting lunch down by the lakes” and taylor hasn’t released the bonus track yet but it’s called “the lakes”. I really liked this revisit thought, this whole album makes you think.

[@eddieortega2203]

Invisible strings is totally about them, its so cute and the "Cold was the steel of my axe to grind for the boys who broke my heart, now I send their babies presents" talking about Joe Jonas

[@emzzzzzzzzzz]

also i think hoax was about them “i left a part of me back in new york” references taylor moving to london with him (i think they did that?)

[@thedoodadoo13]

Emma Howe New York is where they started the relationship and first moved in together, I don’t think she’s officially moved to the uk considering the album was basically recorded in California, but I guess she’s not staying in ny as much now

[@emzzzzzzzzzz]

Serena ohhh okay thanks!

[@astorgachaidezernesto5846]

Also when she talks about "the blues and then purple pink skies", I don't know about you, but I really felt it as a reference to Lover

[@arjit.ab.bansal]

1. The Love Triangle: It consists of Cardigan (Betty's Perspective), August (The Mistress's Perspective) and Betty (James Perspective). 2. Illicit Affairs: This one is a stand alone, I think. It doesn't tie up with the teen love triangle because to me it sounds written from an adult's perspective. 3. Invisible String: This is definitely about Joe and from her personal experience unlike the love triangle or illicit affairs. She talks about how it was a string of coincidences that brought them together. For instance how Bad Blood was the song playing in the taxi when he first came to L.A ("Bad was the blood of the song in the backseat of thr car"). 4. This is my trying: This again feels like a very personal song which is written from her own perspective, I think. It sounds a bit similar to afterglow as she admits her faults in a relationship and asks if she can be forgiven and loved dispite them all. It also talks about her anxieties about the spotlight and how she feels like wanting to disappear from the critique of the public something like what happened in her song "the lucky one". P.S: For her sake, I really wish she disappears from the spotlight after having made exactly 13 albums. 5. The Last Great American Dynasty: It is about the last owner of her Rhode Island house. Nothing too complicated here. 5. Peace: It is again about her own life and relationships because the high publicisation of her relationships doesn't allow her loves to have 'peace'. For instance, Jake Gyllenhaal allegedly broke up with her because of the media. 6. Epiphany: That one is slightly disconnected with the rest of the narrative because this one is more so about the current situation of the world than old stories or personal experience or anything like that. Thus, it's about something entirely different. The first verse also talks about her grandfather during the ww2. 7. Hoax, My tears ricochet and Mad woman: Are again I think from her own life and perspective and talk about her loosing her albums and her reputation among other things. 8. Mirrorball: This one seems to be for Joe too. It talks about how she reninvents herself over and over and how she tries to fit in and about her love for him. Or more so about her fans and her career. 9. Seven (probably my favourite): Is about a childhood friend of hers who had a troubled life and how she looked at it when she was young herself. It perfectly captures the innocence of a child when in a situation like that for instance "I've been meaning to tell you, I think your house is haunted". That line captures the innocence of young Taylor and the serious situation pretty well. 10. Exile: This one is story on its own. Love the conversational feel. 11. The One: I don't think it ties in with any other song although it could go along with Cardigan since both of them reminisce an old relationship which was good and could've lasted if not for some incidents or things. It might even be from her personal experience.

[@cheska2803]

I think it is interesting to think that what if exile is about the dancing scenario mentioned in "betty"... James seeing Betty dance with the other guy after she moved on from the relationship. Just connected the dots to that while watching this video.

[@rodchedomingo2089]

I appreciate your thoughts. 😀 I agree with all of it

[@streamlover2224]

Actually, Epiphany is about her grandfather Dean who was in military. And I think mirrorball is about her carrer after 2016 (I know they said the end is near, but I'm still on my tallest tiptoes..). The bridge is about her constantly re-inventing herself to please people (All i do is try, try and try, I'll do anything to keep you looking at me).

[@bunchacrunchlucy-7753]

Awesome analysis! I understand what you mean by Illicit Affair having a more adult feel compared to August. The only line that makes me question whether its part of the love triangle is "what started in beautiful rooms ends with meetings in parking lots." But the lyrics also include "a drug that only worked the first few hundred times" and if it was only a summer thing, a few hundred times might not be plausible 🤔

[@arjit.ab.bansal]

@@cheska2803 that is definitely an interesting thought but exile to me sounds much more mature and 'adult' as well. Cause to me it somehow sounds like a couple which has moved in together (dare I say married) and the guy doesn't show any affection towards the girl so she looks for it in another places and it sounds like a conversation which would happen when that guy returns home to see his girl with another guy. I don't know why but that's the image I get in my head.

[@brendanl8390]

Cardigan, August, and Betty are the triangle! Invisible String is about Taylor and Joe. It has very specific references to their relationship. Illicit Affairs doesn’t have a clear reference but could be interpreted different ways

[@jacoballen9087]

The mall is what makes me think there is a connection between August and Illicit Affairs. Both of them reference the back of mall.

[@ChrisRaymundo]

Illicit Affairs is apart of that story too, but from the POV of the girl James was cheating on Betty with

[@jacoballen9087]

Chris Raymundo or, from betty’s perspective when she secretly takes james back

[@nobinpunyo7332]

Please tell me the stories behind the trio!!

[@edensylvester13]

@@nobinpunyo7332 Betty and James were together, James saw her dance with another guy at a school dance and got jealous, as he walked home he came across another girl (the girl from august) who picked him up in her car and they started having an affair. She fell in love with him and got heartbroken. Betty heard rumors that James was cheating from Inez, a gossip at school, and started avoiding him. James showed up at her party to apologize and try to win her back. She most likely didn't take him back but all we know is that in cardigan Betty reflects on the highs and lows of their relationship years later

[@easy_betty]

Epiphany is actually a very deep song. I know you won't read this, but the song is about PTSD after a war. The PTSD you get after seeing thousands of people dying in front of your eyes and not being able to do anything about it. It makes you numb, and only when you finally go to sleep when it hits you, you try to make sense of what you've seen. This can also be related to the doctors and nurses seeing massive death tolls coz of Covid-19 and are numb inside, but can't do anything about it. This song ALWAYS brings me to tears without fail. Give it a listen coz it's about Death.

[@uchiha5531]

that's why I still skip it, too personal. heartbreak from lover is painful but pain from guilt (but something you can't control) is something you can't speak about.

[@raindrops6677]

currently crying listening to epiphany

[@oliviadugdale197]

This is a great interpretation but Taylor said it was about her grandparents that died 2 months apart from each other. It’s like an epiphany that life can’t be lived without them(your significant other)

[@BellaKat7]

@@oliviadugdale197 Taylor also said it was about her grandfather in WWII and how he wouldn’t talk about what he went through, and doctors and nurses during COVID and what they are facing. She says this on the long pond sessions on Disney+. As we know, Taylor usually has multiple meanings for her songs, part of what makes her so brilliant.

[@oliviadugdale197]

@@BellaKat7 that’s very interesting as I can see that meaning. I love the versatility in her songs

[@i.8231]

48 MINUTES?!!! why we won like that?!

[@joaorodrigues7993]

Part of me is like "im glad she's revisiting the album" because at first i didnt really like it, i listened to it again and now i love it. But part of me is also like "is she doing this because people were annoying about her liking or disliking X or Y song?". Anyways im not complainin, its 48 minutes of Ajay

[@valent579]

I think she did it cause people were telling her about the album, the stories and motivation behind. So she's listening from another perspective.

[@evertonpereira14]

I don't like revisitings too, but here I am watching Ajayl. Ahahah

[@danielgotthehomo]

i mean she marked 8 songs at her initial listen so i don't think Swifites complained that much like with Chromatica. glad she revisited Chromatica tho 😅💖

[@americawtay]

I don't think is that. She didn't say anything bad in her first reaction. It's just a really complex album, so it is hard to judge in your first listen 😅

[@alan_mife5239]

Yall need to go and see the Twetts from her about this álbum, all you are gona check that no one of swifties are atacking her and when someone tried to do it we all stop him/her. There are not hate, i see all the swifties with comprension and tolerance, i repeat, you can check her tweets where she is more conecting. I think she did this revisit BC for the lyrics and the fans who tell her about the stories, that was what creat in her more curiosity for revisiting this álbum.

[@nayel1mart]

"let me tell you about this mans voice: sounds like testosterone." - Ajayll 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Amen sister!

[@pablopaiz2795]

1) The 1 : 2:04 2) Cardigan : 5:53 3) The Last American Dynasty : 9:40 4) Exile (feat. Bon Iver) : 12:42 5) My Tears Ricochet : 16:58 6) Mirrorball : 22:04 7) Seven : 23:15 8) August : 25:14 9) This Is Me Trying : 27:36 10) Illicit Affairs : 28:45 11) Invisible String : 31:07 12) Mad Woman : 33:38 13) Epiphany : 37:28 14) Betty : 38:54 15) Peace : 41:50 16) Hoax : 43:52

[@PAYALENTER]

Tysm ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍♥️💘💝💖💗💓💞💕

[@octaviosanchez205]

Thank you

[@chatterclaws2405]

Thanks!!!!

[@yin3599]

THE Bon Iver

[@Emma-zs5gw]

throwback to when ajay reacted to the grammys and she was like who tf is bon iver💀

[@lizsena23]

😭😭😭

[@martinm.leandroh.5269]

Which video was that? lmao

[@iqlalfasyaaa8558]

did she😭

[@Emma-zs5gw]

Martin H. just in her 2020 grammy reactions/predictions she had no idea who bon iver was hahahha

[@martinm.leandroh.5269]

Emma Catanzarite SKSHWJGSWJKSJSJS LOL

[@chrisdutkiewicz5440]

2:06 the 1 5:53 cardigan 9:40 the last great american dynasty 12:40 exile (featuring bon iver) 16:58 my tears ricochet 22:03 mirrorball 23:15 seven 25:14 august 27:35 this is me trying 28:46 illicit affairs 31:07 invisible string 33:38 mad woman 37:23 epiphany 38:55 betty 41:50 peace 43:51 hoax hope y’all find this useful 😘✨

[@BlazeFireball]

Thank you🦥

[@EnchantedReader89]

Thank you friend 😘

[@janie4818]

thank u babe

[@taystained]

thank you

[@rokishouto6162]

“give you my wild, give you a child.” AJayII: 🎀 👁🕳👁 🎀

[@k.m.8194]

This is my favorite comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@lunaceleste_]

the ribbons literally cracked me up ksksks

[@matthe.matthe]

42:13 HAHAHAHKSSKSKS

[@katdelrey]

Ajayll thinking about Justin Vernon when that lyric came

[@anisanurraudah8383]

In this is me trying Taylor said: "I was so ahead of the curves, the curve becomes a sphere", and you know what else is sphere? *Mirrorball.*

[@ebetime]

🇮🇩👨‍👩‍👧‍👦❤️

[@lufeitosa9744]

what does this line mean?

[@marcomarquez1524]

@@lufeitosa9744 Being so ahead of everyone that you just stop caring and drop

[@mckenziealexa5000]

Another connection to those two songs is the line in Mirrorball saying, “I’ve never been a natural, all I do is try try try” Taylor mentioned that connection in her documentary/concert thing

[@mariadelpilarricardogalvis678]

@@ebetime I think is about how someone with a mental illness feels you know, someone so talented and brilliant that gets caught by it’s own head, like they could be, and actually they are like really really smart, but that cleverness is sometimes, a cage too. That’s how I see it I don’t know, is such a wonderful song.

[@eatgoodfood5569]

I saw this in a post Sorry this is long but this explains the album Folklore The Affair: August: “whispers of ‘are you sure?’” “Never have I ever before” “You weren’t min to lose” Mirror ball: describing details of what they did ‘I’ll show you every version of yourself tonight’ ‘Hush, when no one is around, my dear.’ Betty: return to the school (it’s senior year for them) and James finds out Betty knows about the affair and apologises. Cardigan: Bettys reaction to the affair, she doesn’t react well. Illicit affairs: the mistress is recounting the affair from her pony of view. ‘Make sure nobody sees you leave’ ‘What started in beautiful rooms’ ‘So you leave no trace behind’ Exile: Betty And James singing to one another. It seems at this point they’ve graduated High school. ‘I’m not your problem anymore’ ‘We always walked a very thin line’ ‘I think I’ve seen this film before and I didn’t like the ending.’ The 1: Betty and told herself she is over James and is trying. JAMES ARCH This is me trying: James has been desperately trying to make things right with Betty. But it’s not working. Peace: James realises the only way he can give Betty peace is that he leaves town, so he joins the army. ‘Our coming of age has come and gone. Suddenly the summer is clear’ Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. It continues through the teenage years of life ‘But I would die for you in secret’ ‘Sit with you in the trenches’ Epiphany: James dies in battle My tears ricochet: James’ funeral Hoax: Betty goes crazy after after not being able to process James death. AFTER MATH Mad Woman: Betty leaves town and moves to Rhode Island. Seven: Taylor is born in Pennsylvania and experiences her childhood Invisible String: Joe Alwyn Last great American Dynasty: Betty is now deceased and Taylor moves in the Rhode Island house. Rebekah Harkness was also known as Betty:)

[@tomcurtis1827]

WHY DOESNT THIS HAVE MORE LIKES MAKE THIS TOP COMMENT Y’ALL

[@mustafamotiwala1479]

That's outstanding man!!!🤯🤯🤯

[@ItsRodolfoSousa]

oh

[@eatgoodfood5569]

Anastasia Lash yeah I think some lines are about it too :)

[@harolda.8386]

@@a.nastasia.olivia Yeah. It could mean both. The songs could both represent the storylines and Scooter and Scott.

[@siren1641]

remember when they said when Taylor is happy she wouldn't be able to write good music? this album proves them wrong. such a lyrical masterpiece!

[@gracefully_livy]

And lover album too

[@anisanurraudah8383]

As a long time fan, honestly, that thought scared me too. Like I want Taylor to be happy with her life but the fact that most artists/songwriters stop making great music just because their life reach a happy ending really put me off sometimes. Just look at how bad Ed Sheeran's divide, Bieber's changes, Change The Rapper's best day, logic, etc. Folklore relieves me that Tay can still makes something so heartbreaking, deep, poetic, and beautiful yet be happy in life. It's a win-win solution for us. And I could not be more happier about that.

[@siren1641]

@@anisanurraudah8383 i agree with you! but I believe in Taylor because she is an artist. She is capable of doing ANYTHING compared to the others. she is a genius!

[@anisanurraudah8383]

@@siren1641 true

[@jericorivera4766]

@@anisanurraudah8383 I somehow agree with you but I don't think Ed Sheeran's Divide is bad because every song of the album is a gem. It's his No. 6 Collaborations Project, I believe.

[@BeeSwizzle]

AJay's goddam mark is a better award than the Grammy 💅

[@Starbuck-dr7yl]

Illicit affairs. Give it another listen. Listen to the beginning, how she, the side chick, is talking about it as if its fine with her, she is good with it. The, progressively, as she is talking about it, she is getting more upset and realizing that this is toxic and is actually hurting her. So, the beginning is soft, the end is harsh, don't call me kid, do'n't call me baby, look at this idiotic mess that you made me..... she is angry at this point. She realizes what this man and this affair has done to her. It has belittled her, something throughout the song she realizes. I love the end , when she realizes that she is in love and this guy is only using and taking from her. I love change in this track. The end is anger, the beginning of softness and love. I love this dynamic. Give this song another chance, I think its dynamic and the end she is really pouring her heart out realizing she is destroyed by this trifling MF. loved it.

[@abhijeetsinghjha2876]

Actually yes, YK I read this Theory on Reddit and it’s been giving me GOOSEBUMPS; It said that Except 7, Invisible Strings and TLGAD, And the Lakes, Every song is either from the perspective of James, Betty or The affair, August, Mirrorball and Illicit affairs were from The Affairs POV, Epiphany, This is me trying, Betty, Peace from James’ POV; And The 1, Cardigan, Hoax, My tears ricochet from Betty’s POV while Exile is their breakup convo with each other and Mad Woman, TLGAD are The Aftermath! GOOSEBUMPS, Like a movie!

[@PLazz257]

Illicit affairs is one of the top songs on the album. I don't understand how she could say it's "forgettable" 😭

[@kristinadewi4893]

UUUPPPPP!! I loooveee illicit affairs too 😭😭😭 The bridge reaaally got me 😭

[@apppletreee]

artistically, it’s so beautiful. No one empathizes with the mistress, but Taylor gives her a voice in such a heartbreakingly human way. I will never get over this song.

[@angelawang4660]

BUT if this is about a girl singing about a boy then he ISSSS bi ("picked..for him") right? wait or is she singing to herself.. i'm confused

[@LamentedeLuis]

“my tears ricochet” is about Scott Borchetta and Big Machine Records. “I loved you til my dying day” refers to when Taylor “died” in the reputation era, which was her last album working with BMR. Also, lyrics like “stolen lullabies” and “I can go anywhere I want just not home” make a lot of sense with this theory. HER POWER. I knew she had to write a song about this whole mess, and it paid off. Edit: I love that this song can be interpreted in different ways. It’s what makes music fun. To add to the theory, this song was the first one that she wrote from this album, and it is also TRACK FIVE, which, if you’re a swiftie, you know it’s a very emotional and personal song. It was the perfect way to express the pain she had when her masters were sold to Sc**ter.

[@LamentedeLuis]

IM JUST SEEING YOU GOT IT GURL....... queen of connecting the dots

[@ZacharyTay]

omg I didn't even realise that. "stolen lullabies" my god it all makes sense now. Also hi there :) I made a little cover of "cardigan", would u mind giving it a listen? I'd love to have ur feedback!

[@imamirrorball356]

nope

[@JohnVe108]

Really I thought I was from James perspective talking to Rebekah at the end of their relationship. Isn't the whole album about the relationship of Rebekah and James with a few references to Taylor's life?

[@stop684]

I thought it was Taylor grieving her past self and how she's "dead" now

[@KIZZABERRY]

Ajay be like “Hold up, lemme put a goddamn mark to THE ENTIRE ALBUM!” and it’s making me so happy to watch ❤️

[@KhaliltheGreat23]

we love to see it!

[@matteozorra7675]

Idk why but "Invisible strings" has grown in me so much after the second listening. This song is a masterpiece.

[@Writingthefuturex]

Omg SAME

[@jonatafontela5595]

yeahhh, i was like : man, how did i not pay attention to this song before??????

[@fin8253]

Same gurl

[@johngeraldagbayani6532]

My fave

[@milkgalactic]

Writingthefuture I wasn’t a fan of it at first but one day I spent my entire sleep dreaming about the song and started to like it a lot

[@lorenaperez9639]

when I first heard folklore I liked a couple of songs not all, but when I listened to it a couple of more times, I started falling in love with more songs than I had in the first place and now I can't stop listening to them. Taylor really did THAT and this album truly is beautiful.

[@sean9054]

indeed! when you try to understand the music even more, the more that you’ll appreciate the songs from folklore even more. folklore is one of taylor swift’s best album so far. ❤

[@angelawang4660]

samee

[@rencegoldstein2101]

Same, it grows until it's one of your favs

[@aljohnnerza5064]

Same!

[@poppy553]

When i first heard folklore i didnt like it that much but now its one of my favs this album rlly grows on u the more u listen to it

[@AsheshDubey]

Maturity is naming the song "August" instead of "You Were Never Mine" She has come a long way...

[@hansolo8560]

I knowww. When I see the set list of folklore I screamed cause all the titles are beautiful

[@emmanueleromosele5403]

Our princess is now a queen

[@jalynroberson3459]

For real, I just kept going on about how none of the titles seems like your normal Taylor songs and I love it!

[@shimakaido8876]

Tbf You Were Never Nine would’ve been a terrible title choice. She would’ve clocked the same.

[@anisanurraudah8383]

ever since Lover, her song titles seem more like a novel/book chapters rather than the usual on the nose song titles which is so damn beautiful and poetic.

[@yuriebartolome13]

Ajay thirsting over Bon knowing he's probably someone's lover *Illicit Affairs intensifies*

[@jasminewilliams3351]

Bahahahaha

[@mohibullahawan3001]

This entire album was mostly done in one take which means most songs you hear are the only recording she did. Secondly she recorded all her vocals in her home studios and the vocals are not altered only layered. If that is not enough proof that she can sing then idk what is besides her live vocals.

[@lipstickytoffee]

That's not necessarily what one take means, it could just mean that she didn't punch any vocals. It wouldn't really matter how many 'takes' of the song she did, just means that the vocals we hear are from one recording straight from start to finish.

[@jacksonmoonmartin1266]

Ava Robiinsnn You’re right, but I think I read a Jack Antonoff interview from this summer (when they were secretly working on folklore) where he said Taylor has a tendency to get things done really quick and put them up for what they are.

[@katbatson]

Peace was for sure done in one vocal take! Confirmed by Aaron! :) amazing

[@faridasouliman1898]

She has nothing to prove! She is Taylor !! ♥️♥️

[@ahmaddiab9480]

Cardigan 3:13 “and you’d be standing in my front porch light” Betty 3:13 “Betty, I’m here on your doorstep”

[@heademptysimpingonly4806]

also Betty, "would you kiss me on your porch in front of all your stupid friends?"

[@zainabspall]

@@heademptysimpingonly4806 I just wanted to say that I love your channel name

[@4lienat]

HOLD UP my mind is blown rn... the songs answer each other at the same time stamp?? That is actually genius damn

[@ahmaddiab9480]

@@4lienat YESS there’s many of them btw.. it’s insane how extra she is

[@georgialilley4316]

My mind is bloooown 🤯🤯🤯 she literally made line responses at the same time stamps in various song?!?! HOW, TAYLOR???

[@osamaelgamal1300]

she’s getting excited again like she did with reputation. This was literally the best 48:27 minutes in the entire 2020!!! This is what we needed, this is what we hoped for 🤩💛

[@FSportuguese]

This album is better than reputation,only red by Taylor can come close to this masterpiece

[@osamaelgamal1300]

100% agree. I just meant that ajay was this excited when she was reacting to reputation cause it’s her fav taylor album. But absolutely agree, I think I finally found my favorite album 💛

[@FSportuguese]

@@osamaelgamal1300 at least reputation has getaway car 😍😍😍

[@nexolord9]

No

[@saakshishetty7899]

@@nexolord9 yes *

[@jonasnaveros8764]

is that just me that sees the writing of mirrorball coming from taylor's place as an artist, specially as a songwriter/ singer/ musician? because they take the responsibility for themselves of not just entertain us, but make us relate to their work (what taylor does exceptionally well), that's why the reference to the disco ball and many lines like "I'll show you every version of yourself tonight" and "I can change everything about me to fit in". this last one matches so much with her recent speeches about her career and how she always tried to make what people wanted her to do, that she showed us perfectly in miss americana documentary. the chorus "hush, when no one is around, my dear you'll find me on my tallest tip toes spinning on my highest heels, love shining just for you" talks about how we bring their work so much in our lives, even in our most intimate moments - and again how they make everything to amuse us. the fragility of their spot in the mainstream and the insane expositions by midia, and eventually what this could cause is described in the verse "and when I break, it's in a million pieces" shouting out to her own "cancellation" in 2016. the lines "you are not like the regular / the masquerade revelers / drunk as they watch my shattered edges glisten" talk directly to her fans, in that incident and after, that even in despite of the common sense continued by her side. taylor oftenly said the last years how difficult is to be an woman in music industry and I guess the line "I know they said the end is near" refers to her time of making success, that is dated by the many speculators, but, she always reinvents herself to keep her spot, always suprising everyone with her choices and movements. I personally get my mind blown of how professional and passionate she is. finally, in the bridge, she takes a even more personal POV, talking about her attempts of getting our attention, and her struggle with being natural when all she knows is being an entertainer. idk, but the line "and they call off the circus, burned the disco down" reminds me sooo much of katy perry's recent carrer. that fits so well in this context, and I would not be surprised if this reference is real. in "I'm still on that trapeze / I'm still trying everything to keep you looking at me", the word trapeze is well chosen in a way that sounds like she's saying "trap beats", referring to reputation album and all what it represents for taylor's career, and even if the approach is different now, since she ended her contract with BMR- fans will know what, she still have the same objective: getting people's attention. and not because she is desperate, but because it's the path she chose for life, in what all her career is built around. it's also an artistic need: as an artist, you want to express yourself the best you can for people to look at you and fully understand you and your art. after many listens, I came up with this interpretation, there's so much more implicit messages, but the text is already too long hahaah. as a fan and an aspiring artist, I feel like this track is definitely one of my favorites from her, because I got this as a direct, raw, sincere and quite relatable message, hidden on this beautiful and perfect metaphor. a mirrorball.

[@saseoks]

🤔

[@nadeenz8800]

Wow!

[@flxwercxrpse1871]

This makes a lot of sense! If this isn’t what the song is about, this is still an amazing interpretation!

[@joshuaramon123]

This comment deserves to be read by a lot of people! They say Taylor's writing are always on-the-nose but they don't see the deeper and complex meaning of like this song.

[@seansoler0907]

Yes!!! After many listens, I thought of her implying this too! It's cool how she can write lyrics with many possible layers of interpretations

[@jkwaller4213]

14/16 marks... if this isn’t your number 1 album at the end of the year ajay i don’t know what is😭😭😭

[@MisterKS7643]

Wow, that’s NFR! or Melodrama level of marks.

[@janeshanafelt6820]

And technically she marked the first song on the album in the last vidoe

[@blogistuff4383]

I already knew she was never gonna grow up to epiphany or illicit affairs, it's not for her. But I hope she ends up warming up to it

[@MisterKS7643]

blogistuff illicit affairs HURT me & I claim it as one of the top songs. But, I guess different strokes for different people. Edit: grammar lol

[@blogistuff4383]

@@MisterKS7643 cardigan, illicit affairs and this is me trying are my holy trinity.

[@manasitanwar9900]

For all the losers out there who used to say that Taylor's breakups are what she depends on to write songs......look at her now That imagination on fleek.

[@leonk.3329]

*honestly*

[@teddyeatspudding]

true

[@moshimoshi3148]

@@leonk.3329 fuck yeah. I'm living for this album.

[@raphacliquet]

Loved this ref... look at her now

[@jellybonesmasterfue45]

Raphaella Cliquet wait, can you explain to me the whole love triangle in this album? I’m not really into lyrics but this album had really good song writings and I love fiction stories.

[@carlocariaga5521]

illicit affairs is just a song with a different story. taylor read a book called conversations with friends and made a song about it, or at least inspired by it.

[@Daaaanielle]

And wrote the best damn bridge in history. 😩 I sing that one like I do Troy and Gabriela “WHAT ABOUT US?” 🤣

[@rachelg7241]

Hwait a minute! She read Sally Rooney's conversation with friends?! No wonder when i was listening to folklore i was vaguely reminded of Sally Rooney's books both Converaation With Friends and Normal People

[@matthewlocke9225]

Dani Yes! “DON’T CALL ME KID! DON’T CALL ME BABY, look at this god forsaken mess that you’ve made me, you showed me colors you know I can’t see with anyone else, DON’T CALL ME KID! DON’T CALL ME BABY, look at this idiot fool that you’ve made me you taught me a secret language I can’t speak with anyone else, and you know DAMN WELL for you I would ruin myself... a million little times”

[@ralphmascardo]

I think "illicit affairs" could be in the Other Girl's perspective, she's talking about how it is to be in an illicit affair with somebody. It connects with the song "august" because in that song she says "meet me behind the mall" and in "illicit affairs" she says "what started in beautiful rooms ends with meetings in parking lots"... Back of the Mall a.k.a Parking lot. Again... Another sad song. Especially during the bridge when she says "you showed me colors you know i can't see with anyone else" and "you taught me a secret language i can't speak with anyone else".

[@7barsofchocolate]

the song is literally titled “illicit affairs” what’s not clicking- taylor loves to sing about loving women a little TOO much for a straight woman

[@Huwairith]

“bon.... you can defend me” 😭😭😭😂😂 the fact that bon iver is a band

[@swiftie5029]

LMAO I'M CRYING 😭😭😭😂😂😂😂

[@archenforever7264]

I just want Taylor, Lana, and Lorde to make a song together then have Ajay react to it.

[@anisanurraudah8383]

*Produced by Jack Antonoff.*

[@archenforever7264]

@@anisanurraudah8383 YEEEEEEEESSSSSS

[@ajkennethsumagang683]

The twitter is gonna collapse. Ajayll is gonna meltdown. Billboard charts gonna broke down. Grammys is gonna be shaking.

[@Josh-nv3qs]

You got my top 3 fav artists I'm crying... we would be friends in person for sure

[@joseg1337]

no lana

[@seisappho]

No one: Ajay listening to Bon Iver: it’s sounds like testosterone

[@archenforever7264]

She really said it sounds girthy 😭😭😭😂😂😂 PLSSSSSSSSSS

[@diorglaze3953]

BYE DJFKSDFJH

[@moshimoshi3148]

NAAAW 😭😭😭

[@rallygrace4331]

Imagine if she ever hears Corpse.

[@elvin2514]

@@rallygrace4331 omg true🤣💀

[@orangediaries0227]

am i the only one who loves illicit affairs? edit: & btw illicit affairs' bridge is everything!!!

[@kadambarisawant5714]

Me tooooooo🥺🥺

[@KIZZABERRY]

It’s one of my favourites. I don’t get why people seem to be having a hard time with it.

[@ellag1417]

It’s my favorite Taylor song ever!!

[@cheristina]

@@KIZZABERRY the lyrics are very specific and the melody is really flat. Like nothing happens. I enjoy it, but it's bland. I do like the bridge.

[@7barsofchocolate]

i love it so much, its in top 3 on the album for me🥺

[@adi._.]

folklore gets better every time I listen to it. It’s THAT album!!

[@jacobwilson1454]

not y’all already disliking when the vid came out 55 seconds ago 😭 y’all betta put some respekt on ajay’s name

[@i.8231]

lmaooo

[@salvatore2004]

I know what's people's problems

[@ZacharyTay]

why they hatin on miss ajay 😭anyways hi! I recently dropped a cover of "cardigan", mind giving it a listen? I'd really appreciate any feedback...

[@occidereparabellum68]

@@ZacharyTay nah they hating on the album

[@danielgotthehomo]

@@occidereparabellum68 they hate the fact that she revisited folklore 😭

[@RichieWongTang]

“Rebecca Girl! What the hell? What did the dog do to you? The dog is innocent, ma’am” 😂😂😂

[@rachelelizamusic7797]

just so you know, the last great American dynasty is actually about a real person, rebekah harkness who owned her rhode island house before her! i don't know how much of the song is truth or fiction but rebekah and bill were both real people!

[@juliareste]

they were the people that inherited the standard oil dynasty

[@giordanponcedeleon5584]

We know

[@juliareste]

@@giordanponcedeleon5584 she said "idk how much of this song is truth or fiction" so I was just trying to help. sorry.

[@KeriB1982]

So the song seven? I think its about Taylor being little and having a friend who (she now realizes as an adult) was probably being abused by the father. :( I see this song as her apology, asking that friend (who she lost touch with long ago) to see her as innocent, and also letting her old friend know she still thinks about her and loves her

[@diamondheart0723]

I actually have a similar thought and it makes me really sad when I listen to it but also very warm at heart, some kind of nostalgia for people i dont know. that's good song writing.

[@soulsearcher7077]

You should go listen to the unreleased songs she wrote called Me and Britney. She wrote it as a kid before debut and I really think that seven is about Britney.

[@RubenAlvarado1996]

Where on earth did you get that she was abused by the father? I mean, how did you get tp interpret it like that?

[@soulsearcher7077]

@@RubenAlvarado1996 Did you even look at lyrics? “I think your house haunted // Your dad is always mad and that must be why” and “I think you should come live with me and we can be pirates // Then you won’t have to cry // Or hide in the closet”. Some people interpret the closet line as the friend being figuratively closeted sexuality wise and afraid of their abusive _and_ homophobic father, and others just take it literally as in the child is scared in their own house and hides in the closet for protection. Depending on the theory and explanation, I can see either being completely true. I think that it’s probably both, tbh. Whether this is based on reality or not.

[@RubenAlvarado1996]

@@soulsearcher7077 I guess that can be true. That perspective flew over my head, I just assumed the father wasn’t a very “parental figure” and they were afraid of him. Didn’t think too much through it.

[@ritikvyas5889]

AJayll : I don't like long albums Also AJayll : Uploads a 50 min long reaction video Me : Watched the entire reaction and listened to the album and liked them both

[@christinegabauer3807]

Yes!!!!!!

[@clarkkent771]

Oh my God RELATABLE!!!!!

[@ritikvyas5889]

@@clarkkent771 yasss😂😂

[@angelinaflorencia5025]

Somebody has to make a movie based on folklore. Seriously it would be spectacular.

[@d.n.421]

There already is... but its not about the album...

[@Rin-vt7ll]

??

[@missamericana3230]

a few fans made a movie for Taylor's birthday!! its called folklore:the movie!

[@tooonchris7132]

it would be great if it was made as a book

[@matthewlocke9225]

“That’s prolly somebody’s husband or somebody’s father” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@delightstackhouse5575]

In illicit affairs the 2nd verse: "Leave the perfume on the shelf That you picked out just for him So you leave no trace behind Like you don't even exist" Its pretty straight forward. She leaves behind the perfume she picked out for herself to wear for him because she can't leave any trace of herself on him because he is a married man who will return to his wife after meeting with her.

[@5016bep]

I was just about to say literally this. 💜

[@lanainmydreams]

Doesn't really matter if he's married. Being in a commited relationship would do too for the song's meaning

[@angelawang4660]

Waittt so what if it's about the woman Este's husband cheated her with???

[@zanewolke]

When she started singing Supercut 😂 I love this woman

[@antonioaoun6875]

RIGHTT?? TAYLOR HAS RELEASED 3 FREAKIN LONG ASS ALBUMS AND LORDE STILL HASN'T RELEASED SHIT 😭😭😭😭

[@unkselena.1467]

Don't deny it Ajay, you're a swiftie now, I mean *you guys* And there is no exit to this fandom

[@mckenziealexa5000]

There really isn’t an exit....I was a huge stan when I was 13 & thought I’d grow out of her music. It’s been ten years and I’m still here lmao

[@trevm_1781]

"YOU GUYS" LMAOOOO 😂

[@ansonpang]

@@mckenziealexa5000 I started wth 1989 and spotify put her albums on their platform and she's now my fave

[@GEM-eq9zj]

I started when I was 4th grade I guess and now I'm 23 lmao.

[@katdelrey]

The you guys part got me calling. Tay treats us so specially calling us "you guys" unlike others.

[@salvatore2004]

Ok but y'all are sleeping on epiphany, it's so Enchanting and delicate and makes you think about your loved ones during this time

[@pollyanaketchlen6578]

Everyone is sleeping on illicit affairs

[@kamallb4650]

@@pollyanaketchlen6578 hoax n mirrorball too😭

[@NicoleMarieDay]

I agree.

[@NicoleMarieDay]

Pollyana Ketchlen The bridge is one of the best things she’s ever written.

[@pollyanaketchlen6578]

@@NicoleMarieDay yes, i cried so many times listening to this song. But I think is gonna be like daylight from lover, everyone is going to ignore it now but then it will grow and maybe people will realize how much they underestimated it.

[@DandYEAHH]

That leaving like a father line hit me like a brick

[@zefty13]

Can we appreciate the fact that she put the deserved 'Goddamn Mark's to every song, but two, which I'm sure she'd love once she has time with them; For reasons like 'Epiphany' having a a place of its own separate from the album, because it was different from everything else, and 'Illicit Affairs' because it seemed bland to her because she was still confused with the story line and it wasn't as sonically appealing? SHE HAS TASTE

[@viceeroyy]

Taylor Swift's Impact; Ajayll's first revisit album.

[@anesammardjia6866]

No it not, she did it before with chromatica

[@leonk.3329]

@@anesammardjia6866 oum

[@tristianybanez5972]

@@anesammardjia6866 without being forced by fans to be revisited

[@joshsalcedo3786]

u got that wrong hun.

[@someone-co2pe]

@@tristianybanez5972 but she in the starting it's requested

[@sweetandsoursoup]

“This is somebody’s husband!” “This is someone’s father!” 😂😂 can’t blame ya!

[@j.arielbonilla]

He is not married nor have kids thou... So it is fine! 😋

[@CodytheVocalist]

Epiphany's lyrics need more recognition.

[@andresbecerra1183]

Omg 100%. Hold your hand through plastic now “doc i think she’s crashing out.” And some things you just can’t speak about. 🥺🥺

[@allysawallenberg944]

it’s so UNDERRATED

[@auggie48]

imagine the MV of epiphany is slow mo soldiers fighting in war and ended with white out fade. ouhhh :'(

[@marykatedoyle9574]

I cried so hard when I heard it. I’m a nurse and that shit HIT

[@TarotwithToniSummers]

This song tears me up every single time.

[@riversandroads2250]

epiphany is one of my faves after seeing what the song meant!! the first half is inspired by Taylor's grandfather in WWII and the second half of the song is inspired by nurses today during all this uncertainty with COVID19. having this knowledge really made me love the song so much more!

[@aayushmitabhattacharjee9746]

every time someone sleeps on illicit affairs, my heart breaks a little

[@jaclynlockwood1234]

Awe I’m so happy you did this!! Five mins in and I can already tell you’re way more into the album this time. folklore is her best album omg it’s so good.

[@mehhcx7769]

Reputation is 🥺 although this one is so good for rainy and chill days! 🤗

[@jaclynlockwood1234]

mehh cx I know reputation and folklore are her best albums

[@EnchantedReader89]

Let's be honest, she has no bad albums 😂🤷🏼‍♀️ My favorite has been Speak Now for the pass decade

[@onajitetaire]

Little Black Star omgggg same Speak Now is literally king but all her albums remain on another level!

[@caleb282]

BETTY AND CARRIGAN ARE APART OF THE SAME STORY AT THE END OF BETTY SHE TALKS ABOUT WEARING A CARDIGAN AND FEELS OF SAFETY!!!!

[@waimcyked]

And August!!!!!!!!

[@ZacharyTay]

right! so glad we all made the connection too :) and hey! I just covered "cardigan" but made it even sadder...Mind giving it a listen?

[@mariam-es6pr]

i think this album has the most songs with HOL UP LEMME PUT A GODAMN MARK TO IT

[@zaihanhatta2372]

since nfr and melodrama

[@RobertHeslop]

zaihan hatta23 interesting ain’t it that they both have the work of Jack Antonoff as does folklore 🤔

[@mariam-es6pr]

@@RobertHeslop JACK ANTONOFF SUPREMACY

[@bjoxers]

that would be NFR or actually almost every lana project, cute try doe

[@junardjumalon]

Have you watched her reaction to reputation?

[@oliviadugdale197]

The triangle involves Betty, James, and Augustine -James cheated on Betty with Augustine -Cardigan is from the perspective of Betty 30 years after(this occurred when they were teens) -August is from the perspective of Augustine -Betty is from the perspective of James -James says is Betty that “I’m only 17 I don’t know anything” but Betty says is Cardigan “when you are young they assume you know nothing” and “I knew everything when was young” -In cardigan, Betty is retelling the story that happened to her years prior. She describes the hurt she underwent, that she knew he’d come back to her after the excitement of the affair had worn out, and that being 17 isn’t an excuse for being stupid -In August, Augustine describes how she wanted James to be hers but he ended up leaving her for Betty and that she wasn’t the bad guy but James was bc he was the one with the gf -In Betty, James is apologizing to Betty and tries to get back with her after the summer thing(side note, Augustine calls it summer love and James calls it just a summer thing which is so sad) and he paints Augustine to be the bad guy -In Illicit Affairs, Augustine describes how much pain she feels as the mistress and how disgusted she is with herself that she is being used to cheat on someone and that it destroys her every time they interact -in peace, Betty accepts jame’s apology but that she’ll never forget what he did and that she’ll always remember the pain he caused no matter how much he apologizes

[@yourmomwantsme0]

and mirror ball could easily be about the school dance that james talks about in betty.

[@chishiyamrkm]

wow!

[@unsaidexile]

-cardigan is 20 years after, not 30. -illicit affairs is not part of the storyline of the triangle (the theme just fits the narrative, but it's not part of it) -again, peace is also not part of the storyline of the triangle (that's not even the meaning of the song at all) the only songs about it are august, betty and cardigan (ABC). Taylor herself said on folklore's release week that there are only 3 songs on the triangle, and she explores their meaning in folklore long pond studio sessions.

[@fruitymonkey8641]

@@unsaidexile and she’s also said that James and Betty end up together in the end

[@unsaidexile]

@@fruitymonkey8641 she did indeed! Taylor said in her head Betty and James ended up together when Betty forgave him after James apologized. I should've written that in my first reply, thanks for pointing it out.

[@MimiTV13]

Just when I thought you missed the meaning of My Tears Ricochet (again), you looked me straight in the eyes and said, "GURL, I JUST CONNECTED THE DOTS!!!!". Hallelujah!

[@rickidymortified2636]

So happy to see AJ back to herself! Noticed a dip in her vibes and personality during chromatica uploads. I like seeing her happy like this 😊

[@AJayLush]

The world was in a very dark place...and not even music could brighten my spirit. I usually see music in color, but everything felt grey. I was overwhelmed by the tragedies.

[@rickidymortified2636]

@@AJayLush wow! You actually saw my comment, read it and replied? And to think I never ever ever comment on any videos on KZbin ever! This was a first for me and the fact that you acknowledged my little comment amongst sooo many AJ you're gonna make me cry 😢 And no need to explain I remember that time well, the world was especially heavy heavy heavy I experienced it all myself. Just so happy to see you happy doing what you love especially with this upload. You give me so much life you have no idea

[@zaihanhatta2372]

i love you ajay

[@rongiep.bantilan1209]

We all know Ajayll is the best reactor

[@kchreestophe8988]

AJayII I love you Ajay!! ❤️

[@cloverblooms8913]

Thank god Ajay revisited this because she had the craziest assumptions while listening to it for the first time. Lmao I remember at one part she was like "Is she dating a bisexual man?"

[@acetales148]

she dated Harry Styles tho so AJ wasnt wrong

[@pintudesai131]

@@acetales148 Wait Harry Styles is bisexual?

[@caitlinbishop6624]

She always has to most outrageous assumptions but it makes it more entertaining 😂

[@nitikafrancis340]

But like... what's so crazy about that assumption....

[@caitlinbishop6624]

Nitika Francis no it’s not crazy to think about her having a bisexual boyfriend. It was just a total reach and didn’t make sense for the lyrics. It made you go “huh?! How’d you get that?” lol

[@NoahWisniewski]

im honestly surprised she doesn't like illicit affairs, it sounds so nostalgic and has such a raw vibe and the rhythm is so pretty to me

[@leonardodonayre3156]

I don't like it either, but it's nice, cute. Not my favorite so far, I hope one day I really love it

[@genesis9401]

that song breaks my heart every time I think is because she can’t relate with that but that damn bridge god

[@genesis9401]

casually cruel taylor advising her fans with her songs from the beginning

[@petieuenii1981]

Same bestie

[@7barsofchocolate]

this song sends me to an another dimension each time i listen to it🥺 the lyrics fucking break me + the song really connects with me as a gay woman, especially bc of the lyric “leave the perfume on the shelf that you picked out just for *him* “ implying that taylor is singing about an another woman, possibly from her own (taylor’s) perspective. the whole song is a masterpiece lyrically and sonically

[@konstantinos5641]

I think someone should make her a member of the recording academy

[@abhikmoj5853]

Are you talking about Taylor or Ajay? Either/both would work tbh.

[@saakshishetty7899]

@@abhikmoj5853 they are talking about AJay!!

[@someone-co2pe]

fr then from scammy it will change to grammy back

[@glowdeer_6693]

OMG YES

[@CAM-sf9yy]

you should’ve let her do her headphone revisit. it slaps in headphones 🥺

[@i-do8084]

CAM true!!😭

[@RoKer13]

It’s sooo good. And today was cloudy with light rain, cool outside, and I listened to some of her songs. MAGIC 😩

[@goblinsbride5848]

Truuuuuue

[@nobinpunyo7332]

Yes girl !!😭

[@vanessa1052]

I’VE NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE AJAY REVISIT SOMETHING

[@j.arielbonilla]

She did with Gaga’s album too

[@vanelui8084]

@@j.arielbonilla was forced wbk.

[@vatsalamolly]

She did Selena's album too when the deluxe edition came out... She went back and did the whole album

[@jamesdean1105]

Hollywood News she was forced to bc Gaga fans attacked her for not liking it even though it was her opinion

[@idontknowwhyiamherebutionl2249]

@@jamesdean1105 true . Tbh I liked her first reaction. The revisit of chromotica was kind of forced reaction . But I still don't get chromatica

[@kenthusiastic_]

THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS WHY FOLKLORE IS THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR!

[@jasonramstad6576]

mad woman feels like a grown Bad Blood. It's also being slept on...song is a bop.

[@AlexD-dh2vr]

How dare you compare Mad Woman to the worst song she's ever written. I'm offended.

[@gabgonzales4570]

@@AlexD-dh2vr Bad blood do slap doe idk what u talkin about

[@jinsstyle]

It's literally my fav song off folklore.

[@rachelblackstock3465]

it’s the fact that she’s still calling him “bon” for me

[@zesummavielle4923]

"Fall, August? Is there a connection or am I reaching?" DJJDJDJDJDDJDJ August is the peak of Summer AJAY

[@solongmari]

it's winter in the southern hemisphere.. so still not right, but closer at least?😅🤷

[@kimnavarro1995]

My tears ricochet song for her old record label and here i am still crying listening to it cause track 5 ALWAYS iconic That line hit me the most "when you can't sleep at night, you here my stolen lullabies" 😭

[@loonadom676]

I really love the way she sings the 2nd half of the lines! 'When I'm screaming at the sky' & 'You hear my stollen lullabi-', these two lines sounding like an echo in the background and then her not completely saying lullabies as if she wasn't allowed to, keeping in mind that she was no longer could sing her previous songs cuz they were sold away, are just amazing details!