Taylor Swift - The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived Reaction

[@izzyhibby333]

The line "you are what you did" hits even harder with the context that she wrote a song when she was 19 called Innocent that was forgiving Kanye West for interrupting her VMA acceptance speech and one of the lines is, "Who you are is not what you did." Clearly age, wisdom, and experience has taught her that people's actions actually do speak to their character.

[@Emma_kj3nj]

Excellent!

[@Mary-ks2kc]

I love the Jehovah’s Witness suit line. He does wear those suits a lot but also Jehovah’s Witnesses show up on your doorstep to try to save you, make you believe.

[@Amandaarford83]

Oooh that part about them showing up on the doorstep trying to save you never occurred to me! Good interpretation!

[@josefinasoderholm6488]

To sell you the story of “paradise” this guy love bombed her for years, promised her everything she dreamt about and that was lacking in her 6 year relationship. She risked her reputation for him, got hate because of him, but still chose to be with him and he treated her like an alsoran, like nothing but a trophy. He is the definition of the smallest man who ever lived!

[@write2inspiresome1]

@@josefinasoderholm6488 an alsoran is someone who ran a race/ entered contest but lost. They “also ran” per online dictionary- which makes it even worse that he treated her that way! Love this song so much!!

[@josefinasoderholm6488]

@@write2inspiresome1 yes. I know

[@amandahibler]

I never thought about the showing up to save you and make you believe part. Wow.

[@alexagolden9172]

She had been dating Joe for 6 years and Matty kept flirting and trying to get her (it seems - with other songs on this album). Once he got her, he didn’t care anymore. Never broke up with her… just ghosted and sent her a message publicly on stage at one of his shows. The whole album tells the full story better than each song. Guilty as sin. Loml. My boy only breaks his favorite toy.

[@sml24157]

Direct quote from Taylor Swift- “people go on and on about, like, you have to forgive and forget to move past something. No, you don’t. You don’t have to forgive and you don’t have to forget to move on. You can move on without any of those things happening. You just become indifferent, and then you move on.” I like that viewpoint 😅

[@lestiep7]

And it’s true.

[@attorneycarissa]

Matt healy pursued her for 10 years. When he caught her, he ghosted her and claimed it was never that serious. The live performance of this is amazing. The good riddance to him was because it wasnt sexy TO HIM when wanting or having her was no longer forbidden (eg, she was available after T broke up with Joe.)

[@mylittlepeonies8693]

I think it could’ve been not sexy to her anymore as well. The possibility of being with the guy who she had something going on with so long ago who was promising her the world was deeply thrilling to her when she was stuck in that dull relationship but I’m sure actually being with him didn’t live up to her fantasies either😂 I mean she was already calling him out on his pretentious bs with the “we’re not some poets, we’re idiots” and the “oops, not even I can fix that mess of a man” but she definitely would’ve stuck it out for longer cuz she’s a sucker for punishment

[@jondoe2960]

As Taylor herself once said, which I think really captures the essence of this song, "may your heart remain breakable, but NEVER by the same hand, twice".

[@akashvalsan6609]

He actually crashed his rental car. 😂

[@thatinsufferablenerd]

I read a comment on another reaction of this song ages ago that I can't get out of my head. It was talking about the concept in the bridge with the spy talk and de-classifying and said "It's like she's saying 'you hurt me so bad it had to be calculated'." Blew my mind then and still does whenever I think about it.

[@thatinsufferablenerd]

@@Emma_kj3nj No, I mean 'calculated'. The argument that comment makes is asking if it was a choice, a plan from the start on their part to hurt Taylor as badly as they did.

[@Emma_kj3nj]

@@thatinsufferablenerd Got it. Yes, that's what she's asking: WHY? Did you plan this whole love bombing, then degrading, then ghosting scenario.

[@ashleypearson3567]

Matty Healy…one time after taking a picture with Taylor said “I’m taller than she makes me look”! Hence the name the smallest man who ever lived

[@kmjkmjkmj]

She very famously sings 'in any measure of a man.' Any. So she basically described all of him. 😅

[@anibindi3752]

Have you done- you’re losing me yet?? That is one of my faves from her. Sampled heartbeat for percussion is so cool

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Not yet! But I'll get too it eventually.

[@karehelene]

Not measuring up in any measure of a man could also be an insult to his manhood (that's where my mind goes *laughing*), but also could be more subtle as to what constitutes a man in her mind. I won't presume there, but for me it's honesty, responsible, protective, confident, strong (not physically, but mentally, fortitude).

[@MsSera21]

Tortured Poets is actually just peak Taylor doing Taylor things. Honed rapier-sharp

[@lynnhoffman247]

How do we know it’s her peak?

[@NYandAZ]

@@lynnhoffman247 love that optimism. I certainly hope she’s not at her peak at 34. She has many decades to go. These past years have been amazing for her vocals, lyricism, tour performances and her dedication leading to an abundance of accolades that many artists don’t get close to. Time’s Person of the Year, record breaking categories. 4x Artist of the Year. She deserves everything she receives because the media has not ever been kind to her. Yet, she still prevails and overcomes all. So much resilience in her and a ridiculous amount of respect FOR her. ❤🎙️🥰🫶🏼

[@Yephimł]

One of the greatest bridges she's ever written! One amongst many really. The live performance of this at the Eras tour is just brilliant as well. You gotta check it out! Really powerful stuff!❤ She comes out swinging...great reaction as always!☺️🙏

[@laurawurst8731]

Yes! Dbatc was my favorite bridge until this one came out. And the live version is amazing

[@Yephimł]

@@laurawurst8731 Oooh...dbatc is pretty awesome too! God, there are so many great ones though!🙏☺️

[@KateinVA]

Matty and Taylor met back around 2014 and due to relationships and his drug issues never got together, but they kept in touch and there was always that romantic tension. If you’ve listened to Guilty as Sin, that’s about her thinking of him while still in a relationship with Joe Alwyn. That’s the sort of thing that led to the ‘It wasn’t sexy once it wasn’t forbidden’ line. He kept pursuing her when she was involved, then when she finally tried to date him, he love bombed her with talk of marriage and babies, then ghosted her. He lost interest once she was available and it wasn’t ‘forbidden’.

[@KateinVA]

Also, yes. He was in a minor accident last summer.

[@lizamurphy5844]

There's a ten year history of them chasing each other and almost getting into a relationship....then when they did he basically ghosted her after a few weeks ....and broke her heart. A c*nt indeed.......Poor Taylor 😢.

[@eves1503]

I interpret “I’ll forget you but I’ll never forgive” as the memory of him and their situationship will fade but the pain he caused affected her greatly and will stay with her for a while. Love bombing is no joke, especially, when it’s done while a person is susceptible to it, like Taylor was at that moment.

[@adriankrue]

Loml is also arguably about Matty and it is a great song from ttpd. She performed it as a mashup in the eras tour - loml x don’t you. You can really hear the emotion in her voice singing it live and it gives me chills, but I recommend the studio version first and then giving that a listen

[@jamybergdoll7014]

Forbidden being in the same font as folklore is an Easter egg I somehow missed but knowing cardigan was about matty it’s not surprising.

[@Kehehehe]

Tis the damn season pleaseeeee it’s my favourite songggg

[@Peg4u]

After over 10 years on "knowing" each other, they spent only a "fortnight" together, after her breakup with Joe Alwyn. At first they were too young, he was just getting his career started. She was with Alwyn for 6 years, so she was forbidden to him. At the first signs of trouble from the media, and Taylor's fans, who focused their criticism in him, and on Taylor for being with him. He pannicked, and ghosted her, then he denied there was a them. A coward, and the smallest man... Listen to the song, "But Daddy I Love Him" lyrics for Taylor's feelings about others weighing in on her private life and her choices. Daddy = her critical fans and the Media.

[@joicheri6206]

this was such a nice surprise! i actually really love how you're reacting from songs from different albuns instead of just focusing on one album, i think that's the best way for a non-swiftie to be introduced to taylor's songwriting. i also think it's fun opening youtube and not knowing which song you'll be reacting of hers. i'm not sure if you're choosing the songs yourself or taking recommendations, but i can't wait to receive a notification of your reaction to "how did it end" from ttpd the anthology or "the great war" from midnights 3am edition.

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks! I'm making notes of all the recommendations and seeing which ones are most popular, but also reacting to which ever one calls to me.

[@KetlinCarramanhos]

Hello! Great reaction! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 The part "Cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden" is a nod to the fact the Matty and Taylor had a crush on each other for about 10 years before they actually dated last year for a really short time. But they never dated before (at least publicly) because they were always in different phases of their lives or because one of them were dating other people. It's like they were always wanting to be together but life was getting in the way. But they never really stopped talking or liking each other. They wrote songs to each other in secret (that she made public now, after disclosing a looooot of information through the lyrics of TTPD) and he was always talking about her in interviews and kinda letting people know that he liked her but couldn't handle her level of fame, and also he was battling his drug addiction. So in a sense their relationship was forbidden for about 10 years. But last year when her 6 year relationship ended and he was sober, they finally dated. But it didn't last. Ahhh, Taylor's song Peter from TTPD is about this 10 year waiting period and the sad ending.

[@Emma_kj3nj]

I basically agree with you, but Taylor said she chose to be smart (or safe?). Although there was an attraction and I believe whenever he saw her, Matty was love bombing her and telling her she was the love of his life, Taylor always chose to be safe and smart and per the song Peter, though in the back of her mind, she thought maybe one day he'd grow up and they would end up together. I don't think there was any time in that decade that she would have agreed to actually be with Matty, until Joe didn't marry her, and she felt that relationship wasn't working so she ended it and was in a very vulnerable place. I think she was very much in love with Joe and did want to marry him, but when she finally had to throw in the towel on that relationship, she decided to finally go for it with Matty, believing he really loved her. You can have feelings for more than one person and the attraction and feelings be very different.

[@irene2hansen241]

self harm, love bombing, manic episode has nothing to do with love. beside, This is just TS telling the storie she wants, not nesseserry the truth (may be the way she saw it, but that is not equal to the truth) Also if it is how she see it, she did her last boyfriend wrong. (I dont care about Joe) but that is not a good behavior

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thnaks, Ketlin! Peter Reaction coming soon!

[@timothytheis9709]

🌟Another great reaction, Izzy, thanks! I'm so glad you're onto TTPD songs and am really looking forward to your hearing "LOML". Lyrically it's a stunner; every time I hear it, I have to stop whatever I'm doing and just let it take me. Thanks, again, Izzy!

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks, Timothy!

[@attorneycarissa]

Ive been waiting for you to cover this one!

[@idarafnspangsberg601]

At the end there you made me think of these two quotes👇🏼 “May your heart remain breakable, but never by the same hand twice” - it’s from the reputation tour,, there’s this quick-change break where there’s this poem being read aloud by Taylor,, it has a lot of other great quotes but I think this one fits with what you were saying there at the end Also “I want to have a sharp pen and a thin skin” - from the very end of the Miss Americana docu but it’s not as on the nose😅

[@IzzyIzenstain]

I like that first one, Ida! Thanks!

[@carsten1989]

Such a wonderful reaction

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks!

[@laurawurst8731]

My favorite bridge ever! Performing it live… the drums and note changes just add to it

[@jonathongeorge3093]

For peak Taylor emotional lyricism, check out "loml" from this same album. Heartbreaking & phenomenal.

[@chanceybooth4537]

Yes!!

[@bellapeterson94]

I think the idea of forgetting and not forgiving can be a good thing. Like forgotting the person and move on but if they came into your life again begging to be let back in, you need to know you didn’t forgive to them to get to do the same thing again. Not everyone will change, some will but not everyone

[@nixllamas9823]

I love this song so much because unfortunately I can relate to the song and got hurt by my own version of the smallest man who ever lived lol. The Eras tour performance of the song is amazing, too (which is why I hope Taylor re-release an Eras Tour movie with the TTPD set).

[@Carolina_Girl_]

The LIVE of this is UNREAL! It’s so powerful that I cry every time I see it! Definitely have to see it. The performance she gives and the delivery…It’s UNREAL!! Please Keep shining my guy🫶🏻✨

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks, Christy! Love to ya! I've added it to my list.

[@Carolina_Girl_]

@@IzzyIzenstain Thanks so much 🫶🏻

[@ashleypearson3567]

OMG IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS REACTION FOR SO LOOOOONG

[@ashleypearson3567]

But the era’s performance of it is top tier

[@karin5933]

I’d love for you to react to this live version aswell ! It hits even harder!

[@jordanaveloso2843]

The magic of the music is the bridge and the guy, instead of listening, keeps pausing, I asked him all the time to keep watching, it seems like they don't know how to appreciate the music without making a book of words in the middle.

[@Kelly-i4j]

This live is amazing!

[@patriciaoutland1453]

Love your reaction to this song and so glad you did it. When you get a chance, you need to search one of her live Eras Tour where she performs this song.

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks, Patricia! I've added it to my list.

[@FC-qb9wp]

How are you not devastated? I just I couldn't believe what I've heard the first time haha it was too much, the whole album (before knowing that it was a double album)

[@erinsmith8670]

Really good reaction! This song is so interesting as it relates to Taylor’s experience but also how others can relate to it as well. Love that she can do that over and over again!

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks, Erin!

[@gjh9299]

she loved matt and he lied to her but he just left one morning he said later that he wasnt going to be taylor swifts boyfriend because shes more famous so ego, It went on for years it wasnt a one night stand, he hurt her she told his aunt there would be songs about him on this album, the act in the tour is good she marches with a drum line and collapses at the end, she wanted him, she saw him while she was with joe as they fizzled out matt was exciting as most toxic people are, shes angry yes they both cheated. shes just trying to make sense of why he disappeared irl he left and flew back to England

[@alisong826]

I finally figured out what your voice reminds me of! The opening monologue in original Disney 101 Dalmatians. Very smooth kind and even keeled 😊❤

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Haha! I'll have to go and rewatch that now. Thanks, Ali!

[@cindygalloway6113]

I live for these reactions ❤

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks, Cindy!

[@OfficialFinalGirl]

Matty Healy- Mr steal your girl, then make her cry lol

[@milenmarrs7901]

You need to watch it live in the ERAS TOUR 🎉

[@shoniaray8503]

You might like another song on this album calledThe Prophecy

[@bethanymain5332]

Taylor has the best lyric videos. She really is involved in every aspect in her craft. This song is a Swiftie marching song many videos of people marching to this song. It really is an anthem song.

[@smalatin]

Omg I have been WAITING for this one since k saw your first Taylor reaction. Yay!

[@christy2645]

during the bridge,when she says "were you sent by someone who wanted me dead?did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed?were you writing a book?were you a sleeper-cell spy?" she's basically asking Matty Healy why he did that to her as in why did he just randomly ghost her after all he wanted was her. she also says "in 50 years will all this be declassified and you'll confess why you did it" she means that once time passes will you finally tell me why you ghosted me??(ps:50 years ago was 1975 and Matty Healy is in a band called the 1975)

[@bryandaves1005]

great reaction

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks, Bryan!

[@MunchkinBoy0308]

ur voice is really pretty🤭

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks, Ryan!

[@Tyler_Reacts]

So, the line “It wasn’t sexy once it wasn’t forbidden”, in my opinion, also ties into the song “Guilty as Sin”. Guilty as Sin is about her having sexual thoughts about Matty Healy while she was still in a relationship with Joe. Not that she ever cheated, but Joe was pretty much checked out of the relationship and her mind was wandering to Matty Healy. So, “it wasn’t sexy once it wasn’t forbidden” is a nod to what she was feeling at the time versus when they actually got together.

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks for sharing, Tyler! I'll bear that in mind on future listens! Nice one!

[@laurenceswoo5004]

What??!! 2 of my loves, Taylor Swift and The Stone Roses in the same video? Heaven.

[@Donna-C]

Shorts from this song Live at The Eras Tour - you need to watch the TTPD set in full! 🤍🩶🖤 kzbin.info6kj65bobw0k?si=FcGpFBQW-BbOgLFL kzbin.info_4lf3mZFsFU?si=ytiC5kd9ag8jH589

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks, Donna!

[@MJ-803]

Check out the live version from the tour. It's epic (despite being shortened) and was one of the highlights of the show for me.

[@Toupie100]

This song is really heavy… I am obviously a big Taylor’s fan otherwise I wouldn’t be here 😅 I like The 1975 and watched the very good interview from Matty on Apple Music. He’s painted as a really bad guy here where I believe what he said. He will struggle with addiction all his life. Just imagine the weight of this huge media exposure on his mental health. Some of the Swifiies went directly for the jugular once their relationship was public. Further describe in “But Daddy I love him” by Taylor. This song is just a cathartic way to process her emotions, her feelings of betrayal. He doesn’t deserve any hate, he just happened to be a very talented but unstable person she felt for. We are all humans

[@Emma_kj3nj]

You have a really good heart. I agree the song is a cathartic way to process her emotions and feelings of betrayal. I'm not so sure he doesn't deserve hate. As a woman, I think it's unforgiveable that he told her "about a million times" that she was the love of his life, talked marriage and babies, but then degraded and disrespected her (hung me on the wall and stuck me with his pushpins) but then ghosted her without even breaking up with her. He had been telling their friend he'd die if she ended things? but then acted like this? That's such toxic masculine behavior. He knew what he was doing. He knew he was manipulating her feelings. I think he was obsessed with Taylor, but he couldn't handle the whole situation. I personally think he couldn't handle Taylor's brilliance or talent or direct communication either. You can change your mind about someone, or not be able to handle the hate from the Swifties and media, or not be able to handle the fame, but treat people with respect. He should have been honest with her. He flirted outrageously with her for a decade. He was sending her albums and communicating with Taylor when she was still living with Joe. I think she was mostly already out of love with Joe, but Matty knew she was with someone else. He shouldn't have been contacting her. He love bombed her for so long and then degraded her when they were together and just left all his stuff (typewriter, suit, stuff in her drawers) and flew off, never to speak to her again and just ghosted her. So much worse than a 27 second phone call (Joe Jonas). He'd already left. The least he could have done is picked up the phone and told her the truth. That it was over, he couldn't handle it and nothing she could say would change his mind. He was introducing the band’s 2016 hit “Somebody Else” ​during an October 2023 concert when he explained “You don’t really get what our love was like. That was special love - that was a special thing.” Matty, 35, then seemed to speak about himself, saying, “Don’t be stupid, get over it.” It does sound like that was about Taylor. His fans say he spoke about her in concerts a lot over the years. I do think he had genuine feelings but with everything that went down with the toxic Swifties and the constant cameras, etc, he couldn't handle it.

[@MikaiasWerneck]

I hope you react more to the TTPD, I think you will like the albums Folklore and Evermore too

[@shelleynull6532]

A lot of songs on this album about Matty which is crazy

[@lynncook2821]

so you said you wanted to watch more eras tour…. The TTPD set was added in Europe and isn’t on the official eras tour movie, but this is a really good fan video and I really think you’d love then performance of a shortened version of this song. its starts around the 17:00 mark. 😀 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKLYq5eArt2Nr9Usi=ueFcgHi07S5JOMfc

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks for that, Lynn!

[@georginamoreira6723]

This is one of the most realistic, straightforward songs she ever wrote. No mistakes about who she is talking about, or why, or anything 😂 Also, very in connection with this narrative are The Black Dog and Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus, Fresh out the slammer, and I can't fix him (no, really I can). Even though the whole album (the two lps) is very about the same thing hehehe 😂

[@ivy5919]

I really enjoy your TS reactions, I can't wait for the next one! I just subscribbed to your channel. I like the way you talk about the songs (sorry for my english) and try to understand what Taylor meant throught her lyrics. Her last album have really good well written songs. Do you consider to react to TTPD? If you are, I would love to see your reaction of Fresh Out The Slammer from that album

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Thanks, Ivy! I will react to more TTPD soon!

[@melissad807]

I love this song- imo it should have been longer 😂

[@carolynnewcomb2153]

This one must’ve been satisfying to write and release into the universe ha! Knowing how sharp her pen is, I would try extra hard to be decent and not invoke rage when in a relationship with her!

[@missydemeanors1760]

You are what you did...he ghosted her...now he is a ghost to her.

[@yvetterodriguez2550]

And in the spirit of Kelso from That 70s Show: BURN! 😂

[@patriciaoutland1453]

@@yvetterodriguez2550 😆

[@IzzyIzenstain]

I love That 70s Show! Enjoyed That 90s Show too! Have you guys watched it?

[@yvetterodriguez2550]

@@IzzyIzenstain Haven't seen That 90s Show, only the first one. Season 8 doesn't exist lol. Jackie and Hyde should've been endgame. There's just no freaking way she would've ever hooked up with Fez like she did in the last season of the show. Nor would she have given Kelso another chance. He kept cheating on her throughout their entire relationship. I saw a clip of her and him together for the new show since in real life Mila and Kutcher are a real life couple. Hyde and Jackie were perfect for each other. Both helped each other out, to grow and mature together. They balanced each other out quite nicely. In fact, they were the much better couple than Donna and Eric. I didn't like him whatsoever. Donna deserved better than Eric. Oh good lord, Izzy. As you can see, the way the show ended still has me bothered me after all these years later lol. I don't think I could watch That 90s Show. That aired right around the time Danny Masterson was already behind bars huh? That's a bummer. But I too loved watching That 70s Show back in the day.

[@patriciaoutland1453]

@@IzzyIzenstain I didn't watch the 70's show when it aired but I watch it a few years ago. Love it!

[@Kelly-i4j]

Bridge!!

[@MCP920]

♥️

[@NicoleDeri]

Empathy

[@Emma_kj3nj]

No, they aren't crazy thoughts at all. Honestly, I viewed her list of "paranoia" options as so normal. When I was dating in my 20's, my friends and I would always want to know the Why??? Why did he act this way, Why did he treat me this way, Why did he leave, etc. etc. I view that as very common for women to do. I thought Taylor was just basically using hyperbolic phrases to emphasize the emotions that she felt - how distraught and confused and broken and then very, very angry she was at being treated this way. If you listen to her TTPD song 'Guilty as Sin', Matty was actively flirting with her, sending her albums, and love bombing her and looking at what both have said over time, I think he was doing that since he met her a decade prior. I think he made a lot of promises, told her she was the 'love of his life' and implied or specifically talked marriage and children. His fans have said he talked about her during his concerts many times over the years. She wouldn't ever be with him, and then when she ended her relationship with Joe, she decided to try it with Matty believing he meant the things he'd said but he treated her so badly when she finally decided to date him. 'Good Riddance' applies to both the lyrics prior to and after that phrase. She says: "I'll say 'Good Riddance' " in response to his confession of 'why he did it' (what he did: he hung her on a wall and stabbed her with push pins (treated her like trash/"an also ran" when they were alone), then told her she'd be better off without him, and left NYC apparently saying he'd be back but instead completely ghosted her and wouldn't return her calls & the messages she left him) when the truth is declassified in 50 years (I think she's referring to cases like the facts of President Kennedy's assassination that have been classified and hidden from the public for 50 years). So bottom line, when/if she eventually learns why he love bombed her, then treated her as an 'also ran', and then left and ghosted her, she won't care, she doesn't want him back, and she'll say: "Good Riddance", BUT she just wants to know the WHY. But she's also saying: "Good Riddance" because "when it wasn't forbidden, it wasn't sexy". She's referring to his portrayal of feelings, not herself. He wanted her for years and flirted outrageously with her for years, but then when they were finally together, he was passed out or criticizing/degrading her and treating her like it wasn't sexy to be with her. He always said in interviews he couldn't handle her level of fame, and he's struggled to handle his own level of fame. I think once they were together, he just couldn't handle her brilliance/talent/fame/popularity and was so intimidated by her that he degraded her to make himself feel superior. Many of her boyfriends have treated her that way because her brilliance and talent intimidated them. It is important to note that a subset of Swifties were OUTRAGED that she was dating him and even went so far as posting a letter in the newspaper condemning her & demanding they have a say in her personal decisions. This likely had an impact on Matty's psyche and actions as well. As @alexagolden9172 and others say below, there are pieces of their story sprinkled throughout TTPD.

[@gjh9299]

dont piss her off he was bad for her, hes a heroine addict but he was exciting to her and passionate compared to Joe

[@yara5502]

Matty H. spent years (since about 2014) telling her she was the love of his life ( she had feelings for him as well but was in other relationships), even wrote songs about her, trying to get her. He then loved bombed the shit out of her promising her they would get married and have babies and finally be together when she was leaving her other useless ex of 6 years, and when they eventually went public together that they were in a relationship, he then just dissapeared and ghosted her, and even making awful comments about her and making fun at the situation at his concerts. So this has a long history and that is why she is asking, what was your angle, why did you do all this to me.

[@poppy7325]

I'm really enjoying your point of view on these reacts, but could I just make a suggestion? Your mic pics up every single time you swallow, and for some reason it drives me crazy. I think you might just have a mic that's to good to pick up sounds :P

[@IzzyIzenstain]

Yeah, I'm working on that. I think it has a lot to do with the mic positioning, but it took me a while to figure that out. Hoping to improve it in the future. Glad you enjoy the reactions, Poppy. Thanks!

[@irene2hansen241]

Everyone say, its all about matty, but they where not toghetet long enogf for most of it - to me it seems Taylor all made it up in her mind, she made matty up - he is nothing what she think he was. Its just strange why so many think anything they "had" for 6 weeks & the contact when she was in another long term relationshi - matty & Tayler was never love, like she said, it was self harm & manic episode

[@Staycee807]

She is politically attractive

[@IzzyIzenstain]

I'm only interested in the music.

[@jrramos0730]

No, the song is about Donald Trump.

[@Debbie-m7f]

Trump baby 2024👍🏻🇺🇸

[@angicitarocks]

I'm surprised people think this is about Matt Healey. I don't think it is. It's about Scott Borchetta and the masters heist. When Taylor says "I just want to know if rusting my sparkling summer was the goal" she is talking about the summer when she was about to release Lover and it all got ruined by Scott Borchetta selling her masters to one of the sleaziest douchebags in the music industry. Come on guys! Whenever she perfoms this songs there's a marching band like the one in the video of her single ME! (from Lover) And the band is shot while on stage. By the end of the song even Taylor is shot and dies. Because that is metaphorically speaking what Borchetta did to her. He crashed her party (the release of her new album which was sparkly and pink and happy) and killed it. And also? Borcheta did crash a car in 2023. She's mocking Borchetta about it. Have you guys ever seen the suits Borchetta wore to the award shows? Jehovah's witness like. "You hung me on your wall, stabbed me with your push pins" Scott had his office full of all the platinums Taylor had managed to get the label. Showed her off. But when the time came he treated his queen, the person that made him loads of money, the most important artist in his label, he treated her like fucking crap by betraying her and selling her work to one of her enemies. It frustrates me when people only attribute her songs to be about whoever she happens to be dating at the moment. Taylor uses what most people asume is romantic language on the song but when you add up Scott Borchetta literally crashing his rental car in 2023 and the marching band from the ME music video being shot at on stage it's just... There's no way this son is about Matt Healey, I'm sorry. I think people sometimes give too much credit to the guys she's going out with. Taylor is a brilliant lyricist and I think she's now used to the idea that people will always try to attribute each song to one of her boyfriends. She made a whole speech about this on the prologue of her Reputation album, saying that people would take guesses and tey would always be wrong. Because she can talk about so many other things while using romantic metaphors that people will eat up and take in the most literal way to draw a connection with her present or past partners. fsss

[@IzzyIzenstain]

That makes a lot of sense, Angie! Thanks!

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

Her Choreo on tour directly copies choreography for Matty Healy's performance. This is NOT ABOUT SCOTT. MATTY ruined her summer at the start of the Eras Tour. JFC some of you really need to stop making everything about Scott and Scooter. They are irrelevant at this point, and have enough songs about them. to all of us that actually know Matty Healy and his band The 1975, it is BLATANTLY OBVIOUS that it's about him.

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

She directly copies choreography from one of Matty Healy's performances. This is NOT ABOUT SCOTT. MATTY ruined her summer at the start of the Eras Tour. JFC some of you really need to stop making everything about Scott and Scooter. They are irrelevant at this point, and have enough songs about them. to all of us that actually know Matty Healy and his band The 1975, it is BLATANTLY OBVIOUS that it's about him. He LITERALLY KICKED OUT STAGE LIGHTS , not to mention a dozen other references to MATTY.