Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department - Musician's Reaction

[@JacobRestituto]

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[@dubious_gal]

So hilarious you say the drums sound like The 1975 and then ask who the song is about and it’s about Matty Healy. Perfection!

[@plansandjacy]

“Very 1975 drums if you’ve ever heard of that band” 😂😂😂😂💀

[@ericaalex7473]

killed me too! he nailed it! love learning things about the songs from people who have no idea what's going on, but really! ❤

[@plansandjacy]

@@ericaalex7473 yaaasss!!

[@nfbconnect]

Patti Smith.... Legendary musician and poet and artist. Basically she brought the punk movement. Dylan Thomas is a very famous Welsh poet born in the early 1900s I think. Patti Smith just posted a picture of herself reading a Dylan Thomas book with a thank you to Taylor for writing about them together. Patti always wanted to be recognized for her poetry skills and how poetry influenced her rock music.

[@BlairandGeorgie]

❤

[@nfbconnect]

@@Dryadfolk wow, thank you for all the details! I need to go look into Dylan Thomas more.

[@user-to2sc3cm6m]

It's about Matty Healy. He has a song called Chocolate... 'Ate 7 bars of chocolate' ... And a 'golden retriever' is a description of a type of guy. Usually one upbeat but generally unashamed of his feelings. But he's the tattooed version ... so like the bad boy golden retriever boyfriend.

[@GreenLightMe]

Nobody cares

[@Renan-ud1px]

@@GreenLightMe I do

[@user-to2sc3cm6m]

@@GreenLightMe Aw hon, you did enough to come comment. There there little dog. Woof for me. Take up more of your time. Because I just love the 'nobody cares' brigade spending all their time showing they have small equipment.

[@JDdr86]

​@@GreenLightMe🙄Jack-@$$.

[@user-to2sc3cm6m]

In the background is an organ while the wedding ring line plays. Weddings use organs. She's with Joe 6 years and he never proposes and doesn't want to marry her then she gets with (back with) Matty and he's love bombing right off saying they're going to get married or making jokes like putting her middle ring onto that finger.

[@lisakp71]

They always know what that hot button that they can exploit is

[@KyleBorchert]

Matty Healy. It also sounds like a The 1975 song mixed with Time After Time.

[@Renan-ud1px]

Yes!!!!!

[@addiegabriel9333]

Dylan Thomas = British Poet & Patti Smith = American singer/musician from the past

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

You said “the past” 😭

[@GreenLightMe]

Really nobody cares she can’t write for shit

[@leannebahuaudbradley569]

Dylan Thomas was a British poet. Patti smith was a poet/ songwriter who’s debut album came out in.. 1975.. plus the 1975 sound. 100% about Matty Healy

[@shewhowatchesalot]

It's believed to be about Matty Healy and even sonically it has a feel of a 1975 song

[@samhugh4965]

Hmmmm. My granddaughters are Swifties, so I’m trying to get deeper into her music. I’ll keep listening and see where it goes. Thanks for posting.

[@Renan-ud1px]

Omg how old are you?

[@samhugh4965]

@@Renan-ud1px 64. Is that a problem? I generally listen to current music, or is that not allowed past a certain age?

[@Renan-ud1px]

@@samhugh4965 Oh my God, I'm sorry, I read it quickly and I thought it said 'my grandparents listen to Taylor Swift' - oh, then I thought wow, she must be a baby - English is not my native language, sorry. No problem at all.

[@samhugh4965]

@@Renan-ud1px no worries. 😉

[@julianafigueroa3045]

Oh you made me notice something at 7:02 when she talks about the finger where you put wedding rings on, the music kind of sound like a wedding? Like the wedding song played in the organ, you hear that?

[@SilviInsania-dj5fi]

This is about Matty Healy, 1975's frontman so yeah

[@droptherecord6468]

No

[@mariav1045]

I think it has pieces of both Joe and Matty. TTPD is a play of a group chat of Joe’s and that’s about it. I don’t follow Matty but hardcore Swifties are convinced it’s about him so I have to default to them. They are typically more accurate than the fbi 😂 Joe didn’t have tattoos…. They have a bunch of reasons. From what I understand her rebound with MH is featured more than the relationship with Joe. Sounds like she took it harder. I think she dealt with the Joe stuff on Midnights.

[@karendorman3184]

It is about Matty Healy and you did mention the drums sounding like the 1975

[@chels1993]

So I’m one of the lucky ones and Taylor sang my name in her song soooo 👸🏻

[@klauf23]

Matty has a weird thing about typewriters

[@Tracylyn42]

Matty Healy is who I do believe it’s about.. it makes all the sense with the lyrics

[@tammy-vl5if]

She was in a long relationship with her ex joe Alwyn. And I believe joe and some of his buddy had a grpchat called the tortured man club, so she is referencing that but like saying the tortured poets department cuz she is a writer

[@marianuz8576]

I highly recommend reading Just Friends by Patti Smith - it’s about her and Maplethorpes friendship at the Chelsea hotel.

[@bullet9202]

Good for her for trying a different sound. I like her but only a few of her songs as I have different tastes. The song I like from this new album is the how did it end one. Much more sophisticated lyrics then usual in my Opinion

[@momofnine199]

I like your commentary

[@LornaLens]

Her version of her ex boyfriends club includes her amd matty. They call it the tortured poets dept. Matty is the tattoed golden retreiver she speaks of, not taking it seriously, fucking about and still off his head.

[@reemy8245]

Most songs first half is about Matt Healy

[@JoaoCoconutFrango]

7:26 THE DRUMS, THE SONG IS ABOUT MATTY. i just hope matty is fine😕

[@wahhaj1872]

hi jacob amazing reaction, would also love for u to check out ruels new song "we're a pair of diamonds" and "what a life"!!

[@jayantsingh9450]

React to ALIENATED BY ZAYN live performance

[@YouTubeDave-tp7ij]

How old are you when you say you don't know Dylan Thomas and Patti Smith? :P

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

I know right. Dang I thought Swifties were supposed to be smart and cultured

[@bella031003]

This song is about Matty from the 1975 .

[@reemy8245]

Song about Matt Healy

[@bella031003]

Most of the songs are about Matty Healy .

[@teiaalexander7131]

Please react to Alienated by Zayn!

[@lesliedevlin5829]

You don’t know who PATTI SMITH is!?!?!!

[@coolbae1998]

I liked many songs about it but... Why are fans so blind? Many are even older than me and just blind follow celebrities, i love swift, done it since 2005 but i am a PROFESSIONAL musician and studied music, this album has like 15 tracks that are all the same when it comes to composition, also is not poetry at all, she knows nothing about poetry or real intellectual stuff, it's okay cause many are ignorant or simply don't care about history and studying but, then why calling it poetry? As someone said you can't claim to know about poetry when you don't know metric and when you reference Charlie puth or kim kardashian and claim to be deep, that aint clever or intellectual or genius, it's generic and plastic, there were like 15 good songs tho, actually awesome songs that stand out, but still they are not poetry, just average pop, we can love an artist but still have a brain and a criteria of our own, why no one dares to say 10 songs or more from the album sound and are the same? Because even if you read the sheet music you can literally observe they do are the same, why are grown people saying it's poetry when it's just pop and it has been her most pop album? Even folklore, evermore and red included more of a begginer level of poetry lyrics than this album, this album is great but its not poetry, and is just half great cause many songs are literally the same and bland. We can love her and appreciate her but why worshipping someone who is just a human like us? And why claiming someone is a genius for being a pop artist? She is one of the greatest in pop but that doesn't make her a genius, it makes her a good pop artist, a great business woman and a marketing genius, but not a rocket science genius as many claim, she is gorgeous, sweet and brilliant, good singer, good writer sometimes too and a great dancer and performer and imaginative artist, but stop over hyping people, more brilliant writers, real poets, actual literature, scholars, great musicians and us high level studied singers get ignored and many average music is claimed to be godlike, i invite you to think beyond blind worshipping, let's love this great Artist and performer and her business habilities, but let's take things for what they are and not exaggerate, i loved the new album, and i love her as an artist and respect her, but respect is not worship or denial, i can love her and still disagree with some things or condemn her wrong actions like polluting or exploding her fans making them think their special. Ttpd it's not poetry and half of it is recycled basic pop, it isn't even a subjective opinion or pov, it is a fact and as musician i have proved it a million times, less over hyping and worship, more critical thinking and loving stuff but separating our fan self from our intelligence, please, let's be real poets, real intelligent people who actually look for better and cleverer stuff and dont stay in the confort zone. 🖤

[@samhugh4965]

I’m listening to her music, trying to appreciate her more because my granddaughters are Swifties, but I personally, at this point, anyway, don’t understand the hype.

[@VioletEmerald]

The lyrics are poetic and creative and more sophisticated and thoughtful than ever. Pop music isn't mutually ecclusive with poetry by the way? This song isn't the most poetic one. But I'd say definitely 75% of them are dripping pure poetry and even the ones that don't like this one still have their moments. Poetry can include ANYTHING you want, including references to Charlie Puth. "I scratch your head, You fall asleep like a tattooed Golden Retreiver; But you awaken with dread, pounding nails in your head" is indeed poetry whether or not you think it's amazing writing. What is your hangup about her being a poet?

[@jamesclarke8813]

1776. Based. 🇺🇸

[@Ni5ei]

Wish she'd written a book instead of making this album. I don't read books anyway and the music is blant and boring without any highlights.

[@shakazulu3594]

This is a boring album. 😴😴😴

[@tulipo6907]

Your Too old for taylor swift. Do your research

[@lisakp71]

*you're do your research

[@JacobRestituto]

this is a very funny comment, lol. I'm 29, younger than taylor..

[@droptherecord6468]

Wrong ITS ABOUT JOE ALWYN

[@GreenLightMe]

This Music is so bad