Taylor Swift - evermore Album (REACTION)

I simply cannot believe she's done this to us...AGAIN
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[@isaacroot5459]

I respect this guy so much but saying happiness is a skip is such a terrible tragedy. It builds perfectly. It’s an incredible meditation moment

[@everex1239]

In my eyes happiness is a masterpiece

[@lucashayes9191]

HAPPINESS IS BEST

[@aljones75]

Ye ‘Happiness’ is I think my favourite on the album. It did take a while to grow on me though

[@daphneesorelcoupal4631]

I even think happiness should have been track 5 ! It is so nuanced, honest and mature at the same time, very impactful!

[@JenniferDonahue702]

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[@22Nimily]

I don't know how anyone could hear Happiness and not hear the absolute magic that was woven into that song. A song about love, loss, and something rare-- amicable divorce or separation. Feeling the pain and hurt , acknowledging it, but also recognizing that that person brought you happiness. Also recognizing that you brought them hurt and happiness too. This song is nothing short of a masterpiece. Surpassed only by Evermore.

[@shi3814]

Is it about her and Joe?

[@anastasia7]

@@shi3814 its about her friend's Abigail and her divorce

[@aurielle112]

I think it's her most mature song to date, it has so much depth which really separates itself from "simpler" pop songs

[@Clara_taylorsversion]

I agree

[@dawnstrike]

I am also shocked he called it a skip, HOWEVER, if you haven’t been through a truly painful and meaningful breakup/divorce, I don’t know how much you could really relate, so that may have been a factor here. There are some songs on this album I feel a similar challenge with relating to as well, so no judgement.

[@drewveflin2842]

IVY AND GOLD RUSH APPRECIATION IS MY FAVORITE THING ON EARTH

[@theswiftologist]

masterpieces!

[@christianparagas8562]

OMG, yes! Haven’t met a lot who love these songs this much.

[@Hey_Jamie]

@@theswiftologistno you were a couple years too early for that lol

[@camillenordstrom5716]

They’ll be happiness after you, but there was happiness because of you??? Now my eyes leak acid rain on a pillow where you used to lay your head??? Now I’m right down in it, all the years I’ve given is just shit we’re dividing up??? Sis please tell me you listened to this one again and really ruminated bc this song KILLS me every time. Easily my fav on the album. It’s a sleeper.

[@Clara_taylorsversion]

Yes 🥲

[@DefineObsessed-528]

Me to happiness >>>> 😴😴😴

[@ElizabethNicoleSchwartz]

Personally I prefer evermore. It's kind of a folklore is more sonically cohesive so it might be better in that regard, but evermore has more songs I enjoy.

[@tativizca4687]

Exactly how I feel

[@natanwashere]

same, i didn't like it first but it has grown on me and now i like it better than folklore sorry 😭

[@ElizabethNicoleSchwartz]

@@Emma-kw8uv I'm glad you agree, though why are you shouting.

[@ElizabethNicoleSchwartz]

@@Emma-kw8uv haha it's okay. I was just concerned 🩷

[@HappySwiftie92]

I always struggle on choose one above the tohrt one because folklore as ubique Piece IS better but my tops of Evermore are above my tops in folklore 🫣🥲

[@anasarracena]

Ivy is simply perfect. It quickly became my favorite Taylor song

[@AllTheArtsy]

I read it as a lesbian affair when she's already married and they were hiding from her husband, but even after he died she couldn't go to her lover??? idkk how did you read it?

[@azulablue6988]

Best TS song.

[@chunli6197]

@@AllTheArtsywhos she

[@harrypotteravenclaw]

I totally agree about the '90s reference. I also felt the same way when I first heard the song, I don't like lyrics that date songs because it takes me out of the song's world for a second.

[@theswiftologist]

retweet

[@LaurenLaass]

the lakes

[@dq8431]

@@LaurenLaassthe biggest blunder

[@tayluvofficial]

​@@LaurenLaasswhat

[@An13n]

@@tayluvofficial the 'tweet it' line

[@vanillasky981]

the intro where you say "someone crazy released two albums in a year ... I'm reliving the torture one more time" hmm i think you Taylor got her inspiration for TTPD from this video hahaah

[@emilee7021]

“recency bias is saying yes, but historical allegiance is saying no” is so good lmao

[@MermaidCore_]

This very comment is the EXACT reason I love THE Swiftologist’s ALBUM BREAKDOWNS: Honesty and incredible career and pop culture referential knowledge! ❤️❤️

[@ssp4795]

and applies perfectly to my feelings for Midnight.

[@lfior]

I am on a Swiftologist BINGE and I have to say your reactions are hilarious and the only ones I've watched since the Tay reaction genre has launched here on KZbin, because your opinions are killing mee

[@AKG.TaylorsVersion]

Same here ❤

[@lisamachado1508]

Couldn't have said it better

[@sulathenewfie4277]

I am so thankful for Aaron. Without him we wouldn’t have folklore and evermore… and WCS, The Great War, etc.

[@v_loves_books]

"if she starts singing opera I will throw myself out the window" lol

[@jaikenagivens267]

willow 🌳 - 1:30 champagne problems 🥂 - 3:14 gold rush ✨- 4:57 ‘tis the damn season 🎄 - 6:57 tolerate it 💔- 9:21 no body, no crime ( feat. HAIM)💀 - 11:10 happiness 🙂 - 13:34 dorothea 👩🏼‍🦳 - 14:32 coney island (feat. The National) 🏝️ - 15:51 ivy 🍃 - 17:05 cowboy like me 🤠 - 19:03 long story short 📕 - 20:04 marjorie 👵 - 22:31 closure 🥱🖕🏻 - 24:19 evermore (feat. Bon Iver) 🍁 - 26:13

[@Crabluvrr]

Not closure…😭

[@thomasnewman-mq5qi]

I thought the same thing 😭

[@courtney601]

the way you called happiness and dorothea snoozes and from what I know Madeline loves them ... the girls are fighting in the next podcast episode

[@courtney601]

but also you're so right for the gold rush, ivy, and long story short reactions 10/10

[@mallorymyers7525]

I wasn't into Dorthea until I heard it is the alt. pov of tis the damn season, and that makes it so interesting to me.

[@harrypotteravenclaw]

I will always be happy for songs that enter the zeitgiest of country women who want to kill their husbands

[@theswiftologist]

and you are so valid for that

[@daniellelevine9638]

Long story short is absolutely a bop. I’m obsessed with that song.

[@hey9925]

One of my favs on Evermore

[@AshleyZieman]

God I love Evermore. Soo good. Folklore and Evermore are definitely in a league of their own!

[@musiceveryday9612]

You kinda liked Champagne Problems here 😭

[@user-hz6yj8vx3k]

Loved Happiness. Play it often. It's nice when a breakup happens that they can still see the happiness the relationship bought them.

[@liteonmx]

The way he said Happiness is a skip… oh boy take that back! THE WRITTING!!

[@oxfordcommalovesyou]

I know this is a super late comment but I’ve recently been rewatching all my fav videos of yours and I have to say-I will never be able to listen to marjorie without sobbing. I lost my grandmother this past january and, being her only grandchild, we were super close. She would always mail me cash and a handwritten note once a month because she was truly just so generous and wanted me to have everything I wanted. The day that she passed away, I was driving home after mourning with my family and thought that I should check the mail. I also happened to have miss taylor on shuffle because…when do I not? I was going through my mail in my car and the second that I stumbled across her letter, marjorie started playing. That was her last letter to me, mailed just a day or two before she died. As marjorie played in the background, I couldn’t even comprehend the letter-I was just sobbing over reading her handwriting. That song is everything to me, especially the bridge. “I should’ve asked you questions. I should’ve asked you how to be.” I’m not very religious but I do believe in signs and that sign will stay with me for the rest of my life.

[@TattoedKiss]

Not related to anything but dude you have such a beautiful eye color!

[@carolinamansur113]

"actually I have no idea what this song was about" about Coeboy Like Me is the truest thing ever I've listened to this sing for two years and a half now and still don't know (I never tried too hard and English is not my first language, so maybe this is the reason)

[@jonasreich3607]

As an native English speaker, it still makes no fucking sense

[@Noalero]

Ivy is such an amazing track. Absolute masterpiece

[@drewveflin2842]

she’s so good at doing exactly what we aren’t expecting. for example, everyone was thinking sad christmas song for tis the damn season and it’s not necessarily

[@jackielehman8945]

Im a new fan and just catching up with all your videos. I love all your reactions to the drama, but your reaction videos for her music are really amazing! You know her stuff so well and love seeing you just enjoy it. ❤

[@mrs_stormcloak6215]

I've been watching many reaction channel in yt for a while now and it's really interesting how there are songs that do not click with one person but others are digging it. It really varies on experience and preferences. I know u feel like u have to say sorry coz u said epiphany is boring just like happiness but the thing is, that's valid. Coz not every Taylor song will resonate with you.

[@henrikguemoes1003]

to me the only album that doesn't have ONE SINGLE skip song is Speak Now

[@thienryhenry2577]

Finally someone who knows the tea of Taylor Swift's discography

[@Starbuck-dr7yl]

So after unpacking evermore, did it grow on you? I enjoy listening to it more than folklore, although I think folklore is flawless. Evermore has more variety, she expanded lyrically IMO and experimented more. There are some bops! Cowboy like me grew on me and I love it now. I think evermore is the perfect closer. Anyway, curious your thoughts now on the album that youve had a chance to take it all in.

[@theswiftologist]

oooh interesting question...it *has* grown on me but I still prefer folklore as an entire work. there's still quite a few too many skips on evermore for me, but I love it when she tries something different. I love cowboy like me too, and evermore is definitely an excellent closer. my highlights are tis the damn season, gold rush, and ivy :P

[@Starbuck-dr7yl]

@@theswiftologist my highlights are also those 3! Second tier for me is champagne problems, tolerate it, and evermore. Although, I do love Long Story Short. I guess I love them all except that 3 - song snooze fest of Happiness, Dorothea, Coney Island. The rest are jams for me.

[@beccac6812]

I prefer evermore now that I’ve sat with them for longer : I was obsessed with folklore for months and months so when evermore came out I was like not ready: now that I’ve had them both for a while I prefer evermore by a smidge (both are in my top 4 fav albums ! )

[@nathanieljohnson5908]

@@beccac6812 I still prefer Folklore. Evermore just has too many skips

[@tayluvofficial]

I prefer evermore More. It's dreamy and just pure enchantment

[@my_name_taken]

I could use a new studio recording of Cowboy Like Me featuring More Marcus Mumford. There are so many ways to appreciate that song now. The original. Marcus singing it with just the electric guitar in that echo-y smaller venue. The two of them singing it together at Eras tour with Taylor’s hilarious reaction to that accent he pulls. And now we just need a new recording like Lana got. A girl can dream anyway…

[@lucasemanuelta]

I'm so sick of me being the only one who likes very much the songs anybody love. I love 100% ALL the evemore songs, like, VERY MUCH

[@PandoraStolen]

You should learn to just be okay with having an opinion that's all your own it's going to be okay. The things we love especially music are so personal anyways we can't really get mad that other people don't love it. But I do understand it can feel frustrating sometimes but it makes it all the more special when we find people who feel the way we do about certain songs and artists

[@beccac6812]

I think a lot of people also love them: if you really look !

[@reginanewport-so3du]

Just me watching this like 3 years later cause Im diving deeper into your channel. Im so glad you love tis the damn season which is my favorite of evermore! Funny that dorothea is so boring, when it's the other side of that story, but dorothea was one of my surprise songs at the Eras Tour, so it has a little special spot in my heart now. She was beaming the entire song, like so happy, so I cant begrudge her that! Also we got Last Kiss, which is one of my top two so yay for Kansas City night 2 (incidentally the day Travis Kelce came to the show, so that's a funny connection to everything going on right now). Anyway, I enjoyed your reaction. evermore the song is amazing! And I'm going to continue to watch your old videos.

[@liralful]

Dorothea is the other POV of 'tis the damn season ...

[@TheNraveles]

Dorothea and Ivy being my top 2 from the album 👁👄👁

[@urlocalfolklorian]

you just don’t get it 🙄

[@the3rdquark]

Never agreed with a reaction more...that stretch of happiness/Dorothea/coney island is really tough. I’m sure evermore is a great track but I was so emotionally exhausted by the time I got to it that it basically sounded like nothing. I think willow/gold rush/cowboy like me will be my holy trinity but they are all kind of hoax-like in that I have NO IDEA what they are about really. Anyway, much to think about.

[@the3rdquark]

Oh also, wow, never realized till you said it that tolerate it could actually sort of be autobiographical...bc of that rat...many Dear John parallels

[@theswiftologist]

@@the3rdquark I know I was really shook when I realised.....

[@AllTheArtsy]

Holy shit Coney Island is a masterpiece this is such defamatory language!!! 😖

[@LindaDulcinea]

@@AllTheArtsy This song is everything. Everything.

[@hunniii2356]

Actually I like happiness this long it makes it even sadder

[@ynoelielbasco8768]

He Just "skipped" Cowboy Like me, the best song in evermore

[@isaacroot5459]

bad taste fr 😭

[@chaigneau6981]

@@isaacroot5459tbh it’s in like his top 30 fav taylor songs now

[@vvieites001]

Evermore was def a grower for me but now I absolutely adore it, especially lyrically. Although I like folklore better sonically

[@fairycat23]

I've found that if I read god fanfics that are based on songs I'm lukewarm on, it can give me a new appreciation for it. It happened for me with "It's Nice to Have a Friend" (a Huma Disney Descendants fic) and, though I already liked it, "cowboy like me" (a Spydoc Doctor Who fic). Has that ever happened to you? Uh, assuming you read fanfic.

[@cassandral.5840]

Would love to see your thoughts on the album again, especially since her split. Like what you did with the Midnights album ❤

[@amandan.9649]

I totally need to hear your follow-up thoughts...totally agree about the snoozers during the first listen, but I'm coming around to them. In fact, when I finished my first listen I was less than thrilled, but I've heard it a few times now and catching more lyrics and I'm obsessed. I just saw a theory that Doretha is about her bestie Selena and I'm almost convinced. Did you hear the rumor of a 3rd album? There is some major evidence piling up there may be another one, which is what cracked me up when you ended with I'll see you in 3 months for the next one LOL! Love your reactions! Keep 'em coming :)

[@theswiftologist]

Dorothea still hasn't grown on me but it's cute I suppose...I'll give her that! the three song stretch of snoozers is growing on me too, except for Dorothea lmao. yes I've heard rumblings that this is a trilogy which would make total sense to me but I wonder if it's too much content that's similar sonically? I'm ready for a new experiment after this I think but I would NEVER say no to more music

[@-chenlanying5818]

@@theswiftologist 10:16 'Tolerate it' is based on Rebecca. It is a 1938 Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier. The novel depicts an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, before discovering that both he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character.

[@bettyo8417]

Hey I just found you channel a few weeks ago & am really enjoying the TS content. I think Closure is about Kanye. Somewhere I read that the first ( fast) part is like a snippet from one of his songs- and apparently he really did write her a letter trying to smooth things over, 😂

[@keemiasoltani-zhang35]

YES and the 90s lyric is her bio now... ok but drop the skincare routine sir

[@theswiftologist]

It makes me CRIIIINGGGEEEE !!!! omg maybe I will ... maybe I will ....

[@naomimila9257]

you think she was serving scott borchetta tea??? intriguing...i was detecting notes of karlie. but other than that, your reactions were very relatable. i love/hate that i can't suppress the taylor swift detective within me when i listen to her albums

[@theswiftologist]

in hindsight I can see why it would make sense for it to be about K, but I truly think it's about scotty b

[@MermaidCore_]

Yup. Long Story Short --- I see you. We are tracking along this album....

[@roseelliott2728]

This /you have become my favorite reaction channel.💜 do you have other channels?

[@theswiftologist]

thank you so much !!!!!! no, just this one, but I have a Taylor podcast if you're looking for more swiftie content :-)

[@meghansullivan6812]

i'm obsessed with no body no crime omfg

[@pickledcucumber8693]

Ivy and cowboy like me have not an ounce of heterosexuality and I’m so here for it

[@AB-ku8du]

Cowboy like me how?

[@bluaurora8635]

Your reaction to the opening of Closure had me dying 😂

[@lifeisjustaclassroom]

your expression when closer starts playing should be a GIF 🤣

[@thereisnolighttoshinetheda1050]

Itd be so hilarious to hear taylor sing opera 🤣😭

[@tvil8]

Omgggg yes on the 90s lyric if takes u out of the world.

[@sandorkocso1798]

tolerate it sounds like the flashbacks from babe

[@theswiftologist]

tea

[@12100pogi]

There was a time i could never listen to happiness without breaking down..

[@tabala9]

i'm in that time currently!

[@Kpup]

The way you said “an upbeat collaboration with Haim” before you even saw the album 🤯

[@meghansullivan6812]

20:50 when did the bonus track wonderland come out? had she dated calvin yet at that point? i feel like no however the rabbit hole line made me think

[@beccac6812]

I think she was referencing the 1989 album in general because it was when she really blew up right before all the shit happened

[@vvieites001]

I love Dorthea. It gives me Sara Bareilles vibes 🥰

[@tayluvofficial]

I literally have no skips on this album lmao.

[@livp9056]

Wait...since when do you have a yt channel?! I guess I’ll be fed here since there are no new podcast episodes 😭

[@theswiftologist]

podcasts take soooooo long to edit...like literally a week of my life. but dw there will be an evermore episode soon! in the mean time, I am here :P

[@rosafacciano6814]

is it just me but the start of coney island sounds exactly like the guitar in little things by one direction

[@rachelmcknight1470]

I know this video is old and no one will see this, but I was just today thinking about James Blake and how Evermore (the song) sounds like something he could've hopped on and now I just wanna know what they'd do together.

[@liralful]

Many of the songs are slow warmers ... but ... you'll see ...

[@adesetiawan9216]

YASS KING WE BELIEVE IN IVY SUPREMACY. PERIODIC TABLE!!!

[@harryyarrow4110]

Dearest Taylor.💛🧡💜

[@abbaye.m]

Does anyone know if he has a reaction video to the bonus tracks on this? I would love to see his reaction to rwylm for the first time.

[@lorifields1511]

I love how he starts with “So we’re f***ing here again” lol 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@saima.nijhum]

That was hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@currentlyreadingx]

Evermore is my stan album

[@saimallow]

💯💯💯

[@augustcookie7670]

Dorothea was the guy perspective of Tis the Damn Season

[@Tisthetxylorseason]

Happiness is my favorite song ever…

[@justshakeitoff1989]

If Taylor starts singing opera I am literally going to throw myself out the window ✋

[@MermaidCore_]

I love Goldrush too!

[@ZooArk55]

I won't stand for this disrespect 🤧

[@theswiftologist]

lmaoooo

[@iamsilkina]

I think calling Happiness a snooze means you're lucky cause it shows you haven't gone through what she's singing about and you're not resonating with it lol

[@theswiftologist]

You do realize this is a first reaction right. Like it’s a knee jerk reaction to a song after hearing it once. U don’t know my life girl

[@tomzitiger]

Is this her coming out as an illuminati member video. How SWEEET

[@rochelleengelbrecht5155]

I saw a tiktok that explained how happiness follows the 5 stages of grief

[@anupriyabatra9782]

Hey @swiftologist I was just listening to “well it’s jover playlist”. Initially I thought Gold rush was about the turkey man but now after listening to slut! I just feel she wrote gold rush about Harry styles. They have similar undertones…. He was a gold rush. They dated in the costal town. Ummmm thoughts ??

[@Mr.Lindsor13]

only taylor can put life insurance policy into a song

[@saimallow]

100%

[@FolkloreEvermore724]

Noooo. Coney Island is my favorite on the album

[@michaelkeller5555]

"The grown up version of White Horse" - well fuck. Also, I LOVE that you made the Carrie Underwood connection. Though to me it was Before He Cheats × Two Black Cadillacs

[@whatasillybilly]

The best cut “I’m coming out as an Illuminati member?” “How sweeet!” 😂😂😂

[@nick7587]

your bathroom light is flickering

[@emilyarrington320]

I must know if you’ve changed your mind on happiness!!!

[@journalistashtonpittman7084]

I love Happiness and Dorothea.

[@overdramaticandtrue]

Love your accent! Can i know where are u from? Or part of the USA u are? :) thank u. I am a swiftie too.

[@theswiftologist]

from Singapore :)

[@valeriamarrerodiaz1731]

I write so much but Im so proud

[@harrypotteravenclaw]

6:26 "first glance feeling" you say?

[@theswiftologist]

the holy ground energy can never be repressed

[@dreamchaser7603]

Gold rush screams HS, folklore - Cardigan, Betty… Definitely Him

[@Jessica-jl7dx]

Justice for Happiness and Dorothea!

[@ssp4795]

when I made my FolkMore playlist I ditched Happiness, Coney Island, Cowboy and Evermore. The 2 bonus tracks are awesome.

[@Crabluvrr]

Omg howww those have like my favesss

[@TheAnaceciliadmmm]

14:01 omg... I didn't know. How is that possible to get divorced and be together the whole time. You know who elses parents are divorced but lived together for the sake of their kids? And are always together? Travis Kelce's parents (well, 2024 spoiler)

[@AmIAllowedToCry013]

It so fucking funny watching this before so long london and smallest man who ever lived

[@paulina2163]

Cowboy Like Me as a 40% snooze is the fakest thing I've ever heard---respectfully. 😅

[@paduanicoc.7019]

Taylana: 1 for the money 2 for the show

[@Ja79X]

I was the 1k like!

[@bettyo8417]

BTW, it’s July 9th, Last Kiss day!!!🤗

[@LaurenWatkins2122]

Love Dorethea ❤

[@AKG.TaylorsVersion]

❤

[@thereisnolighttoshinetheda1050]

Happiness dorothea and coney island is (one of) the worst 3 track run by taylor

[@ericagreene1579]

I agree about dorethea. It's such a skip lol

[@valeriamarrerodiaz1731]

yas b

[@betty_taylor13]

Short story long 😂 😂 Love this song.