reacting to YOUR unpopular taylor swift opinions *nightmare fuel*

[@Kpup]

"Taylor can make you, in an 80,000 person stadium, feel like she's directly talking to you" - 100% this is why every single person who attended any of her tours is obsessed with her. It's an amazing thing to behold.

[@theswiftologist]

its her unique power!!

[@LD-tn6ff]

But if she isn't literally talking to you, then that's a delusion. Mass delusion is certainly not "an amazing thing to behold".

[@Kpup]

@@LD-tn6ff “make you feel like” can you read

[@boatsagainst]

Dolly Parton is turning 78 in January. She just released her 49th studio album, her first rock album! To all the people wishing or even just speculating on Taylor's retirement I say just watch, she's gonna be our generation's Dolly!

[@OkMaRcOs11]

Barbra streisand is still releasing music till this day

[@noneoftheabove20-24]

yass

[@gildanonofyabiznez6430]

"She's making us starve" girl, she just released an album last year, two re recordings with vault tracks this year, she's ON TOUR. how chronically online can you be?

[@masterminded88]

Seriously though, Swifties are so fckn ungrateful. She's giving us so much content, yet it's never enough for some people

[@Aleee89]

some swifties should really go to a Katycat or even worse , Navy summer camp to understand the meaning of the word "starve" because wtf.

[@axelsgone]

if they knew about lorde, or frank, or rihanna, or normani, or fiona…

[@gildanonofyabiznez6430]

@@Aleee89 as a Paramore stan, we waited for a new album for 6 years and were probably not getting another one for another six 😭

[@artfolly]

​@gildanonofyabiznez6430 I remember working in a book shop a decade ago and all my colleagues thinking that we'd get The Winds of Winter in 2016/2017 😂😂😂💀

[@kiwihue]

the "fearless is filled with flops" followed up by "tell me you joined the fandom in 2023" SO TRUE. you had to be there when fearless was initially released... not the taylors version, the original... like all the main hits were EVERYWHERE and even the deeper cuts were still really popular

[@laural3277]

Fearless was pretty much a no-skip album for me as a kid, it was what pushed Taylor to the spotlight (for a good reason).. I know it is an opinion, and not to be absolute, but that person is straight up wrong

[@aaliyahfoster2705]

White Horse and You Belong With Me played for months on end on the country station where I grew up. Like, every other song was Taylor, Darius Rucker, or Lady A.

[@Mindphaser1]

Who knew back in 2008 that Taylor would have so many more successful albums and singles in different genres?

[@ItsAlannaBanana]

I joined the fandom in 2008 and Fearless is one of my least favourite albums 👀

[@mrmusicknowledge6354]

What a time to be alive during the fearless Era. When everyone loved love story and you belong with me and they played it everywhere. Every teenage girl crying to white horse even though they were never in a relationship😂 and the true fans singing hey Stephen and the way I loved you in there rooms😂

[@holly289]

u are the only sane swiftie who has a platform i swear

[@theswiftologist]

I do my best …

[@Annaval.]

How can someone that doesn’t like I know places and this love be sane?

[@blve.january]

@@Annaval.cause they are both nothing songs? like what makes those two distinguishable from the rest of her discography?

[@bru_simon3687]

​@@blve.january I respect your opinion :) For my experience, This Love helped me during my darkest of times. To be more specific, it's a song that by its calming energy was always the one I put on when I couldn't sleep. Also, the meaning was something that I needed to hear, I feel reassured everytime I hear it💙

[@MayaLove777]

What about Ally Sheehan? youtube.com/@AllySheehan?si=N9nUzJ28rDxhSaEc

[@forest433]

this is the kind of common sense and level-headedness that EVERY swiftie needs

[@theswiftologist]

!!

[@sirsimonthesentry4787]

Taylor and Beyoncé are very different artists and they both have different strengths that make them amazing. And I love their support for each other.

[@philjan23]

Yeaaaah 🎉 I love a Blakylor moment just like anyone else, but can we talk about how their friendship is also super cute and relevant for the world? Mwah, chef kiss

[@EricAriel5]

Absolutely,I hate it when people pit women against each other.

[@theswiftologist]

so true

[@jelly_ellipsis]

@@philjan23Blakylor? Are you referencing Blake Lively? What does she have to do with Beyoncé? 😂

[@aaliyahfoster2705]

My gut instinct is that they keep up with each other like old college friends in private. I would not be surprised if they share a text log where they talk about good places to order out in NYC and send random memes every once in a while.

[@DonnaLena1]

Evermore & Folklore are the Taylor Swift albums that made me a fan, and I’m 70 years old now. She went deep into the zeitgeist of the pandemic and kept me company during that fever dream. For me, those two albums are her core.

[@maryann2970]

The "contentification" isn't an accident - it's a large part of her marketing strategy.

[@heatherhensley9183]

I love that Travis roots for her in public! Doesn’t everyone deserve a partner who is supportive in ALL ways?!

[@philjan23]

He blushes, he becomes so red and giggly sometimes, oh my God, I just can't 🥰

[@heatherhensley9183]

@@philjan23 It’s very sweet ❤

[@TheLazyBeanss]

You know it's a good day when the swiftologist posts a video

[@theswiftologist]

Speak on it!

[@stevestr2258]

🛐

[@drewrosen]

real!

[@takemetothelakes13]

cutting happiness would be outrageous, for me personally it is top five in taylor's discography and it's honestly so lyrically beautiful

[@andreaf8404]

one of her most mature songs too

[@ceci9570]

Believing Taylor Swift should retire is genuinely insane to me. Maybe I'm overthinking but it seems like agreeing with the concept Taylor brought up in Mrs. Americana that female pop stars are expected to retire super young

[@rattyxoxo7397]

I think the Eras Tour could be like a fantastic end to her career if she wanted to stop being a public figure and releasing music but like she obviously does not want to fade out at this point so she def won’t retire at the peak of her career

[@theswiftologist]

cant stand that....

[@laural3277]

she literally has SO MUCH to explore, we see that from Reputation, from Folklore/Evermore, and even I Can See you, that she can do more than pop or pop/country. And girl knows or has the capability to do it well too. I don't know why people want her to stop now, when she has so much potential to do so much more with music.

[@Kristina-x9d]

I need a rock album from her, she better not be going anywhere

[@aaliyahfoster2705]

Unpopular opinion from me: She still has a lot to prove for herself. With the Midnights era approaching its closeout, I can firmly say she has the potential to innovate on a whim. I would love for her to, like folklore's conception, try an experimental route. I would love to see her diving into her favorite music that people aren't familiar with her performing as much like soft rock, R&B, soul, pop-punk, electronic rock, etc. and bring a new energy to her music.

[@BrnntToast1115]

Dear reader is kind of the best closing track. It’s way better than mastermind. Don’t @ me.

[@theswiftologist]

I don’t disagree

[@LaurenKaminski]

I love both songs & I agree with you!

[@Reylandson]

I love Mastermind, but Dear Reader should be track 13

[@Ajlikestraveling]

Dead reader gives good closure to the album, I feel like mastermind leaves the album on a weird note

[@clashfan2875]

All I can say about Midnights is that if you think it's boring then you simply haven't either lived long enough or experienced enough life. It's a therapy album to me. Maybe because I was finally coming out of a place of extreme trauma. I related to those songs in a way that helped me deal with it. None of my trauma was relationship based either. That is to say not about a breakup. In relating it to my own life it was less about the who and all about the concept of reliving your past to try to heal your future.

[@slutfortttt]

Yeppppp. Literally took the words out of my mouth

[@user-tf3je6vi4q]

I don't like when people put people down and think they are unintelligent because they are footballers or because of his personality. He do have a collage degree, & was an honor student ( while for one semester he had to focus on school (despite having severe Dyslexia). Besides, there are several ways to be intelligent. But then again i m not a "swifte" or anything like that.

[@syrina1561]

I genuinely hope she isn’t too online. I’ve seen people saying they miss Joe so much and they hate Travis, that Joe is hotter than Travis??? (HUH??), and someone said on TikTok that Taylor was covertly communicating to Joe through the times article??? And that she misses him?? Cricket… I have also seen people on TikTok say that Taylor wanted to be hidden for 6 years and loved the privacy the whole time (when she has made it clear that she wasn’t happy the whole time) and that Joe and her were meant to be. Insane behavior.

[@iwantabird]

She loves putting people in their place, so I do think she's sending messages to Joe that she's completely over him. Whether or not it's true, I think she really wants him to feel like he doesn't exist to her anymore.

[@syrina1561]

@@iwantabird I guess that could be true, but the person I’m referring to thought she was hinting in the article she “missed him”

[@Ajlikestraveling]

I highly doubt she isn’t too online. At the scale of her career, it would probably cause struggles involving mental health stuff if she’s constantly on Instagram or Twitter or even KZbin.. it would be cool to think that she’s watching us, but the constant comments about heirloom turkey, she would be quite fed up with it, unless she already is fed up about those comments. I say it’s 50/50.

[@iwantabird]

@@syrina1561 right, sorry to be confusing. I meant I think she's trying to *act* SO over him, and might be. or might be secretly missing him like that article suggested. I'd almost believe that more.

[@syrina1561]

@@bubblegumnnebula just because YOU haven’t seen it, doesn’t mean I didn’t lmfao

[@jelenijahedgehog]

The thumbnail alone tells me this video will be a wild ride and I'm here for it

[@theswiftologist]

Ikr…

[@philjan23]

Hehe, me too 😅😅😅 I love being part of this community, all things involved \o/

[@abell509]

I agree 💯 that Swifties need to starve for a while. The clamouring for Rep TV strikes me as deeply ungrateful. And the Swifties who troll Travis' New Heights podcast telling him and his brother "TALK ABOUT TAYLOR, THIS IS BORING" "WOULDN'T IT BE AWESOME IF TAYLOR JUST WALKED IN RIGHT NOW AND SAID HI???" makes me want to exit the chat so I can just enjoy the podcast without seeing ravenous fans embarrassing the fandom.

[@theeKPOPlover]

Its legit so embarrassing he is his own person outside of his relationship with her. I have always wondered if the fandom played a role in driving a wedge between Taylor and an ex of her??

[@theswiftologist]

stop the food for the ungrateful among us!!!

[@OkMaRcOs11]

I think that has to do with the fact that most of the fans that the brothers have are women most of the 500k viewers that they're getting are either Swifties or just women in general .and so a lot of them aren't interested in football. Travis has lost a lot of male followers due to the Pfizer commercials and NFL's Swift coverage. So him and Jason have to deal with these new women in their lives 😂.hopefully they don't do a matt riffe and try to turn against them

[@florencehaber9847]

Which guy has Taylor ever dated was an intellectual person? Listening to her interviews does not show Taylor to be an intellectual. It shows her immature. There are so many examples Listening to her interviews. With her breakups, it seems from her songs that she was in love or thought she was in love and is upset if the guy does not feel it back which is life. There are guys who would be in live with her that she does not feel love back for. That is life. She said in an interview once thar male singers write breakup songs and they don't get criticized but the male singers are writing "sorry I hurt you songs and not badmouthing the girl but putting the blame on the breakup on themselves. With Taylor she went too far trying to ruin a young Joe Jonas. He was allowed to break up with her in a phone call. She did not have someone it seems to teach her that not every guy is going to want her because she wants them and she should move on.

[@ayomidedareabel5525]

​​@@florencehaber9847 Taylor usually takes accountability in her music. And not all male musicians sing about being sorry. Have you not heard a Charlie puth or Justin Timberlake song. And honestly people overreact. The percent of songs that bash her exes aren't even as much. Majority are about Harry and I wouldn't really call all of it bashing. Taylor singing about her exes has no effect on their careers. Men like Kanye have a thriving career even with all he put her through. Nothing would happen with joe Jonas. It's a man's world after all

[@Rebecca-bz6ph]

I started out thinking midnights was boring but over the months its become my favorite album knocking long-standing Red off the top of my list. Red was perfect for my 20-something year old broken heart who needed to hear everything directly. Midnights has a more subtle but powerful effect that speaks to my slightly jaded and well worn out 30-something year old heart. I don’t know how Taylor wanted the songs to be heard but I hear my whole life in Midnights. I’m obsessed.

[@PoisonedApathy]

I agree it's aging so well, and its replay value has grown overtime!

[@nishthagupta1357]

Same😂

[@Tess7]

I agree, it’s album of the year to me. I do hope Kelly Clarkson gets pop album though lol midnights the rest 😊

[@Orangesky3818]

I agree I think it's a great jaded 30 something album

[@Porcelynnn]

She does say that her songs become our songs 🤍

[@emcolgate]

I’m a Swifty mom and watch Taylor grow up and loving her along with my daughter and to see her release her masters and seeing there songs come back to life is amazing. I love what she’s doing. As a mom I do appreciate Taylor taking her intermittent breaks to recharge herself

[@cc1526]

My unpopular opinion is I don’t believe a single song should ever be cut. Not even my least favorite songs… because they’re probably someone’s favorite. I realize this every time someone else says a song they’d cut and it’s one of my all time favorites (ie happiness). More is always more and I will take any song Taylor will give me, even if it ends up being a skip for me personally. Also, people need to stop assuming Travis is dumb. He’s just an athlete. Swifties really hate when people assume Taylor is just a dumb blonde girl who doesn’t pull her weight in writing sessions. How is assuming Travis is dumb because he’s an athlete any different? Every video I’ve seen of him, he appears very kind, well spoken, and very media trained. He’s such a sweetheart with his nieces. People act like Taylor is some stuck up b who spends her whole day at the library like come on. She’s so goofy and fun and likes to party and she’s corny and quirky. Why exactly do we want her with an overly intelligent and stuffy man? I don’t think intelligence is at the top of her list of required characteristics anyway, but who is to say he isn’t intelligent? He could be one of the smartest people she’s ever met. *We don’t know these people.*

[@florencehaber9847]

@cc1526, I agree about Travis. Some people don't know anything about people in sports and think if they are athletic it means they lack in the brain dept. But that is not true. To be in the NFL and be successful you need to be way more than athletic. You need to really know and study the opposing people you are playing against, you need to remember all plays not just your own but those plays you only did once, and much more. Better is that Travis was brought up by wonderful parents who Travis loves immensely. He is confident, fun, kind, spends a lot of his spare time with the kids that are part of his charity, not just donates money to them. He is known to be kind to everyone and has a great personality. I have not seen Taylor in all the interviews she does as being an intellectual. Travis is very well spoken and is himself which is important. Plus he is used to attention as he and his team have 80,000 people showing up to see his team play and millions more watching his team every week play on TV.

[@kaceycruz3870]

I thought Travis was a stereotypical jock but after listening to their podcast, he seem like a regular guy. He’s very charming and down to earth. Even him being a fashionista bodes well to dating a pop star

[@laurencrum9723]

begin again is so overlooked!! the story and concept is so relatable for a lot of people i think and the song is so beautifully written💗also love the new profile pic

[@theswiftologist]

real

[@Sherlocked.Loki-Swift]

It's crazy how I agree with your opinions about Taylor almost 99.9% of the time. I appreciate the saneness lol. Really appreciate how hard you work on these videos.

[@theswiftologist]

thank you!!

[@erininabox]

Same, I think the only things I ever disagree about are very subjective experiences of specific songs. But it's a very low-level disagreement. All the non-song things about her personal and professional life, totally in agreement the vast majority of the time

[@dieHetster]

Yess! I agree so much.

[@SantosZox]

Begin Again (and Today Was a Fairytale) made me love T Swift. I was coming out of a dark place and they just helped me re embrace the lighter, hopeful, happier sides of myself and life. Around 2014 I was working an outside job operating loud machinery, and id listen to those songs and lots of T swift and just belt them out into the noise. I felt alive.

[@mrmusicknowledge6354]

😊^^ love it

[@Evan.gelion_]

Coney Island and Happiness are not only top of the list on Evermore, but overall some of my favorite Taylor songs. I never got the hate for them, but I guess my enjoyment of the sonic palette probably lends to digesting the song (and therefore the beautiful lyrics) easier.

[@anasn8718]

I LOVE Coney Island!! Specially the line "But when I walked up to the podium I think that I forgot to say your name". I was gagged the first time i heard it as my long term relationship was ending exactly because of that. We were good at helping each other through the bad times, but not good at choosing each other for the good times, you know? Taylor just has a way of articulating our feelings back to us. i was surprised to see how much people dont like that song, its soooooo moving to me.

[@andreaf8404]

i think some people are just too young to really get those songs. they're about profound, mature feelings that come with adult relationships

[@nightingale74]

I personally would like TS11 to be released post Era's Tour to have it's own era and I think Taylor would like that as well so she may have the creative control also saying 10 eras seems so pleasing in terms of marketing because it's an even number. I also realized why Lover to Midnights have much larger song numbers compared to debut to reputation is because her newer albums she never really had a tour with them so she's I guess trying to complete the checklist on what an era should have??? (STILL NOT AN EXCUSE TO DO SPEAK NOW LIKE THAT IN THE SET LIST MOTHER)

[@princesstelimena2887]

So true! People really are viewing her work as content instead of art and it’s so annoying. I totally agree that she should take a break to recharge and reset. The Swifties need to chill And also the people who want her to retire after eras are crazy

[@mindymulligan2397]

My unpopular opinion is that it would be a mistake for Taylor to rerelease Rep before Debut. I feel like a large portion of the fandom is hyped for rep and not many people are excited for debut-it’s not even a section of the eras tour. I predict she is gonna Speak Now debut and do a small announcement for it and then end big with Rep TV

[@Swiftiebooklover7]

Doesn't that just mean that rep should be released before? Since more people are hyped for it and Taylor is at her all time peak popularity right now it would be stupid to not capitalize on that popularity by releasing reputation. Debut being last would be really symbolic because it would be her finally claiming her very first album, her name "Taylor Swift".

[@art3mis932]

From the Karma video, it's pretty obvious that we get rep next year for the next re-recording. And I assume DebutTV will close the Eras-tour.

[@anasn8718]

I was a little underwhelmed when Midnights came out. Taylor described it as a project her and jack had been wanting to do for a long time, and to me that was clear hearing the overall vibe of the production. I think she really wanted to scratch that itch she got while producing with him for 1989. Its the same vibe I get from songs like getaway car, dont blame me, cruel summer, or even my tears ricochet (and many others tbh). ALL GREAT SONGS BTW. But they all have that very synthy rising up jack vibe. But to me the result was an album that sounded very 2014, very melodrama tumblr the 1975 halsey etc. Quite dated. I think Taylor is late to trends sometimes, like how Reputation at times leaned into EDM which was something kinda dead for 2016. Anyway, after listening to Midnights for the whole year Ive grown to love it and find myself relating to the lyrics a lot. I do however hope she and jack finally got it out of their systems and are ready to experiment with different sounds. We know her lyrics are always gonna be clever and moving and relatable, but im ready for something different!!

[@aaliyahfoster2705]

I kind of hope she collaborates with another producer who can bring out a new energy from her. That's something that has been "a long time coming" that I will be excited to hear. Getting a little tired of her switching between Aaron Dessner and Jack. Would love to see her collaborate with one of Kendrick Lamar's producers DJ Dahi or hone down the production and bring out her vocal emotions more with Zach Bryan.

[@piedpiper5886]

I don’t believe that Taylor’s exes are always the problem in her relationships. I believe she was responsible too.

[@iwantabird]

Absolutely.

[@alwaysreading]

She literally has a lyric that says im the problem its me.

[@shradhachawan4569]

Yeah but it took many many years for her to admit to that!!

[@christinaulrich4445]

@@shradhachawan4569it took till she was 24/25yo which is totally normal for most people. Poor woman has been in the spotlight since 15 and people forget that.

[@shradhachawan4569]

@@christinaulrich4445 I'm just saying that her music gives her an opportunity to have the first say in what happened in the relationship and that may paint the other person in the bad light!

[@patriciavela4335]

"No Flop Detected." Love you, Zack! You are my favorite Taylor Expert/Historian. Don't tell Madeline. hehehe. 🤭 I used to not appreciate The Best Day but recently have revisited it a lot since I'm a new mom to a daughter. The amount of emotional maturity that Taylor had to mine to write that song really should be lauded. She wrote such a touching song that honestly was so wise beyond her years. Normally children aren't able to express those types of emotions towards their parents until they are much older or until they become parents themselves. She really did some so special with that song and at such a young age.

[@jasmindheureux4841]

'Bigger than the whole sky' would be the saddest song on Midnights. At least in my opinion. I agree with 'You're losing me' can be a bit overrated compared to a lot of her overlooked songs. Especially regarding most of the 'Evermore' catalog. But right now 'You're loosing me' has a bit of a moment and that’s fine by me.

[@alaynaazmi]

you’re super articulate. like you speak so eloquently !! i used to be a close minded swiftie who though taylor was god and every criticism against her was wrong but you taught me so much about her and the world in general lol !! thank you

[@twobluestripes]

I think that (from the outside) Taylor and Travis seem to be very evenly matched in their work ethic/expertise in their field, as well as their charisma/social interaction styles. It’s also been widely reported (including to a degree by themselves) that they are well-matched in their values. All of these things I could see making a couple very compatible despite intellectual differences (as well as differing interests and taste).

[@brokenmikki14]

People don’t talk about The Lakes enough, I think it’s on the fence between you’re losing me or tolerate it, and peace or sweet nothing. Its the most poetic and pretentious sounding, and for that exact backhanded reason.

[@jamiekay3650]

The Lakes has always felt like fantasy escapism to me. She wants to be the person who can just disappear with him out of the limelight. She romanticizes it. But it always felt to me like something she wanted because he wanted it and she wanted him to be happy. Since he is so often blue blue blue.

[@limiculous]

Johnny Cash released some of his best works a year before he died and people want Taylor Swift to retire in her thirties.

[@MelissaHevenor]

A lot of great artists feel that they won’t live long and feel pressure to get art out and I pray she is here for millions of years but I am grateful for all and any art she gives us with

[@rubyrasmussen4694]

Thank you for posting a bit earlier. From an Australian

[@theswiftologist]

Hope you enjoyed itttttt

[@LiMoo02]

Can we talk about the gloss on your lips for a moment? SHINY. I love it😍

[@theswiftologist]

It’s the rhode lip balm!!!! SOOOO good

[@nayslayer2563]

Football is a fairly intellectual game... there's strategy involved, memorization of plays, etc. You can't be stone-cold stupid and be any good at it... leave Travis alone. LOL

[@nayslayer2563]

​@@brokenrealities513 My goodness, it wasn't that serious... see the lil Gen Z "LOL" after my comment? And the "leave Travis alone" thing is a callback to a funny viral video from ancient times re: Britney. I do think it's interesting that some believe pro football players are all dumb jocks when being dumb and being excellent at the game don't really go together. lol (there it is again).

[@laural3277]

I think Travis isn't smart but he isn't stupid either, but he does give off himbo energy. And sure maybe he really isn't intellectually on the same level as Taylor, but maybe she likes that? She might just want to be with a himbo, I think people just need to accept that.

[@nayslayer2563]

@@laural3277 Obviously I don't know these people, so everything I'm about to say could be completely wrong. But it's possible he just has other intellectual interests. Taylor is a smart writer and musician; he might be just as smart when it comes to some other pursuit that's more stereotypically male. People aren't used to seeing her date men who aren't also artists. I think that's where a lot of the "he's not smart" criticism may come from.

[@BreakerOfChains219]

Haha! Really?

[@BreakerOfChains219]

@@laural3277he is not intellectual like Taylor. He’s not intellectual at all, but let’s be honest, who can compare to Taylor’s genius. She is going to have to lower her standards with anyone she dates.

[@mergoo4567]

my unpopular (maybe???) opinion is that if taylor and lana had gotten their act together and released snow on the beach ft more lana del rey on the original midnights tracklist people would recognize it as the INTERGALACTIC SLAY that it is!!!!!

[@mergoo4567]

yeah i mean i agree it doesnt really make sense as a duet but i love the vocal adlibs lana adds to the chorus and the enhanced production!

[@theswiftologist]

yes

[@missmegicana]

thank you for keeping me fed this year❤️ so glad i stumbled upon yours and Madelines content, you guys truly do bring joy 🫶🏻

[@jcksparrowfan]

There are still songs out there that are CRIMINALLY underrated. I NEVER hear Haunted brought up, Don't You or Bye Bye Baby... :(

[@ashokkhutade8523]

Its actually a good day when the swiftologist posts. Love your content Zach!

[@theswiftologist]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@bellaaaaaala]

it really is a good day

[@emilykie8874]

Whenever there is a video about unpopular opinions, I just know there are gonna be some crazy insane absolutely stupid opinions and that you will slowly lose it. To be completely honest, I kinda like it. (Does that make me a sadist?)

[@theswiftologist]

It’s one of my most requested series 😂😂

[@rebeccapayton2080]

If you are then we all are ❤❤

[@philjan23]

It's the price of turning your craft into a form of art, you know 💁🏻😉

[@nataliaprador.4760]

On the sellout subject, i would say the sellout album is 100% 1989 let me explain: it was the first time she did a drastic shift in her persona/aesthetics/artistry mostly because she lost a grammy (still mourning the loss, Red is still the most deserving grammy album for me), so changing everything you were known for, so you could be more successful and powerful (which led to the infamous overexposure), reads sellout to me, it's an important and influential era, but if we're being serious, if what 1989 achieved, had happened with Red instead, that album wouldn't have been made. And the vault tracks prove my point, those 5 songs are very pre-1989 taylor but with 1989/midnights production.

[@nilay_nur]

"If what the... album achieved had happened with the ...album instead, that album wouldn't have been made" is a sentence that applies to pretty much every Taylor Swift album. Every album of hers is a response to the criticism that the previous album got. It is not exclusive to 1989.

[@nataliaprador.4760]

@@nilay_nur fair point, the real comparison i'm making with red and 1989 is that red was closer to the previous three albums sound wise (also still had a diaristic type of songwriting), just in a more mature setting, 1989 is the polar opposite of what she had done, so if red got that grammy and the success she envisioned for it, i don't think she would've shifted for pop (let alone the type of pop she explored which was synth pop and dream pop) for at least one or two more albums.

[@nilay_nur]

@@nataliaprador.4760 hmm I disagree. I think the reason for her less diaristic songwriting was not her losing a grammy, it was the media scrutiny she recieved due to Haylor and people getting sick of her making everything about boyfriends because red was all about heartbreak so she took a more distant, light hearted aproach. And yes, I do think her shift to pop would've happened anyway, it was inevitable. It was clear even back then she relaesed a pop mix of teardrops. + Red was also supposed to have more pop songs but Scott didn't allow it. And the reason for her exploring synth pop is her becoming friends with Jack and them bonding over 80s pop.

[@nataliaprador.4760]

@@nilay_nur i'll give you that, but she has proved that she doesn't have to be diaristic to have lyrics that feel as specific as what she used to do (hence folklore and evermore), the events we mentioned were the timing for the complete shift, because one thing was the pop she did before, and what she would do for 1989, it was a completely new taylor, it lines up for the sellout thing, there wasn't a natural growth sonically, it was abrupt and aimed for chart success). I don't want to make it sound like it's a bad thing to do btw, i enjoy some songs from the album.

[@Sierrrrraaaaa]

I see people rank each album based on their own opinion or based on how good they think the songs are, but I think it would be so interesting to see someone (you are the expert, first draft pick) rank the albums based on how much we think Taylor likes them. Like what would be her favorites and least favorites on each album. Love your videos, I’ve been binging them for a few weeks now 🫶🏼

[@theswiftologist]

Great idea!!

[@jylibeanjones]

I think that green is YOUR color. I love that on you. Also another great video ❤

[@theswiftologist]

thank you!!

[@tanyahhope]

I love the respect that B and Taylor have for each other. We always do this to women and rarely for men. We should feel awed that we get to see so much variety of what a powerful, successful, talented female artist can look like. The different legacies that they get to build and leave. Would LOVE for you to review Beyoncé’s concert film when it comes out. The love for house and all of the different genres that come through this album. The set, the endless fashion show, editing, dancers, etc. ❤

[@theswiftologist]

I'm seeing the beyonce film on Saturday!! can't wait

[@MvsicAdd7ct]

How are you always glowing? Your skin is perfect, you're so gorgeous! ✨ And I agree with some people who said that you're the only sane Swiftie on the internet. I get educated with you, and I improve my vocabulary. So, thank you, Zach!

[@Raelven]

I think if Zack released a skin care line he'd have an instant client base lol.

[@MvsicAdd7ct]

@@Raelven For sure!

[@HopeWren]

I love how you’re a begin again Stan. It’s one of my favourite songs shes ever written & I hold it close to my heart ❤ Happiness from Evermore is also there 🩷

[@justina2320]

The one with Travis is not only super rude and disrespectful but SIMPLISTIC and stereotypical. We are not just one thing and just because he is a profesional athlete doesn't mean he is a dumb dumb. Besides there are so many types of intelligence, like emotional, interpersonal, or brain can do well with logical matters or artistic or even spacial/environmental (I'm kinda missing the correct word but Travis must be very aware if his surrounding and feel the environment really well). It really sucks how people want to somehow elevate and praise Taylor by insulting this man...

[@sassy6498]

Agree . The way Travis has handled Taylor's world , the level of media attention, scrutiny, her fans etcc is incredible. He has to be smart to be able to navigate her world in such a short period of time Plus he is a very emotional petson , he is not afraid of crying or show his feelings and for Taylor it must be incredible refreshing and their communication may the better than any other relationships because she is not trying to guess him.all the time.

[@Chicagocubbiegirl]

Yes. It's so accepted to belittle straight, athletic men that it's becoming a cliche, like dumb blond.

[@KaylanV]

Thank you so much for this, you are the only one with valid opinions tbh everyone is delulu and crazy af

[@rachel-8636]

I love hear your opinions. Should be a fun episode

[@theswiftologist]

❤️❤️❤️

[@mollyturnbaugh]

1) I can’t get over how absolutely beautiful you are and 2) the fact that I’ve binged your videos so much the past couple weeks you’re voice consistently puts my newborn to sleep is all the proof I needed that I was past due to subscribe 😂

[@theswiftologist]

omg!!!!!! thank you...honored!!

[@mollyturnbaugh]

@@theswiftologist it is so well earned if for no other reason than keeping me company for the middle of the night feedings 🤣

[@lav3nder_dollz]

whoever said fearless has flops, you will be dealt with. tayvoodoo is on our side

[@theswiftologist]

PERIOD

[@lav3nder_dollz]

@@theswiftologist when today was a fairytale exists, the other side of the door, jump then fall, breathe, and literally the whole album, no flops detected, however, the girlie who said it was a flop, is a flop😍💀

[@lav3nder_dollz]

@@agathamethyst45 me personally i like change, im into the more guitar heavy songs

[@madseqmayhem]

I love how you never fail to make me so mad but also so heard and agreed with in one video

[@theswiftologist]

thats my USP

[@Raelven]

An artist who is still creating can't have a "best X ever", because they are still evolving. You can't have made your best anything, when the future is full of opportunities and possibility. So Taylor hasn't written her best song, because she is far from done with creating. Zack, you still have the best entertainment based content, around. Keep hitting them out of park, my friend.

[@MillennialSwiftie]

Midnights is a great album, and it does deserve to win at the Grammys. I'll fight over that. She's able to consistently change and create an extraordinary sound mixed with her lyrical genius that's unlike anything we've ever heard before.

[@stevenstewart782]

I think the only thing Taylor thinks about when she puts a tracklist together is she wants a happy song followed by a sad song followed by a happy song Not necessarily happy she wants Upbeat song And then the next 1 will tear your heart out and then she repeats that cycle through the entire album

[@wearlucinda]

"it's not that it doesn't make sense, it's that you don't understand." PERIOD

[@tayluvofficial]

14:45 No please! Speak Now Vault Tracks deserve more love. 😭💜💜 They're so freakin incredible and catchy!

[@babetteateoatmealll]

10:45 the only truly underrated taylor song i can think of is don't you in the fearless vault. it's so beautifully sad and NO ONE talks about it :/

[@edensylvester13]

12:41 this is interesting, what you said about not being able to control people's responses, it's kind of like Red is the aftermath of her sending all the open letters in Speak Now

[@sydneyprather8668]

JUSTICE FOR HAPPINESS 😭 I remember playing that song directly after I broke up with my long term boyfriend and staring into the sunset wondering who the new me would be. It was my LIFELINE for awhile. It’s a beautifully tragic song with so much nuance and complex emotions

[@edensylvester13]

5:07 I think this is kind of what the Bad Blood performances on the Eras Tour, where she burns down the Lover house, is meant to symbolize. She's doing one last celebration of her past eras with this tour before moving into something different

[@lautaylorsversion-e4y]

I love your videos zach, you put so much effort on them❤ and i love to hear your opinions

[@originalparafan]

I can listen to Zach speak forever, he truly has a gift for words and such an amazing ability to analyze and interpret things!

[@natalie_rose2861]

Folklore & Evermore are 2 of my top 5 fav TS albums BUT I do think Folkore & Evermore could easily be combined into a 20 track album.

[@sigyn27]

Zach, you were so nice most of the video, I started thinking it must be some kind of Christmas charm, but then you started sending people to jail as usual 🤣 Love these videos 🤣

[@theswiftologist]

someones always getting sentenced to jail in my videos

[@jh20043]

idk if this is considered an “unpopular opinion” matter of fact an “opinion” at all but i absolutely adore how each taylor album is tied to a specific season like folklore is the bridge between summer and autumn, evermore is autumn and winter, 1989 is summer, debut is spring and summer, red autumn etc. listening to them in their respective seasons brings so much more to the albums and can actually feel and envision every lyric as she describes and the folk sisters and red best capture this feeling. red (stolen) at first was a least favorite of mine til taylor’s version was released and taylor rebranded it as an “autumn” album. once I heard the entirety of red tv for the first time this just felt correct, it now stands in my top 3 albums of hers

[@deborahhenderson3151]

24:33 Coney Island is a great song. I’m an elder Swiftie who has been there from the beginning. Some of the songs from Evermore and Folklore need a bit more maturity to understand.

[@mooncloudstar]

Thank you for reacting to my opinion!! My opinion was that Begin Again TV is the best song Taylor has ever writen!!!

[@theswiftologist]

So true

[@mooncloudstar]

Yesssss!!!!!!!

[@enchantedgoldrush]

Why say TV

[@tanyahess4718]

4:48 I wonder if that’s Taylor’s intention as well. Because during wildest dreams (a song that is about remembering something that has passed by) the lover house (a representation of practically all of her albums up to this point) burns down.

[@rebeccafriedman3502]

You should do a video/series where new swifties (like me!) get to ask old swifties questions like what it was like to be a stan at this particular time or like a certain piece of lore that they don’t understand

[@radcaloptimism]

I swear people need do STOP hating on Fearless (and Lover, yes i’m looking at you Zac), this album has GREAT songs with good songwriting for a 17 years old.

[@snackdragonn]

This is the first video I've seen of yours and gosh, I love your humour and honesty! I would say, though, that Sugarland's "Babe" is better, only because Taylor doesn't really sound angry enough in her version.

[@lau2955]

I wrote the "Taylor should speak up" opinion. I was referring to people swarming Jack's wedding, for example. It was extremely disrespectful and it made me feel sad and angry. I know it's basically teenagers (I wanna believe) but come on... That was awful.

[@annaphallactic]

MORE PEOPLE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW CREEPY RYAN ADAMS'S COVER OF 1989 IS. (Sorry for shouting.) Given what's come out about how he groomed younger artists, including Phoebe Bridgers and Mandy Moore, it puts that whole project into a different light, like he was trying to woo Taylor or something in the most obnoxious way.

[@valerie5129]

Zach you deserve an award for doing this. 😅 I loved when you said “You need to get your ears checked.” 😂😂 You make my day.

[@theswiftologist]

thanks for watching!!

[@Leashpole]

Taylor singing the Archer on BBC Radio One was what made me fall in love with that song. I wish I could buy it or stream it on spotify because that is my preferred version

[@3detazas]

Spot on with your commentary about relationship. What do we know about them as a couple? Admirably, they really keep this piece of relating guarded. I especially connected with your comment about it being more than intellect .. such as being seen, love, cherished ... and let me add, heard.

[@RMcSwizzle]

I know I’m late to the party but re: Travis, after listening to him speak in a few contexts… I think the real unpopular opinion is he’s more intelligent than he’s given credit for. Learning football plays isn’t a joke 😂 the Kelce family are clearly a pretty emotionally intelligent and down to earth bunch, and I think that’ll be good for Taylor to be around.

[@finntheultimatediva]

loveee your flannel!!

[@theswiftologist]

Thank you!!

[@natalie_rose2861]

I love Question. It took me until 1989 TV came out. Listened to the vaults than Question came on next & I was like WHOA...

[@EricAriel5]

Taylor should work as long as SHE wants to ,not when others tell her to, I think she once said she’d write songs for other people if she stops performing someday.

[@SunxSurfxSand]

I just got done listening to happiness like 20 times in a row. Only a child who hasn’t been through some real shit wouldn’t like that song. To all of us grown ass adults who have lived through heartbreak know that song is essential. It’s one of the most poignant songs she’s ever written.

[@simplelife12]

I want to commend you on your passion and delivery of your opinions. I have yet to encounter another Creator whose vocabulary and level of intellect is as close to Taylor’s. I think that’s how you are able to relate to her songs in another level and slightly different than those who is a “casual” or new Swiftie. I just want to appreciate you for the work you do and I enjoy listening to your take on everything Taylor-related.

[@theswiftologist]

Thank you I really appreciate this!

[@Barbz013]

These are my fave types of videos ❤

[@bonnie9131]

Yes! she should make film. She is ready. Also, a vollum of poetry would be timely. Touring is exhausting and can be unhealthy.

[@wwpetko-6760]

So freaking happy to see this video this morning! Thank you! 🙌🏻

[@angel_shelly]

Ok here’s my unpopular opinion. People who are overly attached to the old lyrics for BTR and PTB are a red flag. Like… why are you THAT passionate about it. It feels like they just like it cause it’s an excuse to be cOnTrOvErSiAL without saying it with their full chest. Like I understand not liking change but when people are TOO attached… girl…

[@katielittle4491]

Omg! I ran to John Mayer’s insta after she sang Dear John and all of the comments were literally “mom says I have to be nice to you now… but I don’t always listen..” it was weird and a little creepy.. So yeah… her speech before was pointless.

[@tttttttt3759]

jaw dropped at the happiness slander

[@aditipankaj3553]

that ring tho 💅

[@theswiftologist]

💍

[@punkprincess1226]

26:15 Literally the only song title Taylor and Lana share, to my knowledge, is “Change”. And any other ‘similar’ titles, to me that stick out are: “Lucky Ones” and “The Lucky One”; “Love Song” and “Love Story”/“Our Song”; “Cruel World” and “Cruel Summer”; “Paris, Texas” and “Paris”; “White Dress” and “Dress”; “White Mustang” and “White Horse”; and “Sweet Carolina” and “Carolina”. Not sure how tracks having a similar or same name has any bearing on how they’re comparable overall. “The Lucky One” and “Lucky Ones” - for example - are certainly different in production, subject matter, etc.

[@A-qo1uq]

Popular Opinion: Nodaysoffologist never misses fight with the wall

[@ganmudan]

swiftie from debut era here! i liked ryan adams 1989. there were some songs on taylors 1989 that i didnt love but i liked his version of. its such a good cover album. loved the vibes

[@meebsbeans]

Listened to begin again cause of this and now my late Decembers will be painted in the hopeful heartbreak and I’m grateful

[@theswiftologist]

omg yay!