A Ballad/Piano H*e Reacts to FOLKLORE ~ Taylor Swift *let's suffer*
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the fact that she made this album for FUN is TERRIFYING
And it turned out to be her best work upto date.
right she did this FOR FUN??? Dying
Actually says a lot about artists who are better when they are enjoying what they do instead of wanting money and out of obligation
this COMMENT IS SO TRUE
LIKE WHAT? YOU WRITE HOAX FOR FUN ? NO WAY
The way that when Taylor curses she just surprises us even tho she is 30 yrs old
that part
same honestly
I remember being pissed that it was beeped on Ellen. Now my life is complete. Imah die in piece✌🏼
EXACTLY
Tf why is this at 2.1k likes lmao
“It better be a wedding, not a funeral.” She says before the funeral song 😬
Yeah, I was afraid for her to proceed
I thought the same.
I knew this song would screw me and everyone up cause it's the fifth song 😭
Yeah, "My Tears Ricochet" is really good at funeral to be played.
The emotions, the humming, the little anger you feel about the song, the atmosphere, it's really a very dark song.
everybody's discussing the love triangle but i think the most haunting thing about this album is the symbolism in mirrorball. the way she is singing to her fans and the GP, disguised like a love song, "spinning in my highest heels love, shining just for you". and then "i'm still trying everything to get you laughing / looking at me" is so sad considering she has reinvented herself over and over again so she doesn't lose her stardom. it is such a sad song and i'm upset not everybody is talking about it.
i instantly felt sad when i read about this in twitter and since then, mirrorball didn't mean the same to my anymore everytime i listen to it.
THANK YOU, I’m glad you said it
This was really something I didn't think about...
Exactly. She wrote a promise/anthem to the Swifties and they just skip right over it or think it’s about her bf. Smdh 🤦🏼♀️
isn't she also speaking to the audience in 'this is me trying' (i don't wanna say fans cus they would never drag her down like that and make her feel that way)
Nobody:
Taylor: curses
Ash: shook
Me: gurrrrrl she's a grown WOMAN
I KNOW BUT IM STILL NOT USE TO IT
@@ReactsByAsh She has done that since reputation 2017
@@tssss4659 if a man talks sh!t, then I owe him nth😌✨💕
@@tssss4659 "shit" is one thing, but this was the first time she said "fuck" in a song :D
girlie don't pretend it didn't shake your core too asdfgh 😭 LOL
it’s 2020 and taylor swift cancelled capital letters
as she should !!!
Poetry lol
Not for "clowns to the West"...
Clowns to the West was capital
ended capitalism
Honestly, the lyrics “I didn’t have it in myself to go with grace” or “if I’m dead to you, why are you at the wake?” just hit real hard.
Yess
I agree!!
😭
Omg they hit hard a little too much, it's overwhelming
Exactly....I thought I'm the only one
ash: *hears cardigan in "betty" and starts concocting a theory*
me thinking that she is going to make the connection to the song literally called "cardigan"
ash: "cardigan, that could be like the scarf from 'all too well."'
me: umm... chile anyways so.
HAHAHAHA ikr! I love her
ME TOO!! 😂
😂😂😂
Lol I was like 😐
Sameee lmaoo
“This better be a wedding and not a funeral” oof-
literally lmao
I laughed cuz it was supposed to be a joke and I knew the song was the whole funeral 😂
The way this didn't aged well ahahahah
Does she ever fid the theory when that song is about Scott selling Big Machine and her music?!
I'm still watching. lol
Dani I don’t think she did
"I, I knew you
Leaving like a Father"
Now i know damn well she ain't bring up my daddy issues that gracefully
IKR!!!
One of my favorite lines
omg and in seven “your dad is always mad”
I feel personally attacked lately. In the last month I have heard FOR THE FIRST TIME
Kesha-Father Daughter Dance
Beyonce-Daddy Issues
Taylor-Cardigan
And it was a few months ago but I connect Gaga's REPLAY to my father as well
"your monsters torture me"
Your not alone. The daddy issues last forever.
When I heard these lyrics I lost my shit and went online to see if I was the only one, and I felt like I was.
Her whole look reminds me of Katniss from the hunger games.
Omg 😲 same especially the hair
I see where you're coming from, but in the books Katniss is described as having olive skin tone.
omg yes especially the braid
@@dishadharmraj6986 yes but that doesn't mean ash can't look like her a bit
the way she predicted Evermore’s cover by having the braid! 😮
Cardigan: Betty's perspective
Betty: James's perspective
August: the other woman's perspective
I bet those three will be singles
@@owenstevenson6621 yesss I'd love that
@@yrbigfan Inez is the name of the girl who told Betty james was cheating on her😁😁
Owen Stevenson I think Inez was still the other girl and Inez telling Betty was a way to get Betty to break up with James so that Inez and James could date but as we heard in “Betty” that didn’t work cause he only wants betty
@@yrbigfan the woman's name is august/augustine
swifties: waiting for Cruel summer to be made into a single
Tay: drops this beautiful atomic bomb of sadness
Literally
RIP,Cruel summer we'll remember you
@@isak1341 standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset...
swifties: kept asking for 10 min all too well
Taylor: *drops folklore....
@@jimmylu1352 8 years...still crickets
Ashley wearing a cardigan while listening to listening cardgian THAT'S IT
WE CANNOT STAN HARDER
Did she plan that?!😳😂
Yeah she said that she planned it. :)
"Roaring twenties, tossing *panties* in the pool. " - Ashley 2020
saaaammmee
love great gatsby ✌️
I'm still pretending that this is the original line
@@duaneromano0312 sounds really make sense to me 😈
i cant unhear it now since she said it
her:"OMG CARDIGEN"
me:"she's getting it"
her:"THAT COULD BE LIKE THE SCARF FROM ALL TOO WELL"
me:
you:
@@kapikk7 you to them:
@@3dstuff654 you to them to them:
@@thescarletsupreme2278 me to you to them to them to them:
SO CLOSE
Taylor really said "sorry yall can't have LoverFest, but is a new album alright?"
she said y'all crying over the show? don't worry I gotchu
@@ReactsByAsh she fed us so well, she always does but..... honey this was a 3 Michelin star restaurant quality meal that I have never experienced such privelage.
Mohibullah Awan literally dead 😂
@@ReactsByAsh crying over the show? cry to the album instead lol 🥲
Jake DIDN'T show up at her birthday party....that evening gave us the masterpiece "the moment I knew"
I could imagine that maybe that certain line may have been more of wish thinking than actual reality/memory
What song was this in?
Rin Kagamine the moment i knew
PERIOD
Rin Kagamine Betty I think.
"why do i think of Kim and Kanye" lmao thats interesting bcs the W in west is capitalized on the lyric video
and she made clowns and West as an indirect reference even in reputation. and here its evident with the W capitalised
The “robbers to the east” are Scooter Braun and that whole thing and “clowns to the West” is Kim and Kanye
I’m gonna say it. Exile is one of the best songs in Taylor’s career. Period.
It’s my favorite one.
it is my 3rd fav🤩
oh yeeaaasss
Agreed.
YUP
Girl atleast James showed up at Betty's party, Jake didn't even bother showing up.
THIS COMMENT OMG SJSVDKDBWIDB
Lmaoooooo
Hahahaha
@@user-one8707 Gyllenhaal
Short arm Jab Jake Gyllenhaal her ex
Why does Taylor pronounce the curse words so pretty it's like poetry
With her voice and melodies, she can sing anything and it would sound pretty, obviously her lyrics are amazing but I just love her tone.
She learnt from Lana lol
"this better be about a wedding not a funeral" *Taylor literally sings about a funeral*
Who's gonna tell her that Taylor is dropping ANOTHER ONE
Same thoughts! Another breakdown from ashley! 😲❤️
WHOS GONNA TELL HER TAYLORS GONNA DROP ANOTHER ANOTHER ONE
WHO'S GONNA TELL HER SHE'S DROPPING ANOTHER ANOTHER ANOTHER ONE (Red TV)
WHOS GONNA TELL HER THAT SHES DROPPING ANOTHER ANOTHER ANOTHER ONE?!?!??!??!
(OCTOBER 21ST!!!)
WHOS GONNA TELL HER THAT TAYLOR IS DROPPING ANOTHER ONE (speak now tv)
Tell me why I thought the first 10 seconds was an ad 😭
SAME
SAME! I was like what????!!!!
same!!!
SAME OMG I WAS WAITING TO SKIP AND THEN PEOPLE STARTED SCREAMING 😭
Same and i was like what the hell cause not to show off or anything but I have premium and was like what did it stop working or what or did I just canceled by accident I was very confused 😕
my tears ricochet is about her 6 "stolen" albums . She even says "my stolen lullabies".
OH
Scooter be like...
So?? This is my fault??
I thought it was from the perspective of a ghost lol
@@kazimdsalim9366 yeah just listen it from the perspective that she is really sad about losing her music and its the funeral of the old taylor which died in "look what you made me do". And as she has talked about it a lot and she simply didn't accept it so she says "I didn't have it in my heart to go with grace
.
😭😭😭 I see it now! And, I'm dead. Thank You. Good Night. Rest in Pieces.
i don't think anyone would need this because this album doesn't have a skip but here it is
1.the 1 - 2:11
2. cardigan - 4:19
3. the last great american dynasty - 6:45
4. exile - 8:58
5. my tears ricochet - 11:51
6. mirrorball - 15:11
7. seven - 16:15
8. august - 17:13
9. this is me trying - 18:44
10. illicit affairs - 19:29
11. invisible string - 21:38
12. mad woman - 23:35
13. epiphany - 24:44
14. betty - 25:58
15. peace - 28:02
16. haox - 29:05
THANK YOU
Thanks bro
Haox
yes we stan haox
@@fajarade4704 haox
Who’s back here after hearing about “Willow,” the single, and the “sister” follow up album to Folklore?(!)...
i'm a newly initiated swiftie
cardigan + willow music videos playing ON LOOP
@@nailinthefashion same here !!
1:10 "Sometimes the story kinda gets lost in translation" or maybe IT ASKED FOR TOO MUCH OR MAYBE IT WAS A MASTERPIECE 'TIL YOU TORE IT ALL UP
I see what u did there. U did it all too well
It was a crumpled up piece of paper lying there
@@ceci9570 cause I remember it all... All... All....
@@sg_1541 too well
also taylor "You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else" AAAAA
Chile this album is supposed to be listened to at fall with the fireplace and with hot chocolate while it’s raining outside
the way this album is gonna hit so differently months from now
Reacts By Ash it's making me want fall to just speed up like surely Starbs can start PSL season early at least? It's gotten earlier like every year anyways 😂
Jest Er I’m so glad it’s winter where I live and that everyday is grey and rains constantly. I am listening to the album the way it should be listened
Juan Almanza lucky ugh I live in the uae where the humidity and temperatures kill
Here is winter and this album is just chef's kiss, it feel so good
She went “it better be a wedding not a funeral” right before Taylor makes a million death metaphors
rip ash 💀
Cardigan 3:13 “and you’d be standing in my front porch light”
Betty 3:13 “Betty, I’m here on your doorstep”
And on this is me trying, she talked about being in a party and feeling like an open wound. I imagine it as james trying to apologize and bring betty back.
Ps. August girl deserves better
August 2:47 “get in the car”
Betty 2:47 “James, get in”
@@earlisonline OMG THEYRE ACC AT THE SAME TIME STAMP
wtf- i didn't notice this omg🤯
@@earlisonline Also 2+4+7=13 lol
I love how she said "Lesbians won" before she had listened to betty
But Betty isn’t a lesbian story it’s a 1 of 3 parts to a love triangle
@@joba858 pretty sure everyone knows that at this point. just let them have this 😅
@@joba858 but james is literally a girl
@@joba858 omg we know this already.. just let the lesbians have this 😭
Betty takes place in James’s perspective
I feel like if Folklore was an animal it’d be an owl. You can’t disagree.
Yup this makes sense
I can totally see that. You nailed it!
No Folklore would be a white tiger
@@Link_t. interesting. I like this idea too!
RoshanGamer i was gonna say that but that’ would mean it’s a meat eater and would kill its prey. Folklore is calm and cool headed
I haven’t seen anyone comment this yet but the house in “dynasty” is her Rhode Island home! It’s the one that sits by the sea and she had her fourth of july party at it, where she insinuates in the song as inviting back the “women with madness/their men and bad habits” and she continues the cycle of “ruining everything” !!! HER MIND
No everyone knows
wait dynasty the show with elizabeth gillies?!?!
not nat no dynasty as in the last great american dynasty the song
well, yes but no; it’s about the original owner of the home.
“It better be a wedding not a funeral song...”
my tears ricochet: I have chosen death
alternate title: “Ashley getting emotionally hurt for 35 minutes and 48 seconds”
the fact that my brain has partially shut down because i was out of school for so many months and taylor just goes i'm bored here's 16 exhibits of my best writing
Fun fact: Taylor fantasized about her perfect guy working part-time waiting tables in Mine in 2009/2010 while Joe was working in a yogurt shop when he was 16 which was also around 2010. BYE FATE IS REAL
And the guy in the Mine music video even looks a bit like Joe!
@@fwuffy1546 And taylor hair style in Mine MV is just... I CAN'T !
Fate!!!
Omg I didnt realize this until nowww
"were there clues I didn't see? there was an invisible string tying you to me"
alternative title: “ash emotionally suffering because of the lyrical masterpiece that is folklore for 35 minutes straight”
Never thought I’d see Katniss Everdeen do a reaction to a Taylor Swift album
underrated comment
Lmaooo
😂
lmaooo facts
IM DEAD 😂😂
"but there's robbers to the east, clowns to the West" ms taylor capitalized the W on the official lyric video so..
stan her
Kara so it's Kanye West!!!
so interested that people consider this a sad album - i consider it an escape, a comfort, a whirlwind of whimsy, a safe place - kinda free therapy lol
After going to the eras tour, I get it
1.the 1 - 2:11
2. cardigan - 4:19
3. the last great american dynasty - 6:45
4. exile - 8:58
5. my tears ricochet - 11:51
6. mirrorball - 15:11
7. seven - 16:15
8. august - 17:13
9. this is me trying - 18:44
10. illicit affairs - 19:29
11. invisible string - 21:38
12. mad woman - 23:35
13. epiphany - 24:44
14. betty - 25:58
15. peace - 28:02
16. haox - 29:05
Thank you.
"she didnt have her baby yet did she??" literally today-
literally right before she posted Sophie gave birth
Kailee Marie they had the baby July 22 but the media didn’t find out about it until yesterday
2 6 Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones
safe and sound pt. 2 huh
that makes me think that the braid isn't here just for the cottagecore aesthetic... katniss everdeen is QUAKING
omg... you caught me
this one got me cackling
She made this album only for fun , and it’s the most complex album I’ve ever heard , and definetly album of the year by far , she is terrifying
It was for sure going to win album of the year till one of Taylors biggest fans dropped their debut album (sOuR) which had such a ridiculous amount of success to a ridiculous degree
@@DR-fc1ey folklore won aoty last year. evermore deserves aoty too but i don't think the grammys (or should i say scammys) are gonna give it to taylor two years in a row. tbh sour is a great album too, it's the second best album out if the ones nominated this year. poor evermore :P
@@kaushikassagur769 totally agree.If we only talk about quality,evermore is DEFINITELY gonna win the album of the year.It made me cry too much than I even expected,which gives credit to the songwriting,the vibration,and her vocals.Evermore is the best album of emotions,I said it.
Best Song : exile
Best Production : cardigan
Best Lyrics : illicit affairs
Best My Personal pick : seven
Best Vocals : my tears ricochet
okay but am i the only one who BAWLED over seven?
i cried over it's nice to have a friend that one hit hard
OMG I was sobbing the first time I heard and understood the lyrics from seven. It reminded me so much of the childhood innocence and also the abusive father, I can't even!
Best lyrics:my tears ricochet hands down!
“Your dad is always mad” “I think you should come live with me and we can be pirates, then you won’t have to cry” always hits me like a TRUCK
Shy Potato Productions those lines get me too. Probably how my friends felt with me, those lines are so real.
I just wanna know who the hell taught Taylor English, like what were the standards back then, because girl the vocabulary she has taught me is 13 times more than what I've learned with all my English teachers combined.
Taylor and Mariah are the queens of the dictionary.
I need this person to teach me
Tis true.
S A M E
@@Slm99 yes omg
if you don't like this album i swear to god
social medias were like "oh, Taylor is in love, she can't make new break up songs"
BITCH, SHE MADE A WHOLE BREAK UP ALBUM NOW
now she just writes the breakup songs with Joe 😂 relationship goals
And is the fact that is her best heart breaking album without actually being hurt she is a masterpiece herself
The genius that she is! My God. 🔥
except it’s not even abt her! which is js even more amazing! shes js ughhhhh, so brilliant.
Girl, I feel you. I start listening to this album and suddenly I'm walking through a forest in mid October wearing a light sweater and daydreaming about lost love.
I'm gonna keep on saying it that mature Taylor is the best taylor. This album can't be compared to her previous work, because it's so different. This album seems, not only a new era, but the opening to a new age. It is the first chapter of a new book. This album showcases that Taylor Swift is more than just a pop singer/songwriter, she is one of the greatest songwriters of this generation. She doesn't need her personal life to write songs, she can create vivid character arcs and tell from their perspectives. This is a monumental shift in Taylor's career, one which is also her best, and one which will give folk music a new found appreciation. This is Taylor's best album, FIGHT ME. Speak Now and Red adopted Safe and Sound, sent it to college, there it perfected the craft of storytelling and came back as Folklore.
It’s like if RED and speak now had a baby then shipped it off to get a literature degree
The way every artist from now on will be inspired to do folk sounds and genius storytelling like this. A decade opener in music by Taylor!
All true, but a the same time if/when she wants to revisit fun, fiery, big sounds then that's okay too. She's not obligated to make *everything* this deep, intimate, or emotional, it's just one of her many musical abilities that she's free to use or not use whenever the mood strikes her. And when she inevitably puts out something with "less" depth or "less" maturity, she shouldn't be dragged for it or labeled as a has been whose best stuff is behind her.
(I say this because we saw people take this attitude after RED, and I'm thinking we'll see it ten fold now. The second she puts out something less intimate feeling everyone will flip the hell out about how she's """"turned shallow"""" and I'm already tired from All Too Well stans turning their noses up at 1989.)
@@brittanydiamond6772 Girl you said it best. Bow down
"Whats her name? Sophie? She hasn't had her baby yet"...
She had the baby a few hours ago lmao
edit: she announced the birth a few hours ago, thanks for educating me :)
Really ?
byeee i thought that was fake
she had the baby last week on the 22nd but it was made public today~~
Exactly 🤣🤣🤣
maybe she got them a present before the baby was born, like at a babyshower
Taylor: We gather here
Ash: It better be a wedding and not a funeral or I'm out
Taylor: IF I'M DEAD TO YOU
“it better be a wedding and not a funeral” oh sweetie....
i knew the album is gonna hit hard only from the cover ..
Exactly
i remember hearing the first piano notes of the 1 and i was like .. ashley is gonna LOVE this
literally same
Yeah me too
"she's making me think of someone who i don't wanna think about." honestly, same.
While some of these songs are 'charcter based' they all 100% intertwine with taylor's life and her emotions. My tears ricohet is about losing her master and ex-label president scott, invisble strings, peace and hoax are straight up her and joe, mad woman is also about scott/scotter, the last great american dynasty is about the story behind her Rhode Island house, this is me trying, seven and mirrorball are about her, illict affairs, the 1 and exile are part her part character, betty, august and cardigan are the love triangle but definitely have aspects of her life in it e.g august is a very similar story to cruel summer. It's very interesting unpacking the songs and how they relate to her life and even if they're not all necessarily from her perspective, there is so much of her in there.
YES, exactly!!!!!!!!
This album is so exhilaratingly complex. The more you listen, the farther. You fall down the magucal rabbit hole.
I hope hoax isn’t about joe...that wouldn’t be a good thing
I saw someone posted that the love triangle gives you should’ve said no vibes.
hoax is also about scott and losing her catalogue. this is me trying is about a recovering alcoholic. seven is about a seven year old who has a friend in a abusive household and the beauty, the naïveté and freedom of being a child.
"The best plotline is Enemies to Lovers" A WOMAN OF CULTURE
YESS!!! FR
Be sure to throw some Slow Burn in there while you're at it
specially if it's gay
@@nabszains you sir/madam have taste
Nabeel Jamal yassss that is just *chef's kiss*
i just love how taylor expects everyone to be fine when she put my tears ricochet right after exile
the saddest song on this album is actually mirrorball. it may sound playful but really its about how a mirrorball is only pretty because it's been shattering a thousand times. the song is about always being in the spotlight and in my opinion it's the most beautiful symbolism on the entire album.
If you're new:
I hate her ughhh = I love taylor and all of her music
Thank you for the kind information
I didnt listen to Taylor's past songs but i didnt hate or disliked her
the 1 - 2:09
cardigan - 4:19
the last great american dynasty - 6:45
exile - 8:58
my tears ricochet - 11:48
mirrorball - 15:13
seven - 16:14
august - 17:14
this is me trying - 18:45
illicit affairs - 19:29
invisible string - 21:38
mad woman - 23:35
epiphany - 24:43
betty - 25:59
peace - 28:03
hoax - 29:05
Thanks
Thanks u
How to u do it so fast buddy😅😂
+
tHanK yOu jI...
“im not crying over him” such a mood
some people: what is taylor going to write about if she gets into a stable relationship?
taylor: writes a whole ass song about her house
just 30 minutes of you having a meltdown and honestly... I relate
can we talk about how in mirrorball she, a world famous popstar, sings "i'm a mirrorball, i can change everything about me to fit in," "i've never been a natural, all i do is try, try, try" and "i'm still doing everything to keep you looking at me" like w t f my heart is breaking and my mind has long been shattered it's so powerful
I hadn't thought of it like that! That is such a good fit!
Imagine the pressure she must feel all the time 🥺
i see what you did here. we are decapitalising everything.
@@danielphung6146 I typed it on a computer that didn't autocorrect me and i was too lazy to fix it lmao
@@louise4778 you actually inspired me lol, any convo concerning folklore was typed in lower-case.
“i’m not your problem anymore” hit differently bc daddy issues~
and "i knew you leaving like a father, running like water" in cardigan BYEE
ash singlehandedly predicted evermore with the braid
"She's making me think about someone I don't wanna think about"
asdfghj I FEEL ATTACKED
Betty’s perspective: Cardigan
The other woman’s perspective: August
James’s perspective: Betty
Some have argued illicit affairs belongs in the trio. It could be an overview of the event as a whole but the three songs listed above have connected lyrics and details. August mentions summer love and James said it was just a “summer thing” to Betty. In August the character says “remember when I pulled up and set get in the car” just like James said happened in his song. Cardigan mentions walking on cobblestone in high heels just like in Betty, James walks on “broken cobblestones.” Betty and Cardigan both reference “cardigans.” Cardigan alludes to cheating, “chase two girls, lose the one,” and James coming to Betty’s porch in both Cardigan and Betty. There are probably more details that I missed and there are probably other songs in the album that are from the same characters’ perspectives
yesssss I see so many people on twitter pairing other songs but these three just make so much sense why would it be any other songs
Agreed, also 17 years olds having a summer flings isn't called illicit affair. Isn't illicit affair between a married person and someone outside the marriage ?
Illicit affairs is too mature for a teenage love I feel. It’s so deep 😭
Brilliant. This makes everything fall into place. Spectacular storytelling on Taylor's part. I just want her to write a book. That's all. But hey an album is more than plenty. I'll ingest her artwork any way I can get it.
honestly i woupdnt put it past taylir to have lied and 4+ songs are about the story, but only 3 narrate it clisely and accurately enough to count as part of the story itself
exile makes me want to be a coming of age movie where the two main characters realize that that they just can't make it work any more- it'll be a super dramatic scene where the girl's leaving and they're both sobbing because they love each other but the relationship is beyond repair. UGHH I JUST LOVE THIS SONG
also I listened to this album all in one sitting with noise cancelling headphones and a crisp October breeze blowing and- it was an EXPERIENCE let me tell you
Oh I sobbed at epiphany “hold your hands in plastic now…. Doc I think she’s crashing out…. Some things you can’t speak about” makes me SOBBBB
Ashley: How did you guys listen to this all the way through and not die?
Us: We didn't :,(
Oh yes we are dead
HAha true, who ever could listen to it one sitting. So emotional.
I love how in my tears ricochet she sings “my stolen lullabies” without finishing saying “lullabies” representing perfectly how they took her music away from her
oh my god this gave me chills
Good lord, I will now proceed to lay awake for an hour processing this instead of sleeping. Thanks mate haha
is it bad that i’m on “august’s” or the unnamed persons side... idk i just feel for her sooo much
Same
Augustine.
She's Augustine
it’s because she thought it was everything, but he thought it was just a summer thing and dreamt of someone else the entire time together
I think the stood on a Cliffside lyric is about having suicidal thoughts-
Me too, more specifically I think the lyric is about contemplating suicide and being pushed to the edge by the person you care about most. That’s how I interpret it
U KNOW that Ash googled the defination of Folklore😂
SJKNS I KNOW I HAVE ONE BRAINCELL BUT I DIDN'T I PROMISE
Reacts By Ash bro same damn
@@ReactsByAsh i have two
I’m not a Taylor swift fan, but this album is really good. This genre suits her voice
You might appreciate her album Red!
Same
She is absolutely amazing and this album is such a masterpiece
@@annabelleh8193 100%
Same and I just listened to All too well and I'm already considering becoming a swifty😏 Kind of ironic considering my idol😂
Interesting fact: Rebekah Harkness used to go by the name Betty. I have a theory that Taylor, stuck at Rebekah’s house during quarantine, made up folklore, and made up a love story about Rebekah during high school. The way this woman’s mind works I mean-
No one:
Taylor: curses in 𝓪𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓬
this intro is chaotic but it’s exactly how i felt when i saw taylor tweet about the album
Ashley: this song is 5 minutes long??
Also Ashley: wait is it over already?!?!
I’m so glad that you go through the theories and analyse the lyrics. Whenever I listen to music, my dumbass never picks up on the story and just bops to it. With this album I just laid in bed and stared at the ceiling listening. This album is a literal masterpiece
I really don't think illicit affairs belong to the love triangle series and here is why: cardigan, august and betty are all so clearly about teenage love, august already is from the "other girl's" perspective and it says it was a summer love and so does betty, cardigan has a lot of connections lyrically to betty, while illicit affairs is very dark and mature like an adult having an affair talking about having to meet in weird places what a summer love thing wouldn't have to be like
But heartbreak ages you no? Augustine isn't that little girl in love who believes in happily ever afters. I think illicit affairs was Augustine in the future thinking about her true love James. It's been some time but she still hasn't gotten over it. :( she deserved so much more
My tears ricochet is actually about her masters. She talks about her albums as jewels, which were taken from her by Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta, which is why she says they bury her (her leaving the label, which she refers to as the home she can't go back to in the song.) She also talks about how hating her Brough Bruan and Borchetta together. The tears ricochet metaphor is that by screwing her over and hurting her they ended up hurting themselves too. Which is why she talks about Borchetta showing up to her wake cursing her name.
I don't know why people saying its about scooter and scott BOTH. She said that it was a betrayal because she always hated Scooter. "I loved you, I swear I loved you", "crossing out the good years". It's not about Scooter at all. Its about Scott/the label. And about their relationship and how much she was hurt. I also felt like the line "I didnt have it in myself to go with grace" showed that she maybe also wished she handled it a bit differently herself. The song is a bit angry but mainly very sad. Part of her wished it went differently.
On instagram Taylor said one song is from "an embittered tormentor showing up at the funeral of his fallen object of obsession" which is what "my tears ricochet" is about. The whole song is not about Scott or Scooter, maybe the line "my stollen lullabies" is a reference to that situation, but the whole song is about someone else
"You wear the same jewels that I gave you as you bury me" JEWELS = HER MASTERS.
@@euphoriapotion2075 the whole song fits her fight against her label though. I got the impression that she was referring to imagery (I.e. It's about a funeral, but it symbolises her death at big machine). There's plenty of lyrics that fit Scott perfectly, too perfectly that it can't be loosely based on something
This is an excellent excellent point I never even thought about. Also y’all she NEVER directly says what or who her songs are about, it’s always vague because she wants the songs to be heard as they are. 100% could be about the scooter/Scott bullshit
The last great American dynasty is about Rebekah Harkness she was married to a rich guy who made his money from his oil company. The woman became mad in the public eye and I think eventually killed herself. Taylor bought her house and she felt a connection and so she wrote about her.
She didn't kill herself she get sick and died
Rebekah didn't kill herself but I'm pretty sure her daughter did, the entire family went through some really sad shit
I think she also references her in her song The Lucky One but that's just my guess
@@louise4778 She references famous porn star Joni Mitchell in The Lucky One.
@@someoneelse4579 sorry if you're joking but you know Joni Mitchell is a singer right?
coming here after seeing taylor IS RELEASING ANOTHER FULL ALBUM JUST BECAUSE SHE COULDNT STOP WRITTING???????? she's insane
And I'm here 2 years later...
And “epiphany” in the beginning part with the “bleeding out” and “crawling up the beaches” is in relation to her grandfather (she mentioned him in the note she posted!) who fought in the second world war! The second half of it I think really is relating to covid and how the world is right now
@Miranda Morris Yes exactly! That's a better way of wording it lol
when she was listening to Betty and said "that sounds pretty gay"... that was all of us hunny
🌲🌫️ *time stamps* 🌫️🌲
2:09 - the 1
4:19 - cardigan
6:45 - the last great american dynasty
8:57 - exile (ft. Bon Iver)
11:47 - my tears ricochet
15:12 - mirrorball
16:13 - seven
17:13 - august
18:45 - this is me trying
19:28 - illicit affairs
21:37 - invisible strings
23:35 - mad woman
24:43 - epiphany
25:58 - betty
28:03 - peace
29:04 - hoax
Thank you!!!
Damn! This is that i want
Thank you!!!!
ty!
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2:09 - the 1
4:19 - cardigan
6:45 - the last great american dynasty
8:57 - exile (ft. Bon Iver)
11:47 - my tears ricochet
15:12 - mirrorball
16:13 - seven
17:13 - august
18:45 - this is me trying
19:28 - illicit affairs
21:37 - invisible strings
23:35 - mad woman
24:43 - epiphany
25:58 - betty
28:03 - peace
29:04 - hoax
Okay, okay, okay. Here's the thing with, "my tears richocet,"... Am I the only one who thought about the drama with her old label and Scooter?
"I didn't have it in myself to go with grace," which she didn't, she spoke the hell out about it every single step of the way.
"You know I didn't want to have to haunt you, but what a ghostly scene." She didn't wanna do anything she did but she was forced and look at the shit show that happened afterwards.
"And when you can't sleep at night, you hear my stolen lullabies," self explanatory, about her songs that were given to him against her will, basically stolen.
Almost every lyric can be traced back to that situation. Like, maybe I'm reaching but you can't convince me it's not about her old label and Scooter.
Jack said that “my tears ricochet” and “august” were his favorite songs they’ve ever done together.
But honestly how does nobody appreciate seven 😱 the lyric "i've been meaning to tell you I think your house is haunted. Your dad is always mad and that must be why" THAT SHIT hits so close to home. Like she is speaking to my childhood me. Such a hurting but healing Song 🥺☁️🦋
it reminds me of a childhood friend, and the nostalgia just hit me over the head? seriously yikes 🥺
@@akacozymint yeah right? And like for me wishing I had this childhood friend who would escape from reality with me.
She said bitch I gotchu!
@@kamallb4650 so true. I have never in my life cried so hard and felt so comforted at the same time 🌱
Seven is one of the best songs in the album. Definitely in my top 3
Invisible string is just such a freaking beautiful song. Invisible string pulling strangers together and they become lovers. Just like Joe and Taylor.
Lable: taylor we need a slow depressing album that will make everyone simp but tell a beautiful story
Taylor: Hold my cat
Cats😂
I think her label doesn't have any idea that she was making an album.
Fun fact, her label didn't know anything about this album (or that she was making one) until a couple of hours before it's release/announcement
@@shaileshkandpal2408 true
The way Sophie’s baby girl was announced today and she talked about her was the biggest coincidence