Taylor Swift - Reaction - Willow
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You should do the Folklore love triangle!! “Cardigan” is from the girlfriends POV. “August” is from the side chicks POV. And “Betty” is from the boyfriends POV.
Also cardigan x falling mashup
Joe or aka William Bowerly ;). I may have misspelled Bowerly but whatever, Yeah he wrote "Betty"
No one can paint a picture with lyrics like Taylor Swift . She’s genius .
Her vocabulary makes it art.
She should also start teaching English lol. I would attend her classes.
Pls she's the most cryptic person in the music industry. She has Easter eggs and clues in literally every single thing she does. Even an interview she does, she's leaving messages
"'willow' is about intrigue, desire, and the complexity that goes into wanting someone. I think it sounds like casting a spell to make somebody fall in love with you (an oddly specific visual).
the rope is a reference to another song called “invisible string” where there’s a lyric called “there was an invisible string tying you to me” and it’s a love song 🥰
There's also one with a line that says "a single thread of gold tied me to you"
Two things i have to say:
1. Impressive doesn’t even do her lyricism justice. Her pen is just beyond the music industry, in my opinion.
2. I don’t know what to suggest for you to dive into next cause every song is a damn poem.
Long live is a great songg I'd love to see his reaction
TAYLOR FINALLY THANK YOU. do cardigan next pls, it was the main single of folklore and the music video is connected to this one
she's one, if not the best songwriter of our generation, I'll say that Taylor's strength is her lyrics. She also writes every song she sings, some with co-writers and a lot of the times on her own. Her way with words is unmatched so if you like poetry, stories you would appreciate her work especially with folklore and evermore, but she has some mainstreams too (if you're interested) from her pop and country albums.
“This is the first song I’ve done by her and I don’t know if she does super symbolic or cryptic things like that”
I just cackled. IYKYK
9:36 bro taylor is the most cryptic person in industry, her instagram posts, her tweets, her tv appearance, her performances have some meaning behind it and ofc music videos are like her favourite sites to hide things, every little object in her mv has some meaning.
Since you started with evermore, do Champagne problems or No body No crime next!!
here are a few suggestions :
gold rush
illicit affairs
champagne problems
exile (ft bon iver)
no body, no crime
CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO REACT TO HER MORE!
Exile gives me goosebumps! Every. Single. Time. I. Hear. It.
@@brunca774 it's literally so good
As you have started Evermore the songs to react to are:
Tolerate It
Champagne Problems
Dorothea
No Body No Crime
could you please do no body no crime? I love this song and it really shows how great of a storyteller Taylor is :)
That song is incredible, is one of my favorites
@@valentinarodriguezvasquez1751 sameee
ABSOLUTELY GREAT MUSIC!
Yes, amazing storytelling. It's so fun
i think you should do cardigan next, and then go with all discography backwards :D
two albums in one year really is wild + considering that evermore and folklore are my favorite albums from her. absolute masterpieces
what is even wilder is that she could release more than two albums a year if she wanted to. She's more than capable of producing (at least in terms of writting) more songs than that.
@@jankova0013 totally!
This song is from her newest album, "Evermore". That album and the one before, "Folklore", are both very indie and folk inspired, while previous albums are pop, and before that, country albums. If you want a song with incredible lyrics, I recommend "Champagne Problems" by Taylor Swift. It's so nicely written. All of her songs are, but I believe that Folklore and Evermore are the two albums where she really shines because every about them are so mature (not to say her previous albums aren't also incredible, and "All Too Well" from her Red album is iconic)
Exile- from folklore
Champagne Problems- Evermore
Folklore was recorded in isolation - they never got together to even play the album until after it was released!
Taylor Swift - the Long Pond Sessions is awesome!!!
IMO - these 2 albums are storytelling masterpieces! Unlike anything TS has ever done- and you are correct - they are very chill listening for the most part and not really meant for radio….
Welcome to the epic Lycisim and Story Telling of Taylor Swift.
"All Too Well" is one of my favorite lyrical masterpieces - the live performance she did on the Grammys is the best. Her lyrics from the beginning, when she started singing songs that she wrote at the age of 14-15, up to present day are all incredible! She's a genius at writing a story that includes metaphors, innuendos, and references to her other songs that continue a story.
You were spot on with the rope metaphor/image. She has a song on folklore called invisible string which talks about fate and your experiences in life leading to where you need to be to meet the right person. There’s a lyric “one single thread of gold tied me to you” which is portrayed in this video where the gold string leads her to the man.
The line “life is a willow and it bent right to your whim”, to me means her life and not life in general. It seems like she’s talking about a relationship that changed her life, “wreck my plans, that’s my man”. When you’ve been in multiple relationship you feel like you instinctually know what some one is like based on your previous experiences, but “the more that you say, they less I know” says that this guy is changing her way of thinking, he’s not what she expected. At least that’s what I took from the song.
“I really enjoy lyricism” instantly subscribed
Idk if somebody else already said this but the “golden string” is connected to a song of folklore called “invisible string” and as you said it has something to do with destiny
This is one of my favorite Taylor songs
Taylor is a master lyricist for sure. As a fellow lyrics nerd, I think you are really going to enjoy this journey.
Evermore is my favorite album but I could never try to pick a favorite song of hers.
The most fun thing about folklore and evermore is while she borrowed from plenty of her own experiences (sometimes obviously, especially in evermore) they're both made up of songs telling stories of characters she created for them... all the songs are connected to the lives of these characters in some way and vary from pov to pov.
OMG I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK YOU TO REACT TO TAYLOR, SHE'S A QUEEN
I am a kinda new fan of her, I have a few favorites and I haven’t listen to even half of the songs, but this is definitely in my top 3
This is what genius has to say about the ‘lost in your current like a priceless wine’:
‘This lyric back to line first line of this verse. It references how, during the Renaissance, expensive foreign wines being shipped across oceans were often lost in shipwrecks. When wine sinks to the ocean floor with a ship that carried it, it can undergo extensive aging which will often make it highly prized when the contents are recovered. Examples of include the Baltic sea shipwreck and the titanic’.
Its amazing how she uses this ideology to represent herself as the wine that Increased in worth only because she was amongst his currents. Such a powerful writer.
Really need to take notes during her songs.
recently i made my brother and father listen to her, they were impressed, as they should be. Everythnig about her is great, but her lyrics are definitely my favorite thing about her songs (+ her iconic bridges) !! even if generally it takes several listens to understand them
Ohhhhh i love you!!!!! Thanks for this. Swifties are happier today!!
Folklore and Evermore are like Classic Novels full of Fantasy, Sadness and Love
You went from "Idk uf she does cripted things" to "I know the reference to the tilted stage" to "Hey, there's Taylor" while reacting to Ed Sheeran hahaha love this journey
With her music- I find myself having trouble picking favorites cause I have too many. That being said her album Reputation is my fav- I would suggest Don’t Blame Me or Getaway Car (two of my favs off the album), they don’t have a music video but she does have live performances of those. If you want to do a music video her Look What You Made Me Do video is amazing- it has lots of Easter eggs about things in her life. When it first dropped everyone was shook since it was so different than what everyone was used to.
Also her singles are normally super pop and what you would expect but her other songs off albums are different.
i feel like he should wait to do lwymmd until he knows a bit more of her life or he won't understand it
@@martalosada8705 yeah that’s true - I feel like a lot of reactors do it before they know all the references in it. I think even without all the references it’s just a great video to watch lol
Her willow bent to his winds. Her life (destiny) changed to follow where he was going. It felt to her like destiny was pushing them together ❤.
I like the way you pay attention to lyrics and work out their deeper layers. Because of that, you're about to deep-dive off the Taylor Swift narrative-music-poetry universe. Please react to more of anything on Folklore. And Evermore.
My thoughts about the "Life was a willow and it bends right through your wind"... I see it like something really unpredictable. Willow tree is hard wood. Those trees are usually really tough and never bend by the wind. That man has something special.
You should react to Champagne Problems it's one of my absolute favourite on Evermore
Pay attention when you listen to "Invisible String" it has something in common with Willow.
Not surprised people said not to do her music. A lot of people hate her for no reason at all. And if they have a reason I bet it could easily be a misunderstanding.
Thank you for reacting to Taylor!!! The more you dive into her discography the more you'll be amazed by her magnificent talent! Looking forward to seeing more reactions of her
'Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind"...I feel like this means that life is guided by fate (the willow) and it bent to the direction of him. She was led to him all along.
Taylor writes thought provoking lyrics on purpose. She said she wants to make us think. Folklore and evermore are both albums you need to experience in full. Every song sucks you into this different world and it’s pretty magical!
The gold string here is a representation of an ‘invisible string’ she talks about in her song ‘invisible string’. She says in invisible string: ‘isn’t it just so pretty to think, all along there was some invisible string tying you to me’.
You will NEVER read too much into TS lol, she's really a genius. I've been listening to her craft lyrical stories since Red and being a lover of lyric driven songs, I'm a huge fan/supporter of her.
Glad you've started her, keep going down the rabbit hole! You'll be a huge fan soon too if you love a good pen game.
PLEASE REACT TO 1989, REPUTATION, LOVER, FOLKLORE AND EVERMORE ASAP. WE HIGHLY DEMAND IT. YOU WILL BE BLESSED!
folklore and evermore are sister albums so you should have done cardigan first and then willow, i think people mostly like cardigan more than willow but i love willow sooo much that its on my every playlist and its been on repeat
also in july she released folklore and december evermore, in april fearless (taylor's version) and now in november she is releasing red(taylor's version), she is just popping out albums
and now if you are starting taylor's journey you should go backwards if you want.
Mad Woman from Folklore is excellent, I'd love to see what you think of it
I've been a fan of Taylor Swift since the very beginning. I have a playlist that has every Taylor Swift and NF song and I just listen to it on random. They have no skips. Both artists are masters at lyricism.
I’m so excited for you to get on this journey of figuring out her music!
loved this video! i think you should continue to work through evermore then folklore, id love to see u react to champagne problems next :)
yes!!! i've been waiting for you to do taylor!!! you should watch the grammys performance of cardigan, august, and willow! and the grammys performance of out of the woods! Also, on the string thing, she has a song on Folklore called invisible string that talks about how she feels like there was "one single thread of gold" tying her to her partner way before she ever knew them, which is symbolized in the willow video!
In opinion, this video describes her early life till now. On early days, she searched for real love but didn't found it. She thought she found her love but it didn't, so they fade away. When she rose to her fame (the glass box scene), she nearly found her love, but the media screwed it. So, she went down, literally (reputation era). She danced along her bad image (created by the media), and there was her lover, too. He didn't left her during her worst time, but Taylor didn't realize at first. At last, she realized her lover was there all time and a single thread of gold tied her to him (describe in 'invisible string' song from folklore).
My take on the "life's was a willow it bent right to your wind" is that she is speaking about how you have control over how to mold your life based on your decisions and how you accept change from them. .
I would love to hear your take on the songs in Taylor's version, these to me feel like they have different meanings now when I hear her sing that when I first listened to her as a teen.
Folklore and Evermore are a different style of Taylor - stretching her magnificent pen. Many of Her songs have messages for her fans. Track 5 on her albums are special and chosen for a reason usually most personal to Taylor. Track 5 on Folklore was the first song written for the project. It’s called My Tears Ricochet. Before listening to it - the backstory is a must! Taylor signed with Scott Brochetta when she was in her teens. She made her first 5 albums with him. He owned her masters and she wanted to buy them- he didn’t sell them to her- so she changed record labels in order to own her masters going forward. When she left Scott sold her masters to Scooter Braun sold the one person he knew she disliked (strongly). Taylor considered Scott family and this hurt her deeply. There was a media war and Taylor finally came out to speak her truth instead of just letting them lead with the narrative making her look like the one in the wrong . This is her song to Scott - by what she has eluded to.
Oh my gosh! Why are records so awful and nasty to the artists. None of that work is his yet because of contracts and paper he owns it. Such BS
That’s why she is re-recording all of her first 5 albums. Lover- Folklore- and Evermore she owns the masters to!
Taylor Swift wrote folklore and evermore as storytelling not necessarily related to her or her life. However, "Willow" as I see it at least, is one of the ones that goes back to it. "Life is a willow and it bend right to your wind" . I think this another variation of what she says in "invisible string", that every other relationship and dramas in her life were the path she had to travel to arrive at her current partner. Her life like a willow bended to the wind of her now current partner. And they started as a no strings attached thing and there were a bit of games sometimes "Like you were a trophy or a champion ring
/And there was one prize I'd cheat to win" and "Every bait-and-switch was a work of art". But she started to fall in love "Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneakin' in
/ As if you were a mythical thing"
OMGGGG THANK YOU FOR REACTING TO TAYLOR. I love all your reactions videos, you’re amazing. Sending you lots of love from Colombia❤️
If you want to understand the concept of the video for willow you should listen to the song 'invisible string' which is about that string of destiny tying her and her longtime boyfriend Joe together. There's a bunch of other references to the folklore album in this video but I think it's easier to build up a base knowledge first before getting hyper specific for every song because the amount of layers of references and context is confusing at first.
I'm so happy that you reacted to this amazing Taylor video. I look forward to more Taylor reactions from you.
im so happy ur finally exploring taylors discography specially evermore and folklore!!! her lyricism in those really popped off and it feels so surreal every song
I’m only here for your Taylor reactions 🤣 glad you’re diving into her world! She’s my favorite artist by far 😊🙏
You organically cottoned onto the whole meaning of why she called her album Folklore (which is the sister album to the record this track is from). It's all about storytelling and the sharing of tales throughout generations. It's so thrilling to see a new potential Swiftie discovering her genius.
Woah 😳 I was first to like the video, not to the comments but I had to share my tiny flex while you were talking. THANKS FOR DOING THIS!! She’s so damn good!!
yes you're reacting to taylor i love it! her storytelling is on another level. one of the most talented lyricists in the industry right now. would love to see you react to all too well
I took that lyric to be like when he came into her life every single part of her life changed: like how the wind comes and the willow fully follows it’s course
more of her pls do folklore album
Best line of the video "I don't know if she does super symbolic, or cryptic....."
The end is so beautiful, I'm crying 🥺
Awesome reaction, your in for a hell of a journey with her music. Just so you know each era she has done has been different. All equally amazing lyrics but all completely different sounding. Once you do Evermore and Folklore (sister albums classified as "Alternative") you'll notice as you go backwards with her albums she's also an incredible vocalist. She can do anything from rap, country, pop, etc and its amazing to see all the different sides. I cant think of another artist as multi-talented as her, especially if you are into lyrics. Hope to see you in future videos! Much love from Canada
Ahhh Taylor! Yesss. The lyricism. Youve come to the right place. This video goes with the Cardigan video. So, you should do Cardigan to complete these two music videos. She also directed them both.
Folklore and evermore are heavy on the lyrics. If you like lyrics…. So many symbols, it’s all metaphors and puzzles. She started in country music so she took that storytelling aspect of country music to pop music and now with this more mature/folky vibe. Queen of storytelling.
With that said, finish the two videos by reacting to Cardigan (nominated SOTY). Then since you started with Willow on evermore…. Continue with a few hot takes from that album:
1. Champagne problems
2. No body no crime
3. Evermore
4. Gold rush
5. Tis the damn season
6. Tolerate it
These will all sound different yet consistent with eachother. Each tells a story. If you like the stories or poems.
If you like these lyrics you should go through the whole two albums, folklore and evermore, all of them are masterpieces y-y btw I really like someone who pays attention to the lyrics like you, great reaction!
FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FINALLYYYY
YES Taylor is the BEST I'm excited to see you deep dive because you always do songs justice lyric wise. I think you should do Cardigan next, the music video is actually connected to this one, it came first!
Folklore and Evermore are unbelievably good albums. Great storytelling! Please react to both albums, as time allows. Thanks!
you mentioned the video is like a novel.. it's actually a depiction to Taylor's career. It started from her childhood when she started as a country singer, then she sang in the glass box portraying the peak of her career with 1989 album, then right after, she met her downfall (due to her feud with Kanye West) which led to her Reputation album which has witches reference, and finally she returned to her root/home.
The gold string was a reference to the line "One single thread of gold tied me to you" from one of the tracks off folklore called "Invisible String".
Ohhhhh how interesting
I'm so glad you broke down the line 'life was a willow that bent to your wind'👏....I really like that line but I was lost lol
She released 3 albums in 2 years. Lover, Folklore and the sister album Evermore.
Im so glad you're exploring Taylor!! As someone who loves lyrics you are in for a wild time. Willow is honestly one of her songs I have the hardest time interpreting as well so you did amazing. To me it's always felt like the story of a girl who's loved a boy since they were little and the boy always kind of knew things would lead back to her so he took his time and "strayed" and "bent life to his wind" and eventually realized that the girl was Home and the path he wanted all along. For next songs I'd LOVE if you did Champagne Problems or No Body No Crime. Someone already mentioned the love triangle in Folklore but in Evermore there's also two songs that tell the story of a couple from each perspective which is super fun to analyze: Tis the Damn Season & Dorothea
i want you to react to No Body No Crime so bad! It's my favourite song on Evermore and it shows how good of a story teller Taylor is. Loved your reaction!
Since you've reacted to Harry Styles and now Taylor Swift you should do the Cardigan by Taylor Swift and Falling by Harry Styles mashup that is made with the 2 music videos. The videos/songs have the same feel to them that make them fit well together.
I think the willow tree has very deep roots and it might have something to do with it and with the lyrics "take my hand, wreck my plans, that's my man"
you should react to cardigan. is one of her best songs just cause of the lyrics, the way she wrote that song is amazing, you are going to be surprised
That gold string represents a song from folklore called invisible string, There's a line from that song "one single thread of gold tied me to you"
I hope you do more Taylor reactions 😍😍😀😀
Willows grow the direction the wind pulls them bc their leaves and branches are so heavy
I found your channel because of Lewis Capaldi and since you seem to appreciate lyrics a lot, i wanted to suggest Taylor Swift but i held back myself because "don't force your preferences into others-" and swifties already have bad reputation from being 'excessive' so I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU DID THIS!!
You should actually do a reaction to both folklore and evermore albums in full because there’s no way we could choose between any of the songs in those albums and the lyricism in them is EXCELLENT
OH and if you want to hear more about the string that's in the video, check out Invisible String off Folklore, it's very descriptive
You want more songs that are more like a novel? Try the trilogy in folklore (as others have suggested), No Body, No Crime on evermore, 'Tis the Damn Season and Dorothea on evermore... honestly, there are so many storytelling songs on those two albums. They're so different than what she's created in the past but her lyricism comes through so strong.
You should watch the Cardigan music video because they belong together. Cardigan ends where Willow starts. :)
This mv is a nod to her track entitled "invisible strings" from her album folklore
you should do her performance at the Grammys its was amazing.
and the gold string in the video represents her song invisible string in her folklore album
Have been bingewatching your reactions to taylor and just wanted to share my theory on this one... so, the song is clearly about Joe who is her long term boyfriend and on the folklore album they wrote a couple of songs together and he used the pseudonym William Bowery on the credits, which she confirmed on the long pond studio sessions. Sooo my thought since the very first time i heard this was WILLiam bOWey. Nothing is a coincidence with taylor shes a genius who takes pleasure in fucking up her fans emotional health and sanity - AND I LOVE IT!!!
Her music videos are very symbolic
You should listen to "invisible string" and then come back to this and watch it again - made me make more sense of it!
Willow is one of my absolute favorites of hers. Lyrics aside, I just LOVE the melody and the whole sounds of the song!
You should listen to this song and then Ivy. I feel like they go together. Also you mentioned the gold string and it reminded me of Invisible String from Folklore. She sings "isn't it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying you to me" and then later she says "one single thread of gold tied me to you".
Oh yeah, champagne problems is so so good. tolerate it, happiness, marjorie, All Too Well, Dear John. so many amazing songs. damn' we need a deep dive reaction to Taylor haha.
Loved your reaction!!
You need to react to My Tears Ricochet from Folklore, God that song wrecks me everytime. Folklore and Evermore are 2 of the best albums I've ever heard. The sheer talent this woman has in terms of her song writing ability, her vocal range and the unique sounds is inspiring.
Full album reaction is welcome :)