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Sometimes I feel frustrated when I see people paying no attention to the lyrics while reacting to her songs. But I glad that you are always so appreciative and attentive towards lyrics.
same
This!!!! X2
couldn’t agree more,
new sub! :)
Yes! and all they care is about banger music, melody and stuff without focusing or understand the lyrics...
Same.
Like i did that with Taylor.
And with Lana, i hate when they don't notice the beat, tempo, etc changes...Ughhh
I'm hoping they would notice it and get excited but when they don't notice it... it's so frustrating😆
normal people : "I got rid of all your pictures"
taylor : "I punched a hole in the roof,
let the flood carry away all my pictures of you"
This is how poetic she is
Other artists: I've been crying every night
Taylor: Now my eyes leak acid rain on the pillow where you used to lay your head
Which sonnnnggg
@@dooi722 happiness from evermore album:)
lmao lana and tay be like
YESS HAPPINESS
its my fav taylor song of all time
Update to this from BTTWS:
“Salt streams out my eyes and into my ears”
Every single person to ever work with Taylor Swift says she is the easiest artist they worked with. Her work ethic is just superb. Queen of productivity!
I’m not even Taylor Swift but I find hard to fall asleep ‘cause my brain wouldn’t stop thinking. Difference is that she makes millions from that and I got a headache.
Same
same! And I've tried turning those thoughts into various forms of art (sketching, painting, music) but it's impossible for me, guess I'm just not as artistically inclined as I wish. So the fact that she can do that is especially incredible to me
@@lkcullen1918 yes me too, i paint, wrote poems and stories based on my thought but again, who do i think am i😂
Taylor has been open about how she was bullied in middle school and some time in high school. She once said that whenever she was having a bad day at school, she would comfort herself by saying “it’s ok, I can write a song about this later”. Writing songs, journaling, and playing her guitar are what kept her happy during bad times which is true even till this day. I think that’s why she’s such an amazing writer, she understands how to convey emotions in lyrics because she has been doing that since middle school. But then again, because it’s so true that her songs are like her diary, a lot of people sadly criticize her for being too personal or vulnerable in her music. Taylor is honestly an amazing artists, can’t wait to see what she’s doing in like 10 years.
Agree. In 10 years she'll be in her 40's, and women that age have no fucks left to give and don't suffer fools.
Adele fans: she sings so well!
Arianna fans : omg those high notes
Beyonce fans: queen vocals
Swifties: yeah yeah the songs are great but did you listen to the lyrics, though?
and they’re ALL great, you made zero points with this
@@DLLGbr 9 other people got the point. Perhaps, you missed the point.
@@DLLGbr u totally missed the point and making fun of swifties is not nice.
Actually I have no idea what Ariana and Beyoncé are singing.. They don't enunciate well enough .. Adele on the other hand ..
@@PTRAINBOY me either.. Ariana sounds pretty and Beyonce is powerful. Adele's music and genre becomes repetitive after a while. But obviously it's still good
I can't even imagine being inside her brain for an hour.
Would probably make a cool (and very emotional) vr experience 😅
Lmaooo the "darling I'm a nightmare dresded like a daydream" is everyone's bio and caption when blankspace came out. Forever iconic.
Also my spotify wrapped confirmed that I might be a tad too obsessed with her and I have no life
I'm in her 1% listeners lmao
@@Anna13Tonks I'm in her 0.5% 😭 we're screwed
0.01% here 🙃
@@emiliacollee7855 DAMN you won
I’m in her top 2% listeners. Which is less compared to y’all, but that just means I’ve gotta listen to her more.
She wrote Love Story in 20minutes when she was 17!
One of my favorite lyrics of hers is from the song Story of Us. It goes “I’ve never heard silence quite this loud”. She has a ton of clever lines in that song. And also in the song Mine she says “you made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter”. I noticed that she uses a lot of opposing words or imagery to make a point.
I love that lyric in "Mine" as well!
Some of my favorite of her lyrics are:
"That was a small town, there in my rearview mirror disappearing now" - White Horse
"You know I didn't want to have to haunt you, but what a ghostly scene" - my tears ricochet
"Gain the weight of you then lose it / believe me, I could do it" - tolerate it (there are so many good lyrics in that song it's hard to pick just one, but that one always hits me hard)
"And I lived in your chess game, but you changed the rules every day" - Dear John
"'Cause shade never made anybody less gay" - You Need to Calm Down
"I don't have to be your shrink to know you'll never be happy" - I Bet You Think About Me
"Breaking down and coming undone, it's a rollercoaster kinda rush" - That's the Way I Loved You
"'Cause baby I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me" - New Romantics
"People throw rocks at things that shine, and life makes love look hard; the stakes are high, the water's rough, but this love is ours"
"And she is yelling at a bridesmaid, somewhere back inside a room wearing a gown shaped like a pastry" - Speak Now
"People love an ingénue" - Nothing New (seriously, who the heck knows that word?)
"And you're tied together with a smile but you're coming undone" (I love this lyric so much)
"I told myself 'Don't get attached' but in my mind I play it back spinning faster than the plane that took you" - Come Back... Be Here
And to finish it off, just the entire bridge of Sad Beautiful Tragic. "Distance, timing, breakdown, fighting, silence, train runs off its tracks / Kiss me, try to fix it; could you just try to listen? Hang up, give up, for the life of us we can't get back."
I think I could keep going for a couple hours honestly. There are just so many!
It blew my mind recently listening to her debut album how clever her lyrics were even as a teenager "Our song is a slamming screen door, sneaking out late, tapping on your window" is such a creative metaphor
Her lyrics are shit pop culture fluff
Ok but can we talk about how she wrote the original 10 minute All Too Well on the spot at Speak Now tour rehearsal and the sound guy just happened to record it
WHAT
i know right.... 😅😅
I remember a tweet Taylor posted years ago about how she was out somewhere with her family and she was standing there, staring off into space. Her brother came up and said something to her and she said, “sorry, I was writing a song in my head.” And he just replied, “oh sorry, didn’t realize you were working.” and slowly backed away.
I can't tell you how much it infuriates me when people say Taylor has no talent. Like it's indisputable. It's not an opinion to think she isn't talented, they are just plain wrong. Non fans associate her with her singles and think she's awful (which I don't understand anyway because even her singles are great, just not as complex). If they even bothered to listen to her lyrics they would understand why she gets the praise that she does.
I've seen someone say "unpopular opinion but Taylor's song writing isnt as good as everyone makes out" and I do not understand. Like her lyrics are literal poetry how can someone think it's not good?
I heard from one guy that nobody cares about music lyrics, just vibe, but I was so cringed that decided not to prove anything
@Withro Anime Edits yeah, so true
@@mjd13 ew that person must be crazy
Even Taylor's singles are mostly superior tho. Take Love story, Blank Space, Style, new Romantics, Safe and Sound, Lover, Cardigan etc for examples. Like name me one pop song that went number 1 on BB for more than 5 weeks with the longest chorus and non-repetitive lyrics like Blank Space! None. Thats how exceptional she is.
exactly, she’s quite literally modern day Shakespeare. her talent and outstanding lyricism are unmatched yet she’s still so overlooked :(
Taylor does have a very extended vocabulary. Sometimes, even a native British person, I've had to look up a word from one her songs because I never heard of it before. Like in her song from folklore called 'the last great american dynasty', there's a line in the first verse that says "the wedding was charming, if a little gauche" - I'd never heard of that word gauche before
I saw a joke that said “to listen to ‘the lakes’ the required accompanying textbook is a thesaurus” 😂
yep, cause that's a French word.
Means "awkward", "clumsy". Originally it means "left" (as in the opposite of right), so I think it meaning "clumsy" comes from a long time ago when being a lefty was considered a bad thing and everyone was forced to use their right hand for everything and so the lefties (gauchers, in French) were clumsy.
@@tinklady2091 omg I totally thought it meant like, tacky or something lol! I thought that before the song but then the context of song made me think it meant lacking class or sophistication, almost like the kind of tacky party someone with new money would throw 😂 clumsy doesn’t make sense to me in the lyric anymore!
@@amandaleighplans in English it's developed to mean unsophisticated and awkward so your interpretation wasn't wrong :)
Yeah, we Americans steal words from everywhere and mutate them and call them English. 😄 Gauche is a French word we stole and it does mean tacky or rude.
Just imagine being her boyfriend and in the middle of night she wakes up to record 'ratatattatataa' into her phone 😂😂
The life of Joseph Alwyn
It seems she 'gets' something and follows it until it sounds 'true'
And she likes to bait and switch and be funny, to surprise, entertain
?It is also more the beat than the melody (topline), beat and cadence, and key and progression and everything coming together so she hears it fully and everything falls into place. natural talent and hard graft and drive and maîtrise - if you get everything moving enough it takes on its own momentum and you have less 'work' to land it
This lyrical genius came up with "ratatatata" in the middle of the night in her dreams and i love her for that😂❤
Her lyrics in Treacherous are some of her most underrated in her entire catalogue
Michelangelo said of sculpting: "The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material."
And that's what I think of when I watch Taylor write songs.
I think that the spreadsheet idea is just great. I'm not a swiftie but I do listen to her songs and thanks to this video I'm getting to know Taylor more. I think that the spreadsheet itself allows the fans to choose the best videos of their faves to show to those who are not in the fandom. It's like giving a "what to watch" list (I hope the message gets through, I'm not a native English speaker)
She keeps the same things in different ways
Yesss
If I am dead to you, why are you at the wake?- My Tears Ricochet
And if the story is over, why am I still writing pages?- DBATC
You are not my homeland anymore, so what am I defending now?- Exile
These all mean different things.
@@DLS06130517 all of them mean "if its over, if I am over to you, why do we still keep thinking about each other?"
@@DLS06130517 same meanings different nuances
Her lyrics are the reason we are all Swifties! The talent oh my gosh
Not just bcuz lyrics yahhhh, please yaahhh XD
@@kuramobelial2321 are you ok
@@BerenykeII ok
Per her having a rather large vocabulary she has discussed how she keeps binders full of names she likes, her favorite words, and even phrases.
Fact Taylor is one of the greatest singer songwriter of this generation!!!!!and haters are just gonna hate!!!!!!!
I think she IS the greatest.
She wrote all too well during a sound check and they recorded it; like she wrote it live on the spot… like 🤯
most of the clips that are in there are songs from reputation. king of my heart, delicate, and getaway car. those were the times when the beef was pretty present with her and kanye. reputation is a full pop album i can say. songs that are in there is for revenge? or just release or express her anger and also love songs for her partner, joe.
The two songs you mentioned sounded good are:
10:47 King of My Heart
12:57 Getaway Car
The "religious" sound - Don't Blame Me
The "ominous" song - I Did Something Bad
all from the Reputation album. It is said to be the "you either love it or hate it" kind of album because of how different it is from Taylor's usual sound.
Reputation is my favourite album of hers.
i'm in between loving and hating it, it has a few songs i'm not super keen on but also some of my favourite taylor songs! getaway car slaps btw
@@whydoyouwanttoknowthat it's what started me on the path to being a Swiftie!
Getaway car and king of my heart, my two favorite songs on reputation
Getaway car and gorgeous are two of my fav songs on that album.
I love delving into lyrics of songs. I drive my family crazy. They just want to listen to a song. I like pause the songs right in the middle and talk about the words. Taylor is one of the greatest songwriters who has have ever lived.
I'll never get tired of people realizing how incredible Taylor swift is. Plz keep doing this kind of content, I love your reactions
I'm so happy you reacted to it! Seeing these behind the scenes from artists is always so interested imo.
you should definitely react to the Reputation album, because this video is basically the creation of the entire album.
I really enjoyed your thoughts on this video and that you commented a lot while it was playing.
Regarding her using common phrases, in that particular interview she meant that she likes to take a common phrase and twist it. For example, LGBTQ+ members are sometimes told to 'calm down' when they just simply want to freely express themselves. So in her song, Taylor takes this phrase, commonly used by haters, and points it against them, revealing that it's actually them who have some issues with anger management and 'need to calm down'.
However, Taylor is also great in what you mentioned - finding unique ways of saying common things. She's been improving this area of her writing a lot too. In a song from 2019 she sings: Windows flung right open, autumn air/ Jacket 'round my shoulders is yours. In 2020 it is: 'November flush and your flannel cure'. The meaning is almost the same but the lyric is much more concise and poetic.
5:17 Now “ME!” is called “the Meeheehee song” 🥰
“I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you” from Long Live is always a gut punch to me and I’m not sure why
Yesss! Her npr concert was real good! U should watch it!
My husband makes house music as a hobby! He never hears any lyrics. I’m the opposite. I hear a song once and I’m knowing the story straight away. Every lyric is in my head immediately,
Me too!
Some of the songs that you thought sounded good was on the Reputation album. Like Getaway car and King of my heart. You should react to the album.
A fun song that I really love is "My Monologue Song". Comedic lyrics that she sang for SNL.
But I agree that Taylor is a songwriting genius. I love her work so much.
"I cry a lot but I am so productive, it's an art" 🎉
I feel the same way about any way of art and it is a sad feeling that it can’t be seen, heard, or felt by any others, at times. The one thing I respect about TS is that she’s incredibly ambitious and her famil absolutely used all of their great resources to keep encouraging her passion. If everyone had just an ounce of her ambition and support, lord. The world would be far more colorful. She’s so naturally talented but also has the unique combination of natural talent and ambition, mixed with the ability of being supported in learning music theory and multiple instruments. She was told if she really loved this, then every part of her will go into school and music. It’s amazing. Her music is her literally mind. I bet those cell phones are going to be auctioned for trillions one day 😂😂😂
Girl a genius indeed!
It’s truly wild to hear her original “rough draft” lyrics compared to the final product
when she says writing it in a song imo she means that literally, translating the feelings/events to sound - play the music (taylor's songbooks - not all arrangements on the web are hers) yourself - you'll hear the words written musically as conversation, the emotions (pent up unshed tears in atw), the whine in your voice when you can't keep it from slipping because you're so upset (should've said no, and others), betty if you play the right hand is like that small voice in the english patient when hana sings to kip - the voice is the only true thing in the darkness...
I think I have the same way of expressing how or why the way I do I think it's easier for a vulnerable person to sound out or describing how you felt on that time.
@@RedHeadThriller10 ty
WOW I AM SOOOO GLAD YOU REACTED TO THIS!!!
The day Taylor decides to actually sleep instead of writing songs we will all die.
@11:25 ish that you said sounds good is a song called King Of My Heart and one of my absolute favorites. Please do that one soon!!!
I am so glad you mentioned NF! His my favorite artist right now. When you were describing how she'll get a melody or a flow and then come up with the words to fit into that I IMMEDIATELY thought of NF! Great reaction!!
Isn't she amazingly talented? There's a great doc, Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, that kinda picks up where this left off, in terms of her catalogue. It's only on Disney+ though :/
This is so interesting as I've never seen any of these behind the scenes things before. Thanks for this reaction video!
Great analysis, thanks. Love her!! So talented.
LOVE THIS REACTION!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Really loved your reaction! Your voice is pretty calmng, also really appreciated your thoughts :)
I gave a LIKE and SUBSCRIBED because I loved your reaction to this! Additionally to this, I liked how you nailed the way she hears something and describes into a whole something else (synonyms). I'll be checking more of your channel because you're so good at what you do! BRAVO!!
I am actually learning a lot ... Taylor is so awesome and you as well for this reaction. Looking forward for more videos of Taylor
Really enjoyed your sincere reaction. Thank you.
This video made me subscribe. I like you’re videos!
Dude you really appreciated Taylor's music which not many people do. Thank you for this it means so much for us fans
The title should be: Watch me start having a crush on Taylor Swift in 19 minutes. :)
Yes, this was from her Tiny Desk, please make a video for that 🥺🙏🙏 I love your work
Yes she did Tiny Desk- it's fantastic!
Yes she did a NPR Tiny Desk, it’s so good, you got to watch it
She loves her work and she’s great at it! She will be artist of the century!
If you are interested in the process of making reputation there are more clips from it! Recommended because she’s a genius ✌🏼
her mind 🔥
Taylor is so talented an deep into her music
I WOULD DIE TO SEE YOU REACT TO HER NPR PERFORMANCE!!!😩😩
I’m really late to this video but you reacted positively to nearly every song on Reputation. If you haven’t listened to the whole album, you must! It’s so so good!
Dude...THIS WAS SO FASCINATING!!!! It was over before I knew it...and I wanted MORE!!!! Thanks so much! Oh and I think if you haven't ventured into what has become my favorite album...Reputation! Please give it a listen...It is soooo good!
Man, you are so gorgeous!
Here i come after that one dude said he didn't like her cause she "doesn't write her own songs"🤦♀️
PLEASE react to taylor swift „ look what you made me do“ it’s the most iconic music video ever. I swear
We love a king that stans getaway car and king of my heart
She is 💯💯💗
Please more Taylor ❤️❤️
also with changing up the lyric, is it more like searching for the 'fit', the shape that fits, the sound that fits, feeling it out to every corner, boxing the compass. The 'true' note...
is super cool that you also mentioned NF, cuz in my mind i also found some similarities between them in the way they use music like therapy more than something they must do to get some money. Taylor and Nate are the best songwriters of our generation 🔥
As a swiftie, great vid! I didn't skip the ads, hope that helps.
You should do Lorde next, her song writing is pure Poetry.
Coolest part about this video is that the original seems to take for granted that its viewer is familiar with the finished versions of the songs (e.g. we know what they sound like, how the lyrics continued to change, and when the video changes which song it is featuring). It's cool that even without that context (from what I can tell) you have picked up on her insane talent. I highly recommend you check out Reputation, then once you fall in love with that take on 1989, then once familiar with that go forward to Lover or backward to Red depending on which one strikes you at first listen. Just generally expand outward from Reputation - I think you will really love that record.
Taylor is an amazing artist. Another talented singer/songwriter is Avi Kaplan his new song First Place I Go is beautiful!
I agree with you .. I find NF n Taylor Swift very similar .. + they both write about real stuff..
She’s so crazily talented. Her lyrics are the best no other artist an top her idc what yall say
She’s also so brave to just bare her soul on every song on every album
If you don’t listen to all too well Taylor’s version I will cry
She is the best
yesss react to the tiny desk performance!!
The reputation is FANTASTIC!!
One of the best
taylor swift the music industry!
Taylor Swift is a legend.
Hope you watched Taylor s tiny desk concert!
Just watching this now (2024) and to your last point: That is exactly what she said about her upcoming album. She needed to write the tortured poets department. She was going through a breakup of a longterm relationship and she needed to write to work through her pain. Wonderful and crushing at the same time 🥺
It would be great if you reacted to some songs of her two last albums (folklore and evermore) specially in songs such as "the lakes" there's amazing lyricism!!
I love how I start learn about Taylor music and you watching vids with her now so I can learn with you about her talent hah, besties timing hahaha
You weren't wrong about the whole synonyms things. Normal artist would create 2 rhyme schemes for each verse and repeat the same chorus. She creates different rhyme for each verse and different chorus and even a change off with a bridge. Examples: cardigan and champagne problem
Yes, Taylor is a genius! Fabulous always. 💖 Could you react to Taylor's "All Too Well" Short Film? That's where the feelings stemmed from for the album "Red"....thanks
You should react to her performance of 'I did something bad' at the AMAs (or VMAs - I can't remember) ... its epic. I watched it so many times!!
i love watching someone become a swifte
I need someone to look at me the way this man looks at Taylor Swift