Hey Gang! Soooo happy this video is up and can't wait to chat with you about it! One of our favourite albums of all time, SO much to discuss!! Let us know below what you wanna see next 🥰
This is my first year listening to any of her albums. I only heard the radio hits before. So it started with folklore. Then Lover. Now Reputation. Then of course I'll be doing 1989 this week. 😉 You guys are like a crash course. It's so helpful and fun.
About the golden analogy: she explains in the RED album, “There is something to be proud of about moving on and realizing that real love shines golden like starlight, and doesn’t fade away or spontaneously combust. Maybe, I will write a whole album about that kind of love if I ever find it.”
I love that Calvin didn’t get to have a love song from her. He only got ‘I forgot that you existed’ lol I love love the energy of the both you!! Let’s be friends!!!
@@ilymal835 No. She was dating Calvin Harris. She wanted out. She moved on to Tom Hiddleston immediately after the Met Gala (Bleachella). She did not start with Joe until September, a few months after. Getaway car was about using Hiddleston to leave Harris.
I swear when this album dropped everyone was shook and so many people hated it mainly because they didn’t understand it. 2020: people are realising this album was the most iconic comeback of the century
I became a swiftie about 2 weeks after fearless tv (yes, i was VERY late). I finally listened to her entire discography. Reputation was always the most played for me and it became my #1. I kept asking myself why it's so underrated. I agree with you and I think they a lot of it was not understood because the media portrayed it a certain way. (or at least that's the vibe I get) That it was like a revengeful album meanwhile most of it are love songs.
1. 4:29 ....Ready for it? 2. 9:07 End game 3. 13:58 I did something bad 4. 20:28 Don't blame me 5. 24:30 Delicate 6. 29:47 Look what you made me do 7. 36:09 So it goes... 8. 39:37 Gorgeous 9. 44:18 Getaway car 10. 50:11 King of my heart 11. 54:18 Dancing with our hands tied 12. 1:00:20 Dress 13. 1:05:17 This is why we can't have nice things 14. 1:09:16 Call it what you want 15. 1:14:24 New year's day
I am a 75 yr old Taylor Swift fan and I truly enjoy your reactions to her songs and videos . You are so much fun to watch especially when you sing along with her . So exuberant and happy! Glad to have found you , ladies!
I like how you guys talk about lyrics, stories, production and her backup vocals! It's like I'm listening to the album with friends who know every lyric as I do) And also so it goes and getaway car are treated soooo good on this chanel THANK YOU
I always thought that when Taylor sings ‘if he drops my name, then I owe him nothing and if he spends my change, then he had it coming’ was referring to the fact that he didn’t credit her for writing This Is What You Came For and he’s spending her money from the sales of the song ☺️
oooo potential double meaning on that line then, bc "drops my name" could also mean namedropping her to get something for himself by association with her. I love that wordplay for her, goddamn.
I always thought the 'drop my name' part was for Tom H. He was talking about Taylor in some interviews, and I heard she didn't like that. and the spends my change was referring to something else. But I can see how it works both ways.
3 years late to this video but “first string” is an American football reference!!! It means the starting lineup of players, which is why it makes sense for “End Game” as a sports reference 🤯🤯🤯
Oh! I always loosely thought it was an orchestra reference (without any knowledge of orchestras mind you) I was like "Maybe there's a string instrument that is first in the row of string instalments" lol It's funny the conclusions we jump to when we don't have all the knowledge.
Late to the party too. In an orchestra there are usually two sections for violin. First and second string (she actually mentions violin in third track). First string are the better players. They usually have the melody the second has the harmony.
Just in case you guys didn’t know “first string” is an American football term meaning the group of players that play regularly and/or start games for a team. Aka the best players/first choice. I’m figuring since y’all are Australian you might not know.
Yeah... “end game”, “first string” and “A-team” are all sports colloquialisms meaning your “go-to” team/player/play, your best shot, your winning strategy, the one you give the ball to when the game is on the line because they are your sure fire playmaker. So in relationship terminology, she’s saying she wants to be the love of his life, the one he wants to marry, the one he wants to turn to when life is challenging, etc.
Also, Ed had a song, A-Team, released in 2011, before he toured with Taylor for the Red Album. And, if you watch old TV shows, the A-Team was a comedy/action show that was very popular in America in the 1980s. End game is a chess term, the final moves before checkmate. And also, refers back to the first song" Baby, let the games begin". 💜
Look what YOU "made" me do: You've achieved exactly what you've intended to with these videos: so far I've only known Taylor Swift songs in a very shallow way (for i.e.) - liking a song because it has a good pace and is empowering to run to/ hearing it on the radio without actually listening to it (English is a foreign language for me, so I didn't even try to understand all the lyrics in a linguistic way, let alone metaphorically) - your videos have opened this whole new world for me that I would otherwise have missed on! :-) I'm intrigued by everything related to her now and it feels like catching up to be ready for a brand-new, deep and exciting relationship with the artist, her music and artists and music in general. This fascination you've instilled so far also led me to buy Folklore (Meet Me Behind The Mall Version ✨) and Reputation in Vinyl right after watching the corresponding video of you - yay! Thank you!! :-)
I always thought the line “I bury hatchets/but I keep maps of where I put them” was a nod to her songs- she writes through the pain, the grudges, the joy, the experience of her life and those songs are where she stores those emotions. I am a writer and just love what you said at the end, Bonny- I listen to music in a lyrics-first way and see the music as an enhancement to the lyrics. I’m glad to hear you articulate it in that way and to know there are kindred souls out there. Thanks for this epic analysis! ❤️❤️ great work as always
Always liked Taylor's songs but never really understood the meaning behind them, these videos you've been doing have completely unlocked all her music for me - just respect and admire her so much now knowing the meaning behind the songs. Damn. Pls continue with these videos! Would love a breakdown of 1989 and any of Fleetwood Mac's music !! Love you guys
“First string” in sports means the ones that are the starting players because they’re the best!! So I think she means she wants to be the first choice to him :) also, I just found you guys a couple days ago and have been binge watching all of your videos!! ‘Superior’ is now part of my vocab for sure 😂💜
Honestly I’m not ready for the re-recording of reputation. And I just started listening to it this year, the singles really put me off back in the day and now I’m sad I missed the original rep era. Rep re-recordings will be a whole mood.
my girls were in high school and we listened to this album on the drive to/from school for months, I can still remember the first time we heard TIWWCHNThings. SO much fun! loud singing in the car and for us girls, great memories are embedded in this album.
Oh my goodness!! I’m rewatching this and your comment about her referencing “gold” in this album just makes me think of her new gold REP eras tour outfit!!!
You guys literally just started this channel and I’m already obsessed with you two!! Feels like talking to a friend. Such a cozy, warm, safe, yet chaotic moment! and ofcourse we’ll be interested to see the rep tour but also just all of her tours, miss americana, everything!! I don’t have friends who are obsessed with Taylor and care about her lyrics as much as I do. And you guys are filling that void in my life. So thank you!! And can I just say Emily in some angles actually look like the superior friend Martha Hunt?? And yes I use superior cause I wanna be part of this gang 😂
Thank you so much!! Love that you are loving the vids and we ALWAYS want more Taylor friends in this community!!! 😍 Hahahaha I have been asked before if I am related to Martha (same surname) unfortunately not but SUPERIOR FRIEND to be compared to!!! - Em
A little Storytime for you : so when I was 14 I really loved taylor , I liked all of her albums . But when rep came out I was not obsessed with her music anymore and the first time I heard look what you made me do I didn't understand the meaning of it, simply because I didn't know what was going on, the telephone call thing ecc. ( also I ' m not English, I don't understand every single word perfectly ) I actually became sad when I heard that"the old Taylor is dead" I was like :" why is this happening? " but then, after Lover came out my Taylor swift obsession raise again and I decided to listen to reputation ... now I just feel so proud of her ♥️I love her even more then before
i also really slept on rep at first i hadn’t even heard it in depth / properly and when i did i was like WHERE HAVE I BEEN I HATE ME but the sauce was always there xooxxo
As someone who has watched Bonnie’s channel for years, I totally see a parallel between Taylor’s rebirth with Reputation and how Bonnie has had to transform her channel since announcing she wasn’t vegan anymore. I admire the strength in Taylor and Bonnie, and any other woman who has had to deal with public backlash, and people who have never met you trying to take you down and say you’re something that your not. I’m so happy to see both Taylor and Bonnie thriving and making the best content they’ve ever made in spite of all the noise. Lesson learned: when someone tries to take you down and ruin you, rise from the ashes stronger, braver, and more true to yourself.
omg woah this made me emotional... This album got me through that whole period of my life to be honest. Thank you so much for the support now and then ❤️- B
Chats and Reacts I agree with this so much. I also had to stop being vegan when my health seriously deteriorated after 6.5 years. You are AWESOME and don’t deserve any of the crap you got for doing what was right for you and your health.
I had no idea. I followed a vegan diet for a few years myself, but could not continue it fir my own health purposes. There is a humane way of eating meat, just a bit pricier.
Reputation truly is such a grower. The first time that I listened to the album, I'm gonna be honest with you, I didn't like any of the songs. But, given time, the more I listened to it, the more I understood and started to appreciate what she did with this. Nowadays, this album is easily in my top 3 of hers and is on constant repeat.
Can i just say, I LOVE how much you guys appreciate all the backing vocals and melody changes!! Such an underrated incredible part of the production of so many of T's songs! Iconic!
I also just wanted to acknowledge that Taylor went from "please don't be in love with someone else, please don't have somebody waiting on you" to "please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I can recognize anywhere" and I just think it fits when you sing them
I love how swifties know EVERYTHING about EVERY single lyric of ANY album and we can live the moment like if it was the first time. We are the “superior” fandom!
Watching this made me see connections between some of these songs and in her other albums. Like in "Call It What You Want" she said "windows boarded up after the storm" reminded me of "I look through windows of this love even though we boarded them up" in Death by a Thousand Cuts. And then "he built a fire just to keep me warm" reminded me of the cardigan mv opening "scene".And then in NYD the whole "I'll be there if you're the toast of the town babe, or if you strike out and you're crawling home" reminded me of "I'd be right there front row, even if nobody came to your show" from I Forgot that You Existed; like she would've done the same for her other relationships, but it was never reciprocated/appreciated until she found Joe. I love that your videos actually give me a chance to reprocess her music instead of just going into autopilot after learning all the lyrics.
I love all these connections you brought up! Taylor loves a good theme and metaphor. I felt the same thing, watching this helps me see way more similarities between albums. When she says “he built a fire just to keep me warm” in Call it what you want also makes me think of in Peace where she says to him “I’m a fire and I’ll keep your brittle heart warm”. That line (and the whole song) really seems to validate your point that she really wants to be equals in this relationship and reciprocate all he has done for her! 😍 Seems like taylor loves putting “strings” throughout her lyrics in different songs that tie them together! Lol
How much has changed.. here 3 years later love re watching your videos ❤ especially thinking that Taylor has possibly seen this..also this version of you guys had no clue you would be getting hand written notes from Taylor in the future…love that for these girls
I’ve been thinking do you think New Year’s Day could be about the fans? Like truly she wants our midnights, she doesn’t want us to be strangers, hold on to the memories we have all made as they will still be here? Idk was just a thought
She used to think love was burning red which she sings in the song red “but loving him was red, burning red” but then in daylight she sings “I once believed love would be (burnin' red) But it's golden” ❤️❤️
Chats and Reacts 💯 definitely Taylor is a Queen who knows what’s what. Thank you so much for replying!!! Every time you go through an album I get all my merch and my CD album and just vibe with you guys... ❤️
I've already watched like 5 hours of your videos in two days - I'm having a ton of fun going from casual Swiftie to lover of her music to, now, understanding the context and nuance behind so many of her songs! I have to say that Don't Blame Me is probably in my Top 5 songs from her, but you've made me realize how much I love this album. I can't even *fathom* what the re-recording is going to be like :)))) Thanks so much, I'll be making my way through your videos.
I love this channel so much - I honestly haven’t found people until now who love Taylor Swift as much and I am here for it!! I’m also learning so much more about the albums it’s incredible! I love singing along with you guys when you play the songs 😂☺️
Came from the video about Olivia’s album Sour and now I’m going to watch all of these Taylor Swift album breakdown videos because I really want to get more into her music, thanks for making these videos!!
Loved your reaction to So It Goes. Such an under appreciated song! I especially love the drop after the bridge which happens a beat after the previous 2 choruses. She drops tue beat on fall, as opposed to in pieces.makes it much more unexpected and powerful.
The ONLY way to describe rep is "An album that keeps getting better." Ahhh, so excited you guys love this album as much as I do! I just love that she took this risk and surprised literally everyone with this sound . I also think it's just has some of the most beautiful love songs ever.
3 years later and my heart breaks every time I hear “please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere.” I feel this in my soul.
the most interesting thing for when this album come out was that everyone expected one thing and instead get something else...I till to this days still think that the majority of the critics felt too uncomfortable about the backlash between what they predicted (after listening to her first few singles) and the real deal after listening to the full album, that a lot of them even now talk about how dark and aggressive this album is, when in reality it is really not (it is clearly very much a bombastic album but not as aggressive as people thought it would be thanks to her dropping LWYMMD as the first single)...it is most than anything a love album, because for real the majority of the lyrics are about how much in love she was some of those critics i bet haven't yet digested the idea that TS tricked them sooooooo much, making them talk big games and betting that the album would be very much basic and all about obscure bad feelings, when one just need to listen to the lyrics to understand that it doesn't drown in negativity at all edit because now I watched it all: I love how you end up loving very underrated TS songs...and love the energy you put into this breakdowns LOL it makes me too as excited as you are for the all length of the video Love that you give so many infos, and how you explain so well things to make it more easy to get connections even between albums Can't wait for the revisiting video for folklore, there are so many things that need to be unpacked because that album is FULL of double meanings and what's not also I will give you a big YES, and adding a PLEASE, for the Rep tour video! I watched it too many times to count but I would love to get your insight about it SUPERIOR REACTION!!!!!
Reputation is a SUPERIOR album 🤩 there is so much emotion and meaning wrapped into this album with powerful metaphors. My favourites if I had to choose would have to be Getaway Car, Don’t Blame Me, I Did Something Bad and King of My Heart. They are all incredible though. This album has so much emotion attached to me personally and it brings me back to her Reputation concert (one of the best days of my life!). Once again, amazing Bonny and Emily. xx
I know Emily & Bonny might not see my comment, but THEIR OUTFITS ARE I C O N I C!!!!!! I'm in my REPUTATION era as I rewind Eras Tour videos every time on social media!!!!!! The Reputation act, outfits (especially hers), the LWYMMD music video reference, vocals, and stage presence sent me to HEAVEN!!!!!!
Wow hearing that rep was released in 2017 blew my mind!!! It still feels like yesterday lol I love y’all’s channel, tysm for all your reactions! Evermore is my fave ☺️
“First string” is a saying in American team sports, meant the starting player in a key position-the first-string quarterback, maybe connected to orchestra positions, like who is first violin in the string section.
YES, I LOVE THIS! You girls are genuinely a vibe and I NEED to have a live TS listening party with you. I live in South Brissy so it's possible! Btw, 'First string' is a sporting reference used to describe 'the top player'
ever since i watched your folklore reaction, all i ever wanted was for you to drop this video 😭😭😭 i literally waited desperately bc this is such a legendary, an iconic, a ‘superior’ album like what you always say and to be able to wrap up everything that you know about this album and how it is to be a swiftie, ugh it just made me feel more proud to be one. You just described it all so accurately in a way that people can really understand where we, swifties are all coming from. Thank you for doing this. Thank you for showing the world how SUPERIOR our queen really is. 🤍🤍🤍
Guuys, i feel like with all this taylor content you’re making maybe you can be called to a future secret session!!! Ahhhh imagine that?? I would be soooo happy for you 🤩🤩🤩
This album by far is her best out of all of them. I love the grungy feeling, heavy drums and the mix. Can you please react and provide commentary to all her videos, including the Easter eggs? I'd love to hear your thoughts on all things Taylor Swift. Female here from Australia; loving all your content.
Ladies I am loving your reactions and album breakdowns so much!!!! I am a fan of Taylor’s music and I’ve always tried to enjoy the song for what it is. The way you both explain lyrics and the way Taylor writes and sings about experiences and moments in her life is making me appreciate her so much more than I was. Also the way you are using themes and calling back to other songs is making me think about the meaning of the songs and the albums so much more. Enjoying it immensely!
You both summed up this album perfectly! This is most definitely her darkest, sexiest, most truthful album she produced at the time. I was not a fan of look what you made me do at first, but then ready for it really hyped me up for the album and it did not disappoint!
It’s crazy cause I always think about that album is my favourite and it’s such a HARD decision but reputation is my all time FAV album !! Also seeing her so upset about it being a “flop” on the documentary makes me sob because it deserves so much more
Please do these types of videos for all of Taylor Swift albums. I’d be curious to see what you guys think abt all her albums. Also I love how your doing these breakdowns and not just reactions. I love your thoughts on lyrics and visuals etc...I can’t wait for you to do more!!
you're like the two taylor besties i never had aaaah these videos get me so excited (and makes me realise how much i haven't realised about taylor). simply superior
These videos seriously have open up a whole new world for me in music. I've been really sleeping on music recently - caught up in podcasts and TV shows and books (which all of course have their place), and have been using music as something to put on in the background. Your analysis of Taylor swift's songs and your genuine JOY and EXCITEMENT about the lyrics and moods and melodies are so incredibly inspiring and are bringing music back into my life in a whole new light. THANK YOU!!
About a month ago I found yours and Emily’s TH-cam video reacting to sour. Since then I have watched your Taylor swift break downs, and even a bunch of your vlogs on your other channel. I wanted to reach out and thank you two for helping me rediscover my love for Taylor Swift. I have been going through a lot of things and have really let my love for things die off. This past year has really brought me back into perspective of life. your break down videos and your friendship has help me learn so much about Taylor and her songs which has brought the spark for Taylor back! I still have a few more albums to catch up on but thank you so much! I can’t wait for Red’s breakdown! Also I took first string from end game to be a sport reference. For example in American football your first string is your best players. The ones who you know will help you win the game.
This album. I keep coming back! It’s the album that solidified my connection to Taylors music and it will forever hold a special place in my heart, being the ‘currently’ only tour I have attended’! This album is MY Taylor album…
Honestly the end of New Years Day is so sad after the breakup, "please dont ever become a stranger... hold on to the memories i will hold onto you" jeeeeez
I am currently writing my term paper at university about Miss Americana and the influence of a female director and you guys have been such a great inspiration. Your are not only giving so much great input but you are always putting a smile on my face. (Although I sometimes get sad because I wish I had a friendship like yours).I am listening to Taylor 24/7, watching your videos and the documentary. Thank you so much for your content and positive vibes! Greetings from Germany!
I think that in “Dancing with our hands tied” is more about a scene at a party/bar where the background music will not necessary match the feeling, thoughts or talk between the couple. Good video!!
Hey Gang! Soooo happy this video is up and can't wait to chat with you about it! One of our favourite albums of all time, SO much to discuss!! Let us know below what you wanna see next 🥰
Absolutely loved the video!! 💖💖 And discussing the reputation stadium tour would be the perfect follow up video 😍❤️
reputation stadium tour!!!!!
Fearless please. Or any of her old albums
Ungodly hour album by Chloe×Halle
Top 10 live performances of taylor swift 😊
“Superior” is a word that I have now adopted into my vocabulary because of you guys 😂... take a shot every time they say “superior”
it's a superior word of choice 🤪
Don’t do that you will die 😂
Yeaaah Same for me i find myself sayin superior all the Time recently 😂
Lmaoo same! S u p e r i o r
This channel is so S U P E R I O R ! ! !
I feel like i'm attending TS University watching these videos. so much education. love it
Lmao same
hahahahahaha TS uni - not school... uni 😂🤣- B x
Superior education
So true!
Sameeee xD
You're turning me more and more into a proper Taylor Swift fan and I don't complain
as you should beeeeee🙈it's an unlocking!
Love this!!💛
This is my first year listening to any of her albums. I only heard the radio hits before. So it started with folklore. Then Lover. Now Reputation. Then of course I'll be doing 1989 this week. 😉 You guys are like a crash course. It's so helpful and fun.
Elsa Ananas samedt! Hahahahaha
I’ve always loved taylor swift but i forgot about her for a minute there! I am reminded and i ammm backkk! :p
I NEED to see you guys meet Taylor. Like IMAGINE THAT. That would be INSANE.
WOULD DIEEEEE
@@chatsandreacts imagine 4 years later you actually did 😢❤
Her throat clearing at the beginning of the album!!! She's like, "excuse me! I am about to speak!"
That album opener remains her best.
omg three years later they ranked her album openers!! bonny 100% still agrees😆
About the golden analogy: she explains in the RED album, “There is something to be proud of about moving on and realizing that real love shines golden like starlight, and doesn’t fade away or spontaneously combust. Maybe, I will write a whole album about that kind of love if I ever find it.”
🥺💛
And I’m daylight, “I once believed love could be biting red, but it’s golden” 🥺🥺
@@hudlepie953 burning not biting
@@allieserencio lol spellcheck
awww no way loverrrrrrr
I love that Calvin didn’t get to have a love song from her. He only got ‘I forgot that you existed’ lol
I love love the energy of the both you!! Let’s be friends!!!
Getaway car is about Calvin and Tom both.
@@robertthompson7242 but i think it's more more about tom
I thought I forgot that you existed was about Kanye
@@ilymal835 No. She was dating Calvin Harris. She wanted out. She moved on to Tom Hiddleston immediately after the Met Gala (Bleachella). She did not start with Joe until September, a few months after. Getaway car was about using Hiddleston to leave Harris.
@@robertthompson7242 ok lol
I swear when this album dropped everyone was shook and so many people hated it mainly because they didn’t understand it.
2020: people are realising this album was the most iconic comeback of the century
second after emancipation
Honey I understood it right away people were like what's this and I was like a bad bitch that's what
I became a swiftie about 2 weeks after fearless tv (yes, i was VERY late). I finally listened to her entire discography. Reputation was always the most played for me and it became my #1. I kept asking myself why it's so underrated. I agree with you and I think they a lot of it was not understood because the media portrayed it a certain way. (or at least that's the vibe I get) That it was like a revengeful album meanwhile most of it are love songs.
1. 4:29 ....Ready for it?
2. 9:07 End game
3. 13:58 I did something bad
4. 20:28 Don't blame me
5. 24:30 Delicate
6. 29:47 Look what you made me do
7. 36:09 So it goes...
8. 39:37 Gorgeous
9. 44:18 Getaway car
10. 50:11 King of my heart
11. 54:18 Dancing with our hands tied
12. 1:00:20 Dress
13. 1:05:17 This is why we can't have nice things
14. 1:09:16 Call it what you want
15. 1:14:24 New year's day
thank you 😘
@@chatsandreacts thank YOU for this amazing reaction! Can't wait for more videos!
You the real MVP
Thanks!
Amber is the best thing to ever hallen
I am a 75 yr old Taylor Swift fan and I truly enjoy your reactions to her songs and videos . You are so much fun to watch especially when you sing along with her . So exuberant and happy! Glad to have found you , ladies!
That's so sweet, wishing you all the best Elisa!
Love this!!
noo i don’t wanna ruin the 666 likes
@@ArabicEgyptianKid I totally get that, I can't like a comment if it will ruin a nice round number!
I like how you guys talk about lyrics, stories, production and her backup vocals! It's like I'm listening to the album with friends who know every lyric as I do) And also so it goes and getaway car are treated soooo good on this chanel THANK YOU
aww thank you for listening and caring!! its so fun to be able to talk about our fav things and having people want to watch💛haha two superior songs!
I wish I could have a friend who has the same swiftie energy. Thank you for filling that void at least vicariously through these videos.
I was gonna judge if you girls didn’t do the count in Delicate after intro/pre-chorus lol Thank you Bonny 🙏🏻
I always thought that when Taylor sings ‘if he drops my name, then I owe him nothing and if he spends my change, then he had it coming’ was referring to the fact that he didn’t credit her for writing This Is What You Came For and he’s spending her money from the sales of the song ☺️
oooo potential double meaning on that line then, bc "drops my name" could also mean namedropping her to get something for himself by association with her. I love that wordplay for her, goddamn.
I always thought the 'drop my name' part was for Tom H. He was talking about Taylor in some interviews, and I heard she didn't like that. and the spends my change was referring to something else. But I can see how it works both ways.
3 years late to this video but “first string” is an American football reference!!! It means the starting lineup of players, which is why it makes sense for “End Game” as a sports reference 🤯🤯🤯
and now this makes sense with Travis 🤯
Apparently it comes from bow and arrow days as the first string used …. The archer anyone? 🤔
Oh! I always loosely thought it was an orchestra reference (without any knowledge of orchestras mind you) I was like "Maybe there's a string instrument that is first in the row of string instalments" lol It's funny the conclusions we jump to when we don't have all the knowledge.
Late to the party too. In an orchestra there are usually two sections for violin. First and second string (she actually mentions violin in third track). First string are the better players. They usually have the melody the second has the harmony.
Just in case you guys didn’t know “first string” is an American football term meaning the group of players that play regularly and/or start games for a team. Aka the best players/first choice. I’m figuring since y’all are Australian you might not know.
Yeah... “end game”, “first string” and “A-team” are all sports colloquialisms meaning your “go-to” team/player/play, your best shot, your winning strategy, the one you give the ball to when the game is on the line because they are your sure fire playmaker. So in relationship terminology, she’s saying she wants to be the love of his life, the one he wants to marry, the one he wants to turn to when life is challenging, etc.
yes thank you for this hahah 🥰
First string is also like in an Orchestra, the one who gets melody/ solos etc. It’s SUCH a good lyric because it encompasses so much 😍
Also, Ed had a song, A-Team, released in 2011, before he toured with Taylor for the Red Album. And, if you watch old TV shows, the A-Team was a comedy/action show that was very popular in America in the 1980s. End game is a chess term, the final moves before checkmate. And also, refers back to the first song" Baby, let the games begin". 💜
@@chatsandreacts I’ve been a swiftie since teardrops on my guitar and your videos help me become a deeper fan!
I'm obsessed with this channel already.
I really needed this. an hour and a half talking about the most iconic comeback of all time. thank you!!
The one dislike is from Calvin Harris
The other 2 are from Kim and Kanye 😂
🤣 dead 💀
Hahahahaha who else would dare to dislike this?
Scooter B and Scott B 😂
7 deslikes??? Calvin, Kanye, Kim, Scooter, John, Tom and Jake JUST STOP OK THIS VIDEO IS PERFECT
Literally from folklore reaction I immediately was like, “why am I not best friends with these girls?!!”
when i would do ANYTHING to be friends with you guys, this is such a good vibes video wth
💛🥰❤️
🙌🙌🙌
Honestly I want to have a ts party with you girls!! 😍
CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH 'RED' ALBUM REACTION!!!
working our way down 🤗
Do you mean break down?
@@chatsandreacts SO WE GETTIN 1989 FIRST OMG 😭
EM IS NOT A PERSON. EM IS A MOOD.
I understanddddd - B x
Look what YOU "made" me do:
You've achieved exactly what you've intended to with these videos: so far I've only known Taylor Swift songs in a very shallow way (for i.e.) - liking a song because it has a good pace and is empowering to run to/ hearing it on the radio without actually listening to it (English is a foreign language for me, so I didn't even try to understand all the lyrics in a linguistic way, let alone metaphorically) - your videos have opened this whole new world for me that I would otherwise have missed on! :-) I'm intrigued by everything related to her now and it feels like catching up to be ready for a brand-new, deep and exciting relationship with the artist, her music and artists and music in general.
This fascination you've instilled so far also led me to buy Folklore (Meet Me Behind The Mall Version ✨) and Reputation in Vinyl right after watching the corresponding video of you - yay!
Thank you!! :-)
This comment just gave me LIFE! haha amazing, so glad you are unlocking her, honestly its life changing 🥰
I always thought the line “I bury hatchets/but I keep maps of where I put them” was a nod to her songs- she writes through the pain, the grudges, the joy, the experience of her life and those songs are where she stores those emotions. I am a writer and just love what you said at the end, Bonny- I listen to music in a lyrics-first way and see the music as an enhancement to the lyrics. I’m glad to hear you articulate it in that way and to know there are kindred souls out there. Thanks for this epic analysis! ❤️❤️ great work as always
oooo I love this insight yes! Thank you for sharing lovely 🥰- B x
My top 5 on rep aka SUPERIOR tracks:
1. Getaway Car
2. Delicate
3. Don’t Blame me
4. Dress
5. King of my Heart
I love the respect for dress 👌 It's my favorite song on the album
King of my heart, call it what you want and delicate as a holy trinity, life changing
oh oh, you are speaking my language! B x
All I can say is TASTE
They’re my top 3 on rep
And getaway car too
GETAWAY CAR IS SUPERIOR
@@vedika3991 yes omg, top 4 for sure
SAAAAAMMMEEEE!!!
Always liked Taylor's songs but never really understood the meaning behind them, these videos you've been doing have completely unlocked all her music for me - just respect and admire her so much now knowing the meaning behind the songs. Damn. Pls continue with these videos! Would love a breakdown of 1989 and any of Fleetwood Mac's music !! Love you guys
“First string” in sports means the ones that are the starting players because they’re the best!! So I think she means she wants to be the first choice to him :)
also, I just found you guys a couple days ago and have been binge watching all of your videos!! ‘Superior’ is now part of my vocab for sure 😂💜
How Bonny’s hair stayed so perfect w all that vibing is a mystery lol
Honestly I’m not ready for the re-recording of reputation. And I just started listening to it this year, the singles really put me off back in the day and now I’m sad I missed the original rep era. Rep re-recordings will be a whole mood.
my girls were in high school and we listened to this album on the drive to/from school for months, I can still remember the first time we heard TIWWCHNThings. SO much fun! loud singing in the car and for us girls, great memories are embedded in this album.
My exact situation but a year later 😭
Oh my goodness!! I’m rewatching this and your comment about her referencing “gold” in this album just makes me think of her new gold REP eras tour outfit!!!
You guys literally just started this channel and I’m already obsessed with you two!! Feels like talking to a friend. Such a cozy, warm, safe, yet chaotic moment! and ofcourse we’ll be interested to see the rep tour but also just all of her tours, miss americana, everything!! I don’t have friends who are obsessed with Taylor and care about her lyrics as much as I do. And you guys are filling that void in my life. So thank you!!
And can I just say Emily in some angles actually look like the superior friend Martha Hunt??
And yes I use superior cause I wanna be part of this gang 😂
Thank you so much!! Love that you are loving the vids and we ALWAYS want more Taylor friends in this community!!! 😍 Hahahaha I have been asked before if I am related to Martha (same surname) unfortunately not but SUPERIOR FRIEND to be compared to!!! - Em
A little Storytime for you : so when I was 14 I really loved taylor , I liked all of her albums . But when rep came out I was not obsessed with her music anymore and the first time I heard look what you made me do I didn't understand the meaning of it, simply because I didn't know what was going on, the telephone call thing ecc. ( also I ' m not English, I don't understand every single word perfectly )
I actually became sad when I heard that"the old Taylor is dead" I was like :" why is this happening? " but then, after Lover came out my Taylor swift obsession raise again and I decided to listen to reputation ... now I just feel so proud of her ♥️I love her even more then before
this is so cute
i also really slept on rep at first i hadn’t even heard it in depth / properly and when i did i was like WHERE HAVE I BEEN I HATE ME but the sauce was always there xooxxo
iconic album
same girl!
As someone who has watched Bonnie’s channel for years, I totally see a parallel between Taylor’s rebirth with Reputation and how Bonnie has had to transform her channel since announcing she wasn’t vegan anymore. I admire the strength in Taylor and Bonnie, and any other woman who has had to deal with public backlash, and people who have never met you trying to take you down and say you’re something that your not. I’m so happy to see both Taylor and Bonnie thriving and making the best content they’ve ever made in spite of all the noise. Lesson learned: when someone tries to take you down and ruin you, rise from the ashes stronger, braver, and more true to yourself.
omg woah this made me emotional... This album got me through that whole period of my life to be honest. Thank you so much for the support now and then ❤️- B
Chats and Reacts I agree with this so much. I also had to stop being vegan when my health seriously deteriorated after 6.5 years. You are AWESOME and don’t deserve any of the crap you got for doing what was right for you and your health.
I had no idea. I followed a vegan diet for a few years myself, but could not continue it fir my own health purposes. There is a humane way of eating meat, just a bit pricier.
What is Bonnie’s TH-cam channel name?
@@karensokol7081 bonnie Rebecca
Reputation truly is such a grower. The first time that I listened to the album, I'm gonna be honest with you, I didn't like any of the songs. But, given time, the more I listened to it, the more I understood and started to appreciate what she did with this. Nowadays, this album is easily in my top 3 of hers and is on constant repeat.
Completely agree!! Was so confused the first time I listened and now it’s a favourite!!! - Em
You said it just like I felt about the album.now its one of the best albums I've ever heard!Love it!
@@chatsandreacts same! 💯🥰
Can i just say, I LOVE how much you guys appreciate all the backing vocals and melody changes!! Such an underrated incredible part of the production of so many of T's songs! Iconic!
I also just wanted to acknowledge that Taylor went from "please don't be in love with someone else, please don't have somebody waiting on you" to "please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I can recognize anywhere" and I just think it fits when you sing them
Oh I didn’t know the Elizabeth Taylor fact. So cool! I’m enjoying this so much already. I love you guys ♥️
I love how swifties know EVERYTHING about EVERY single lyric of ANY album and we can live the moment like if it was the first time. We are the “superior” fandom!
Watching this made me see connections between some of these songs and in her other albums. Like in "Call It What You Want" she said "windows boarded up after the storm" reminded me of "I look through windows of this love even though we boarded them up" in Death by a Thousand Cuts. And then "he built a fire just to keep me warm" reminded me of the cardigan mv opening "scene".And then in NYD the whole "I'll be there if you're the toast of the town babe, or if you strike out and you're crawling home" reminded me of "I'd be right there front row, even if nobody came to your show" from I Forgot that You Existed; like she would've done the same for her other relationships, but it was never reciprocated/appreciated until she found Joe. I love that your videos actually give me a chance to reprocess her music instead of just going into autopilot after learning all the lyrics.
loveee this~ thanks for sharing 🥰
I love all these connections you brought up! Taylor loves a good theme and metaphor. I felt the same thing, watching this helps me see way more similarities between albums. When she says “he built a fire just to keep me warm” in Call it what you want also makes me think of in Peace where she says to him “I’m a fire and I’ll keep your brittle heart warm”. That line (and the whole song) really seems to validate your point that she really wants to be equals in this relationship and reciprocate all he has done for her! 😍 Seems like taylor loves putting “strings” throughout her lyrics in different songs that tie them together! Lol
To me, "I did something bad" was a continuation of "Blank Space". I love both, i feel they have the same vibe.
This channel is SUPERIOR.
Weirdly, I've been listening to REP alongside Folklore when I'm looking for more high energy hits. :)
two perfect albums
How much has changed.. here 3 years later love re watching your videos ❤ especially thinking that Taylor has possibly seen this..also this version of you guys had no clue you would be getting hand written notes from Taylor in the future…love that for these girls
I will never get over the first 4 tracks of this album. They are superior like how even???? I'm deceased
SAMEEEEEEEEEEEEE HOW DARE SHE, DECEASED - Em
Them talking about King of my Heart: I don’t feel like people love it
Me:...SUPERIOR SONG
YAS riseeeeeee up!!
watching this in 2024 waiting for Taylor's version to come out is crazy! my favorite album ever 🖤
I’ve been thinking do you think New Year’s Day could be about the fans? Like truly she wants our midnights, she doesn’t want us to be strangers, hold on to the memories we have all made as they will still be here? Idk was just a thought
She used to think love was burning red which she sings in the song red “but loving him was red, burning red” but then in daylight she sings “I once believed love would be (burnin' red)
But it's golden” ❤️❤️
Can’t wait for all the other albums especially Red and Speak Now.. SUPERIOR...
OH overwhelmingly superior!!!!!
Chats and Reacts 💯 definitely Taylor is a Queen who knows what’s what. Thank you so much for replying!!! Every time you go through an album I get all my merch and my CD album and just vibe with you guys... ❤️
If you think “oh should we react to this Taylor Swift thing?” Just say yes! Hahaha love your reactions I wanna be your friends
I've already watched like 5 hours of your videos in two days - I'm having a ton of fun going from casual Swiftie to lover of her music to, now, understanding the context and nuance behind so many of her songs! I have to say that Don't Blame Me is probably in my Top 5 songs from her, but you've made me realize how much I love this album. I can't even *fathom* what the re-recording is going to be like :)))) Thanks so much, I'll be making my way through your videos.
I love this channel so much - I honestly haven’t found people until now who love Taylor Swift as much and I am here for it!! I’m also learning so much more about the albums it’s incredible! I love singing along with you guys when you play the songs 😂☺️
amazing, thank you so much 😭💛
i don’t know how i’ve only just found this channel, but you two might be my new favorite swifties 💘
I need you guys to make a "our favorite songs/bands/singers/albums" video.
110% necessary.
I always interpret the “and if he expends my change” to Calvin Harris since he was getting profit of her song This Is What You Came For.
Yeah and he literally dropped her name from the credits of the song
Came from the video about Olivia’s album Sour and now I’m going to watch all of these Taylor Swift album breakdown videos because I really want to get more into her music, thanks for making these videos!!
This felt like we were hanging out chillin' and listening to Taylor with a bunch of friends. Love this!
Loved your reaction to So It Goes. Such an under appreciated song! I especially love the drop after the bridge which happens a beat after the previous 2 choruses. She drops tue beat on fall, as opposed to in pieces.makes it much more unexpected and powerful.
The ONLY way to describe rep is "An album that keeps getting better." Ahhh, so excited you guys love this album as much as I do! I just love that she took this risk and surprised literally everyone with this sound . I also think it's just has some of the most beautiful love songs ever.
3 years later and my heart breaks every time I hear “please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere.” I feel this in my soul.
the most interesting thing for when this album come out was that everyone expected one thing and instead get something else...I till to this days still think that the majority of the critics felt too uncomfortable about the backlash between what they predicted (after listening to her first few singles) and the real deal after listening to the full album, that a lot of them even now talk about how dark and aggressive this album is, when in reality it is really not (it is clearly very much a bombastic album but not as aggressive as people thought it would be thanks to her dropping LWYMMD as the first single)...it is most than anything a love album, because for real the majority of the lyrics are about how much in love she was
some of those critics i bet haven't yet digested the idea that TS tricked them sooooooo much, making them talk big games and betting that the album would be very much basic and all about obscure bad feelings, when one just need to listen to the lyrics to understand that it doesn't drown in negativity at all
edit because now I watched it all:
I love how you end up loving very underrated TS songs...and love the energy you put into this breakdowns LOL it makes me too as excited as you are for the all length of the video
Love that you give so many infos, and how you explain so well things to make it more easy to get connections even between albums
Can't wait for the revisiting video for folklore, there are so many things that need to be unpacked because that album is FULL of double meanings and what's not
also I will give you a big YES, and adding a PLEASE, for the Rep tour video! I watched it too many times to count but I would love to get your insight about it
SUPERIOR REACTION!!!!!
I’m dead with the video of Taylor holding the banana and saying “this is not the one that I wanted” 💀💀💀 amazing video guys! It was ✨ superior ✨
Reputation is a SUPERIOR album 🤩 there is so much emotion and meaning wrapped into this album with powerful metaphors. My favourites if I had to choose would have to be Getaway Car, Don’t Blame Me, I Did Something Bad and King of My Heart. They are all incredible though. This album has so much emotion attached to me personally and it brings me back to her Reputation concert (one of the best days of my life!). Once again, amazing Bonny and Emily. xx
Oh i agree seeing this tour was one of the best days of my life! 💛
You guys are great together! You both give off such a great and friendly vibe!
I love the second, soft "We're both sorry". Like she is sincerely apologizing to Tom here.
I know Emily & Bonny might not see my comment, but THEIR OUTFITS ARE I C O N I C!!!!!! I'm in my REPUTATION era as I rewind Eras Tour videos every time on social media!!!!!! The Reputation act, outfits (especially hers), the LWYMMD music video reference, vocals, and stage presence sent me to HEAVEN!!!!!!
Wow hearing that rep was released in 2017 blew my mind!!! It still feels like yesterday lol I love y’all’s channel, tysm for all your reactions! Evermore is my fave ☺️
Oh an absolutely life changing album to say the least, this channel is everything I have ever needed wow I love this community 🐍🖤
aw thank you!! 💖
“First string” is a saying in American team sports, meant the starting player in a key position-the first-string quarterback, maybe connected to orchestra positions, like who is first violin in the string section.
YES, I LOVE THIS! You girls are genuinely a vibe and I NEED to have a live TS listening party with you. I live in South Brissy so it's possible!
Btw, 'First string' is a sporting reference used to describe 'the top player'
ever since i watched your folklore reaction, all i ever wanted was for you to drop this video 😭😭😭 i literally waited desperately bc this is such a legendary, an iconic, a ‘superior’ album like what you always say and to be able to wrap up everything that you know about this album and how it is to be a swiftie, ugh it just made me feel more proud to be one. You just described it all so accurately in a way that people can really understand where we, swifties are all coming from. Thank you for doing this. Thank you for showing the world how SUPERIOR our queen really is. 🤍🤍🤍
Guuys, i feel like with all this taylor content you’re making maybe you can be called to a future secret session!!! Ahhhh imagine that?? I would be soooo happy for you 🤩🤩🤩
We would dieeeee OMG 😭 a DREAM - Em
You girls need to do a video ranking all of Taylor's songs. Like in a tear list kind of ranking 👌🏻
that will be the hardest thing we have ever down but you guys we will have too 🥰
Or ranking live performances instead!
This album by far is her best out of all of them. I love the grungy feeling, heavy drums and the mix. Can you please react and provide commentary to all her videos, including the Easter eggs? I'd love to hear your thoughts on all things Taylor Swift. Female here from Australia; loving all your content.
Yes yes!! Theres so much that can be done with ts content 😍😍
Ladies I am loving your reactions and album breakdowns so much!!!! I am a fan of Taylor’s music and I’ve always tried to enjoy the song for what it is. The way you both explain lyrics and the way Taylor writes and sings about experiences and moments in her life is making me appreciate her so much more than I was. Also the way you are using themes and calling back to other songs is making me think about the meaning of the songs and the albums so much more. Enjoying it immensely!
i absolutely love these videos bc i feel like i’m listening to my fav albums with friends it’s so fun
You both summed up this album perfectly! This is most definitely her darkest, sexiest, most truthful album she produced at the time. I was not a fan of look what you made me do at first, but then ready for it really hyped me up for the album and it did not disappoint!
Just gets better with time 🙏
Watching you two is a HOOT! Love your energy and enthusiasm. It's impossible not to sing and smile along with you! Keep up the good work, ladies!
Why is nobody mentioning the perfectly subtle 1,2,3 let's go bitch moment! it has become a part of the song now!!!
Literally obsessed. I fee like I need friends that appreciate THE Taylor Swift as much as you both do. ❤️
First string is a sports analogy. Basically means I want to be “your most important” person
Can we please talk about Emily’s TIE AND DYE REP T-SHIRT!! Did you make it yourself or did you buy it on tour? 😍
She got it on etsy 🧡
It’s crazy cause I always think about that album is my favourite and it’s such a HARD decision but reputation is my all time FAV album !! Also seeing her so upset about it being a “flop” on the documentary makes me sob because it deserves so much more
Please do these types of videos for all of Taylor Swift albums. I’d be curious to see what you guys think abt all her albums.
Also I love how your doing these breakdowns and not just reactions. I love your thoughts on lyrics and visuals etc...I can’t wait for you to do more!!
you're like the two taylor besties i never had
aaaah these videos get me so excited (and makes me realise how much i haven't realised about taylor). simply superior
omg i can’t wait to watch this video! you guys are the sweetest people ever i LOVE your videos 💜
Thank you that's so sweet!!! 🥰
These videos seriously have open up a whole new world for me in music. I've been really sleeping on music recently - caught up in podcasts and TV shows and books (which all of course have their place), and have been using music as something to put on in the background. Your analysis of Taylor swift's songs and your genuine JOY and EXCITEMENT about the lyrics and moods and melodies are so incredibly inspiring and are bringing music back into my life in a whole new light. THANK YOU!!
King of my Heart is my number one also. Superior song PERIODT
yes respect! 🤪
King of my Heart, Don't Blame Me and So It Goes... are my Holy Trinity of reputation
About a month ago I found yours and Emily’s TH-cam video reacting to sour. Since then I have watched your Taylor swift break downs, and even a bunch of your vlogs on your other channel. I wanted to reach out and thank you two for helping me rediscover my love for Taylor Swift. I have been going through a lot of things and have really let my love for things die off. This past year has really brought me back into perspective of life. your break down videos and your friendship has help me learn so much about Taylor and her songs which has brought the spark for Taylor back! I still have a few more albums to catch up on but thank you so much! I can’t wait for Red’s breakdown!
Also I took first string from end game to be a sport reference. For example in American football your first string is your best players. The ones who you know will help you win the game.
This album. I keep coming back! It’s the album that solidified my connection to Taylors music and it will forever hold a special place in my heart, being the ‘currently’ only tour I have attended’! This album is MY Taylor album…
Honestly the end of New Years Day is so sad after the breakup, "please dont ever become a stranger... hold on to the memories i will hold onto you" jeeeeez
I’m so glad I found the rep crew over here. rep is my favorite album as well!
this is so much fun to watch, it feels like im just jamming and obsessing over taylor with two friends.
I’m just waiting for Reputation TV & the updated analysis now that it’ll be released in (hopefully early!) 2024.
the vault songs on this album are gonna be epic.
The Kim K & Kanye thing has aged so well - all that Karma
I am currently writing my term paper at university about Miss Americana and the influence of a female director and you guys have been such a great inspiration. Your are not only giving so much great input but you are always putting a smile on my face. (Although I sometimes get sad because I wish I had a friendship like yours).I am listening to Taylor 24/7, watching your videos and the documentary. Thank you so much for your content and positive vibes!
Greetings from Germany!
Please do the reputation stadium tour reaction , it is the best tour ever and I don't know how much things I'm missing in it
I think that in “Dancing with our hands tied” is more about a scene at a party/bar where the background music will not necessary match the feeling, thoughts or talk between the couple. Good video!!
Also heard someone say that its like dancing but not being able to do anything because you have other commitments
Take a shot everytime they say "superior" lol 😂
That would be a great drinking game 😂
You’d get drunk very fast 😂 - Em
Chats and Reacts 😂😂