-TIMESTAMPS- 0:49 Holy Ground 4:44 Sad Beautiful Tragic 10:57 The Lucky One 17:51 Everything Has Changed 23:08 Starlight 27:33 Begin Again 33:56 The Moment I Knew 42:16 Come Back... Be Here 47:34 Girl At Home 53:59 State Of Grace (Acoustic) 59:45 Ronan
About Ronan, Maya and Taylor never got together to write the song. Taylor got in contact with Maya to ask for permission to write a song about Ronan, and gave all the proceeds from the song to Cancer research. Once the song was finished Taylor decided to give Maya writing credits because she took lots of things from Maya's blog.
Haven’t listened to Ronan in literal YEARS. It was hard to listen to back when it came out but now I’ve got a son of my own, who turns 2 in march, and the song hit me to my core. And I’ve always loved when a song hits me emotionally and I can cry to it, but listening to Ronan is something completely different. Even though it is a very beautiful song, I don’t think I will listen to it ever again.
there aren't many things in life that give me joy quite like when Jim does that side smile when he closes his eyes when something happens in a song 😂 I love that
In case you didn't know Begin Again ends the standard version of Red and State of Grace Acoustic ends the deluxe version. Ronan was originally a single put out during the Red era but it was put on Red TV. Also her songs for the Hunger Games soundtrack, Safe and Sound and Eyes Open, are considered part of the Red era so you can react to those if you want!
After the Stay Stay Stay slander I was so ready to hear Starlight and Girl at Home being dunked on. Resigned to it. But no. I'm THRILLED thank you for appreciating those songs. That vivid picture you have of Girl at Home is EXACTLY why I like the song and EXACTLY why I think the production change was so good.
Part of me thinks that Taylor was even more eager for Jake to come to her 21st birthday because she yearned to be seen as an adult by him. She references frequently in Red how he implied that if she was closer to his age, that he would've taken the relationship more seriously (despite knowing her age when they started dating).
I agree. I also think he didn’t want to be seen with a bunch or 20/21 year olds at a birthday party. I just wish he hadn’t told her he’d be there. It’s crazy to me that he didn’t even tell her ahead of time he wasn’t gonna show up bc then at least she could have had a better time not staring at the door all night. Heartbreaking.
I really feel like it was one of those things where...yeah her birthday party was monumental but it's like the straw that broke the camels back. It's the moment she knew that this wouldn't work out. The fact that he promised and probably knew how much it meant but still didn't bother to show up made her reflect on the entire relationship.
Holy ground always leaves me reflective because I always remember her singing at the f1 event in 2016 when the whole world was already canceling her and this performance always makes me emotional because it seems like she was trying to absorb everything because she knew that maybe that would be the last show she would do in her life (and she also added some rock and the music was even better)
You're probably my favorite taylor reactor becuase you listen to the full song and not chop it off or cut the song at a weird moment. I also love your feedback and thoughts and insights on each song. It really puts it into perspective. This is also my 2nd favorite taylor album behind 1989 because of the amazing and beautifully crafted songs. I can't wait for the vault tracks reaction!
TS said in an interview in 2013 that Sad Beautiful Tragic is abt her parents marriage and then divorce. They got divorced in 2011 but kept co-parenting her and her brother Austin. She said that although it was beautiful while it lasted, it was not meant to be as a marriage. The only time she performed the song at the RED tour she said "This is a song that I wrote about how just because something is over doesn't mean it wasn't incredibly beautiful. Cause another lesson I've learned is that not all stories have a happy ending and you have to learn how to deal with that. This is a song about a story that didn't end so happily, but it was still supposed to happen."
Girl at Home was a last minute addition to the deluxe version of the original album. It was originally very minimal and acoustic as far as production goes. It’s the only Taylor’s Version so far to have that kind of a “glow up” so to speak. That’s probably why you feel like that song was just randomly dropped onto the album lol
Kinda agree with the other commenters as someone who was one of the few people who really enjoyed the original I honestly don’t think it’s a glow up and personally never listen to it cause I feel like the production is kinda out of place both for the narrative of the story and the album in general. Of course I’m not really a fan of Elvira’s production on any of the Taylor songs she’s worked on so maybe it’s just a me thing lol
Didn't Taylor say somewhere that the TV production is closer to what she had always wanted, but her label made her do it the original way to hit their "country music" quota? I swear I read that somewhere
“ come back…be here” is one of my fav songs from her because of her delivery. Her tone. I love how she sings come back , be here in two different tones. It goes high and low and it just sounds so perfect. So beautiful.
“Ronan” breaks me every single time. I start sobbing by the start of the second verse and can’t stop until well after it ends. But I think I needed that cry tonight. I’ll have to check out your other reactions!
In old releases, Taylor would include hidden messages in her physical copies and would hint to the meaning or inspiration. Here are mine and some fan theories 11. "Holy Ground" ~ Secret Message- “When you came to the show in SD” Holy ground is as a song is Taylor look in back and reminiscing on her relationship with ex Joe Jonas after the anger has faded and she can think how good the good times were. This is one of the big fan favourites 12. "Sad Beautiful Tragic" ~Secret Message- “While you were on a train” Taylor wrote this on the bus during her Speak Now tour reflecting back on a relationship (Taylor confirmed) and is speculated to be about Taylor Lautner. She admits to being the one in fault of the relationship ending in Back to December so the line “you’ve got your demons and darling they all look like me” makes fans speculate but was never confirmed. 13. "The Lucky One" ~ “Wouldn’t you like to know” The secret message seems to be referring to the fact that the subject of the song wanted out. It has been rumoured that she might be referring to Juni Mitchell and or Kim Wilde and Taylor relates her life to theirs in the last verse. 14. "Everything Has Changed feat. Ed Sheeran" ~Secret Message- “Hy annis Port” This song is highly speculated to be about her relationship with Connor Kennedy but can also be about her friendship with featured singer Ed Sheeran. Fun face, the two singers wrote either this or their vault song on Taylor’s trampoline. 15. "Starlight" ~Secret Message- “For Ethel” As the secret message says, this is a song written for Ethel Kennedy inspired by a picture of Ethel and Bobby Kennedy. She wrote it and played it for Ethel before her relationship with their grandsons Connor Kennedy. 16. "Begin Again" ~Secret Message- “I wear heels now”Merely as song about starting over after being stuck in a toxic relationship and finding hope again. Another song likely about the start of her relationship with Connor after getting out of the relationship with Jake. (End of standard) 17. "The Moment I Knew" ~ No secret message but clearly referring to Jake missing her 21st without communicating he had an audition and would not make it. 18. "Come Back...Be Here" ~)•No secret message but a song about feeling a fast connection with someone but having to deal with the long distance. Likely about Harry Styles and they both being constantly not in the same place because of their stardom. 19. "Girl at Home" ~No secret message just a song talking about some unnamed scum at either a Party or club which the beat and production resembles something you’d hear at either. Basically, don’t cheat. 20. "State of Grace Acoustic Version" ~a pretty version of earlier opening song. Taylor did say that this song can be both an opener or a closer because as a song it bookends what this album is about. It also closes the Deluxe Edition of the original release. 21. "Ronan" ~Song devoted to a family that lost their 3 year old to cancer named Ronan that Taylor wrote based off the blog Miya (Roman’s mother) wrote and Taylor ended up giving her writing credits for how much she took from her blog. All proceeds from the song went towards fighting childhood cancer. It is one of the only songs she will not play live other than one fundraising concert for the charity.
I got married back in September, and I had my bridesmaids walk down the aisle to Begin Again, while i walked down to Everything Has Changed. He and I both met in 2012, when we were in 6th grade, when this was the most recent album ❤
cruel summer, afterglow, the archer, you need to calm down, i forgot that you existed, the man, soon you’ll get better, and death by a thousand cuts would like a word with you…
@@imawakemymindisalive13 DBATC is Hella romantic what do you mean. She's like "In suffering through the casual part of the relationship, madly in love and wanting more". Same with Cruel Summer. It's a Friend's with Benefits thing where she's madly in love and pining but has to pretend not to be for the sake of keeping him. It's like the song before delicate.
Your analysis of The Moment I Knew was spot on, you hit the story right on the head. That song I personally think is more devastating than All Too Well and is absolutely underrated.
you are literally one of, if not, the best reactor I've ever watched. At the end of every song, you critique them as if it was on Metacritic or something which I really appreciate.
“ the moment I knew” is probably one of her saddest songs in my opinion. It breaks my heart listening to it. What happened to her, the instrumental and her voice.
Great reaction; I always really appreciate your thoughts and how articulate you are. Thank you. In case no one in the comments has already mentioned it, there's a piano version of Holy Ground that Taylor recorded in the BBC Live Lounge in 2019 (she also covered Can't Stop Loving You by Phil Collins in the same set!) and it's very different to the album version you've heard here. I highly recommend you give it a listen; it's all on TH-cam. The original (aka stolen) version of Girl at Home is also really different to the Taylor's Version. And Ed Sheeran pops up a bit on various Taylor tracks because they're really good friends and their voices harmonise so well -- when you do the music video for Everything Has Changed, be sure to follow it up with the music video for The Joker and The Queen, which is an Ed Sheeran feat. Taylor Swift track from 2022 -- the music video stars the same actors, just years later. The camera work is also very clever when comparing the two videos. Thanks again! :) ETA: My favourite track on RED is Begin Again.
The Lucky One is about Joni Mitchell and how Taylor understands what she went through as she's now in the spotlight and the media has smeared her and trashes her... you're right that it parallels Taylor up until the point of Joni taking the money and running.
it's so funny cause the original "girl at home" from 2012 didn't sound like that AT ALL. I wonder if this was some kind of demo or something because it's so different
I can't tell you how excited I got when I saw this video pop up. This is the album that made me a Swiftie and it will always hold a very special place for me in her discography. I still think it is one of her best albums. I love how you point out specific instruments that you hear. I am SUCH a lyrics person that sometimes that stuff can pass me by. I appreciate getting to pay attention to that aspect of the song. Your story of 'A Girl at Home' had me laughing. I know I've been in that situation where i look at a friend and go 'What are you DOING??' 😂 I don't know who that song is about, but im wondering if maybe that sound is similar to the music they were putting out at the time? It sonically seems so out of left field that i thought maybe it has some significance 🤷♀️ Thanks for another thoughtful and entertaining reaction!
I watch a lot of Taylor swift reactions and I have to say, your format is very unique and I love it! I love the concise reviews of each song. I'm hooked 😊
Starlight comes from the time when she was dating a Kennedy for about 5 minutes and was spending a lot of time talking to Ethel Kennedy. And she basically wrote Starlight about stories Ethel would tell her about how she and Bobby met and courted.
Ha. Even as a swiftie I try to forget about that moment in time haha. It was awkward. We can all admit that was an awkward moment for all of us. She was 22 and he was 17. It's ok to level a wtf at her when wtf is warranted. But upon reflection... I feel like maybe the errrr regression was maybe like a feeling of them being safe. 17 year old boys are usually not great at masking their actual feelings. So maybe after the issues she had with older men being total creeps, he felt like a non harmful option?
"They go, "Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?" And they say She's so lucky, she's a star." But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking If there's nothing missing in my life Then why do these tears come at night?" Making this connection with him bringing up California with names being up in lights (in my head I always thought NYC) and now I can't get Lucky out of my head.
I’m so glad you loved Red so much. The album gets 💩 on because it’s all over the place but I love it. Songs for every vibe. And I don’t blame you one bit for not being able to dissect Ronan. I ugly cry every time I hear it.
The first time I heard State of Grace, I adored it. The first time I heard her acoustic version, I had your reaction. It's everything in an already magnificently written song.
oh i’m EARLY. Sad Beautiful Tragic was one of my surprise songs!! Come Back…Be Here is my hidden gem of the album and my fave song on the entire project. It’s just SO GOOD
The moment I knew is my favorite from the album. It's sad, tragic and heart wrenching. There are some song of Taylor that couldn't listen like Ronan, you're losing me, soon you'll get better those songs are very sad and depressing and with my own mental health issues I just can't listen to those particular songs.
Hi Jim, you probably know by now but i think in case you don't, that knowing that Begin Again its the end of standard original album. I think the fact that the whole album it's an expression of screaming about love, and how she almost lost faith in love, but in the end she understands that she can love again it's what makes that song a really healing safe spot, and not only in the love aspect but just the grieving.
So taylor completely changed the production for girl at home tv. Personally I prefer the stolen version 😳 it's more country sounding. You should take a listen to see how different they are! They seem like completely different songs
Ronan impact You ...like all of us......if those haters ever heard that song...and still hate.....are worst than animals..without a ❤ That's the saddest song ever Written !!!
Seeing you grin and grimace both in "The Moment I knew" makes my heart swell. You get the meaning, the emotion, and the special gift Taylor has for expressing emotion and telling a story.
Most of the time (nearly always) "All Too Well" is considered the epitome of Taylor's songwriting. I kind of agreed before the 10 minutes version was released and I kind of agree now, because honestly, she has MANY extremely well written songs. And it's obvious that is one of the ultimate breakup songs ever. But: You said it yourself, "Sad Beautiful Tragic" IS poetry. And a breakup song that shatters me every single time I listen to it. The only other songs with that power is Trembling Blue Stars' "Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise."
Man i can't wait till you react to the music videos from the red album and then the reaction to 1989 album Great video jim, i cant wait until the next one 🤗🙃
12 years later, and Taylor still hasnt left the spotlight even though she thinks the protagonist got it right to leave😂 I mean im grateful to still have her. But its curious
When they released the lyric video for Ronan, I remember, I can't go outside because of my eyes being so red and puffy. I never watched it again, even listening to it is so hard.💔😭
the original girl at home has a different production... if you want to have a listen, you could (you don't need to react to it) [to the swifties who'll bash me because i said this, tone it down lmao... we all started listening to the "stolen" before the rerecorded. it won't hurt if it means comparing]
It was a good thing you didn't watch the video that had clips of Ronan and his older twin brothers. Two years later Mya Thompson gave birth to a girl, named Poppy Ronan Thompson.
girl at home might literally be the O N L Y Taylor Swift song I hate lol, I hated the stolen version, hate the new one the same. Red is my absolute favorite album, though ❤
i like girl at home more than stay stay stay tbh. like stay stay stay is only tolerable if you have someone who has stay stay stayed with you instead of leave leave leaving you to cry alone. if the whole song was as good as the “i see you turn off your phone and now you’ve got me alone” id like it more. that line is the only reason i listen 😂. but stay stay stay has no saving grace for me cuz im in my heartbroken era. i also always think its a spotify ad 💀💀
So, I’m not sure how you make up your mind on how to do reactions… but seeing that you’re so interested into the music itself, it’d be interesting to see your reactions to Preachers Daughter by Ethel Cain… I have a VERY special place in my heart for the music alone.. although the story and the main plots of the album are extremely hard for me to listen to because it goes completely against my faith. But her voice is extraordinary and the music has moved me in a way that it never has before. Please keep this album in mind. Thanks!
For sure a little bloated as an album and not really sonically cohesive. A point even Taylor has made about her older albums. It was a huge transition album though into more clearly pop. And that ... growing pain... if you will is kind of awesome in the same way awkward moments where you're trying to transition to adulthood can have its hit or miss moments.
it’s not sonically cohesive, yet peoples’ complaint is all her music sounds the same 💀💀💀💀💀💀😭😭💀😭😭. also why does it have to be sonically cohesive? my brain isn’t sonically cohesive.
@@imawakemymindisalive13 I think the only people who say her music all sounds the same are people who've never heard her music or have heard two seconds on the radio and then changed the channel for no reason other than spite. Taylor herself has said that her albums up through Red were not sonically cohesive... as in song to song--there was a lot of variance around whether something could be classified as country, pop, whatever. Generally you do as an artist want a sonically cohesive album. Has nothing to do with the songs sounding the same and more to do with a listening experience for the album as a whole body of work. She has, since Red, said herself she's worked hard to produce something more cohesive for each record. Each record is different album to album. But within each album there's a much stronger sense of self if you will... the album knows what it wants to be.
Don't worry. We were all gagged too as soon as we press play on Girl At Home (TV) cause tbe original version had a country pop sound. This one's straight up EDM. But we're not complaining though. 😂
About Starlight: TS saw a picture of the late Senator Bobby Kennedy and his wife (then girlfriend ) Ethel Kennedy at a school dance and she was inspired by it and wrote the song. When Rory Kennedy found out, she invited TS to meet her and her mother Ethel.
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-TIMESTAMPS-
0:49 Holy Ground
4:44 Sad Beautiful Tragic
10:57 The Lucky One
17:51 Everything Has Changed
23:08 Starlight
27:33 Begin Again
33:56 The Moment I Knew
42:16 Come Back... Be Here
47:34 Girl At Home
53:59 State Of Grace (Acoustic)
59:45 Ronan
thabk you for thiss!!!
About Ronan, Maya and Taylor never got together to write the song. Taylor got in contact with Maya to ask for permission to write a song about Ronan, and gave all the proceeds from the song to Cancer research. Once the song was finished Taylor decided to give Maya writing credits because she took lots of things from Maya's blog.
Haven’t listened to Ronan in literal YEARS. It was hard to listen to back when it came out but now I’ve got a son of my own, who turns 2 in march, and the song hit me to my core. And I’ve always loved when a song hits me emotionally and I can cry to it, but listening to Ronan is something completely different. Even though it is a very beautiful song, I don’t think I will listen to it ever again.
the lyric video with all of his pictures perfectly matching the lyrics hits even harder like its impossible not to cry
I love your rants about Girl At Home lol. Yes it makes no sense for me too. To me, Girl At Home (2012) is better than the Taylor's Version.
there aren't many things in life that give me joy quite like when Jim does that side smile when he closes his eyes when something happens in a song 😂 I love that
In case you didn't know Begin Again ends the standard version of Red and State of Grace Acoustic ends the deluxe version. Ronan was originally a single put out during the Red era but it was put on Red TV. Also her songs for the Hunger Games soundtrack, Safe and Sound and Eyes Open, are considered part of the Red era so you can react to those if you want!
Ronan is such a beautiful song but I can't put it on a playlist because I just end up crying throughout the whole thing 😭
After the Stay Stay Stay slander I was so ready to hear Starlight and Girl at Home being dunked on. Resigned to it. But no. I'm THRILLED thank you for appreciating those songs. That vivid picture you have of Girl at Home is EXACTLY why I like the song and EXACTLY why I think the production change was so good.
Starlight is very good
Part of me thinks that Taylor was even more eager for Jake to come to her 21st birthday because she yearned to be seen as an adult by him. She references frequently in Red how he implied that if she was closer to his age, that he would've taken the relationship more seriously (despite knowing her age when they started dating).
I agree. I also think he didn’t want to be seen with a bunch or 20/21 year olds at a birthday party. I just wish he hadn’t told her he’d be there. It’s crazy to me that he didn’t even tell her ahead of time he wasn’t gonna show up bc then at least she could have had a better time not staring at the door all night. Heartbreaking.
Damn🥲
HOLY SHIT
I really feel like it was one of those things where...yeah her birthday party was monumental but it's like the straw that broke the camels back. It's the moment she knew that this wouldn't work out. The fact that he promised and probably knew how much it meant but still didn't bother to show up made her reflect on the entire relationship.
dear Jim, you're one of us swifties now
And there's no going back
one of us! one of us!
Welcome to the dark side🧟♀️
Proud to be an older Swiftie ❤️
Taylor wrote Starlight for Ethel and Bobby Kennedy, she was inspired after seeing a picture of them dancing as teenagers.
As confirmed by Taylor
Holy ground always leaves me reflective because I always remember her singing at the f1 event in 2016 when the whole world was already canceling her and this performance always makes me emotional because it seems like she was trying to absorb everything because she knew that maybe that would be the last show she would do in her life (and she also added some rock and the music was even better)
You're probably my favorite taylor reactor becuase you listen to the full song and not chop it off or cut the song at a weird moment. I also love your feedback and thoughts and insights on each song. It really puts it into perspective. This is also my 2nd favorite taylor album behind 1989 because of the amazing and beautifully crafted songs. I can't wait for the vault tracks reaction!
Thank you so much for appreciating this masterpiece of an album. Yes, it might not be "sonically cohesive", but that's the beauty of it. ❤❤❤❤
TS said in an interview in 2013 that Sad Beautiful Tragic is abt her parents marriage and then divorce. They got divorced in 2011 but kept co-parenting her and her brother Austin. She said that although it was beautiful while it lasted, it was not meant to be as a marriage. The only time she performed the song at the RED tour she said "This is a song that I wrote about how just because something is over doesn't mean it wasn't incredibly beautiful. Cause another lesson I've learned is that not all stories have a happy ending and you have to learn how to deal with that. This is a song about a story that didn't end so happily, but it was still supposed to happen."
This is my favorite album, and seeing you appreciate every song is just incredible, the vaults tracks are INSANE!!!!
Girl at Home was a last minute addition to the deluxe version of the original album. It was originally very minimal and acoustic as far as production goes. It’s the only Taylor’s Version so far to have that kind of a “glow up” so to speak. That’s probably why you feel like that song was just randomly dropped onto the album lol
Definitely not a glow up. I like the original uncompleted version.
Kinda agree with the other commenters as someone who was one of the few people who really enjoyed the original I honestly don’t think it’s a glow up and personally never listen to it cause I feel like the production is kinda out of place both for the narrative of the story and the album in general. Of course I’m not really a fan of Elvira’s production on any of the Taylor songs she’s worked on so maybe it’s just a me thing lol
i'd say i like the tv better because the original, based on my recollection, is not supposed to have that production but i love both of them though🤔
Didn't Taylor say somewhere that the TV production is closer to what she had always wanted, but her label made her do it the original way to hit their "country music" quota? I swear I read that somewhere
“ come back…be here” is one of my fav songs from her because of her delivery. Her tone. I love how she sings come back , be here in two different tones. It goes high and low and it just sounds so perfect. So beautiful.
“Ronan” breaks me every single time. I start sobbing by the start of the second verse and can’t stop until well after it ends. But I think I needed that cry tonight.
I’ll have to check out your other reactions!
Begin again was such a beautiful ending to the original album.
In old releases, Taylor would include hidden messages in her physical copies and would hint to the meaning or inspiration. Here are mine and some fan theories
11. "Holy Ground" ~ Secret Message- “When you came to the show in SD” Holy ground is as a song is Taylor look in back and reminiscing on her relationship with ex Joe Jonas after the anger has faded and she can think how good the good times were. This is one of the big fan favourites
12. "Sad Beautiful Tragic" ~Secret Message- “While you were on a train” Taylor wrote this on the bus during her Speak Now tour reflecting back on a relationship (Taylor confirmed) and is speculated to be about Taylor Lautner. She admits to being the one in fault of the relationship ending in Back to December so the line “you’ve got your demons and darling they all look like me” makes fans speculate but was never confirmed.
13. "The Lucky One" ~ “Wouldn’t you like to know” The secret message seems to be referring to the fact that the subject of the song wanted out. It has been rumoured that she might be referring to Juni Mitchell and or Kim Wilde and Taylor relates her life to theirs in the last verse.
14. "Everything Has Changed feat. Ed Sheeran" ~Secret Message- “Hy annis Port” This song is highly speculated to be about her relationship with Connor Kennedy but can also be about her friendship with featured singer Ed Sheeran. Fun face, the two singers wrote either this or their vault song on Taylor’s trampoline.
15. "Starlight" ~Secret Message- “For Ethel” As the secret message says, this is a song written for Ethel Kennedy inspired by a picture of Ethel and Bobby Kennedy. She wrote it and played it for Ethel before her relationship with their grandsons Connor Kennedy.
16. "Begin Again" ~Secret Message- “I wear heels now”Merely as song about starting over after being stuck in a toxic relationship and finding hope again. Another song likely about the start of her relationship with Connor after getting out of the relationship with Jake. (End of standard)
17. "The Moment I Knew" ~ No secret message but clearly referring to Jake missing her 21st without communicating he had an audition and would not make it.
18. "Come Back...Be Here" ~)•No secret message but a song about feeling a fast connection with someone but having to deal with the long distance. Likely about Harry Styles and they both being constantly not in the same place because of their stardom.
19. "Girl at Home" ~No secret message just a song talking about some unnamed scum at either a Party or club which the beat and production resembles something you’d hear at either. Basically, don’t cheat.
20. "State of Grace Acoustic Version" ~a pretty version of earlier opening song. Taylor did say that this song can be both an opener or a closer because as a song it bookends what this album is about. It also closes the Deluxe Edition of the original release.
21. "Ronan" ~Song devoted to a family that lost their 3 year old to cancer named Ronan that Taylor wrote based off the blog Miya (Roman’s mother) wrote and Taylor ended up giving her writing credits for how much she took from her blog. All proceeds from the song went towards fighting childhood cancer. It is one of the only songs she will not play live other than one fundraising concert for the charity.
I got married back in September, and I had my bridesmaids walk down the aisle to Begin Again, while i walked down to Everything Has Changed. He and I both met in 2012, when we were in 6th grade, when this was the most recent album ❤
If you thought “Begin Again” was romantic, you should listen to the entire Lover album😭😂
cruel summer, afterglow, the archer, you need to calm down, i forgot that you existed, the man, soon you’ll get better, and death by a thousand cuts would like a word with you…
@@imawakemymindisalive13 DBATC is Hella romantic what do you mean. She's like "In suffering through the casual part of the relationship, madly in love and wanting more". Same with Cruel Summer. It's a Friend's with Benefits thing where she's madly in love and pining but has to pretend not to be for the sake of keeping him. It's like the song before delicate.
actually, reputation is x1000 more romantic
Your analysis of The Moment I Knew was spot on, you hit the story right on the head. That song I personally think is more devastating than All Too Well and is absolutely underrated.
The way you clocked “the moment I knew” in 5 seconds lol 😂
I'm so happy you enjoyed Red so much, it is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Can’t wait for the vault track reactions. Love how you go through the songs.
you are literally one of, if not, the best reactor I've ever watched. At the end of every song, you critique them as if it was on Metacritic or something which I really appreciate.
“ the moment I knew” is probably one of her saddest songs in my opinion. It breaks my heart listening to it. What happened to her, the instrumental and her voice.
Great reaction; I always really appreciate your thoughts and how articulate you are. Thank you. In case no one in the comments has already mentioned it, there's a piano version of Holy Ground that Taylor recorded in the BBC Live Lounge in 2019 (she also covered Can't Stop Loving You by Phil Collins in the same set!) and it's very different to the album version you've heard here. I highly recommend you give it a listen; it's all on TH-cam. The original (aka stolen) version of Girl at Home is also really different to the Taylor's Version. And Ed Sheeran pops up a bit on various Taylor tracks because they're really good friends and their voices harmonise so well -- when you do the music video for Everything Has Changed, be sure to follow it up with the music video for The Joker and The Queen, which is an Ed Sheeran feat. Taylor Swift track from 2022 -- the music video stars the same actors, just years later. The camera work is also very clever when comparing the two videos. Thanks again! :)
ETA: My favourite track on RED is Begin Again.
The Lucky One is about Joni Mitchell and how Taylor understands what she went through as she's now in the spotlight and the media has smeared her and trashes her... you're right that it parallels Taylor up until the point of Joni taking the money and running.
it's so funny cause the original "girl at home" from 2012 didn't sound like that AT ALL. I wonder if this was some kind of demo or something because it's so different
Man if you thought “Ronan” was sad, watch the official lyric video to “Ronan”
Can u react to Taylor's NYU Speech pls? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
The moment I knew hurts my feelings so bad😭
Can’t wait for you to listen to the vault tracks! imo RED’s are definitely the best so far!
I can't tell you how excited I got when I saw this video pop up. This is the album that made me a Swiftie and it will always hold a very special place for me in her discography. I still think it is one of her best albums.
I love how you point out specific instruments that you hear. I am SUCH a lyrics person that sometimes that stuff can pass me by. I appreciate getting to pay attention to that aspect of the song.
Your story of 'A Girl at Home' had me laughing. I know I've been in that situation where i look at a friend and go 'What are you DOING??' 😂
I don't know who that song is about, but im wondering if maybe that sound is similar to the music they were putting out at the time? It sonically seems so out of left field that i thought maybe it has some significance 🤷♀️
Thanks for another thoughtful and entertaining reaction!
You need to react to the vault tracks they're soooo goood
I’m living for how worked up you got after Girl At Home.
I watch a lot of Taylor swift reactions and I have to say, your format is very unique and I love it! I love the concise reviews of each song. I'm hooked 😊
Your synopsis of Begin Again was honestly very healing. It’s one of my favorites on Red.
Starlight comes from the time when she was dating a Kennedy for about 5 minutes and was spending a lot of time talking to Ethel Kennedy. And she basically wrote Starlight about stories Ethel would tell her about how she and Bobby met and courted.
Ha. Even as a swiftie I try to forget about that moment in time haha. It was awkward. We can all admit that was an awkward moment for all of us. She was 22 and he was 17. It's ok to level a wtf at her when wtf is warranted. But upon reflection... I feel like maybe the errrr regression was maybe like a feeling of them being safe. 17 year old boys are usually not great at masking their actual feelings. So maybe after the issues she had with older men being total creeps, he felt like a non harmful option?
Starlight walked so Folklore could run
There's a Red Track by Track video where Taylor herself explains the meaning behind each song. You should check it out!
Ronan MESSES ME UP everytime i hear it
holy ground just makes me want to take on the world face first and fight till the very end! >0
I need part 3 right now! hahahaha. I love how you react to Taylor Jim.
im so excited for u to get to the vault tracks. Forever winter is my fav on red by far
"They go, "Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?"
And they say
She's so lucky, she's a star."
But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking
If there's nothing missing in my life
Then why do these tears come at night?"
Making this connection with him bringing up California with names being up in lights (in my head I always thought NYC) and now I can't get Lucky out of my head.
I’m so glad you loved Red so much. The album gets 💩 on because it’s all over the place but I love it. Songs for every vibe. And I don’t blame you one bit for not being able to dissect Ronan. I ugly cry every time I hear it.
Can’t wait for your reaction to Forever Winter. It’s one of Taylor’s saddest songs and a fave of mine.
The first time I heard State of Grace, I adored it. The first time I heard her acoustic version, I had your reaction. It's everything in an already magnificently written song.
oh i’m EARLY. Sad Beautiful Tragic was one of my surprise songs!!
Come Back…Be Here is my hidden gem of the album and my fave song on the entire project. It’s just SO GOOD
Same! theres something infectious about it... i just keep on listening over and over again haha
I know I don’t even relate to it but I somehow do like I understand what she’s talking about without having experiencing this kinda stuff
The moment I knew is my favorite from the album. It's sad, tragic and heart wrenching.
There are some song of Taylor that couldn't listen like Ronan, you're losing me, soon you'll get better those songs are very sad and depressing and with my own mental health issues I just can't listen to those particular songs.
I am so early I LOVE IT
I really love your album reactions, Jim. Keep up the good work 🙌🏻 and I cannot wait for the Vault Tracks reaction video.
Yeah, I love Red, really, but I cannot wait til you put 1989 up here. Thanks for this!
I’ve been a fan of Taylor since her debut album, but Ronan is what made her my ride or die
the scenerio you describe with Girl At Home is perfect, and i need you to do that with ALL of Taylor's songs!🤣
As someone with a 3 year old, i cant even listen to the first line of Ronan. I dont know how she ever got through it
Hi Jim, you probably know by now but i think in case you don't, that knowing that Begin Again its the end of standard original album. I think the fact that the whole album it's an expression of screaming about love, and how she almost lost faith in love, but in the end she understands that she can love again it's what makes that song a really healing safe spot, and not only in the love aspect but just the grieving.
The Moment I Knew is my All Too Well. It hurts so much and i cry every time i hear it. Every single time
Well... just want to remind everyone now that we listened to Ronan... what kids in war are going through.
when you close your eyes and just listen to the song brings me so much happiness i cant even explain
Can you react to the album "Snow Angel" by Renne Rapp?
So taylor completely changed the production for girl at home tv. Personally I prefer the stolen version 😳 it's more country sounding. You should take a listen to see how different they are! They seem like completely different songs
ohhh starlight makes me switch moods very fast, it’s so happy
I’ve heard it before, I know what’s coming and I still cry as soon as I hear the first words of Ronan.
starlight is inspired by bobby and ethel kennedy
I cry every time I hear Ronan. Such a sad, beautiful song.
Come Back Be Here I believe is about Harry Styles, and then we go on to 1989 which is almost entirely about him.
The speech for Begin Again made me tear up a little but it gives me hope. 😢
Ronan impact You ...like all of us......if those haters ever heard that song...and still hate.....are worst than animals..without a ❤
That's the saddest song ever Written !!!
Seeing you grin and grimace both in "The Moment I knew" makes my heart swell. You get the meaning, the emotion, and the special gift Taylor has for expressing emotion and telling a story.
Most of the time (nearly always) "All Too Well" is considered the epitome of Taylor's songwriting. I kind of agreed before the 10 minutes version was released and I kind of agree now, because honestly, she has MANY extremely well written songs. And it's obvious that is one of the ultimate breakup songs ever. But: You said it yourself, "Sad Beautiful Tragic" IS poetry. And a breakup song that shatters me every single time I listen to it. The only other songs with that power is Trembling Blue Stars' "Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise."
Begin again is one of my favorite taylor songs
Man i can't wait till you react to the music videos from the red album and then the reaction to 1989 album
Great video jim, i cant wait until the next one 🤗🙃
I really can't wait to watch your album reaction of folklore & evermore!!!! :D
Ronan is guaranteed to make me sob. I have to skip it if I’m listening to this album while I’m driving.
Girl At Home (Taylors Version) is so upsetting to me. I loved the original production. I dont know why she changed it so much 😭
Yeah, I skip the Taylor’s version. Don’t like it at all.
12 years later, and Taylor still hasnt left the spotlight even though she thinks the protagonist got it right to leave😂
I mean im grateful to still have her. But its curious
When they released the lyric video for Ronan, I remember, I can't go outside because of my eyes being so red and puffy. I never watched it again, even listening to it is so hard.💔😭
the original girl at home has a different production... if you want to have a listen, you could (you don't need to react to it)
[to the swifties who'll bash me because i said this, tone it down lmao... we all started listening to the "stolen" before the rerecorded. it won't hurt if it means comparing]
This has always been my favorite album. ❤
It was a good thing you didn't watch the video that had clips of Ronan and his older twin brothers. Two years later Mya Thompson gave birth to a girl, named Poppy Ronan Thompson.
girl at home might literally be the O N L Y Taylor Swift song I hate lol, I hated the stolen version, hate the new one the same.
Red is my absolute favorite album, though ❤
i like girl at home more than stay stay stay tbh. like stay stay stay is only tolerable if you have someone who has stay stay stayed with you instead of leave leave leaving you to cry alone. if the whole song was as good as the “i see you turn off your phone and now you’ve got me alone” id like it more. that line is the only reason i listen 😂. but stay stay stay has no saving grace for me cuz im in my heartbroken era. i also always think its a spotify ad 💀💀
Great reaction, you were hilarious on Girl at Home.
Welcome to the cult
Joe Alwyn.
Love your reactions 💛💛
So, I’m not sure how you make up your mind on how to do reactions… but seeing that you’re so interested into the music itself, it’d be interesting to see your reactions to Preachers Daughter by Ethel Cain… I have a VERY special place in my heart for the music alone.. although the story and the main plots of the album are extremely hard for me to listen to because it goes completely against my faith. But her voice is extraordinary and the music has moved me in a way that it never has before. Please keep this album in mind. Thanks!
I will thank you
For sure a little bloated as an album and not really sonically cohesive. A point even Taylor has made about her older albums. It was a huge transition album though into more clearly pop. And that ... growing pain... if you will is kind of awesome in the same way awkward moments where you're trying to transition to adulthood can have its hit or miss moments.
it’s not sonically cohesive, yet peoples’ complaint is all her music sounds the same 💀💀💀💀💀💀😭😭💀😭😭. also why does it have to be sonically cohesive? my brain isn’t sonically cohesive.
@@imawakemymindisalive13 I think the only people who say her music all sounds the same are people who've never heard her music or have heard two seconds on the radio and then changed the channel for no reason other than spite. Taylor herself has said that her albums up through Red were not sonically cohesive... as in song to song--there was a lot of variance around whether something could be classified as country, pop, whatever. Generally you do as an artist want a sonically cohesive album. Has nothing to do with the songs sounding the same and more to do with a listening experience for the album as a whole body of work. She has, since Red, said herself she's worked hard to produce something more cohesive for each record. Each record is different album to album. But within each album there's a much stronger sense of self if you will... the album knows what it wants to be.
ONE OF US!
As soon as the chorus hit I heard thunder and it scared me
For The Moment I Knew
Again thank you Sir! 👍💕🙏💝😘
Seems like we're spending the day together. I'm glad you enjoy all the videos :)
starlight is about bobby and ethel kennedy.
FUN FACT. Starlight is about Ethel and Robert Kennedy Sr. Taylor dated Conor Kennedy back when she was 20 yo
This is my fav Taylor album and made me a swiftie... Begin Again is my favourite track on the album 😊
Don't worry. We were all gagged too as soon as we press play on Girl At Home (TV) cause tbe original version had a country pop sound. This one's straight up EDM. But we're not complaining though. 😂
About Starlight: TS saw a picture of the late Senator Bobby Kennedy and his wife (then girlfriend ) Ethel Kennedy at a school dance and she was inspired by it and wrote the song. When Rory Kennedy found out, she invited TS to meet her and her mother Ethel.