Taylor Swift - illicit affairs (Official Lyric Video) - First Time Reaction !

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  • @MsSera21
    @MsSera21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    Feels like people are sleeping on this song but it's one of her best imo. The BRIDGE

    • @codiecook4125
      @codiecook4125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      i literally canNOT stop listening to this song because of the bridge, the line “you showed me colors you know i can’t see with anyone else” MY HEART OH MY GOD

    • @lufeitosa9744
      @lufeitosa9744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@codiecook4125 I love that right before the bridge, she says, ''and she want to scream..'' and then she starts to ''scream'' in the background

    • @angelocereno3400
      @angelocereno3400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SAME. ITS MY FAVORITE OUT OF THE ALB

    • @PoojaSharma-zs8xx
      @PoojaSharma-zs8xx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No I am not! This is my favourite folklore song 🥰

    • @smoothieking9729
      @smoothieking9729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your so right. I slept on this song… and I wish I didn’t. It’s beautiful

  • @amandam.4841
    @amandam.4841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    I think when she's talking about the perfume she's saying "leave the perfume on the shelf" meaning she's NOT using the perfume at all, even though she picked it out just for him. She can't even wear it, for fear that it would ruin everything... great reaction guys, love how you dissect it all.

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      appreciate that 🥰 and love your breakdown!!

    • @jessaii.xoxo143
      @jessaii.xoxo143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      im late but i think she's saying leave the perfume on the shelf, that you picked out just for "Him" meaning He cannot use the perfume because he doesn't want to get caught.. like for ex: ur wife or gf knows ur perfume or smell.. of something smells different they would suspect.. so the guy leaves the perfume on the shelf that she picked out for Him and just there un used and ceasing to exist coz he doesn't use it

    • @eduardokalil4245
      @eduardokalil4245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes.. It's pretty clear... She picked it, but can't use it and that's the frustration. The song is basically saying the endless frustrations of having an affair with a married guy.

    • @konsezzasantonia1065
      @konsezzasantonia1065 ปีที่แล้ว

      @amandam yup correct

  • @shizu-chan3942
    @shizu-chan3942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    I think the "don't call me kid, don't call me baby" could also mean how the affair was with someone older, who would patronize her by calling her a "kid'" to emphasize on her losing her temper as a tantrum, and he would call her "baby" to pacify her, and to sweet-talk her into calming down. And that "look at this godforsaken mess that you've made me" could imply that actually HE was the childish one, as little kids make a mess of everything, like break every toy they get etc. And that "You know damn well, for you I would ruin myself" could further mean, about the imbalance in their relationship, where he being the older one has much more power and control over her emotions and state of mind.
    Your interpretation of losing virginity wasn't something I saw coming hahaha but good one. 🤣

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      wow love your interpretation 🙏🙏

    • @gobbiewobble2641
      @gobbiewobble2641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I also think that what she meant by "don't call me kid, don't call me baby" is her losing her innocence, but not through losing her virginity. I think what she's implying is that she lost her innocence when she began to engage in an illicit affair with him. She's saying that she's not innocent anymore in the sense that she's looking at herself as if she has sinned.

    • @konsezzasantonia1065
      @konsezzasantonia1065 ปีที่แล้ว

      The interpretation of Augustine losing her virginity to James is right. James and Augustine are in the same age lol

  • @mountainrock7682
    @mountainrock7682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    This is a concept album by Taylor with her characters but YES this applies to her life as a celebrity.

  • @PLazz257
    @PLazz257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    "A dwindling mercurial High"
    I love love this lyric!

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      amazing choice of words 🔥

    • @Vecnaserpent
      @Vecnaserpent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yess, I love it now that I have searched the meaning of these words. 😂😂😂

  • @justme5137
    @justme5137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    My interpretation of the perfume reference is that she purchased it with him in mind and maybe wore it just for him. She had hoped he would be hers entirely. This didn’t happen. The relationship remained an affair, something that had to be hidden, and she can’t wear the perfume as it would leave a trace of her on him....she leaves the perfume on the shelf.

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      aww 😔 love that interpretation alot!

    • @beaniebear6358
      @beaniebear6358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nice I think that too because in August it sounded like she wanted to be the one for him and she wanted a relationship but he loved Betty

  • @YM_M27
    @YM_M27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    At this point y'all gotta react to the entire album

  • @nehabhageria9877
    @nehabhageria9877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Also other twsift songs to check out after this album
    From Taylor swift (2006)- cold as you
    Mary's song
    Teardrops on my guitar
    Fearless(2008)- breathe
    White horse
    Speak now(2010)- Haunted,last kiss,if this was a movie,dear John
    Red(2012)- All too well,the last time,sad beautiful tragic, treacherous
    1989(2014)- You are in love,clean,this love
    Reputation (2017)- call it what you want, dancing with our hands tied,new year's day
    Lover(2019)- false god,death by a thousand cuts,Cornelia Street,daylight
    Droplets- Safe and sound,ronan

    • @reesescups1
      @reesescups1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nailed it with the recommendations!!

    • @nehabhageria9877
      @nehabhageria9877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@reesescups1 thankyou

    • @lanainmydreams
      @lanainmydreams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You named all my favs. We are basically twins

    • @nehabhageria9877
      @nehabhageria9877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lanainmydreams yesss❤️

  • @MarcosMartins97
    @MarcosMartins97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love how music in general is very subjective and communicate differently to people. One of the reasons Taylor and other songwriters don't come out and say "oh, this song is about this and that song is about that" is because they want us to have our own interpretation of the things she's saying.

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      agreed!!

    • @kaime12
      @kaime12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      basically all form of arts are open to interpretations. they are made in such a way that would include a degree of ambiguity that allows space for polysemic meanings. on a more general basis, Barthes has conceptualized this in his literary criticisms as “The Death of the Author”.

  • @minxymoo2325
    @minxymoo2325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Also it's important to note that this song doesn't once say the guy is cheating at all! The song title is illicit affairs. Illicit means forbidden by law, customs, or rules. It could be a mixed racial couple, or some other type of couple that isn't really always socially acceptable in every society. In August, she clearly states he's cheating and it's an affair. This one just says "affairs" and everyone is assuming it's cheating, but the illicit part makes me question that. Obviously cheating is against custom in most cultures, but there are even some cultures that think polygamy is okay. I think it's a much bigger leap. Think Ancient societies where certain people couldn't marry other people by law. A rich woman couldn't marry a slave. Black women couldn't marry white men. LGBT people even today in some countries. Romeo and Juliet was forbidden. I don't think it has anything to do with James or Betty or the side chick.

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ohh interesting 🤔 thank you so much for sharing your POV 🤩🤩🤯

    • @angelocereno3400
      @angelocereno3400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh maybe its ahm pedo relationship especially the line "dont call me kid. Dont call me baby." It makes sense right?

  • @bethaniestauffer6609
    @bethaniestauffer6609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    a drug that only works the first few hundred times? a poet.

  • @halaotb3192
    @halaotb3192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I’ve been waiting for the taylor swifts videos

    • @AnaLuiza-gk1si
      @AnaLuiza-gk1si 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too!

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      awwwww 🥰🥰 we got you!!

    • @ellu23
      @ellu23 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please for mad women and my tears ricohets

  • @claudiacarmona264
    @claudiacarmona264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Everytime that I listen to this song, I think of a teacher-student relationship. The fact that he calls her kid. The secret language between them. The comparison of this love to a drug. The person wants to tell people that she is in a relationship with someone but she can't because he will lose his job.

  • @alenastar90
    @alenastar90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I think that when she says "They show their truth one single time / But they lie a billion times" it means that those who are having an affair literally lie a billion times to deceive everyone around that nothing is happening. Truth needs to shine only once (maybe someone saw the glances of the ppl having an affair and noticed) and everyone finds out.

    • @nancygaudicos7521
      @nancygaudicos7521 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s all about Zarry...Taylor Swift knew the secret affair...

  • @hibaburney2046
    @hibaburney2046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    love your interpretations!!

  • @Starbuck-dr7yl
    @Starbuck-dr7yl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I like this song, its in my top 5. I interpret this as the sidepiece, but she is now an adult. Always the sidepiece. But, at first its no big deal, this is how you have the illicit affair. Then, Taylor sneaks in some lyrics about how she doesn't even exist. You buy perfume to wear for someone you care about. And, it is lust. It dies and it dies and dies, the dwindling mercurial high (unbelievable lyric). Lust dies like that. But, I think this person by the end of the song realizes its not lust anymore, but she loves this person. I think the entire song transforms from describing a no big deal affair, to being in love with someone who doesn't love them back, who is taken, and they are stuck and miserable because of it. Look what fool you have made of me, and I'll continue to do it a million little times because they are in love with someone who is with someone else. Sidepiece.

  • @Kelly-cl7cm
    @Kelly-cl7cm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song is so beautiful and sad at the same time. Masterpiece!

  • @A_95x
    @A_95x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mad woman is possibly my new fave also my tears richochet ✨👌 this is one of the best albums ever written love that it’s not mainstream sound. What a masterpiece.

  • @AnaLuiza-gk1si
    @AnaLuiza-gk1si 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love it. I suggest “ mirrorball “ to react now. I would like to see your interpretations

  • @joana.salazar
    @joana.salazar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really love how you interpret the song.

  • @stz_joca2163
    @stz_joca2163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love to watch how you guys analyze everything

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you for showing love 🙏

  • @julesuelevanboldo4767
    @julesuelevanboldo4767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I think you'll fell in love with Mirrorball ❤️

  • @YM_M27
    @YM_M27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You guys have to react to epiphany, i feel like its very relatable especially with the pandemic going on

  • @MrPedroHunas
    @MrPedroHunas ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A little late to the party, but this song isn't a part of the Cardigan-August-Betty love triangle. It is just Taylor tackling the idea of infidelity, showing how much she's matured since her first album, where she strongly condemns it in the song "Should've Said No". The perfume reference is just that they can cover the scent of the affair with that fragrance, that's why she says she picked it up just for him. It's a smell that works only for that specific occasion to hide traces of them together. She also asks him not to address her in terms of endearment (kid, baby) because she knows she can't be that in this kind of relationship, and falling into that trap is only gonna hurt even more. When someone uses terms of endearment with you, even if they don't mean it, you sometimes believe it, and once that is over, you're only left feeling bad. Taylor is a big fan of Sex and the City, and in it, Mr Big often refers to Carrie as "kid", "baby", even though for most of it he was a married man and she was a woman in a serious relationship.

  • @CheyLouis
    @CheyLouis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this song made me cry so hard in my reaction LMAOOOO

  • @mahikakaushal2579
    @mahikakaushal2579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just realised that I’m “Don’t blame me” she takes about the “drug” that she’d use for the rest of her life. And here she talks about how the drug only worked, the first few hundred times. I might be wrong, but that’s what i remembered.

  • @stz_joca2163
    @stz_joca2163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You need to react to all the songs pls!!! It would be amazing to see how you interpret them

  • @nehabhageria9877
    @nehabhageria9877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Guys please react to the whole album I love your interpretation and while listening to epiphany have some tissues ready...I cry everytime I listen to that song

  • @staceymariestanley
    @staceymariestanley 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Definitely subscribed cause y’all literally break down her songs perfectly

  • @beatriznaomidasilva1253
    @beatriznaomidasilva1253 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This bridge it’s just amazing I love it so so much

  • @mellinatre1149
    @mellinatre1149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Another wonderful reaction... and just because you have said some lyrics make you think this is happening in a small town, think that I totally agree with, but never thought myself.. I feel like the last lines "for you I wil ruin myself" can still be part of it.. in a small town if words get out, and eventually is like the most probable thing to happen, the woman would have her reputation ruined...people would talk about her in a bad way because she would be the house breaker, both male and female would think less of her because of this..
    I hope you will be able later on to do also a reaction for the song Mirrorball and this mostly because I need help to understand it LOL I love to have both your opinions about songs... and this one have so many different interpretations that I haven't still reach any conclusion myself.
    Just to not let you go all blind into it, Mirrorball have been interpreted as a song about a significant other, so like she is talking with a boyfriend, the second direction people goes is like she is still some way in the journey of Betty, James and the other girl, and the 3rd interpretation is that she is talking directly to her fans in this song
    So if possible I would like to know what do you think is the most probable one
    Love you guys!

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      we got you 😁😁

    • @mellinatre1149
      @mellinatre1149 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BeardsBrains my saviors! 💖😁

  • @yunyile7474
    @yunyile7474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love how you interpret this song which is my favorite one in this album. Although I think my English is pretty good, it's still not that easy for me to understand the deep meaning of this song. thanks😊

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      so happy to hear this 😁

  • @kadambarisawant5714
    @kadambarisawant5714 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    loved the interpretations!!! pls continueee

  • @avajavaheri980
    @avajavaheri980 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best song on album

  • @colleenanne360
    @colleenanne360 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bingo. She's right. It's lust. Love doesn't isn't a high that fizzles out. It actually gets stronger over time.

  • @kageyama9170
    @kageyama9170 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Make sure nobody sees you leave
    Hood over your head
    Keep your eyes down
    Tell your friends you're out for a run
    You'll be flushed when you return
    Take the road less traveled by
    Tell yourself you can always stop
    What started in beautiful rooms
    Ends with meetings in parking lots
    And that's the thing about illicit affairs
    And clandestine meetings
    And longing stares
    It's born from just one single glance
    But it dies, and it dies, and it dies
    A million little times
    Leave the perfume on the shelf
    That you picked out just for him
    So you leave no trace behind
    Like you don't even exist
    Take the words for what they are
    A dwindling, mercurial high
    A drug that only worked
    The first few hundred times
    And that's the thing about illicit affairs
    And clandestine meetings
    And stolen stares
    They show their truth one single time
    But they lie, and they lie, and they lie
    A billion little times
    And you wanna scream
    Don't call me kid
    Don't call me baby
    Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
    You showed me colors you know
    I can't see with anyone else
    Don't call me kid
    Don't call me baby
    Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
    You taught me a secret language
    I can't speak with anyone else
    And you know damn well
    For you I would ruin myself
    A million little times

  • @deveshadhikari716
    @deveshadhikari716 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was waiting for the Don't Blame Me reference when the drug part came up.

  • @babyjane534
    @babyjane534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Youre So smart

  • @minxymoo2325
    @minxymoo2325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nah, Taylor said there are only 3 songs about the love triangle. Plus this song is too mature for a teenage love triangle. In August she literally loses her virginity to this him ("whispers of "are you sure? Never have I ever before"), so I doubt this song is about the same boy. This is a general song, not about James and Betty and the other girl.

  • @alenastar90
    @alenastar90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think she calls a DRUG are the words of love or some promises that the side piece is getting.

  • @coolkid1629
    @coolkid1629 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    gosh you guys are so smart🤯

  • @darianbradley7864
    @darianbradley7864 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just showing support 💙

  • @Bhawna03
    @Bhawna03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To me, the perfume line sounded like she's either in a relationship with another girl or she's dating a bisexual man lol

    • @Bhawna03
      @Bhawna03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That, or she might be addressing the guy on the first verse and then the woman he's having an affair with on the second verse. I feel this could be the case because after the perfume line, she says (So you leave no trace behind, like you don't even exist). Either way, this is still so sad :(

    • @Kelly-cl7cm
      @Kelly-cl7cm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bhwana please explain

  • @Meandtherhythm_
    @Meandtherhythm_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You guys are so awesome!!! I love your interpretation of Taylor's songs
    Please do "Invisible string" you will love that song it's for her boyfriend joe and it's such an adorable song.
    And this is my favorite song too actually I love the whole ALBUM
    Taylor is such a great artist(artist of the decade)
    Thank you! Please keep doing it.
    And please do some of selena gomez songs interpretation if you listen to her.!!
    Anyways, i love your account, already subscribed.
    And i love the girl in the video you're so beautiful 🥺 and I love your opinion on every song. I love that line too "They show their truth one single time
    But they lie and they lie and they lie
    ...a million little times" so relatable 🥺
    Hope you're a swiftie too💜

  • @kimberlysturgis4822
    @kimberlysturgis4822 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you've ever been "the other woman" this song makes perfect sense. It's torture. Then he like... "cmon kid". Don't over react. Don't call me kid

  • @nohead9363
    @nohead9363 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr beard you’re freaking good looking

  • @arieljeromeseroma1637
    @arieljeromeseroma1637 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love it when you do Taylor Swift content

    • @BeardsBrains
      @BeardsBrains  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🥰🥰🥰 we do too!!

  • @Shabz92
    @Shabz92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lover and Rep next please..

  • @adriancrespo1575
    @adriancrespo1575 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Illicit affairs isnt one of the love triangle trio thats august betty and cardigan i think of illicit affairs as like a moral of the story

  • @MrKlaoww
    @MrKlaoww 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please do My tear ricochet 👍🏻

  • @MOYhafiz
    @MOYhafiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I melted at 1:24 ang gwapo

  • @Roos.H
    @Roos.H 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    maybe what she meant with “don’t call me kid, don’t call me baby” is the cheater calling his partner “baby” to make things right. this could also apply to a dad or mom trying to make things right with their kids after having cheated and saying “kid”. they don’t want to be associated or loved by this person anymore. (not sure tho because the following lines are being said by the side partner)

    • @dt4654
      @dt4654 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      it is like those relationships where you aren't sure they are even together or not, the 'we don't have a title' relationship.

  • @danieldassis
    @danieldassis 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    React to "this is me trying" please!!!

  • @floppy_hands1770
    @floppy_hands1770 ปีที่แล้ว

    Having a baby = ruining yourself?? What are you trying to say ma'am?

  • @ninamaecometa3272
    @ninamaecometa3272 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    React to MAD WOMAN PLEASEEEEE

  • @beaniebear6358
    @beaniebear6358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don’t think it has something to do with the love triangle still a good song in the song Betty James said he know he missed her so maybe but if she was the one that left maybe but if she left then yes but if he left than no because if he was gone know one would care because they don’t know anything about James BUT WHAT IF THE SIDE CHICK HAD A BOYFRIEND :0 exposed

  • @konsezzasantonia1065
    @konsezzasantonia1065 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yup ma'am Augustine lost her virginity to James. It's in the song August.

  • @JulioGarcia-xm2gh
    @JulioGarcia-xm2gh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    React to Minelli x INNA - Discoteka please

  • @jastinabbbbb5205
    @jastinabbbbb5205 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    why does he look like guilty everytime u guys talk about cheating hahaha

    • @Cedrix315
      @Cedrix315 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahahaha

  • @nilufaryasmin8920
    @nilufaryasmin8920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You guys pause at the worst possible times😑

    • @stz_joca2163
      @stz_joca2163 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah

    • @christiansalvador4549
      @christiansalvador4549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah. Ruins the momentum. Let the song finish then speak your thoughts.

    • @nilufaryasmin8920
      @nilufaryasmin8920 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@christiansalvador4549 Exactly

    • @srishtiahuja3471
      @srishtiahuja3471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@christiansalvador4549 they generally speak what clicks in their mind immediately so if they wait for the end it might slip their minds, and i think that's okay because we're watching for their reaction if you wanna listen to the song go to the original thing

    • @christiansalvador4549
      @christiansalvador4549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@srishtiahuja3471 i do wanna see a reaction video. Like you know people just reacting -facial expressions, body expressions and organic you know "reaction". Like you are not obliged to over explained line per line. Like calm down. Sometimes they are pausing it at the most important parts of the song. I see reactors who gave their two cents after the song/video. Well. To each their own.

  • @rithinreddy1635
    @rithinreddy1635 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    the only one with brains is the guy with beard

    • @rc9692
      @rc9692 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      WTF are you talking about?

  • @shuaibmohamed6694
    @shuaibmohamed6694 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    React nba youngboy

  • @MrSpotthedog
    @MrSpotthedog 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched a couple reactions and subscribed, just because....then had to quickly unsubscribe, because watching you 2 try to unload lyrics is like watching rocks trying to move...sorry for being mean

  • @vanessataylor3139
    @vanessataylor3139 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your reaction, just a single complain
    Can you please refrain from pausing the song before the verse ends? Coz often it's better to listen to the entire verse to get the complete info and then you can analyze it. Thank you so much!

  • @RavenBrianne
    @RavenBrianne 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    overanalyzing again ugh 😪