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Todd, I just wanna say, I struggle with depression and feelings of worthlessness and I was having a really hard time tonight. And then I remembered your edit of Taylor swift doing a pterodactyl screech because you said she loves her fans too much in this video, and I laughed, and I owe you thanks.
And remember, two singles later comes Todd's favorite song of 2015. ("Style", which I didn't think was that great, tbh.) This is nice, harmless, fun. (The best song on the album was "Clean", IMO.) But Todd has his panties in a twist…sigh. Three years later, and Todd's crapping all over the lead single from Taylor's newest album. Yeah, right, breathe, dude. "Reputation" will crush everything in its path (got rid of fucking "Despacito" when nobody else could, already) and "Look What You Made Me Do" is infectious and unforgettable, Todd's fulminations aside. Why Todd gotta be so mean?
@@RenaldyCalixte yes. Everyone plays a character on the internet. Todd is a freestyle critic who makes satirical observations with humorous comebacks along with valid criticisms. He doesn't conform to the rules of technically correct critiques accompanied by boring commentaries. So it's basically a comedic style of critiquing i guess. And it's entertaining 😁
"Mickey" was a memorable song, Todd covered it on his "One-Hit Wonderland" episode a few days ago and he hated that song. The song was parodied twice including "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic and "Hey Mickey" by the Disney Studio Chorus featuring Scottie Haskell and Desiree Goyette, and it was from the album "Totally Minnie".
Going back to reviews like this is always really interesting in hindsight. Seeing the evolution of Todd's "Rogues Gallery", Taylor Swift, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry etc. It kinda gives his show "arcs" that you can follow as his coverage of an artist changes with their work
I wasn't even big on her "teenage everygirl" phase because I never really bought the image she projected when she looks like what a Disney animator would draw if given the prompt "conventionally attractive".
I don't think we need to worry about Lorde. Once people find out she's actually a forty-five-year-old man from South Park, Colorado, I think everyone will jump ship.
In light of the review for 'Me!', Todd's prediction of Taylor Swift slowly descending to Avril Lavigne's weirdly saccharine womanchild pop arc is both accurate and eerie.
I don't see what the big fuss about Avril Lavigne selling out is, because I'm pretty sure we all agreed that Girlfriend, Rock N Roll, Hello Kitty, and What the Hell are her only songs that matter.
you know while i'm at it i gotta say. i always hated sick being used as both positive and negative slang. it's like that joke in the dictator having a word be both positive and negative is just stupid.Candy Chan
Taylor actually does have a lot of well-written songs that aren't about vacuous, teenybopper pop shit. But she never releases those as singles for some reason.
I think that changed with the singles from Lover when they didn't become as big as she hoped and were criticized for being pandering and artificial. She had a cautious and a little pessimistic view of what could be popular and what people would respond to and she seriously thought she'd be done with 30 and wouldn't have a hit after that age. Now she's let go of these expectations and is better than ever.
You haven't had it as bad as me. I had 2 roommates who were obsessed with bad blood, they had it as their ring tone, they played it everywhere. I couldn't escape it, it was too insane to avoid. I had Taylor Swift stuck in my head for weeks after they left.
No one should ever write a song about not caring, because it clearly demonstrates the opposite. Oh you don't care do you? What's this shit then? I do agree though T Swift is okay, she's got some good stuff, I really enjoyed Style but this song irritated the shit out of me.
I binge these episodes most nights now before I rest. I am always able to laugh & unwind with the well constructed & factually dense content that this channel is full of. Thank You Todd. These videos get me through the long & tough days
This song - Todd says Taylor swift has gone way down hill One song later (blank space)- wow Taylor swift has a whole new depth and style and is great 3 songs later (style ) -puts it as number one song of year Deos Taylor watch the videos
When I heard "My ex-man", I immediately assumed she was saying her bf got a sex change. And since Taylor called her an "ex-man", the now-lady dumped her, Taylor's now butthurt, but cannot quite figure out why her gf ditched her.
If I haven't told you that the director of this garbage music video was the same director behind these other music videos: Michael and Janet Jackson - Scream Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way? Beck - Devil's Haircut No Doubt - Hella Good Fiona Apple - Crimminal Johnny Cash - Hurt Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Can't Stop Jay Z - 99 Problems Linkin Park - Faint Coldplay - Speed of Sound Nine Inch Nails - Closer (My fav and sexy music video IMO) You would be shocked and questioning to yourself on why is he showcasing Taylor Swift in these stupid silly costumes.
"Oh God, Lorde. What's gonna happen to her in 5 years???" If you were thinking she'd get darker and darker and become like Florence and the Machine or Tory Amos, you'd be WAY off! lol
Yeah, Taylor Swift seems way too impressed with herself where she can't take a joke or even criticism put forth against her without claiming she's a victim. I think she's so painfully insecure and that's what I hate about this song. Todd is totally right, it's so phony. Some pop stars can pull off "I don't care, fuck the haters" in their sleep but she is not one of them and probably never will be.
+amyrat151 Seriously. When Eminem says he's a Rap God, you kneel down and bow. When Taylor Shwifty says it, it's funny in a sad way. It's like a little kid hurt themself and it pretending they're cool.
Suman Roy That's quite an imagine, but totally true. It feels like the Game of Thrones quote that goes something like "any man who has to say that he's king is no king." If you're well and truly secure in your own awesomeness and talent, you don't release a song like Shake It Off.
Making a song about not caring about her haters is contradictory anyway. If she didn't care, she wouldn't have felt the need to let her haters know that she doesn't care, and she wouldn't have made a song about it.
amyrat151 Yeah she's too young for success. Almost no one has a thick skin at that age, that's why you shouldn't be in the spotlight before 30. You're just gonna be so embarrassed by your own whinyness later...
Hahaha, hold on now. Don't let Taylor's actions speak for all 20-something year old celebs (past or present). There are actually a select few that know how to control themselves...
Those poor dancers...imagine having decades of training and your only job here is to use that to make Taylor look extra bad...which she is all on her own...
9:28 The funny thing about this is that's now the sort of reaction you'd get from fans if you suggest Taylor loves her fans too much. We're in the era (so to speak) where the mildest criticisms will lead to hundreds of angry comments about how you're part of the problem or whatever. Meanwhile, Taylor's probably too busy counting her money and polishing her awards to give a shit.
Taylor Swift is the kind of artist I've always thought I should like a lot more than I do... Everything I used to like about her was ruined by a really bad karaoke session and a trio of teenage girls who couldn't sing.
Well its been 5 years and lorde hasnt become the next Brit Brit. Her music changed a bit but more like its matured in a direction that was plausible. Shes also stayed pretty grounded personality wise from what I can tell
I find Avril Lavigne's career direction from her 3rd album onward really fascinating, and virtually nobody talks about what happened objectively, its just all bashing her for making Hello Kitty. I don't think people understand, she was the Lorde/Billie Eilish of her time, this kid who came out of nowhere and unapologetically did her own thing. She was everything to me in middle school, and I absolutely loved her first two albums. Relistening to them as an adult, I can't say they've aged super well, but there's still some substance there, and there was potential. And then she just kinda bellyflopped on her 3rd album. But she didn't have to, it came out around the peak of the emo era, she absolutely could have rode that wave and done it really well. But instead she made a shitty pop-rock album (produced by Dr. Luke lmao) that sounded way less mature than the music she made as a teenager, and basically let Hayley Williams/Paramore steal her whole ass career.
Eh it's just a few years now till the first batch of teens here in CA known for spouting hella to the point other regions can geographically place me simply by my casual unironic use of the word Actually ARE 40 something producers.
@@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 I actually did a remix of it with a Slipknot song. Check it out, I'm extremely proud of it. soundcloud.com/gabriel-schleifer/shake-off-the-maggots-taylor-swiftknot
@Luke It's not beyond criticism for sure, but you can't let the criticisms define you. If you like it and it's not hurting anyone, there's no reason to be ashamed. It's why I hate "cringe" being used as an adjective: it's just about making people ashamed of being themselves.
I wasn't able to get on board with Taylor Swift until Blank Space. Before that, it's been nothing but "meh". Blank Space won me over pretty hard, and "Style" helped that. Now I'm looking forward eagerly to see her become the pop goddess that she deserves to be. I know other people probably think she's already there but nah, when she does a whole album of hit after hit, with no weak tracks, then she'll be there. As for this song... I kind of hate it. Well not really, I don't hate any songs, but the song is way out of Taylor's range as a singer, making her voice sound awkward throughout the whole thing. The dry production doesn't lend well to the vocal melody either. The chorus isn't very catchy melodically either, it's too redundant and too low of a drop in the pitch to really be easy or fun to sing along to. The whole tone of the song just isn't very good. Taylor's at her best when there's a dark undercurrent to the music and/or lyrics, when she's playing fun and carefree, we get 22 and Shake it Off... which just suck... I'll honestly even defend "I knew you were trouble" for that reason, but I'm not even calling it good. It's just better than Shake it Off. Oh and for the record the music video sucks too. It feels like an advertisement, not a song. Like if that Progressive mascot woman made a music video, this would be it. Ugh...
+BassbaitGG The video is like when the boss wears a silly tie & performs a lame skit at the company meeting. She's trying too hard to say "Hey, I'm cool, I can totally take a joke at my own expense," and in the end as you suffer through that utterly painful performance you're left torn between hating her even more or just plain pitying her. Then she releases "Bad Blood" and you just want her to move to another galaxy.
BassbaitGG Poor wording, I didn't mean hate ~her~ (Taylor), I meant the hypothetical boss. But I would like Taylor to move to another galaxy if "Bad Blood" is any indication of her future works.
Harv72b fair point on the boss thing, but idk, "Bad Blood" will be an indication of *some* of her future works. That's just how pop careers go now - rather than their music gradually moving in one particular trend, multiple trends start and continue at separate speeds. As in, we will get more songs like "Bad Blood". We'll get more songs like "Shake it Off", but we'll also get more songs like "Style" and more songs like "Blank Space". Drake's a good example. Every now and then we get a "Take Care", but then we get "Started from the Bottom", and then "Hotline Bling" which is a mixed bag of a song. Like where is Drake's music headed? It's hard to tell because it appears to be headed in several different directions at once, but that's just how pop star music is now.
I agree with a lot of your points, but even at Avril’s worst, she still made some good songs. Let Me Go, which is on the same album as Hello Kitty, is one of her best songs.
Taylor Swift: My "not involved in staying up until 4am reading mean tweets about myself and crying" t shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
Oh, and "haters gonna hate" was a LOLCATS meme years before this song was released. Way to be as timely as my mom on Facebook, Taylor. And stop trying to be adorkable! You look like Barbie!
As a country fan I totally agree with you on the state of country right now. And I’m a lover for specific lyrics, the more specific the more universal the emotional response imo, that’s why I love Lori McKenna so much!
Great review, Todd. Yeah, the main problem with this song (which I enjoy, by the way) is that Taylor doesn't seem to know the difference between a hater and a critic.
Todd in the Shadows, I respect your opinion and Taylor Swift can be a little annoying. However, In the beginning of 2022; I still have the “1989” CD, that album sold 9 times platinum and the vinyl record is currently sold out. A lot of people still love Taylor’s “1989” album.
What does that have to do with the Shake It Off possibly not being a good song?You know that not everything popular is automatically good, right? Just to clarify,I quite enjoy 1989 as an album, although it does have some weak songs on it. I just never understood the reasoning of "that album sold *insert a huge number* copies, guess you are wrong about the song being wrong". It's not really an argument
that Segment with Avril lavigne is kind of funny, because 1. she absolutely did turn into late stage Avril, and 2. going from Taylor to Avril-Taylor wasn't even that far a drop in quality.
I had a friend who was a big Taylor fan and thought she was a great song writer. This was 7 years ago and we've lost touch since highschool, but I would love to know what he thinks now.
This seems like her business model. She’s found a niche in seeking negative attention. If some people love to hate her she’s figured out how to profit from provoking them. Others will love her for it.
Sheryl crow is like legendary compared to Taylor Swift. And Sheryl Crow? All she did was end up doing adult contemporary and that ugly overrated song with Kid Rock.
I feel like her voice just isnt strong enough for these sort of songs so she almost gets swallowed by the music lol her voice suits sweet guitar ballads
This is the only Taylor Swift song I like. I think the song and the video are fun and silly and that's all they're intended to be. Although, my opinion may have been influenced a bit by the Hillywood show Supernatural parody which is where I originally heard it. Their version is a goddamn masterpiece.
I'm a bit late, butttt... She definitely can't take a joke. Case evidence: Graham Norton Show scene where John Cleese makes a joke of Taylor's cat. And she just can't.
An Adam sandler movie is made every time Taylor swift raps
I officially blame this song for Pixels.
He said with barely contained glee.
Danny DeVito What if Justin Bieber raps 😐
TrueBlueProductions, then we are doomed.
TrueBlueProductions He did. On a song called Lolly.
"If she wanted to transition into pop-diva mode" LOOK WHAT YOU MADE HER DO TODD
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@@maddylomas AAAAAAGH!
@@maddylomas i hope you're happy with the sin you've replicated.
@@genericusername6893 we're all dirty sinners down here
@@maddylomas eh, fair.
Todd, I just wanna say, I struggle with depression and feelings of worthlessness and I was having a really hard time tonight. And then I remembered your edit of Taylor swift doing a pterodactyl screech because you said she loves her fans too much in this video, and I laughed, and I owe you thanks.
Hope you’re doing well
@@cabbagesprinkles7322 they were on Todd’s vid on Olivia rodrigo so i think so
Hello from the future, are you better now hopefully?
It's been 3 years and i hope you're better now
No matter how long it's been since you've all commented, I hope you are doing copacetic as fuck guys
This is probably the most comprehensively savage review Todd has ever made, and it's gorgeous
And remember, two singles later comes Todd's favorite song of 2015. ("Style", which I didn't think was that great, tbh.) This is nice, harmless, fun. (The best song on the album was "Clean", IMO.) But Todd has his panties in a twist…sigh.
Three years later, and Todd's crapping all over the lead single from Taylor's newest album. Yeah, right, breathe, dude. "Reputation" will crush everything in its path (got rid of fucking "Despacito" when nobody else could, already) and "Look What You Made Me Do" is infectious and unforgettable, Todd's fulminations aside.
Why Todd gotta be so mean?
Amazin69 He a critic and crirics are mean at least the internet ones.
Not savage enough.
@@RenaldyCalixte yes. Everyone plays a character on the internet. Todd is a freestyle critic who makes satirical observations with humorous comebacks along with valid criticisms. He doesn't conform to the rules of technically correct critiques accompanied by boring commentaries. So it's basically a comedic style of critiquing i guess. And it's entertaining 😁
@@buf4wil Todd's literally always mean, and I'm saying this as someone who loves T.Swift. It' just his style
“And if we do have haters it’s only like one guy.”
“Dinkleberg!”
Christina Marie a Fairly Odd Parents reference.. nice.. 😁👍
I always thought "Fakers gonna fake" was "Bakers gonna bake". What am I.
Luigi Epic fat?
Go watch "bake it off"
I heard it as "beggars gonna beg".
I wanna play the sax solo from Baker Street as a response.
Baked
"Whats gonna happen to Lorde in 5 years?"
A Lorde song is his number one song on the best hit songs list.
Wait a minute...the cheerleaders......something sounds famil-
"OH MICKEY YOURE SO FINE,YOURE SO FINE YOU BLOW MY MIND,HEY MICKEY!!!"
+Kelsey Snugglebug (Grim) I still have the original 45 of Toni Basil's "Mickey" with an original picture sleeve.
Now I understand "The Magician's Apprentice"! Thanks!
+Kelsey likesicecreamandBatman I agree. In my opinion, I also think she made that song worse than Mickey.
"Mickey" was a memorable song, Todd covered it on his "One-Hit Wonderland" episode a few days ago and he hated that song. The song was parodied twice including "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic and "Hey Mickey" by the Disney Studio Chorus featuring Scottie Haskell and Desiree Goyette, and it was from the album "Totally Minnie".
great song
Haters poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague onto our houses!!
They did???
Nooooo, but are we just gonna wait around until they do???
I say, we tip something over!
@@TheSufferingDarkness GET THE LIFEGUARD!!!!
POP THE BUBBLE!
Going back to reviews like this is always really interesting in hindsight. Seeing the evolution of Todd's "Rogues Gallery", Taylor Swift, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry etc. It kinda gives his show "arcs" that you can follow as his coverage of an artist changes with their work
I wasn't even big on her "teenage everygirl" phase because I never really bought the image she projected when she looks like what a Disney animator would draw if given the prompt "conventionally attractive".
To be fair if the prompt was "average girl" it would be the same but with dark brown straight hair.
Facts.
I don't think we need to worry about Lorde. Once people find out she's actually a forty-five-year-old man from South Park, Colorado, I think everyone will jump ship.
I KNEW IT!!
I- heck yeah
the tunnel of butts sounds like a great Carnival ride
10/10 would ride tunnel of butts again
Not if they had chili for dinner.
"Hey Spongebob! We've finally got enough people for a five-mile spanking machine!"
@@gabe_s_videos "Son of a bitch stole my line"
Step right up to the carnal carnival. ("Carnal Carnival" is an actual song too.)
In light of the review for 'Me!', Todd's prediction of Taylor Swift slowly descending to Avril Lavigne's weirdly saccharine womanchild pop arc is both accurate and eerie.
At least it’s not hello kitty-
It's Her version of "What the hell", there's still 2 or 3 years before she ends up like Avril
I don't see what the big fuss about Avril Lavigne selling out is, because I'm pretty sure we all agreed that Girlfriend, Rock N Roll, Hello Kitty, and What the Hell are her only songs that matter.
@@jessenathan9346 and sk8r boi?
@@TheSwordmasterxd I haven’t heard that one in its entirety
This song is "Hey Mickey"'s long lost testicle
Tony O'Neill Lol, I actually like it but this joke is just too awesome :-D
Ann Nee Thank you haha :)
"What's going to happen to Lorde in five years?" GREEN LIGHT. BAM.
😂😂😂😂 a Todd prediction actually came true😂
I’M WAITING FOR IT, THAT GREEN LIGHT, I WANT IT
She's got haters, you, cuz she's fucking awesome.
10:26 "this sick beat" indeed first time i heard it i felt like throwing up
+Zettabeam62 It's not even that sick.
Candy Chan
sick in a good way or a bad way?
you know while i'm at it i gotta say. i always hated sick being used as both positive and negative slang. it's like that joke in the dictator having a word be both positive and negative is just stupid.Candy Chan
Zettabeam62 The beat of this song is not even that sick.
Brandon Roberts
is it horrible i don't blame them?
Taylor actually does have a lot of well-written songs that aren't about vacuous, teenybopper pop shit. But she never releases those as singles for some reason.
I think that changed with the singles from Lover when they didn't become as big as she hoped and were criticized for being pandering and artificial. She had a cautious and a little pessimistic view of what could be popular and what people would respond to and she seriously thought she'd be done with 30 and wouldn't have a hit after that age. Now she's let go of these expectations and is better than ever.
Well, you want a single to do well, & and between saccharine sweet pop song or a somber emotional balled, what’s gotta better chance at charting ?
Man, remember when this and Bad Blood were the worst things Taylor Swift did?
Lee Anderson
Never felt nostalgic for 2016 before...
Hey, now, be fair! This is actually good.
And "Bad Blood" only sucks because Taylor is *trying* to sound like Krappy Perry…it's a parody, after all.
You haven't had it as bad as me. I had 2 roommates who were obsessed with bad blood, they had it as their ring tone, they played it everywhere. I couldn't escape it, it was too insane to avoid. I had Taylor Swift stuck in my head for weeks after they left.
Anne Kautzi I am so sorry.
Bad Blood still is
No one should ever write a song about not caring, because it clearly demonstrates the opposite. Oh you don't care do you? What's this shit then? I do agree though T Swift is okay, she's got some good stuff, I really enjoyed Style but this song irritated the shit out of me.
excuse me its t-swizzle.
Style and Out of the Woods should've been as big as shake it off was, or at least as big as wildest dreams
Yeah! Or maybe songs from 1989 that weren’t singles should of been singles (Clean, New Romantics)
I binge these episodes most nights now before I rest. I am always able to laugh & unwind with the well constructed & factually dense content that this channel is full of. Thank You Todd. These videos get me through the long & tough days
This song - Todd says Taylor swift has gone way down hill
One song later (blank space)- wow Taylor swift has a whole new depth and style and is great
3 songs later (style ) -puts it as number one song of year
Deos Taylor watch the videos
I don't think so, after that she made LWYMMD, Ready For It?, End game and the worst thing she has made in her entire career (hot take) Bad Blood
@@Hola-tq4pg and now FOlklore, her best thing ever.
@Hola123 I don't think that's a hot take lol. Almost everyone besides swifties think that.
"Taylor Swift is rapping!?" Little did he know by 2019 even Ariana Grande will bd rapping
Yeah exactly
When I heard "My ex-man", I immediately assumed she was saying her bf got a sex change. And since Taylor called her an "ex-man", the now-lady dumped her, Taylor's now butthurt, but cannot quite figure out why her gf ditched her.
probably would've been a more interesting song
+erin h that would be an insanely interesting song
Galactic Licorice or maybe if he became an X-men
wish you were gay by billie eilish (taylor’s version)
If I haven't told you that the director of this garbage music video was the same director behind these other music videos:
Michael and Janet Jackson - Scream
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Beck - Devil's Haircut
No Doubt - Hella Good
Fiona Apple - Crimminal
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Can't Stop
Jay Z - 99 Problems
Linkin Park - Faint
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
Nine Inch Nails - Closer (My fav and sexy music video IMO)
You would be shocked and questioning to yourself on why is he showcasing Taylor Swift in these stupid silly costumes.
+Candy Chan He/She must really needed the money and didn't give a shit... just a guess.
+Candy Chan Talk about selling out,man....another great talent wasted
+Candy Chan Well everyone has an off day.
+Candy Chan Maybe he doesn't like Taylor and went out of his way to make Taylor look silly.
Candy Chan NO! How did they go from "Scream" to this!? 😳😦
"Oh God, Lorde. What's gonna happen to her in 5 years???"
If you were thinking she'd get darker and darker and become like Florence and the Machine or Tory Amos, you'd be WAY off! lol
Yeah, Taylor Swift seems way too impressed with herself where she can't take a joke or even criticism put forth against her without claiming she's a victim. I think she's so painfully insecure and that's what I hate about this song. Todd is totally right, it's so phony. Some pop stars can pull off "I don't care, fuck the haters" in their sleep but she is not one of them and probably never will be.
+amyrat151 Seriously. When Eminem says he's a Rap God, you kneel down and bow. When Taylor Shwifty says it, it's funny in a sad way. It's like a little kid hurt themself and it pretending they're cool.
Suman Roy
That's quite an imagine, but totally true. It feels like the Game of Thrones quote that goes something like "any man who has to say that he's king is no king." If you're well and truly secure in your own awesomeness and talent, you don't release a song like Shake It Off.
Making a song about not caring about her haters is contradictory anyway. If she didn't care, she wouldn't have felt the need to let her haters know that she doesn't care, and she wouldn't have made a song about it.
amyrat151 Yeah she's too young for success. Almost no one has a thick skin at that age, that's why you shouldn't be in the spotlight before 30. You're just gonna be so embarrassed by your own whinyness later...
Hahaha, hold on now. Don't let Taylor's actions speak for all 20-something year old celebs (past or present). There are actually a select few that know how to control themselves...
4:52 was def true at the time but folklore and evermore have proven she’s matured past that limited scope
Well, even Todd has admitted it.
Those poor dancers...imagine having decades of training and your only job here is to use that to make Taylor look extra bad...which she is all on her own...
9:28 The funny thing about this is that's now the sort of reaction you'd get from fans if you suggest Taylor loves her fans too much. We're in the era (so to speak) where the mildest criticisms will lead to hundreds of angry comments about how you're part of the problem or whatever.
Meanwhile, Taylor's probably too busy counting her money and polishing her awards to give a shit.
Taylor Swift is the kind of artist I've always thought I should like a lot more than I do... Everything I used to like about her was ruined by a really bad karaoke session and a trio of teenage girls who couldn't sing.
I realise this is from 7 years ago, but I read "trio of teemage girls" and immediatley thought you meant HAIM lol
"Taylor swift is rapping?!"
Oh sweetie... just wait
Well its been 5 years and lorde hasnt become the next Brit Brit. Her music changed a bit but more like its matured in a direction that was plausible. Shes also stayed pretty grounded personality wise from what I can tell
I thought she flamed out. Never hear from her anymore.
This aged weirdly with the 3d album (at last happy Lorde isn't pretending and tried melodrama 2, although I would've liked that more)
Lucky for us, Lorde killed it with Melodrama. That album is amazing with such soulful lyrics.
I find Avril Lavigne's career direction from her 3rd album onward really fascinating, and virtually nobody talks about what happened objectively, its just all bashing her for making Hello Kitty. I don't think people understand, she was the Lorde/Billie Eilish of her time, this kid who came out of nowhere and unapologetically did her own thing. She was everything to me in middle school, and I absolutely loved her first two albums. Relistening to them as an adult, I can't say they've aged super well, but there's still some substance there, and there was potential. And then she just kinda bellyflopped on her 3rd album. But she didn't have to, it came out around the peak of the emo era, she absolutely could have rode that wave and done it really well. But instead she made a shitty pop-rock album (produced by Dr. Luke lmao) that sounded way less mature than the music she made as a teenager, and basically let Hayley Williams/Paramore steal her whole ass career.
this is so funny to watch in retrospect
“Hey hey hey” “hey” sends me every time
“Pop music ruins everything” is one of the truest statements ever uttered on the internet
"Pop Music ruins everything."
Make that a T-shirt and take my money!!
Watching Todd’s song reviews from years ago are always a fun watch 😂
What kind of 40 year old says hella? I always associate that with valley girls.
+MadameSomnambule
I think he meant 40 year old studio hacks. Like they put in "hella" to try and make themselves sound hip and cool.
amyrat151 Ah. Kinda like how the 40 year old execs decided to give teen characters in the 90s corny slang to make them hip and cool.
*****
Yes
Eh it's just a few years now till the first batch of teens here in CA known for spouting hella to the point other regions can geographically place me simply by my casual unironic use of the word Actually ARE 40 something producers.
Valley girls are in their 40’s now
Taylor getting more vapid was a hella good prediction for the year 2019 lmao
"I thought she would move from teen romance and boys named Drew to I don't know... paying taxes"
AND WE GOT BILLS TO PAY
WE GOT NOTHING FIGURED OUT
She went from singing about being at least a semi-responsible young adult to a 14 year old going through an emo phase. It is embarrassing.
I actually have friends that say hella and things like that.
But I have NEVER heard my ex man!
jacking the black thing
Those people aren’t your friends
I honestly find this to be kind of a guilty pleasure.
It's just so dumb and goofy! I dare call it a novelty song.
Gabriel Schleifer same and if we die young by Kesha which I actually love because of vizziepops music video
The instrumental isn't too bad. Look up the mashup with NIN's The Perfect Drug, it's hilarious but actually bops
@@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 I actually did a remix of it with a Slipknot song. Check it out, I'm extremely proud of it.
soundcloud.com/gabriel-schleifer/shake-off-the-maggots-taylor-swiftknot
@@Oliviagarry69420 LOVE Vivzi so much! She's so talented!!
@Luke It's not beyond criticism for sure, but you can't let the criticisms define you. If you like it and it's not hurting anyone, there's no reason to be ashamed.
It's why I hate "cringe" being used as an adjective: it's just about making people ashamed of being themselves.
Selling out... and this was still two years before Swift's "Look what you made me do"-period. Does Taylor Swift ever stop selling out?
I can't help but hear that line as "My X-Man brought his new girlfriend," and I immediately think of Marvel's group of mutants.
I wasn't able to get on board with Taylor Swift until Blank Space. Before that, it's been nothing but "meh". Blank Space won me over pretty hard, and "Style" helped that. Now I'm looking forward eagerly to see her become the pop goddess that she deserves to be. I know other people probably think she's already there but nah, when she does a whole album of hit after hit, with no weak tracks, then she'll be there.
As for this song... I kind of hate it. Well not really, I don't hate any songs, but the song is way out of Taylor's range as a singer, making her voice sound awkward throughout the whole thing. The dry production doesn't lend well to the vocal melody either. The chorus isn't very catchy melodically either, it's too redundant and too low of a drop in the pitch to really be easy or fun to sing along to. The whole tone of the song just isn't very good. Taylor's at her best when there's a dark undercurrent to the music and/or lyrics, when she's playing fun and carefree, we get 22 and Shake it Off... which just suck...
I'll honestly even defend "I knew you were trouble" for that reason, but I'm not even calling it good. It's just better than Shake it Off.
Oh and for the record the music video sucks too. It feels like an advertisement, not a song. Like if that Progressive mascot woman made a music video, this would be it. Ugh...
+BassbaitGG The video is like when the boss wears a silly tie & performs a lame skit at the company meeting. She's trying too hard to say "Hey, I'm cool, I can totally take a joke at my own expense," and in the end as you suffer through that utterly painful performance you're left torn between hating her even more or just plain pitying her.
Then she releases "Bad Blood" and you just want her to move to another galaxy.
Harv72b
eh, I don't hate Taylor. This song is just crap and the video is lame, but that's not really much of a reason for me to hate her.
BassbaitGG
Poor wording, I didn't mean hate ~her~ (Taylor), I meant the hypothetical boss. But I would like Taylor to move to another galaxy if "Bad Blood" is any indication of her future works.
Harv72b
fair point on the boss thing, but idk, "Bad Blood" will be an indication of *some* of her future works. That's just how pop careers go now - rather than their music gradually moving in one particular trend, multiple trends start and continue at separate speeds. As in, we will get more songs like "Bad Blood". We'll get more songs like "Shake it Off", but we'll also get more songs like "Style" and more songs like "Blank Space". Drake's a good example. Every now and then we get a "Take Care", but then we get "Started from the Bottom", and then "Hotline Bling" which is a mixed bag of a song. Like where is Drake's music headed? It's hard to tell because it appears to be headed in several different directions at once, but that's just how pop star music is now.
Oof. The first paragraph of this comment did NOT age well.
are these haters... your parents XD
marlon claymore Anybody know the song or video 0:49 was referencing?
One good thing came from this song. Hillywood did a great Supernatural parody with this song.
SALshaNoma hell yeah
I believe Todd will be back at the Taylor hate train. She got lucky with her Anti hero stuff. We need angry Todd.
"Has Taylor swift been a 40 year-old pretending to be a young person the whole time?"
*Randy Marsh flashbacks*
I agree with a lot of your points, but even at Avril’s worst, she still made some good songs. Let Me Go, which is on the same album as Hello Kitty, is one of her best songs.
Seven years later and Todd will be bopping along to this at Eras
"Taylor Swift is the thinnest skinned celebrity alive."
What about Donald Trump?
Grate Gaming! SNL had fun at his expense now he acts like a child about it
If Taylor Swift is the Queen of thin skinned celebrities, then Trump is the King.
Nathaniel Levesque He's the Lord Buckethead
He's an easy target that too many people go after.
And Uwe Boll.
13:50 One of my favorite Todd bits.
Tunnel of butts gets me every time😂😂😂😂
I'm suddenly addicted to rewatch all of your videos idk why but I'm 8 videos in with no stop in sight.
I'll aid you in that: (Vlog about Transformers 3) www.yahoo.com/entertainment/video/vlog-transformers-3-todd-nostalgia-015651470.html
"haters gonna hate baby i'm just gonna shake it off"
yeah considering what happened after this album i'm not sure
Watching this after "Look what you made me do" review is hilaaaaarioooous!
Having that music video being the intro video to a school assembly back then was hilarious.
Taylor Swift: My "not involved in staying up until 4am reading mean tweets about myself and crying" t shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
This was the most bi-polar review of anything I've ever heard.
I wonder what Todd thinks about Green Light, Lorde's new song.
You’ll see
Oh, and "haters gonna hate" was a LOLCATS meme years before this song was released. Way to be as timely as my mom on Facebook, Taylor. And stop trying to be adorkable! You look like Barbie!
As a country fan I totally agree with you on the state of country right now. And I’m a lover for specific lyrics, the more specific the more universal the emotional response imo, that’s why I love Lori McKenna so much!
Glad to inform you Lorde is doing okay
It sounds like the rap breakdown in “Girlfriend”
Great review, Todd. Yeah, the main problem with this song (which I enjoy, by the way) is that Taylor doesn't seem to know the difference between a hater and a critic.
13:37-13:41. At least now we know what's happened to Lorde a few years after this song came out!
Todd in the Shadows, I respect your opinion and Taylor Swift can be a little annoying. However, In the beginning of 2022; I still have the “1989” CD, that album sold 9 times platinum and the vinyl record is currently sold out. A lot of people still love Taylor’s “1989” album.
What does that have to do with the Shake It Off possibly not being a good song?You know that not everything popular is automatically good, right?
Just to clarify,I quite enjoy 1989 as an album, although it does have some weak songs on it. I just never understood the reasoning of "that album sold *insert a huge number* copies, guess you are wrong about the song being wrong". It's not really an argument
"E-E-E like a wounded dolphin"
One of those jokes that takes a second but when it hits it makes you laugh even harder.
Best review ever! I literally shouted out in affirmation after watching.
Todd makes everything sound better when he plays it on piano!
13:30 funny thing is...
they're now *both* on the Bleachers. Iykyk
I'm in full support of the tunnel of butts. If I made a music video, tunnel of butts would be my first priority
that Segment with Avril lavigne is kind of funny, because 1. she absolutely did turn into late stage Avril, and 2. going from Taylor to Avril-Taylor wasn't even that far a drop in quality.
The dancers in her video need some serious credit.
This was another song, like Blurred Lines, that I had an immediate, visceral hatred of when it first came out.
You’ve mentioned Lorde consistently throughout your videos at what point are we actually going to get a dedicated video on her??
This is the most comprehensive and detailed Taylor Swift smackdown that I never knew I needed but am glad exists lmao. God I cannot stand her lol
I had a friend who was a big Taylor fan and thought she was a great song writer. This was 7 years ago and we've lost touch since highschool, but I would love to know what he thinks now.
still great.
I kinda wish he reviewed Bad Blood back when it was a number 1 hit on the charts, because these Taylor Swift reviews were amazing.
Man this song is just fun now lol, times have changed
Not gonna lie, I do like this song. Your criticisms are valid, but the song just feels like a larger than life, fun pop song.
I genuinely think the rhythm slaps, but I didn't know much about her career beforehand, so I don't have the deep, _deep_ disappointment that Todd has
This seems like her business model. She’s found a niche in seeking negative attention. If some people love to hate her she’s figured out how to profit from provoking them. Others will love her for it.
*Pro tip:* If you’re writing a song about it, you probably care a little bit
He predicted Look What You Made Me Do. I'm just glad he seems to be wrong about Lorde's career prospects.
I never realized there was a rapping part because I never got that far down this horrible song
I kinda love how childish this song is
Like, in the video she literally jumps up and down in frustration! Freaking adorable
I’m calling the FBI
@@Devo57 ...is finding childish behavior cute pedophilia or something?...
I wonder why taylor didn't go into a Sheryl crow direction instead of this.
Sheryl crow is like legendary compared to Taylor Swift. And Sheryl Crow? All she did was end up doing adult contemporary and that ugly overrated song with Kid Rock.
And Taylor swift was already pop. I or nobody took her country stuff seriously.
We’re almost at the 5 year mark for Lorde, boys. Let’s see what’s happened to her next year
I disagree. I think the tunnel of butts was the only good thing!
I like the part with all the cheerleaders ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
It’s five years in the future, Lorde has fallen off the face of the earth
I feel like her voice just isnt strong enough for these sort of songs so she almost gets swallowed by the music lol her voice suits sweet guitar ballads
The music video is honestly one of my favorites. I'm just a sucker for mash-ups of different styles.
This is the only Taylor Swift song I like. I think the song and the video are fun and silly and that's all they're intended to be. Although, my opinion may have been influenced a bit by the Hillywood show Supernatural parody which is where I originally heard it. Their version is a goddamn masterpiece.
I'm a bit late, butttt... She definitely can't take a joke. Case evidence: Graham Norton Show scene where John Cleese makes a joke of Taylor's cat. And she just can't.
She took that pretty well tho. It was a joke aon how she played it too and john clease complimented her humour.
honestly, the weirdest thing is that I'm a hardcore swiftie but i'm still laughing at this so much
Me too. He's funny, I can't help it.
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