@@L4urynkingyou will not regret this rabbit hole given your reaction to this album. I started down the rabbit hole about 9 months ago and still have so much to hear for the first time but I have not regretted a minute. I have found that there are a lot of songs that hearing different versions from studio to live to acoustic to music video, are often all worthwhile because she often arranges the songs or portrays them or interprets them differently. Have fun on the journey.
SOS, midnights and ocean Blvd put music to my 2023. I couldn’t stop for months listening to SOS, why it didn’t won? Because it was TOO LONG and multi genre. Taylor has this similar with Red, who was also multi genre it didn’t won. Midnights had 13 songs, very sonically cohesive, Grammys (or their peers) tend to favor that. At least SZA got other Grammys too, but Lana did not :/
@@greenfox42 I love midnights as a listener but as a critic it literally is one of her more meh albums like it's a disgrace on her for her to win that 😭
Ignore my thoughts on mirrorball, I NOW SEE THE LIGHT. i've been listening to this album on repeat and it's one of my favorites now! will explain more in my folklore ranking video!
You’ll find that many of her songs take a number of listens for it to gel, and songs that you originally didn’t like or understand, suddenly it all comes together and it’s like…I love it! Also, a clip for you. th-cam.com/video/YwPpI8mM94o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YulcIJi7cR6sSlDk
Folklore is definitely up there, but the great thing about Taylor’s discography is that there is something for everyone and every mood. Folklore and Evermore are for the lyricism and feeling your emotions. Midnights is a pop synth vibe for your 2am sleepless nights. Red is that breakup album that gives you the heartbreak ballads at your low and the pop anthems at your highs. Reputation is just that girl. It’s bold and brazen and badass, it’s the soundtrack you need when you need your main character energy. And 1989 is, well it’s 1989, the pop bible, feel the sun on your face and have a great time. It’s a bit early to really speak on Tortured Poets, but it’s Taylor at her most vulnerable and confessional for sure. Anyone caught in a pretty toxic situationship will (sadly) relate for sure.
taylor is definitely an album artist! its like a running gag in the fandom that she cannot pick the right singles to save her life so what you hear on the radio does not reflect her entire artistry at all, theyre rather just the boppier songs. so i really do see how people might not get her if they dont listen to the full thing. glad you did tho, youre in for a rideeee :)
i think it’s a smart strategy to pick the most media preferred song to be singles so it gets more popular than other ones. imo if she picked the best songs as the singles i’d cry because they’re going to be overplayed af
I listened to Folklore for the first time recently and I just can't get into it. I feel like I'm missing something but it's the same with Evermore, I just don't get the hype 😭
I actually enjoy it much more now than the first time around 😂 there are a few songs i didn't rly like at first but then grew to love and even obsess about ❤
My Tears Ricochet is about losing her masters and the betrayal from her former label who sold them from under her. She wasn’t allowed to buy them outright, she would get a chance to gain one album for every new one she put out, keeping her tied to the label forever and still not being able to own her work. It’s self written as well. Important to know that in the Taylor universe, Track 5’s are the most emotional, heartbreaking and personal stories. We all look forward to Track 5 to wreck us every time. Looking forward to this journey 😊
@@L4urynkingjust to add a little - Taylor was discovered at 15 by Scott Borchetta. He was an unknown manager, she singer. She made him. He was like her second dad. Then he wouldn’t let her buy her masters so she decided to leave him and go to UMG. Meanwhile, all the Kimyea shit about the award show the doctored recording, her cancellation all that stuff that happened to her in her twenties was pushed by Scooter Braun, another manager POS. He repped Bieber and many other artists and he had them all clown her and push the snake narrative and her cancellation. She hates Scooter and he is a gross piece of crap. Scott sold her masters to scooter Braun. Thats the betrayal. He was like her second father, by her side since she was 15 and he betrayed her. Thats My Tears Ricochet. UMG is letting her and all their artists own their masters now, or at least have the right of first refusal (the first right to buy)because of her. She figured out a loophole and has been able to re-record her masters and from then on owning them. Thats why you always see “Taylor’s version.” Its important to support her and listen to TS versions. So she has only 2 left to re-record. She put out Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, TTPD Anthology a double album, and a ton of her rerecordings since 2020. Went on Tour, broke records. Meanwhile, her six year relationship with a British actor unraveled and ended. She jumped right into another relationship with Matty Healy front man for the 1975. They had known each other for ten years but had bad timing. He always told her she was the one. When she went into it she was vulnerable and he love bombed her and then ghosted. Her fans hated Matty Healy. This pissed her off. Its a whole thing. Thats what TTPD is about. She has a very storied history that she shares with fans. Watching the Miss Americana docu on netflix helps understand her better.
@@izattyu6863 to expand on this, when she re-records she also releases songs from the Vault that fit the narrative of the rest of the album so even in between albums we get new songs lol she’s putting in WORK
Okay I love how you started out like “I’m not gonna really be focusing on the lyrics” and halfway through you were reading along like you were reading a riveting book! Loved this reaction! Hope to see more soon!
I think folklore, evermore and TTPD are on par. She does so many diff genres so you might not love them all but the one constant is her story telling and killer lyrics
I agree. And Midjights is those with synths (the writing style is similar, it’s the production/presentation that’s different In so here for the mature, more in depth Taylor
Peace doesn't have a big beat-drop, or 'crash' because it represents the constant anxiety she was feeling that something would go wrong. It's very similar to The Archer in that regard.
There’s a bonus track that you didn’t get to! It’s called “the lakes” and it’s the perfect bookend to this project. Taylor has talked about how she wanted to create an album full of stories that weren’t her own, which would allow her to escape to the cabin in the woods of her mind. That song perfectly encapsulates that feeling of wanting to run away from the spotlight, just grabbing your muse and finding a place to work on your art in peace
We are in the ttpd era, let's stop incorrectly labeling folklore as fantasy and not about her life she never said that she said it was a blend of fiction and truth just like stories past word of mouth. The full details get lost in the shuffle but the essence of the story stays in tact
@@acetales148 I’m not saying ALL of the songs are fantasy, but she’s repeatedly talked about wanting to switch it up and produce something that wasn’t autobiographical. Obviously most of the emotions behind the songs come from experience, but why are you so obsessed with dna testing every song? What does ttpd have to do with anything?
@@monicaherrera2224yes. But now we know that she was covering up her own situation with JA and MH. She has coded the MH stuff with lower case and she was talking about the unraveling of her relationship with Joe, while it was still on-going. So. Its still pretty autobiographical. She said on stage cardigan is about MH. Puts a damper on the teenage trilogy.
@@izattyu6863when did she say that? I need a link to a clip or at least which tour date did she say that on or I won’t believe you 😂 she has never explicitly named someone in a song apart from JM and Stephen
@@joshuepico75can’t post links in TH-cam comments but if you search “Taylor swift Matty Healy this is for you I love you” you’ll see. They each dedicated songs to each other from previous albums. Not necessarily saying it’s about the other but dedicating it. But Taylor says in “guilty as sin?” ‘I keep these longings locked in lowercase inside a vault’ which points to a lot of folklevermore being about Matty
So folklore did not have a tour since it came out in the midst of our global pandemic and is instead being played on the eras tour and you are very correct that illicit affairs live is a life changing experience
I’m an icu nurse who worked thru covid when she released this album and I played epiphany every single day. I would cry to work and on my way home. I was a swiftie since 2006 but this album made me a super fan ❤
Nuc med tech here, and while I didn’t have to deal with nearly as many cases as the nurses, just simply working in a hospital during covid was so heartbreaking. You’d see people literally dying in the hallways while they were being transported to ICU. I locked myself in my room and didn’t talk to people most days. Epiphany really hit me hard and I bawled my eyes out on first listen.
I worked in dietary, and walking through the critical care unit and seeing patients doubled up on rooms, unconscious next to each other, intubated and fighting for their lives side by side but never knowing the other was there (because we didn't have room for everyone to be by themselves), it just blew me away. There'd be 2 patients being treated for non covid reasons but they were a rarity. It was so wild.
i’ve only seen this video, but, you have such a good way of reacting like there’s no crazy over the top shit it’s just good vibes even when you don’t 100% love the song it’s still respectful
Wait until you see the reactions from Knox Hill. He not only covers the lyrics and breaks them down INSANELY well, but he talks about the productions of the song(s). He hasn't done every song but he has done a LOT of the bigger ones, has covered some of the lesser known songs from non-Swifties (to list a few, WCS, You're Losing Me, and the folklore trilogy)
folklore got a live acoustic treatment called "folklore: long pond studio sessions" .. It was soooooo goooood that it will melt your soul. Man.. her vocals are so easeful to float around. Track 1 to 17, the experience was so very HEAVENLY GOOD.
Agree. "Folklore: Long Pond Studio Sessions" is amazing to watch. (see Disney+) she explains the motivation behind many of the songs. I was smiling as you described your feelings about mad woman because she said almost exactly the same thing. Also, the duet with Bon Iver is magical--even better than the studio version.
I think a lot of people are surprised by how great Taylor's music is b/c they have only heard her radio songs, which don't begin to scratch the surface of her artistry. Since you love Folklore, I would definitely recommend Evermore, Midnights, and of course, TTPD. Great reaction, subbed! ❤
During Peace you asked what Taylor knows about the trenches. The Kim & Kanye controversy several years ago…most people know the VMA story. He got on stage, interrupting Taylor’s speech, saying how Beyoncé had a better video. Fast forward he makes and album, calls her up, illegally records the call, Kim edits the footage to make it sound like Taylor is good with what he’s going to say about her in a song. So there was a public he said she said but they had the doctored audio. Kim started calling her a snake, it seemed like everyone turned on Taylor. She basically went into hiding for a year. Then there’s a music video he did featuring a naked wax figure of Taylor. When Taylor came back she dropped her reputation album. Years later the full phone call was leaked and come to find out Taylor was telling the truth. I’m sure there’s more to say on the subject but that’s the shortest story I can give.
I always thought "seven" was about childhood friends because of the lyrics "and though I cant recall your face I still got love for you", that is how I feel about my childhood best friend
I love Epiphany. I weep remembering everything we all went through during covid. My best friend is a doctor and just remembering her suffering at that time makes me choke up. Epiphany is a tribute to those tragedies that never leave us.
“This is Me Trying” is one of my favorite songs ever. I have struggled with mental health for most of my life and that’s what this song is about for me. Mental health is one of those things that many people don’t understand. Some may think I’m not trying hard enough when I’m actually doing my best. I don’t know if I’ve ever related to a song more
No. I love Taylor but you really can't call speak now a rock album, don't be ridiculous. That's a genre she hasn't explored much so far. And that's ok. I wish she had
@@kimstarlinger9564 I never said speak now was a rock album, I said that if she thinks Taylor should release a rock album, speak now is the closest you can get
Yeeeeees!!! SPEAK NOW has many pop rock songs, I've been telling it to people. It's the closest we got to a rock album from her. And she sang with rock stars like Fall Out Boy and Haley Williams from Paramore.
Saw the eras tour movie with my niece in theatres and was blown away by it! It encouraged me to check out her discography. I really only knew her radio hits and was suprised by how many songs I loved that I had never heard before. If you liked this album I would recommend watching the long pond studio sessions. Great reaction!
@@L4urynkingit will definitely give you context for the story she weaved throughout the album. Her vocals sound amazing as well in the more stripped down version. I love Jack Antonoff but there’s just something about Aaron’s production that speaks to my soul. Taylor labeled him as her musical soulmate and I believe that is very accurate.
Also for your own enjoyment or if you do a breakdown video of Folklore, check out the Long Pond Sessions! She gives background on these songs and performd them live and stripped down in the studio. It's incredible!!! ❤
Your reaction to My Tears Ricochet made me cry. I love that song and my favorite lyric of hers is “I can go anywhere I want just not home.” Ugh crushing
She has the Long Pond Studio session on Disney Plus which is a stripped down version of each song in lieu of a tour during the pandemic. It’s just her, Jack and Aaron in the studio with a feature of Justin Vernon.
Fun fact: the instrumental from Peace was a piece of music Aaron Dessner had been sitting on and when he sent it to Taylor she wrote this masterpiece over it. The song itself is so sad considering the fact that she and Joe broke up, so in some ways the fears she expresses in it, about how crazy and difficult it would be to marry someone that famous, came true.
This and it’s “sister” album called Evermore were her covid albums. She speaks on it in The Long Pond Studio sessions where she talks about the meaning of each song then sings it live in studio with Jack antonoff and Aaron desner who helped her write this album. So essentially she didn’t get to do a specific tour for these two albums and for her album Lover; because of the pandemic. That’s why eras tour was so exciting because these albums finally had a moment to shine :)
“Seven” in the eras tour is being read as poetry, while the dancers are dancing contemporary dance. It is beautiful and really hit in the feels 🥹🤍 Unfortunately it is not included in the eras tour movie.
4 years ago I didn't even know who Taylor Swift was, I'm from Russia, she's not that big here. I was finishing learning English in a language school and wanted to get more into poetry as a challenge. I started with sonnets by Shaekspeare but then a friend of mine recommended me to try Taylor. I started my journey in February 2021. 6 months after her music became the biggest passion of my life suprassing life-long love to certain sport teams. I love every Taylor's album, but folklore is untouchable like a distant diamond sky at the top. To me it's the greatest peace of art I've ever experienced. Still go chills every time. After 5 weeks of TTPD it was so refreshing to come back to folklore and watching your reaction. Excited for the next ones!
Cardigan, August and Betty are 3 connected songs about a love triangle between three characters: Betty, August/Augustine and James. Cardigan is from the pov of Betty, August is from the poc of Augustine and Betty is from the pov of James. Taylor explains it in her long pond session of this album (you should check it out it gives a lot of meanings to the songs)
Fun Fact: The names she uses for this Trilogy, Betty-Inez-James is the names of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds girls. They do have a 4th girl but no one knows her name. Ryan Reynolds joked that they are waiting for Taylor to tell them! 😂
folklore might be her best album, but the cool thing is that whether you ask the swifties or the casual fans their fave, they'd all probably have a different answer imo if you want something more like folkore you could do evermore next, she wrote and released it around the same time... or if you want to hear something very different, hit 1989
@L4urynking I highly suggest Evermore but it was a grower album for me. It was my least favorite for a long time until the songs kept popping up at random on my shuffle play. Now it is one of my favorites!!
@@florana5961 babe no need to say she is wrong since every album of taylor is actually amazing. they just have different aproaches but lyrically [folklore) might be her best. And this is coming from a 1989/reputation/lover/midnights girlie
IMO, Folklore is her very best album and My tears ricochet is one of her best songs, especially when you know what it's all about. Seeing her perform it at Eras - holy crap it was haunting, emotional, painful and just beautiful. I suggest watching All too well: the short film. Her other best song.
@@florana5961 In your opinion of course. That's the joy of music. We can all have different likes and dislikes. No need to diss on my preference (seeing as how you replied to my comment. 🙄)
She’s won AOTY 4 times (the most of any other artist in history) and those were Fearless, 1989, Folklore, and Midnights. So arguably those are her “best” due to the critical acclaim but every Swiftie ranks her albums differently Also be sure to listen to the Taylor’s Version when you get to her re-recorded albums!
YES, respect for epiphany! i think a lot of reactors don't really know what to say when they get to it so they just say a couple short things before moving on but that one makes me cry every damn time at the "hold your hand through plastic now" part
If you love Folklore you’re in luck- it’s the only album where she discusses the meaning behind the lyrics, etc with her producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. It was made during Covid, so they are at Aaron’s Long Pond Studio in upstate New York. After discussing the song, they record it in the studio, a more stripped down version. You’ll love it! Folklore is the only album she does this for, and it really helps appreciate the songs even that much more! Would love for you to react to it!
it is one of her bests works yes... but all of her albums are SO DIFFERENT that you can not NOT like them (except if youre not into that genre of music) you have a road of pop, country rock, folk, electropop, country pop, synth pop, alternative rock , bubblegum pop, country rock... you're not ready for what it's coming and i'm loving every second of it
Don't worry they're ALL good. But, you have to keep in mind that she's been releasing albums since she was 16 and each album is a snapshot of where she was at that particular age. You didn't miss the Folklore and Evermore concert eras because they were released during the Covid pandemic. She's has incorporated them in her present Eras Tour. You could still go and seem them performed live or go watch her Eras Tour movie.
@@derlis_whatever7033 "Lie" is too strong an accusation for such a benign subject don't you think? I'm not saying that Taylor's eponymous album is on par with Folklore. I consider all her albums good for her age at the time of each album's release. Her eponymous album is amazing when you consider she wrote those songs as a novice songwriter between 13 and 15 years of age. It debuted when she was 16. Her talent and potential were obvious from the start. The album enjoyed a lot of commercial success; in the United States, it peaked at number five on the Billboard 200, topped the Top Country Albums Chart for twenty-four non-consecutive weeks, and was certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was good for who she was at the time.
I am a lifelong Swiftie and watching people who are not her fans react to her albums is my favourite pastime. Thank you for the sweetness and kindness with which you've approached 'Folklore' and I can't wait to see all the other reactions you've made. Thanks for that, it was really nice! New subscriber!
I love when you said, you spent years trying to escape Taylor Swift when you just needed to go in head first. That's exactly it! Welcome to the club, there's no leaving now.
This album was written during the pandemic, so it never got a tour. But they're are live versions of most songs from the eras tour. Some are setlist, others are acoustic. The long pond studio sessions is incredible. Before listening to reputation, please react to the rep tour ready for it intro live performance. Best way to jump into that era
Important to know taylor swift writes all her songs. Yes she has editors and some people who help her, but she does it all and is the lead on all her projects
your knee jerk reaction to Peace was amazing. you really got it the first time! that song needed to grow on me, but it's top 5 of my favorite TS songs. I think I read that she recorded the vocals for that song in one long take and I just love how her voice sounded in it.
This IS one of her best albums. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that ALL of her albums are great. She is freaking phenomenal. You are going to have a great time discovering her discography and going down the TS rabbit hole.
Taylor captured me for the 1st time ever, this past October! Took my 13 year old daughter to watch the movie..... Left the movie and haven't had 1 day, i haven't binged Taylor!.....Guuuurrrlll...you still got evermore, reputation and freaking MIDNIGHTS! i am not a huge fan of her earlier stuff, but i embrace it with a full heart....and now, with all the healing Taylor brought forth me in these last few months, she tore that sh*t right back up with TTPD!!! Enjoy the ride!! signed - a 42 year old house wife
Her writing has evolved over the years. The depth of this and subsequent albums is remarkable. For some of her albums it helps to know the context in which it was written, but they can also be enjoyed independently. For TTPD, the theme is coming out of a long term relationship that died a slow death; then getting sucked into an intense, toxic rebound with someone you’d always wondered about… who knew what your (then) vulnerable heart needed to hear. He said all the right things, then ghosted you. THEN picking yourself up from THAT and trying to move on. She said the songs on TTPD can be categorized into the 5 stages of grief, but in no particular order. It’s at once cathartic and a little chaotic, reflecting how she felt while writing it.
I can’t believe no one has explained the teenage love triangle yet. Cardigan, august, and Betty all go together and tell a story of teenagers in a love triangle. Cardigan is written by Betty 20 years after the fact. Betty is written by James during his situationship with Augustine. Augustine wrote august after the summer she spent with James.
It’s always so fun watching non-swifties actually sit down and listen to Taylor. She has a knack for releasing like one or two more simple, upbeat bubblegum pop songs on most albums that are the fun dancey lead singles, but in reality she’s 1000% an album artist. Almost all of her albums are cohesive bodies of work that connect around a central idea, theme, time period and that makes every song a little better as you listen and get more of the story. It’s what makes it frustrating when people say they don’t like Taylor, but all they’ve heard of her music is Shake It Off, Me!, and Karma on the radio. Because she usually intends those to be kinda corny fun you can just dance to, they’re not meant to be taken super serious as an example of her musical abilities. I’m a die-hard swiftie and those are usually my least favorite on each album haha. They’re fun at a concert or when you’re dancing at a bar, but those songs aren’t what make me such a big fan of hers
Folklore is probably her best. Folklore the long pond studio sessions is on Disney plus. It has a sister album called evermore which is still in the folklorian woods, but it has a distinct sound & probably her biggest storytelling album. You probably noticed some of her songs are stories, the last great American dynasty, Betty, etc. those weren’t your favorite songs, but evermore is a lot of storytelling and it is considered her next best album but many fans like it better than folklore. It’s folklore’s often overlooked younger sister. Oh, evermore has an exile sister: another duet with Bon Iver. You said you wanted one well it’s evermore. Folklore has a deluxe track called The Lakes.
@@florana5961 it's wonderful different albums, songs, lyrics, sounds speak to different people. Folkmore and TTPD anthology are by far my favorite TS albums, yet friends love Midnights and 1989 and Folklore is much lower on their lists
Epiphany is brutal man. I have 3 sons in the military and despite them coming home safe. I'll never get the what if's out of my head. I signed the paperwork to send them off to war at 17yo. If I had my time over, I wouldn't have. So that song is tough for me 😪
i love seeing epiphany love. it's my favorite song on the album. it tells a story of her grandfather in wwII in the first verse, i feel like it truly embodies the despair and fear war has especially with all the losses of people. the second verse is about the pandemic. the fear of losing someone is something that's truly terrifying and epiphany makes me cry but it is also kinda comforting. i relate to this song sm🥲
Lauryn...your potential to be the greatesr Swiftie of all time is very, very possible. We have been begging Taylor for a rock album for years. The songs you gravitate to are the same ones that most of us like, too. There are two other albums with this folky vibe, Evermore and TTPD-The Anthology. All of her albums are connected and the stories overlap. Her pen game is crazy. She raps really good, too. I hope you continue this journey because I cant wait to see your heart open for Taylor. Her previous record label sold her entire discography to a guy Taylor did not like so she is rerecording all of her previous albums. Is Folklore her best album? You have to be the judge of that. Much love to you and your journey. As a swiftie, i love your willingness to give Taylor a chance. Thank you Lauren. Enjoy the ride!
I adore seeing non swiftness react to Taylor, ESPECIALLY folklore and evermore and her more lyrical stuff! Showing she’s not just shake it off and 22 but dare i say a lyrical mastermind (Iykyk) Folklore is personally my favorite album because I am huge on lyricism, secret meanings, and that sort of stuff but what I love about Taylor (I think I saw someone else comment this) is that there’s honestly a song for everyone and everything! Which I think is really powerful and shows a reason why she is as big as she is ❤
Hearing seven for the first time made me literally sob, i did not know what to do do with my self, and when heartstopper put it in season 2 i sobbed again lol. i stan that song with all my heart
How many people when they heard about Taylor only imagined skate it off and didn't train her as a phenomenon until last year when I met folklor and omg from there I completely love her she is a genius. LOVE U GIRL❤️✨
Taylor Swift records have a habit of growing on you until you are totally obsessed because there is so much to discover each time you listen. Can’t really get all the mastermind lyricism and beautiful music twists in the first listen.
What other people have said: Long Pond Sessions, Evermore, 1989, reputation, Midnights, TTPD, Speak Now. I guess prety much all of them. Oh, and there was no tour for Folklore. It was written in lockdown, as well as Evermore, which came just a few months later (both surprise albums with no marketig buildup). She does sets for both in the Eras tour though, which you are not too late for. There's another North America leg scheduled if you've got a couple thousand bucks laying around you don't need. Either way, I strongly encourage you to look for live performances online, of reputation tour, Tiny Desk, Live in Paris (City of Lover) and, of course, the Eras Tour, and the new album, which for me gets better with every listen. Btw, dont feel bad about sleeping on her writing. Im 62, never gave her a second thought til last year. Now I'm all in. She's a master of her craft and a genius songwriter.
@@L4urynkingright now all thats left is Miami, NoLa and Annapolis. Then Canada. BUT. We already have clues that this next leg of Eras will add TTPD and many suspect that new dates in 2025 are coming. Fingers crossed. But this will be a mew eras tour, slightly different than the completed tour. She starts back up on 5/9 in Paris so we will know more as many stream the concerts live.
Given how much you like Bon Iver and Exile, you should definitely check out the Long Pond Studio Session version of that track. Their vocals are even more amazing. And I agree that My Tears Ricochet is just stunningly good songwriting, from lyrics, production, performance...
My Tears Ricochet is my favorite. The Long Pond Sessions version has a superior outro "look at all of my tears, becoming all of your tears, look at all of my tears" Loving your reaction to this album! You instantly loved my favorites, so I'm eager to explore your channel to find new music through songs and albums you love
Evermore is just as good it’s slightly different and more country/folk imo. The Tortured Poets Department is my favorite by far and I thought nothing would ever beat my #1 spot which was Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
omg at 27:21 you said you wanted to see this live and u should 100% react to the eras tour her folkmore and ttpd set is insane. the illicit affairs bridge live is absolutely worth listening to!!
You will love Folklore Long Pond version! It’s the regular album and then everything in acoustic version! My tears ricochet and Exile is a whole new level! 💕
Was thrilled to see Epiphany get some love on your reaction!! One of the quiet unsung heros of the Folklore album. We might need to see your Eras Tour reaction also. 🥹
Yes, her newest album is great...but it is heavy, and requires repeated listens. It both helps knowing her relationship history...but also confuses, because fans were expecting it to be about a specific ex but it's about multiple and non-romantic relationships.
I love hearing the thoughts of people who have no idea about the context of the songs! I feel like a lot of fans get caught up in the exact situation Taylor was writing about, when actually songs can resonate with people in a lot of different ways and be interpreted completely differently, and there’s something beautiful in that.
I really enjoyed watching your reaction! I'm a new subscriber, excited to see you fall further down the Taylor Swift rabbit hole. If you appreciate her lyricism on Folklore, you'll love her newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, especially the latter half (the Anthology Tracks). The lyricism, melodies, and vocals are very Folklore reminiscent, and Evermore, which is Folklore's sister album.
Also, you're not alone in wanting Taylor to do a rock album! If you want to hear her slay some rock vocals and play electric guitar, check out the live performance of her song We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together from the 1989 tour. :)
@@L4urynking I can definitely understand that! If you like Folklore, I really think the latter half of the album will be your speed for sure. The first half grew on me after a few listens and now I love it. It's an album that should be absorbed over time, I think a lot of folks are finding that they like it more on the second or third listen. :) But the Anthology tracks had me right away.
When listening to Betty it is so important to understand the Betty August James situation and how Betty and August are connected to get that full story there are fan made short films to show the connection.
i think some other ppl may have mentioned this but there is a concert film on disney+ called folklore the long pond studio sessions where she plays the album straight through with aaron and jack (her main collaborators) and it also has sections where they talk about what the songs mean to them and stuff. it’s a really great watch! and then there’s also the folklore set in the eras tour but if you are planning on reacting to her full discography, it would probably be more fun to save the eras tour movie for the very end! anyways this was a really awesome reaction, folklore was the album that made me fall head over heels in love with taylor and I love watching other ppl experience the magic of this album for the first time 🫶 looking forward to watching more of your videos!
So personally I think that Folklore, Evermore and TTPD is her best work. The lyrics are amazing, although I do have to say there is some serious unhinged stuff she drops in ttpd that I just like to ignore lol but some of her strongest bridges are def on that album! I think with Evermore and ttpd they might be "growers", at least that's what my listening experience was like. At first listen I only liked a few songs but I've come to love both albums so much, so enjoy them. Make sure that you always listen to the bonus tracks/deluxe versions/vault songs when you listen to the albums in the future. It's really important that you don't miss out on Right Where You Left Me on Evermore and You're Losing Me on Midnights since they're my faves! Lol :D
Watching non swifties react to Taylor’s music is my favorite type of TH-cam video
buckle up! i've got her entire discography left lol
@@L4urynkingyou will not regret this rabbit hole given your reaction to this album. I started down the rabbit hole about 9 months ago and still have so much to hear for the first time but I have not regretted a minute. I have found that there are a lot of songs that hearing different versions from studio to live to acoustic to music video, are often all worthwhile because she often arranges the songs or portrays them or interprets them differently. Have fun on the journey.
Me too ❤❤❤
FACTS!!!
@@L4urynkingcan’t wait
Folklore won a Grammy Album of the Year for 2020...it was well deserved.
Fr, 100% deserved for that level of lyricism and songwriting
Probably one of the most deserved wins ever really
This is why Midnights winning album oty just felt off…SZA’s S.O.S. was 2024’s Folklore imo ❤
SOS, midnights and ocean Blvd put music to my 2023. I couldn’t stop for months listening to SOS, why it didn’t won? Because it was TOO LONG and multi genre. Taylor has this similar with Red, who was also multi genre it didn’t won. Midnights had 13 songs, very sonically cohesive, Grammys (or their peers) tend to favor that. At least SZA got other Grammys too, but Lana did not :/
@@greenfox42 I love midnights as a listener but as a critic it literally is one of her more meh albums like it's a disgrace on her for her to win that 😭
Ignore my thoughts on mirrorball, I NOW SEE THE LIGHT. i've been listening to this album on repeat and it's one of my favorites now! will explain more in my folklore ranking video!
You’ll find that many of her songs take a number of listens for it to gel, and songs that you originally didn’t like or understand, suddenly it all comes together and it’s like…I love it! Also, a clip for you.
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did i just see a swiftie conversion? omg ahaha how exciting u like this album 💘
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It was my least favorite from the album to now being one of my favorites. Definitely a grower 🪞🪩✨
You were right about the drums, though. I would love to hear a version with those drums.
Folklore is definitely up there, but the great thing about Taylor’s discography is that there is something for everyone and every mood.
Folklore and Evermore are for the lyricism and feeling your emotions.
Midnights is a pop synth vibe for your 2am sleepless nights.
Red is that breakup album that gives you the heartbreak ballads at your low and the pop anthems at your highs.
Reputation is just that girl. It’s bold and brazen and badass, it’s the soundtrack you need when you need your main character energy.
And 1989 is, well it’s 1989, the pop bible, feel the sun on your face and have a great time.
It’s a bit early to really speak on Tortured Poets, but it’s Taylor at her most vulnerable and confessional for sure. Anyone caught in a pretty toxic situationship will (sadly) relate for sure.
This comment is perfect, thank you!!! I'll be coming back to this for reference
Midnights is the best , folklore is boring as hell, we all hate Aaron dessner
Blasphemy- millions of people love Aaron Dressner
What about lover?
@@florana5961ummmmm speak for yourself
taylor is definitely an album artist! its like a running gag in the fandom that she cannot pick the right singles to save her life so what you hear on the radio does not reflect her entire artistry at all, theyre rather just the boppier songs. so i really do see how people might not get her if they dont listen to the full thing. glad you did tho, youre in for a rideeee :)
True
i think it’s a smart strategy to pick the most media preferred song to be singles so it gets more popular than other ones. imo if she picked the best songs as the singles i’d cry because they’re going to be overplayed af
Those bop songs are also a manifest of her capabilities as a singer-songwriter, the Melodies are top tier
"she cannot pick the right singles to save her life".
Understatement of the decade.
She should have picked Stay Stay Stay for Red but alas
oh to listen to folklore for the first time again 😫
literally exactly my thoughtssss
Ikr 😢
Listening to my tears ricochet for the first time 😭
I listened to Folklore for the first time recently and I just can't get into it. I feel like I'm missing something but it's the same with Evermore, I just don't get the hype 😭
I actually enjoy it much more now than the first time around 😂 there are a few songs i didn't rly like at first but then grew to love and even obsess about ❤
27:26 “this would be so good live”
oh you should see the folklore era of the Eras Tour
Yessss!!
Frr
My Tears Ricochet is about losing her masters and the betrayal from her former label who sold them from under her. She wasn’t allowed to buy them outright, she would get a chance to gain one album for every new one she put out, keeping her tied to the label forever and still not being able to own her work.
It’s self written as well.
Important to know that in the Taylor universe, Track 5’s are the most emotional, heartbreaking and personal stories. We all look forward to Track 5 to wreck us every time.
Looking forward to this journey 😊
Thank you for this little easter egg! I'll be looking forward to track 5 from now on!!
@@L4urynkingjust to add a little - Taylor was discovered at 15 by Scott Borchetta. He was an unknown manager, she singer. She made him. He was like her second dad. Then he wouldn’t let her buy her masters so she decided to leave him and go to UMG.
Meanwhile, all the Kimyea shit about the award show the doctored recording, her cancellation all that stuff that happened to her in her twenties was pushed by Scooter Braun, another manager POS. He repped Bieber and many other artists and he had them all clown her and push the snake narrative and her cancellation. She hates Scooter and he is a gross piece of crap.
Scott sold her masters to scooter Braun. Thats the betrayal. He was like her second father, by her side since she was 15 and he betrayed her. Thats My Tears Ricochet.
UMG is letting her and all their artists own their masters now, or at least have the right of first refusal (the first right to buy)because of her.
She figured out a loophole and has been able to re-record her masters and from then on owning them. Thats why you always see “Taylor’s version.” Its important to support her and listen to TS versions.
So she has only 2 left to re-record. She put out Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, TTPD Anthology a double album, and a ton of her rerecordings since 2020. Went on Tour, broke records.
Meanwhile, her six year relationship with a British actor unraveled and ended. She jumped right into another relationship with Matty Healy front man for the 1975. They had known each other for ten years but had bad timing. He always told her she was the one. When she went into it she was vulnerable and he love bombed her and then ghosted. Her fans hated Matty Healy. This pissed her off. Its a whole thing. Thats what TTPD is about.
She has a very storied history that she shares with fans. Watching the Miss Americana docu on netflix helps understand her better.
@@izattyu6863 to expand on this, when she re-records she also releases songs from the Vault that fit the narrative of the rest of the album so even in between albums we get new songs lol she’s putting in WORK
@@L4urynkingthe battleships sinking are her first albums. She’s drowning them by recording them again
This is hands down my favorite track off of folklore. (No other songs come close. Except the cardigan, august, and betty trilogy.)
The song is about a subject that no words can describe my passion and support for and is the reason it is my second favorite TS track (after WCS).
Every artist, musical or not, deserves to own their art (obviously talking about the masters here). There are many newer, or new-ish, artists that I have seen (and listen to) whose copyright (©) and sound recording copyright (℗) are under their name, something resembling them, or is under a friend's label name and seeing that just always makes me happy.
I can't help but tear up every time I listen to this song.
(P.S. I'm tearing up just thinking about the song while writing this comment)
Okay I love how you started out like “I’m not gonna really be focusing on the lyrics” and halfway through you were reading along like you were reading a riveting book! Loved this reaction! Hope to see more soon!
Same! I was like sure you’re not gonna deep dive into the lyrics….3,2,1.. 😂
Right? Hahaha. Love it. every time.
I think folklore, evermore and TTPD are on par. She does so many diff genres so you might not love them all but the one constant is her story telling and killer lyrics
I agree. And Midjights is those with synths (the writing style is similar, it’s the production/presentation that’s different
In so here for the mature, more in depth Taylor
I would say that the 3AM tracks from Midnights and The Anthology from TTPD are the closest to Folklore and Evermore 😊
FINALLY SOME TTPD APPRECIATION 😭😭😭
I totally disagree. I would say lover, TTPD, reputation, and evermore is on the same level, but folklore and 1989 are just that.
folkore is a masterpiece. TTPD is one of her worst albums. Same genre to a point, but incomparable.
Peace doesn't have a big beat-drop, or 'crash' because it represents the constant anxiety she was feeling that something would go wrong. It's very similar to The Archer in that regard.
There’s a bonus track that you didn’t get to! It’s called “the lakes” and it’s the perfect bookend to this project.
Taylor has talked about how she wanted to create an album full of stories that weren’t her own, which would allow her to escape to the cabin in the woods of her mind. That song perfectly encapsulates that feeling of wanting to run away from the spotlight, just grabbing your muse and finding a place to work on your art in peace
We are in the ttpd era, let's stop incorrectly labeling folklore as fantasy and not about her life she never said that she said it was a blend of fiction and truth just like stories past word of mouth. The full details get lost in the shuffle but the essence of the story stays in tact
@@acetales148 I’m not saying ALL of the songs are fantasy, but she’s repeatedly talked about wanting to switch it up and produce something that wasn’t autobiographical.
Obviously most of the emotions behind the songs come from experience, but why are you so obsessed with dna testing every song? What does ttpd have to do with anything?
@@monicaherrera2224yes. But now we know that she was covering up her own situation with JA and MH. She has coded the MH stuff with lower case and she was talking about the unraveling of her relationship with Joe, while it was still on-going. So. Its still pretty autobiographical. She said on stage cardigan is about MH. Puts a damper on the teenage trilogy.
@@izattyu6863when did she say that? I need a link to a clip or at least which tour date did she say that on or I won’t believe you 😂 she has never explicitly named someone in a song apart from JM and Stephen
@@joshuepico75can’t post links in TH-cam comments but if you search “Taylor swift Matty Healy this is for you I love you” you’ll see. They each dedicated songs to each other from previous albums. Not necessarily saying it’s about the other but dedicating it. But Taylor says in “guilty as sin?” ‘I keep these longings locked in lowercase inside a vault’ which points to a lot of folklevermore being about Matty
So folklore did not have a tour since it came out in the midst of our global pandemic and is instead being played on the eras tour and you are very correct that illicit affairs live is a life changing experience
The tour is now 😂
I’m an icu nurse who worked thru covid when she released this album and I played epiphany every single day. I would cry to work and on my way home. I was a swiftie since 2006 but this album made me a super fan ❤
First - thank you.
Second -same. I gave my self car time to cry and scream.
Been a Swiftie since 2006
Thank you for your service 🙏🏽❤
Nuc med tech here, and while I didn’t have to deal with nearly as many cases as the nurses, just simply working in a hospital during covid was so heartbreaking. You’d see people literally dying in the hallways while they were being transported to ICU. I locked myself in my room and didn’t talk to people most days. Epiphany really hit me hard and I bawled my eyes out on first listen.
I worked in dietary, and walking through the critical care unit and seeing patients doubled up on rooms, unconscious next to each other, intubated and fighting for their lives side by side but never knowing the other was there (because we didn't have room for everyone to be by themselves), it just blew me away. There'd be 2 patients being treated for non covid reasons but they were a rarity. It was so wild.
i’ve only seen this video, but, you have such a good way of reacting like there’s no crazy over the top shit it’s just good vibes even when you don’t 100% love the song it’s still respectful
I try I try, thank you for commenting!
Wait until you see the reactions from Knox Hill.
He not only covers the lyrics and breaks them down INSANELY well, but he talks about the productions of the song(s).
He hasn't done every song but he has done a LOT of the bigger ones, has covered some of the lesser known songs from non-Swifties (to list a few, WCS, You're Losing Me, and the folklore trilogy)
folklore got a live acoustic treatment called "folklore: long pond studio sessions" .. It was soooooo goooood that it will melt your soul. Man.. her vocals are so easeful to float around. Track 1 to 17, the experience was so very HEAVENLY GOOD.
I’ll second this. My fave is Long Pond version of My Tears Ricochet; stripped down to piano and vocals makes it heartbreaking.
Agree. "Folklore: Long Pond Studio Sessions" is amazing to watch. (see Disney+) she explains the motivation behind many of the songs. I was smiling as you described your feelings about mad woman because she said almost exactly the same thing. Also, the duet with Bon Iver is magical--even better than the studio version.
@@jetthayes61yesss!!
@@dschnez YES YES YES.
*THIS ALBUM IS A TIMELESS MASTERPIECE!*
*PURE POETRY!*
I think a lot of people are surprised by how great Taylor's music is b/c they have only heard her radio songs, which don't begin to scratch the surface of her artistry. Since you love Folklore, I would definitely recommend Evermore, Midnights, and of course, TTPD. Great reaction, subbed! ❤
Thank you!! I am seeing evermore is the sister album to folklore, so I am excited
I always say that the songs Taylor releases compared to the album tracks are like two completely separate artists! Fortunately I love both 😊
I compare her breath of work to Van Morrison. His radio friendly songs were such a small pinch of his genius.
During Peace you asked what Taylor knows about the trenches. The Kim & Kanye controversy several years ago…most people know the VMA story. He got on stage, interrupting Taylor’s speech, saying how Beyoncé had a better video. Fast forward he makes and album, calls her up, illegally records the call, Kim edits the footage to make it sound like Taylor is good with what he’s going to say about her in a song. So there was a public he said she said but they had the doctored audio. Kim started calling her a snake, it seemed like everyone turned on Taylor. She basically went into hiding for a year. Then there’s a music video he did featuring a naked wax figure of Taylor. When Taylor came back she dropped her reputation album. Years later the full phone call was leaked and come to find out Taylor was telling the truth. I’m sure there’s more to say on the subject but that’s the shortest story I can give.
I always thought "seven" was about childhood friends because of the lyrics "and though I cant recall your face I still got love for you", that is how I feel about my childhood best friend
Watching people slowly convert into Swifties is my new past-time . . . Welcome to the club Lauryn!!!
Epiphany is one of my favorites. It compares the soldiers in ww2 with the frontline workers during covid, how they both witnessed unspeakable things.
As a nurse I sobbed to that song and I appreciated her so much more for writing it. Such a beautiful song
It’s a tribute to her grandfather who fought at Guadalcanal and never spoke of the horrors he saw there…as well as COVID nurses
Such an underrated song and one of my favourites on folklore!
I love Epiphany. I weep remembering everything we all went through during covid. My best friend is a doctor and just remembering her suffering at that time makes me choke up. Epiphany is a tribute to those tragedies that never leave us.
“This is Me Trying” is one of my favorite songs ever. I have struggled with mental health for most of my life and that’s what this song is about for me. Mental health is one of those things that many people don’t understand. Some may think I’m not trying hard enough when I’m actually doing my best. I don’t know if I’ve ever related to a song more
also i literally screamed when you said you wanted a rock album because that’s my DREAM from her!!! i’m so glad that you agree!
Yes a hard rock heavy metal punk screamo ska alternative I want Metallica to do a song with her
its the secret (not so secret) swiftie dream lmao. ever since red and then the live 1989 tour performances AGH
THIS!!!!!!!!
You’re officially a swiftie. I think about a Taylor rock album bi weekly
Isn't speak now and a little bit of red rock?
“Why do I feel like Taylor should do a rock album”
Let me introduce you to an album called “Speak Now” by Taylor
No. I love Taylor but you really can't call speak now a rock album, don't be ridiculous. That's a genre she hasn't explored much so far. And that's ok. I wish she had
@@kimstarlinger9564 I never said speak now was a rock album, I said that if she thinks Taylor should release a rock album, speak now is the closest you can get
The day Taylor releases a rock album it'll be over for everbody else
Yeeeeees!!! SPEAK NOW has many pop rock songs, I've been telling it to people. It's the closest we got to a rock album from her. And she sang with rock stars like Fall Out Boy and Haley Williams from Paramore.
@@kimstarlinger9564exacly it's barely POP-rock, let alone rock
But I get what the person wanted to say.
You musttt see taylor illicit affairs (angry version) performing at the eras tour omg it is just goosebumps 😭
I came here to say this haha. Holy hell angry version is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I love the “what is she talking about?!” on seven.
Because Swiftie or non Swiftie, we can relate on that first listen reaction for any song…
Saw the eras tour movie with my niece in theatres and was blown away by it! It encouraged me to check out her discography. I really only knew her radio hits and was suprised by how many songs I loved that I had never heard before. If you liked this album I would recommend watching the long pond studio sessions. Great reaction!
I was thinking of watching it! Not for a video but just for my personal enjoyment haha
@@L4urynkingit will definitely give you context for the story she weaved throughout the album. Her vocals sound amazing as well in the more stripped down version.
I love Jack Antonoff but there’s just something about Aaron’s production that speaks to my soul. Taylor labeled him as her musical soulmate and I believe that is very accurate.
Yes, this was my experience, too.
Also for your own enjoyment or if you do a breakdown video of Folklore, check out the Long Pond Sessions! She gives background on these songs and performd them live and stripped down in the studio. It's incredible!!! ❤
Hahaha, I read the comment and somehow missed that Long Pond was also mentioned, thought it was the Eras Tour movie. (Also, worth watching)
Your reaction to My Tears Ricochet made me cry. I love that song and my favorite lyric of hers is “I can go anywhere I want just not home.” Ugh crushing
She has the Long Pond Studio session on Disney Plus which is a stripped down version of each song in lieu of a tour during the pandemic. It’s just her, Jack and Aaron in the studio with a feature of Justin Vernon.
Fun fact: the instrumental from Peace was a piece of music Aaron Dessner had been sitting on and when he sent it to Taylor she wrote this masterpiece over it. The song itself is so sad considering the fact that she and Joe broke up, so in some ways the fears she expresses in it, about how crazy and difficult it would be to marry someone that famous, came true.
This and it’s “sister” album called Evermore were her covid albums. She speaks on it in The Long Pond Studio sessions where she talks about the meaning of each song then sings it live in studio with Jack antonoff and Aaron desner who helped her write this album. So essentially she didn’t get to do a specific tour for these two albums and for her album Lover; because of the pandemic. That’s why eras tour was so exciting because these albums finally had a moment to shine :)
epiphany is criminally underrated. especially since this album came out in 2020 and it is about all covid victims.. so damn well captured
“Seven” in the eras tour is being read as poetry, while the dancers are dancing contemporary dance. It is beautiful and really hit in the feels 🥹🤍 Unfortunately it is not included in the eras tour movie.
One of my favorite songs on Folklore.
seven was in eras ?? i went in august & was watching lives consistently,, i don’t remember seven being there..??
@@bondubu It’s being read as poetry, and birds chirping / forest sounds in the background. It’s during the transition into folklore era.
I love how every new song she played became the best taylor swift song she has ever heard jajaja cause YES, everything is that good.
That's why i feel so bad for people who hate her so blindly. They genuinely are missing out on something so great
4 years ago I didn't even know who Taylor Swift was, I'm from Russia, she's not that big here. I was finishing learning English in a language school and wanted to get more into poetry as a challenge. I started with sonnets by Shaekspeare but then a friend of mine recommended me to try Taylor. I started my journey in February 2021. 6 months after her music became the biggest passion of my life suprassing life-long love to certain sport teams. I love every Taylor's album, but folklore is untouchable like a distant diamond sky at the top. To me it's the greatest peace of art I've ever experienced. Still go chills every time. After 5 weeks of TTPD it was so refreshing to come back to folklore and watching your reaction. Excited for the next ones!
Cardigan, August and Betty are 3 connected songs about a love triangle between three characters: Betty, August/Augustine and James.
Cardigan is from the pov of Betty, August is from the poc of Augustine and Betty is from the pov of James.
Taylor explains it in her long pond session of this album (you should check it out it gives a lot of meanings to the songs)
its still my least favorite rn, but I will re-listen with the next context, thank you!
This one will grow on you. Trust me. 😊
@@insatiatehope8842 Betty definitely grows on you.....I love it now! It wasn't my fav at first either.
Fun Fact: The names she uses for this Trilogy, Betty-Inez-James is the names of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds girls. They do have a 4th girl but no one knows her name. Ryan Reynolds joked that they are waiting for Taylor to tell them! 😂
folklore might be her best album, but the cool thing is that whether you ask the swifties or the casual fans their fave, they'd all probably have a different answer
imo if you want something more like folkore you could do evermore next, she wrote and released it around the same time... or if you want to hear something very different, hit 1989
I’ll have a poll on my instagram this week! But I am excited for 1989, since I know many of those songs from radio play.
@L4urynking I highly suggest Evermore but it was a grower album for me. It was my least favorite for a long time until the songs kept popping up at random on my shuffle play. Now it is one of my favorites!!
U r so wrong, folklore is her worst album, the best album of hers are 1989 , lover and midnights
@@florana5961 babe no need to say she is wrong since every album of taylor is actually amazing. they just have different aproaches but lyrically [folklore) might be her best. And this is coming from a 1989/reputation/lover/midnights girlie
@@florana5961🤨
IMO, Folklore is her very best album and My tears ricochet is one of her best songs, especially when you know what it's all about. Seeing her perform it at Eras - holy crap it was haunting, emotional, painful and just beautiful. I suggest watching All too well: the short film. Her other best song.
And if you want to see Taylor do rock, watch "We are never ever getting back together" 1989 tour. It's epic!
Folklore is her worst album, her best album is lover
@@florana5961 In your opinion of course. That's the joy of music. We can all have different likes and dislikes. No need to diss on my preference (seeing as how you replied to my comment. 🙄)
I would love to see a reaction also to All Too Well the Short Film. That song is epic as anything. the 10 minute version of course.
She’s won AOTY 4 times (the most of any other artist in history) and those were Fearless, 1989, Folklore, and Midnights. So arguably those are her “best” due to the critical acclaim but every Swiftie ranks her albums differently
Also be sure to listen to the Taylor’s Version when you get to her re-recorded albums!
It will be 5 soon!
Your reaction to Bon Iver's opening notes in Exile is also me when I listen to this song. It hurts so good.
YES, respect for epiphany! i think a lot of reactors don't really know what to say when they get to it so they just say a couple short things before moving on but that one makes me cry every damn time at the "hold your hand through plastic now" part
that reaction to the peace instrumental was SO REAL 😭
If you love Folklore you’re in luck- it’s the only album where she discusses the meaning behind the lyrics, etc with her producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. It was made during Covid, so they are at Aaron’s Long Pond Studio in upstate New York. After discussing the song, they record it in the studio, a more stripped down version. You’ll love it! Folklore is the only album she does this for, and it really helps appreciate the songs even that much more! Would love for you to react to it!
watching it today!
it is one of her bests works yes... but all of her albums are SO DIFFERENT that you can not NOT like them (except if youre not into that genre of music) you have a road of pop, country rock, folk, electropop, country pop, synth pop, alternative rock , bubblegum pop, country rock... you're not ready for what it's coming and i'm loving every second of it
Don't worry they're ALL good. But, you have to keep in mind that she's been releasing albums since she was 16 and each album is a snapshot of where she was at that particular age. You didn't miss the Folklore and Evermore concert eras because they were released during the Covid pandemic. She's has incorporated them in her present Eras Tour. You could still go and seem them performed live or go watch her Eras Tour movie.
Let's not lie pls
lmao lie about what???
@@derlis_whatever7033 "Lie" is too strong an accusation for such a benign subject don't you think? I'm not saying that Taylor's eponymous album is on par with Folklore. I consider all her albums good for her age at the time of each album's release. Her eponymous album is amazing when you consider she wrote those songs as a novice songwriter between 13 and 15 years of age. It debuted when she was 16. Her talent and potential were obvious from the start. The album enjoyed a lot of commercial success; in the United States, it peaked at number five on the Billboard 200, topped the Top Country Albums Chart for twenty-four non-consecutive weeks, and was certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was good for who she was at the time.
ALL her albums are good. The rabbit hole is deep. Have fun.
The lie is probably that you can still go see her - tickets to tour are crazy hard to get😆 (and expensive!)
I am a lifelong Swiftie and watching people who are not her fans react to her albums is my favourite pastime. Thank you for the sweetness and kindness with which you've approached 'Folklore' and I can't wait to see all the other reactions you've made. Thanks for that, it was really nice! New subscriber!
I love when you said, you spent years trying to escape Taylor Swift when you just needed to go in head first. That's exactly it! Welcome to the club, there's no leaving now.
This album was written during the pandemic, so it never got a tour. But they're are live versions of most songs from the eras tour. Some are setlist, others are acoustic.
The long pond studio sessions is incredible.
Before listening to reputation, please react to the rep tour ready for it intro live performance.
Best way to jump into that era
BON IVER & Taylor together- Evermore (title track of that album), Renegade (a collab on Big Red Machine album).
Important to know taylor swift writes all her songs. Yes she has editors and some people who help her, but she does it all and is the lead on all her projects
your knee jerk reaction to Peace was amazing. you really got it the first time! that song needed to grow on me, but it's top 5 of my favorite TS songs. I think I read that she recorded the vocals for that song in one long take and I just love how her voice sounded in it.
one take???? its easily top 3 on the album for me
Your initial reaction to seven really has me in tears on a beautiful Monday afternoon because you’re so valid for that
This IS one of her best albums. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that ALL of her albums are great. She is freaking phenomenal. You are going to have a great time discovering her discography and going down the TS rabbit hole.
I love watching non swifties reacting to folklore and Evermore and are left shocked❤
Taylor captured me for the 1st time ever, this past October! Took my 13 year old daughter to watch the movie.....
Left the movie and haven't had 1 day, i haven't binged Taylor!.....Guuuurrrlll...you still got evermore, reputation and freaking MIDNIGHTS! i am not a huge fan of her earlier stuff, but i embrace it with a full heart....and now, with all the healing Taylor brought forth me in these last few months, she tore that sh*t right back up with TTPD!!!
Enjoy the ride!!
signed - a 42 year old house wife
Me too!!! We were gifted tickets, so I took my daughter and I can’t remember how life was pre Taylor for me 😅
Her writing has evolved over the years. The depth of this and subsequent albums is remarkable.
For some of her albums it helps to know the context in which it was written, but they can also be enjoyed independently.
For TTPD, the theme is coming out of a long term relationship that died a slow death; then getting sucked into an intense, toxic rebound with someone you’d always wondered about… who knew what your (then) vulnerable heart needed to hear. He said all the right things, then ghosted you. THEN picking yourself up from THAT and trying to move on. She said the songs on TTPD can be categorized into the 5 stages of grief, but in no particular order. It’s at once cathartic and a little chaotic, reflecting how she felt while writing it.
I can’t believe no one has explained the teenage love triangle yet. Cardigan, august, and Betty all go together and tell a story of teenagers in a love triangle. Cardigan is written by Betty 20 years after the fact. Betty is written by James during his situationship with Augustine. Augustine wrote august after the summer she spent with James.
I enjoy coming back to this first reaction knowing how your journey has ended up as a full blown swiftie now :)
It’s always so fun watching non-swifties actually sit down and listen to Taylor. She has a knack for releasing like one or two more simple, upbeat bubblegum pop songs on most albums that are the fun dancey lead singles, but in reality she’s 1000% an album artist. Almost all of her albums are cohesive bodies of work that connect around a central idea, theme, time period and that makes every song a little better as you listen and get more of the story. It’s what makes it frustrating when people say they don’t like Taylor, but all they’ve heard of her music is Shake It Off, Me!, and Karma on the radio. Because she usually intends those to be kinda corny fun you can just dance to, they’re not meant to be taken super serious as an example of her musical abilities. I’m a die-hard swiftie and those are usually my least favorite on each album haha. They’re fun at a concert or when you’re dancing at a bar, but those songs aren’t what make me such a big fan of hers
Since you mentioned Taylor doing a rock album you need to check we are never getting back live from the 1989 world tour you’ll be blown away
You never know that could be next
Folklore is probably her best. Folklore the long pond studio sessions is on Disney plus. It has a sister album called evermore which is still in the folklorian woods, but it has a distinct sound & probably her biggest storytelling album. You probably noticed some of her songs are stories, the last great American dynasty, Betty, etc. those weren’t your favorite songs, but evermore is a lot of storytelling and it is considered her next best album but many fans like it better than folklore. It’s folklore’s often overlooked younger sister. Oh, evermore has an exile sister: another duet with Bon Iver. You said you wanted one well it’s evermore.
Folklore has a deluxe track called The Lakes.
omg I listened to the lakes after filming, I loved it! I'll include it in my ranking video. and I will be checking out the LPSS on Disney +
@@L4urynking They started Evermore the morning after recording LPSS. So it's really a smooth transition between both albums sonically.
U must be crazy, folklore is her worst album, the best one is midnights
@@florana5961 it's wonderful different albums, songs, lyrics, sounds speak to different people. Folkmore and TTPD anthology are by far my favorite TS albums, yet friends love Midnights and 1989 and Folklore is much lower on their lists
@@florana5961 There's a difference between "I have a different opinion" and "Your opinion is wrong".
Epiphany is brutal man.
I have 3 sons in the military and despite them coming home safe.
I'll never get the what if's out of my head.
I signed the paperwork to send them off to war at 17yo.
If I had my time over, I wouldn't have.
So that song is tough for me 😪
I really liked your reaction, you took care to pay attention to the lyrics which is her true talent!
With Taylor, I feel like you have to. Thank you
your reaction to my tears ricochet is so real, god it hits still
We have ourselves another Folklore/Evermore stan ladies and gentlebeeches, welcome to the forest of lost boys, witches, lost loves and daydreams ❤
Listen to the deluxe versions! Because The Lakes is AMAZING
i love seeing epiphany love. it's my favorite song on the album.
it tells a story of her grandfather in wwII in the first verse, i feel like it truly embodies the despair and fear war has especially with all the losses of people. the second verse is about the pandemic.
the fear of losing someone is something that's truly terrifying and epiphany makes me cry but it is also kinda comforting. i relate to this song sm🥲
Lauryn...your potential to be the greatesr Swiftie of all time is very, very possible. We have been begging Taylor for a rock album for years. The songs you gravitate to are the same ones that most of us like, too. There are two other albums with this folky vibe, Evermore and TTPD-The Anthology. All of her albums are connected and the stories overlap. Her pen game is crazy. She raps really good, too. I hope you continue this journey because I cant wait to see your heart open for Taylor. Her previous record label sold her entire discography to a guy Taylor did not like so she is rerecording all of her previous albums. Is Folklore her best album? You have to be the judge of that. Much love to you and your journey. As a swiftie, i love your willingness to give Taylor a chance. Thank you Lauren. Enjoy the ride!
She is getting more gravelly vocals in her voice as she gets older... I reckon we will get one sooner or later
Had to take Epiphany off all my playlists, I cry every time I hear it
Illicit affairs era tour version hits different also, more angsty
This is my favorite album of Taylor ever! It’s refreshing to see someone appreciate this album as much as you did and FOR THE FIRST TIME??? I LIKE U
I adore seeing non swiftness react to Taylor, ESPECIALLY folklore and evermore and her more lyrical stuff! Showing she’s not just shake it off and 22 but dare i say a lyrical mastermind (Iykyk)
Folklore is personally my favorite album because I am huge on lyricism, secret meanings, and that sort of stuff but what I love about Taylor (I think I saw someone else comment this) is that there’s honestly a song for everyone and everything! Which I think is really powerful and shows a reason why she is as big as she is ❤
Love how calm and ASMRy this video is! Folklore definitely lends itself to that vibe.
Hearing seven for the first time made me literally sob, i did not know what to do do with my self, and when heartstopper put it in season 2 i sobbed again lol. i stan that song with all my heart
oh you will love folklore long pond studio sessions❤
💯💯💯
How many people when they heard about Taylor only imagined skate it off and didn't train her as a phenomenon until last year when I met folklor and omg from there I completely love her she is a genius. LOVE U GIRL❤️✨
I live for the "this is my fave TS song" after each song. This album is my safe space fr
I suggest for you to react to evermore next, its folklore sister album
Poll on my IG tomorrow, vote for evermore (I secretly want to do that next)
Taylor Swift records have a habit of growing on you until you are totally obsessed because there is so much to discover each time you listen. Can’t really get all the mastermind lyricism and beautiful music twists in the first listen.
This reaction is so refreshing 😢
omg thank you, and welcome
Your energy is so vibrant! Truly love this and you 💙💙
Agreed
What other people have said: Long Pond Sessions, Evermore, 1989, reputation, Midnights, TTPD, Speak Now. I guess prety much all of them.
Oh, and there was no tour for Folklore. It was written in lockdown, as well as Evermore, which came just a few months later (both surprise albums with no marketig buildup). She does sets for both in the Eras tour though, which you are not too late for. There's another North America leg scheduled if you've got a couple thousand bucks laying around you don't need. Either way, I strongly encourage you to look for live performances online, of reputation tour, Tiny Desk, Live in Paris (City of Lover) and, of course, the Eras Tour, and the new album, which for me gets better with every listen.
Btw, dont feel bad about sleeping on her writing. Im 62, never gave her a second thought til last year. Now I'm all in. She's a master of her craft and a genius songwriter.
wait- I don't see any northeast dates for the tour.. also TAYLOR DID A TINY DESK???
@@L4urynkingright now all thats left is Miami, NoLa and Annapolis. Then Canada. BUT. We already have clues that this next leg of Eras will add TTPD and many suspect that new dates in 2025 are coming. Fingers crossed. But this will be a mew eras tour, slightly different than the completed tour. She starts back up on 5/9 in Paris so we will know more as many stream the concerts live.
@@L4urynking yep. TinyDesk concert by Taylor th-cam.com/video/FvVnP8G6ITs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=c3HZEl9NDGg_nXKf
Given how much you like Bon Iver and Exile, you should definitely check out the Long Pond Studio Session version of that track. Their vocals are even more amazing. And I agree that My Tears Ricochet is just stunningly good songwriting, from lyrics, production, performance...
My Tears Ricochet is my favorite. The Long Pond Sessions version has a superior outro "look at all of my tears, becoming all of your tears, look at all of my tears"
Loving your reaction to this album! You instantly loved my favorites, so I'm eager to explore your channel to find new music through songs and albums you love
Evermore is just as good it’s slightly different and more country/folk imo. The Tortured Poets Department is my favorite by far and I thought nothing would ever beat my #1 spot which was Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
loving the pfp! I'm hoping y'all choose evermore next on the poll vote on my IG
@@L4urynkingWhat’s your insta?
@@L4urynkingnvm i found it
There's another duet with bon iver on evermore @@L4urynking
This is me trying is so deep. Seven makes me cry every time. Loved watching this!
omg at 27:21 you said you wanted to see this live and u should 100% react to the eras tour her folkmore and ttpd set is insane. the illicit affairs bridge live is absolutely worth listening to!!
You will love Folklore Long Pond version! It’s the regular album and then everything in acoustic version! My tears ricochet and Exile is a whole new level! 💕
Shes like a joni mitchell to me omg. I agree this whole record needs toured and played in its entiety. Perferrably in a theater.
The songs Betty, August and Cardigan are songs about a love triangle and all the songs are connected
Was thrilled to see Epiphany get some love on your reaction!! One of the quiet unsung heros of the Folklore album.
We might need to see your Eras Tour reaction also. 🥹
Her new album is even more beautiful in song writing imo.
specially the 2nd side of the album
I definitely concur! Imo, her songwriting is unmatched, more especially on TTPD. When she puts her pen to paper, she goes deep. ❤
Yes, her newest album is great...but it is heavy, and requires repeated listens. It both helps knowing her relationship history...but also confuses, because fans were expecting it to be about a specific ex but it's about multiple and non-romantic relationships.
I love her new album especially the 2am version but folklore/evermore is the best imo
@@MSerrada1yes I definitely wouldn't recommend it to someone who just got into taylor it's too much to process and took me 3 days to finally get it
I love hearing the thoughts of people who have no idea about the context of the songs!
I feel like a lot of fans get caught up in the exact situation Taylor was writing about, when actually songs can resonate with people in a lot of different ways and be interpreted completely differently, and there’s something beautiful in that.
I really enjoyed watching your reaction! I'm a new subscriber, excited to see you fall further down the Taylor Swift rabbit hole. If you appreciate her lyricism on Folklore, you'll love her newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, especially the latter half (the Anthology Tracks). The lyricism, melodies, and vocals are very Folklore reminiscent, and Evermore, which is Folklore's sister album.
Also, you're not alone in wanting Taylor to do a rock album! If you want to hear her slay some rock vocals and play electric guitar, check out the live performance of her song We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together from the 1989 tour. :)
I'm very nervous about listening to TTPD, I'm seeing mixed reviews.. BUT I will be listening and forming my own opinion :)
@@L4urynking I can definitely understand that! If you like Folklore, I really think the latter half of the album will be your speed for sure. The first half grew on me after a few listens and now I love it. It's an album that should be absorbed over time, I think a lot of folks are finding that they like it more on the second or third listen. :) But the Anthology tracks had me right away.
When listening to Betty it is so important to understand the Betty August James situation and how Betty and August are connected to get that full story there are fan made short films to show the connection.
based on your reactions to folklore i think you will really like evermore and midnights
Watching people react to Taylor Swift is my hobby
The Folklore era on eras tour is absolutely stunning if you wanted to see some of the album performed live.
i think some other ppl may have mentioned this but there is a concert film on disney+ called folklore the long pond studio sessions where she plays the album straight through with aaron and jack (her main collaborators) and it also has sections where they talk about what the songs mean to them and stuff. it’s a really great watch! and then there’s also the folklore set in the eras tour but if you are planning on reacting to her full discography, it would probably be more fun to save the eras tour movie for the very end!
anyways this was a really awesome reaction, folklore was the album that made me fall head over heels in love with taylor and I love watching other ppl experience the magic of this album for the first time 🫶 looking forward to watching more of your videos!
So personally I think that Folklore, Evermore and TTPD is her best work. The lyrics are amazing, although I do have to say there is some serious unhinged stuff she drops in ttpd that I just like to ignore lol but some of her strongest bridges are def on that album! I think with Evermore and ttpd they might be "growers", at least that's what my listening experience was like. At first listen I only liked a few songs but I've come to love both albums so much, so enjoy them. Make sure that you always listen to the bonus tracks/deluxe versions/vault songs when you listen to the albums in the future. It's really important that you don't miss out on Right Where You Left Me on Evermore and You're Losing Me on Midnights since they're my faves! Lol :D