I actually read that a couple ago he decided his face was only for his family and friends so even without COVID he wears a face covering (bandana) in public apparently.
@@rebeccavliet2011... Someone should have told him for the first 10+ years of his career 😂😂😂 he's not Sia, for heaven's sake. We've been seeing Justin Verson's face on screen and in live performances since the early 2000s 😂😂😂
@@emmavinkpeople can change their minds about wanting their current image widely available, especially as AI and digital credentials become more of a hot topic.
@@rebeccavliet2011 That’s not true. He was only wearing the bandana because of the camera crew in his studio. That’s why he was not with Jack and Taylor at Long Pond Studio. He does not wear bandanas - except for during Covid. Taylor surprised his concert crowd when he was singing this song and he was not wearing anything. I’ve seen other videos of his and there’s never anything covering his face.
I love how the back and forth sounds like an argument where neither of them are listening to each other. He thinks she gave no signs and she is saying she gave so many signs. It’s really heart-wrenching when you think about how people communicate and that’s what makes a relationship fall apart even when he is “holding all this love” as he stands in the hall behind a closed door which is just another barrier between them. 🤯
lol…back to say: Also they are talking about seeing films and the reference to “leaving out the side door” could be to how in a move theater, the side door is typically for emergencies only. Just the visual of how I don’t think I want to see the ending so I’m just going to shut down and slip out quietly.
The guy on the piano is Aaron Dessner, they filmed this during Covid, when Folklore was created. The split screen is because Bon Iver did his part from his own studio in Wisconsin. Yes...the man in the sweatshirt is Aaron Dessner, the owner of Longpond Studios, located in upstate New York in the Hudson Valley. Other than co-producing several different artists, and his own band The National, with his twin brother Bryce, he is also in another band, Big Red Machine with Bon Iver, (Justin Vernon). Taylor has been featured on one song with each band, The Alcott, with The National, and Renegade with Big Red Machine.
Taylor’s lyrics are truly sublime, I imagine her songs will be covered in perpetuity and will be appreciated even more by future generations. The Swifties get in now but those who can’t get over the “Taylor Swift” phenomenon or just hate to hate what others find exceptional, I imagine their descendants will hear someone else sing her songs and be captivated by her gorgeous writing and melodies 🫶
I was obsessed with this beautiful song for a while. Couldn’t stop playing it since it really touched me. The harmonizing, the lyrics, and the beauty of Taylor’s voice.
During the few live versions of this song during the Eras Tour the crowd will sing Justin’s part and it is just a goosebump moment every time. 50-70,000 people singing back at her.
50 seconds into this, only the second video of yours I’ve watched, and I’m sold on your channel. You are one of the best, most insightful reactors in an increasingly diluted pool of this genre. I really hope you react to more Taylor - I don’t think you’ll be disappointed
The guy on paino is Aaron Dessner from The National. They collaborate a lot. It's his lake house/studio.Again, brilliant reaction and insights, thank you.and i will repeat: YOU will absolute love All too well 10 min version, i just know it. First lyric video, then short film and the SNL version. 😅
Please don't react to the SNL version. It's a well acted performance. I love Taylor, but that vocal performance really wasn't great. Out of pitch virtually on every single line. It has happened to every singer that's ever lived, so I'm absolutely not saying it's a reflection on her ability. I think the SNL sound stage isn't great (I've seen other incredible artists give difficult performances on that show) and I think she was nervous. She did an acoustic performance of the song just with her and a guitar at the Premier of the short film she made for All Too Well (10 min) Taylor's Version. It is vocally virtually flawless 🥰🥰🥰 and it deserves to be promoted and celebrated over the SNL one which people just punt because it has a bougie name attached.
But I'm absolutely with you. Lyric video first, short film next and then I'd even suggest the Eras Tour Movie performance of the song. But my suggestion would be the short film Premier performance.
Yes. The SNL versions are never good. The sound on SNL is terrible and always has been. It’s kind of legendary. Taylor doesn’t sound great on any of her SNL appearances.
@@chettajohnson5261 3 Sad Virgins shall stay protected at all costs forever 😂 it was perfection 🥰 her first sung monologue was really good too. I suspect it's the sound stage.
I read something that said “Lesson in life will be repeated until they are learned.” I agree with your comment regarding environment & creativity. I enjoy your analysis. Thank you.
bridge of a song is the part of the song that is the most different than the rest of a song. Sometimes the bridge gets repeated. In this song the bridge starts with "so step right out..."
“Hoax”, “Invisible String” and “My Teardrops Ricochet”. Huge fan of this Covid (pt 1) project album. They really had time to make meaningful music during this downtime. Each song is absolutely beautiful or meaningful or both.
This is one of her best songs IMO, Taylor is very good in painting a picture and because she writes all of her songs you can feel her emotions that even if you've never experienced what she's talking about, it will still get to you. Really enjoying listening to your inputs!
Thanks, Izzy, you choose your words and thoughts so carefully, it's easy to understand why you're a "lyrics guy". 💛 Her songs border on therapy for many of us for how they make one think... Great reaction, looking forward to more.
Listening to you is so relaxing. I appreciate your thoughtful reactions and agree with your thoughts on the bridge or middle 8 in “Something.” That bridge really is the caveat to everything else communicated in the song. The more you dive into Taylor I think you’ll find her bridges to be a lyrical oasis - so much deeper and more clever than most.☺️
Vernon recorded in his own studio, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The others are in the Hudson Valley, in upstate NY (on a map, some few miles south of Albany). That's Dessner's home; looks like he rebuilt a barn as the studio. There's extra rooms over the studio, and a guest cottage on site. Justin didn't join them because of quarantine restrictions (Taylor was being especially careful, as her mother was being treated with chemo for cancer.) Vaccines weren't available yet in September 2020; the first one was approved only in the third week of August, 2021.
I really enjoyed your reaction thank you! I hope you keep going down the Taylor rabbit hole because I think you will really like her ability it paint the picture and write music in a way we all can relate so much to all her songs! It’s magic!
Bon Iver has a huge vocal range. To my knowledge, this is his natural voice. Aaron Dessner (from “The National”) on piano. He is usually on guitar. Jack Antonoff (lead singer from “Beachers”) is usually in a leather jacket playing the piano. Bon Iver (real name Justin Vernon) wore the bandana as Folklore and Evermore were made in 2020 during the height of Covid lockdowns (pre-vaccines) and he couldn’t travel for this live gathering due to the travel bans. This Long Pond Studio belongs to Aaron Dessner, at his home. Aaron, Jack and Taylor make such a well-rounded trio. Taylor usually prefers to write her songs alone, but she’s been open to collaborating with both Aaron and Jack because they’ve formed a wonderful working relationship and they are able to push each other to get the best final product. It’s fun to see some of the BTS footage. Thank you for covering this BEAUTIFUL album. ••There’s a fictional love triangle on here. “Cardigan”, “August” and “Betty”. One high school boy, cheating on his girlfriend during summer break and the main girlfriend talks about her feelings, years after it’s occurred as an adult. The other 2 are still in a high school timeframe. Each song comes from one of the 3 perspectives and it is absolutely genius. They aren’t even right after each other to help you understand that it’s a love triangle. She gives slight clues that they belong together, but it’s not originally obvious. I hope you see some comments to try to react to all 3 at one time. Cardigan first, then August then Betty. Super fun fact: her best friends Ryan Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively have 4 children. Only 3 were born in 2020. Taylor incorporated their children’s names into this love triangle: James, Inez and Betty. Just a really sweet gesture of her love for their children and Blake & Ryan. The children call her “Aunt Taylor”. They didn’t really understand that Taylor was “The Taylor Swift” because she just wants to be loved for her and to be normal with her (very famous) friends and the kids just thought that Taylor singing to them was a hobby. They were recently at the Wembley Stadium Era’s concert (with ear covers on) when they really saw and understood!! Before starting to sing “Cardigan”, Taylor smiled and said that “this love triangle has some of my favorite people in it: James, Inez and Betty”, knowing they were in the crowd and like she was talking only to them. ❤ I’ll bet they will always remember that sweet moment. Taylor and Blake (& Ryan) are VERY close. Blake actually directed Taylor’s music video for “I’ll Bet You Think About Me”, and it really shows off Taylor’s goofy side while singing about heartbreak. Taylor is hilarious in the video, the lyrics are honest and raw. Blake did a phenomenal job. •Folklore’s sister album, Evermore, is nothing like this. It has a completely different feel to it.
Nice reaction. Someone already told you about Taylor featuring on the National, the song "The Alcott" is absolutely gorgeous, and the song "Renegade" with Big Red Machine is pretty good. Folklore has a bonus song called "The Lakes" which is one of my favorites, My Tears Richochet is at the top for me.
Taylor brought Aaron Dessner (along with Jack Antonoff) on as a producer for Folklore and the sister album Evermore. He went on to also co-produce and co-write for songs on Taylor’s albums Midnights and The Tortured poets department. He’s in a band called The Nationals which Taylor has always been a big fan of and he also formed a band with Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). I think it’s Big Red Machine which I haven’t checked out yet. Folklore might still be my top album of Taylor’s. Hard to choose! Exile is a beautiful song for sure.
"Bone eeeeVEHR" is how one pronounces Bon Iver. It means "good winter" when it's fully spelled in french: bon hiver. You are now my fave Taylor reactor. Many stoop to weird facial contortions. Truly, musicians commenting on musicians makes the most sense. Your notes are thoughtful and genuine. Welcome to the Swiftie rabbithole❤❤
Bon Iver is part of a music group. He was separate place. This was during covid thus the bandana. Her voice is beautiful. Aaron Dresner is on the piano. You sing great.
She recorded two albums during 2020. Folklore and Evermore during the pan. Both albums are great. Cardigan is a great one as well the video is visually hauntingly beautiful.
I love Long Pond, This Is Me Trying will be a great one to listen to--I'd also suggest Epiphany and Illicit Affairs, both with really powerful lyrics. As for other stuff, I'm definitely seconding All Too Well. As a songwriter, I'd suggest listening to the original shorter version before you listen to the 10 minute one!
Love your reactions! Definitely check out some of the live performances from her City of Lover Live from Paris concert. Death By A Thousand Cuts, Cornelia Street and Daylight are all amazing. Some of her best live performances
I love that your favorite bridge is by The Beatles, and that you referenced that Friends episode, since I'm a huge fan of both ❤️ Also Billy Joel, I think we have a similar taste 😊 According to your previous Taylor Swift videos, and seeing that you're enjoying this side of her, I'd highly recommend you to listen "Champagne Problems" and "Evermore". Also "I hate it here" is my favorite song from her new album. The imagery and the storytelling really transport you. Even though they're "sad" songs, or very melancholic, I just find them so beautifully human and relatable.
For “This is me Trying” I really love the studio version better but the long pond version is great as well. Hope you enjoy, she has some incredible lines in that one. One of my favs from her whole catalog.
Beautiful song! Stepping out the side door..... Is so hard to do when you have invested so much of yourself into a relationship. Changing things to alter the outcome may work or just delay the inevitable? Great reaction video, Thanks Izzy
Glad you include the interviews before the Long Pond Videos. Great review. Can't wait for more. BTW, one comment at least mentioned All Too Well, the 10 minute version. Highly recommend it....Lyric version first then the short film.
I was soooooo excited to see this reaction! 😁😁 I think you would really like her folklore and evermore. And I would just DIE of happiness if you reacted to Happiness (lol) and the Smallest Man Who Ever Lived. Aaaand gonna throw a curveball out there - The Man would be a fun reaction. I don’t think it’s a sound you would vibe with but the music video is funny and the lyrics witty as hell.
Hopefully you are still reading comments here. You don't want to miss her acoustic sets from Live in Paris, Cornelia Street and Death by a Thousand Cuts. To me, these are her at her best. No backup singers, no band, just her and her guitar and her vocals are really good. I never understood she could sing with the best until I saw these sets
I really hope you find yourself to review Carolina, the song she wrote for the movie Where the Crawdads Sing (after reading the book, she submitted it and the producers loved it). For story telling and vocals (deep and loverly), this will top My Tears Ricochet.
If you liked this one, I suggest you give it a try to “Champagne Problems”, “Peter” and “Cassandra”. Powerful lyrics there (and many others, but still hahaha)
I think you would like all folklore and evermore album, but I’m anxious for see your reaction on some musics from the tourture poets department (loml, the smallest man who ever lived, so long london, the black dog…)
I'm South African and we call it a bridge too... But the second you said middle eight my brain knew the term 😂 yes, especially in commercial music, I think a bridge and a middle eight function in the same way. So people are you to tell you quickly, Taylor really, really, REALLY is the bridge/middle 8 QUEEN. She does them shockingly well. And she has talked a lot with an interviewer like Zane Lowe for BBC Radio about now she constructs the bridges to her songs and how they function in her work. She's explained that what she often likes to use them for is to condense a lot of information regarding whatever the song is about into the bridge. I'm also suuuuper into lyrics, lyrical analysis, and poetry and literary analysis, so I deep dive on this stuff 😂 So for example (I'll add some song examples from Taylor's catalogue) , she will often use a bridge to describe a big jump in time in something like her personal/some specific individual's personal life ("You're On Your Own Kid", "Clara Bow", "The Last Great American Dynasty" ) or a romantic relationship ("All Too Well - 10 mins", "Cardigan"). Or she will use the bridge to freeze frame a very specific and often bring the song into the present tense at a very important moment ("Right Where You Left Me", "Betty", "Begin Again"). Or she will use it as an inner thought or reflection on the broader themes of that song ("Cruel Summer", "Out of the Woods", "Clean", "I Did Something Bad"). And sometimes it's just a fun and sassy breakdown ("Shake It Off", "Karma", "Me!", "Blank Space", "Look What You Made Me Do"). When people say that they have developed university modules around her work, they aren't joking or being facetious. There is SO MUCH to analyse!
I’d say you are right about bridge being middle eight. I think American version is as you said, verse, Pre-course, course, verse, etc., bridge, maybe another course and outro. Funny you mention Beatles, you sound a tad bit like you’re from Liverpool?
Hy Izzy, I think you would like to check out a Norwegian artist called Aurora. She’s a singer/songwriter and producer and her music is very unique, her voice is stunning. As you like lyrics, I highly suggest a song called A Soul With No King the Vevo Performance 💜
@@IzzyIzenstain This song in specific is very powerful, it questions identity, purpose and the human condition. Also she explores the theme of ambiguity and the human tendency to act against one’s better judgment. I really think you’re gonna like her lyrics because they are very deep and she talks about a lot of things that are really important 💜
Bon Iver decided a while back his face is only for friends and family so while this was during the pandemic he wears a face covering in public all the time apparently
Yet again, provide an actual source for this. It's so annoying. Justin Verson has something like a 20 year career where he hasn't had an issue having his face shown. It would be bizarre if he now suddenly started hiding his face...
There is a weird element of the Swiftie fandom that doesn't give Taylor's ex boyfriend (Joe Alwyn who used the pseudonym William Bowery) recognition for the writing and composition he did on this song and a few others from this album (Folklore) and on songs on the Evermore and Midnights albums. The song is the result of the input of a handful of extraordinarily talented people 🥰🥰🥰🥰
That drives me so crazy, like... some folks really act like his input is like a head-pat from Taylor, and it's so clear by the way she talks about it, that he started work on the song, and his input was pivotal. Like or hate him for whichever reason, but argh to those people.
@@darsynia like he literally wrote the basic piano structure and the entire lyric for the first verse. Jack was super impressed. Taylor was super impressed. But unreasonable fans think they know better 🤔 I'm a fan. Still refuse to call myself a Swiftie because of that element. But I don't like fandom in general, so it's not TS specific.
lol no Bon Iver is not operatic (well maybe a bit, but I think that’s the wrong word). Justin Vernon is unique. 22, A Million is in my top 10 albums all time. It’s got an Astral Weeks vibe, which is also in my top 10 😂
Please tell me I'm not wrong when I hear Neil Diamond in his deep voice. "Forever in Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond. Same tone. Am I wrong? th-cam.com/video/QQLWF_ItzYs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sE2urldWhRjz0vv1
Sorry, this is looong (OG Swifties can skip) - Don't feel any kind of way about just now getting into Taylor's catalog. She's always been a great lyricist, however the 'folklore' album followed quickly by 'evermore' was her first deep dive into this more folky sound at least across full albums. Many of us older Swifties didn't really get into her until these releases during the pandemic. I listened because folklore came out of nowhere at a time when we didn't know what was going to happen in global communities. I heard the first track and knew it was for me and downloaded the album immediately and have been on board ever since. Obviously we knew of her, but like many, some of us thought that she was too country or too pop for us - she is the queen of reinvention. I've since filled in her whole catalog except now waiting on Debut (Taylor Swift) and Reputation. There's tons of lore out there that goes back to Kanye & Kim and the betrayal of Scott Borchetta or Big Machine Records as to why she left her NAME & REPUTATION as the last for her to reclaim. I love Midnights that came after those two and am obsessed with TTPD. TTPD, folklore, and evermore have such a wide appeal - my mother who is nearly 80 loves those in particular because they're in the vein of Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, etc. of her era. And as more of a folk fan, you may be interested to know that her parents named her after James Taylor. She has been able to meet and sing with him at a few different points in her career.
I actually read that a couple ago he decided his face was only for his family and friends so even without COVID he wears a face covering in public apparently.
I actually read that a couple ago he decided his face was only for his family and friends so even without COVID he wears a face covering in public apparently.
@@rebeccavliet2011if you can't provide a viable source for this, please stop commenting this everywhere. We've known what Justin Verson's face looks like since the early 2000s. He's never hidden his face before. I sincerely doubt that he suddenly started doing it now. Also again, please provide a credible source.
"Faces are for friends - Friendship is for safekeeping - Family is everything," printed in his album credits; 22, A Million. He explained it in press conferences for the album.
@@melissad807 this isn't what this means. He made this comment in 2016. He played a surprise live performance of exile with Taylor at Wembley Stadium in 2022. His face is very clearly visible and not hidden in any way.
I suspect that Bon Iver is wearing his bandanna on his face because this was recorded in the height of Covid-19 in 2020.
I actually read that a couple ago he decided his face was only for his family and friends so even without COVID he wears a face covering (bandana) in public apparently.
@@rebeccavliet2011... Someone should have told him for the first 10+ years of his career 😂😂😂 he's not Sia, for heaven's sake. We've been seeing Justin Verson's face on screen and in live performances since the early 2000s 😂😂😂
Bon Iver is the band. Justin Vernon is the singer.
@@emmavinkpeople can change their minds about wanting their current image widely available, especially as AI and digital credentials become more of a hot topic.
@@rebeccavliet2011 That’s not true. He was only wearing the bandana because of the camera crew in his studio. That’s why he was not with Jack and Taylor at Long Pond Studio.
He does not wear bandanas - except for during Covid. Taylor surprised his concert crowd when he was singing this song and he was not wearing anything. I’ve seen other videos of his and there’s never anything covering his face.
This beautiful album came out of nowhere during Covid. It was literally like a lifeline during that terrible summer.
sooo many new Swifties during covid. I was starting to like her work more but the covid albums sold me instantly
I love how the back and forth sounds like an argument where neither of them are listening to each other. He thinks she gave no signs and she is saying she gave so many signs. It’s really heart-wrenching when you think about how people communicate and that’s what makes a relationship fall apart even when he is “holding all this love” as he stands in the hall behind a closed door which is just another barrier between them. 🤯
lol…back to say:
Also they are talking about seeing films and the reference to “leaving out the side door” could be to how in a move theater, the side door is typically for emergencies only. Just the visual of how I don’t think I want to see the ending so I’m just going to shut down and slip out quietly.
It's a good analogy for it!
The guy on the piano is Aaron Dessner, they filmed this during Covid, when Folklore was created. The split screen is because Bon Iver did his part from his own studio in Wisconsin. Yes...the man in the sweatshirt is Aaron Dessner, the owner of Longpond Studios, located in upstate New York in the Hudson Valley. Other than co-producing several different artists, and his own band The National, with his twin brother Bryce, he is also in another band, Big Red Machine with Bon Iver, (Justin Vernon).
Taylor has been featured on one song with each band, The Alcott, with The National, and Renegade with Big Red Machine.
she was also featured on the song Birch (track 4; Renegade was track 5). She didn't write it, she did harmonies and background vocals.
@@robertthompson7242 thank you Robert, I had forgotten about that
Renegade is such a good song…
Judging by what you've liked from Taylor so far, you are going to love The Tortured Poets Department. Both albums. ❤
The anthology is the best❤
@@Debbie-m7f , I think so, too. I loved TTPD, but TA tore my heart out. 😅💛💛💛💛💛
So there are 2 albums that came out together?
@@IzzyIzenstain Yep. It's a double album.
He is in!
Taylor’s lyrics are truly sublime, I imagine her songs will be covered in perpetuity and will be appreciated even more by future generations. The Swifties get in now but those who can’t get over the “Taylor Swift” phenomenon or just hate to hate what others find exceptional, I imagine their descendants will hear someone else sing her songs and be captivated by her gorgeous writing and melodies 🫶
I was obsessed with this beautiful song for a while. Couldn’t stop playing it since it really touched me. The harmonizing, the lyrics, and the beauty of Taylor’s voice.
During the few live versions of this song during the Eras Tour the crowd will sing Justin’s part and it is just a goosebump moment every time. 50-70,000 people singing back at her.
That and 'You Are In Love' are so fantastic with Taylor (feat. the Eras Tour audience)!
50 seconds into this, only the second video of yours I’ve watched, and I’m sold on your channel. You are one of the best, most insightful reactors in an increasingly diluted pool of this genre. I really hope you react to more Taylor - I don’t think you’ll be disappointed
Thanks! Definitely gonna do a lot more Taylor!
This was taped during COVID. Long Pond Sessions were taken in a place to keep herself and her band safe. They love each other
Also not only during COVID but taped in two different studios across the country
ARE THEY AMAZING OR WHAT
The guy on paino is Aaron Dessner from The National. They collaborate a lot. It's his lake house/studio.Again, brilliant reaction and insights, thank you.and i will repeat: YOU will absolute love All too well 10 min version, i just know it. First lyric video, then short film and the SNL version. 😅
Please don't react to the SNL version. It's a well acted performance. I love Taylor, but that vocal performance really wasn't great. Out of pitch virtually on every single line. It has happened to every singer that's ever lived, so I'm absolutely not saying it's a reflection on her ability. I think the SNL sound stage isn't great (I've seen other incredible artists give difficult performances on that show) and I think she was nervous.
She did an acoustic performance of the song just with her and a guitar at the Premier of the short film she made for All Too Well (10 min) Taylor's Version.
It is vocally virtually flawless 🥰🥰🥰 and it deserves to be promoted and celebrated over the SNL one which people just punt because it has a bougie name attached.
But I'm absolutely with you. Lyric video first, short film next and then I'd even suggest the Eras Tour Movie performance of the song. But my suggestion would be the short film Premier performance.
Yes. The SNL versions are never good. The sound on SNL is terrible and always has been. It’s kind of legendary. Taylor doesn’t sound great on any of her SNL appearances.
@@musicfangirl7403 Hard disagree, she sounded amazing on 3 Sad Virgins 😂😂
@@chettajohnson5261 3 Sad Virgins shall stay protected at all costs forever 😂 it was perfection 🥰 her first sung monologue was really good too. I suspect it's the sound stage.
I read something that said “Lesson in life will be repeated until they are learned.” I agree with your comment regarding environment & creativity. I enjoy your analysis. Thank you.
Thanks, Becca! I think that's true. It certainly is in my own experience anyway!
bridge of a song is the part of the song that is the most different than the rest of a song. Sometimes the bridge gets repeated. In this song the bridge starts with "so step right out..."
"Something's" bridge is breathtaking. It lifts the spirit. Yes, Taylor is master of the bridge, or middle eight. Loving your reactions.
I love your taylor reactions❤
Thanks!
the long pond studio sessions will always have a special place in my heart ✨
The guy on the piano is Aaron Dessner. He's collaborated on several recent albums with TS, but is also a member of the indie band The National.
Aaron Dresner, the man playing piano and a producer, is the owner of Long Pond Studios in upstate New York.
This and Ephipany beautiful ❤ Folklore is EVERYTHING.❤
“Hoax”, “Invisible String” and “My Teardrops Ricochet”.
Huge fan of this Covid (pt 1) project album. They really had time to make meaningful music during this downtime. Each song is absolutely beautiful or meaningful or both.
Lovely reaction. I also recommend Tolerate it by Taylor. The studio version and the Eras tour version in that order. ❤
Yes one of my favorites👍🏻
Yessss this one's a must do!👏
Thanks, I'll get to it.
This is one of her best songs IMO, Taylor is very good in painting a picture and because she writes all of her songs you can feel her emotions that even if you've never experienced what she's talking about, it will still get to you. Really enjoying listening to your inputs!
Also please react to cardigan 🙏
I will at some point.
Thanks, Izzy, you choose your words and thoughts so carefully, it's easy to understand why you're a "lyrics guy". 💛 Her songs border on therapy for many of us for how they make one think... Great reaction, looking forward to more.
Thanks, Timothy! Stuff that makes you think is the best, isn't it!
YESSSSSSS! Absolutely devastating, right? Just the slow pull apart of a relationship. Crushing. And beautiful. ❤
I love this song!! Bon Iver has an amazing voice! Taylor’s voice sounds beautiful too!🥰
Loved your reaction. "This Is me Trying" one most meaningful for me, but I love them all! 😊THANKS ❣️
Thanks, LeeAnn! This Is Me Trying is my next Taylor Reaction.
Listening to you is so relaxing. I appreciate your thoughtful reactions and agree with your thoughts on the bridge or middle 8 in “Something.” That bridge really is the caveat to everything else communicated in the song. The more you dive into Taylor I think you’ll find her bridges to be a lyrical oasis - so much deeper and more clever than most.☺️
Thanks, Jill! Nice of you to say so. I'm looking at recording some guided relaxations and audio books you may be interested in.
Vernon recorded in his own studio, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The others are in the Hudson Valley, in upstate NY (on a map, some few miles south of Albany). That's Dessner's home; looks like he rebuilt a barn as the studio. There's extra rooms over the studio, and a guest cottage on site. Justin didn't join them because of quarantine restrictions (Taylor was being especially careful, as her mother was being treated with chemo for cancer.) Vaccines weren't available yet in September 2020; the first one was approved only in the third week of August, 2021.
Her voice is so good!!
I love that you referenced Monica's "work laugh". Brought me right back.
Love your reactions to Taylor.
Thanks, Patricia!
I fell in love with this song the moment I heard it. I get it…… they just happen spontaneously.
I really enjoyed your reaction thank you! I hope you keep going down the Taylor rabbit hole because I think you will really like her ability it paint the picture and write music in a way we all can relate so much to all her songs! It’s magic!
Thanks! Lots more Taylor coming soon!
We can’t expect our partners to read our minds. Communication is key!!
Peter off of TTPD album reminds me a lot of Billy Joel.
Yes!
Looking forward to getting to that one then!
Bon Iver has a huge vocal range. To my knowledge, this is his natural voice.
Aaron Dessner (from “The National”) on piano. He is usually on guitar.
Jack Antonoff (lead singer from “Beachers”) is usually in a leather jacket playing the piano.
Bon Iver (real name Justin Vernon) wore the bandana as Folklore and Evermore were made in 2020 during the height of Covid lockdowns (pre-vaccines) and he couldn’t travel for this live gathering due to the travel bans.
This Long Pond Studio belongs to Aaron Dessner, at his home. Aaron, Jack and Taylor make such a well-rounded trio. Taylor usually prefers to write her songs alone, but she’s been open to collaborating with both Aaron and Jack because they’ve formed a wonderful working relationship and they are able to push each other to get the best final product. It’s fun to see some of the BTS footage.
Thank you for covering this BEAUTIFUL album. ••There’s a fictional love triangle on here. “Cardigan”, “August” and “Betty”. One high school boy, cheating on his girlfriend during summer break and the main girlfriend talks about her feelings, years after it’s occurred as an adult. The other 2 are still in a high school timeframe. Each song comes from one of the 3 perspectives and it is absolutely genius. They aren’t even right after each other to help you understand that it’s a love triangle. She gives slight clues that they belong together, but it’s not originally obvious. I hope you see some comments to try to react to all 3 at one time. Cardigan first, then August then Betty.
Super fun fact: her best friends Ryan Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively have 4 children. Only 3 were born in 2020. Taylor incorporated their children’s names into this love triangle: James, Inez and Betty. Just a really sweet gesture of her love for their children and Blake & Ryan. The children call her “Aunt Taylor”. They didn’t really understand that Taylor was “The Taylor Swift” because she just wants to be loved for her and to be normal with her (very famous) friends and the kids just thought that Taylor singing to them was a hobby. They were recently at the Wembley Stadium Era’s concert (with ear covers on) when they really saw and understood!! Before starting to sing “Cardigan”, Taylor smiled and said that “this love triangle has some of my favorite people in it: James, Inez and Betty”, knowing they were in the crowd and like she was talking only to them. ❤
I’ll bet they will always remember that sweet moment. Taylor and Blake (& Ryan) are VERY close. Blake actually directed Taylor’s music video for “I’ll Bet You Think About Me”, and it really shows off Taylor’s goofy side while singing about heartbreak. Taylor is hilarious in the video, the lyrics are honest and raw. Blake did a phenomenal job.
•Folklore’s sister album, Evermore, is nothing like this. It has a completely different feel to it.
2:36 Yes! New York State of Mind vibes! Taylor and Billy are my all-time favourite songwriters 😍
Another great reaction and song ❤
Just wanted to mention again that I love your style
Thanks, Joanna!
Queen of lyrics!
Nice reaction. Someone already told you about Taylor featuring on the National, the song "The Alcott" is absolutely gorgeous, and the song "Renegade" with Big Red Machine is pretty good. Folklore has a bonus song called "The Lakes" which is one of my favorites, My Tears Richochet is at the top for me.
Thanks, Violet. I've made a note of these.
Yes the bridge is the middle 8. Taylor is known for writing them well. Something is hands down the best Beatles song in my little opinion 💕
It's certainly up there!
Taylor brought Aaron Dessner (along with Jack Antonoff) on as a producer for Folklore and the sister album Evermore. He went on to also co-produce and co-write for songs on Taylor’s albums Midnights and The Tortured poets department. He’s in a band called The Nationals which Taylor has always been a big fan of and he also formed a band with Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). I think it’s Big Red Machine which I haven’t checked out yet. Folklore might still be my top album of Taylor’s. Hard to choose! Exile is a beautiful song for sure.
Love your reaction ❤ love from Italy ❤
"Bone eeeeVEHR" is how one pronounces Bon Iver. It means "good winter" when it's fully spelled in french: bon hiver.
You are now my fave Taylor reactor. Many stoop to weird facial contortions. Truly, musicians commenting on musicians makes the most sense. Your notes are thoughtful and genuine. Welcome to the Swiftie rabbithole❤❤
Thanks, Jessica! Glad to have you here for it!
This is a masterpiece ❤🎉
Bon Iver is part of a music group. He was separate place. This was during covid thus the bandana. Her voice is beautiful.
Aaron Dresner is on the piano.
You sing great.
This was during covid so he was in his own studio.
This is raw Taylor, Beautiful ❤️❤️
11:40 , we are so glad you’re with us now! 🎉
You should definitely do "Tolerate It" next!! It's absolutely devastating and so beautiful
Got the next few lined up, but I'll get to it. Thanks!
She recorded two albums during 2020. Folklore and Evermore during the pan. Both albums are great. Cardigan is a great one as well the video is visually hauntingly beautiful.
I'll check them out. Thanks, Nina!
I love Long Pond, This Is Me Trying will be a great one to listen to--I'd also suggest Epiphany and Illicit Affairs, both with really powerful lyrics. As for other stuff, I'm definitely seconding All Too Well. As a songwriter, I'd suggest listening to the original shorter version before you listen to the 10 minute one!
Gonna do This Is Me Trying next, and then All Too Well.
@@IzzyIzenstain love to hear it :) exited for your thoughts on both!
Such a beautiful beautiful song,so glad you are enjoying Taylor's work ❤️
Thanks for being here for it, Liza!
Great reaction ❤
Thanks, June!
Love your reactions! Definitely check out some of the live performances from her City of Lover Live from Paris concert. Death By A Thousand Cuts, Cornelia Street and Daylight are all amazing. Some of her best live performances
Thanks! I've made a note of these.
I love that your favorite bridge is by The Beatles, and that you referenced that Friends episode, since I'm a huge fan of both ❤️ Also Billy Joel, I think we have a similar taste 😊
According to your previous Taylor Swift videos, and seeing that you're enjoying this side of her, I'd highly recommend you to listen "Champagne Problems" and "Evermore". Also "I hate it here" is my favorite song from her new album. The imagery and the storytelling really transport you. Even though they're "sad" songs, or very melancholic, I just find them so beautifully human and relatable.
Thanks, Ariana! Friends is The Beatles of Sitcoms, right? I've got my next few Taylor reactions lined up, but I should get to these before too long.
I think you'd really like a lot of the songs in The Anthology from her TTPD album. Heavy on the lyrics and storytelling aspects.
Yes please react to Peter❤😢
Lot's more Taylor reactions on the way.
For “This is me Trying” I really love the studio version better but the long pond version is great as well. Hope you enjoy, she has some incredible lines in that one. One of my favs from her whole catalog.
You sing great!
Thanks!
Beautiful song! Stepping out the side door..... Is so hard to do when you have invested so much of yourself into a relationship. Changing things to alter the outcome may work or just delay the inevitable? Great reaction video, Thanks Izzy
Thanks, mate. It is tough, Barzo. Reminds me of the advice in this clip; th-cam.com/users/shortsClO4VFxU7QI?si=SBFecMf8c1ukHZoJ
@@IzzyIzenstain Good advice,Thanks mate
Glad you include the interviews before the Long Pond Videos. Great review. Can't wait for more. BTW, one comment at least mentioned All Too Well, the 10 minute version. Highly recommend it....Lyric version first then the short film.
Thanks, Warren! Gonna do that in the next couple of Taylor Reactions.
@@IzzyIzenstain You wot be disappointed.
Thank you so much.. ❤️
Thank you!
I was soooooo excited to see this reaction! 😁😁 I think you would really like her folklore and evermore.
And I would just DIE of happiness if you reacted to Happiness (lol) and the Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.
Aaaand gonna throw a curveball out there - The Man would be a fun reaction. I don’t think it’s a sound you would vibe with but the music video is funny and the lyrics witty as hell.
Thanks! I've got the next few lined up, but I'm sure I'll get to these before too long.
Hopefully you are still reading comments here. You don't want to miss her acoustic sets from Live in Paris, Cornelia Street and Death by a Thousand Cuts. To me, these are her at her best. No backup singers, no band, just her and her guitar and her vocals are really good. I never understood she could sing with the best until I saw these sets
Yep, still reading. I've made a note of these. Sound interesting.
I really hope you find yourself to review Carolina, the song she wrote for the movie Where the Crawdads Sing (after reading the book, she submitted it and the producers loved it). For story telling and vocals (deep and loverly), this will top My Tears Ricochet.
I've made a note of it and will do it at some point. Thanks, Cindy!
Also, Aurora has covered Across The Universe and it’s just magical 💜💜
If you liked this one, I suggest you give it a try to “Champagne Problems”, “Peter” and “Cassandra”. Powerful lyrics there (and many others, but still hahaha)
Coney Island, do give it a try Izzy. My fav track of hers
I'll get to it. Thanks!
I think you'd enjoy the song "seven" from this same studio session!
I'll do the whole session, maybe with a few others in between.
You need to do ’Epiphany’ and ’This is me trying’ - such strong lyrics, would love to hear your reactions!
Thanks, Ida! Gonna do; This Is Me Trying, next.
You'd love her album The tortured Poets Department.
Please do Peter by taylor swift, the lyric video, it is a self written song and it’s so beautiful
I'll do it soon. Thanks.
Justin was wearing a bandanna to try to provide some COVID protection given that there was a camera man present.
I read a couple ago that he decided his face was only for his family and friends so even without COVID he wears a bandana in public apparently.
@@rebeccavliet2011perhaps just during masking times of Covid? he sang onstage with Taylor with his face unmasked in Edinburgh a few weeks ago
I think you would like all folklore and evermore album, but I’m anxious for see your reaction on some musics from the tourture poets department (loml, the smallest man who ever lived, so long london, the black dog…)
I think I'm gonna do; This Is Me Trying, All Too Well and then maybe something from TTPD.
@@IzzyIzenstain 100% agreed
I would recommend that if you do long pond ones you should do a double with the album version too 😬
I may do this, Ani. I'll have a think about it. Thanks!
I'm South African and we call it a bridge too... But the second you said middle eight my brain knew the term 😂 yes, especially in commercial music, I think a bridge and a middle eight function in the same way.
So people are you to tell you quickly, Taylor really, really, REALLY is the bridge/middle 8 QUEEN.
She does them shockingly well. And she has talked a lot with an interviewer like Zane Lowe for BBC Radio about now she constructs the bridges to her songs and how they function in her work.
She's explained that what she often likes to use them for is to condense a lot of information regarding whatever the song is about into the bridge.
I'm also suuuuper into lyrics, lyrical analysis, and poetry and literary analysis, so I deep dive on this stuff 😂
So for example (I'll add some song examples from Taylor's catalogue) , she will often use a bridge to describe a big jump in time in something like her personal/some specific individual's personal life ("You're On Your Own Kid", "Clara Bow", "The Last Great American Dynasty" ) or a romantic relationship ("All Too Well - 10 mins", "Cardigan").
Or she will use the bridge to freeze frame a very specific and often bring the song into the present tense at a very important moment ("Right Where You Left Me", "Betty", "Begin Again").
Or she will use it as an inner thought or reflection on the broader themes of that song ("Cruel Summer", "Out of the Woods", "Clean", "I Did Something Bad").
And sometimes it's just a fun and sassy breakdown ("Shake It Off", "Karma", "Me!", "Blank Space", "Look What You Made Me Do").
When people say that they have developed university modules around her work, they aren't joking or being facetious. There is SO MUCH to analyse!
That's interesting! Thanks!
Great reactions as always! Please react to music videos like "Cardigan" and "willow" next please!👏
Cardigan is so beautiful!
Thanks! I've got the next few lined up, but I've made a note of these and I'm sure I'll get to them before too long.
It was Taylor's. William is an old boyfriend of Taylor, Joe Alwin
FYI Bon Iver is from the French “Bon Hiver” (“Good Winter”), so it’s pronounced “Bon Eevair” 😊
Thanks!
Aaron Dresner, the bandana is for protection for Covid. Joe wrote most of it.
Cardigan has a music video that you could do from this album
I’d say you are right about bridge being middle eight. I think American version is as you said, verse,
Pre-course, course, verse, etc., bridge, maybe another course and outro. Funny you mention Beatles, you sound a tad bit like you’re from Liverpool?
I'm from Birmingham, a little further south.
@@IzzyIzenstainah I hope that wasn’t a bad thing to say, it is very subtle!
@@tiffanyc8837 Not a bad thing at all, Tiffany! Not a problem. I love Liverpool.
I'm getting a Spinal Tap kinda vibe in these videos. Anyone else?
I think you will love Ceilings by Lizzy Mcalpine
I'll make a note of it, Maryam. Thanks!
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You’d like Cornelia street live from Paris
I'll make a note of it, thanks!
Please react to Champagne Problems from Evermore album by Taylor, I am sure you are going to love it ❤
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Hy Izzy, I think you would like to check out a Norwegian artist called Aurora. She’s a singer/songwriter and producer and her music is very unique, her voice is stunning. As you like lyrics, I highly suggest a song called A Soul With No King the Vevo Performance 💜
Thanks, Bella! I've made a note of this and may react to it when I get the chance.
@@IzzyIzenstain This song in specific is very powerful, it questions identity, purpose and the human condition. Also she explores the theme of ambiguity and the human tendency to act against one’s better judgment. I really think you’re gonna like her lyrics because they are very deep and she talks about a lot of things that are really important 💜
Bon Iver decided a while back his face is only for friends and family so while this was during the pandemic he wears a face covering in public all the time apparently
Yet again, provide an actual source for this. It's so annoying. Justin Verson has something like a 20 year career where he hasn't had an issue having his face shown.
It would be bizarre if he now suddenly started hiding his face...
Except he doesn’t. I don’t know why you keep repeating this throughout these comments.
There is a weird element of the Swiftie fandom that doesn't give Taylor's ex boyfriend (Joe Alwyn who used the pseudonym William Bowery) recognition for the writing and composition he did on this song and a few others from this album (Folklore) and on songs on the Evermore and Midnights albums.
The song is the result of the input of a handful of extraordinarily talented people 🥰🥰🥰🥰
That drives me so crazy, like... some folks really act like his input is like a head-pat from Taylor, and it's so clear by the way she talks about it, that he started work on the song, and his input was pivotal. Like or hate him for whichever reason, but argh to those people.
@@darsynia like he literally wrote the basic piano structure and the entire lyric for the first verse. Jack was super impressed. Taylor was super impressed. But unreasonable fans think they know better 🤔
I'm a fan. Still refuse to call myself a Swiftie because of that element. But I don't like fandom in general, so it's not TS specific.
oh look a joe widow
Please react to So Long London. Thanks ❤
I've got the next few lined up, but I've made a note of it and will get to it at some point. Thanks!
lol no Bon Iver is not operatic (well maybe a bit, but I think that’s the wrong word).
Justin Vernon is unique.
22, A Million is in my top 10 albums all time. It’s got an Astral Weeks vibe, which is also in my top 10 😂
He was only singing it. She wrote it. And he came up with a little ditty musically that fit it.
react to PEACE long pond sessions
Gonna do all of Long Pond. Thanks, Samara!
pls react to this is me trying
Gonna do it next.
Is she surprising you? ❤
Maybe not surprised, but she certainly has me intrigued.
Watch the video of this song. It’s more clear.
I'll check it out.
Please tell me I'm not wrong when I hear Neil Diamond in his deep voice. "Forever in Blue Jeans" by Neil Diamond. Same tone. Am I wrong?
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I can hear it!
Sorry, this is looong (OG Swifties can skip) -
Don't feel any kind of way about just now getting into Taylor's catalog. She's always been a great lyricist, however the 'folklore' album followed quickly by 'evermore' was her first deep dive into this more folky sound at least across full albums.
Many of us older Swifties didn't really get into her until these releases during the pandemic. I listened because folklore came out of nowhere at a time when we didn't know what was going to happen in global communities. I heard the first track and knew it was for me and downloaded the album immediately and have been on board ever since. Obviously we knew of her, but like many, some of us thought that she was too country or too pop for us - she is the queen of reinvention.
I've since filled in her whole catalog except now waiting on Debut (Taylor Swift) and Reputation. There's tons of lore out there that goes back to Kanye & Kim and the betrayal of Scott Borchetta or Big Machine Records as to why she left her NAME & REPUTATION as the last for her to reclaim.
I love Midnights that came after those two and am obsessed with TTPD. TTPD, folklore, and evermore have such a wide appeal - my mother who is nearly 80 loves those in particular because they're in the vein of Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, etc. of her era.
And as more of a folk fan, you may be interested to know that her parents named her after James Taylor. She has been able to meet and sing with him at a few different points in her career.
Cool stuff! Thanks for the lowdown, my friend!
That may have been during COVID, I'm not positive about that.
bandana 🙂 guidance from the government was to improvise a face mask.
I actually read that a couple ago he decided his face was only for his family and friends so even without COVID he wears a face covering in public apparently.
I actually read that a couple ago he decided his face was only for his family and friends so even without COVID he wears a face covering in public apparently.
@@rebeccavliet2011if you can't provide a viable source for this, please stop commenting this everywhere.
We've known what Justin Verson's face looks like since the early 2000s. He's never hidden his face before. I sincerely doubt that he suddenly started doing it now.
Also again, please provide a credible source.
"Faces are for friends - Friendship is for safekeeping - Family is everything," printed in his album credits; 22, A Million. He explained it in press conferences for the album.
@@melissad807 this isn't what this means. He made this comment in 2016. He played a surprise live performance of exile with Taylor at Wembley Stadium in 2022. His face is very clearly visible and not hidden in any way.