This was her second music video she directed (the first was The Man) ; no other actors, no makeup or wardrobe people (covid lockdowns). She did her own hair and makeup, and wore something under her own nightgown for when she got wet. I like the wooden furniture in the room; they are likely actual antiques (she loves antiques and their stories). She painted the picture of her Rhode Island house on the wall; and the bearded man is her paternal grandfather (A US Marine in WWII). Easter Eggs for other songs on the record - Great American Dynasty and Epiphany.
Second she directed completely on her own! She does have a couple of co-director credits, too, and Joseph Kahn has said she should have had credit on most of his videos, too.
@@khills istr those earlier videos were co - produced, not co - directed. (She started her Taylor Swift Productions in 1989 era.) She started the storyboarding very early on -- Speak Now era ? , I think. But she was shopping around for treatments for the music from different directors at least through Red. She's always been super involved, though. It is one of her key strengths, the enthusiasm over everything she does. I am in mourning over Reputation being gone from Netflix, and 1989 Tour from Apple Music. I prefer the original edits to the re - masters.
It is my belief that the broken “B” is for Betty. This song is part of a trilogy that tells the story of a teenage love triangle. James and Betty were a couple and he ended up cheating thus breaking Betty’s heart hence the broken “B”.
This song is part of a teenage love triangle that Taylor dreamt up. Cardigan is a song from Betty’s point of view. She has been cheated on by her love interest James, but she’s hoping as she says that “you’ll come back to me”. The song August is from the “other woman’s” point of view. She’s hoping that James loves her, but comes to understand that he does not. The song Betty is from James’ point of view. He wants to get back with Betty and the song is about him screwing up and what he’s thinking. Very creative!
@@mowgli7_ Yep, you’re wrong. (I say that smiling!) She’s talked about the love triangle she created many times, including her Long Pond discussions, and even during her current Eras tour! She’s said in her mind the “other women” shouldn’t be vilified because really, she just wants to be loved as most people do. She also imagines James and Betty staying together despite the fact that he really puts them through it.
I know this song is part of the love triangle but for me the video very much symbolizes what living through the pandemic felt like. At first she’s at home isolated, then she’s out in nature appreciating it’s beauty but still very much isolated and then as the video progresses the isolation becomes overwhelming and she starts to feel like she’s drowning but throughout it all her music is there to support her. It’s very much how she described this album as a flotation device to help occupy her mind during the initial lockdown period when the whole world was up in the air.
AHHH i’m so happy, you got the symbolism from the part where she was in the water. Not a lot of reactors pay attention to it. She is drowning but she is clinging to the piano (her music) to keep her afloat. 😭🥰
You need to remember this was filmed during peak Covid lockdown (May/June 2020)… there was no crew! Nothing was open. It was just her and videographer! She said she couldn’t ask people to fly, etc., and risk their lives. Those are her clothes; she did her own hair & makeup. The cabin is real. It belongs to a friend of hers.
The B key it's probably because cardigan is one of the trilogy of songs: cardigan, august and betty, it's about a teenage love triangle, each song from each perspective, and cardigan is from Betty's perspective. In the cabin, the clock is ofc on 13 and there is a picture os Taylor's grandfather who was an inspiration for track 13 called epiphany. We do not have bt out yet, BUT she is screening some of them before the Eras tour, you could probably find clips of it, but don't worry, from what I've seen she is in a pool haha. I recommend reacting to willow right after this willow kinda starts right where cardigan left off, at least visually, don't know about the actual story, like some of it kinda fits into the lyrics of cardigan, but I like to think that it's a different story.
Willow and Cardigan music videos are definitely different stories and not connected in anyway. I think it was Taylor's way of showing visually that Evermore and Folklore are connected to each other and are sister albums. Cardigan and Willow are the only singles from each album too so this makes sense.
@@Becksnnc yeah yeah yeah, music video-wise yeah, connected I mean in lyrics. cause even though the lyrics are not similar at first sight, the first verse and the chorus is giving me huge James Betty vibes if we're hoing with Taylor's ending. like "your ship rolled in that night" the party, "rough on a surface but you cut through like a knife" like maybe Betty was a little resilient to forgive him but he "cut through like a knife" he just convinced her. "and if it was an open shut case, I never would've known from the look on your face, lost in a current like a priceless wine" from what James was telling Betty, it was not open shut case, but even if it was (as I think it was) she wouldn't have known, because she was "lost in his current". and the chorus again "the more that you say, the less I know" he was talking talking talking and she started to stop caring cause she still loved hi. and "wreck my plans" that goes right back to Augustine who would do the came thing "cancel plans just in case you'd call"....idk....maybe it's too much, the rest of the song is it's own for sure.
Taylor Swift has some of the best music videos on the whole industry and I love your reactions and the way you explain how the shots are made. Keep up the great work!
This song is from Folklore, which is mostly stories about non-biographical songs. As I’m sure many others told you, you should listen to the trilogy of the teenage love triangle: Cardigan (pov of the girl who got cheated on), August (pov of the girl he cheated with) and Betty (pov of the cheater). Really beautiful storytelling.
Just the fact that she produced and directed this video during the covid time when seclusion from other people is law shows how skilled and terrific she is❤🎉
I’ve always seen this as Neverland because she references Peter losing Wendy. Then she decides to leave him and find herself in the water trying to not get overwhelmed and drown from the loss and trying to get back to herself. Idk if it’s really true but it’s how I see it.
I wonder if the B is for Betty. That's the character she portrays in this song. There are three songs on Folklore that are each from the point of view of a person in the live triangle and this is Betty's point of view. The other songs are Betty (James point of view) and August (the other girl's point of view which I believe Taylor said her name is actually August [swifties please confirm, cause I can't remember if she said it was August or Augustine in the Long Pond studio sessions])
YES! This is my favorite video of hers and I'm so happy you got the metaphor of music saving her life right away. It's just so beautiful. I think the video symbolizes her journey through the music industry. It's brought her to the most beautiful places, but also the worst. The shot of her clinging for life to the piano gives me chills!!! Also it's just a theory, but I think the piano key is short because when the video starts, it's the 7th key, and her 7th album got cut short because of covid (there was no tour).
B is also the 7th note of the c major scale. I would definitely think that key symbolizes the Lover era being cut short. It also has a double meaning with Betty, beginning with B, but I would place bets it having more to do with Lover than anything else given the rest of the video.
This has been my most requested video of Taylor on your channel… thank you for an amazing video and reaction… feels like I am watching it again for the first time… the storytelling of healing ❤️🩹 and stages of love always leaves me in awe… willow next🥰😅the mv is very separate from the love triangle in my opinion… it’s about how she immerses herself in music during good and bad times and music is always there for her… music is her soulmate….even in dark times during the storm!
There is a very good edit merging TS-Cardigan and HS-Falling … it a fan edit but very very well done. It would be interesting to see you react to that one too.
also, everyone should look for the paper airplane symbol as Taylor goes into the piano bench. this song is, at least in large part, about Harry Styles. The whole notion that these were three songs with three fictional characters is just misdirection. And "Falling" came out on Dec. 13th with "Cardigan" coming out about 6 months later. Listen to the call and response in the lyrics between the two songs.
Not sure if you noticed but it was directed by Taylor Swift…..she does most of her music videos ❤️ I’m new to your channel so ready to bing watch all your reactions!
I just feel the need to point out that this video was released at the end of July 2020 (with the full folklore album), and Taylor didn’t even START writing the album until ~April 2020, after lockdown started. To have made that whole album plus this video (that was not lacking in any way, as one might expect from a video made at that time), is simply amazing.
Oo I have some info on this, it was filmed in a day and a half, during peak covid so minimal crew, all three locations cabin,forest and water filmed on a sound stage in LA. (For effects needed and to stop anyone from getting photos etc)
Great reaction! Funny you mentioned Harrys song as i instantly thought of that as well. I've seen some great mashups of them. I look forward to seeing more of your reactions!
And she made this during the pandemic with a very small crew because of covid restrictions at the time. She's one of the very few artist that made music or even a video during that time.
She’s also one of few artists who did it without pissing off the various unions involved, making sure to exceed bare minimum safety requirements. (Just like she made her Eras movie during the recent SAG-AFTRA strike in Hollywood. Lotta folks were assuming she’d just used non-union talent, but nope. She went to the union, asked what they wanted, and gave it to them, that simple.)
Rodrigo Prieto was the DP for this - he also worked with Taylor on The Man (she obviously storyboarded so much of The Man off The Wolf of Wallstreet, which Prieto was the DP for) , and he has nothing but extremely complimentary things to say about her. Which, you know, when the guy who is best known for working with Scorsese has great things to day about you as a baby director…
This is a song from the perspective of one person in a love triangle, Betty, as in the B key. The other two people's songs are "Betty" from James POV, and "August" from Augustina's POV about of the affair. Sadly, there are no videos from "Betty" and "August."
This is the first music video from her post covid, post lover. There are so many easter eggs in this video that i feel like tie into the bejeweled video, this video is a queen of easter eggs. I love it. To be a swifitie and get this to drop the same day she announced it was unheard of. Ill never forget that day in july and December 12th for evermore. 🫶💙🫶💙
Also, I love that you’re looking at the forest section of the MV and can’t tell if it’s real or fake. 😂 As I understand it, it’s a lot like the frozen and mud forests were for Out of the Woods: there’s a LOT of green, tree-and-vine covered practical stage set with some additional rendering to the background for depth, adding in the water, etc. (As many of her rain shows have shown, pianos don’t play so well when full of water…)
So now in 2024 TTPD / The Anthology albums have been released. - we now know Taylor has broken up with Joe after 6 &1/2 years, the decade long relationship 14:40 with Matty finally came along for ‘only a fortnight’ and the questions about this Love Triangle, Peter & Wendy, the dark period of turmoil in Taylor’s life and how writing songs / making the albums was “something I NEEDED to make” (clinging onto her music / piano when she felt like she was drowning). SO many previous songs & videos are being re-examined in light of TTPD revelations !
I love your Taylor Swift reaction videos, dude, and how you get it & her! Enjoy hearing your professional take on the video editing & her Easter Eggs! She’s truly a mastermind!! I know this has already been stated in prior comments but Cardigan is part of the Cardigan-August-Betty fictional high school love triangle that Taylor created for her Folklore album. “Cardigan” is from Betty’s POV as she reflects on her then-brokenheart some 30 yrs after James cheated on her with August/Augusta/Augustine; “August” is from the POV of the girl James cheated on Betty with, and is also reflective after much time has passed; “Betty” is from James’ *current* POV after returning to school from summer break & finding out Betty knew all along of his cheating. “Betty” is his “apology.” Taylor talks about the creation & meaning behind each of these 3 songs, in fact, about every song on Folklore, with Jack Antonoff & Aaron Dessner in their “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions” concert experience currently on Disney+. It’s brilliant!! I humbly request you react to the remaining high school trilogy in order (lyrical video or the Long Pond Studio Sessions with their corresponding interview intros), please, and since you already got “Cardigan” down, “August (my favorite!) & “Betty” will then complete the lyrical puzzle. I highly adore “Willow,” too, but it’s not part of the lyrical trilogy, although the video does pick up where the “Cardigan” mv left off. Thank you for your reactions! PS: I realize your reactions are to videos, since you’re a video editor, but since you really lyrically enjoyed “Cardigan,” I feel it’s only fitting to listen to “August” & “Betty” to really appreciate Taylor’s storytelling here. Thank you!
The broken key thing it's cause it's the 8th white key that the camera shows of the piano. And the 8th Taylor album is folklore (the one cardigan is from). Btw NICE video I was waiting for your reaction!!!!
Josh I like to point out that according to the Cardigan music video cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, Taylor Swift wore an earpiece while on set the whole process of shooting the M/V to prevent the song from leaking online.
Great reaction to Taylor's awesome video. Thank you. I was waiting for you to see that Taylor had directed the video but you looked away when that part of the closing credits scrolled. (Sigh)
always love seeing your reactions! interesting that you brought up the part about punching in. all of taylor's recent videos are 1080p and I wonder why, in this day and age, she's not uploading 4k videos. but that could be the reason?
Finally! :) It's such a beautiful video. I hope you do Willow next because they belong together. It was her video for Evermore just 5 months later. She directed both videos. Don't know if you noticed that in the credits.
Re: the wide ocean shot - I actually suspect that pretty much ALL of the water we see is CGI, and Taylor and the piano are reallllly tightly keyed into the shot. Like, the bit of water covering her lower half is real, and the water sloshing around the piano's edges is real, but I think the rest is 3D simulation. Just my guess from eyeballing it! :)
There's a video here ruclips.net/video/Bk2YDCytqiY/видео.html showing how the piano in the water was shot. Not sure where the video was being shown, sadly cannot find an "original" of the video, just this secondhand copy.
The piano key B is broken, maybe because this song is from Betty's perspective, and James broke her heart. Now this broken B key represents Betty's broken heart...
I REALLY want to see you do “willow” next. The songs aren’t connected, but the music videos are. Like how folklore and evermore are different albums but still like…sisters…? I’m not explaining well. Also…I’ve been wanting to see this one to see if I could learn how the heck she pulled it off, and it’s somehow vindicating to learn even you aren’t sure whether some backdrops were real or green screen. 😂
Other artists: we have this warm light back here to mimic firelight, and these tenis balls will be wolves! Taylor: so we set all that shit on fire and then brought in wolves!
While most of the songs on this album ("Folklore") are telling made-up stories, they are all nonetheless inspired by, or are still conveying a segment of Taylor's real life. In this case, as far as I see it, she shows in the video how music was her stronghold, something for her to hang onto, both during the times of turmoil and during happiness.
Awesome reaction! Taylor always has amazing videos! But again I'm asking for more Blackpink reactions. Since you did the One Direction guys individually, I would suggest the same for Blackpink. They are still a band, but so far each of them also released two solo songs. It would be a great way for you to learn their names and their personal sound outside of Blackpink. So if you react to Blackpink again, you would know the names and styles. So here's the list with their solo projects (all of them were uploaded on the BLACKPINK RUclips channel): JENNIE: 1. SOLO (2018, music video) 2. You & Me (2023, dance performance video, which basically looks like a music video. There is also the born pink world tour stage mix video, which is the same song, but has some really nice cuts that I love since it's switching between a bunch of different concerts. Maybe check out both videos) ROSÉ: 1. On The Ground (2021, music video) 2. Gone (2021, music video) LISA: 1. LALISA (2021, music video) 2. MONEY (2021, exclusive performance video, which is basically a music video too) JISOO: 1. FLOWER (2023, music video) 2. All Eyes On Me (2023, they did no video for this sadly. It's a catchy song, but since you focus on visuals, I don't see you reacting to that one). I know it's a long list, but it's worth it. Personally I don't care if you react to the songs in separate videos or just do a video for each member and put both of their songs in there or whatever you want. After that you can watch the other Blackpink music videos that my fellow blinks already suggested. I'm looking forward to Blackpink related content the most, but I also love Taylor Swift & One Direction. Keep up the good work!
Precisely why I feel that Taylor planted that giant Easter egg of a broken B piano key in that opening shot! We also hear Betty walking in “high heels on cobblestones” in the very beginning of this track, symbolizing she walking/ running away after hearing from Inez that James cheated on Betty with Augusta/ Augustine (August).
Now you HAVE TO do Willow next because it is a continuation of this video.
I am here to comment exactly the same 😂 and I bet you think about me, please!!!
Yes, please!!!
@@Samm1507Yes, to both, but especially I Bet You Think About Me. I mean, her cake face?😂😂😂
Pleasssse
Invisible String too! It has the gold threads that lead her to happiness
This was her second music video she directed (the first was The Man) ; no other actors, no makeup or wardrobe people (covid lockdowns). She did her own hair and makeup, and wore something under her own nightgown for when she got wet. I like the wooden furniture in the room; they are likely actual antiques (she loves antiques and their stories). She painted the picture of her Rhode Island house on the wall; and the bearded man is her paternal grandfather (A US Marine in WWII). Easter Eggs for other songs on the record - Great American Dynasty and Epiphany.
Second she directed completely on her own! She does have a couple of co-director credits, too, and Joseph Kahn has said she should have had credit on most of his videos, too.
@@khills istr those earlier videos were co - produced, not co - directed. (She started her Taylor Swift Productions in 1989 era.) She started the storyboarding very early on -- Speak Now era ? , I think. But she was shopping around for treatments for the music from different directors at least through Red.
She's always been super involved, though. It is one of her key strengths, the enthusiasm over everything she does.
I am in mourning over Reputation being gone from Netflix, and 1989 Tour from Apple Music. I prefer the original edits to the re - masters.
It is my belief that the broken “B” is for Betty. This song is part of a trilogy that tells the story of a teenage love triangle. James and Betty were a couple and he ended up cheating thus breaking Betty’s heart hence the broken “B”.
And this is specifically Betty's POV song.
I was here to say the same.
This song is part of a teenage love triangle that Taylor dreamt up. Cardigan is a song from Betty’s point of view. She has been cheated on by her love interest James, but she’s hoping as she says that “you’ll come back to me”. The song August is from the “other woman’s” point of view. She’s hoping that James loves her, but comes to understand that he does not. The song Betty is from James’ point of view. He wants to get back with Betty and the song is about him screwing up and what he’s thinking. Very creative!
I think this is more of a fanfic, am I wrong?
@@mowgli7_ no Taylors actually talked about it! It's very intentional on her part:)
@@mowgli7_ Yep, you’re wrong. (I say that smiling!) She’s talked about the love triangle she created many times, including her Long Pond discussions, and even during her current Eras tour! She’s said in her mind the “other women” shouldn’t be vilified because really, she just wants to be loved as most people do. She also imagines James and Betty staying together despite the fact that he really puts them through it.
Thanks guys
I would've appreciated this better if it wasn't loaded with spoilers, especially if the good sir were to react to the trilogy 😟
I know this song is part of the love triangle but for me the video very much symbolizes what living through the pandemic felt like. At first she’s at home isolated, then she’s out in nature appreciating it’s beauty but still very much isolated and then as the video progresses the isolation becomes overwhelming and she starts to feel like she’s drowning but throughout it all her music is there to support her. It’s very much how she described this album as a flotation device to help occupy her mind during the initial lockdown period when the whole world was up in the air.
AHHH i’m so happy, you got the symbolism from the part where she was in the water. Not a lot of reactors pay attention to it.
She is drowning but she is clinging to the piano (her music) to keep her afloat. 😭🥰
You need to remember this was filmed during peak Covid lockdown (May/June 2020)… there was no crew! Nothing was open. It was just her and videographer! She said she couldn’t ask people to fly, etc., and risk their lives. Those are her clothes; she did her own hair & makeup. The cabin is real. It belongs to a friend of hers.
The B key it's probably because cardigan is one of the trilogy of songs: cardigan, august and betty, it's about a teenage love triangle, each song from each perspective, and cardigan is from Betty's perspective. In the cabin, the clock is ofc on 13 and there is a picture os Taylor's grandfather who was an inspiration for track 13 called epiphany. We do not have bt out yet, BUT she is screening some of them before the Eras tour, you could probably find clips of it, but don't worry, from what I've seen she is in a pool haha. I recommend reacting to willow right after this willow kinda starts right where cardigan left off, at least visually, don't know about the actual story, like some of it kinda fits into the lyrics of cardigan, but I like to think that it's a different story.
Willow and Cardigan music videos are definitely different stories and not connected in anyway. I think it was Taylor's way of showing visually that Evermore and Folklore are connected to each other and are sister albums. Cardigan and Willow are the only singles from each album too so this makes sense.
@@Becksnnc yeah yeah yeah, music video-wise yeah, connected I mean in lyrics. cause even though the lyrics are not similar at first sight, the first verse and the chorus is giving me huge James Betty vibes if we're hoing with Taylor's ending. like "your ship rolled in that night" the party, "rough on a surface but you cut through like a knife" like maybe Betty was a little resilient to forgive him but he "cut through like a knife" he just convinced her. "and if it was an open shut case, I never would've known from the look on your face, lost in a current like a priceless wine" from what James was telling Betty, it was not open shut case, but even if it was (as I think it was) she wouldn't have known, because she was "lost in his current". and the chorus again "the more that you say, the less I know" he was talking talking talking and she started to stop caring cause she still loved hi. and "wreck my plans" that goes right back to Augustine who would do the came thing "cancel plans just in case you'd call"....idk....maybe it's too much, the rest of the song is it's own for sure.
Taylor Swift has some of the best music videos on the whole industry and I love your reactions and the way you explain how the shots are made. Keep up the great work!
This song is from Folklore, which is mostly stories about non-biographical songs. As I’m sure many others told you, you should listen to the trilogy of the teenage love triangle: Cardigan (pov of the girl who got cheated on), August (pov of the girl he cheated with) and Betty (pov of the cheater). Really beautiful storytelling.
Just the fact that she produced and directed this video during the covid time when seclusion from other people is law shows how skilled and terrific she is❤🎉
Willow starts where this ends & is even more amazing!
I’ve always seen this as Neverland because she references Peter losing Wendy. Then she decides to leave him and find herself in the water trying to not get overwhelmed and drown from the loss and trying to get back to herself. Idk if it’s really true but it’s how I see it.
I wonder if the B is for Betty. That's the character she portrays in this song. There are three songs on Folklore that are each from the point of view of a person in the live triangle and this is Betty's point of view. The other songs are Betty (James point of view) and August (the other girl's point of view which I believe Taylor said her name is actually August [swifties please confirm, cause I can't remember if she said it was August or Augustine in the Long Pond studio sessions])
She said both August or Augustine in the Long Pond sessions, is not set in stone
The instrumental on the outro so masterpiece and magical!✨
So now you know, if you ever run out of ideas for content, Mother Taylor has got your back.
Willow is great too. But I'm still hoping for a reaction to Delicate. Thank you!
YES! This is my favorite video of hers and I'm so happy you got the metaphor of music saving her life right away. It's just so beautiful. I think the video symbolizes her journey through the music industry. It's brought her to the most beautiful places, but also the worst. The shot of her clinging for life to the piano gives me chills!!! Also it's just a theory, but I think the piano key is short because when the video starts, it's the 7th key, and her 7th album got cut short because of covid (there was no tour).
B is also the 7th note of the c major scale. I would definitely think that key symbolizes the Lover era being cut short. It also has a double meaning with Betty, beginning with B, but I would place bets it having more to do with Lover than anything else given the rest of the video.
he finally reacted to it yall😍😍😍
You should totally do the old videos too! Especially Love Story and You Belong With Me. Iconic.
This has been my most requested video of Taylor on your channel… thank you for an amazing video and reaction… feels like I am watching it again for the first time… the storytelling of healing ❤️🩹 and stages of love always leaves me in awe… willow next🥰😅the mv is very separate from the love triangle in my opinion… it’s about how she immerses herself in music during good and bad times and music is always there for her… music is her soulmate….even in dark times during the storm!
There is a very good edit merging TS-Cardigan and HS-Falling … it a fan edit but very very well done. It would be interesting to see you react to that one too.
YES! THIS! I was looking for this comment
also, everyone should look for the paper airplane symbol as Taylor goes into the piano bench. this song is, at least in large part, about Harry Styles. The whole notion that these were three songs with three fictional characters is just misdirection. And "Falling" came out on Dec. 13th with "Cardigan" coming out about 6 months later. Listen to the call and response in the lyrics between the two songs.
Not sure if you noticed but it was directed by Taylor Swift…..she does most of her music videos ❤️ I’m new to your channel so ready to bing watch all your reactions!
Welcome!! Glad you enjoyed it!!
I just feel the need to point out that this video was released at the end of July 2020 (with the full folklore album), and Taylor didn’t even START writing the album until ~April 2020, after lockdown started. To have made that whole album plus this video (that was not lacking in any way, as one might expect from a video made at that time), is simply amazing.
you should react to the video for willow next!! its a continuation of the story from cardigan!
The way this video had been up for 13 hours when I saw it lmao
Oo I have some info on this, it was filmed in a day and a half, during peak covid so minimal crew, all three locations cabin,forest and water filmed on a sound stage in LA. (For effects needed and to stop anyone from getting photos etc)
I can’t wait for the Willow mv reaction bc cardigan goes into Willow ❤
Great reaction! Funny you mentioned Harrys song as i instantly thought of that as well. I've seen some great mashups of them. I look forward to seeing more of your reactions!
Her first re-recorded was her second album B
or it could be cause it's from Betty's perspective
@@adabadoskova2915 that. is. smart.
I'm so glad you reacted to this one! It was so beautiful, both the music and the video.
Hi Josh, I'm very happy to see you back again , I've missed your reactions, good luck ❤👌🏻
And she made this during the pandemic with a very small crew because of covid restrictions at the time. She's one of the very few artist that made music or even a video during that time.
She’s also one of few artists who did it without pissing off the various unions involved, making sure to exceed bare minimum safety requirements. (Just like she made her Eras movie during the recent SAG-AFTRA strike in Hollywood. Lotta folks were assuming she’d just used non-union talent, but nope. She went to the union, asked what they wanted, and gave it to them, that simple.)
Rodrigo Prieto was the DP for this - he also worked with Taylor on The Man (she obviously storyboarded so much of The Man off The Wolf of Wallstreet, which Prieto was the DP for) , and he has nothing but extremely complimentary things to say about her. Which, you know, when the guy who is best known for working with Scorsese has great things to day about you as a baby director…
And now it's time for 'Delicate' ❤ cheers from Italy 🫶🔝🇮🇹✌️
YESSS IM SO GLAD U DID THISSS REACTION
Willow is the video continuation from Cardigan, but August and Betty are the lyrical continuation from Cardigan.
THIS!!! I came here to say the same thing! Glad you beat me to it 😊
Also, this is the piano she brought to the folklore section of her Eras Tour!! 🫶🏼 (The moss piano)
This is a song from the perspective of one person in a love triangle, Betty, as in the B key. The other two people's songs are "Betty" from James POV, and "August" from Augustina's POV about of the affair. Sadly, there are no videos from "Betty" and "August."
This is the first music video from her post covid, post lover. There are so many easter eggs in this video that i feel like tie into the bejeweled video, this video is a queen of easter eggs. I love it. To be a swifitie and get this to drop the same day she announced it was unheard of. Ill never forget that day in july and December 12th for evermore. 🫶💙🫶💙
Also, I love that you’re looking at the forest section of the MV and can’t tell if it’s real or fake. 😂 As I understand it, it’s a lot like the frozen and mud forests were for Out of the Woods: there’s a LOT of green, tree-and-vine covered practical stage set with some additional rendering to the background for depth, adding in the water, etc. (As many of her rain shows have shown, pianos don’t play so well when full of water…)
So now in 2024 TTPD / The Anthology albums have been released.
- we now know Taylor has broken up with Joe after 6 &1/2 years, the decade long relationship 14:40 with Matty finally came along for ‘only a fortnight’ and the questions about this Love Triangle, Peter & Wendy, the dark period of turmoil in Taylor’s life and how writing songs / making the albums was “something I NEEDED to make” (clinging onto her music / piano when she felt like she was drowning).
SO many previous songs & videos are being re-examined in light of TTPD revelations !
I love your Taylor Swift reaction videos, dude, and how you get it & her! Enjoy hearing your professional take on the video editing & her Easter Eggs! She’s truly a mastermind!!
I know this has already been stated in prior comments but Cardigan is part of the Cardigan-August-Betty fictional high school love triangle that Taylor created for her Folklore album. “Cardigan” is from Betty’s POV as she reflects on her then-brokenheart some 30 yrs after James cheated on her with August/Augusta/Augustine; “August” is from the POV of the girl James cheated on Betty with, and is also reflective after much time has passed; “Betty” is from James’ *current* POV after returning to school from summer break & finding out Betty knew all along of his cheating. “Betty” is his “apology.”
Taylor talks about the creation & meaning behind each of these 3 songs, in fact, about every song on Folklore, with Jack Antonoff & Aaron Dessner in their “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions” concert experience currently on Disney+. It’s brilliant!!
I humbly request you react to the remaining high school trilogy in order (lyrical video or the Long Pond Studio Sessions with their corresponding interview intros), please, and since you already got “Cardigan” down, “August (my favorite!) & “Betty” will then complete the lyrical puzzle. I highly adore “Willow,” too, but it’s not part of the lyrical trilogy, although the video does pick up where the “Cardigan” mv left off.
Thank you for your reactions!
PS: I realize your reactions are to videos, since you’re a video editor, but since you really lyrically enjoyed “Cardigan,” I feel it’s only fitting to listen to “August” & “Betty” to really appreciate Taylor’s storytelling here. Thank you!
WILLOW WILLOW!!
It is a magical music video. I still want that cardigan everyday 😢
The broken key thing it's cause it's the 8th white key that the camera shows of the piano. And the 8th Taylor album is folklore (the one cardigan is from). Btw NICE video I was waiting for your reaction!!!!
I’ve been waiting on you to do this video! It’s so beautiful
this is one of the most beautiful music videos
B is the second letter if the alphabet and the first rerecording she released was her second album Fearless.
Josh I like to point out that according to the Cardigan music video cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, Taylor Swift wore an earpiece while on set the whole process of shooting the M/V to prevent the song from leaking online.
literally first!! so excited to watch :))
There was a behind the scenes video for this music video too that you definitely should watch!! 🙌🏽🥰
Great reaction to Taylor's awesome video. Thank you. I was waiting for you to see that Taylor had directed the video but you looked away when that part of the closing credits scrolled. (Sigh)
always love seeing your reactions! interesting that you brought up the part about punching in. all of taylor's recent videos are 1080p and I wonder why, in this day and age, she's not uploading 4k videos. but that could be the reason?
Very well could be! It’s always a safe bet in case of a punch in.
Thank you so much!!
I can’t wait for you to react to Lover 😍
Finally! :) It's such a beautiful video. I hope you do Willow next because they belong together. It was her video for Evermore just 5 months later. She directed both videos. Don't know if you noticed that in the credits.
Re: the wide ocean shot - I actually suspect that pretty much ALL of the water we see is CGI, and Taylor and the piano are reallllly tightly keyed into the shot. Like, the bit of water covering her lower half is real, and the water sloshing around the piano's edges is real, but I think the rest is 3D simulation. Just my guess from eyeballing it! :)
There's a video here ruclips.net/video/Bk2YDCytqiY/видео.html showing how the piano in the water was shot. Not sure where the video was being shown, sadly cannot find an "original" of the video, just this secondhand copy.
Two videos one day wow
Low key- was going to wait to release this one but I was too excited.
I need a reaction about her video ‘‘I can See you‘‘!! It‘s on of my favorites
BUDDY NOW IT'S A LEGALLY REQUIRED TO REACT TO WILLOW AFTER CARDIGAN
She's a great director
You were looking down and missed the fact that she directed this too
Love your videos! Just noticed i have the same headset than you. Love the haptics in games and movies 😁
The piano key B is broken, maybe because this song is from Betty's perspective, and James broke her heart. Now this broken B key represents Betty's broken heart...
u should react to the “older” music video by 5 seconds of summer!! it is stunning
I REALLY want to see you do “willow” next. The songs aren’t connected, but the music videos are. Like how folklore and evermore are different albums but still like…sisters…? I’m not explaining well.
Also…I’ve been wanting to see this one to see if I could learn how the heck she pulled it off, and it’s somehow vindicating to learn even you aren’t sure whether some backdrops were real or green screen. 😂
I like the Cardigan (the long pond studio sessions) and willow
Other artists: we have this warm light back here to mimic firelight, and these tenis balls will be wolves!
Taylor: so we set all that shit on fire and then brought in wolves!
You should do Lover.
This song is from the álbum of the year of the 2020 in COVID season 🎉 very pacefull
You have to react to Lover, is such a beautiful mv
💙🫶💙🫶 Willow next, to continue in the line continuity???
While most of the songs on this album ("Folklore") are telling made-up stories, they are all nonetheless inspired by, or are still conveying a segment of Taylor's real life. In this case, as far as I see it, she shows in the video how music was her stronghold, something for her to hang onto, both during the times of turmoil and during happiness.
They have a mash up of this and falling it’s so so sim
Yeah to answer your question this did drop after harrys falling❤❤❤
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!
Willow is the continuation of this music video
Willow is the continuation of this MV!!!
Willow is great too!!! ❤
Awesomeeee!
i bet that broken B is for betty ! Ugh i love her easter eggs
Willow next! It's the continuation of this music video!
LIKE AMG!!!!)❤
Willow next please
You should do reaction to willow because it’s basically the continuous of cardigan music video
Willow next, please!
The shortest TS vdo 😭
Awesome reaction! Taylor always has amazing videos! But again I'm asking for more Blackpink reactions. Since you did the One Direction guys individually, I would suggest the same for Blackpink. They are still a band, but so far each of them also released two solo songs. It would be a great way for you to learn their names and their personal sound outside of Blackpink. So if you react to Blackpink again, you would know the names and styles. So here's the list with their solo projects (all of them were uploaded on the BLACKPINK RUclips channel):
JENNIE:
1. SOLO (2018, music video)
2. You & Me (2023, dance performance video, which basically looks like a music video. There is also the born pink world tour stage mix video, which is the same song, but has some really nice cuts that I love since it's switching between a bunch of different concerts. Maybe check out both videos)
ROSÉ:
1. On The Ground (2021, music video)
2. Gone (2021, music video)
LISA:
1. LALISA (2021, music video)
2. MONEY (2021, exclusive performance video, which is basically a music video too)
JISOO:
1. FLOWER (2023, music video)
2. All Eyes On Me (2023, they did no video for this sadly. It's a catchy song, but since you focus on visuals, I don't see you reacting to that one).
I know it's a long list, but it's worth it. Personally I don't care if you react to the songs in separate videos or just do a video for each member and put both of their songs in there or whatever you want.
After that you can watch the other Blackpink music videos that my fellow blinks already suggested.
I'm looking forward to Blackpink related content the most, but I also love Taylor Swift & One Direction. Keep up the good work!
Please do Willow!
you should really really react to Harry Styles's Falling and Cardian mashup video, it's very cool!
You have to do I CAN SEE YOU mv
Next has to be Willow from evermore, the video and story continues
Willow next please. She is the Queen.
Just want to know in what TONE She put her toe when coming back❤
Maybe the C key on the piano being damaged is C is the first letter in Cardigan?
I went back , now I think it’s B.
This song is from the view of Betty, she was cheated on and betrayed, so maybe the broken B key is for a broken Betty?
Precisely why I feel that Taylor planted that giant Easter egg of a broken B piano key in that opening shot!
We also hear Betty walking in “high heels on cobblestones” in the very beginning of this track, symbolizing she walking/ running away after hearing from Inez that James cheated on Betty with Augusta/ Augustine (August).
@@WolfieTMYes!!! Taylor is genius!
PLEASE do best song ever by one direction, it's definitely the funniest thing i have ever seen in my entire life
Yes.. miss 1D❤
B note= Bowery?
you neeed to watch BTS of this video 💙💙
Taylor directed this.