@@frankiebhoyz2169 best selling album of 2017, highest grossing US tour in history and pop vocal album at the Grammys. Don’t come here just to criticise Taylor that’s so 4 years ago 😤
@daman just looked it up. doesn't seem like it's an award he won, just a title he was given based on sales and chart numbers. Still amazing, but not the same thing.
Reputation is special for taylor and all the swifties because this was her comeback album after all the hate she got. She didn't do any interviews during this era. "There will be no explanation, just reputation"
I think LWYMMD was perfect for a comeback single. Delicate was surprising a good choice, it did well om charts. IDSB, Getaway car, Don't blame me could've been better single than End game
TIME STAMPS ready for it - 2:56 end game - 11:07 i did something bad - 18:02 don’t blame me - 23:57 delicate - 28:07 look what you made me do - 35:56 so it goes - 42:13 gorgeous - 43:12 getaway car - 46:01 king of my heart - 47:39 dancing with our hands tied - 50:36 dress - 53:45 this is why we can’t have nice things - 55:32 call it what you want - 1:01:42 new year’s day - 1:03:24
In Delicate, when she says, "handsome, you're a mansion with a view" as an alternative to saying "you're beautiful inside and out" honestly keeps me up at night BEC HER MIND
This album is much more relatable and understandable if you know about her whole feud with kanye and kim. And also how her reputation was severely damaged prior to this era and she made it her own comeback with this album, one of her most iconic.
Taylor's personal reputation was irrelevant to me, she is an Aryan goddess and I loved most of 1989, particularly Wildest Dreams and New Romantics. I did not catch onto Reputation (Album) until very recently because it just seemed like she was a little high on herself after 1989.
@@fishbeaumont1907 Just do what I have learned to do over the years, do not take anything on RUclips too seriously, just as you likely do not take yourself too seriously either. The white supremacists decided to label Taylor as such so I was like, what the heck, Aryan Goddess it is.
@@jrus690 Thank you for the advice but i choose not to take it, i will not be calling Taylor an Aryan Goddess at any point in my life. White supremacy is something to take very seriously, and it is a privilege to be able to go "what the heck" at it.
Taylor really knows the definition of an “era”. Every album she puts out is different from the one before it. She gives us so many different sides of her but she still remains the same Taylor that we know and love.
@@Eric_The_Eccentric I see you heard the rumors from inez. You can’t believe a word she says, but this time it was true. It did indeed came from folkmore. Thank you!
"Ready for It" is about her meeting Joe, her current bf, and asking him if he's ready to deal with everything that comes with it if he decides to stay with her. "Touch me and you'll never be alone" is probably about that fact that he'll never have peace and will be followed by paparazzi everywhere once they're together. This is a common theme on reputation.
The reason why she said the old Taylor is dead bc 1. She was no longer the old Taylor after the massive hate 2. There was an actually death mural of her back to 2016
@@kamallb4650 many people have tried many times to sorta start the narrative that Taylor's career is no longer the same.. remember the rumors about how rep tour was going to flop? Or how after lover there were tons of articles how Taylor might be fading away when lover still was the best selling album in 2019 it just didn't cross the 1M sales in first week in US...then folklore dropped and I think it's finally sinking in to some people that she's not going anywhere
@@chetanmodi4533 reputation is still charting. It re-entered at #180 I guess. 1989 is at #80 Folklore at #11 Evermore at #1 And lover is at #54 5 outta 9 albums are charting rn😂
Look What You Made Me Do is a whole ass JOURNEY. I think every swifty was taken off guard when it first came out cause it was SO different from her old stuff. But it grows on you, I promise! The music video IS epic and very over the top but it's a little hard to understand the visuals since it eludes to her past and her drama with Kanye and Kim. Still worth to check out tho!
When the video was released it went for me like... 1st watch: ok this is different, idk if I like it; 2nd watch: oh this is really good actually; 3rd watch: I'm obsessed and can't wait for the album and the video is gorgeous and...
all too true--especially if you don't get the visual cues to the old media feuds, like Miley in the birdcage, or Katy in the gold car/leopard suit. Or that Zombie Taylor is coming back from being "canceled" ( I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time // from her throne ). The 8 boyfriends, linking to "I go on too many dates" from 1989. . . .etc. and you probably know, but alludes = makes a reference to . . . .eludes means something quite different; escape and evasion from pursuit
The beauty of Taylor’s music is that every album is completely different (with the exception of her sister albums folklore & evermore). Reputation slaps so hard. It’s my personal favorite.
Reputation is very special to me. And here's why. I went from being a long time admirer on the sidelines to becoming a full blown fan because of this album. Especially after knowing the backstory behind it. Most of the time, i don't care about my favorite artists' personal lives. I care more about understanding "WHAT" it is about instead of "WHO" If a song is really speaking to you, then just listen to it first without preconceived notions. But this album........it's one of those rare exceptions. It's called *REPUTATION* ffs!! Every controversy she had were addressed in this album and she took the narrative back. She came. She conquered. And I took this *magnetic force of a woman to be one of my favorite artists* It began with chaos and a dark Taylor. She played along with the reputation given by the media and haters. She totally annihilated everyone and also took shots at her own mistakes too. *"The world moves on"* *"another day another drama"* *"But not for me"* *"All I think about is karma"* *"And then the world moves on"* *"But one thing's for sure"* *"Maybe I got mine"* *"But you'll all get yours"* -LWYMMD lyrics But almost halfway through we gradually realize that this album has a deeper meaning than just addressing public feuds. The chaos faded away leaving her with true love and happiness. She wrapped up the album with a soothing final track "new year's Day" signalling a new beginning and not a "ok so my work here, as far as making this album, is done. Hope you like it" Instead.... *"Please don't read the last page"* *"Hold on to the memories"* *"You and me for evermore"* In the death of her reputation, she found who were her true friends. And who deserves to be the King of her heart. *"This ain't for the best"* *"My reputation's never been worse"* *"So you must like me for me"* -Delicate So, rep helped her to be in that headspace that allowed her to make LOVER. And we all know what LOVER represents. A more mature take on love as compared to her RED album which was about different aspects of young love. And so the narrative continues..... EDIT: Of course, Reputation era is incomplete without talking about the amazing *REP STADIUM TOUR!!!!!* *THAT SEALED THE DEAL FOR ME!!* She came on stage at the time when others thought her reign was over and the tour was set to fail.... 3 words *HIGHEST GROSSING TOUR!!!* *AND THE FANS GREETED HER WITH A BATTLE HERO'S WELCOME* Like how in movies the fallen hero banished in exile comes back stronger. She's got NERVES OF DIAMOND and TITANIUM BALLS (excuse my crudeness 😁) *SHE CAME BACK STRONGER THAN A 90's TREND* But yeah she's just phenomenal. Idc if I repeat it in every Taylor video but.... *She's my favorite cardigan for evermore and her stories will be passed down to the next generation like folklore* *We don't tolerate her music* *We celebrate her music and her phenomenal journey* ✌❤
rep is Taylor's album pride for one reason, speaking or fighting her own reputation from killing the bad reputation that media's created for her. She was really disappointed when it didn't make it at Grammys. For her and us, rep is not an nonsense album.
So crash course into why this album means so much to Swifties and why it’s so ICONIC. When Kim and Kanye lied and released that phone call, the entire world went against her. Taylor Swift is over party was trending on Twitter worldwide, hate pieces written about her in mainstream media, death threats, she was called a snake (which she reclaims during this era, you'll see that if you watch the reputation tour and the videos from this era), the whole works. So Taylor disappeared for a year, no one physically saw her, during that time she fell in love with Joe, and when she decided to come back to society she dropped this come back album, hit back at all the haters and media, and just slayed the game. She had the highest grossing tour of All TIME. Now of course we know how much they lied about that phone call and it makes this album so much better. Also hearing the start of her longest and most healthy relationship is iconic. You need to watch Miss Americana you’ll understand a lot about this time.
ready for it - 2:56 end game - 11:07 i did something bad - 18:02 don’t blame me - 23:57 delicate - 28:07 look what you made me do - 35:56 so it goes - 42:13 gorgeous - 43:12 getaway car - 46:01 king of my heart - 47:39 dancing with our hands tied - 50:36 dress - 53:45 this is why we can’t have nice things - 55:32 call it what you want - 1:01:42 new year’s day - 1:03:24
React to The Reputation Stadium Tour on Netflix, also, So It Goes is the only song left off the tour setlist, but she did perform it acoustically once on the tour.
I'm sure that this has already been said but "They're burning all the witches even if you aren't one" was when the whole world cancelled her because of something she didn't do. I love that. The media called her a liar and all the names you could think of to call someone. She references this time in her life in "long story short". The bad part like you mentioned about going backwards, is that you don't hear all the references in folklore and evermore to past songs. But once you go back to future albums you will hear them. Also yes, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things is about Kanye.
The rep tour is insane, I mean the pyrotechnics, Karyn the snake, the light wrist bands that are coordinated to the show, the lights, the atmosphere, just everything was absolutely amazing I saw it in philly (she considered it a “hometown” show since she’s from reading) and philly had just won the super bowl the vibes were immaculate
Because Taylor decided not to give any interviews during this era, she released videos of the making of the songs. I would love to see your reaction to that :D
You are spot on with the two different storyline thing. In Ready for it she’s talking about the feud with Kanye west and also simultaneously talking about how she was falling in love during this dark period of time
his reaction to the moment when he said delicate is so vulnerable and then remembers it’s a track 5 “taylor and track 5’s.” a highlight of this reaction video 🖤
The high note on Don't Blame Me that caused you to ask if there's a tour for this album cause you needed to hear it live was a thought I was having at the exact same moment, thinking "He's gotta watch the live performance of this moment". Not just in the Rep Stadium Tour, but also the Eras Tour. Both insane performances of this song!!
Great reaction video! I love Reputation reactions more than any other album for people new to TS. I think it highlights her versatility - your speechless jaw drop at the beginning “it’s SO different” is exactly it. Totally got snubbed by Grammys.
I would never forget when look what you made me do dropped. It was sooooooo confusing but intriguing. I love this album because of the misters of it all. It wasn’t even on streaming services at the time and the only way to hear it was buying the full album.
To me, Taylor is like a painter. Her lyrics paint these images and stories into our brains. We see the story coming to life before our eyes. Her pen is like a paintbrush in my mind
Reputation is a no skip album, my favorite of all time. 🙌 Thank you for your thorough and kind review. 😊 I appreciate the effort you put into this. Can't wait to watch your other album reactions!
Her RED album (2012): - Incredible storytelling/lyricism ✔️ - Genuine, true heartbreak ✔️ - What it largely considered to be her best song ever (All Too Well) ✔️ - Another Ed Sheeran feature ✔️ - Another distinct sound era ✔️ - Some shady bops ✔️ - Genre blend (country-pop) ✔️ - Great vocals ✔️ - Also got snubbed at the Grammys ✔️
Love, love, LOVE your reaction to this album. This is my favorite album of hers and I love to see your appreciation for it, especially bc you didn't even know the backstory to any of the songs and could still see her genius. There were multiple times I thought to myself, 'I need to make sure I hit like for this video,' and realized I already had about 2 songs in, lol
The heavy production represents the storm of chaos she was trapped in during 2016. The album tells the story of her meeting and falling for Joe at the time, and him leading her out.
The little girl at the beginning of gorgeous is James Reynolds, daughter of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, who are great friends of Taylor. On foklore their 3 daughters' names are on the album: James, Ynés and Betty, the latter Tay confirmed the name with their blessing since they hadn't confirmed it themselves yet. And the lyrics are about Joe, her current bf.
I love how you noticed the significance and depth of Dancing with our hands tied. Nobody usually does. It‘s a really deep and sad song but the melody and beat distract from it. It‘s one of her best songs and it makes me cry so often.
he said take me to church and 2 years later she’s on the biggest tour in the world and she’s taking everyone to church with these vocals and now that’s a chant “take us to church!”
there is nothing like reputation there will be no other version of reputation since she made it after such a cathartic events and she has grown so much from that. reputation is *chef’s kiss*
There is a reputation stadium tour on Netflix so you can watch it! The only song she hadn't perform live there was So It Goes (but she performed it acoustically a few times at different shows that weren't recorded). She also performed at least one song of all 5 previous albums there!
This reaction makes me so happy I cried, someone finally understands how it feels. How her songs makes me feel with all the different melodies and sounds and amazing lyrics. It hits so deep, there's just no words to exactly explain the experience she gives us Swifties. Thanks, enjoyed this video so much!
i love this album so so much, it just shows how versatile and talented she is. i will never regret going to the reputation tour twice because hearing this album online is way different than hearing it live. IT WAS AMAZING AND STILL MY FAVE CONCERT EVER !!!
Taylor was known for her high notes back in her 1989/rep days! She definitely dialled it back down now due to her switching up her tone and style but it's something she still does in her live performances and concerts!
I'm all about pop and didn't like the style of this album at first. But after hearing all of her different albums and genres, learning about everything it means, and listening more, I'm in love. It's still catchy enough to be pop, and I just love what it represents for her. An amazing album with no skips. I like the Lover album for its sound but only love a few songs on it, while this one is more long-lasting for me. Red and Fearless are still my tops but this is just as amazing 🖤
reputation is my favorite taylor swift album. the era was so iconic. the tour was absolutely stunning and i’m so blessed i was able to go. it will take a lot for that era to be topped for me. it was everything i could have ever wanted in an album/tour from any artist but the fact it was taylor makes it that much better.
i really don't understand how rep wasn't nominated for a single grammy. it was taylor's most important album and you could tell how disappointed she was when she heard the nominations (in miss americana). after her whole feud with kanye and the drama and the entire world cancelling her for something she didn't do, this was the greatest comeback anyone could imagine. the fact that she was branded a snake by everyone, and she came back stronger than a '90s trend and actually made the snake her album aesthetic, speaks volumes. also her two poems and the rep prologue hit HARD. I'm so glad the rep tour was the highest grossing of all time bc it bloody deserved to be. after all the bullshit she went through, rep was the greatest comeback she could possibly come up with. just shows how she can experiment and ace all genres with her versatility. and the way rep started and ended so aptly with ready for it? and new year's day. the way it progressed and how part of it showed "evil" tay (as the media portrayed her) and the real tay who's genuine and in love. rep was a masterpiece and the grammys missed out
starting with folklore and evermore will definitely mean that you'll keep being shocked by the rest of her discography! every album of hers with the exemption of the sister albums is an 'era' and they all sound completely different!
Watching you experience this album for the first time gave me goosebumps... I remember it was like a cultural reset when LWYMMD came out, and while I was a "casual fan" of her after RED and 1989, I became a Taylor stan with this album! Hope you'll do a reaction on the stadium tour on netflix :) Would love to see that. I just love your reactions, you feel like a very chill person, very genuine and authentic
I feel like this album is cherished in the fandom because of the shit Taylor went thru and her fans went thru leading up to this era. Newcomers will never understand fully, but still glad you appreciated it.
I just found this video, it's the first of yours I'm watching and I really like your insight. I hope in the other reactions you realize to pull up lyrics so there's not as much pausing and rewinding 😅 I'm excited to watch you react to the rest of the albums though!
I like how new years day ends because it's like a deep breath after all of her energy from before, she's said what she needed to say, and now she's relaxing
“How is she not the best artist of the last 10 years?” She was actually awarded Artist of the Decade award at the AMAs in 2019 and also Billboard’s Woman of the Decade. You should react to her speech at the Billboard Women in Music ceremony.
Rep came after 3 years of not knowing anything about Taylor. She was at the top of the world with 1989 and then, bc all the drama, she was at the bottom. This was her comeback and we are so proud of her for doing it so. She needed a catharsis and Rep was her unique way of doing that :)
This whole album was about finding Love in the middle of all the noise. So this was around the time when she was being cancelled by the world and her relationship with her current bf is just starting.
It’s such a pleasure to get to see someone hear her songs for the first time!!! The moment when you noticed Delicate was track five made me laugh I loved it.
is there like a taylorpedia? :D i'm one of those (lucky?) people who are just discovering her music (after folklore, which i listened a year ago) and i need some kind of guide of what to get into to understand all the references because oh my god how well thought through it all seems so far... also just like michael here i'm going backwards, is that a huge mistake?
Ready for it, end game, don't blame me, delicate, gorgeous, dress, king of my heart, call it what you want are songs she wrote about her boyfriend Joe Alwyn. They have been dating for 7 years now.
I found your channel looking for people reacting to Taylor Swift's music, because although I liked her back in the Speak Now era I fell off for a bit until Folklore, and I basically rediscovered how incredible she is in listening to all her music since Speak Now and I wanted to see others discovering how incredible she is. I have to say, it is so satisfying to see you appreciating her the way I do and so many others do. Also, for what it's worth, I Did Something Bad is one of my favorite songs of hers, ever! (Ignore the fact that I have a list of favorite Taylor swift songs that's like a mile long 😆😆)
This album wasn't anything like the previous albums. It was her comeback after being canceled on twitter, after being dragged by media, kanye and kim and even some of her own friends. The album is dark and egdy and also heavy produced (the other albums are definitely not), but if you listen closely it is really about finding love among the chaos, despite her reputation. At this dark time she met Joe, whom she is still with (most of the love songs on Lover are about him, also some song on folklore and evermore). He was the only person who saw her for who she was and helped her survive. That's what the album is all about, she also comes back to those events on evermore (songs like long story short, evermore). Even a song like Ready for it is a love song about Joe, it's just wrapped in a heavy production. Reputation era was iconic, it was her rising from the ashes, embracing being called a snake (she uses this symbol at the tour and all of her performances) and standing up to people who have wronged her. That's why I think a lot of people loves this era, personally it's still my favourite album. To get more info you should really see Miss Americana on Netflix and also DEFINITELY watch the Reputation Stadium Tour on Netflix, which will probably blow your mind, it's amazing.
Yes there is a live version. Its the reputation stadium tour (on netflix) Whats also so epic about this is that literally everybody said this tour was going to flop, and it endet up being the highest grossing tour in the entire US history. Also, thank u so much for these reactions i appreciate you a lot💜
Reputation is definitely her bad bitch album, but it's also about growth and renewal, and so hopeful, with songs like delicate, call it what you want, and ending on new years day. it's soooo wonderful.
Reputation will be not your longest reaction of taylor album I think it would be speak now or Red because of the storytelling. So excited for your next TS reaction.
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I feel like Michael needs a crash course in Taylor Swift drama to fully appreciate the levels of greatness she achieved with this comeback
He needs to watch Miss Americana 😃
Yess
Yessss.
My god.. this is what people are calling greatness now??
@@frankiebhoyz2169 best selling album of 2017, highest grossing US tour in history and pop vocal album at the Grammys. Don’t come here just to criticise Taylor that’s so 4 years ago 😤
"How is she not the greatest artist of the past 10 years?"
I mean, she did win artist of the decade.
Best thing about that comment was that he called it after hearing only 4 albums! And that's even a bigger compliment. ✌
@daman no..I mean ed's amazing but he didn't win artist of the decade lol
@daman just looked it up. doesn't seem like it's an award he won, just a title he was given based on sales and chart numbers. Still amazing, but not the same thing.
Because of adele
She actually now has won artist of the decade. I think it was on the Billboard Awards.
Reputation is special for taylor and all the swifties because this was her comeback album after all the hate she got. She didn't do any interviews during this era. "There will be no explanation, just reputation"
Said so well, I missed her and was so happy when she came back
It was so amazing seeing her so happy
Exactlyyy!! My only problem with the era is the lack of singles. Or maybe some singles weren’t the best choice
@@emmanuelklydechan8297 yeh for sure I didn’t think the singles were the best choice
I think LWYMMD was perfect for a comeback single. Delicate was surprising a good choice, it did well om charts. IDSB, Getaway car, Don't blame me could've been better single than End game
TIME STAMPS
ready for it - 2:56
end game - 11:07
i did something bad - 18:02
don’t blame me - 23:57
delicate - 28:07
look what you made me do - 35:56
so it goes - 42:13
gorgeous - 43:12
getaway car - 46:01
king of my heart - 47:39
dancing with our hands tied - 50:36
dress - 53:45
this is why we can’t have nice things - 55:32
call it what you want - 1:01:42
new year’s day - 1:03:24
Tysm!!!
thank u,
thnx
ure an angel
Ty x
In Delicate, when she says, "handsome, you're a mansion with a view" as an alternative to saying "you're beautiful inside and out" honestly keeps me up at night BEC HER MIND
SHE’S A GENIUS
omg wait i never realized that!! I CANT WITH HER
Omg yes!!!! When I realized that, I lost my mind
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
My dumbass didn't get it😩
This album is much more relatable and understandable if you know about her whole feud with kanye and kim. And also how her reputation was severely damaged prior to this era and she made it her own comeback with this album, one of her most iconic.
He should watch Miss Americana haha everything became so clear to me after watching 😅
Taylor's personal reputation was irrelevant to me, she is an Aryan goddess and I loved most of 1989, particularly Wildest Dreams and New Romantics. I did not catch onto Reputation (Album) until very recently because it just seemed like she was a little high on herself after 1989.
@@jrus690 An Aryan Goddess? Shit man, this is the terrible side of the fandom
@@fishbeaumont1907 Just do what I have learned to do over the years, do not take anything on RUclips too seriously, just as you likely do not take yourself too seriously either. The white supremacists decided to label Taylor as such so I was like, what the heck, Aryan Goddess it is.
@@jrus690 Thank you for the advice but i choose not to take it, i will not be calling Taylor an Aryan Goddess at any point in my life. White supremacy is something to take very seriously, and it is a privilege to be able to go "what the heck" at it.
Taylor really knows the definition of an “era”. Every album she puts out is different from the one before it. She gives us so many different sides of her but she still remains the same Taylor that we know and love.
Hey Betty, I won't make assumptions about why you used that username but I think it's cuz of Folkmore. I don't know anything but I know I love it.
@@Eric_The_Eccentric I see you heard the rumors from inez. You can’t believe a word she says, but this time it was true. It did indeed came from folkmore. Thank you!
The replies are gold..
@@weshouldtotallyjuststabcea1382 Why? I don't get it. Can somebody explain to me. I'm only 17, I don't know anything 😂
@@pleer6874 😂😂😂
she says “i bury hatchets but i keep maps of where i put them” which makes it even better!!!
“this woman and her pen” exactly!!
"Ready for It" is about her meeting Joe, her current bf, and asking him if he's ready to deal with everything that comes with it if he decides to stay with her. "Touch me and you'll never be alone" is probably about that fact that he'll never have peace and will be followed by paparazzi everywhere once they're together. This is a common theme on reputation.
That "never have peace" bit... I see you, that was noooooice 👌🏼👌🏼
I know I'm gonna be with you so I take my tiiiiiime
Most songs on Rep are ab him or love in general, only in a perspective of finding true love while ur reputation is at worst
LOL. Feeling stupid right now, I naively thought that "touch me and you'll never be alone" was just a cute way of saying "I'll love you forever".
Rare empaths are muy interesante
The reason why she said the old Taylor is dead bc
1. She was no longer the old Taylor after the massive hate
2. There was an actually death mural of her back to 2016
Tbh. It's funny how they all planned funeral and basically the end of her carrier and then rep broke records with rep☠️
Heck she's still breaking😂
Yup. That f****ng phone call that started it. She will be no longer Taylor that can be easily tricked or mind twisted. Lesson learned.
@@kamallb4650 many people have tried many times to sorta start the narrative that Taylor's career is no longer the same.. remember the rumors about how rep tour was going to flop? Or how after lover there were tons of articles how Taylor might be fading away when lover still was the best selling album in 2019 it just didn't cross the 1M sales in first week in US...then folklore dropped and I think it's finally sinking in to some people that she's not going anywhere
@@chetanmodi4533 reputation is still charting. It re-entered at #180 I guess.
1989 is at #80
Folklore at #11
Evermore at #1
And lover is at #54
5 outta 9 albums are charting rn😂
@@chetanmodi4533 she's literally the only one carrying the pure sales (aside from adele if she will even release hers 💀)
Look What You Made Me Do is a whole ass JOURNEY. I think every swifty was taken off guard when it first came out cause it was SO different from her old stuff. But it grows on you, I promise!
The music video IS epic and very over the top but it's a little hard to understand the visuals since it eludes to her past and her drama with Kanye and Kim. Still worth to check out tho!
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YESSS 100%!!!!
When the video was released it went for me like... 1st watch: ok this is different, idk if I like it; 2nd watch: oh this is really good actually; 3rd watch: I'm obsessed and can't wait for the album and the video is gorgeous and...
all too true--especially if you don't get the visual cues to the old media feuds, like Miley in the birdcage, or Katy in the gold car/leopard suit. Or that Zombie Taylor is coming back from being "canceled" ( I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time // from her throne ). The 8 boyfriends, linking to "I go on too many dates" from 1989. . . .etc.
and you probably know, but alludes = makes a reference to . . . .eludes means something quite different; escape and evasion from pursuit
Don't Blame me live on the rep tour is ICONIC
Eras tour toooo😊
@@mathies3598yess
Rep tour version is much better @@mathies3598
Yes the melody in the chorus in LWYMMD is from “I’m Too Sexy”. That’s why they are so similar. Taylor gave them credits as songwriters to the song.
The beauty of Taylor’s music is that every album is completely different (with the exception of her sister albums folklore & evermore). Reputation slaps so hard. It’s my personal favorite.
and I would say that even folklore on evermore have things that make them distinct from each other!
My two faves is Folklore & Reputation....COMPLETELY different albums and I love it!!
Next stop netflix,
1. Reputation stadium tour
2. Miss Americana
OMYGAAAAAD YES PLEASE!
Reputation is very special to me. And here's why.
I went from being a long time admirer on the sidelines to becoming a full blown fan because of this album. Especially after knowing the backstory behind it.
Most of the time, i don't care about my favorite artists' personal lives. I care more about understanding "WHAT" it is about instead of "WHO"
If a song is really speaking to you, then just listen to it first without preconceived notions.
But this album........it's one of those rare exceptions. It's called *REPUTATION* ffs!!
Every controversy she had were addressed in this album and she took the narrative back. She came. She conquered.
And I took this *magnetic force of a woman to be one of my favorite artists*
It began with chaos and a dark Taylor. She played along with the reputation given by the media and haters. She totally annihilated everyone and also took shots at her own mistakes too.
*"The world moves on"*
*"another day another drama"*
*"But not for me"*
*"All I think about is karma"*
*"And then the world moves on"*
*"But one thing's for sure"*
*"Maybe I got mine"*
*"But you'll all get yours"* -LWYMMD lyrics
But almost halfway through we gradually realize that this album has a deeper meaning than just addressing public feuds.
The chaos faded away leaving her with true love and happiness. She wrapped up the album with a soothing final track "new year's Day" signalling a new beginning and not a "ok so my work here, as far as making this album, is done. Hope you like it"
Instead....
*"Please don't read the last page"*
*"Hold on to the memories"*
*"You and me for evermore"*
In the death of her reputation, she found who were her true friends. And who deserves to be the King of her heart.
*"This ain't for the best"*
*"My reputation's never been worse"*
*"So you must like me for me"*
-Delicate
So, rep helped her to be in that headspace that allowed her to make LOVER. And we all know what LOVER represents. A more mature take on love as compared to her RED album which was about different aspects of young love. And so the narrative continues.....
EDIT: Of course, Reputation era is incomplete without talking about the amazing
*REP STADIUM TOUR!!!!!*
*THAT SEALED THE DEAL FOR ME!!*
She came on stage at the time when others thought her reign was over and the tour was set to fail.... 3 words
*HIGHEST GROSSING TOUR!!!*
*AND THE FANS GREETED HER WITH A BATTLE HERO'S WELCOME*
Like how in movies the fallen hero banished in exile comes back stronger. She's got NERVES OF DIAMOND and TITANIUM BALLS (excuse my crudeness 😁)
*SHE CAME BACK STRONGER THAN A 90's TREND*
But yeah she's just phenomenal. Idc if I repeat it in every Taylor video but....
*She's my favorite cardigan for evermore and her stories will be passed down to the next generation like folklore*
*We don't tolerate her music*
*We celebrate her music and her phenomenal journey* ✌❤
This deserves more attention!!!
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rep is Taylor's album pride for one reason, speaking or fighting her own reputation from killing the bad reputation that media's created for her.
She was really disappointed when it didn't make it at Grammys. For her and us, rep is not an nonsense album.
Wow i love this 💕
You are my favourite person on the internet today.
“Can you imagine these songs live?!”
Erm, yes. It’s a little spectacle called The Reputation Tour and we’re waiting for you to catch up!
Yeh people really don’t appreciate lover which is crazy to me!
lover is one of the best albums of 2019 for me i can't understand how people didn't give it a chance
@@douniasaidi7083 ME! slanders overshadowed the whole album😭
@@haziq5530 it really did!
@@douniasaidi7083 it’s such a good album it has like so skips
Lover is my fav taylor swift album. Ik folklore and evermore are masterpieces. But, it is lover album for me. Along with Folklore!
So crash course into why this album means so much to Swifties and why it’s so ICONIC. When Kim and Kanye lied and released that phone call, the entire world went against her. Taylor Swift is over party was trending on Twitter worldwide, hate pieces written about her in mainstream media, death threats, she was called a snake (which she reclaims during this era, you'll see that if you watch the reputation tour and the videos from this era), the whole works. So Taylor disappeared for a year, no one physically saw her, during that time she fell in love with Joe, and when she decided to come back to society she dropped this come back album, hit back at all the haters and media, and just slayed the game. She had the highest grossing tour of All TIME.
Now of course we know how much they lied about that phone call and it makes this album so much better. Also hearing the start of her longest and most healthy relationship is iconic. You need to watch Miss Americana you’ll understand a lot about this time.
Don’t Blame Me on the rep tour is EVERYTHING! I get chills every time
Taylor sampled I'm Too Sexy for the LWYMMD chorus. The video is a must watch.
I was literally like a proud mom listening how other person praises my daughter😂❣️
ready for it - 2:56
end game - 11:07
i did something bad - 18:02
don’t blame me - 23:57
delicate - 28:07
look what you made me do - 35:56
so it goes - 42:13
gorgeous - 43:12
getaway car - 46:01
king of my heart - 47:39
dancing with our hands tied - 50:36
dress - 53:45
this is why we can’t have nice things - 55:32
call it what you want - 1:01:42
new year’s day - 1:03:24
React to The Reputation Stadium Tour on Netflix, also, So It Goes is the only song left off the tour setlist, but she did perform it acoustically once on the tour.
I'm sure that this has already been said but "They're burning all the witches even if you aren't one" was when the whole world cancelled her because of something she didn't do. I love that. The media called her a liar and all the names you could think of to call someone. She references this time in her life in "long story short". The bad part like you mentioned about going backwards, is that you don't hear all the references in folklore and evermore to past songs. But once you go back to future albums you will hear them. Also yes, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things is about Kanye.
The rep tour is insane, I mean the pyrotechnics, Karyn the snake, the light wrist bands that are coordinated to the show, the lights, the atmosphere, just everything was absolutely amazing I saw it in philly (she considered it a “hometown” show since she’s from reading) and philly had just won the super bowl the vibes were immaculate
Gorgeous is about her now boyfriend, the same guy she is talking about delicate, dress and end game!
Being a fan (stan) of Taylor Swift means always having an album to fit your mood.
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“She’s so not normal… she’s different… she’s better than everybody” 😂😂 iconic
Because Taylor decided not to give any interviews during this era, she released videos of the making of the songs. I would love to see your reaction to that :D
i am so happy you loved this one so much you really need to watch the reputation tour you will fall in love with her live vocals
YES. Three songs in and I'm dying over how much he would LOVE the Rep tour.
yess finally someone notices the nod to Ed when she says ‘A team’
Bad Bitch Taylor is iconic. This album was snubbed, but it was such a great album and era for fans!!
You are spot on with the two different storyline thing. In Ready for it she’s talking about the feud with Kanye west and also simultaneously talking about how she was falling in love during this dark period of time
his reaction to the moment when he said delicate is so vulnerable and then remembers it’s a track 5
“taylor and track 5’s.”
a highlight of this reaction video 🖤
The high note on Don't Blame Me that caused you to ask if there's a tour for this album cause you needed to hear it live was a thought I was having at the exact same moment, thinking "He's gotta watch the live performance of this moment". Not just in the Rep Stadium Tour, but also the Eras Tour. Both insane performances of this song!!
Really behind here, but-The Great Gatsby is Taylor Swift’s favorite book. I teach it every year, so I found that pretty cool.
I love that you say it reminds you of the men she sings about on her newer albums without knowing it’s all the same man ❤❤
Great reaction video! I love Reputation reactions more than any other album for people new to TS. I think it highlights her versatility - your speechless jaw drop at the beginning “it’s SO different” is exactly it. Totally got snubbed by Grammys.
I would never forget when look what you made me do dropped. It was sooooooo confusing but intriguing. I love this album because of the misters of it all. It wasn’t even on streaming services at the time and the only way to hear it was buying the full album.
To me, Taylor is like a painter. Her lyrics paint these images and stories into our brains. We see the story coming to life before our eyes. Her pen is like a paintbrush in my mind
Reputation is a no skip album, my favorite of all time. 🙌 Thank you for your thorough and kind review. 😊 I appreciate the effort you put into this. Can't wait to watch your other album reactions!
Her RED album (2012):
- Incredible storytelling/lyricism ✔️
- Genuine, true heartbreak ✔️
- What it largely considered to be her best song ever (All Too Well) ✔️
- Another Ed Sheeran feature ✔️
- Another distinct sound era ✔️
- Some shady bops ✔️
- Genre blend (country-pop) ✔️
- Great vocals ✔️
- Also got snubbed at the Grammys ✔️
Mmmmm bad blood is on 1989, not RED
@@kevinretamozoencina6324 I didn't even realize I put that, I feel like an idiot lol. Thanks for pointing it out.
Love, love, LOVE your reaction to this album. This is my favorite album of hers and I love to see your appreciation for it, especially bc you didn't even know the backstory to any of the songs and could still see her genius. There were multiple times I thought to myself, 'I need to make sure I hit like for this video,' and realized I already had about 2 songs in, lol
The heavy production represents the storm of chaos she was trapped in during 2016. The album tells the story of her meeting and falling for Joe at the time, and him leading her out.
"she's not normal with these lyrics" "she's so much better than everybody else" no truer words are spoken
Clicking faster than Taylor does albums
The moment he realized Delicate was track 5 💕
The little girl at the beginning of gorgeous is James Reynolds, daughter of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, who are great friends of Taylor. On foklore their 3 daughters' names are on the album: James, Ynés and Betty, the latter Tay confirmed the name with their blessing since they hadn't confirmed it themselves yet.
And the lyrics are about Joe, her current bf.
I love how you noticed the significance and depth of Dancing with our hands tied. Nobody usually does. It‘s a really deep and sad song but the melody and beat distract from it. It‘s one of her best songs and it makes me cry so often.
I come back to watch this when I need to be happy 😆 I love Beveraggi rocking TF out to these songs and the shock on his face when the drops come
he said take me to church and 2 years later she’s on the biggest tour in the world and she’s taking everyone to church with these vocals and now that’s a chant “take us to church!”
there is nothing like reputation there will be no other version of reputation since she made it after such a cathartic events and she has grown so much from that. reputation is *chef’s kiss*
There is a reputation stadium tour on Netflix so you can watch it! The only song she hadn't perform live there was So It Goes (but she performed it acoustically a few times at different shows that weren't recorded). She also performed at least one song of all 5 previous albums there!
me sitting for 30 minutes waiting for him to hear “oh bc she’s dead!” ☺️☺️☺️☺️
This reaction makes me so happy I cried, someone finally understands how it feels. How her songs makes me feel with all the different melodies and sounds and amazing lyrics. It hits so deep, there's just no words to exactly explain the experience she gives us Swifties. Thanks, enjoyed this video so much!
Yes. The rep stadium tour versions are IMSANEEEEEE better then the recording imo
i love this album so so much, it just shows how versatile and talented she is. i will never regret going to the reputation tour twice because hearing this album online is way different than hearing it live. IT WAS AMAZING AND STILL MY FAVE CONCERT EVER !!!
Taylor was known for her high notes back in her 1989/rep days! She definitely dialled it back down now due to her switching up her tone and style but it's something she still does in her live performances and concerts!
You have to react to making of Reputation songs... It's available in youtube... You'll love it
I'm all about pop and didn't like the style of this album at first. But after hearing all of her different albums and genres, learning about everything it means, and listening more, I'm in love. It's still catchy enough to be pop, and I just love what it represents for her. An amazing album with no skips. I like the Lover album for its sound but only love a few songs on it, while this one is more long-lasting for me. Red and Fearless are still my tops but this is just as amazing 🖤
“Don’t blame me” is my absolute favorite 😇😇🤩🤩
reputation is my favorite taylor swift album. the era was so iconic. the tour was absolutely stunning and i’m so blessed i was able to go. it will take a lot for that era to be topped for me. it was everything i could have ever wanted in an album/tour from any artist but the fact it was taylor makes it that much better.
currently at the point of the video where he’s not even finished with ready for it (about 8:00) and i already know im gonna love his reaction
Crying because Taylor and Joe Just broke up listening to Delicate 😭😭😭❤️
i really don't understand how rep wasn't nominated for a single grammy. it was taylor's most important album and you could tell how disappointed she was when she heard the nominations (in miss americana). after her whole feud with kanye and the drama and the entire world cancelling her for something she didn't do, this was the greatest comeback anyone could imagine. the fact that she was branded a snake by everyone, and she came back stronger than a '90s trend and actually made the snake her album aesthetic, speaks volumes. also her two poems and the rep prologue hit HARD. I'm so glad the rep tour was the highest grossing of all time bc it bloody deserved to be. after all the bullshit she went through, rep was the greatest comeback she could possibly come up with. just shows how she can experiment and ace all genres with her versatility. and the way rep started and ended so aptly with ready for it? and new year's day. the way it progressed and how part of it showed "evil" tay (as the media portrayed her) and the real tay who's genuine and in love. rep was a masterpiece and the grammys missed out
Everything has changed is also one of my top songs ever! I love it soooo much
This album sold 1.24 million copies in its debut week in the US although all people said she was over !
I don't know if your aware but on Netflix there is a reputation stadium tour. Taylor's full last concert.
starting with folklore and evermore will definitely mean that you'll keep being shocked by the rest of her discography! every album of hers with the exemption of the sister albums is an 'era' and they all sound completely different!
She always makes the songs much better live! Like she changes things and such. rep tour is the best 🖤
Watching you experience this album for the first time gave me goosebumps... I remember it was like a cultural reset when LWYMMD came out, and while I was a "casual fan" of her after RED and 1989, I became a Taylor stan with this album! Hope you'll do a reaction on the stadium tour on netflix :) Would love to see that. I just love your reactions, you feel like a very chill person, very genuine and authentic
Please watch Miss Americana. Not only is it a beautifully done documentary, it explains this album so well.
I feel like this album is cherished in the fandom because of the shit Taylor went thru and her fans went thru leading up to this era. Newcomers will never understand fully, but still glad you appreciated it.
I just found this video, it's the first of yours I'm watching and I really like your insight. I hope in the other reactions you realize to pull up lyrics so there's not as much pausing and rewinding 😅 I'm excited to watch you react to the rest of the albums though!
I like how new years day ends because it's like a deep breath after all of her energy from before, she's said what she needed to say, and now she's relaxing
“How is she not the best artist of the last 10 years?”
She was actually awarded Artist of the Decade award at the AMAs in 2019 and also Billboard’s Woman of the Decade. You should react to her speech at the Billboard Women in Music ceremony.
You should see Taylor's documentary Miss Americana. Might answer some of the questions about her background.
Reputation stadium tour on Netflix is amazingggg
“But if he’s a ghost then i can be a phantom” is such an underrated lyric!! Taylor talking that Rolls Royce sh!t 👏🏼👏🏼🔥
LOVED this reaction. Your enthusiasm warmed my heart. Thanks for sharing!!
Rep came after 3 years of not knowing anything about Taylor. She was at the top of the world with 1989 and then, bc all the drama, she was at the bottom. This was her comeback and we are so proud of her for doing it so. She needed a catharsis and Rep was her unique way of doing that :)
Wait how three years... the drama was on 2016 and rep came out late 2017 😂
i loveeee seeing people get hype for rep. It’s a pop masterpiece
This whole album was about finding Love in the middle of all the noise. So this was around the time when she was being cancelled by the world and her relationship with her current bf is just starting.
It’s such a pleasure to get to see someone hear her songs for the first time!!! The moment when you noticed Delicate was track five made me laugh I loved it.
is there like a taylorpedia? :D i'm one of those (lucky?) people who are just discovering her music (after folklore, which i listened a year ago) and i need some kind of guide of what to get into to understand all the references because oh my god how well thought through it all seems so far... also just like michael here i'm going backwards, is that a huge mistake?
Ready for it, end game, don't blame me, delicate, gorgeous, dress, king of my heart, call it what you want are songs she wrote about her boyfriend Joe Alwyn. They have been dating for 7 years now.
I found your channel looking for people reacting to Taylor Swift's music, because although I liked her back in the Speak Now era I fell off for a bit until Folklore, and I basically rediscovered how incredible she is in listening to all her music since Speak Now and I wanted to see others discovering how incredible she is. I have to say, it is so satisfying to see you appreciating her the way I do and so many others do.
Also, for what it's worth, I Did Something Bad is one of my favorite songs of hers, ever! (Ignore the fact that I have a list of favorite Taylor swift songs that's like a mile long 😆😆)
Reputation came for everyone’s throats.
My fav album from her 🔥
This album wasn't anything like the previous albums. It was her comeback after being canceled on twitter, after being dragged by media, kanye and kim and even some of her own friends. The album is dark and egdy and also heavy produced (the other albums are definitely not), but if you listen closely it is really about finding love among the chaos, despite her reputation. At this dark time she met Joe, whom she is still with (most of the love songs on Lover are about him, also some song on folklore and evermore). He was the only person who saw her for who she was and helped her survive. That's what the album is all about, she also comes back to those events on evermore (songs like long story short, evermore). Even a song like Ready for it is a love song about Joe, it's just wrapped in a heavy production. Reputation era was iconic, it was her rising from the ashes, embracing being called a snake (she uses this symbol at the tour and all of her performances) and standing up to people who have wronged her. That's why I think a lot of people loves this era, personally it's still my favourite album. To get more info you should really see Miss Americana on Netflix and also DEFINITELY watch the Reputation Stadium Tour on Netflix, which will probably blow your mind, it's amazing.
Yes, that is a throw back to the witch burnings, but they didn't burn witches, they just burned women. Made me so sad
I didn't like LWYMMD until I learned the context behind it. Now it's one of my favorites
You need to see the MV
Yes there is a live version. Its the reputation stadium tour (on netflix)
Whats also so epic about this is that literally everybody said this tour was going to flop, and it endet up being the highest grossing tour in the entire US history.
Also, thank u so much for these reactions i appreciate you a lot💜
I see taylor swift, I click
Dancing With Our Hands Tied may be my favourite song Taylor has ever written.
Reputation is definitely her bad bitch album, but it's also about growth and renewal, and so hopeful, with songs like delicate, call it what you want, and ending on new years day. it's soooo wonderful.
Reputation will be not your longest reaction of taylor album I think it would be speak now or Red because of the storytelling. So excited for your next TS reaction.
when he said "I'm gonna go back, i promise!" on Don't blame me he literally won my heart
27:45 "there's no vulnerability yet" then the next song is delicate hahaha
The tour is on Netflix... a whole experience on its own