interesting to see you mature in 2 yrs from short hair freshman face 🤗 you’re wise and eloquent beyond your years 😊😢 it’s surreal growing up in the limelight evolving as an artist and person 🎉 literally with a 💔 thanks for the thoughtful analysis and looking forward to your EOAS tour 🥂 (no problem) 🤣
I kept thinking this while watching the video. Also, when do we ever sit down these days and just listen to someone talk without just listening to it while doing something else?!
What a master class summation. The Swift PR Department should hire you to do a verbal analysis for the documentary release. Your linguistic intellect , wit, heartfelt honesty, real experience, historical knowledge of content and passion wrap up this era with deep love and joy. You are rare Zach, you have a gift to be able to weave such a journey in this magical musical Swift musical poetry. What a beautiful way to celebrate Swift fans. Your writing skills and abilities to uniquely each component similar to Blooms Taxonomy of learning. Thank you for your creative insight, love of Swift culture, ability to understand & communicate and willingness to share this with others on this platform. Well done. Much love, and wishing you a wonderful 2025. ❤️Janet from 🇨🇦
Yes, Zach’s thoughtful and masterfully worded analyses of Taylor’s works and impact are so rare and wonderful. They enrich my life and the greater TS fandom in ways that I don’t see in other fandoms. I’ll always be clapping and cheering for Zach and Madeline’s excellent work both alone and together.
I’m much older than most of your subscribers at 62. I bought my 1st Debut CD when it first came out. I didn’t make it to the actual tour but lost plenty of sleep watching the glitchy streams. I did get caught up in the joy and order a record player, vinyls and cardigans. Her lyrics transcend age. I still am best friends with my bff former drag queen from my 20s. He’s blind now, I’ve been his eyes for TS and all her costumes. I really enjoy your content and podcast with Madeline. Cheering you both on!!!
I will never forget the feeling of Cruel Summer. That release of all that tension and anticipation of all the years of fandom and all the tours I could not attend. I cried like a baby throughout the whole song. And being there, holding hands, with my best friend who I've known for over 20 years became too much. That feeling will never be replicated. It was just pure joy
I feel like this is the first time in Taylor’s career that a tour completely overshadows the music itself, which is what happens when you are a legend. At this point she’s beyond music. The eras tour being a bigger cultural phenomenon than TTPD and midnights proves it, it’s not about the music anymore (like it is for all the other ‘opponents’ in the industry), it’s about her as an artist and her legacy. Loved the video as always btw
as someone who never got to go to the eras tour (i live in egypt), it still had a huge impact of my life. most of the shows were late at night for me and i remember having really bad days then staying up in bed watching glitchy livestreams, i remember sobbing as she played my favorite songs, freaking out over the speak now & 1989 tv announcements, clowning for reputation, i remember sometimes sneakily looking at my phone in class to check my mastermind score, i remember pirating both versions of the movie (og and taylor's version) and taking hours to find it in good quality, staying up till 6 am to listen to tortured poets right when it came out and excitedly predicting how the tour will change after its release. i have such a deep connection to this tour, i grew up with it, i changed so much and i felt so validated as i watched people cry over not being lucky enough to attend. i can't believe it's ending and i can't stop crying.
This is, imho, your best essay, yet. Not only have you covered the tour with eloquence and passion, you told a larger story, of humanity, being in utter joy, for the first time, in a long time, for many. You really scored a personal best with this one , beautifully said.
Watching this mere hours before the impending last show is really something 😭 I’ll be on that live even IF it means getting up at 4:20 AM. see yall there snakes x
I rarely comment on RUclips videos but I just feel the need to express how much it amazes me how consistently you release top tier quality content, Zach. My favorite channel for a reason!!
The moment I will remember forever was when my sister got to hear her favourite song in the acoustic set. We had been fighting and fearing over which songs we would get, but rather than being sad I didn't hear my favourite song, when she opened her mouth I jumped up and held on to my sister tighter than I ever had. I paid no attention to taylor, I got to watch my sisters dreams come true in real time. I remember every look on her face. We sang louder than anyone else in our section. That's the magic. Dreams came true at every show. In that moment it was just us in the room with taylor
As someone who has not gone, it actually is hitting me now that oh...I won't see Eras like its actually not going to happen. I still have so many fun memories surrounding this tour though, like seeing the movie for the first time, playing roleplaying games on roblox and debating who should be Taylor, watching the laggy live streams, or even trying to get same day tickets through a last min ticket master drop with my family on 4 devices while listening to 1989 tv and making bracelets that i hoped to be traded that night. The impact of this show has meant so much to me and that shows how much Taylor is a master at what she does. this was a long rant but yeah "see you next era" (ps I hope you cry yourself to sleep Ticketmaster)
seatedddd! and love the crew neck! i remember you admitting to buying it in your window shopping video, glad to see that you seem to like it. it looks great on you
One of my favorite memories from the Eras Tour was when I sat in my seat for the first time and saw the stage, I cried and hugged my grandmother who I came with, overcome with joy. The Eras tour not only brought me closer to my grandmother but also the trip in general. In Indy there were places everywhere themed Eras and we attended so many. We met swifties and made so many friends. I had to wait so long to finally attend and I had just come to terms with myself that it wasn’t meant to be and then my grandmother surprised me with tickets. It is something that I’ll never forget and will always be great full for 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶
Lol. I cracked up when you talked about being a groupie in the 70s. That was my generation. I saw some fantastic concerts back then. Tickets were around $7 for nosebleed seats. I saw Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Elton John in his heyday and drag, Jethro Tull, and Jackson Brown just to name a few. I’ve been going to concerts in every decade since but nobody compared to a Swift concert. No one else brought us into the songs like Taylor. Everyone, old or young can relate to her words. The Era’s Tour was the best show I’ve ever been to. I'm sad to see it end, as well for selfish reasons but I'm happy that Taylor is beginning a new era and I can't wait to see what’s next. This senior Swiftie is crazy about Taylor, you, and Madeline! Thank you for your hard work on each and every video and podcast. I can only imagine the amount of time you spend working behind the scenes to bring these to us. Merry Christmas from the Smoky Mountains.
Ooh I’m Brandy in Nashville and of the greatest generation of music also. The 70s and 80s music lol. We should be friends and go to some shows together.
I love this so so much. Due to funds and scheduling, I never made it to a live show. However, I watched as many livestreams as a could, went crazy in the theater watching the film, and lived vicariously through amazing creators like yourself and the Lizard! I still feel like it has still been an impactful part of my life as a Swiftie who has been around from the Debut days, and I feel so much more connected to this amazing (and sometimes unhinged) community! I am so sad to see the Eras tour end, but so excited to see what’s next. Thanks for all the amazing content, Swiftologist! Can’t wait for the snakes on tour next year!!!
I never got to go to the eras tour but being at the cinema with my friends and everyone around me being dressed as their favourite song/era was truly enchanting. Watching livestreams on my phone all summer long at 3am and everyone on the chat being so nice! It's a feeling and it's called "the eras tour"
Chicago Night 2 girlie here, I became a Swiftie at 14 when I first heard the original 1989 album. Went to that tour, the Rep tour (my profile pic lol) and was planning on buying a ticket to Lover Fest. Similar to your ATW moment, hearing "The 1" live had me SOBBING at my Eras show. Folklore was released during such a lonely time in life, so hearing it for the first time with THAT many people was such a huge contrast. I'll never forget it!!
this video means so much to me especially as we are gearing up towards the last show. ive had the time of my life with you at nash n1, both kc nights, and indy n1!
When I tell you I had been SEATED since Thursday when Zach teased for this video retrospective of Eras, oooh I was READY for this! I've quietly ADORED you and Madeline for months now, I truly have never come across Swifties with such a profound, impartial (yet a healthy amount of partial lol) perspective and analysis of Taylor and her career before, and it's truly been a joy to feel a part of, even if I am just a very very minutely small part in what you both are doing for likeminded Swifties and pop culture lovers in general. I have been going through a quite formative and transitional period in my life for the last few months, and being able to watch these videos whenever I get bored and crave some inspiration and creativity has done more for me than you would ever know, honestly you have brought that much creative stimulation that you have become an incentive to go to work just so I can one day afford to join the Patreon (very sad, I know!). And while the fanbase will have to adapt into a relatively similar position without the Eras Tour, I am so excited for what's coming from both Taylor and you/Evolution of a Snake and I will be here, a card-carrying Swiftologist Fanologist awaiting your gospel and insight. Love an unhealthily invested individual, Me
I wasn’t previously too keen on the Cruel Summer crew neck when I saw it on the website, but seeing it on you is *really* making me want to get it. It’s a gorgeous and very flattering color on you. I, too, wish to slay the house down boots as you are in this video.
I will forever be grateful for the Eras Tour because I got to bring my mom and my sister with me! At the time my sister had stopped listening to Taylor so she wasn’t familiar with lover-midnights. So getting to go to the tour with her and seeing her fall back in love with Taylor’s music. Something I’m so passion about was so amazing, and it was the start of healing our relationship and bringing us closer together. So to me I’ll always be thankful to Taylor and her tour mates for giving my family a place to reconnect with each other:). That’s probably so personal tbh but that’s so much of my tour experience! Now my sister is a huge swiftie and it really started us down this journey of reconnection. I cried at both shows I went to because I couldn’t help it😅 All of Taylor’s albums raised me, but I couldn’t afford to go to any of the past shows. My friend brought me along for the 1989 tour, but outside of that I wasn’t really allow to go. Then getting to go to this tour and experience all the past eras will forever be so special to me. Honestly couldn’t ever express how much this tour means to me:) Thank you Zach for an amazing corner of the internet for rational swifties that do have to hand heart on occasion🫶
As an Indian swiftie, it was just so exciting to get eras tour updates and watch live streams when you kinda know that that's the best way you can connect with her and her music. Going to miss the tour soo much... She really is an icon !!! ❤
Had to pause the video several times because I was bawling my eyes out… thank you Zack for this heartfelt tribute to the greatest tour of our lifetime 💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍
Dearest Zach, I've been following your content for many months now. And I have to say you're an exceptional content creator. Your videos are intriguing and so motivating to me for some reason. That sometimes I watch the videos where you try to explain a Album like a thesis just to motivate myself to write poetry. As the year is ending, I wanna wish you happy new year and keep making such videos about pop culture. Love you pal!!! ❤❤
It was also where an older generation met Taylor for real for the first time. I knew “You Belong with Me” on the radio while driving my kids around in a minivan, but never took Taylor seriously. Enter Folklore, which is one of my all-time favorite albums, ever, up there with the music I was raised on in the 60’s and 70’s-Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, even the Beatles. Once folklore hooked me, I got intrigued, started following you and Madeliene, and while I probably wouldn’t describe myself as a full-blown swifty-I very much appreciate her genius, and the genius of the Eras tour, and I’m slowly working my way through her other music and learning the lore. I’ll be 60 in a year.
I really love all the points you made in this video, being a swiftie who only really discovered Taylor just over a year ago as I am someone who is too young to have listened to some of her oldest albums. I was really sucked into everything Taylor and very quickly learnt all I could about her being someone who loves going down rabbit holes
As someone who never got to go, it’s hitting me that I won’t be watching the Eras Tour again next week. Watching through livestreams, I felt like I was there and made friends for life because of the Eras Tour and the community surrounding it! I will always handheart for our queen!
Wonderfully articulated video as always. When you mentioned attending the eras tour with your best friend, it made me emotional. It was my dream to attend the concert with my best friend, and unfortunately we couldn't 😢
I went to Miami N1, after years of wanting to go and not being able to. It was a true Eras Tour show. We had multiple new outfits, a rain show, a new reputation body suit, a mic pack error, a self-titled album surprise song, and a gut wrenching mashup of New Years Day x Clean. I even got a Taytoo before the show…a snake wrapping around my forearm for my love of reputation. I’ve been a fan since Fearless but it wasn’t until was in my late 30s that I truly embraced myself as I am. It was a heartbreak in 2021, just after my birthday, that I ran to her and found Happiness. The song hit me in a way it never had and hasn’t since. And Marjorie, a song I hear about her grandmother but I feel and remember my mom. It was a wildly expensive trip. I made a green reputation jacket and wore a skirt and crop top. I made bracelets and exchanged with girls and their moms. I was a stranger in a sea of 68,000 new friends that night. A night to remember.
this made me so emotional. we dont know eachother and yet we are somehow connected by the stories of someone who SEES us. thank you so much for making this video (and all your others ofc i love your content). im only 16, i may not have figured out the world yet, but i do know that my life is my own and one i promise to enjoy to the fullest, making it my own and someday i hope to be able to make a living out of doing what i love. and its all thanks to taylor and people like you
I’m a 45 year old mom of two, American who has lived in the UK for nearly 15 years now and I’ve been a subscriber for quite a while now. I don’t know if it’s your unique blend of humour, intelligence and candour; or perhaps your Euro-American flavour, but I love listening to you talk about things. Your takes on Taylor and other pop culture are educated, witty, well-thought out and entertaining. Well done on all your hard work and the success you’ve built for yourself. 🫶
I´m 14 and a fairly new swiftie, and so I feel like I don´t have the right to love her as much as other swifties and that I don´t belong in the fandom but at the Eras Tour, Taylor really makes everyone feel like they belong and I really love the tour for that 💗
The eras tour is an easy 9/10!!! (1 point taken off because gracie abrams has the audacity to perform her song in the surprise songs as if anybody wants that)
It was bad the first time with I miss u I’m sorry, understandable the second time with TSOU release, repetitive the 3rd and yawn the 4th time… keep her as the opening act
25:20 this is very funny to me because I actually literally went to the Eras tour on acid. It was a very small dose, but microdosing psychedelics is generally helpful if you want to see the familiar in a new light, and I think that's why it still made a difference and enhanced the experience in my opinion. I was paradoxically less overstimulated because I would just find it easy to focus very hard on little elements in the lighting or in the audience around me that I wouldn't have picked up on otherwise.
Hi Zach! Elderly (32) Swifty from Germany here 😅 I found your podcast a while ago and also just recently started watching you on RUclips. I just really wanted to come here and tell you how great I think you are! What stands out to me the most is how amazing you are at articulating yourself and your thoughts (you’re obviously fucking funny as well, duh!). It is so important to see people online that have opinions but are still able to see things from an objective point of view. I think you are a great journalist and I fully believe that there’s so much more in store for you in that regard and I can’t wait to see that.❤️ P.s. I am 100% sure Taylor or at least TN is watching your videos on a regular basis. How could they not! 😄
“Making it a lesson to share instead of a scar to trace” POETIC!! What a send off to the Eras Tour, thank you as usual for your beautifully written commentary ❤
LOVE this video, it's such a great analysis of what worked and WHY it worked, the way you weave in quotes from Taylor, Joan Didion, and other sources really helps build the arguement and is integreated so well into your delivery, excellent piece! 24:35 it looks like there's a line cut out, you go "I dont know about y-" "-they're not doing choreography and getting changed 16 times"
I absolutely love your videos. Each is so carefully crafted with such unique insight not only into Taylore, but also pop culture and the wider music industry in general. Bravo
Kind of a weird thing to say but i love your masculinity. You are confident, passionate and compassionate, wise and witty in a balanced way. I just appreciate your vibes so much. 🩷
Holy guacamole the part about fifteen and YOYOK... you made me cry. You brought back the exact feelings I had when I first head YOYOK, not realizing it was everything I ever needed to hear. Thank you, and thank Taylor
Seeing her perform Fearless at Wembley Stadium, with many of her original band members beside her, having first heard her play it at Wembley Arena on the Fearless tour was so so special. It felt so full circle and I felt so connected to teenage me in that moment 🫶🫶
Can we all just talk about Zach going to 13 shows?! So iconic! Thanks for all of the heart-handing these past few years 🫶 You summarized so well the feelings of camaraderie and love between the Swifties and the satisfaction at the end of the show ....even though I still would have liked Tolerate It and Long Live (sorry lol)
How dare you express the impact of this tour so beautifully and eloquently, I'm emotional only a couple moments in 😭 This tour brought me so many memories and friends that I only gained by venturing to another country to watch Taylor. I will forever cherish it ❤
I’ve been a fan of Taylor’s since 2012, but the Eras Tour brought me into the active fandom and I will forever be grateful for that 💕 The videos, the podcasts, Mastermind, the clowning, the bracelets, seeing so many hypotheses, theories, crafting projects… It was such a fun and creative year (for me it all started with the movie). And I can’t believe that I got to see Taylor live in my city (Paris), it feels like a dream. Thank you for all your videos, it’s nice to have some more grounded voices in this whirlwind 😊
I SO hope you guys come to Portland, Oregon! I voted for it, and I want to see and meet you so badly! My eras tour moment is singing I Can Do It With A Broken Heart with my best friend in Miami, jumping up and down and screaming “I’m a real tough kid” after a horrible summer, it was so healing and one of my favorite memories ever!
I last minute went to Gelsenkirchen Night 3 alone while studying in France this summer. I wasn’t able to go in Atl and getting to go was truly the best experience. I was standing with people that mostly didn’t speak English and I don’t speak German. But we were all singing, laughing, smiling, and crying together. No words needed for eras ✨💗🫶🏻
The moment you mentioned the feeling of listening to All Too Well 10 alongside Madeline, really stood out to me, since I felt basically the same as I was standing alongside my best friend, as Taylor was singing Long Live. I think that the 3 and a half hours that I spent on that stage were probably the most joyful I ever experienced in my entire life, just feeling myself around people I love, witnessing our favorite artist in the world make us feel seen once again. Great video, Zach, thanks for translating a lot of my own personal feelings towards our queen, Taylor Swift.
Great video, as always! ✨️ I really see the mashups as the crowning achievement of the past eras as a 'living' thing: bringing songs into dialogue that in most cases had nothing to do with each other initially, and recontextualizing them as a way of adding new meaning to old stories. Even when she was not actively releasing new music, she told new stories each night by playing with her old material. I loved how the surprise section got more creative and bold as time went by, an exercise in songwriting as well as a constant addition to the lore. I think it helped her process a lot in real time and also as you said allowed fans to work through our own past selves.
I've gone to concerts all my life... From Rolling Stones, to Metallica, Prince, Madonna...But I have NEVER experiences anything like the Eras tour. The air was literally vibrating with excitement the whole show and the fans all around were really really wild. I loved every second of it and sang aloud to every song like I've never done before. And then to think that for my daughter it was her very first really big concert.. What a high to start with. But I will feel forever blessed that we were able to attend and share this wonderful memory together. Forever and always :)
as a newer swiftie who went down the rabbit hole the past year or so, thank you for all of your content and history lessons! it was fun to look back at where I was when certain eras and events happened over the years and compare. I didn’t understand the music at the time, but thankful I have her music now. Just wanted to say thank you for helping me learn more and to be in this community 😁
I’m sure I could echo a lot of the comments about certain moments of the show that were incredible to experience! The moment that stands out the most to me was actually when she played Marjorie. My sister and I went to the show (Arlington N2) with little to no spoilers, so we had only a small idea of what we would witness. Our grandma had died just a month or two prior to seeing the show. Part of me is still shocked she included that song in the show. Tears were shed to say the least 🥲
Zach I can’t tell you how much I love you and your content. You speak about these topics so eloquently and really bring to words the feelings that I have and could never dissect the way you do. THANK you for this video, so beautifully done❤
Longtime Swiftie since Fearless, but Eras was my first TS concert. I went in Vegas at the beginning, when the tour looked so different than it does now. My core memory moment was All Ten Well, singing along to a song that shaped my own heartbreaks & bawling with gratitude & awe that I was in the same room as the brilliant songwriter I adored. Feelings I’ll never forget. ❤
Sunday morning, coffee in hand and a new Swiftologist cultural analysis. Life is good. Ps: I hope this doesn't sound weird but art now holds the same power of mass congregarion that religion used to have and truly, my first show after the pandemic was Måneskin and my second was the eras tour and as you said, to scream the lyrics of a song with little girls, grown men, and elderly women carried a touch of the divine. God exists because this lovely gay guy hugged me during All too well lol.
Another perfect start to my Sunday. I’m so glad I found your initial review for TTPD and from there your whole channel. Your weekly videos and the Wednesday podcast videos have become such a comforting part of my weekly routine
16:13 so true, I've always been a casual listener (only heard major single hits), but when I was 17 she released folklore/evermore and I've been a fan ever since.
I still remember when she played The Archer as my suprise song in London N7. I was with my childhood best friend and we have both struggled with anxiety and all of the things that she sings about in that song, so it was really special to be there together, overcoming our anxiety by being at the Era's Tour and singing together to a song that speaks to our hearts. (I also feel that The Archer so strongly relates to Henry VIII's 2nd wife, Anne Boleyn, who is one of my autistic special interests, so with this suprise song it also felt like all my passions were coming together.) She also played Change, Long Live and YOYOK which was absolutely mind-boggling.
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im so excited for the tour dates!! i really hope theres a show close to my cityyyyy
I am so ready to hand heart and ball my eyes out from Sweden for the last stream!!! 🫶
interesting to see you mature in 2 yrs from short hair freshman face 🤗 you’re wise and eloquent beyond your years 😊😢
it’s surreal growing up in the limelight evolving as an artist and person 🎉 literally with a 💔
thanks for the thoughtful analysis and looking forward to your EOAS tour 🥂 (no problem) 🤣
Sometimes I forget how incredible of a writer you are Zach, this script is absolute gold
I kept thinking this while watching the video. Also, when do we ever sit down these days and just listen to someone talk without just listening to it while doing something else?!
LMAO, not you wearing the cruel summer crewneck... the pink does suit you, diva. Btw I am seated for your livestream on the last eras tour show!
The Cruel Summer jumper is an investment piece... for the idiotic...
Funny enough I expected it to be pinker. A little lighter. But it’s more like lilac
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING
My exact first thought I went oh shit yeah, it looks good lmaooo (now I want it😭)
@@malalias3772same and now it’s sold out 😭
43 minutes.... we're seated
well yes!
What a master class summation. The Swift PR Department should hire you to do a verbal analysis for the documentary release. Your linguistic intellect , wit, heartfelt honesty, real experience, historical knowledge of content and passion wrap up this era with deep love and joy. You are rare Zach, you have a gift to be able to weave such a journey in this magical musical Swift musical poetry. What a beautiful way to celebrate Swift fans. Your writing skills and abilities to uniquely each component similar to Blooms Taxonomy of learning.
Thank you for your creative insight, love of Swift culture, ability to understand & communicate and willingness to share this with others on this platform. Well done.
Much love, and wishing you a wonderful 2025.
❤️Janet from 🇨🇦
JANET! What a gorgeous comment, made me tear up 🥹 thank you thank you
I totally agree with everything you said. Zack is the only Taylor Swift channel I follow. He speaks so eloquently and I love his sense of humor.
Yes, Zach’s thoughtful and masterfully worded analyses of Taylor’s works and impact are so rare and wonderful. They enrich my life and the greater TS fandom in ways that I don’t see in other fandoms. I’ll always be clapping and cheering for Zach and Madeline’s excellent work both alone and together.
Your take on Fifteen and You’re On Your Own, Kid got me tearing up on the ferry to Vancouver to watch the last concert right now.
have the time of your LIFE!
I’m much older than most of your subscribers at 62. I bought my 1st Debut CD when it first came out. I didn’t make it to the actual tour but lost plenty of sleep watching the glitchy streams. I did get caught up in the joy and order a record player, vinyls and cardigans. Her lyrics transcend age. I still am best friends with my bff former drag queen from my 20s. He’s blind now, I’ve been his eyes for TS and all her costumes. I really enjoy your content and podcast with Madeline. Cheering you both on!!!
one of the coolest thing about eras is how you can totally be a part of it, even if you never made it to a single show
omg who are you, DIVA??? love you
@@val3715 retired nurse and grandmother to 15 kids. What I use to be is far more interesting. We all have Eras!!!
A really great story ❤
Love this and love you all!
I will never forget the feeling of Cruel Summer. That release of all that tension and anticipation of all the years of fandom and all the tours I could not attend. I cried like a baby throughout the whole song. And being there, holding hands, with my best friend who I've known for over 20 years became too much. That feeling will never be replicated. It was just pure joy
Omg it’s seriously an irreplaceable feeling…
I’m a simple Diva. I see Swifologist post, I click. Thanks for the great content Zachary!
Well yes
exactly....and he's Always Posting....
@@theswiftologist Well yes
I feel like this is the first time in Taylor’s career that a tour completely overshadows the music itself, which is what happens when you are a legend. At this point she’s beyond music. The eras tour being a bigger cultural phenomenon than TTPD and midnights proves it, it’s not about the music anymore (like it is for all the other ‘opponents’ in the industry), it’s about her as an artist and her legacy. Loved the video as always btw
17:31 - 17:36 : I love the like “behind the scenes” clip lol. It be so interesting to see a video of how you write/film videos!
omg editing flop
@@theswiftologist errorologist omg
Hahahaha was gonna say the same thing!
Adhdologist@@theswiftologist
Did he remove it? What did it show lol
as someone who never got to go to the eras tour (i live in egypt), it still had a huge impact of my life. most of the shows were late at night for me and i remember having really bad days then staying up in bed watching glitchy livestreams, i remember sobbing as she played my favorite songs, freaking out over the speak now & 1989 tv announcements, clowning for reputation, i remember sometimes sneakily looking at my phone in class to check my mastermind score, i remember pirating both versions of the movie (og and taylor's version) and taking hours to find it in good quality, staying up till 6 am to listen to tortured poets right when it came out and excitedly predicting how the tour will change after its release. i have such a deep connection to this tour, i grew up with it, i changed so much and i felt so validated as i watched people cry over not being lucky enough to attend. i can't believe it's ending and i can't stop crying.
awh your comment touched my heart! sending you love!!
It’s truly a once-in-a-lifetime era, and I’m so glad it touched you too!
This is, imho, your best essay, yet.
Not only have you covered the tour with eloquence and passion, you told a larger story, of humanity, being in utter joy, for the first time, in a long time, for many.
You really scored a personal best with this one , beautifully said.
I’m so glad you connected with it! ❤️
Watching this mere hours before the impending last show is really something 😭 I’ll be on that live even IF it means getting up at 4:20 AM. see yall there snakes x
I rarely comment on RUclips videos but I just feel the need to express how much it amazes me how consistently you release top tier quality content, Zach. My favorite channel for a reason!!
Glad you enjoy it!!
The moment I will remember forever was when my sister got to hear her favourite song in the acoustic set. We had been fighting and fearing over which songs we would get, but rather than being sad I didn't hear my favourite song, when she opened her mouth I jumped up and held on to my sister tighter than I ever had. I paid no attention to taylor, I got to watch my sisters dreams come true in real time. I remember every look on her face. We sang louder than anyone else in our section. That's the magic. Dreams came true at every show. In that moment it was just us in the room with taylor
As someone who has not gone, it actually is hitting me now that oh...I won't see Eras like its actually not going to happen. I still have so many fun memories surrounding this tour though, like seeing the movie for the first time, playing roleplaying games on roblox and debating who should be Taylor, watching the laggy live streams, or even trying to get same day tickets through a last min ticket master drop with my family on 4 devices while listening to 1989 tv and making bracelets that i hoped to be traded that night. The impact of this show has meant so much to me and that shows how much Taylor is a master at what she does. this was a long rant but yeah "see you next era" (ps I hope you cry yourself to sleep Ticketmaster)
your description of the impact of fifteen x yoyok is so accurate. it had me sobbing and reflecting
It was one of the most moving moments of the whole tour!
THANK U ZACH!! I have something to listen while I stress for my finals and eras tour ending tomorrow 😭
seatedddd! and love the crew neck! i remember you admitting to buying it in your window shopping video, glad to see that you seem to like it. it looks great on you
we all fall victim to the beast sometimes....
@@theswiftologistme with the starlight pillow 🫠 no regrets tbh i thought it was a unique piece and i love it
One of my favorite memories from the Eras Tour was when I sat in my seat for the first time and saw the stage, I cried and hugged my grandmother who I came with, overcome with joy. The Eras tour not only brought me closer to my grandmother but also the trip in general. In Indy there were places everywhere themed Eras and we attended so many. We met swifties and made so many friends. I had to wait so long to finally attend and I had just come to terms with myself that it wasn’t meant to be and then my grandmother surprised me with tickets. It is something that I’ll never forget and will always be great full for 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶
Your grandmother ROCKS!! Treasure her. Both my grandmothers have passed away.
@ 🫶🫶🫶
Lol. I cracked up when you talked about being a groupie in the 70s. That was my generation. I saw some fantastic concerts back then. Tickets were around $7 for nosebleed seats. I saw Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Elton John in his heyday and drag, Jethro Tull, and Jackson Brown just to name a few. I’ve been going to concerts in every decade since but nobody compared to a Swift concert. No one else brought us into the songs like Taylor. Everyone, old or young can relate to her words. The Era’s Tour was the best show I’ve ever been to. I'm sad to see it end, as well for selfish reasons but I'm happy that Taylor is beginning a new era and I can't wait to see what’s next. This senior Swiftie is crazy about Taylor, you, and Madeline! Thank you for your hard work on each and every video and podcast. I can only imagine the amount of time you spend working behind the scenes to bring these to us. Merry Christmas from the Smoky Mountains.
Ooh I’m Brandy in Nashville and of the greatest generation of music also. The 70s and 80s music lol. We should be friends and go to some shows together.
@ That sounds great. I live in Knoxville but my daughter lives in Nashville. My name is Melody.
17:20 loving that you left a blooper. So special ❤️🔥
I love this so so much. Due to funds and scheduling, I never made it to a live show. However, I watched as many livestreams as a could, went crazy in the theater watching the film, and lived vicariously through amazing creators like yourself and the Lizard! I still feel like it has still been an impactful part of my life as a Swiftie who has been around from the Debut days, and I feel so much more connected to this amazing (and sometimes unhinged) community!
I am so sad to see the Eras tour end, but so excited to see what’s next. Thanks for all the amazing content, Swiftologist! Can’t wait for the snakes on tour next year!!!
I am SO glad you got to experience it all in your own way! 💖
we have really come from woodvale to woodstock in just 3 years... the power of this woman
no one is turning out content like you, period!
god you're a fricken genius!! the way you describe things!! i could listen to you for DAYS!!
Not me crying in the first ten minutes 😭😭😭😭 this is truly a huge moment in history
end of an ERA(s)
I never got to go to the eras tour but being at the cinema with my friends and everyone around me being dressed as their favourite song/era was truly enchanting. Watching livestreams on my phone all summer long at 3am and everyone on the chat being so nice! It's a feeling and it's called "the eras tour"
Yesss diva!! Eras so interactive even if you weren’t there…you basically were ❤️
My memory of the Eras tour was Foxborough night 2….the rain show…where she said she was the happiest she’d ever been and played Question 😇
ICONIC!
@@theswiftologistthank you for hearting my comment and replying! Love ur vids you are so funny :)
Zach, this is your best ever video. It feels silly but I was crying the whole time
You look gorgina!! That colour omg, you made the right decision buying this one 😍 and thank you for another great video!!
You are so welcome!
Thank God! You’re here ❤ My Sunday has done a complete 180. Need this today. Thank you Zach.
Glad you’re here with me! 🥰
The Cruel Summer jumper looks SO GOOD on you! That colour is just perfection with your undertone
Oh thank you! It’s a lot more purple irl
Chicago Night 2 girlie here,
I became a Swiftie at 14 when I first heard the original 1989 album. Went to that tour, the Rep tour (my profile pic lol) and was planning on buying a ticket to Lover Fest. Similar to your ATW moment, hearing "The 1" live had me SOBBING at my Eras show. Folklore was released during such a lonely time in life, so hearing it for the first time with THAT many people was such a huge contrast. I'll never forget it!!
She sets the bar higher and higher each tour✨💕
in my final week of art school before i graduate, your videos have kept me company through many long nights painting! ❤
That's so beautiful!
this video means so much to me especially as we are gearing up towards the last show. ive had the time of my life with you at nash n1, both kc nights, and indy n1!
When I tell you I had been SEATED since Thursday when Zach teased for this video retrospective of Eras, oooh I was READY for this! I've quietly ADORED you and Madeline for months now, I truly have never come across Swifties with such a profound, impartial (yet a healthy amount of partial lol) perspective and analysis of Taylor and her career before, and it's truly been a joy to feel a part of, even if I am just a very very minutely small part in what you both are doing for likeminded Swifties and pop culture lovers in general.
I have been going through a quite formative and transitional period in my life for the last few months, and being able to watch these videos whenever I get bored and crave some inspiration and creativity has done more for me than you would ever know, honestly you have brought that much creative stimulation that you have become an incentive to go to work just so I can one day afford to join the Patreon (very sad, I know!). And while the fanbase will have to adapt into a relatively similar position without the Eras Tour, I am so excited for what's coming from both Taylor and you/Evolution of a Snake and I will be here, a card-carrying Swiftologist Fanologist awaiting your gospel and insight.
Love an unhealthily invested individual,
Me
thank you so much for taking the time to share this with me
Ate breakfast and now watching Zack eat
I wasn’t previously too keen on the Cruel Summer crew neck when I saw it on the website, but seeing it on you is *really* making me want to get it. It’s a gorgeous and very flattering color on you. I, too, wish to slay the house down boots as you are in this video.
it is VERY PURPLE irl I have to say I don't like it that much sdjkfjksdf
@@theswiftologist Well, it looks good on video at least! 😅
I will forever be grateful for the Eras Tour because I got to bring my mom and my sister with me! At the time my sister had stopped listening to Taylor so she wasn’t familiar with lover-midnights. So getting to go to the tour with her and seeing her fall back in love with Taylor’s music. Something I’m so passion about was so amazing, and it was the start of healing our relationship and bringing us closer together. So to me I’ll always be thankful to Taylor and her tour mates for giving my family a place to reconnect with each other:). That’s probably so personal tbh but that’s so much of my tour experience! Now my sister is a huge swiftie and it really started us down this journey of reconnection. I cried at both shows I went to because I couldn’t help it😅 All of Taylor’s albums raised me, but I couldn’t afford to go to any of the past shows. My friend brought me along for the 1989 tour, but outside of that I wasn’t really allow to go. Then getting to go to this tour and experience all the past eras will forever be so special to me. Honestly couldn’t ever express how much this tour means to me:)
Thank you Zach for an amazing corner of the internet for rational swifties that do have to hand heart on occasion🫶
As an Indian swiftie, it was just so exciting to get eras tour updates and watch live streams when you kinda know that that's the best way you can connect with her and her music. Going to miss the tour soo much...
She really is an icon !!! ❤
Had to pause the video several times because I was bawling my eyes out… thank you Zack for this heartfelt tribute to the greatest tour of our lifetime 💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍
You're very welcome ❤️
Yasss you look so good in that colour + shade!
thank you!!!
Dearest Zach, I've been following your content for many months now. And I have to say you're an exceptional content creator. Your videos are intriguing and so motivating to me for some reason. That sometimes I watch the videos where you try to explain a Album like a thesis just to motivate myself to write poetry.
As the year is ending, I wanna wish you happy new year and keep making such videos about pop culture. Love you pal!!! ❤❤
Zach
@@thisissarah815 hahahah..so sorry 😅 my autocorrect is horrible sometimes. Thank you for pointing it out btw.
this is so kind!!! thank you
It was also where an older generation met Taylor for real for the first time. I knew “You Belong with Me” on the radio while driving my kids around in a minivan, but never took Taylor seriously. Enter Folklore, which is one of my all-time favorite albums, ever, up there with the music I was raised on in the 60’s and 70’s-Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, even the Beatles. Once folklore hooked me, I got intrigued, started following you and Madeliene, and while I probably wouldn’t describe myself as a full-blown swifty-I very much appreciate her genius, and the genius of the Eras tour, and I’m slowly working my way through her other music and learning the lore. I’ll be 60 in a year.
Also, All Too Well (10 Minute Version) I suspect hits differently when you’re older, and memory becomes even more a major theme in life.
hand-heartologist is my favorite especially when it comes to something as amazing as this tour. cannot wait to watch and cry with you later!
I really love all the points you made in this video, being a swiftie who only really discovered Taylor just over a year ago as I am someone who is too young to have listened to some of her oldest albums. I was really sucked into everything Taylor and very quickly learnt all I could about her being someone who loves going down rabbit holes
As someone who never got to go, it’s hitting me that I won’t be watching the Eras Tour again next week. Watching through livestreams, I felt like I was there and made friends for life because of the Eras Tour and the community surrounding it! I will always handheart for our queen!
Wonderfully articulated video as always. When you mentioned attending the eras tour with your best friend, it made me emotional. It was my dream to attend the concert with my best friend, and unfortunately we couldn't 😢
I went to Miami N1, after years of wanting to go and not being able to. It was a true Eras Tour show. We had multiple new outfits, a rain show, a new reputation body suit, a mic pack error, a self-titled album surprise song, and a gut wrenching mashup of New Years Day x Clean. I even got a Taytoo before the show…a snake wrapping around my forearm for my love of reputation.
I’ve been a fan since Fearless but it wasn’t until was in my late 30s that I truly embraced myself as I am. It was a heartbreak in 2021, just after my birthday, that I ran to her and found Happiness. The song hit me in a way it never had and hasn’t since. And Marjorie, a song I hear about her grandmother but I feel and remember my mom.
It was a wildly expensive trip. I made a green reputation jacket and wore a skirt and crop top. I made bracelets and exchanged with girls and their moms. I was a stranger in a sea of 68,000 new friends that night.
A night to remember.
this made me so emotional. we dont know eachother and yet we are somehow connected by the stories of someone who SEES us. thank you so much for making this video (and all your others ofc i love your content). im only 16, i may not have figured out the world yet, but i do know that my life is my own and one i promise to enjoy to the fullest, making it my own and someday i hope to be able to make a living out of doing what i love. and its all thanks to taylor and people like you
you're on your own kid, you can face this!!
I’m a 45 year old mom of two, American who has lived in the UK for nearly 15 years now and I’ve been a subscriber for quite a while now. I don’t know if it’s your unique blend of humour, intelligence and candour; or perhaps your Euro-American flavour, but I love listening to you talk about things. Your takes on Taylor and other pop culture are educated, witty, well-thought out and entertaining. Well done on all your hard work and the success you’ve built for yourself. 🫶
Thank you so much for watching!! ❤️❤️❤️
I´m 14 and a fairly new swiftie, and so I feel like I don´t have the right to love her as much as other swifties and that I don´t belong in the fandom but at the Eras Tour, Taylor really makes everyone feel like they belong and I really love the tour for that 💗
The eras tour is an easy 9/10!!! (1 point taken off because gracie abrams has the audacity to perform her song in the surprise songs as if anybody wants that)
LMAOOO JRLEJEKSKS
It was bad the first time with I miss u I’m sorry, understandable the second time with TSOU release, repetitive the 3rd and yawn the 4th time… keep her as the opening act
At bare minimum she should've performed That's So True or us. imo.
At the second to last show ever too. 😢
Like out of all the songs we could have gotten
I know, she was excessively present in the tour.
This felt like an article in video form. Love the analysis and long live the eras tour!
I see you folded and got the cruel summer crewneck ..... im LOLING
Would you ever write a book? You have a way with words that is just pure joy to experience. Even if it's just another fan book about TS, I'd buy it💙
watch this space
3 minutes!! whenever the diva posts i run
AS YOU SHOULD.
25:20 this is very funny to me because I actually literally went to the Eras tour on acid. It was a very small dose, but microdosing psychedelics is generally helpful if you want to see the familiar in a new light, and I think that's why it still made a difference and enhanced the experience in my opinion. I was paradoxically less overstimulated because I would just find it easy to focus very hard on little elements in the lighting or in the audience around me that I wouldn't have picked up on otherwise.
omg lmao be careful though
Omg
The way you described the feeling of listening to "you're on your own kid" is so relatable🥹🫶
Your an excellent writer and/or speaker 😌
thank you friend
Was listening to this while cooking dinner. I cried like four times. Your work is special, Zach. Just like Eras. 💜
Hi Zach! Elderly (32) Swifty from Germany here 😅 I found your podcast a while ago and also just recently started watching you on RUclips. I just really wanted to come here and tell you how great I think you are! What stands out to me the most is how amazing you are at articulating yourself and your thoughts (you’re obviously fucking funny as well, duh!). It is so important to see people online that have opinions but are still able to see things from an objective point of view. I think you are a great journalist and I fully believe that there’s so much more in store for you in that regard and I can’t wait to see that.❤️
P.s. I am 100% sure Taylor or at least TN is watching your videos on a regular basis. How could they not! 😄
My arms are gonna get real sore hand hearting for 43 minutes, but let's go
“Making it a lesson to share instead of a scar to trace” POETIC!! What a send off to the Eras Tour, thank you as usual for your beautifully written commentary ❤
LOVE this video, it's such a great analysis of what worked and WHY it worked, the way you weave in quotes from Taylor, Joan Didion, and other sources really helps build the arguement and is integreated so well into your delivery, excellent piece!
24:35 it looks like there's a line cut out, you go "I dont know about y-" "-they're not doing choreography and getting changed 16 times"
I absolutely love your videos. Each is so carefully crafted with such unique insight not only into Taylore, but also pop culture and the wider music industry in general. Bravo
Kind of a weird thing to say but i love your masculinity.
You are confident, passionate and compassionate, wise and witty in a balanced way. I just appreciate your vibes so much. 🩷
Oh, you couldn’t resist to get this sweatshirt 😂 Looks really nice on you!
Oh thank you!
I AM SEATED! ( that colour is stunning on you mr swiftologist ) 💗🚨☃️
thank you
Holy guacamole the part about fifteen and YOYOK... you made me cry. You brought back the exact feelings I had when I first head YOYOK, not realizing it was everything I ever needed to hear. Thank you, and thank Taylor
Zach love your writing style
thanks!!
i have not a single clue of what im doing after this tour is over
Thanks!
thanks for watching!!
Seeing her perform Fearless at Wembley Stadium, with many of her original band members beside her, having first heard her play it at Wembley Arena on the Fearless tour was so so special. It felt so full circle and I felt so connected to teenage me in that moment 🫶🫶
Can we all just talk about Zach going to 13 shows?! So iconic! Thanks for all of the heart-handing these past few years 🫶
You summarized so well the feelings of camaraderie and love between the Swifties and the satisfaction at the end of the show
....even though I still would have liked Tolerate It and Long Live (sorry lol)
How dare you express the impact of this tour so beautifully and eloquently, I'm emotional only a couple moments in 😭
This tour brought me so many memories and friends that I only gained by venturing to another country to watch Taylor. I will forever cherish it ❤
This video was a hug ❤
I’ve been a fan of Taylor’s since 2012, but the Eras Tour brought me into the active fandom and I will forever be grateful for that 💕 The videos, the podcasts, Mastermind, the clowning, the bracelets, seeing so many hypotheses, theories, crafting projects… It was such a fun and creative year (for me it all started with the movie). And I can’t believe that I got to see Taylor live in my city (Paris), it feels like a dream. Thank you for all your videos, it’s nice to have some more grounded voices in this whirlwind 😊
Queen keeps us fed!!! You've been WORKING this weekend hunty!
nodaysoffologisttttt
I SO hope you guys come to Portland, Oregon! I voted for it, and I want to see and meet you so badly!
My eras tour moment is singing I Can Do It With A Broken Heart with my best friend in Miami, jumping up and down and screaming “I’m a real tough kid” after a horrible summer, it was so healing and one of my favorite memories ever!
I last minute went to Gelsenkirchen Night 3 alone while studying in France this summer. I wasn’t able to go in Atl and getting to go was truly the best experience. I was standing with people that mostly didn’t speak English and I don’t speak German. But we were all singing, laughing, smiling, and crying together. No words needed for eras ✨💗🫶🏻
The moment you mentioned the feeling of listening to All Too Well 10 alongside Madeline, really stood out to me, since I felt basically the same as I was standing alongside my best friend, as Taylor was singing Long Live. I think that the 3 and a half hours that I spent on that stage were probably the most joyful I ever experienced in my entire life, just feeling myself around people I love, witnessing our favorite artist in the world make us feel seen once again. Great video, Zach, thanks for translating a lot of my own personal feelings towards our queen, Taylor Swift.
Great video, as always! ✨️
I really see the mashups as the crowning achievement of the past eras as a 'living' thing: bringing songs into dialogue that in most cases had nothing to do with each other initially, and recontextualizing them as a way of adding new meaning to old stories. Even when she was not actively releasing new music, she told new stories each night by playing with her old material. I loved how the surprise section got more creative and bold as time went by, an exercise in songwriting as well as a constant addition to the lore. I think it helped her process a lot in real time and also as you said allowed fans to work through our own past selves.
I love this sweater! I have the same one. This shade of pink looks great on you💓
Oh thank you!
I've gone to concerts all my life... From Rolling Stones, to Metallica, Prince, Madonna...But I have NEVER experiences anything like the Eras tour. The air was literally vibrating with excitement the whole show and the fans all around were really really wild. I loved every second of it and sang aloud to every song like I've never done before. And then to think that for my daughter it was her very first really big concert.. What a high to start with. But I will feel forever blessed that we were able to attend and share this wonderful memory together. Forever and always :)
as a newer swiftie who went down the rabbit hole the past year or so, thank you for all of your content and history lessons! it was fun to look back at where I was when certain eras and events happened over the years and compare. I didn’t understand the music at the time, but thankful I have her music now. Just wanted to say thank you for helping me learn more and to be in this community 😁
Loved your essay, this tour will be one to remember. I finally saw Taylor for the first time and I will never forget it. :D
I’m sure I could echo a lot of the comments about certain moments of the show that were incredible to experience! The moment that stands out the most to me was actually when she played Marjorie. My sister and I went to the show (Arlington N2) with little to no spoilers, so we had only a small idea of what we would witness. Our grandma had died just a month or two prior to seeing the show. Part of me is still shocked she included that song in the show. Tears were shed to say the least 🥲
I SO hope you guys come to Portland, Oregon! I voted for it, and I want to see and meet you so badly!
Zach I can’t tell you how much I love you and your content. You speak about these topics so eloquently and really bring to words the feelings that I have and could never dissect the way you do. THANK you for this video, so beautifully done❤
I'm so glad you felt that way, it means a lot to me!
i am so sat. ERAS FOR LIFE
So well written! My ADD appreciates your cadence. :)
Thanks, it was a lot to process!! lol
Longtime Swiftie since Fearless, but Eras was my first TS concert. I went in Vegas at the beginning, when the tour looked so different than it does now. My core memory moment was All Ten Well, singing along to a song that shaped my own heartbreaks & bawling with gratitude & awe that I was in the same room as the brilliant songwriter I adored. Feelings I’ll never forget. ❤
Sunday morning, coffee in hand and a new Swiftologist cultural analysis. Life is good.
Ps: I hope this doesn't sound weird but art now holds the same power of mass congregarion that religion used to have and truly, my first show after the pandemic was Måneskin and my second was the eras tour and as you said, to scream the lyrics of a song with little girls, grown men, and elderly women carried a touch of the divine. God exists because this lovely gay guy hugged me during All too well lol.
omg exactly!!!!
Another perfect start to my Sunday. I’m so glad I found your initial review for TTPD and from there your whole channel. Your weekly videos and the Wednesday podcast videos have become such a comforting part of my weekly routine
I am SO glad to hear that! Means the world!
16:13 so true, I've always been a casual listener (only heard major single hits), but when I was 17 she released folklore/evermore and I've been a fan ever since.
I still remember when she played The Archer as my suprise song in London N7. I was with my childhood best friend and we have both struggled with anxiety and all of the things that she sings about in that song, so it was really special to be there together, overcoming our anxiety by being at the Era's Tour and singing together to a song that speaks to our hearts. (I also feel that The Archer so strongly relates to Henry VIII's 2nd wife, Anne Boleyn, who is one of my autistic special interests, so with this suprise song it also felt like all my passions were coming together.) She also played Change, Long Live and YOYOK which was absolutely mind-boggling.