Her song “My Tears Ricochet” was about her first manager, who had her song rights to her first five albums, selling his song catalog (which included Taylor’s first five albums) to Taylor’s number one energy - Scooter Braun. Taylor has been very vocal about how abusive Scooter Braun had been to her when she was 15 years old and starting out in Nashville. Scooter Braun was well known for repping Justin Bieber and when Taylor became friends with Selena Gomez she learned, even more, about Scooter’s toxic behavior and how it extended into Selena’s life when Selena and Justin broke up, reunited, broke up again…. Taylor’s father - Scott Smith - is a very well established financial manager and he was on the board of the company that had ownership of the large song catalog that included his daughter’s first five songs. The Board blocked her dad from even knowing about the corporate side of the deal because of conflict of interest and insider trading rules. He and Taylor learned from the NEWS that her song royalties were sold to Scooter Braun for about 300 million. (Keep in mind, other artists were in the sale but Taylor was the highest valued artist in the bundle). Shortly thereafter, Taylor appeared on Kelly Clarkson’s talk show and discussed the emotional impact of her treasures being sold to someone she deeply reviled and how soul crushing the betrayal from her former manager had been. Kelly made the suggestion that she could always re-record her original songs since she wrote each of them - she had the legal right to record the songs again. I think there was a required waiting period of 7 years, but I am not certain on that portion. So, Taylor latched on that idea and hence “Taylor’s Version” was born. She also released songs that were written and recorded during that time but didn’t make it on to the initial album. Those are the “From the Vault” songs.
No words for how beautiful the Eras tour production for My Tears Ricochet is. This song is all about the masters debacle and Taylor being betrayed by Scott Borchetta when he sold the masters from Taylor’s first six albums to Scooter Braun. It might also reference Taylor’s former friend Karli Kloss, who worked for Scooter and was all but called out by name in Evermore’s “It’s Time to Go” as “a crook who was caught.” Well worth watching the whole convo in the Long Pond Sessions vid about “My Tears Ricochet” and the trope of best friends who become worst enemies with that background info in mind. A Taylor Swift musical inspired by the masters debacle would be lit.
My Tears Ricochet is about Scott Borchetta. He was her old label head. But I think deeper than that he discovered her when she was only 14 at the Bluebird Cafe. He had a brand new label and she was one of (if not his first) his first artists. She literally was the one who MADE his label. And then when he was selling her music she asked to buy it. He said only if she gave him a new album for every one he agreed to sell her. She'd wanted to leave the label to be able to do more pop stuff and he knew that. So he was trying to trap her. She said no. He sold it to Scooter Braun (of Vigilante Shit fame) who sold it to an investment firm.
Taylor is the only person who can make a song about a real estate transaction and it sounds so great (Last Great American Dynasty) lol. The story is real and she really bought it
Folklore is mostly fictional stories, but on the album, through telling those stories, Taylor works through the grief of losing her albums and the terrible relationship she now has with her once friend and label owner, Scott Brochetta.
11:06 fun fact here the lyrics on the first chorus here make reference to her stolen albums “I didn’t had it in myself to go with grace” refers to State of grace from the red album “You’re the hero flying around saving face” refers to Superman from speak now “And if I am dead to you why are you at the wake” refers to look what you made me do from reputation “Cursing my name” refers to the way I love you from fearless “Wishing I stayed” refers to all you had to do was stay from 1989 “Look at how my tears ricochet” refers from teardrops on my guitar from debut Finally when she talks about her stolen lullabies she is referring to her first 6 albums that were stolen
TLGAD is about her hours in Watch Hill, RI. She bought it in about 2011/2012 or something. It used to be owed by the heir to Standard Oil and his wife Rebecca. So the song is about how the small town reacted to Rebecca and then to Taylor.
Fun fact! My Tears Ricochet is about her stolen songs (that Scooter Braun stole from her), so every line from the chorus of that song is a line from one song of each of her stolen albums (“stolen lullabies” as she says in my tears ricochet) “I didnt have it in myself to go with grace” - State of Grace - Red “And youre the hero flying around saving face” - Superman - Speak Now “And if Im dead to you, why are you at the wake?” - LWYMMD (the taylor is dead line) - Reputation “Cursing my name” - The Way I Loved You - Fearless “Wishing I stayed” - All You Had to Do was Stay - 1989 “Look at how my tears ricochet” - Teardrops on my Guitar - Debut
She bought the house. :) I don't know why I always cry when she sings that part but I do. There's something so beautiful about her moving into a house with so much history and, well, folklore. Because she's such a great steward.
the one is not about Joe. they were together when she made folklore. he even has some writing credits on folklore & evermore. for the most part folklore & evermore are about fictional stories. however, a lot of people do think the one is inspired by her relationship with harry styles
I agree. Taylor needs to write a concept album. Green Day's American Idiot was a concept album and so was The Who's Tommy. Both were then put on stage. She writes and releases the album and then her next tour is a full-blown stadium musical. Starring her and bring in either some other stars to support the story or some Broadway stars. I would so go see that.
I don’t think we are thinking of the same thing. A theme for an album or telling a story in one song is not the type of concept album I am thinking of. I am thinking of essentially a proof of concept of songs for a whole musical. Like what Sara Bareilles did for Waitress.
I don't usually like slow songs especially if they're hard for me to sing to cuz I can't hold a note for that long lol. But ever since I heard "Betty", in my head it sounds more upbeat almost like those mid 90s bands like Del Amitri's "Roll To Me" or Hootie & The Blowfish. And this Eras version of "Betty" had some drums. So I increased the speed to 1.25. And THAT'S how I hear this song in my head. More upbeat. And to me, Taylor IS metal 🤘😎 🎸❤
6:49 The song The Last Great American Dynasty is a true story about someone named Rebekah Harkness who is a patron of the arts and funded the Rebekah Harkness foundation. Throughout the song Taylor makes comparisons between her life and Rebekah's in how they are/were both famous and have been known to go to parties with other famous people. They both got criticism in the media about them for whatever reason which also makes them more alike. Rebekah had a house in Rhode Island that she named The Holiday House. In the song when Taylor sings "and then it was bought by me" she is throwing herself into the story even more by saying that the house that Rebekah lived in is now owned by Taylor and the house is hers now to live her life that is similar to the previous owners (Rebekah) in. Taylor actually did buy this house and still calls it the Holiday House. This song also connects to her song The Lucky One from the album Red. In that song she talks about an unnamed Hollywood star was able to move away from the spotlight and into a more private life of her own which is also kind of what Taylor is doing where we as fans don't know everything about her as soon as it happens (ex. when she and Travis started dating they were private for the first bit and we didn't know until we saw her at the first game of his she went to). You should react to We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together rock version. That version is live and it's really good. Also for Taylor in a musical... She was in Cats...
"my tears ricochet" is presumably about Scott Borchetta, who founded the record label Big Machine Records in 2005. Taylor signed a 13-year contract with the label when she was 15 (2005) and went on to release her first album, "Taylor Swift", in 2006. So, basically, both Scott's and Taylor's careers started together, and she eventually thought of him as a close friend or even part of her family. Through the years tho, Taylor asked time and time again to be able to own her albums, willing to buy them full-price, but Scott refused. Then came 2018, the end of the contract, and Scott offered her a deal that if she signed with Big Machine again she would gain the rights to one album with every new album she released with them. Obviously, also knowing that Scott was planning to sell the label (and by extension, her), she didn't take it and instead signed with Republic Records, having already come to terms with not owning the 6 albums she recorded with Big Machine (Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989 and reputation) and knowing they'd be sold. But then, Scott not only sold her albums to Scooter Braun (someone he KNEW had incessantly and manipulatively bullied her over the years), but he didn't even let her know, so she only found out when it hit the news. And so, as I'm sure you know, she decided to re-record those 6 albums. PS: The telltale that this song is about him is the line "when you can't sleep at night, you'll hear my *stolen lullabies*"
The house is real. "Westerly, Rhode Island. High Watch, formerly named Holiday House but locally known as the Harkness House, is an 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) home situated in Watch Hill, a historic district in Westerly, Rhode Island." From things I've read, Taylor throws 4th of July parties there. Please Google it. ❤
Taylor actually bought Holiday House, in Rhode Island. The house was owned by Rebecca West Harkness who is the subject in the song The Last Great American Dynasty. She is telling the story of how Rebecca met and married Bill Harkness, and attorney who was heir to the Standard Oil fortune.
the last great american dynasty is actually about the person who owned taylor’s house before her :) and practically everything taylor wrote in her song is true. look up rebekah harkness!!
Taylor did infact buy the house she talks about in the last great American dynasty. It’s called Holliday House! It was owned by Rebekah Harkness and had been listed on the market for 50 years until Taylor bought her house.
Red era i feel like she could go Higher on that note in I Knew You Were Trouble Folklore era i feel like this should be a rock album and she should make a musical she said that for 13 minutes straight lol good reaction btw
I read somewhere that Illicit Affairs was inspired by Carrie and Bigs a ffair in Sex and the City. As a die hard fan of both SATC and Tay I refuse to belive any diffrent.
The Last Great American Dynasty is a true story! Taylor bought a house in Rhode Island and the song is about Rebekah Harkness, the woman who owned the house prior to her. In the song Taylor relates to Rebekah because they both had experienced sexism in similar ways. I strongly encourage reading more about her story because it really is interesting! Also, fun fact, in the song Taylor writes that Rebekah stole her neighbors dog and dyed it a key lime green BUT in reality it was actually a cat! I like to think that the reason Taylor changed a few things in the song was to show how folktales are warped over time from being passed down generations for so many years!
So cardigan is from folklore it tells the story of Betty As you may or may not know folklore has a love triangle in Betty, August and cardigan Betty and James are dating but during the summer James is with Augustine. August's bridge "remember when i pulled up and said get in the car" lines up with Betty which James wrote FOR Betty to apologize since Betty's party was soon and assumingly Betty has a cardigan becuase its her song and James mentiones her having a cardigan Otherwise the other songs are The 1 which replaced Invisible String which was about Joe Alywn but after the breakup she replaced it with the 1 My Tears Ricochet is about her leaving Big Machine Records and her albums being stolen Illicit Affairs I'm not entirely sure and its only the bridge where she says "dont call me kid, dont call me baby" its a great bridge however
Forgot to mention The Last Great American Dynasty. It's about her one of her homes she bought when she was already famous it originally was bought by a celebrity named Rebekah (I honestly forgot her last name) way before her time I would say 1940s to 60s? Taylor bought the house and during the song she says what Rebekah did and then to what Taylor did. By the end she calls herself the loudest woman this town has seen. I have no data on that. But basically she's calling her old home like a royal dynasty I think. She's always been been singing about normal things and turning them into something that sounds a lot more important say Castles Crumbling it's about the 2009 VMAS incident looking at her fame like a castle that fell down this is almost like that but the house is like a kingdom that's been abandoned (that's just what I get out of it)
Folklore is mostly fictional,her ex Joe did co write a couple songs.Invisible String was on the set list at the start of the tour,but she replaced it with “The One” after her and Joe broke up.
The official story for my tears ricochet (one of my top 5 favorite songs in the universe) is that it, like most of folklore is inspired by stories from movies or books, or storylines taylor made up. However, a lot of swifties, myself included, feel that it's connected to the sale of her masters. "Stolen lullabies" "i can go anywhere i want, just not home" "you're the hero flying around saving face" and other lyrics like that immediately made me think of that situation when i first listened to this song
I watched a LOT of livestreams… what struck me about the movie is how much lower she is singing all the songs. It is actually striking to me that every song is how much she is using her lowest register. Granted this was the end of her US Tour and her voice & throat were probably shot, but it really is obvious how much she had to go low in order to hit the highs.
You saying that so many of the folklore songs would soung good to a rock or pop beat is so true! You should listen to the "complete eras megamix" by Joseph James, it's a 13 minute mashup of all of Taylor's songs (including singles outside of albums and collabs) and he put so many folklore and evermore songs atop great beats and it sounds incredible! ❤
Folklore is my sort of music. And Evermore obviously. I love the folk, country alt pop rock sound. It reminded me of Jewel and the "chicks with guitars", from the late 90's/early 2000's - Sheryl Crow, Sarah Mclaughlin, Alanis Morrisette, Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton...so much to mention. Side note, I love her lower register. That performance of "Illicit Affairs", sounded amazing.
@@Violet316 Yep she has these diaries of little notebooks she seems to write ideas in. She said in an interview about the longest it's taken her to write a song that Bad Blood came together very fast because she'd been writing different snippets of lyrics down in her notebook for years and it all just clicked one day of how to put them together.
When I saw Reputation tour, first thing that came to mind was how it reminded me of a rock opera. I have wished for many years that she would make a musical with her music, similar to how Momma Mia uses Abba music. Heck, she could write an entire musical based on just The Last Great American Dynasty and the history of Rebekah Harkness.
Audrey, you're telling me that I have to wait another WEEK for your 1989 reaction? Living vicariously through you experiencing this for the first time!!
lol I wonder if Taylor knows just how many people want a rock album from her She did perform with Def Leopard once and she’s performed with Paramore, Mick Jagger etc…
Yep she actually bought Rebecca's house! And the whole story is true, even about being friends with Salvatore Dali. Rebecca was treated similarly to Taylor when she moved into the house because she was a famous women and people thought she took up too much space and caused drama. Even though of course she didn't.
Her voice sounds rougher almost like she’s been smoking. Not sure if that’s her getting older, cause it’s live or maybe her voice is just sore from so much touring and singing. ❤
I can honestly say that if you sing all day everyday your voice will get raspy. I don't sing professionally or for much anything but I sing all day around the house while I have music on and I'm cleaning. I will belt out all I can and at the end, my voice is raspy. I sing maybe 5 hours a day while I clean. Might sound crazy but it keeps me entertained lmao. Oh and to add, I'm not a smoker either
I think that the fact that we've got to the point where we can't tell when the song is about her or just a story is part of the beauty. I see the swifties desperately trying to match everything to her life and figure out what her ex did or didn't do, and it gets toxic. I think it's better to understand that her lyrics are so relatable it can just as easily be both or either or. And that if it is about her, she's has loved deeply and felt the pain of that love ending too. That's it. There's no need to go on a witch hunt over what the ex may or may not have done.
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Lol- the guy who starred in Hadestown was in her music video I Knew You Were Trouble. He had also starred in the U2 Broadway musical Spider-man.
It's still so funny that she picked up evermore and thought it was folklore 😭
Her song “My Tears Ricochet” was about her first manager, who had her song rights to her first five albums, selling his song catalog (which included Taylor’s first five albums) to Taylor’s number one energy - Scooter Braun. Taylor has been very vocal about how abusive Scooter Braun had been to her when she was 15 years old and starting out in Nashville. Scooter Braun was well known for repping Justin Bieber and when Taylor became friends with Selena Gomez she learned, even more, about Scooter’s toxic behavior and how it extended into Selena’s life when Selena and Justin broke up, reunited, broke up again…. Taylor’s father - Scott Smith - is a very well established financial manager and he was on the board of the company that had ownership of the large song catalog that included his daughter’s first five songs. The Board blocked her dad from even knowing about the corporate side of the deal because of conflict of interest and insider trading rules. He and Taylor learned from the NEWS that her song royalties were sold to Scooter Braun for about 300 million. (Keep in mind, other artists were in the sale but Taylor was the highest valued artist in the bundle). Shortly thereafter, Taylor appeared on Kelly Clarkson’s talk show and discussed the emotional impact of her treasures being sold to someone she deeply reviled and how soul crushing the betrayal from her former manager had been. Kelly made the suggestion that she could always re-record her original songs since she wrote each of them - she had the legal right to record the songs again. I think there was a required waiting period of 7 years, but I am not certain on that portion. So, Taylor latched on that idea and hence “Taylor’s Version” was born. She also released songs that were written and recorded during that time but didn’t make it on to the initial album. Those are the “From the Vault” songs.
"I think she needs to do a rock album"
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I want her and Lin Manuel Miranda to write a musical together. Would be the greatest thing ever written I believe.
yess Lin Manuel Miranda makes such good music
It's kinda rude to read my mind like that! 😅
Yesssss
The Illicit Affairs bridge is one of my absolute favorites, so I love that it had a whole section in the show.
The first time I saw that performance, I was like "is she ok?" It looked like she was going through hell 😭
Same! And yes, we need some more dominant electric guitar there :)
No words for how beautiful the Eras tour production for My Tears Ricochet is. This song is all about the masters debacle and Taylor being betrayed by Scott Borchetta when he sold the masters from Taylor’s first six albums to Scooter Braun. It might also reference Taylor’s former friend Karli Kloss, who worked for Scooter and was all but called out by name in Evermore’s “It’s Time to Go” as “a crook who was caught.” Well worth watching the whole convo in the Long Pond Sessions vid about “My Tears Ricochet” and the trope of best friends who become worst enemies with that background info in mind. A Taylor Swift musical inspired by the masters debacle would be lit.
speechless just sends me every time 😭😭
It took me a second to realize she meant Speak Now.
she is doing this for content but fine it's okay haiya
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@@Violet316 like uncle roger
@@maxyluega2774 What the fudge, I am 64 YO, why can't you young ones just use real words? And who is uncle roger?
My Tears Ricochet is about Scott Borchetta. He was her old label head. But I think deeper than that he discovered her when she was only 14 at the Bluebird Cafe. He had a brand new label and she was one of (if not his first) his first artists. She literally was the one who MADE his label. And then when he was selling her music she asked to buy it. He said only if she gave him a new album for every one he agreed to sell her. She'd wanted to leave the label to be able to do more pop stuff and he knew that. So he was trying to trap her. She said no. He sold it to Scooter Braun (of Vigilante Shit fame) who sold it to an investment firm.
Taylor is the only person who can make a song about a real estate transaction and it sounds so great (Last Great American Dynasty) lol. The story is real and she really bought it
Folklore is mostly fictional stories, but on the album, through telling those stories, Taylor works through the grief of losing her albums and the terrible relationship she now has with her once friend and label owner, Scott Brochetta.
I personally believe the one is Harry inspired.
Folklore is incredible. Got me through the pandemic
11:06 fun fact here the lyrics on the first chorus here make reference to her stolen albums
“I didn’t had it in myself to go with grace” refers to State of grace from the red album
“You’re the hero flying around saving face” refers to Superman from speak now
“And if I am dead to you why are you at the wake” refers to look what you made me do from reputation
“Cursing my name” refers to the way I love you from fearless
“Wishing I stayed” refers to all you had to do was stay from 1989
“Look at how my tears ricochet” refers from teardrops on my guitar from debut
Finally when she talks about her stolen lullabies she is referring to her first 6 albums that were stolen
I didn't realize that, that is pure genius. But we already knew she is a genius.
damn i didn't put that together, thanks!
folklore live just hits different
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TLGAD is about her hours in Watch Hill, RI. She bought it in about 2011/2012 or something. It used to be owed by the heir to Standard Oil and his wife Rebecca. So the song is about how the small town reacted to Rebecca and then to Taylor.
Fun fact! My Tears Ricochet is about her stolen songs (that Scooter Braun stole from her), so every line from the chorus of that song is a line from one song of each of her stolen albums (“stolen lullabies” as she says in my tears ricochet)
“I didnt have it in myself to go with grace” - State of Grace - Red
“And youre the hero flying around saving face” - Superman - Speak Now
“And if Im dead to you, why are you at the wake?” - LWYMMD (the taylor is dead line) - Reputation
“Cursing my name” - The Way I Loved You - Fearless
“Wishing I stayed” - All You Had to Do was Stay - 1989
“Look at how my tears ricochet” - Teardrops on my Guitar - Debut
i never knew this....also never noticed this...now my tears ricochet is just so much more emotional...but i did knoww who the song was about..
Not the "Speechless" 😭😭
Audrey, I’d give so much for a rock album & a Taylor Swift written musical. Get our girl closer to that EGOT status!
She bought the house. :) I don't know why I always cry when she sings that part but I do. There's something so beautiful about her moving into a house with so much history and, well, folklore. Because she's such a great steward.
the one is not about Joe. they were together when she made folklore. he even has some writing credits on folklore & evermore. for the most part folklore & evermore are about fictional stories. however, a lot of people do think the one is inspired by her relationship with harry styles
Idk, now that we know their relationship was far more tumultuous than we realized, I can fully see her writing this about Joe Alwyn during a bad time
This is why I say she has to do a musical. Like actually write one because she is very very very capable of doing so. Also, a book!
Love this era!
folklore is def for me one of my top 5
MY FAVORITE ERA I CANT WAITTT!
Most of us Swifties have been telling Taylor the same thing ❤it’s time for a rock album! 🤘🙌
where has danny’s reactions been to the eras tour? it’s like he stopped after fearless! just curious!!
I agree. Taylor needs to write a concept album. Green Day's American Idiot was a concept album and so was The Who's Tommy. Both were then put on stage. She writes and releases the album and then her next tour is a full-blown stadium musical. Starring her and bring in either some other stars to support the story or some Broadway stars. I would so go see that.
She already did, Midnights is a concept album of things that keep you up a night.
Most of her albums are concept albums 😅
I don’t think we are thinking of the same thing. A theme for an album or telling a story in one song is not the type of concept album I am thinking of. I am thinking of essentially a proof of concept of songs for a whole musical. Like what Sara Bareilles did for Waitress.
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David, you never fail to make me laugh with those edits haha
Folklore is such a good album
OH YES THE BELOVED ALBUM SPEECHLESS. came right after the album "fear now"
I don't usually like slow songs especially if they're hard for me to sing to cuz I can't hold a note for that long lol. But ever since I heard "Betty", in my head it sounds more upbeat almost like those mid 90s bands like Del Amitri's "Roll To Me" or Hootie & The Blowfish.
And this Eras version of "Betty" had some drums. So I increased the speed to 1.25. And THAT'S how I hear this song in my head. More upbeat.
And to me, Taylor IS metal 🤘😎 🎸❤
6:49 The song The Last Great American Dynasty is a true story about someone named Rebekah Harkness who is a patron of the arts and funded the Rebekah Harkness foundation. Throughout the song Taylor makes comparisons between her life and Rebekah's in how they are/were both famous and have been known to go to parties with other famous people. They both got criticism in the media about them for whatever reason which also makes them more alike. Rebekah had a house in Rhode Island that she named The Holiday House. In the song when Taylor sings "and then it was bought by me" she is throwing herself into the story even more by saying that the house that Rebekah lived in is now owned by Taylor and the house is hers now to live her life that is similar to the previous owners (Rebekah) in. Taylor actually did buy this house and still calls it the Holiday House. This song also connects to her song The Lucky One from the album Red. In that song she talks about an unnamed Hollywood star was able to move away from the spotlight and into a more private life of her own which is also kind of what Taylor is doing where we as fans don't know everything about her as soon as it happens (ex. when she and Travis started dating they were private for the first bit and we didn't know until we saw her at the first game of his she went to).
You should react to We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together rock version. That version is live and it's really good. Also for Taylor in a musical... She was in Cats...
3:37 Speechless (Taylor’s version). That’s crazy bro 😂
losing the count of times she refers to her old music as romeo and juliet 😭
The Last Great American Dynasty is a true story, including buying the house.
My Tears Ricochet is about her masters and Scott Borchetta
She was giving some Landslide vibes Stevie Knicks not evenessence in my opinion @10:06
"my tears ricochet" is presumably about Scott Borchetta, who founded the record label Big Machine Records in 2005.
Taylor signed a 13-year contract with the label when she was 15 (2005) and went on to release her first album, "Taylor Swift", in 2006. So, basically, both Scott's and Taylor's careers started together, and she eventually thought of him as a close friend or even part of her family.
Through the years tho, Taylor asked time and time again to be able to own her albums, willing to buy them full-price, but Scott refused. Then came 2018, the end of the contract, and Scott offered her a deal that if she signed with Big Machine again she would gain the rights to one album with every new album she released with them.
Obviously, also knowing that Scott was planning to sell the label (and by extension, her), she didn't take it and instead signed with Republic Records, having already come to terms with not owning the 6 albums she recorded with Big Machine (Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989 and reputation) and knowing they'd be sold.
But then, Scott not only sold her albums to Scooter Braun (someone he KNEW had incessantly and manipulatively bullied her over the years), but he didn't even let her know, so she only found out when it hit the news.
And so, as I'm sure you know, she decided to re-record those 6 albums.
PS: The telltale that this song is about him is the line "when you can't sleep at night, you'll hear my *stolen lullabies*"
The house is real. "Westerly, Rhode Island.
High Watch, formerly named Holiday House but locally known as the Harkness House, is an 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) home situated in Watch Hill, a historic district in Westerly, Rhode Island." From things I've read, Taylor throws 4th of July parties there. Please Google it. ❤
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We need a Taylor Swift Musical with complete new songs or maybe adapted to a musical, but she SO can compose one.
She sang cardigan but it got out of the eras tour movie🥲
James, Ines, and Betty are Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' kids!
Omg the Ajay edit 😂😂😂 yes i too love and miss invisible string and cardigan 😭
is 1989 coming out today?
I feel you… I do too want a Taylor metal/rock album (or a musical)
Speechless (Taylor's Version) is my favorite album
Girl, you literally saw her say the song was abt her house in thelong pond studio sessions 😂
Taylor actually bought Holiday House, in Rhode Island. The house was owned by Rebecca West Harkness who is the subject in the song The Last Great American Dynasty. She is telling the story of how Rebecca met and married Bill Harkness, and attorney who was heir to the Standard Oil fortune.
“seems like he changed his mind recently” helppp💀💀
the last great american dynasty is actually about the person who owned taylor’s house before her :) and practically everything taylor wrote in her song is true. look up rebekah harkness!!
Taylor did infact buy the house she talks about in the last great American dynasty. It’s called Holliday House! It was owned by Rebekah Harkness and had been listed on the market for 50 years until Taylor bought her house.
Red era i feel like she could go Higher on that note in I Knew You Were Trouble Folklore era i feel like this should be a rock album and she should make a musical she said that for 13 minutes straight lol good reaction btw
I read somewhere that Illicit Affairs was inspired by Carrie and Bigs a
ffair in Sex and the City. As a die hard fan of both SATC and Tay I refuse to belive any diffrent.
I so hope she keeps August in the setlist since I will see her in concert in August 🤩
Also 22 from the Red Era, because I will turn 22 in May :)
why would she remove it? 😂
@@CharlCharl_ I don't know, setlists sometimes change, don't they?
@@tatjbere it’s a fan favourite, especially the eras tour version. tbh it would be kinda weird to remove it
@@CharlCharl_ ok thanks, that makes sense
The editor’s side comment about Joe Alwyn cracked me up 🤣🤣
Folklore is my era, literally perfect
I think she sounds so much better on stage than in her recordings
The Last Great American Dynasty is a true story! Taylor bought a house in Rhode Island and the song is about Rebekah Harkness, the woman who owned the house prior to her. In the song Taylor relates to Rebekah because they both had experienced sexism in similar ways. I strongly encourage reading more about her story because it really is interesting! Also, fun fact, in the song Taylor writes that Rebekah stole her neighbors dog and dyed it a key lime green BUT in reality it was actually a cat! I like to think that the reason Taylor changed a few things in the song was to show how folktales are warped over time from being passed down generations for so many years!
If you want rock taylor you should definitley react to her live performance of haunted at speak now tour.
No one is to say anything about Cats 😂😅🤣
So cardigan is from folklore it tells the story of Betty
As you may or may not know folklore has a love triangle in Betty, August and cardigan
Betty and James are dating but during the summer James is with Augustine. August's bridge "remember when i pulled up and said get in the car" lines up with Betty which James wrote FOR Betty to apologize since Betty's party was soon and assumingly Betty has a cardigan becuase its her song and James mentiones her having a cardigan
Otherwise the other songs are The 1 which replaced Invisible String which was about Joe Alywn but after the breakup she replaced it with the 1
My Tears Ricochet is about her leaving Big Machine Records and her albums being stolen
Illicit Affairs I'm not entirely sure and its only the bridge where she says "dont call me kid, dont call me baby" its a great bridge however
Forgot to mention The Last Great American Dynasty. It's about her one of her homes she bought when she was already famous it originally was bought by a celebrity named Rebekah (I honestly forgot her last name) way before her time I would say 1940s to 60s? Taylor bought the house and during the song she says what Rebekah did and then to what Taylor did. By the end she calls herself the loudest woman this town has seen. I have no data on that. But basically she's calling her old home like a royal dynasty I think. She's always been been singing about normal things and turning them into something that sounds a lot more important
say Castles Crumbling it's about the 2009 VMAS incident looking at her fame like a castle that fell down this is almost like that but the house is like a kingdom that's been abandoned (that's just what I get out of it)
FOLKLORE BEST ERA SLAY
Folklore is mostly fictional,her ex Joe did co write a couple songs.Invisible String was on the set list at the start of the tour,but she replaced it with “The One” after her and Joe broke up.
"I'm voting we see Taylor Swift in a musical..." No one tell Audrey about Cats 😂
The official story for my tears ricochet (one of my top 5 favorite songs in the universe) is that it, like most of folklore is inspired by stories from movies or books, or storylines taylor made up. However, a lot of swifties, myself included, feel that it's connected to the sale of her masters. "Stolen lullabies" "i can go anywhere i want, just not home" "you're the hero flying around saving face" and other lyrics like that immediately made me think of that situation when i first listened to this song
Finallyyyyyy. MILF (Man, I love folklore).
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I watched a LOT of livestreams… what struck me about the movie is how much lower she is singing all the songs. It is actually striking to me that every song is how much she is using her lowest register. Granted this was the end of her US Tour and her voice & throat were probably shot, but it really is obvious how much she had to go low in order to hit the highs.
You saying that so many of the folklore songs would soung good to a rock or pop beat is so true!
You should listen to the "complete eras megamix" by Joseph James, it's a 13 minute mashup of all of Taylor's songs (including singles outside of albums and collabs) and he put so many folklore and evermore songs atop great beats and it sounds incredible! ❤
Folklore is my sort of music. And Evermore obviously. I love the folk, country alt pop rock sound. It reminded me of Jewel and the "chicks with guitars", from the late 90's/early 2000's - Sheryl Crow, Sarah Mclaughlin, Alanis Morrisette, Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton...so much to mention.
Side note, I love her lower register. That performance of "Illicit Affairs", sounded amazing.
'Meet me behind the mall'... she'd written that down years and years ago and wanted to use it at some point and finally got her chance.
Was that in the same journal of all the words she would like to use in a song?
@@Violet316 Yep she has these diaries of little notebooks she seems to write ideas in. She said in an interview about the longest it's taken her to write a song that Bad Blood came together very fast because she'd been writing different snippets of lyrics down in her notebook for years and it all just clicked one day of how to put them together.
When I saw Reputation tour, first thing that came to mind was how it reminded me of a rock opera. I have wished for many years that she would make a musical with her music, similar to how Momma Mia uses Abba music. Heck, she could write an entire musical based on just The Last Great American Dynasty and the history of Rebekah Harkness.
I love seeing Ajayll clips popping up in videos on RUclips.
Fire pit blazing, wine, and this album sounds excellent.
If ur gonna listen to folklore with wine you may as well add evermore too❤😂
The house is her house that she bought in Rhode Island, and the true history behind it.
My tears ricochet is about her masters being sold out of her
MetalHead / Swiftie . Would love a rock/metal album by Taylor.
Audrey, you're telling me that I have to wait another WEEK for your 1989 reaction? Living vicariously through you experiencing this for the first time!!
My Roman Empire is the Illicit Affairs bride!!!!
Can you please pretty please react to Taylor’s song Beautiful Ghosts from CATS? It’s so amazing
I’m up for a heavy metal version of Folklore!
I love all Eras Tour numbers but My Tears Ricochet is SUPERIOR!
lol I wonder if Taylor knows just how many people want a rock album from her
She did perform with Def Leopard once and she’s performed with Paramore, Mick Jagger etc…
Yep she actually bought Rebecca's house! And the whole story is true, even about being friends with Salvatore Dali. Rebecca was treated similarly to Taylor when she moved into the house because she was a famous women and people thought she took up too much space and caused drama. Even though of course she didn't.
Her voice sounds rougher almost like she’s been smoking. Not sure if that’s her getting older, cause it’s live or maybe her voice is just sore from so much touring and singing. ❤
I can honestly say that if you sing all day everyday your voice will get raspy. I don't sing professionally or for much anything but I sing all day around the house while I have music on and I'm cleaning. I will belt out all I can and at the end, my voice is raspy. I sing maybe 5 hours a day while I clean. Might sound crazy but it keeps me entertained lmao. Oh and to add, I'm not a smoker either
Omg the full version of the eras tour is coming out March 15th pls react to cardigan and the 4 bonus songs!!!😭
Not the video being 13 mins long 🤭
Last Great American Dynasty was about the old owner of her Rhode Island Mansion that she bought 🫶🏼
I love your reactions but please pause when you comment
Taylor has really Beautiful eye I love them only true swifties can like this comment
Not you using a clip of ajayll, yhe reaction queen! Lmao
Can you react to exo again it’s been 3 years since you last did and now they have come out with ‘ killing voice ‘ which is amazing
I think that the fact that we've got to the point where we can't tell when the song is about her or just a story is part of the beauty. I see the swifties desperately trying to match everything to her life and figure out what her ex did or didn't do, and it gets toxic. I think it's better to understand that her lyrics are so relatable it can just as easily be both or either or. And that if it is about her, she's has loved deeply and felt the pain of that love ending too. That's it. There's no need to go on a witch hunt over what the ex may or may not have done.
I wish you would have have been around. You don’t know about here
Could you pause the video when you comment
me waiting for cardigan the whole video 😭😖😣
Watch "Cats" she's there and it's like a musical as I can remember.
It’s a true story about her Rhode Island house & its former famous owners. It’s so cool!
1:35 noo, she was w him til some months after midnights dropped
the "it seems like he changed his mind recently" has me howling in a quiet house at 1am 😂