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Patricia White

Word is bond

Martina S.

Air’s fresher We got air fresheners A bar 😭😭😂

Isa

I'm super late to this but on my tears ricochet and who it's about - it's very obvious and widely understood in the fandom that it's about the betrayal she felt from her ex manager, Scott Borchetta. He signed her to her first record label and sold her out to Scooter Braun behind her back. Like obvs the song could be about her team in general/Scooter Braun too, like the betrayal in general. But it seems obvious it's about someone she was close with, and then betrayed her - i.e Scott.

Melissa Palmer

I am, admittedly, very late to watching this stream. But I just got to the mirrorball part where you said "I need her to make a music video" and (I know you watched Long Pond Studio Sessions a long time ago already) I think you'd really like watching that part of LPSS again. Before they perform it, she talks about the concepr and how she pictured it in her mind. Sounded pretty similar to what you were saying. And it's always cool when you see that you really did understand what she was saying

Stephanie Stear

word is bond

Taylor

word is bond

Taylor

seven is about child abuse. the narrator is a child and her friend is in an abusive household, but the narrator doesn't fully understand or know what to do about it since she's a child.

elaina fitzsimmons

I usually enjoy rewatching live reactions bc chat can usually explain things in the moment, but I have really loved the videos of you guys just sitting down and listening to the music on your own. I feel like you really get to experience the whole album for yourselves without the pressure of chat and trying to understand every little bit and piece, and that almost always results in a better and more genuine reaction. thank you so much for continuing to create awesome content!! I have so much love for y’all’s friendship 🙌🩷

Ally ❤️

Swirled him into all of her poems….

Ally ❤️

My Tears Ricochet is about Scott Borschetta her label CEO. He signed her as the first artist on his label when he was starting out. They were like family. When he decided to sell the label, he sold her discography too, even though she wanted to buy it, and they had talked about it many times. There’s more dark shit about the sale of her masters, but that’s the bare bones.

Ally ❤️

Found this from TikTok. Best way to spend a Friday night!

kaylei tompkins

“I can see you standin honey” sent me

Andrea Russell

Wordisbond ✌🏼

Mary Jzanelle Capacio

We need you guys in the Eras Tour concert.

Breana Cordero

The commentary on Betty ☠️

Heathery

I swear the more I hear this Album is about Matt Healy . I mean she couldn’t say that because she was with Joe . I’m thinking she thought of him often and wrote this album. And said it was fictional instead

Nicole Rivera

word is bond

Sarah T.

I think "Seven" is so much deeper than it seems. I think her childhood friend had a father who was abusive (emotionally or physically), because of what she sings in the bridge: "And I've been meaning to tell you I think your house is haunted Your dad is always mad and that must be why And I think you should come live with me And we can be pirates Then you won't have to cry Or hide in the closet" That very much seems (to me) to be Taylor's childhood perspective of trying to understand why her friend's dad is always mad, which makes her friend cry and hide in the closet. A child, especially one with an imagination like Taylor's, might cope and process that situation by attributing the father's anger and her friend's fear to ghosts. She wants her friend to live with her, so that they can have fun and fantasize together. It's just such a lovely way of saying that children don't understand the reasons or motivations for their adults' behavior, and in Taylor's case, she imagined that it had to be ghosts. It's brilliant and sweet and sad.

Victoria Bay

word is bond

jinni

Wordisbond

Laura B

My Tears Ricochet is about Scott Bochetta who was the owner of her first record label. He sold her masters to Scooter Braun but this song is not about Scooter. Vigilante Shit is about him.

Amy Baker

Wordisbond

Amy Baker

Living in PA, we do NOT have Betty’s sweet-please-forgive-me relationships. It's Jerry Springer (dumb drunken loud fights). LMAO. But I like how you picture PA. ❤️❤️

Amy Baker

"Clandestine" is big in thrillers and espionage films and books. I swear can hear Tom Cruise using it in a Mission Impossible movie, but can't find a clip of it. 😂

lea

folklore & 1989!!! 🫶🏼🤍💙

Susan G

Word is bond 🫶

Michelle Swinson

Clandestine means secret as in secret meetings . It’s used a lot in Spy movies/tv shows. Illicit affairs is a tough song 🥺

Hessa Shraid

I’m so happy you guys are back, been laughing and yes crying watching this, thank you, appreciate you. All the love and support from Kuwait.

Cheryl

Exile - when he says “I never learned to read your mind” and she confirms, “you never learned to read my mind.” I FELT THAT. For me, she’s saying “why do I have to tell you everything? Don’t you know me well enough to see something’s wrong and ask me about it? Why do I always have to do the work?” I’m telling you, when I first heard this song, it had me laying on the floor like a starfish.

Anais

word is bond, I had such a great time

Kyle

Word is bond 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Haley Mead

word is bond I LOVE U GUYS

Polly Ryncarz

It’s about Covid shutting everything down

Scara Lo

The Lakes is top five all time ✨💜✨

Emma R

I think “greatest films of all time were never made” speaks to how things are always so wonderful in our head when they’re not brought to reality where faults naturally occur. In this song she’s reminiscing on a past love. The greatest things are the ones that never had to meet the harsh nature of reality where things arent perfect

Kathryn M.

Would love the notes. Love you both. Would love to share my thoughts!

Megan Delynn

Word is bond friends! Missed your faces!

emilyy19

Everyone says that my tears ricochet is about scooter because of the stolen lullabies line, but she does say in long pond that she imagines someone who’s your best friend or partner knows best how to hurt you when it falls apart and imagines a marriage falling apart. That narrative fits the rest of the song in my opinion

rhy

Word is bond. Sad that you didn't like Hoax that much, honestly one of my favorites. Thank you for the relisten! Please do this for Evermore as well 💕

Bailey

when she talks about mirror ball on the long pond sessions she says that when she heard the song at first, she saw a lonely old dark bar with a disco ball hanging from the ceiling. like literally exactly what you said!

marley cymón

literally love y'all so much. the vibes are so good

llooby

Word is bond

Chanda

Word is Bond, watched it all. Enjoyed going back to this format, loved your focus and thoughtful responses-as always. Can’t wait to see the rest of your content drop.

Chanda

Yes, this.

Kasey Kimball

Word is bond!

Cecil

Word is bond!

Rakel Mansten Bruchfeld

invisible string is my alarm clock -- can recommend! v peaceful

Emily Atwell

I think the little girl Taylor’s singing about in Seven is the girl singing Peter on TTPD. She’s upset with her older brother for living her behind in an abusive household.

Emily Atwell

Yall have to watch the Long Pond sessions!

Malissa Stallings

Word is Bond! And nice note to end on 😂. Loved the listen through, loved how you guys incorporate it into your own spaces. Stephen... the note taking is some green flag shit fr. It made me smile every time you picked up the pen. Can't wait for more.

Cecil

We need your notes!

Cecil

Ashton do not put your hat on backwards like that 😍

Lola

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this!! When you we😘are dialed in, there’s nothing and no one like y’all🫶🏻

Chip Tovey

MTR - is about Scooter and the battles with her former label and who controlled her work. To know TS is to know how much her work means to her, and how seriously she takes her craft. To lose control of her masters was everything, so while she sings with passion and uses lyrics that make it seem like she’s singing about a previous love, she’s channeling the feelings of losing her ultimate love, the love of her craft. The intensity of that love was more than just this song. It’s what has compelled her to work for countless hours to re-record and rerelease all of her prior work. That’s no small endeavor to undertake.

Mary Ball

An interesting music detail in Epiphany that reinforces the parallel between soldiers fighting in a war and healthcare workers fighting a war against covid--in the instrumental section right before the bridge "only 20 minutes to sleep" there is a single bugle playing. A single bugle is instrument that is used to play the song "Taps" at military funerals and memorials and the end of the day at military bases. The notes played in Epiphany aren't actually from Taps as that would be disrespectful, but it is an instrumental reference to it. Then there is a bookend to that idea with the sound of the heart monitor at the end, which is sort of the last "instrument" that is playing at the end of someone's life. Great example of the little details Taylor has in her music.

Mary Ball

Tears Ricochet is about Scott the head of her record label. She'd been with him since she was a kid and was very close to him. He sold her music (which she knew could happen, it happens to a lot of artists) but he sold them to someone she hated. (Scooter) Scott made a lot of statements making it sound like she was unreasonable. His statements made him look bad and made people even more sympathetic to Taylor. (If I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes too) Scooter Braun also bad mouthed her and got aome of his clients to taunt her on IG. Taylor decided to fight the sale (I didn't have it in myself to go with grace? but ultimately wasn't able to prevent the sale. She decided to get back at them by saying she'd re-record all of her stuff which she could do because she was the writer or co-writer on every song. Scooter said she'd never do it. She did. They hurt her, but it all came back and hurt them too. (tears ricochet) it's continued to hurt them. Re-releasing her work de-valued the masters that Scooter owned. Broadcast and streaming services pledged to only play Taylor's version. She was also able to change legal terms for artists and how their contracts could be structured. (more tears are ricocheting!) Scooter lost money on the deal and eventually his clients left and he recently announced he wasn't going to be managing artists anymore.

Bella Bruyere

You’ve always really been on it with your interpretations, but the growth in how you analyzed these lyrics is so brilliant. Absolutely love the commentary — currently only on “The One” and still so hyped about your understanding of these lyrics!!!

Isa

Word is bond! 🫶 love y’allll

Destanie Mills

my tears ricochet- someone already said it but scooter braun and her masters being stolen. she wrote this basically right after she got the new or phone call that it was sold to him without her consent.

Carol Javens

Epiphany makes me cry whenever I listen to it. I cry for my family members who served in the military during combat as well as my coworkers who work in hospitals/nursing homes during covid- when she spoke about holding hands through plastic and “doc I think she’s crashing now”. That especially hits me since my mom died during covid and I could only see her from the outside of her nursing home window. Many never recovered from those traumas.

Hannah

word is bond <3

Jennifer Stratton

You should watch the Long Pond Studio edition, your vision on Mirror Ball is almost exactly what Taylor said she envisioned when she first heard the music to the song

Aubrey Bonsal

"Well that one's never easy, is it?" Also me, every time I listen to exile.

Kinsey Chauvenne

Did someone get Ashton a folklore cardigan last week when they went on sale 🤣🤣🤣 he needs one!

Ash Wonder

You are my comfort channel ❤ taylor and emotionally intelligent men is a win always.

Ash Wonder

The note taking is legit and made me smile. I love this style of video from you guys.

Foxy_Tatty

Omg Jenna! Yes! I had that same thought because of that one episode where they are meeting up at a really fancy hotel and then eventually they’re at some crappy hotel and Carrie just knows, but can’t leave. I’m so glad someone else made that connection.

Foxy_Tatty

Darriel, i had the same experience with Exile. I heard it a couple of times and then I would just skip it. It wasn’t until I watched the Long Pond Studio Session that I finally got it 🩷 now it’s one of my favorites

Jenna Bolmgren

I have always thought illicit affairs could be about Carrie and Big from SATC

Jennifer Ess aka TikBlok 🩵

To the moon, Saturn and Uranus 😂😂😂 Best video ending ever

Jennifer Ess aka TikBlok 🩵

Word is bond!!! I’m late 😂

Adriana Lopez

WORD IS BOND. This video brought joy to my heart. Old school Stephen and Ashton vibes. Been with you guys for over a year and reacting to some of these songs from Folklore is what started this whole journey. Folklore is THAT album. It has a piece of my heart. Plus watching this on August 1st just felt so right. Happy August to those who celebrate! My Top 5 songs are 1. peace 2. august 3. the lakes 4. exile 5. cardigan. Love you guys to the moon and to Saturn. Oh and Stephen - share your notes!!

bella

WORD IS BOND

Sammi

Word is bond!

Ashley

Word is bond! Thanks for sharing this, I hadn’t actually listened to this all the way through in a while myself, so it was nice going on this journey with y’all.

Nikki Dellinger

ashton needs to folklore cardigan

MarisoL

Your reaction to Betty 😆

Jacea

GOTTA LISTEN TO THE LONG POND SESSION

Susan

Word is bond

Jacea

Ashton was killing it with the explanations of songs this video 😅

Sarra Mohn

Word is BOND ✌🏼

Alyssa Bale

Would love for you guys to see the Long Pond Studio Session of this album. Its a live performance of the Folklore album with Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff together and they all give a mini explanation of what each song is about! Think yall would enjoy, on or off Patreon. Take care guys!

Jenni Lynn

My Tears Ricochet - On the Long Pond Sessions Taylor said: “It’s a song about greed. About how somebody could be your best friend, your companion, your most trusted person in your life and then they could go and become your worst enemy, who knows how to hurt you because they were once your most trusted person.” and compared it to a divorce.

ris anne

the “curve became a sphere” line is so crazily deep because it shows burnout so well. she was so ahead of a curve that she made it back around to the beginning and fell behind because she was struggling to keep up. as someone who was pushed to be “ahead of the curve”, this line hits hard because it shows that being constantly pushed to be ahead of everyone else will eventually catch up to you and have you burning out and struggling to keep up, as she defines when she says “fell behind all my classmates and i ended up here”. it’s just so crazy that she can make metaphors like this.

Heather Herron

Word is bond

swabine

this just shows me that yall should react to a bon iver album.

Mikayla Gilkerson

Oh and also word is bond obvi

Mikayla Gilkerson

Folklore gets better every time you hear it I stg

Destiny_dion

Taylor said in her long pods that this is how she felt during covid she was still trying her best to be there for her fans

Destiny_dion

I actually have a mirrorball tattoo because of this song I relate to it soo much my favorite line is “I’ve never been an natural all I do is try try try” it’s underrated for sure imo

Hailey

Mad Woman may also be about the Kim/Kanye situation!

Amanda Lopez

What I’ve been waiting for 🫶 Glad you all are back.

Tiffany Joy

This is the only place I have ever heard clandestine: "What is a clandestine lab? These laboratories are mini-chemical labs designed for one purpose: to make deadly, illegal drugs quickly and cheaply." No I don't make meth lol, I was a criminal justice major

Katarena Blackett

Word is bond ❤️

halle

word is bond fr

Mark Barnwell

clandestine; secret, off the beaten path, undercover. think spy movies novels.

Christine Violet

You should listen to the “original version” of the lakes… it’s got a bit of a beat to it… doesn’t quite fit the overall sound of the album, that’s why Taylor decided to change the production in the end.. but it’s soooo good

Taylor Walck

The way I cracked up when he said “he should’ve shut the fuck up right there” 😂😂

Shai

That's so funny, when I first listened to this album, I laughed at the song title (Mirrorball) too. I was like 'what' 😂

Alyssa

I would love to see you watch the long pond session. She gets into detail about the meaning of the songs

jazlyn mcginnis

my tears ricochet- scooter braun

jazlyn mcginnis

THE NOTES LMFAO

Jessica Quenga

Word is bond! Stephen taking notes and the amazing visual he provided of a sphere made my teacher heart happy lol

Jessica Quenga

😂 same

Addie

Hoax - “no other sadness in the world would do” vs. So Long, London - “how much sad did you think I had in me?”

Abbie 🩵

“He should’ve shut the fuck up right there” absolutely killed me 😭🤣

Jocelynn

Word is bond

Amanda

Word is bond

Devan

Word is bond :)

Kelli G

Loved this so much, great to see my guys back in action! Thank you!!

Lynn Bibee

Clandestine: secret or done secretly 😉

Kelli G

Word is bond. Of course 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Destanie Mills

So happy that you guys are back and relisting to Folklore. It's an interesting album to think about have all the lyrics from tortured poets. I'm happy that you guys prioritize the friendship first over the content. Friendships like those where you guys are family are vital to the soul. So nurturing those and checking in on those is priority. Hope you know how much of a light you guys are. Please confirm that you guys gifts and letter I sent got to you. Love you guys.

Abby Joslyn

Word is bond!

Mya

They saw it but lost the footage

Marian

Have you guys seen folklore long pond studios?? It would explain the songs a lot more from Taylor’s perspective!

Devan

Glad to have yall back! I've missed yall's content for sure.

KO

Word is BOND

Holly

i love hearing Mirrorball in your accent so much 😭💕🪩

Addie

Stephen is a Taylor Swift scholar - annotating in the margins. Love to see it.

Addie

The greatest stories were never told - never came to full fruition.

Addie

CardiGANGY!

KO

Taylor’s tears are her bullets, her ammo- her sadness and heartbreak poured into her music have a ricochet effect- and the man who hurt (Scott) her should’ve know he would’ve gotten caught in the cross fire (if I’m on fire, you’ll be made of ashes too, you had to kill me but it killed you just the same.) he used to champion her taking on the people Who wronged her but then was surprised when she fought back against him and the secret sale of her music (when I’d fight, you used to tell me I was brave) and the stolen lullabies are her stolen masters. Basically, I didn’t want to have to come for you because I care about you, but you betrayed me wholly. How are you surprised you caught strays when you’re the one who taught me to use my sadness/tears as weapons?

Jocelynn

Happy AUGUST!

Marsha

i love how stephen's taking notes the whole time like it's school lmao i love the energy! i was watching the og illicit affairs reaction and one of my fave reactions was ashton's incredulous slow blink when taylor goes "and you know damn well for you i would ruin myself a million little times" and it's so great to see that song still hits for him. everytime i hear cardigan i'll always be reminded of freezer time. that's how nostalgic this album is for me too. folklore and 1989 is my top two taylor swift albums for sure and it depends what i'm in the mood for when i pick a favourite. so happy to see you guys back! and looking forward to more videos and streams in the future! much love!

MsParis729

Word is bond! Love you guys!

Claire Bridges

Greatest films of all time were never made/loves of all time are over now - making the greatest film would make it open to errors and mistakes, it couldn’t be tangible and be the greatest - the best stories/loves can’t exist in real time, they’re always the stuff of legend/fiction/dreams

Brittany Conklin

My tears ricochet is definitely about Scott Borchetta. She felt like he was family and he betrayed her by selling her masters to Scooter. I don’t think it’s much about Scooter cause she didn’t have that closeness to him. It’s clearly written about someone she loved and trusted. I think Scott hurt her to the core with the decision.

Karen

Hoax is supposed to make you feel like that. She’s been defeated completely by this relationship. There is nothing left of her spirit and in her most broken state she’s saying ‘you won. What more do you want’ because he’s not done and won’t ever be because she will always chose him and all the sadness he causes her.

Isa

Ash killing me w his stank face to seven 🤣😭

Chels

My favorite album of all time. Im so glad you guys revisited, it was a just a great time- good points and funny jokes

Dena

Stephen’writing a thesis 🫶.

Dena

This! My brain can’t even fathom it. Evernore as well.. all this hindsight is devastating.

Melissakay503

Word is bond 🤣

Isa

My FAVEE TS album hell fucking yeah!!! Never seen this so looking forward to it 😩😩

Melissakay503

Anyone else feel like the camera was in the freezer when Cardigan started? 😂

Rose Hillyer

Only just through the 1 and laughing at Stephen acting like he's in class. "Very good" This is fun

Jenna Bolmgren

Would love your guys’ thoughts on these songs with what you’ve learned since TTPD reactions. Cardigan vs Peter?! The 1? There is more overlap than anyone ever could have prob imagined 🥹🥲😭😆🤠

Cindy Melgar

most of it is about scott more than scooter because she considered scott her family

Cindy Melgar

my tears is about both scooter and scott it’s just changed to fit a relationship to make it more relatable for fans that’s what taylor said

Betty Arianna

I still think my tears ricochet is for Scott borcheta from big machine. He’s the one who signed her originally and then sold her masters to scooter. I think parts could fit to scooter as well but the fact that it’s a deeper sadness makes me feel it was more personal and she never had a trusting or any kind of relationship with scooter but she did with her label “It was her home for so many years” for like 13 or something

Cindy Melgar

on the last great american dynasty y’all were right, when taylor moved in the neighbours were pissed and tried to make a law to kick her out

Mills

19 mins in and I’m laughing so hard. I definitely missed your videos ♥️♥️ never beating the map allegations

Becky Hall

Was getting worried about you guys here on Patreon. Have missed you both and hope everything is ok!

Susan Hines

I always thought “the greatest films of all times were never made” was like her past love was such a great story but never documented. If that make sense lol.

Karlie Robbins

forever my favorite taylor album. so fun to watch yall revisit this after almost a year. brings me back to those early streams and the start of so much DnA lore 🫶😊