The fact that she's so attached to her memories and the past makes the fact that her music was stolen from her even sadder. Having to let go of them must have been really hard
I can't immagine how happy, relieved and COMPLETED Taylor must feel now that she is finally able to re-record all her music and to re-own her memories, her stories, her art!! She is such a wonderful, grounded and honest person and deserves to own her masterpieces
I really think her personality and writing compliment each other. If she didn't have this personality, I don't think her music would be as unique. She adds detail that makes it so so special and truly Taylor.
I’m just becoming a fan and already I can recognize when a Taylor Swift song is being played even if I don’t know the song yet just because of her songwriting style. It’s so unique and so incredibly beautiful.
"without your past, you could never have arrived- so wondrously and brutally, By design or some violent, exquisite happenstance ...here." - Taylor Swift
Invisible String also does this. She plays with the concept of soulmates and refers to the things she knows about him and referring it to her past like clues that the universe was showing her and leading her to this path
"You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town" "Flashback to the night when you said to me that nothing's gonna change, not for me and you" "And you flashback to when he said forever and always"
I've tried for years to understand the MBTI cognitive functions,watched many videos but could never grasp it until I found your channel. Such a clear concise explanation, thank you.
As an INFP, I find these extroverted sensing people so fascinating and sometimes difficult. I always appreciate how they naturally tend to focus on other people and group dynamics, but I also notice how they stretch themselves so thin so frequently and seem to suppress their own needs sometimes. People are always drawn to them and they’re good at being the center of attention a lot of the time, yet I can see through all that, that they can sometimes neglect their inner voice and as someone who lives inside my head and my inner voice, I want to be able to help them look more inward sometimes and advocate for themselves rather than everyone else. I have a very close family member who’s an EN/SFJ and I see this time and time again in their life. I see it in other family members and friends. It’s hard when I see these people making decisions to try and make everything “perfect” or whatever and then get disappointed when things don’t go their way or they end up suffering because they didn’t factor themselves in. We see you! We love you. See yourself and love yourself too, despite what everyone else says or does!
It's a gap I wish I had learned about and closed a lot earlier in my life. Would have led to a lot less angst, more empathy, connection and self acceptance.
i'm an ISFJ and never have i ever felt so understood about my emotional connections to the past and how I remember the most random of details in my memories than when I watched this video.
I'm (probably?) an ESFJ and recently I was talking with my cousin and I was like "do you remember that family reunion 10 years ago? We sat on a bench outside and you told me you wanted to become a priest in the future but you weren't sure cause priests can't have wifes" (we were 9yrs old then) and he was like "WHAT?!". Also, today I'm gonna spend my evening watching Ben10 and Scooby Doo Becuase it reminds me of my childhood... Yes, I'm 19
your content is too good. i love how you can compare different cognitive functions & personalities without showing any signs of favoritism. can't wait for the next video (:
I love how you expressed the unique and special parts of Si users because I do believe that sensors tend to get a bad rep for not being creative, or they're seen as not having any depth. You always bring out the best parts of the functions and how they're used in amazing ways. I love that!
as an INFJ, i really enjoy how vivid and detailed taylor's songs are. they help me connect to my past, which I rarely tap into. (also if you could do a video on an infj, I would love that! i feel like it's hard to pin them down)
I was so shocked when I learned INFJ's rarely go tap into the past, as an INTP, I do it all the time to anchor myself. INFJ's are definitely complicated! I'm sure some different examples will come up very soon! :)
@@EricWen i personally do and don't. like the past is a good source to understand myself (which infj may struggle with), but it's not an everyday activity cuz its mentally taxing
If you saw her penmanship, you could actually tell that she is an artist. Its so unique. The way she draws those lines pretty much represents the way her music and songwriting goes: kinda messy-artsy, layered, need at least twice to comprehend yet recognisable. If there is this doctor's handwriting, then Taylor's handwriting could pretty much represents an artist's penmanship.
I love it when two people who both know a lot about two things can fit them together like puzzle pieces. What you said makes so much sense! I was always insecure because my handwriting was a lot messier than most other girls but after reading so much of her handwritten stuff I really do see how it is just a sign of an artist's hand flowing with passion and trying to keep up with a racing mind.
@@Ada-fz9ug I love that, I'm a writer and anytime I handwrite something I definitely feel like I have to write really fast to keep up with all the thoughts coming to my mind
That’s why she’s the songwriter of our generation (and for future generations) 😌 she can perfectly paint a picture in listeners mind. Like reading a book
Watching this didn't just tell what's probably Taylor's personality type but also it thought me about the characteristics of other MBTIs. This is amazing.
That's my goal! :) It's about so much more than just typing people! It's about connecting and empathizing better with other people in our day to day :) and loving ourselves better too!
I feel like you'd enjoy breaking down the personality of sewing/comedy/vlogging youtuber Micarah Tewers. just putting it out there. also I love taylor, this was really good!
This makes so much sense now with her music too. Fans are constantly pointing out things like "that lyric points back to this one she wrote in 2009" or like how in Coney Island she points back to each of her relationships through lyrics she'd written in earlier songs. She also just seems to have a lot more lyric parallels than other artists.
I'm glad that these videos are from the perspective of a fan and that you use her song lyrics as well as her interviews. I met a guy who thought that she had to be a thinker because she was so "calculated" and her music wasn't deep and emotional enough to be a feeler (he'd only heard her more famous ones). It's nice seeing an analysis from somebody who knows more about her than that analyzing her personality type and I definitely agree with this!
Remember when you hit the breaks too soon, 20 stitches in a hospital room... Remember when we couldn't take the heat, I walked out and said, "I'm setting you free"
I don’t think it was literally 20 stitches. The number 20 has a sort of symbolism for her, I think it represents a tribulation or something that happens before the sun rises as it were... you also see this motif in “Lover”, “Daylight” and “Epiphany”.
I’m an ISFJ and I’ve always had doubts that I really fit in to that type because I was thinking about it wrong. This really cleared up a lot for me. I see a lot of myself in the traits you pointed out in Taylor. Thank you for this lovely insight :)
I love these videos because they explain Myers Briggs so well. Other UA-camrs make it really hard to understand. I’ve been struggling lately because on the 16 personalities test I was typed as an INFP but the more I hear about INFJs the more I relate to that and your last video about extroverted feeling and I related SO much to that. I’m starting to really think I’m an INFJ (and no not because I want to be “rare” but just because it makes more sense especially in comparison to the infps I know as I don’t relate to them much).
Great video again! Yes I am more future oriented, as an ENFJ, it’s the root of all my anxiety lol I find the looking in the past lens so bizarre but interesting because I’ve never go into the past, even if it’s a good memory I always end up ruining the memory by thinking where are they now, and feeling sad that they’re gone. Then I “wushhh” the person away from my memory. Lol
Thanks for this video. This was a really fascinating exploration of an underappreciated function. It's ironic, considering that introverted sensing has the reputation within the mbti community of being the most 'boring' function, when for me it has kind of become the function that I'm most fascinated by and in awe of. It seems to me that strong Si-users are able to replay the past in their minds in a way that it becomes more vivid and intense than the present moment is for most people. Si-users who are gifted in some form of creative expression often have an ability to conjure up and describe their own past with such vividness that it enables other people to vicariously experience their memories. To me it's like magic. The idea of being really grounded and anchored in your past, and being able to use it as a touchstone, a point of stability, really appeals to me. For me, though I think I have some Si, and can be prone to pretty intense bouts of nostalgia from time to time, the experience of revisiting the past is usually accompanied by a sense of loss, of things fading away into the darkness, of the past being unreclaimable. It manifests usually in a negative way: I'm haunted by the past, but not grounded, anchored, or comforted by it. Whereas for the strong Si-users, there is a sense that they keep the past with them, that it lives within them and continues to ground them in the present. I envy that. Si is definitely a superpower!
Although it might present in slightly different ways I think it’s that combo of si and ne that really makes me personally connect with Taylor’s music as an infp, loved seeing some si appreciation, it doesn’t get given enough credit
I appreciate your skills in personality analysis. You're really good at it and you help me understand myself and others more effectively than any other youtuber. Thank you so so much c:
as a fellow esfj holy crap i feel so validated because you describing taylor also described me to a t. this is why i love her lyrics so much. they're so specific, and so similiar to how i recall my own memories. it makes so much more sense now why i never resonated with the phrase "the past is in the past." to me the past is always in the present. where i come from and all my memories from the very different phases of my life mean so so much to me, and it's been years but i still constantly find myself thinking about all the little things from years ago, and how they made me into who i am today. it's honestly so hard to find someone who understands that because we're often dismissed as someone who just needs to "move on" it's true that esfj's are very literal and so into details and it's honestly made me a little insecure even though that is always what i've prefered to focus on and it's what i'm good at. i'm just always scared of being perceived as boring or shallow because i have a hard time zooming out and focusing on the big picture. like taylor, i plan my life 6 months at a time and that's the farthest i can go 😂 taylor's creativity made me feel so so proud because it shows that everyone has their own way of expressing creativity, and everyone's creativeness is valid and can be impactful. the way taylor bounces from si to ne is honestly amazing and one of the many reasons why her songs are so iconic. it also made me realize that i need to develop my extraverted intuition lol (if thats even possible?) but circling back to the "not being able to forget".. it's so true how we can't just make things/people we don't wanna think about anymore disappear. i guess that's why it hurts a lot more to me when people forget me or when i drift apart from friends, and i always wonder why they can move on when i can't. turns out its probably the differences in our personality types haha. anyway, sorry for the essay lmao i just truly truly enjoyed this video and i learned a lot more about my personality type. thank you for the sensing love. we don't hear it very often 🥲
Sarah, I'm an ESFJ like you and it was so nice reading your comment. It also really resonated with me. It's difficult to find people like us, so into details, put so much meaning to certain things, warm yet sensitive and we truly value harmony ♥️
"BACK WHEN WERE STILL CHANGING FOR THE BETTER. WANTING WAS ENOUGH. FOR ME IT WAS ENOUGH. TO LIVE FOR THE HOPE OF IT WLL. CANCEL PLANS JUST INCASE YOU CALLED, SAYING MEET ME BEHIND THE MALL. SO FOR SUMMER LOVE AND SAYING US... BECAUSE YOU WERE MINE TO LOSE." 👑🏆
I’m somewhere between ESFJ and ENFJ but always identified more with the ENFJ personality due to those sorts of things I’d see where ESFJs are described as “popular” and “people pleasing,” but this video was such a great deep-dive into exploring the mechanisms behind the sensing and intuitive types, I feel so much more comfortable as a possible ESFJ now!! Also Taylor’s my idol so that helps. About to go binge watch your vids on bestdressed now
It's the conflicting currents in personalities which produce the creativity IMO. Creativity is the response to reconciling conflict...that's if the person has any talent at all. Taylor is an amazing human from what little I know of her...very strong
I wonder how is it that I keep seeing you in the comment section of random videos that I watch. I first saw you commenting on radical ramblings videos btw.
Wow, this one was also interesting! I often get judged about thinking about the past. I literally had to grieve me leaving my childhood home after 18 years when it was sold, in secret, because I thought it was stupid. It's nice to see others think about the past a lot too :) I loved how you extracted the info from her lyrics.
Many times people have written songs that were that were secretly about Taylor Swift (or seem to have been). I listened to twelve mentioned in an article, and it is so interesting to see the great variety of ways others have perceived her--especially John Mayer in "Paper Doll." See the article at www.ranker.com/list/songs-about-taylor-swift/alex-welch
I felt so called out when you were talking about the introverted sensing 😂 I love using these videos to learn more about myself, it makes me think that maybe I am more of an ISTJ than an INTJ because I think back to the past a lot and have no idea what I want with my future. Or that could just be that I’m a high school student being pressured to choose a major and a college 😅
11:33 when you said that it reminded me that when I switched schools I thought to myself, “...everything that happened before this doesn’t matter now.” Now I can barely remember the year before I transferred and it comes back in fragments in dreams and such
I really really like how respectful you are when speaking about either of the functions and how they are or might be expressed. It really takes you out of the general stereotypes and it does make them seem exactly like what you call them:superpowers. You're really good at highlighting the strengths and benefits of a given function and you're free of any biases. Especially when it comes to Fe, I admit, as a Fi user I really strive to see the good in it but it's hard sometimes.
Can I subscribe twice? Lol seriously, amazing job! Really appreciate all the work you put into these analyses from the simple, easy to understand explanations to the extremely helpful, clean/modern, and aesthetically pleasing animations/graphics. Love your channel! Keep on keeping on!
This was so well put. So much better way of understanding Sensors vs Ni. I am an INFJ and would love a personality break down of someone who is an INFJ!!! Please! 🥺😊
Great video, thank you! As a fellow ESJF, I feel very seen 😂😬 one of the defining moments for me understanding that not everyone saw the world like me was a friends shocked reaction when I said I never plan more than a few months ahead, because I don’t know what I will want to do or who I will be in 6 months, let alone 6 years! I truly cannot imagine the future that far ahead, let alone plan for it. Taylor’s precise and clear style of song writing has always really appealed to me, and it makes a lot of sense seeing how she has a similar world view and personality type.
Thank you for breaking things down so well!! I’ve never understood the functions so well as I do from your videos!! I’m an INFP and my entire family is made up of ISFJs so this helps me understand them a lot better and how their minds work and how they view the world. I really understand Si and Fe wayyyy better now!! That has explained a lot!!!!
ENFJ here! I think Taylor is an ESFJ as well! I definitely need to appreciate Si more. Its very easy for me to say "the past is boring" and not think about it. I will think about how I can appreciate it more, especially because it may improve my relationship with my ISTJ dad. If I understand Si better maybe he will feel more understood and things will be more harmonious. Not that things are terrible but there's always room for improvement. I liked your song at the end by the way!
Wow means so much reading this. Thank you for sharing! I agree, having better tools to understand where the other person is coming from can really help foster better connection and empathy. I've found knowing how to relate in a more "Si or Se or Fi, etc" way depending on the context has really helped my friendships, communication skills and personal happiness a lot. If you're an ENFJ, relating to Si is actually probably a little difficult because it's a super blindspot for ENFJ's. and Fe is actually a super blindspot for ISTJ's so it'd make sense if you accidentally pushed each other's buttons sometimes. Wish you the best!
I'm really surprised that I'm not an introverted sensing person bc I *definitely* relate to being super nostalgic and making connections, and that part of Taylor's music always resonated with me a lot. I'm an INFP but maybe I should try taking the test again (I've taken it a few times but it was a while ago & I feel like I'm more self aware now of how I really am)
Actually infp’s also use introverted sensing! It’s their third function, so they don’t use it on full blast like an SJ personality type but it is an important way they like to bring things together! So cool you recognized that in yourself! It’s the SJ’s that use it all the time and the NP’s that use it sometimes! :)
I'm an INFP too and can see lots of Si in me. But I have an ISFJ mom as a reference point and can see that I use Fi and Ne more so I'm pretty sure about my type 😀
Dude congrats, it’s such a good video, beautifully researched, you’re a great teacher, you debunk stereotypes. You’ve become quickly such a valuable part of our community. What could be” NE “what will be” NI perfectly described. It would be great if your videos were translated to Spanish, sadly there’s not enough MBTI content in Spanish.
Me encantaría traducir el contenido al espanol algun dia. Tal vez en el futuro! :) Gracias por estar aqui y tus palabras lindas! He estado enamorado con el idioma por los ultimos 10 anos :)
Woah this was so insightful I love your videos so much! You probably have a ton of requests but could you do Harry Styles? I think that he's an ENFJ but there's a ton of different opinions online so I'd love to hear what you think :)
What’s your reasoning behind enfj if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve looked at him a lot and he’s definitely a confusing read. Would love to hear your thoughts.
@@EricWen Sure! To me, Harry's Fe definitely seems to be the most dominant part of him. Whether it's during interviews, concerts, or his interactions with stage crew, he is extremely engaged with anyone he's interacting with and has this ability to make everyone feel seen and included, which kind of explains why a lot of people find him to be charming without really trying. I think that Harry's Ni also comes into play a lot during his interviews and his song lyrics-- he speaks in metaphors a lot, definitely has a vision for the future, and often talks about the bigger picture of his life and values and the meaning of his success as a whole. Also, when he is asked to talk about the past he focuses on the meaning and results of his actions rather than how he experienced it. Unlike Taylor, his songs aren't grounded in the past and are often super vague and metaphorical (look up the Kiwi lyrics and music video lmao). I'm definitely not an expert or anything and this is probably a super generalized explanation but these are just my thoughts aha
I really appreciate this SO much! I’ve definitely seen the Ni. Fe I haven’t seen as clearly or confidently yet, he is really good at being engaged but also is good at doing his own thing and he’s very private guarded and calm during his interviews so it’s hard (for me) to see clear confident signals! I think I need to see more though, if you have any interviews that stand out to you, would love to see them! I think him being tricky for me to read also might be influenced by him being British - his version of Fe or Fi might look diff than I’m expecting or the norms here in the states I’m used to.
@@EricWen i definitely recommend reacting to his fine line interview with zane lowe, or even his interview with howard stern. i’ve been a fan since 2012 and his zane lowe interview i feel is the most insightful and the most detailed when it comes to harrys life. zane asks such great questions which i think is a huge reason why that interview stands out.
but also the thing about harry is that i believe he is a very complex person. his stage personality is extremely engaging, confident, comedic, and he’s super energetic and very lively. on the other hand, in interviews he definitely seems more calm, collected, and private as he’s very good at answering questions without actually answering them, and ive heard that he’s a bit shy when meeting fans.
I have a friend who recalls memories from the past all the time, she will recall it down to the date...and say "do you remember what happened to me on the 16th of July 2015" ....I be like "you mean a past life"... So this was really fascinating to learn that it is actually a personality type.
I saw part I a few hours ago and I was very sad there wasn't a second part yet, so now I'm very excited to see it. Thanks for your very detailed work and great analysis 😊👏❤
The fact that she's so attached to her memories and the past makes the fact that her music was stolen from her even sadder. Having to let go of them must have been really hard
I can't immagine how happy, relieved and COMPLETED Taylor must feel now that she is finally able to re-record all her music and to re-own her memories, her stories, her art!!
She is such a wonderful, grounded and honest person and deserves to own her masterpieces
Never thought about it that way but so true!
You gonna make me cry
Holy shit that must hurt 😔 unimaginable
What who stole it I thought she wrote all of her music
I really think her personality and writing compliment each other. If she didn't have this personality, I don't think her music would be as unique. She adds detail that makes it so so special and truly Taylor.
Exactly!!
I’m just becoming a fan and already I can recognize when a Taylor Swift song is being played even if I don’t know the song yet just because of her songwriting style. It’s so unique and so incredibly beautiful.
"without your past,
you could never have arrived-
so wondrously and brutally,
By design or some violent, exquisite happenstance
...here."
- Taylor Swift
Rep stadium tour 😭
What song is thus
@tear drops bruh whered u find it
@@blessieyang8070 it’s in the rep vol 1
A part two!? YESSSssss!!
🥳🥳
I can hear the lyrics as you are reading them in Taylor’s voice. I’m fine
Me too 😭😭 she’s so great
@@EricWen 😭
Yes
“I think I’ve seen this film before...”
EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT
Invisible String also does this. She plays with the concept of soulmates and refers to the things she knows about him and referring it to her past like clues that the universe was showing her and leading her to this path
I was literally waiting for him to pull out Invisible String. It's the perfect song to fit into ESFJ
every time you said flashback my mind went to the bridge in her song dress “flashback when you met me your buzzcut and my hair bleached”
Yup
Sams 😂
"You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town"
"Flashback to the night when you said to me that nothing's gonna change, not for me and you"
"And you flashback to when he said forever and always"
I've tried for years to understand the MBTI cognitive functions,watched many videos but could never grasp it until I found your channel. Such a clear concise explanation, thank you.
That’s exactly what this channel is for :) I’m so happy you’re here friend!
As an INFP, I find these extroverted sensing people so fascinating and sometimes difficult. I always appreciate how they naturally tend to focus on other people and group dynamics, but I also notice how they stretch themselves so thin so frequently and seem to suppress their own needs sometimes. People are always drawn to them and they’re good at being the center of attention a lot of the time, yet I can see through all that, that they can sometimes neglect their inner voice and as someone who lives inside my head and my inner voice, I want to be able to help them look more inward sometimes and advocate for themselves rather than everyone else. I have a very close family member who’s an EN/SFJ and I see this time and time again in their life. I see it in other family members and friends. It’s hard when I see these people making decisions to try and make everything “perfect” or whatever and then get disappointed when things don’t go their way or they end up suffering because they didn’t factor themselves in. We see you! We love you. See yourself and love yourself too, despite what everyone else says or does!
As fellow infp i couldn't agree more
As a fellow INFP with an ENFJ mom and an ESFJ dad and an ENFJ older brother and another older brother who is ESTJ …I FELT THIS.
Eric is single handedly teaching all the intuitives how to love sensors 🥺😍
It's a gap I wish I had learned about and closed a lot earlier in my life. Would have led to a lot less angst, more empathy, connection and self acceptance.
i'm an ISFJ and never have i ever felt so understood about my emotional connections to the past and how I remember the most random of details in my memories than when I watched this video.
I get you :)
I'm (probably?) an ESFJ and recently I was talking with my cousin and I was like "do you remember that family reunion 10 years ago? We sat on a bench outside and you told me you wanted to become a priest in the future but you weren't sure cause priests can't have wifes" (we were 9yrs old then) and he was like "WHAT?!". Also, today I'm gonna spend my evening watching Ben10 and Scooby Doo Becuase it reminds me of my childhood... Yes, I'm 19
"I will never change, but I'll never stay the same either."
- Taylor Swift
Tf does that even mean
@@boneskaulas Figure it out for yourself
@@jeremywu1238 :(
@@boneskaulas 9:30 - 10:05 ~ that's what it means.
I am soooo impressed with the quality of your animations 😍😍 they make everything you’re saying make so much sense immediately and they’re gorgeous! 👏👏
Thank you!! I’m so glad the literal days of work could help things clearer :)
your content is too good. i love how you can compare different cognitive functions & personalities without showing any signs of favoritism. can't wait for the next video (:
Thanks so much for noticing and being here Christina :)
I love how you expressed the unique and special parts of Si users because I do believe that sensors tend to get a bad rep for not being creative, or they're seen as not having any depth. You always bring out the best parts of the functions and how they're used in amazing ways. I love that!
as an INFJ, i really enjoy how vivid and detailed taylor's songs are. they help me connect to my past, which I rarely tap into. (also if you could do a video on an infj, I would love that! i feel like it's hard to pin them down)
I was so shocked when I learned INFJ's rarely go tap into the past, as an INTP, I do it all the time to anchor myself. INFJ's are definitely complicated! I'm sure some different examples will come up very soon! :)
I’m an INFJ too!
@@EricWen i personally do and don't. like the past is a good source to understand myself (which infj may struggle with), but it's not an everyday activity cuz its mentally taxing
they did do an infj! idk if i should spoil who it is but lmk if you want to know who it is
Same here, I don’t remember more than half of my childhood.
I might remember feelings I felt in the past but I don’t remember details from the past.
Please do other celebrities. This is literally perfectly edited and narrated. You’re amazing!
Thank you so much!
@@EricWen I second this, please do!
If you saw her penmanship, you could actually tell that she is an artist. Its so unique. The way she draws those lines pretty much represents the way her music and songwriting goes: kinda messy-artsy, layered, need at least twice to comprehend yet recognisable. If there is this doctor's handwriting, then Taylor's handwriting could pretty much represents an artist's penmanship.
I love it when two people who both know a lot about two things can fit them together like puzzle pieces. What you said makes so much sense! I was always insecure because my handwriting was a lot messier than most other girls but after reading so much of her handwritten stuff I really do see how it is just a sign of an artist's hand flowing with passion and trying to keep up with a racing mind.
@@Ada-fz9ug I love that, I'm a writer and anytime I handwrite something I definitely feel like I have to write really fast to keep up with all the thoughts coming to my mind
That’s why she’s the songwriter of our generation (and for future generations) 😌 she can perfectly paint a picture in listeners mind. Like reading a book
I would love to see breaking down of each 16 personality type. It'll be so much informative n useful in order to understand each of the type.
I now know why I relate to Taylor’s music SO much, it’s because our personalities are so similar
Watching this didn't just tell what's probably Taylor's personality type but also it thought me about the characteristics of other MBTIs. This is amazing.
That's my goal! :) It's about so much more than just typing people! It's about connecting and empathizing better with other people in our day to day :) and loving ourselves better too!
You should analyze characters personalities tooo, like Lorelai Gilmore from the show Gilmore Girls
YES PLEASE
I feel like you'd enjoy breaking down the personality of sewing/comedy/vlogging youtuber Micarah Tewers. just putting it out there. also I love taylor, this was really good!
Thanks for the idea!
This is the most well-explained breakdown of a personality type! So satisfying! Thanks and great work!
Thank you so much Erina! :). Trying to maintain the depth but also be clear!
I appreciate how you used multiple sources, especially going into her music, she’s said herself her music is like her diaries.
Me, an ESFJ, understanding now why all of Taylor’s music hits me so hard 😭❤️ She gets it 😂
This makes so much sense now with her music too. Fans are constantly pointing out things like "that lyric points back to this one she wrote in 2009" or like how in Coney Island she points back to each of her relationships through lyrics she'd written in earlier songs. She also just seems to have a lot more lyric parallels than other artists.
I'm glad that these videos are from the perspective of a fan and that you use her song lyrics as well as her interviews. I met a guy who thought that she had to be a thinker because she was so "calculated" and her music wasn't deep and emotional enough to be a feeler (he'd only heard her more famous ones). It's nice seeing an analysis from somebody who knows more about her than that analyzing her personality type and I definitely agree with this!
Hey man!, I'm an ENFJ and I love these videos, you're so good at this!
Thank you Marina!
I've always loved this side of Taylor, she literally can make you feel her memories through her music.
I'm an ENFP and I too use a lot of Ne and Si.
Remember when you hit the breaks too soon, 20 stitches in a hospital room... Remember when we couldn't take the heat, I walked out and said, "I'm setting you free"
the monsters turn out to be just trees
I don’t think it was literally 20 stitches. The number 20 has a sort of symbolism for her, I think it represents a tribulation or something that happens before the sun rises as it were... you also see this motif in “Lover”, “Daylight” and “Epiphany”.
The song “right where you left me” literally embodies Si
Love how you break down personalities objectively but with a lot of enthusiasm. Would love to see a video on INFP personality types.
me this entire video: "Ugh, her mind!"
I’m an ISFJ and I’ve always had doubts that I really fit in to that type because I was thinking about it wrong. This really cleared up a lot for me. I see a lot of myself in the traits you pointed out in Taylor. Thank you for this lovely insight :)
I love these videos because they explain Myers Briggs so well. Other UA-camrs make it really hard to understand. I’ve been struggling lately because on the 16 personalities test I was typed as an INFP but the more I hear about INFJs the more I relate to that and your last video about extroverted feeling and I related SO much to that. I’m starting to really think I’m an INFJ (and no not because I want to be “rare” but just because it makes more sense especially in comparison to the infps I know as I don’t relate to them much).
I'm an ENTP and I would love to see a personality breakdown for an ENTP
I'm an ENTP too! Omggg
omg how yall know?
Danny Elfman would make for a good analysis. He has very developed Si.
Yey it's here! I just watched your video about Taylor Swift today, and quickly fell in love with your channel!
Instantly subscribed ☺👍
Thank you so much for being here Serra!
Great video again!
Yes I am more future oriented, as an ENFJ, it’s the root of all my anxiety lol I find the looking in the past lens so bizarre but interesting because I’ve never go into the past, even if it’s a good memory I always end up ruining the memory by thinking where are they now, and feeling sad that they’re gone. Then I “wushhh” the person away from my memory. Lol
😆😆😆😆 I loved reading that. Whooosshhh
Thanks for this video. This was a really fascinating exploration of an underappreciated function. It's ironic, considering that introverted sensing has the reputation within the mbti community of being the most 'boring' function, when for me it has kind of become the function that I'm most fascinated by and in awe of. It seems to me that strong Si-users are able to replay the past in their minds in a way that it becomes more vivid and intense than the present moment is for most people. Si-users who are gifted in some form of creative expression often have an ability to conjure up and describe their own past with such vividness that it enables other people to vicariously experience their memories. To me it's like magic. The idea of being really grounded and anchored in your past, and being able to use it as a touchstone, a point of stability, really appeals to me. For me, though I think I have some Si, and can be prone to pretty intense bouts of nostalgia from time to time, the experience of revisiting the past is usually accompanied by a sense of loss, of things fading away into the darkness, of the past being unreclaimable. It manifests usually in a negative way: I'm haunted by the past, but not grounded, anchored, or comforted by it. Whereas for the strong Si-users, there is a sense that they keep the past with them, that it lives within them and continues to ground them in the present. I envy that. Si is definitely a superpower!
Although it might present in slightly different ways I think it’s that combo of si and ne that really makes me personally connect with Taylor’s music as an infp, loved seeing some si appreciation, it doesn’t get given enough credit
People always diss on Si but Taylor uses it so beautifully
Could you do a video about someone who’s an infj, i would love to hear more about my type, because i just realized i was an infj rather than an infp!
I’ll try to hunt around for a mainstream infj yes definitely!
@@EricWen Benedict Cumberbatch is an INFJ! He could be a good subject 😊
@@paigek.2406 hadn’t heard that before! Interesting!
I'm an INFJ too! apparently it's rare but seems pretty dang accurate for me!
Me too 🙋🏻♀️
I appreciate your skills in personality analysis. You're really good at it and you help me understand myself and others more effectively than any other youtuber. Thank you so so much c:
Thank you so much for the kind words Julia!
She lives her life a quarter-mile at a time.
I just rewatched this and it was my first time seeing that clip of you singing The Best Day at the end. ♡ As a swiftie, it made my day wahaha
awesome video, i’m starting to appreciate Si more
Woohoo!! The personality typing community needs that :) and you!!
He said he will make it and he did 😭❤️
As an ISTJ I love to hear such a great description of Si! This is awesome!
:) so glad you’re here as an Si Dom!!! Yayyy :)
Like her easter eggs. Swifties find the easter eggs by the past songs and stuff.
as a fellow esfj holy crap i feel so validated because you describing taylor also described me to a t. this is why i love her lyrics so much. they're so specific, and so similiar to how i recall my own memories. it makes so much more sense now why i never resonated with the phrase "the past is in the past." to me the past is always in the present. where i come from and all my memories from the very different phases of my life mean so so much to me, and it's been years but i still constantly find myself thinking about all the little things from years ago, and how they made me into who i am today. it's honestly so hard to find someone who understands that because we're often dismissed as someone who just needs to "move on"
it's true that esfj's are very literal and so into details and it's honestly made me a little insecure even though that is always what i've prefered to focus on and it's what i'm good at. i'm just always scared of being perceived as boring or shallow because i have a hard time zooming out and focusing on the big picture. like taylor, i plan my life 6 months at a time and that's the farthest i can go 😂
taylor's creativity made me feel so so proud because it shows that everyone has their own way of expressing creativity, and everyone's creativeness is valid and can be impactful. the way taylor bounces from si to ne is honestly amazing and one of the many reasons why her songs are so iconic. it also made me realize that i need to develop my extraverted intuition lol (if thats even possible?)
but circling back to the "not being able to forget".. it's so true how we can't just make things/people we don't wanna think about anymore disappear. i guess that's why it hurts a lot more to me when people forget me or when i drift apart from friends, and i always wonder why they can move on when i can't. turns out its probably the differences in our personality types haha.
anyway, sorry for the essay lmao i just truly truly enjoyed this video and i learned a lot more about my personality type. thank you for the sensing love. we don't hear it very often 🥲
Thank you for being here and sharing your thoughts so well and openly! :) 💙
Sarah, I'm an ESFJ like you and it was so nice reading your comment. It also really resonated with me. It's difficult to find people like us, so into details, put so much meaning to certain things, warm yet sensitive and we truly value harmony ♥️
I can't believe I'm crying to an analysis of Taylor Swift's personality type. But then it is Taylor Swift, she always makes me cry 😭
"BACK WHEN WERE STILL CHANGING FOR THE BETTER. WANTING WAS ENOUGH. FOR ME IT WAS ENOUGH. TO LIVE FOR THE HOPE OF IT WLL. CANCEL PLANS JUST INCASE YOU CALLED, SAYING MEET ME BEHIND THE MALL. SO FOR SUMMER LOVE AND SAYING US... BECAUSE YOU WERE MINE TO LOSE."
👑🏆
Please do more explaining each personality type! The first part of the Taylor Swift personality really hit home for me! I’m an ENFJ :)
yeah me too, but what is taylor's personality type. on the first video I thought she's an xNFJ??? now idk
omg , as a swiftie I love these videos so much, I've seen your videos, you're amazing!🤍
Thank you Aadya!!
These videos are addicting :0 And the animations!! Wow
Thanks for noticing and being here!
I’m somewhere between ESFJ and ENFJ but always identified more with the ENFJ personality due to those sorts of things I’d see where ESFJs are described as “popular” and “people pleasing,” but this video was such a great deep-dive into exploring the mechanisms behind the sensing and intuitive types, I feel so much more comfortable as a possible ESFJ now!! Also Taylor’s my idol so that helps. About to go binge watch your vids on bestdressed now
ESFJ’s are super underrated and misrepresented in the mbti community! :)
Eric!! You found it!! So happy to see your channel finally getting the traction it deserves 🎉
Thank you so much :) You've been supporting for so long! :). Thank you!
I'm obsessed with these Eric! They animations are also SO GOOD! You explain cognitive functions so well.
Thank you Lexi for watching so many of my videos!
It's the conflicting currents in personalities which produce the creativity IMO. Creativity is the response to reconciling conflict...that's if the person has any talent at all. Taylor is an amazing human from what little I know of her...very strong
I wonder how is it that I keep seeing you in the comment section of random videos that I watch. I first saw you commenting on radical ramblings videos btw.
@@ohno9000 I have nothing else to do/can do...and that IS an OLD one...RR is still great btw
So both Taylor and Selena were learning how to cook in 2020 now this is called bestie goals.
Wow, this one was also interesting! I often get judged about thinking about the past. I literally had to grieve me leaving my childhood home after 18 years when it was sold, in secret, because I thought it was stupid. It's nice to see others think about the past a lot too :) I loved how you extracted the info from her lyrics.
Many times people have written songs that were that were secretly about Taylor Swift (or seem to have been). I listened to twelve mentioned in an article, and it is so interesting to see the great variety of ways others have perceived her--especially John Mayer in "Paper Doll." See the article at www.ranker.com/list/songs-about-taylor-swift/alex-welch
I’m so happy people don’t think it’s cool to hate on Taylor anymore
I felt so called out when you were talking about the introverted sensing 😂 I love using these videos to learn more about myself, it makes me think that maybe I am more of an ISTJ than an INTJ because I think back to the past a lot and have no idea what I want with my future. Or that could just be that I’m a high school student being pressured to choose a major and a college 😅
Your singing at the end is so sweet!
I couldn't believe this . I took a personality test and mine was ESFJ too I was really surprised and I found out that why she is my favorite.
11:33 when you said that it reminded me that when I switched schools I thought to myself, “...everything that happened before this doesn’t matter now.” Now I can barely remember the year before I transferred and it comes back in fragments in dreams and such
Interesting!
I really really like how respectful you are when speaking about either of the functions and how they are or might be expressed. It really takes you out of the general stereotypes and it does make them seem exactly like what you call them:superpowers. You're really good at highlighting the strengths and benefits of a given function and you're free of any biases. Especially when it comes to Fe, I admit, as a Fi user I really strive to see the good in it but it's hard sometimes.
"I still remember the look on your face. Lit through the darkness at 1:48" She even remembers specific times.
the callbacks and easter eggs are taylor’s strengths and why i love her music so music
Can I subscribe twice? Lol seriously, amazing job! Really appreciate all the work you put into these analyses from the simple, easy to understand explanations to the extremely helpful, clean/modern, and aesthetically pleasing animations/graphics. Love your channel! Keep on keeping on!
Thanks so much! ☺️☺️ really appreciate it! Lots and lots of crazy work and thought go into these :)
@@EricWen Doesn't go unnoticed Eric :) Hope you enjoy creating these vids as much as we do tuning in to watch them!
Love these videos! It's very obvious how much time and energy you've spent on these and I absolutely love it!
I really appreciate you noticing! You have no idea! :)
This video is 13 min long :)
Ok, it's time to confess
i'm obsessed with your channel
and thanks for making such a special content for us
Thanks for watching!!!!
LOVE THIS STILL WAITING FOR THE SELENA GOMEZ VIDEO
Wow, thank you so much! It's really interesting to see how much of her is in her music.
This was so well put. So much better way of understanding Sensors vs Ni. I am an INFJ and would love a personality break down of someone who is an INFJ!!! Please! 🥺😊
It will definitely come! You guys are so complicated but awesome!
@@EricWen Awesome! Can’t wait!!!!!
Leonard Cohen is usually typed as an INFJ but since he writes a lot of breakup songs about his past life maybe that typing is incorrect?
Great video, thank you! As a fellow ESJF, I feel very seen 😂😬 one of the defining moments for me understanding that not everyone saw the world like me was a friends shocked reaction when I said I never plan more than a few months ahead, because I don’t know what I will want to do or who I will be in 6 months, let alone 6 years! I truly cannot imagine the future that far ahead, let alone plan for it.
Taylor’s precise and clear style of song writing has always really appealed to me, and it makes a lot of sense seeing how she has a similar world view and personality type.
right! taylor swifts sensings type is so important and truly special. im an infj, and she has talent with her perspective that i admire and adore.
We all have so much to learn from that sensing perspective we both miss a lot!
I need you to tell me what type of personality i am 😭
you’re so good at this
i would love to see an analysis of Lorde or Lana Del Rey! Essentially - more songwriters!!
YESSSS PLEASE🙌
Yesss Lanaaaa❤
oh Lana my witch mama
Isfp
They both are ISFPs
i could binge-watch these analyses they're so interesting
More coming soon!
This is such a clear and informative video. I really enjoyed part 1 and luckily didn’t have to wait long for part 2😉 Thank you!
please make this a series!! so good!
Thank you for breaking things down so well!! I’ve never understood the functions so well as I do from your videos!! I’m an INFP and my entire family is made up of ISFJs so this helps me understand them a lot better and how their minds work and how they view the world. I really understand Si and Fe wayyyy better now!! That has explained a lot!!!!
YAY!
ENFJ here! I think Taylor is an ESFJ as well! I definitely need to appreciate Si more. Its very easy for me to say "the past is boring" and not think about it. I will think about how I can appreciate it more, especially because it may improve my relationship with my ISTJ dad. If I understand Si better maybe he will feel more understood and things will be more harmonious. Not that things are terrible but there's always room for improvement. I liked your song at the end by the way!
Wow means so much reading this. Thank you for sharing! I agree, having better tools to understand where the other person is coming from can really help foster better connection and empathy. I've found knowing how to relate in a more "Si or Se or Fi, etc" way depending on the context has really helped my friendships, communication skills and personal happiness a lot.
If you're an ENFJ, relating to Si is actually probably a little difficult because it's a super blindspot for ENFJ's. and Fe is actually a super blindspot for ISTJ's so it'd make sense if you accidentally pushed each other's buttons sometimes. Wish you the best!
I’m an ESTP and never have i ever felt understood about my emotional connections to the past❤Thank you
I'm really surprised that I'm not an introverted sensing person bc I *definitely* relate to being super nostalgic and making connections, and that part of Taylor's music always resonated with me a lot. I'm an INFP but maybe I should try taking the test again (I've taken it a few times but it was a while ago & I feel like I'm more self aware now of how I really am)
Actually infp’s also use introverted sensing! It’s their third function, so they don’t use it on full blast like an SJ personality type but it is an important way they like to bring things together! So cool you recognized that in yourself!
It’s the SJ’s that use it all the time and the NP’s that use it sometimes! :)
I'm an INFP too and can see lots of Si in me. But I have an ISFJ mom as a reference point and can see that I use Fi and Ne more so I'm pretty sure about my type 😀
Dude congrats, it’s such a good video, beautifully researched, you’re a great teacher, you debunk stereotypes. You’ve become quickly such a valuable part of our community. What could be” NE “what will be” NI perfectly described.
It would be great if your videos were translated to Spanish, sadly there’s not enough MBTI content in Spanish.
Me encantaría traducir el contenido al espanol algun dia. Tal vez en el futuro! :) Gracias por estar aqui y tus palabras lindas! He estado enamorado con el idioma por los ultimos 10 anos :)
Please keep making these kind of videos. I really enjoy your analysis! You're very clear and break down examples so we can all pick out the functions
Many many more to come!
Woah this was so insightful I love your videos so much! You probably have a ton of requests but could you do Harry Styles? I think that he's an ENFJ but there's a ton of different opinions online so I'd love to hear what you think :)
What’s your reasoning behind enfj if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve looked at him a lot and he’s definitely a confusing read. Would love to hear your thoughts.
@@EricWen Sure! To me, Harry's Fe definitely seems to be the most dominant part of him. Whether it's during interviews, concerts, or his interactions with stage crew, he is extremely engaged with anyone he's interacting with and has this ability to make everyone feel seen and included, which kind of explains why a lot of people find him to be charming without really trying. I think that Harry's Ni also comes into play a lot during his interviews and his song lyrics-- he speaks in metaphors a lot, definitely has a vision for the future, and often talks about the bigger picture of his life and values and the meaning of his success as a whole. Also, when he is asked to talk about the past he focuses on the meaning and results of his actions rather than how he experienced it. Unlike Taylor, his songs aren't grounded in the past and are often super vague and metaphorical (look up the Kiwi lyrics and music video lmao). I'm definitely not an expert or anything and this is probably a super generalized explanation but these are just my thoughts aha
I really appreciate this SO much! I’ve definitely seen the Ni. Fe I haven’t seen as clearly or confidently yet, he is really good at being engaged but also is good at doing his own thing and he’s very private guarded and calm during his interviews so it’s hard (for me) to see clear confident signals! I think I need to see more though, if you have any interviews that stand out to you, would love to see them!
I think him being tricky for me to read also might be influenced by him being British - his version of Fe or Fi might look diff than I’m expecting or the norms here in the states I’m used to.
@@EricWen i definitely recommend reacting to his fine line interview with zane lowe, or even his interview with howard stern. i’ve been a fan since 2012 and his zane lowe interview i feel is the most insightful and the most detailed when it comes to harrys life. zane asks such great questions which i think is a huge reason why that interview stands out.
but also the thing about harry is that i believe he is a very complex person. his stage personality is extremely engaging, confident, comedic, and he’s super energetic and very lively. on the other hand, in interviews he definitely seems more calm, collected, and private as he’s very good at answering questions without actually answering them, and ive heard that he’s a bit shy when meeting fans.
Did not disappoint. 🙌
Thank you!!
I have a friend who recalls memories from the past all the time, she will recall it down to the date...and say "do you remember what happened to me on the 16th of July 2015" ....I be like "you mean a past life"... So this was really fascinating to learn that it is actually a personality type.
I saw part I a few hours ago and I was very sad there wasn't a second part yet, so now I'm very excited to see it. Thanks for your very detailed work and great analysis 😊👏❤
wait your singing at the end was so sweet 🥺
:) thanks !
I'm so glad you analysed her personality based on the lyrics like I wanted you to! Thank you, Eric. Would looooove more stuff like this.
But also really surprised she's not an Introverted Intuitive since she's someone who maps her releases and her easter eggs so meticulously.
@@sonia24thow is that an Ni?💀
really loved your little cover at the end :) and just overall a great breakdown of Si, love these types of videos!