The greatest thing is in the video of her and Brendan recording the song she was describing the video she wanted to make and it was pretty much exactly this so it’s like they went in her imagination and just pulled this out.
exactly. Snakes was the reputation album symbol and butterflies was the Lover album symbol. She even had butterfly wings painted on a wall (murial) before the album was announced and people found it and then it was relvealed it was an easter egg for the lover album.
@@cxwraiderwhat do you mean? She doesn't need to re-record this because this was her first album that she actually owned! All the ones previous to this are the stolen versions
I don’t know if anyone else pointed this out already but Taylor actually adopted the cat from 10:06 ! He‘s called Benjamin and Taylor immediately fell in love with him on set and adopted him!! (You can see the clip in the behind the scenes video of this song btw)
That behind-the-scenes clip is what got me into Taylor Swift after years of basically just ignoring her cause I didn't think I was into her music. Now I'm definitely a fan. xD
She said she was immediately with the kitten, and actually tried to find the owner during filming to compliment them. When the kitten's handler said the adorable fuzzball had not yet been adopted, Taylor knew it was fate and adopted him right away. Mr. Benjamin Button is the kitteh draped over Taylor's shoulders in her famous Time magazine cover for 2023 Person of the Year.
at the time of release, ME! was not very well received (well it wasn’t as commercially successful as it was anticipated to be), the same goes for its album “lover”. people gave her backlash for the “hey kids, spelling is fun” line because they thought it was silly. years later, that album and the song is one of her most commercially successful and well-loved records. I remember in her documentary, during that time of her life, she thought her career was dying down and it was coming to an end. it’s just crazy that she thought that since she’s at her peak right now.
I think this was a very American thing. 🤔🤷🏻♀️ I never understood it. I loved and love this song and the kids requested it all the time ❤ A very happy and fun song 🥰
I enjoy her music but that she thinks not being number 1 or having a bunch of charting songs = "career is over" to her shows her toxic perfectionism & need for either approval or attention
@@orphanedhanyou Are you referring to that part in Miss Americana? Because that was her talking in retrospect about a very dark time in her life, what led to thinking like that and how destructive it is for your self esteem. That was a long time ago and she's grown a lot since then :) It seems she now appreciates all the positive and she's still the same person at her core, but she's not dependant on it and isn't destroyed by people who thrive on being negative.
I wanted to watch the whole video first, as always I loved your reaction! The snake to butterfly transition signifies the reputation era(mostly black and white, snakes were a focal point in it) to the lover era(butterflies, colors, rainbows) The painting in the 'cool chicks' were The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks), they are a band, Taylor listened to them growing up and was inspired by them to go into the music industry (she even said that she wouldn’t have become a musician if it hadn’t been for them) A fun fact: the 'young daughters' are Taylor's cats and she ended up adopting the kitten that was given to her here! (Meredith, Olivia and Benjamin are their names) Taylor wanted this music video to portray everything that makes her her, that's why it's full of colors, rainbows, unicorns, cats, etc. I think i'm speaking for most of us when i say that we'd love it if you made an extended version of the video. I genuinely love watching your explanations of how everything works!
Not just the snake to butterflies but also the argument to pop transition. She WAS really angry for the 'Reputation' album, and 'Lover' brings her back to her Pop, rainbows-and-kittens self.
The Chicks* picture was also an Easter Egg: they were a guest vocal on another track on the album, Soon You’ll Get Better. (*They dropped “Dixie” from their name in 2020.)
I'm so shocked by how lover the album and this song/mv in particular weren't very well-received, because this song always brings just a HUGE smile to my face!
The snake transforming into butterflies represents the end of the Reputation era, and a return to Taylor’s colorful, cheerful brand and approach. It’s symbolic of her letting go Reputation. The women in the gallery wall photo on the line “there’s a lot of cool chicks out there” are The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks)! This was an Easter egg about their feature on another song from this album.
The painting of women are the Dixie Chicks (now the Chicks). They did a feature on the Lover album; and Jack Antonoff produced their next record. So, a double Easter Egg. btw, you ought to look at the behind the scenes videos for this -- She did 3 of them on her channel. Oh, and she adopted the kitten 😍
reacting to Taylor's music videos in such format must be insane - you have to focus on music, lyrics and visuals at the same time! and there's always A LOT going on 😅🤍
i love that you mentioned how your daughter would love to be there for this video, because in the Miss Americana doc it showed behind the scenes of this video and she says she just wants kids to have fun with this song and video.
That kitten he hands her in the video is the same one on her shoulders in TIME Magazine! She adopted him after the video shoot and named him Benjamin Button. And then the two cats on the sofa at the beginning are her two other cats, Meredith and Olivia 🫶🏻
loved your reaction and loved the skit 🫶🏻. this was the video for the first single from her album “lover” (you caught the easter egg) so the snake transitioning in butterflies it’s symbolical to the transition from the reputation era (dark, snakes, haunted) to the new lover era (colorful, lovely, daylight). also, the tiny cat brandon gave taylor in the music video ended up getting adopted by taylor herself. it’s called benjamin and you can see it with taylor on the cover of time’s person of the year. 💗 I would like you to react to: I can see you (taylor’s versions) which is all a metaphor of her reclaiming her work with our help and also I bet you think about me (taylor’s version) which continues the jake gyllenhaal narrative going on in the Red album.
She adopted the kitten right there on the set! She named him Benjamin Buttons. And her cats, Meredith and Olivia, are her co-stars! P.S. Who doesn't love cookies?!
I wish this song met higher approval with Swifties and Sinners alike. I think both fan bases (which many were both) expected something “Unbelievably poetically relatable” (Taylor’s Super power) and “a PHENOMENAL Vocal performance” (Brendon’s Super power) when news of this collab was released, and the anticipation of those things just rose and rose to an unreal high. So when the fans were met with the song/video that highlighted the joyful, charismatic, and animated characteristics of both Brendon and Taylor with impressive but standard vocals the fans felt let down. Truth is the pair couldn’t have been better matched to highlight those aspects of themselves. Brendon has always been very theatrical with his art, Taylor has always had a very animated/performative aspect to hers, and they truly brought the VERY BEST of those qualities out in each other. Now, if Taylor could persuade Brendon to come out of retirement (even for just a moment) and give the fans that “Unbelievably poetically relatable song with phenomenal vocals” Swifties and Sinners would LOSE THEIR MINDS with joy and delight!!
Swiftie here. I didn’t expect anything “unbelievably poetically relatable” before I heard this, but it is still probably my least favorite TS song. Really, I had no expectations at all, and I was not familiar with Brendon before I heard this song. The song was disappointing to me because it sounds like it was written for Sesame Street. The lyrics are not particularly clever, and the whole vibe of the song is very childish. This would be great if she wrote it for Sesame Street (and maybe she did, to follow in the footsteps of people like Dave Matthews and Katy Perry), but the song is just not appealing to me as a 57-year-old Swiftie. It’s not very often you hear Taylor rhyming the word “me” with the word “me,” or the word “you” with the word “you” - again, not very clever. I adore Taylor, but I just can’t find a way to enjoy this song. I hope that makes sense. ❤
@@dilafng Yep, it makes sense… after some time this track has grown on me, but at first I was disappointed. I am both a Swiftie and a sinner… if you’re not very familiar with Brendon, the two best examples I can share to highlight the points I made in my comment are A. Panic! At The Disco- The Death of a Bachelor (this track demonstrates Brendon’s UNREAL vocal talent, the man can sing! In that song his voice spans 5 OCTAVES, from very low-lows to very high-highs all using his chest and mix voice) and B. Brendon Urie - DuckTales theme song on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (demonstrating his playful, theatrical, animated nature… and also impressive vocals), I hope you have fun checking those examples out😊… I’m going to keep my fingers crossed for that “Unbelievably poetically relatable song with phenomenal vocals” one day in the future… but I appreciate your input, and I agree, I think this track let us down because you’re right it was far more playful than it was artistic, but I will say that while there were very whimsical vibes the video was incredibly artistic and well executed. ♥️♥️
"In 2019, Swift told Entertainment Weekly that for her, butterflies represent breaking away from darkness-in her case, her self-imposed exile in her Reputation era following her feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, breakups with Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston and overall temporary fall from grace in the public eye ..." Whereas here the snake is her during her Reputation era. So after Reputation era she breaks away from the darkness which is displayed by the transition into many butterflies. I also get the feeling butterflies always "rise above" Lastly, the cloud creature was a serpent.
Great reaction. The snake in the first scene symbolizes the reputation album, it’s now pink and turns into a butterfly, which means that reputation era transforms itself into a Lover era. Lover era’s colour is pink (and rainbow), its symbol is a butterfly, which means she has overcome her dark time and now become happier, healthier and more positive, and focus on spreading love to others as well as to herself. The picture of a lady group is the Dixie Chicks band whom I believe her mom’s favourite band. The kitten that Brendon “proposed” 😅 to her is now her cat whose name Benjamin Button, she adopted him on the same day filming this music video.
She says in her miss americana doc that she wanted this song to be for kids to sing along to and build their confidence, and this music video is basically what her imagination looks like. Just a fun time! As always, love your breakdowns!
3:59 OMG YESS! This part is very funny cause they had a native French speaker on set who helped with their pronunciation. I watched the behind the scenes videos on Taylor’s channel and are a lot of funny moments from that time when they were shooting for the music video.
The snake to the butterfly is the end of the reputation era (heavy on snake imagery) and the start of the lover era. Many of her fans hate this song because it's "childish" and "too poppy". They seem to forget that during the writing of this song she said she wrote this song for young girls like your daughter to sing to.
Brendon's footsteps affecting the rainbow goo at 18:05 and after is wild. Not only did they match the physical set in 3D, but they must have fully animated his legs through the dance to do the physics. Coulda just cropped closer, but no. 😂
ME! is one of my favorite Taylor songs, it’s so catchy and colorful ❤ It’s like my mind, it’s full of color and sparkle and it’s just all over the place but still so fun
Love the reaction ❤ Please react also to her other music videos "You Need To Calm Down", "Delicate", "Back To December", "Safe And Sound", "Lover" and "I Don't Wanna Live Forever".😊
Taylor actually co-directed the video and there are two behind the scenes videos for this. Well, reputation full of snakes was before Lover which Taylor before it came out represented with a lot of butterflies to the point where fans thought that the album was gonna be called Butterflies or maybe a song will be called Butterfly or something. Sidewalk is covered in chalk cause of these lines in the poem she wrote in the reputation era "Cracked her bones on the pavement she once decorated as a child with sidewalk chalk". French cause she later performed in Paris, and the French also hid the title of the next single "You Need To Calm Down", Taylor actually doesn't really speak French, she had a language coach on the set. Chicks because that's how Dixie Chicks call themselves now and they are featured on one of the songs "Soon You'll Get Better" about Taylor's mom. The little kitten she gets gifted by Brandon in the mv is actually a little cat actor whom Taylor absolutely adored and when she found out that he doesn't have a home her eyes, as she said "turned into hearts" and she adopted little Benjamin Button, he third cat. You correctly caught the Lover easter egg. People also a long time specualted that the album is gonna be called Kaleidoscope, cause she's shown a lot of imagery of that too, including in this video, but nope. "Hey kids, spelling is fun" can be actually now heard only in the music video, it was edited out from the song, cause it was getting way too much hate, as well as the song itself, cause apparently people just hate fun....
Would definitely recommend the BTS video of this one. She says she basically wanted it to be like opening her mind and everything that comes out and what’s make her her.
Taylor said that she wanted this to be like opening up her head and peering into her creativity. She wanted all groups represented. Rainbow represents the LGBTQIA+ crowd. The media is coming after their group so bad so they’re almost literally saying “there’s only only one of you and be happy about it!” This has everything that she loves and what she/they stand for. A really wild video but but overly fun and super over the top. She spoke to Brandon during about this video as they were making this song. He said “I’m im!!” She almost squealed with excitement. Super cute.
always love these videos, love seeing someone watch the videos for the first time! to answer some of your questions! snake into butterflies represented the end to the reputation era, into the lover era (ME! was the first single from Lover) I think the ladies in the frame are the band The Chicks the guess the cloud is the snake again following her, representing her reputation she kept the kitten after the shoot! his name is benjamin she had a lot of fun filming this, there is a documentary about the era of this album and she talks about really enjoying making this video and song (lots of people didn't like spelling is fun and were quite rude about it and so she doesn't really perform it anymore and the songs got edited on streaming)
@@beccapeck5102I thought the spelling line was cute because it was followed by "You can't spell Awesome without Me". Surprised her fans didn't swoon over that. Lol.
The kitty ended up being Taylor's 3rd cat, Benjamin Buttons, if you have seen the Times Person of the Year, Benjamin is on Taylor's shoulders in one of the photos. He turned out to be a gorgeous kitty.
It's been a month since this reaction... I'm anxiously waiting for more Taylor Swift reactions. There are so many more you can do. Please don't stop now 🙏
The meaning of the change from a snake to a butterfly in this MV is the change from the reputation era of Taylor Swift's previous album to the lover era which is the album from this song.
the meaning of this part "1:59" is actually about Taylor Swift's album transition, her sixth studio album reputation represents the snake, and her seventh is butterfly for lover
1:57 The snake transforming into the butterflies actually means her transitioning from her reputation era to her love era. As we know ME! is the first song she released of the album “lover” which comes right after “reputation” and reputations animal or however you wanna call it is a snake so the snake turning into butterflies means her going from her “reputation” era to her “lover” era
Not from a video editor's perspective but just from admiring how spectacular the show is, I suggest you watch the live version of this song from the Billboard Music awards.
The snake - butterflies If I’m not wrong is because this song is from her Lover album which is her 7th album and she’s transitioning from Reputation ( snake 🐍 representation) era to her Lover era. I thinkkkkk maybe 🫣
FYI, I am sure many swifties already now but for those who don't, she fell in love with the kitten from this video and adopted him and named him Benjamin Button
I think the symbolism between the snake into the butterfly is showing how she has changed Eras since Reputation (the album before Lover) is resembling the snake and then Lover as the butterflies.
Taylor talks about making this video in her documentary Miss Americana. Saying it’s all rainbows, cats unicorns.. everything that makes her, her. I love it!! The lines baby you’ll never find another one like me, or baby that’s the fun of me, and I know there’s a lot of cool chicks out there.. and finally I promise no one gonna love you like me. This is a Taylor who knows her own worth and isn’t afraid of saying I’m cool, I’m special, I’m kind of amazing and I will love you like no one else if you let me. Yes there’s a lot of cool chicks out there but you’ll never find someone like me. Taylor has (like most people especially girls/ women) had some hard time dealing with her self confidence and body image. But this song and video is not just about accepting who you are but to celebrate it and embracing your uniqueness. I love it. I love it for Taylor and I love it for all who listens to her music and watches her music videos. Love that there are beautiful and powerful female role models like Taylor for young people all around the world to look up to
Some Easter eggs you might have missed: Them speaking French at the beginning when Brendon says like “you need to calm down” is a reference to another song from this album, You Need To Calm Down. That song was about LGBTQ+ rights, and rainbows ofc were a part of that. And the Lover sign you noticed was the first Easter egg of the album title. The album is about all kinds of love so it had a cute cheery lovey-dovey aesthetic like this music video. Cupid/Angels as the band in the concert scene is a reference to the album concept as a whole, but could also be a reference to the songs The Archer or Cruel Summer (which has a line that says “angels roll their eyes”).
"Hey kids spelling is fun." "You can't spell awesome without me." I love this song. To me it's about loving yourself and being your best version of yourself. You can't spell awesome without me shirt is still available in her store last time I checked. Swifties hate on this song and clowned about it being a surprise song but I was one of the few just waiting for this song. I also went to the death of a bachelor tour in Orlando. Shoot me now. I love love love this song and video is the icing on the cake. ❤❤❤
I always LOVE your reactions and all the stuff I can learn from you. I am glad you enjoyed it too! I have always thought of Me! as a little silly MV, but there's a lot of technical stuff going on WOW! I see they've told you some details for the video, I don't know if anyone commented this one: but the street at the end with all the water, looks like the street at the beginning of Look What You Made Me Do MV, which you reacted to. I recommend for you to react to Lover MV, from Taylor. And "I Dont Wanna Live Forever" from the movie Fifthy Shades Darker, which has both Zayn and Taylor Swift in it - since you've reacted to them both, I'd love to see your opinion in this one, I think it's very interesting what they do with the light/colors and how they cut scenes and transitions.
It’s only hated on social media by the people who love to hate on things. The numbers of streams and video views show that in real life and not the toxic side of social media it is a well loved song.
I feel like you need to react to “Lover” since you’ve almost completed the era… and because I want to know how they DID some of it!!! But I would also like to see your reaction to the behind the scenes videos for “Me!” if you would enjoy that…
Your awe & pure joy of T Swift videos have made me such a fan of your channel. I've learned so much from your viewpoint as well which is really cool! Keep picking Taylor vids, she won't ever stop surprising you 😉
1:58 someone probably said it on here but just in case: during the previous album Reputation, there was drama with Kayne & Kim and everyone was calling her a snake. since butterflies represent transformation, freedom, and rebirth....she's transitioning us from the Reputation era to Lover era. ME! is on the album Lover.
I love your reaction! This is one of my favorite TS songs, and most definitely my favorite video. It came out at such a grief stricken and dark time for me and my young daughter. We watched it over and over again marveling at all of the beautiful and fun details. 💙💜💞
I love your reactions as you explain everything so well. You can try watching cardigan and willow (back to back if possible). The mvs are very well made and symbolic. Also I wanna know if the piano is real 🙃
I’ve been looking forward to you reviewing this one, Josh! I saw it for the first time a few months ago and was dying back then to get your take on how they did all of that. “If the rainbow wanted to make a music video, this is what the music video would look like.” Love that quote. More content like this would be awesome!
PLEASE show this video to your daughter ❤ 🌈 Rainbow also is a little reference to her GLAAD themed song on the Lover album. Plus she wanted Lover to be a girly pastel rainbow of a party vibe which she nailed.
This is a song that makes happy and makes me love and value myself even more. Just now seeing your reaction I couldn't help it to sing the song so loud and felt so good. Thank you Taylor.
I’m so glad you liked this music video! Too many Swifties hate ME! and the fact she made it her first Lover single/release. I think it’s a great palette cleanser from her Reputation era-just like the first scene shows. Yes, it is cheesy and campy but that’s exactly what she was going for…so she nailed the objective even though majority of fans were annoyed at this one along with the Lover album. I seriously enjoy the album, it’s just not her strongest work which happens when you’re a musical genius (even the less popular stuff is still gold in its own right.) Also, the CGI is next level for this pastel party of a video which I’m so glad you’re reviewing! ❤🎉❤
So many things first of all not that it matters but you got a new subscriber because you are just so awesome and I love how you explain this stuff to us. My son is named Joshua too! Also, I love the fact that you are so impressed with this because so many people are always putting everything she does down no matter what just because people hate on her! Taylor pretty much always knows exactly what she wants her videos to look like it's almost like literally, I think a comment already said this pulling something out of her brain and it ends up on a screen! She is that invested in everything she does! Obviously she does! Tell me the last concert you went to that was three and a half hours long, but felt like 1? Vegas night 1 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍 PS there are so many Easter eggs in this video that we just didn't see and there are ones that we still haven't figured out it's amazing how many Easter eggs Taylor puts in her videos actually in almost everything she does even in her interviews stuff like that so many Easter eggs! Like she says she gave so many signs LOL
Snake to butterflies was a sign to the end of her Album reputation’s era. The animal associated with that album is a snake because she was called a snake online a lot so she flipped it around and used it as branding. Now that she’s coming into a new album/era, she’s signifying that the animal associated with this album is a butterfly, signifying change and freedom from her previous dark album and her reputation
painting is the Dixie Chicks, now just known as The Chicks. She ended up adopting that kitten, his name is Benjamin Button. There are references to "Mary Poppins", "Wizard of Oz" and other references I don't remember.
The snake turning into butterflies symbolize her transition from the reputation album to the Lover album. (Also from being a snake to gaining freedom) [Aaand transitioning from electropop to bubblegum pop]
hiiii this is me letting you know that her i bet you think about me music video is also sooooo funny and incredible too!!! in case u havent watched it yet i would recommend it!!
i love that you don’t just do your ads like everyone else where you sit a stare at the camera just talking for 5 minutes and you turn it into an actual skit that’s interesting to watch! much less boring than a normal ad that i usually find myself skipping through lol
A lot of people think that "Spelling is fun" was an Easter egg for the release date: Spelling = 8 letters, is = 2, fun = 3. 8/23. In fact, that little speaking bit isn't in the album version; it was only in the mv and single version. Some people thought she removed it because it was made fun of quite a lot. But I think that it wasn't needed anymore after the release date.
9:13 it so funny because when the videoclip was released, the name of the album wasn’t annonced yet… it was in plain sight and no one connected the dot 😂
The greatest thing is in the video of her and Brendan recording the song she was describing the video she wanted to make and it was pretty much exactly this so it’s like they went in her imagination and just pulled this out.
She directed it
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The first video she directed was The Man
The Snake to butterflies is in reference to Reputation going into lover era. As this was the first MV for Lover.
I think it’s showing the order of the records. Reputation to debut. Debuts symbol is butterflies
exactly. Snakes was the reputation album symbol and butterflies was the Lover album symbol. She even had butterfly wings painted on a wall (murial) before the album was announced and people found it and then it was relvealed it was an easter egg for the lover album.
@@kelsojordangirl bffr
@@kelsojordanshe wouldn't have had these dates for re recordings secured yet
@@cxwraiderwhat do you mean? She doesn't need to re-record this because this was her first album that she actually owned! All the ones previous to this are the stolen versions
I don’t know if anyone else pointed this out already but Taylor actually adopted the cat from 10:06 ! He‘s called Benjamin and Taylor immediately fell in love with him on set and adopted him!! (You can see the clip in the behind the scenes video of this song btw)
Benjamin Buttons
That behind-the-scenes clip is what got me into Taylor Swift after years of basically just ignoring her cause I didn't think I was into her music. Now I'm definitely a fan. xD
@@Palitato Welcome
Benjamin Button!
She said she was immediately with the kitten, and actually tried to find the owner during filming to compliment them. When the kitten's handler said the adorable fuzzball had not yet been adopted, Taylor knew it was fate and adopted him right away. Mr. Benjamin Button is the kitteh draped over Taylor's shoulders in her famous Time magazine cover for 2023 Person of the Year.
at the time of release, ME! was not very well received (well it wasn’t as commercially successful as it was anticipated to be), the same goes for its album “lover”. people gave her backlash for the “hey kids, spelling is fun” line because they thought it was silly. years later, that album and the song is one of her most commercially successful and well-loved records. I remember in her documentary, during that time of her life, she thought her career was dying down and it was coming to an end. it’s just crazy that she thought that since she’s at her peak right now.
I think this was a very American thing. 🤔🤷🏻♀️ I never understood it. I loved and love this song and the kids requested it all the time ❤ A very happy and fun song 🥰
I use the you can’t spell awesome without me to encourage my daughter
That's crazy. I didn't even become a real Swifty until 2021 when she re-released Red but even me back in 2019 really liked this song and music video.
I enjoy her music but that she thinks not being number 1 or having a bunch of charting songs = "career is over" to her shows her toxic perfectionism & need for either approval or attention
@@orphanedhanyou Are you referring to that part in Miss Americana? Because that was her talking in retrospect about a very dark time in her life, what led to thinking like that and how destructive it is for your self esteem. That was a long time ago and she's grown a lot since then :) It seems she now appreciates all the positive and she's still the same person at her core, but she's not dependant on it and isn't destroyed by people who thrive on being negative.
Justice for ME! A lot of Swifties give this song grief but it always makes me smile & I think the clip is sooo good. ❤️
I wanted to watch the whole video first, as always I loved your reaction!
The snake to butterfly transition signifies the reputation era(mostly black and white, snakes were a focal point in it) to the lover era(butterflies, colors, rainbows)
The painting in the 'cool chicks' were The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks), they are a band, Taylor listened to them growing up and was inspired by them to go into the music industry (she even said that she wouldn’t have become a musician if it hadn’t been for them)
A fun fact: the 'young daughters' are Taylor's cats and she ended up adopting the kitten that was given to her here! (Meredith, Olivia and Benjamin are their names)
Taylor wanted this music video to portray everything that makes her her, that's why it's full of colors, rainbows, unicorns, cats, etc.
I think i'm speaking for most of us when i say that we'd love it if you made an extended version of the video. I genuinely love watching your explanations of how everything works!
Not just the snake to butterflies but also the argument to pop transition. She WAS really angry for the 'Reputation' album, and 'Lover' brings her back to her Pop, rainbows-and-kittens self.
The Chicks* picture was also an Easter Egg: they were a guest vocal on another track on the album, Soon You’ll Get Better.
(*They dropped “Dixie” from their name in 2020.)
Also the sky in the video looks like the backdrop of the album cover of Lover rather than a realistic sky. Love that.
And the snake transition from reputation to lover overcomes the darkness Kim and Kanye brought down on her with all the snakes on the internet.
I'm so shocked by how lover the album and this song/mv in particular weren't very well-received, because this song always brings just a HUGE smile to my face!
The snake transforming into butterflies represents the end of the Reputation era, and a return to Taylor’s colorful, cheerful brand and approach. It’s symbolic of her letting go Reputation.
The women in the gallery wall photo on the line “there’s a lot of cool chicks out there” are The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks)! This was an Easter egg about their feature on another song from this album.
The painting of women are the Dixie Chicks (now the Chicks). They did a feature on the Lover album; and Jack Antonoff produced their next record. So, a double Easter Egg. btw, you ought to look at the behind the scenes videos for this -- She did 3 of them on her channel. Oh, and she adopted the kitten 😍
i recommend reacting to the I Can See You music video, there’s so much symbolism behind it in regards to her reclaiming her stolen work.
As a native French speaker, the first scene is hilarious 😂❤
It’s so bad French, but it’s hilarious 😂
@@domenickmann9665 His wasn't all that bad, though. And she got the "Je suis calme" out okay. But, yeah.
reacting to Taylor's music videos in such format must be insane - you have to focus on music, lyrics and visuals at the same time! and there's always A LOT going on 😅🤍
i love that you mentioned how your daughter would love to be there for this video, because in the Miss Americana doc it showed behind the scenes of this video and she says she just wants kids to have fun with this song and video.
That kitten he hands her in the video is the same one on her shoulders in TIME Magazine! She adopted him after the video shoot and named him Benjamin Button. And then the two cats on the sofa at the beginning are her two other cats, Meredith and Olivia 🫶🏻
You need to see the clip where Taylor's tell her vision for the music video before filming, it's spot on of what become
loved your reaction and loved the skit 🫶🏻.
this was the video for the first single from her album “lover” (you caught the easter egg) so the snake transitioning in butterflies it’s symbolical to the transition from the reputation era (dark, snakes, haunted) to the new lover era (colorful, lovely, daylight).
also, the tiny cat brandon gave taylor in the music video ended up getting adopted by taylor herself. it’s called benjamin and you can see it with taylor on the cover of time’s person of the year. 💗
I would like you to react to: I can see you (taylor’s versions) which is all a metaphor of her reclaiming her work with our help and also I bet you think about me (taylor’s version) which continues the jake gyllenhaal narrative going on in the Red album.
for i can see u he must do first Mean
She adopted the kitten right there on the set! She named him Benjamin Buttons. And her cats, Meredith and Olivia, are her co-stars!
P.S. Who doesn't love cookies?!
Usually I am annoyed by sponsorships but your skits are just so entertaining! Congrats !
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
They are really fun. And easy to watch.
I wish this song met higher approval with Swifties and Sinners alike. I think both fan bases (which many were both) expected something “Unbelievably poetically relatable” (Taylor’s Super power) and “a PHENOMENAL Vocal performance” (Brendon’s Super power) when news of this collab was released, and the anticipation of those things just rose and rose to an unreal high. So when the fans were met with the song/video that highlighted the joyful, charismatic, and animated characteristics of both Brendon and Taylor with impressive but standard vocals the fans felt let down. Truth is the pair couldn’t have been better matched to highlight those aspects of themselves. Brendon has always been very theatrical with his art, Taylor has always had a very animated/performative aspect to hers, and they truly brought the VERY BEST of those qualities out in each other. Now, if Taylor could persuade Brendon to come out of retirement (even for just a moment) and give the fans that “Unbelievably poetically relatable song with phenomenal vocals” Swifties and Sinners would LOSE THEIR MINDS with joy and delight!!
Swiftie here. I didn’t expect anything “unbelievably poetically relatable” before I heard this, but it is still probably my least favorite TS song. Really, I had no expectations at all, and I was not familiar with Brendon before I heard this song. The song was disappointing to me because it sounds like it was written for Sesame Street. The lyrics are not particularly clever, and the whole vibe of the song is very childish. This would be great if she wrote it for Sesame Street (and maybe she did, to follow in the footsteps of people like Dave Matthews and Katy Perry), but the song is just not appealing to me as a 57-year-old Swiftie. It’s not very often you hear Taylor rhyming the word “me” with the word “me,” or the word “you” with the word “you” - again, not very clever. I adore Taylor, but I just can’t find a way to enjoy this song. I hope that makes sense. ❤
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Yep, it makes sense… after some time this track has grown on me, but at first I was disappointed. I am both a Swiftie and a sinner… if you’re not very familiar with Brendon, the two best examples I can share to highlight the points I made in my comment are A. Panic! At The Disco- The Death of a Bachelor (this track demonstrates Brendon’s UNREAL vocal talent, the man can sing! In that song his voice spans 5 OCTAVES, from very low-lows to very high-highs all using his chest and mix voice) and B. Brendon Urie - DuckTales theme song on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (demonstrating his playful, theatrical, animated nature… and also impressive vocals), I hope you have fun checking those examples out😊… I’m going to keep my fingers crossed for that “Unbelievably poetically relatable song with phenomenal vocals” one day in the future… but I appreciate your input, and I agree, I think this track let us down because you’re right it was far more playful than it was artistic, but I will say that while there were very whimsical vibes the video was incredibly artistic and well executed. ♥️♥️
"In 2019, Swift told Entertainment Weekly that for her, butterflies represent breaking away from darkness-in her case, her self-imposed exile in her Reputation era following her feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, breakups with Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston and overall temporary fall from grace in the public eye ..."
Whereas here the snake is her during her Reputation era. So after Reputation era she breaks away from the darkness which is displayed by the transition into many butterflies.
I also get the feeling butterflies always "rise above"
Lastly, the cloud creature was a serpent.
Thank you for reminding me how much I like/enjoy ME!
Great reaction.
The snake in the first scene symbolizes the reputation album, it’s now pink and turns into a butterfly, which means that reputation era transforms itself into a Lover era.
Lover era’s colour is pink (and rainbow), its symbol is a butterfly, which means she has overcome her dark time and now become happier, healthier and more positive, and focus on spreading love to others as well as to herself.
The picture of a lady group is the Dixie Chicks band whom I believe her mom’s favourite band.
The kitten that Brendon “proposed” 😅 to her is now her cat whose name Benjamin Button, she adopted him on the same day filming this music video.
She says in her miss americana doc that she wanted this song to be for kids to sing along to and build their confidence, and this music video is basically what her imagination looks like. Just a fun time! As always, love your breakdowns!
3:59 OMG YESS! This part is very funny cause they had a native French speaker on set who helped with their pronunciation. I watched the behind the scenes videos on Taylor’s channel and are a lot of funny moments from that time when they were shooting for the music video.
The snake to the butterfly is the end of the reputation era (heavy on snake imagery) and the start of the lover era.
Many of her fans hate this song because it's "childish" and "too poppy". They seem to forget that during the writing of this song she said she wrote this song for young girls like your daughter to sing to.
Brendon's footsteps affecting the rainbow goo at 18:05 and after is wild. Not only did they match the physical set in 3D, but they must have fully animated his legs through the dance to do the physics. Coulda just cropped closer, but no. 😂
I thought you'd like it! She wound up adopting that kitten. There are TWO behind the scenes that are so fun. Next video, Delicate!
I loved this song and video from its release. Haters gonna hate!
ME! is one of my favorite Taylor songs, it’s so catchy and colorful ❤ It’s like my mind, it’s full of color and sparkle and it’s just all over the place but still so fun
So happy to see you’re being sponsored! Keep up the good swiftie content!
Thank you!!
It’s so cute how proud of yourself you are every time you spot an Easter egg. Makes my Swiftie heart so good! 😊
Love the reaction ❤ Please react also to her other music videos "You Need To Calm Down", "Delicate", "Back To December", "Safe And Sound", "Lover" and "I Don't Wanna Live Forever".😊
Yes, Lover NEEDS to be next!!!! 🙏🙏🙏
Taylor actually co-directed the video and there are two behind the scenes videos for this. Well, reputation full of snakes was before Lover which Taylor before it came out represented with a lot of butterflies to the point where fans thought that the album was gonna be called Butterflies or maybe a song will be called Butterfly or something. Sidewalk is covered in chalk cause of these lines in the poem she wrote in the reputation era "Cracked her bones on the pavement she once decorated as a child with sidewalk chalk". French cause she later performed in Paris, and the French also hid the title of the next single "You Need To Calm Down", Taylor actually doesn't really speak French, she had a language coach on the set. Chicks because that's how Dixie Chicks call themselves now and they are featured on one of the songs "Soon You'll Get Better" about Taylor's mom. The little kitten she gets gifted by Brandon in the mv is actually a little cat actor whom Taylor absolutely adored and when she found out that he doesn't have a home her eyes, as she said "turned into hearts" and she adopted little Benjamin Button, he third cat. You correctly caught the Lover easter egg. People also a long time specualted that the album is gonna be called Kaleidoscope, cause she's shown a lot of imagery of that too, including in this video, but nope. "Hey kids, spelling is fun" can be actually now heard only in the music video, it was edited out from the song, cause it was getting way too much hate, as well as the song itself, cause apparently people just hate fun....
Would definitely recommend the BTS video of this one. She says she basically wanted it to be like opening her mind and everything that comes out and what’s make her her.
The ladies in the pic are the band "The Chicks" formally " The Dixie Chicks" and yes, they are damn cool. recommend their music highly.
Taylor said that she wanted this to be like opening up her head and peering into her creativity. She wanted all groups represented. Rainbow represents the LGBTQIA+ crowd. The media is coming after their group so bad so they’re almost literally saying “there’s only only one of you and be happy about it!”
This has everything that she loves and what she/they stand for. A really wild video but but overly fun and super over the top. She spoke to Brandon during about this video as they were making this song. He said “I’m im!!” She almost squealed with excitement. Super cute.
It's so fun and refreshing to watch someone enjoy the ME! music video.
Imo, this is the prettiest video she’s ever done! Love the colors she chose for this video!
Thinking about it, I have liked pretty much every Taylor Swift song. And I ADORE Brendon Urie.
This song is just so FUN, and the video is a delight.
It would be great to see you do some of the Panic at the Disco videos, especially the trilogy and where Brendan end up transforming into a demon. 😈
always love these videos, love seeing someone watch the videos for the first time!
to answer some of your questions!
snake into butterflies represented the end to the reputation era, into the lover era (ME! was the first single from Lover)
I think the ladies in the frame are the band The Chicks
the guess the cloud is the snake again following her, representing her reputation
she kept the kitten after the shoot! his name is benjamin
she had a lot of fun filming this, there is a documentary about the era of this album and she talks about really enjoying making this video and song (lots of people didn't like spelling is fun and were quite rude about it and so she doesn't really perform it anymore and the songs got edited on streaming)
That's so sad that she stopped performing it! If spelling is fun for HER, that is what makes her her!
I'm super sad. There is only one of her.
@@beccapeck5102I thought the spelling line was cute because it was followed by "You can't spell Awesome without Me". Surprised her fans didn't swoon over that. Lol.
Snake turning into butterfly is her walking from reputation album to lover album
If a rainbow made a music video this is what it would look like. Yes completely agree and so cute. Ahhhhh❤❤❤
The kitty ended up being Taylor's 3rd cat, Benjamin Buttons, if you have seen the Times Person of the Year, Benjamin is on Taylor's shoulders in one of the photos. He turned out to be a gorgeous kitty.
It's been a month since this reaction... I'm anxiously waiting for more Taylor Swift reactions. There are so many more you can do. Please don't stop now 🙏
taylor always with her symbolism
The meaning of the change from a snake to a butterfly in this MV is the change from the reputation era of Taylor Swift's previous album to the lover era which is the album from this song.
No one does a better skill share ad than you.
Lol- thank you!!
the meaning of this part "1:59" is actually about Taylor Swift's album transition, her sixth studio album reputation represents the snake, and her seventh is butterfly for lover
1:57 The snake transforming into the butterflies actually means her transitioning from her reputation era to her love era. As we know ME! is the first song she released of the album “lover” which comes right after “reputation” and reputations animal or however you wanna call it is a snake so the snake turning into butterflies means her going from her “reputation” era to her “lover” era
Not from a video editor's perspective but just from admiring how spectacular the show is, I suggest you watch the live version of this song from the Billboard Music awards.
The snake to butterflies was transitioning from the 'reputation' era to the 'lover era'
The snake - butterflies If I’m
not wrong is because this song is from her Lover album which is her 7th album and she’s transitioning from Reputation ( snake 🐍 representation) era to her Lover era. I thinkkkkk maybe 🫣
This video just makes me feel so happy and light
The snake turning into butterflies signifies the end of the Reputation era and the beginning of the Lover era
That’s creative TAYLOR at her best!!
FYI, I am sure many swifties already now but for those who don't, she fell in love with the kitten from this video and adopted him and named him Benjamin Button
I think the symbolism between the snake into the butterfly is showing how she has changed Eras since Reputation (the album before Lover) is resembling the snake and then Lover as the butterflies.
Taylor talks about making this video in her documentary Miss Americana. Saying it’s all rainbows, cats unicorns.. everything that makes her, her. I love it!! The lines baby you’ll never find another one like me, or baby that’s the fun of me, and I know there’s a lot of cool chicks out there.. and finally I promise no one gonna love you like me. This is a Taylor who knows her own worth and isn’t afraid of saying I’m cool, I’m special, I’m kind of amazing and I will love you like no one else if you let me. Yes there’s a lot of cool chicks out there but you’ll never find someone like me. Taylor has (like most people especially girls/ women) had some hard time dealing with her self confidence and body image. But this song and video is not just about accepting who you are but to celebrate it and embracing your uniqueness. I love it. I love it for Taylor and I love it for all who listens to her music and watches her music videos. Love that there are beautiful and powerful female role models like Taylor for young people all around the world to look up to
I loved the skill share video! 😂
Lol- thank you so much!
Yes! It was so much fun!
Some Easter eggs you might have missed:
Them speaking French at the beginning when Brendon says like “you need to calm down” is a reference to another song from this album, You Need To Calm Down. That song was about LGBTQ+ rights, and rainbows ofc were a part of that.
And the Lover sign you noticed was the first Easter egg of the album title. The album is about all kinds of love so it had a cute cheery lovey-dovey aesthetic like this music video.
Cupid/Angels as the band in the concert scene is a reference to the album concept as a whole, but could also be a reference to the songs The Archer or Cruel Summer (which has a line that says “angels roll their eyes”).
"Hey kids spelling is fun." "You can't spell awesome without me." I love this song. To me it's about loving yourself and being your best version of yourself. You can't spell awesome without me shirt is still available in her store last time I checked. Swifties hate on this song and clowned about it being a surprise song but I was one of the few just waiting for this song. I also went to the death of a bachelor tour in Orlando. Shoot me now. I love love love this song and video is the icing on the cake. ❤❤❤
I loved this song when it came out and the video. Still do.
Love the reaction ❤❤
Please react to delicate
I always LOVE your reactions and all the stuff I can learn from you. I am glad you enjoyed it too! I have always thought of Me! as a little silly MV, but there's a lot of technical stuff going on WOW!
I see they've told you some details for the video, I don't know if anyone commented this one: but the street at the end with all the water, looks like the street at the beginning of Look What You Made Me Do MV, which you reacted to.
I recommend for you to react to Lover MV, from Taylor. And "I Dont Wanna Live Forever" from the movie Fifthy Shades Darker, which has both Zayn and Taylor Swift in it - since you've reacted to them both, I'd love to see your opinion in this one, I think it's very interesting what they do with the light/colors and how they cut scenes and transitions.
The most iconic transition snake ‘reputation’ to butterflies ‘lover’🤌🏻💗 Even thought it’s an over-hated song, I just love it so much
It’s only hated on social media by the people who love to hate on things. The numbers of streams and video views show that in real life and not the toxic side of social media it is a well loved song.
I feel like you need to react to “Lover” since you’ve almost completed the era… and because I want to know how they DID some of it!!! But I would also like to see your reaction to the behind the scenes videos for “Me!” if you would enjoy that…
Yes, LOVER!!!! 🫶🙏🙌
Your awe & pure joy of T Swift videos have made me such a fan of your channel. I've learned so much from your viewpoint as well which is really cool! Keep picking Taylor vids, she won't ever stop surprising you 😉
That was a fun and impressive Skillshare advertisement in the middle for sure. ;)
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!
1:58 someone probably said it on here but just in case: during the previous album Reputation, there was drama with Kayne & Kim and everyone was calling her a snake. since butterflies represent transformation, freedom, and rebirth....she's transitioning us from the Reputation era to Lover era. ME! is on the album Lover.
I love your reaction! This is one of my favorite TS songs, and most definitely my favorite video. It came out at such a grief stricken and dark time for me and my young daughter. We watched it over and over again marveling at all of the beautiful and fun details. 💙💜💞
Each a great choice I love this music video so much
I love your reactions as you explain everything so well. You can try watching cardigan and willow (back to back if possible). The mvs are very well made and symbolic.
Also I wanna know if the piano is real 🙃
I loved this so much when it came out. I was bummed it got negative critiques at the time because it was amazing.
Can you do cardigan by Taylor swift . a masterpiece
I’ve been looking forward to you reviewing this one, Josh! I saw it for the first time a few months ago and was dying back then to get your take on how they did all of that. “If the rainbow wanted to make a music video, this is what the music video would look like.” Love that quote. More content like this would be awesome!
PLEASE show this video to your daughter ❤ 🌈
Rainbow also is a little reference to her GLAAD themed song on the Lover album. Plus she wanted Lover to be a girly pastel rainbow of a party vibe which she nailed.
This was one of my surprise songs in the eras tour, along with so it goes, ppl wasn't happy 😂
Drinking game anytime Josh says "What is going on???" 🤣🤣🤣 I mean, he’s not wrong though, what is going on in this video? Sooo much! ❤️
And they made the same things LIVE! 😅🎉❤
This is a song that makes happy and makes me love and value myself even more. Just now seeing your reaction I couldn't help it to sing the song so loud and felt so good. Thank you Taylor.
There's a behind the scenes that is so funny.
I’m so glad you liked this music video! Too many Swifties hate ME! and the fact she made it her first Lover single/release. I think it’s a great palette cleanser from her Reputation era-just like the first scene shows. Yes, it is cheesy and campy but that’s exactly what she was going for…so she nailed the objective even though majority of fans were annoyed at this one along with the Lover album. I seriously enjoy the album, it’s just not her strongest work which happens when you’re a musical genius (even the less popular stuff is still gold in its own right.)
Also, the CGI is next level for this pastel party of a video which I’m so glad you’re reviewing! ❤🎉❤
So many things first of all not that it matters but you got a new subscriber because you are just so awesome and I love how you explain this stuff to us. My son is named Joshua too! Also, I love the fact that you are so impressed with this because so many people are always putting everything she does down no matter what just because people hate on her! Taylor pretty much always knows exactly what she wants her videos to look like it's almost like literally, I think a comment already said this pulling something out of her brain and it ends up on a screen! She is that invested in everything she does!
Obviously she does! Tell me the last concert you went to that was three and a half hours long, but felt like 1? Vegas night 1
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PS there are so many Easter eggs in this video that we just didn't see and there are ones that we still haven't figured out it's amazing how many Easter eggs Taylor puts in her videos actually in almost everything she does even in her interviews stuff like that so many Easter eggs! Like she says she gave so many signs LOL
Snake to butterflies was a sign to the end of her Album reputation’s era. The animal associated with that album is a snake because she was called a snake online a lot so she flipped it around and used it as branding. Now that she’s coming into a new album/era, she’s signifying that the animal associated with this album is a butterfly, signifying change and freedom from her previous dark album and her reputation
Your skits are HILARIOUS I love them ❤
painting is the Dixie Chicks, now just known as The Chicks. She ended up adopting that kitten, his name is Benjamin Button. There are references to "Mary Poppins", "Wizard of Oz" and other references I don't remember.
say what you want about the song, but the music video is just awesome!!
Loved the Skit! 👏🏽 We need a new Skit every reaction video 😊
The photo around chicks' photos is Dixie Chicks, a group artist, they cooperate a song in Album Lover called Soon You'll Get Better
freaking love the blooperss!!
The snake turning into butterflies symbolize her transition from the reputation album to the Lover album. (Also from being a snake to gaining freedom)
[Aaand transitioning from electropop to bubblegum pop]
hiiii this is me letting you know that her i bet you think about me music video is also sooooo funny and incredible too!!! in case u havent watched it yet i would recommend it!!
A nice video, love from Turkey❤❤
Loved this reaction♥️
You need to watch the Behind the scenes for this music video!!!
i love that you don’t just do your ads like everyone else where you sit a stare at the camera just talking for 5 minutes and you turn it into an actual skit that’s interesting to watch! much less boring than a normal ad that i usually find myself skipping through lol
I’d love to see you react to We Are Never Getting Back Together, the entire music video is one continuous shot.
11:00 your ads are already top tier like Internet Historian and Internet Comment Etiquette 👏
Loved the video, I LOVE ME, never understood the hate
A lot of people think that "Spelling is fun" was an Easter egg for the release date: Spelling = 8 letters, is = 2, fun = 3. 8/23.
In fact, that little speaking bit isn't in the album version; it was only in the mv and single version.
Some people thought she removed it because it was made fun of quite a lot. But I think that it wasn't needed anymore after the release date.
9:13 it so funny because when the videoclip was released, the name of the album wasn’t annonced yet… it was in plain sight and no one connected the dot 😂