Guitarist REACTS to The 1, by Taylor Swift
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- I was worried about starting an album like this, because it means so much to so many people, as I've learned from your comments. I think the opening may catch you off guard on this one too. The new theme song is from a demo I'll be putting out later this month, available on my Patreon / andyeff
I filmed three initially, but am putting them out one at a time, since they're about 10 mins each. Look out for the next songs coming out soon!
Original Video: • Video
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0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Me Playing and Talking
01:47 - First Verse and Chorus
03:05 - Initial Reaction and Technique
03:49 - The Lyrics
05:18 - 2nd Verse
05:46 - The Lyrics (opening reaction)
07:01 - 3rd Verse into Bridge
08:02 - The Lyrics
08:49 - Last Verse to End of Song
09:50 - Final Thoughts
he teared up. what have we done fellow swifties? we do not deserve him
Ikrrrr
any new reviewer: im going to be reviewing taylor swift- (album/ song/ technique/ vocals/ acoustic/any aspect)
swifties: we welcome you into the fandom get ready for a wild ride
also reviewer: 13 days later: here's my 4th reaction to taylor swift.
swifties: hahahahahha *laughs in evil* , they say i did something bad, why's it feel so good
andrew: tears up, fabrizio: cried like a baby
swifties: yaaaaaaaas, where you stand is now the holy ground
Lmao if he teared up with the one just wait until he listens every other song on the album
folklore really brings out the nostalgia for anyone who's ever been in any relationship. the 1 is one of her best album openers.
I think Taylor was always destined to sing and write folk music. Her parents named her Taylor after James Taylor!
Totally! But it's incredible how she has everything it takes to be a pop phenomenon as well. She literally checks all the boxes...
and also so her options would be open with an androgynous name thats what her mom said
I’m so happy you will watch this session! She explains all the songs between performances…
There's a repeated theme throughout this album that's very Robert Frost "The Road Not Taken". Happy things ended up how they did but curious what could have been. Glad you enjoyed it! As much as I love Long Pond the sound of the actual album is so much richer in my opinion. But it's always fun to hear her more stripped down versions. And fun to see her, Aaron, and Jack vibing together.
Tis' the damn season - "and the road not taken looks real good now"
@@ariblue17g21 love love love that song ♥️
@@hollybeck605 same. And to think she wrote it when she was wasted. Her mind never fails to amaze me 🤯
Ugh…she does his in illicit affairs too!
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions is a disney+ movie... Taylor and her co-producers explains the meanings of each song before playing it
It is better to watch the movie instead of the cut UA-cam clips
And you have to listen to the studio version of the songs because the production is very beautiful and interesting and you will like it more than the acoustic version
Great reaction so excited for the rest!
I agree, he should really watch the movie not clips! Even if he stops after each performamce!
Yeah but the whole point of him reacting on guitar is that he wants to see how their played so he probably won’t react to the studio version. I do think he should watch the movie though.
agreed!
Is there a way to watch it if you don’t have Disney+ ? I doubt he’d ever get it lol
I think that what's so beautiful about folklore and evermore is that it was truly just Taylor telling stories based in emotions she's felt, so it's specific without judging details, and coming from a place of future reflection. And I think she is particularly skilled, as a lyricist, at expressing a detailed narrative and putting emotions into words (with her specifics, analogies, word choice etc.). So every song has a nostalgic and reflexive/aware feeling, while not judging? Almost like pondering over memories? So the lyrics genuinely express hoping her ex is "doing cool shit", while being sad, but also really happy with where she's at. The albums is bittersweet and complex. I really think you'll like it, I hope you love it!
You explained that so well, you sound like a very good writer yourself!
AAAH YOU'RE FINALLY STARTING ON THIS!! I'm so excited. The second hand excitement of people discovering this album is great.
This is one of her best song in her entire catalogue. I was so impressed that an album opener would be so so good
I think, overall, it's about the reminiscing of the good feelings you felt back then and how they brought to where you are now, so, yet curious about what might have been, you feel almost grateful for what happened... I don't know, it's a romantic feeling about whats not romantic anymore...
I’m a huge fan of the Long Pond Sessions. As a musician, you’d appreciate the instrumentals on folklore and evermore. Long Pond as much as I love it, is more stripped down from an already stripped down song. Hope you listen to the album version at the same time to compare the two, and to hear the instrumentals in the album version. Loving these rx!
Yeah i agree the original versions are much more well-built
Me too, I think the album versions are still much better. The instrumentals in the original are way way better.
100% agree with this, and the lovely backing vocals are missing 💖
Loving the Taylor reactions!
And the fact that you analyse both the music and lyrics
Something to know going into Folklore (and Evermore), a lot of these songs aren't directly about her own experiences. A few are, but many are fictional stories she formed while in quarantine in early/mid 2020. I imagine her own past experiences colored some of the sentiments, but the plots aren't directly about herself.
I think it's all about envisioning different versions of how things could have ended in this past relationship, but at the same time being relieved that after all it wasn't the one. That's the vibe I'm getting at least but I might be interpreting it through the context of other songs on the album.
Can't wait for the other two reactions, The last great american dynasty got to be one of my all time favourites songs.
Yeah, and if this was about Matty then I’m sure now she’s SO relieved it didn’t work out but she had to go through it instead of always wondering if he was “the 1”. Kinda reminds me of that Garth Brooks song “Unanswered Prayers” - “some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers”
You’re going to love folklore and evermore seriously
It´s cool to see everyone has a different interpretation of the song. I personally view it as peacefully looking back on a relationship that was pretty great but didn´t work out for whatever reason. And now both people are in different places in their lives and that´s okay, but you still wonder sometimes what it could have been: it would have been fun if you would have been the one.
I love this one. We have the same thoughts.
Loved the short little guitar intro, loved the emotion in interpreting the lyrics.
I'm so happy you're doing the whole album!
But uhhh, boy, you ain't ready for track 4, exile
And don't forget illicit affairs as a guitarist i think he's gonna love it
Track 4 is exile
Hi Andrew! For the next ones, please watch it on Disney+, this way you get Taylor, Jack and Aaron talking about the songs and what they mean and why they were written the way they were.
Love your channel, love your videos
Folklore and Evermore will always be my favorite albums. I still listen to them daily, they just allow me to feel my feelings but also vibe out 🙃
Man that intro is gorgeous, sucker for a good guitar playing! Looking forward to your others long pond reactions too. Keep it up!
Folklore songs really bring out tears
I think, for me, the line “if one thing had been different, would everything be different today.” is about nothing and everything all at once. It’s the minuscule, mundane things.
Awww don't cry. 🥺 loved this. I hope you check the studio recording of the songs in your own time as well. Anyways, Very much excited for this journey. Have a good day!🌻☺️
MORE TAYLOR!!!
So so excited to see you reacting to folklore! I think choosing to do Long Pond Sessions was a great choice, I really appreciate your commentary on guitar playing.
I love how deep you go on your lyric analysis, it's refreshing to see someone actually pay attention to what they're reacting to. This song always evokes strong emotions in me, too.
Can't wait for the next video! Cardigan is my favourite Taylor song ever.
Very happy to see reactions like yours where honesty is present even when tearing up. Taylor's songs have that effect of bringing up emotions that were dormant in order to explore them again and understand them. It has helped me personally. 'The 1' and all the other songs on the album are about coming to terms with an ended relationship that had roller-coaster emotions which, as you stated, probably was not resolved. Most things in life go unresolved due to unexpected changes and probably that is why her latest albums sound so mature, because she doesn't try to change other people anymore or blame them but accepts them and goes with the flow. It is still not clear who the muse for folklore and evermore was because they were very very sad albums. It is doubtful they were about her current boyfriend because they have stated they are happy doing normal things privately. That is their business but the fans can't help but wonder because she likes dropping hints and it has become like a guessing game.
The thing that Taylor has officially stated many of the songs are 'fictional' but in my opinion every song has a core of truth that she experienced in different phases of her life and decided to change some details to make it more interesting. Anyway, her songs in the last two albums show ambiguity in meaning because they can be applied to different relationships whether it is romantic, platonic, family. Although most of the songs are depressing at times, Taylor chose to leave bright little hope that everything will be alright in the end, usually in her closing tracks. She is very good at writing depressing lyrics that are matched to an up-beat rhythm.
Thank you for doing those reactions! looking forward to more and hope you react to Red (Taylor's version) when it comes out or other of her live performances when you finish with folk/more. :D
Nbd releasing them separately!! Thanks for watching the whole Longpond Andrew, I think you're really going to enjoy it!
A little background (this is long sorry)..
The two dudes are her friends and collaborators for this album, both are very talented producers and artists on their own.
The guy on piano is Aaron Dessner, he's w the bands 'The National' and 'Big Red Machine'. It you like the instrumentation of these songs, check out those bands as it's a very similar sound. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver fame is the 2nd half of Big Red Machine, you'll hear him on this album in the song Exile. Taylor connected w Aaron because she's a huge National fan, they had great professional chemistry and have become friends. He's credited on many of these songs as a cowriter as well as producer.
The dude with the glasses on guitar is Jack Antonoff, longtime friend and producer. He's produced on many of her previous records and 5 (?) songs from Folklore. See if you can spot a sound difference from one song to another, it'll be hard with acoustic but maybe a fun challenge. He also produced many mannny amazing songs in the pop world, including Lorde's 'Melodrama' (a masterpiece) and Lana Del Ray's 'Norman Fucking Rockwell' (a masterpiece lol). He also has a band called Bleachers.
Whew! 😅
loved the video!! I remember the day folklore came out as it was yesterday. I’m from spain and here it came out at 6 am and I didn’t sleep all night from excitement. By 10 am I had a big headache cause I had been crying to the lyrics of those songs for hours (also lack of sleep I guess). Folklore is such a beautiful and emotional masterpiece I hope you love the rest of it💘💘
Beautiful intro and great insight in the video. Taylor's music many times just brings people into their own memories/feelings, I'm sorry if this one made you sad, man. Even though you were still funny... 😁 I can't wait for the next ones. I hope you also listen to the album version. Maybe listen to both in the same video, even if it's longer, some if the album production and impact is worth it.
You're up for a rollercoaster ride. Folklore is REALLY something. If nostalgia was an album, it's Folklore. Looking forward for more videos (and tears). It's cool to see people appreciating and feeling folklore. Way to go swifties! 💕✨
Folklore ❤️ thank you.
Lovely video! Such a genuine reaction, it’s fun to experience the song anew with you! Look forward to the rest of the Long Pond reactions ✨✨
Can't wait for more of this! You would probably enjoy her talking about each song before she plays it.
YES I've been waiting for this. I absolutely love your insight on her songs and music. I can't wait for the rest. For this song "you know the greatest films of all time were never made" is my favorite lyric. Taylor has this habit of putting different metaphors or phrases in her songs for the point she's trying to put across but in a different way each verse, you'll see. It's such a beautiful lyric.
Obsessed with your Taylor reactions! You should look into some of her deepcuts like “All Too Well”! It’s production is very guitar centered and has some of her best writing of all time!
The song does definitely show the complexity of relationships especially after they end. I think that when she says “if one thing had been different” she herself also doesn’t know what that thing could be. I think when she says “one thing” she’s emphasizing that they really could’ve worked out, and she’s left wondering under what circumstances, with what changes, that could’ve been. Also the whole “if you wanted me you really should’ve showed” plus “it could’ve been sweet if it would’ve been me” sounds like even if she may have been the one to end it, they didn’t really treat her like the 1. Like maybe they both kind of gave up on eachother for so many reasons that seem unimportant now after the fact.
I don’t think this song is about one particular relationship, but rather reflecting on a number of past relationships that didn’t work out for one reason or another. In some she was the dumper, and in some she was the dumpee. In some she was wronged, but in others she was IN the wrong. Some relationships were serious, and broke down in a dramatic way. Some relationships just fizzled out before they could really ever get started. The song is about all the different ways two people just weren’t meant to be THE ONE for the other - bad timing, bad choices, or just simple incompatibility - no matter how much you cared about them or loved them or maybe could have loved them. And it’s about the “what if’s” that we dwell on when mourning a failed relationship before we actually do find the person who is The One for us.
Super excited for your reaction to the next 2 songs
I really think the production shines on the album version (almost all the songs) better than in the long pond sessions. I love both but i think for a first listener is better the album version. Still is so cool that you are listening to this :D
About this 8:35, i think she is not being sarcastic and she is legit trying to say she hopes that he moved ond and is doing whatever that makes him happy. but idk, i've always think that what she meant :D
I love the line "if one thing had been different, would everything. been different... today" the existential question of my life haha.
React to All Too Well at Reputation Stadium Tour 🥺👉👈
yes finally folklore 😍
First reaction to this a minute in; that guitar you started with is gorgeous. And the shirt is funny
So many great lines in this song, “you know the greatest films of all time were never made.” I think it’s about the potential that we all feel in relationships and people. So when it ends unexpectedly it really adds to the lines, “we were something.” Like, we could have been the greatest of all time. Also, “dig up the grave another time” it’s like they both know it’s been laid to rest, but sometimes they can’t help but bring up the past, just to see if maybe we if we can revisit it once more we could put it back together. It’s soooo good. Also, I’ve been in these situations, and this is how the interactions go, and it’s sooo good
He almost cried on The 1... exile and my tears ricochet, then this is me trying... 😳😳😳
I really like this song too (on my top 3 from folklore in fact). Also very excited to your upcoming reactions xo
He’s already emotional on the first track, wait till he sees the full Folklore performance.
Thanks for this reaction. The long pond session is really good, such good musicians! On a side note, you sound really good and plays the guitar really good as well.
It’s well known that folklore has a love triangle between 3 songs, but to me I weave their story into multiple other songs on the album.
Thank you for this 😍😍😍 as a swiftie, I really love to watch reactions like this w/ her praying instruments. God bless to you & to your channel, hopefully more Taylor Swift contents please 🙏
I just discovered your channel by chance and I've been binging all of your videos. Its so interesting to see your take on the lyricism and to hear your insight on the guitar playing.
I can't wait to hear your reaction to other songs on the album!!
I'd also love to see you react to the lakes and right where you've left me which are bonus tracks.
Also keep posting your small covers at the start, they're really lovely and fun to listen to :))
I’m a big swiftie, and I love how you dive into her lyrics 💜💜💜 It’s always interesting to hear how you interpret them without knowing a ton about her.
I really think you might appreciate listening to the studio versions instead because of the nuances in production. So excited that you're doing this! Loved your solo in the beginning btw 😍
This is a Movie and it’s better to watch the full film, because she explains the meaning of every song. Love you Videos BTW 💜
Hi! I love your way to explain and comments Taylor’s songs. In my opinion you should watch and react to King Of My Heart (Live Acoustic) or Gorgeous (Live Acoustic version)
Hey! You made me so emotional during this video and videos like that are golden! Thank you for making another Taylor reaction video, I can't wait to see what you think about Folklore :)
this is really just more of a jack antonoff request than taylor but watch them perform August in long pond studio sessions please!!
I also have the red epiphone guitar in the back! I got her for my 18th birthday a while ago and she is glorious! I got so excited seeing you also have it haha!
Yes the one is the bomb. One of the best first tracks of anybody. More Folklore. After Folklore there is Evermore which is a sister album.
NOT hooking up with girls on the internet; she is dreaming about him because she misses him. (Her irl good buddy, Ryan Reynolds, was involved w/promoting a new online dating service about this time). The One moved on (with his "chosen family" ----someone _not _ her) but she didn't. It is fiction. In an interview w/Zane Lowe after Evermore was released, she says she (and boyfriend, Joe Alwyn) both just like writing sad songs. She didn't do any interviews after folklore's release; they were mostly done by Aaron Dessner. I suspect she just wanted to bring him more into people's awareness. Sales of his band, The Nationals, and Justin Vernon's band(or project) Bon Iver spiked following the album release and their media exposure.
Don't worry the first time I've played I cried too it's like she knew what I was thinking back in our 20's. What could had been and made me felt so much.
Thank you for givingbtime to react on this... I hope you'll enjoybyour folklore journey. New subscriber here 🙏
great!!
the long pond sessions are amazing
I love swiftes and watching people become swifties and binge watching your videos I'm dying at the evolution. She's an onion.... so many layers.
the guitar she's using has a rubber thing under the strings that she says gives the song an "old feel"
i love the song and i love your honest reaction to it
And especially I love that you pay attention to the lyrics
*AHHHHHH FINALLLLLLLLLLLY 🔥🔥🔥*
Really appreciated this reaction & break down, subscribed! Excited to see you continue your Taylor Swift journey. Sincerely, fellow swiftie & music lover
I really enjoy watching this . thanks
I think it's pretty clear that this song isnt about a recent break up that she is still going through the motions of getting over and is pretending she is doing good and putting on a brave face. This song very clearly is reminiscing in a long lost love and talking about could have beens, and how even though now the narrator is over the relationship and doing good she still wonders how great they could have been if they had worked out. I connect with this song deeply because this is my current emotional state lol
Gossip time/explanation time about my interpretation for the interested, I met the most meaningful person in my love life (up to date) while I was doing an international exchange program for a year. I have never connected more with anyone else even though not only were we from different countries and didn't speak each other's main language and didn't study anything even remotely related but we also were from different cultural/political backgrounds. None of us had plans for our future that would allow us to live in the same country (in fact we have been in different continents for a while now) so it was pretty much doomed from the start. We only knew each other for less than a year, I was super young when this happened (20/21) and never had hopes for anything. And yet. And yet, even though it's been a few years now and I am pretty much over him, I still wonder sometimes, what could have been if we had been in the position to give it a real shot, and as Taylor says in The One's bridge, "If one thing had been different, would everything be different today?" Would we be together, if not so much had been against us? And what if he hadn't been so adamant that it would be too much, could we have planned something that would allow us to be in the same time and space for real in the future? Again, I made my peace with this situation a while now, have liked other people and put myself out there since, but still, when you are low and sad it's hard not to think about what ifs and what could have beens
tearing up on the first song.... welcome to folklore!
When you noodle around and play along softly with the song it's so satisfying and it adds something pretty to the song lmao
Love your analysis. I agree
it’s one of my favorites from the album!! it’s just the vibe of the song... it’s soooooo perfect
Wow. I never knew that line “we were something don’t you think so” really hits until you said it
Great video!
Dear Andrew,
I can feel your emotions as someone who has been hurt before too by a break up, just like many other people. I hope time will soon heal all your open wounds, help you truly move on and find your actual happiness.
I LOVE folklore and evermore, I personally think this song is one of the few uplifting songs on the albums so now you know what you are going to experience listening to this beautiful art. I think these albums are her best work, the dept of the lyrics and her ability to capture real human emotions with them and also the captivating yet mellow production by Aaron Dessner makes these albums masterpieces.
I'm so excited that you're starting with Folklore and that you're liking it!
i love this!!!!
If you watch the documentary while listening, Taylor explains how she wrote the songs and what they mean. This was from a concert film where they alternated between performing a song and speaking about it.
yeah the 1 really hits T^T
very complex! and lots of interpretations
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That’s a Taylor song for you, you’re jut bopping along and then *bam* feelings. We’re all there.
wow love your reaction! You really try to interpret the story / song :)
This is really amazing. Can't wait for the rest of the album.
Cant wait for Exile/ EPIPHANY/ august/ illicit affairs/ this is me trying/ peace ✌️
and my favourite MIRRORBALL
I love this song.
This album made we want to explore her music, and I ended up becoming a fan of hers. I really enjoyed your reaction. Please keep them coming.
Yessss I’m so excited you’re listening to this ☺️
This song is fictional like a lot of the songs off of Folklore, Taylor Swift's 9th studio album.
If by "work through the weekend" , you mean gigging, I hope it works out for you.
You're awesome
Haha the shirt tho😂✨
I really like you and your analysis! I’m a new TS fan…. 66 years old!
i'm loving your Taylor reacts. she really get to all of us haha
you should ABSOLUTELY listen to 'dancing with our hands tied' live at the reputation stadium tour, you can find clips on youtube of it!! her guitar work is incredible in it
It's not really a break up song. It's a few years later "what could have been?" thoughts song. And it's not actually about Taylor
I am watching every single video of yours about Taylor. Could you react to her Evermore album? Your point of views are excellent and also the honest feedback you have
Who doesn't teared up at some point listening to Folklore, right? I love that he did it in the first one.
I really dig the new haircut
just discovered this channel. love your take and analysis! cannot wait until you react to evermore (especially the track called "cowboy like me", the guitar in that song will make you feral!)
I'd love to see you react to Lzzy Hale, by Halestorm. She's an amazing guitatist and the most amazing vocalist.
Love the taylor swift content, by the way