Taylor Swift - august (REACTION) First Time Hearing It - WRITER REACTS
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This is such a lazy summer day song. I love it, especially that bridge. It encapsulates a brief summer romance that meant so much to her, even if that feeling wasn't reciprocated.
The TWO bridges!
There is something so comforting on a lazy summer day with like a warm cup of tea and a hammock by the lake, that this song just invokes . It is the definition of a summer hug
Beautifully said!
the air just got SALTY 🧂🌬️
Yes!!! Happy August!! This is from "Augustine's" perspective. Perfect timing!! Love this song so much and the trilogy!! Yes it was confirmed by Taylor as a love triangle, in "The Long Pond Studios" on Disney plus. She and producers talk about each song on folklore and the trilogy/love triangle is confirmed. :)
Great reaction. When you listen to Betty all the dots will connect.
Thanks so much!
That reaction is coming later today.
I always feel sad for Augustine. She did nothing wrong, but didn't have a chance... 😢
I feel the same way!!! She calls it summer love...and James in Betty calls a summer fling. 😢 Auggustine was "living for the hope of it all". I love her and really really feel for her.
@@karinrommel5925 Right! I hope, she found the right guy eventually.
@@karinrommel5925Worse-“just a summer thing.”
My very favorite Swift song HAPPY AUGUST
Great reaction, Saeed! I think everyone can relate to the vibe of this song, it just sounds like the end of a summer at the beach, to me. 🙂
@@timothytheis9709 would love to listen to it as well by the beach ona sunset
Thanks so much.
Some of these lines were so relatable!
@@SaeedReacts.Hope you continue to react and upload Taylor reactions since you have more depth and analyzes the meaning behind the songs she creates... Been watching all your reactions of Taylor's and even other artists and your channel is very underrated but never give up since we Swifties greatly appreciate those who is really "in it" to listen and know why a song was written unlike those other UA-cam reactors who just "reacted"... Lots of love from the Philippines and looking forward to Betty as well
"meet me behind the mall" = meet me behind them all
"waiting was enough" = one thing was enough
"you were never mine" = nevermind
Great observations! Thanks for sharing.
Confirmed by Taylor that it's a trilogy, during the Longpond Studio Session, for sure, but I think in other interviews etc too
Thanks for letting me know.
@@SaeedReacts. she also confirms basically every show on The Eras Tour
Taylor also said in one of her interviews that she has a whole list of phrases or a series of words that she thinks are very cool and would want to use in her songs wherever they fit and “meet me behind the mall” was one of them
Thats awesome! I keep a similar list for lines in books.
I just came to comment this. Crazy that we got such a great song out of her just writing down “meet me behind the mall” years ago
I've never seen the "Are you sure?" whispers in the way you interpreted it, but it really makes sense!
That's one of the things I love about Taylor's music. Everyone can relate the lyrics to their own lives in their own way and that allows for endless perspectives. ♥️
Endless perspectives. I like that 😃
Oh wow, really? I always thought the "are you sure" whispers were related to virginity. On either just her side or on both of their sides.
What did you think it meant?
That's what made the love triangle so sad for me and it's why I'll die on the hill that James is an awful person and in my fan fiction, both Betty and Augustine end up with better men 😂
I love this song.
Notice how the song takes its time and fades away slowly cause her (augustine /the other women ) is going to need time to forget .
Also the ending with remember when i lived for the hope of it all she says it in a way thats different than the rest of the song its like she is making fun of her self for like thinking that way on reflection
This is probably the most emotional reaction to august i have seen ❤ i love that you payed attention to the lyrics
Taylor is an amazing songwriter! So many great lyrics. Thanks for watching!
I've never thought about the 'behind the mall ' part being about hiding her. Thx for ANOTHER reason to feel bad for Augustine 😢
So many great details in the writing.
Definitely feel bad for Augustine
I love this Taylor song. Thanks for the great reaction. I love how empathetic you are to the characters in the song. The song is heartbreaking yet so beautiful.
Its a testament to great writing if one starts to feel for the characters. Great song!
I love your reactions, will be waiting for Betty!
Thanks so much! That reaction is coming later today.
you know oscar niemeyer is jealous of that bridge 😂😂
incredible analysis as usual bro!! loved the timing btw ❤
Haha! A well constructed bridge😃
Thanks for watching!
“Living for the hope of it all” breaks me a little. I think everyone can relate to caring about someone more than they care about you ❤️🩹
Me too!!!!
My favorite Taylor song. It will always remind me of that surreal pandemic summer and how this album was the only bright spot.
Cant wait for you to react to Betty. This is the missing puzzle piece 😁😁😁 The bridge is heartbreaking because you’ll feel bad for the girl from the august because James said it was just a summer thing…and my favorite part is rhyming cardigan to car again 🤭
That reaction is coming later today 😃
She describes in the Long Pond Sessions where she chats with Jack Antenoff her producer pianist and guitarist. That yes these were a part of a trilogy (but Willow fits in as well) they were totally fiction not part of her biography.
Thanks for letting me know! Must check out Willow then too at some point.
Betty reaction coming tomorrow 😃
I think you would enjoy exploring her Long Pond sessions. They were recorded live from her home studio and some contain conversations regarding writing these songs. It gives us insight into her writing process.
Now we are finding out they might not be as fictional as we once thought😂 aka cardigan and Matty
@@alexagolden9172 right? Some people are not ready to hear that, lol!
@@alexagolden9172 And the 1 and Matty. In the Fortnight video, the one button is missing from her typewriter.
August is very repetitive because was the only thing Augustine could look back over and over again, but Cardigan has so many dif verses because they actually had a lot of history, also this songs (the 3) fit into each other in certain timestamps saying the same word, (I will let u know once u react to betty haha) loved the reaction, one of my most fav songs ever from miss Tay
Thats a great insight! Thanks so much for sharing that.
Thanks so much for this great reaction and analysis. Cant wait to listen to Betty with you!
Thanks so much for watching! That one is coming later today 😃
I love this song so much. That beautiful instrumental at the end, I saw a little news clip featuring the guys who made it and they got quite the shock when Taylor asked them if she could put it in a song.
Also here’s a fun fact- at 2:47 “get in the car (August) / James get in (Betty).
There’s others in Cardigan and Betty too. Taylor’s brain 😵💫
This is such a good song that sends you back to high school memories. I also like the flow and the instruments used in this.❤ Stay.safe
love this! did you know that every 1st day of august, the spotify streams of this song always doubled, even tripled
Oh really? Thats wild!
I’m so glad my daughters are in their late 30’s
I can imagine that sentiment 😅. My daughter still needs to go through all of those phases. And me along with her.
Actually really enjoyed this. TX Saeed. Greetings from South Africa
Great storytelling over the course of these songs. Thanks for watching. Greetings from Belgium.
Great reaction.
And tomorrow listen as this whole song and its sentiment gets dismissed by one line. Top-notch stuff.
Thanks so much for watching. Betty reaction coming today
Fiction? Yes, that’s what she said, but there are layers of her own life in it. The relationship with Joe was already deteriorating, but she couldn’t be too specific. So instead of 2 men and 1 woman, she flipped it. TTPD gave so much insight in lots of songs from Folklore, Evermore and Midnights.
August might well be my favorite track of Folklore. Funny enough are the Matty coded songs on the sister albums my favorite songs.
@BigD151065 I agree!! So much makes sense looking back now after TTPD!
There is definitely some life experience in it. My own books are fiction, but i put a lot of myself in them as well.
@@SaeedReacts.Boeken in het Nederlands? Ik heb interesse, heb je titels en je naam, dan ga ik eens bij de betere boekhandel langs.
@@BigD151065 De boeken zijn selfpublished. De Khan Ontrafeld trilogie , beginnend met Ontspoord, dan Ontketend en Ontwaakt.
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Another great pick and breakdown Saeed!😃
Thanks so much!
Happiness next pls ❤
That one is on my list. Betty reaction coming later today
Folklore is a masterpiece. This song though…. A nearly identical situation happened to me last August and I just 😭😭😭😭😭
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It’s definitely been confirmed. Since the “people” in these songs are the names of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, she introduces the trio together “my favorite people: Inez, James and Betty!” She smiles so big because she LOVES their children so much. She’s Aunt Taylor to them. The children were in attendance at one of the London concerts (with Blake & Ryan) and the girls got to hear their names while their Aunt Taylor was performing. Adorable. (Yes, James is a daughter).
She dances in a flowy and airy gown (like on a beach) while performing them and it’s all so beautiful. For being fiction and making the 3 from different perspectives (and Cardigan is from the main gf’s perspective as an adult), while the other two were still in high school. Fantastic stuff!! ❤🎉🫶🏼🎤
Thanks for letting me know about that!
Betty reaction coming later today 😃
#JusticeForAugustine
Love this song so much & really enjoyed your reaction to it, Saeed!!
If Taylor knows how to do one thing, it’s to write from her heart.
She definitely does write from the heart. Its real! Thanks for watching!
Now I’m sad again. (I love this song but it hits me in my feelings)
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Thank you ❤
Thanks for watching!
Unbelievable and brilliant song, my favourite TS song by a long, long way …shades of Glen Campbell on guitar at the end.
Unbelievable …meaning absolutely stunning song. I’m not a big Swifty fan but I am now. I think when one looks over her career “August” might go down in her catalog as the hidden highlight.
I love how you noticed "meet me behind the mall" means "meet me behind them all".
What i love about August is that it doesn´t paint the other person (in this case Augustine) as a villain. I think most of the time the other person isn´t a bad force that is trying to steal your partner, they´re actually normal person with emotions who just wants to be loved as all of us and just like the person who got cheated on was just caught in cheaters lies. No one can steal your partner from you, if they actually love you and respect you they would never do it. If you get cheated on the only one to blame is the cheater, no one else.
Even though it´s fiction i just must feel bad for Augustine. James cheated on Betty with her, took her virginity and made her feel like this could be something more than just a fling. Augustine truly fell in love with him but she was just a summer fling for him. And then he goes back to Betty like nothing ever happened.
I also love about this song is that it shows evolution and Taylor´s maturity, because when she was 19 she wrote a shady song about blaming the other woman for stealing her man called Better Than Revenge for her 3rd album Speak Now (2010) one line was so bad Taylor decided to change it when she re-recorded the song.
Thanks for taking the time to share this. It really shows how well written these songs are if we can pick up on all these different emotions from the characters in the story. So good!
I was an august 🥺
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You have a daughter, you should listen to “Never Grow Up”, from the album Speak Now! It’s beautiful 🥺💜
Now thats a great title. Hope to check that one out too.
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No you are definitely not reaching Saeed. She has the ability to set the picture immediately with the tune, the cadence and the lyrical content. She is a poet no doubt.
Great song and always enjoy her writing. Thanks for watching.
@@SaeedReacts. Thanks for posting!
Augustine deserved Better 😢
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I love that there is someone else that didn't grow up with either Blackberry or Apple messenger software (go Android 😂😂😂😂)!
We had a dodgy chat messenger program for cellphones called Mxit (as in mix it) in South Africa in the late 90s/ early 2000s... Should've been illegal 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Never heard of Mxit. We had ICQ, MSN and there was IRC as well.
And i am on Android as well 🥳🥳😅
Do Betty next and then do cardigan music video followed by willow music video since they are continuations
Betty reaction coming today.
Ok, we are going to have to give you BIG trigger warnings when you react to the songs about John Mayer grooming and taking Taylor's virginity and then just ghosting her when he was 32 and she was 19.
I've seen other dads of younger daughters react to the songs and get mad AF as well.
She wrote a song about it just afterwards (Dear John) when she was maybe 20. Then she wrote a song (Would've Could've Should've) about the lasting PTSD when she herself was 32...the same age he was when he preyed on a 19 year old teenager... There is even a song on TTPD where she addresses the trauma from Mayer again 💀😭
I fully sympathise with your feelings though. The idea that there are other AH boys or men that might hurt your kid like that one day can make a dad really angry really quickly 😅😅😅
Thanks so much for the heads up! Appreciate that. That is terrible! I dont really know his music, but i would always see his name pop up over the years and it was always in relation to another female celebrity.
Definitely will be checking out those songs.