Midnights (3am Edition) Reaction + Analysis
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2022
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I really think you should include John Mayer in our Swiftie prayer right next to Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta. 🙏😇 Like forever.
I was about to comment the same thing
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I think you need to add Calvin Harris. A lot of people missed the headphones that Chad wore in Anti Hero, and the tropical shirt. That was Calvin Harris attire. The first two letters of Chad is CH, for Calvin Harris. Chad was the son who returned from Ibiza, and profited off his mom’s name. Chad is Calvin Harris, just like Kimber is Kim Kardashian. Notice the recording phone.
Same!
@@stargazer3677 omg yes! And ibiza is such a DJ-y place. It makes a lot of sense
There's a reason why I can respect Jake, even if I don't like him. He has been gracious enough to let her be an artist and tell her version of events (All Too Well, etc) and hasn't thrown a bitch fit about it.
The Mayer of that sad empty town on the other hand--nothing will ever be as funny or sad as his reaction to Dear John. I don't agree with the death threats, but I agree with the anger. He should have known that she would write a song about him. Taylor Swift is more than allowed to be angry because even though she was legally and technically an adult when she dated him at 19, she was still a naive girl who wanted a Love Story that like a fairy tale.
I've always said that Dear John is her angriest song, but I think Would've Could've, Should've has taken that spot and knocked Dear John to number two (Although I think Dear John is still her best written song she's ever released). There's no way any of the lyrics on Dear John can compete with a line like 'give me back my girlhood, it was mine first'.
That line is the saddest line she's ever written
It blows my mind when the people she dates say "don't write songs about me." That is the risk they take when dating any singer. People can't expect singers to never write about personal experiences. A lot of singers sing about personal things, it seems Taylor fans try to figure it out more. Also, him getting angry about shows how much worse that relationship was compared to Jake.
i bet you think about me is really angry tho 😂
@@uncreativehandlename in a more sarcastic, eye rolling way. this song sounds like horror.
I’m pretty sure Jake did mention how it the past relationship follows him til now. It bothered him a bit but not like John
I read an article online that mother's who have lost their babies/miscarried were connecting with "Bigger Than The Whole Sky". I thought it was incredibly powerful in that context. Not sure if it's what Taylor intended, but I thought it would be interesting to share.
I've seen comments around from people who have miscarried. I'm strangely warmed that it resonates with listeners in that way.
Claire had a late term miscarriage. It’s known by many Swifties. Taylor used her friend’s experiences, again, to write a story.
Yes I came here to comment something similar. I’ve not personally experienced miscarriage or stillbirth, and I didn’t originally hear that interpretation on my first few listens, but I’ve got several friends who’ve had multiple miscarriages. Now I can’t really hear this song any other way and it makes me cry.
I personally did not care for the song until I heard that read on it. And I still honestly do not care for the song. Nice to have people connect to it in that way, but I also know this will spark another round of witch-hunting among her most toxic and parasocial fans.
I have to admit that I had never experience something similar to a miscarried. However, I thought exactly the same.
PD: sorry my english, not my language.
as a 19-year-old, hearing my birth year from Taylor's mouth as "2003 unbearable" was quite funny
sameeee
same!! 😂
my 3 daughters, born 2001, 2002 and 2004 - phew!
LOL SAMEEE
same for me.
The Great War is personally my favorite on the whole album, and I think it’s there to bridge the gap between evermore & Midnights (especially for more folkmore fans), so I think it fits
Same .
Same I love the great war, I feel like the fandom doesn't appreciate that much. To me this song sounds very Taylor, not out there and experimental but in a purely natural reflective state. The analogies and imagery are just spot on. It paints such a beautiful story. I feel like when you see other happy couples sometimes you assume that their relationship is perfect, but nothing ever is. As much and Taylor and Joe are great matches for each other, they've also had their struggles and overcoming those obstacles made them stronger in the end. I think this song is super romantic and I'm a sucker for a good romance story. The melody and production are also incredible. Dessner produced it so well. Also the BRIDGE. Absolutely stunning, I love how she sings betrayed. Sounds heavenly
YES!!! How I'd love the Great War to be the first track of Midnights, this song is so underrated and underheard. The lyrics, the sound and storytelling is simple yet exceptional.
As a huge fan of country, folk, and rock Taylor (basically anything but 1989/Rep sounds) .. this song is so her.
@@kellye.5678 it's only been 3 days of the release for it to get appreciated gurl 💀😭
@@Fucorii I mean by swifties who have listened to the album multiples times and have already chose their favorites. The Great War not being in their favorites haha. Some songs were growers for me though
Can I just say that Taylor’s bonus tracks are the best!? If this was a movie, new romantics, come back be here, and so much more! AND HITS DIFFERENT
right where you left me
+The lakes
@@leviosa7375 top tier Evermore ✨
The 3am songs were the best overall.
The Moment I Knew is another good one. ❤❤❤
I will never forget this clip of John Mayer saying that Taylor is so talented and she doesn’t know it. I think that’s what he loved about her. She was a vulnerable shining thing that could be molded into whatever he wanted in his head. I think that’s what he loved the most, that she was insecure.
Do you realize you're taking his compliments and finding a way to turn it into him being an ass?
Wow.
Definitely, I think he wanted to "make her his wife" so that he could take her out as competition but still keep her because it would look good for him. I think that is part of it. He resented that she walked away because she figured out his ish and exposed him.
I remember that one (i think radio?) interview where he talked about her taking direction in the vocal booth really well, and then after she would sit in the corner and draw pictures. Then he called her a "perfect pixie". Sometimes it seems like that's how he wanted her to stay.
Or he had 10 years of experience in the music industry and saw her potential? You know maybe words meant exactly what they were intended to mean? Her fans are bat shit crazy people.
@@baldbearded9601 or maybe he actually has a history of being sexist and misogynistic throughout his career and got away with it for being a famous guy because other men like you keep giving out EXCUSES for abusive men who don't deserve it AND then declare how they're not like all other men because they don't do that stuff, its just them crazy women who can't take a compliment ruining it for alllll the men out here💁♀️
Would've, Could've, Should've is track 19.
19! As in the age she was at the time.
yeah she literally flipped the script. mayer was 32 and she was 19, now she released her 19th midnights song when she was 32, and it’s about him
with bigger than the whole sky, i took it as grieving her lost girlhood that she references in could’ve, would’ve, should’ve (which is why the line is incorporated in bigger than the whole sky)
They said bigger than the whole sky might be about a miscarriage.. 😭
@mia9833 Some people say that, but Taylor has never commented. I'm not trying to invalidate any interpretation, but don't go around stating this as a fact. It's not a fact, and it's weird so many people are convinced that it is.
It’s about miscarriage
@@KateCat420it’s literally about her friend Claire. And it’s definitely not a thinly veiled metaphor. It’s very literal.
I personally feel that the songs lyrics inherently harken to a miscarage but it is also writen in a beautiful way that you can relate it to any grief. Thats part of the reason this song is my favorite song on midnights.
Timestamp 🌃
4:33 The Great War🤺
6:05 Bigger Than The Whole Sky🌌
8:29 Paris🇫🇷
11:45 High Infidelity 📈
13:40 Glitch
16:25 Would've , Could've , Should've
23:20 Dear Reader 📕
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Somehow I’ve come to think of the 3 am songs as additions to Taylor Swift’s discography rather than additions to Midnights, because they don’t necessarily fit the vibes of Midnights but they are very much Taylor Swift songs and for that I am grateful
me with hits different
Same, the 3 am tracks almost feel like they could be a separate EP to me
April 29 - this is what you came for came out!!! Taylor was done with the relationship when Calcium said in that interview mocking her that he wouldn't collaborate with her despite her cowriting the lyrics! So she basically hopped on to the getaway car! Also bent the truth and high infidelity - I think more like emotional infidelity! Going out and being happy there!
Calcium 😭😭
@@RosanneSol yess cause we forgot he existed!!!!
Calcium I like this name 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Not Calcium 🤣
Calcium Hydroxide 😭
I love her explaining the meaning of shade in the song Paris. It's so funny and care free..as if she is in Paris loving life, not caring about our literary criticisms haha. I think it's also a follow up from I Forgot That You Existed, where she says "sat in the shade you were throwing till all of my sunshine was gone". Now the only shade she sits in is one where a tree has grown ❤️ her lavender haze won't even let her notice the haters
LOVE this interpretation
I thought the same. it really sounds like a sequel? (is this the right word?) to i forgot that you existed
I've been waiting for this since Karma started purring on my lap 'cause it loves me🤷
Forgive me if you’ve already done this or talked about it somewhere, but a video either ranking or just discussing all the producers and/or writers Taylor has worked with in her career could be quite interesting! I’d love to hear more on your Jack vs. Aaron vs. Max Martin vs. Liz Rose thoughts
oooh yes this is a great idea! thank you!
I feel like something not many people are talking about is the reference to the book (or TV show) High Fidelity, which is about a man called Rob who owns a record store ('Put on your records and regret meeting me') and slowly learns that he is very hung up on his ex-girlfriend. And as everyone knows, Zoe Kravitz who was on the tv show has writing credits on some of the tracks!
That girlhood line hit me like a train the first time and every single time I hear it. Absolutely devastating.
Have been impatiently waiting for this since Friday! Your reactions are my favorite.
Interesting facts:
- John Mayer lives in Big Sky, Montana (Bigger Than The Whole Sky)
- He's on tour with Grateful Dead and they have song called Friend of the Devil ("and I damn sure never would've danced with the devil").
- And of course there's his song Bigger Than My Body
I also have to confess that I am a fan of his music and I am always so conflicted about it.
OMG! I was just thinking this! I love John and Taylor, they're two of my most favorite and revered artists of all time. I love them both so much that I thought they would be perfect for each other (both are god-level songwriters plus John is a monster on guitar and their voices go so well together) or maybe let things go and make music again together. I believe both of them have since moved on and I'm so happy for Taylor finding love. I think John's still single but he seems to be OK with that. I just hope people stop attacking him or Jake or Calvin all of Taylor's other exes because they've moved on and are living their lives (hopefully) peacefully now.
Loving Midnights! Standout tracks for me are LH, YOYOK, BTTWS, Labyrinth, SOTB, Karma 😂
@@rmsc9127 thank you for saying this!! Glad I'm not the only one 🥺🥺 I'd like to add that the songs Taylor writes are purely from her perspective, her feelings and her experiences. Which are completely valid of course. However, I do think that some Swifties take them as the one and only truth and use that as a weapon to attack her exes. I think it goes a bit too far sometimes. For example when they bullied JM the day he joined tiktok. It's been over a decade. John seems to have really bettered himself. He's allowed to be on tiktok and still have a carreer. He's one of the few celebrities that actually admitted his wrongdoings and worked on himself. If anything, that should serve as an example.
@@RosanneSol As with many fandoms, there are going to be some hardcore fans that unfortunately are single-minded and toxic. Tom Hiddleston fans attack Taylor the same way even though she admitted that she was in the wrong. Gosh I didn't know they attacked JM back then for joining Tiktok as I don't have social media except for messaging apps. They should just let bygones be bygones and we aren't even 110% certain who Taylor writes about anyway!
But yeah, when she releases Speak Now TV I think this is all going to come back and hunt JM. I just hope the fans aren't as rabid this time.
I do revisit continuum regularly... slow dancing in a burning room is god tier.
I think midnights is a really complex album with these 13 standard tracks, honestly I could've lived without the 3 AM edition BUT the moment I heard would’ve could've should've... oh lord, my life will never be the same
They said bigger than the whole sky might be about a miscarriage.. now I also can't live without it 😭
I love Hits Different so much! It’s everything that’s great about 1989, but with more candour. It’s perhaps how 1989 could have been if Taylor wasn’t so protective of her public image at the time.
The Great War: "Maybe it's the past that's talking, screaming from a crypt"
Would've, Could've, Should've: "The Tomb won't close"
bigger than the whole sky is my favorite song from the album. something that i think is super cool about it is that it can also seem to be about miscarriage or the loss of a child, which just adds a whole extra layer.
Yup I lost a daughter, 33, and this song tugs at my heart
Apparently there was a blood moon in NY on 8/24/16… Glitch? Maybe we have a time frame for starting with Joe
That is when they became more than friends.
Justice for “The Great War”!😩
Literally in my top 3 of midnights 😭
It’s such a bopppp 🙌 also I’m a sucker for a snare drum instrumental
The shade line in Paris sounds like she’s reliving her time in the Lorax lol
I think the 3am tracks were a brilliant idea for her. While the 13 original tracks felt like 1989/Rep/Lover, the 3am ones gave that Folklore/Evermore vibe. 3am version seems to cover a bigger audience as a whole.
Great War doesn't add anything extra, but I just love the vibe and the feel of it
Wow, over 11,000 subscribers already? Congratulations, Swiftologist! Your channel is really growing fast.
I have a feeling that some of the songs that were made into bonus/3 am tracks were to avoid controversy. If you look at the charts, it's pretty clear that majority of the public clicked off after Mastermind. Can you imagine the uproar if they heard High Infidelity, for instance (confirming rumors that she cheated on Calvin)? Also, besides editing, I think Jack also tends to distort vocals in a way that distracts from Taylor's lyricism.
from all her previous songs about calvin i dont think she actively (like physically) cheated on him but she had already emotionally moved on from the relationship before it ended. she had fallen out of love with him because he hadn’t treated her the way she deserved. and she was already falling for joe and then for some reason couldn’t get with him at that time so she rebounded with tom. and maybe she feels like that was infidelity because she emotionally “cheated” before breaking up with calvin.
@@rupsa9432 ^^this. i think this is why the situation is complex and layered for her anyway, since she’s so against cheating but sort of did so emotionally with calvin. so she sort of did cheat yet sort of didn’t, and that’s where the reflecting part comes in since she was still pondering over that, hence the song and it being included as a 3am track on album about losing sleep over one’s past.
@@jimbob2427 I don't actually think any of her songs on midnights are about one person or "muse" as many of them seem to refer to multiple albums. I also think the situation described in high infidelity is a complex situation even if it is about cheating, with it being the only "way out" of the relationship (also something expressed in songs like ivy or tolerate it). But when I wrote this the dominant opinion was that it's about her cheating on calvin, and i feel like if that was picked up by media, it could cause havoc. being a 3 am surprise drop, it went relatively unnoticed
Would’ve could’ve should’ve is possibly the best song of midnights
I could listen to you talk all day. So well spoken, so knowledgeable on the topic of Taylor.
Congrats on 11k! great analysis (justice for Paris, im sorry im an paris apologist i can't help it 😭)
My top 5 atm are, Maroon, Anti-Hero, Mastermind, Would've, Could've Should've and Lavender Haze
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I love your takes,so excited to watch (John Mayer better lock his doors)
The John Mayer songs hit so deep because I feel like everyone has their own JM. Everyone has that person that dragged them through the mud and it’s super relatable. I feel so bad for her and anyone who has been through anything like it.
Paris is one of my favorite Taylor songs ever; because it is all about manifesting love. It really gives me the energy and optimism I need when I am feeling lonely. Notice how at first she says make-believe champaign and those alleyways, but at the end they are actually drinking champaign in Paris, manifestation
i have drafted several unposted comments on this and your OG midnights reaction video and have whittled it down to this lol. i had so many ideas to share back because you are so wonderful at collecting and sharing your brilliantly worded analyses and canonizing of tswift -- so thanks yet again for inviting us to join you on this chaotic journey with you! BLUF to this video /with tie backs to general midnights reactions:
i was very disappointed in the entire 3am edition line up at first listen - vehemently against all of them! BUT at second listen, totally changed my opinion. I love of them tbh but had to listen through a different perspective than the initial midnights ear explosion. bigger than the sky was clarification of labyrinth for me -- spoke to me about miscarriage, infertility or the like. and the heartbeats effect in labyrinth? reminded me of the absolute nightmare parallel of wildest dreams heartbeats. also could tie to the starved my body/bloodsoaked gown in "you're on your own, kid." could've would've should've made me cry in the grocery store. i could do without the great war honestly but it's the most realistic picture of her adult, imperfect relationship with joe and makes me appreciate whatever vows they've made to each other, formally or informally - which brings me to how "sweet nothings" also made me weep at the utter softness confessed in it and portrayed by it and i am really honored she shared that snippet of her life with us, and that it was co written of course by william bowery.
OG swiftie here, former journo/professional media relations fan here who also observes, studies and is enraptured by the twsift universe/canon like you -- i am FLOORED at how utterly honest this album is and how vulnerable she has made herself. i am 33, a fellow 1989er and am thrilled to have been living and growing into my adult life at the same time taylor has been -- and that she used this album to share those honest, adult, human experiences and emotions with us, yet again, and this time - in so much depth and awareness.
i am utterly overwhelmed and feel like a different person than i was pre-midnights. so much to soak in.
thanks for your service, swiftologist.
Labyrinth is one of my faves 😭
I think age and experience matters when relating to music though, and as a 30 year old who has been married since 21 and has two kids, I’ve had some life experience. I’ve dealt with trauma and abuse, and when I met my husband romance and falling in love were the last things on my mind. I had just been broken up with by someone I thought I was going to marry…he left me and married my best friend. I felt so betrayed and bitter and broken, and then here comes Lee (my husband). And all I could think was “I didn’t think I could ever love anyone again, what kind of magic is this?” And that’s what Labyrinth is all about. The fear of falling in love after years and years of pain and abuse in “love.” And the purity of letting go and feeling safe with someone new. It’s a gorgeous song, and I’d definitely put it towards the top of the album for me. Vigilante Shit is towards the bottom for me, because I’ve outgrown that mindset. I think having kids (mine both have special needs) does that to you. I don’t have the energy to expend on revenge, I use all of my energy to love on the people who love me.
Sorry for my rant 😅 That’s the beauty in music though, everyone relates to something different and I’m glad there’s such a range within this album and the 3 am edition!
I completely agree with you. I'm the same age as taylor and have had a lot of life experience and relationship trauma. I met my wonderful partner finally aged 31. Midnights spoke to my soul on so many levels. I do think you need to have experienced certain things to appreciate songs sometimes.
I agree! I’m in love with the Great War, labyrinth, bigger than the whole sky all hit me so Damn hard. As a wife, mom, and woman in 30s.
on my first listen to The Great War I was so dazed that I barely took it in but it's climbed up to be one of my favorites, it's a great storytelling song so it might grow on you
Reactions like this are why I love your content so much! You aren't afraid to be a realist and say things exactly as you see, hear and feel them. I also love that you sometimes have opinions that I don't agree with because it gives me another perspective to compare with my own so I can really dive into my thoughts on certain choices that Taylor makes in her songwriting.
For example, your opinion about the line in Paris about shade being embarrassing. I can totally see where you're coming from as a listener but I also look at it from a writer's perspective and I think it really matches the excitable, giddy and innocently girlish theme that the song represents and that makes me not hate it.
Keep the realist content coming please and never stop being you! I respect the hell out of you and your perspective. 💜
timestaps:
4:39 the great war
6:19 bigger than the whole sky
9:10 paris
11:48 high infidelity
13:43 glitch
16:28 could've would've should've
23:25 dear reader
3:07 It's crazy how some people can't take opinions different than theirs
I know that sometimes we agree 100% on the same songs, and other times you're destroying my favourites 😭
But it helps being self critical and also see the situation from a total different pov
Even with Taylor, I think you're one of the rare swifties that I saw who actually portrayed her as the anti-hero she is, with all her imperfections and complexity
So thanks for that !
I don't have any bonus tracks on my top 5 of midnight, but they're really great songs for bonus, and 7 bonus tracks like thanks tay (Special thanks to high infedelity's lyrics with my birthday in it)
That's really cool to see that she feels comfortable sharing even more of her creativity with us !
"The great war" is probably my favourite, because it felt that for one time, she had a big fight with her lover but she overcame it
It shows her growth and also that she has a partner who's understanding enough of her past and trust issues
And that the best relationships are not just lovey dovey and sparkling, but also build on overcoming obstacles together 🤍
Would Have, Could Have, Should Have is one of my new favorite songs! I’m obsessed with it. It’s so deeply vulnerable and honest.
I love Bigger Than The Whole Sky and The Great War too.
Would've could've should've left me jaw on the floor and shaking and by the end I was crying. She sounds so destroyed, screaming that bridge over and over. Related WAY too hard.
WCS IS dear john ten minute version without it actually being ten minutes and thats how hurt she was
another day another swiftologist slay
So Maroon and Anti Hero are my favorites so far which definitely speaks to how unhinged I am I guess 😂
your honesty is refreshing
thank you!
The thumbnail is amazing 😂
i have been WAITING for your reaction to should've could've would've as soon as i heard the song, so i'm really excited it's here!
Dear Reader is so good, absolutely on of my favourite from the entire album with Bigger than the whole sky ❤
Dear Reader is my least favorite, but I gotta say I honestly love seeing people comment and talk about how much they like the songs that I don’t like as much. It makes me appreciate the song more for some reason 🥹
I completely agree with you on the fact it is amazing that she feels safe with Jack and Aaron, but she need to branch out and work with other collaborators. I did enjoy a good amount to Midnight. Would love to see what she is up to with the music videos. Speak now is my forever number 1 album…so WCS is such a beautifully heartbreaking song.
i really appriciate your critical and fair view on taylor's work, your videos are always super well done and you always get your point across
maybe less so in this vid but still, top tier swifty content
what you said about paris is the most spot on critiques i have heard about taylor's writing in years. the press has got to hear about this.
bigger than the whole sky to me is a sequel to soon you’ll get better. i think this is one of the “confessional songs” telling how she woukd feel if her mom died
It's just so wild that she is now 32, I am sure just like Demi Lovato, she is reflecting back on relationships now saying oh my god I would never ever consider dating a 19 year old, that was not a good situation. Like literally Olivia Rodrigo is 19, and their age difference seems huge. it is just wild.
Yes!!!!! Podcast breakdowns -happy place ❤
Praying for a 10 minute version of dear John once we get sntv
Your Dear John rant was EPIC!!!!! 🙌🙌🙌
i'm obsessed with the way glitch sounds, but would've could've should've is really something else, thank you for all your reactions, all of these videos and shorts must've been a lot of work but i'm LIVING for it
really appreciated ur john mayer rant, it ended up being very cathartic for me to listen to after living with wcs for the past couple days lmao
I laughed out loud when you said that about the shade in Paris. 😂
Your prayers literally kill me 😂 oh my lol
your John Mayer rant was so true from start to finish
your thoughts and analysis on would’ve could’ve should’ve is absolutely on point
Would’ve, could’ve, should’ve definitely should’ve been on the original 13. It’s my favourite song off the record!
Same it's top 10 taylor songs ever for me
Do you think she was so powerfully reflective on her experience with John Mayer on this album because at the time of its release she was the same age that John Mayer was when they dated? Like, she’s seeing the whole relationship & subsequent fallout from adult eyes and realizing it’s so much more effed up than maybe she ever realized at the time.
You did not just call The Great War an evermore reject, it's a masterpiece 😭
Upon 15th listen 😂, I think the album is more cohesive with the extra tracks.
the hits different chorus HITS DIFFERENT
I’m surprised when people don’t immediately interpret BTTHS as a song about miscarriage.
I’ve fortunately not gone through that but when I heard the song I was sure that was what it was about and I sobbed. It’s beautiful.
My mom cried so hard when she first listened to BTTWS because she had pregnancy issues, when she finally got pregnant she had a miscarriage, it brought her down, after all that, she tried to get pregnant again, and it took her 4 years, but she at last could
I love your take on things. You're very professional and talk about Taylor in quite an academic way. I really enjoyed this video! Where do I find your podcast?
thank you so much!! :) the podcast is called the evolution of a snake and you can find it on apple podcasts and Spotify 💕 anchor.fm/the-evolution-of-a-snake
@@theswiftologist aww 😔, I don't have either of those. I only use UA-cam Music. Can I find your podcast on the free version of Spotify? I've never used Spotify before though.
i loved your take on would've could've should've, i think sometimes the trauma that she got from her relationship with john mayer its a bit overlooked, i'm glad that she reinforced how painful and serious that was for her. "bring it back my girlhood, it was mine first" might be my favorite lyric on the whole album.
i actually LOVED the great war, i loved how it feels like afterglow but better and bigger, but i'm a sucker for evermore so i'm suspicious to say lol
(yes, the lyrics on paris are ridiculous)
Tracks are fluctuating on my favorite list after a few listens. Midnight Rain and Maroon still top it while Anti-Hero is at the bottom. The production is a bit of a vibe, though still doesn't quite reach a certain height for me, feels lackluster. Her vocals are the best part of the album.
Most songs fall in the middle/meh range. This is mainly due to the lyrical content. My preconceived thoughts of the album played a part in this. Before the album released she described it as 13 sleepless nights of twisting in self-made cages, worry of making life-altering mistakes, terrors and sweet dreams, facing demons, pacing floors, and through it all finding oneself. I had hoped that she was going to unveil new things about her at pivotal moments in her life. Instead it is new perspectives on previously covered topics.
I knew this was going to be likely since she was rerecording over a decades worth of songs. The song to cover familiar ground the best is hands down Would've Could've Should've. Everything else is better covered in a different song, multiple songs, or whole albums. I think I expected her to reconcile with who she is to herself more than who she is in relation to the men throughout her life.
I'll stop because I could go on and I'm annoying myself
First new TS for my part and sounds great!
I know the dear John ten minute version is a joke but imagine a ten minute song on every re-record for each ex. All you had to do was stay ten minute version 😂
The Great War is my favorite Taylor song, but I see how it’s not for everyone. I think it’s for people with trust issues😂
Thank you for this serving mother 😭 feed us Anti Hero analysis we’re starving !!!!
i swear if i catch jack on speak now tv im breaking into the studio and producing it myself
“I’ve been carrying this pitchfork for so long” 🤣
I think would've could've should've is so powerful because there are so many of us who can relate and she gave us a voice there. Especially when there is a power dynamic. I'm a year younger than her and it's been amazing to grow with her music. This song hit me hard and deeply.
With Aaron she mostly writes to track which does give her confines and I think brings out something special in her because the music causes her to feel emotions (which is apparent in Long Pond when she describes the feelings she feels when she hears the music versus just doing 100% of the song which she basically does with Jack).
I enjoyed this reaction and your points about validation. From my pov the person she is vying for attention from on this record are her fans.
I laugh so hard at the prayer each time! Manifesting it! 😂
I hope she releases hits different on streaming services
Some of us paid $20+ to hear that song first so I’d rather not thank u 💀
She put The Lakes on streaming services later on so she probably will, likely sometime after the first week for release week sales to have their best shot.
It's really interesting how we have such different taste in music! (and I mean it in a good way) I guess that's why she has different types of songs on her album so she has everything for everyone!
i took BTTWS as her mourning the loss of who she could've/would've/should've become had she not dated John Mayer
also, "sexy baby" is a reference to a scene in a show but also can be commentary on the hyper-sexualization of youth. "Hey kids, spelling is fun" is a fun lyric!! imagine shouting that in a concert setting?? an immaculate vibe and it sounds So Weird when that part isn't in the song! "I mean under where a tree has grown" is also fun! the song is meant to be a silly bop and it totally delivered, it's not my favorite lyric she's ever written but it's still really fun and not meant to be so serious!
Another day of praying destruction for john mayer🤝
What does the lyric "if i was a child did it matter if you got to wash your hands" mean? I've been truly confused??? Is it about John being done with her and washing hand like my brain isn't able to process
I took it as a saying I've heard before washing your hands of a person and that basically means You take no responsibility for the other person and walk away.
When will the new podcast be available on Spotify?! :)
@Swiftologist, I've been waiting for this since Midnight. So let's dress for revenge, shall we?
The great war is one of my all time favorite songs 🥰 love the 3 am editions.
Honestly I feel like we as a fan base just don’t like to think too hard about John Mayer, because when you do, you start to think about how much she changed after him. Speak now to red? It kinda flows into what she said in “dear reader” once you can’t recognize yourself, you did it right.
OMFG not me wearing THE EXACT SAME HOODIE RIGHT NOW!!! 😂Hahahaha. I noticed the snake, looked down at my hoodie... Wow. True Swifties.❤
could've should've would've is Taylor's warning shot to John Mayer. she's giving him a running start bc Speak Now is gonna unleash absolute hell 😭😭
My favorite song from the 3 am version is definitely Would‘ve, Could‘ve, Should‘ve, too! Other top-tier songs are Dear Reader, The Great War and High Infidelity.
My mid- tier songs are Paris and Bigger than the whole sky. Bottom tier song is only Glitch, though I appreciate the lyrical content, the melody and production just doesn’t do it for me
Generally speaking, the original 13 tracks on Midnights are much better than the „from the vault“ ones. But still grateful for all that we received from Miss Swift!
Where is your anti hero music video reaction??? Would've couldve shouldve definitely my favorite song on the album
Are you doing a reaction to Hits Different?! I love that song
I had the same thought about Bigger Than the Whole Sky and Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve, I absolutely love the latter, it’s my favorite of the bonus tracks with Dear Reader being second place. This might be super out there, but something about the sound of Glitch reminds me of Chemtrails Over the Country Club the album; I think it’s the high whisper voice and the combination of percussion, bass, and background vocals. Not a huge fan of Paris or High Infidelity, I actually felt like High Infidelity sounded way more like evermore than The Great War did, sonically. I do like The Great War though, not gonna lie, the imagery is right up my alley. And honestly, I was so glad that she had bonus tracks cause Midnights felt a little short to me. A lot of the original tracks are shorter than what I’m used to coming from her. All in all, I think might be my favorite album of hers since 1989, and it feels like a sonic hodge podge of the last four releases.
thankyou for saying "u dont engage with him from the tea perspective cus it's not her taking shots at him" cus ive seen some reaction channels and alot of reels about "oh taylor teaaa" or "taylor burning down her exes" and m like ??????
We don’t have target in Canada and I want to hear hits different so bad !!
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