Video Editor Reacts to Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2023
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In this video, I react to Taylor Swift's music video, Look What You Made Me Do. As a video editor, I not only do a reaction to the music video, but I dig into the editing techniques used throughout.
This music video may be one of my favorites!!!
P.S. I know I put in an extra "at" to the video title.. Lol
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I don’t want an extended version, I NEED AN EXTENDED VERSION
Lol thank you! I’ll mark it down as a vote toward making one!
@@Videoeditorreactsmark every like as a vote
@@Videoeditorreactsyes mark the likes as votes pls we want it we'll watch it we'll love it
@@VideoeditorreactsI'm a grown-ass woman in her 30s with a full-time job. I will absolutely be sitting down and watching a full breakdown of this no matter how long it is. I'll block out the time!
P.S. An extra little fun fact, you mentioned the mountain of Taylors' using a lot of extras; she actually brought in a bunch of her fans to be said extras. Just one of the fun little ways she tries to go above and beyond for Swifties.
Ditto all the above comments about the extended version😁
This video is hard for people new to Taylor's music to understand when they don't know the back story but you actually picked up a lot on your own. This was the first single released after a 3 year absence of music and an entire year of radio silence from her. It's about revenge on all the haters who had picked on her over the years for various reasons: calling her fake, calling her annoying, mocking her "surprise face" when she won an award, her awkward dance moves, body shaming saying her ass was flat etc., but mostly, it's a diss track to Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Scooter Braun for the trick they pulled on her saying she approved a lyric she hadn't, but framing her to look like she had, calling her a liar. Her fans never believed it. They know her too well. It has a million Easter eggs so I thought I'd explain the ones I know. There are likely many more I've missed which others will point out. There's a lot to say so forgive the "Book Of Codes - Part One and Two" which I'll post in other comments. I recommend watching the documentary "Miss Americana" too because it talks about this period of her life too.
I agree, you kind aneed to follow her or really really know her/follow her to understand most of her music and her music videos
All of this. Hi 👋 fellow Swiftie!! 😊
@@digitaldorothy Hey thanks fellow Swiftie!
@@andrewjordaan2485 i think that's why we are so passionate as a fandom. these aren't songs that we interpret on our own. they are her life stories that we know the backstories to. i don't know her as a person but i feel like i know her a lot more than other artists based on what she lyrically puts out there.
o Taylor, Katy attempted to ruin her 2013-2014 Red Tour by poaching the tour's background dancers for her own Prismatic World Tour.
She disappeared for just over a year. Shut down her social media pages and everything. Everyone thought she was done....then she came back out of the blue with this. Spitting fire and venom basically. Would love to see an extended breakdown of this video.
Bingo. Especially the end of the video when she’s “making fun” of every scenario she’s been in
No one thought she was "done".
@@orphanedhanyou even she said she wondered if she was done. She as much as said so in her "Miss Americana" documentary. For her sake and everyone else's I'm glad she stepped back into and embraced who she is. She is meant to have this life and has worked too hard to have it rained on by others.
Yes to the extended version. I'll give you the meaning of each set/scene:
Graveyard: This was the lead single for Reputation, her comeback album after being "cancelled" in 2016. She was widely considered over after Kim and Kanye West released an edited clip of her permitting a lyric of Kanye's where he says "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex, why? I made that bitch famous". She publicly said she didn't endorse it, so people thought she got caught lying. In 2020, well after she had come back, the full clip leaked showing how awkward Kanye was about the lyric and Taylor's obvious discomfort (as in, she agreed to keep the peace but was obviously weirded out by it). It also proved she was never told about the "that bitch" part of the lyric. But at the time, the edited clip was enough to set people off after feeling for years like she played the victim and enjoyed causing drama then running to her work to shit on those same people. So the graveyard represented her "dead" reputation. Zombie Taylor is wearing the dress from the Out of the Woods music video which was the final single from her previous album, 1989. So essentially the world cancelling her made "dead and gone" Taylor come back just to bury her old self. The Taylor in the grave is from the 2014 Met Gala.
Bathtub: Some thought this was her referencing Kim's kidnapping around that time but I don't think so. Some have also said there's a dollar bill visible in the bath with her. In 2017 she had to go to court because a radio DJ who groped her sued her for reporting him and getting him fired. She counter sued for a symbolic $1. She won and the Reputation album rollout began not long after that trial ended.
E Tu Brute with the snakes: Obviously Kanye stabbed her in the back. A few famous friends also abandoned her when she fell out of favour. The snakes are a reference to how Kim K chose to "expose" Taylor. She tweeted about International Snake Day saying "there's a holiday for everyone, I mean, everything these days" and lots of snake emojis. Then put the edited clip on Snapchat. People responded by spamming all of Taylor's social media with snake emojis. So Taylor took the snake and made it a key part of the album's imagery.
Car crash: I think this is representative of how the press ogles tragic spectacles. "You can't look away from a car crash". She crashes but poses just in time for the paparazzi. So was it an orchestrated crash? Did she do it for attention? People ask this stuff of celebrities all the time. Some say she's dressed like Katy Perry, who she also feuded with at the time, and the hair kinda looks like hers, but the outfit looks like Taylor's at the 2016 Met Gala. It might be Katy though because Taylor is holding a Grammy and Katy has never won one.
Caged Bird: I think this is the trappings of fame.
Robbing the streaming company: The scene in the safe with money everywhere, you can see the word "streaming" on the ticker monitor behind her. In 2015, Taylor wrote an open letter to Apple Music requesting they begin paying all artists royalties as soon as the platform begins, rather than 3 months later as they had planned. She did this to stand up for smaller artists who depend on those royalties. But of course people accused her of being greedy and doing it for her own riches. Even though she said she'd keep her music off Apple Music if they refused, and had already kept her music off Spotify for years. In less than 24 hrs, Apple agreed to pay artists properly and it was widely considered a huge power move for Taylor. She eventually put her music on Spotify in 2017.
The squad army: The hundreds of mannequin looking women is referencing her friendship group in 2014/2015. She was friends with some models, actors, singers etc. and they took a lot of photos together, as friends do. People somehow took issue with this, saying they felt she was gloating about her "exclusive" friendship group, or criticising them all being tall, thin, white, rich women, even though there were women of colour in her group too. Even now, some FANS still express distaste with her having friends in public. She eventually explained she had trouble making friends as a kid so suddenly having a lot of friends in her early 20s made her want to show them off.
Dance scene: The backup dancers wear shirts saying "I Heart T.S". This references Tom Hiddleston, who Taylor briefly dated in mid 2016. During one of her July 4 parties, he wore a shirt saying the same thing and, of course, the public tore him apart for it. It was just an awful time to be a fan of hers because the public had a problem with everything associated with her.
Plane scene with chainsaw: This is the real Taylor destroying a private jet. It's widely believed she was sending a message to fans who were known to stalk her jet through tracking apps and tweet where she was landing. Not confirmed but it's hard to link it to anything else.
Mountain of Taylors: It's seen as killing off her old self and rising again as something newer and sharper but also more bitter and hurt. Taylor has said she's struggled her whole career with feeling like she has to destroy every last incantation of herself with each album and start fresh. Folklore and Evermore in 2020 were the first time she resisted doing that. Then the current Eras Tour is sort of a nice healing moment from all of that where she's allowed to be all her past and present selves all at once.
The talking Taylors at the end: Every single one is a criticism previously aimed at Taylor. People used to say her surprised face when she won awards was fake, 1989 Zombie Taylor fires up when another Taylor calls her "that bitch", they lament that she's "playing the victim again", the car crash Taylor appears to be Kim K editing her receipts (proof), and finally 2009 VMA Taylor who was interrupted by Kanye says "I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative" which is something she said in 2016 that everyone made fun of. Behind them all the real Taylor stands on the jet and just watches.
I love your analysis about the details, they're really nice!!
Frankly, the cage part and the plane scene with chainsaw are referring to Big Machine Label.
Taylor in caged described about what she felt about it, and her cutting the airplane's wing means she's ready to destroy it
@@heathersfall I don't really see how the jet represents that.
@@jepros well it's a big machine
@@heathersfallshe was still with Big Machine for Reputation so that’s def not right
@@mandynova1436 I've thought of it, but I came across this comment on another reaction and I found it quite interesting: "Taylor cutting the airplane's wing meaning she ready to destroy big mechine label (if they still with their term to keep taylor) after rep album. Also many speculate that the scene she cutting it then paint "reputation" on the plane refers to the original 6th studio album she suppose to release was cancel because the drama and change it to reputation."
Also the part when she lift up 2 motorcycles - they said she was carrying the whole Big Machine label
If you were blown away watching this, imagine how we Swifties felt when we saw this back then after such a long absence from Taylor. Most of us probably nearly fainted 🤣And when you learn of the context behind every little detail, oh boy...
I wasn't a Swiftie back then, but I enjoyed 1989. But holy moly.. after this video I became a full blown fan and never stopped admiring her
I couldn’t breathe
I was in the middle of a hurricane when it dropped, speechless😭
I had nearly died in my kitchen watching this video the first time. I think kept screaming OMG OMG OMG OMG
I remember when only the lyric video came out & I listened to it, heard the “oh cause she’s dead” & my mouth was on the floor, with my hand clutching my invisible pearls around my neck 😂😂😂
I ended up bolting and almost falling down the stairs, screaming for my sister to listen to it.. fast forward a year later & we were both at Reputation Tour in Sydney screaming the lyrics together 🥹
The Reputation era, her comeback was simply epic. After the silence, the world coming at her, she releases this video. I still get goosebumps when I watch it. It makes me so proud of her, such a resilient, bright woman. She's truly unique.
The lights are on, she crashes, the go dark, then come back on to symbolize life after death. Resurrection. Tay's resurgence. God, she's brilliant!
I knew this but didn’t know how to say it LOL! Thanks for being so eloquent:)
im sure someones got this alr but at the end wen rep taylor calls zombie taylor a bitch, zombie taylor says “DONT CALL ME THAT” possibly alluding to Kanye calling her that in his song and Taylor saying she never gave permission
Book of Codes: PART ONE
There's a lot to decipher in this video for those who care
Book of Codes: PART ONE
"I don't like your tilted stage" refers to Kanye and his tilted stage on his Saint Pablo / Life of Pablo tour.
The tombstone "Here Lies Taylor Swift's Reputation" refers to Kim and Kanye falsely accusing her of lying, destroying her reputation as a person of good character. The bad press sent her into hiding, almost killing her career, hence the scene of her crawling out of the grave a zombie, undead. She's coming for them and everyone else who's pissed her off.
A tombstone behind her reads Nils Sjoberg, the pen name she used for the song "This Is What You Came For" which she, and her boyfriend at the time, Calvin Harris, wrote together. He didn't want anyone to know she had written a song for him. He did the music; she wrote the melody and lyrics. It became a huge hit for him and Rihanna. On the day of the song's release, April 29 (see High Infidelity) Harris was doing press for the song and was asked by Ryan Seacrest if he'd ever work with his famous girlfriend. He lied and said no. Taylor, who was co-hosting the Met Gala 2016, was at a dinner party given by Anna Wintour where she met Joe Alwyn and didn't bother showing up for the song's release day party. After they broke up, he became petty and vindictive on social media so, she revealed she was Nils Sjoberg taking rightful credit for her part of the hit song. He was peeved that she got more kudos for writing the song than he did - probably why he didn't want people to know in the first place.
The dollar bill to the left of her in the tub references the incident with David Mueller, the radio DJ who put his hand up her skirt and groped her ass while she stood beside him getting a picture taken. The picture captured the whole thing. It was undeniable. When she reported him to his boss, the radio station fired him. He sued her for a million dollars. She counter-sued him for ONE dollar and won the case.
The bathtub full of diamonds (apparently real and on loan under armed guard) refers to Kim Kardashian claiming she was robbed at a Paris hotel while taking a bath. There's a lot of speculation that this was all a setup - a staged robbery so Kim and Kanye could cash in on the insurance money AND keep the jewels. The hotel suspected they had been swindled by KimYe but didn't want to risk bad publicity by accusing them outright. They are both billionaires, and, as Kardashian loves to say "we have enough money to bury them". That's why Taylor says "I don't like your perfect crime" while sitting in the tub.
"I don't like your perfect crime" also refers to the perfect crime Kim and Kanye got away with when they lied about Taylor giving Kanye permission to use a lyric she did not approve in the song Famous which goes: "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that bitch famous." Taylor's fans never believed Kanye and Kim. Neither did anyone with two brain cells. Why would the enormously successful Taylor Swift, whom Kanye had already burned once before, ever approve of him calling her a bitch and taking credit for her success? Not in a million years would that ever happen. She said as much in her acceptance speech at the 2016 Grammy awards, February 15, 2016 when her album 1989 won Grammy for Album of the Year.
I think it's important for people to know what Kanye West and Kim Kardashian did to Taylor. At the time, there was little interest being shown for West's up-coming new album, Life of Pablo, after a series of lack-lustre albums. It was embarrassing how low his profile had sunken. Taylor, on the other hand, was riding high with the release of her album 1989 which was getting rave reviews. Jealous and desperate, West and Kardashian hatched a diabolical plan to generate publicity for him by once again linking his name with Taylor's, thus recreating the kind of hoopla and world-wide attention he got the last time their names were in headlines together - the infamous incident in 2009 when he went on stage and grabbed the mic out of Taylor's hand after she'd won the VMA for Best Video. He was universally derided for it. Even President Obama called him a jackass.
This time, they plotted that it would be different. They schemed to set up Taylor for a fall from grace, making it look like she was a liar while painting Kanye as the innocent pawn. The phone call was only the beginning but an important part in their evil machinations. They needed to manipulate her and record her agreeing to one set of lyrics, so they could later edit it to make it look like she'd agreed to another. While Kanye spoke to Taylor on his phone, Kim illegally recorded the conversation. Scooter Braun, West's manager at the time, was in on the whole thing, even taking out billboards later hinting at what was to come, going on social media to say something big was about to happen and that everyone should stay tuned.
West released the song Famous February 14, 2016, right before the Grammy Awards February 15. Maximum exposure. When Taylor heard the actual lyrics for the first time, along with everyone else, she knew she'd been played and betrayed. She was understandably outraged, publicly denouncing West for the lyrics, stating in the media that she hadn't approved them. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to her, she once again, played right into West's hands - it was all part of his nefarious masterplan all along. The whole thing hinged entirely on Taylor making her righteous anger public. West had to make his betrayal unmistakably underhanded and insulting enough to ensure without doubt that she'd react exactly as she did, thereby unwittingly, setting into motion the scandal, controversy and media attention he needed for his album's release. What ensued was a media frenzy of news stories, gossip, worldwide headlines, interviews and articles that went on and on for months. It also brought back the public's sympathy for West, allowing a re-branding of himself as the poor innocent victim this time and casting Taylor as the evil liar and manipulator - a win win for him. His situation had gone from no one caring that he was releasing an album to everybody buying his album and tuning in to hear the song with the infamous lyrics.
Every time the scandal died down, West or Kardashian would resurrect it, milking it for all it was worth. Kardashian gave an interview in Vogue in June 16, 2016, reiterating the false narrative that Taylor was lying, saying "She totally approved that." The next day, June 17 Kardashian took to social media, adding insult to injury, calling Taylor a snake. Twitter had a meltdown. All of Kim's and Kanye's millions of sycophants tweeted snake emojis at Taylor. The hashtag "Taylor is over party" was the #1 trending thing on Twitter for a while.
A month later July 18, 2016 Kardashian leaked the edited recording of the infamous phone conversation setting off another media frenzy, calling it "proof" that Taylor had approved the lyrics and was lying. Taylor posted on social media asking, "where in that recording do I approve him calling me a bitch? It doesn't exist because it never happened." Adding further insult to injury, Kanye also released the music video for Famous in July, with a life-size mannequin of Taylor, putting her naked likeness in bed with him, implying they'd had sex, proving once again that he is a morally bankrupt douchebag. Ditto his bimbo ex wife "Honey."
Taylor went into hiding, disappearing from public view for a year. No one saw her or was able to take a single photo of her. She gave no interviews. Even after Reputation's release, a year later, she gave zero press. She said only one thing "There will be no explanation, only Reputation." Five years later, when the entire unedited recording was leaked, proving Taylor had been telling the truth all along and that Kim and Kanye had lied - Kardashian dismissed it by tweeting it was old news and that Taylor was just looking for attention again. Neither West, Kardashian or Braun were ever called out by the media for this truly evil thing they did to Taylor even though the stunt revealed their unrepentant manipulation of the media and of Taylor. Nevertheless, anyone with a brain took note that they were not to be trusted because the stunt proved beyond a doubt what despicable sleaze bags they really are.
According to the Chinese Zodiac, 1989, (the year Taylor was born), is the Year of the Snake. After considering her new designation as a snake and considering the qualities and symbolism of snakes, Taylor embraced the title and found it was all very fitting. Snakes are beautiful, dangerous, stealthy, sleek, formidable, awesome, often deadly creatures that can strike suddenly when least expected. They also shed their skin as they outgrow their old one. Taylor applied these qualities and characteristics to herself, using them as symbols and metaphors to reinvent herself. She embraced the snake as her personal motif and put it everywhere, on everything, saying to herself "You know, this girl they're writing about is actually amazing. I have to write some songs from this girl's perspective!" The giant snake behind her on tour was named Karyn, a reference to the fact that the Kardashians names all start with K. Taylor decided she would become the Queen of Snakes. This is why she is sitting on a throne with her subjects all around her. When asked about the snake theme in Reputation she said, "Snakes eat rats."
The armrests have the words "Et tu Brute?" which means "And you too Brutus?" This refers to Shakespeare's play about the murder of Julius Caesar - they are Caesar's dying words to his friend Brutus who stabbed him in the back.This music video is all about her pouring "All the Tea"
Thanks for sharing!!
Best explanation. Thanks.
Thank u so much for sharing.
Awesome, thank you! I learn so much every time I read an in-depth comment like this.
I knew the snake at the beginning of “Me!” Is part of the engraving of the the snake identity, but I recently realized that the lyrics in “Anti-Hero” about tea time are a reference to the Kardashians and how they agreed she’s a problem and as we all know, how they tried to destroy her. Any more info on that?
Damn u wrote a whole essay 😂
Best music video ever
YES! I'd LOVE an extended version so much! Btw, theres also a bunch of behind the scenes videos for most of the scenes too! You'd love those!
This!
Yes! Can’t stress this enough! There’s 5 or 6 pretty in depth behind the scenes for a bunch of the different sets
I need an extended version too please!! I love your analysis and reactions, I am learning a lot about how important is the way something is edited!! And this MV has a LOT of stuff to point out.
If you take recommendations, I do recommend ALL Taylor Swifts MV, because they're always amazing. I think you'll be specially interested in the ones from her albums 1989 and Reputation, especially "Bad Blood", "Blank Space" and "Delicate". They're all directed by Joseph Kahn. I recommend "Lover" too, it has a lot of editing and transitions.
Thank you for these and watching this! It’s much appreciated! I can’t wait to dig deeper!
The fact that she has defined all of her albums (or Eras) so well and made all of her looks instantly recognizable for every era is a huge benefit for her. The Taylor mountain scene was so iconic she had to put it in her current concert tour: The Eras Tour. The dancers are all dressed like her past selves and they're trying to reach her on an elevated platform at the end of the song where that giant T appears behind her on a screen. Her past selves also appears on screen, from her old pink country dress to the Midnights buttoned up shirt and jeans
this music video is FILLED with Easter eggs, plus a lot is going on so really, I'd love an extended version so that I can maybe watch it and appreciate it for other reasons !
LWYMMD is definitely her best produced music video BY FAR. Just imagine watching this after a year of being bullied for being a swiftie, and not hearing or seeing anything about her other than people trashing her.
Oh you definitely should do an extended version and maybe even a version with someone who's a Swiftie explaining all among the ton of easter eggs there is in this video. Literally EVERYTHING IS THERE FOR A REASON
I would LOVE it if he had someone to offer real time history to anything he points out. That would be dope!
14:55 this face was my literal reaction throughout the video when the mv released in 2017, the most iconic comeback
I'm pretty sure that was ALL of our faces!
I still remember waiting for this music video to drop the night of and it proceeding to break my brain 😭😭 truly the most iconic comeback in history
AHHH I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS REACTION!!! It has been my fav music video EVER since it came out, I love EVERYTHING about this music video. Best comeback in history haha
It's SO good!! I loved it!!
@@Videoeditorreacts 11 year old me was IMPRESSED when it came out haha. I‘ll be attending film school next year and this music video was definitely part of my decision to do so✨
@@vee_the_tree2030 wow!!! CONGRATULATIONS! I went to school with Soderberg - I don’t know him personally but I am very close to his younger brother. Nice family. Best of luck in film school! We live in times in which artists are so very necessary to keep the fascists from taking over! Never let anyone tell you that your work is less than in any way! ☮️💜 from Louisiana
💯… a great song, not necessarily my fave song but one of her best videos ever. Such a comeback!!
💯… a great song, not necessarily my fave song but one of her best videos ever. Such a comeback!!
One of the most if not the most expensive music video out there. Taylor is a legit mastermind and nobody does revenge better than Taylor literally kill them with kindness. Her vision for this music video is iconic. She knew what she wanted and my gosh the entire team delivered.
I’m a new Taylor’s version swiftie. But reputation was the first time her music caught my attention. I was hooked ever since. It’s so funny because my husband has been a swifite since her debut album and I never could get it. Now I understand and being able to go to her eras tour was a once in a lifetime changing experience! Nothing but swifties in this house!!
i'd love a extended version!
The car crash symbolizes her album Red's snub for album of the year - "loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street" is a lyric from that album (had to google because I was also curious)
Also please do Bad Blood next 🙏
Ooh, great reference! I know it symbolized lots of stuff but hadn’t heard that specific music lyric, spot on!! Awesome :)
Book of Codes: PART TWO
The mannequins and army of plastic models refer to: 1. the criticism that she only has models for friends 2. that she's the queen of the "plastic" or fake girls 3. Kanye making a life-size mannequin of her which he put in bed with him in his music video for Famous to imply they'd had sex
There are digs at others too: she's impersonating Katy Perry in the Bugatti (Perry's car crash video). Taylor shows off one of her many Grammy's while sitting in the car - a dig at the fact that Perry has never won one.
Taylor wears a sweater that says "Blind For Love" when she's walking out of the bank vault referring to the fact that she didn't see Perry's or KimYe's betrayal coming because when she loves someone she loves blindly - love is blind etc.
The thieving cats stealing out of the bank vault are probably referring to Perry, known for her love of cats. I think this scene refers to their famous beef when Taylor thought Perry had tried to steal Taylor's dancers out from under her for her own upcoming tour, even while these same dancers were still on tour with Taylor. Taylor was angry at Perry and at them for leaving her in the lurch mid-tour potentially compromising her show. This is what Bad Blood is about. Perry talks about the beef to James Cordon on Carpool Karaoke if you want to hear her side of what happened. Taylor was wrong about Perry and they actually made up years later but, at the time this video was being made, their reconciliation hadn't happened yet. Taylor had over-reacted to this imagined under-handed attack from Perry because, at that time Taylor was feeling like a wounded animal. She was being attacked from all sides - by the media, Twitter, Kanye and Kim and the DJ who sued her. She was lashing out blindly. Taylor wasn't right about Perry's intentions, something she later acknowledged in other songs "I wounded the good and trusted the wicked" (Daylight). They made up both privately and publicly with tweets and pictures and Katy even appeared in Taylor's MV "You Need To Calm Down" where they come together to form a happy meal. They are back to being good friends again.
The "Stream Co." banner that scrolls across the top of the screen refers to Apple Music. Taylor took on APPLE, the biggest company in the world by calling them out publicly on their shady practice of not paying artists for the use of their music for the first three months on the Apple streaming platform. She posted a letter directly to them on social media, saying, since they weren't paying her, she would not allow any of her music to be streamed on Apple. She is such a huge star, that if she pulled out her music it would represent HUGE losses in revenue so, they actually backed down. They wrote her back and posted their letter on social media, publicly apologizing. Not only that, they retroactively paid her and all the other, smaller, music artists, the money that they owed them for the 3 months worth of free streaming they had gotten away with until then. Only someone as big as Taylor could take on Apple and win - a victory which benefitted her but especially all the other smaller music artists struggling. This major win didn't just affect the music artists either because, when they got paid, they were able in turn to pay the countless other people who had taken part in creating the music too : engineers, producers, tech people, publicity, managers etc. Taylor didn't need the money herself as she points out in the letter. It's the smaller, independent artists who were struggling to survive, who did. That is why we see her burning a stack of money in the bank vault... literally showing, she had money to burn. For her, it was the principle of the thing.
The motorcycle scene has three current fan theories: 1. She's referencing the label Big Machine, holding up a big machine clearly showing she was the one carrying the Big Machine label since she was the first and biggest music artist Scott Borchetta ever signed. 2. Early in her career Taylor trademarked "lucky 13" apparently and, a motorcycle apparel company called Lucky 13 sued her for infringement. It appeared to be just another money grab. 3. Since most of the video is directed at Kanye it could also be her response to the cheesy and sleazy video of him and Kim having sex on a motorcycle.
She's atop a mountain of old Taylors because "the old Taylor is dead". The nice, sweet, good girl is gone and replaced with a vengeful, angry Taylor. The symbolism of the giant letter T which looks like a cross atop the mountain of Taylors, refers to how she was crucified by the press and on social media.
She leads a group of professional dancers in a choreographed piece and really kills it, clapping back at those who have mercilessly made fun of her "awkward" dancing over the years.
The dancer who brings attention to her derriere by holding her perfectly toned and round butt at the end of the video, shuts down those people who have also tried to body-shame her for being too thin and so having a flat ass.
Taylor swinging in a giant gilded cage is a classic metaphor...even if a cage is made of gold it's still a cage and she's the songbird trapped inside. She's having dinner with a rat (Kanye West).
The plane represents the album that was grounded, the one she had planned to launch but didn't - that would be Lover. She had met and fallen in love with her boyfriend Joe and would likely have release this album of love songs if the debacle between her and KimYe hadn't happened. She spoke about it in an interview, saying she had finished Lover even before she went on tour with Reputation. She changed her mind about Lover being her next album and instead came out with Reputation instead. She symbolizes that by cutting off it's wings and spray-painting REPUTATION across it. The palm trees and tropical look she's wearing were hints of what her next album, Lover, would be like (which it was).
The last thing she says, "I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I have never asked to be a part of, since 2009” refers to the letter she posted on social media in response to KimYe calling her a liar. But, no-one wanted to hear the truth or cared about what really happened. The just wanted her to "SHUT UP"
There is a rat that runs along behind the line of Taylors at the 3.53 mark...
There are most likely many other theories I missed...
WOW this is all amazing! Thank you for this!
This is awesome!! Thank you!!
@@juliehahn6453 Hey thanks Julie. It's nice being appreciated.
In the bridge of this song, she samples the background vocals (the ha, ha, ha, ha, which sounds like laughing) of the bridge (in a higher pitch) from her song Innocent (the stolen version, Speak Now, 2010) which was a song she had written about forgiving Kanye West for the VMAs incident at 19 years old (Kanye was 32 at the time, which she references in the lyrics). And the cheetah in front passenger seat in the car crash scene of this MV was wearing a golden necklace of the number 13, her lucky number.
funny thing: the scene where she says “the old taylor can’t come to the phone right now. why? oh. cause she’s dead.” is not only a reference to her recreating herself and her reputation but is a reference to vampire diaries because she was almost the character “Lexi” in the show. In the show the main character is on the phone and says, “Jeremy can’t come to the phone right now…i’m sorry…he’s dead.”
Didn't even know that!!
I only discovered you today and I'm hooked on your analyses. I'd very much like to see your deeper dives. Long videos are great. Can't *wait* to see your thoughts as you discover more of the genius that is Taylor Swift.
Thank you for watching! I appreciate it!! Can’t wait to do more!
@@Videoeditorreacts I'd love to see your thoughts on the "Delicate" video soon! Her evolution is amazing. It's fun watching you fall down the rabbit hole.
@@heyitsmelisa It's almost like he should just start at Tim McGraw and do all videos in order.
@@ADayinMyLife I would watch them!
@@heyitsmelisa Absolutely!
100% here for an extended version. There is no such thing of too much content when it comes to Swifties. We love detailed analysis. Plus I genuinely love your insights into how it’s all done
You don't have to look like Bob Dylan to be a musical genius. A young, pretty woman can be a musical genius. Weird that we have to remind ourselves of that, right? Even I do. Love your reactions.
for your information, every music video of her is all her plan and in her mind. She is so in touch with all of her work.
Count this as another vote for an extended version! As fans, we know every moment is deliberate but some of us don't have the editing / industry knowledge to break it down like you can so this adds another piece to the Taylor lore that we love.
As you walked away from your desk I thought "that's you taking the next steps to becoming a Swiftie" then you go and add the song to your playlist haha. And, sir, that is the only reaction to have to a Taylor Swift music video.
I'd love to see your take on her recent video I Can See You as it was filmed in my city!
In the 'Queen of Snakes' scene, the snakes are pretty obviously CGI - what blows my mind is that teapot and teacup were *also* CGI!
'Car accident Taylor' is dressed like Katy Perry (Katy Perry has never won a Grammy). The bird cage scene is about Taylor's first five Master Recordings being sold to Scooter Braun (who attempted to keep Taylor from performing ANY of her music). The bank vault scene is about her argument with streaming services not paying artists for their work when customers got 'free' streaming. The line "I got mine, but you'll all get yours" refers to the fact that Taylor insisted that *ALL* artists get paid or she'd keep her music off the platforms (new artists didn't have her clout). The scene where she is "big Brother" is a clap-back at attacks that all her friends were "plastic" (many of her friends are models). The eight dancers in the dance sequence refers to the 8 guys Taylor has dated in her life-time (she was getting attacked for "dating too much") and how she 'controls them'. Taylor cutting the wing off the airplane refers to the fact that Taylor was working on a different album and scrapped it to do "Reputation". Taylor picking up the motorcycles is her saying that she was carrying her record label - "Big Machine Records' symbol is a motorcycle. The last scene with all the Taylors are things that were said to her and about her during the whole pre-"Reputation" era. They are all wearing outfits from old videos and concerts.
This video is Taylor "burying" her Good Girl image and standing up for herself. The whole "look what you made me do" was Taylor saying 'this is the result of all your attacks on me.'
I'll add to this the snakes are a reference to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West calling her a snake and making her out to be a liar, the tilted stage line is also about Kanye West.
"The bird cage scene is about Taylor's first five Master Recordings being sold to Scooter Braun (who attempted to keep Taylor from performing ANY of her music)."... but, this was while she was still with BMR, and before Scott sold her first 6 albums to Scooter.
She's not dressed like Katy Perry, it's justin bieber
@@luizvasconcelos9398 it's definitely Katy Perry... There are pictures of Katy with a faux hawk in a leopard print dress.
@@crystalsmith4919 there ARE photos of justin too, and he won his first grammy using this chothes, and he even had an aciddent, just searchs...
YES PLEASE to the extended version. Up to this day I still always find new details about this music video. It was so well done and so full of tiny details that is insane.
I still remember watching it when it premiered, it was an insane experience
You should definitely watch her video for Bad Blood too! In fact, her official "Taylor's Version" of 1989 is coming out in October and there were SO many great videos that go with that album. It would be neat if you did a series leading up to the release!
Great idea! Thank you!!!
omg YES one of my favorite MVs from her of all time! i will say that wildest dreams holds the top spot for me still, its just so beautiful
all the taylors you see during the bridge are references to taylors most iconic outfits from music videos, red carpets and tours (like the ringleader is from her red tour)! and the very end bit with all of the taylors talking is full of references as to why she was 'cancelled' and hated by the internet and media and why she went into a year long hiatus. Like playing the victim, acting fake at award shows, the kim and kanye edited call where they said she agreed to being called a 'b*tch' in a song, and it even references the 2009 vmas where kanye famously interrupted her award speech to say beyonce should have won. everything about this video is so carefully thought out and i love it
That was not a video clip, that was not just simply an era or a moment. She was the moment, the culture, the comeback, the star. Everyone was talking about her and her mistakes or that she writes only mean songs about her past relationships and they all did shut up when this music video came out and she found her Reputation. It was simply iconic. Reputation was a like a cultural reset
Hahaha u had to leave lol
I was laughing so hard!!!
the behind the scenes of tsylor mountain is funny too.
i only just found this channel but i love it. i’ve already watched like half of your videos 😭
Lol, thank you so much!! I'm happy you're enjoying the content!!
You really are the best at explaining how music videos are done. I find MV's to be more interesting when I know all of the work it takes to make them, like this video obviously took a ton of editing to make.
I’m not even a huge Taylor Swift fan, but this is one of the best music videos of all time.
pls pls pls we need the extended version, make it as long as you need, i guarantee we'll all watch it 😅 the best part of being a swiftie is learning and experiencing her artistic choises, being able to see professionals in different areas giving the behind the scenes is everything
One of the best music videos I’ve ever seen. Her videos are next level, especially the Joseph Kahn ones. Out of the Woods is underrated, Bad Blood is iconic, and Ready for it has some interesting elements to it. Cardigan seems simplistic but its visually amazing, that she directed, during pandemic.
Cool stuff, there are in fact behind the scene clips of this video. Also Taylor wrote the treatment of this video BEFORE she even wrote the song. She said this is the only song in which she’s done that, wrote a song to go with a video idea she had. She writes the concepts and treatments for all her videos and now directs them all herself since the album Lover!
An extended version would be great! This can be the TS's greatest mv, I love it. There's tons of easter eggs in every single scene and i love how you explain technic details while you try to understand all the references. You're the best!
Thank you so much! This mv was amazing!!
There are BTS of this video too - they are hilarious. And yes the mountain of Taylor’s are her in outfits from concerts, red carpets, videos, etc.
I’m a recent college grad trying to build up a career in editing and your videos have been so great to learn from! I’ve been watching for just the past week but you offer great explanations for things and help me out with terminology a ton. An extended version would be soooo good. And of course as a Swiftie these analyses are my favorite 😂
I'm so happy you enjoy this stuff and are learning some! Congrats on the graduation!
I WANT AN EXTENDED VERSION - It deserves it. One of the most fascinating things about this song is that bar a couple of instruments (violins, cellos & Saxophones) all the instruments are played by Jack Antonoff (her co-producer and co-songwriter).
extended version all the way! yes please sir! what I love about your reactions i that you actually give technical insights and it's so fascinating to find out about the nuance that goes into these music videos. love it when professionals are being professional. What a delight it is to listen to you
you should have so much more subscribers though. swifties get to work!!
Thank you so much!!
This for recommended to me because I’m a swiftie and new to this channel and I would love more breakdowns! She’s a lyrical genius and it’s great seeing others appreciate her talent
YESS EXTENDED VERSION! btw love your vids! Keep them up! Maybe you could do ...ready for it next!
hope you do the behind the scenes for this MV, it’s awesome all the details
This is just the latest video that UA-cam has suggested for me of experts in various fields reacting to different components of Taylor’s music. Vocal coaches, song writers, licensed therapists, master code-breakers (AKA lifelong swifties), metal-only musicians, event coordinators, etc.
Her skills are unmatched, and I love watching these videos that revel in her being a master of every component of her work.
Yes please to the extended version!
This video was great. The mountain of Taylor's is my favorite
I think you need to do this again after you’ve watched her other videos and know more about why she disappeared from the music scene for a few years and then came back with Reputation. This video specifically has tons of references to her older videos! And tons of references to ‘the haters’, the media and how they shaped the public’s perception of her, misogyny in our culture, and all the sh*t she’s had to put up with, as well as her career trajectory in general.
Once you’ve watched her other videos and know her back story, do this again!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do an extended version! Most reaction videos notice similar stuff on their first watch but there is just SO much more you see each watch. Plus, some of the editing in this video still blows my mind and I would LOVE to hear a professionals dissection of this video because I feel like it is a master class in so many things. Love your technical reactions!
Thank you so much! Can’t wait to dig into it!
I’m so excited to watch this. I’ve been waiting!!!!!!!!!
Of course we want an extended version lol. 😊 Love your videos; can't wait for more!
Fui muito feliz vendo esse vídeo ❤ com certeza quero uma versão estendida mas também quero ver você reagindo aos vídeos mais antigos dela.
An extended version of this would be phenomenal! It’s definitely an massive undertaking, and it would be amazing to hear more of your insights! And there is a behind the scenes series for this video! (You should check those out for sure!) 🎉
Thank you for this, it's always so much fun to break down music videos and explain how its made!
Extended version please!!! Love hearing you breakdown TS videos!! Can’t wait for more!!
Awesome reaction, one of the best ones to date, thank you. There are many, many male Swifties, you are in good company.
YES!!! WE DO WANT A EXTENDED VERSION!!!!
Yessss plz do an extended version!! Loved this video and neeeed moooore 😂❤
I’ve always been a fan of her and this video has been my favorite music video ever. It’s SO well done.
If you just know all the drama Taylor has to endure because of her enemies... You'll appreciate every second of this music video a thousand more because THIS is what COMEBACK means. She was destroyed by her enemies then she reborn herself!!!!
I know its literally your job but i love how you edit these videos. It’s so clean and aesthetically pleasing.
Thank you so much!!
YES WE NEED THE EXTENDED VERSION
Definitely an extended version! It was so cool to see you break this down and makes me have a newfound appreciation for a video I've love so much for years!!
NEED AN EXTENDED VERSION NOW.
Noted! Thank you!!!
I WAS SO WAITING FOR THIS ONEEEE, we NEED an extended version, and if you want, the behind the scenes are amazing also !!
just got home from work and thought I needed something to watch to relax and this is such a gift❤
I was literally waiting for you to react to this video, and you just had the reaction i was expecting 😂😂😂
One of my all time favorite music videos from her is “Out of the Woods” I would really love for you to react to it!
This music video is definitely not one we'd recommend to new fans but DEFINITELY one we'd tell video editors to watch! Taylor said that they literally had a PDF of list of Easter eggs for this music video because she herself forget tons of it. I'm sure others have told you, but the phone part was a callback to the infamous phone call from Kanye West to her. Basically they had a chat over a phone call, Kanye released a song in which he called Taylor a "b*tch", Taylor got really upset about it, but Kim Kardashian released the illegally recorded (Taylor was unaware of the recording) and edited phone call, a full 20 minutes of the call reduced to a few seconds short clips on Snapchat, seemingly showing Taylor "approving" the song. As a result, Taylor was cancelled by the media, led by the Kardashians who labelled her as a snake for "playing the victim", some of Taylor's "friends" left her side to join Kardashians etc, and Taylor disappeared for over a year before returning with this music video.
The full 20 minutes video of the phone call was leaked a year later, at the start of Covid, proving that Taylor was indeed a victim of slander. People tried to demand an apology from the Kardashians but they brushed it off with "who cares? People are dying" 🙂
We need an extended version!! Great video 🖤🐍
I have been looking forward to you reacting to this masterpiece!! Thank you 🎉
Glad you enjoyed it! thank you for watching!!
Another option would be to cover the Behind The Scenes, while also tossing in any interesting scenes if they're missing from the BTS.
Your reacts are great, I always end up learning something and it's fun to be able to pay attention to the work that's been put in while seeing other videos.
Speaking of learning:
I'm a "born-again swiftie" from the last couple of years, if you will. I went to check the original LWYMMD upload, and saw that I had disliked it, presumably when it was released.
Please, react to Taylor’s new music video for the song I Can See You (it’s a vault song from her newly re-recorded album Speak Now).
On the list now! Thank you!
@@Videoeditorreacts Thank you so much!
I hope you get to watch some of the BTS of this video! I watch it on occasion just because watching her play her old selves is just so amusing 😂
God this is such a great video. So much detail in this one. So many Easter eggs. I’d love a scene by scene from you.
You should definitely do Bad Blood music video next. Love your videos btw
Thank you so much!
I enjoyed your technical analysis and general reaction! She has a few bts videos, but they don't really cover the editing details you addressed. Your reaction was interesting and entertaining because this music video is a full meal of easter eggs she said fans still haven't found them all (as far as I'm aware) so a frame by frame sounds like an excellent idea for the ultra detective swifties out there and for the people who love to learn about the bts labor that makes this magic happen. Glad i stumbled upon your channel :)
Thank you so much!! I can’t wait to do a deep dive into this!!
This is my first time seeing one of your videos fresh!! I've been watching the backlog the past couple days 😂 it's been wonderful to watch you gain appreciation for Taylor Swift's artistry!
I love this and would love an extended version please! 🙏🏻
I’m fairly new to your channel, I am fascinated.
Please do the extended version of this video. I want to know how it’s done. Another please if it helps 😊
Edited to say I know the meaning of all of the references in this video.
The car crash ref. is Katy Perry and her ‘feud’ with Taylor (now mended).
For further info watch Taylor’s Bad Blood video & Katy Perry’s response Swish Swish.
Please do the most recent video harry has put up
It's a goodbye for the fans of his tour
The video 8s so incredible with so many transitions and stuff that I'm sure you'll appreciate. I also wonder how they did some stuff so if you could explain it would be great!
Your reaction ONCE again was great. Thank you for it this video is just iconic. ❤❤
Thank you so much! Can’t wait to check that out!
Nothing will beat the feeling of hearing this when it came out… iconic. So glad you enjoyed it
Yes! Do an extended version, I will watch it! And also it was so much fun to watch you react to this. This is the first video I've watched of you but I will check out your other videos from now on, especially if it'll be as fun an good as this
You need to watch an explanation video to understand it. There is too much to be written in the comments.
Taylor says there are easter eggs we still haven't found.
Katy Perry is the person she's dressed as in the car.
Ahhh that makes so much sense now! Thank you!
Please do an extended version ! This music video is such a jewel 💎
I've just discovered your channel, and im gonna be binge watching. This is so fascinating as a swiftie to learn. We know Taylor is VERY thorough, detail oriented and deliberate in the visual choices she makes for her videos, but to learn what measures are taken and what wirk goes into making it work, to capture the visuals is just so intriguing to me. I love this!
Edit - oh ABSOLUTELY please do an extended version!
Here is my vote for an extended version ❤ I love your videos
PLEASE do an extended reaction! I’ll watch for the hour. And definitely delve into behind the scenes videos for this one!
Your reaction after the “cuz she’s dead” part SLAYED me. 😂😂😂
My favorite reaction to this MV :)
OH DEFINITELY need the extended version! This video has so much going on in it, it deserves an extended version!
You are going down a rabbit hole my friend and welcome!
I’m so glad you’ve made these Taylor reactions into a series/playlist! Love seeing professional analysis of the things that I love. Plus, I love that you work to understand the context and nuance of the song and Easter eggs too!
Thank you so much!!! I'm glad you like it!!
I want the extended extended extended extended version. Thank you very much and you were awesome for taking this one on. Taylor is definitely a mastermind. And she is a recipient of the karma that she deserves. She is just a force of nature. Good for her. A champion everything she does. I Champion you taking this one on.
i always come back to this video cuz i love your reaction at the T Tower, just love it hhahahha