Is THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Really That BAD??? 

I can’t unread the comment that said “Joe couldn’t even get a lead role on his own breakup album” LOL💀

The vibe im getting from the title track is that taylor is calling matty a pretentious mf like he brought a whole ahh typewriter to her house, smoked and discussed about how charlie puth should be bigger... idk

Little does he know that 95% of the entire album is about Ratty Healy🐀

the torture poets dpmnt awkward lines make sense to me in the context of the song cause she says they're not dylan thomas or patti smith (legendary poets) they're both just modern idiots

Both you and hthaze editing out the guilty as sin bridge reaction is my villain origin arc Also, wanted to point out that her tracklisting for this album was actually pretty decent. But, I Can Do It With A Broken Heart sandwiched between two of the most heartbreaking songs is definitely a choice

You not realising the alchemy is about travis after asking for travis songs is my villain origin story 😂

You know what was the most difficult part of this video. Not being able to tell you some bingo cards. Like Florida in fortnight and there is a song name florida. In the alchemy, i so wanted to shout mark that football reference.

If you look at the Down Bad lyrics you’ll see that the whole song is an Alien metaphor.

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO WAS ALSO ICKED OUT BY THE CHARLIE PUTH LINE. HE SHOULD NOT BE A BIGGER ARTIST TAYLOR. HE IS FINE WHERE HE IS.

"im gonna sit back and relax" at the beginning of loml oh honey you have no idea

25:00 Lol I know what a soliloquy is (and I've heard of sanctimoniously before but barely remember it) just because of reading Romeo and Juliet in high school/9th grade and I think it's genius. It's because it emphasizes the fact that Taylor is basically saying people online/haters are writing long ass monologues & paragraphs trying to prove that they are in the right, that she will never see because she's so popular and has too many comments/haters to see every single one of them (not that she even cares at this point because there is so many of them). Like if she wrote "you write paragraphs that ill never see", it won't have the same emphasis idk- maybe it just makes more sense to me because I already knew what it meant lol

I feel like this album feels weird because it is mixing Midnights with Evermore, especially with the anthology being entirely different from the main album. A rare combination for sure, not digestible for everyone. I personally love it more as time goes, but I got to admit I felt the same way in the first listen.

I feel you about not liking it at first listen but through 4/5 times in… like goddamn, this became my favorite of her albums.

It's normal to feel numb the first listen lol we all went through it. This album is her most vulnerable, people are saying because it's like the words are right from her diary. Messy and jumbled. This album is a grower for sure. Upon each listen, not an instant click but after many listens, you start to understand where she's coming from. Thank you for reacting! Looking forward to the second part! Definitely the stronger half, imo.

I will also add the album does get getter on re-listens. Plus with the context it makes a lot of songs (specifically The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, Clara Bow, The Black Dog, and Cassandra) stand out more overall. You may not get it the first time. But after repeat listens it easily turns into Taylors most repeatable album since 1989.

LOL I reacted the same to the album the day it dropped and now it’s the only thing I listen to.

i totally agree with u on the title track, the lyrics are honestly kind of cringy and very confusing 😭

The second half of this album is sooo much better. Although So Long, London might be my favorite song on the album, the second half saves this project, imo. Like can you imagine if this was all she released? I'd be so underwhelmed hahaha

The Charlie Puth line sounds like random banter between two people who are stoned. Those clearly weren't cigarettes Ratty Healy was smoking; hence having the munchies afterwards and eating all that chocolate.

The whole chorus of The Alchemy is a football metaphor. Why didn’t you check it off? Lol Great Video Btw

missed your taylor vids SO MUCH

This album is a grower not a shower. It's so heavy and it takes a bit to hit. And your favs will rotate. You'll see

I feel like by itself? TTPD is not for everyone. I am only a recent swiftie but I can say proudly that I did like the album. But the Anthology? Potential album of the year. The 16 new songs add SO much more to the over all story and it ends on a more satisfying note too. Perhaps I’m easier to please than most people (the hate for So Long, London will not go unnoticed as someone who relates to the song more than others) but I will say that The Anthology was a good decision instead of shelving them into Taylor’s Vault. TTPD: 8/10 (Least favs: M.B.O.B.H.F.T, I.C.D.I.W.A.B.H) TTPD: 10/10. Easily Taylor’s best album to date. (least favs: so high school)

bye i literally have no idea who this person is clicked on him bc he popped up on my recommended twice and instantly loved his energy and now ima go binge all his vids

I LUV CHATS AND REACTS AND ASHLEY BUT U FORGOT FAVOUR AND CAITLIN!

I mean the second verse is basically them being high the chocolate's weed and so I feel like she tried to make it as random as possible

On the verses you don't like in the title song, I just assume they are both high and so they are saying things that they think are funny at the time but it's just because they are high!!

Yay! I love your insights and analysis. As a die hard swiftie, I also felt this one was lacking slightly - although the songs do grow on you in the coming weeks. Can't wait for your review of the second half :)

I loved this video! I haven't seen your videos on my youtube homepage in a while, happy to have you back!

you are so iconic to me fr

Guilty As Sin? is a FAN favorite!!! yeeeesss!!!!

banger of a video as always!! I don’t always agree with your reviews but I always love your commentary (and reactions hahaha)

i LOVE the new editing style btw (idk if im late to notice this but i love love love it)

OMG YES I'VE BEEN WAITING! Appreciate the fit, king (I see you're on theme 😎)

love your video and honesty!!! respect respect.

Finally you uploaded 🤧 I was waiting for your reaction for so long!! ✨

Been waiting for this ❤

oh i also still cannot get into the title track....that and the alchemy are at the very bottom for me, BUT i am obsessed with guilty as sin and florida and also really love loml, smallest man, down bad, and my boy i think now. and a few from the anthology i really love too! also, would love to see a reaction to chappell roan if you haven't listened to her! her debut album the rise and fall of a midwest princess is absolutely incredible. she's so fun, campy, silly, clever, smart, etc, and her latest single good luck, babe! is also perfect

not jason waiting for a travis kelce song the entire album and then forgetting that the alchemy is about travis-

Love his videos so much❤

You should listen to Chappell Roan

I haven't listened to it bc I was waiting for your video😭

YESSS IVE BEEN WAITING 🫶🏻

The fact that this entire album is about Matty help

YAY THE KING HAS POSTED

Connection cuts out when people be vibing

To the stand....I love this

You had me at Mr Freeze. That’s when I realised I’ll love this video.

LOVED your reaction!! I was 9 songs in and i was like...wait, is this her best album? (yes it is imo) I expected a sad album with slow asf songs and boy i was fed well! cant wait for your THE ANTHOLOGY reaction

KING

I agree with you for the most part. I hate the fact that TTPD for the most part is just collection of the sounds present on all of her 2020s albums, including re-recordings, sicne we got synths very reminiscent of 1989 (Taylor's Version), as well as guitar play of folklore. And that's so cool to see someone finally acknowledging that she uses these "fancy" words just for the sake of being fancy. When she did it back on "Welcome to New York" then it was okay, because it was a one-time thing, and maybe it boosted people's knowledge of such word as kaleidoscopic, but when almost every song has not one but multiple random words it's just off-putting, and I'm shocked that no poet came for her just telling her that what she did is not art. It's form over substance. However, the tipping point for me was "loml". First of all, I'm a sucker for good piano ballad like "New Year's Day" for example, but this one is just a drag. And on my second listen when I was freestyling review for my friend I've wrote this about "loml": Taylor here is trying to prove us that she's so smart lyricist giving us impression that she will sing about love of her life, but the title is abbreviation of "loss of my life", which is reveiled at the end of the song. Really, impossible. Noone would've guessed it. It's the first example of Taylor not only hitting the ceiling, but smashing her head on it. And also if we're talking about switching last chorus in oposition of its previous counterparts, we need to talk about Fearless and its lead single "Love Story". Maybe it was quirky and girly, but she nailed the switch-up there, while here, with this minimalist production nothing seemed exciting. And speaking of that album, this song sound straight-up like "White Horse", but worse.

I love the fit! Looks great on you

It gets better with every listen Great reaction

I like the anthology so much more than the original album! Excited to watch you react to it (especially the black dog)

Can Wait For The Anthology

Yes bestie so excited to see ur reaction to this! Also writing this before watching all the video and i'm excited to see what u think of this album bc i was NOT a fan lol

I think this album is for the hardcore swiftie that are very familiar with the TS lore. It is not for the average swifties or the general public. And at the first listen, I did not like it too much. But the more I listen to it, the more I understand the meaning of those songs, the more I enjoy it. But I gotta admit, not everyone has the patient to let the album grow on them.

I really do kinda feel the same way abt this album. Like I'm not crazy into it but I don't hate it at all. Some songs I absolutely love, but I don't find myself going thru the album a lot and just putting it on. BUTTTTT I really do love the anthology bc it felt more natural if that makes sense...? It didn't feel like she was trying hard to make it, it seemed to be effortless in my opinion. But I'm also an evermore girly soooo lol. I'm excited to see ur thoughts on it! Love ur vids as always ❤

That porch light youve seen

Well you didn’t end up getting an eating box reference on this album but Taylor does reference “going solo” in Guilty As Sin if you know what I mean (see: chorus before the bridge) 🤭

i do disagree w a lot but i def get where ur coming from.. love the review !! love u too outro ate

YOOOOOO UR BACKKK IVE BEEN MISSING U AND UR FUNNY ASS JOKES :DD honestly i dont blame u or anyone for the mixed feelings of this album, it is kinda interesting and goofy sometimes. its definitely a grower i will say that. on my first listen, i was kinda just trying to process everything, which can sometimes be rlly hard. especially for me lollll. going back and relistening to some songs and then eventually the full album, HOLY SHIT. IT FUCKING HIT LIKE BULLETS BRO. everything just feels sm more sadder and darker than i originally thought?? and both this album and the anthology have hit rlly hard for me, bc ive been going thru hard shit for a good while now. both these albums kinda just like, gets it yk??? and it took me a good while to just realize that- but yea i have a much brighter view of this album now and i actually REALLY LOVE this album this definitely seems like one of taylor's most personal albums, and the additional silly lines or parts make it kinda feel like that even more? i dont rlly know how to explain lollll but sometimes i do like them! (idk abt the charlie puth line tho cuz girl we all know damn well hes fine the way he is...) yea enough yapping from me now- great to see u back :D

i was so mad when i heard this album thank you for saying all this someone really had to

Definitely need an Anthology tracks reaction. You didn't even get to the Kim diss yet 😃

it has been almost a month since ttpd got out and I still dont like the title track despite it being catchy. THAT line just throws me off lmao

At the end of guilty as sin? She says am i allowed to cry? And i say nah jitch everytime 🤣🤣

This is my fav Taylor album I think. I love it so much ❤

Are you planning on reacting to the anthology part, or have you just heard it by yourself instead? I really think you would enjoy it, based on your other fave Taylor songs! Loved this reaction BTW, I like how you can be honest about your opinion whilst still respecting her as an artist!

i hate it here is so sad ( but i love it ). i love LOVE LOVE so high school. down bad gave me second hand embarrasment. are we getting a part two?

Alchemy is just a fancy term for like potion making so u can understand it like chemistry

thaat was my favourite but daddy i love him reaction

Fortnight - FOURTeen nights

well tbh i knew what sanctimoniously performing soliloquies meant on the first go lmao. but yeah, album is a huge grower, it'll be nice to see your 2 week later reaction type of shit :)

Okay i did look up alchemy to make sure i had a decent understanding of it 😅

give the album 4 or 5 listens then maybe you'll hear something more from it because for me the first few listens i dont feel it but after a few more times everything sorta comes togetherfrom the lyrics to the lore to the productions and the instrumental

I think of the Sorcerers Stone from Harry Potter when i think of alchemy so i did want to make sure i was in the right ballpark.

Hug your parents and thank them for letting you learn from teacher Taylor

So..... i watched a live stream of her first night back in Paris because i figured she was gonna add TTPD to the set list and sure enough!!! But i was begging her not to do LOML and she did it as a Acustic song 💔💔😭😭😭

Thank you for getting to Taylor, I've been waiting for you reaction! Tis album is so tricky. First listen I did not like any of it that much, I was very dissapointed honestly. There is not a single hit song, out of 31 tracks. There are also way to many songs. Now though, Poets Standard edition is in my top five, but I find Anthology to be significantly weaker. I suggest give a couple of the longer songs from Poets a couple of extra listens. Daddy I Love Him and Smallest Man were real growers for me, and Broken Heart had the same journey as Bejeweled, meaning first I hated it, now I love it.

I wasn’t into it at first, but after a few listens… wow, it turned into my favorite album of hers. It just keeps getting better. I’d even say this album aged like fine wine.

I always thought with the charlie puth line is when people start talking nonsense when theyre high or drunk. I feel this album is really like a diary and she just needed to spill it all esp the last song on The anthology really sums it all up!

2:53 I think it’s called a blank space.

"I owe this woman my youtube career" many such cases❤

I think the sound for this album was 1950s touring circus at night in Louisiana.

I don't know why you or Ht Hazes did not react more when you heard So long London, like I did. It's that sad moment of resignation when you realize something's over, you just want to run out of there. You are past the hysterics and the crying of the breakup, and you just feel empty and disoriented. And its not so much as breaking up with a guy, it's breaking up with everything that was attached to him, like in this case the city. It was such a great portrayal of that. Edit- like you both expected it to be more super emotional about a breakup, but I think it was more realistic that it showed that your emotions are drained when it's finally over.

I love Taylors big words. It never goes over my head and my favorite lyric on The album Is sanctumoniously performing soliloquies that I'll never see because first of all, I did understand what that meant.I've heard all of those words way more than one time in my life and on top of that.Who says that in a song?I love that I don't think that's a bad thing.I think that's makes Taylor's music even better.That she says things like that in a song.I love it!!!

40:20 SO TRUE. Listen, it's fun to dissect the lyrics and find the story, but at the end of the day it's much more impactful how the songs make us feel, not who they're about. That being said, to have two albums worth of content where 95% is about a summer failed fling and only about 2% is about a six year relationship must suck low-key, damn. (The resting 3% is just unhinged behavior lmao).

I feel like TTPD is for 1989,Reputation,Lover, and Midnights fans and The Anthology is for Speak Now, Red, Folklore, and Evermore fans

lmaooooo the Charlie line is a reference to a tweet Matty made years ago about Charlie Puth

I think this is her best album and on first listen I think you thought it was better than I did ... lol, so yeah, you can't judge it first listen, it just keeps getting better and better the more you listen.

the lines about smoking, eating 7 chocolate bars, tattooed golden retriever etc. is all about Matty Healy... same with like 90% of the album

I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS 🤍

I actually did understand all the sophisticated words, but that’s because I’m an English major, so I’m an outlier 😂

You commented on the weird and wordy lyrics. I think that's on purpose. She referred to herself as the Chairman of TTPD, so she also is writing tortured poetry about her situationship.

tbh, this album is supposed to be a grower, and the critics are agree about this album redefining the critic industry, like they shouldn't critics about an album that fast, right after the album just dropped and never really get times to enjoy it, so maybe you should listen to it more and knowing the stories behind the songs, and you'll get the album Ps, I'm using computer to comment rn, so my words looks mad, but i'm really appreciate about the normal kinds of audience's opinion.

I dont think its necessarily AOTY but its definitely one of my favorites!!!

I actually really like how the title track was placed within the album, it was an interesting switch up from the first song. I always view the title track and the first track as sitting the "vibe". That is why I like it, fortnight was quite poetic and dreamy, but the title track represents the other, less 'serious' and less poetic part of the album. I think its great that she inculded that as most of her fans tend to only categorize albums like folklore and evermore as purely poetic and albums like 1989 and midnights as only pop synths. Personally, this was a nice introduction to a duel of the album not taking itself too seriously to in-depth songs

Told you it should be considered homework

The Truman show is my life 😢 I just want to be in charge damnit lol

“touchdown, call the amateurs and cut them from the team” -so no travis song? DUDE 😂😂😂😂😂 and ALSO I loved when she said “he jokes that’s heroin but this time with an e” cause like… that’s travis touching on rumors about ratty using heroin but then saying taylor is a heroine I MEAAAAAN 😂