reacting to YOUR unpopular opinions about taylor swift *very unhinged and disturbing edition* 

I had a lot of thoughts on the antihero scale fiasco. What she puts out to the world is her art and her art is derived from her personal experiences. We should, as a society, be able to engage in discourse over subjects that trigger an emotional response without feeling the need to have it banned or censored. I also really felt awful that so many people took her experience, minimized it, and then one upped it to somehow make it about themselves. It was disturbing.

about the singing thing- your voice is actually the best around your 30s-40s. we are entering an excellent era for her voice, and the era’s tour is going to absolutely slap

I love how you defended "Cruel Summer", It was indeed hands down one of the greatest songs of all time. It hit the g-spot of a perfect pop song.

as a new, younger fan who is NOT on TikTok, i think what you were talking with attention spans is sooo interesting because i feel like i see that in my friends all the time. songs like dear john, last kiss, the last time, sad beautiful tragic, hoax (not that hoax is long, but i've heard it called boring before), and so on are some of my favorites because they are all SO rewarding to listen to when you get to a certain part of the song, but i think that's why they're so underrated even though they're masterpieces -- you can't understand them if you check out within thirty seconds

7:11 the way you predicted that speak now would not get its moment when it would be re-recorded 😭

I was too scared to submit for fear of being roasted but excited for the tea that’s gonna be spilt and the meltdowns that will be had

Unpopular Opinion: It's Nice To Have a Friend is a great song. People just don't like it because the children choir but the choir actually add to the song for me. Another one: Gaylors seriously need to support actual gay artists instead of just building on a conspiracy. They seriously crossing several lines in denying the legitimacy of Karlie's marriage and baby as well as Taylor's current relationship.

if anyone dares to insult speak now they will feel the rage of all the swifties with taste

As a new Swiftie (only a fan since last October(2022)) the rerecording process is suuuuper fun and really educational. Everytime a new rerecording is announced, the veteran swifties revisit those eras to give insight and context as to what was going on in Taylor's life for her to make this album and write what she wrote. It also kind of makes me feel like I'm living through the era as if it were the original and I'm loving it!

As a Speak Now stan I wholeheartedly disagree with it being overrated, if anything it's extremely underrated! I can admit part of it is nostalgia but I truly do think it's one of the best albums ever made (not by just Taylor but by anyone)! I cannot wait for the rerecording because it's been my favorite since high school!!!

“i’m not a crazy stan”…. *says a prayer to curse scooter

Saying speak now is overrated is a flat out crime. Because 1- it really isn't all that overrated, from what I've seen most people inclined towards other albums of hers and 2- even if it is being praised and hyped it damn well deserves it. I truly believe it faautured some of tge best songs on her entire discography.

If u get the “hope is a dangerous thing for a swiftie like me to have~but I have it” reference, then you’re on another level intellectually

I’m so glad that you pointed out that all those songs like Paris, and The Great War are great songs, the reason they are on the 3 AM tracks is because they don’t fit the theme of the album! I don’t see how people can’t understand that. I bang out the great war every day, but I don’t think it belongs on that original tracklist for a reason.

The Speak Now SLANDER gave me whiplash. I am also a relatively young swiftie, but I do not exist in the same category as this delusion. NOT! On my watch.

Yes to the scale thing in the Anti-Hero music video. As someone with a past of anorexia and just being a mentally ill person this was a scene that really resonated with me.

Re-recordings are actually helping her gain more fans. I remember when she released RED TV (especially the ATW short film) , a lot of my acquaintances and friends became an instant swifties as they claim themselves now . At first it was annoying cause they kinda overdo it but it makes me happy that they're starting to appreciate what they're missing all these years. Also, the streaming services at this moment are relevant, strong and impactful unlike when Tay debuted, which is why people (especially young ones) who didn't experience the Taylor Swift fever before, have now the chance to do so., Taylor rerecording her masters is really a smart move. She's so good at marketing herself and that's why her longevity is unbelievable.

i think its so funny when people try to tell taylor that how she interprets HER OWN ART is wrong. just because she conforms to traditional beauty standard doesn't mean that shes not allowed to feel bad about herself. its the betty situation all over, if taylor her self says that she wrote a song about something or percives herself in some way, you are in no place to tell her that is wrong.

Speak now might be very much appreciated among most of us, swiftologists, but unfortunately it IS underrated among swifties in general : ( Thank you for your time and the amazing content you keep putting out!!

My somewhat unpopular opinion (at least according to twitter and tiktok stans) is that lover is not her worst albums, it’s actually high on my list. Yes it has “me!” But it also has Cornelia st, cruel summer, and so many amazing songs. Every Taylor album has a couple of skips, that doesn’t make it bad

two things!! i honestly think taylor is still so traumatised by red not winning AOTY that she’s scared of branching out with a bunch of different producers and has decided to keep jack as her main collaborator, so that she can continue to make “sonically cohesive” work. secondly i agree with you that people should still get chosen from crowds for m&g - personally i’ve been a swiftie since fearless era and i used to be very involved in the fandom when i was younger on tumblr & twitter, but as i’ve gotten older and now have a very public facing job role in mental health, i have to keep my social media as private as possible and that makes it impossible to ever get “noticed” online, although i still actively follow everything that happens online with swifties. tbh now that i’m coming up on 25 i’m less invested in the idea of meeting taylor, of course i would love to but i’m not gonna go to insane lengths in order to, i still like the idea that more lowkey but still diehard swifties would still get their chance to meet her

your opinions about August and Folklore/Evermore are spot on. Evermore is soooo gooood

I think she decided to do an Eras tour because she already has Lover, Folklore, and Evermore that have not been toured, so instead of just ignoring those and only doing Midnights, she decided to do just do everything and then if she does tour in the future she can focus on any current work. I also agree with your opinion on her getting away from touring, especially from this ticketmaster fiasco, she's almost too big to tour, and it takes such a toll on her.

I would love if you did a series called TayVooDoo: What happens when you cross Taylor…John Mayer, Karlie, Scott, Scooter, Katy etc. It’d be interesting to see what happened in their careers in a play by play with cold hard facts.

Yesss, get angry!! Speak Now deserves her own army of swifties! Also thank you for being consistent with your content! It's a vibe to get so much information from an og while also enjoying your extreme opinions sometimes! At least someone says what has to be said!

The one about Speak Now.... I just can't, there is no hope for humanity left in this world!!!

You are the only swiftie that isn’t gonna praise Taylor no matter what she does- like I am a hugeee swiftie yet I’m not gonna say she’s a mastermind when she makes a song called ME HE HE HOO HOO HOO I had a few mental breakdowns when Taylor released ME. I cried. It was such a bad way to open us into the lover album (which was completely different than what she introduced to us with YNTCD and ME)

August stan here. Totally agree about the lyrics but something about that guitar gives me so much serotonin.

I’ve been listening to Taylor, Conan Gray, Arianna Grande, Lana Del Rey, for a while now. Whenever I go and try to listen some other artists I just really can’t, because the greatness is so rare. Which makes me feel so grateful that we can listen to Taylor!

THANK YOU for standing up for speak now!!!👏🙌 speak now will forever be superior💜💜💜

i proudly have the unpopular opinion that epiphany is one of the best songs on folklore just because it makes me sob like a baby

i am a new swiftie ( joined in 2021, i am just 13, best year of my life of course ) and i just learn so much about taylor from you , thank you! i really like the longer songs although i am like one of the young swifties. My fav album is red as well yay ( i also learn more and better english from your videos because i live in germany haha)

Wow people really submitted some insane takes. 😳 But just wanted to say, I'm obsessed with what you said about the fatphobic anti-hero discourse. You spelled it out for people perfectly and said exactly what I think! I don't understand how people heard that song with her literally calling herself the problem and then expected all her intrusive thoughts to be perfectly unproblematic. It's becoming so annoying to go on twitter and see yet another ridiculous conversation being had about this type of thing.

The re recording one is so true. I hate how certain swifties crucify those that may prefer a stolen version

I completely agree with your take on Holy Ground - the new version just sounds... weird. And the worst part is, I can't even put a finger on what's wrong with it.

hi! i'm 14, and i became a fan of taylor about a year ago when red tv first came out. i love your content, because it's really well put-together, and it's very refreshing to hear someone not acting as if she is a perfect person who can do no wrong.

speak now deserves the same success as fearless and more... i understand the single wasnt as much a hit as fearless but i love speak now as a body of work much more then fearless

thank you for always giving peace the creds it deserve, very under rated song

i am 16 but istg speak now is CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED that album has absolutely no skips

About the antihero video, this one is so tough bc I think it works to get the message across just as well edited out (with her inner critic looking down and shaking her head), but I hate that people made her edit out the original just bc it feels so counterproductive to her healing and being vulnerable with the public :/

I kind of get the reasoning behind the eras tour, though. Midnights was supposed to be a retrospective on her career. Like old feelings recycled into new songs, so it would make sense to do an eras tour now. I kind of see it as an end to one chapter and beginning of a new one

I think she could do “influenced by (alternative) rock” album, not a full blown rock pop though - she doesn’t have the voice. What I think people want from her, including me, is to bring out more guitars and other instruments, bacically to break down the nowadays mainstream layer of production. But not necessarily combine it with the folk feel of Folklore. With Midnights people hoped for that - the FleetwoodMac, Joni Mitchell kind of music. Midnights is a good project and well executed but I would like to see her go against the mainstream flow of music, it’s over saturated at this point.

I am personally offended by the people who do not like to see her do her performed hand gestures and things during her performances! That takes so much work to perfect and I have loved that since I can remember!

I just think that ME! isn't bad... Taylor had a really good time making it and planning the mv, when I listen to it I just have a good time with an uptempo. ❤️

As an newer fan that happens to be in a much older age bracket I will tell you that if you don't connect with Midnight's you simply don't get it. It is a therapy album. There are some songs that feel so raw it's almost as if she's let you read the transcript of a therapy session. Just using the very first song Lavender Haze as an example. Most people would simply think it's a bop and her calling out the media for all the "their engaged" hype they use as clickbait. It's that but it's also so much bigger than that. If you are a woman in your late 20's early 30's and have been in a stable relationship for longer than 6 months trust me when I say you have experienced the "when are you getting married", "when are you having kids" pressure. Not only from friends and family but random fucking strangers will ask you the same damn questions. You don't escape it if you are single either or have expressed that you have zero desire to marry and even less desire to have children. In that case you are made to feel like you are either defective or you simply don't know your own mind. The amount of times someone told me I would change my mind once I met the right man is endless. In Taylor's case she not only feels the pressure we all feel but she gets it magnified to a horrifying level by not only the media but her fans as well. That song for me has such "bad bitch" vibes of her telling everyone, fans included that she is going to do what she wants and not what society expects of her no matter how much she is pushed. Plus you can dance to it. 😉

It’s funny listening to you talk about the upcoming Eras Tour not knowing it’s going to be the biggest tour ever

Speak Now has always been my favorite album of hers. And it absolutely deserves more respect. 💜

Can't wait to see part 2!!

as a dedicated swiftie for 11 years, but one who doesn't have a fan account or an online presence, i agree that taylor should still do the meet and greets at tour because it is the only way i would ever have a chance to meet her. it's just not gonna happen otherwise.

omg yes because shes gonna go the whole eras tour not playing high infidelity until april 29 just for that one lyric and put it down forever.

I think I am a bigger fan of Midnights 3am edition for the same reason that I love songs like Peace: they are deeper meaning songs. I love Karma and Midnight Rain but I haven’t listened to WCS without crying. This was such a fun video.

I’m so excited for your 2016 podcast episode!

I 100% agree about what you were saying about how we listen to music.Given my age, I only started listening to her during Red, and I definitely had a harder time getting into the songs from the first 3 albums. I've noticed that I've had it easier than my friends of the same age though, because my music taste is more diverse. It's definitely something to think about!

I completely agree with everything you said about Speak Now. It is my all time favorite Taylor album

I’m under 18, but I can still recognize Speak Now for the fucking masterpiece that it is.

Speak now was the first album i bought of Taylor and i totally agree, that album Is BEAUTIFUL and It Is underrated af cuz no one gets the dept and pureness of It ☁️

So glad you pointed out the Holy Ground TV issue. I felt the same way hearing the TV version. It doesn't have the same feeling of lightness. I listen to the original and I feel like I'm floating.

THANK YOU FOR THE SPEAK NOW APPRECIATION ITS MY FAVORITE ALBUM

I LOVED bleachella. She looked super cute. Also TY for saying it abt the scale! Was not what the msg was and anyone who took it that way was kinda missing the msg

"Beautiful Ghosts" as a song alone is really good though

As a newish stan i love listening experiencing taylor version because i get to look into the era that taylor is reclaiming and i love learning from older swifties

Lover is my most favorite album and the Lover/end of Reputation era showcased Taylor's voice at its best ♡

wooow i haven’t stopped listening to midnights since release. it’s my favourite pop taylor album🤷‍♀️

so excited for this lmao. skimmed through some of the replies to the twitter post and some of the things that were said ........

This is such a good video omg

When you mentioned that there was a version for All Too Well (10 minute version) with the original instrumentals I had to IMMEDIATELY open a new tab and check that out! 🤩

I love these videos. Thanks, King!

You're my bestie Zack You have 1 of the best channels on YT thank you so much for your blessing my life

to celebrate the eras tour presale, would you consider doing a reputation stadium tour reaction/live stream watch along? i'd love to hear your thoughts on some of the stages and song choices!

Love it❤ waiting part 2

my unpopular opinions: i don’t dare to rank taylors albums but if i did lover certainly would be in the top three. like it gave us cruel summer, title track, the archer, maathp, dbatc, paper rings, daylight, cornelia street, afterglow, false god, paper rings…which are literally some of her best songs from her whole catalogue. even me & yntcd are sometimes pretty enjoyable. also 1989 isn’t the immaculate holy pop album everyone pretends it is. reputation clears with ease. and for ts11 i want taylor to leave pop again and go back to the folklore/evermore sound. loved your video and thank you for defending cruel summer with your life, it deserves

Bleachella era was a slay. I am convinced that the slander would stop if people stopped to think for themselves for just like one second.

I never thought about the “point” of the re-records as you discussed.

I'll join in on the Speak Now love. It isn't one of my personal favourite albums yet I always seem to have loads of trouble kicking it out of my top 3... That's how indisputably great it is.

I think she did the eras tour because there were 4 albums she hadn't toured for. Obviously Lover was meant to have a tour and we know from that one clip of a fan meeting Taylor she really liked Lover and didn't want to abandon the idea of it having a tour completely. So she could have done a Lover/folklore/evermore/Midnights tour however folklore and evermore aren't extremely concert material albums, so maybe Taylor just decided to do all albums so she could tour for every album (except Debut still) and not make the concerts heavy with not extremely concert material songs if that makes sense?

The fact that people seem to bash on Joel Little for producing Me and YNTCD on Lover are missing a gigantic point that Joel Little is also the one produced Lorde's debut album and Marina's 'To be Human'. I've always wanted Taylor to work with Joel before Lover came out, knowing him for the better, but the creative approach Taylor took with Lover was off from the beginning and she is most likely the reason why the songs sound the way they do.

I actually enjoy the videos she directs. Maybe they’re not masterpieces but I can feel her personality and witty humor shines through them

I also think artists need to stop listening / being scared of the 'woke' mob bc that's what's making them have power in the first place

Thank you for appreciating Speak Now!!

WHY with the slander on speak now. thank you for showing it love because that album deserves way more appreciation and attention (at least among swifties, I know a lot of people in the comments appreciate it lol) red and speak now are my two favorite albums and it upsets me to see the hate on them I feel like red is somewhat appreciated but only because of ATW 😭 love that song but why is that the only thing people care about when it comes to Red

Love her over-rehearsed-ness on tour. Speak now is sooo good with like barely 2 skips or something. One of my favorite albumss for sure. I heard the og when tv was announced and loved itt.

Wow 🎉 love your description of ART 🖼

as a speak now stan, i love the "speak now is underrated" rant like YES. LOUDER!

I hope she collaborates with Max Martin, Shellback and Ryan Tedder again.

my unpopular opinion is that i’m obsessed with the closure production

“This album, Karma.” Slip of the tongue 😂 Love that this video also served as an update on your thoughts about things such as the Anti-Hero music video edit, the remixes, and overall evolving opinions on Midnights as a whole. Thank you once again for the prayer and your content.

Great episode!

you saying girl at home (new version) is terrible hurt cause I'm OBSESSED with the new version more than the old

the prayer is my favorite part of every video

34:47 yes 🙌 yes 🙌 yes the fact that she has perfected every strut glance glare smile point shimmy. She’s a true professional on stage in front of 70,000 people. It’s like she doesn’t get shy 🙈 love it ICONIC girl

loved thissss ❤ streaming lover!

I was finishing my English major and I kid you not Folklore and Evermore are the only albums I could not stop listening. I am GLAD you mention Peace! That song is very underrated like Ivy and Cowboy Like Me (My favorite lyric is: "Now you hang from my lips/Like the Gardens of Babylon" give me that religious metaphor please... Also Mad Woman). Also, "Forever is the sweetest con" like ughhh soooooooooo good.

i'm a relatively new and young swiftie but speak now is and always will be my favorite album and i will challenge anyone who says it is overrated or bad to the fucking grave. words cannot express just how emotionally attached i am to that album and even if it isn't your favorite album you cannot deny that it is a masterpiece and underrated as hell. also speak now is probably the closest thing we will get to a rock album and personally i am ok with that however the rock version of negbt at the 1989 world tour proves everyone who says taylor can't do rock wrong. that performance is iconic.

Happy to hear all of this opinions ❤

TS Directing her videos: How can you not want to see how she uses the video art format to emphasize the poetry? Even if it doesn't jive with the way you want to experience and feel the music and poetry, don't you want to understand how she created it, how she translated the emotional experience to the emotional expression?

Love your videos! As an older Swifty (who has been around since Tim McGraw) I agree with you on like 98% on everything!!!! 😂 I appreciate all the work you put into your videos! Thanks! 😊

Your indignation is fabulous! I laughed every time!

about the august one, i think that when there are multiple songs about the same situation, it humanises the work and makes it way more personable. for example red (the album mostly), folklore trilogy, and tis the damn season and dorathea on evermore (even tho you hate that song)

I love the opinion about the Eras tour being premature. I’m split down the middle because on one side of things she’s only gonna be in her 30s once and she may not feel like touring on this big of a scale in her 40s and 50s plus it takes a lot of stamina to do a show that size that many nights. But at the same time it’s like she’s summarizing her career in her 30s. So I can see both sides of it. It’s an interesting 🧐 opinion

zach, in every video, even when it has nothing to do with it: “I WENT TO A SECRET SESSION”