PAID REQUEST: FOLKLORE: THE LONG POND STUDIO SESSIONS (2020) MOVIE WATCH PARTY
Added 2023-07-27 01:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Is there a reason where I’m doing something wrong but I can’t access this one video? I hit the link and it takes me to Vimeo, but it says that it’s not working. Other videos I click on are working.
Amanda Schumacher Shield
2023-11-30 21:51:37 +0000 UTCI'm not sure if that's Greek, though I know there is a myth about it. I know there's a Greek myth that humans were originally made with 2 heads (or faces?) four arms, and four legs but it scared Zeus who felt they were too powerful like that so he split them into two, dooming them to go on for forever having to find their other half (edited because I just realized my phone autocorrected dooming to dominating)
Jay Johnston
2023-08-14 02:29:02 +0000 UTCThailand life hahaah! Oh! Im gonna read about that myth. I lived in Mykonos Greece for five months and I lOVED learning about the mythology
Audrey McDonald ( Songs From A Suitcase)
2023-08-08 03:30:33 +0000 UTCI love how at some point while watching you just casually say "sorry that's a lizard" (talking about a scratching noise that happens in the background). 😅 That isn't a sentence I hear every day. Also when she was talking about her song "Invisible String" and how the story had to do with fate, it reminded me of how in Greek mythology there's a similar thing. Basically, there are these three women called "The Fates" and supposedly they have a piece of string for each person that they manipulate to their choosing and the string keeps going until they decide the person's time is up and cut the string. Every piece of string though, is connected by one spool of string. Mind you I haven't read this myth in a while, so some of the details may be a little hazy, but the myth tells you that everyone is connected in some way, but you never know when/if you'll ever meet.
Madeline Jensen
2023-08-05 06:46:33 +0000 UTCooooh! Thats deep!
Audrey McDonald ( Songs From A Suitcase)
2023-08-04 13:52:48 +0000 UTCit's already begun :) You can expect every month one documentary/concert, one full album reaction, 1-2 extended song reactions, 1-2 behind the scenes reactions on Patreon!!! plus a song comparision or voice reaction on YT each month
Audrey McDonald ( Songs From A Suitcase)
2023-08-04 13:49:47 +0000 UTCOh I didnt know that about track 5 awww!! THats her baby kitty in ME! That kitty was soo cute!
Audrey McDonald ( Songs From A Suitcase)
2023-08-04 13:39:15 +0000 UTCSO im only allowing myself to listen to the albums that Ive reacted to so far and I am really enjoying Folklore in the morning with some Midnights during the day hahah!
Audrey McDonald ( Songs From A Suitcase)
2023-08-04 13:29:11 +0000 UTCYea its like a whole other person
Audrey McDonald ( Songs From A Suitcase)
2023-08-04 13:15:23 +0000 UTCI love watching people fall in love with Taylor once they realize she's so much more than her songs on the radio. ❤️
Jennifer Johns
2023-08-02 12:10:49 +0000 UTCI fell out of listening to her music a while ago, loved her debut album and Fearless but as her songs became more pop I had fallen out. Nothing against pop music and there were still individual songs that I liked I just didn't seek out her music anymore. Folklore, Evermore and the Taylor's Version albums are dragging me back in though
Jay Johnston
2023-07-31 17:34:20 +0000 UTCTaylor's co-writers are Jack Antonoff from Bleachers & fun. (they've worked together a lot) and Aaron Dessner from The National. Joe is Joe Alwyn, Taylor's boyfriend at the time. He co-wrote/co-produced Exile and Betty as well as co-produced My Tears Ricochet, August, This Is Me Trying and Illicit Affairs under the pseudonym William Bowery. He also co-wrote Champagne Problems and Coney Island on Evermore as well as Sweet Nothing on Midnights. Justin Vernon, who Taylor duets with on Exile, is from the indie folk band Bon Iver. The reason he's wearing that cloth is just simply because of Covid and the fact he's in a studio with other people. Like Taylor said, Cardigan, August and Betty are all linked. Cardigan is from Betty's perspective, August is from Augustine/Augusta's perspective and Betty is from James's perspective. The Last Great American Dynasty is inspired by the life of American socialite Rebekah Harkness, who previously lived in Taylor's home in Rhode Island. Like Taylor, she was often scrutinised for her personal life. Track 5 is usually her most personal and vulnerable song on her albums. My Tears Ricochet is about Scott Borchetta who sold her masters to Scooter Braun. Some of the lyrics are also inspired by the movie Marriage Story. The baby she sent presents to in Invisible String is the first daughter of her ex Joe Jonas and his wife Sophie Turner. She also references other songs such as Bad Blood, Delicate and Daylight. The sexism and double standards she sings about in Mad Woman is similar to The Man from Lover (which has a great music video you should react to). The "But there's robbers to the East, clowns to the West" line from Peace refers to Scott Borchetta & Scooter Braun (robbers) and Kanye West (clown). Finally, Taylor has 3 cats: Meredith Grey (after the character from Grey's Anatomy), Olivia Benson (after the main character from Law & Order: SVU) and Benjamin Button (from the Brad Pitt movie). In the music video for ME!, which is the song she and Brendon Urie from Panic At The Disco collaborated on, he gives her a cat. That cat is Benjamin.
Heida
2023-07-30 19:24:39 +0000 UTCI think it’s absolutely beautiful and full circle that her Grandmother, Marjorie, was an opera singer and that’s her ACTUAL voice we hear in the background towards the end of that song. So breathtaking!
✨Megan✨
2023-07-30 04:37:27 +0000 UTCI really wish she would put out a similar documentary about “evermore.” I’ve secretly wished that since they dropped this doc.
✨Megan✨
2023-07-30 04:32:10 +0000 UTCVery thorough rundown and I’m sure it’s greatly appreciated for those who didn’t already know all this info, so I just wanted to drop a line and Thank You 🙏🏼 for this comment! 😊
✨Megan✨
2023-07-30 04:30:27 +0000 UTCI totally agree! The short film “All Too Well” would be a PERFECT reaction video! 💯
✨Megan✨
2023-07-30 04:21:54 +0000 UTCFirst of all, a HUGE Thank You 🙏🏼 so, so much to the person who requested and paid for this reaction video! Secondly, Audrey, a BIG Thank You 🙏🏼 to you for sitting through the documentary with us and enjoying it right alongside of us. I absolutely loved every minute and I CAN NOT wait until Evolution of Voice kicks off. 😊 I know you have a sh!t ton on your agenda with the move and all, but do you have a rough estimate of when the series might begin? No pressure! Like I said, you have a lot going on at the moment. I was just curious. Peace✌🏼, Love ❤️, & Light ✨ALWAYS!
Megan Monroe
2023-07-30 04:19:11 +0000 UTCIn "epiphany" - my sister is a doctor and told me story. I believe the holding hand through plastic crashing out part was a reference to the experience of doctors during covid
Meghan
2023-07-29 23:19:51 +0000 UTCI love watching this studio session. It’s just 3 friends hanging out in the country side, drinking glasses of wine, having deep conversations by the fire while doing what they love (music). Its like a warm hug. Also this album is a masterpiece. It inspired me to get into music. Can’t wait for more of your Taylor vids! She is a master at her craft. 🙂
Jonesy96
2023-07-28 02:50:55 +0000 UTCJack Antonoff talking about my tears ricochet is SO me. It’s my favorite song she’s ever done. This album has many of my favorites in general, including Mirrorball, peace, exile, betty and the lakes
I Am Not Chamari
2023-07-28 01:31:07 +0000 UTCThank you😌for requesting. Weenie❤️cameo,🐾so sweet.🍬I really enjoy👌🏼this one.☝🏼It’s so raw, stripped bare🤲🏼and personal,🫣yet for everyone. It’s a place where🤔you can more🤲🏼than relate❤️🩹and it’s amazing.🤩Benjamin and Olivia are too🤲🏼cute.🐾Me gusta👉🏼you were able to truly enjoy😆this album.💿It is different🤔because it’s so pure,🕊️and that makes🤲🏼it beautiful.❤️And more🤲🏼Weenie.🐾I like how🤔you can listen🎧to this 💿 in instrumental🎹🎶form🤲🏼and it’s still fantastic.👌🏼More🤲🏼T. Swift please.😌Amazing🤩watch party.👀🎉⭐️
Koko
2023-07-27 15:50:59 +0000 UTCOMG yay it’s Weenie!!!!! God I love this album so much! I think it might actually be my favourite
Shani Gribben
2023-07-27 10:22:31 +0000 UTCThank you to the person that made this request!! (idk how to spell their name😅) folkore is my absolute favorite Taylor Swift album and I'm so happy you react to it (Speak Now is my second favorite, so its funny that those are your only album reactions right now😂) "cardigan" is such an awesome song and yea, the line "i knew you, trying to change the ending, peter losing wendy" is so good. I'm still obsessed with it😂 I haven't seen anyone explain the storyline of "the last great american dynasty" so here we go: The song is about a holiday house that taylor bought. it used to belong to a women names Rebekah Harkness. She married a wealthy guy, he got a heart attack and people blamed her for (cause she's a "middle class divorcee). she then threw lots of parties over the years and if i remember correctly, disappeared and 50 years later, Taylor bought it. (thats like, the short form😂) "mad woman" is about Scott B. (her old manager) and rumoured to be about K*nye West and Kim Kardashian... thats all the info i know.😂 ugh, epiphany. this song is in my top 10 taylor swift songs, its so good, its so sad, its just perfect. but sadly, a lot of swifties dont like it from what i've heard. :( As she mentioned this song is about her grandfather. She has a few songs of her grandparents, one you've already heard is "Timeless" on Speak Now. Another one is "marjorie" on evermore. Its another awesome song and in my top 10. (I just realized that all her grandparents related songs are in my top 10 ts songs..😂) and i gotta say, "the lakes" is the best (or at least one of the bests) songs from her text wise. the whole first verse, "Is it romantic how all my elegies eulogize me? I'm not cut out for all these cynical clones, these hunters with cell phones" already is so so so good, and my favorite is "a red rose grew up out of ice frozen ground with no one around to tweet it". this whole song is on a whole other level than most of her songs (respectfully, i love almost all her songs but the lakes is... crazy) to this day i'm shocked at how she came up with a song like this. I also really hope you're gonna react to evermore next as its the sister album to folklore and it also has so many good songs with great lyrics on it
patrick
2023-07-27 09:46:52 +0000 UTCYou should react to the sister album Evermore. She released two albums in 2020.
Richard
2023-07-27 05:39:25 +0000 UTCThis album as well as evermore really showcases that well earned and awarded title of singer/songwriter. Her exquisitely multi-faceted lyrics paired with her gorgeous voice just gives me chills every time I listen to Folklore and evermore. These are both albums that you really just need to sit with and absorb them. I love to deep dive into all of her lyrics but these two albums especially. Evermore is my favorite of the two, it I do think she forgets about it sometimes. I am really looking forward to your Taylor journey as it is one spectacular ride.
Annie Willow
2023-07-27 04:32:02 +0000 UTCOkay so some comments from having watched it all…and I know we’ve had Miss Americana since then, but here’s a bit more context and background. -Track 5’s: usually these are the most personal, hard-hitting ones about important moments in her life. Those are the songs that have layers of meaning or pain or growth, so she chooses those carefully. -“idk these ppl”: The writer for a few songs was “William Bowery,” which is the pen name for her (at the time, now broken up) boyfriend Joe Alwyn. That’s where the “William/Joe” references come in. Bon Iver is a popular group, most notably known for songs such as Skinny Love and Roselyn. That’s the artist name, but the singer’s legal name is “Justin Vernon”, hence the “Bon Iver/Justin” names. -my tears ricochet/mad woman/the “business” part of hoax and stuff like that refers to Scott B. and that whole debacle, with him taking her first 6 albums’ of music and selling them to Scooter, who she specifically didn’t want it to go to, without even giving her a chance to buy and own her own music. Therefore, they now own her music and her essentially from when she started with her debut album through reputation, after which this all happened and she left BMR for a new label. Full circle moment for also why she is doing the re-recordings and why she’s redoing her old albums as “(Taylor’s Version)”, which SHE owns, as a way to own her own music instead of crusty old white men being shady and taking and selling her music, her voice, her livelihood from a teen to her mid-20’s “you hear my stolen lullabies”. -folklore was released as a surprise album. She posted on Instagram one morning “hey btw, dropping an album at midnight tonight,” sending the world into chaos. a few months later (early pandemic still), she dropped the sister album, very similar vibes, producers, etc, she released “evermore.” It was not a planned album and came as a result of the pandemic. She is on tour right now, and introduces the folklore set by describing the folklore cabin she brings and how during the pandemic this was her escape, to pretend like she wasn’t a millennial woman watching 86hrs of tv each day while putting hand sanitizer on her groceries…instead she imagined herself as a Victorian princess, wandering through the woods, writing with an ink quill, those types of vibes…and folklore was that escape from reality. Also to note, during the pandemic we all did what we could to survive. This mofo (Taylor) put out 5 albums, a documentary, and won a Grammy (folklore), so she really just doesn’t stop. -Aaron was the producer for the songs on folklore. Jack (“her guitarist”) is also a producer who she’s known and worked with for over 10 years, so they have a lot of chemistry indeed, and they’ve written and produced so many songs together over the years, but her and Aaron was the new work relationship and she refers to him as her “collaborator soulmate” from all the magic they made. -other works: I feel like you like Taylor being Taylor and the behind the scenes, so in addition to just going through her music, a few things I’d recommend: 1. Red - after you do Red TV, and ATW10, I’d also do the movie 2. Speak Now World Tour is amazing after the OG speak now (not the brand new re-record that just came out) 3. 1989 Grammy Pro behind the song video - on vimeo (i can send a link), great behind the scenes to explain some of the songs and production 4. 1989 world tour - on YouTube, after 1989 album, she has some amazing performances live from her tour when she was in Sydney, including a rock version of a song and some powerful live vocals 5. Reputation stadium tour - on Netflix, amazing recording from a Dallas show of the reputation tour, which is widely regarded as one of her best tours 6. City of Lover - COVID happened after lover so no tour happened, but she’d done a live show in Paris with some of the songs. I think those supplement the albums well if you do want extra content and/or live vocals (:
CoreyIsSus
2023-07-27 04:00:21 +0000 UTCThese songs are more acoustic than the recorded album but not by much, these are fairly true to the recorded tracks but only include those 3 musicians creating the sounds for this recording. Jack Antonoff is the producer she's been working with for a while now, Aaron Dessner is a member of The National and this is the first album they worked together on but he also worked with her on Evermore and Midnights so it looks like, hopefully, he'll be a semi-regular collaborator, and Justin Vernon is the singer for Bon Iver, a contemporary band that was relatively big in the late 00's-early 2010's, and William Bowery/Joe Alwyn was her long-term boyfriend at the time. This album instantly became my favorite, knocking Speak Now out of the top spot lol, and is my most played album of all time on Spotify lol it's incredible and these musicians just work magic together 🙌🏻 I do hope she starts leaning more towards Aaron cause he seems to push her creatively whereas I think she's started to use Jack as a teensy bit of a crutch based on Midnights BUT that's just my opinion 🤷🏻♀️
Meghan Blust
2023-07-27 03:59:18 +0000 UTCJustin is wearing the face covering because this was still filmed during a time when Covid precautions were being strictly followed by some. I believe everyone involved at the long pond location were tested multiple times and quarantined beforehand, but justin was filmed at his own property, so masks were being work. And yes, last great american dynasty is about the woman who previously owned Taylor’s Rhode Island beach home who had a very eventful and dramatic life
Elisha Li
2023-07-27 03:40:02 +0000 UTCTrack 5s are usually the songs with the most anguish. They're about how she's feeling at a pivotal moment in her life. my tears ricochet is about her relationship with Scott Borchetta and how her masters were purchased from right underneath her thanks to him hence the line 'you hear my stolen lullabies'. That's actually my favorite part on the recorded version, which you should totally check out if you haven't. She used the imagery of a divorce to convey what it felt like for her to part with Scott, the former owner of Big Machine Records (the label she was with for 15 years and made 6 albums for) because it was so messy and upsetting. She was inspired after watching the movie Marriage Story. I think since you really like the storytelling aspect of her writing, you should react to the short film All Too Well. It's a 10 minute song, but really gives you the feels.
Mia
2023-07-27 02:42:19 +0000 UTCSUBAN UR AMAZING THANK U SO MUCH FOR REQUESTING THIS
Nathan
2023-07-27 02:40:34 +0000 UTC
