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The Tortured Poets Department...Part 1 (Uncut)

We will be reacting to the double album today 4/19 (probably around 6pm CT) live on our twitch! Thank you guys for an amazing stream

The Tortured Poets Department...Part 1 (Uncut)

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rewatching on the anniversary of the release, you guys are the best 🤍

Miranda Thomas

Just watching and I love your reaction. I would love if you guys did a re-listen to the TTPD. I would love to hear how you would react to the songs now after time has passed.

Raquel Perez

Just rewatching ☺️

rhy

Can I just say? I’m back here again, just got dumped after 2 years bc he “rather stay at his place alone than deal with my emotions”. All it took was getting to “my boy only breaks his favorite toy” and I’m jamming out and having fun. Thank you two ❤️🤍❤️

Bradlie

it’s about matty healy

Rachel

Ashton’s reaction to “you’re the loss of my life” just hits different 🫠

Faby

OMG I’m gonna call her the Tupac of pop from now on 😂

Amanda Arford

loml

Wendy Davis

Everything you said, Same here!

Foxy_Tatty

Every time I watch this, Ashton’s “this is worse than hit em up” takes me out

Jodi Avery

My Alexa heard you

Miranda Caprio

The fact that Taylor gave Posty the FIRST bridge of the album is ❤️‍🔥

Jensine Irasusta

I'm so glad she works with Jack Antonoff. I just love his sound!

Shai

Why did y'all cover your mouths and noses when Florence said hurricane?

Rikkiella Davies

Who shit their pants during Florida?! Why’d both of you cover your noses?!?

Nicole Barber

Hi y’all! I’m an OG Swiftie who found y’all through IG. I’ve seen so many reaction videos but yours has been my absolute favorite. I love watching people become Swifties! Your investment in the lyrics, the musicality, and the overall vibe is so respected. I’ve become a Patreon contributor due to your Swiftieness and I’m so excited to see your future casts.

Rachel

Oh that’s interesting, I heard it as you shot me and then shot yourself 😂 which is maybe a bit dark on second thoughts

emilyy19

I think people were hating on it because at first listen they thought it all sounded the same and there’s a lot of Jack influence. I get the impression people have grown to love the album with more listens

emilyy19

Guys don’t have a reaction to the Fortnight video?

Lesetoiles (Old Starry Eyed Cardigan)

The time stamps aren’t perfect but here ya go: Fortnight (ft Post Malone) 20:20 The Tortured Poets Department 32:55 My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys 43:02 Down Bad 50:27 So long, London 1:03:42 But Daddy I Love Him / Pops I Fuck With Bro Tho 1:15:27 Fresh Out The Slammer 1:26:36 Florida!! 1:36:31 Guilty as Sin? 1:44:47 Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? 1:53:31 I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) 2:04:32 loml 2:12:12 I Can Do It With a Broken Heart 2:22:02 The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived 2:37:16 The Alchemy 2:46:56 Clara Bow 2:52:50

Emmy

Your faces during and at the end of loml 😢❤️

K L

New subscriber, been watching y’all forever!

Lora D

If people saw her doing that first Eras concert in Florida many times tears were running down her face as she sang, still heartbroken.

Lora D

I actually think it might be about the Olivia Rodrigo stuff that happened. Don’t want to start anything, but it hit me after listening a few times idk

Kelli G

I’m a few days late, thank you so much for doing this 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Stephanie Jackson

Is it just me or is anyone else thinking who's afraid of little old me is about Scooter Braun??

Angela Turco

I just love hearing darriel genuinely say that he loves taylor swift 🥰 we all have those moments where we have to just pause and go "ugh I love her"

April Green

First time supporting an account, excited to watch

Stephanie Vansipe

Clara Bow was a silent film star and one of the first real 'it' girls. Her life was tragic from the day she was born, and it's a testament to her natural talent that Hollywood elitists looked past her being an abused teenager from abject poverty with no connections, and gave her a shot in movies. She retired after movies transitioned from silent to "talkies" and she didn't adapt well to the new process, and because her mental health became increasingly poor. Eventually she was institutionalized, diagnosed with schizophrenia, and eventually died isolated from society in her 60s. Taylor's look in the Fortnight mv, along with her being institutionalized, was definitely a nod to Clara Bow.

quincy martin

The smallest man who ever lived it's a about Scoot, the guy who sold her music... was any of it true? She is questioning everything that he had ever said or done. ure gazing at me starry eyed in your suit - he looked at her like she was a gold mine and we wears the most outregeous suits.. you hung me on a wall and stab me - when she went gold or platinum he hung the masters on the wall. In public showed me off - he used her as a trophy to the big machine records. Crash my party in your rental car - he crashed a rental car while back. Everything else is a metaphor. Am I crazy?

Ana Wright

I’m an elder millennial who grew up surrounded by emotionally unavailable men, and watching u guys dissect her writing with such emotional maturity and intelligence…is healing a part of my soul. Legitimately. I adore u guys so very much!

Stefanie Zungri

I think on fortnight she is talking about like she is totally messed up, and in a future her and her ex will be "friends kind of" and he is gonna get merried to a good person when she on the other hand has a cheating hasband. That shows to me that she kinda envies him and how she thinks that she can't be happy without his touch, but he is like Go to Florida, do your own thing, get over it

Ana Wright

The Sam Smith ish is KILLING ME

Jillian Stamatelos

Yall getting Rick rolled by Sam Smith is so fucking funny

Linda Marie

Okay idk if anyone explained this but she broke up with her 6 year boyfriend Joe Alwyn and had what looked like a small rebound with 1975 singer Matty Healy( who she has dated in the past) They are also both from the UK. We are now realizing Matty has been involved part over the course of time in her mind. The tortured men’s club was a leaked group chat that Joe was in. Matty Healy is the suspected “ tattooed golden retriever”. And the possible bad boy subject of Daddy I Love Him. GQ also posted a clip of Matty Healy in an interview saying he likes writing on a typewriter! Overall the anthology is her processing the end of Joe & her along with the potential of Matty( which is now suspected to be a long time situationship). By the end we do start hearing more about Travis.

Makayla Bailey

I'll be your Alexa, my lexicon game is strong.

Jessica Norgaard

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart is like Anti-Hero. The production is not to be taken seriously because of what she’s actually saying. Like—You want pop? Ok here. But I’m depressed—sorta thing.

Jensine (jen-sen)

I think "But Daddy I love him" is a message to ppl that claim to be fans and the media in correlation to all the insane BS some ppl post pertaining to their opinions about who she dates, or makes comments about her sexuality, etc.

Tasha Votava

You both are my absolute favorite reactors. You put so much into making sure you are properly expressing how you feel about the song emotionally while also getting so intellectual in the breakdown of the lyrics. And seeing your absolute LOVE for her music (and music in general) is sooooo refreshing since so many men wont give her music the time of day

Andrea

In Florida she was saying Texas is where she is from and is leaving her life that is a shitstorm, not that Texas is one. She talked about watching Dateline and everyone escapes to Florida. So she is saying to start over after her life has hit the fan she left to Florida

Kealy McLain

I can do it with a broken heart is suppose to be chaotic and loud similar to her performing during the eras tour "fake it till you make it" but also a dancing pop for the people who overwork themselves.

Aly Lourim

Watch the video she put out for “I can do it with a broken” with the Eras tour footage, it makes more sense

Emily

Loml-> illicit affairs. “It dies and it dies and it dies, a million little times” @Ashton as a folklore girlie you’ll love this.

Emily Miller

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart makes me think of her crying on the floor in the Blank Space music video

Desholla

Even the number 😌

Jasmin Holmes

I am dying at yalls faces when she says “good boy , that’s right”🤣🤣

Mariposaa13

100% and then in the verses when it slows down it's ilke she's on stage trying to catch her breathe, reeling from the hidden emotions

Emma R

wait that's actually hilarious omfg

Emma R

I just got to watch it - two graves one gun I think is a metaphor for an event happening that breaks up a couple.

Sandra

Florida has No Body No Crime vibes. A break in the heartbreak for a story about fucking shit up.

Kristi Selby

You guys are taking Florida way too personally. I think you need to re listen to understand what she means.

Kristi Selby

"Guilty as Sin" what a vibe. So many great songs on this Album💜

Shai

please reaction to niki song

rizalhikmawan

You guys gotta realize that I Can Do It With A Broken Heart sounds like it’s in her in-ear monitors. It’s like she’s singing this in her head while she’s onstage

ES

So long London… if you listen to the intro music it’s the same as “call it what you want” also two graves one gun… “I brought a knife to a gun fight” are lyrics to call it what you want 😭😭💔💔🤯🤯 the DEPTH she has I swear unmatched!

Chloe Stevens

That’s worse than HIT EM UP got me.

Jodi Avery

Clara Bow- she’s talking about ‘it’ girls throughout history. Clara Bow was the first female celebrity as a silent film actress. Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac, wonderful writer and singer and Taylor is always compared to her. Then talking about the girl who will one day take her place…..🤌🤌🤌

Brandi Smith

You feel attacked about her dissing Texas? Try having your name be Aimee 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was so excited when I saw the title “an then I wasn’t so excited anymore after that” ! But really I love the song!

Aimee

Zero out of 10 is craaazzzyyyyyyy!!! Like, I wish I could give zero stars😂😂😂😂😂

Brandi Smith

loml 💔💔💔 it’s the new ATW🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️

Brandi Smith

Who’s afraid of little old me is like Taylor’s first song in a rap battle… she’s calling out EVERYTHING that her opponent might try to use against her, before they can do that. 🤌🤌🤌

Brandi Smith

In Guilty As Sin- I think she may have confirmed that folklore was Matty coded!!!! She said something about keeping all her longings in lowercase locked inside a vault😳😳😳 folklore- the title and every single song are in lowercase 🥺 I am questioning EVERYTHINGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!

Brandi Smith

Guysssss- she said she heads to Texas to wait out the shitstorm…..she wasn’t ragging on Texas. She was also referencing how many people retire in Florida (spend your whole life saving to get a timeshare down in Destin), or how people run to Florida to escape things. She also talks about drowning every body that’s ever been on her body in the swamps 😳 Which also ties to the Florida reference. Also- when the news first broke that she and Joe were over, Florida was her first stop on the eras tour, then guess where the tour went? TEXAS!!! This song is amazing, you just need a second listen to break down the lyrics and now knowing the context of what was going on at that time. And Florence’s vocals??? 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌

Brandi Smith

Not For All the Dogs cause she said Golden Retriever 😂😂😂 Sorry y’all. I had to listen alone the first couple of times, but ofc had to see y’all’s reaction and now I’m commenting like we’re live. This album is just sooooooo good, I can’t get enough!!

Brandi Smith

So much of her previous discography was about Matty and we had NOOOO idea! Fresh out the slammer for me confirms that the Cardigan, Betty, August trilogy was about Taylor (Betty), Matty (James), and Joe (who I’m not sure was given a perspective in the trilogy 🫣). August may even be written from Taylor’s perspective because it seems she spent some summers with Matty during the Joe relationship when things were bad…..

Brandi Smith

I’m putting TTPD at Taylor’s #1 album from start to finish and I will DIE on that hill🫶🫶🫶 I’m sorry Beyoncé and Lana and anyone else who thought they might win AOTY, but if Midnights won- TTPD deserves 2 Grammy’s for AOTY🤷🏼‍♀️

Brandi Smith

You’d have to go Diddy 💀💀 The 2pac of pop💀😂

Brandi Smith

We were allllllll missing vital details, Ashton! Even the hard core Swifties had NO idea this situationship spanned almost 10 years!! We thought her time with Matty was very short, like a fortnight for real. I think the emotional part of it was yearssssssssssss. Which is why it broke her when it didn’t work. They were so emotionally connected.

Brandi Smith

The way "loml" hits 1000000× harder when you re-watch taylor's performance of "I don't wanna live forever" at the eras tour and her choking up while singing "wondering if I dodged a bullet or just lost the love of my life"

Kenzi

The whole TTPD album gives off too much Shakespearean vibes. We can’t take most of it literally, but the parallelism is so hauntingly beautiful. Truly poetic in deed. Taylor Swift is modern day Shakespeare. 🤍

Nyko

When they needed and I go “it’s too busy for me” I was screaming THATS THE POINT!!!!!

Chippi wims

“she theme like a met gala” yassssss

Ana Wyborski

tbh I think some of the hate comes from people who don’t truly understand music and the depth of the writing

Ana Wyborski

The dichotomy of I Can Do it with a Broken Heart is what makes it genius. It’s an upbeat bop the lyrics are devastating about how she was heartbroken but still performing Eras Tour every night.

Jennifer Moore

Honestly though, who does that?

Cara M

" I would have put a zero but they made me put a one" IS HILARIOUS i will for sure be using that

sama azzawi

I love your reactions soo much. I’m loving TTPD, not understand the haters but I also remember back in Rep days when everyone hated on it too. People will live their lives and songs will hit them at different points. It’s the narcotics she puts in them songs 😉

Cara M

So I saw someone on tik tok who thinks the busy background of I Can Do It With a Broken Heart is her in ears during the eras tour bc that’s literally what she’s hearing while performing with a broken heart. I can’t tell but I think that’s an interesting theory.

WitchOfTheeWood

And ppl with high functioning depression tend to joke around and be sing songy about it

G

I'm so fuckin dead at it glitching to Sam Smith L MFAOOO

Lindsay

Taylor unlocked a new writing instrument: a knife. This album is so good, but ouchy😀😀😀

Elizabeth

I think the shitstorm in Texas refers to the actual breakup from Joe alwyn. The breakup happened on day 1 of the eras tour in Arlington.

Ray Lake

Taylor Swift, First of her name

Shanna

I Can Do It With A Broken Heart is the anthem for all with high functioning depression. You should watch her official lyric video on YT. Puts the song in perspective to see the lyrics set to her performing the Eras Tour.

Shanna

the sam smith thing was cracking me tf up

anya

Taylor is a big time GOT thrones.

Mark Barnwell

DarrielandAshton

Amber Larson

I can do it with a broken heart is supposed to sound busy and all over it’s intentional sorta like when you’re delirious from lack of sleep even the trauma dumping then giggling as if hiding her pain is an accomplishment 🥹

Fholly Tucker

I can do it with a broken heart is the stay stay stay of this album 👀 *edit: lmao I wrote this and then Stephen says the exact same thing 😂

Mary M

Nah she literally says “these blokes warm the benches” aka Joe and Matty, her English exes

Mary M

Crickets in here after "The smallest man who ever lived" yep yep yep 😮

Shai

That and the HS one … like the sheer emotion from the songs from her short relationship with Matty vs what she’s saying about Travis is night and day ha . But hopefully this is how she feels in healthy relationships haha

Jillian Stamatelos

I had really high hopes for the alchemy but it was lame just like Travis.. Miss Taylor Allison Swift really had to make some bull shit football references? You couldn’t have done better than this? Come on frfr

Mandi

Lol no it doesn't....

Liv

what’s the name of the twitch channel???

bisma ♡

“But daddy I love him” is a letter to the fandom that crucifies people she loves and tries to tear them apart, it’s scathing and WE are daddy, WE are the town, she’s telling us to butt the fuck out and to stop “protecting” her. She’s a grown woman who made her own name, her own way and she can do what she wants, she doesn’t need our ouster or concerns, she’s gonna love who she loves and we need to fuck all the way off and get out of her personal life.

Mandi

can we pls discuss the fact that the alchemy is about matty healy and not travis kelce??? she's saying it's alchemy because it's fools gold and not real, she's explaining that there's this attraction that she doesn't understand but they just have this insane chemistry, she talks about how they used to be interested in each other and then he did some bs but she's now forgiven him for the stuff "he did back in school" (i.e. all the insane stuff matty healy has said about women, minorities, and even taylor herself), and she's using a sports metaphor 1) because matty is a "player" and 2) because she knows it's a tongue in cheek way to refer to their relationship as everyone is waiting for a travis love song. lastly, she references matty's use of drugs once again with the heroin line. i rest my case 🤭

Alyssa

it was so funny and then he followed it up w the trump impression 😭😭💀💀

Alyssa

"i'm gonna throw up" after the smallest man who ever lived has me rolling 😭😭

Alyssa

I don't think she was bashing Texas.. I'm on the fence about "Florida" too. It's a bit off for me

Shai

lol-ing at how Steven’s reaction energy for ICDIWABK is vaguely matching Stay Stay Stay 😆

Brooke Noelle

Yall should live react to the music video before listening to the anthology

Philip Nichols

yo the fucking Sam Smith appearances were sending me - the reactions are really good and I'm enjoying how much you guys are enjoying the album so far (I haven't finished the video yet) but yeah the Sam Smith songs were making me fucking cackle

Alexandra

the sam smith cameos are SENDING ME lmao

Alyssa

"The Tupac of Pop" hahahahahaha I've heard her being referred to as many things. But that was awesome. lmfao You guys never disappoint! Great reaction as usual! Love this Album💥

Shai

Cracking up at Sam smith coming up every time 😂 Justin Bieber kept coming on my friend’s Spotify last night during our listening party 🤦‍♀️

Mary M

Texas is a shitshow for women and queer people… love you guys though 🫶

Mary M

Truly. And, tbf the rest of the world joked about her and marriage and babies for yearssss so like, good for her for showing how not funny it is

Lindsay

Thanks guys! I'll see for the Anthology!

donnadaffy

I feel like people always hate on her new albums right when they come out because it’s always a different vibe from the previous one and it can be jarring. I always give her albums 3-5 complete listens before passing judgment.

Lindsay

Not sure if anyone clarified for you guys yet, but "The Machine" part of Florence + the Machine refers to a founding and primary member of her band-- Isabella Summers aka "Isa Machine" (nicknamed by Florence)

Grace

you guys have the best reactions, always so respectful 🩷🩷

elaina fitzsimmons

Buddies, Florida is 100% a political commentary.

Jessica Rae

yall truly do not understand how much i look forward to watching ur content about taylor, thank u guys so much for making this vid bc i'm LOVING it. 🫡🫶🏼

Alyssa

But daddy I love him IS WILD. She really said “fuck you” to all of us that didn’t like her with Matty 😬

Mary M

same 🤣🤣

elaina fitzsimmons

as a floridian who's been a swiftie since i was 6, i am LIVING for all the florida references 🥹

Alyssa

the sam smith in between was killing me

Hannah

6’5” Ashton I’ve always thought you were really cute but you’re taller than as well! Yay lol

Emma Schultz

The "I'm gonna throw up" after The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived was too real.

Lauren Mohr

love this entire album omg its so so good! and yesss we are getting SO MUCH tea on this album OMG

Aly Lourim

Can we do a Lemonade watch together?? 🤩💛💛💛💛💛

Martina S.

Thank you so much for doing this!!

Martina S.

Rewatching to keep me fed until we finish The Anthology tonight!

Marissa Boyd

Downtown Lights is by a group called the Blue Nile. Looked up lyrics. This almost feels like a call and answer to that song.

harperluu

It’s always so much fun experiencing Taylor together- and this was one for the books! Thank you guys! Also, “You want to read the title out for this one?” “Yeah, um 😀😳🤨” I’m dying!! You guys are my favs!!!

Kelli G

Watching and think Florida should have been the single 😄

harperluu

This was so fun!! I watched the live stream for the first 1.5 hrs then I had to go to bed because...kids and work *eye roll* But just watched the rest! Ready to tune in for part 2 later today!! Appreciate you guys! <3

Devan

For me, I took guilty as sin? as a fantasy, like lizzy mcalpines ceilings

Philip Nichols

Love yall 🥰 the faces you make are so good

cindy

Down bad was my favorite

Philip Nichols

This album is on repeat for me .. so painfully beautiful. Can’t wait for The Anthology tonight with you guys! 🤍🖤

Nikki Richard

refused to listen to the album until you posted

Emmy

I thought Down Bad was weird at first, but now I love it!

Jennifer Petersen

I need Ashton’s Folklore hoodie where tf did he get that need the link NOW

Trinity J

whoever spoiled the loml name, i hope you never have a cold pillow again in ur life

Sydney Bryant

Woke up at 5am to listen to TTPD, the ATMOSPHEREEEEEE!!!! AHHH Its so GOOD. Can't wait to watch your reaction, hope you like it

bits

Woke up early today to hear your reaction. Can't wait!!!

Michele French

LOVE IT!!

Grace Dietz

can’t wait to watch this!!

Kayla


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