This is about her old label. The owner, Scott Borchetta made a deal behind her back and sold all her masters to Scooter Braun. It was absolutely devastating for her to lose her life’s work. At least we now get the Taylor Version’s and Vault Tracks. But this song is super powerful and you can hear the pain in her voice.

This song touches a topic that swifties can't resist explaining 💀: While it's written as a breakup song, This is one of Taylor's songs about Scott Bortchetta, who signed her to his brand new record label in 2006 when she was a teenager. He built it from the ground up with her essentially being the reason for its success. He was incredibly close to Taylor, with her often saying she considered him family, but in 2019, went behind her back to sell the ownership of the master recordings of her first six albums to Scooter Braun, a man who Taylor has been previously vocal about disagreeing with. This experience is a theme Taylor has explored a few times in songs, as ownership of her work is something that means a lot to her, and the betrayal of Scott was something that hurt her deeply. This sale of her work is what has led to the absolute badass move that is rerecording. While the original masters are no longer hers to own, Taylor has original writing credits and so can produce identical rerecordings of her albums, with the only difference being (Taylor's version) in the track names, as well as a few additional album discards from the original writing sessions, labelled as "vault tracks". She has never explicitly stated that this song is based on this experience but it's generally accepted, although she has said the song reminds her of the emotions people feel while going through divorce. A few lines from the song that make more direct reference to this: "When you can't sleep at night, you hear my stolen lullabies" "You wear the same jewels that I gave you as you bury me"

@DeathMetalDadReacts

Ай бұрын

OH MY GOD. IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE! ITS EVEN MORE THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS! 😭😭😭😭

@nancygilmour1941

Ай бұрын

@@DeathMetalDadReacts YESSS I'm so glad you can truly get into the Taylor swift lore, this song just hits different knowing the background.

@lka9900

Ай бұрын

@@DeathMetalDadReactsthe lore always makes her songs better! So. many. easter. eggs.

@SwiftieXinfinity

Ай бұрын

@@DeathMetalDadReacts This whole entire album was written during Cóvîd lockdown, and I suggest reacting to the entire session of “The Long Pond Studio Series. I would also suggest listening to only the Taylor’s version(s) as Scott Brochetta and Scooter Braun don’t get her royalties. ♥️👏🙌🤘

you saying that every song you've heard from her has been so different is so amazing because taylor swift haters like to say that all her songs sound the same....

@DeathMetalDadReacts

27 күн бұрын

They don't listen to the songs. Guaranteed. Because no two have been mistakeable for each other yet. 🥰

Highly recommend if you do more Folklore songs you watch the Long Pond Studio Sessions. While the studio versions are good, the Long Pond sessions are really unmatched. This song especially. You can see the depth of meaning of this song in her face unlike most songs. This is one of the most personal songs to her according to her.

And who hasn’t screamed at the sky? I feel that in my soul.

@DeathMetalDadReacts

Ай бұрын

Only the lucky ones :(

Also, "this is me trying" from folklore is amazing!

you had to watch long pond studio. how expressive she is when singing.

Even if you don't do a reaction of it, for yourself, I HIGHLY recommend checking out the acoustic version of this on the Long Pond Studio Sessions. Her vocal performance is gut-wrenching and she is between fury and crying through most of the performance. She also drives the cadence more strongly just with the vocal. It really is impactful. It's a solo written track by Taylor about her broken working and mentor relationship with the manager of her old record label. Scott Borchetta was the one who sold the back catalogue of her work (my stolen lullabies) to Scooter Braun. Scott was like a second father figure to her and sold the rights to her music town the creek after a decade of her making him Uber rich 😭😭😭

@jimijimicocopuff

26 күн бұрын

studio version is better

@emmavink

25 күн бұрын

@@jimijimicocopuff I disagree. I find it overproduced the more I listen to it. I don't like the gimmicks of waiting for the drop. For me, it takes away from the emotional impact of that INCREDIBLE bridge. It works really beautifully for the Eras performance.

@jimijimicocopuff

25 күн бұрын

@@emmavink the drop is the best part.

@emmavink

24 күн бұрын

@@jimijimicocopuff... So the best part of Taylor's song is the part she didn't write...? If that's what you like, that's what you like. I prefer the song with the instrumentals as she wrote them. Not against a backing track she didn't write 🤷‍♀️

@jimijimicocopuff

24 күн бұрын

@@emmavink I forgot how annoying some swifties are. We all know Taylor is a lyrical genius but yes, sonically, the beat drop adds to the song making it that much better. Sure long pond shows emotion but studio version is far better. Also, she created the entire song, or helped with it. Sorry you dont like some of the work she puts into the studio production.

Taylor’s pen is sharper than any sword. If she’s coming for you, beware.

Okay, but, this song has some serious metal lines imo. Like who even says things like "if I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too"? You can just hear the anger and disdain in her voice as she talks about her experience with the ultimate betrayal.

This song is a masterpiece. One of many.

Whenever you can, please watch the songs live or long pond versions. Watching her perform really takes it to a different level :)

Dear John and would’ve could’ve should’ve they’re both about the same person

@MinervaLavender2371

Ай бұрын

But definitely Dear John performed live from her Speak Now Tour. The expressions on her face really drive the message of the song home.

I cried to your reaction, this was so good 😢

@DeathMetalDadReacts

Ай бұрын

Awwww thank you 😭😭🥱

You’re so right! 5:37 I personally would call this style “ethereal” i love that you actually pick up on the clever and poignant words she writes I’d love it if you’d react to Scottish band Cocteau Twins “pearly dewdrops drop” They’re an amazing ethereal group from Scotland that mostly recorded during the 1980s ❤

@DeathMetalDadReacts

Ай бұрын

I WANTED to say ethereal, but I just used that adjective a couple of videos ago and didn't want to seem like a small vocab boy 🤣

@alisong826

Ай бұрын

You can’t deny what the genre is! I totally understood & understand!!

i really enjoy the fact that you pause and go back so many times, it's very satisfying to watch how you really let the melody and the lyrics sink in!! love your channel

@DeathMetalDadReacts

13 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I feel bad doing it because I'm ADHD and I feel like I annoy you guys with it, but sometimes it really does take me 4x of replaying to hear the WORDS because I'm so entranced by the instruments 🤣😭

this is my personal favorite song by her, so glad to see you enjoyed it!!

I'd love for you to do a double video of The Alchemy and So High School off TTPD!

@carlap3933

Ай бұрын

This would be so sick! My two favorite songs from TTPD.

@MorganChaos

Ай бұрын

@@carlap3933 The best thing is you can see threads of insecurity or other negativity in most of her other positive songs about relationships she's been in (I could go line by line on the Reputation songs about Joe), but I cannot see ANY cracks here. And honestly, Dad deserves some positivity after all the sad songs we've made him listen to lmao.

This is one of my favorite songs.

The one thing I have to say is if reactors are going to listen to her music they need to understand what the songs are about, it’s a rabbit hole but they have much more meaning then just beautiful lyrics. Am I right guys?

@DeathMetalDadReacts

20 күн бұрын

Where to start on the rabbit holes? I look to the swifties for guidance and lore

Great reaction!

Wow🎉

You should make a special email inbox so we can send you links and songs ect to react to! would love to send you the versions she recently released digital only from TTPD voice memos so you can see she generally has most of the song written and done before her co-writers assist or they send her tracks with just production and she is writing to them!

Love your reaction! Subbed!

@DeathMetalDadReacts

Ай бұрын

Thank you so very much for the support!!! 🤗🤗🤗

Folklore: the long pond studio sessions!! No words, just watch & thank us later!!

❤❤❤ your reactions! Can you please react to the Folklore trilogy - Cardigan, Betty, August (3 songs sharing 3 different perspectives of one fictional story)

@DeathMetalDadReacts

20 күн бұрын

Oh I'm doing this before the end of the week. This sounds like a blast. I'm screen capping this comment to remember

I can’t remember if I’ve asked this, but would you do a reaction to G-Flip covering Cruel Summer? There is point in the song where they start playing drums while singing. It’s more of a rock/punk version of the song. I think you’d really like it! You can find a couple versions on here. One is in the studio, and one is live at “Party in the Paddock.” Both are good, but I think the live version is more fun!

@DeathMetalDadReacts

20 күн бұрын

I can add it to my list to react to down the line, or I may just check it out in my free time off camera 🥰

Try Carolina