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Ranking Taylor's Lead Singles (Patreon)

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Well well well.... LOOK what we have here 🎄 its almost christmas and we were in the mood to rank Taylors lead singles... those two things have nothing in common other than the fact that its the holidays so WHY notttttt hehe! This was so fun and we can't wait to read your comments and opinions 💖

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Jonna Kristina

what a fun way to start my morning❤️

sofie sandrini

Omg writing this NOW so you’ll see it, maybe, please please pleaseeee upload Melodrama Breakdown on here 🥹🥹🥹 I LOVE THIS! I got tears in my eyes. I’m so proud of this human. And your arguments towards your choices are everything it needs to be - it makes me emotional. 1. love story 2. Shake it Off (it actually says LWYMMD, but I have to change it. Shake it Off and it’s name was and IS too big and too timeless for history.) 3. LWYMMD 4. Tim McGraw (all you said I agree with) 5. Cardigan (this was perfection) 6. Anti Hero (i agreed with all you said Bon) 7. WANEGBT (was actually number 9 when I ranked firstly, but you were right - it is easy to say in hindsight. So I disagree with myself, it was 2012 and it can’t be taken away that this song was so so big and did so well, was perfect for the time, even tho I’d liked Red of State of Grace. I think it was low because her writing is insane in the other two more so, in my opinion. But she couldn’t have predicted the pop criticism her reputation would have now - which is changing, thanks to the fucking heavens.) 8. Mine (I LOVE Mine !! I remember as a kid watching that music video over and over. It did exactly what it needed to and all my friends who aren’t Swifties at all, knows Mine as well as Shake it Off. It had an huge impact. - I would’ve loved Haunted as a single too.) 9. Fortnight (the numbers for this song is INSANE. It’s ranked as the most listened to song in a day in history, BEATING All I Want For Christmas, Last Christmas????? THATS INSANE.) - I have underestimated this song as I’m writing this. 10. Willow (evermore is my favorite album and the music video was needed for my well being, but it isn’t the best and the song isnt in my top 5 on evermore, not even top 10 I think. However it did what it needed to WITH the music video.) 11. ME! (There should be a sad girl version and I will scream it till the day I die. Lover or Cruel Summer should’ve been the lead.) it’s fearless 🫶🏽

Jericho

Hi from the philippines ❤️

Liz

BLESSED!!!! meerrry christmass girlies!!!!

Lu

This just made my day, I was JUST thinking I wish I had a C&R video to watch! Yay <3

Micra

I'm not sure if this was just me asking or other people asked about this but I'm SUPER happy to press play and listen ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Liz

already personally hoping anti-hero is given high regards in this list 😍

V. Babida

Ladies, you are the gift that keeps on giving! Thank you for filling my year with so much joy - I love watching your videos, they’ve been such a comfort for me the last few years ❤️

Weeroz_x

Okay I wasn’t sure if I liked the ATW top but I love them both!!!!!

sophie

you girls look so pretty

Debbie Miller

This new video pairs perfectly with my morning tea!! What a fun start to the day! 🖤

E ✨🩷

so fully agree about Anti-Hero, it’s been my most played song since it came out. SUPERIOR musically and lyrically.

Hannah

thumbnail EATS

Josie Bicknelle

i feel like i would either pick ‘mean’ or ‘better than revenge’ as the lead single for speak now! although my biased haunted stan heart does secretly agree with you em 🫶🏼

chatsandreacts

Thank you, I obsessed over it for wayyyyy too long haha

Nele

Very interesting video idea! Whenever you do ranking videos, I like to do my own ranking before watching so here is mine: 1. Anti hero 2. Cardigan 3. Love story 4. LWYMMD 5. Tim McGraw 6. Willow 7. Shake it off 8. Fortnight 9. WANEGBT 10. Me 11. Mine

chatsandreacts

Aww thank you lovely 🥰 Hope you have a beautiful holiday season!!

Hannah

Omgggg hi from fellow Aussie swiftie. We actually went to the same eras tour show. Mel N3!!!!

Lia

Thank you for everything❤️ just wanted to say that we also deeply need a track 5 ranking 🥹

Léa

No but help you two are so GORGEOUS 😍both of your hair look so SUPERIOR AND OFFENSIVE Bonny as a brunette myself I need to show my hairdresser your hair and have the exact same color 😭 its beautiful!!! Love you so so much as always and merci for the video 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Josie Bicknelle

if Taylor had made August the lead single for folklore it would have been SUCH a smash hit

Jonna Kristina

100% agree with love story being number 1!

E ✨🩷

I just finished Rob Sheffield's book this morning - he has a section on the Lead Singles and has argued that some of them are quite confusing in that they don't always capture the essence of the album and was this a purposeful tactic by Taylor - LWYMMD for example might lead one to believe that Reputation was going to be all celebrity shade and anger, when really it's a bunch of beautiful love songs. Lots of intriguing decisions throughout Taylor's career!!

Sarah

I joined Patreon this year and I must say I have just been so impressed by the creativity and love that you put into your videos for this community. You always have fresh new ideas and it is always such a joy to watch you chat! I already liked watching C&R on YouTube but I LOVE being able to watch your content there and here on Patreon. Thank you for bringing so much joy to all of us and hope you can both have a lovely restful time over Christmas ✨ ❤️

Sarah Silvester

the gag i experienced when emily put anti-hero at #5 SHOOKETH

Edith Rosell

I will never not be excited to listen to what you have to say 😍 thank you for bringing such positive energy I love you both so much 💕

Jonna Kristina

one thing I would love to see you rank next is her track 5s❤️

claudia jones

You both look so offensive and Christmassy !!! I’m obsessed 🧣🍷♥️🧑🏼‍🎄🍁

lucy lambert

loved this!!!! hope you ladies have a nice relaxing Christmas break! <3

Maya

My ranking would be: 1. Love story 2. Mine 3. Willow 4. Fortnight 5. WANEGBT 6. Cardigan 7. Anti Hero 8. Shake it off 9. ME! 10. Tim McGraw 11. LWYMMD

Karis Gorst

not watched yet but without thinking too much i’d say anti-hero is my fave lead single! as soon as i heard it in october 2022 i said that it was my fave lead single of taylor’s ever hahah

Amanda P

superior ranking 🫶🏼 it reminds me of how fascinating I find it to fathom Taylor’s top streamed songs! how crazy that cruel summer & lover made it to top 5 (deservingly) when Lover is supposed to be the “flop era”?! 1. Cruel Summer 2. Blank Space 3. Anti-Hero 4. Lover 5. Shake it Off (excluding IDWLF cause it’s not on an album)

Amanda P

would love to see you girlies react to the BTS videos we got on Taylor’s bday! 🩷

Mathieu

For me it would be: 1. Love story 2. Shake it off 3. Cardigan (Probably bias because its a top 3 song for me) 4. Willow (Made me enter the TS world with Champagne Problems) 5. Anti hero 6. LWYMMD 7. WANEGBT 8. Tim McGraw 9. Fortnight 10. Mine 11. ME! (I like it just never should have been a lead single) I tried to not be too much impacted by which songs I personnally prefer but I can see that I'm biased xD

maya zutra

Obsessed how every ranking video you say you might have different opinions and then you’re surprised it’s kinda the same hahahaha 😂😂😂

Candice Rossi

I have to agree, WANGBT is what kinda made me unexcited for future music of hers cause it sounded so pop (I too wasn’t a whole album listener girlie), Doesn’t show the vibe of red as an album and to this day red is on my bottom ranking of albums because as many favorites of mine are on it, it also has a lot of songs I skip lol

Mex

i love fortnight and it introducing us to a new album and new sounds from taylor, but i am way more obsessed with how the music video introduced us to the aesthetic of ttpd. the clothing, the way she takes the miracle move on drug, the swirling papers, the posty hug, the face tattoos, and the way she throws that cart through the mirror had me watching it over and over. thank you for doing ranking videos! you always make me think about songs in a new way and i look at both lists and find your reasoning very valid. have a safe and happy holidays if we don't hear from you again before then! merry christmas!

💯

Yes. Love a good fun video!

Mike

Can you please react to all the behind the scenes videos Taylor’s dropped recently?

Julia toniato

A bit gagged that Bonny didn’t place look what made me do as number one

Meghan Raap

I loved this video! I love your ranking vids because even if I don't agree with the exact ranking I love hearing your guys' reasoning and discussion around it. I think I agree with emily's ranking more with having LWYMMD slightly higher than shake it off, even though shake it off is definitely a classic and bigger commercial hit as you said because as a fan who waited desperately through the post-1989 drought, LWYMMD was just so incredibly iconic. like, I'll never forget where I was when I heard "the old taylor can't come to the phone right now... why? cuz she's DEAD" for the first time, lol, like that altered my brain chemistry and I've never been the same 😂 I'll echo some other comments that I would love to see you two react to the behind the scenes content we got on taylor's birthday, and also a ranking of track fives if that doesn't exist yet 💕 thank you for everything you do for us! love you two chickens and hope you have a safe and happy holiday season! 🐣🫶🏻

Dara Sofia

1. Love Story 2. Shake It Off 3. LWYMMD 4. Cardigan 5. Anti-Hero 6. Tim Mcgraw 7. Willow 8. Mine (The Story of Us) 9. WAMEGBT (Holy Ground) 10. Fortnight (MBOBHFT) 11. Me (Cruel Summer) Here’s my ranking and my alternatives! I tried to look into this with a more objective lens because my personal ranking is WAY different HAHA! Thank you so much for this video ladies. Being a Patreon is one of the best decisions ever!!

Joe Weaver

Without watching yet...I hope bonny is still on the anti-hero is the best lead single train. And of course this isn't just your favorites. A lead single has a job to do. Which is, in a way, to sell the album (it's a little different for Taylor now but...she doesn't need to sell anything, it just happens. Anyway). My rankings! 1. Love Story (Fearless was her breakout album & LS did a lot of work) 2. Shake It Off (i know not everyone loves it but it's one of her biggest hits on the album that reigned for the longest) 3. Anti-Hero (Midnights followed by the Eras Tour brought her to a second career peak) 4. cardigan (folklore started the popularity spike, Taylor won the pandemic in the music world) 5. LWYMMD (made the point of what rep was going to be, at least some of it...) 6. WANEGBT 7. willow 8. Mine 9. Tim McGraw 10. Fortnight 11. Me! For me, Fortnight & Me! were the wrong single choices so they fall to the bottom. The end. Thank you 😂

kylinb

THE BEGINNING LMAO

Daria

YESSSS

Erica

Okay, but “I love you, it’s ruining my life” perfectly describes TTPD… and the insane asylum perfectly sets up the album… every song talks about how these two men (and Kim lol) have led her to feel insane in one way or another.

Hannah

Yes pleaseeeee!!

DemiMarie🤍🖤

Merry Christmas to you lovely Chickens!! 🎄🫶🏻

Hayley 🫶🏻✨

I kind of think of it as how well did it set the scene for an era aesthetic. My ranking would be: 1. Love Story 2. Anti-Hero 3. Cardigan 4. LWYMMD 5. Tim McGraw 6. Fortnight 7. Shake It Off 8. WANGBT 9. ME! 10. Willow 11. Mine Just to be clear, I LOVE speak now but agree that it just doesn’t give the right vibe to kick start the era, it was a bit too similar to Fearless. ME! Just left me a bit confused, if I’m honest, for an album called Lover, as it doesn’t really talk about love. But if we include music videos, it did very much represent the era with the colours. Very difficult and controversial ranking!! Maybe a lead single music video ranking is a whole other thing????

Erica

But I think it’s one of our least favorite singles of hers 😅

Amanda Christon

This is so true, I think the TTPD single was the most important for establishing visuals and the aesthetic of the album and I’m not sure any other song on the album could have been a vehicle the way Fortnight was 🤔

Kiara Arce

The light going off at 20:56 was just funny! It’s the little things lol

Izzzy Federgreen

Ooo will y’all please react to all the behind the scenes footage we got on Doctor Taylor Swift’s birthday? I wanna go hunting for Easter eggs w you!

Yasmin

Could you please rank Taylor’s best produced songs?

Kiki

Fortnight is a perfect album opener, but it didn't do much as the lead single.

Kiki

I think it's a perfect album opener. But as the lead single ... I also have it at the bottom of my list

Lg

Mine is my second favorite Taylor song of all time 🥲

Erica

That’s fair. It’s the question of.. do you want the lead single to be your favorite song on the album or the one that best describes it and sets you up for it..?

Courtney D

It's so funny to second guess, because clearly Taylor has done just fine and is on top of the world. But if I was to suggest some changes as the girls do, I would have recommended calling Lover "Daylight" instead, with lead singles Cruel Summer and DBATC. I get that she wanted to transition out of her Rep phase, but the album itself isn't all about love, it exlores pain and insecurity too, so all the pastels and using "lover" as a single overlooked those aspects. Anyway, fun to look back with the knowledge we have now, what a journey it's been!

Mika B

Omg bonny did you dyed your hair again? It looks amazing

Jen Mays

Well Merry Christmas to us for fun Bon and Em ranking videos!

Ali ❤️‍🔥

Omg when Em said cardigan doesn’t capture the heart of what folklore is I screamed 😂😂 I’m so happy they continued the conversation. Also, the ending looking like the fearless intro from eras has me emo again 🫶🏻

Maggie

Okay so I definitely agree that Haunted would’ve been an awesome lead single for Speak Now, but I do think it never would’ve happened because of the focus on Country radio and keeping the country audience. Taylor was so successful with Fearless all around, but the biggest piece of that was that it was the highest awarded country album! So I do think there was likely pressure (as we know there was throughout the rest of her albums) to have a single that was fit for country radio and could do well with that audience.

Richard

I hate ranking Taylor stuff, but if I did top 4. It will be 1. Love Story 2. Tim McGraw 3. Anti-hero 4. Shake it off. Tim McGraw was a gigantic impact on country music back then. It got this young 16 year old noticed in a male and adult dominated country music industry name dropping a major country legend in her song. Tim McGraw song is so underestimated by newer fans it's unbelievable.

Erica

Yessss!! I want this as well 🫶🏻

Richard

Please react to the BTS videos Taylor released recently. Please.

Erica

Say it louder!!!

Sarah

I am living for Bonny’s anti-hero speech, so correct, so beautifully argued.

Isabel Victoria

Girlies, could you react to the lot of behind the scenes mv vids Taylor put out?

Deirdre

Thanks! What a great discussion!

Kelsi Ford

i agree about anti-hero bonny!!! i would have maaaybe even put it as number 1 🫣

Noa

Thats why starting the re-recordings era with Love story again was soooo perfect!!!

Noa

I think that Look what you made me do was sooo ICONIC also because of the music video. It was soo importent for her comback and so importent for her story at that time, and also put the easter eggs thing on ANOTHER LEVEL that was also improtent

Noa

Girls the cosy vibe of this video is sooo fun and perfect! And i love you and your chatsss soooo muchhhh! Thank you for making my lonely friday less lonely❤️❤️

Noa

The FEARLESS transition in the end!!!!✨️✨️

Ally ❤️

Agree with the Fortnight ranking Bonny! TTPD or ICDIWABH would have been stronger.

Ally ❤️

Can you imagine Cruel Summer as a lead single??

Sean

I could swear I remember hearing Mine on the radio all the time, one of my favorites personally

Lily Logan

Can you two rank icon is Errors Tour moments?

Nooms

I would've put Shake it off as the number one single purely based on the fact that when I went to the Eras Tour, my 45 yo male coworker asked me who Taylor Swift was and I just had to sing 2 seconds of Shake it off for him to go "oh yeah i know this song!!" - It truly is THE Taylor Swift imo

Annie930

I wonder if there was something meta about making Mine the lead single of Speak Now. Like she was in a way saying "this album is MINE ... fully self-written." Especially considering all the speculation up to that point that she "didn't really write all of her own songs." In her prologue to the re-record of Speak Now, she kind of suggests that this is the case.

✨Bri✨

I 100% agree with you Bonny! Anti hero is immaculate. It shows off her incredible songwriting depth, cleverness, metaphors etc. with ALSO masterfully doing what a lead single usually needs to do which is have a catchy beautiful melody and good hook. I seriously think it’s one of her best lead singles ever because it shows off her writing skills and her ability to create a catchy tune. Not all her singles do this in fact I think most of them either do one or the other. Anti hero does both. Also totally agree with love story as number 1!! And I have chills bc she wrote it in like 20 minutes or something like that. Help.

anna

My Ranking! 1. Love Story 2. Look What You Made Me Do 3. Shake It Off 4. Anti Hero 5. Cardigan 6. Tim McGraw 7. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 8. Willow 9. Mine 10. Fortnight 11. ME!

Mika B

Can you rank all her Matty healy songs? Lol

Katie LaFave

PLEASE REACT TO THE BTS MV VIDEOS THAT TAYLOR RELEASED

Tess7

Such a fun video and discussion. I think Taylor has a reputation of not picking the best lead singles lol This video shows she doesn’t do too bad. I am not sure she alone chose the singles on her first 3-4 albums. Big Machine had a lot of input, at least in some of the decisions. While Mine was not my favorite choice on Speak Now, the song charted very well- number 2 or 3 across the billboard charts. I agree with you that there were better choices. On evermore, I would have chosen Cowboy Like Me or No Body No Crime. They were so different than the folklore vibe. I get the choice of Willow since she tied the music videos together and was going with the sister album thing. I just think evermore might have stood out more as it’s own album if she chose a different single. Merry Christmas chickens! 🎄🫶

Sara Rose

Love these ranking videos! Would LOVE to see a track five ranking next!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Abigail Collins

i agree anti hero is my fav lead single. people also forget that it’s her longest running #1. it had IMPACT

Katie LaFave

for me, it’s so hard with the lead singles from folklore to now because they didn’t come out before the album. However, it does work with Willow & Fortnight because they’re both the track 1s. I also just feel like with that Taylor is so successful that she doesn’t have to worry about choosing the right lead single because her fanbase is so huge that we’re all gonna listen to the album matter what! I mean with the last 4 albums all of those lead singles have gone #1! I just think Taylor chooses songs that are her favorites and she’s been doing that since folklore!

Green Wolf Gaymer

Top 15 music videos, with the rule you can't choose tour videos, so no Broken Heart or Sparks Fly among others.

Ava Jeffs

the red, evermore, and rep in the background means so much to me. you guys just simply never miss 👏👏

Katie LaFave

hoping you guys saw all the contact we’ve gotten the last two days from the surprise birthday/eras tour party that Travis threw for Taylor!!! would actually love to hear you guys talk about that

Erin Corey

Can’t wait for the day yall rank the albums!

Christienne Rydlewski

I very much agree with Bonny’s list. I was saying my opinions out loud just before they would said theirs and pretty much said Bonnys list. Although, I also agree with everything you said about disagreeing with yourselves. it’s hard to make a list that is set in stone

Jaana

I absolutely love hearing your fathomings!

Sanya Sharma

Woulddd love to see a track five ranking!!! Can’t wait to see your rankings Would also loveee your reaction to Taylor’s NPR TINY DESK!! so iconic thank you for everything you both do 🩷 So excited to see your reaction to the BTS videos 🫶🏽

Laurie Letendre

Regarding the earlier albums, I think we must not forget that the record label and other people probably had a lot to say and to do with the single choices, so for example the "safe" choice of Mine for Speak Now was probably very deliberate, because it was only her 3rd album and they probably wanted her to stick to a certain persona and sound in the public eyes. Whereas today we can assume Taylor has the final say in those kind of choices, she didn't have that liberty for a long time. Still a very interesting discussion to think about what would actually be the best singles in hindsight!

Laurie Letendre

Actually obsessed with Emily's jumper, I regret not ordering it 😭

Elle D

speaking of how iconic love story is, needing to know if you ladies have seen The Bear and specifically Richie's iconic episode where he lovingly belts love story in his car after a life changing week for him. seriously I was cryyyyinggggg, whenever Taylor is respected like that and her work is used in such WHOLESOME ways I'm on the floor crying. and it was just such a cute scene

Ellie

How about a ranking of title tracks?

Josee

They’ve done that already on YouTube I believe

Maria Clara

Oh I adore longe videos. In my opinion, you guys shouldnt even edit, I am 100% happy with 3 hours long of you to chatting🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

Maria Clara

Loved this video, and love Story is just the most special song in the world

Maria Clara

1. Love story 2. Tim McGraw 3. Cardigan 4. LWYMMD 5. Willow 6. Shake it off 7. Anti hero 8. Me! 9. Mine (100% agree with The Story of us) 10. WANEGBT (I would also choose Red) 11. Fortnight (I think Down Bad represents the album very well)

Amanda Saul

Agree with Love Story being number 1 and Bonny putting Anti-Hero so high! 🫶

Yasemin Turner

Antihero is my top pick! I think it showed her maturity to people who were still unconvinced (yawn 🙄) and it wasnt a love story. It took on the same messaging as blank space without the romantic implications. Its a little tongue in cheek, its a lot self deprecating, its also a critique of her perceived public image. Its also catchy as fuck.

Katie LaFave

i will say that taylor made the right choice with the red singles since they ended up being so popular (except begin again unfortunately)!! i mean WANEGBT was her first billboard #1

Jason

Rank all singles!!! Would love that! Here's my ranking: 1. Love Story 2. Tim McGraw 3. LWYMMD 4. Anti-Hero 5. Shake It Off 6. WANEGBT 7. Cardigan 8. Willow 9. ME! 10. Fortnight 11. Mine

Katie LaFave

i will say if you can't think of another option as a lead single then the song must've been a pretty good choice

Breezy Bumbles

Here’s mine: 1. Love Story (obviously) 2. Tim McGraw (perfect marketing song for a brand new artist) 3. Shake It Off 4. cardigan 5. Anti-Hero 6. Look What You Made Me Do 7. ME! (alternative lead singles: Lover or Cruel Summer 8. Mine (alternate single: Sparks Fly 9. Fortnight (the video was iconic!) 10. willow (which hurts my soul because I absolutely love this song) 11. We Are Never Getting Back Together (alternate singles: Red, State of Grace) But I already disagree with myself!!!!!!

Jenny M

I think that Taylor didn't have anything to do with the singles that came out, she probably had some say, but not the final one.

Breezy Bumbles

I posted my ranking before I watched your choices and you’re literally saying the same things as I am. Also you’re making me change my mind.

Katie LaFave

please rank her track 2s & track 5s

katie whomst

Merry Christmas to you!! You both look so good in your new merch <3

Lynny Smith

I love this so much! I think I would have to lean towards Emily’s list just slightly over Bonny’s - although I too would have also put ME! above Fortnight but that is the only change!!

Lefty

You both had such well thought out points, I agree with both of you! No. 1 most certainly has to be Love Story, I remember hearing it when it was new on the radio and it being my introduction to Taylor, and how popular it was. I remember magazines in HMV (UK media retailer) with Taylor on the front with her classic blonde curls. It truly is THE classic. I love ranking videos and would love to see loads more from you! I considered a few themes that I find potentially interesting: saddest songs, best melodies, best production, best instrumentation, cutest songs, best vocals, darkest songs, funniest songs.. anything like that! (Melodies in particular would be great and my personal shout out for best melodies across the board is Cornelia Street!)

Nippy

Album ranking when babes?

Maria Clara

🥰🥹love you guys 💘

chatsandreacts

Bestie we pre filmed these and now Emily is away until after Christmas but we will do it asap 💓

chatsandreacts

We will as soon as Emily is back from visiting her family in Sydney 💓 just after Christmas 🎄

chatsandreacts

Such a good point, the visuals were crucial for this album and I respect that 🙏

Julia

1. Love Story 2. Shake it Off 3. Look What You Made Me Do 4. cardigan 5. WANGBT 6. Tim McGraw 7. Anti Hero 8. willow 9. Fortnight 10. Me! 11. Mine i just went with my gut for this one 👀

ton

1. LS 2. SIO 3. AH 4. Fortnight… higher for me… the sound of the opening bars really captures the sound of TTPD for me, it represents the album and I think it’s well written 5. WANGBT 6. Tim Mc 7. Cardigan 8. LWYMMD… lower for me. It’s very repetitive and was considered a classic example of TS choosing bad lead singles instead of Getaway Car. It’s redeemed a bit once the iconic MV came out but without the MV the song is pretty bad itself tbh and part of why Rep had a poor reception as a new album. I think the Swifties are ret conning it after the tour but at the time it was terrible. 9. Willow 10. Mine 11. ME!

ton

Some ranking vids I’d love (and love it being on the Patreon! Thanks!!!) Ranking the MVs Ranking the best bridges, verses, choruses etc just for TTPD songs Ranking overall albums (by cohesiveness, by impact, least skips, fave songs… so many considerations)

ton

Good luck with finding a consensus on what the list even is 🤣

KC

This may have been requested before but how about a Lorde ranking 🙏🏼 I recently did mine because I too have been refathoming Lorde these last 3-4 months, I wonder if subconsciously there’s something about TTPD that’s bringing us back - anyway would love a Lorde ranking to get us through until hopefully a new album in 2025 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

ton

Even just a reaction to the errors tour vid series would be great And maybe a ranking of eras tour sets?

Mary

looking down at my shirt realizing i’m wearing a Red (TV) shirt as well; i feel connected w Bonny & Emily haha ❣️🧣

Maria GB

Why is this so hard 😭 Okay so maybe: 1. Love story (legendary) 2. Anti-hero (i agree with Bonnie) 3. LWYMMD (it’s just the only song on rep that absolutely HAD to be the lead single) 4. Shake it off (I do agree with everything you guys said which is why it’s #4 HOWEVER, I would probably rank it lower if it wasn’t followed by reputation) 5. Tim McGraw (I think it was perfect, although I will say, the one song that actually stood out back then was actually teardrops on my guitar which captured perfectly what Taylor Swift was and still is, an incredible songwriter that made YOU feel and relate to her lyrics so much, for this reason TM is ranked lower for me because teardrops on my guitar just did it better at that time in my opinion) 6. Cardigan (I think it was perfect for folklore and the love triangle and the cardigans and the whole new vibe/era/season theme) 7. Mine, I think it did what it had to do for speak now at that time and showed perfectly Taylor’s ability to tell a story without even having to go through whatever she’s singing about, her ability to create characters in her mind and to imagine how that love would feel like. Alternatives: story of us and enchanted (I think enchanted kind of captures the mystical vibe of speak now so amazingly but then story of us captures that punk influence without going all the way to the extreme of haunted and better than revenge. I still do think mine was the better choice) 8. Willow: I think it was the perfect glimpse of what sound and vibe we were gonna get with evermore but I do think long story short would have been THE PERFECT lead single alongside champagne problems 9. WANGBT: I do agree on the impact it had on Taylor’s image and career at that time, I was too obsessed with this song HOWEVER, Red is just always gonna be Red’s lead single in my mind. It just is 10. Fortnight, I understand why it’s the lead single but also I’m sorry, down bad was the better choice. It captures the heartbreak and the hyperbole of what TTPD is while also having THE BEST SOUND for radio, I think this would have been SOOO DEEPLY ICONIC and would have made a lot more people understand tortured poets and what it embodies 11. Me!: I love me! BUT it didn’t showcase Taylor’s growth as an artist and a lot of people have the wrong perspective of Taylor because of this song, even though lyric wise is actually amazing, the girly poppy and a bit teenagy sound kind of takes it someplace else, I still think it sounds great, I just don’t think it should have been the single for lover. I think The Man and Lover should have been the 2 lead singles showing both sides of what lover is (relationship and activism), and then I would have probably added cruel summer as a third single if anything

ton

I think streaming is biased though because of the re-records etc so can’t really be interpreted that well

ton

It’s on you tube

Jonna Kristina

where? I’ve only seen that they’ve done openers and closers

Brenda1989

Think about how cool haunted the music video would have been as a lead single, like her in the live story dress all disheveled running from the haunted castle in the woods at night!! That would have been quite the change

Camila Adames

For folklore, I cannot believe august was not a single. It is so good. I would have started with that one rather than cardigan

kate

been scouring comments and captions to find this confirmation— so excited!!!!! enjoy the holidays off you two🩷🩷🩷🩷

nikki

Yes!! And include in that more songs that should have been singles.

Moni

we NEED THE SPICY SONG rankinggggggg - dress, i can see you, guilty as sin, false god plsplsplspls

nikki

I have been watching your videos all week to fill the Taylor void and it has been so delightful! I watched your All Too Well 10 reaction three times and sent it to a friend because it is just pure joy and girlhood. I also love that Bonny and I cry at all the same parts of all the same songs lol. Thank you for all you put into these videos. I don’t know you but feel like you are my Swiftie besties. 🫶

Viv

I 100% respect these lists BUT I need to plead Fortnight’s case as being the necessary lead single of TTPD—if not for the charts, for the arts (although it is extremely catchy). I would argue that Fortnight and Love Story are actually different sides of the same coin. Both include a more “fictional” framing of a larger-than-life romance that she’s drawn up in her imagination. In Love Story, the audience accepts its happy resolution at face value, but in Fortnight, this dramatic declaration of love and longing is then subverted throughout the album as the reality of the situation sinks in I also think the MV visuals are incredible and work for the entire album because it’s about her as a writer, whereas Down Bad and MBOBHFT have more specific imagery that might not fit with other songs. I think Taylor put it perfectly: “It's the song that I think really exhibits a lot of common themes that run throughout this album. One of which being fatalism, longing, pining away lost dreams. You know, I think that it's a very fatalistic album and that there are lots of very dramatic lines about life or death... "I love you it's ruining my life," like, these are very hyperbolic dramatic things to say but it's that kind of album. It's about a dramatic, artistic, tragic kind of take on love and loss, and Fortnight, I've always imagined that it took place in this American town where the American dream you thought would happen to you didn't. You ended up not with the person that you loved and now you have to just live with that everyday wondering what would have been, maybe seeing about and that's a pretty tragic concept, really."

Kim

Tis the damn season should've been the lead single from Evermore. Or Champagne problems.

Katrina

I think Mirrorball would have been a great lead single for Folklore, but Cardigan works for me too.

Viv

Dangit, pressed the wrong button and it posted before i could put my rankings 🥲 I have a hard time trying to rank anything objectively, so here is my highly subjective list that has literally nothing to do with anything except my personal tastes: 1. Fortnight 2. cardigan 3. Anti-Hero 4. willow 5. LWYMMD 6. Mine 7. Love Story 8. Shake It Off 9. WANGBT 10. Tim McGraw 11. ME! Would absolutely love to see more ranking videos! I love when you break down how a song is constructed, so an add-on chorus ranking would be awesome. I also saw suggestions for MV rankings, which would be super cool too! The visuals of each album are so important, it'd be so interesting to hear your thoughts on them (especially given the visuals we’ve had on the Eras Tour).

Amber

I would love a video of ranking your all time favorite albums or songs! It’d be interesting see how much Taylor makes the lists and who else makes the cuts. Hearing about why albums/songs are important enough to you to make the lists would be cool too ❤️

Lauren

My hot take is that Me! is her worst lead single because it actively made people less interested in the album. I think it’s a good representation of Lover and a “not bad” song that was killed by an overly corny music video and a poorly timed Brendan Urie feature.

Abbi Clark

I actually think Anti Hero is her best lead single 🫣

nikki

How about a ranking of top individual lyrics? So hard but so fun to dig it into!

Laura R

1. Love Story for all the reasons you said. THE Taylor Swift lead single. The following four I think I could be convinced to switch up the order slightly, but they are the most important lead singles in my opinion. 2. Anti-Hero 3. Shake It Off 4. Look What You Made Me Do 5. We Are Never Getting Back Together 6. Tim McGraw -ranking this one a little higher because of all the reasons you said, but also because I think the 1-2 punch of Tim McGraw and Our Song was perfect. I think she got some traction with Tim McGraw and then followed it up with an even catchier song. It was probably easier to get radio to play Our Song because of the Tim McGraw traction, and I think Our Song was the perfect response to the inevitable "But can she follow up her first single, or is she a one hit wonder?" 7. Willow -deeply iconic that the music video was a continuation of Cardigan. Also agree with Emily's points about the sound of Willow in contrast/complement to Cardigan. 8. Cardigan -sonically, I think August would have been a great single, but I think Cardigan made for a better music video and embodied the sound of the album better. 9. Fortnight -I think she wanted the ambiguity in her lead single for TTPD. I think she wanted the general public to have to dig a little to understand TTPD. So, as a business move, maybe not the best single (though it obviously went #1, and she didn't really need a single to promote the album), but I can see the logic behind the personal choice for her. 10. Mine -not a "hit" hit, but the opening "ah ah-AH AH-ah" is the most sonically pleasing thing I've ever heard. 11. Me -I actually love Me, but, yes, I do believe Lover would have been a better lead single.

Laura R

I'm now realizing that Teardrops was the second debut single, not Our Song... the logic still stands, though. Teardrops would not have done as well without being preceded by Tim McGraw. Our Song just really sealed the deal for that first album, though.

Adam Miele

1.) Anti-Hero 2.) Shake It Off 3.) LWYMMD 4.) Love Story 5.) Tim McGraw 6.) WANEGBT 7.) Cardigan 8.) Willow 9.) ME! 10.) Mine 11.) Fortnight

Adam Miele

List of alternate lead singles -Our Song -Mean -IKYWT -Lover -MBOBHFT

Jenny MacRunnel

Bonny, I completely agree with Lover as the lead single followed by Cruel Summer. Lover is such a beautiful song, and I think it represents the album really well, and I know a lot of people who aren't Swifties who love it. I've been thinking this for awhile! My ranking: 1. Love Story--this is also the song that made me a Swiftie! I remember how big a deal this song was at the time, and still is! 2. Look What You Made Me Do --Its just so iconic, and I think Rep could have flopped without it--its sooo important to Rep. 3. Tim McGraw--we wouldn't even all be here (probably) without this choice. It started EVERYTHING--its importance cannot be overstated. 4. Shake It Off--for all the reasons you guys said. I remember how big a moment this was. Its never been my favorite song, but its soo catchy! Its a perfect single honestly. But, I think 1989 would have done well with any of the other singles. 5. Anti-Hero--I think, with looking at the success of Midnights--this was a great choice. The way it was executed was perfect. I don't think there's another song that would have worked as well. Lavender Haze would have been fine, but I think the catchiness factor in Anti-Hero made it a better choice. Its also about a completely new topic to the public. 6. Cardigan--I don't think Folklore really needed it like the other albums, but its a great song for Folklore, and the added benefit of the merch--genius really. And I love that its part of the love triangle. Mirrorball would have been a great choice as well, but I like that its more of a Swifite song. And, it also doesn't really tie up the idea of Folklore as much as Cardigan does, as that is part of the love triangle. 7. WANGBT--its never been my personal favorite, but this song was such a hit--it did its job! I do love the idea of Red being the single, though, I was obsessed with that one at the time. 8. Willow--Evermore didn't really need a lead single so its just not as important, although having it pop on the radio--it sounds so good on the radio (since its really not made for radio, it just feels deeper) but I don't think its really a great representation of Evermore. Evermore has a lot of closure aspects to it, and I think a song exploring that topic a bit more would have been a nice touch. 9. Fortnight--these few at the bottom could be interchanged I think, but I'm putting Fortnight here just because of the Post Malone collab. I think it puts it a bit higher because of that, but I agree its not the best representation for the album. It is easy to listen to though, and works well for radio. TTPD really didn't need a single though. 10. Mine--I don't feel this encapsulates the album, and the song itself is a little vanilla. Not a bad choice, but I always thought Sparks Fly would make a great lead single. And now I actually think The Story of Us would work even better! 11. ME!--unfortunately, this did not do much for Lover. I said about, I would choose Lover as the first lead single. Its not a great representation of the album. Having said that, even though its at the bottom, I want to say I was obsessed with this song when it came out! I listened to it on repeat for about a month! I never understood everyone's hatred on it, but I was not in the majority for sure, so it just has to be here on the bottom. I don't think you can blame it entirely for the "flop" era as everyone calls Lover, but it didn't help.

Jenny MacRunnel

Agree with both of these. It doesn't really matter in the end, though, Evermore didn't even need a single.

Sydney

I want a ranking of her “sexiest” songs hahah!

Marisa Landsverk

Haunted would have definitely captured Evanescence fans!

Amber

you’re so right!!

Ivy Fritz

I just need to say Bonnie's hair bows are everything and I immediately need to go but some little bows now 🩷

Cat Tulo

It's actually crazy how in hindsight LWYMMD has become so beloved, iconic, and important to Taylor's career because people HATED that song when it came out. I remember people saying her career was over and she was floundering and didn't know what her sound was anymore. It's hard to imagine life without it as the lead single, but I do feel like it turned a lot of people, even fans, off from her.

aubrey

Pausing for Bonny’s evil grin after the fortnight ranking 😂🥰💖

Caroline

Can I just say that I admire greatly how eloquent you both are at expressing your thoughts?! I love listening to you speak with such care and passion and intelligence. It’s a beautiful thing 😌🫶❤️

lane ♡︎

Wait you guys are such cutesy chickens in your holly jumpers. I love it 🐓🎄🐓

lane ♡︎

It’s funny because every time I think of Red I think of Red the song and a part of me feels like that was the single of Red even though I know it wasn’t. But it just fits and makes more sense. Like if I heard that electric guitar as the first sound for Red I feel it would have been such a big memory from that era. With that being said WANEGBT immediately became apart of my personality and vocabulary even though I had never even kissed a boy so

Raven Patzner 🇨🇦🫶🏻

I truly don't think i'll ever understand why "ME" was the single. I remember the first time hearing it and being so confused. I would just love to see where Lover would have gone with a different single. I wonder if it was because it was the first album on the new label she wanted to go really "different" but it's still a prefect album so what can I say.

CDplayer

As a Taiwanese, I have to say that even my parents, who are 55 now, KNOW love story as a song!! (even though they don’t know taylor as a singer) I think it’s because Romeo and Juliet is also such a well-known classic in the Eastern culture. (anyway, most superior song ever) Also my fav lead single personally is Anti-hero too!! I completely agreed with everything Bonny said about this masterpiece!!

Elias

I disagree with your takes on We Are Never/lead single for Red. I feel like Red NEEDED to have one of pop songs as the lead single. I feel like Red (the album) is often overlooked in conversations about Taylors transition from country to pop. Red was where Taylor wanted to transition and started to do so and I think she needed to have one of the pop songs as the lead single to mark this shift in her career. And out of the three pop songs, i think We Are Never makes the most sense. IKYWT as lead single would’ve been to big of a leap from Speak Now and 22 doesn’t feel “wow” enough to be the lead single. So with all this considered i think We are never is the only choice for lead single even though it doesn’t capture the full essence of Red as an album. My ideal single run would be We Are Never, then Red as a second single to let everyone get more of a feel for the album’s vibe, and then IKYWT.

Katrina Albright

"LWYMMD" single made me purchase 'reputation' which totally made me a Swiftie and led me to purchase all the previous albums and would lead to me preordering all the later albums, including the "Taylors Versions" EXCEPT the original Debut, because once I realized I didn't purchase it, I already knew about Scooter so I cannot WAIT to purchase and stream "Taylor Swift ( Taylors Version)" also, I first discovered your YouTube channel when you reacted to "Midnights" quite honestly didn't know a thing about "YouTube Reactors" at that point so I love everything you both do, I'll be 53 on December 30th and absofuckinglutely love how Taylor and the Swiftie community has gave me life for years going all the way back to 2017! XOXO

Kim

My top 11 1. Love story 2. Cardigan 3. Anti hero 4. Tim McGraw 5. Willow 6. WANGBT 7. Look what you made me do 8. Fortnight 9. Mine 10. Shake it off 11. Me!

Hannah

No I will join you on that hill Bonny. Midnights is THAT bitch and Anti Hero is my #1 lead single because all that you said. That is taking into consideration that it is also my favourite song that is also a lead single which pushes it just a nudge above Love Story. Without that in mind I fully get Love Story as #1. Gosh I can just listen to you rank stuff forever 😅 LOVE it

Hannah

I’m with you 🫣✊

Hannah

Yeah it did the OPPOSITE of what you want a lead single to do honestly. It just is what it is

Lauren

My top 11! 1. Love Story 2. Anti-Hero 3. LWYMMD 4. Shake it off 5. Tim McGraw 6. Cardigan 7. Willow 8. Mine 9. WANGBT 10. Me! 11. Fortnight

Pippa

Guys you make me happy every time I’m feeling meh this is my therapy

Kelsi Ford

would loooooove a track 5 ranking someday too!! 🫶

marta k.

1. love story (you convinced me, although it’s not my favorite) 2. lwymmd 3. shake it off 4. anti-hero 5. cardigan 6. wanegbt 7. tim mcgraw (i think it was a genious move but i still think it didn’t really make that much noise, and tay could still break through) 8. willow (the best option but simply not needed) 9. fortnight 10. mine (i like brave joices, haunted would’ve been great) 11. me! (did the opposite of what a lead single should do, and i so love lover as a lead, then cruel summer)

Kendall

Do you guys think your ranking would be the same as this if it were to include the music video for each one? 🤍🫶

Elvira✨

Aaah I’m absolutely OBSESSED with your rankings!! Just a couple of days ago I went back to watch some of your other rankings ‘cause I wanted to and now getting a new one felt like the best Christmas present😍🥰 It’s so so hard for me to rank singles because I’ve always been listening to albums as a whole and really never singles or songs on the radio. BUT, I have to agree with what you both said about Love Story being the best one. It was the first song I ever heard of hers and I watched the music video ON REPEAT for such a long time. It’s also the song I cried to when hearing it live on the Eras tour because it’s just so so special 🫶✨

Aubrey McMichael

fornight is just a baffling song to me both as an album opener and a single

Mia

Bonny's mascara is eating so hard and Emily's hair looks so offensive

Honey

Bonny you once said in a YouTube video that you’d like to expand your vocabulary. Well this video shows that off so well - I love how you intentionally and articulately speak your thoughts! Both you and Em do that so well which is why the “chats” videos are so great and entertaining to watch ✨ loved this one, hope to receive a video on your Swiftie journeys & album rankings one day 🥹❤️

Honey

100%

Sara _

My ranking would have to be - this is going to be basically an essay so read at own discretion: 1. Love story - not even a question. Did exactly what it needed to do and I believe it's the foundation upon which Taylor's storytelling it's been built. An embellished autobiography or a fictional character with strong autobiographical traits. Listening to love story it can be argued that the main character both is and isn't Taylor- and as much as the media and the fandom will always hunt for the Taylor elements in each song and she's become better at making the fictional and non-fictional elements blur together, the truth is that most of her music is still deeply embellished with fictional details. In comparison debut was either very diaristic or entirely fictional and bit multiple personalities for that reason 2. Anti-hero - again, did exactly what it needed to do. It also gave her something she didn't have yet, which was an incredibly successful tiktok sound bite outside of the fandom. It's probably one of the most referenced lyrics (often unknowingly) in her entire career. It also represents both the sound and concept of Midnights as an album. Should've won song of the year 3. Shake it off - while it doesn't really represent the album sonically nor thematically, it introduced her to the world of commercial pop in a way that no other song on 1989 could have done. The message and the up-beatness also resonated incredibly well with the time the album came out. It managed to ride on the same wave as songs like Happy by Pharrell Williams. If 1989 hadn't come out when it did it would have most likely flopped as the 2013-2016 period was the moment when music videos and radio hits were still important but people were starting to also starting to create huge fandoms and deep dive into an artist's lore thanks to the rise of instagram and tumblr, so the lead single directly directed people to her entire lore and not just to listening to the album as previous singles would have done. It was a very bold choice as a lead single and it absolutely paid off. It's not number two for me only because it doesn't have the lyricism of Anti-hero and while it launched Taylor into stardom, it also associated her even more with the stereotype of the shallow blonde woman singing about superficial experiences as the media didn't immediately see the sarcasm behind "I stay up too late, got nothing in my brain" 4. LWYMMD - like Anti-hero it perfectly represents the album sonically and thematically. Was a hell of a come-back. The music video is as iconic as YBWM and blank space. Within the fandom it's the first time she played with clear Easter eggs and the concept of different eras. Reputation was the first time imo that she created an album for the fans (the second one being TTPD). 1989 caused people to be interested in her lore and reputation as an album explores this lore and feeds fan accounts and fan interactions to no end. Less of an impact for the general public but in marketing terms I'd say that 1989 was her way for the world to discover her brand while Reputation was the retention strategy. Fans could have lost interest in another pop album, but when you get a music video full of details to talk about, being a fan becomes so fun that the music nearly becomes less important than the lore (and LWYMMD as a song was a grower for many people) 5. Cardigan - nothing that hasn't already been said. It would be higher if Folklore had actually needed a lead single, but it didn't so it's at number five. If it did, it would have probably been at number three. Even if it's less of a global icon like shake it off and less of a come back/slap in the face moment with an amazing music video like LWYMMD, it worked as a strategy both to get new listeners on board (folk music, fictional characters, undeniably superior song writing) and retain both these new fans and the old ones (unique merch design, introduction to the love triangle). It was an entire rebrand. 6. Fortnight - TTPD didn't need a lead single. It needed an anti-single. Something to curve the hate that the album would have (and did) initially receive because Taylor was arguably too big to release new music. Too many people care about her, which means too many expectations that will inevitably not be met. She knew that TTPD was not what the world was expecting of her - not pop enough, not folk enough, not heartbreak-y enough. But Daddy I Love Him would have been a better representation of the album both musically and thematically since TTPD has two themes (heartbreak from relationships and heartbreak from the media) and that's a song that encompasses them both - but people would have hated on it really quickly as they would have wrongly read it only as her defending a relationship with a person that wasn't media-approved or as her being ungrateful to fans and what they say. You know what people with really high expectations can't hate on too much? A song featuring another beloved artist that is enough of a bop to be playable on radio and an obscure enough message that ordinary people can't read too much into but that lends itself to an Easter egg-filled music video. And the music video for Fortnight is brilliantly directed and full of symbolism, but non-fans won't go and see it. Fortnight was itself the move-on drug. It left non-fans confused enough to become indifferent to it. Most people that hear it neither love it nor hate it and I think that was literally the point. Make the media move on and let people immerse themselves in the symbolism and songwriting of the album. If Taylor Swift's discography was homework, TTPD is the extra credits. A bit more difficult to get into at first, but if you get it it's absolutely brilliant. 7. WANEGBT - a bop. No song on Red could have prepared the audience for what the album was musically because it was such a mismatch of genres. But this song was just country and poppy enough to appeal to both audiences. Also I'm pretty sure that when Max Martin agreed to collaborate with Taylor a lead single could have been part of the deal. 8. Tim McGraw - agree with everything that's been said. A brilliant country song but with no broader appeal. It also didn't represent the album musically and thematically too well as Debut doesn't really have a theme. It's more of a collection of best-written songs among probably hundreds that she had written at that point. The reason why it's not lower is that it did perform really well in country music, leading Taylor to open for country artists, leading to her overall success. Also the fact that it did so well despite being written by a teenage girl about the teenage girl experience was absolutely not obvious at the time. 9. Willow - Evermore didn't need a lead single (nor an anti-lead single like TTPD) and for the way the album was rolled-out I'm pretty sure she could have actually done without one. Since it is industry standard to have a lead single, Willow was a solid choice. The song itself is still very outdoorsy coming off the back of Folklore - while Folklore is leading us into the woods, Willow is the song that feels like it's leading us through them with its imagery of rough waters and witchy energy. Pretty sure it was just a really strong opener and for this reason an easy enough lead single - even the music video is pretty much expanding the world of Folklore as seen in the Cardigan music video and doesn't add much more. I love the song, but as a single it really did nothing 10. Me! - It's a fun song but did more harm than good to Lover. Lover the song would have been a better lead single. The music video was really creative and I'm glad she got a kitten out of it, but to me it looked like she wanted to recreate the vibes of Shake it Off with a more Lover-esque sound in a desperate attempt to cling to her fame and relevancy. She kind of turned into the "scared not to be hip, scared to get old" trope with that song and the entire roll-out of Lover. Pretty much had the opposite effect and made her appear less "hip". That's why a rebrand was needed and why Folklore was the perfect choice. Lover as an entire album was a bit like Speak Now - really good album but written in a stage of life where you're between two different phases and it has a little bit of both. With Me! she chose to hang onto the energetic, fun, youthful side of it - except that it read as pushed to the extreme and inauthentic. 11. Mine - It did nothing for Speak Now. Mean would have been a better lead single - which I think they all knew since it was pushed for the Grammys as well. Speak Now as an album didn't have a cohesive sound or theme, which definitely made picking a lead single more difficult. Maybe a song like Mean (or Haunted, which would also have been fun imo) was perceived as too risky by her record label, but with the budget they must have had after Fearless I think they should have chosen a song that had the potential for a music video as revolutionary as Love Story and YBWM.

Jess Best

ladies 😭😭 Fortnight that low makes no sense to me! she’s had so many singles that have actively turned off people from the album as a whole (Lover and rep singles, including myself in that group before I came to my senses duh) and putting songs that actively hurt the album release/perception above one that was just so-so is killin’ me!

Amy

I just searched your YouTube page and I can't find it...am I blind lol I am so interested to hear your thoughts on track 5s!

lyntara

omg go off queen! i love this ranking sm and tbh would agree with almost everything except i'd put fortnight below wanegbt and tim - like especially since you acknowledged that tim did do something for taylor. i love ttpd, don't get me wrong it's my #2 overall and my aoty, but the bias is kinda strong here 😭. i'd also put mine above me? like me def actively harmed lover's reputation lol whereas mine was just cute and inoffensive and more of a continuation it felt like to the girl with the sparkly guitar's story. great ranking!!

Julia Fisher

Ranking (with explanation as requested lol) 1. LWYMMD 2. Love Story 3. Shake it Off 4. Tim McGraw 5. Anti-Hero 6. cardigan 7. WANEGBT 8. willow 9. Fortnight 10. Mine 11. ME! I will never be able to get over what LWYMMD represents for Taylor as both an artist and as a person. Especially being a woman in such a fickle industry where your REPUTATION is everything. I think there’s the attitude of LWYMMD in everything she’s done since rep. She takes every bit of doubt and criticism and throws it back at the haters. When the public says “you can’t do that, it’s not possible” she says watch me do it better than anyone you’ve ever seen. The biggest tour of all time. The most AOTY grammys of any artist in history. Breaking every record including her own. Paving the wave for EVERY WOMAN to come behind her in music. LOOK. WHAT. YOU. MADE. ME. DO.

Sara _

For me Mine has to be last cause every time I'm reminded it's such a weak lead single that I keep forgetting it is one (and I say that as someone who loves the song itself). Me! at least did something. The wrong thing. But something. I'll keep defending Fortnight as the perfect anti-lead single though. It was needed in its non-impact. But it is difficult to rank things in the middle cause for me the top 4 are absolutely top 4 and the bottom 3 definitely bottom 3 but in the middle I can absolutely understand different ways of ranking them

Nish

Love story was also the first re-recorded song we ever heard!

Enrique Moreno

It's interesting that Taylor said the last two songs she wrote for 1989 are "Clean" and "Shake It Off," which makes sense with "Shake It Off" because the whole album talks about a relationship. It’s like she’s saying, "Yeah, I made an entire album talking about a relationship, and I know what you’re all going to say about it, but beforehand, I already decided: I shake it off. I don’t care."

Dawn

Please rank best collabs!!

Brandon N

I agree with bonny about anti-hero!!! I also think taylor knew the short catchy hook “its me, hi, im the problem its me” was perfect for the time to go viral on TikTok

Bella

Thank you for the refathoming of cardigan because that song was the absolutely PERFECT lead single for folklore imo. I was not really a swiftie at the time and remember the exact moment I heard it on the radio at work, stopped me dead in my tracks and could not believe it was a Taylor Swift song! The rest is history it fully made me a swiftie, and I think it did the same for many others

Mira Darling

Midnights is such a good album!! Loved this one, thanks guys and happy Christmas 💕✨

Curt Decker

Such a fun video!! Love u guys and your conversations!!

noas

This section is so interesting! I wonder if you could do a rank of Taylor Swift singles (not have to be the lead singles) that’ll be fascinating

Johanna M

That is so true about Shake it off. My best friend doesn't know or like TS music a lot but her favorite song from TS is SIO. I love the song too, it's my favorite lead single in the Swift universe. However there are so many B-side songs that non-Swifties will forever not know, I was a bit shooketh.

Ava

I think Sparks Fly would be a better album opener AND lead single on Speak Now, followed by Mean/Haunted/The Story of Us as the second single. I think the lyricism in Sparks Fly is beautiful, it has a complex sound and excellent instrumentals. Honestly, I truly would have LOVED if she'd released Electric Touch as a single, too, that would have slapped.

Ava

on the vibe of talking about what could have been a single, I'd love to know what you guys think should have had a music video! or the music videos you'd most want to see her make in the future!

Gulce Akpinar

Look What You Made Me Do is really Reputation in a song. Even Shake It Of doesn’t represent 1989 as a whole. I don’t think there is more perfect lead single choice than LWYMMD.

Gulce Akpinar

I think *unfortunately* Willow is the least known lead single by -general public-

Jill

love this kind of video! thank you!

Rick V

You know what just occurred to me? Taylor doesn’t have a star on the Hwood walk of fame. At least when I looked it up, her name never came up.

Rick V

When I did some digging, it said that anyone including a fan, can nominate that person to receive a star. First thing is that you are supposed to get permission from that celebrity, or their management. Hmmm, should we start a movement?

Amandine

I’m actually obsessed with Fortnight ! It one of my fav on TTPD ! Thank you for the video 🫶🏼

Emma

I feel Like But Daddy I live Him would have been a fitting Single for TTPD, singe it Kind of falls in the catogory of shake it off, Look what you made me do and anti Hero by adressing the public. These Songs Kind of Connect the Album to the time Frame from When They were First Released since They Talk about it, which fits for lead Singles in my opinion. But Daddy i love him also Gives a Perfect overview of the topics of the Album and wraps them up.

Leah Rose

Yall the Fortnight single ranking in this video has probably been the only time I have truly and passionately disagreed with you both lol. Fortnight is a literal representation of what she talks about in the In Summation poem "I was struck with a case of restricted humanity" literally echoes "I was supposed to be sent away but they forgot to come and get me, I was a functioning alcoholic until nobody noticed my new aesthetic." It tells you exactly what she was going through as soon as the album opens. The song also literally picks up where Hits Different left off. It doesn't capture the heart of the album? The pre-chorus "I love you, it's ruining my life" is like the whole point of the entire album. Loving both Matty and Joe was ruining her life and she goes on to explain this once the track ends with the rest of the album. I really don't understand the reasoning for ranking it so low. It's probably in my top 5 of best single choices.

Bria Bowen

But can we also fathom how love story was basically like the lead single to the entire re-recording project and I think that was deeply iconic and important 🫶🏾

Betty Hates you Too

You kittens are genius. Thank you so much for taking me to the era's when I couldn't go

Madeline

Hi Girls :) Not sure if you’re book girlies but if so I would LOVE to know what you’re reading and how you relate it to music. There are several videos online that attribute books to certain Taylor swift songs if that’s a video idea for you to read some of them and let us know what you think 😇 but totally understandable if you want to keep it a music channel only (just trying my luck for all the book girlies and boys here 🥲)

Annika 📍Melb, AU

Sometimes I wonder if Taylor picks the lead singles based on her visual imagination for what she conceives the music video to be! Director that she is!

Patrick B

I did something bad!!!!!!! Should’ve been the lead single. She even performed it more on award shows

Patrick B

🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

Jazzyg

Honestly after being completely tuned out for the reputation era, when I heard lover on the radio it immediately struck me as a return to form and forced me to listen to lover the album. To me it sounded like a nugget of “old Taylor” and I was back on the Swiftie train. I would have loved for lover to be the lead single, I wonder how differently lover would have been be received!

Jazzyg

I also think lover the song is absolutely a classic along with love story and shake it off.

Maya

are you going to react to all of the new behind the scenes videos?

S.C

✨✨✨🫶🏼✨✨✨

Nicole

I feel strongly that if she wanted an upbeat, fun lead for Lover that Paper Rings would've been a great choice. And if I had to pick another for evermore, I would think gold rush could have worked. Maybe long story short but I could see how that wouldn't necessarily have been a good PR move because I could see the public not grasping it correctly.

Malina

Couldn’t agree more thank you!!!🫶

kimberly hurst

Y’all should react to Lizzy McAlpines deluxe songs!! i love them 🥴❤️

Louisa Nordström

Love this! I would also love a video of your favourite live performances. My favourite of all time is the Speak Now performance from the Speak Now tour! The storytelling is immaculate!😍❤️

Louisa Nordström

Especially the Bejeweled ones I think! Because the actors are so special to the girlies💕

Laura R

I've seen people pitching I Did Something Bad as a Rep lead single, and with Wicked on the brain, it made me think... Have you girls seen Cynthia Erivo and Shoshana Bean cover I Did Something Bad? It is SO deeply iconic and definitely something to add to the long list of Rep content to react to.

Can

…………Bonnie. B O N N I E. Bonnie. My fellow Cancerean QUEEN, I could not disagree more with Fortnight being BOTTOM OF THE LIST. BUT I love you speaking your truth. Chats & Reacts, y’all are wonderful & I love your work!

Can

Me out to listen to Fortnight on repeat 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

Can

Thanks for the safe and fun space y’all create for Swifties ❤️❤️❤️

sav

being a swiftie from the very, very beginning - LWYMMD actually changed my life lmao i think it was the combination of the blackout, not hearing from her in so long, the music video… i actually lost my mind witnessing that for the first time hahaha

Eric Camulli

Really enjoyed learning about the art/science behind choosing a lead single!

izzy 🪷

Mine is one of my favorite lead singles :(

Mariannae

A few weeks ago I was recommended remixes by MAJOR VIBES. You can find him on Youtube. Those honestly are amazing and now I listened to this freaky remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7RCMFkT78 and I thought: I would love to know how the girlies would react to those. What do they think about those? So Merry Christmas. This is my video idea gift from me to you :) Happy Holidays <3

Izzzy Federgreen

Honestly I desperately need a Midnights Folk/more fathoming update because idk where I’m at anymore

Frederique

I would loooove a ranking of your favorite track 5 songs from taylor, especially if they have like a deeper meaning to you guys, or because of taylors songwriting, the story behind it, just anything xx

Juliana Martinez

we should absolutely start a movement to get taylor a star on the hollywood walk of fame

Michaela Rainey

LOVE the ranking videos when you both have your own separate rankings! Track 5’s ranking next please🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Jessikah

I loved how ME! gave us an insight into her humour, her dramatic self, her light-heartedness and positivity. It’s such a shame people didn’t ’get it’ when it’s so purely her :(

Haunani Kalua

thank you great I am able to watch this one as sub titles. unable to watch the speak night video no subtitles . perfect to listen and read I am 70 years old please have a heart to think about us . Yea watch this one.

Amandine

Justice for Fortnight 😔

Heidi

can I just say, I never heard love story growing up 😅

Jen B

I almost feel like she made Fortnight the single because she wanted it to be the music video she releases with the album. I strongly believe she’s doubling down on her director status, and that song is the most obscure, thus one that she can visually represent the entire album in it — in ways she couldn’t with any of the others on the album imo. I also think her VMA second outfit was a lil Down Bad shout out bc she knows as she receives music video of the year, she’s also gotta rep Down Bad (as maybe the more obvious single choice without the primary thought of a music video)

Laura Griffith

Love story was the first time i ever heard taylor so it absolutely deserves to be up there!

Laura Griffith

Please make rankings of each track numbers!❤️

Samskie

I completely agree with Anti-Hero 🩷

AshZ

Ok my current listing is (without context to defend myself) 1. Love Story 2. LWYMMD 3. Shake it off 4. Antihero 5. Tim McGraw 6. WANEGBT 7. ME! 8. Cardigan 9. Willow 10. Fortnight 11. Mine

Becca

August should've been Folklore's single

skizzo

can we get 2nd singles ranked?

skizzo

I think "Ivy" could've worked as a single too

Javeria Rashid

Favorite Taylor Swift's Lead Singles 1. Shake it off 2. Love Story 3. Anti Hero 4. Cardigan 5. Willow 6. LWYMMD 7. Tim McGraw 8. ME! 9. Mine 10. Fortnight 11. WANEGBT Shake it off is my number one as it was part of the album that made me a Swiftie so that is my Shake it off but I have a joint number one which is Love Story as well.

Rachel L

Hey just wanna throw it out there that Billie became the youngest person to win AOTY since Taylor!

Allie

I would love to see you both rank track 2’s next! They are some of my favorite songs Taylor Swift has ever written and I’m dying to know your opinions!

Fede

Love Story is that iconic bitch 🫶 I didn’t become a Swiftie until I stumbled upon evermore in 2021, but I still remember being in middle school, completely obsessed with Love Story. I knew every lyric—despite clearly not being fluent in English at 13 😂

Fede

also! thanks Bonnie for your continued defense of Midnights 🤌

Sophie kelly

1.Love story 2.Look what you made me do 3.Shake it off 4.Anti hero 5.We are never ever getting back together 6.Tim McGraw 7.Cardigan 8.Mine 9.Fortnight 10.Willow 11.Me!

Laura

1. Love Story 2. Look What You Made Me Do 3. Cardigan 4. Shake It Off 5. Tim McGraw 6. Anti Hero 7. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 8. Willow 9. Mine 10. Me 11. Fortnight

anna

1. Love story 2. Look what you made me do 3. Shake it off 4. Cardigan 5. Tim McGraw 6. Anti hero 7. We are never 8. Willow 9. Mine 10. Fortnight 11. Me!

Mackenzie

This literally made me emotional, especially listening to the end about love story. I just CANNOT believe she did that. 💛

asquared13

Bonnie thank you for saying Willow is not a single. It's a big favorite of mine but I never understood why it was a single for Evermore. But also so validating everything you both said about look what you made me do because I genuinely believe we would have never had mad woman without look what you made me do coming first.

Cassy

you’ll never find me! at the bottom of any of my lists 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️

Paloma Bennett

1. Look What You Made Me Do 2. Anti-Hero 3. Shake It Off 4. Love Story 5. Cardigan 6. Willow 7. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 8. Mine 9. Tim McGraw 10. Me! 11. Fortnight

lumera

my objective list 1 Shake It Off 2 Love Story 3 LWYMMD 4 Tim McGraw 5 Anti-Hero 6 WANEGBT 7 ME! 8 Mine 9 cardigan 10 willow 11 Fortnight my subjective list 1 Anti-Hero 2 cardigan 3 Shake It Off 4 LWYMMD 5 Mine 6 WANEGBT 7 willow 8 ME! 9 Love Story 10 Fortnight 11 Tim McGraw

Samantha Kati

Fortnight isn’t my favourite song or anything but I think she so purposefully chose it as the single BECAUSE of the vagueness. I don’t think she could’ve given us something with too much tea. Fortnight still kept everything very mysterious for TTPD.

Matt J

1 Love Story 2 LWYMMD 3 Anti Hero 4 cardigan 5 Shake It Off 6 Tim McGraw 7 WANEGBT 8 willow 9 Mine 10 Fortnight 11 ME!