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Oh, thank god we're here on patreon, with you guys, our safe space. It's scary out there!! We are so excited to start pumping out the rest of the content for you all now that the reaction is live, and we hope you are LOVING IT! 🥰 (you will be getting the extended version soon, but first, some interviews and other thingsssss)

We filmed this the morning after reacting, so this is our very fresh first thoughts!

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Victoria

CHICKENS!!!!

Nicola

Wow we are being fed

Mendy

YAYYYY SAFE SPACE

rachel long

Watching you on the NEWWSSSSS

Laura Griffith

Hi chickens! Thank you for blessing us with a video so soon!🫶🏼

Melanie

Please react to all the radio interviews too!! We love you🤭❤️‍🔥

Sarah Petty

Oh thank god you guys are here 🤣🤣

Yuli

OMG HI SWEET ANGELS

Isabel Phillips

TRULY THANK GOD FOR THIS BLESSED POSITIVE COMMUNITY!!! Love you chickens❤️‍🔥

Katie LaFave

so glad to have this community full of positivity

kenna🪽

oh thank god i needed a pick me up😭💗

claudia jones

screamingggg !!! I needed this ❤️‍🔥

Caroline Britz

Already more????? OMG WE LOVE YOU!!!!!! ❤️‍🔥🙌🏻❤️‍🔥🙌🏻❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Claire D

Yasssssss! 😂 This album is for GROWN folks, people who have experienced life! The nostalgic vibes, beats, the content…loooooooove it!❤️‍🔥 Also knowing that it’s actually current… where she is in her life, 💯 percent herself.

jillystein69

Clicked so fast. It’s brutal out there and need clarity from my chickens

Angela Boudreau

thank god you guys are blessing us with this content. it's messy out there 😭😭🤍

Sandra Hayslette

I’ve been waiting all weekend for this video. A new TS album release just isn’t complete without you chickens

Yuli

Sweet perfect angel baby princesses you feed us so well we appreciate you sooo deeply the internet has been a fucking miserable place about this album im just going to bask in the happiness and in the safety of patreon

Blaine

YAYY!

Jordan Rhame

Was just watching you guys YouTube video for the second time❤️‍🔥🫶

Ebba

SAFE HAVEN ❤️‍🔥

Renee S Smith

So ya'll just gonna pretend ya'll weren't on TV

✨Kailee✨

People’s comments are crazy out there, girls! We love you and the album. Let’s just stay here in our safe space.

Izzy

I love how you guys really make me understand the lyrics of her songs and I love hearing your opinions!!! 🫶🏼

Dominic Cuomo

I’m loving this album so much and glad this place is a safe place plus I pray for you this week you girls are such busy girlies right now

Mollie

UM CHICKENS ON TV HEY?? So proud of you girls I hope you guys know how happy you make people and how much we appreciate everything, love you angels 💐🥹

Maryn

this notification just made my entire weekend

Jade

This album legitimately keeps getting better. She was so right about the melodies being infectious! They’re stuck in my head…. And the fathomings are happening so fast. I am obsessed with the record!!!!!!

Caitlyn Vaughn

Oh we are being FED thank you chickens! ❤️

Julia Chuang

ITS SO SCARY OUT THERE! I need to delete all socials and just live here for the next week. Some of these hot takes are cold as ice...

Yuli

“Talk about each song briefly” and it’s a one hour video im obsessed with both of you hahahahah

Romina

Our safe space❤️‍🔥

Rachel Neub

We love you ladies so much!!! We love the space you have built for us!!! Thank you!!

chatsandreacts

So did we, Patreon comments give me life and energy 😂

kayla

Grateful for this space of positivity and enjoy. People are being so frightful 😭

Yuli

Bonny where is your top or dress from im in love!

Jessica

they were on tv??

chatsandreacts

It’s Free People! It’s a set with matching shorts!

Yuli

I NEED TO MOVE MY BODY IN CIIIIRCLES HAHAHAHAH

Sydney

So glad you ladies enjoyed the album and I can’t wait to watch this and hear more of your thoughts on it 💭. Just wanted to say thank you both for making these videos for us—we appreciate you ✨💃❤️‍🔥

Sarah✨️

Yay! Girlies on with a video so soon! Thank you so much❤️‍🔥 I just finished rewatching your reaction for a third time 😂

Estelle

Would love to hear Bonny’s and Emily’s showgirl track/s of the day! Because my top songs from this album have changed everyday since it dropped 🤣 I wouldn’t be surprised if their favorites change too each song is genuinely so good

matilda

yes yes yes we need only good energy the album is perfect 🔥 we can’t stand the hate in internet so I’m so glad we have here safe space 😭❤️‍🔥

Dominic Cuomo

My 3 favorite I’d say is Opalite, The Fate of Ophelia and Wi$h Li$t

Yuli

Add to cart thanks bestie

kenna🪽

i feel so safe here!! thank you lovelies🥰

Ben

Oml, I feel like I’ve been fighting to defend this album and it makes me super upset. Everyone I’ve talked to believes this album is a flop and I’m constantly finding myself saying “No it’s not, you guys haven’t fathomed yet”. This album I absolutely adore. (Top 3; 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Honey 3. Wi$h Li$t) ❤️‍🔥

Leander

Glitch + Daylight = Wish List.

Katariina Blom

The only place on the internet where I feel like I want to be right now 😭🫶

Sgbo

Love you both, it's crazy out there😘

Gabi

Genuinely such a fun, camp era! I'm having so much fun ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Father Figure is the sexiest thing I've ever heard, and I am also a huge fan of Honey (clean version, I'm not a fan of the word bitch). I've been waking up in the middle of the night with all these offensive melodies singing in my headddd

Michelle Akin

I am so happy to have this to retreat to! Growing up I never really heard feedback from Taylor albums because social media just wasn't what it is today, so I'm discovering I almost need to avoid social media right after she releases an album. The discourse online really almost sullied how I initially felt about this album, so I shut it off. I LOVED this album on first listen and it continues to grow. Thank you for bringing the positive energy!

Kristy

My favorite space on the internet 💕

Nadia Thew

wow!! imagine just being happy for being fed! ugh I love you girls, it’s not hard to just be happy 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 cutie chickens 🥹❤️‍🔥

Nadily Perandin

I'm glad I'm on the good side of the internet because I don't see bad comments 🥹

Madison

so happy to have this community where i can bask in this amazing album ❤️ i’ve been dreaming the melodies

Holly

It's so refreshing to hear from people who don't have a stick up their ass!!! I love this album!!!

Takara

Bonny same favs ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

lucy lambert

Top 3 would be 1. Wood 2. Wishlist 3. Fate of Ophelia They’re all SOOOOO GOOOOD. was so hard to rank, all so close. Also so so frightful out there; glad to be in this safe space again 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Athea Is A Blue Pikmin

The Fate Of Ophelia has a chance to be my favorite track 1! I’ll just say my top 3: 1. Eldest Daughter, 2. Father Figure and 3. Ruin The Friendship!

katie whomst

omg yay!!! my goodness the internet has been a battle field!! i loved this album so much!! elizabeth taylor and ruin the friendship supremacy

Danya Briones

you have no idea how much you both altered my algorithm, thanks for always being the safe placeeeeeee i love you guys

Sydney

Also you both look so pretty in this video!! (Emily your bangs are superior!!!)

isabelle

Safe space thank God!!! Guarantee 100% in a month ppl will finalllyyy fathom and enjoy the album! It’s always like this with a new release 😅 also the streams and sales beg to differ!!!

Ash

My top three are absolutely 1. Ruin the friendship 2. Honey 3. Actually romantic 💘

chatsandreacts

I woke up today literally risen from my bed with "ELIZABETH TAYLOR. DO YOU THINK ITS FOREVER." I levitated awake

chel

It's SO scary out there I'm so so so so thankful for this community u have created

Carly J

It is scary out there! It's very disheartening to hear negative opinions when they are completely the opposite of how you feel.

Lively_Ash

This album may be in my top 3👀🫣 Seriously!! It’s so fun! Whimsy, cunty, campy….im obsessed ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Ebba

I think her voice is also different because of recording this while on tour!!! 😍

Brittany DeLara

Oooh! We’re doing top 3 in the comments?! Mine are: 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. The Fate of Ophelia 3. Cancelled!

Lisa Malcolm

So grateful for this community! It’s wild out on those streets

Danya Briones

me and bonny having the same top 3 when i usually agree with Em is confusing meeeeeeeeeeee lmao

ton

Hello chickens…..

Yuli

There’s no tension in her voice anymore YESSS my boyfriend said that he relistened to the song lover (offensive man) and said that he believes that she’s genuinely fully completely in love and feels safe in the songs in this album compared to the on edge feeling in lover. Totally agree she’s really relaxed into herself and can actually finally breathe

Makayla Sutton

It IS scary out there! Thank GOD we have you guys ❤️‍🔥

Lisa Malcolm

Also, Emily, I desperately need to take a photo of your lovely hair to my stylist.

kenny

soo damn brutal

Daniel Jackson

We love the album AND our chickens here!! ❤️‍🔥 can’t wait for all the videos this era 😍

ton

So weird seeing people bringing their hate of the hate here…. 🤣

Brandi Brock

Thank you for being the light to us swifties who felt so good after listening to the album and then went on social media and were completely deflated by the negative commentary. My release weekend was almost ruined by the bad vibes but you two bright stars of my life lifted my soul from the darkness. Xoxo

Yuli

scary is the word😭😭😭

chatsandreacts

This is not a safe space for the hate, but it IS a safe space to hate the hate 😂

Libby Stephenson

probably being bombarded with video requests atm so no pressure but would LOVE to hear your thoughts on the poem and some interview reactions, like you said it’s scary out there so I only want to hear your Taylor thoughts atm lol

KyraB

I just remind myself that the haters making content are in reality are actually the minority. The sales and continued crazy streaming numbers prove that people are enjoying this album. As does my experience in the real world seeing people rock out in their cars to it as I drive around, people dancing around the aisles of stores as it plays, my non swiftie family and friends telling me how much they like it.

Lively_Ash

Top 3: Fate of Ophelia Elizabeth Taylor Actually Romantic

Tara Rose

I have been trying to avoid reading comments on IG and TT. My algorithm has maintained mostly positive THANK GOD Also- on her voice this album- it sounds like sultry confidence 🤌🏼

Athea Is A Blue Pikmin

Saying that she lacks tension in her voice, yeah I really get that, I noticed the new ways she is singing and yeah I feel like it reflects perfectly how she feels now that she is in this relationship that lifts her rather than puts her down!

Lynn Fish

Those who rush their definitive opinion enrages me. I've listened all weekend and I have a new favorite every few hours. This is a superior album. Processing takes time.

Astoria

I’m about to watch, but first, thank you for your joy, your positivity, and never letting the hate of miserable people stop you!!! 💞💞💞💞

ton

Watching the lyric videos… I realised I still have a lot to fathom in there

Paloma Bennett

As a big lover of The Life of a Showgirl album I’m really glad that I have this safe space and I’m really enjoying all the content. ❤️‍🔥

Makayla Sutton

Ahhhh my top 3 rn (subject to change lol) 1. The Fate of Ophelia 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Father Figure Idk it’s so hard to pick just THREE 😩 (honorable mention: WOOD)

Yuli

I’m wondering when merch will drop because loooord knows i need that offensive robe that was at the new york pop up immediately

Lisa

One of the radio interviews she did she touched on how her friends said she was more herself now, and you guys said that too. I just love how in tune you are with her. 🫶

Rachel Neub

Yes! She told him she was busy, it was a lie. But when she reconsidered, the sign on his heart was still reserved for her!!! Just like in the alchemy!

Estelle

The raspiness could be because she was mid-tour when she recorded it! But I agree it’s something new and I love it

Leander

People hearing the record once and going, nope. Then please leave through the fire exits because this album is lit! ❤️‍🔥

Taylor

I’m sorry y’all have to deal with all the crap online currently. You two are a breath of fresh air in all this ridiculousness. I loved this album. It truly made me reevaluate a lot of things and it’s so nice to have fun bops again. My top three are ruin the friendship, opalite, and father figure

Makayla Sutton

Bonny and Em PLEASE TELL ME YOU’VE HEARD THE ILLEGAL OFFENSIVE ACOUSTIC CLIP OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR? Her vocals have never sounded THIS superior

Hayden

my top 3 1. Father Figure 2. Fate of Ophelia 3. Ruin the Friendship

Becca

Obsessed with this album and the movie made me love it even more!! Sooo superior! 1. Father Figure 2. Wood 3. Opalite

lisa f

Slamming play button IMMEDIATELY 😍😍❤️‍🔥

Megan Bissonnette

Every song from this album is somehow stuck in my head all at the same time

Sarah Curry

I NEED to talk about Ruin the Friendship. It is my favorite (I love a sad bop apparently) and I've had a fathoming that I haven't heard anyone else talk about. So, clearly this is the same friend as in Forever Winter. I now believe he is also the subject of Bigger than the Whole Sky. I NEVER understood why the lyrics would've could've should've were throughout that song when BTTWS seemed totally unrelated to the actual song Would've Could've Should've. I could not grasp a connection until now. I think Jeff is the person she lost in BTTWS. Jeff is the boy she SHOULDVE COULDVE been dating when she was 19 -- not the creepy grown man who is the subject of WCS. Anyone else think the same? (I love the entire album by the way. Anyone hating on this just hates fun.)

Maite Miño

Ok, so I put the fate of Ophelia music video loud on my phone and my brother immediately reacted thinking I was listening All of me - John Legend (he loves that song) and it kinda does... There is a narrative that she put many samples of iconic songs as a way to honour them and I love it.

Kasey

CHICKENS thank you SO much for blessing us with this!!

Caroline Britz

My favs were: Fate of Ophelia, Father Figure and maybe Cancelled/Opalite… but now I don’t know anymore kkkk every song is SUCH A VIBE! ❤️‍🔥

Sandra Hayslette

Would love to see your reactions or hear your thoughts on the different radio interviews she did in the UK on opening day.

Kasey

Absolutely agree

Tarebearstare

As a Honey stan, thank you so much for validating me! i am so happy to be a having a chat about the album so immediately. It is incredible and anyone saying the writing on it isn't immaculate haven't listened properly because WHAT DO YOU MEAN???

MarkH

Nathan Hubbard (music exec from Every Single Album) said that bots try to disrupt every large media event. Seems a bit paranoid, but also perhaps believable. So some of the hate could be fake. Not all of it, but some.

chatsandreacts

We’ll be reacting to all of them, some of them we will film today ☺️

Laura

These are my people ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Anna K

Omg. White Horse?! You’ve broken my brain. I have to rewind. I can’t even hear what you’re talking about now.

OurSong13

Thank you for the Eldest Daughter love! People don't get it! I love it so much and cannot listen to it without crying (in a good way though)

Derick

It’s honestly scary seeing how many people not like this album—even some swifties and many “swifties”. I love this album

Katie LaFave

ABOUT TIME YOU FATHOM WHITE HORSE BONNY

angel (plnkblue)

Emily mentioning the sort of raspy undertones in Taylor's voice reminded me of how I could hear the same sort of thing come out when she was talking on some of the radio interviews, and I think it's worth considering how this album showcases the way her voice has been fundamentally changed by the Eras Tour. Doing multiple 3+ hour shows every week for two years and singing most if not all of it live every time is bound to impact you vocally, no matter how well you protect and take care of your voice on your off days (which we know she likely couldn't always do, since she was writing and recording two entire albums during the duration of the tour, alongside all of the rehearsals and treadmill training). I definitely don't think her voice sounds strained or damaged or broken by any means, in fact she sounds GREAT on this album and love all the uniquely new ways she seems to be using her voice on it, but I also do think there's some tiredness in there, and it comes out in the form of that bit of rasp.

Yuli

As the only daughter and the youngest child (two older brothers 10 years older than me) i can confirm i feel confused LMAO

Jenny

I’m obsessed with the rant right before Father Figure. You guys are so genuine and I truly feel sad for people who don’t like genuine joy 🫶 nothing fake about it over here we’re just happy chickens when Taylor releases an album !!!!

Tash

Honestly you two’s enthusiasm for this album reassured me that I’m not insane that this is the most superior thing I’ve ever heard!! Thank you chickens for your vibes ✨❤️‍🔥

✨Kailee✨

Us eldest daughters are really going through it

Maite Miño

Opalite- wood connection "we make our own luck"

Nicole

Thank you for recording this!! 🙏🫶there can’t be an album without the joyous reactions from the two of you

Aaline Ahmad

Love you guys!!! I don't get the negativity at all literally i'm so obsessed with this album!!!

K

Everything is such a vibe tbh, people who don't like it prob are going through something, bless them. Literally just saw male musicians have so much praise for this album and say how different it is, but still sound like taylor. My top 3 would be wishlist, honey, opalite..but honestly, it changes every listen, the album is so good.

sd

bonny... im so glad to hear how much you love Ophelia. I am obsessed and cried on first listen and cannot handle how superior it is, I feel like people are not getting it!!!!!!!!!!! it's perfect. a perfect single too!!! I'm so passionate about this song tbh.

Z

I love how confident and secure she feels in this relationship... she was talking about marrying this man, settling down, starting a family and KNOWING it was going to happen, she wrote these songs last year. Imagine being so sure saying "I don't need a bouquet to know a hard rock is on its way" and putting it on an album a year before being proposed to... and I am aware it is also a horny lyric, but she knew this man was going to be her husband one day. A lot of Lover felt like I would marry you if you if you wanted to, but this album felt like I will say yes when you ask because I know you will ask! I love it.

ton

I really appreciate how you take the time to understand what Taylor is doing in an album

claudia jones

Being surrounded by so much negativity with the release of showgirl… I’m so glad you’ve created a safe space to openly chat, love and freak out over this album 😭

Talia Adams

Omg girlies! I love that you said she sounds more herself since that came up in one of her radio interviews. I won’t spoil cuz I think you said you’re reacting to them but so special!!

Leander

100%! I’ve been trying to figure out how I feel about it and this is it! 👏

Mollie

Bonny I really hope you know how strong you are, I came across your guys YouTube videos 3 hours before I found out a close family member passed. That was 3 years ago now and you both have got me through the hardest times ever, thank you for helping me heal my inner child x

Naman Jain

you have broken me, immediately going to listen them again with this perspective

Leah Rose

So glad I have you all. I just knew you’d get it when I first heard the album. Truly my safe cozy place, my husband was like “it sounds like your Australian girlies know what’s up.” LOL. You are forever our Australian girlies 🧡

Yuli

“Sometimes you do have to be a bad bitch and savage and then also you have to let those walls down to be able to connect with the right people” thiiiissss THIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSS

Victoria

i love you chickens so much. Thank you for our little Swiftie community here it means so much to have this place of joy with you all : )

carmela

this makes me so happy!!!!

Brenda1989

Girl please please put ur fathoming of eldest daughter on YouTube asap!! The world needs to know bc they don’t get it!!!!

Maite Miño

"every song is it's own movie" she said in graham I think, that she had time to make more music videos, because she was enjoying this new era and record run...... Imagine one of Father Figure, GOOD LORD!!!

Melissa

Thank you chickens for delivering such SUPERIOR and ILLEGAL videos ❤️‍🔥Starting an era just wouldn’t hit the same without you!!

Rachael P

My interpretation or 'reason' that ruin the friendship is in the album is to show healing and a sort of positive retrospection on tortured poets. That was an instance where she did essentially kiss the friend/ruin the friendship and the consequences wrecked her in the moment. But now in love, choosing happiness (opalite) and positivity she's reassured by the thought that she at least got her answers and won't be left wondering about what could have been with Matty forever.

Takara

Eldest Daughter is everything you both said AND also: Taylor is an ‘eldest daughter’ in the music industry and when she sings “I’m never gonna leave you now” she’s talking to us the fans 😭💕 it’s such a deep song!!!!!! Unwell

lexie

thank you guys sooooo much for everything! the negativity surrounding this album is so overwhelming and this is the one place i feel is ACTUALLY positive so THANK YOU

Katie LaFave

awww i’m so sorry for your loss bonny ❤️ thank you for sharing with us!!!

Carol

Aaaah can’t wait to watch this 🎉 the reaction was IMMACULATE 🤩 The backgrounds. The colours. Candles. Flowers. Offensive outfits and FANS 🥰

Joshua W

It’s so wild you guys said she sounds like more herself because in one of the radio interviews she actually said that since Travis came into her life that the people around her keep saying “you’ve never been more you”. It was the interview with the blonde spice girl I forgot her name sorry but you guys are correct!!

Athea Is A Blue Pikmin

I did hear that it has that from White Horse, but the conversation you both just had about why, broke my mind, wow, that is deep! I already knew that Eldest Daughter was very meaningful, but I didn’t quite know the depth and probably still don’t. I am an eldest son, I don’t even really feel like the eldest child even though I am, but just hearing her experience is so beautiful that she is at this place now! I am so glad I had headphones on for listening to it and the bridge was so loud but beautiful and I need to listen to the song with headphones more often! I knew Eldest Daughter would be my top song, but I didn’t know it would be this deep and beautiful, I also find it very interesting that we broke our arm at similar ages, I was also 8 or 9.

Yuli

Being scared that you don’t have the invitation to kiss someone and then it changing to not having an invitation to their funeral - i love how you’ve drawn that connection Bonny i had to pause the video and i just started crying that is unfortunately so relatable, and sweet Bonny my heart hurts that it’s hitting close to home for you, thank you for being so vulnerable with us.

Aubrey McMichael

i’m very sad to not be enjoying this album :( i’m trying to stay positive but it’s very upsetting to not feel connected to her music. i’ve loved every album she’s put out in one way or another and for some reason this one is not doing it for me 💔

Jessi Dees

I think YT needs a Why Everyone Is Wrong About TLOAS video

LindseyMarie

I LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH!! And this album is immaculate uninhibited confidence and happiness! You are EXACTLY what I came for!! Please never change!!❤️‍🔥

Christine Violet

Yes! Her and Charli were in the same friend group and apparently Matty’s fiancé is Charli’s best friend! So I’m positive she’s been told by someone that they have been shit talking her… there is no way she would make a song like that based off the song charli wrote. At least in my opinion 😂

Yuli

Did you guys see that charli posted a video on Twitter or her in the studio this morning…

ton

What a great break down of eldest daughter

Yuli

ALSO sorry different note but taylor got so much hate for associating herself with matty and co but then charli is out here being besties with them and no one gives a fuck

Kate Aydlette

My top three (at the moment cause it keeps changing): 1. Ruin the Friendship 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Father Figure Also had some of TLOAS in a big playlist and shuffle put Father Figure before Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? and I recommend listening to those songs back to back

daniel

🤣

Jade Landers

Needed that breakdown of eldest daughter thank YOU

matt

the best thing I did was deleting twitter, and I literally blocked twitter from the web

Heather Williams

Omg have you see the Hugh Grant edit for Opalite? It gives me so much joy, I can't picture anything else when I hear it and that's how I want to dance around my house every single time I hear the song. Honestly whoever is hating on this album just hates joy!

Kellycm

Is this the first time she's recorded an album while being on tour? And not just any tour but an unbelievably demanding tour in every way but especially vocally - singing 3.5 hours a night...could explain the vastly different intonations in her voice. She sounds amazing!

Madje ⭐️

Thank you for always providing a safe space for us swifties who just want to support and appreciate Taylor while not taking life too seriously!❤️

Karen Valentino

Bonnie, when you said your mother was not very capable…I’m the oldest of five children. My mother was an alcoholic and she ebbed and flowed like the tide. Sometimes available to be a mother, sometimes not. In therapy many years later I was able to put my experience into words that went something like: I need Mom to be OK, so that I will be OK. So will take care of her to make sure she can take care of me. I brought that quid pro quo into adulthood. I expected myself to make my first husband happy, and him to make me happy. Luckily, just like Travis, my current husband pursued me - I wouldn’t have given him a second thought otherwise because I was drawn to the weak, someone to take care of. He’s what I call a whole person - not looking for someone to complete him - and now so am I. When Taylor said, when you know you know, and when you don’t you don’t, it punched me in the gut, because I know, and it’s impossible to explain to others how to know.

Cat Tulo

Can we talk about how the sky is finally not Maroon anymore...it's Opalite 😭

Ally ❤️

Love you both so much!!! My security Taylor experts. It’s been rough out there!

ton

I felt the advice was her reflecting on how Travis refused to leave the question unanswered and that’s why she’s reflecting on it now

Nevara PUMPKIN Shaw

Our famous chicccckkkkkeeennnnnss! NOOOOOO, I can’t! So proud of you and happy to have been here to watch you grow and create your own success from your passion. We love you soooo much!! 🥰

carly straight

I feel like the theme of Sweet Nothing is appreciating that he doesn't want anything from her and just wanted to be with her. And in Eldest Daughter he wants to know her and appreciates her authentic true self and when you give someone that, you sort of give them everything.

Shera Erickson

Which radio interview? I don’t remember this coming up and now I wanna go watch again!

OurSong13

You guys get it! In Wood of course the lyrics are a play on orgsm and hypnotized. It's Taylor Swift people! She always puts a spin on common phrases and that includes slang! Thank you for saying this

carly straight

Also eldest daughter is basically just about having someone who really knows you and that's what she's been publicly begging for era and eras.

Athea Is A Blue Pikmin

I am really sorry for your loss, I can see how the song can be hard to listen to if you relate to it in some way, thank you for choosing to be vulnerable about it here to this community and only wish the best

Michelle

We are THRILLED to see you so soon, my joy is screaming out of my chest! This discussion of Eldest Daughter is so in the pocket. I am 40 and with my spouse, they were the first person to make me feel safe enough to drop my defenses and just be myself, the true me, before the world hardened me. You’re exactly right - she is reflecting that she now gets to be the inner child she was never able to be. It is enough to kill you dead. Don’t give up on love, ladies 🤍 Top 3: - Father Figure (sry but I’m a capricorn, love that BDE 🤷🏻‍♀️) - Ophelia - Opalite; this feels like it will fade but for now WEEEEE

Gab

The hate that you guys and Taylor are receiving right now is SO unwarranted. I am so grateful for our safe space to express excitement about everything 💖🫶🏼

Lauren

I SCREAMED when you started talking about Eldest Daughter because I instantly fell in love with it and I've been fighting for my life with the haters. I knew you'd get it 🥰 the parentified child thing is SO TRUE and the line about her terminal uniqueness? always feeling different but trying to fit the mold but now she feels comfy enough to just be herself?? HELP

MarkH

It is sort of funny that she says "I'm not a bad bitch, this isn't savage" and then goes in savagely on Charli, comparing her to a yappy chihuahua! I should say that I am on Taylor's side; Charli obviously started it.

Miantsa

I love your videos, especially this one. It feels so special to me, like an open-hearted conversation with two close friends. Thank you again for creating and nurturing this safe space for us!

Inés Fernández A.

⚠️⚠️Girls, the poems are a PUZZLE, when you put them together in the order the stars indicate, they form the PROLOGUE of the album.‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ That’s what Taylor was referring when she said there was something special about the poems. It’s o beautiful when read toguether.

Julieta

Mmmmmmm….

Miantsa

Girls, thank you SO MUCH for this video (and your reaction on YT of course!). I really loved what Em had said before the reaction, that we were about to get life lessons from Taylor and we absolutely did! haha As fun and boppy as this album sounds (yes I ADORE IT, one of my faves, if not in my top 2, OOP), she’s saying some real shit. I especially liked your fathomings about Eldest Daughter and Ruin the Friendship. I had similar ones - these songs broke me but more in the perspective of those lessons you get from them and how they can relate to your personal life.

Jade

The stars above the letters on the poems number them accordingly (1-5); try reading them in order and altogether as one giant poem. It is incredible.

Great Scott

I love your takes on dickmatized, and totally agree. By changing it, I think she took a straightforward (some would say vulgar because of its directness) concept and turned it into something more abstract and sensual. I also think that by changing it to (ah!)matized, it's like pointing a big, red arrow at the part of the word that's changed and confirming (in case you still had any doubts) that yes, that's what this song is about.

Cassy

well that’s your opinion.. to me it’s her best track 5 since all too well so to each their own 🤷🏼‍♀️

Britt & Tori

I completely agree about ruin the friendship. The lyrics are offensive but I almost don't care what she's saying it sounds so amazing 🤩

Jenna Benna

I needed your positive reaction after seeing all the haters… I love the album so much!!! ❤️‍🔥

zoe

just wanted to say i love how strong you guys are in not letting the hate get to you. this era started off with so much negativity it’s honestly scaring me so it’s nice to see you guys are pushing through it!

jordan s

I feel like this album is going to be like Lover is to me. There are song's that I absolutely love and cannot live without like The Archer, False God, and Daylight. But there are also song's I'm ok with not having like, I Think He Knows, Paper Rings, and ME. But that's just my personal vibe as someone who will always fight for and wholeheartedly adore evermore and folklore. However, I don't understand why the criticism, especially in the fandom, has gotten so hostile. It's ok to prefer other albums, with such a vast discography, that is bound to happen. And also, they just completely write this album off after only one listen, which is kind of blasphemous to me.

Cassy

i think my top 3 is father figure, eldest daughter & wi$h li$t but there’s sooo much to each song like i love them all omg

Emily D

My first ranking i had 1. Opalite 2. Ophelia 3. Honey BUT i also deeply love Wood, Wi$h Li$t, and TLOAS

✨Kailee✨

Current top 3: opalite, Ophelia, honey

Daron Aquino

This was an album I thought was great right off the bat.

Sandra Hayslette

I did see someone point out that “Wood” is 2:30…..230mm = 9 in……and it’s track 9.

Rachel Neub

Top 3: Opalite, Wishlist, Honey

Anna K

First listen top three: Opalite, Wi$h Li$t, Wood

charly

i‘m so in love with this album and can’t believe all this discourse online like have these people never experienced joy and happiness in their lives? concerning if you ask me anyways i think my current top 3 is: - the fate of ophelia (hello what is actually going on here) - elizabeth taylor (i have NEVER heard anything like this chorus) - wood ( she is SO funny i cannot deal with it and the sound is insane)

Ally ❤️

I think ruin the friendship- in the outro she says ask the question… and I think that speaks to why she took the chance and shot her shot with Matty. With that hindsight experience in her very formative years, I can see why she took that chance.

Justin

I want to preface this by saying that I really like the vast majority of Showgirl, but I don't think I'll ever be able to sing "every joke's just trolling and memes" out loud in the car/shower/etc. lol

Alyssa Kay

In one of the radio interviews she did she mentioned that Wish List was the last song she wrote and knew the album was done after writing it. PLUS I think in the same interview or it might’ve been a different one she said that Wish List was her favorite song on the album 😭😭 which I love because it’s my fav too ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 My current top 3: Wish List Ruin the Friendship Opalite

Amy Vega

People who don’t like this album and think they’re too cool for it aren’t my people. Thank you guys for your genuine reactions. Don’t let anyone make you guys feel bad about loving what Taylor’s doing. The people that get Taylor get it and the ones who don’t, don’t. Love you guys 🫶🏻

Cara Elyse

Top 3 1. Fate of Ophelia 2. Opalite 3. Honey

Dave Hess

1. Wi$h Li$t 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Ruin the Frendship

Derick

Actually Romantic is actually my fave from the album. I don’t get why the song gets hate when charli’s song didn’t get anywhere as much hate.

Cassy

i felt similarly to you em about the fate of ophelia but after having the album for a few days now the song just keeps getting better and sometimes i love when songs take longer to click for me

Yasmin

It is INDEED scary out there!! I forgot that whenever she drops a new album my unfollows and blocks increase ahaha Like she said “hot take is cold as ice”, they’re also frightful and delulu 😂 Really enjoying this album; TFOO, Opalite, Wood have been spinning around my little head since Friday :)

Jessica Little

I am obsessed with this music video! I have been fathoming it for the past 3 days. And watching it again after she released it, the amount of detail in this video is insane!!! I hope you guys do a reaction of sorts or a breakdown of easter eggs!

Emily C

I dooo think we need to be honest that some of her writing on this album is just straight out not her best. She told us it would bring in that element of Folklore and we can't kid ourselves; it hasn't lived up to that expectation

Katie LaFave

bonny i’m with you 100% in terms of the ah-matized lyric!!! i’m gen z and i’ve never heard that phrase before

ton

I’m sure you will but make sure you read the poems in their numbered order to make a full prologue

Kelsie Perrero

the most safe space!! ❤️‍🔥 it feels so amazing to be able to bask in the joy of the album with pure excitement! love you girlies sm!!

Jess

“Every song is like it’s own movie” immediately delusional me dreaming of a 2year film clip rollout for all 12 tracks in order cause they’re all so good 😭

Soph

my top 3 so far: the life of a showgirl- immediately my favorite and still is the fate of ophelia elizabeth taylor or wish list

Taylah Louise

Current favs: - fate of Ophelia - opalite (it’s my down bad, it’ll drop but early fav) - wood (my fav on first listen but I also didn’t notice how horny it is and now I feel conflicted about it hahaha)

Adrianna Denay

Top 3 right now ❤️‍🔥 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Father Figure 3. Eldest daughter

Maryn

my top three right now in no order 1. fate of ophelia 2. ruin the friendship 3. father figure but its soooo hard to pick honorary mention: honey

Kellie Mahoney

My current top 3: 1. Father Figure 2. Honey 3. Opalite

Kristin Kline

I think Cancelled may also include some of the Brittany Mahomes/WAG hate. That’s a little trickier than Blake stuff. Just a thought.

Georgia Double

Clapping and cheering when Emily said her initial top 3 which is identical to mine 🥳🤩🥹 This album is nothing short of superior

Jessica

Honestly same! ☹️ You should check out swiftologist channel. He gives really great constructive criticism about this album.

KimMcMoe

Thank you, girls! There has been so much negativity on the Internet about this album. It’s nothing new, like you said, and it’s mostly been easy to ignore… But it’s a new Taylor album weekend… I don’t want to ignore things I want to be celebrating. It’s so much more fun to listen to you girls be effusive in your love for her new album. The fact that you can also, so quickly, understand where she’s coming from with these songs and how significant they really are is such a breath of fresh air. There are other commentators. I’ve listened to who’ve made comments about lyrics that made me wonder if we had even listened to the same song… Lol. It is absolutely fine to not be in love with every single song, but it is not absolutely fine to belittle it and imply that anyone who enjoys it is somehow less than. Never stop being effusive. Never stop being joyful. Never stop being vulnerable. The Internet is still full of people dying to try and be cool. Don’t listen to people who tell you that you’re being too much. As Taylor says “the worst kind of person is someone who makes someone feel bad dumb or stupid for being excited about something“. I am 50 years old, so I’m coming to you as an older sister… Your joy is infectious, your vulnerability is beautiful, and your friendship is inspiring. Anyone who tells you differently is wrong. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re very very good at it and you’re very very necessary. Editing to add: I also recently had surgery on my hand and I’m having to use talk to text to leave this comment and I am very very bad at using talk to text. It turns out… Lol. So forgive the grammatical errors. I hope you get the gist anyway.

Lisa

My top three are Ruin the Friendship, Opalite, and Father Figure. But I love them all ❤️‍🔥 can’t wait to see the movie vlog and all the fathoming!

ton

I think any kind of movie / doco will be in December. 12/12… ? 🤣

Antoinette

Love this ❤️ so glad you guys love the album as much as I do, our energy is too expensive to waste on those that spread hate ❤️

Maryn

I have the same top three right now!

Paloma Bennett

My top three are Opalite, The Fate of Ophelia, and Actually Romantic. I love all the songs though.

Megan

I'm SOOOO happy you guys are unapologetically obsessed with Taylor and everything she does because I feel the exact same way! There's way too much negativity in the world already I don't want to watch creators who endlessly tear her down. Love you both! Also because you asked, my top three are; - Honey - Wood - Opalite ❤️

Allison A

top three is def, opalite - the fate of ophelia - actually romantic

Kate H

She could also be saying ‘pledge allegiance to his hands’ because Travis uses his hands to catch the ball when he plays football.

Brandon Neikam (ibrandon3g)

Bonny and Emily, thank you so much, I really needed this today after seeing so much negativity. I thought I was in the twilight zone. My current top 3: Opalite, The Fait of Ophelia, The Life of a Showgirl. Also, Wood is just fun and cheeky, the haters need to get over themselves hahaha

DemiMarie🤍🖤

Chickens you are keeping us so fed. THANK YOU!!! 🙌🏻❤️‍🔥

Kristi

Top 3 right now are Opalite, Eldest Daughter and The Fate of Ophelia BUT this album is a NO SKIP ALBUM for me!!!!

Valerie

Top 3 right now are The Fate of Ophelia, Father Figure, and TLOAS ❤️‍🔥

Alexa Laine

My top 3: - Father Figure - The Fate of Ophelia - Elizabeth Taylor I also absolutely love Actually Romantic, Ruin the Friendship, and Opalite. But those are my top 3!

Sandra Hayslette

It’s so impossible to pick a top 3, but today I’d have to say Opalite, The Fate of Ophelia, and Honey.

Deb

If you check the dictionary, ah-matized is actually a word. ah-matized" is a slang expression that can mean: It refers to something done with ridiculous, over-the-top energy, almost as if influenced by a chaotic force.

Becca

Ruin the friendship makes me cry every time. 😭😭

Emily Haddon

Omg I CANNOT WAIT for the chickens to read the poems! They are so beautiful

Alistair

You two are the best! I liked your YouTube videos so I joined your patreon. As I've watched your back log of videos, I like both of you even better. To use your own vernacular, you're superior and I'm only now beginning to fathom. Keep doing what you are doing, I'll keep watching. ❤️‍🔥

Deb

Redwood tree also refers to Travis being so tall, and solid and dependable.

Lizz Keiper

I love how she had described every past relationship was like jumping into cold water and almost drowning and this album is about the guy who saved her from drowning and warmed her with his… fire ❤️‍🔥

Misha

It's so refreshing to see both of your reactions! There's so much hate on the internet and I NEED PEOPLE WHO FATHOM!!! I cried when I first listened to Fate of Ophelia and so I totally felt seen when you brought up the "depth without darkness" Bonnie!! You both just say things sometimes!!! This is such a solid album. So far my faves are Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, Cancelled!, and Father Figure. No that was too hard. I also LOVE Opalite!

Megan C

Love you girls and loved this video. I bought a Roku stick last week so I could stream your Patreon videos about TLOAS to my tv as (I think) the good lord intended. Current top 3 are Eldest Daughter, Wi$h Li$t, and Life of a Showgirl. 🧡🧡🧡🧡

Kathleen George

So grateful for you both and your reactions and thoughts …. Feel like the socials can be a hateful place and just glad to share the good vibes here

Jayluxx

There are definitely so many things that elude to cancelled being about Blake. In the brown bob cover, she’s wearing a bracelet Blake wore on one of her premieres for the movie with the frightful man. Blake was a Gucci ambassador “cloaked in Gucci.” And in america, there’s a conservative media person named Candace Owens that called Blake and Taylor “girl bosses that flew too close to the sun.”

jule ✌🏻

Love to hear your thoughts so soon after your reaction! Thank you for all your hard work this week, you are keeping us fed chickens!!! 🫶🏻 My faves have changed everyday but as of now they are Ruin The Friendship, Wi$h Li$t, and The Fate of Ophelia. Cannot wait to hear your thoughts on the movie and the music video!!

Caroline

this was so validating! love u girls!

Ben Kearney

Top 3 right now is Fate of Ophelia, Father Figure, and Elizabeth Taylor. Honey and TLOAS are right there as well.

Megan C

For sure! I think the same!

Clash Fan

It seems extremely believable and I'm honestly surprised this is not everyone's first thought.

Aubrey McMichael

love him and madeline! i do think there’s a lot to be disappointed by on this album (the tone deafness, calling women bitches, cringey expired slang, ai promo???) i wish i was having as much fun as everyone else 😅

Hayley

Chickensss I loved this video on your initial thoughts 💭 And thank you SO MUCH for the offensive thingsss you said about Eldest Daughter 🤯 Top 3 1. Ruin the Friendship is the best song I’ve ever heard - it made my Top 10 Taylor songs ✨ 2. The Fate of Ophelia 3. Eldest Daughter

Deb

There are really NOT that many people who dislike the album. Check the sales and streaming rates. They are insanely positive. The few haters that are out there are generally "nonswifty" competing fan bases, or people who pretend to be fans, but generally focus on ridicule and hate to generate clicks and comments. And they tend to spend a large percentage of their time trolling on social media platforms. Which skews perception of things. But the sales and streams tell the real story.

Andrew

Not Emily and I sharing two top 3 songs!!

Ally ❤️

Oh wow!!! Thanks for this context.

Veronica Key

My top 3 right after hearing the album were 1. The fate of Ophelia 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Cancelled Now it’s 1. Father figure 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. The Fate of Ophelia

Sophie Williams

Yay! My safe place indeed. Bless you chickens for being here with us when there's so much hate surrounding this new Taylor album/era and how you are bringing so much positivity. Thank GOD! And how all love the album AND our chickens here!!! Such an exciting time for us all and I truly can't wait for all the videos this era!😍🥰❤️‍🔥 Xxxx

Jules

1. Ruin the Friendship 2. Honey 3. Fate of Ophelia This album has grown on me with each Re listen. Love it!

harper fitzpatrick

cancelled! the fate of ophelia! wood! but goodness me they're all so goddamn amazing!

Mia Gregorio

i’m obsessed with this album ❤️‍🔥

Amy McDonald

So you know how in Smallest Man she said ‘you didn’t measure up to any measure of a man’ and that’s like you were a let down but could also be like disappointing tiny dick energy? I feel like Wood is almost a rebuttal to that song, like the dick of it all obviously haha but also like redwood trees are the biggest in the world and new heights of manhood is obviously a podcast nod but also directly kinda says like I had the smallest man and he was a punish but now I have the BIGGEST and he’s the best I’ve ever had!

Bella

Yes unfortunately there is not a single lyric/line on this album that hit me and made me go “wow” - whereas this has happened multiple times on every other album 😪 I don’t feel the album needs a whole lot of decoding, the overall concepts maybe yes but not the lyrics

Jordan Conger

I am so thankful for your space. I feel like I cannot just live in my joy surrounding this album online. There has been so much negativity and I was shocked because I had a visceral reaction on first listen… the true pop albums are lower for me in my ranking but this blew me away! Thanks for always being excited with me 💕

Cassy

it’s so funny you mention taylor when she’s 60 and the kinds of songs we’ll get and i really feel she’s gonna be a bit older when she explores a full rock album and wow imagine the things she could tell us at an older age and how good it would be as a rock album. i know everyone wants it every album but im okay with waiting ❤️‍🔥

Reagan Lockhart

My top 3 right after listening- - actually romantic - the fate of ophelia - wish list My current top 3 after a couple of days : - the fate of ophelia - wish list - the life of a showgirl Love yall so much!!! We appreciate everything you do and it’s so fun getting y’all’s videos it feels like a ft call to hash everything out! Also, thank you Bonny for going more into your initial reaction to Ruin the Friendship when you didn’t have to. After seeing your reaction it actually helped the song resonate with me more because i didn’t really get it at first, but the empathy i feel for people who can relate is… overwhelming! 🩷🩷

Meech

Top 3 right now: CANCELLED! Eldest Daughter Wood

Clash Fan

Top 3 right now in no particular order: Fate of Ophelia, Opalite and Wood. I saw did go to the theater yesterday and the clean version of these songs are not the same. Saying "my checks bigger" does not pack the same punch.

Mia Gregorio

you guys are such a safe space!! so happy with what you said about everything!! people have crazy takes.. and yes that group of people who inspired “actually romantic” are bullies this is not a response to just one song, they’ve been doing too much for quite a while

stace_boomboom

The opening trifecta: 1. The Fate of Ophelia, 2. Elizabeth Taylor, 3. Opalite (in no particular fav order yet!) but TLOAS has grown on me so so much!!

Amanda

My top three: 1) The Fate of Ophelia 2) Father Figure 3) Elizabeth Taylor

Gab

Top 3: 1. Fate of Ophelia 2. Ruin the Friendship 3. Father Figure

Bradi R

Love this! Love you guys so much it’s my safe space

Rebecca

My top 3, as of right now, are: Opalite, Fate of Ophelia, Actually Romantic. First thoughts, it is a good album! Is it my favorite? No. Does it have some good songs? Absolutely! TS Album releases always seem a little chaotic cause of all the people/critics who love to hate her. Once things die down thats when the real listening happens and some people start to come around. Until then I am going to have it on repeat!! Appreciate any art that she can share with us right now! A happy album for a somewhat grim time in our world. Peace and love ❤️‍🔥🫶🏼🥂✨🪩

Jenny MacRunnel

I am having so much trouble ranking this, every song feels like a favorite. I will say on the Fate of Ophelia, I wasn't into it at first, but after a few listens it was stuck in my head and I adore it now, its climbed so much. Father Figure has as well, I've been listening to that song on repeat all day. I would say my top 3 right now are: Elizabeth Taylor, WIshlist, and Father Figure. But Opalite, Ophelia, Cancelled, and Eldest Daughter are faves too. I don't knooooow! I'm so happy for you chickens, its so nice to enjoy this album with you guys!

Brandon N

I also do not think taylor meant dickmatized

Bradi R

My top 3: Ophelia, father figure, TLOAS

Jenny MacRunnel

And this is why I don't think she'll be touring again for awhile. She needs a rest.

Kasey

when you do read the poems, read them in order of 1-5! the stars spell out the numbers/order :)

Chelsea

Always so lovely to go through a new era with the two of you! ❤️‍🔥💕 Top three (currently) are: 💙Opalite (which I think could also be classified as a sad bop- I cried during the lyric video in the theater lol) 🌊Fate of Ophelia 🪩Life of a Showgirl And I think so many people are missing the point. Taylor is funny. She tries things. She puts Shakespeare and “vibes” in the same sentence. I love it because she is authentically herself and her lyricism and songwriting ability are unmatched. Also as someone coming off a bad break up with a narcissist, “actually romantic” can be kind of soothing for those of us emotional abuse trauma girlies. 💕

Lívia Caroline

my top 3 1. Ophelia 2. wood 3. opalite absolutely offensive album, it changed the trajectory of my life I'm UNWELL

OutsideIsOurSong

Chickens!!! You are the absolute best for checking in with us! You knew we needed our favorite girls to bring us some positive insight to these offensive tracks in our safe space!!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

angel (plnkblue)

this exactly! additionally, it's a perfect example of the theme of "the life offstage" that taylor discussed on the podcast. it's a song that's not about the feelings of being on stage, nor of her public relationship--it's about a private offstage moment of grief and the reflection that brings upon her life, not just of the previous album and its catalysts (which is of course absolutely relevant like you said!), but also of her entire life and career prior to that. even prior to ttpd, taylor has so many songs about taking chances and going with your gut and "speaking now," so to say, and ruin the friendship just reframes her mentality within all of those. and of course, her past work is directly relevant to her "life of a showgirl."

Amber Shoemake

Fate of Ophelia Opalite Elizabeth Taylor

Erin S

This is a really beautiful fathoming of Eldest Daughter! Even as an eldest daughter, it didn’t hit for me at first, but then it started sinking in and your insights really just added more depth and complexity.

ⓐⓝⓝ.ⓓⓘⓔⓚⓔⓝ

I know others have already said this, BUT 𝘐 will say it again, from my little middle-of-nowhere-in-Nebraska, USA heart: I am always just as excited (if not more, to be real) to listen to YOUR TWO reactions, thoughts, insights, fathomings to Taylor's art as I am to consume it myself!! Legit, the first question my daughter asked me last night was what my Australian friends had to say about TLOAS!! 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘠𝘖𝘜! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘓𝘌 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘶𝘴; 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰, 𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵!! 🧡✨️ 𝙏𝙊𝙋 3: 𝙊𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚 ~ 𝙍𝙪𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 ~ 𝙀𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧

Jen

It’s true, when you’re relaxed, your voice pitch goes down. I’m a pelvic physio trained in various pain management techniques. We’re taught to listen to voice pitch changes during our treatments as a sign that our patient’s nervous system is calming down and feeling more safe.

Samantha Orlando

The way it always feels like you two are holding all our hands and jumping around in giddy circles of unfiltered starlit celebration is something I’ll forever be grateful for 🥰🧡🩵 Thanks for *always* keeping it 💯 & so real Bonny & Em!! Top three: 1. Ruin the Friendship 2. Opalite 3. TLOAS

ava

:D

JoyR

This album is so fun. I think the haters out there were already waiting to point out any perceived deficiencies compared to her other albums. It’s typical of society and the industry that if someone is too high for too long, they just want to tear you down. Her lyric about “They want to see you rise, they don't want you to reign” is so true. Don’t forget the haters are monetizing their hate content

Emma

I went away and fathomed Eldest Daughter because of you two THANK YOU 🥹 I love this song now

Sara Kolsan

My three favorites are Elizabeth Taylor (the chorus is the best melody I've ever heard), Opalite, and Father Figure. And I love what you guys said about Opalite and man-made happiness and everything, and how it plays into how she's created her own life and because she's done all of that for herself she can be so secure and happy in it. I think that's like the whole key to the concept of the album because I was thinking about how so much of it is about breaking down those walls and learning to be vulnerable and open (like you guys were saying about Eldest Daughter) and then I was wondering how that works with what the title track says about the whole concept of the album, and this is the key! There was this expectation that with her fame she wouldn't be able to have that perfect love or a really happy life, but she made that for herself and she's so happy and confident in it now. And in the title track she's only really touching on the general life/career stuff but then when you look at the rest of the album it works so well for her and Travis too! Such an amazing album. Wow I rambled a lot but I've just been having so many fathomings!!

Heidy Ledezma

Top 3: The Fate of Ophelia Opalite Cancelled

Laura Dent

My top 3 are Elizabeth Taylor, Father Figure and Cancelled! I love your thoughts on Eldest Daughter, and while I really really love the concept (and the bridge) the verse/chorus lyrics are just not for me. I wish she had said a bit more within the song in the way she described it in the movie/Amazon intro, which was so raw and beautiful. So yeah, not my fave, but that's okay!

Lauren

it truly is harder being a swiftie than a marine these days, like why does everyone (not a swiftie) feel like they need to put out a press release about how they feel about this album / why are they listening to it if they already know they aren't going to like it then yell at us about enjoying something

Maia🫶🏻

My top 3(at this exact moment) are, 1. CANCELLED! 2. Eldest Daughter. 3. Opalite. (but The Fate of Ophelia is basically tied for 3).

Sydney

I think Kitty is supposed to be Marjorie!

Sydney

Based on an Easter Egg from the music video that went live today

Lauren

i legitimately can't pick a top 3... top 5 would be honey, ruin the friendship, ophelia, elizabeth taylor and father figure. this album feels like such a sister to rep to me... she is so happy, in love and unafraid of her cringe tendencies. i love it so much

kahlen marie

Top 3 have to be: 1) The Fate of Ophelia 2) Elizabeth Taylor 3) Cancelled

Jessica

1. Actually Romantic - try actually ICONIC 2. Elizabeth Taylor - omg the melodies 3. Eldest Daughter - have listened 10 times, have cried 10 times, she puts into words how I feel about the internet so perfectly

Deb

Pease read the poem that come with the cds

Maria Lopes

top 3 right now: opalite the fate of ophelia and wood <3 love u guys

Adam

Have y'all fathomed the amount of sex in the song honey? It kind of sneaks up on you lol

Sapphire

So hard to decide!! 1. Wish list 2. Ruin the friendship 3. Eldest daughter HM: opalite, father figure, cancelled, TLOASG, and the other tracks not written out

Sydney

My top three when the album came out were Father Figure, Actually Romantic, and The Fate of Ophelia Currently after a couple days.. Father Figure, Wood, Cancelled The entire album is superiorrrrrr

Emma

Same here, the lyrics in this really threw me off, I didnt get it at all even being the Eldest Daughter. Now im like wow how did I just miss all of that

V. Babida

Current top 3: 1) father figure 2) honey 3) wi$hli$t

Kristen Batye

My top 3 are Ruin the Friendship Wi$h Li$t Eldest Daughter But honestly I love them all and that list changes every few hours lol

Kasey

Superior video! I have such a hard time ranking these because there are no skips. For this very moment my top 3 are 1. The Fate of Ophelia 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Actually Romantic (Honorable mentions: cancelled! / Honey / wish list, opalite)

Bruna Tendrich

hey girlies! my top 3 is: 1- fate of ophelia 2- Elizabeth Taylor 3- ruin the friendship

Sandy Johnson

HONEY- I just thought of the fact that she’s saying “You touch my face” as opposed to the lyric in You’re on a Your Own Kid where she says “I touch my phone as if it’s your face” —— my my how things have changed for her 🩷

Celena

Her not believing in fate= all the leopard necklaces... a leopard can't change its spots (or whatever the saying is) she is who she is, she always has been!

Celena

Cancelled isss soooo gooood!! Ahhhh❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Just Grace

Yaaaaasss 😂😂😂 yes please fuck off to the haters 😂😂😂so romantic 😂 Us chickens 🐓 love y’all!! 🤗 Also Emily connecting cancelled to thank you Amy is so much!

Hannah Landrum

I cried listening to you guys talk about both eldest daughter and ruin the friendship because I also deeply relate to both of those songs and the way you guys spoke about them was exactly how I feel. So on that note, please ignore the stupid people hating on your positivity and joy when it comes to Taylor because I love your videos and your channel so much.

Ali ❤️‍🔥

My thing with actually romantic is that she doesn’t even say anything mean?? Like she says one thing about this person doing Coke, and compares her to a chihuahua…the rest is summarizing things charli has done… like am I missing the horrifying terrible mean lyrics everyone is talking about? Like I really don’t understand the level of reaction people are having to it 😂😂

Maia🫶🏻

There’s something about that song, I can’t explain it ❤️‍🔥The entire album is beyond amazing. It’s already in my top 3 favorite Taylor albums of all time

Rose Bucio

I want to cry, this album os so good!!! There’s something about Taylor collaborating with Max Martin and Shellback that really brings something extra out of Taylor vocally. My favorites right now are The Fate of Ophelia, Eldest Daughter and Wish List

Destiny Murtaugh

as a girly who was a the last show in vancouver I was overwhelmed to hear her say this and immediately re-listened to the song and balled. so if this wins AOTY do i get a grammy for being part of the vocals? 😂

Danielle Bletso

She has always been held to a different standard for NO reason and you just want to scream, ‘let the girl live’. I think she finally is exploring this narrative with songs like But Daddy I Love Him and this album, her just idgaf attitude makes me so happy for her.

Deb

One comment I have heard many make on social media is that they feel like the album is not really "Showgirls" and to this I say: Well, so you had preconceived ideas of showgirl life as big and glamourous, and living large but this is behind the curtain, where it is some of that, but also learning to love, being human, complex relationships even with yourself, cancel culture, and power relationships and agency. It is the perfect showgirl album.

Sarah Marie McLeod

my immediate favorites are probably The Fate of Ophelia, Father Figure, and Eldest Daughter but also Opalite!!!! Cannot choose

Danielle Bletso

I told my husband I had to watch the chickens to know what to think. And while I don’t mean that literally, because I am obsessed with the album no matter what, they just talk through these things so well and I need to hear what they have to say.

Yuli

YESSS DANIELLE 👏🏼👏🏼 totally agreeeee

Kelly Johnson

My top 3 are currently 1. Opalite 2. The Fate of Ophelia 3. Eldest Daughter Can’t wait to see your thoughts on all the interviews and the release party!

Jeff JT

A new TS release weekend isnt complete until I get to hear Chats & Reacts fathomings! Loving Showgirl so far, and my initial top 3 is probably Ophelia, Wood, and Opalite, but I really love the vibe of Honey. It’s very reminiscent of 2000’s R&B beats and it’s cool to hear her sing over that kind of track.

Sam

All I’m seeing on social media is Tayhate so I’m really happy to come here ❤️‍🔥

Renee aka ynotshsdow (edited)

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2026-09-19 18:00 Hope you guys know that I still love your reactions and I have been here since the beginning. Never stop being you. Ignore the haters just like Taylot should ignore the hate as well. You have a community here that loves all you do. Your reactions bring such joy. Yours will always be my favorite. Much love ❤️
2025-10-06 01:51 Hope you guys know that I still love your reactions and I have been here since the beginning. Never stop being you. Ignore the haters just like Taylor should ignore the hate as well. You have a community here that loves all you do. Your reactions bring such joy. Yours will always be my favorite. Much love ❤️ Top 3 right now Fate of Ophelia Opalite Wood (as a lesbian i laugh at this being a fave)

Hope you guys know that I still love your reactions and I have been here since the beginning. Never stop being you. Ignore the haters just like Taylor should ignore the hate as well. You have a community here that loves all you do. Your reactions bring such joy. Yours will always be my favorite. Much love ❤️ Top 3 right now Fate of Ophelia Opalite Wood (as a lesbian i laugh at this being a fave)

Anastasia Gudkova

my top three are wish list, fate of ophelia, father figure!

Breezy Bumbles

Just got back from the SHOW (superior!) to see this blessed video uploaded (offensive and concerning and illegal!)

Lacey Heggestad

Top 6 right in no particular order: The Fate of Ophelia Opalite Father Figure Actually Romantic Wi$h Li$t Wood

Ana Vazquez

My top 3: 1) Ruin the Friendship 2) Wood 3) Fate of Ophelia

Celina

my first top three favorites are: elizabeth taylor (as a rep girlie this totally tracks), life of a showgirl (superior storytelling, vocals, musical theater vibes and also perfect way to end the album) and lastly opalite (it just makes me wanna dance and it makes me feel so grateful for life) ✨🪩 thank you for this space and sorry if we pressure you re: the reaction, it’s just such a superior album and we were foaming at the mouth to fathom it with you 🫶🏼 we love you!!!

Breezy Bumbles

Apparently my algorithm doesn’t show me any negative Taylor content so I only see crazy Swifties who are obsessed with her.

Katie LaFave

my CURRENT top 3: 1. opalite 2. elizabeth taylor 3. fate of ophelia

Breezy Bumbles

My top 3, I think, not in order is Ruin The Friendship, Opalite, Eldest Daughter, Father Figure, The Fate of Ophelia. Sorry that’s 5.

Leah Alsobrooks

Y’all’s positivity is always cherished, but especially right now it feels like a safe warm hug!!! 🥹🫶

Danielle Bletso

Need to have 25 more fathomings, but for now, in this exact moment…. 1. The Fate of Ophelia 2. Actually Romantic 3. Father Figure I think The Life of a Showgirl ft. Sabrina is actually offensive and superior and will reach new heights before long.

Lauryn Brown

After a few days with the album I think that my top 3 right now are (in no particular order cause how the fuck am I supposed to do that!!) The Fate of Ophelia, Father Figure, and Cancelled but Opalite is veryyyy close to that. I'm glad you guys touched on all the hate this album is getting cause I've seen a lot too and it can be really disheartening as an OG Swiftie and I knew you guys would make me feel better! Love you guys so so much <3333

Natalia Lopes

I’m honestly unwell…I don’t even think I can choose my top 3 right now 😂 I will say at first I didn’t fathom Eldest Daughter but after going to the movies and hearing Taylor’s explanation I actually cried listening to it (I’m not the eldest - I have two older brothers but I am the only daughter). I think Father Figure is very up there for me but after that idk…I love them all 🙃

Erin S

Ruin the Friendship seems to also point to Question…? “My advice is to answer the question”… so she’s saying as shitty as the aftermath of the Matty interlude was - and she did ruin that friendship as a result - the “what if” question in her mind about him plagued her for a decade and took root in her dreamland to the point that she needed to go ahead and risk everything to answer that question or it was going to essentially choke any other relationship she would try to have. So even though it was a crash and burn, she has no regrets.

JoyR

Thanks for this! I couldn’t wait to hear your fathomings. The haters just don’t try to put in the effort to look a little deeper.

Nicole

Actually romantic 🎸 Wood 🪄 The Fate of Ophelia ❤️‍🔥

Court

You Belong With Me> Forever Winter> Ruin the Friendship I think Ruin the Friendship also unintentionally explains her fling with Matty Healy. She had to ask the question so she could move past that. She needed to know because in her past she left the question unanswered.

Amanda Blondie

Hey just wanted to tell you guys how much I love all your videos and really appreciate you guys and I hope you ignore all the shitty people commenting horrible things because they are clearly UNwell and not in a good way. Love you guys so much!!

Lisa S

So happy to be here with you and this community. So much hate out there it's nice to be able to be somewhere positive. Right before I saw your post I was fuming over a post someone made on a YouTube comment that everyone was so quick to want to get rid of Jack and how he helped Taylor write her songs and she can't write without him. Like Taylor never wrote a good song before Jack or without him. I don't understand all the hate, just let a girl have some fun and enjoy her life. Thanks for providing a safe haven!

✨Bri✨

My top 3 are 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. The Fate of Ophelia 3. Cancelled The chorus melodies in this whole album are the best melodies I’ve ever heardddddd

BrooklynSwifty

I think recording this on her days off from the Eras Tour is why her vocals sound a bit different.

Erin S

Yeah, I saw that in the video immediately… the clapboard that said “Kitty Finlay”. I don’t know if Kitty is supposed to BE Marjorie, but that was definitely a nod to her. And Kitty is just classic Taylor… she alludes to cats whenever possible and she herself as played an actual kitty in Cats.

Tully 🩵🫶🏻✨

I love you girls 🫶🏻🩵 truly always fathom something listening to you both! What a treat! xx

Mikayla Clayton

I need to know if you've fathomed that in 'Father Figure', she says "I protect the family" 6 times, for the 6 stolen albums....

Enzo Reis

My top songs are: 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Father Figure 3. Cancelled!! 4. The Fate Of Ophelia 5. Opalite 6. Wood

• Sammy 🐍🖤 •

My current Top 3: Father Figure, Wood & CANCELLED! buttttt I'm dancing my lil asssss off to Opalite every 2 seconds haha I am loving the vibes as every hour passes. I am not listening to Eldest Daughter & Ruin The Friendship just because my mental capacity isn't there right now, but I will revisit them at a later stage. (I just cry every time Ruin The Friendship comes on so I cant do that right now lol) But she was right, I am dancing around and I'm loving it. People need to go into it with no expectations and not comparing to another album, it will never be the exact same as another album. Albums always grow and evolve the more you listen. They always love to pick apart anything she does, if it was another artist, they would clap and cheer abit more... But I'm just over here vibing....

Breezy Bumbles

I call this album her “d@&k album”. I still can’t get over her saying words I never thought she would ever say.

Isabel Victoria

Oddly I get more Sabrina energy than Blake in cancelled. She has gotten backlash recently

Alexis

Oh my goodness. Bonny, thank you for sharing your story during Ruin the Friendship. It’s such a beautiful song and I hope one day you are in good place to really enjoy it. As for CANCELED, some food for thought. Blake actually liked Taylor’s IG post for Showgirl’s release. It really does seem like Taylor has confirmed they’re very much still on good terms.

Pam

Current top 3: father figure, hone and opalite

Sandy Johnson

Top 3…. For now; Elizabeth Taylor Eldest Daughter Honey - love this so much and the production is especially amazing

Katie Kimmel

Ruin the Friendship was my only ****possible**** not immediately in love with track because it didn't feel slow ENOUGH to be a heart string like Eldest Daughter or a bop enough like the rest of the album which I unexpectedly LOVED (this is saying a LOT from a newer-43 yo-TTPD-English teacher-Momma- Swiftie). That all changed when I sat in the theatre and as I listened to her explain it even further, I also looked around at the teen girls around me and they were listening so intently; like at the feet of an older sister. I thought of myself at their age and then thought of my own kids and the teens I teach. And I couldn't stop crying because...YES, go for it!!!!!! All of it. The love. The crazy idea. The career path that everyone thinks is nuts. The road trip. And please, dear God, don't always be so concerned with being the perfect one for it all. Chances are the ones most worried about being the "perfect human" are the ones always crushing that. It's ok to go for it. What Emily said about "not living..." it got me. One of my kids had a near death experience when about a year old. I almost lost my baby boy. It changed everything. Still to this day when people ask me what my greatest fear is for my kids, it isn't death, and it sounds pretty awful. But I now realize I have very little say in that. My biggest fear is that my kids won't choose to LIVE while they are alive. So, basically, it's become my favorite song, and also, the one I really can't always get all the way through. It is freeing and, at the same time, a lot of forgiving of every version of my younger self that I still need to move through. Both are OK. This album is SO mature. It is a beautiful mix of mind and body. It's compex and simple. Heavy and light. It's real.

Luli Swiftie

Bonnie, I'm so sorry for your loss. Love the video chickens!

Erin S

There is also folklore about redwood trees… well, all trees, but specifically to redwoods… that they stand for longevity and strength and they have deep connections to the past and they stand as guardians over sacred places… they’re protectors. Also, redwoods can become grafted to one another for survival. And the fallen trees were used by natives to build homes (and canoes) and they would also warm their leaves in the fire to make a poultice for earaches.

Josh C

I just want to let you girls know that I really admire how much empathy and intelligence you bring to your reactions. People who get pissed or doubtful that you love this album should stop projecting, they don’t get it because they refuse to go below the surface of whatever is limiting their understanding of the record. Sure, it’s totally fine and understandable that showgirl isn’t for everyone but it gives no reason to question someone else’s love for record or Taylor in general. You girls are passionate, honest and unapologetic about loving taylor as an artist/person and use it to bring other people joy and educated perceptions, the haters can truly take their frightful opinions elsewhere if they need a place to scream into the void ❤️‍🔥

Lisa S

I think people are so hung up on TLOAS being a happy, poppy album and not having what they consider deep profound lyrics they are missing the great production and how great she sounds, she is SINGING, the harmonies and melodies are so good. Anyway, thanks for sharing this and your thoughts. The movie experience was fun, I hope you girls have a great time!

Erica Whitaker

Please, we need Emily to read to us!!

Kellycm

yes, that's exactly what I was not so succinctly trying to say :)

Emily Komoroski

Okay first of all ladies…I just have to say thank you both for your vulnerability with sharing your feelings for track 5, and also to Bonnie for sharing your experience with RTF. It’s a pain that not many understand, but one that when we find someone who shares it we just “get it”. Top 3 OFF THE BAT: The fate of Ophelia, Wi$h Li$t, and TLOASG 🧡💚

Stephi

Hi I love you guys have been watching since 2020 on youtube. Just joined the patreon for a loving safe space and you guys of course are providing that for me/us so thank you. Regarding Eldest Daughter- loving your take on it. I want to be obsessed with this one so badly as an eldest daughter (haha) and I think I am slowly connecting to it emotionally. I'm 38 and most of it sonically and lyrically reminds me of an emo ballad I would listen to in highschool which is very nostalgic. Besides White Horse I am also connecting mirrorball and seven themes to it as well. Like girlfriend does not feel the need to be a mirrorball anymore. That must be such a great relief. (ps. current favs are The Fate of Ophelia, Opalite, The Life of a Show Girl)

Jennifer

I typically like a lot of what he has to say, but he and Madeline really tainted my experience with this album. 😢

Erin S

Given that Taylor easily sings about dick in Father Figure, she’s obviously not afraid of the word and the visual it imparts on the listener. So she absolutely specifically chose NOT to say dickmatized and instead used ah-matized. The whole song is using allusions and double-entendres, so why would she break that pattern and just blatantly say “dickmatized”? So yeah, even when on the surface it sounds like her lyrics on this album are less cerebral than the past few albums, she’s being just as clever.

Steph

Em I love what you were saying about Eldest Daughter. Completely relatable, totally fathom

Kammy 🇦🇺

Thank you both for existing and being friends and creating this universe for us to live in 🥰

Ellie

just realized that listening to the discussion on cancelled that it's another Sabrina connection because Sabrina also got massive hate for "taking someone's man"

Erin S

Oh, STAHHP!!! 🫣

Lou

Same, Eldest Daughter and Ruin the Friendship destroy me.

Samantha

The thing that annoys me about the whole Charli conversation is that Von Dutch exists… and Charli is basically saying the same thing as Actually Romantic? Why is she allowed to but Taylor isn’t?

Lynny Smith

Yes yes yes to EVERYTHING!! So many people in my life are coming up to me and expecting me to have a bad opinion… bitch do you not know me? I have not a BAD thing to say about this woman and her offensive writing!!! If you don’t get it, you don’t get it (and that sucks for you) but I’m over here absolutely loving everything about this new era ❤️‍🔥

Jennifer Kingsley

My current favs are eldest daughter, cancelled, and Elizabeth Taylor but it constantly changes. Also just want to thank yall for reacting to the album and editing it so fast ☺️

Jacob Zammitt

Thank you for this I needed to get off tiktok and here some positivity about this album it's so superior! My top 3 are wood, father figure and ruin the friendship. So many bops it's so hard to decide!!!

Lou

Top 3 is almost impossible. But probably Fate of Ophelia, Opalite and either Father Figure or Wi$h Li$t or Eldest Daughter. Ophelia and Opalite are such illegal earworm bops. It’s a no skip album for me. I’m yet to fathom Elizabeth Taylor. But I can’t believe people are hating on Eldest Daughter. That and Ruin the Friendship just destroy me. It’s like I’ve been gut punched. Maybe it’s cause I’m an older Swiftie and I’m at a time in my life where this stuff hits extra hard.

Naderge

so hard to narrow it down to three, but the ones i keep going back to are: 1. the fate of ophelia 2. father figure 3. wi$t li$t

Breezy Bumbles

I feel like if you’ve been a Taylor fan for years, you’re more okay if the current album isn’t your favourite. But you can just be on the journey with her through all the genres, all the highs and lows and you know that every album sounds completely different from all of the others. So naturally, you’re going to prefer some more than others but they’re ALL still the best albums you’ve ever heard!

sorvde

Bonny, I have a very similar story to yours. Ruin the friendship killed me and is going in the same folder as Ronan.

daniel

1. Opalite 2. Father Figure 3. Ophelia

Jane

emily's comments around 10:13 is sooo spot on. taylor even mentioned that in one of her radio interviews how everyone around her said that she's never been more herself now

Annika 📍Melb, AU

And when you do express an opinion about another artist you get hated on 🥲 You can’t win no matter what you do so might as well be your full selves!

Annika 📍Melb, AU

You’re the only reactors I never get tired of 🥲 I will be here until the end of time! 🥰 Love you chickens!

Lynny Smith

Also wow thank you for the fathoming of Eldest Daughter!! I love this song however definitely didn’t fully understand the premise behind it so this was super insightful 🤯

Kb8248

Emily! You nailed the comment of Taylor feeling more like herself. That’s EXACTLY what she said in a recent radio interview. She said people in her life told her she’s never been more herself since she’s been with Travis. Hopefully you guys reacts to her media interviews.

Amanda P

My top 3 are actually romantic, wood & fate of Ophelia!

Lisa S

Not sure if anyone brought this up previously but I like how in Father Figure in the first part where she is singing from someone else's perspective she sings "I pay the check before it hits the Mahogany grain" like, handing over their credit card in an I'm an important person way and then when she is singing from her perspective she says "Mistake my kindness for weakness and find your card cancelled". I like how the later lyric ties back to the previous line.

Katie

Top 3: 1. Ruin the Friendship 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Wi$h Li$t

fatin

I think cancelled about different people especially Sabrina

Michelle

Current top three: Elizabeth Taylor, The Fate of Ophelia, Cancelled! I really appreciate your fathoming on Eldest Daughter, it’s helped me understand and appreciate the song even more 🧡

Farkas Petra

Girls ,I just wanted so say how much i appreciate you.You always make it even more special with your reactions, your enthusiasm and your vulnerability and honesty ❤️

Oscar

Top 3 for me! Ruin the friendship, wish list, opalite!

Wendy Davis

Re her voice. I agree that she's more herself and comfortable happy and tension-free.....but also she was in top vocal form during the eras tour after training on the treadmill and tour, which allowed her vocals to soar and explore in new ways during this time. Like a vocal athlete now.

Jen Mays

Pausing the video to say that the word that came to mind when Emily was struggling to find a way to articulate the new voice of Taylor is "sultry". Taylor's certainly done sexy before, on reputation and on Midnights especially, but this new sound is sexy in a more intimate, sultry way (IMO).

Wendy Davis

Opalite sounds to me like something from Grease. Is Taylor into Grease??

Bianca Doyle

My top 3: Wish list Ruin the friendship Elizabeth Taylor But the whole album is so superior ❤️‍🔥

leslie griffin

Having just listen to Bonny and Emily’s new post I feel like I need to protect them. I am a grandmother and as such protecting young people from being exposed and vulnerable is important to me. What happens to chickens when they get a certain size? People want to roast them. Our girlies are so big now outside of our safe community that people want to tear them down. It’s the height of insecurity and ignorance that makes people hate on them. So my thought is we must protect them and keep them safe in this glorious environment of Chats and Reacts. They are beautiful human beings and deserve only respect and dignity.

Rebecca

Top 3: - Elizabeth Taylor - The Fate of Ophelia - Wood

Erin S

I always felt like that sentiment in Sweet Nothing was a double-edged sword though. When you are someone like Taylor and you feel like everyone in the world wants something from you, it can be refreshing to be with someone who doesn’t make any demands of you. But then at the same time, is someone really your partner if they don’t want anything from you? They should want something from you and you from them if you are truly partners. So for him (Joe) to want nothing from her, that can start to feel like you are just roommates and not two people who truly need each other. That kind of apathy towards your partner or need imbalance in a relationship is what leads many to breakup/divorce. And Taylor is such a giver… when you do things for your partner out of love and their reaction is ambivalence, lack of appreciation, or even outright rejection because they maybe didn’t need or even want you to do something for them or to give something to them, that’s devastating. They miss the meaning behind the gift or act of service as being an expression of love and that their inability to accept the gift or service is then a rejection of your love as well. And specifically to Joe, if he felt like he couldn’t compete with her ability to be generous (either financially or emotionally), then he did probably start to resent or even reject if she would do something for him because he probably felt like there was nothing he could do for or give to her that she couldn’t already get herself or wasn’t already done for her by someone else… not realizing that it’s the act of giving or service that matters more than whether or not you actually need someone to do for you or give something to you.

Chevonne

I NEED TO SAY THINGS ABOUT ELDEST DAUGHTER. for the first two days it was in my bottom two songs and i didnt fathom. last night as i was listening to it, it HIT me and I started bawling. I agree with the pieces you ladies shared (tysssm), and more - i think its also just touching on the walls we put up in terms of friendship, and how much we're scared to be hurt again by people so we just act cool. as well, we sometimes internalize those beliefs that we are savage or cold, and its a relief one day to find out that we are actually really soft! I can't even put it all into words but hope that explains some of what I'm trying to say 🥲❤️‍🔥

Emma

I think given the timing (and British spelling) CANCELLED! Couldn’t be directly about Blake because her ‘scandal’ didn’t happen until the end of 2024. I feel this song drew inspiration from Sophie Turners very public divorce and how people tried to cancel her

Annika 📍Melb, AU

I’m crying listening to you talk about Eldest Daughter (it took me a while to fathom this one and you have contributed (along with Patreon chat besties) to my fathoming!) I also think that the use of language that Gen Z is complaining is cringe and not timeless is intentional as a commentary on the “unbothered/too cool” current culture. Still working out how that fits into the overall message.

Annika 📍Melb, AU

I’m the eldest. I live in a different state to my parents over a body of water (I cannot drive to them). My younger brother lives close to them. Guess who is their emergency contact? 🤣😭

Breezy Bumbles

Sorry to keep commenting. I have so much to say. ELDEST DAUGHTER is unbelievably beautiful. I am an eldest daughter and I married a youngest child and I never thought about that a day in my life until now. Once again, Taylor is explaining my emotions to me that I didn’t know I even had and also telling me WHY I feel them. She is ACTUALLY a therapist. Not even exaggerating.

Cassy

i also think as an eldest daughter you would probably feel like sometimes you can’t fit in with your younger siblings bc you’re too busy trying to take care of them and everyone else to join in on the childhood they are experiencing. and that ties into her use of the “cringey gen z slang” it’s cringey because she’s the eldest daughter she doesn’t fit in!!

Agustina

Ruin the friendship Wood Canceled! (It’s so Rep coded <3) I honestly love this album. Right now it’s my top 1, or at least top 3 with Reputation and Folklore. When it ended and I was recolecting my thoughts I ended up thinking that it felt like a huge exhalation, like breathing out. It’s happy, it’s silly, it’s a non serious vibe and I love it, I need this kind of energy. She already proved that she can write complex, prose focused songs, I don’t understand why people keeps expecting that from her. Creativity is a living thing, and will change and transform constantly. She can explore it all and I’m in awe of the courage that it takes to keep putting her art out there, and to be this free.

Laura Vogel

So glad you both are loving Honey! It’s one of my faves ❤️

Leah Schindler

Speaking of old and new mixing. I think she’s on brand for the 90s theme. For anyone who remembers the Leonardo DiCaprio version of Romeo and Juliet. They spoke in Shakespearean style but it was set in modern times. Love that she brought that theme into the fate of Ophelia ;

Sarah✨️

My top 3: Opalite Fate of Ophelia Eldest Daughter Talking about ED, yes I do think some of it is for travis, but I really think the majority is for Austin. His life couldn't have been easy and she acknowledges that she will always be there, even after getting married.

Amy Versprille

It is a Joyous album and I am vibing and I am loving it. I just saw the movie and it was so awesome! She is honestly TOO gorgeous!!! The servitude was insane and she is too cute! Love her so much!

Alina Jade

Soooo happy that you guys love Honey as much as me :D my top 3 are: Elizabeth Taylor, Honey, Father Figure

Elizabeth Valenzuela Urbina

Top 3 for now - The fate of Ophelia Ophelia -Eldest Daughter -Opolite So difficult because a love this album

Danielle

the way I suddenly UGLY SOBBED 2/3rds through Ruin the Friendship... I SO felt your reaction, Bonny. And I am ALLLLMOOOSTTT kind of bummed that TFOO is the lead single b/c it is by FARRRR my favorite on the album AND MAYBE MY FAVORITE TS EVER?!?! OMG!!!! and I am so scared of getting 'tired' of it. It's the first song that has gotten me off my butt and dancing in... far too long.

Tnormy

Fun glitter gel pen album and I’m so glad to be here with y’all. We love fun and happiness

Breezy Bumbles

Me again. The fact that Eldest Daughter comes immediately after Father Figure is crazy. Father Figure is her being a “bad bitch” and embracing being hardened by the world. Then in Eldest Daughter, she’s admitting that she’s NOT actually like that deep down inside her. She’s delicate and soft and cares so much about what people think and say and it hurts her when people treat her unkindly. That’s just who she is.

Lynny Smith

So sorry to hear about your previous boyfriend Bonny - that is heartbreaking and your reaction and feelings are so valid 💔

kaelynnnmae

wood is hands down my absolute favorite song, it’s so ridiculously addicting and I can’t help but bop along to it. I do realllllllllllllly wish she’d just said hypnotized though. 😬 it’s my only gripe. maybe it’s a US thing too, because I am the same age as you guys but I immediately knew that’s what she was saying. I just think the rest of the song is so tongue and cheek, and that line specifically is a little too direct for me (even though she doesn’t actually say it. I know, it doesn’t make sense but it is how I feel). I think hypnotized would have gone better with the cheekiness (for me personally). I like bonny’s take though, I’m just afraid I’ll never be able to rewire my brain to think that. 😂 but I’m going to do my best. regardless I will be dancing to this song for the rest of forever, it’s literally so good. the melodies? insane. “all that bitchin’ wishin’ on a fallin’ star, never did me any good- I ain’t got to knock on wood. IT’S YOU AND ME FORVER DANCIN’ IN THE DARK, all over me it’s understood- I ain’t got to knock on wood” I will never get over this melody, like never ever.

Jennifer

My Ruin the Friendship situationship from HS just passed away 2 weeks ago so the emotions are too fresh to re-listen for another hot minute. 😭 On first listen I loved Cancelled, Actually Romantic, TFOO, and Opalite. (Although several of these have been tainted by public opinion now. 😩) I have yet to fathom Father Figure and Eldest Daughter. 🤷🏼‍♀️

sarah🩵

my top 3 are father figure wood the fate of ophelia

Rhonda

I looove this album!!! It is a bop for the most part and slows down when it needs to!!! My granddaughter is seven and she already knows lyrics to The Fate of Ophelia.

dachiefs1969

Great video reaction. The album is sooooooo good. I'm a rock guy, love 80s pop, and this album is a banger.

Chandra

Top 3 for me are Opalite, Father Figure, and Honey!! 🤩

Alana1989xox

Thank you!! LOVED your fathomings on Eldest Daughter in particular

dachiefs1969

The haters are exhausting. They want Taylor to stay miserable. They need to walk in the sunshine that Taylor has given us.

Hannah H

Safe space indeed

Laura R

I have so much to say: 1) Ruin the Friendship has ended me because it's my favorite sonically on the album, but I cannot listen to it without WEEPING. 2) Obviously, the Blake stuff is top of mind for Cancelled, but I also love that Sabrina is on the album that this song is on because of the line about taking somebody's man and how Sabrina got so much hate for dating what's-his-face. 3) As a girlie who deeply relates to The Prophecy, I was worried that this album being happy-in-love would make me more bitter about not finding love yet, but Eldest Daughter has really made me feel seen and hopeful. I always thought of Taylor as such a hopeless romantic that I never thought she would have seen the "best friends in love" idea as stupid and unattainable... But her acknowledging that she felt that way even having been in loving relationships in her past and that she was able to let that hardness melt away when she met Travis is really lovely and meaningful.

Stephanie Quigley

The amount of hate online is crazzzyyyy! So glad I joined today 🥰

Laura R

I have a top 2 at this moment: Fate of Ophelia Eldest Daughter Other ones I'm most drawn to listen to right now are Father Figure (come on with that key change), Opalite, & Honey. Also love Ruin the Friendship but have to listen in moderation because it's devastating.

TiffK83

I hope they realize that all the poems actually make one poem! It’s so beautiful all together 😭😭

Lara

top 3 atm: 1. father figure 2. opalite 3: the fate of ophelia

Laura R

Did not fathom this until your comment, but I would love it if this were even partially inspired by Sophie.

Madison

My Top 3: 1. Father Figure 2. Ruin the Friendship 3. Opalite I’ve become obsessed with Father Figure, I can’t stop singing it to myself, even when I’m trying to go to sleep. Something about her in her power makes me so giddy.

Debbie B

She said in one of her interviews on Friday, her friends have told her she is more herself than she's ever been. I can't remember which interview it was...

Breezy Bumbles

CANCELLED is giving The Albatross. She sweeps in at the rescue.

Heather Gunn

My top 3 are Opalite, The Fate of Ophelia, and Ruin the Friendship. Father Figure has been the biggest grower (pun slightly intended) for me. Wi$h Li$t was my least favorite on first listen and I fear it will always remain in that spot. Glitch is the one skip for me on Midnights so I don't think it's too surprising that I'm not fucking with Wi$h Li$t. And the fact that the message of the song isn't very interesting, I'll be shocked if I have a fathoming for that song. But I always disliked Stay Stay Stay and Starlight and then Taylor's Versions came out and now they're not skips anymore. So who knows! Maybe I will eventually like that song.

Laura R

Bonny, I'm so sorry for your loss. Sending you so much love. Also, we love that you two are excited about the album. Keep your joy. 🧡 As Elyse Myers says, "If you think I'm too much, go find less."

Shaleigh Karnik

So happy to have you both as a safe space to be a swiftie and enjoy the music and really deep dive! Your joy is infectious and really makes it so much nicer with all of the frightful comments from so many people! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the music video also ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Courtney

I’d have to say my top 3 are opalite, the fate of Ophelia, and honey! I also love Elizabeth Taylor and the title track!

camryn

i was so concerned watching how bonny reacted to ruin the friendship and i just wanted to say thank you for trusting us with such a vulnerable moment. im so terribly sorry for your loss <3

Laura R

Trying hard to block out the noise about certain songs and focus on how they make me feel absent of the chatter. So you're not alone. Gotta try not to let other people take away your joy.

Lisa S

My top 3 right now (subject to change, lol) are The Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, and Father Figure but there are others I like just as much. Opalite and Honey are right there with them.

Courtney

You girls are amazing and we love you!! I honestly feel like I learn something new every time I watch a video of yours

Christine

Hot take on Cancelled, I think Taylor is clearly telling us she’s still friends with/Blake. This is great as I was so upset for her that a friend may have hurt her. There were reports that Justin Baldoni wanted private messages btw Taylor/Blake. There’s no way that Taylor would want private messages shared which would certainly leak to press and who knows what’s in there. I think Taylor/Blake decided to ‘take a break’ to make it seem like they weren’t that close to get Justin to back off. Maybe even asking Travis to unfriend Ryan to solidify this message of a break. Obviously ALL speculation, but this song shows she’s supporting Blake IMHO.

Jamie

the amount of hate is crazy, but also, at the same time... people are allowed to not like it. and if you do not, then people will immediately say you want her to be sad, or you are a hater etc etc. not everything is that dramatic. I wish people could just say "hey this wasn't for me, but I'll get her next time". ... leave it at that. and I for those who love it, - understand that not ALL feel the same way, and if they don't they are not a hater. I personally like it as a FUN album, but I don't see it being an album I will cherish the way I do other albums.

Chevonne

love that!! 🥲

Bailey

Top 3! Elizabeth Taylor The fate of Ophelia Ruin the friendship

Tess7

Firstly, loved seeing you on TV again! Thank you Josh for making that available for us 🫶 Secondly, I love that Taylor and you two chickens, are in your zero fucks given era lol I agree that the haters can exit, stage left. You are so right that This is what we came for lol I love this album and I do not care if others think it’s cringe. Taylor gave a whole speech about embracing the cringe, and being uncool. Anyway- my top 3 is Elizabeth Taylor, Father Figure and The Life Of A Showgirl/ Cancelled lol I can’t pick just 3 ugh Eldest Daughter is up there too, ok forget it, I can not rank these songs 😄 Love you both and thank you for being you and for all the content you are putting out for us ❤️‍🔥

Brooke Noelle

It's the way the haters said TTPD was too long, too sad, too deep, and lacking bops cuz of Jack, then when she puts out essentially the opposite, they say it's not enough content, too happy, not deep enough, and... somehow still lacking bops with no Jack in sight?? 😒 Girl, bye. Just say you're impossible to please and save us all the eye roll. So many people think it's uncool to like happy things and especially uncool to like her. I'm personally LOVING this album! I'll happily be uncool ☺️ In no order: Opalite, Ruin the Friendship, Wi$h Li$t, Wood I cheated; I could't do 3 gah!

Stasi Apple

Current top 3 are Opalite, Cancelled & Fate of Ophelia. Cancelled just gives me dark, underground, vampire/gothic dance club and I am here for it. I have also been ill over cried my eyes violet. It’s so obvious but also not. That chorus has been stuck in my head all day.

Amy Versprille

Ok - so her introduction to cancelled is telling me that Blake came to her with the scandal and Taylor said so need to distance myself or it will get even bigger so trust me I got you but it is best that we take me out of it and we reconnect when it is over. Then Blake liked the post of the album. I think once Blakes’s suit is over they will be seen dining together

Shay2theT

I’ve seen the Gavin Newsom post where he made Actually Romantic about Trump but I really feel like Taylor had Trump in mind while writing some of these lyrics too. For a President to be that bothered by a young musician is wild.

Miriam

I think cancelled could also be about Brittany Mahomes.. like I think people were surprised Taylor surrounded herself with her but maybe she more easily gave Brittany a chance instead of taking what everyone says about her

Serene

Top 3: 😁 -Eldest Daughter (I love your fathoming of this song and so agree!) -The fate of Ophelia -Opalite

Brooke Noelle

Everything has to be so extra all the time, especially online. I too wish people could just be like, "This one's not my vibe," and have that be it. We can all like and dislike different things! Instead, everyone has to think it's the greatest thing to have ever been recorded in the history of music OR be an actual hater and nothing in between. People also form opinions so immediately about everything. It's predictable and exhausting. I'm loving it myself and I'm happy to hear you're having fun! That's plenty :)

Prue

I said this on youtube but I think people find it easy to find depth in sadness because you drown in it, but not on happiness because it keeps you floating. But no emotion is more deep than another, and there is something beautiful about really connecting with your joy or even her anger in this album comes from a place of feeling empowered and not like a wounded animal yeah my dick is bigger, yeah idgaf about what others say about my friends. Her sadness also comes through as a calm moment of wisdom in ruin the friendship very "go do it, have no regrets". She's cheeky and fun and happy and we should all try to look inwards and seek whatever makes us feel that way.

Jamie

exactly!! I don't understand why people always give such GUT reactions instead of just chilling out. thanks for you sweet reply! 💜

Skye

My hot take on Cancelled. I don’t think that it’s necessarily on one friend in particular, more generic. There are lines that remind me of Sophie Turner and the hot girl pap walk and lines about Sabrina. But given the timing of when she probably wrote it, I feel it was also very influenced by Blake. When you think about the timings of when she has said she wrote the album during the European Leg it was between May to August 2024 which was around the time Blake was doing the Ends With Us press tour and getting so much negative backlash for it. There’s the line “"Tone-deaf and hot, let's fucking off her" That immediately made me think of the “wear your florals” comment Blake made. The lawsuit where she was pulled into everything happened around Jan 2025. In her behind the scenes song intros - that were filmed much more recently given she’s wearing her engagement ring - she specifically says I’m not going to not be friends with someone just because public opinion changes on them, I judge them by the actions they make in my personal life. I think it’s her subtle way of saying that they aren’t friends anymore but that’s more to do with what has happened personally and not because everyone else had an opinion. I can’t actually see them being friends with her given the actual information that had come out during the lawsuit and her own teams statements. I might be wrong, and it’s just a little theory.

Britney Rook

my top 3 are the fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, and cancelled! ❤️‍🔥

Kailey's Corner

I think a big part of Eldest Daughter also is that she used to feel like she needed to be cool and unbothered, so she uses a lot of "cool" words in the beginning, until the bridge when she starts being earnest and listed the things she thought were dumb when she was trying to be too cool to care. There are just so many layers to it, it's such a perfect song and track 5 😭 My top 3 have changed a lot but right now they are: The Fate of Ophelia Elizabeth Taylor Honey I think every song has been in my top 3 at least once since listening 😂

Claudia Gonzalez

top 3 for me right now! father figure honey fate of ophelia

Park Aishah

My top 3 are (not in order): Eldest Daughter, Opalite, and Wishlist. I’m the eldest so i kinda attached just by the title, even though the lyrics (before listening to your breakdown) are not that resonated with me. Although after this, it’s kinda hit me differently.

Prue

And for me usually my go to songs tend to be stable and right now it's father figure, the fate of ophelia, actually romantic I think but honestly I love this album so much already know it's gonna be on repeat often because thankfully I do connect with joy

Vanessa Lesser

top three in the first 24 hrs and maybe now still, after 3 days (i'm sorry how is that possible?) are ophelia (I LOVE history, her poetry, the video omggggg, and the melodies...) opalite b/c it is just so happy and the abba girlie in me from the 90's is reawakened to dance my heart out...and eldest daughter made me sob hard on first listen and even now...I'm a middle child but very parentified to be the peace keeper/therapist of my family. i think of my older sister and her fear of making mistakes and keeping herself together striving to be perfect has created conflict in our family intimacy. in my psychology training in school i've learned so much about sibling order. even as a parent now with my own children's birth order and personalities I try to accomodate those tendencies. the lyric about the youngest child raised in the wild coming home I immediately connected to travis and relationships in general. it hits so hard. but now you both connecting it to white horse (my first stan song) has done things to my soullllllll. plus your commenting about her breathiness or vocals in general seeming raspy...it's just so beautiful. I am so in love with this album and how it reflects on where she is at in her life.

Noemi

As much as i like this album i haven't had any will to re listen it after the first hearing, zero times and I don't know why cause all the songs are extremely catchy, i have a totally different instinct reaction with this album compared to ttpd, like i felt like i miss those songs and I was listening to 3h of records at least twice a day cause my body and brain requested it 😂 and listen i am too in an extremely happy relationship and i feel so calm and relax and happy and I am sooo happy that taylor feels like this as well but i am not drawn to this album and that's ok ... but I loooove coming here and listening to your pure joy, I am so relieved that someone doesn't believe that this is the sign for taylor to retire 🥲

sierra

1st impression top 3: ruin the friendship wishlist wood 1st few days fathomings: fate of ophelia & elizabeth taylor reallllllllyyyyy started to hit like the very next day & honey is starting to climb now on day three!

Danielle

My Top 3: The Fate of Ophelia, CANCELLED!, and Ruin the Friendship

Vanessa Lesser

honorable mentions are wood for the insane jackson five/motown melodies and the hilarity of her writing, and the life of a showgirl...seeing the eras tour footage and hearing the crowd, plus the storytelling and sabrina's vocals are just superior and hit my heartstrings. i hope she makes it a video or short film omg. the growers for me are elizabeth taylor b/c it sonically felt like she's yelling at me lol...so i'm still fathoming here but i know it's superior lyrics. and omg Father Figure? wow that has jumped as well. maybe the top 5...plus the key change?! stopppp. the only other thing i can say is how can people hate on this album that claim to have been fans since debut. i cannot with this people. thankful for this safe space as always. LOVE YOU GIRLIES!!!!!

Jessica

My top three right now, in no particular order, are The Fate of Ophelia, Cancelled and Opalite. Honourable mentions to all the other songs, I'm a little in fear of the day I fully fathom Eldest Daughter because I'm an eldest daughter too but it's not fully hitting me for some reason yet. I was there in the Vancouver crowd on the last night too, so yeah it does make TLOASG extra special for me!

Vanessa Lesser

she clearly took sophie under her wing and went out publicly during that time together. even if she is still friends with blake I haven't seen that response so their must be a reason behind it.

Karen Valentino

Top 3: Fate of Ophelia, Eldest Daughter, Life of a Showgirl

Caitlin Dellow

In regards to Taylors "new voice" that was discussed around the 10min mark of the video I noticed this too but my first thought was maturity and vocal strain (as she recorded this album while on tour). But her voice doesn't sound 'strained' but maybe just changed from the constant use while on tour + making an album.

Sam

I WAS AT THE LAST SHOW. WHERE ARE MY ROYALTIES BLONDIE LMAO.

dachiefs1969

Bonnie's reaction to Ruin the Friendship was so pure, genuine and made the wife and I cry. 🙏❤️ Bless you both...

Vanessa Lesser

i appreciate this. the timeline of when the song was written, when she was pulled into the lawsuit, and then the film explanations are very curious. people are always commenting on her friends and i'm glad she wrote a song about it.

Michelle Murray

My top 3 fave are Opalite, Father Figure and maybe Honey.

TB

She says “they stood by me before my exoneration they believed I was innocent” though

Vanessa Lesser

i appreciate this. i have definitely missed jack's production and i love the puzzle of ttpd. her lyricism had so many layers plus we really had no idea the effect of matty healy at the time. i remember feeling similarily about lover...it just wasn't for me at first aside from daylight b/c it felt too happy and silly. i wonder if her acoustic versions will resonate with you.

Sherri Mcdow

Fate of Ophelia, Opalite, Eldest Daughter

Courtney D

Thank you for checking in with us so soon!

Stephanie J.

Bonnie thank you so much for sharing your connection to Ruin the Friendship. Beautiful.

Noemi

I have listened the snippets but I don't think it's the sound, I really love simple pure pop and a catchy melody so I don't think it's about the sound... I don't know what it's about but it's okay, I don't think it's a career defining record in a bad nor in a good way, I am pretty sure it will come a time when i feel like spinning this record over and over again!

Aubs

I’m so glad you guys are loving eldest daughter it has been blowing my tiny mind. I literally cry every time I hear her sing in the bridge “and I thought that I’d never find that” 😭

Mike Roach

We love you so much! My friend and I sync’d up watching your reaction so we could experience it together. We laughed, we absolutely cried, but throughout just kept saying how much we love love love you and what you do! We’ll text each other “ready to fathom??”

anntallogy

I don't have any actually problem with this album, it's viby. I'm still wrapping my head around it. but the amount of like-sound like other songs is really disturbing... My top 3 are Opilite, Ophelia, actually romantic

SasiK

Top three after the first impression: Elizabeth Taylor Ruin the Friendship Life of a Showgirl Honey is up there too :)

Julia G

Thia album has no anxiety. She is present. She is in her power. And it was evident from track one.

Julia G

Also, it is the British spelling of cancelled. Not canceled American. I also think about Sophie Turner and how Taylor stood by her when Joe was trying to sell the narrative that she was a terrible mother.

Joey

Love this. I am not wearing a tin hat I promise 😂 but I think there is also some organized trolling going on almost like taylor swift is over party. So I guess the ”hate” might not be only real. I have been a swiftie since 2008 and most alumns grow on me, this album just had me hooked instantly.

Camila Dejesus

I really relate to what you said about Ruin The Friendship. Growing up, I had a childhood best friend, and I cared about them *so much*. When we grew up, we went our separate ways and lost contact, and years later, I realized I'd really been in love with them, realized I was bi. Like a whole thing. I was in a relationship by that point, and didn't want to interact with them romantically. I just wanted to catch up since I remember they'd been queer as well and we'd both gone to Catholic school. It was almost humorous to share how our lives had turned out. But I never got the chance. I found their obituary instead, and they'd passed away only a few months before. It turned out we'd lived in the same city for a whole year. So this song holds a lot of significance but is also p tough to listen to <3 sending you lots of love!

Kristen Batye

Those same people were probably the same ones hating on Jack's production on Midnights lol they need to pick a personality because the switch up always gives me whiplash 🫠😆

megsterg

First thoughts top 3: Opalite, Father Figure, and Cancelled!

Duke&daisyyyyy

I needed this so badly. The hate was ruining my vibe and I’m soo obsessed with the JOY AND MELODIES!!! I’m so grateful for your positivity. Thank you for this. so much. I hope More swifties take note ❤️

Momo

The shift in energy is what we needed!! I love the melodies on this album and she sounds amaaaaazing. Sabrina too! When people ask me how I like this album, I say "its happy Taylor, I love happy Taylor. Its idgaf Taylor" !! My top are Wi$h Li$t, CANCELLED, and Elizabeth Taylor LOVE YOU GUYS THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND LOVING US 🥹🥹 🐣🐣🐣

Skye

100% I don’t actually think it’s important “who” it’s about. To me, I view it so much more of an important commentary of how easily woman are “cancelled” in media and that doesn’t make them bad people or bad friends. But the additional commentary I’ve seen her make on it definitely feels very pointed of, I’ll only unsubscribe from you if you ACTUALLY are a shitty person to me directly.

Richard

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Ruin the friendship relating to the story of Forever Winter. Also who cares about those haters saying those things about the album. Haters gonna hate. People hated on TTPD for being too slow and sounds the same and now with this album it is the opposite. Tiktok and Twitter should be banned.

anna

I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!!!! The fate of ophelia is a top 10 worthy song. def my fav. Father Figure is #2 and Elizabeth Taylor is #3

Emma

I agree!!! but also Travis unfollowing Ryan is LOUD… especially after Ryan did that face swap insta story when they started dating, they were actively friends.

Allison Phillips

On first two listens my top three were Ruin the Friendship, Opalite and Ophelia And after the weekend it’s Ruin the Friendship, Ophelia, wood ❤️‍🔥

Allison Phillips

Bonnie, I also cried and have cried every listen since hearing the turn in Ruin the Friendship

anna

This album has made me step into a space of not giving a F*CK about what people think. As an anxious girly I've always worried so much about how I'm perceived and I've never felt that I fit in. To see Taylor write from a place of such confidence and blocking out of the white noise that is internet hate is such a nice feeling. It makes me sad that people are being so mean online but it seems that Taylor has built a system to where it no longer affects her. This album just feels like a safe space right now.

Kristen Batye

Bonny I am so with you on Ruin the Friendship. It's a hard listen but I have had about 13 years to process the loss of a huge crush who I was friends with and was always afraid to take things further but regretted that I didn't when he passed away (I was 17 now I'm 30) since theres been a lot of time to process that loss and regret, I can listen to it and reminisce on it even if the message hit a little too close to home at first. Also Eldest Daughter may be one of the first songs of hers in a while that I cried during the first listen because as an eldest daughter I heavily related to it and also the bridge was just so beautiful and I could relate to my childhood wishes and thoughts about love being restored once I found my husband. Love you ladies and love hearing your thoughts!!

Laura Chadid

Top 3: Ruin the friendship Father figure The life of a showgirl

Ben

I’m OBSESSED. my favs at first were Wood, tloasg, and father figure. I’ve really gotten more into the vibes of the songs now though and id say my top 3 are opalite, wi$hli$t, and actually romantic!!

Maggie 🍒

Thank you both chickens for being so willing to share and vulnerable. I am so grateful, what an insightful video that is so comforting to watch 💗

Richard

Will you be reacting to the interviews last week and Fallon and Seth Meyers?

Melanie Whybrow

I'm so sorry that happened to you Bonnie. Thinking of you both always ❤️ My top 3 so far: Honey Wi$h Li$t Opalite

Heidi Muller

Oh thank goodness!! This album brought me so much joy...then I went on social media 🤨. Her best opening song ever!!!

Becca Smith

Oh Bonny, I have a similar experience in relating to Ruin the Friendship. I knew it as soon as I saw the look in your eyes in the reaction 🥺 Love your gals’ insight! Can’t wait for all the future fathomings!!!!

Aloha Record Sargent

Regarding your Honey fathomings: YES -- she is definitely referencing past relationships as well in that song! Remember these lyrics (which refer to Matty and then maybe Joe?): "When anyone called me late night, He was screwing around with my mind. Asking, "What are you wearing?", too high, to remember in the morning....And when anyone called me "lovely," they were finding ways not to praise me."

Catalina Borreani

thank you for this! i love being able to see how the album presents to you day by day! opalite is just elite pop🥹 i’d been dying for a song with that sound, more disco! 🪩 so that’s my fave right now. second fave is ruin the friendship, bass is making me sick. acoustic guitar goes crazy, melodies to die for!!! third fave right now is father figure, the flip at the end is sending me to heaven!! so empowering!!! hell yeah your dick’s bigger babe! can’t wait to see your reaction to the poems🧡

aubrey

the fate of Ophelia grabbed me right away, it penetrated the soul. Heard love story on the radio btw LEAVING THE THEATER ON FRIDAY 😭😭😭. I couldn’t believe. Anyway I feel like fate of Ophelia took me back to the time when there were first “whispers” about them and I remember feeling at the time, like thank god. Someone is capturing her from Matty et al. And to have her confirm it in a song 🙈🙈🙉🤌

Deb

AGREED!! The amount of trolling (enhanced with bots) can make a few thousand people seem like million, but that noise is not matching up with the number of streams and record sales being recorded (which is massive).

Deb

Agreed, dmarie. George Michael is the only one who got a writing credit, but if you look over the credits for each song, everyone from the Jackson 5 to Taylor herself have interpolations into songs.

Daniel K

I use both if you as my Taylor Swift Sherpas. I’ve not listened to the album yet, because I love listening to songs the first time “with” you guys. So, I’m going to save this video for later.

Eloise

my top 3: ruin the friendship life of a showgirl wish list

Line Troelsen

Thank you thank you thank you, we really need to talk about this!!! I don’t understand why people always “hate” her albums when they come out! It’s every time — no matter what she does, it’s the same every time. All the other artists don’t get anywhere near the same focus and reactions to their music. Seriously, chill and give the music a chance — you can’t really have an opinion if you’ve only listened to the album once!! Sorry to hear that you’re getting hate for loving the album. What is even wrong with people? Seriously, if you don’t like Taylor Swift, why are you even watching people react to her music?? Actually Romantic just makes sooo much sense!! I’m soooo happy you guys love it, and I can’t wait to learn so much about the album through you!! Love love love it, you’re the best!! <3 <3

Gina Bina

Bonny - I feel for you on Ruin the Friendship, I reacted the same way. It's REALLY been too hard for me to listen to. I even cried in the theater. My high school boyfriend died fairly recently. We had once been friends on Facebook, etc and at one point he had cancelled/changed his profile or removed me. Later he had reached out to friend me again and I kinda smirked/avoided responded. Within 1 month he died and I found out later he reached out as he found out he had cancer... and now I am left regretting not accepting his request. His wife told me he was definitely intentionally reaching out, but I don't know what he wanted to say to me... and will never know..

Rose Ellen

I love how at the end of The Life of a Showgirl she says 'We will see you next time' - like she's so obviously not done with making music!

Rose Ellen

My top 3 after first listen were probably Opalite, Ruin The Friendship (even though it broke me) and Wi$h Li$t but now it changes every time I listen to the album!! 😂 Wood is superior, Honey is great, Elizabeth Taylor gets stuck in my head so much too! And The Fate of Ophelia exists too?? HELP!

bri

Ahhhh what a fun era we're in!! I loved your girls' reaction on YouTube, and this video was so fun as well! You two are the best. My current top 3... 1. Ruin the Friendship 2. Honey 3. Wood I simply cannot relate to anyone who doesn't like/doesn't get this album!

Jordan

Top 3!!! 1. Father Figure 2. Wood 3. Eldest Daughter

Eleri Wood-Bevan

I really like this album precisely because I KNOW that on first listen I never like anything 😆 I disliked Red, rep and 1989 on first listen ffs. First listen me cannot be trusted! I feel she does so much with melodies and it rewards repeated listen because once you learn a song and know a song they’re so undeniably good. And any super catchy song (from any artist) that I love straight away I also get bored of really quickly. Part of the fun is letting an album grow on you.

Rhiannon W.

This is probably a reach but do you beauties think Cancelled could be a small nod to Ariana? I haven't seen them publicly friends but maybe there are things behind the scenes we are unaware of. I say this because of the Wicked and Popular lyric. She also says something about "taking someone's man"...maybe she's talking about multiple different friendships.

Fredy Ross

My top three are wood, wish list, the fate of Ophelia. All the songs are bangers. It’s a no skip album for me.

Lindsey Rinehart

Current Top 3: 1. Opalite 2. CANCELLED! 3. Father Figure 4. Elizabeth Taylor Ha! I could not do just three. I’m loving the album and not understanding the hate at all. I also think it’s ok to be a fan but not feel like every album is for you. There are TWELVE albums plus vaults. There is something for everyone. ❤️‍🔥

Emma Twiss

top 3 are def opalite, ruin the friendship and wish list !

Jonna Kristina

I think my top three is: elizabeth taylor father figure actually romantic but there’s sooo many good songs❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 thank you for all the content🫶🏻

H29

My current top three are Elizabeth Taylor, ruin the friendship & either father figure or the fate of Ophelia, so hard to rank tho such a good album 🧡🧡

Fi🌸

Thank you soooo much for fathoming eldest daughter!! No one seems to get it!! Makes me weap 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Fi🌸

My top three is same as you Bonnie!!

Janine Lu-Karli

My top 6 - sorry cannot only tell 3 😄 Cancelled! The Fate of Ophelia Opalite Elizabeth Taylor Father Figure Wood

Annika 📍Melb, AU

Bonny, thank you so much for feeling safe enough to be vulnerable and share with us 🥺❤️‍🩹 Sending so much love!

Farah Canicosa

i cant even rank it, my top 3 changes every day. hahaha atm it is 1. cancelled 2. elizabeth taylor 3. father figure

Carlie Leistikow

1. Cancelled 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. the fate of Ophelia

Luisa Stadlmann

Thanks guys, it's so fun to sit with you guys 🥰 My top three would be Eldest Daughter, Ruin the Friendship and The Fate of Ophelia. Wood reminds me so much of a Destiny's Child song- it's so good!

Isabella

love this video chickens and thank you so much Bonny for sharing, we love you girls!! My current top three are: 1. Father Figure 2. Wood and 3. Honey

mieke

1. wi$h li$t, 2. the fate of ophelia, 3. eldest daughter ✨ honorary mention to honey though, so funnn!! ❤️‍🔥

Mary Quinn

Girls, thank you for this positivity through all of the gross on the internet. ❤️‍🔥✨

Jana

She said in one interview that opalite is Travis's birth stone too! I really like the shift from the emphasis on luck, and fate, and all of that. It makes sense that Travis being so clear and taking action has influenced this, but I think also that her past relationship with Ratty lends to this. Because it seemed like she had a little bit of belief there in this romantic idea of fate with him, that they were destined to return to each other again and it was just not their timing the first time. Like she romanticized the idea of them getting back together as fated. And so it makes more sense that she'd now completely reject the idea, and have more emphasis on decisions and our actions.

Emmi

I waited to hear the album until the cinema and I heard so much shit from people beforehand about how bad it was and i'm like??? What the actual fuck are you talking about this is the best thing i've ever heard?? Literally a no-skip album. Listened to it about 10 times yesterday and would say top three are Honey, Father figure & Fate of Ophelia!!

Kiki

I just wanted to say briefly: nobody get too down about the negativity. It's getting spread because of the state of the internet using smear campaigns and bots currently to amplify hate and engagement. Like, the reaction video on youtube has sooooo many bots in the comments, and it's the same on the Twit too. And people fall for these bots constantly. They were doing this during TTPD's release too. So nobody let it get you down, it's not real life. People will come around (but the north will remember).

LesleyBo

My issue with wishlist is she has the means to buy all the other stuff, so of course they're not on her wishlist. So singing about other people's wishlist being items to buy and that's not hers is a bit tone deaf. Of course not, your a billionaire.

Gabby V

omg yall's talk about ruin the friendship may have convinced me to ask out this guy I have a crush on👀

Gracie Scullion

Top 3 Father figure Eldest daughter Opalite

Neumann

i think we can officially classify taylor as a recovering people pleaser. and i love that for her lol. anyone who wants her to go back to bending to the public's whims is gonna get some SERIOUS side eye

Emilia

So interesting to read everyone's current top 3! Mine is: 1. Father Figure 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Actually Romantic Honorary mention: Opalite, which keeps climbing higher with every listen!

Corina

Yeah, how she even included "contract with Real Madrid" paints a picutre of the kind of people she knows, but also, of course that isn't HER wish. She's not a professional football player.

Caroline Turner

Thank you guys for making this video - love you and thank you for always being so real and vulnerable! Swiftie world would be grey and our faces without colour without you both x

Tessa

This just put into words EXACTLY how the album makes me feel - TTPD came out when I was in a very anxious part of my life and I feel like in the last few months I have started coming out of that and this is the perfect album to greet me in that space

Roxanne

As someone who was bullied in elementary school and high school, the song “Actually Romantic” heals me 🧡

LesleyBo

Agree, as if she doesn't set out to break new records and reach new highs in her own career.

Reese

My top 3 from the first weekend of listening is; Wish list Wood Elizabeth Taylor

E ✨🩷

I've seen this take a few times and I don't agree. A lot of the second verse are things people want that aren't material - living off the grid, having dogs, going surfing. The message of the song is that she's reached successful heights, she's ticked off so many accolades and now all she wants is to live a quiet life. Not 'haha I can buy all these things and you can't because you're poor!!!' - I think that's one of the deliberate misinterpretations going around about various songs on the album.

E ✨🩷

My top three: Elizabeth Taylor The Fate of Ophelia CANCELLED! or Ruin The Friendship

Neumann

in actually romantic, taylor literally references specific instances that weren't in SIAK but apparently that's beyond these people lol. also, if matty and charlie literally high fived over ghosting her, after EVERYTHING he did to her? actual POS dumpter fire person

CareBareTwinkell

My top 3 are The Fate of Ophelia, Wi$h Li$t, and TLOAS. I can't get enough of the harmonies and beats in these three. Taylor and Sabrina sound heavenly together.

Jana

I think Cancelled is her sort of saying that she doesn't automatically cut off friends based on the public perception of someone, but instead bases it on how someone treats her and what sort of person they are. I think she's telling us that while her and Blake aren't on good terms, it's not because of Blake being cancelled, but because of personal issues between them. I don't think they're currently talking because never forget Travis unfollowing Ryan, and Tree sharing with her usual media connection (People magazine) that they're not talking.

Anna

Ruin the Friendship The fate of ophelia Opalite

LesleyBo

All of those things are also available to her. She has access to everything she wants. Being off grid, having dogs etc. a billionaire comparing her wish list to others, as if her only wanting him means something. She doesn't want for anything else.

Corina

I need this. I don't have any fellow Swifties in my real life, just online. My favorite is Father Figure. I really like the mafia vibes I get from that. Also, I'm not too worried about the negative press and comments. I remember people hating on ME! (and Lover in general), but then when she pivoted to the folklore/evermore era, those people demanded a more mainstream album. Along the lines of: "She used to do propper pop!" So, we'll see how this one will ages. In the meantime I'll continue to enjoy dancing to it.

Meg Manning

My Top 3: Cancelled Wood The Fate of Ophelia But I know this will change because Actually Romantic is so close and same with WISH and Opalite.....uhhh what am I even saying I love the whole thing ❤️‍🔥

Lynn D'eer

Just fathoming that the Pinocchio was an easter eg for “that was a lie” 🤯

Jaana

Omg, you’re probably right!!

Marcelin

The fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor and Cancelled! Are my fave so far. It’s interesting to me that Cancelled is spelled with two L like the British pronunciation. She was writting this during Eras Tour and she got really close to Sohpie Turner so I feel like this is not exacly about Blake only

Harpa

1.Ruin the friendship, 2.Opalite, 3.Wish list

Tadeja

So happy to have this community it’s trenches out there 😭😭😭💔

Jaana

Thank you for being authentically yourselves ♥️ I’m so sorry Bonny about what happened to you. have to say, I had quite strong expectations about what this album would be like and because of that it took me a couple of listens to get excited for a few of the songs. I recognize that’s all on me and from the very first listen it’s been a no skip album. My current top 3 tracks are Cancelled!, Father Figure and The Fate of Ophelia but it fluctuates all the time.

Courtney

Top 3 are currently Opalite Father Figure Elizabeth Taylor I thought Ruin The Friendship & Eldest Daughter were going to be skips for me but I find RTF getting stuck in my head and the bridge in Eldest Daughter makes me cry - so it’s a non-skip album for me. Honestly this could go to number 2, behind 1989 for me.

Diface

Same!

Dora King

I think my top three atm are Elizabeth Taylor, ruin the friendship and actually romantic!

Courtney

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 love. I think it’s such a relatable song for so many of us.

Courtney

Pls report back

Marshall

Taylor really said „y’all horny bitches love Guilty as Sin? so much, here lemme give you entire album”

Diface

My top 3 as well :) Father Figure, Ruin the friendship and life of a showgirl right behind them.

Marshall

YES VOCALS POST TOUR ARE IMMACULATE

Lynn D'eer

Thank you for your conversation on Eldest Daughter ❤️. I fully agree with everything you have said. I know a lot of fathoming is still going to happen. I think this song helps to heal my inner child.

Marie

Talking about her sounding different on this album. She did say in the Graham Norton interview when he asked about her previous comments of writing songs in her wheelhouse, that she thinks the wheelhouse has gotten bigger since the eras tour and its expanded what she finds herself capable of. So I think thats why the vocals are more versatile.

Molly McCann

It is so nice seeing some love for Honey!! I LOVED it on first listen and it's in my top 3 but nobody seems to be talking about it at all!

Alexina Derkaz

I feel like in Eldest Daughter when she says I'm never gonna leave you out, it links to the line where she says Every youngest child felt like they were raised up in the wild. Like it was the eldest who was held to more accountability and the youngest who was kind of like... Left to their devices. She's going to hold a place for him to where he doesn't feel left out there being uncared about.

AshleyPatterson

1. Wish list 2. Life of a show girl 3. Eldest daughter So far... I love them all but these are the tracks that I fell in love with upon first listen 🫶

Ekaterina

GIRL!!! I want to say big thank you for all your hard work. You've made so much content even before the album release. You make the best TS content. And I mean it🫶 You truly keep it 💯 🤭 I agree with you about the album. I was in absolut shock when listened the first two tracks 🤯 My favorites are The Fate of Ophelia, Father Figure and CANCELLED! ... so far😏 Can't wait for your new content but please remember to take care of yourself 🥰

Sofia

My first favourites were Ophelia, Showgirl and Wood. But now Ruin the friendship has definitely climbed up to the top!!

Ekaterina

I feel you girl! Also don't have offline swiftie friends but Emily and Bonny make it easier. Father Figure is ❤️‍🔥 I think it is my second favorite

Jazzy92

People don’t like happiness and excitement in others. As Taylor says - the worst type of person are those who try to make you feel bad, dumb or stupid for being excited about something. All we can do is keep being our authentic happy selves 🙌

MartheB

Elizabeth Taylor Fate of Ophelia Split 3. place for the rest, cant choose

Jazzy92

I thought this too but then I saw something about her wearing a bracelet in the video on Spotify that Blake wore and there is apparently only one made so it has to be the same one - could be fake news but interesting 🤔

sillychicken

My current top 3: Honey Wish list Father figure (But also the fate of Ophelia) Honestly changing constantly tho 😆

Janine Streng

1. Fate of Ophelia 2. Cancelled! 3. Actually Romantic

Emilia

1. The Fate of Ophelia 2. CANCELLED! 3. Wood What you said about how you will never hate on Taylor and that people can’t expect that form you is EXACTLY why I love your content!! I feel so at home with the happiness here because I will never dislike anything Taylor does even if I may like some songs more than others. I can’t relate to everyone who says they’re disappointed. Can’t wait to see more content from you about this album!

Kaylee

I (think?) my top 3 are Eldest Daughter, Elizabeth Taylor, and Actually Romantic or The Life of a Showgirl

Duke&daisyyyyy

Also I know you guys don’t really go on twitter but there’s so many viral tweets about how watching your videos were such a breath of fresh air amidst the hate. & as someone who LOVES this album, I felt so happy to share my joy about this album with you guys & i know so many others felt the same. We love u!!!!

charlychops

Girls you bring so much joy! I love this kinda video, just giving us your initial thoughts. I love the reacts but im primarily here for the chats like this 🧡💚❤️‍🔥

Tam

1. ruin the friendship, it just gets me every time, 2. Opalite, 3. tloas

Saeed Alti

Opalite / Father Figure / Honey, I'm OBSESSED

Alexina Derkaz

With actually romantic, I do have complicated feelings about it. I don't listen to Charlie, but I checked out her song that is referenced and it came from such a place of deep insecurity and difficult feelings for her that made her hate herself. And it feels like fair enough for Charlie to say those things/ I'm sure for some people it can bring up a lot of insecurity to be in Taylor's presence. So the clap back feels more mean spirited than the original offense. I hear what you guys are saying though- of course we have no idea what was going on behind the scenes and what Charlie said or did that made Taylor actually feel insecure or like she didn't belong in that friend group, and Actually Romantic is letting us in a bit there. I guess in a vacuum I love the song, but thinking about the real life drama of it makes me like it a little less, because it makes me feel a bit bad or icky. Taylor having been bullied herself typically makes her clap backs feel righteous in a good way, but here it feels like she is more of the bully. And there's a possibly funny or self aware hypocrisy to it- Taylor is "flirting" back with Charlie by giving her a whole slot in her 12 track album. furthermore I like how it ties thematically into Showgirl theme of the album as the backstage-drama of a showgirl. Taylor said in the podcast that every song is on the album for 100 reasons and so I do honor her choice to include it and I do think it adds to the story and imagery of Showgirl.

Erinne Carey

My top 3 are: - Elizabeth Taylor - Cancelled - Honey So good!

Apolline

🩷🩷🩷

Jacqueline

Top three: Opalite, Fate of Ophelia and Wish List Bit honestly I love it all and I could put any song there and still love it

Ekaterina

Thank you for sharing this story with us 🥺🫶

rani

Top 3: Father Figure, CANCELLED! & Opalite <3

H29

Ruin the friendship is so beautiful, I also relate a little too much and has made me cry a few times but I find it such a beautiful way to look at it and reflect on someone I lost but felt like I couldn't grieve openly 🧡 A boy I always had a crush on in primary school & highscool but never admitted I did, he was the sweetest & so funny, we lost touch towards the end of high school and after, I was on a walk a few years after highschool and recognised him, I was nervous to walk by myself past a group of boys from highschool being young and overthinking I didn't want to say hello incase he didn't remember me etc, he ran up to me and said hello and was just incredibly nice towards me and it meant so much to me, later that year he committed suicide, and I never got to tell him how much his kindness meant to me

Skye Moffitt

Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing that with us Bonny ❤️‍🩹

Hannah

After seeing the movie I really don’t think it’s about Blake. She made a point of saying that she wouldn’t stop being seen to support a friend just because everyone has decided that they’re “cancelled” unless they proved to her otherwise… the fact she’s not been seen with Blake since really makes me think maybe that they’re not friends?

E ✨🩷

that’s a key theme in her work though - she had everything she could possibly want except the thing that meant the most to her - someone to share it with, someone to see her for who she was and love her deeply. Can’t buy that.

Luisa ✨🤍

Thank you for the lovely Video!🧡 My current top 3 are Wish List, Honey and Wood 😂☺️

Ran

My top three since the first listen have been Father Figure, Wish List and Wood! Bonny, lots of love to you❤️ got me so emotional hearing your story

Alexina Derkaz

I love the Greco-Roman references on Cancelled from the Underworld (the ancient Hell, which is perfect because she portrays being Cancelled as a death) to flying too close to the sun (which comes from the myth of Daedalus and Icarus)

Bloom

But in the song, if Charlie can say hope they break up, just imagine what more she could have said out side, which Taylor could have heard through her friends/acquaintances. Also just recall the pain/devastation she was in during TTPD and then if you hear these things behind your back, how can you keep calm. I think we expect too much from her which we would not even do ourselves. Have a little grace and think she may know more which we do not from outside.

Tess Rossi

Opalite, The Fate of Ophelia, and Wood

Krabbelgruppe Nord

He told her in the Podcast that the eyes are Blue and They Match so Well ☺️ love them

Alexina Derkaz

Question...? And Honey link! Listen to the vocal on Honey when she says What's the Plan? And compare it which the vocal on Midnights when she says Suitable and Right! Soooo similar, right!? In Question she sings of a guy who leaves in the middle of the night- and ONE night stand, and in Honey it becomes a forever night stand! Intentional?! Has to be... Genius I think.

Yanet

Top 3: Opalite, The fate of Ophelia and Wood, I'm in my happy pop vibe era. But honestly the whole album is a masterpiece.

Marshall

Idk what r my favs but I can’t stop replaying cancelled she sounds so good the production’s haunted like some theatre version of mafia boss, her vocals r wild and the melodies ahhhhhhhh

Andreea

I knew you guys are the place to come to for Eldest Daughter appreciation!!! I don't understand the internet hating so much on it it's such a perfect track 5 😭

Marek Jeník

Definitely Ophelia, Ruin the friendship and then maybe Elizabeth Taylor? But I love them alllll.

M

Top three are Father Figure, Ophelia and Ruin the friendship!!!

Alexina Derkaz

Top 3 - Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, Opalite (but I am also obsessed with Father Figure!)

Meghan Cisar

Love you both so much❤️‍🔥 I love this album and did from the first listen

Daria

Interestingly on the first listen I thought that Eldest daughter is about her and the fans on the eras tour. Like she is the elder sister to us, and we as the youngest are finally home - all together on the tour. Also, it can be just eldest child to youngest about life in general. Or mother to child. There are so many meanings to find in that song, it is like a lullaby. It is explicitly about Travis, but I am so in love with the idea that so many people can relate this song to their familial experiences!

Missy_P

My #1 is Father Figure and it's not even close! #2 - Ruin the Friendship #3 - I'm still not sure & I think this will change depending on my mood. Maybe Elizabeth Taylor?

Julia

Wait am I dreaming? When I first listened to wood on Friday she did say dick-matized didn’t she? Or did I hear it wrong?

Alexina Derkaz

I agree.. the KEEP sending me funny Valentines is giving an ongoing situation between them. And when she brings in Charlie's BF being like Why are we always talking bout her, it's giving the sense that the group didnt want her there. I love it sonically and in terms of life lessons it's a great way to deal with someone else. I think both the women, Taylor and Charlie, had difficult feelings about each other that they both needed to process in song, and Taylor's saying that she's good now that she has moved on, but at the time, it was probably hurtful what was going on there.

Andrea

first of all, thank you for giving us so much, we don't take it for granted! your time is so precious and the fact that you're spending so much editing, it means the world! hope you enjoy making these videos too and ofc take your sweet time, and feel no pressure to do anything too soon! THAT SAID, you guys are so insightful and smart, I love hearing your thoughts on these songssss!! the top 3 I'm completely obsessed with atm are: father figure, opalite and the life of a showgirl! offensive and illegal melodiess, especialy the title track... but what if I said I love ALL 12 of these songs? omg how to choose!!

Jazzyg

My top three are: Ruin the friendship, honey, and wish list!

Anna Mehrbilder

there are so many now on this patreon - do we all love the album? why does it feel, many swifties dont love it? was it similar with ttpd, that many swifties didnt like it? I am a bit puzzled, because I think this album is quite very much taylor - if I love her music, I love also this. so I wonder: if really "swifties in general" dont like this album so much - where are they here? do they not dare say it here? also on the discourd I didnt read once "I dont like the album much" (which I did read after ttpd!).

charlychops

Eldest daughter is simply beautiful. It also made me think "growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all" being forced into growing up a certain way really does effect everything you are as an adult

Krie

I went to the premier twice so I think it made me love the life of a showgirl because the whole vibe of going and seeing the big showgirl set up in a big glitzy theater really put me in that daydreamy headspace.

charlychops

Ruin the friendship really fits on this album, because it really shows how she has been operating for these past two years. You gotta take chances, maybe in love, sometimes it works beautifully and sometimes it crashes and burns but at least you did it.

Madelyn Alaniz

1. Wood 2. The Fate of Ophelia 3. Father Figure I love you two so much and I can’t wait to see what Taylor will do next with her career. She is never going to stop making music. I agree we need show girl merch! I have the cardigan and I love it! But we need more!!❤️‍🔥🥰

Kiki

Right now my top 3 are the fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor and cancelled ❤️‍🔥 I also really love father figure, wood and the title track

Swiftie_triomixer

Top 3: opalite, eldest daughter and ruin the friendship

Regan

As someone who’s been watching Bonny since her vegan days can I ask if it was her partner at the time that died?

Jenny

😂

Andrew

Ruin the friendship is a song I never knew I needed. My grandmother passed away days after we spent Christmas with her. While she was with us over the holiday, I wanted to ask her to sing this song she had made for me (and I hadn’t heard in a long time) but I didn’t. So the third verse breaks me every time cause I should have asked her to sing this song, but I didn’t. And I haven’t been able to ever recall the entire song from memory. So knowing I could’ve asked to hear it one more time, but I didn’t, kills me every time I’ve ever thought about it. And now Taylor has a song about that, and I’m forever ill 😭😭

sarah miller

100% on the not wanting marriage and kids things. I told myself that growing up and it’s because I was parentified super early, I’m the youngest but my brothers went to uni and my dad moved out, so I lived with just my mum who was an alcoholic, which hardened me so much, now I’m a bit older I do want those things but only if I had the right person on my side (altho I did accidentally get married to the wrong person before) ugh

Jenny

I heard Taylor wrote Eldest Daughter bc she wanted Bonny to finally fathom white horse 😉

Jenny

I’m sooooo sorry but you two need to be given an award for the amount of positivity you put out in the world it is an act of SERVICE

Katariina Blom

Yes!! I also thought about Question…?

Katariina Blom

Struggling so much to pick a current top 3, but probably the first three: The Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor and Opalite (though Father Figure is definitely closing in, and I also am just obsessed with Honey and CANCELLED!)

Andrew

And with Cancelled, I don’t think it’s about Blake because as we know, she made this album during the European leg of the Eras tour, and the Blake thing didn’t come out until months later. So it can’t be about her. I think it’s about Ariana cause of the “something WICKED this way comes” and “everyone loves you when your POPULAR” lines

Jenny

I don’t think it’s about any one person specifically. But just on the Blake thing, people were cancelling her last summer (2024) after it ends with us came out, December wasn’t the beginning of it!

Jenny

Isn’t it interesting that Taylor is 35 and people still struggle to let her fully embrace her sexuality and just like, be a woman. Like Sabrina, Selena and Miley were all DISNEY and people have let them do it and are no longer calling it cringe or OTT, at least not to the same extent as Taylor, because it is accepted that they are grown women. I think so many people have kept Taylor forever young in their heads which is a problem in my opinion 🙃

Andrew

True, but December is when the Blake thing started to become way more public. I’m totally down for it being more a general message, but I truly don’t think this is her saying she’s still friends with Blake. Idc who you are, but if a friend of mine ever did that, I’d be pissed

Charlotte

My top 3: father figure, the fate of Ophelia and opalite. Butttt also the life of a showgirl - “wouldn’t have it any other way” and the eras tour crowd noises choke me up every time. But I’m also just obsessed with every song and so thankful Taylor gave it to us!!! I’m also avoiding social media right now as I just cba with all the vipers dressed in empaths clothing. Love you both and I’m choosing to get all my Taylor news from you guys - pledging allegiance to our Patreon hands, team and vibes!!!

Andrew

Can’t just mention a top 3 (way too hard) but top 5 is 1) wood 2) ruin the friendship 3) opalite 4) eldest daughter 5) wi$h li$t With TLOAS at a very very close 6

Charlotte

I do think Sophie Turner could be the one that inspired CANCELLED! Due to the English spelling of cancelled in the song (I didn’t notice at first as I’m British) but I also think its inspired from seeing patterns in what her female friends go through and her loyalty to them. Just like how I think Actually Romantic is inspired by Charli XCX but it is also a love letter to all her haters who give her soooo much attention and are so obsessed with

Natalie

LOVE this album! I think you can tell that she’s edited the songs so that the whole album is just one solid story. I also loved TTPD but we know that was just for us true fans that knew the whole in betweens, and really appreciated the volume of beautiful songs for that reason! Currently my favs are 1. The fare of Ophelia 2. Elizabeth Taylor (that drop!! Not over it) 3. Cancelled

Mackenzie Round

Top 3 - opalite, cancelled and father figureeeee (also love ruin the friendship and all the fathoming I’m having)

Jasmine

On Honey, she said he 'redefined' the colour 'blue' and then said "paint the walls in the colour of your eyes" or something - so maybe now the colour blue refers to his eyes, rather than being blue etc 😊

chel

its never lost on me how vulnerable you guys can be with us in this safe space (e.g. bonny explaining how she relates to ruin the friendship), i just wanna say thank you so much for trusting us and creating such a loving community over here. Especially when the internet (twitter and tiktok lmao) can be so unbelievably mean and scathing, its nice to come here where things feel a bit softer <3

Mackenzie Round

Like when Sophie Turner was going through it in the divorce and Taylor was see out with her, I don’t disagree!!

Aime

I definitely think CANCELLED could be Sophie Turner with the fall out from her divorce. Especially with the English spelling with 2 L's . It's one of my favorites!

prayingbanshee

Sophie was never really cancelled though. The whole internet rallied up to her defense, and almost everybody knew that Joe Jonas was trying to start some bs.

Marta 🦁

Top 3 currently (in no order): • cancelled! • fate of Ophelia • Elizabeth Taylor ❤️‍🔥 Also loving actually romantic Ruin the friendship it’s too relatable unfortunately, but my kids have been singing it constantly

Kammy 🇦🇺

Yes thank you for your videos can’t wait to consume all the next ones cominggggg ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Michaela

Top 3: 1. Ruin the friendship 2. Opalite 3. Elizabeth Taylor

Mariona Busto

my favourite place on the internet <3 thank you for this save space girls, it's so special to so many of us <3<3

Courtney P

I’ve never loved a new Taylor album this instantly before ❤️

Jess Brumby

Noooo you guys are my safe place as well! I looove everything Taylor does and I am so lucky to have you gals who share my thoughts and emotions are her 🫶🏼❤️‍🔥 so grateful!!

Celina

Right now its 1. Ruin the friendship 2. Wood and 3. The fate of Ophelia!

Monica

Top 3 1. Fate of Ophelia 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Ruin the Friendship This album is sooo much fun! Love you two. 💖

Tara Bartley

I deeply understand being overwhelmed with the fate of Ophelia, I want to liquidize it and swim in a vat or it and have it in my veins I cannot handleeee the melodiesssss and the yodel on “see it all” and “Ophelia “ into the melody of “keep it 100 on the land, the sea, the sky, pledge allegiance to your hands, your team, your vibes” and the run in the last for meeeee in the bridge, and then the drop into the last chorus are you KIDDING me??? Like I feel like I can’t even fathom the rest of the album properly bc I keep restarting track one every time it ends bc I need to hear it again hahaha but I seriously love every single song. Right now my top 3 are The Fate of Ophelia CANCELLED! And Elizabeth Taylor But I also loveeee eldest daughter , wish list, and ruin the friendship, the whole album is sooooo gooood but I’m deeply deeply deeply unwell over Ophelia and the singles are almost never in my top favs so that is exciting haha , if I’ve listened to the album though 7-8 times, I’ve probably listened to Ophelia more than 30 times I just can’t stoppppp

Rebecca Scott

Twitter was doing my nut in so I was sooo glad to see this video being uploaded. This is our safe space too!! ❤️‍🔥

Lynn D'eer

Oh, and also maybe Wood 🤭

chel

top three so far- opalite, fate of ophelia, wood!!! special shoutouts to father figure, ruin the friendship and honey aswell omg

Macarena

Bonny same!! You are making me want to go listen to white horse and finally understand it!! You guys are insane🤓

Dori McDowell

Chickens, next time you hear bitching about your opinions, shoot back with, "Stop talking dirty to me!" 😆😎🤩😉

Heidi Muller

As a rule man is a fool, when it's hot, he wants cool, when it's cool, he wants it hot. He is always wanting what it's not.

Eirini

MY GOD I needed your reaction, the internet is sooo horrible with this album and I just don’t get it! I loved the album immediately wtf! Top 3 for now are probably Father figure, Wood and Cancelled, but I do have random parts of other songs living rent free in my mind: fate of Ophelia and Elizabeth Taylor choruses, eldest daughter BRIDGE OMFG, ruin the friendship “should’ve kissed you anyway” melody, life of showgirl the whole thing tbh

C

I love the line "redefine all those blues". It's a direct call back to "don't want another shade of blue but you" and how she once believed that to be true love. She has no realised that that's not what love is, or at least it doesn't have to be.

skizzo

I will not tolerate any Glitch slander

Louise paterson

I genuinely don't care who cancelled and actually romantic are about. All I know is I LOVE petty Taylor, as I am also a petty girl 🥰🥰🥰

K K

My current top 3 are Father Figure, Elizabeth Taylor, and CANCELLED!

Emily Hopkins

Top 3 is currently The Fate of Ophelia, Father Figure and Opalite 👌❤️‍🔥

helo

Current top 3: The fate of ophelia, cancelled and opalite! But every song is so superiorrrrrr!! i love this album!

skizzo

The only 2 songs I dont care about are Eldest Daughter and Wood. I feel the writing is a bit off in those songs, i actually think the clean versions of them are better

Nele

you guys are simply THE BEST! feel the warmest here.. safe place for real 🫂 my top three are ruin the friendship, the fate of ophelia and opalite so good aaaaaaaaa ❤️‍🔥

Camilla Ferrell

The run of first 5 songs on the album is the best of any album 🧡🧡❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🧡🧡

Nele

can't wait for all the interview reactions!!! taylor truly is just vibing and talking everywhere i loveeeee <3<3

Kathleen George

So far top 3 Opalite …. Life of a showgirl …. Fate of Ophelia … so hard to pick 3

Courtney

Just adding to my support here. My current boyfriend and I were friends for 10 months before we admitted we had feelings. So I am an advocate for ruining the friendship.

✨ Miray ✨

THANK YOU!!!!! I need a safe space to absolutely love this album. Was waiting for your reactions just so I can kick my feet with my girlies. Keep feeding us!

paulina 🧃

NOOO 🫨🫨🫨 i can’t even list things in the lyrics of cancelled that confirm it’s about Blake coz it’s too many. So i’m closing my eyes when I see people saying it’s about Sophie or Brittany (?!) or whatever. She’s literally wearing Blake’s jewelry in spotify Cancelled canva. We all know she uses jewelry as easter egg. Gucci? Referencing specific articles and claims like Daily Mail and Candace Owen’s? And much more 😮‍💨

Susan

Kitty - her mums Great Dane😂 She is sooo funny.

Jade

Guys I don’t think the I’m busy part it was about the eras tour, because on the podcast she says she never knew he tried to see her that day the information never came to her. I think it was when they exchage numbers she probably made it a little dificult for them to see each other kinda “oh lets see I’m really busy”

Reema TH

TOP 3: Father Figure Honey Wood

Kristin Fretz

Top 3: 1. Wood 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. The Fate of Ophelia

Annika 📍Melb, AU

My top 3 rn: The Fate of Ophelia (the melodies help meeee) Father Figure (I was so gagged on first listen no pun intended. 🍆 Daddy Taylor help) Cancelled! (The guitar and vibes)

Reema TH

I always prefer the clean versions but Wood is sooo good especially the chorus

Macarena

1. The Fate of Ophelia 2.Eldest Daughter 3.Opalite

Bethany Andrews

RE her vocals.....agree that her vocals are superior. The raspiness I noticed the most was on Actually Romantic in the "why are we always talking about HER". Scratches my brain so good

Lia

1THE FATE OF OPHELIA 2ELDEST DAUGHTER 3WISH LIST HONEY CANCELLED FATHER FIGURE ooops😂

maria

My favorite safe place 💕

maria

Love you girls 💕💕

raheel

OMG its FRIGHTFUL OUT THERE!! Someone cancel the internet 😭

Celine

LOVE THIS!

Mads

The more I think about it the more I think a lot of people would have decided they hate this album no matter what. Taylor's been so successful for so long people needed to knock her down a peg in their mind

Embla Lie

I love this album so much! My fave are Opalite. It made my actually cry of happiness for her and the connection to margaret " When you know you know" and now she actually knows. And also I have not seen people talk about this but when she says " You finally left the table" it made me think that she finally LEFT THE RESTAURANT in right where you left me.

Mads

Omg agreed the whole first half of the album is perfection!!!!

Sara Brannon

After first listen, opalite, wish list, and eldest daughter were my faves. Now after a few days and multiple listens, I think it’s opalite, honey, and wood. I’m sure it will change again!!

AshZ

I literally had to warn my family that I just need to live in my happy bubble for the first few weeks before I start to listen to negativity about this album, I just refuse to be anything but joyful. Favourite is definitely cancelled atm but we will see how things change over time!

Lisa Lautzenheiser

My top 3 are Elizabeth Taylor, Cancelled and Wish List

Cece

So happy for you that you love the album so much! I can't relate (to that degree). I like the album but I don't love it. My main problem is that it doesn't fit the concept she introduced to us about the life of a showgirl. It doesn't tell us what happened after an eras show, it doesn't talk about the (literal) pain that comes with performing, the burnout she experienced and that this album saved her from, or any of the other things she mentioned. And the only two songs that explicitly fall into the showgirl category are Elizabeth Taylor and TLOAF ft. Sabrina. I find it pretty ridiculous that there are three showgirl songs on TTPD, and they could've easily been put on this record instead of TTPD and made the concept a lot stronger. Thankfully, a conceptual problem is something that can probably be forgotten with time, but that doesn't change the fact that it is a problem. My second problem is that the writing falls flat in a lot of places, especially in Eldest Daughter (which isn't actually about being an eldest daughter or putting a perspective on that, it is a song addressed to Travis - once again there's a thing with expectation vs reality). You can love the song all you want, but you can't say it's well written, especially the second verse. She needs someone to say "no" when she wants to use the word "bad bitch" in a song. It does not work. Also Wishlist (fat ass, Babyface, real Madrid, balenci shades 🤮) and Cancelled also have some bad blunders (girlboss too close to the sun, cloaked in Gucci and in scandal). I know this song is about standing by Blake, but the fact that it's saying "I like my rich, cancelled friends" and not more about the unfairness of being a woman in the spotlight and the cycle of being loved and then hated and then loved. She has one line in that direction in the song (did you make a joke only a man could), but this direction would have been a lot more interesting that saying "I stand with my rich, cancelled friends". People are already using this song to defend things and people that are rightfully cancelled. That's what the song inspires in people... Great. Both of these songs really reaches into something that very specifically screams "I'm rich and out of touch". We're used to one or two lyrical blunders on a Taylor album, but TLOAG has lyrical weak points in nearly half the songs. It feels like the first draft of an album. Ruin the Friendship, The Fate of Ophelia and TLOAG are the highlights of the album and my favorites. When I listen to this album without Eldest Daughter and Cancelled it's already so much better. Ruin the Friendship is a better track 5 too, it subverts the typical sonic nature of a track 5, like in 1989, but it has a much better emotional touch than eldest daughter (which, again, doesn't actually explore what it's like being the eldest daughter (1 line is not enough).

Kirrily Lewis

I love your fathomings of ED. I didn’t see it as her talking to Travis. I love that. I also feel like she is talking to us which makes me soooo emotional. She’s never gonna let us down and leave us out. She’s always so inclusive and I feel like she’s saying that here in a way. She’s got us. She’s our safe space. I have 1 little girl and it just dawned on me while singing the chorus and bridge to her to sing her to sleep that she is the eldest daughter. And I hope I can let her be soft and silly and not have to be tough!! I was crying singing this to her tonight and on Friday this song really got me in the feels 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 listening for the first few times. It’s probably the first track 5 that will make it into my personal top songs on an album for a long time.. (since ATW obviously)

Ida

Bonny, thank you for sharing your reaction and personal story about Ruin the Friendship <3 I have a very similar connection to the song due to a good friend passing away, and feel so grateful to not be alone in that feeling.

skizzo

As a Glitch stan my favorite right now is Wish List. Then it would be Father Figure and Ruin The Friendship

Summer

My top three as of right now: 1. Elizebeth Taylor 2. The fate of ophelia 3. Father figure Honorable mentions: - Opalite - ruin the friendship

Cher

My top 3 are Ophelia, Opalite, and Father Figure. “Dancing through the lightning strikes” is a lyric I am feeling in the marrow of my bones as a federal employee in America. Can’t explain how deeply I needed that.

Mads

So true!! "Everybody's so punk on the internet (except on Chats and Reacts Patreon🙃)"

Cher

Embla you are really saying something here!!! Such an impressive fathoming.❤️🤯

Connor Tabor

My current top 3 1. The fate of Ophelia✨ 2. Ruin the friendship🥹 3. Actually romantic🖤

Grace Olivia

I absolutely love the fate of Ophelia and wood and ruin the friendship is definitely becoming my fave off of this album ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

chel

i really dont know how we got to this point in society:(((

Chris Lloyd

I feel like their relationship might not actually be that strained. I saw someone on Twitter saying that Blake liked one of Taylor’s posts on Instagram, and I checked—it’s true. (It was the post from when the album was released.)

Sol Gorlero

I would never hate on Taylor, I’ve literally been a Swiftie since 2006, she’s the best of a generation, I’m privileged to be exist at the same time as her, and none of that is ever gonna change. But I also think there’s a difference between hating and just being honest. For me, The Life of a Showgirl unfortunately comes at the bottom of my album rankings. It’s not that I dislike it, but compared to albums like Lover or Reputation (which also took time to grow on me), this one feels like it’s missing both a strong concept and that one masterpiece song. The showgirl idea is great in theory, but it doesn’t really shine through the songwriting or production for me. Some songs touch on it (Elizabeth Taylor, Father Figure, The Life of a Showgirl), but others feel disconnected (Wish List, Wood, Honey, Ruin the Friendship). The production also feels a bit subdued for the concept. I also find some of her weaker writing here. Eldest Daughter feels forced, its very unclear on what it’s trying to accomplished, its very all over the place. Elizabeth Taylor has potential but doesn’t fully land the metaphor, and Wood just crosses into cringe territory for me. And I really don’t buy the idea that people who don’t love this album “hate seeing Taylor happy.” That’s not it at all. I love light hearted Taylor, Honey for example is a good constructed song that is very simple, cute, light hearted, catchy and well written. My Top 3 are: Father Figure, Ruin the Friendship, and Honey. Those are great Taylor songs, although I don’t know if they soar to the top of her catalogue as overall standouts. I suppose in time we’ll see how well this album stands the test of time . I don’t think like the haters are saying that it’s the worst thing ever, of course not, it’s Taylor and there’s always incredible things to take away from her music. But I also think it’s her weaker album in terms of how the concept comes together in the songs, the construction of the theme, some lyrics are weak, and the production doesn’t hit the way I want it to.

Renata

1. Ruin the friendship / 2. Wood / 3. The Fate of Ophelia

Micra

Could you explain a bit further? Blake doesn't make sense to me temporally. If she wrote TLOAS during the European leg (May/August 2024) than the whole Blake scandal had not even started. It began December 2024. That's why I just assumed it can't be about Blake

Gemma

Top 3- the fate of Ophelia, wood and opalite. Also love cancelled and the life of a showgirl 🧡

Mar Colomer Ventura

top 3: 1. CANCELLED! (omg did something to me at the first lisend) 2. The fate of ophella. (just amazing) 3. Opalite <3

Julia

I love youuuu girlies!!! My faves are ♥️ - Opalite - Wood - Honey

Courtney Schmidt

Love the new Swiftie phrase we all get to use with a smirk "it's acutally romantic" to deal with all the haters.😏 I absolutely love your reactions and fathomings! Can't believe we're only a few days in and all the content and fun we've had so far! ❤️‍🔥🫶

Sam

1- Fate Of Ophelia 2- Canceled 3-Life Of a Showgirl 4- Father Figure (I know you guys said 3 but I just can’t)

Cece

The legal stuff between Blake and Justin started around December, but Blake got cancelled for being unlikeable during promotion for It Ends With Us in the summer when Taylor was still touring.

paulina 🧃

It all started with It Ends with us promo and campaign that was in August 2024. the first and infamous already article by Daily Mail was posted on 16th of august 2024 with headline „ Is Blake Lively set to be CANCELLED? String of 'hard to watch' videos that have surfaced following 'tone deaf' Q&A to promote It Ends With Us could tarnish 36-year-old star's golden Hollywood image for good „ In the interview for BBC Radio 2 i guess she’s said that most of album was done and inspired during (so not all of it) eras tour. Blake is the one that had contract with Gucci. Blake is the one that was called multiple times tone deaf during press release of her movie and taylor is mentioning flowers as well (that was a reason they started that hate) This horrible parody of a woman- Candace Owen’s in her podcast episode about Blake and Taylor „feud” rumors said - “This story is going to be remembered as ‘girl boss flew too close to the sun,'” Also it’s about somone who actually been there in 2016 sorry but except Blake it only makes sense it would be about Selena but she’s not cancelled. her other closest friends that survived 2016 and been there for her forever are not as relevant in pop culture like Abigail or Ashley

Kate Harney

“Dripped in Gucci” Brittany and Travis wore matching Gucci outfits to the us open. I am sure there are clues to multiple situations for many different women that this song covers. I really get pretty little liars vibes from that song in the best way. And she is tAylor.

Patrick B

1. Actually Romantic 2. Ruin the Friendship 3. Elizabeth Taylor

Kirrily Lewis

My first listen I knew I loved Elizabeth Taylor and that hasn’t changed for me!! That beat drop into Elizabeth Taylor is actually like a drug to me. Wishlist was a quick second fav but I feel like it’s on par with honey and then Eldest Daughter. I’m obsessed with all of the songs though like they are all so good and have the infectious melodies she talked about. I can’t believe you guys had only listened 3 times when you filmed this. I had it on repeat and went to a release party Friday and could sing along with some of the lines already. On first listen I thought AR was a matty song. I knew some of the lyrics didn’t make sense but yeah at first I thought she was saying it’s actually romaine how much time he has spent on her 😝

isabel

girls I LOVE YOU SO MUCH top 3 (no order it’s TOO HARD RN) elizabeth taylor ruin the friendship the life of a showgirl ft my queen sabrina carpenter

Kirrily Lewis

Honey 🍯 has some of my favourite lyrics from the whole album that are so funny and witty and like Taylor is totally getting excitedly ahead of herself that we all do sometimes!!! I haven’t heard anyone talk about these lyrics yet but I LOVE THEM!! Honey, I'm home, we could play house We can bed down, pick me up Who's the baddest in the land? What's the plan? (What's the plan?) You could be my forever-night stand, honey

Krie

I don’t know if anyone will see this but I have to talk about it somewhere!!! With grown ups. Cause re it’s a sexy album. Please consider from HONEY the following run: “Sweetie it’s yours Kicking in doors Take it to the floor Give me more” !!!!!!! That is very much in the tone of some pretty Good dirty talk !!

Dominic Cuomo

I mean the lyric video shows the bed broken so pretty much dirty talk 😂😂

Meghan Raap

right now, I think my top three (not in order) are ophelia, elizabeth taylor, and honey... but father figure and wishlist are close as well! love you guys and your reactions! 💕🫶🏻

Lucy

1. The Fate of Ophelia 2. Father Figure 3. Honey !!!!!❤️❤️❤️ so excited for all the content <3 xx

Roni

1. The fate of ophelia 2. Wood 3: opalite 4. The life of a showgirl 5. Elizabeth taylor So hard not to include all the other tracks! Love em all❤️

Summer

Girlies don’t change, your videos and opinions are offensive!!remember it’s actually romantic 🤪

Ana Belic

My current 4 faves are: The fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, Opalite and Cancelled

Benthe Aline

1. Father Figure 2. Opalite 3. Honey

✨ Jenna ✨

“Tone-deaf and hot, let’s fucking off her” — absolutely Blake. Tone deaf is what everyone was saying about Blake during It Ends with Us.

KC

1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Opalite (Fourth Wing girlies rise) 3. Father Figure

victoria

As a black swiftie this album has me doing a little side eye. Knowing Travis has dated black women before Taylor it’s very off putting that she not only shaded his ex who literally minds her business..but also the “I’m not a bad bitch and this isn’t savage” is definitely a dog whistle! And then the they want the fat ass but i just want you is also giving the same energy. Then cancelled! is the cherry on top, idk idk

Keith

I love that you are sharing more of your journey with this album

RL

I feel like we’re on facetime 🫶

Jodi

Love y’all so much!!! Can’t wait for all of the content and can’t wait to hear what yall thought of the movie AH!!! So superior

Hannah B

Top 3 1.The Fate Of Ophelia 2. The Life of a Showgirl 3. It keeps changing Father Figure/ Eldest Daughter/ Ruin the Friendship 🙈 Looking forward to all the other TLOAS content to come! ❤️‍🔥

Laura

I’m loving Opalite, Honey, and Wish List! Also really hoping for a music video for Life of a Showgirl with Sabrina!

Ana Belic

I would love to see reactions to all her interviews she's been doing <3

Kathleen McCormack

1. The Fate of Ophelia 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Ruin the Friendship Love you girls and always be 100% authentically yourselves. You both are a MAJOR reason of why I'm a Swiftie today. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Kristen Batye

Can we just talk about how most of the tracks were veiled like they could have been about something else but when you listen to them for the first time you realize she did a bit of trickery by them being about something you might not expect. Like how 'the life of a showgirl' might look glamorous but actually it isn't what it looks like at first glance. Brilliant album concept!!!!

Rebecca Ryan

Taylor said everyone in her circle tells her she’s never been more herself than when she’s with Travis

Brynna Scarbrough

Omgggg top 3 rn is opalite, father figure, and honey 🤩 I love the vibes this album is so breezy and light and fun!!

Jenny

Sorry I’m commenting sooo much lol. But thank you SO much for clarifying that what she ACTUALLY says in wood is ‘ah-matised’. Too many people are literally claiming that she legit said the other word and whether or not you take it to mean that, I’m so glad you’re actually stating that factually - she doesn’t say it!!!! Bc you girls actually l i s t e n to the music. ❤️❤️

kiera 💕

top 3: wood the fate of ophelia opalite

Jenny

Ps it’s not people here claiming that just to clarify 😂

Jessica Karode

Ugh yes I’m so happy this comments section exists bc social media has become too crowded with bots and nonsense. My top three! 1. Ruin the friendship 2. Life of a showgirl 3. Honey But Ophelia and Opalite are righttttt there too.

Georgia Thompson-Chase

Loving how much content we are getting from Taylor on this album and you two on this album too. Makes the experience 1000x more fun! I’ve seen such a mixed reaction online to this album and it just makes me wonder what people are hearing?! It’s SO fun, so catchy, SO her. I fear the people not loving it are new fans who have only seen one side of her (folklore and beyond) and were not here for lover era and definitely not here for Red! This is SO her, I don’t understand the ‘but it doesn’t sound like TTPD’ - because it isn’t that album? This is a new era? Like every other era has been, that’s Taylor’s niche, she reinvents for every era it’s part of the fun as a true fan! I think eldest daughter literally addresses this, she’s like guys I’m a true millennial, I can be cringe, I’m not a bad bitch, I’m dying from trying to be cool, it’s not me, it never has been! I’m done trying! Anyways imo this album has NO skips, it feels so intentional and for the true fans! In a way im kinda glad it’s weeded out the haters haha ❤️

Sam

I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!! Love u girls!!

Florence Lambert

I was at the last show in Vancouver and when I tell you I just burst into tears hearing my voice might actually be somewhere on her album 😭😭😭

Ame

1. Opalite 2. Ruin the Friendship 3. TLOAS ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Jessica Karode

I totally agree on Cancelled, the more I listen to it, the more it irritates me. On the first listen, I knew I was disappointed because I wanted it to be a Trump diss track so I had to reorient my expectations. As I sit with it more, I do think there’s something deeply uncomfortable about thinking of “being canceled” as almost a badge of honor. Like, maybe that’s the case sometimes? But other times “being canceled” is really just accountability for bad behavior. I would have preferred more nuance. But wow, could not disagree more about Eldest Daughter. It’s not just one line, for me it really embodies how eldest daughters have learned to experience life and relationships (e.g. chronic busyness, the pressure of never letting anyone down, being inclusive of your younger siblings, having to reach far back in your memory for a time you really let go, learning to be cautious, having to protect your heart) - it’s all there!

Natalia

girls in honey the bridge I feel calls back to both Matty (being high) and Joe (not wanting to praise her)

Kelsi Ford

totally agree with the dickmatized rant bonny!! 😂

k80scorner

1. Fate of Ophelia 2. Eldest Daughter 3. Father Figure Of course this will probably change tomorrow 😂❤️‍🔥

Alexis Brusby

My people!!! I feel like the only glitch Stan in the world and Wish List is in my top three

Laura Stimpfl

I absolutely get what you mean! Personally, I think the "bad bitch, savage, etc" lyrics are just giving the energy of someone who hasn't been truly online in 10 years, and kind of lost touch of how slang is used online (like, who evens says "savage" anymore?), and I think cancelled is truly, truly just about Blake. I simply refuse to believe she'd write this about britney, that girl is not event famous enough to be canceled and definitely wasn't there in 2016, right...? I hope so Btw I'm from Italy so idk how much dog whistling could be in there, it's hard when it's a second language and different culture

Mads

THANK YOU for the Eldest Daughter love!!! So many people are just fixating on the "cringe" lyrics about memes without taking time to fathom what she's saying!!

Jessica Karode

lol I went to the movie last night and thought, oh I need to listen to the clean versions of wood and actually romantic 🤣

Jessica Karode

I also clocked the two wicked references and think there might be something there…

svenny

Hiii! I finally joined your Patreon after 5 years! I'm soooooo excited for the illegal fathomings :) Love you guys!

Summer

Top 3 - father figure (I actually am loving the lyric change in the clean version even more!!) - fate of Ophelia - Elizabeth Taylor Opalite is really growing for me too!! and I’m also starting to fathom eldest daughter and wow🥲

Carley

My top 3 at this current moment in time are Opalite, Father Figure, and The Fate of Ophelia. I also love Wood, Honey, and Elizabeth Taylor. Ugh just all 12 of them. It’s so hard to pick a top 3 because this album genuinely has zero skips and every song is special in its own way.

Bethany Joy

I really relate to your thoughts on Ruin the Friendship. It felt so personal to me too. My best friend of 10+ years and first love died in 2018 to cancer. He was only 25. I told him I loved him when we were just a couple of 16 year olds and even though he didn’t feel the same way, I’ll never regret being vulnerable and telling him.

Mayra

Thank you for summing up what people were talking about cause I haven’t been on socials to understand what the racial tension was about. I am an older swiftie so I’m going to pose an open question cause having lived in various communities I have seen how people are influenced and change. Travis has a strong black friends group and obviously Taylor has been in this group for a while. Do you think that maybe this influenced that energy that people are perceiving? Personally I didn’t see these lyrics in that light. But thank you for explaining and enlightening me how the black community could perceive these songs as cultural appropriation.

Selma Nilsson

To be honest, I was very disappointed by this album, it made me kind of sad :( Some songs were okay but for her to claim that it has the sound of 1989 but the writing of folklore and evermore when it's her worst album lyrically, is insane. I was disappointed partly because of the bar she set. I think it's okay as a fan of her music to not HAVE to love everything she puts out. To me, the lyrics were oftentimes (with exceptions) simple, bad, not deep and corny. The sound was also not my favorite on a lot of songs. It all felt very surface-level, and I didn't see how this was " a peak behind the curtain"; it seemed more like a mostly "I love Travis" album to me. Between the marketing and what the album actually was, I felt a disconnect. It was at times very millennial, which is fine, but then she also uses Gen Z slang. It seemed like she was trying to do a Sabrina Carpenter thing, but instead of the sexual references being funny and charming to me, they felt misplaced and corny. None of it made me laugh; it just made me cringe. It felt like Blake Lively coded in a way. I was SO excited to listen to this album too 😭😭 To me, this is one of her worst albums, and that should be okay! I feel like it should be okay to criticize her music and not praise everything she ever does. If you didn't like something, that's your opinion, and it's fine. I respect everyone's opinions who loved this album, but sadly, I don't agree.

Johnny Test

1) Opalite 2) Father Figure 3) Fate of Ophelia

Mayra

1. Cancelled (love this type of bop) 2. fate of Ophelia 3. Father figure

Katy

My favourites are Fate of Ophelia which has been playing in my head NON STOP since Friday and of course Ruin the Friendship, the melodies are criminal and then Wood because it's just the vibe, it's so upbeat and it's so crazy to me how she talks about the ddddddddd

Noor Sm

i think the eldest daughter She’s promising her fans that she won’t let them down, won’t break her vow, and won’t shut them out of her life. the song is deeper than just a promise to Travis not to let him down. That’s my theory let me explain ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 : When you found me said I was busy That was a lie = the era between 2020-2023 she didn't post promot anything we didn't see her out a lot we didn't know anything But I'm never gonna let you down I'm never gonna leave you out = out of her life? midnight evermore folklore She wasn't honest in her songs as always I'm never gonna break that vow = long live When I said I don't believe in marriage That was a lie= lavender haze ? She didn't tell Travis she don't believe in marriage. You know, thе last time I laughed this hard was On the trampoline in somebody's backyard = the eras tour healed her on so many ways The bridge = about the eras tour

Katie Kimmel

YES! I literally kept checking the lyrics and saying IT ISN'T IN THERE. My 15 yo daughter comes out after listening to me go on and on and she's like MOM GIVE ME THE PHONE, and proceeds to showing me that I am not seeing where it WOULD be if I understood the gen z slang. And THEN she says, "Which is just rich that people are saying it's so lame for her to use gen z lyrics instead of being her poet-creative self...which is EXACTLY.WHAT.SHE.DID. She is just too smart for them and they don't get it. Ignorance is supposed to be bliss. I'm starting to think that it just fucks us all up." Hahaha so basically I'm patting myself on the parental back and other people need to get their parenting shit to-ge-ther!

Katie Kimmel

Just being at a show it made me die I can't imagine the GIFT she gave you all. So hapoy for you guys!

Katie Kimmel

BOTS, YES!!!! EVERY single one of us can combat that by on our own.Social media posting about how everyone we have talked to is absolutely in love with the album, including a widespan of ages and they should be because it's amazing. The more that we individually put out the truth and one hundred percent do not address the rest.The quicker that will change. Thank you for being one to say this!

victoria

I actually wouldn’t say it was cultural appropriation. The way I took it is in the way of shading his exes who were primarily all black girls as far as I know. To me it seemed like she was saying I’m not like those black girls! I don’t want a fat ass and I’m not “savage” In my opinion, you already got the man and the ring so there was really no need to throw shade especially in this climate

Mads

It is so fun and so validating and so special to have this community. Thank you for building this community together and giving us a space to have this experience.

victoria

I agree that it’s probably not about Britney but I know Taylor is super aware and probably knew that it could be taken in a lot of ways especially in the climate we are in

Katie Kimmel

YES! I literally kept checking the lyrics and saying IT ISN'T IN THERE. My 15 yo daughter comes out after listening to me go on and on and she's like MOM GIVE ME THE PHONE, and proceeds to showing me that I am not seeing where it WOULD be if I understood the gen z slang. And THEN she says, "Which is just rich that people are saying it's so lame for her to use gen z lyrics instead of being her poet-creative self...which is EXACTLY.WHAT.SHE.DID. She is just too smart for them and they don't get it. Ignorance is supposed to be bliss. I'm starting to think that it just fucks us all up." Hahaha so basically I'm patting myself on the parental back and other people need to get their parenting shit to-ge-ther!

Mads

It is so much to process every album. It can be overwhelmingly dizzying while also being pure joy. Like how do I not remember what a single song sounds like. But the second it plays I'm dancing to the beat and already know most of the lyrics. Like my brain is stuffed. Yet I can't stop playing the songs and digesting all the content.

Alexis Brusby

I want to pose a perspective on Eldest Daughter, as an eldest daughter myself, that I haven’t seen much of (to be fair, I’m staying away from the internet cause it’s causing me to be upset, so I could be missing this being said) I’ve seen people saying they don’t think it actually touches the topic of what it means to be the Eldest Daughter but I feel it does! The take I’ve seen is that the eldest has to grow up and be a parent to younger siblings. Which is true, but not the take I feel she is using. She opens with opinions on the internet and trying to fit in and be cool and not get bullied. Because that’s the TAKE, the feeling she plucked out of what it means to be the eldest daughter and that’s what I remember as a kid too. I didn’t realize I was growing up quicker than my little siblings, but I DID realize I didn’t have a “cool” older sister to look up to like some of friends. I didn’t have a guide to tell me how to not get bullied at school or to tell me to not wear a side pointy tail to cheer try outs cause those weren’t “in” anymore, or how to respond to mean comments on my picture on MySpace. Taylor is lucky and had a mom who cared but a lot of us didn’t and even still as a teen your parents could never know, ya know? Haha She says “Every eldest daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter, so we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire” saying we’re thrown into school setting the “public” if you will. Where kids are ruthless, and we didn’t have help we just pretended we knew what we were doing, we “dressed up”. As soon as your first crush tells you something you thought was cool is completely lame and they don’t like you, that innocence is gone, you don’t trust yourself or any decisions you make about your appearance much after that experience. The “I’m not a bad bitch, this isn’t savage” lyrics is saying, I have just been pretending to be cool (hence why she used vocabulary that in today’s day is used to describe cool girls most of the time), and as an eldest daughter with no guidance from kids my age cause I had no older siblings to help (and parents never understand) I kept pretending my whole life and didn’t really realize after a while. She brings Travis into it because he is a younger sibling and has helped her see she doesn’t need to be a lamb dressed up as Wolf. She doesn’t need to be the bad bitch everyone loves to call her or a savage on her lyrics and in life and business deals. He brings back that innocence she lost being the eldest daughter. Anyone agree…? :)

Elizabeth Brown

Top 3 are: 1. Ruin the Friendship 2. The Fate of Opehlia 3. Opalite

Natalie Masterson

Why does like half the album sound like multiple different songs that she sampled…life of a showgirl sounds exactly like cool by the Jonas brothers and wood sounds like I want you back by the Jackson five. The guitar riff on actually romantic is literally where is my mind by the pixies. AND ruin the friendship sounds like the opening of Lenny kravitz it ain’t over til it’s over. The way Taylor put Olivia Rodrigo though the mess of having her give her a credit for deja vu sounding similar to cruel summer when it literally doesn’t lmao but then Taylor goes on to rip of all these songs and doesn’t give credit. Like hypocrite much?? The lyricism gives AI generated a little to me 😭 like idk she’s 35 writing songs like an immortal 19 year old lol. I feel like you guys think everything Taylor does is revolutionary but these lyrics are awful… still confused on how you hated Miley’s album but love this

bennett

guuuys the fathoming i had for Opalite this morning, was tearing up on the train 😂 i think it always takes a few listens to get rid of the 'what-in-taylors-life-is-she-talking-about-right-now' and actually soak it in/relate it to your own life. as someone who has been thru some shiiit and danced thru the lightening strikes to make their own happiness and has now built a life full of JOY, this song makes me soo emotional 🤍

Bree

yes I thought the same thing

Kimberly

Seems like you might’ve wandered onto the wrong Patreon channel

Maggie

Cancelled is spelled with two “ll” like they do in the UK so there are assumptions that it is about Sophie Turner when she went through the public divorce and Taylor gave her support

foebe

ahhh!!! i'm so excited to watch everything you've got in store for us this week <333 also i cannot believe people are hating on this album?? it's EXACTLY what i expected with vibes and in regard to people saying her lyrics are cringey, she's been writing like that since lover and she's also just a millenial girlie what do you want from her😭 my top 3 rn is 1. ruin the friendship 2. elizabeth taylor and 3. the fate of ophelia (but also wish list)

ella.pxner

Thank you. You energy and opinion safes me, because i really Love this Album and Listen on repeat. Then there are These hateful people everywhere and I‘m just so happy i found you

ella.pxner

Top 3 - CANCELLED! - the Fate of Ophelia - Opalite (that Bass could bring me back to life)

Laura

Saying the lyrics give ai generated is wild to me, like are we listening to the same album?😭 everything Taylor says is intentional, it’s worth spending some time fathoming the lyrics

Laura

Can confirm Elizabeth Taylor is the ultimate car song, I was having the time of my life driving to work this morning🤩

Persef

my current top3 is: the fate of ophelia ruin the friendship eldest daughter

Bethany Andrews

Actually Romantic-there has been a lot of discourse here in America about how DT (our president) is always tweeting about Taylor, then there's a big beef between the governor of California and DT. Now the governor has released an edit of all the beef on SM with Actually Romantic. It's so petty and I love it!

Mads

At 29:00 Em talks about how maybe she has hardened herself to the world and maybe she doesnt know if she wants marriage because she hasn't found the right person. She also mentions something like this in the reaction video. About maybe you do actually just know when you know and maybe that's the lesson from Taylor. I just want to say that yes you do. I also thought it was a lie people said to themselves. Don't settle for anything less than the person who makes you go "oh, there you are." I almost settled. 6 years in and I was cynical and thought we were compatible enough. Then I found out he was cheating. I moved on. Now I've found my soulmate. Truly my best friend and partner. We talk all the time about how wild it is to actually find your person. I can be a kid again with him. I dont need to be perfect. It is wild how healing it is finding your person.

Daryane Snow

Top 3: 1. Opalite 2. Ruin the Friendship 3. The Fate of Ophelia

Daryane Snow

I’m personally disappointed by the album as a whole but I love hearing your enthusiasm and positivity

Sophie

Top 3: 1. Ophelia 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Father Figure

Bree

When i listened i thought some sounded familiar too, but I didn't think of any of those songs you mentioned lol. Maybe it's just due to them all having catchy pop sounds they sound similar, but i wouldn't say rip off.

svenny

Top 3: 1. Ruin the friendship 2. Opalite 3. Actually Romantic

boleynns

I have no disappointment with this album whatsoever, but weirdly I think partially because I was too stressed and busy in the lead up to put any expectations on what it was going to be like — so listening for the first time was just pure joy. And now that I’ve listened like 25 times, I (as a certified sad girl and sad song lover) think this may end up being my favorite of her upbeat albums. So glad to be able to just be in a joyful bubble here!

Miantsa

I love the album so much and honestly it’s so difficult to choose a fave !! 😅 but i think the ones that were IMMEDIATE for me are WI$H LI$T, Eldest Daughter and CANCELLED! I also think Opalite is the perfect happy bop, but yeah I actually do adore this album, and will be avoiding social media to keep basking in my own bubble of JOY and FUN ✨✨ I NEEDED THAT!!!

C

Don't have time to watch this until tomorrow but can I just say I loooove that you filmed this little chatty chat first impressions video post-reaction!! I think this should be a part of the regular release week schedule going forward.

Julia

I feel you Selma! I only really like maybe 3 songs and there are at least a couple that I will NEVER listen to again (for the reasons you listed above). This never happened to me before, not even with rep when it first came out. But I think it's okay to say hey, this album isn't for me. The next one will be better again!

Julia

I do get what she's saying, but I still can't get over HOW she said it. To me the meme-speak ridicules the message (which I really love btw)

Ida Bruland

My top three songs at the moment are: 1. Cancelled! 2. The fate of Ophelia 3. The lif of showgirl! I LOVE THESE🔥

Julia

I could have sworn I heard dickmatized on first listen but I went back to see that I was wrong 😂don't know what tricks my brain was playing on me there

Julia

My absolute favourite song is FATHER FIGURE!

Zoe ❤️‍🔥

Paying money to leave that comment is actually romantic xx

Laura

1. The Fate of Ophelia 2. Opalite 3. Father Figure This hasn't really changed over the last few days but seeing it in the cinema has definitely made me appreciate Cancelled! and Wood a lot more.

gold rose

1) Father Figure 2) The Fate of Ophelia 3) Ruin The Friendship

Kimberly

Thanks for your opinion it helped me understand more where people are coming from as a person who really enjoys this album.

paulina 🧃

i understand what you mean but she clearly sings about people who’s been there for her when she was the cancelled one and it’s not travis it’s not brittany. like gucci is a brand everyone probably wore it at some point but it’s more about who was THE FACE of gucci for long time, and that’s Blake, and also being this fashion icon as she was for long time- Met Gala icon, and suddenly while cancelled she’s been named fashion flop for costume design in the movie she produced. it’s funny i have never been so involved in the „muse behind the song” discourse but this time im like YAS MY BABIES ARE STILL FRIENDS and im so serious about it it’s concerning 😀

Maria Clara

My top 3 are the same as Emmm🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

Mads

Top 3: Opalite TLOAS Eldest Daughter But Father Figure and The Fate of Ophelia is really up there.

Maggie

Top 3: Elizabeth Taylor, Fate of Ophelia, and Honey!

Jessikah

Top 3: 1. Opalite 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. The Fate of Ophelia The four track run at the start is the best thing I’ve ever heard

Athea Is A Blue Pikmin

Honestly I think my top 3 now are 1. Ruin The Friendship 2. Eldest Daughter 3. Father Figure Followed by 4. Honey 5. CANCELLED! 6. The Fate Of Ophelia Same top 3 songs, but Ruin The Friendship being my first now instead of third, Eldest Daughter being second instead of first and Father Figure being third instead of second. I think my top 3 are probably gonna be top 10 songs for me, but most of the album could seep into the top 50, which is the same amount of songs that I had for evermore in my top 50 I think at least (I think each album has about 9 songs that I’d consider being there,) so it does make me wonder which one will be my fave album! evermore is more me, the nature and whimsical fall and heartwarming vibe, along with the writing being my favorite but I think showgirl has my favorite sound, between all her projects!

Allie

Top 3: 1- Life of a Showgirl (I cry at the outro every single time) 2- Opalite 3- Fate of Ophelia

domdodom

stupid as hell

domdodom

she didnt claimed to be a 1989 2.0 or a folklore 2.0 💀

Stasi Apple

1000%. As an eldest daughter with a somewhat turbulent home life I agree. And the thought that we are dressing up as wolves but really soft fluffy lambs underneath really gets me. Most of my friends that are eldest children are married/seriously dating a youngest child so that little bit of finding "home" I think is to connect. Maybe there's just too much nuance in Eldest Daughter that unless you know, you know and if you don't you don't. Which I can see the criticism slightly in that it isn't quite as relatable to everyone. As a fellow eldest daughter though I was balling. And the loyalty you have to people you let into your life, siblings, friends, loved ones to find and establish your own home and provide that for those around you. That brings the perfectionism to the forefront though and I see it a lot, especially with my mom having passed and taking point on holiday celebrations and the such. It's just a lot.

Leneth Witte

Please anyone tell me if this is mentioned anywhere before, but I have had some thoughts on Ruin the Friendship. She says 'ask the question' and I wonder if it's related to Question.. from Midnights at all? AND in a way also a reflection on that she's GLAD that she went there with Matty because at least now she knows and has seen his true colours and is glad to be rid of it all... like I know in Tortured Poets she talks a lot about regret but I think this song is reflecting on that and saying you know what, that had to happen. I know people tie it to her high school friend and Forever Winter and I feel that too but IDK, I think it's written with multiple situations in mind... and the rest of the album is like, you know what, I'm sooooo good now so I can see that whole situation and be grateful for the fact it happened because it pushed me into the right direction. Anyway! Maybe this is BS haha but I haven't seen anyone talk about this online yet so would love to know anyone else's thoughts! My current three faves: 1. Honey 2. Opalite 3. Elizabeth Taylor / The Fate of Ophelia I CAN'T PICK.

Andreja_zorkovic

I have to say this; is it just me or has anyone else thought that Father Figure is not so much what was done to her but about her ‘protege’ ? Some younger singer she took under her wing (Charlie XCX, Olivia Rodrigo..?) who betrayed her in some way??

Maren

My top 3 are ruin the friendship, opalite and father figure

Betty Shen

My favourite ones are: 1. The life of a showgirl 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Opalite

Natalia Toledo

i love that you guys were talking about how she "rejected" fate with opalite, and it immediately reminded me of the prophecy ofc, and how this song is in direct correlation with it, because she didn't follow the prophecy she made her own happiness, she curated opalite (plus its so superior how Travis' birthstone is opal, like get out of here!!!)

Mae 🇳🇱

I think this album is the first album where you can actually feel that she is rich. That makes me relate to it a little bit less but the VIBES definitely make up for me 🪩💃

Rosemary Jarrell

Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor and Opalite have burrowed iinto my brain, but Eldest Daughter is creeping up as I listen more and more. This album has no skips!!

Mae 🇳🇱

The things I LOVE about this album are the exact things that make me love it less haha. I fell in love as soon as I heard it cause it’s such an easy listen. I don’t need weeks to fathom the meaning of them, the sound alone is enough to have me dance around the kitchen. It’s easy, it’s light, it’s vibing and I LOVE that. At the same time I do miss the more layered/complicated production, stories, fathomings I only have after WEEKS of thinking about the songs and lyrics that I wanted to tattoo on my arm. Like the bops that combine it all, like Is it over Now or Blank Space. Does someone get this? 😅 All in all, I do absolutely love it for what it is and The Fate of Ophelia is the ABSOLUTE best single I have ever heard

Linds K

I love the idea of Cancelled being about Blake but I’m just so confused how it could be timing wise. Didn’t she write this whole album before all the Blake stuff happened? Someone make it make sense to me, I truly want to be on board with this theory but I’m either missing something or everyone is ignoring the timeline 🤣

Val

The thing about the "dickmatized" outrage is that it's coming from a leak. She never says nor ment to say that but leakers had been saying that's what the blurry picture of the lyric booklet was saying. It was just a guess but now it's taken a life on its own. It's really pissing me off cause not only is it not true, it COMES FROM FALSE LEAKS. Anyways. My favorites are currently Father Figure, Honey and Wish List. And Elizabeth Taylor. Can't just choose 3. Album is so superior!!

Chelsea

I think the busy was more when she finally did reach out she said she was like “oh you’re really lucky I’m reaching out, I’m really busy right now, it’s not a good time, with the eras tour and matty just ending and stuff” but in fact like no she had time :))

Abby Thaine

I love the first four tracks at the moment! It’s an incredible run. Honey is also very sweet. I keep getting the melody of Ruin the Friendship and Eldest Daughter stuck in my head too!

Abby Thaine

Actually Romantic is top tier too!

Anna

Hi everyone! Something I feel like everyone should know when listening to "Wood" is that Shakespeare frequently used sexual double entendres in his work. Here is an example from Hamlet... Yet another example of Taylor referencing Shakespeare! Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2 Hamlet: Lady, shall I lie in your lap? Ophelia: No, my lord. Hamlet: Did you think I meant country matters? Ophelia: I think nothing, my lord. Hamlet: That’s a fair thought to lie between maids’ legs. Top of Hamlet’s list of sex talk is this line, when he sits on a cushion beside Ophelia, settling down to watch the play within a play. His words are particularly obscene once you know that ‘nothing’ was slang in the Elizabethan era for a lady’s private parts, and that ‘country’ was likely pronounced with a large emphasis on the first syllable! -- From No Sweat Shakespeare

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Katie

Thank GOODNESS for Bonny, Emily & the C&R community! Love you guys and so appreciate the wonderfully authentic energy, always! My current top 3: 1. Opalite 2. The Life of a Showgirl 3. The Fate of Ophelia

Rumsy

Top 4 on first listen :) Fate of Ophelia Opalite Father Figure/Eldest Daughter

Abz

I’m fully obsessed with it all but my current top 3 are: 1. Ruin the friendship 2. Wood 3. Opalite But honestly every. Single. Song. A HIT!

Natalia

my top 3 are: ruin the friendship fate of ophelia opalite

scout

right now I think my top 3 are opalite, the fate of ophelia, and father figure!

Liv ❤️‍🔥

top 3 in no order :) wood opalite the fate of ophelia

Laura

I haven't finish the video yet but I just wanna say now. Bonny thank you for sharing such a personal story of you! I feel honored to hear it and I send you a big hug and I am very happy you have a great support sistem to hold you Like Emily and I know I am a completely stranger on the internet haha but I am here for you ❤️ sending you lots of love!!!

LeAnna

Bonny :( thank you for being so vulnerable with us 🫶

Cynthia Puzio

1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Fate of Ophelia 3. Opalite

Hannah

I LOVE this album and sonically Wood would be one of my favourites. And listen, I fully get behind Taylor being funny or sexually explicit in her songs. Dress and Guilty as Sin? Are two of my all time faves. Also a huge fan of Sabrina. Wood just completely misses the mark for me. It’s like it’s trying to be funny but it really is not and I’m suffering listening to it. It’s like being with one of those couples who still thinks it’s a flex to allude to them have sex like we’re 14 year olds and I just go 🥴 Maybe at some point I can get past it an just drown out the lyrics 🫣 Top three changes all the time still but right this minute Cancelled!, Opalite, The life of a showgirl

Danielle Ferguson

Top 3 are Wood, Eldest Daughter, and Ruin the Friendship, closely followed by Honey and Opalite

Kara Mills

Top three are the first three songs, excellent three track run!

Abby🌷🇬🇧🐚🌞

my top 3 right now are: 1) the fate of ophelia (I don’t see this changing this song has changed me) 2) opalite 3) ruin the friendship I also just wanted to say I appreciate how much work you guys are putting in so much!!! the dedication to getting videos out so fast for us and so many of them is awe-inspiring and we’re all so grateful❤️❤️ you both truly make a new taylor swift album experience so exciting it feels incomplete without you and I just wanted to thank you so much for all you share! never stop being you💗

Bee Elliott

YAY safe space i need a place to scream and sing and dance I LOVE THIS ALBUM ITS FOR ME

Monica Andersen

Friday my top 3 were Elizabeth Taylor, Cancelled and The fate of Ophelia. Today (day 4) it's Elizabeth Taylor, The fate of Ophelia and Wood (with Opalite very close 4th) ❤️‍🔥

Inés

You're making me fathom Eldest Daughter in a completley new way and I'm an eldest daughter I feel dizzyyyyyy

Bee Elliott

Favourites have to be fate of Ophelia, opalite and Wish List. But obsessed with wood

Jaimi Carter

My current top 3: wish list, actually romantic and father figure!

Raven Patzner 🇨🇦🫶🏻

Ahhhh I love release week!! Truly so much to fathom and it’s so amazing. Ok top so far in no particular order is the fate of Ophelia, cancelled!, and opalite!

Keith

Top 3 - The Fate of Ophelia, Opalite, The Life of a Showgirl

Nat 🌸🌺

Omg I looove this album so much! My top 3: The fate of Ophelia Elizabeth Taylor Ruin the friendship Love you guys!!!

Frida

It just clicked for me the connection between the bridge in Illicit Affairs and Honey, and this makes that song even better! I don’t know if it is a direct link, but in Illicit Affairs she’s angry that someone who didn’t mean it has called her these cute nicknames and in Honey she can finally accept being called this nicknames because «You give it a different meaning cause you mean it»! Love you guys and your videos! So sorry for your loss Bonny❤️

Michele Graziani

I usually don’t comment and just sit back and enjoy your reactions but I’m shocked over people’s reactions (negative) to this masterpiece of writing! Her pen is just as sharp in a beautiful way. The beats are so creative and the fact that this was all done in her downtime from the Eras tour blows my mind. This is why I am a member of your Patreon, ladies 💕 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Opalite 3. Ruin the friendship 😭

Selina

My instant favourites at first listen are Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor and Wood! In general I am completely obsessed with the happiness and confidence that comes across when listening to this album. And all the nostalgic retro/oldies sounds - simply the best thing I’ve ever heard!!! ❤️‍🔥

Judith Sallinger

so glad this safe space exists <3 my top 3 are opalite, father figure and honey!

Alexis Brusby

Yesssss!!! I totally forgot to mention that. The LOYALTY of the eldest daughter is unmatched. That’s is the next biggest theme in this track to me. Because we had to grow and take care of our little siblings and because we had to figure out social interaction the hard way we’re so loyal to anyone who is true and honest and cares about us or we see as family (perfect example of Taylor) and the biggest theme in the chorus. And ironically I am now engaged to guy who is a younger sibling and I have NEVER been more happy. After a relatively short time together (like a year) I had the “oh my god you really do know when you know” moment and this song just wraps all this up so nicely to me. I think for eldest daughters it’s more relatable than I expected it to be but I totally get how unless you know, it’s hard to pick up on.

Laura carter

Pledge allegiance to your hands could be a reference to them getting married and the vows they make when exchanging rings

Cooler Fan

I still do not think Cancelled! about Blake. Taylor says she makes her own decisions and how she doesn't cast people aside. She never once publicly supported Blake. They are never out together nor did any paps find any of them linking up in secret (which is easy for Blake to get caught).

Tyler Holland

1. The Fate of Ophelia (might be a contender for "favorite song of all time," which is currently Getaway Car) 2. CANCELLED! 3. Elizabeth Taylor Close Honorable Mentions: Opalite & Father Figure Side note, my friends (both run large Swiftie accounts on Insta) and I LOVED this album day 1, then got on Twitter (and they got DMs) and went "wtf" when we saw all of the hate. THANK YOU for being so unapologetic in your joy and love for this album!

M3L

For me: The Fate of Ophelia Opalite Life of a Showgirl I’m leaving social media! It’s become so toxic and im addicted to it.

Breezy Bumbles

I noticed that Taylor references “the land” a couple times throughout the album. It’s in Ophelia and I think, Honey? Well I just found out that Cleveland is known as “THE LAND” and that is Travis’ hometown. Who’s the baddest in the land? Keep it 100 on the land? I love her!

Laura

Frist I LOVE this album. This album is emotionally uncomplicated and I really like that, I like that she (Taylor) is in that stage, I like that we have leave the melancholia and so heavy, sad, tortured load of emotions. I think is the first time for me that I here an album of taylor and think she is talking from her actual age maturity, not tha she has being immature is just that I heard a woman of 35 years old emotionally mature as her age writing and telling us about her life behind her public persona, because is the first time that she could separate one from another we saw this process start on midnights. She did what I think a woman on our 30s start to do that is giving a F* of what other people say or thinks, and thats liberating. I love the memory lane of sound like Jackson 5, britney, Nsync, the soft pop and soft rock etc.

Leni Doom

I still struggle a lot with Eldest Daughter.. I know I don’t have to like it, still I like the production and at the same time I am disappointed in the lyrics.. I think the writing is a bit all over the place in terms of there being many very good phrases /ideas that weren’t fleshed out. Maybe I expected something else because of the way the album was set up on the podcast? As of yet, I always skip it 🥺 Nevertheless I was so moved by the line „first lamb to the slaughter“. I wish, she had continued with that idea in relation to the showgirl behind the scenes-theme she told us about in the podcast. I have to leave it at that and give it another go sometime. Maybe it will grow on me, maybe not. HOWEVER, I love love love the track run 1-4 so much. ❤️‍🔥🫠🥹 Excited to hear your takes on the song!

Laura

Now about wood 1. Is really funny how people, the thing that share the most on tik tok, was the Juno pose of Sabrina but it is scandalize when taylor says *matize, also when Ariana Grande was singing *I am walking side to side* that song was basically telling she was having sex all day with her partner and the critics weren't as loud as I remember, so it frustrates me the double standar. 2. The song Wood is establishing the obvious about the sexual meaning but I think there is also a double sense or meaning that maybe I catch. If you look other songs in the album she talks how Travis have been with her, she has mention it on so high school, opalite, Wi$h Li$t, the fate of ophelia how he has been sweet with her and his determination of going after her and choosing her with out hesitation or mind games as she said it in honey, that he was looking something more than just the sexual part and staying until morning with her, so I am pretty sure Travis has redefine the definition of what a man is and not what childish man think that it is, which is based on the length of their d*ck and if this is the talk that we are getting into between this childish man, for Taylor, Travis has the tallest d*ck of them all. Also when she refers to "New Heights of manhood" for me is saying that Travis raise the bar that she had about what a really man is and it has nothing to do with his d*ck is just the plus, is what she said...a BEST FRIEND that she thinks is hot...the hot is the plus but she was looking for a best friend. Finally I love how she write this song intended to sound sexual because she is 35 and she is living her sexuality with her man without an ounce of guilt or embarrassment and why we should know about that because that is also a part of her life a fraction of the Life Of A Showgirl.

Leni Doom

I totally get you regarding WOOD! I think it’s totally okay not to love every song.

Leni Doom

I honestly skip it rn. However, I have 1-4 as well as Actually Romantic, Cancelled and Showgirl on rotation. It‘s also quite nice to sprinkle a bit reputation in between 😇

Bee Elliott

This is literally a swiftie recharge I needed this. The eldest daughter fathoming is everything I feel about that song. It’s already on the do not play in public list because I can’t get through it without sobbing. Particularly the bridge.

SarahRo

If I had to pick a Top 3 right now: The Fate of Ophelia, Ruin the Friendship, Cancelled!

Alyssa

My top three currently are: Opalite, Honey and The Life of a Showgirl ❤️‍🔥

Alicia Wenberg

Your discussion about eldest daughter is so interesting. Its like we all go through periods of wondering whether we will find that love. I think taylor surrendered to maybe I won't find it in the prophecy and then that is what they always say is when your person turns up. Even though I'm married and have been for many years I can relate to this b/c we all grow and change. My relationship isn't the same as it was 10 or 15 years ago because we are not the same people we were. What I thought I wanted in a relationship and what I thought love was has changed and that is ok. To me the most important thing is to find someone who will continue to choose to grow with you because it actually is a choice. I love how she talks about keeping it 100% in the fate of ophelia. I read this somewhere about each person in a relationship gives 100% and I love that. Its not 50/50 it always give 100% which means I love unconditionally- even when what I am giving is maybe more than my partner is. We all have times when our 100% falls short of what we would like it to be but that is what it means to love unconditionally. I'll be there for you even when you are struggling or having feelings or reactions that I don't like. In opalite she doesn't promise life will not bring problems she just promises to bring love and that is so beautiful.

Elin Priestman

My top 3: 1. Ruin the friendship 2. Father Figure 3. Wish list / Honey / Fate of Ophelia - can’t decide! Honestly, an absolute ‘no skips’ album for me 😭♥️ Woke up at 5:30am UK time to listen to the album one time all the way through and from the moment Fate of Ophelia started playing I knew I loved it. I listened to it all and then took a long deep sigh of relief & fell back asleep for another hour haha 😆

Cocco

Ophelia, Ruin the Friendship, and Cancelled!

Laura

For me Cancelled I don't think is saying she is friends with Blake or that she isn't, but the good side of your friends being cancelled, when they get Cancelled is not just them knowing who their friends are but also Taylor, how they act, if they approach her, she wouldn't judge because she has been there but also if in the intention of saving their own they will be willing to hurt her in the process is like knowing your friends true colors through an adversity, you can come to me (Taylor) and I will help you out because I understand what is to be in that place and not judge you from the beginning, but also been observant of what their actions are and if they are really her friends. It comes to me all the dragon GOT allegedly message from Blake or the threat of exposing all the messages etc.

Parker McFarlin

to me, the uhh-matized lyric is very simliar to i think he knows in the chorus! wheh she says "uhhhh i mean wanna see whats under that attitude. i know this one is litlle more straight forward but its very similar to me

Sarah

Top 3: the fate of ophelia, opalite and cancelled! (But every song is the best thing I've ever heard obviously). Love you, can't wait for the all content!!

Julia

I’m loving this album more with every listen ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Elin Priestman

My thoughts about the content of the songs not fitting into the concept of the album. I went back to listen to the New Heights episode and Taylor says that it’s - and I quote: ‘about what was going on in my inner life’ during the Eras tour. This to me is a perhaps a much more accurate description of the album compared to the other description that she’s given about it being a ‘look behind the curtain’. The inner life of Taylor is what she always gives us, and it’s always going to be unpredictable! People were so disappointed initially that TTPD was mostly about Matty Healy and not Joe. We have to remind ourselves that despite us perhaps wanting more depth of what it’s actually like to be on a tour like the Eras tour, she didn’t feel creatively engaged in telling us about that - and that’s fine with me. Whatever she wants to tell me about her inner life - I’m here for it. She’s never going to give us the perfect concept album that fits into a perfect story of what showgirl life is like - because she’s actually a girl madly in love and that was what was going on in her inner life ❤️‍🔥

Annika

Thank you for creating this positive safe space for us, girlies <3 The insta comment sections are quite frightful. I loved your reaction and this little chatty chat! My current favorites are 1. The Fate of Ophelia 2. Father Figure 3. Wood I also really like Opalite and my personal theory is that it's not just a love song about Travis but also a song she wrote for her wedding. Not like Lover as a first dance/slow dance, but rather a song that gets every single person at that wedding party up on their feet sharing in the joy with T&T. Like, I can see their parents dancing to this song. And those Oh, oh, oh, ohs are definitely gonna hit different once you get the crowd tipsy haha

Elin Saulo

It’s so hard to pick honestly! I love all of them but I think right now - Father Figure - Wood - honey

Jennifer Rudolph

- Fate of Ophelia - Elizabeth Taylor - Cancelled! Love this album🧡🧡🧡

Ally ❤️

It’s impossible to pick. Truly a no skip album…But I can batch them: When I am feeling chill: - Eldest Daughter - Ruin the Friendship - Wi$h Li$t - Honey When I am feeling dance party: - Fate of Ophelia - Wood - Opalite When I’m feeling powerful: - The Life of a Showgirl - Father Figure - CANCELLED! - Elizabeth Taylor - Actually Romantic I think Taylor, Max, and Johann absolutely killed it!

Rick Woodiel

So the girls are talking about a “new voice” for Taylor.. Just think about it this way, she was recording this in between the tour!! She’s doing 3 1/2 hours a night and then recording this on her days off!?! What an amazing woman

Sophie kelly

Bonnie you made me cry over your reaction to Ruin the Friendship❤️Sending you lots of love xx

Ash94

Current top 3: Father Figure The Fate of Ophelia Actually Romantic/Wood/Honey So superiorrrrrr

Kathryn

This has made me so happy coming and listening to you guys talk about the album and spread so much joy about this album which I’m absolutely loving. A lot of what I have seen online is people just being so negative for no reason and comparing it to previous albums, which I’m absolutely sick of. People just need to stop judging her so quickly this album is an absolute bop and I can guarantee they will all change there tune in about a week when the album settles.

Morgan C

Hi Leni! I couldn't help but respond to your comment because I have never done a 180 with a Taylor song so fast in my life. I completely get where you are coming from because I felt the exact same way the first few times I listened through the album. I then started skipping it, and then I was watching someone's reaction to the album and it got to that song and wasn't even what they said, but as soon as the bridge hit I started tearing up and I was sitting there like "why is this the most beautiful and emotional thing I have actually ever heard?? and how did I not hear it the first however many times I listened to this song??"

Hannah

Oh I LOVE Actually Romantic! And thanks, I fully agree with you.

Miriam

Obsessed with them all, but my top 3 so far: Cancelled, Eldest Daughter and The Life of a Showgirl

Morgan C

Sorry I was trying to go to the next line not post the reply yet HAHA. Anyway, after that, I stopped allowing myself to get stuck on the "cringey" lines and really listened to what she was trying to say with this song. It really feels to me that the intent of the internet references is to really highlight the intensity of the projection the eldest daughter/character of the eldest daughter engages in to shield themselves from the world and how far from their inner self they have gotten. The first verse is still closed off and distant, the second verse starts to reference their childhood, allowing you in a little bit, and by the bridge, the wall has come down, both for us as the listener and for her as the eldest daughter and the realization is made. I also feel that even though the "I'm never gonna let you down, never gonna leave you now" is intended for Travis, I also see it as being said to her inner child that she let go of for so long. I absolutely love this song now. Apologies for how long this is!!

Georgi Varavko

i’m sorry but was the line that she said about every song being like it’s own movie an easter egg for the videos that we got from the different cities? :0

Sibylle

The more I listen, the more I love them all. Current top three: Elizabeth Taylor, Father Figure, Fate of Ophelia and special mention to Eldest Daughter (Acoustic Version). Taylor’s again ahead of the curve!

Julie Bréhin

Superior album is for superior people haha (like us)

Carla

Top 3: ruin the friendship, the fate of Ophelia, opalite 😍😍 loved this second reaction, I agree with literally everything you said and analysed!! Can’t wait for more videos but also just enjoy this blessed first week with a new Taylor album!!

VP

It would make no sense for Taylor to choose to write this specific song and put it out there if she wasn’t thinking of Blake, who is literally going through her own cancellation. Not a single person can explain why Taylor and Blake are not friends anymore. Because it makes no sense. Taylor is not saying anything about Blake because 1: Taylor never really says anything about anything anymore outside of music and 2: because she knows she’s the monster on the hill and would make things worse. Let’s not forget the Blake thing is a very real legal battle too. It can take years for people to find out what’s going on. Did anyone know Taylor helped Sophie Turner when she was getting cancelled and going through her divorce? No, we only found out much, much later. The song literally explicitly says it all. There’s no mystery here.

Cooler Fan

I don’t agree re Turner - that news came out very fast when we knew she helped. At least they were seen together. At least.

Gabi

Top 3 ❤️‍🔥 1. Father Figure 2. Honey (clean version) 3. The Fate of Ophelia I have a lot of thoughts, but mostly I’ve been wondering if the “you” in The Fate of Ophelia is the fans/eras tour. A man could never save Ophelia from her fate, men were her oppressor and her downfall. But there are very obvious shoutouts to Travis in the lyrics of that song, so it’s hard to say. I just refuse to believe that Taylor Swift, a genius, would intentionally misrepresent Ophelia’s story.

Selma Nilsson

Domdom she did say that she kept the writing level of folklore on the New Heights podcast and that it was going to be upbeat and as infectious as their previous work (namely on 1989), not only that, but she also said that she wanted to " be as proud of an album as she was the eras tour " which, considering all that the eras tour was, is a huge statement. She said, "We knew that we had to bring the best ideas we ever had, and I know the pressure I'm putting on this record by saying that but I don't care cuz' I love it that much and I'm so proud of it. " which almost makes it seem like this record will be better than all their earlier work since it's the best idea's they've ever had and therefore better than their previous ones. Just re-watching New Heights reaffirms for me the huge bar she set with all the things she said about this record. It would be hard, even if the album were merely good, to live up to that. I don't dislike all of the songs on the album, but she said things like " each song is there for hundreds of reasons" and that depth and precision, especially lyrically, really weren't apparent for me. Don't get me wrong, I love all of her previous music; it is so important to me, which is partly why I was so disappointed.

Boy mom swiftie

Cancelled….I hope they are still good, but I’m not sure the timeline with the text message drama and writing of this song. She said, it’s how the treat me…so I don’t know. I think this song is her supporting Blake when this first happened.

Colleen Pearce

Honey made me immediately think of the part in Question when she says "that's more suitabllleeeeee and riiiightttt but toniiighttttt". similar sound to when she says in Honey "paint in the color of your eyeeees"

Boy mom swiftie

Favs: Wish List, Honey, Elizabeth Taylor are my favs, but I love every single one of them!

Cristina

Top 3: Elizabeth Taylor, father figure, cancelled / tfoo.

Selma Nilsson

Julia, I fully agree. Some songs like Ruin the friendship, some parts of Eldest Daughter etc. I like or don't mind. It's because there was such a huge bar set by her, and I love her earlier work so much that this was so disappointing. Some of the songs I also don't want to hear again. I really hope that the next album will be like her other ones because I love them so much and a lot of her songs mean a lot to me. Long Story Short, we will survive this era and see daylight.

Maria

My top 3 after the first few listens: 1. CANCELLED! 2. The Fate of Ophelia 3. Elizabeth Taylor ...with Father Figure nad The Life of a Showgirl being close contenders. Love you chickens! <3

Amber

1. Opalite 2. Fate of Ophelia 3. Wood She really said this one for the pop girlies!!

Holly

Top 3: father figure, opalite, Ophelia

Row

Father figure has changed my life and I will never recover.

Mackenzie

I WAS THERE IN VANCOUVER AND IT WAS A LOT TO HEAR!!!!!

Hannah Grace

Fav 3, Ophelia, actually romantic and showgirl Growers on repeated listening RTF, honey

Selma Nilsson

I'm happy you enjoyed it, Kimberly. (I'm mentioning people's names so you know who I'm responding to) And I'm glad we can disagree without there being blood and gore lmao. There is no feeling quite like having new favorite TS songs, I'm jealous! The songs I don't mind on this album might grow on me, though, you never know. 🤞🤞

Georgi Varavko

first of all thank you for coming to chat with us so soon after the album drop!!! you just know what we desire rn <3

Georgi Varavko

and the top three must be 1. the fate of ophelia 2. opalite 3. cancelled! in memory and love of all the fellow queers hated around the world, this song just says “you are not alone” when the world tells you the opposite. i know it’s not the literal meaning of the song but this is what i need to take out of it <3

tomww_

Loved this video. Thank you, Bonny, for being so open about your personal experience after listening to Ruin The Friendship. Felt all the feels after watching your reaction! 🥲

Georgi Varavko

OH BUT THE WOOD what are you doing kidding me with the top three i swear

Marina

Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing such a personal experience Bonny❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 you really didn’t have to. It makes my heart so warm to know that this is that kind of safe space for you🥹 ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Lefty

On first listen I picked up mostly on Opalite and then Elizabeth Taylor. Now my top 3 are Ruin the Friendship, Elizabeth Taylor and then probably Opalite. Ruin the Friendship is so beautiful and devastating, when I properly caught the lyrics it immediately became a fav

Laura

Fully obsessed with the entire album, but my top 3 right now: 1. The Fate of Ophelia 2. Ruin the Friendship 3. Wood

Candela Argibay

The 3 songs that INSTANTLY stuck with me where cancelled , opalite and father figure , they are on REPEAT, what are those melodies???? and lately the fate of Ophelia, wish list and ruin the friendship are a grower

Madeline

I love love LOVE. Omg. I honestly was feeling nervousness for this album because she was putting such an emphasis on the Max/Shellbac collaboration and as a Jack defender to the death I was a bit worried but I literally burst out sobbing at first listen like THANK GOD ITS SO AMAZING 😂 top three after the first weekend are Ruin The Friendship The Life of a Showgirl The Fate of Ophelia Honourable mention has to go to Elizabeth Taylor. The drop at the chorus makes me lose my shit 🙃 Love you guys 😘😘😘

Emily Warfield

Does anyone else relate to eldest daughter as a sibling song? I think of my big sister and our childhood

LindsayG

Has anyone else noticed that Elizabeth Taylor and Taylor’s Grandma Marjorie kind of looked alike?

boleynns

I feel the same, but I just heard the "Now You're Home Acoustic Version" and it nearly instantly made me love it. Her voice is a lot more emotional and raw, and its over guitar instead of piano and the production is so much warmer than the album version. I def recommend giving it a shot!

Elizabeth

Top Three: Wi$h Li$T , Elizabeth Taylor, and Cancelled

Meg A.

Thank you Bonny for being vulnerable with us

Floran

Impossible to pick a top 3 I would probably change it 5 seconds from now but Elizabeth Taylor, Wood, Life of a Showgirl… 😱

Floran

Right! And lyrically it has parallels too: did you leave her house in the middle of the night/and you stay until the morning (and more)

Bridgett Goldfarb

My top three: Cancelled! Elizabeth Taylor The Fate of Ophelia But I love them all.

Bridgett Goldfarb

The text threat thing was always total 💩. It was always a lie. Just THINK about it, how could that help Blake? No, this song is total love to Blake and everyone who gets cancelled for silly shit.

Kate Johnson

Honey, Life of a Showgirl, Father Figure! It’s so fun

Alyssa Hertzig

Top 3 for me: 1) Fate of Ophelia 2) Elizabeth Taylor 3) Opalite

Sana 🇵🇸

The vinyl variant names are from the unique poems, if you put them so together it becomes one giant poem which apparently has a puzzle in it

Lively_Ash

BONNY😭😭 I totally relate the same way you do to Eldest Daughter 💛🫶

Mia Morgan

Thank you for the positivity! I had an amazing connection to this album that I haven't had since 1989 for her pop records, but watching bad reviews and reading negative comments makes me feel stupid for loving this album. I honestly am going to have to unsubscribe from some people because it is ruining my experience! What are they not getting about the purpose of this album? It's the personal life of the showgirl, it's what I was expecting...

Mia Morgan

Also my top tracks in no order are Honey, Opalite and Father Figure ✨🫶🏼

Lison

top 2 is The Fate of Ophelia and Opalite! Can't choose a 3rd yet

Lison

The part about the question at the end of Ruin the friendship made me think of Question...? and like how she wanted that question answered!

Lison

I don't remember in which song she says "you left the table" but it made me think of tolerate it "I sit and watch you" but she actually finally stood up and left the table!!!!

Rachel Good

Father figure, ruin the friendship, opalite

Reb Jordin

Top 3: 1. Wood 2. Opalite 3. Father Figure

Chelsea

Yesss I have been leaving comments defending White Horse!!! The fathoming 💖💖 ily

Tim B

Top 3 (not in any order): Ophelia Ruin the friendship Cancelled Father figure, Elizabeth Taylor, TLOAS are the next 3 for me ❤️‍🔥

kiamia

Father Figure (so savage, like no body, no crime); Fate of Ophelia; Opalite/Cancelled! I cheated, that's 4, with runner ups TLOAS, Elizabeth Taylor, Wood. How are people even bitching about this album?

Victoria D

My top 3 at the moment are 1. Eldest Daughter 2. The Fate of Ophelia 3. Honey but I also think I’ve been obsessed with a new song every day. Today it’s been Actually Romantic. This album is incredible and I think I’m going to have a special place in my heart because this was the first time I was with friends who also love Taylor and we all listened together. Previously I’ve always listened alone which had its perks too, but it was so nice to have fellow Swifties to enjoy it with!

Caitlin Tatum

Initial Top 3 Tracks: Wi$hli$t Honey Wood Also Bonny I cried when you cried during the reaction. Thank you both for being such a light for me as a Swiftie that sits back and lets others do the hard work and fathoming so I can enjoy the insight and hard work. I think I’ve seen every YouTube video about Taylor from y’all and life is much better with Em and Bonny!

Maria

Omg In no particular order I feel like maybe the fate of Ophelia, ruin the friendship and opalite? I don’t know like 9 of them are all number 1😭

Wendy Davis

The crazy thing is that the European leg of the tour --when she wrote and produced this album was over a year ago.....which means she might already have another album (lucky TS13) written!!!!

Wendy Davis

The Fate of Ophelila, Life of a Showgirl (masterpiece), Eldest Daughter

Emma

Father Figure is the most superior song Ive ever heard!!! My other two favs are the fate of Ophelia and Opalite

Chelsea

Great commentary!!! Top 2 are ruin the friendship and honey. The third is hardddd!!!! I think it’s gotta be eldest daughter

CyrusNomadix

Been following y'all on YT for a couple years now. I subbed to your Patreon because I wanted to be around your positivity in this time of undeserved hate. I love your fathomings. This video specifically helped me fathom Eldest Daughter better which I really appreciate. Thank you for fanning hard, being honest with yourselves when something doesn't resonate, and open to changing your mind the longer a new album exists.

Zane Brewster

No hate to WI$H LI$T but Glitch clears imo

CyrusNomadix

Also, "Travis's wood is verrrry sentimental to Taylor" sent me 🤣

Lizzie Johnson

My top 3 is The Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor and Cancelled and I did form that view pretty quickly... it was the rest of the album that I found harder to rank because the songs are just all SO good. This video made me realise just how therapeutic this album is... she's touching on so many vulnerable areas of life and really makes you stop and think... even with songs like Actually Romantic, she's showing us how to brush off hate with a new perspective... Cancelled, she's teaching us not to put people in boxes because they're multi-faceted... Eldest Daughter, you guys nailed the narrative on that one... I could go on <3

Mallory

Top 3- Wi$hLi$t, Honey, and Fate of Ophelia.. although I absolutely also love Elizabeth Taylor and Opalite. That’s so funny bc I’m not really a Glitch fan but Wi$h Li$t is my number 1

CyrusNomadix

Actually Romantic, Cancelled, Ruin the Friendship. Ironically the stuff not Travis related lol I like/love them, happy for her, and obviously this might change over time

Breezy Bumbles

I just had a very fascinating thought. I was listening to Ruin The Friendship and it made me think about how it’s better to be rejected than to always wonder. Which made me think of Chloe, Sam etc which is a song about always wondering. Now I am WONDERING if Chloe, Sam could be about the same person? All the lyrics fit the story about this friend who Taylor has written about before multiple times. Hmmmmmm……. Just trying to fathom.

kiamia

Honestly the Showgirl hate feels a bit bandwagon-ey. Meanwhile people are streaming it like crazy. Just a small group of pick mes on the internet wanting to stand out. Like if you like Taylor, but this isn't your vibe, you can just let it go and feel happy for the Taylor fans who enjoy this type of thing. I didn't really enjoy anything on Lover but I didn't get angry at Taylor or the fans who did.

Ellen Blair

The rejection of prophecy and fate means so much to me as someone who has clung to things like that (in probably a negative way). It’s so empowering. I’m about to go out and make my own joy, y’all! ✨🙌🏼

Meghan Carty

I feel exactly the same way! I think Stan culture has removed any nuance from the conversation on both sides — you either love it or hate it. That shouldn’t be how art is consumed imo

Trevor Grady

you guys are COOKING on this one. love the analysis of father figure & eldest daughter specifically— these songs are honestly just too deep to fully fathom on one or two listens. people just don’t get it!!!!!

Amanda Christon

The fate of Ophelia is the best song I’ve ever heard, Bonny you’re right. I’m addicted in a way I haven’t felt in so long

Téa Cook

top 3: wi$h li$t, actually romantic, wood!!!!

Alyssa Malecha

My top 3 are The Life of a Showgirl, Ruin the Friendship and Elizabeth Taylor!! ❤️‍🔥

Meghan Carty

Unfortunately, I think Stan culture has really removed any nuance from the conversation. I think if critique is approached with critical kindness, to steal from Taylor Swift Style lingo, that’s perfectly valid! It’s ok to not like art and it doesn’t have to be because you don’t understand it. Music is subjective! For me, I felt the maturity was missing from her writing that I’ve gotten used to with her last few albums, and that doesn’t mean I always need her to write incredibly metaphorical, poetic songs. I love the concept and sound of Actually Romantic, for example, but I personally don’t think that the very specific lyrics that link to Charli weren’t necessary, even if she “deserved” it for reasons unknown. The message of the song could have been delivered without putting another public figure in the crosshairs of fans who have a penchant for public smear campaigns. I also think she seems very “online” with her lyrics in this album, but not even with the most current online slang, and I fear that this will not allow the songs to age as well as her lyrics usually do. I think this album is fun and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with Taylor being happy and making happy music. I think that as fans of art and music we can have complicated feelings and that’s ok!

sarah

I agree to a degree 🫠 I’ve only revisited maybe 3 tracks (Father Figure, Elizabeth Taylor, Actually Romantic) which is pretty odd for me respective to my track record with previous albums. I feel you on the Travis part as well, she’s understandably excited about settling into a secure relationship but I personally don’t care who she dates 🤷🏻‍♀️ She’s usually good at keeping the song about herself even if she’s singing about a lover but she felt de centered on this record

Jackie Weiss

Just want to add on CANCELLED. I also thought of Brittany Mahomes (Patrick Mahome’s wife) as she’s gotten hate for years on the internet for being MAGA (or MAGA adjacent?) and generally being a bad hang. Taylor recently went to her birthday in Nashville, so clearly they are friendly still

sarah

SOOO spot on. The lack of nuance kills me. I am a swiftie but first and foremost I’m a lover of music and discussion. It’s rough on both ends of the spectrum — some people refuse to let Taylor receive constructive criticism (which in my opinion is insulting to her as a person,) and there are simply assholes who will complain regardless because that’s what they do at every album drop, any excuse to hate on Taylor. I’m writing my dissertation around music theory and GOD is it rough on the twit these days 😩😩

sarah

I love how u guys have the same shirt in different fonts hahaha. Thanks for fostering a safe community in the midst of the absolute degeneracy happening on twitter

sarah

🫂🫂🫂

Jerry Roberts

The first line of the second verse of Father Figure was a crazy pull to remember 15 hours after the album drops LOL

Suzi Davenport

My top three are The Fate of Ophelia, Ruin the Friendship, and Elizabeth Taylor, though Father Figure is clooooose behind. Crossing my fingers she makes a music video for Father Figure, I feel like she could get really creative with that concept!

Kaylee O'Connor

Your reaction did not disappoint 🙌 thankyou for your vulnerability and positivity. This album is fun and sexy! It feels expensive. I went to work the next day- minding my own business and a taylor hater wanted to comment on how bad the album is and I'm just like. Wow - it's actually romantic how much you care that you felt the need to share your negativity unprompted. Sounds like you listened to the album on your own accord... it's actually wild.

emily w

First listen favs (in no particular order): - Elizabeth Taylor - Ruin the Friendship - The Life of a Showgirl Current favs (in order): 1. Ruin the friendship 2. Honey 3. Opalite

Emily

the comparison of white horse to eldest daughter has me concerneddddd

Emily

Top 3 are the fate of Ophelia, Opalite, & life of a showgirl!! But so much to fathom!!

K

Tbh, i feel like people we're so used with how gut wrenching sad songs are and the lyricsm that comes with it, that's why this album doesn't hit them as much. I feel like people forgot to just have fun...and tbh lyrics are also so good if you actually fathom it. This album is coming from a point of happiness and security and being comfortable with your ownself.

Sam

My first thoughts are I think the album is a bop, it’s fun, but it’s not her best work. And that’s okay. She’s set the bar unbelievably high for herself, so happy for her to just have fun with this one. Fave song by a country mile is Father Figure. I also enjoy Fate of Ophelia, Opalite, Ruin the Friendship, Life of a Showgirl and Elizabeth Taylor (the acoustic version has skyrocketed this one for me). Least favourite is Eldest Daughter. I haaate the song writing on this one. It reminds me of the kind of thing people put together when they are mocking her trying to say she is a bad song writer. “Every eldest daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter, so we all dressed up as wolves and we looked fire” is IMO the worst thing she has ever written. The bridge is passable but the rest of it is IMO awful. I appreciate your take but for me the depth and lyrical prowess is just not there. Loving all your videos though. While I certainly have my criticisms and I think there are plenty of valid criticisms, I do think the hate is so overblown, it’s certainly not a bad album, it just doesn’t clear *HER* bar - but it’s nice to have your joy and positivity to balance out all the derangement. 💛

Stephanie S

Love this album. My first thoughts were that she sounds happy and like she's having fun. She is in love and this makes me so happy. I think they're going back to a kind of young love to heal the wounds that may still be open from her past. She's processing everything and I love that for her. At the beginning, my "top three" (really top 4 because 3rd place tied) were: 1. Wi$h li$t 2. Eldest daughter (I'm actually the youngest but absolutely felt parentified at a young age... Very independent... Didn't want to make waves.. A perfectionist and people pleaser... Told I was bossy and told I'm an old soul, etc) 3. Father Figure and Opalite

Florence Lambert

Hi Bonny and Emily! I’ve been following you both for SO long, and I’ve been a swiftie since fearless 🫶I love you both and can tell you have the biggest hearts, are genuine gals, and care about the world deeply. This is why I’m writing to you... I feel a deep sadness during this time of the new album. I live on the east coast of the US, and I’m terrified. As Aussies I’m sure you’re aware of what’s happening, but I’m telling you…it’s bad over here with immigration police and fascism rising unchecked. I’m a pediatrician, and I’m so scared for our children (guns, loss of scientific funding, vaccine misinformation). What’s happening in Gaza and the US’s role is also devastating (kuddos for Australia who just recognized Palestine as a state). There is so much we cannot assume about Taylor’s life. I love the new album and certainly don’t judge her lyrics like some others are quick to do. What’s bothering me is in regards to what Taylor is (not) doing outside her album. Taylor has massive security threats from so many places, so for a while I could understand not saying anything about politics or Gaza; perhaps it was about her and her fans’ safety. However, when she announced that she was still partnering with target and Amazon, I was very disappointed, and I really don’t understand why those partnerships are necessary. I know Taylor is such a caring individual, so it really breaks my heart. Her silence in combination with a really happy album is what makes this time feel extra dystopian. I was wondering if you’re willing to comment on that. I have really complicated emotions right now, and I feel a little alone in that as a swifitie. I’m just really sad!! This is not about Hollywood drama, like when she got canceled in the rep era…this is different. It’s about the heart of the world for me. And no one person can solve this, but I am heartbroken that I can’t look up to Taylor as a role model anymore. Any thoughts would be so appreciated, even if it’s a while from now while we enjoy showgirl ♥️ Much love

Annie

What good is going to come from Taylor publicly saying anything about global issues? It might make some people feel better I guess, but she can also do that by doing her job and making music. I mean, she endorsed Kamala and she still didn't win. I worry that if she does say anything about Gaza, the list of demands for her to speak up for will never end. I mean, there is more than one genocide occurring at this very moment, I just think it would lead to an impossible standard for herself and others. Taylor deserves the benefit of the doubt. She has proven herself to be a good, generous person time and time again. I also trust her and her team to navigate those issues and handle them. If she had to choose to donate and get resources where they need to go and making an actual impact anonymously or a public statement, I am taking the silent support all day. I understand your state of mind and your desire though. Such scary times in our country right now, and I am not sure it's going to get much better. It's a feeling of helplessness that makes me sick to my stomach. I am SO grateful that, at the very least, I get to listen to music & enjoy it.

kenny

wow… my first boyfriend also died in a motorcycle accident four years ago - how crazy. I was close friends with him for years and it was a really hard loss. I didn’t go to his funeral either, and it’s such a strange feeling…. thank you so much for sharing, it’s nice to hear someone talk about that feeling

Florence Lambert

I appreciate this perspective; I really do. I wish the benefit of the doubt were enough for me right now. I do believe she’s a generous, kind person. It doesn’t explain the Amazon and Target partnerships to me. No one can be morally perfect, but those two are huge standouts. And when it comes to fascism in particular, it’s complacency and silence that are the biggest issue, that fuel it. And she’s American; this is her home too. Well anyway, thanks for hearing me out Annie. This feels like a safe space. And maybe I just need self-reflection and ongoing emotional processing at this point.

Sarah

My first patreon watch and it was a goodie! Can't wait to watch all the content of this era from you two rays of sunshine 🌞 Current faves: - The Fate of Ophelia - Wood - Father Figure

Hannah

AHHH initial top 5 faves are Wi$h Li$t, wood, honey, father figure, and Elizabeth Taylor!!!!

Elizabeth Beckett

Cancelled could be more about Sophie Turner and her divorce from Joe Jonas (Taylors ex - "matching scars"). Taylor literally let Sophie and her kids stay in her NY appartment while she was on the eras tour and was seen a lot together in public with Sophie while Sophie was being dragged by the media and her ex - Taylor took her under her wing. I think the Blake stuff happened too recently, (and is a very fraught topic to be singing about, sexual harassment etc) and the show girl album was being written on tour before Blakes law suites happened. It's too recent as well, but think of the hate Sabrina got for the Title and Image of her latest album - A lot of Taylors friends get media hate.

Julianna Crandall

my initial favorites are: OPALITE!!!!!🤩 i immediately knew i would love this song as SOON as it started. it feels like a sunny day and has SUCH a beautiful uplifting message. father figure - the melodies have been CONSTANTLY stuck in my head!!!!! wish list - the pure vibes of this one are WAY TOO GOOD. chill driving vibes for SURE.

Emily Lorence

The Fate of Ophelia, Opalite, and The Life of A Showgirl still top 3. Closely followed by Ruin the Friendship & Honey. It took me a day or two to unlock Elizabeth Taylor. It’s a no skip album for me!! ❤️‍🔥

Elizabeth Beckett

Same, I had such a wonderful happy connection to this album and couldn't believe people were being so negative, started to really tarnish my experience, but thankfully Bonnie and Emily came to the rescue! Infectious joy and battle-worn swifties telling us this happens every time and to just not listen to the haters. I really needed that <3 <3

Mira Darling

Opalite was the song I claimed and my number one since the first listen 🧡 Also in my top 3 are Wood & The Fate of Ophelia.

Amanda Byrd

1. Father Figure 2. Honey 3. TFOO / Wood (ITS SUCH A VIBE IDC IDC) The discourse for this album feels SO heavy, but then I remember that I used to defend “Spelling is Fun” on Twitter like my life depended on it. Nothing will ever touch those lows for me (HAHA)

Patrycja

my top 3 are Opalite, Father Figure and Ruin the friendship

hannah

hi besties!!! idk if anyone else interpreted opalite’s lyrics in the chorus like this but my first thoughts was “dancing through the lightning strikes” potentially meaning she spent her nights trying to catch lightning in a bottle (like she mentions in the prophecy) and her dancing through the night hoping to gain the most rare love and keep it for herself. And the next lyrics being “sleepless through the onyx night” continuing her journey finding that love through darkness and depression maybe?? Idk if anyone else thought of it that way but it made me sob the first few listens.

Ariana B

Opalite, Ruin the Friendship, aaaaaand Father Figure. But really all of them.

艾莉

girls I'm so grateful as always to have you both in this community, lots of my friends from home didn't have access to Youtube or couldn't fully fathom the album due to language issues (as English not our first language it's sometimes confusing hearing a Taylor song) I'm just being blessed by you girls that i can now say to anyone in our social media "if you don't know what she's talking about then go and listen to Bonnie and Emily", it honestly save time arguing with people. Also I'm sorry to hear about the story Bonnie, so glad that this is one place where you feel safe to talk. I felt exactly the same way with u about Eldest daughter, but i never thought about this song in that way! I'm actually shocked. My top three is now The fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor and CANCELED! , I also love wood but the lyrics are a bit too horny for me lol, it's probably the forth....Anyway can't wait to hear more from you girls! There's just so much to talk about in this era isn't it!

Raphael

Life of a showgirl, Wood and Fate of Ophelia/ Ruin the friendship are my favorite so far. But the Album is great the only song that I can’t listen too as much is Actually Romantic because its not my kinda vibe but I love it for her!

Gobble

thank you so much for this fathoming Bonnie and Emily. All love to both of you 🩵

Mia Moriarty

With every new release, people expect Taylor to do The Impossible, and when she inevitably fails to do said Impossible (because it's impossible, duh), they're disappointed. What's new lol Always love and appreciate your reactions!!

Beth

Crrrrrrazy that people heard the words ‘bad bitch’ and ‘savage’ and immediately wrote the song off as cringe. It’s such a beautiful song

Nan

My top songs thus far: The Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, Actually Romantic, and Cancelled. Enjoy the theatrics and drama! ;)

LeaH🌟

Part of my personal Taylor Swift experience is you two chickens! There is no new era without you two making videos about it! It means everything to me and more 💕

Ruby Ozolins

Honestly I cannot get past the opening run of tracks!! Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor and opalite is just such a perfect intro! Other songs are amazing, father figure, ruin the friendship are top tier, but there is something about those first three back to back that I cannot get past at the moment ❤️

Ana

My favorites so far are The Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, TLOAS, and Opalite! Not sure if I should say this but I am still trying to grow my connection with the album. I’m not hating on this album at all, I do looove some tracks and I am so happy for Taylor to do something different, light and fun! But at the same time, she was writing this album while she was experiencing THE most amazing project in her career (The Eras Tour), the most successful tour in history, she travelled all over the world, saw thousands (or millions?) of fans, and also she found the love of her life, and I thought we were really going to get inside her thoughts throughout these songs, what was really happening inside her mind and soul and how this experience left a mark on her forever. I think I get that feeling in songs like TLOAS, Opalite, The Fate of Ophelia, for example, but some others to me they just stay in the surface… I was really hoping for a deeply concerning love song for Travis for instance, or another one reflecting on her love and gratitude to the fans and how far she’s made it… anyway, your videos help me better understand the album and love it even more! Thanks girls 🧡🧡

Lisse

Thank you so much for your wild joy chickens!! We need it ❤️ My favs: Father Figure, Elizabeth Taylor, Cancelled! , Eldest Daughter

Ashy

Every day, my love for the album is growing. The songs I initally thought would not be my vibe are climbing my way to the top, and I am sooo here for it. Take me away!!

NickiGirlAZ

What is bugging me the most are the Swiftie influencers dragging Taylor right now and calling this album mid. 😤 This album literally has zero skips. It is superior! 😌

Aimee Kinniburgh

Bonny, thank you so much for sharing in this video. I know you didn’t go into detail, but it sounds like things weren’t easy growing up. You should be so proud of the light and joy you radiate - it’s such a beautiful thing to see, and we’re so lucky that you share it with us 💛

Shed

Thank you for this safe little bubble so I can experience the album without any toxic negativity initial top 3 thoughts are fate of Ophelia, Opalite and a toss up between father figure and elizabeth taylor. What can I say, that opening run is just too good at the moment, time will tell how this'll change. Love a good portion of songs, need some time with others right now

Sarah

Add Fate of Ophelia and that's exactly my top 5!!

Sarah

Omg I'm also the youngest but I identify with everything you said I went thru those same things! Feels like I missed out on just getting to be silly and enjoy more of my childhood and teens without being responsible all the time. I got the old soul comment a lot too! And I'm also a perfectionist and a people pleaser, dangerous combination! Have you done the Meyers Briggs personality test? I'm INFJ curious if you are too!

Sarah

Did you say that out loud to your coworker? If so kudos I love that!! Love that this album gave us the perfect response to the haters 🔥

Sarah

Yesss I want a vid of her as the like a mafia don it would be 🔥

Margarida Araújo

Yes this is what I thought as soon as I heard it, I thought it was so obvious, but I see no one else mentioning it!!

Sarah

We have the same top 3 in exactly the same order!! (My next 2 are Father figure and Eldest daughter to round out my top 5)

Kathryn

My initial top 3 were definitely The Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor and Cancelled! My I think He Knows is definitely Opalite. Least favourite on first listen and I can see it falling on people's rankings with some time 🫶🏻

Kate H

I think re: Tay’s voice that we need to take into consideration that she was in the middle of Era’s tour when she did this album. That had to affect her voice to a degree.

forevermore

My top 3 right now: father figure was my immediate fave and still is, honey & actually romantic keep getting stuck in my head. Honorable mention to wish list!

Sara _

I've NEVER struggled so much to pick a top 3 on a new TS album 1. Opalite 2. The Fate of Ophelia 3. Father Figure/Elizabeth Taylor/Actually Romantic/Cancelled... In terms of listenability this album is one of my favourites - on par with Reputation and Midnights It doesn't have some of those very deep, hard-hitting songs that you get on Folklore, Evermore or TTPD but that's what I like so much about it My first thoughts - kind of cause at this point I listened to it 10 times - is that i is, yes, depth without darkness, but also fun without shame and stability without anxiety. It's a story of ownership of one's life - the great, the good, the bad and the ugly. It doesn't try to sell or glamorise anything - it's the anthem of a grown woman who found the power to say "yeah, I might not be cool or perfect or a bad bitch or whatever. My job? It can be very fucking hard and sometimes I might even resent it BUT this is me, and I wouldn't have it any other way" And in a world where we have a lot of heavy discussions and everyone is trying to always sell us this idea of perfection - you have to do more, know more, speak out more, have fully-formed black and white political opinions, look younger and fashionable, have the perfect career, be an entreprenuer, but also have a partner and a family with kids that don't even know what an ipad is until they're 16... - having an album that encourages us to take ourselves less seriously, take ownership of our lives and the choices we've made and be able to say "wouldn't have it any other way" is a more powerful statement than most people realise

Laura

I just rewatched the podcast and she stated Max Martin said he didn’t want her to lose the story telling in her song writing. She did tell stories in this album but not on every song. To be fair she’s done story telling writing throughout her entire career not just folklore. And she said it had infectious melodies which it does. It’s ok if you don’t like it but those things are in the album.

Christina

I’m lovingggg this album sm omg!!! Top 3 today: WOOD!!!!, The fate of Ophelia, and maybe father figure?!?! I really want to fathom eldest daughter but the words “bad bitch” and “savage” are really taking me out of it

Elizabeth Drake

Top 3 are Elizabeth Taylor, Ruin the Friendship, and The Fate of Ophelia! But Opalite is battling for a top spot too, and the bridge of Eldest Daughter has been stuck in my brain since the release!

Simone

First of all, thank you girls so much for having created this wonderful safe space for all of us Swifties to share our joy 🥹 it’s kinda a bit frightening out there on other social platforms atm 🫣 Personally, I love love love this album so much. I know this is possibly just recency bias but I think it might be one of my favorite albums by her ✨ I'm absolutely obsessed with the production! 💃🏻 Taylor, Max Martin & Shellback really killed it ❤️‍🔥 So excited for all the upcoming content you're giving us, and I can't wait to fathom this OFFENSIVE album along with you 🥹 So hard to pick favorites 😮‍💨 but in no particular order, this is my top 5 atm: Father Figure, Honey, TLoaS, Opalite, and Wi$h Li$t.

Leelou

1. Father figure… Obsessed! 2. Opalite 3. The fate of Ophelia.

Geneva

Ugh I totally relate to your story behind Ruin The Friendship, Bonny. My second love and one of my best friends after I dated him, Aidan, died in a car crash only a few months after we'd drifted apart. He texted me asking me to hang out for his birthday, which was six days before he died, and I couldn't physically get to him since I didn't have a car, so I had to say no. Then his car crash happened. It's something I think about all the time and can't make it through Ruin The Friendship without sobbing.

Anna.98

My top 3 is 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Fate of Ophelia 3. Life of a showgirl

Sleepymoo

I’m way older than Bonnie and Emily but I also don’t think she means “dickmatised” in Wood. Partly because she had no issue using the word “dick” anywhere else on the album, and this song is not exactly subtle…

Alevtina

Cancelled could also be about Brittany Mahomes. People came for her for allegedly supporting Trump and criticized Taylor for being friends with her.

Brooke Penniman

completely agree about the ah-mitized lyric!! I hate seeing everyone saying she said dick-mitized cause if she wanted to she would've! and I agree it is a totally different vibe of a lyric.

Samskie

Bonny, thanks for sharing your thoughts on Ruin the Friendship. It's my exact feelings. I was in a relationship with my ex for nearly 7 years, my first serious relationship. We broke up in 2012 (I left) and then 7 years later I got the news that he had died. So much left unsaid, regret of how it was left. And not being able to go to that funeral. I never really allowed myself to grieve at the time. Hearing this song just brought up a lot for me.

lane ♡︎

I’m loving happy sassy taylor ☺️🧡

Geneva

On the Actually Romantic front, Taylor absolutely has the right to respond. She's taken the high road so many times and it's absurd that people would get angry at her for actually responding to shit behaviour

Lindsay

That top group is the exact same as mine!! It’s too hard to choose 😂

Hanna Kulla

can’t wait for your guy’s reaction in the cinema to her whole description of eldest daughter

Ashley

Love hearing your thoughts as usual! My top 3 today (because it changes every day!!) 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Father Figure 3. Canceled!

Hanna Kulla

also if you don’t know sabrina has an older song that’s called diamonds are forever

Jasmin

i don´t know much about wood but I know I can´t trust a single damn lyric on that song - how can it be one of my favorites on the album?!

Jasmin

1. Elizabeth Taylor (it´s already my TOP TOP TOP and I know it´s just gonna grow so much more), 2. The Fate of Ophelia, 3. Wood

Molly Malm

Love this chat! My tops are honey, the fate of Ophelia and opalite ❤️‍🔥

Lisa Edison

It also talks about the friend being there for her before “her exoneration” so it sounds like it’s about someone who was there for her in 2016 and she didn’t know Brittany then.

eriiciita

I love you both ! Thank you for being yourselves and now one of my favorite parts of a Taylor album release ! Please take care of yourselves. Thank you for sharing your reaction, thoughts, feelings and experiences with us❤️‍🔥 I wish i could give you both a huge hug! 🫶🏼

Lucie S

I am so late but I had a crazy busy day yesterday !! Thank you for this lovely video ! <3 My current top 3 : 1- Father Figure 2- Elizabeth Taylor 3- Ruin The Friendship (Canceled, Eldest Daughter and Wishlist are close !)

Farhana

We are similar! My current top 3 are Ophelia, Opalite and Cancelled

Georgia Rose

Wow these conversations are so deep and explored so many complex human emotions. I enjoyed this so much, I love the way you girls break down her words in a way I think she intends for them to come across. She is a teacher!!! Will not be finding another guiding light that’s for sure

Kaylee O'Connor

I wish I said this word for word haha but I said "I'm surprised you even listened to it" and then they kept going on about charli xcx drama and how "it was so uncalled for". And I just said it's actually romantic, I love it. Then I walked away and did my job. I am so happy we have something to say back to these haters. Let us enjoy our life !

Anna Mehrbilder

especially because I can hear the quotation marks around these words. she is not "that".

Yuchen Tao

My current top 3: 1. Wi$h Li$t 2. Opalite 3. Father Figure

Anika W

top 3 rn (so hard to pick)!! 1. father figure 2. wood 3. showgirl

Jenny

This album IS reputation 2.0 : everyone who got on board with the previous hits HATED it at first. Called it a flop. A huge fan base cleanse happened. As a 2009 fan I see the same thing happening right now with Showgirl. In 5 years it will be revered as pop perfection

Stephanie S

Sarah!! Thank you so much for your reply. I just took that test and I'm actually an INTJ but super close. I have a couple of questions for you.. Being an adult, do you feel like you now have the space to be silly? I feel like I've always had something inside me that wanted to be silly but could never express it. Being the way we are, did you also struggle with your identity? I absolutely did and called myself a chameleon looking back on my younger life. I didn't know who I was without those who shaped my personality which was basically different based on who I was around. It was so odd.

Fede

my immediate top favorites are still: 1. Father Figure 2. Cancelled! 3. Opalite but for real, Father Figure is like top 10 Taylor Swift songs of all time for sure for me, and i don't think that's gonna change!

harriet!!!!!!!

my top 3 favs right now are eldest daughter, the fate of ophelia and wood!!! with opalite and Elizabeth Taylor very close

pearcemcmahon13

Oh Bonny, I am sending you so much love - your reaction actually helped me fathom this song and finally had me listen to the lyrics in a deeper way and I realized that it exactly mirrors a situation I had with my first love in high school and he died around the same time frame, 3-4 years ago. Although I know that we weren't meant to end up together and he ended up getting married and I'm married now as well - it is exactly what you said, I wish I had kept in more contact with him and part of me does wonder exactly what would have happened if I had maybe said what I wanted to say back in high school and made my feelings more known. it is such a beautiful, heartbreaking song - it might be one of her best written ever.

Margarete

Opalite, Father Figure, Ruin the Friendship

Dorothea

Honey is SO IMPORTANT. I saw a tweet that was like "why is no one talking about the most important Taylor Swift song Honey?" Yes, it is one of those "the ones who get it, get it" songs so maybe bc of that, I don't think people are giving it a chance/relisten? I LOVE that you guys mention it calling back to Lover, bc YES! It calls back to a lot of her songs actually (any and all of the ones she references "blue" ofc) To me, Honey feels like Call It What You Want, except this time the angle/perspective is sort of flipped? I always heard CIWYW as Taylor talking to the public like "you can call it what you want" bc obvi Joe was not rly present ? to speak on it, and we were not rly being shown what they were "calling it" to each other. But this time around, with Honey, she's talking to Travis, and saying "you can call me this" bc they BOTH have a voice and a presence in private and in public. Idk maybe it's just me, but going from "call it" to "call me" is...interesting! Aaaaaand as a Begin Again stan, as I know Emily is too, they rly are similar songs, just in different "fonts" and at different points in a relationship (first date versus first year or so). "I want to talk about that cuz for the first time, what's past is past" is very similar to "You give it different meaning, cause you mean it when you talk." NOT TO MENTION, in The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, which is the last song (on the original album) that is about Matty, she said "but you were gone by the morning." And now on this album, the last song about Travis, she says "but you stay until the morning." No no no I simply cannot and will not take ANY Honey slander. She is truly SUPERIOR. ❤️

Tessa Shabram

I noticed the raspy voice too and I think it's because she was recording between Eras Tour shows!

Johanna M

Her raspy, sometimes seemingly exhausted voice is my least favorite thing about the album. 😭😭You can tell that she is in the middle of touring, her beautiful soft voice is less present.

Johanna M

my top 3: showgirl, actually romantic, wishlist

bbimblau

Thanks for this video!!! my top 3: The Fate Of Ophelia, The Life of a Showgirl, Opalite. Though the more I listen to the album, the more hidden gems I find!🧡

Allison

Last year I reconnected with my first boyfriend after 20 years of no contact and I have never been happier 💓 we were each others "one that got away"

Emma

Yesss, I think it’s a beautifully written song and so soft. Like you are breathing out at being called something that usually is so passive aggressive. People are giving it way too much unnecessary hate!

Emma

I kinda think that eldest daughter is a bit about fans too, because she is saying I’m not this person that you’ll always admire and the craziness of everyone else’s opinions will drown everything out and might make you hate me (honestly like being an older sibling) but I’ll always be here and I won’t let you down.

Emma

Ruin the friendship had me in pieces too ❤️💔

Tatjana Gurova

My first top three will be The Fate of Ophelia, Elisabeth Taylor and Cancelled 🤗

Emma

Wish list I love the melody but man, iiiiii wish that she had just thought a little bit more about how much people are struggling, particularly at the moment. It’s so easy to dismiss things when you are rich but I can imagine she wouldn’t relate to this if she suddenly lost all her money. The sound of it is gorgeous, the idea is also nice but the execution huuuurt. Thinking it through a bit more would be on my wish list haha.

Honey

Hey lovely, totally appreciate you sharing your thoughts. If you’re open to a discussion, I’d love to hear more on why you feel this way? Like almost any artist (but especially those that write their own music), they put out songs that reflect where they are in life and what resonates with them in a given moment in time. The fact of the matter is that Taylor seems to be at a point in her life where she is really wanting a family. And that isn’t a novel want for her - we can see that throughout her entire discography. Also if you went to the Official Release Party and heard her explain Wish List, she explained that the song details various things that people might want in their life and she hopes they’re able to obtain them just as she hopes she’s able to obtain what she wants (now). It’s also not to say she didn’t want what she now already has which is recognition for her songwriting and artistry, which is a career built by and owned by herself. She can want more as her life progresses and that shouldn’t diminish anyone else’s wants even if they differ to hers. I’m currently 9 months pregnant with my first and I can tell you right now that I love this song and can resonate but do I want my child looking solely like my husband? Nah! 😂🤣 just kidding of course! But hope you can take heart that your wants right now are so valid even if they differ or feel contrary to those expressed in this song x

Emma

Hahahahaha! I love how that’s the part you don’t resonate with. I think it’s because of the place it comes from, and I’m not a big lover of songs like this from people with lots of money anyway. I have friends who have money and say things like this and it annoys me in real life too, bc I also see how others really struggle. I feel like it could come across wrong to a lot of people who support her particularly at this time. It’s so easy to say that but realistically if all you had was that person, it’s really stressful. Money provides stability and you don’t need a boat load of everything and this and that but it’s really stressful at the moment for a lot of people. Putting out loads of variants, a movie and breaking streaming records is just so different to this song where you talk about wanting nothing but this person and to be left alone and it’s also generating a huge amount of income. I know she has done so much good with her money, and it’s not to discredit any of that at all, but it just seemed a bit out of place and overtly out of touch for her. Many people are hoping they can afford rent, or medical bills, or keeping their family ok and nothing to do with a lit spring break or contract with Real Madrid.

Courtney

What I took from “ah-matized” was a play on the word traumatized.. like she had bad luck with boys before and was traumatized by previous relationships but she doesn’t have to chalk it up to luck anymore and now shes “ah-matized”

Honey

Do you know I really do appreciate your thoughts. It’s really useful to view a song through another’s lense and you’re right, maybe this will impact others in a different way and be received in a way that might be more painful especially (as you mention) in the current climate. I think acknowledging the notion that a song can arouse feelings across the spectrum of emotions is important x

Laura

I am convinced that Taylor had me in mind when she wrote Eldest Daughter. Kidding. But OMG that song has gripped my heart and I feel so understood, which is her super power. Top 3: Eldest Daughter, Honey, Actually Romantic Love having this group to celebrate TS12, these videos are pure joy, thank you. All the haters can piss off.

Tyler ✨

I’m actually so unwell because you both are SAYING things about Eldest Daughter that I hadn’t considered or fathomed yet, but I have to go to class… and now I’m going to spend the next hour and a half unable to concentrate, thinking about that song. SOOOOOOO ILLEGAL!!!!!

G. Cloud

I love it all! Top 5 is Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, Father Figure, Actually Romantic, and Cancelled! I love your videos and your unadulterated love for Taylor!

Tizzy

Top three *right now* (but ever changing) are Ruin the Friendship, Honey and Life of a Showgirl!

Linda's World

My top 3: Fate Of Ophelia, Ruin The Friendship and Opalite. If I were doing top 5 I’m adding Eldest Daughter and Cancelled.

Linda's World

About her voice: It is reminiscent of Stevie Nicks on this album in a more assured, commanding way, which I think is about age and maturity but mainly fully claiming yourself as a woman.

Linda's World

I’m sorry I keep commenting lol. You are so right about the rejecting fate (like “The Prophecy”) and making your own happiness the way opalite and onyx are man-made. I went after my own happiness 8 years ago by literally risking “ruining the friendship” with the man who is now the love of my life. Needless to say I relate heavily to this album! 😜🫶🏻

Linda's World

I am an eldest daughter who’s been taking care of everyone else since I was like 5, and I’m in love with a man who’s a youngest child. I can’t say enough here around 27:00; I agree so much.

Fede

i can totally see your point, even if i might not read the song that way personally. but even if i put myself in that perspective, my take is that this side is part of the life of a SHOWGIRL - the album is not titled the life of a struggling grad student or the life of a middle-class girlie you know? 😂🫶

kirstie benedict

why was she recording certain t our dates a t the eras tour?

FJ

Top 3 for me was immediately, and still is: Ruin the Friendship, Elizabeth Taylor, and Cancelled

lynne

you two are such a breathe of fresh air! I have removed myself from all internet discourse- going to wait out this insanity. Thank you sooo much for a sane space to the visit😘My top 3 are evolving, but I think Elizabeth Taylor, Cancelled & Father Figure. Today, anyway. Oh- must mention the bridge of Eldest Daughter. It keeps making me start to cry & my brain hasn’t figured out why.

Heidi

Opinion: She said ‘ah-matized’ because ‘orgasm-matized’ didn’t flow with the song. 😂 I knew the term dick-matized but I agree with y’all.

Dswiftie

I love opalite, Father figure and actually romantic.

alex

I find it so fascinating that people call Taylor and Sabrina out for having sexual songs when actually EVERY song any man has ever done is sexualizing woman? I can’t

Leni Doom

Thank you for your kind thoughts, I will definitely revisit! For now, I‘ll let my skips be skipped and wait for their in-depths. Also, I can’t wait for the CDs to arrive bc my immediate thought was: „omg the acoustic versions with new vocals and arrangements CAN only be good!“ 😊

Reade Janssen-Gibson

Oh Bonny, I am so sorry to hear about that xx I find the song relatable for a similar ish situation, I was in the class with a boy from preschool right through to year 12. We were friends but I had a crush on him and never told him. Then a year out from school he died in a motorbike accident and I wished I’d stayed in contact more or had made more of a leap back at school…‘ruin the friendship’ is such a heartbreaking song…

molly phipps

Ty for loving this album, content always so safe here but with the discourse on this album I have been having a hard time figuring out how i feel about some of the songs. I have an abundance of feelings about the album/the message of showgirl my favs right now are The Fate of Ophelia, Father Figure and Ruin The Friendship, immaculate, no notes. it helps to form fathom my own thoughts watching you fathom yours. love this space

Joey T

Travis was born in October and the birth stone for October is opal and she had a song called Opalite

Danielle Jorna

Thank you 🩵🧡🫶🙏 🫶🧡🩵

EricLeCuriste

I absolutely love this record like any other from Taylor, thank you for being the Swifties that you are, online noisy minority doesn’t matter, I love this record, infectious melodies and I find the lyrics as deep as always, I really don’t understand the backlash, coming from downfall lovers, or people too dumb to catch the finesse , when Taylor is lyrically Miles ahead of the competition

Jade

I loved it on first listen and have become attached to and appreciative of it with each listen, more and more. She always changes it up and- in my opinion- never truly disappoints. 🧡

Jade

And isn’t it just nice to be here where it isn’t filled with a negative trendy echo chamber of people who aren’t willing to receive this album for what it is? I refuse to listen to people online. They are a scroll past; 💯.

Jade

I am anxiously awaiting The reveal of that. I wonder if any of us are right about what it’s for or what it’s going to be?!

Jade

Interesting! So then the “ah” could literally be the sound of relief and weight being lifted, bc Travis is a breath of the freshest air!

Jade

Coming as a friendly here, but would you expand on this some? I am curious what you mean?

Jade

I also still cannot comprehend why it’s only Taylor Swift that has the absolute scrutiny she has over her songs. Other female artists don’t have to undergo the fire to the feet in this way. I just don’t get it.

Jade

Standing up to the bullies never goes over well with their followers. It’s absurd.

Jade

Me too! Because it isn’t coming from someone without justification for the sass, she’s just done being a doormat and keeping her songs away from the truth of what it’s like to be her. She continues to support and be kind and spread joy, while at the same time saying she’s not going to ignore it completely just to protect her reputation of “America’s Sweetheart.”

Anna

My top three on first listen are Father Figure, Actually Romantic and Cancelled. Different vibe entirely from yours but that's what's so superior about the album! She gave us everything and more

Fede

i'm sorry @Jade were you asking me or op? i still don't understand how the Patreon comment threads work 🤦😅 i got a notification someone liked mine and then saw yours below

Delia

My top three are Cancelled, Father Figure and actually romantic ❤️‍🔥

Saartje

I'm so sorry for your loss 💔

Saartje

I'm sorry for your loss Bonny that's so sad 😢💔❤️. I totally love this album 🧡 I think top 3 is ophelia, cancelled and opalite but love all this songs ❤️‍🔥

Lena Weinecke

I loved your video <3 My top 3 so far are: 1. The Fate of Ophelia 2. Father Figure 3. Cancelled

Anna

omg we are the same person 🤝❤️‍🔥

Delia

Haha yes I was happy to read your comment 😄💐

Cali

Her raspy voice when she sings share the same scars in cancelled is AH perfect!

Cali

Standing ovation for you ladies always being authentic and positive!!

Cali

Your explanation of Eldest Daughter is sooo good!! Thank you especially the part saying Taylor can make Travis feel safe, and he can make her feel free and childlike is soo on point! The example I think of is their date to the US Open, where he felt safe to be himself without judgement from her and she felt free and childlike to be silly with him when they were dancing and singing along to the songs!!

Jen B

I noticed the rasp in her vocals immediately as well and my friends said “she probably recorded a chunk of these songs between eras tour cities” and I soooo hear that almost worn-leathery rasp likely from all the ways she’s using her voice in the tour! So cool 😎

Jen B

By the wayyyy thank you guys SAUR much for your refreshingly accurate & deep & well thought out takes - I love this album as much as you guys are & it’s so validating to be nodding and clapping and shouting “yes! Thank you!!!!” to my screen watching you chat & react.

Dora King

Not sure if you have already seen this but Jeffrey Lang’s mum has appeared to confirm ruin the friendship is about him.

Dswiftie

Do you think maybe the eras tour also changed her voice? you know singing so much.

Dswiftie

love you guys sooo much.

Dswiftie

I think Travis has given her the confidence to write how she actually feels.

Courtney A

My first thoughts were that I loved the album on first listen, but it's not in the top 5 as of now. My top 3 after first listen was: Wi$h Li$t, Father Figure, Honey. Now, couple weeks later, those are still my top 3, but they have switched around: Honey, Father Figure, Wi$h Li$t.

Gabby V

update: I found out he liked me about a week after I commented this, and he made a move on me a couple days after that; long story short things are going great he’s so amazing 🥹🥹 RUIN THE FRIENDSHIP FOR LIFE!!!!!

MwanaLesa

A girl can’t clap back because it’s mean…and immature….and petty…..and unnecessary. Move on. Ignore them. Living well is the best revenge. When they go low…we should go high.

Mayra

In the tik tok where Taylor says I'm doing a fucking podcast, she tells Travis that the blue sweater he's wearing is such a good color on him. And he says it's the color of your eyes that's why we match so well. And the lyrics on honey she said something similar "buy the pain in the color of your eyes and graffiti my whole damn life"