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Hi guys! So tried to upload this on youtube but its been blocked because of the 2016 grammy footage, I will upload an edited version on youtube later but thought I would give it to you in full on here!! Enjoy 🥰

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Courtney Graham

I was watching greys anatomy and noticed they say getaway car in the second season when Christina is suppose to marry Burke. Random thought lol

Ellen Blair

As a complete Lana stan for the last decade, thank you for acknowledging she should have won for NFR. 🥹 Taylor is my second favorite artist after LDR (the two of them are not even close to anyone else - the two best lyricists of our generation), but Lana’s music means so much to me. She doesn’t really put herself out there enough to win awards. She deserved NFR and it still really makes me upset. I would be happy if she won for Ocean Blvd for that main reason, but obviously would be super happy for Taylor if she won for Midnights too. 😊

Amy Tollafield

Cracking up at how Emily hates medleys... after watching them fangirl over the Eras Tour mashups 😂💕

Jen Mays

So fun watching this now with so much knowledge that's dropped since this was recorded.

Mi

I love Bonny asking why the dress at the 2021 Grammys is blue and gold - which are THE Joe-coded colours. From today's perspective this is interesting to me.

Hoostock

Not sure why but as I was scrolling through your post this cover image jumped out at me as I immediately thought Bonny looks like Gracie Abrahms here

Hoostock

You are talking here about a circus theme but I was thinking Alice in wonderland

Barb 🔆

Every single one of these performances (starting with Mean) is intentional, and has a singular purpose. Mean: I write my own music and will slay a diss track - feisty taylor. The following year is a DRASTIC change up from Mean performance (which was very country / banjo) to we are never getting back together : Hair is straight, choreographed dance moves, for sure a pop song, owning the whole stage, very theatrical. THIS performance was THE entry into pop Imo. Next is all too well which showcases her musical abilities, playing an instrument and vocals, etc. Every year showcases an evolved talent. She's incredible.

Barb 🔆

"I don't like mash ups"...... and also in a few years we'll wake up for months straight at midnight to watch mash ups😂

Barb 🔆

Joe was a collaborator. Why didn't he attend these Grammy's?

Barb 🔆

I mean, we get why now. But wasn't this a red flag at the time?

Yuli

YAY

Gracie

awww thank y’all so much !!!

emma

YAYY. love you two!!!

taylor

2 vids in one day??? y’all are legends i love y’all THANK U

Ava Jeffs

my favorite email to get omg! love you two and your superior minds that have phd level taylor swift knowledge :)

Abrielle Wright

Oh wow, watching old live videos of Taylor makes me notice her vocal growth even more!! The amount of flats in that first video hurts a little 😅

Sally O'Meara

Thank you for uploading this because I need to kill time waiting for a flight. Bless your souls 💗💗

Abrielle Wright

Can you fathom a 1989 vault track featuring Bleachers??

ArtsyPutsy .

I need another history breakdown for the AMAs!!!

TR

this felt like hanging out with friends! so much fun and thankyou guys for all the effort you put in to give us SUPERIOR content 💙

Richard

What! The 2021 Grammy performance was GREAT. The beat performance of the night. What are you talking about. So what if it is dark.

Jennifer

omg i was just noticing how in the red performance from 2014 the video is edited somehow?? (min 40:15) she goes from having makeup to like no makeup or crying?? And then makeup again. Pls someone tell me if I’m just confused or something haha

Richard

It was a perfect performance.

Aracely C

Yes the British accent in the performance of WANEGBT was thought to be a dig at Harry Styles even though the song was about Jake, because that performance was when she was rumored to be dating Harry.

Clash Fan

I should have taken notes cause I didn't want to pause to respond. One of the things I remember is for Lover she did so many other award shows that year. Maybe that's why she didn't perform then. She had that big VMA performance then the huge AMA one and the Billboard artist of the decade plus Miss Americana. I think she might have thought it would be too much. I strongly disagree on the 2021performance. Given the circumstances of no audience and a small stage I think it was amazing. I'm not a huge fan of medleys either but since this was the only chance to perform any of these songs live I get why she wanted to do them all. As for the dress being blue and gold does that not strike you as her way of including Joe in the performance? She uses both those colors to represent him after all.

anna

Do you guys know that she got a standing ovation for the mean performance? The screen goes dark before that part is shown so it's easy to miss

Joe Weaver

Ahh. I have 4 hours to catch up on! Ok, I can do this. 😂

Edith Rosell

Thank you for a long video 😍😍 made my day

Sally Evans

She definitely had some f you to Harry moments. There is footage of her saying things when he is on the stage I think at this Grammies. I think there was some attitude around this time I remember.

Cathy

Loved this video! I think the White Horse performance was at the end of 2008, at the Grammy nomination ceremony for the 2009 Grammys. That would make more sense anyway 🤩

Derick Mitchell Matthews

Thank You!! ❤❤💙💙 You two and Taylor's content is what keeps me up at night...2 am here! I love watching the evolution of an artist especially someone as versatile and irrefutable as Taylor Swift..It is just unbelievable her ascension into "The Music Industry" and how she was able to just completely turn 180"s on us with each album and yet still come off so completely authentic with it..Because it Was! Also that breakdown of her talking about each of her albums in 2015 "Uh had no idea that existed and was shook" in the best way! That "Out of the Woods" and "How You Get The Girl" stripped back performances Also completely validated my love for them and how I really hope "How You Get The Girl" gets its moment this next time around. I can't believe that there will be an even crisper more ethereal version 1989 and especially of Clean!! Still can't get over it...Thanks again and hope you guys are feeling better now ❤👏👏. P.S. The 2013 "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Adlib was an ode to Harry I believe" and also the Blue/Gold dress= Joe I.E. "Shape of Your Body It's Blue", and Painted Her Golden...My theory Also offensive Emily, we love a good melody! Little "Summer Lovin" and "Grease Lightning" 😂😂 💖💖

Abigail Collins

No reason to tear Dua down for what she was wearing. They both did amazing.

Abigail Collins

Yes! I noticed that, too. It was edited between the rehearsal footage (where she had minimal makeup) and the footage from the award show (where she had makeup). If you look it up on YouTube you can see both versions!

MarkH

Yes, you got to this before me! Wikipedia says this in the article on White Horse.

MarkH

I really love the Grammy museum conversation and performances, so I'm so glad you included them here. I don't actually agree with Taylor about "sonic cohesiveness", in the sense that I like the variety. But I think she is right about the general public and the Grammys--Fearless, 1989, and folklore are her most sonically cohesive albums and they are the ones that got universal acclaim. So I think she's right but I also hate that she is right.

MarkH

Can you imagine being in that Grammy museum audience? They are sitting there witnessing a completely iconic performance, and all pretending they are at the symphony or something. I almost feel like they are not appreciating what they are seeing and hearing, but maybe the social pressure would be intense not to get up and start screaming!

MarkH

I wanted to remind you and everyone that there is even more of that wonderful Grammy museum conversation. She shares footage of working with Max and Imogen, which is amazing. Here is the link. youtube.com/watch?v=SVGbjszns3A

Samskie

Yeah I definitely think this too 👍🏻

Anna Miotello

the grammy museum performances were sooo great! Could you do a similar video on the AMAs. She had some really 🔥 performances there too that are worth revisiting. 😀

Emily

How do I link this so the videos appear on YouTube ????

Wanda Smith

Do you mean how to watch this particular video on youtube? Sometimes they use Vimeo and sometimes they use youtube. This video is on vimeo so there's not a way to watch it on youtube. For their videos that are hosted on youtube, like their livestream, I watch a few seconds of it on Patreon so it will show up in my watch history on youtube and then continue watching it from there.

CK

How fun! Thank you for sharing this! I've always thought that she stopped going to the Grammys because she had a falling out with them. There have been several accusations about there being shady stuff in the Grammy selections. While Taylor has never come out and said that, I think perhaps she was aware of some of the behind the scenes stuff and decided to distance. For me the speech she gave for Folklore made me feel this more. Where she thanked them 'did this for us', just makes me wonder if she has been refusing to 'play the game' with them. But I don't know for sure of course. It's just a sinking suspicion.

Park Aishah

Have you all finally fathom why her dress was blue and gold? Coz of Joe f-ing Alwyn, I think… heheheh..

farah abed

Bonny, Emily !! Taylor didn't attend the 2019 Grammys cause she was at another event supporting Joe's film 'The Favorite' (I believe this event was the BAFTAs) ! So that's why she didn't attend the grammys that year, absolutely love that she skipped out on it to support Joe❤️

farah abed

right😭😭 i was so personally offended when they were saying that lol. Like yes the quality of the video uploaded on youtube isn't the best at certain points but that's literally it. It's one of her most superior performances EVER.

farah abed

yes exactly! I know that she didn't attend the 2019 grammys specifically cause she attended the BAFTAs instead to support Joe and his film The Favorite. And oh my god yes, her 2021 grammy performance was perfection are you kidding 😭😭😭😭😭

farah abed

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS LINK!! WHAT A KING!

Alison

49:07 YES Taylor knows exactly what she is looking for when it comes to a producer. She has a vision for her album, her sound, and who she wants to work with. She is the queen of picking producers at the perfect time.

Alison

I'm sorry, IMAGINE "allowing" Taylor to work with Max Martin? and the results are 22, I Knew You Were Trouble, and We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - massive hits. Anytime Taylor was held back her label dropped the ball, total creative control is when she is at her best.

Luli Diaz

Wait something is up on the All Too Well performance you're watching. In the "so casually cruel in the name of being honest" part, when you commented it looks like she's crying, she has different hair and her eye makeup is orange instead of purple??? But it looks like she's in the same place. Did she perform twice and they mashed up the videos?

M3L

It would be soooo iconic for All to Well (Taylor’s Version) (10 minute version) to win song of the year though!!!

M3L

Jack Antonoff said in an interview that Taylor was the first artist he worked with that didn’t switch to a different producer for the final version of songs he worked on with them. Previous artists were working with him to create demos, but then working with known producers for the final product that would appear on the album. And when he worked on Out of the Woods with Taylor, he kept waiting for her to tell him that she was going to us X producer, but just never did…and there he was credited on the album!! Kind of like what she did with her Co-executive producer on debut and Fearless. Who may or may not have betrayed her with the whole Mastersgate.

Maria Carmen

Honestly, being a Patreon for the two of you has been one of the best things of 2022 so far!! I have loved Taylor since Fearless but re-living her most iconic moments, the ups and downs, interviews and performances with your analyses is just *next level*! Thanks for all your hard work as always, this video was fantastic 🥰🥰

Dibbs Storey

Fab watch again. I really liked the Grammys medley. However, I’m with Emily It was definitely sung to track. Maybe cos it wasn’t live at The Grammys and was done in studio thanks to Covid ! Looking forward to your next video. Bonny your hair looks great that length don’t beef yourself. Thanks again xx

E. Zlatanova

As I singer and a vocal coach I feel is very unfair and wrong to compare her young voice with Stevie's voice. I started sounding professional and polished around 25. Also, it seems like she is not hearing her music very well.

Abigail Collins

The person who reuploaded the performance mashed clips from 2 separate performances together. One is from her rehearsal and the other is from the actual performance. You can find both on YouTube!

Dswiftie

thank you guys so much for this wonderful video. I loved watching her evolve. I also learned a couple of things I didn't know. I thought I would die hearing Bonnie say, " Yes come out of there cottage boy". lmao. Bonnie I love your hair like that. You are beautiful. Both of you guys are gorgeous. Can't wait for the next video. Lots of love from Ky.

chelsea pariseau

If you look up Coney Island lyrics on genius, it says that Taylor did thank Calvin Harris at some award show. But then months later he accepted an award and DID NOT MENTION HER! I had to pause the video when you ladies were talking about this and look it up!

Ally ❤️

Thank you for including the Grammy museum performances of 1989 songs. So amazing. ❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️

Jenna Aguirre

Ariana wrote and produced Thank U, Next with all of her best friends in the hardest time of her life (Mac Miller passed away and her engagement ended with Pete Davidson). It’s a very good album. I really wish you both wouldn’t throw shade at other women in the industry when they work hard as well. Taylor has said before “we all got crowns, you need to calm down”.

Maddie Chester

I dont know if anyone else has pointed this out but, her 2021 grammys dress reminds me of “deep blue but you painted me golden”. The gold looks like brush strokes to me. I dont know, it’s just what I’ve always thought :)

Fahmeen

I do remember the ATW performance was a fan voted song and I remember being sooo happy that she was performing my favorite song 😭

chatsandreacts

Omg I knew she was the first artist he worked with but not that other artist were doing that with him previously, sooooo interesting thanks!!

chatsandreacts

that makes me so happy Maria! Thank you for being here and making this community possible 🥰

chatsandreacts

Wasnt trying to compare as much but more state that we don't think their voices worked well together :) But I totally get what your saying!

farah abed

ahhhh i can’t believe you guys replied to me😭 i honestly cannot tell you how much i appreciate you both, you always make my day and because i don’t have any close friends who love taylor as much as i do so you guys really make me feel less alone 😭 wish more than anything i could meet you, sending you both SO much love… ❤️ thank you thank you thank you

farah abed

MAN IT HAS TO😭😭😭 i would never stop crying from happiness …

Swiftie_mixer

Hoping for a reaction type video to the 22 and begin again music videos (similar to the ikywt and wanegbt music videoes) before she announce the next era :)

E. Zlatanova

I didn't mean you ladies. People do that comparison often about young Taylor voice. As long as you work with the right vocal coach your voice will develop. I think amazing things are ahead of her vocally.

Starbuck1234!

the Coney Island lyrics state that she did not thank him. “when i walked up to the podium I think i forgot to say your name”. Taylor is singing this part. Calvin Harris did accept a VMA award for This is what you came for and purposefully did not mention her, it was after they broke up and he was upset that she admitted to writing it. She thanked him in April 2016 at the iHeart Music awards but did not thank him at the Grammys 2016. She must have felt bad about it, or maybe he was upset or something, because she did at iHeart Music awards and then of course she put it into this song years later.

Starbuck1234!

Thanks for doing this, it was wonderful. It was really amazing to see the breakdown of her relationship with Scott. There was some real tea there. How the label would only “allow” her to work with Max on 2-3 songs. At that point, her 4th album, she was a superstar, and AOTY winner and she was clearly not able to do exactly what she wanted. How she went home and started writing 1989 and had decided she wouldn’t listen to the label. Now, we know she is the music industry and can pretty much do whatever she wants, whenever she wants. How do you mess that up? How do you burn that bridge? Scott is such an idiot. What did the owners of Republic Music (her label) say…… she doesn’t work for them, but they work for her. Once she ditched Scott, she’s doin better than she ever was.

MarkH

Totally agree with this. It kills me to hear her say that she was only "allowed" like that. Its like an early version of the Miss Americana scene where they were telling her not to come out politically. The worst of it is that scenes like this must have happened over and over again in her life. It is so painful to see people holding her back, and I am so glad she has taken control over her own life and art,

Starbuck1234!

Suggestion. Taylor’s SNL performances. She has some iconic performances. CIWYW. My favorite version of Lover. And of course the first time (to my knowledge) SNL has allowed one long song ATW10 AND she dropped the f-word, and SNL has been known to give out life-long bans to anyone who does it inadvertently without permission. Forever and Always? Untouchable??? Then she went 8 years? That would be some good content. I haven’t seen all of those…….

MarkH

Also the only live performance of False God that I know of!

Seth & Brent

Not the Rain On Me slander 😭 I think Exile was just as deserving, but you didn't have to do Rain On Me like that.

Ally ❤️

I don’t know if others have asked, but would you both be willing to do a watch/breakdown of the tour videos for Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, Rep, the lover Paris lives? I really would love to watch them with you. 🙏🏻🫶🏻❤️

Shawn carni

This was so fun to watch, thank you! I’m so 🤯you guys don’t love the 2021 grammy performance ~one of my favs.

Catalina Borreani

I remember being a Harrie during the WANEGBT performance and it made headlines how she did the british accent and we were all so pissed for her "calling him out" in the grammys

Faith Saenz

Okay this is SO random, but can we plz talk about how dope it is of Olivia Rodrigo to have such a small/intimate/simple tour?! I just watched her night in Boston and read about how she was like “look I’m young I don’t want to skip any steps just because I can do something bigger and people may come doesn’t mean I’d be ready to deliver” and just has such a chill show. I just feel like it’s a very Taylor move and seeing clips of Taylor in her early Grammy performances and how similar they are makes me psyched for what Olivia will do in the future when she is in her rep era someday 😂💛💛

Hannah Rothausen

Curious how you think they were throwing shade vs. simply commenting on which they think was the better track/album? I have never heard them throw shade at women, in fact they are intentional not to!

Jenna Aguirre

I think for this video in particular it was more of the rolling of the eyes and being dismissive of the album “Thank U, Next” and the song “Rain on Me” for their Grammy wins, while other artists mentioned in this video (who also have co-writers and do not write all of their own songs) are praised (Miley, Dua Lipa). I understand that music is subjective and not everyone will enjoy Ariana’s music, but I have to imagine they would take offense to another person doing the same thing when talking about Taylor’s Grammy wins or another artist they enjoy. I also understand that they relate more strongly to artists that write all of their own songs, which is completely understandable as well. But something they may not know is that Ariana vocal arranges a lot of her own songs. I believe Taylor has said before that each artist has their place in the industry for a reason - she believes hers is storytelling, which I would agree with. Obviously, I love both artists for different reasons and think every artist brings something different to the table! I have not heard Emily or Bonny throw shade at any other female artist that I can recall. I used that phrase as that is what they called it as they were doing it in the video. I believe they were mostly joking, but I just wanted to make light of how it was perceived by me and maybe others.

Joe Weaver

I think I realized something watching this & why it took me so long to get on the Taylor train fully. I know I saw a few of those early performances in the video and thought that she wasn't that great and perhaps dismissed her because of it. Or maybe underestimated her true talent because of it. The Mean performance really was a turning point for her. Everything after that is better and better to the point where she's the amazingly wonderful performer she is to watch now. And I think that matches with the tours I've seen. Speak Now was quite a step forward from Fearless. As either Bonny or Emily said in the video, "she's professional now".

De Shayna

Okay but I just fathomed that in Getaway Car she says "and a circus ain't a love story" which references both Fearless and Red.

Maria Carmen

oh wow!! never realized that!

chatsandreacts

omg yesss i had fathomed love story but not red and the circus!

lizzy

OK the Grammy Museum performances (and the making of the album) have been my favourite things for so so so long. My go-to to show anti-Taylor people at the time lol. There's just something so special and perfect about her vocals and those performances. I know I saw those around the time I became a fan and I wonder if those were the *reason* or solidifiers. I had those performances like downloaded and saved??? ANYWAYS love seeing you guys talk about them. Iconic perfection.

lizzy

I cannot believe you just said this... and that I'm now fathoming this.

Starbuck1234!

Guys, did you forget Highway Don’t Care 2014?

Louise

WAIT - do you guys think the dark set for the Grammy Folklore/Evermore Mashup performance + the blue and gold dress could be... a nod to Midnights ? 😭