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In this episode, The Snakes delve into the dark and stormy waters of Speak Now (Taylor's Version). Each re-recording is dutifully compared against the stolen counterpart and assessed on a scale from I Knew You Were Trouble to Tell Me Why. There's an elephant in the room of course, which prompts some debate: the lyric change in Better Than Revenge. Was it blasphemous, or no big deal? Opinions may vary, and in this episode, they certainly do. The episode is concluded with an analysis of the Vault Tracks & a scathing critique of the baseless, bland, and boring 'reviews' of this project, and a commentary on the media's response to the re-recordings at large.

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brionna hammons

hyped to see y’all’s thoughts together!!💜

Gianna

Madeline’s BTR rant was chef’s kiss. She spat nothing but facts.

Raphaëlle

Thank you for mentioning turning off audio normalization - this is the hill that I’m willing to die on - it completely altered my experience. Anyway, back to listening 😂😘

Raphaëlle

I finished listening to the episode. Entertaining & illuminating as ever. Thank you for the discussion about the Atlantic article - I had a hard time putting into words my thoughts but you did it so well. Of course, Dear John and BTR are never gonna sound as painful or scathing as they did 13 or 14 years ago lmao. These emotions are long gone (at least those that propelled BTR). Whatever those reviewers might think, she’s a singer and not an actress (that’s Camilla Belle’s prerogative 😂) - she cannot rummage & dredge up some old emotions on demand. I also agree with the lack of 1) thesis about what Shirley Li wanted from the album & 2) understanding about what Li thinks TVs are about.

Melanie Lyon

I think it’s clear the re-recorded versions are much more easily enjoyed by those of us (which includes me) who don’t have the OG cemented in our brains as a core memory because I don’t really hear anything weird or even all that different but I also don’t care what others listen to and do not understand thus weird obsession with white knighting all over the internet for the TVs. Like have you seen the numbers? Girl is doing just fine.

A Mortensen

madeline's lighting looks much improved! i was going to recommend that you get a light ring, but whatever you are doing is working now

Swiftologist

I actually have a light ring but the issue is sometimes I use my webcam (like for besties episodes) and sometimes I do the whole camera setup, which looks great but is a pain in the ass for me to put together so I only do it for special episodes!

plutobybjörk

Just returning to this and it’s KILLING me how clear it is that Madeline did not want to be there 😭