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welp, it's finally here! Speak Now Taylor's Version has dropped and here is our 3 HOUR STREAM of us listening to pretty much all of it. Before you get right into I'd like to say that by the end of the stream, I was definitely suffering from listening fatigue. It's a long-ass album y'all lol I'm trying to do my best. I would like to clarify some takes I had though so feel free to stop reading and then watch to come back to this part.

1. I retract my skip on BTD, I just didn't know how to vibe to it but I do now. stellar song. (love you taylor lautner <3)

2. speak now (song) still cringe lol I will die on this hill.

3. the enchanted skip is honestly just so personal to me because I heard the Owl City response cover of the song and when he sang "Taylor it was SOOoooo enchanting to meet you too" that is... outlandish levels of cringe. like oh my god dude... even if the song WAS written about you, do NOT insert yourself into the narrative like that just... no stop... please... but yeah. the song is good and cute but I can't unremember that. shame on you owl city, shame.

3. Haunted... oh boy... okay. so my main issue with Haunted is that it doesn't feel like ANY of the tracks on the album. I feel like it works way better in playlists with other "Twilight-esk" "emo" songs. Other than that, I still jam but when im going through the album to find my favs - it's a skip.

4. Last Kiss - intro is too long and to me, the song just feels super drawn out with the slow tempo. It just makes it a bit harder to feel but again, this is me suffering from ear fatigue so WHATEVER! WHO CARES!

5. THE DAMN SPOTIFY NORMALIZE WAS ON... so i saw a tweet about how some people were having the same problem with the loudness of the tracks and that Spotify has this button that makes all the songs that play relatively the same volume so that the levels don't fluctuate too much. I had actually known about this button and had turned it off MONTHS AGO but for some reason (i think when my Spotify app updated) it turned it back on and thus affecting my listening experience. big bummer but just disregard anything i say about volume or levels. all the history about old-school pop-punk recordings is legit tho.

and just a friendly reminder that these are all my own personal opinions and by no means am I saying that your feelings towards these songs are wrong. The beautiful thing about music is that we can all interpret it differently and have our own lives and experiences reflected through a collective community of music lovers.

I have a blast every time we cover Taylor on the channel or on the stream. And each time we do cover her, my life changes which I'm eternally grateful for but at the same time can also be a lot to deal with. And honestly, I really love my simple little life. I love our corner of the internet and I'd like to keep it relatively small. I really like Taylor's songwriting but there are so many other talented artists out there that deserve to be listened to on the channel so moving forward with this month's streams I only want to do artists with under a million monthly listeners. I can't wait to jam with yall to some of my favs!

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Mads

OH FUCK I WASNT EXPECTING THIS SO SOON LFG

Germaine Quek

ITS HERE I SCREAMED WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL

natalie

let’s go dude i’m so hyped

Taylah Allen

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!

Kaitlyn

That was the longest stream I’ve ever watched

alysha

OH BITCHHHH I’VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS ONE

Beth Lynn

YES KING LETS GO

Hannah

i don’t blame you for that enchanted response, Owl City’s reply was wild💀

alysha

as a haunted stan through and through i’m glad you still understand that she’s a great song 🫡

Ariana Driscoll

SO EXCITED! I love and value your opinions ❤️❤️

Wren Estep

yaaaas!!!!

yasmine

Omg I'm so excited to watch this

Literally Natalie

So thankful for your honesty, your kindness, and your expertise! Can’t wait to watch! 💕💕💕💜💜💜

danielle kloiber

The into to Last Kiss is 27 seconds to reflect the 27 seconds breakup call she got from Joe Jonas! She is a Mastermind. And Haunted is a bit out of place but still an absolute BANGER

Holly T.

Found you because of Taylor, but staying because I love finding new music... I love the idea of listening to lesser known artists 🙂

Kayla

so excited to watch this 💜 i found you because of taylor but have loved finding new music while watching you’re other videos 💜💜

Hitač Sofija

Honestly, the stream was a BLAST, and all the Troy vs Chat banter made it even better 😂 Looking forward to future music discoveries tho, You do you and have fun!

JayJay

Don’t worry, I also felt the album fatigue before I got to the vault tracks and I consider myself a swiftie and was very much looking forward to the rerelease. Can’t imagine what it must be like to also entertain 5000 people and talk about the production. Thanks for pulling through💜

Tyler Asberry

Stupid question, but I’m relatively new to the world of patreons & streaming. Where can I watch your live streams as they’re happening? 🥹💜

Kerry

I listened to the album front to back at midnight when it came out and I definitely had crazy music fatigue when I got to the vault tracks and I initially thought all of them except I can see you were skips, but now they’ve really grown on me! The same thing happened with fearless tv and red tv for me so I’m def starting with the vault tracks for the next re-record.

Andreja

So should I watch the video or not? It depends on whether you loved the songs from the vault or not 😄

Sierra

I haven’t started the video yet but I totally understand the album fatigue! I went straight to the vault tracks on my first listen (because I had been listening to SN on repeat since the announcement) and I will probably just watch your vault track reactions now and come back later for the rest. It’s a lot. We as swifties consume a lot. I watch your videos for your reactions and opinions, and that’s coming from a Lover Album Stan 🤪💕. Thank you for what you do, and thank you for supporting other artist as well. You rock, my guy!

llovellycat (edited)

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2023-12-22 14:46:52 We love to see your true reaction 💜 I know as swifties we tend to be very intense but I love watching people discovering Taylor's music 💜💜💜
2023-07-09 13:54:44 We love to see your true reaction 💜 I know as swifties we tend to be very intense but I love watching people discovering Taylor's music 💜💜💜

We love to see your true reaction 💜 I know as swifties we tend to be very intense but I love watching people discovering Taylor's music 💜💜💜

Simone

He streams on Twitch 😊 The schedule is that he listens to new music every Friday at 4 PM EST and listens to an album on Sundays (not sure about at what time though). But if you follow/subscribe to Troy on Twitch you should get a notification when he goes live.

Sara F.

It's okay, not every album she makes is a favourite. It's best to keep it real and honest. Happy to see what artists you will bring us this month

Brianna Washington

I honestly think it might be a good idea to split long projects like this into two in the future for the benefit of you and the audience. I understand it might not be good bc you’re trying to get the vids out to us but I know I would be willing to wait if it makes it a better listening experience for you 💜💜💜

Genevieve Wisdom

Love watching your reactions no matter what!! I definitely have my favorites and least favorites too it’s all good. But I will say the haunted production hits DIFFERENT with audio normalization off lol.

Jessi Dees

A few things 1. I hope your dad is recovering okay 2. Opinions on personal taste are just that. PERSONAL. no one should make you feel bad of you just don't like a song, we ALL have song we don't like. 3. Maybe when the albums are super long, break it up into 2 streams? 4. The only "issue" I had (wasn't that deep) was the conversation on BTR. We have all done, said, and thought hurtful stupid things at 18, ESPECIALLY when you were hurt first. I agree with you, on not making people feel like shit about listening to one version or the orher. But I also think wanting someone to stick to lyric that they have express multiple times makes them uncomfortable and is against their beliefs now is sad. The lyric change isn't huge, and the song ISNT explicitly slut-shaming except the one line she changed. It also like you said is more desirable by tv/movies. Sing it, listen to it how you want but Taylor is a brand (again, like you nentioned) so I'm not at ALL surprised. It's my opinion people are making a huge deal about her NOT wanting to be misogynistic while still owning her music. THIS is the version she wanted to own. Thats it. She still wrote it the OG way. And to say she should stick by it, after she was shown and told that it ended up hurting someone when she wrote it at 18 and has grown up since is a little...sad. there's a lot of text, but I don't see people talking about these points much so I wanted to put it out there. 5. I am still excited to see what artist you can intro me to this month! Even if things got hectic, thanks for putting up with all the shenanigans yesterday! (Edit: I had bullet point numbers wrong, lol)

Mikayla McCord (edited)

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2023-12-22 14:46:52 okay but does this mean he’ll finally listen to maude latour?? 👀
2023-12-22 14:46:52 okay but does this mean he’ll finally listen to maude latour?? 👀
2023-07-09 14:40:48 okay but does this mean he’ll finally listen to maude latour?? 👀

okay but does this mean he’ll finally listen to maude latour?? 👀

Mikayla McCord (edited)

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2023-12-22 14:46:52 specifically the strangers forever EP 👀👀
2023-12-22 14:46:52 specifically the strangers forever EP 👀👀
2023-07-09 14:46:33 specifically the strangers forever EP 👀👀

specifically the strangers forever EP 👀👀

Elsa B (edited)

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2023-12-22 14:46:52 I honestly didn't love Castles Crumbling either! none of the Vault tracks I reaaally vibe with, except Electric Touch, but I'm a 1989 girly I cannot wait for 1989 TV!! I think Speak Now has nostalgic value for a lot of us - it was my first album I ever listened to by Taylor when I was 15 (I'm now 28). xxx
2023-12-22 14:46:52 I honestly didn't love Castles Crumbling either! none of the Vault tracks I reaaally vibe with, except Electric Touch, but I'm a 1989 girly I cannot wait for 1989 TV!! I think Speak Now has nostalgic value for a lot of us - it was my first album I ever listened to by Taylor when I was 15 (I'm now 28). xxx
2023-07-09 14:48:48 I honestly didn't love Castles Crumbling either! none of the Vault tracks I reaaally vibe with, except Electric Touch, but I'm a 1989 girly I cannot wait for 1989 TV!! I think Speak Now has nostalgic value for a lot of us - it was my first album I ever listened to by Taylor when I was 15 (I'm now 28). xxx

I honestly didn't love Castles Crumbling either! none of the Vault tracks I reaaally vibe with, except Electric Touch, but I'm a 1989 girly I cannot wait for 1989 TV!! I think Speak Now has nostalgic value for a lot of us - it was my first album I ever listened to by Taylor when I was 15 (I'm now 28). xxx

Megan Schmotzer

you know troy if you want more patrick you could always react to the new fob album 👀

Emma Fury

That would be so amazing! That album is so fun and I feel like he would really like it!

Amiah Dawson

i’m patiently waiting for the next Maggie Lindemann album reaction

Caroline Clendening

Me cackling at 16:50 because I can only imagine how that must feel 🤣🤣🤣 obsessed w this vid Troy love you lots 💗

Lauren Ablondi Olivo (edited)

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2023-12-22 14:46:52 Troy!!!! love your reactions and your videos and your heart. thank you for all that you do!! i love the idea of focusing on some smaller artists! (but also selfishly cannot wait for your 1989 and 1989tv reactions!!!!!)
2023-07-09 15:55:21 Troy!!!! love your reactions and your videos and your heart. thank you for all that you do!! i love the idea of focusing on some smaller artists! (but also selfishly cannot wait for your 1989 and 1989tv reactions!!!!!)

Troy!!!! love your reactions and your videos and your heart. thank you for all that you do!! i love the idea of focusing on some smaller artists! (but also selfishly cannot wait for your 1989 and 1989tv reactions!!!!!)

Brittany Gingerich

TROY PLEASE LISTEN TO TALK OR TEDDY SWIMS!!

Katie

If you’d rather do these reactions in multiple parts, I (and prob many others) would support that! 3 hours is soooo long and I know you’ve said before that reacting already sometimes takes away from how you process it. If breaking it up would help you- do it!!

littlemssunshine

It’s not Jack on background vox — it’s Mike Meadows, he’s been in her band since Fearless.

Lauren Ablondi Olivo (edited)

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2023-12-22 14:46:52 LMAO WHEN YOU REALIZED WCS IS PARALLELED W DEAR JOHN
2023-07-09 16:12:53 LMAO WHEN YOU REALIZED WCS IS PARALLELED W DEAR JOHN

LMAO WHEN YOU REALIZED WCS IS PARALLELED W DEAR JOHN

Travis Buhler

I don’t think you did yourself any favors by listening to Speak Now(original) recently and then the (Taylors Versjon) entire album. Listening fatigue is definitely a thing.

Mateo_gk

I definitely recommend listening to some of it again after some time because listening fatigue is real and the only reason I can listen to this album over and over is because I’ve had so much time with. I understand why Enchanted would kinda be cringe in that context but honestly it’s one of my favorite songs ever. You kinda just have to ignore the whole response song even exists.

Emily Bryce

please post your reaction to the i can see you music video

Sydney

I totally get what you said about John Mayer and not hating him because of Taylor. I don't hate him because of Taylor. I hate him because he nicknamed his own penis after a KKK leader. Jessica Simpson also wrote in her book about how abusive he was toward her during their relationship. I don't hate him because of Taylor, I hate him because he's been documented by multiple women as being abusive and says and does the most racist, out of pocket shit. He's a talented musician but he's not a good person. I would still hate him even if he and Taylor had never dated.

Kelsey Wensberg

I've been waiting for this on the patreon. The way I GASPED

Silke

When you were talking about the problem with the production after story of us, it's actually Spotifys fault. They have a setting called "audio normalization" and if you turn that off it's a whole other song

Noelle Oliver

2 things: JG was a bad boyfriend, but John Mayer is a BAD PERSON. He’s done a million and 3 terrible things and Taylor is just the tip of the icebergs, and as for “he’s been through enough” I don’t think his inappropriate relationship with Taylor is something that should be swept under the rug, but it has to be addressed appropriately if that makes sense. Leaving hate comments on his Instagram is definitely not the way 2. While it’s true that BTR as a whole is kind of putting all the blame on the other woman, the changing of the mattress line was important because it put some of the blame back on Joe. It shows how easily swayed he was, and while it could have been anyone holding the matches, it was her. Like yeah, she was the other woman and it’s just mad disrespectful to be in any sort of romantic relationship with someone while they’re with someone else, but the moth line did something to show that it was BOTH of them who hurt Taylor, not just the other woman.

Kaley

Troy - check out Jack Van Cleaf. 250,000 monthly listeners. Opened for Noah Kahan. Fruit from the trees album is PERFECTION.

Kelsey Lee

Think he will watch the music video for ‘I Can See You’ ?

Léa 🦋

That was so much fun ! As always 🥰 Thanks for doing this, I was really looking forward to it 💜💜

Ava Joyce

whoever left the Heir of Fire comment on stream for castles crumbling.... yes. and now i'm gonna go cry

LV

lol your anger at Ajay’s Renaissance revisit

chloë willems

Will you be watching the Speak Now World Tour? 'Cause I also skipped a few song of the original album until I watched the live performances which made me appreciate them more so I put those versions from the Speak Now World Tour in my playlist. Especially BTD upgraded one the tour.

Annemaroe

The way i gasped a loud when you mentioned skipped BTD! Loved the video <3 Do you ever watch music videos and will you consider the I can see you Music Video?

Rafael Pelegrine

I think SOMETIMES reading the chat really messes up the true reaction you would give because it gets influenced by opinions and info that sometimes are not even true. Like reading that was about owl city before listening to enchanted

Rebecca H

This was a great way to spend the afternoon! :D I definitely understand having a bit of fatigue after listening for so long, it took a few listens for the fault tracks to sink for me, but your reactions were still great, I hope you react to the Speak Now World Tour at some point but I understand wanting to take some time for smaller artists <3

Lesetoiles

I’m so confused there’s my MANDOLIN and an orange cat in an Amazon box is this my live stream or yours?

P.R. Dayvonne

I'm so glad someone else appreciates moths. They're also friendlier than butterflies (idk if that's biologically true but in my mind they are)

Olivia Sterk

I bet Taylor Lautner dances that way to his song

Serena

I have a 3 hour car ride home from attending last nights show and I can’t think of a better way to spend it!

Rebecca L

appreciate you listening to SNTV Troy! love your Taylor videos but excited to discover some other artists as well :)

Jakey

TROY if this is posted on YouTube like the vault section… CAN YOU PLS REACT TO THE I CAN SEE YOU music video!!!!

Melissa Bishop

I am crying laughing. The timing of me getting a Steven in Stereo yt notification saying Haunted is his favourite song and you saying it’s a skip. At the exact same time.

ash212

listening fatigue is REAL, I usually go through a new taylor album in one sitting but I didn't even get to the vault tracks until today lol! love your streams and so glad you upload them here :)

Sinéad McCarthy

The Last Kiss handshake is sending me

Whitney K

Had to see Troy's reaction to Electric Touch which like, is still a fun song but it could've been SO MUCH BETTER - Hard agree that Patrick Stump's vocals need to be turned way up. - The instrumentation could have been so much more between Taylor and FOB especially since this one isn't a particular lyrical masterpiece - I love the National and Bleachers (as well as their work on Taylor's other songs) but like how on earth did the FOB song go to Aaron and not Jack? I know Bleachers isn't pop punk but they are at least like cousins. Aaron went for the subtlety but if you're gonna have FOB it should rock as hard as Better Than Revenge (either version). - Tiktok served me up a performance of Taylor performing "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark" with FOB [at like Victorias Secret fashion show] and like that will just make you sad about the potential there. Loved this stream!

JayJay

He did on stream earlier today, maybe he’ll add it to the reaction😊

Cassandra Still

I'm so sad he thought electric touch was an L. It's my favorite vault track by far. It feels complete and put together in all the right ways to me. I think he needs a FOB song featuring Taylor Swift 😂 But genuinely that's what's great and perfect about music, everyone hears it and depicts it their own way, enjoys it or doesn't in their own way. 💜 It's universal swiftie language y'all 😂

Ally ❤️

King!!!!!!! I just love you for this! Giving the people what they want 💜 we are so well fed!

liv

you're absolutely correct about people shading others for listening to the older versions. it doesn't "take away" anything for taylor's version- you can prefer little bits and pieces of the album and still want to enjoy that version. personally, i love the old version of last kiss because she is *so* emotional in that one. i always thought the breathy voices and cracks were put on but after hearing the new one you can she was breaking but she kept it in because that was her truth. her vocals in the new version are obviously more mature and stunning but that little almost sob gets me every time and i love it

Julia Alpoin Neves

Thanks for that Troy. I love the chat but it does distract you hahaha. Still: you are the best. <3

Camilla Ceuterick

About the mattress line, I think Taylor's line of thinking was just that it's something she would never write today and doesn't stand by so why keep it in the re-record if she would never sell the song with the original line for an ad/commercial/tv show etc. The purpose of re-records is to own her songs so she can do what she wants with them, and she has no need to own the song with the slut shamey line. The misogynist can have the misogynistic line.

Taeya Holmes

Can you please listen to Sloppy Jane?

Ally ❤️

Swiftie here: not a fan of Enchanted either… its.. 🥴 That said, it is a perfect encapsulation of the core of Taylor Swift’s appeal: she bodies the feminine gaze in her songwriting… like no other.

Marissa Gordon

We’re you streaming on Spotify? I listened on Spotify and then Apple and it was WAY different. Now I’m seeing videos about a normalization setting that ruins the production on Spotify. I was shocked at how different it sounded.

Lesetoiles

😭 because the mix drove me nuts but I didn’t mind until Haunted. Haunted suffered the worst from “correct mixing” and it’s a tragedy 😿

Jess Naegele

Love the last blurb about smaller artists! One of my current favorite artists under 1M monthly listeners is Zinadelphia. Would love for you to check her out on stream sometime!!

sophia

i didn't know about the audio normalisation thing on spotify until after i finished the album and i was praying with everything i had that it would fix how sparks fly sounded to me... and it didn't. this has been my favourite taylor song since the second i heard back in 2010 so maybe i'm just being picky? i'm wondering if anyone else finds that there is something off about it? to me, it feels like she doesn't go into the chorus as hard-hitting and i also find that the instrumentation in the chorus feels like a millisecond slower. it hurts more that from the bridge onwards, it is AMAZING but i just can no longer get into the beginning like i used to. for that reason, i will still be listening to the og (imported, not streamed as i personally do not want to give pooper braun money)

Lindsay Strodel

I feel the same way! I don’t know why it sounds different but it’s the only one that really stands out to me that feels off

Hana

The first time I heard timeless I thought "wow troy is gonna love this one" lol. It's just so invisible string!

sophia

okay after some more analysis because it's been driving me crazy not properly knowing, the tempo in the chorus is slowed down. very slightly - but slowed down nonetheless. i was focusing on it and replaying it, switched back to the og, and the chorus felt sped up in comparison. let me know if you think the same after a listen.

Ally ❤️

At the end of all things, that Spotify setting makes a HUGE difference to the mix of some key songs: Better Than Revenge, Electric Touch, Story of Us, Haunted, and even Mean… makes you wonder if Scooter B (who has a share in Spotify) is doing something nefarious in the background… but maybe that gives him too much credit. God knows he fumbled the biggest bag in history with Taylor… worst decision in music hx on the two SBs part to sell her masters out from under her… and probably the very best thing that ever happened to her tbh. I mean… stratospheric career now, whereas who knows where she would’ve been on the every two year album cycle treadmill without the jazz of the re-records in the mix. 🤷‍♀️ imo Speak Now is the very best re-record to date. And with the two behemoths (1989 & Rep) and a wild card (Debut) in the wings, she shows no signs of stopping… Speak Now was arguably the hardest re-record to get right: a fan favorite and a classic in so many ways. Well done! Can’t wait for the next one 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Lesetoiles

😂 Troy dancing with his cat during Taylor’s sexiest song is about the sexiest thing I’ve seen lol (also Troy your wife is gorg 😉)

Ally ❤️

I thought it was quiet, and the setting toggled off fixed it for me… but Troy’s assessment of that go hard production mixing is likely right and if you have “loved it long time” as an OG Swiftie, it will always lack something - either in the earnestness of her vocal delivery, or the hard hitting and (honestly) muddied production garage band sound. Tbh listen to the version that feeds your soul. No shame in that. Taylor herself has said, she doesn’t expect everyone to listen to her versions… I think there’s room for everyone at the table. My hope is that Shamrock Holdings (current owner of her masters) will find her old versions so devalued that they will sell them to her w/o Scooter in the mix (right now he still has a share, which is why she has refused to work with them). with Taylor as primary writer (publishing rights), they cannot use the masters at all w/o her signing off on it- so they are stuck watching their investment lose money month over month. They should sue Scooter for misrepresenting the value of this investment- he told them she would never go to the trouble of re-recording… one of the many ways he underestimated Taylor 🥴. Then everyone wins! We get vaults and better vocals, and she gets to own it all… and Shamrock gets to unload their share in a drama that they never bargained for…

Ally ❤️

This 👆🏻 A man who has nefarious behavior documented over actual decades now doesn’t get a pass because he can play a guitar and write a song … He’s a little old for the “promising young man” defense. I think saying, “I don’t know… We don’t know…” at this point is disingenuous. It’s a personal choice of course, but I will never throw money his way again, and I was a huge fan in the early 2000s.

Elysa T

Swiftie here who’s fav album is speak now since it’s original release and has the songs permanently etched into her brain AND has studied music for the last 8ish years. In my opinion the production on all of the big full sounding songs is lacking in this album, the vocals are almost too isolated and aren’t well blended making the instruments sound more dull and hollow. This affected a lot of the chorus’ where the instrumentation is meant to fly and fully immerse you in the song. The reverb on the lead guitar drove me crazy in most of these, it was just too much and changed the timbre of the melodic lines which then didn’t really match up with the rest of the instrumentation. In general I think the dynamics were a bit of a mess lol. The softer more laid back songs have been elevated, I really really like them. I think that’s because they match Christopher and Jack’s production style much better. I listened with audio normalisation both on and off and my thoughts didn’t change. *I am genuinely an insane swiftie & music nerd so I know the average person maybe won’t understand where I’m coming from lol but that’s ok I’m just passionate*

Astrid Cedeño

Troy! Question --- Did you ever listed to Haunted (acoustic version) ? It's from the deluxe stolen album. I felt the same way about Haunted that you did, so wondering what you think about the acoustic one 🤓

Sydney

I also used to be a Mayer fan. I also think he and his current fans tend to hide behind the, "Well, you only hate me because of Taylor's songs" defense, when his sexism and racism have been WELL documented over the past couple decades. Putting Taylor aside entirely, he is genuinely not a good person. He's racist and sexist. He says and does such outlandish things constantly. The only reason he gets away with it is because people assume all the hate is just a "swiftie meme."

Mallory

Hi troy! I just subscribed here on patreon and I'm so excited to see this already :D you are my favourite creator on youtube so I wanted to be able to see more of your content! thank you for all that you do and the joy you bring :)

Ali

you asked for waterparks' best album- i'd definitely suggest greatest hits or fandom!!

Abby

Love that you're thinking of reacting to artists under a million! If you're looking for some good ones, here are a few from different genres: Xana, The Crane Wives, and Orville Peck!

Lindsay

I too was personally victimized by Spotify's audio normalization setting 🙋 I discovered you because of your Taylor reactions but stayed and became a Patron because I love all kinds of music. Your passion and enthusiasm for good music is contagious. I echo others who have suggested maybe breaking up longer albums into two parts so you can go in fresh. Also, I realize reacting on Twitch gets you subs and stuff but when you're ready to revisit Taylor (no rush!) perhaps consider going back to a purely for Patreon/YouTube reaction. It's fine for smaller artists, but the chat gets way too insane for an artist like Taylor. It's overwhelming and sometimes downright frustrating, tbh, for me as a viewer, so I can only imagine what it's like for you. But I'm also an old™️ so maybe that's just me being a little "get off my lawn" about it 😂 Lastly, sometimes you can know too much about the lore of a Taylor song and Enchanted is absolutely that song. You kinda have to wipe the Owl City of it all from your brain to enjoy it. 😂

Haley

I know she has more to an a million monthly listeners BUT pls pls pls react to Maggie lindeman’s suckerpunch album!!! Your reaction to her first album was sooo good it’s my favorite rewatch of your videos❤️

Julia De La O

I went “the cab???”, I’m so proud of myself, I threw my hands up

Ali

i don't know if you're for sure planning on doing videos on every Taylor album, but please don't ignore Fearless and her debut album 😭 i feel like you would love Fearless, and there's already a Taylor's Version for it!!

sophia

Speak Now is my favourite album too and I feel the exact same way! (in simpler terms because I don't really know music terminology haha). It was quite disappointing. I don't know about you, but I thought Mine was absolutely wonderful and it gave me high hopes for the rest of the album, but then I got to Sparks Fly and lost a lot of faith in it. I wish they spent more time with this in the studio to make sure there were no issues with the tracks.

james

i don't agree with the part about not caring about streaming the old version when taylor herself said that she was very happy when the red and fearless rerecords passed the old ones

Elysa T

Yes yes and yes!! That’s exactly what I felt. I’m glad I’m not the only one that feels this way :)

lauren

cant wait for 1989 TV! it’s my favorite album of hers and i just know the vault tracks are going to be STELLAR. thank you for another great video, troy! i of course love taylor, but i look forward to you reviewing albums from other artists as well. you’re the best!

Katie

='≥/.

Kaeleigh

okay the thing ab sending hate to john isn’t just ab her. he’s been racist and done some fked up stuff, so while he is inspiration for you, he’s not to a lot of others. he’s not a good person.

Anna

Her voice is off key really noticeably in parts of it

Julia Donohoe

Never Grow Up killed me on the listen on Friday monring and then I was at the Kansas City Night one show and she played it live. It was my first trip away from my 20 month old and I just SOBBED the entire time. I love how grown up the vocals are on the whole album.

Candice Rossi

Don’t feel bad, huge swiftie here, specifically huge speak now girlie, haunted is like one of my least favorite songs, but I’m aware of how good it is, it just doesn’t sonically or melodically hit for me. 💜 but ultra dear John, story of us, better than revenge, and long live fan. Thanks for your content!!

Rachel

I really respect and understand your opinion on Innocent being a skip because it's about you know who. It's one of my favorite songs on the album, especially the new version, and one of my favorites ever by her, but I intentionally focus on the message and less on who it's about. Applying the message to myself or to Taylor talking to her younger self makes it so much more impactful.

Rachel

I'm so glad to see someone else with this opinion. Everyone adores haunted and while I think the instrumentals are so amazing, it's just never hit that much for me. It's a great song, but I honestly would never go seeking it out to listen to and I skip it pretty often.

Rachel

This is true, I think she definitely appreciates and wants her fans to listen to the new ones. However, she has said before that she understands the emotional attachment to old versions and wanting to still listen to some of those, even though she hopes we'll choose the new ones instead. I'll always choose the new ones despite missing certain aspects of the old ones. It stings a bit since Speak Now is my favorite and was my favorite as a kid, too, but I respect her and supporting her more than missing the sound of the old songs.

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2023-12-22 14:46:52 just laughed about this for 30 minutes
2023-12-22 14:46:52 just laughed about this for 30 minutes
2023-07-10 16:50:21 just laughed about this for 30 minutes

just laughed about this for 30 minutes

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2023-12-22 14:46:52 i get why she did it tho, i just dont think u should be bullied into it
2023-12-22 14:46:52 i get why she did it tho, i just dont think u should be bullied into it
2023-07-10 16:50:59 i get why she did it tho, i just dont think u should be bullied into it

i get why she did it tho, i just dont think u should be bullied into it

Kayla

I hope you get a chance to watch the speak now world tour as a patreon exclusive. It really brings life to a lot of the songs that you called skips. It's on youtube!

Judit Deutú Gamarra

PLEASE do a stream remembering all those 00-10’ bands and their best songs

Olivia Back

Would love if you covered The Maine’s new album dropping on 8/1 🫶🏻

kdot

I guess I understand why people are annoyed about the lyric change, but at the same time if I had a chance to redo something I regretted I would’ve fixed it too. She must have really disliked that line and probably just felt icky singing it at 32 so she didn’t and she wants to own a version of the song that she’s proud of. But I also am in Troy’s camp that I don’t think it’s bad to listen to the originals 🫣

Angelica Smyrnios

Troy the fact that you haven't done Fearless TV yet is a CRIME. Fearless>Speak Now 1000%

Cherie

I think she used less auto tune on the new version because that was one of things critics bashed her for on her older stuff. I respect the move tbh even if it doesn’t sound the same

Cherie

I loved this stream but the best part was definitely Angie gaming in the background

Kaitlin Danielle

47:30 I'm so sorry but the guitar riffs just remind me of dave ramsey/dr phil every single time, this is my favorite album but I just see Dr Phill and his wife walking on stage every time idk why

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2023-07-12 19:08:48 i’ll happily send hate to john considering he’s an abusive racist idgaf lmfao
2023-07-12 19:08:48 i’ll happily send hate to john considering he’s an abusive racist idgaf lmfao
2023-07-11 00:22:11 i’ll happily send hate to john considering he’s an abusive racist idgaf lmfao

i’ll happily send hate to john considering he’s an abusive racist idgaf lmfao

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2023-12-22 14:46:52 Acoustic Haunted is the superior Haunted! I really hope she gives us an acoustic haunted tv in a deluxe SN TV 😔
2023-12-22 14:46:52 Acoustic Haunted is the superior Haunted! I really hope she gives us an acoustic haunted tv in a deluxe SN TV 😔
2023-07-11 04:23:43 Acoustic Haunted is the superior Haunted! I really hope she gives us an acoustic haunted tv in a deluxe SN TV 😔

Acoustic Haunted is the superior Haunted! I really hope she gives us an acoustic haunted tv in a deluxe SN TV 😔

Emma H Holcomb

my theory about “I Can See You” is based on the second verse where she talks abt keeping it “professional” & “they keep watchful eyes on us”; since the age range she wrote Speak Now is 18-20, that puts it at 2007-2009. In 2008 Love & Theft went on tour with Taylor where she developed a crush n had a lil romance w/ Stephen Barker Liles, aka Stephen from “Hey Stephen” on Fearless. It’d make sense that her parents n team would keep a watchful eye on them to keep them from sneaking off together or getting into trouble n they’d have to keep professional while on tour, plus knowing Andrea once she heard this song she said “Straight to the vault with that one” 💀

Emma H Holcomb

also Nardwuar ABSOLUTELY needs to interview Taylor oh i need to know what random things he’d dig up to ask her about

Marissa Killpack

I like innocent better now because she seems like she is reclaiming it as her own and for herself. She has quoted it many times in insta captions and now when i hear it I think of her loosing her "reputation" and her singing to herself..

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2023-07-12 19:08:48 i hope you ate before this omg thank you for the content king you are amazing! take care of yourself &lt;3
2023-07-11 16:46:37 i hope you ate before this omg thank you for the content king you are amazing! take care of yourself <3

i hope you ate before this omg thank you for the content king you are amazing! take care of yourself <3

Kelly Semon

Please tell me somebody clipped “ 🎵 horrified looks from everyone in the chat 🎵“

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2023-07-12 19:08:47 if you are listening on spotify you can go to settings&gt;playback&gt;audio normalization and turn it off. It will make is sounds like the 2000s pop/rock songs and have all the loud guitar/background you were looking for. Especially on enchanted
2023-07-11 20:08:50 if you are listening on spotify you can go to settings>playback>audio normalization and turn it off. It will make is sounds like the 2000s pop/rock songs and have all the loud guitar/background you were looking for. Especially on enchanted

if you are listening on spotify you can go to settings>playback>audio normalization and turn it off. It will make is sounds like the 2000s pop/rock songs and have all the loud guitar/background you were looking for. Especially on enchanted

Alice Varela

so we all dissociate as much as possible when Never Grow Up comes on to keep ourselves from crying? good to know.

Michael West

Electric Touch is one of my favorite vault tracks. His vocals don’t seem buried to me personally, especially that he gets a full verse and chorus, and he sings the hell out of it. But I CAN SEE YOU is the number one, that song is such a VIBE. Castles Crumbling is definitely number 3 for me. The other three songs are cute.

kaley

you’re so right about the john mayer hate. i don’t like the man one single bit but i’m not gonna go out of my way to comment hate on his insta posts like some people.. it’s just cringy imo. and taylor doesn’t even want people to do that. like you said, this all happened 10 years ago. if people are gonna hate on him they need to do it for the correct reasons and not just bc he’s taylor swifts shitty ex

Kate MacLeod

Maybe I just don’t WANT to think of it in a homophobic way, but knowing the rest of picture to burn, I don’t see it that way. Since the first half of the line is “so go and tell your friends that I’m obsessive and crazy, that’s fine, I’ll tell mine blah blah blah…” I always assumed he was telling his MALE friends all that bad stuff, in the “steer clear of her, man, she’s crazy” kind of way, so the natural flipside to that assumption would be to assume that she is talking to her FEMALE friends, and if I was vying for her ex, her telling me he’s gay would steer me away from him (romantically) because he wouldn’t swing my way.

Rylee Fincannon

PLEASE DO A THE MAINE AND THE CAB STREAM!!!!!

Victoria Marshall

The songs sound way better with the normalization turned off on Spotify. I am listening to the songs again now that I know to turn this off.

Ally Kay

totally agree with everything you said, and as someone who has been a swiftie since Fearless original release it's really really disappointing.

Anthony Smith

I really enjoyed this experience with you. Thank you for doing it for us! As a 34 year old Swiftie who grew up with Taylor at every milestone, honestly I respect your opinions and thoughts on the music then and now.

Ally Holloway

Literally you never need to apologize for saying a song is a skip for you. I totally get when you’re doing a run through of the album and want to get to your favorites, and some just drag that down unless you’re specifically wanting to listen to it. Thank you for entertaining the swifties and so glad that you’ve been able to enjoy so much of her music! I support a The Cab stream 🤍 Also in your venture to listen to lesser known artists, I would 100% recommend listening to Mt Joy, either/both the debut album and Orange Blood. They’re my all time favorite band and I’ve seen them live 5 times so far. Indie folk/rock vibes and they’re just so wonderful. They do have 5mil monthly listeners which is wild to me because they still seem small in my mind but they’re just soooo good. Ok, off my soapbox, peace on the streets

Hannah Hellenga

I personally am not a fan of the lyric changes but i understand why she did it

April Green

For me, speak now (song) is supposed to be cringe. Its satire. I think it's a hilarious level of petty and so fun to bop to. I've actually always loved the song innocent. I didn't know about all the kanye drama back then so I just took it as song that says your mistakes aren't what make you who you are and to take your time growing up. Now I get to be 32 when she re-released it and it's so validating to hear "32 is still growing up now"

Hannah Hellenga

Troys reaction to the lyric changes kill me

Gracie

I like to listen to the live version of mean, very twangy

Gracie

TROY YOU LIKE MAYDAY PARADE?!? they were my number 1 artist for years until Taylor dethroned them. They were my first concert and my dad got punched in the face there

Kayla Whatley

TROY PLEASE DO AN EARLY 2000s POP PUNK BRACKET I NEED THIS SO BADLY

stella ☆

haven't watched yetm just read the caption but haunted (i 🐝🍃) was actually initially intended to be for twilight: new moon, which explains the lyrics and generally different vibe quite a biy

Nat

Have you seen anything about how you can change your Spotify settings to make the mixing sound better in the album? Because everything you’re saying is on point and it feels overwhelming but changing the setting helps a lot.

Nat

Also have you listened to so much (for) stardust yet?? It’s my favorite album of this year so far!

Tabitha Murray

I beg you to react to Lauren Spencer smith album that she just released (mirror)

Jed Knox

Hey Troy, just wanted to say I agree with your whole take on the 'stolen version' shaming. People need to realise the insignificance monetary-wise of Spotify streaming, and also focus on the main reason Taylor's re-recording in the first place... to own these songs that are so personal to her. I personally don't think even Taylor would want those versions to never be heard again, they capture those moments in her life better than any re-recording could, but hey who knows? Taylor has never directly said not to stream the originals, so just think fans need to chill a little about it

Maddie Nieves

I came across some clips of your TS reactions on TikTok and had to come subscribe for the uncut versions 🤍

Christine Violet

Taylor has always said this is a passion project for herself, doing the re-recordings. And while I agree with you that she wants to be adequately compensated for any of her songs that are used in movies, tv and ads, I also think that she mainly wants to be able to control where and how they are used. It’s her art, and she should be in complete control of all aspects of it. And the fact that she has intellectual copyright for all her songs means that she can veto where the stolen versions are used, even if she doesn’t own the master. So now that she owns her own versions, if someone wants to use a song somewhere, she will only allow the new versions to be used. So pretty much the only money that the stolen versions generate are from streaming at this point, which as you said, isn’t much. I personally am a newer swiftie so I don’t have that emotional connection to the original versions of the songs. So to listen to the new ones is actually a treat for me, because I struggled with the vocals and mixing in the earlier albums. But I can totally appreciate someone having a stronger connection to the original. I won’t be able to say for myself how it feels until 1989 and Reputation are re-recorded! ♥️

Christine Violet

I used to get so offended when people didn’t have the same opinion as me on what the best songs or albums were. But ever since watching multiple live streams of the eras tour, or seeing countless tiktok comment sections about the secret songs, it’s made me realize that every single song she performs, there are people saying how much they love that song- that’s it’s their favorite, and how sad they are that she didn’t perform it at the show they went to. And I think that’s just so cool, that a song that is at the bottom of your list can be at the top for someone else.

Cara M

Enchanted goes hard dude 💫

Cara M

Hehe I love this being about Hey Stephen Stephen 🥰

Kathi ayala

I respect you so much for giving your honest opinions, I love Taylor but no I don’t love every single song she’s made (she has hundreds that’s inevitable) I understand why they were made and why they’re important to her and to swifties but songs like innocent or last kiss and just songs that don’t resonate w me or aren’t bops aren’t gunna make my daily playlist - I’m a huge fan of her as an artist, I try not to get into the parasocial stuff bc none of us know these ppl truly we only know their art.

Brooklyn Mooney

I literally cannot look at the stream comments bc they make me so mad lmao its people just trying to be edgy to get his attention my BP is rising

Mary Pat Quinn

57:23- Don't get me wrong, I love this album/rerecord... however you are spot on with it being a smidge lack luster when it comes to the iconic angst that was woven into the original recordings. Obviously she has grown and its been many years but because it seems like she thinks of everything I wonder if it was a conscious choice. Regardless, I personally think she should have kept the angst/anger

Olivia Luebrecht

You are so funny. I can not. I have been a Swiftie for 19 years. Nothing you said offended me. Keep doing what you are doing. Cause you are amazing at it. You are seriously really funny. I have been laughing for 3 hrs. Lol. I am really glad you respect and enjoy Taylor and her music. Thx.

Emme Fugate

I have never loved you more than when you said The Cab. I thought I was alone on this deserted island, but I literally screamed. God, just, thank you. Literally, thank you.

Jenna

Troy I just wanna be friends w you for real like your sense of humor is amazing

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2023-08-08 17:44:22 It’s a different experience listening to this album on Spotify without “Audio normalisation”
2023-08-06 19:41:36 It’s a different experience listening to this album on Spotify without “Audio normalisation”

It’s a different experience listening to this album on Spotify without “Audio normalisation”

going_supernova

I was not expecting you to mention The Maine and The Cab in a Taylor Swift album review but I am absolutely here for it and would 100% listen to your reviews on any of their albums

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2023-11-01 08:06:37 Troy no not the Chik Fil A!!!!! 💔💔💔 This queer is so sad. Please don’t give them money. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈
2023-09-07 16:27:50 Troy no not the Chik Fil A!!!!! 💔💔💔 This queer is so sad. Please don’t give them money. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

Troy no not the Chik Fil A!!!!! 💔💔💔 This queer is so sad. Please don’t give them money. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

Mallory

I don't think it's dramatic to be upset about a relationship ending, even if it was only 3 months. If you really love someone, it's gonna hurt and you kinda just have to let it so you can get through it (speaking from experience). Everyone experiences emotions differently as well.

Jess phillips

Im just watching this now PLEEEEASEE do a the cab stream that would hit so hard

Jade Parks

Homie, The Cab?? Let’s f*ckin gooo

Maleen

Hey!:) have you ever reacted to Taylors red album? I can't seem to find a reaction to it. Would love to see you listen to it!!

Keyth Wolfart

just here shouting out to who commented on the chat - during speak now - that Rhys would've love this song lol. bookstans swifties united.

Abrey

Rewatching this in April of 2024, and still hoping one day Troy will react to the tour film (It's on YouTube for free) bc it's one of the best vocal takes from baby Taylor

Ouranous Pagou

You could try to listen to "Portraits" album by Birdy. You would fall in love with her hauntingly familiar voice and aura.

Allison B

I will never understand hear the cocaine instead of cold came in back to December I laughed so much 🤣

Allison B

Also your wife is adorable and I totally love you both she should do some videos with you