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SECRET SONG Reaction: Singapore (Night 2)

THIS WAS SUCH A SUPERIOR SURPRISE SONG NIGHT OMG???

SECRET SONG Reaction: Singapore (Night 2)

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In retrospect, it’s so funny how we deep dove into the meaning of The Black Dog to a ridiculous degree. In my opinion, it’s some of our best work. Only to find out that it was just a bar. However it could have layers upon layers of meaning. But I think it’s so amazing how Taylor is educating us about so many things even if it has nothing to do with what the songs actually mean, we are so much smarter about history, literature, poetry, art, films etc etc etc. Dr. Taylor Swift, Professor of Life is the best teacher that ever existed.

Breezy Bumbles

in retrospect there are such parallels between clean and the black dog!

emma 🌷

The Black Dog’s line “Old habits die screaming” the compulsive habit of seeing where his location. To sing “I think I’m finally Clean” 10 months after Matty announcing that you’ll be releasing a song saying I was addicted to knowing where you are is Mastermind energy!!

Kate Harney

Clean and Evermore are such perfect songs to play when introducing The Black Dog. “Six weeks of breathing clean air. I still miss the smoke”

Jesse Conner

The poster falling at thr beginning always makes me cackle🤣

Gabrielle Lyons

I was there! The way I started floating mid-air when she sang 'Clean'

Alya Yusrina Mohd Yusri

"the clouds are doing some interesting things outside" LMAO these little comments are part of the reason we love you hahah

yuki 🤍

May be clowny, but the guitar song mashups started with 3 songs, 2 songs, 1 song, and then 2 songs since. I have a feeling the 2 guitar and 2 piano songs are similar to the peace signs/2s that have been popping up. My hunch is that after that is realized, there will be fewer mashups and we will get more full songs again. Maybe even peace and lss. (i hope!)

Jen B

i was thinking “this lighting is so cute and flattering” and you went right into “sorry about this funky lighting we have to get it fixed” lmao i guess i’m not a creator for a reason

Catalina Borreani

Re-watching the part oof the announcement for "The Black Dog" ver. and with the interpretation of this phrase just gave me another aha moment! When I looked it up, the dictionary's definition was "used as a metaphor for 【melancholy】 or depression" and it linked me back to the line in "Lavender Haze" where she says "And you don't really read into my 【melancholia】." There's probably not a direct link in this, but the words she chooses to put into a song just blows my mind and "forces" me to learn more new English words of expressing oneself all the time (also cause English is not my first language🤪)! Can't wait for this song, think it's going to ruin us🫠

seefany

I was there!!!evermore😭😭😭😭😭

Serge

I WAS THEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I WENT TO SYDNEY NIGHT 4 AND SINGAPORE NIGHT 2 AND WHEN I GOT IVY AND LONG STORY SHORT IN THOSE NIGHTS, THE ONLY THOUGHT I HAD IS EMILY AND BONNY WOULD BE DYINGGGGG TO BE ME BECAUSE I GOT BOTH <3

zharfa

I think she chooses the acoustic section songs 100% with swifties in mind. Is it possible that she played Ivy BECAUSE you guys were there? Can’t remember if that was the VIP tent show or a different one.

Natalie

Did you all get Ivy at the show when you were in the vip area with Scott or was Ivy a different night?

Natalie

I WAS THERE 😭

bekah

I'm just now watching this reaction so I HOPE you see this but, BONNY, I know how much you loved Noah's Stick Season Album and he actually has a song called Howling ( if you haven't listened I HIGHLY recommend) but he actually uses this phrase in the second verse, saying “You're not alone, the world is small and I am sick of all the talk of finding purpose Love comes and goes but the big black dog, he trails along, am I the only one who knows him?” this song was IMMEDIATELY what I thought of when Tay announced this variant. And with this knowledge I'm just assuming this song is going to cause me emotional damage. 😭😭

Daisy Ramirez

How did you survive this 🥲

alex

I was there, it was rare, i will remember it all too well😭😭🫶🏽

Evan Jo Patreon

The Sirius black connection is iconic

Catherine (YOYOK stan)

I would have wanted all of Long Story Short because she had never played it before. Some of the mashups are so good but mostly songs she had already played

Tess7

Bonny’s prediction of Taylor going into ‘past me’ 😂 so accurate!!

Kirstie

I do wonder if these songs are about Joe as we suspect then maybe the titles/phrasings are things she’s picked up from her time in the UK because I’m a Brit and I’ve heard the phrase the black dog as referring to depression quite a lot because it was something that Churchill famously talked about a lot? Just a though. Also side note but has anyone refathomed bigger than the whole sky in the context of a relationship breaking down because I never understood that song but that could make a lot of sense

Zoe

When that second cover was her profile picture on insta and so tiny in size, I could only see the shapes J O E. Lol!!! My brain!

KS

am I the only one who doesn't want any mashups for their show? I need every part of a song 😭

Maya

Maybe our father Scott Swift uses these old term metaphor words that inspire her later on

Nicki Clark

i was there for sg n2 and it was such a surreal and insane experience… clean x evermore was crazy 😭😭😭😭😭

ZJT

I always felt like The song Evermore was written for her supportive fans, it seems to me that the mashup clean x evermore wants to tell us: you will hear sad music, you will read sad prose… but I am clean now and… you were there.

Silvia

Actually I can see it too in the second cover, can't unsee it now 😅 maybe it's coincidence.. Maybe not 😄

Hannah

What if the black dog is Joe? And she decided she doesn’t want someone who only writes sad songs?

Silvia

RED AND EVERMORE? okay I'm gonna pre-order an ambulance to my house for album release day, I will be in a coma for a week after that, bye besties

Nin

The poster falling is my constant clowning over reputation TV

Candice Rossi

One of the best secret song nights and mash-ups. I can't!!

tjohannam

the mashups are the ttpd songs before ttpd

Heidi

In Australia there is a recognised charity and mental health resources made available due to the black dog institute https://www.teamblackdog.org.au/ Not sure if the term is used for similar organisations globally (mental health support)

Steven Hanley

Need to make a YT video on questions they’d ask so papa swift and send the link to Tay

Bridget Schulz

Manifesting the interview!

Kim 🤍🤎

The Albatross - I think may be in reference to the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Taylor Coolidge. It was published in a collection of poems with non-other than William Wordsworth.

Alison

If you guys ever get the opportunity to interview TS I will be soooo happy I know you will represent us so well and ask the perfect questions.

dmarie

i love little rewatching fathomings!!!!!

molly phipps

JUST FATHOMED SOMETHING FROM YOUR SPEAK NOW PHOTOSHOOT REACTION - around 39:30 Bonny said ‘I hope one day he (scott) gives me a guitar pick’ and I’m emotional 🥹💜

Lily Logan

I agree Bonny songs like Peace and Long Story Short she purposely is leaving out the veryyyy personal Joe verses/lyrics. In Peace leaving out “your cascade ocean wave blues come” and that verse feels intentional. I totally understand it being to emotional for her to sing some lyrics now 💔🤍

Jess

The poster falling took me out literally had to pause so I could laugh for a second. I needed that laugh today 😂❤️

Lauren

Babe I think you’re a but delulu 😭🫶

Juliana Martinez

It seems like she has a pattern for releasing new music during the tour (announced with X number of shows before break, release during break) so potentially we could get a reptv announcement in Europe and release during the aug/sept break before she is back for us/canada

justine

I haven’t seen anyone talk about the fact that The Black Dog is also another name for the mythical creature, a hellhound, which originated in England??? The hellhound is known to be a frightful thing that appears to a person as a bad omen to signal impending death!! It’s a passive creature, but is vicious if provoked. It has dramatic entrances and exits , and while it’s so hard to spot as it only comes in the darkness of night, it is said that one can smell its odor as it gets closer, and that it leaves a path of scorched earth as it crosses your way. It’s also known to be a guard dog in some stories where it looked after great treasures. There’s conflict on whether it is an ally or your greatest enemy………..,, girls please discuss!! For old habits die screaming, it reminded me of a quote that goes something like ‘everything I’ve ever let go of has my claw marks left on it’ 💀

Sandy

You guys so deserve a Taylor interview!!!! Emily, I love your question about how she figures out words to use. Relatedly, it was just announced that Taylor is distantly related to Emily Dickinson....because with her writing ability, of course she fucking is!!! I feel like the world is made for this woman.

C

I'm having a mental breakdown over the colour scheming here. Like Taylor's first Joe album, rep, being black and white, and now her likely final Joe album TTPD being white and black. There's sort of this yin yang symbolism going on. A closed circle moment. I'm scared.

Jason

HAS ANYONE EVER NOTICED SOME OF THE TTPD IMAGES - YOU CAN SEE THE NAME JOE. THE 2ND ALBUM COVER, FROM FAR AWAY LOOK IT SPELLS JOE. HER HAIR IS THE E! HER HEAD IS THE O. AND THE PILLOW MAKES THE J POSSIBLY? I FEEL LIKE THIS IS ALSO SEEN ON BACK OF TTPD ALBUM COVER #1. HER HAIR IS THE J. HEAD THE O. FINGERS THE E!!!!!!! AM I CRAZY OR DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE THIS!?

KS

NOOOO WAAAY guys i dont know what it takes but get the interview 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Elizabet Bodó

I love that talking about “The Black Dog” summoned your black dog lmao I was laughing so hard at the extremely fast tail movement

Nathalie Richter

GUYSSS taylor is related to emily dickinson!!! no wonder ivy is so fucked up

Roger Brooks

The Ari chicken picture that was so good 💀

Bradi R

I don´t know if someone already said it, but the guardian article was fake :)

Aggi78

Re: The animal theme with the TTPD variants.... The sneak peak of "The Bolter" patch and sticker appeared to have a rabbit or a hare on them... You could just barely see its ears and back legs in the image but it was pretty clearly a rabbit.

Madison Sturdevant

you all would be the best interviewers!!!! thanks for posting <333

Generi Talens

I wanted her to end the Long Story Short mashup with 'Long story short it was the wrong guy' so badly!

Heather Williams

Also, we will all be manifesting your meeting and chat with Taylor.

airjohnpro

Also I think you are right that Taylor doesn’t give a fuck about awards any more. I got that loud and clear at this year’s Grammys. I am convinced she would’ve been happier if Lana had won AOTY.

Karen Valentino

brb i'm starting a petition for a bonnie and em interview with taylor swift

sophie

This is a very touching video about "black dog" as depression that I was shown once as part of a work induction: https://youtu.be/XiCrniLQGYc

Where There's A Quill

I’d been missing seeing Ari and it cracked me up when I saw the black tail wagging away - and thought about how fitting (coincidental?) it is that Ari showed up in this particular video. Maybe dogs are prescient?! And then Mieke’s little prank. Perfect.

Karen Valentino

It's interesting — I'm from the UK and I've noticed Taylor has been using a lot of UK terminology that I've realised maybe isn't as well known or widely used outside of the UK. "The black dog" is a very common term for depression here, and it is what I immediately thought of. Similarly, with the song title "fortnight", a lot of americans don't seem familiar with the term. Makes sense with her UK connection through Joe!

Lu

That poster fall 😂 and shoutout to ”the Eras Tour” for getting Long Story Short.

airjohnpro

Winston Churchill an ex uk prime minister (iconic, led us thru ww1 like a boss) would refer to his bouts of depression as his black dog. Just another lil link there. I think it’s a great metaphor, like you have this dog at your heels, following you everywhere, but no one else sees it but you? Kind of this is me trying vibes too maybe.

Zoe Knox

I thought of Jacob Black in Twilight 😂😂😂

MaKensie Harrington

I totally get what you mean. Not trying to bash or throw shade because Em & Bon are the bestest but there are times where they pause right before the big thing is gonna happen!!!!! (would've could've should've bridgeeeeeeee reactionnnnn!!!!!)😂😂😂😂

Pratibha

The poster 💀

Liv

Clowning for Rep doesn’t have to mean the album. I was thinking she would announce the Rep Tour new streaming location since it’s leaving Netflix! 🖤

Erica Trull

The Black Dog has other symbolism too! It definitely could be depression, but it’s also the grim, or a death omen. Cerberus is a black dog who guards the Underworld in Hades.

Brittany Fitzgerald

You guys, I’ve been fathoming- as suggested, the black dog may be a mental health reference. As Taylor said, she really needed to write this album, it was necessary for her and what she was going through- what if the not announcing the final variant on N1 was symbolising her hesitation on speaking out of how she felt, especially with the potential scrutiny from Joe, or symbolising the hesitancy of seeking help for her mental health but ultimately decided that its whats best and seeks the help, hence the announcement on N2. The black dog may be a really hard hitting song emotionally and this could have been another egg to suggest this???

Joanna

The dog days ('the violence if the dog days' she sang evermore the night she releases black dog🫠) refer to the point when the star Sirius aka the dog star aka the brightest star in the sky is blocked in spring and then reappears in August😳. People used to thing this brought misery of the hottest time of the year - plants to wilt etc. That's why today dog days means period of inactivity or decline ...im down a rabbit hole if you can't tell 😂

Ella

Part of my brain wonders if the mash-ups initially started as just something new for her to try creatively, and then when she fathomed the response she was getting to them, she then decided to encode these messages in them. So perhaps what is now intentional started as a happy accident?

Jennifer Mays

Guys I was literally thinking about you two needing to interview TS a while ago and you guys actually making it a tangible goal makes me feel so incredibly excited. It is so true, you guys are the only people in the world who would do a TS interview justice, I mean that with all my heart

Eliza

Poster was just like: Floor! Hell yeah!

P D

clean x evermore most iconic combo! she is healed. love how she sings 'i think i am finally clean' over the evermore piano melody. so offensive! ironically, she sings i am finally clean over joe's piano melody. message received.

Jaimie C

In your interview (it will def happen🕯️) please ask her if she ever got inspired by fan theories/clowning and thought to herself „that’s actually a great idea, I‘m gonna do that / adapt that“ haha I NEED to know🥲🥹

Clara

I mean it when i say i CANNOT WAIT to see you guys react to this album, just as much as i can't wait to listen to it for the first time!!!

beckylj123

Noah Kahan uses the dog metaphor is his song Howling from his album I Was/I Am! "Love comes and goes but the big black dog, he trails along Am I the only one who knows him now?" You guys should react to more of his music btw!!

Abbey Fallon

Intriguing that she chose evermore the night of announcing the black dog. 'the violence of the dog days' 'dog days - the hottest period of the year or a period of inactivity or decline'

Ella

First off that posters comedic timing 😂😂😂 Also I think a mashup of Wonderland x Question..? And Hits Different x Mean would be sickening 🫠🙃🫣😲

Kathryn Foy

not you guys basically predicting tonights surprise song omg

Kenedy

the poster falling and you guys not even noticing is SENDING ME

Sabrina

The poster falling down was SO FUNNY 🤣🤣🤣

Pratibha

Love that the poster just gave up😂

Lisa

Taylor already answered your question in an interview at Apple Music during the Evermore era. She has a file of words that she finds interesting that she can put into songs or use to create concepts. Words she read somewhere, heard or looked for. I think we have a habit of putting Taylor on this untouchable level, since she is human too. And I think there's nothing wrong with her searching for some words on Google if she needed to, I do that as a writer. I think nowadays it's easier to find information, so why not search for a word or synonym on Google if you need it? And also I just wanted to point out that Lover and Evermore are not completely cohesive albums. Some critics even pointed this out in their reviews. Evermore is not 100% cohesive because it is an extension of the Folklore sound. But you find several genres within the Evermore, that extend what Folklore limited itself. In Evermore we find folk (Champagne Problem), dream-pop (Gold Rush), country (Cowboy Like Me), alt pop (Long Story Short and Closure). And Lover has synth-pop (Cruel Summer), r&b/jazz (False God), pop/rock (Paper Rings), indie pop (It's Nice To Have a Friend). I find it fascinating that Taylor knows when an album needs to be cohesive and when it doesn't need to be. Fearless, 1989, Reputation, Folklore and Midnights are very cohesive albums in sound, because they don't deviate too much from the proposed genre, but albums like Speak Now, Red, Lover, Evermore don't focus on staying in one sound but rather create something broad and vast. I love that about Taylor's albums. When she wants to really experiment on an album she doesn't mind if it's not 100% coehsive.

Enzo Reis

long story short/the story of us to me felt like her going back and forth in how she felt about the breakup - when she sang "past me, i wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things....." then switches to "BUT i'm standing alone in a crowed room...." as if she's arguing with herself 👀

olivia

The Black Dog is an English expression for depression, Churchill used it to describe his feelings

Cecilia Sparke

Long Story Short: We look a lot like a tragedy now.

Cecilia Sparke

This mashup came in a day that i NEED it. Lost somebody is a process really dificult, music was always a part of my life, thanks taylor for doing this and helping me (even if it wasnt your intention

Lipe Conrado (got the heel 👠)

Btw I’m already manifesting a future where you two interview Taylor

Shaikha

I don’t know why but I feel like TTPD might have a similar vibe/sound to Florence‘s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. Maybe it’s the feature, the aesthetic or the subject matter we know about. But I really think it also might have this rock(ish), orchestral and dramatic energy. I would btw DIE if you would ever react to Florence (and this album in particular) if you haven’t heard it already and share your opinion. It’s one of my favorite albums ever and sooo perfect.

Tom

LSS / SOU mashup was so illegal but Clean/Evermore was to die for. The three song mashup…. It made sense for her to do it with GC/August/TOSOTD. Lyrically, they go together. We can find thematic relevance to every mashup if we want, but really it’s lyrically where they all are linked. GC/August/TOSOTD are lyrically linked by words. “TIL I switched to THE OTHER SIDE”, “rust on your DOOR, i never NEEDED anything more”, “all I NEED is on THE OTHER SIDE of the DOOR”. The songs themselves are not related but it’s the WORDS in each mashup that link the songs. “Long STORY short”, “STORY of us”. “Rain came pouring in when I was drowning”, “unmoored, Shipwrecked, waves being tossed”.

Starbuck1234!

GIRLS!! 😜🩷🤗 PRETTY PLEASE, can you try pretending you’re reacting to the Surprise Songs LIVE again?? This rapid-fire fathoming AND PAUSING THE VIDEOS 800 TIMES 🤣 is giving me whiplash, lol… plus, many of us (me! 🙋‍♀️) DID actually watch it live, and we’re SOOO EXCITED FOR YOU TO HEAR THESE FREAKING AMAZING MASHUPS AHHHHH!! 😂😂😂 except that now I’m just kinda sad instead because it’s taking foreverrrrrrr for you to get there bc you keep pausing the videos, lol. 🤷‍♀️😆 Just kidding. Kinda. 😉 I think some regular ole post-song fathoming sounds positively riveting! Just what the doctor ordered… 🥳💃🫶 Seriously tho, I can’t believe she plays LSS, ahhhh!!! Thought of you girls INSTANTLY… 😜😘💕

Jentallygirl

I love waking up to these!!! My favourite thing to watch in the morning 🩷🩷

kika

Yes that’s how I know it!

Rana

We have an Ari chicken song 🥺🥺🥺🥺 I’m so happy 😆

Mahdia Mohseni

Sl surprised you don’t know the black dog institute as Aussies! Yes I thought the black was referencing rep vault for IDWLF… clown Great reaction, she sang and looked incredible last night! I’m loving the mashups they’re amazing and so interesting in composition and choices

ton

Just a note about the black dog and how you were fathoming whether she knows these phrases already or researches them. I know that the black dog is something used in therapy to help people understand feelings tied to depression, its possible that perhaps she finds out about these concepts when talking through things with a therapist? but obviously we dont know if this is something that she does. just a thought!

heatherchristina

I couldn’t wait until I got home, could I? Therefore I laughed like a ‘mad woman’ when you zoomed in on the falling poster hahaha!🤪

ton

I have a fucked up theory. but i think after TTPD if we get a travis album it also might be a country album like her going back to her roots and the music that made her happy to write. like a full circle kinda moment. Idk i just think love songs about travis need to be country not pop.

Maddy!

It started in black (reputation) and ended in black (TTPD the black dog)

DJ Matsuo

Not me over here immediately just thinking of Sirius Black 😅😆

BenQM

Yes! That’s a great comparison. Dog days refer to the hottest part of the year or a period of decline, ie the dog days are over

Cara M

LAST NIGHT WAS A BAD DAY FOR ME AS AN EVERMORE STAN

DJ Matsuo

“I think I’m finally clean” “This pain wouldn’t be for evermore”, WHAT A SUPERIOR MASHUPPPP

DJ Matsuo

I feel like there are going to be so many literary references for TPDS that brushing up on poetry is going to be necessary

Cara M

There’s the Black Dog institute in Australia that raises money for depression

Cara M

The Black Dog is a common phrase for those suffering with depression. It’s widely used

Cara M

I heard that the Albatross is a pub too

Cara M

I would love a fathoming video about the mashups (or some of the nost illegal ones) and exploring the new meanings that the song choices make. Maybe you'll do that on your refathomings eventually

charlychops

I immediately thought of "And I still talk to you when I'm screaming at the sky" from My tears

Ana

black dog is for Ari Chicken!!!! As a fellow black dog lover and owner, I am so obsessed with this variant (& the cover though!!)

Susie

the only reason I know the meaning of black dog is because arlo parks has a song titled that!!! in the song she sings "I'd take a jump off the fire escape, to make the black dog go away" then later "it's so cruel what your mind can do for no reason" about dealing with depression

Lauren R

I dont know if anyone has said this already, but The Black Dog is a pub/bar in London. Like the Bolter. Also Clean and Evermore is literally my dream mashup 😭😭😭

Mollie.E

Rep TV coming out in 2025 when it's year of the snake! When I realised that, I stopped clowning. haha

Farah Canicosa

The way I was crying in bed at 8:45 am this morning to the mashup of clean with evermore. That was too much! Have you guys heard the fan theory going around about how Joe didn't really write the songs with her and that putting him on as a songwriter was a cover up so people wouldn't realize the songs were about their relationship having issues? People have been saying there are signs in her and Jack's body language during Long Pond Studio Sessions pointing to this, so I went and re-watch it. When Taylor says Joe was singing the entire first verse of Exhile Jack's response seems very much like he is calling BS on it, and Taylor has sort of fumbles and has trouble making eye contact. Similar thing happens again later on when discussing the writing of Betty and when Taylor says James did some foolish things Jack chimes in "allegedly" which I found to be kind of an odd thing for him to say. And this ties back to fan theories that Joe may have cheated. It is also very interesting that the movie he is in called The Last Letter to Your Lover" has a lady by the name of Augustine who worked on the film. Perhaps a refathoming of the Long Pond Sessions is a video idea.

Krystle Aceski

People thought she was announcing Rep because of the black heart Taylor Nation posted, but it turns out it was for a The Black Dog. I know that term because there’s a charity in Australia called that, but it focuses on male depression. I didn’t realise it applied to women as well. In hindsight, if she knew this album was going to be made, Folklore and Evermore colours could’ve been brown and dark green, Tortured Poets could’ve been grey, and the love album that’s sure to follow this, could’ve been white.

Ebru

You guys interviewing Taylor Swift will be everything in the world I want because I know you guys will ask her questions ACTUALLY about her music and not "so what do you have in your bag at all times?" You guys are the new Zane Lowe for me haha.

Momin Masood

The Guardian thing is fake sadly! But I am 100% sure that whatever Tortured Poets will sound like will be absolutely offensive. In my mind, it will sound like Dear Reader / Would've Could've Should've/ Renegade

Jess.

So interesting that the back says old habits die screaming and then she played clean about breaking old habits 🤯

Amanda Gray

I think peace and long story short are probably too hard for to sing in full and the choice of the lyrics she did mash actually fit with the narrative of it not working out and what it feels like it means now.

Kirrily Lewis

Singapore is just getting it all. Super Bowl / Travis discussion in the works? Cheers!

Al

Death by evermore.

Kirrily Lewis

Bonny, you were really locked in this morning! Everything you said was spot on; predicting "past me", recognizing the chords from evermore instantly, the clean and evermore symbolism, the tea at the end about how she's morphing the Joe love songs to make them match the current mood a bit more. "The Black Dog" and the black cover are definitely hitting me harder than the other variants. It feels like it is about her more than about Joe.

MarkH

I LOVE YOUR LIFE GOAL!!! 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 I WANT SO BAD FOR THAT TO HAPPEN

Nick Salgado

THATS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY hahaha but I didn't want to seem too HP obsessed, which I totally am 😂😂

Lauren Matthews

seeing ari chicken’s tail wag after hearing she has her own song named after her 🥺😢 i can’t wait for her to hear it 😭🫶🏼

karisa

Yes, some of them are American expressions to be fair. Taylor does have a very large vocabulary which partly comes from reading.

Clash Fan

It's the Grim (Sorry dorky HP reference. Can't help it)

MelTooWell

GUYS. THE BLACK DOG. It is an omen of DEATH as in the death of her relationship?!? The fact that's it's the last variant the final conclusion of the album as a whole I caaaannnttt

Lauren Matthews

Um I’m so sorry but these surprise song mashups may be the most illegal thing she’s ever done!!!! Screamingggggg

Sarah Gainsford

As someone who got an evermore tattoo after my show (melb n2) I feel so emo that it was so close yet so far ANDDDD long story short. Literally my two top songs  🫠😭 Also love how you stopped to talk during clean thinking she was done with the chaos before she played the evermore keys 🥲😂

lucy lambert

Can I also just say I love seeing Ari’s tail constantly wagging in the bottom right corner at 22:22. 🤣

Alexis

YOU GUYS I literally just thought about you interviewing her! I wondered what that would be like and literally visualized it. So weird and y’all saying this is your goal. ITS GONNA HAPPEN SOME DAY I KNOW IT. also not trying to be creepy about visualizing it but for real the thought happened and the picture that came with it was you guys being your awesome selves but also having a super in depth conversation with her. Ahhhhhhhbb

Kasey Miller

I’m Australian - I’ve heard of The Black Dog, but it’s not used often in the vernacular. I read a lot.

Annika

I would looove an analysis/breakdown of the mashup!! I feel like so much is being said in them!! The way they connect.

Bobhog

My favorite black dog metaphor: "This metaphor can represent the gradual overtaking of enjoyable activities you once loved, the person you once recognized in the mirror, or the life you once lived. The metaphor represents how depression does not take breaks but may feel like a following shadow– a large, lumbering shadow as loyal as a canine."

Jim Lent

I think she knows more of these niche phrases because she probably reads a lot and just got her phd in english, right (?)! I just read a book this past year that involved an albatross as a main character lol called piranesi by susanne clark. I was like... did she read that damn book ?! excited to see if theres any connection there in the album.

Maddy!

not evermore literally having the lyrics “the violence of the dog days” that bon iver sings, i CAN’T

Gab

Not to discredit Taylor at all but I will say that half the time there are phrases or words that she uses that y’all don’t seem familiar with and I’m kinda surprised by. I’m from America, and also grew up middle class so I think there might just be that element of it’s more cultural normal to use that phrase? Idk do other Americans feel this way as well?

Laura M

I have heard it’s got folklore/evermore vibes and hints of JAZZ

Jessie

the issue with the mashups and not getting the full song... i feel like with some of these that she hasn't played in full she doesn't want to? like peace definitely feels like she didn't want to play the whole thing as I'm sure that's a very sensitive song for her still. with lss it's a bit less sad maybe but i still feel like it's hard for her to do the whole thing given it's a joe love song in so many ways i think mashing it with a break up song makes it easier??

Sabrina Thompson-Cook

Noooo I didn’t think Rep would come before Tortured Poets… I just thought she would tell us it’s release date! Which would be in august or September or something 😄

Erica Trull

Clara bow also had a black dog 🤡

Lauren Thomas

the way she yelled next chapter & then THE END after long story short x story of us & then went on piano & sang clean x evermore… she is sending us a very clear message🤌🏽

duke.daisy

both mashups were so offensive, but i'm sometimes most taken by the little bits of taylor's sense of humor and glimpses of her personality in the eras tour shows. night 2, my favorite was her throwing her guitar strap over her head to start playing the secret songs and saying, "as you can see, my hair has returned to its factory settings!" (thanks Esme on discord for reminding me what she said exactly). so self deprecating and adorable. thanks for the very insightful video and i'm glad ari chicken is finally getting the recognition she deserves from taylor!

Mex

I don’t think she’s gonna continue with the mashups after the TTPD release

Fanny Bureau

"Or the violence of the dog days" in evermore!! The black dog!

Melanie Whybrow

Clean and Evermore are probably two of my favorite songs, so this mashup broke me. She did Clean the 1st time a week before the break up with Joe was announced. (April 1, Arlington, Announced April 7) The second time a week before the break up with Matty Healy was announced. (May 28th MetLife, Announced June 5) As probably the only person here that does not stan Tayvis, I'm lowkey hopeful. #SorryNotSorry

MelTooWell

can you ask Taylor who is the intern behind the Taylor Nation account. i just simply need to know - was it a person, was it the same person or diff person every time.. and does she need more intern bc im available and i’ll do it for free 🥹

shilaakadar

What if she does red and gold for the Travis Album lmao

Spencer Glover

Every time I hear a new night of mashups I think it’s the best night. And then Taylor outdoes herself again! I LOVED the Clean/Evermore mashup, it’s my favorite one so far! 🩵🧡

Katherine Adams

She has always done it on this tour, the wristbands in the stadium change according to the era for each secret song. The fact that since she’s been doing mashups recently it takes a little bit of time for them to switch when she shifts songs makes me think she keeps her song selections for each night a complete surprise - even her crew maybe doesn’t know until she’s actually playing, and someone quickly has to shift the color they are set to once she starts playing a different song.

Leijette Riopel

Clean + Evermore is easily the number one mashup she has done 😭 I can’t get over these pairings. I bet she’s having so much fun connecting her own songs!

Breejmc

i love how you guys start singing the song before actually realising which one is it djdjfjd it's so good

Julia

Imagine she heard that “black dog” phrase while living in London and it has stayed with her.

tbeckett

Oh my gosh, I am SO GLAD you said something about continuing the "secret song re-fathomings" I was hoping you would, I really enjoy those!

Patricia Hatzfeld

Ari the black dog 😂 edit: posted this before you mentioned it

Katie LaFave

The grin at "the wrong guy"

Griffin

The Black Dog and The Bolter are both pubs in London, just for another definition lol

Tess7

clean and evermore had me crying at 7am over a grainy livestream. i simply wasn’t ready.

Kristen

could not agree more.

Anna Mehrbilder

i was so happy i was there 😭 especially for long story short and evermore 😭😭😭

Thesar Zuhri

There’s a foundation in Australia for depression called ‘The Black Dog’

BelleB22

2 Taylor’s versions still to be released maybe? I don’t knowwww 🤡

Georgia 🧷

The Ari Chicken Edition 🖤🥰

Laura (in my eras era) 🫶

i was losing my mind over the fact that evermore is one of the few songs taylor and joe wrote together. mashing it up with clean after announcing the final vinyl variant?? noooooooooo

Leah Alsobrooks

I agree with all of this 😊

Tess7

The secret song envy is emanating from both of you, and I just wanted to let you know, same 🫠🤣😭🫶✨

Georgia 🧷

Playing evermore in the mashup 😭 I can't believe she didn't sing the lyrics "the violence of the dog days" after announcing the black dog...

SBX botby

remember when she sang ivy before your concert date? that is how i felt when she sang evermore yesterday knowing that i’ll be at the concert in three days 😭

Roe

One of my favorite (deeply depressing) songs by Noah Kahn refers to a black dog following him everywhere and my mind went immediately to it. Its devastatingly relatable and could help shed light on the concept! Or just deepen your love for folk malone

Julieann Challacombe

I’m still wondering what all the 2’s mean??? She’s been throwing up 2’s constantly (at grammys, the after party, in Tokyo, and Taylor nation made a nod to the # 2 in a tweet and then she announces this variant on NIGHT 2?!!!!!? What does it mean?????

V Babida

1.) I 100% support you in some day meeting and interviewing Taylor Swift. I am manifesting it for you!! 2.) It means so much to me how in-depth you go into to everything! It really helps me fathom and understand the genius behind Taylor Swift on a new level. Like I NEVER would have released the connection between the final varient and clean and evermore being album closers and about getting over something. HELP! 3.) The way the 2 of you play off of each other and build on each other's ideas and have unique perspectives is so wholesome and so refreshing and so magical to behold 4.) I often get very overwhelmed on social media with everyone's posts, theories, updates, etc. And it is actually so comforting to know I can just block out all that noise and just come here and TRUST that you will feed me with everything I need to know. You provide the best swiftie community I have ever been a part of! 5.) I am honestly just so grateful for you both. You bring me so much joy every single day. And I feel so seen and validated by you. Thank you for everything you do <3 <3 <3 you are both truly iconic, illegal, superior humans!!!

Deborah

I do think that she is challenging herself creatively with the mashups, but I also think she is using them to change the narrative and tell a story before TTPD comes out. Curious what she will do at the shows after it comes out..

Katie

This!!

Briony

ikr

Erin Corey

This was such an Emily night!

Jaime McKee

Omg fml 🥲🥲🥲

Chats & Reacts

Lots to say!

Deborah

I don’t understand how these surprise songs can seriously get any better for these next 4 shows😭

Maddy Stephens

I heard a rumor TTPD is sonically as if Folklore and Evermore got together and had a baby with Midnights... if this is true she will be THAT album ...

Ellie

The wheeze I woze when that picture flew off the wall 😂

Hannah Kennedy

Currently loving the theory, that midnights and the 4 variants of (Tortured Poets) are the 5 stages of grief. Midnights being denial and the Black Dog is acceptance. All I can think of with the black dog is Sirius Black, since Taylor also mentioned Horcruxes during her Time Person of the year. Also Sirius the Dog Star, the brightest star in the sky. Acceptance = she is the brightest star or bejeweled again. Also, after the 5 stages of grief is revenge (reputation). Anyways, 🫶🏻🫶🏻!

Jennifer Rudolph

Felt this

Maddy Stephens

This is so off topic but I was on the floor watching the centerpiece fly off the wall a mere 60 seconds after putting it up, I don’t think I laughed harder all week

Jenna Simpson

Guys I WAS THERE AND SHE DID IT IN FRONT OF MY EYEBALLS I WAS SO DEAD

Hao

Taylor singing clean is saying she is done with the Midnights Era .

Jen Manchulenko

Look I think expecting Rep is totally insane. But. 2/4 of these songs are Rep coded. And clean is the closer of her album before Rep. BLACK dog, green fit, all if what Taylor nation tweeted last night, the 4 covers getting darker.... SURELY NOT REP?????? But I'm so nervous.

Emma

i have a confession. long story short is actually one of my least favs on evermore. the lyrics are absolutely superior and i love the story and all the rep connections. it's production that i don't love. so when she did it on guitar it was sooo superior! i prefer it this way

Katie LaFave

You ladies are joy and warmth personified - thanks for sharing your insightful opinions in “screaming colour” ❤️

Mark

When she plays the secret songs, the coliseum lights change to show that song's album color. How long has she been doing this?

Toni Elia

It really felt that Clean/Evermore mashup was a closing act to the new album announcement. I'm curious what the vibes of secret songs will be the next few shows.

Jeebs

the poster falling sent me 😭

Aubrey McMichael

i think rep tv will come a few months after TTPD. i am expecting to get it this year. i just feel like TTPD and rep are so connected that it would make sense for them to be released close together

Katie LaFave

Can’t help feeling watching this that you will have to see the Eras Tour at least one time after Tortured Poets comes out. :)

Nicole Gordon

"I'm all about July" she played in KC in July I'm SO sorry like...the Invisible strings with Travis go crazy

Momo

i am still not over clean & evermore!!! SUPERIOR MASHUP

Katie LaFave

omg the way i have been saying the visuals for ttpd are giving red/folklore vibes omg i would DIE for that kind of vibe

Kiara Kelley

Thoughts: I now think Taylor deliberately went live yesterday to mess with us because she was wearing the yellow dress and she’s seen our commentary on the yellow dress. Taylor Nations comments on the green dress make me think it even more. Lyrics and words Taylor uses in her songs: I think it just comes down to your life experience. I personally read a lot and I think Taylor does as well so the words and phrases she uses in her songs reflect that. To her, they probably aren’t unusual. Black Dog: my first thought went to depression because of The Black Dog institute which is a group that work in mental health here in Australia. Her mashup combos are just getting better and better and I can’t wait to see what she does next! I was also dying to see your faces when she started playing long story short 😆😆😆😆😆

Helen Dunham

Ok, you can not be giving me a heart attack by starting a sentence with “we might as well go ahead and tell you. “ I thought you were quitting 😳 now that I am calmed down, I will say I have thought a few times that you two would do a great interview with Taylor! Go after it girlies! It’s something that could happen. She will be gearing up to promote Tortured Poets so get your request in :) During the writers strike, Kelly Clarkson promoted her album by doing several fan run podcasts They did ask better questions than the typical talk shows

Tess7

Ok but the ✌🏼emoji is confounding me.. each mash up is 2 songs for the most part… she announced it night 2… does that mean double album?!? HELP! She did august after getaway car.. which was very strange considering it’s on the set list august is the 8th month.. april is is the 4th 4x2=8 does that mean rep in august??? She scares me lol

Lex

heads up the guardian saying the red/folklore thing was fake

Erin Corey

What if when TTPD comes out she stops doing secret songs all together and just does TTPD instead? 🫠

Meg A.

The black dog for depression is pretty common. See Weather Channel by Sheryl Crow

Ally ❤️

This is so crazy but also the movie “someone great” that was inspired by clean was released on 19th April 😭

maya zutra

idioms… cultural phrases she loves a turn of phrase and keeps that list on her phone.

Ally ❤️

Honestly Clean was never one of my favorites. But hearing it mixed with Evermore has really made me FATHOM Clean for the first time. 😅

Sara Rose

not watching this yet bec it would feel too REAL that i missed this by TWO NIGHTS!! yes it only feels real once i see the girls react 😆 Offensive songs on N4 please taylor i beg 🙏

ella

The Guardian review is fake. Just some fan made that up

Sebastian

Evermore losses hitting so hard 😭😭😭

codi treacy

Clean mashed with Evermore is my Ivy.

Ellen

Watching the piano mashup I’m gonna cry again - that one hurt!

Takara

The Great War HELLO

tasneem

I honestly feel like you two, of all Swifties, have the potential of someday interviewing Taylor…and what a deeply superior interview that will be. 🙌🏽

Alexis

Yes I think it is a common Aussie/UK phrase! I hadn’t heard of it but my husband knew it straight away before we even looked anything up that it was a saying for depression.

Nic

I can’t get over the connection between LSS and TSOU. Not just the story stuff but “I would lay my armor down” and “when I dropped my sword” (I wish she had sang that part!) I need to think about all the war imagery in her songs.

maura

I was so happy to hear timt full version in Melbourne but was sooo sad I didn’t get the full version of peace in Syd. But NYD is one of my Stan songs also so I really am not complaining I promise 😂

Hannah13

There's a charity in Australia called The Black Dog institute that advocates for better mental health. They're a really great organisation, so it's definitely a common phrase for depression. Great video!

Flower

I WAS THEREEEEE I DIED

Karel Nareswara

Yeah I agree I wish we could hear the full versions of songs that had never been played before, but I love the mashups for the repeat songs!

Sarah

love you guys to the moon and to Saturn.

Nobody's gonna love you like me.

the poster just falling off the wall 😂

Renae

the poster falling took me outttt. 😂

PettyCrockerXX(Annie)

I NEEDED MOREEEEE LSS!!! but this was all deeeeeeply iconic.

Kristen G

I was there!!! 💙🧡💙🧡💙

Lutfi

THIS MIGHT BE MY BIGGEST LOSS OF THE SECRET SONG IN PIANO SECTION. IM THE BIGGEST EVERMORE SONG STAN AND MASHUP WITH CLEAN I- And… the way she renditioned the piano melody from “I Think I am finally clean to the intro of evermore.” Singapore n2 fucking won

jc (indy n1)

I was there!! She was so so kind and made everyone feel so special

Tanya Kuwadekar

BTW… did you ladies catch “Ivy” in Cincinnati with Aaron Dessner… it’s SUPERIOR!!! 😭🥰😘

Thomas Williams

I was there last night . It was like a dream 😭

May Myat

two superior evermore songs paired up with 2 other favorites of mine!!!

Rodrigo

Long Story short is one of my favorite Taylor songs and while I'm happy it got its moment. I need the full song played as a surprise song 😭

Ben Kearney

This might just be the best combo yet with Clean and Evermore. I do wish Long Story Short had her own moment though, just like I wish Peace did. Also I wish she brought this insane guitar and piano mashup energy to Melbourne 😭 I know we’re lucky with the mashups we got but damn Sydney and now Singapore have been elite with the double combos.

Nic

The picture falling 😂😂

Rebecca

The ONLY reason I can maybe explain Reputation coming out soon, is she would want TV out for when the Era's tour is available for streaming.

Jeebs

N2 WON SO HARD !!!! incredible surprise song mash ups!!

Alisha Bulmer

That poster really said, “a blank background is better for you two”

Brandon Yip

have been waiting for this!!! knew you two would be GAGGED !!!

Sabrina Thompson-Cook

The lov I have for you both! Thanks for the tea!!! 🥰😘

Thomas Williams

long story short is my favourite from evermore and I got it 😭

Germaine Quek

I've been trying to avoid spoilers all morning because I was out seeing Tim Minchin's concert last night but alas I was spoiled! But oh my god how offensive to get the new track called The Black Dog, which is the symbol of depression. I wonder if it's referring to Joe or herself? You also are blown away by how niche the metaphor of the black dog is, but I can tell you that within mental health spheres and people with depression, it's a very well-known symbol. It makes me think even moreso that Joe suffered with depression, "when your ocean wave blues come"

Zosia Dabrowski

The poster yeeting itself off the wall😭

Lexa

LOL the poster falling at the beginning 😂😂😂 i love you girls SO MUCH!!!!!

Kristen G

The little poster! I honestly thought you meant a big one. It is soooo cute! 🤭

Den

I immediately thought of Ari chicken when I saw “the black dog”!! 🥰

Keri 🫶🏻

The poster…Bye-💀

Dane Smithers

Immediately must watch!

Sabrina Tonolli

Thank you besties!!! 🫶🏽

Alexis

my first thought was how this surprise song night was made for you guys

Alaena Garcia

I WAS WAITING FOR THISSS 🚨

Maria Fernanda Valença

LETS GAURRRRR

Lucas Chia

I literally just finished watching night one and I cannot wait to see this don’t know what’s going on… Also, the black dog!?

Kristen G

reactions to my surprise songs!! I’ve been waiting for this!!! I’m going tonight again so thanks for uploading this while i wait for the show 🤍🤍

Germaine Quek

never clicked so fast!

Milen Welday

I THOUGHT OF YOU GUYS

Emily Schwabe

GAHHHHHH I WAS WAITING ALL DAY FOR THIS ONE!!!!

Meech

I love the mashups but so sad the songs that have never been played live before don’t get to shine on their own 😭

Hannah13

quick click

pedro oliveira

Yay!

Landon Talbott

Can't wait to watch this one!!

Patricia Hatzfeld

GUYSSSSSS!!!!

Kristen G

Quickest click EVERRRRR SO OFFENSIVEEEEEEEEE

Ramon❀°。


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