Watching the MEAN Music Video ๐๐๐
Added 2023-09-05 22:01:00 +0000 UTCYour girls are back with another Speak Now music video fathoming ๐ Mean is A LOT to fathom now that we have the I Can See You music video!! Enjoy our mental breakdown xx
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Also the goat remix of I Knew You Were Trouble. We simply must never forget that!
Breezy Bumbles
2024-09-22 07:48:06 +0000 UTCHey, girls, I'm still getting caught up, but I found this one and wanted to chime in. I've always loved the song, Mean. I usually can't get through it without choking up. The Mean video makes me cry - every time. I love her looks, I love the message and storylines. I haven't seen it in a while and you guys pointing out the connections to the I Can See You MV was just mind blowing. thanks for sharing!
Tara Ludwig
2024-07-25 22:04:39 +0000 UTCIt reminds me of the fearless dress on the eras tour!
Deborah
2024-06-14 05:28:31 +0000 UTCI cannot BELIEVE that her dress at the end was so reminiscent of Shake it Off, while in New York.
Brittany Diamond
2023-10-22 09:10:54 +0000 UTCThe scene where it shifts to her on Broadway now also screams Bejeweled music video to me - her hair and her look and the stage.
asquared13
2023-09-14 14:26:22 +0000 UTCHA so fun seeing you guys basically reactโฆ meanwhile I was a speak now musical girlie. I watched this video so many times that I recognized Presley as โstar girlโ in I can see you lolll.
elizabethjulia
2023-09-14 06:20:29 +0000 UTCI need more acknowledgement of this yes. Like, love on Paul forever and ever but her other long-standing โthe agencyโ band members?! Amos made a dedication post for Speak Now TV release that had me tearing up. Speak Now is the moment to make sure we all know the band. <3
elizabethjulia
2023-09-14 06:18:56 +0000 UTCI need to be sure that everyone knows "emo hair guy" is Amos Heller. Right?? Like, you guys know he's still with her every night on the Era's Tour, right?
Laurie A. V.
2023-09-13 04:57:29 +0000 UTCJust fathomed that she literally says โI can see youโ in the LYRICS OF THIS SONG
Courtney Campbell
2023-09-09 15:05:46 +0000 UTCoh! we didnt realise there was BTS! I thought she only did that for Mine and Ours! Sorry bestie ๐ซถ
Chats & Reacts
2023-09-09 00:59:52 +0000 UTCWow love you two so much. I remember watching this video when it first came out. I was so young such a baby. When this video came out for me it was a dark place in my life. I was in elementary school with no friends until 4th or 5th grade. My Nana passed away summer of 4th grade. I was going through a lot. This song and music video really helped me dealing with people's mean comments to me about my hair, skin tone, loving to read, just really anything that made me different. Now I simply don't give a fuck about what people say about me. Difference is beautiful. Mean has a very special place in my heart. I'm so happy Taylor recused it from the vault and we have it now. Thank you so much for this video. Love you guys so much for creating a safe space for all.
Destanie Mills
2023-09-08 17:31:46 +0000 UTCI'm sad you didn't include the Making of the Video/Behind the Scenes clips!
Danielle
2023-09-07 22:44:51 +0000 UTCWill you be reacting to olivias new album?
Freyastendal
2023-09-07 22:40:12 +0000 UTCThis is really off topic but you guys mentioned the Grammy history video which I loved! I think a VMAs one would be amazing too ๐๐
Alice Tapson
2023-09-07 22:10:58 +0000 UTComg they totally should watch the speak now tour!!!
Juliana Martinez
2023-09-07 21:33:42 +0000 UTCOoo they should react to this in the 1989 tv era!!
Juliana Martinez
2023-09-07 21:32:13 +0000 UTCWill you be reacting to Olivia Rodrigoโs new album GUTS?
jessie
2023-09-07 21:20:33 +0000 UTCBonny in her GLOWING era!!
Monica
2023-09-07 21:08:11 +0000 UTCcan't wait for the breakdowns on the 1989 music videos
Martina Serlenga
2023-09-07 18:44:55 +0000 UTCthe banners on the stage say New York AND Nashville! She always knew these would be her homes <3 Also, can we please find out Caitlin Tree's real last name? LOL
Alex H.
2023-09-07 18:22:20 +0000 UTCYou didnโt watch the BTS footage!!
M3L
2023-09-07 17:10:48 +0000 UTCAmazing full circle moment ๐ฅฐ
Clรกudia Cerqueira
2023-09-07 09:49:51 +0000 UTCI recall Taylor explaining in a BTS video of some sort, how Mean was the first video that she completely conceived of and planned out herself. They put out a request for treatments or plot suggestions for the video, but she wasn't satisfied with any of them, so she decided to write her own, and that's what they used. Foreshadowing of her directorial future.
Esme (MadWoman@TheLakes)
2023-09-07 03:57:28 +0000 UTCAnd the fact that, in the Begin Again music video, she actually sits under a willow tree while wearing a cardigan.
Esme (MadWoman@TheLakes)
2023-09-07 03:52:37 +0000 UTCI figure this is the one yes! Thank you so much ๐ค Off to YouTube I go ๐โโ๏ธ
ShannonCalzini
2023-09-07 02:13:55 +0000 UTCI'm so glad you guys are still in Speak Now era! Are you planning on watching the tour for Speak Now?
RuthGA
2023-09-07 00:52:40 +0000 UTCI need Emily being like, โyou know what, fuck youโฆ.Iโm just being my true authentic self and youโre just kinda a piece of shitโ on a t-shirt
Ava Jeffs
2023-09-06 23:29:48 +0000 UTCthis one? https://youtu.be/3L1tEWZ9T1A?si=XOoBEW_6RMyB5k-C
Aloha Record Sargent
2023-09-06 23:17:18 +0000 UTCWhat is the Grammys fathoming video called? Is it on Patreon or YouTube?
ShannonCalzini
2023-09-06 22:53:31 +0000 UTCgood point. I took the Taylor in the video to be a personification of the _album_ . She isn't locked away, but the music of that era was. Presley blowing up the museum is like the fans blowing up the structures that locked her music up -- her looking back at the museum at the end was looking at the music that hasn't been liberated yet. . . . and she left on "The Road to 1989" and her next heist. . . .
Robert Thompson
2023-09-06 22:46:33 +0000 UTCunrelated almost didn't watch this, but it is interesting after all. Sort of stunned the auctioneers. $50,000 TAYLOR SWIFT GUITAR LIVE AUCTION for THE HOMETOWN FOUNDATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr2OSZ_m2Gk Taylor frequently gives guitars to charity auctions, but I never watched one happen. Check the description. Obvious why Tay decided to send something to support it.
Robert Thompson
2023-09-06 22:39:42 +0000 UTCCompletely unrelated but today it was cloudy so I put on a playlist of Taylor Swift piano songs and it hit hardโฆ highly recommend
Miriam Hart
2023-09-06 22:19:53 +0000 UTCI like the fact that Joey and Presley rescue Taylor in I can see you as themselves, but they are playing a character in the mean music video, so 'themselves' aren't locked away in a vault, their costumes are but not them. Taylor's locked away as she's not a character in the video she's herself.
Phoebe Bradbury
2023-09-06 21:10:05 +0000 UTCOkay so I have no idea how to join the Discord and I'm not sure if that's where I'd make this request but I would LOVEEE if you could react to the "Taylor Swift NOW Listening Session with Taylor Grammy Museum" - this is the version that came up on my YouTube recommendations: youtube.com/watch?v=SVGbjszns3A So interesting to see her thought process like this! As a new Swiftie myself, I've fallen in love with you both!!!!
Taylor J
2023-09-06 21:09:11 +0000 UTCJust wanted to say I love you guys so much, thank you for creating a space of joy and light on the internet :) xx
Lorraine jarvis
2023-09-06 19:26:23 +0000 UTCI always love watching with you music videos for the first time! As a newish fan, most of these music videos i've never seen before!
Sivan Moshe
2023-09-06 16:56:56 +0000 UTCmean is such an underrated IMPORTANT song in Taylorโs career, like the song and lyrics are so simple yet the message is crucial coming after fearless and leading up to everything she would have to deal with later
Ava Jeffs
2023-09-06 14:54:49 +0000 UTCBen saw this too! Aboveโฆ.. ๐คฏ
Starsonscars
2023-09-06 14:46:21 +0000 UTCNo, it was a separate photoshoot, but her having that specific cameo in New Girl after having released the song Speak Now was iconic. The episode was called "Elaine's Big Day" (Elaine was Taylor's character), and, when Max Greenfield (Schmidt) went to the tour, he posted that he was given a friendship bracelet that said "Elaine's Big Day." So fun.
Laura R
2023-09-06 13:45:23 +0000 UTCi havent seen this music video in SOOO LONGGG and i am in full sobs. that was so touching and meaningful and i had just completely forgotten...or my younger self just couldn't fathom the way my 32 yr old self fathomsssssss. also paul is in the band you just cant recognize him bc his trademark hair is pushed down under a cap.
Natalie Lyddane
2023-09-06 13:32:04 +0000 UTCAt 16:19 (in your video) there is a WILLOW STREET SIGN IN THE BACKGROUND like hello??? Obviously not calling it an easter egg but what is actually wrong with her?? I was shocked when I saw it ๐คฏ๐คฏ
Kevin Rodriguez
2023-09-06 13:04:12 +0000 UTCI LOVE the music video reactions- theyโre some of my favourite videos! Thank you for doing them :)
Ashley Wright
2023-09-06 09:29:23 +0000 UTCNot her saying โI CAN SEE YOU years from now talking over a football gameโฆ..โ like I CAN SEE YOU, DOES SHE EVEN REALIZE HOW ICONIC ALL OF THIS ISSSSSSS I CANNOT ITS THE REASON I STAN THIS ALBUM ๐โจ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
Alana Ashley
2023-09-06 08:48:50 +0000 UTCi would love to know!! i really hope the girls see this and react to it ๐๐ป
Mia Gregorio
2023-09-06 08:30:22 +0000 UTCoh my god AND the SECOND verse is about WILDEST DREAMS, YOU TOTALLY should listen to it
tia martin
2023-09-06 07:50:54 +0000 UTCTotally! I'm intrigued by the song and some of the lyrics, especially this lyric: "I was with you when you wrote that line; It was me that you had on your mind." WHAT LINE IS HE TALKING ABOUT???
Aloha Record Sargent
2023-09-06 07:36:33 +0000 UTCOuch, my pregnant hormonal butt cried way too much at this video ๐ญ๐ Joe was actually too much, how adorable she was omg!! AND YES, mean is definitely TOP 5!! Also itโs my husbands favorite song from SNTV and I actually canโt handle help ๐๐
raheel
2023-09-06 07:03:29 +0000 UTCif you think about it, every song with "they say" (or equivalent) builds on Mean. from "I stay out too late....." to "they say I did something bad" to "the Rhode Island set" to Mastermind. it seeps through a lot of her music.
Robert Thompson
2023-09-06 05:51:31 +0000 UTCMan this is out of nowhere and has nothing to do with speak now era, but has anyone heard the song โHIMโ by Harry styles??? itโs unreleased but itโs on youtube and it has over 2 million views, is about taylor and he didnโt put on the album because it was to on the nose!! i would love for emily an bonny to react to it as a special video, itโs truly an amazing song !!!!!
Mia Gregorio
2023-09-06 05:36:40 +0000 UTCTaylor was really in her history era in Speak Now! Her tapping into the โdamsel on the railroadโ trope from early 19th century Hollywood movies - it really says something she chose this image when it was used to provoke humour in itโs original use ๐. And then her obvious mentionings of antiques, war, old photographs in Timeless. The Story of Us music video set in that classic library with ancient-looking books. Even Foolish One when she sings about writing and sending love letters ๐ฅน Really paints a clear picture of what her interests were at the time. So many fathomings thank you guys โบ๏ธ
Ellie
2023-09-06 05:06:19 +0000 UTCLOL, I keep hearing the thunder and thinking SHIT is it raining outside AGAIN. Monsoon season trying to flood Vegas off the map. And then I realize it's storming outside your house, not mine.
MelTooWell
2023-09-06 04:38:39 +0000 UTCPaul is in this music video! If you look to the left of Taylor, you'll see him
Katie LaFave
2023-09-06 04:38:07 +0000 UTCIt's not really public knowledge, but most recording contracts, including the one she was in give a budget for the music videos, as an advance. What that means is that before the artist makes any money, the label is recouped for the cost of the video. So the artist pays for it and then owns no rights to it. I love that she's brought people from those videos into the era. She's showing the clothes she can't wear again in the video because wearing them infringes on the label's right to those images and visuals. I love that she has her dancers wearing them in the concert, and she's incorporating them. She's reclaiming a lot more than just the music. It also explains why they blew it all up in the I Can See You, video, and her wistful glance back.
MelTooWell
2023-09-06 04:22:40 +0000 UTCThe fact that 1989 it the next rerecording and is the embodiment of her living in a big old city, big enough so they can't hit her is so concerning, especially since I can't tell if she planned it or not
Molly
2023-09-06 03:52:14 +0000 UTCIT ACTUALLY IS CONCERNING.
Ria Shay
2023-09-06 03:06:38 +0000 UTC๐๐๐๐๐๐
Mia Gregorio
2023-09-06 02:18:21 +0000 UTCI was soooo excited for this video Iโm so glad the day finally came!!!! mean is SUPERIOR ๐ love that youโre still in speak now era Iโm gonna hold on until the SECOND 1989 drops ๐
Sierra Sather
2023-09-06 02:11:27 +0000 UTChi! Is the pic of Taylor interrupting a wedding from her cameo on New Girl? The episode was in 2011 or 2012 if I'm not mistaken... https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=562916950&q=taylor+swift+in+new+girl&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwie2OaH6ZSBAxUCKH0KHehiBooQ0pQJegQIDxAB&biw=1314&bih=646&dpr=1
Kara Norton
2023-09-06 01:23:25 +0000 UTCI love seeing Ari Chicken making her cameo appearance ๐ฅน๐ถ๐
Lauren Compasso
2023-09-06 01:15:25 +0000 UTCwow does Joey King look so young in this video.
Jen Manchulenko
2023-09-06 00:55:40 +0000 UTCthanks besties!!!! watching this in line for the MAISIE PETERS concert!!! so excited!! ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฎ๐โผ๏ธโญ๏ธ
sammi snyder
2023-09-06 00:37:44 +0000 UTCSpeaking of other "random" videos of Taylor, there is this one called "Taylor Swift on Scholastic Web Chat" where she talks with kids about reading and writing. It was filmed when she just released 1989. She talks a lot about her song-writing process including that of Mean. I am not sure if you girls have seen it before but I only came across it yesterday. It would be nice to hear your thoughts on all the offensive things she said there. It's also a precious experience seeing her interacting with schoo kids. :)
Vivian Tang
2023-09-06 00:12:07 +0000 UTCShout out to Presley Cash since no one seems to remember her name. Sheโs iconic in Mean and ICSY ๐๐๐
BrooklynSwifty
2023-09-06 00:07:48 +0000 UTCI enjoy the music video breakdowns cause while I have gone back and watched them all, I wasn't a fan at the time so I didn't know all the details of what was going on & all that stuff. I think I know the 1989 videos because it was hard to not see them cause she was so ever present then if you paid any attention to pop culture. But these Speak Now ones? Had no idea until I saw them for the first time in 2021.
Joe Weaver
2023-09-06 00:06:40 +0000 UTCNever understood how people missed the lyric in WTNY it seems like. So bizarre.
Joe Weaver
2023-09-06 00:02:43 +0000 UTCThis music video is so nostalgic for me! I remember watching it at a friends house at 10 years old after school god those were the good on days ๐คฃ
Haley Haas
2023-09-05 23:52:35 +0000 UTCI was wondering if you have seen these explanation videos she did for Speak Now that explain each song. I have them on a whole playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFcKr9j_SZqog0kn5ajajk237CU0nCEVg&si=aA45qd_Arp3fpx5D
F1Swiftie
2023-09-05 23:49:17 +0000 UTCI think Joeyโs character could be a representation of swifties and the fact that if any of us are going through something in life sheโll always be there to help us through it. ๐ฅฒ
angelina
2023-09-05 23:48:23 +0000 UTCUGH yesss I can't believe we get to refathom all of this with you guys, how offensive and superior is LIFEEEE!
Chats & Reacts
2023-09-05 23:45:42 +0000 UTClaughing at the Jurassic period ahahah no you are soooo right Mark, great points!
Chats & Reacts
2023-09-05 23:45:04 +0000 UTCThank you!! I appreciate that because I never like my hair when its natural like this ๐
Chats & Reacts
2023-09-05 23:43:51 +0000 UTCYou said it so beautifully ๐ฅน The re-recordings and all the excitement around the Vault tracks are great but it's important and such an amazing opportunity to refathom her past "eras". She symbolically lost so much more than just her masters. But I'm SO GLAD we get to re-experience all this with you girlies! Thank you for the content and all the effort you put in your videos it's such a JOY.
Miantsa
2023-09-05 23:32:09 +0000 UTCThis was great, as usual. Keep in mind that there was this period in 2016 when people thought Taylor was a right-wing Trump supporter, yet in the Mean music video you can see her clearly expressing support for the gay boy. Of course, he does not have to be gay just because he is interested in fashion, but everyone would have called him gay when I was growing up (in the Jurassic period, I know). Sometimes people can't see what is in front of their face--they missed the "boys and boys and girls and girls" line in Welcome to New York too.
MarkH
2023-09-05 23:28:18 +0000 UTCI remember this being the music video that made me a full blown Swiftie. I still have it memorized in my head, I watched it over and over! I was in my early 20s. I love EVERYTHING about it, its so good! And probably why the I Can See You MV affected me so much, because I immediatley connected it to the Mean MV and I was already fathoming! I am still listening to Speak Now all the time, I'm not letting it go yet! Not until 1989 TV actually comes out.
Jenny MacRunnel
2023-09-05 22:58:55 +0000 UTCI fact that at 5:56 (in this video) you can see the sign in the back and that it says willow and you know... willow.
Ben Kearney
2023-09-05 22:55:35 +0000 UTCSitting thinking about how YNTCD is basically Mean 2.0, sort of the sparkly upbeat version. Also, this video and the video for Bejeweled have a lot of striking similarities which is concerning.
Jason
2023-09-05 22:53:10 +0000 UTCI think another reason why people think that Taylor did a mv for Speak Now the song is that she was on an episode of New Girl where she (kind of) interrupts a wedding. (Cece and her husband-to-be decide not to get married during the ceremony and then Taylor and the guy decide to elope).
Carly
2023-09-05 22:39:33 +0000 UTCMean is the OG Karma! Already showing how she's a good person and good things will happen to her, and her bullies will defeat themselves :)
Fanny Bureau
2023-09-05 22:35:24 +0000 UTCSo excited for a new video!
Jenny MacRunnel
2023-09-05 22:32:51 +0000 UTCThank you, loves!!
Becky Tucker
2023-09-05 22:22:23 +0000 UTCBonnieโs hair is absolutely OFFENSIVE
Farrell Peka
2023-09-05 22:06:53 +0000 UTCI needed some Bonny and Em content today ๐๐๐
Iga W.
2023-09-05 22:03:13 +0000 UTCOmg i havenโt Watch the video yet, but the haiiiir looooks STUNNING Bonny!!
Sara Medina
2023-09-05 22:03:11 +0000 UTC
