maybe one of the funniest videos to watch from the future. hi from early 2026, ariana grande did get there one day, taylor swift proved that writing fiction was a good idea but abandoned it anyway and is still more famous than ever. she's not the only pop girlie in the game like she was in 2014, but she still manages to exhaust you anyway. Cannot wait for this comment to age like milk in turn, thus fully completing the cycle
Shockingly dumb takes. Embarrassing that he can’t tell this song was satire, and thinks it was her being introspective. “I liked it better when I thought it was honest.” He couldn’t immediately tell it was satire, and spent time analyzing the song and STILL couldn’t tell it was satirical until he listened to an interview with her.
I’m so glad it’s not just me who didn’t see any media satire in the actual song itself. Everyone always told me “oh it’s brilliant she’s making fun of the image the tabloids made of her” but it never read that way to me. It always sounded like just a self-own (or just straight fiction at least). Not even the video suggests it’s intentionally playing into a false narrative, which might have been an interesting way to work with the song. I thought I must be missing a trick so it’s a relief that others also think the supposed dialogue with Taylor’s image in the media only exists in the metatext.
Watching a Taylor Swift review in the year of 2025 is jarring. The discourse around this woman is obnoxious and it's honestly not unexpected that she turned out as she did.
She said it straight up "some day I'll be big enough so you can't hit me" and she got so rich and famous that yeah, she's basically untouchable now. She doesn't have to be bothered by a single thing that her audience does or not have the autonomy to remove a toxic man from her life then make capital off of it. Maybe with some exceptions but generally security, management and social media teams deal with that. She's finally settled down with someone and is basically set for life.
That said, her music took a nosedive. What was the last universally beloved one? Style?
It's cool to see this review so many years later because I never actually followed pop music while it was happening and then started doing live sound for all these cover bands a few years ago and started actually listening to the lyrics to all these songs for the first time (hey, it's where the money is….) and I too was so impressed with the self awareness of Blank Space. I think it's Taylor's best song honestly. It reads as just a really sincere self-analysis and almost self-parody at the same time. And it's obnoxiously catchy.
We shoulda made a deal with T-Swizzle back then — she gets to date whoever however, and in exchange she makes "fully fictional" songs from the perspective of "invented characters" for us.
This is actually insane and this is the exact narrative she tell us people spin.
He loved the song in the beginning when he thought it was autobiographical And the minute he found out it wasn’t, the tone completely changed, and he hated the song.
i always thought she sounded so relatable in this song. when you first meet someone you only want them to see the good parts, and you try to be what they want. then things get more serious and you show the ugly parts. i never got the “crazy” man eater aspect.
as for the “boys only want love if it’s torture” i always just thought it felt out of place and didn’t fit into how i conceptualized the song bc i never interpreted her persona in the song as crazy. i guess just “men like women who keep them on their toes”?? idk i’ve never dated men
Taylor Swift demonstrates… self awareness! "She'll be unstoppable!" 2023—Taylor Swift owns the top of the charts AND hits #1 on Todd's Best List using… self-awareness. He called it, this early 🙂
This is interesting to watch after “Anti-Hero” has come out. It’s also an introspective song where she admits she’s the problem. It makes perfect sense she wrote Anti-hero. Shows show he’s evolved. And her love life isn’t the main focus anymore.
So she gets involved with a guy who struts around with a trio of Dobermans, wearing a fucking CAPE like some sort of übermensch vampire edgelord, and it doesn't work out? That's just awful.
Rewatching Todd's Taylor videos in 2023 is just a gripping narrative of two forces that want to oppose each other but continously keep coming back together.
@WeneedmoreGodsinTshirts
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
I’m
@PedanticGaming
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
I love Todd's humour, and he's really my only exposure to any music of the past 15 years or so… but my God does he have bad taste.
@tomboy2980
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
maybe one of the funniest videos to watch from the future. hi from early 2026, ariana grande did get there one day, taylor swift proved that writing fiction was a good idea but abandoned it anyway and is still more famous than ever. she's not the only pop girlie in the game like she was in 2014, but she still manages to exhaust you anyway. Cannot wait for this comment to age like milk in turn, thus fully completing the cycle
@moveslikemacca
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
simpler days
@anonnyanonymous4800
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
Shockingly dumb takes.
Embarrassing that he can’t tell this song was satire, and thinks it was her being introspective.
“I liked it better when I thought it was honest.” He couldn’t immediately tell it was satire, and spent time analyzing the song and STILL couldn’t tell it was satirical until he listened to an interview with her.
Why does anyone listen to this idiot?
@renownedbandanawearer1345
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
I’m so glad it’s not just me who didn’t see any media satire in the actual song itself. Everyone always told me “oh it’s brilliant she’s making fun of the image the tabloids made of her” but it never read that way to me. It always sounded like just a self-own (or just straight fiction at least). Not even the video suggests it’s intentionally playing into a false narrative, which might have been an interesting way to work with the song. I thought I must be missing a trick so it’s a relief that others also think the supposed dialogue with Taylor’s image in the media only exists in the metatext.
@crucifiednematode
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
Watching a Taylor Swift review in the year of 2025 is jarring. The discourse around this woman is obnoxious and it's honestly not unexpected that she turned out as she did.
She said it straight up "some day I'll be big enough so you can't hit me" and she got so rich and famous that yeah, she's basically untouchable now. She doesn't have to be bothered by a single thing that her audience does or not have the autonomy to remove a toxic man from her life then make capital off of it. Maybe with some exceptions but generally security, management and social media teams deal with that. She's finally settled down with someone and is basically set for life.
That said, her music took a nosedive. What was the last universally beloved one? Style?
@benjamintillema3572
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
5:48
@27Blur
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
Man you got this one right on the nose lol
@X_MissMary_X
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
Todd's coda is exactly why I have zero interest in anything Taylor's released since. Just dull, plodding beats and melodies.
@rosyfairi
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
Re-watching all your videos about taylor swift almost ten years later is such an eerie experience.
@leaffinite2001
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
I fucking hate this song bcuz i was 12 in 2014 and did have enough control over my life to escape this shit
@bezoekers
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
GOT A LOT OF STARBUCKS LOVERS 🗣️☕😍🔥
@Alchemeleon
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
It's cool to see this review so many years later because I never actually followed pop music while it was happening and then started doing live sound for all these cover bands a few years ago and started actually listening to the lyrics to all these songs for the first time (hey, it's where the money is….) and I too was so impressed with the self awareness of Blank Space. I think it's Taylor's best song honestly. It reads as just a really sincere self-analysis and almost self-parody at the same time. And it's obnoxiously catchy.
@tegantalks9612
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
“Taylor Swift is the only pop star that matters” is a comment that has aged surprisingly well.
@aspacelex
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
We shoulda made a deal with T-Swizzle back then — she gets to date whoever however, and in exchange she makes "fully fictional" songs from the perspective of "invented characters" for us.
@redluis369
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
"Iggy Azelea" Ha!
@HPLovecats
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
2023 was Taylor's year and it's looking like 2024
@parkinglotsofhell
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
This is actually her masters thesis about lacanian desire and object petit a
@annray625
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
“This is the year of Taylor Swift, no other pop star matters anymore.” Oh past Todd, I just went through 2023, you have no idea…
@Supernova-rb5fp
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
And than Anti-Hero was released, exactly what Todd wanted to hear…
@sushiserpent2990
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
God imagine a world where Ariana was thw flop and Iggy was the successful one. Would Nikki Minage have not become popular?
@ChakraTeasePhilosophy
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
This video really hits different in 2023…
@basicindiebr0
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
Opening statement of the video is so true especially now still. She is the biggest pop star in the world.
@roselovescheese
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
2023 is ALSO the year of Taylor Swift
@moisesalbuquerque2701
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
Watching this in 2023 and seeing how Todd COMPLETELY missed the point of the song is just hilarious 💀💀
@taylor9989
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
This is actually insane and this is the exact narrative she tell us people spin.
He loved the song in the beginning when he thought it was autobiographical
And the minute he found out it wasn’t, the tone completely changed, and he hated the song.
@sudevsen
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
"My God,she'll be unstoppable"
years later
"Hey hi,I'm the problem it's me"
@canadmexi
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
This song has a great chorus, but annoying verses.
@mzelk995
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
i always thought she sounded so relatable in this song. when you first meet someone you only want them to see the good parts, and you try to be what they want. then things get more serious and you show the ugly parts. i never got the “crazy” man eater aspect.
as for the “boys only want love if it’s torture” i always just thought it felt out of place and didn’t fit into how i conceptualized the song bc i never interpreted her persona in the song as crazy. i guess just “men like women who keep them on their toes”?? idk i’ve never dated men
@airwindows
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
Taylor Swift demonstrates… self awareness! "She'll be unstoppable!" 2023—Taylor Swift owns the top of the charts AND hits #1 on Todd's Best List using… self-awareness. He called it, this early 🙂
@alisonhinkley480
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
I feel sorry for the cat, did it get dumped too…hee
@WaffleDuck5191
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
This is interesting to watch after “Anti-Hero” has come out. It’s also an introspective song where she admits she’s the problem. It makes perfect sense she wrote Anti-hero. Shows show he’s evolved. And her love life isn’t the main focus anymore.
@drengskap
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
So she gets involved with a guy who struts around with a trio of Dobermans, wearing a fucking CAPE like some sort of übermensch vampire edgelord, and it doesn't work out? That's just awful.
@Burningbranch
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
Rewatching Todd's Taylor videos in 2023 is just a gripping narrative of two forces that want to oppose each other but continously keep coming back together.
@rins_tall_bf
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
This was the only highlight from 1989. I couldn't get into the other songs on the album they bored me
@CravingLux
February 22, 2026 at 4:14 am
This is the only Taylor song I can kind of listen to. I don't buy this a fictional character…
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