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Reacting To My Folklore Reaction

Everyone say happy birthday, Swiftologist!!!

I cannot believe it has been FIVE YEARS since I started doing this. As I mentioned at the beginning of this reaction...this is not a dream job, it’s better. I couldn’t have even imagined this. Eternally grateful to all of you for making it happen.

I would love to hear from you guys in the comments for my research purposes.

  1. What was the first Swiftologist video you encountered?

  2. Which one made you want to join the community on Patreon?

  3. And where does folklore land in your album ranking...👀?

Z xx

Comments

Omg this was hilarious to watch you reacting to your younger self!!! Please do more of these, this was the funniest video you've done!

Michaela Andrews

Also folklore is my favorite album ever created 🩶🤍

nevo

“with you i swim with you i surf” im crying 😭😭😭

Justin

Wow, I’ve been revisiting folklore lately and honestly you’re right. Hit after hit after hit. Gold

Roberta Bolliger

my first video i saw from ur channel was your secret session one

pricila

First Swiftologist video was about Joever/Matty Healy. Cause I was just so flabbergasted by it. Joined the Patreon for TLOAS drop :) I don't currently have a solid ranking of the albums, but Folklore is definitely in my top half. I was a country fan who couldn't stomach the switch to pop as it was happening, so Folklore was my return. I've since grown my music taste and gone back to listen to everything I missed out on. I was never big into the fandom until then, so I appreciate all your videos looking back on the past eras so I can learn the lore.

Angela Schauer

This is lore that I did not know

Laura E

Hahaha I am dying at swiftologist the gaylor

Laura E

First Swiftologist video was probably 2 years ago on TikTok? But TBH, when the Eras tour started I wanted to do an in-depth, deep-dive into Taylor’s career and started googling podcasts and EOAS came up. So that’s really how I got involved and hooked. I’ve been toying with joining the Patreon for a while, but once the rumblings for TS12 started, I had to do it! She may be late but she right on time. Folklore ranks probably 5th or 6th. TLGAD is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Katie W

My story is very similar to yours. Got into Folkmore during the pandemic and those records pulled me out of some bad places. Now I wouldn’t miss EOAS for anything. I’ve learned so much about TS from Z&M.

Elaine Donnelly

And we are grateful to you and Madeline for making thoughtful and meaningful critiques so entertaining. ❤️‍🔥

Elaine Donnelly

I remember being SO excited when my algorithm led me to the Swiftologist, pretty sure around the beginning of the Eras tour. My evolution of a snake backstory is weird: I was a casual listener who after folklore, immediately went full fledge Swiftie. It's been such a fun journey to have Zach and Madeline along for this ride!

Kim Fanning

You need to react to your ttpd reaction❤️ please

hannah

Zach displaying Gaylorism in this video was NOT on my Bingo card 😂

Syd

No matter the year Swiftologist will ALWAYS ride for The Last Time 👏🏼

Syd

This is the comment 😂

Syd

Literally went into my YouTube history for you 1) The TRUTH about Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo feud, was there for your take on the drama. 2) Reaction to early Disney girls on Twitch… my reason for joining but stayed for all the AMAZING content! 3) depends but Folklore is definitely top 5 for me, but no higher than top 3.

Syd

1. I don’t remember exactly but I believe it was something from early to mid ‘23 maybe something about the eras tour. 2. I’ve always wanted to join it i just couldn’t afford it until now because of personal reasons. 3. I don’t rank them because I’m way too indecisive and love almost all her albums for some reason or another but ig top 5. Illicit affairs has really been hitting for me after I was Augusted by my ex especially that bridge and outro😫😫😫

Sarah

1) first video was your 2021 tier ranking every Taylor song 2) I wanted to see your unedited reactions so I subbed to the Patreon in Feb 2023 3) 7th??

Victoria Boult

now let's do TTPD 😂

Spiritual A

I think the first video i watched was your take on taylor becoming a billionare. I thought to myself, someone named swiftologist has a critical perspective on this? Now that I gotta see. I was so tired of two extreme sides, swifties being up her ass and haters blaming her for everything your video was refreshing so I watched all of your videos. This side of you that’s not afraid to use critical thinking skills is what drawn me into swiftologist world. So thank you( as a master of philosophy who’s also a swiftie) and congrats for 5yrs making thoughtful content for thoughtful fans.

Helena

Pleaseee give us the evermore

Blake

the gaylorism pioneer i fear

Ren

Your consistency in your stances is actually so impressive and genuine, ily <3

Tayllor

1) First video was Tay’s NYU speech reaction! I binge watched your content after that and became hooked on Swiftologist 🤓 2) After learning that you had a podcast and binging that also, I honestly just couldn’t get enough of y’alls content so Patreon was a no brainer 3) Folklore used to be my number one for a long time but it’s fallen down my ranking overtime.. I’d say now it sits at #4

Shondi

no one drags swiftologist harder than the swiftologist

cami

1.) My first video of yours was the Matty Healy timeline!! I return to it soo often and showed all my friends 2.) When I started listening to evolution of a snake 3.) Folklore is what got me back into being a Swiftie after a looong hiatus (and got me through a terrible breakup), so it's always going to be on top for me. It's either #1 or #2 after TTPD

Kendall Reinisch

I love you saying “I can’t believe she even shared half of this” when we said the exact sam thing about TTPD! I guess there’s a statistical trend that Taylor will have a tell all album within her formula.

Juliana McKenna

Love the way how midway you start holding the lip balm like your vape

Keziah Miner

Wait Swiftologist...ologist?! Love it.

A

I think my first swiftologist video was your secret session! Can’t believe it’s been 5 years. Thanks for all the laughs Zack! And Madeline!

Eden McFadden

Lately I’ve been obsessed with the last great American dynasty it’s so underrated

Eden McFadden

Can you please do an episode about how August is a end of summer song not a Aug 1 song and if there’s not enough to mine please do a full episode on date based songs. Maybe you have but I need in depth.

Ohdearjon

1) I think it was the first emergency video of the Joe Taylor brake up. So April 2023. I clicked for the drama (and was a bit hesitant) but I stayed for the incredible analysis and knowledge! 2) I think some point listening to the pod from episode 1. I wanted to the extra content!

Renée Whittaker

I really need you to go easier on your past self. Most of us only have a faint glimmer of memory about our younger selves’ subpar moments. I’m glad I don’t have mine on tape.

Karen Valentino

Congrats on 5 years Swiftologist!! 1: the first video I ever watched of yours was ‘revisiting Midnights after the break up of Joe alwyn + Taylor Swift.’ I saw the leopard print top, the title and episode length and thought “who is this diva??” The rest is history. 2: I joined the Patreon just over a year ago after discovering the podcast, binging every episode, falling further in love with you / Madeline, I just COULDN’T get enough 3: It forever haunts me that the day Folklore dropped (same day as my birthday no less!) I was some what uninterested. I wasn’t a full on Swifty at this point (Evermore changed me) so colour me shocked when I finally pressed play on Folklore to make sense of Evermore and it was one of the best things I’ve ever heard. It’s in my top 5.

Hattie

MORE MORE MORE

mr lindsor

the glitches were an easter egg for glitch

Jessica

You're like one of my favorite YouTubers ever!!! The first video I encountered was your fearless reaction, the one that made me join was how you talk about it on the podcast and folklore is probably 6 for me!

mr lindsor

Awww baby swiftologist!! 🥹 Jesus time is an illusion!! Congrats on 5 years!! 🫶🫶 1. The first video I saw of yours was the video about your rep secret session!! 2. I think it was one of the unpopular opinion videos because they always make me cackle 3. Folklore is at number 2 for me!! Red and Speak Now are dead tied for first when I rank, they always have.

Maggie

Happy 5 years to the Swiftologist!! I joined more recently-ish but honestly it's felt like I've been here the whole time haha. Love you and Madeline so much :) 1. I'm pretty sure the first video of yours I watched was the "We need to discuss the Ashley situation" and I was like "wait is that the chick who...? oh god" and your assessment on her just clicked so much that I had to hit subscribe. 2. I joined the patreon so I could get tickets to the Sneras Tour!! I was so so happy when that was announced so I hopped on immediately haha. And I've stuck around ever since! Ya'll just constantly make my days better 3. folklore is such an interesting album for me. I know it's a lot of people's number 1, but as someone who has been around since Fearless it was crazy to have her go in more of a folk moment. With reputation and 1989 tied for my heart albums, I'd say folklore probably fits in at around 4th or 5th honestly. Speak Now being 3rd in my ranking <3 Here's to 5 more years of Swiftologist! Love yall!!

Jessica Chandler

1. This was probably the first video of yours I watched when I got hooked to all things Taylor in the Eras era (was not a fan prior). From the get go, you have been my fav content creator about Taylor and then pop culture in general. Soon after that I discovered the pod, and now you and Madeleine are my top 2! 2. Joined the patreon end of 2023 I think when your videos and public episodes of EOAS made be want more! Absolutely love it and can't wait for you guys to tour more of the UK,including Scotland, please!!! 3. Folklore was my no1 Taylor album for a long time as it was the first I became really familiar with but now this spot belongs to Evermore and I can't see it changing much. Folklore is somewhere in the middle of my ranking.

Asia Kossmann

😆😆😆😆😭😭😭😭

JH

This was so fun to rewatch! Can’t wait for the evermore sequel!

Celeste

My first video was a TikTok about her relationship with Conor Kennedy. You said she was LARPing as a Kennedy for the summer. It was love at first drag. 🫶

Erin Potter

i am in tears over “with you i swim with you i surf”

Sarah Walker

1. my first video was your reaction to 1989 TV! it was so funny and i was gagged by you lightly shading taylor and immediately had to follow and watch everything you did 2. i joined the patreon in november 2023 which is pretty much the same time i found you on youtube 😂 i think i just loved your vibe so much i had to join immediately 3. folklore is so special to me. i think she’s absolutely in my top 5. she released it on my birthday so it was EXTRA special 🩷🩷🩷🩷

Sarah Walker

now we need reaction to a reaction to atw10

Dovydas Romanov

Happy 5 years 🫶🏻 1. My first time seeing your content was the Troye Sivan blocked me video 😭😭 2. I joined the Patreon when I ran out of channel vids/EOAS episodes!! I needed the bonus content as you and Madeline are the sound track to my work days 3. I’d say like 5 or 6 but it changes every day

Emma

update: now that I’ve watched it all I can say is babyologist 🫶💕✨ and “I’ll never change but I’ll never stay the same either”

mango

Happy five years! 1. I encountered my first Swiftologist video when I went looking for someone to explain the whole Shawn Mendes/Sabrina Carpenter/Camilla Cabello mess to me. I hit subscribe as soon as you said something how mediocre and cliche-ridden Shawn Mendes's music is. 2. I joined the Patreon to see this video! 3. Folklore probably took my #1 spot until TTPD unseated it.

Julie Ehlers

"IS THIS ABOUT RIVERDALE???" during betty sent me through the roof

Connor Howard

Holy shut this video has so many more likes and comments than usual

rachel☁️

first video of yours i saw was around fearless tv reaction, joined the patreon as soon as it became available, and folklore probably ranks between 3 and 4 for me!!!

cheesefries

Not you mansplaining track five 🤣🤣🤣

Lacey Pinto

First video I ever watched of yours was about the secret session u went to !!! I was hooked !!! That was summer 2022 xx

Meghan Sullivan

Omggggg I adore the billionaire video too. Only Taylor adjacent influencer I’ve EVER seen talk about it critically. My comfort video is probably miss Americana doc commentary or the lover era retrospective 🤭🤭

Meghan Sullivan

My two favorite videos of yours is the Europe Eras tour vlog and your Taylor Swift Billionaire video. My favorite period of time was in 2023 when you were doing emergency videos basically every day

Asher Long

I’ve been here since the Red Re-record time!!! I can’t believe it’s been that long!

Asher Long

1. My boyfriend sent me one of your videos and I’ve been hooked since. 2. I joined the Patreon for a safe space during the birth of the eras swifties. 3. I think folklore falls somewhere in the middle for me right now but she moves often! Thanks for this it was so fun to watch back!

Steph

1. I think you showed up on my fyp. I believe it was your TTPD reaction vid. Instantly went over to YT and binge watched. 2. The dynamic between you and Madeline was soooo entertaining. Absolutely hilarious. Wanted in on Kiki lounge/uncensored stuff. 3. #4

Hannah

oh theres a questionnaire! found you on tiktok patreon because i needed more of you and madeleine and folklore is #2

Sarah

fetusologist 🥹🥹🥹

Sarah

This made me emotional I can’t believe it’s been 5 years

J

With you I swim, with you I surf is SENDING me 😭😭😭

Emma Hernandez

Something I find interesting about the Gaylor theory is that they WERE kinda onto something in terms of her hiding her true feelings for someone from her past and not being truly happy with Joe. Obviously, they were wrong about many things (being gay and in love with Karlie Kloss, mainly lol), not to mention how EVIL it is to speculate on someone's sexuality and the general tin-hatedness of it all. I just remember being increasingly PUZZLED when she released Evermore and then MIDNIGHTS (does it feel like everything's just like second best after that meteor strike HELLOOOOO), and thinking... hold up... aren't you with the love of ur life??? the way she builds on this love-triangle storyline, from the solemn acceptance and pondering of her past in folklore, to the simmering bitterness in evermore, finally reaching a boiling point in midnights, and the NUCLEAR EXPLOSION that is TTPD... this kind of layered storytelling is not for the simple minded.

Elise

1. I have no idea, but it was probably some kind of Eras content 2. the bone collector video fact checking taylor’s origin story was when I realized shit was in different areas. I then dove into all the yearly spotify episodes and that was what convinced me. 3. probably top half (I am an evermore girly, and I loved this reaction to yourself so you should run it back!!)

Jill Brockhoff

replying to myself to say that when I chat, I don't mean an impersonator/deep fake. Just that it could give you back the exact transcript of what you said.

Bella

I haven't finished watching this yet, but ever since you mentioned you found it hard to watch yourself back I wondered if it would be easier for you to chat with yourself back? I work in AI/Data Science and that is something so easy to build (specially if you have the transcripts and we could make it locally so you don't need to get your data to big AI).

Bella

Taylor wrote “glitch” bc of the folklore reaction video fr

Anna

My first video of yours was the 'Yes, being a billionaire is terrible. even when youre taylor swift'. The reason I joined the Patreon was mostly because I wanted to support you guys and wanted to see the unedited, raw videos. Folklore is near middle for me. Not outstandig but def not terrible either. Just a good, solid album.

Emily Greven

1. The first video I saw was the 1989 TV reaction because I was desperately looking for somebody who was also devastated about Style TV lmao 2. There was no specific video that caused me to join the Patreon, I was just getting too curious about all the content I heard you mention and I joined some time before the Matty Healy timeline vid 3. Folklore is number 7 for me! I like it, but I will always love a beat more. I can't deny tho that it is the "artsy"/critically acclaimed album, and I secretly do want the approval of outsiders...

Roxyy

1. It was either the first Joever video or your reaction to the eras tour. 2. When I found out you had a podcast 3. Folklore lands somewhere in the middle tier for me

Megan

1. The shocking timeline of the Rat and TayPrincess… I wasn’t chronically online at the time so I never actually registered their “relationship”. I saw a couple of headlines about it but I just brushed it off as “damn he’s butt ugly, that must just be a summer fling”. So your video made me fall out of my chair. 2. You rapidly became my favourite long-form creator. I don’t think there’s anyone else that has such nuanced and well articulated takes on music and pop culture as you do. So I just simply wanted more of that. 3. I have a true appreciation for its artistry and for the return of smart songwriting. However, I’m generally a more upbeat girlie, so I don’t really listen to it, or its sister by default.

Deborah Ajide

Please, more of these! They are so fun and exactly what i love on the patreon

Lizzy

1. No idea, but I followed you and Madeline on tumblr back in the day 2012ish. Deleted my account years later and when I signed up again everyone was gone :( . Found you by coincidence yeeears later on youtube and was delighted to have 2 years of podcast episodes to go back to! Really glad to have found a like-minded community again. 2. I signed up for the extra unfiltered content and was not disappointed haha. (especially love the album reactions, and ts wise the speak now world tour live stream! 3. 2nd behind Red? Hard to say though. How do you even compare folklore to reputation?

Carolin Knop

This was so much fun!! I think my first video of yours was the lead single ranking, but I’m not sure what made me want to join the Patreon. I think I just consistently loved all of your videos which made me join! Folklore is in the middle of my ranking. I prefer Speak Now, evermore, Fearless, and TTPD for sure. But it’s really a toss up between folklore, Red, and 1989 for the middle spots.

Anna Paradis

1. First swiftologist video i encountered was the ranking & reshuffling albums series & i was hooked from the get go. this was probably in the spring/summer last year 2. took me like 6 months to join the patreon from when i first found you but it was because i was rewatching every video like 8 times over because my ADHD doesn’t like for things to be quiet & it loves listening to you guys speak. & i was like mama needs some more content 😂 3. folklore is so hard to rank for me. i think about ranking albums in 2 separate ways. 1 by how much i actually listen to the album, & 2 by how much i appreciate the album. folklore isn’t my most played, but i respect the hell out of it. Thank you Zach for deciding to post this one day & for creating a corner of the internet that i love & that keeps me company!

KayLee

“I’m looking more snatched by the year” literally me any time I look at a picture of myself from my early 20s. Many of us truly do get better with age

lavendersnake

1. Honestly don’t remember, but it has been a while. Maybe the secret sessions video, or something about Red TV. 2. I needed more of you and Madeline and the podcast, when Tay positivity within the fandom became false news, boring and toxic. 3. It’s ever-changing, but right now probably five. (1. reputation 2. evermore 3. Red 4. TTPD). Congrats on 5 years! 🍾 ✨

Marissa

plssssss react to more of your old reactions, this was so fun!

Lela

I remember where I was when I listened to Swiftologist for the first time, but not which video. I was at a vet clinic that I used to go to on the weekends to take care of their resident clinic cats (medicine, food, playtime, litter boxes) on days they weren't open. I started there in June 2021, so it was some time after that, but I can't pinpoint down any further.

Jaki Cooks

1. Not sure but I think one of the Midnights analysis as was defo around that time. 2. Patreon: Was around the eras tour time, needed the extra content and more Madeline 3. Folklore is my #1 🥰

Ailbhe o Reilly

I started watching the Swiftologist channel in summer of 2022 but cant remember what the first video that I saw was. Possibly the secret session video. I was so hooked on your YT and EOAS content that I immediately joined the patreon as soon as it was available in 2023. Dare I say, Folklore is my #1 in my ranking…and I’m a veteran swiftie since ‘08.

Gabrielle Caggiano

LMFAO this had me chuckling to myself. A big fat yes to repeating this with Evermore 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾 to answer your questions: 1. I discovered you from your secret session video. I stumbled upon yours after switching off another persons cos it was too boring lmfao and to say I was gagged was an understatement. At that point I had never encountered a non-cupcake swiftie and it delighted me 😂😂 2. I debated it for a good couple months after having consumed all your/EOAS free content by October 2023 and then in the new years I gave in and joined patreon 3. I have no idea 😂😂😂 but probably in my top 5 somewhere

Fatima

I’ve watched this video so many times and NEVER noticed the vape in ur hand 😭😭😭

Adam

1. The TTPD analysis video 2. Longer Kikis, more conversations with Madeline- i joined in May this year 3. Folklore is in my top 3 with TTPD and Evermore🤭

Klara Ipek

“Pitchfork EAT HER ASS” is something I say regularly bc of this video so thank you swiftologist 🫶🏽 LOL anywaysss 1. The first video I encountered was actually your video on NFR. I was obsessed with Lana at that time (and also kind of a tay hater, long story) but that video was the perfect gateway drug for me ig lol 2. I joined the Patreon when y’all did your first live show in London and I stupidly thought that 2019 part 1 would only ever be exclusively available on Patreon 😭😭 (that’s how much I love your yearly episodes) but I have never once considered leaving! 3. It’s top 3 with red and speak now… I just love going on walks and folklore is just such an easy companion to bring along on all of those contemplative moments :)

Andres

-I think I started watching right around when you were showing your custom made shoes for Eras. - I joined the Patreon when TTPD came out cause I needed to see all of it and Madeline's reaction. - Folklore moves around but it's in my top 4

Tiff

wow i had no idea you were an ex gaylor

Vanessa

1. Folklore. After it came out I was searching for folklore reactions and yours was ones of the ones that came up. I’ve been a fan of yours ever since. 2. I joined Patreon as soon as y’all launched your account. All previous videos are why I wanted to join. I loved the content I was getting already and knew even better would be behind the paywall. 3. Folklore is usually in my top 5 and I’ve really been having a moment with her this summer. So ,today, she ranks at #3.

Courtney Ables

bye I was brushing my teeth and when you said panties I bursted out laughing😭😭 happy late birthday🫶🏽

Danielaaaa

loved the video, really feels like a full circle moment! this is unrelated but would u ever make ur most recent new music friday video available to humble queen members or youtube? 🥹 i really wanna watch you reacting to the artists there!!

kay

I loved this! Definitely do it for Evermore!

Courtney Ables

this was so fun

Rebecca Hill

PANTIES IN THE POOL IKTR

Jake F

1.) my first video was the speak now album breakdown 2.) the katy perry flop album reaction. I 100% knew the minute that video started (but it took me until like april/may to finally come to the patreon) 3.) 7

AtleyLovust

1. I think my first video was the Evermore reaction 2. I believe I joined when you first made it. 3. I cannot rank all the albums. I have a top 3 and she isn’t in there.

Ann Veronica

1. Celebrities I've met 2. Snammys 2024 maybe? I'd been watching all the free snake nation content for 2 years and I had wanted to join for ages, I just finally got around to it one day 3. 6th

Jasper Murray

This deadass has me crying laughing PLEASEE do more reaction to your old reactions

Lily Sea

1. Eras Tour setlist reaction, still one of my favorites because of the gagging 2. Needed more Madeline 🙏🙏 love EOAS 3. 5th…

Lily Sea

From the panties in the pool to fresh out the summer. Misheard lyrics and misread titles stay funny as ever. I don’t remember what my first video encounter was tbh but I adored the unfiltered review of Taylor, juxtaposed to the always positive never critical videos that were typical of other YouTubers. Constructive criticism does Taylor’s music quality good. Definitely do an evermore video like that. I like evermore better than folklore but other than that I find it impossible to rank her albums. So yeah, no answer is my answer.

Jessica Marie

1. Pretty sure it was “What critics got wrong about TTPD” video 2. Honestly never heard people *talk* about pop music before like it was a serious art worth taking seriously as a human experience. Then I think wanting to just hear more. 3. Depends on the day but top 3 fs. Some my favorite writing from Taylor and some of her most bravura stuff imo. Even when it doesn’t land it always feels worth the attempt. Feels in a strange way her most vulnerable to me sometimes.

Montez

1. Ranking Taylor's lead singles back in 2021, 2. Been a member since you started Patreon, 3. My publicist said not to answer any personal questions

Christian

MISS DIVA

Zachary Hourihane

This is amazing and you exemplify why pursuing what you love matters

Montez

thank you for being here!! <3

Zachary Hourihane

i was down bad

Zachary Hourihane

the dark place...

Zachary Hourihane

the real ogs are my divas.....

Zachary Hourihane

omg so trueee folklore was a LIFE IS WORHT LIVINGGGGGG for all of us

Zachary Hourihane

oh i love that jacket NEED to dig it out....

Zachary Hourihane

OH PERIODDDD AN OG

Zachary Hourihane

go get em diva <3

Zachary Hourihane

<3 <3 diva!!!

Zachary Hourihane

LMFAO you can do it diva i believe in you life is sooo much nicer when you're not a slave to a substance x

Zachary Hourihane

ahhh what a perfect entry point !!! HAYLORNATION RISEEEE

Zachary Hourihane

LMAO indoctrinated via hate on twitter....do they realize they are doing free promo

Zachary Hourihane

honored to be there for you!! x

Zachary Hourihane

<3 <3

Zachary Hourihane

an og

Zachary Hourihane

LMFAOOOO

Zachary Hourihane

love love love !! <3

Zachary Hourihane

DANIELLE </3

Zachary Hourihane

LMAOOOOO the swiftologist grammys....maybe i should do that again

Zachary Hourihane

I still remember being SO excited listening to the Folkloreology and diving in deep to everything. I can’t believe it’s been five years! This was such a fun watch. One of these days, I would love an episode of you guys breaking down how you decided to venture out and turn this into your jobs: timelines, highs, lows. The snake media empire is always fascinating to me.

David

sooo CRINGE

Zachary Hourihane

oh that is SUCH an interesting entry point LOL

Zachary Hourihane

unpopular opinions ... need to do one of those soon ...

Zachary Hourihane

well YESSS!!! maybe i'll do ttpd towards the end of the year

Zachary Hourihane

honestologistttt wbk

Zachary Hourihane

LMAOOO yeah it seems like it cuz they happen so often

Zachary Hourihane

You would be right

Zachary Hourihane

A relic lost to the sands of time </3

Zachary Hourihane

ooooh a LANAONOLOGIST joiner....

Zachary Hourihane

<3 <3

Zachary Hourihane

joever was a great awareness raising campaign for me apparently klsdfkldnsml

Zachary Hourihane

they will never know fun or peace...

Zachary Hourihane

LMAOOO iconic

Zachary Hourihane

Also, it’s really clocking to me that Lover is the context in which we received folklore. There was no transition. No promo. We went to bed with Daylight and woke up to announcement that changed everything… actually insane. No wonder you were talking about The Archer so much. You could have very well streamed it a less than 24 hours before this was filmed. 😂

Tony

1. I don't remember the first video of yours I encountered. I assume it must have been TikTok because I was kind of just aware of your general presence online for a while before I really started to tune into your content, and admittedly, that is the app I use the most... 2. I had been listening to the podcast for a while, and honestly, I just couldn't get enough! I was just binge-listening to all of the episodes and was worried I would run out, so I decided I simply must join the Patreon to get my fix 🫶 3. I can't entertain album rankings anymore, it's too stressful 😆

Alexandra Sansone

i think you've gotten too used to cardigan, it truly is so good

Michaela Wagner

The pure joy in this video 😭 Happy birthday Swiftologist! 🫶 1. I recently joined the Patreon, but I’ve been a quiet OG because THIS was actually the first video I watched! I started listing to EOAS shortly after, so I also got to see the birth of The Lizard Review as well. It’s been a journey! 2. It was listening to EOAS that got me. I wanted in on those kiki lounges! 3. Out of the past four albums? Second (after TTPD). Out of them all…? Girl I have no idea.

Tony

We love a key CHANGE ijbol

Shantini Vyas

IM DYING AT YOU THINKING BETTY WAS ABOUT A TEACHER AND RIVERDALE

Jad

1. TTPD reaction 2. I think I wanted the pods as videos and at the time we didnt get much on YT so subscribed in May 2024. 3. As an elder swiftie folklore has grown on me but doesnt hold the nostalgia factor of her older albums so its probably unfairly low. I probably stream folklore in top 3 though.

Stroop

More of this please!!

Amanda C

1. Your TikTok walking down the street to Guess 😆 2. Sister songs 3. Maybe 5 or 6

Shantini Vyas

new swifties don’t understand we used to be able to giggle about gaylorism back in the day. tiktok took it to a place of trueee derangement. 😭

Taylor Rae

1. First video was joever as I was searching YouTube and trying to figure out wtf happened and your video came up. I continued to keep watching more of your videos cause I think you’re hilarious and love your investigative journalism. 2. I caught up on all the EOAS yearly episodes and needed MORE content! Love you guys so much, please come to Austin on your next tour 🫶 3. I don’t think I have a personal TS album ranking as it really depends on my mood/season.. but if I have to stan just one album it would be 1989

Tiffany T

haven’t been able to sit and watch this yet but I didn’t even realize you started youtube when folklore came out wtf that album might’ve actually saved my life?? so it’s poetic that one of my favorite channels ever got started at the same time ahhhhhhhhhhhHHH thank you for doing what you do and also helping me heal my weird, broken relationship to the concept of celebrity

mango

1. your ultraviolence video ! i was really intrigued and in awe with how articulate you were and i saw that you were called "swiftologist" and i was like oooh a swiftie? so i watched a bunch of your videos and subscribed ! 2. i don't remember but it was some time last year. i think i just wanted to hear the bonus podcast episodes and i finally convinced myself to join. 3. folklore is a very close second to evermore for me. i think my top 3 is evermore, folklore, and ttpd with speak now kinda tied with it. as an og swiftie, folklore, evermore, and ttpd just felt like a return to form for me in terms of songwriting, and i always wanted albums sonically like folklore and evermore from her. happy birthday, swiftologist!!!!! happy to be here <3

c.

You were right about the beginning of betty sounding like Death by a thousand cuts — these is the exact same chord progression!

Augustin

I looooove thissss, wish I could see the unedited full reaction <3

Valeria Rodriguez

And if I said you spoke about the archer so much because it fell flat… and folklore had fantastic execution???

Lauren

It’s so funny cause I really thought the glitches were intentional effects

Augustin

This was beautiful, and yes you should make more of these!

Lance

I can’t remember my first video… but I think it was you listening to Red TV…. You were the very first person to call out all the fumbles on the Max Martin tracks… and I appreciated your candor! Honest is much better than sycophantic. I’ve been on the Patreon since the beginning ❤️

Ally ❤️

1. The "what secret sessions are really like" video. I remembered the Tumblr disaster of reputation secret sessions where people were very snotty about the fact that they got to go. But I clicked the video because I genuinely wanted to know what it was like. 2. I couldn't tell you which video made me join Patreon because I have been watching your videos on repeat recently and can't remember. I love so many of them! 3. Folklore is somewhere in the middle of my ranked list. I really like Folklore, I just like other albums more.

Toryana Frazier

I can’t remember my first Swiftologist video, but this was my second, because I remember the first one I watched being so good that I had to go back and start at the beginning. I joined Patreon because I LOVE listening to you talk about music. It’s always entertaining. Folklore is one of my favorite albums. PLEASE do more of you reacting to your reactions!! SO fun!!!! Even though it’s super recent, I’d love for you to watch your TTPD reaction.

Celeste

The first video was an unpopular opinions video and I was hooked right away. I think it was your honesty and you not being afraid of criticizing Taylor. Too many fans are afraid to say one bad thing. You are honest! Folklore is number 7 for me.

KimMarks

I think the first video I ever saw of yours was the one where you broke down the Blake Lively case, and I thought you were really smart and incisive — saw your username and checked out the TS content and was super happy with it, and then joined the Patreon after watching the TTPD videos you and Madeline put out! Folklore is honestly in the middle tier of my rankings but that’s because I like Red, 1989, and reputation more

shreya

The naming things on your fingers and then sticking one finger in your ear SENT MEEEEEE you REALLY were not expecting 170k people to watch this 😂 Love you Zack!! Happy Folklore-versary!!!

Lia

First swiftologist video was among the previews of the Eras tour! Joined Patreon to see first reax to your first video because I love Folklore, probably my favourite album ❤️ btw I love August but only because I was at Eras Dublin night 3 and saw her huge smile when Travis surprised her by turning up ❤️

Rebecca Black

first video I ever encountered was the very first snammys (it was just you then and all the nominees were Taylor songs only ) back in 2022 and I became obsessed with your channel and eventually EOAS and lizard review! the video that made me wanna join the patreon was the speak now reaction but I did not join til almost a year later and still very on and off because my income status is wildly unpredictable haha. folklore is my number 4 right now!

Noah B.

“Give you a child” is she trying to get PREGNANT??!?!? Is killingggg meeeeee 😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂

Joanna

1) first video was joever and I found you so funny!! 2) I can’t remember when I joined the patreon but I binged all of the public episodes and was like I need more!! Side note when I first heard you talk about Danielle Walsh I knew you guys were my PEOPLE, I’m from Ireland and was obsessed with her and then hearing you talk about her was like my 2 worlds colliding, I knew why I liked you and Madeline so much in that moment 3) Maybe anniversary bias but folklore is my number 2 atm🫣 just behind TTPD

Jack

not riverdale im screaming

S

1. your ttpd reaction. after that i went and binged your other reaction vids xD 2. i reaaaally wanted to see madeline's reaction to ttpd. also i had caught up on every public episode of the pod by that point and wanted more 3. folklore is upper middle in my ranking of albums (i'm an evermore girlie ;)

Kris TTPD

This was the first video of yours I watched. I can’t believe I’ve witnessed your growth over the years. I became a Patreon member around the TTPD era. folklore is 4th/5th in my album ranking. Thank you so much, Zach. I don’t think I would have had this much joy without Taylor, you and Madeline. <3

Rıdvan Savaş

My first Swiftologist video was All Too Well short film reaction! It also made me feel homicidal 🔨

Antonia Hayes

Found you through red tv reaction! Joined patreon after midnights came out and eras tour was about to get going… folklore on my ranking is riiight under evermore 😘

Sacred_sunflower

This video is my guilty pleasure I’ve watched it multiple times. I just love how excited and naive you were 🖤🖤🖤🖤

Sarah Bogue

5 years of Swiftologist is SO CRAZY! You have brought so many laughs and smiles and comfort to my life. in this world of fast and mindless content, you stand out so much with how insightful and well spoken you are. <3 So grateful for you

carxleigh

First video - Joever, I saw you getting criticized on Twitter, clicked the link, watched the video — and subscribed. I created a Patreon account when you went to the show in London. At first, I didn’t like folklore, but after evermore came out, I fell in love with those guys completely

kms5

my first video was literally your folklore reaction !! i was looking for specifically swiftie reactions on youtube and saw urs then i saw the hayloration and knew i found home fr 🤞 i joined the patreon community like a couple months after it launched just bc i wanted more from both of yall i dont even remember a specific video folklore for me rn is sitting pretty at 5 or 6 rn

sofia 𝜗𝜚

I think there’s been a glitch 🔮 Nostradologist!

Aleesha Hunter

First vid i saw was your secret session video! Joined the patreon as soon as you guys started it bc i loved the podcast and your videos. Thanks for all the amazing content!!!

Peyton

PANTIES IN THE POOL killed meeeee 😂

Aleesha Hunter

Exile rocked me when I first heard it (still does). First saw your vids on TikTok

AK

Currently trying to quit vaping and loved hearing you yell at yourself. Needed that

Jaqi Jarboe

1) The first video I encountered was your Red TV reaction! 2) I finally joined Patreon ahead of TTPD because I NEEDED to see Madeline's reaction and given how she reacted to COSOSOM it was a worthy investment. 3) Folklore might just scrape my top five but it's impossible to know.

Maisie

1. what really happens in a secret session video, i was gagged 2. the Taylor analysis as TIME person of the year but that was like my 4th episode in 2 days so it was probably a combination 3. Folklore is my favourite album <3 next to 1989

lorena

I go back and watch your folklore reaction every so often for the entrance alone, truly iconic! 1) I'm fairly sure that my first Swiftologist video was the Midnights reaction, but the Lover and Rep tracklist ranking/reorders made me a regular viewer. 2) There wasn't a particular video that made me want to join the Patreon. I had been listening to the pod for a few months and for my birthday I decided to treat myself to a membership because I couldn't get enough of the two of you. 3) As for where folklore ranks well.... While I certainly rank her as one of Taylor's best, in terms of what I want to listen to regularly, folklore sits around the middle of the pack at 7... Not because I don't enjoy it, just because I tend to prefer more upbeat songs to get me motivated. Happy 5 years diva!

Pete

I have been here for 5 years! Saw you on tour and look forward to the next album reaction and the next 5yrs!!

Amy Versprille

today i made my first YouTube video and idk why this made me feel so emotional 😭 i admire you so much and seeing you starting somewhere and not just magically appearing as the YouTuber you are now is crazy (btw you have always been extremely good at sharing your thoughts)

lorena

i use the video of you reacting to the ‘hide in the closet’ lyric as a reaction vid regularly both on twitter and irl… no notes

connor

I started watching pre-Swiftologist channel pre-lover when you and Madeline were doing the yearly rewinds I loved you guys from the start and have followed religiously since it’s so awesome to see how you have grown and manifested this into what it is! Very inspiring! Congratulations!! 🎊

Michelle Smith

1. The folklore reaction actually lmao 2. It was the podcast actually. 3. Probably top three!

Lake

1. Tier ranking Taylor swift songs (before midnights I think) 2. Prob learning about all the besties and phone a snakes and unedited reaction videos 3. Folklore is on top 5 for sure with evermore, ttpd, 1989, Red

Ellie Stouffer

I love hearing you tell yourself to shut up during Seven! I was laughing so hard! 😂

Amy Versprille

this was so funny, take a shot everytime you say glitch 😭

Samuel Scouller

1. Journalist reacts to the Miss Americana doc. I found EOAS first thru swiftie twitter, binged and was starving for more, so naturally went to Swiftologist. Been tuning in every Sunday since 🫡 2. Joined the Patreon the day it launched. Like I said I was starving. And now I constantly have a feast!!!! Thank u divas 🙏🏻 3. Folklore used to be my fav but TTPD dethroned it. And now I kinda feel like it’s 3rd or 4th place idk?

RiLee Andros

The first video I ever watched from swiftologist yt was like an analysis of reputation and why it is the greatest album ever? I was immediately sold. Subscribed. Found EOAS. Patreoned. Obsessed. I don’t know the exact title but you were wearing a fabulous green jacket I believe.

Alexandria Roswick

not swiftologist inventing gaylor in 2020

Momo

I found EOAS from a Reddit post hahaha I remember I binged it all on a road trip and found your YouTube. The depth of research in yearly episodes deserved a patreon subscription. Folklore is #2 for me because I was in a TERRIBLE stage of my life and I remember I was having a mental breakdown when it was announced and it literally was like a life is worth livinggg moment. This is me trying and mirrorball… girls I had to just stare at the wall with my moth agape listening to it because it was everything I was feeling. Folklore is a hug from my parasocial big sister 💕

Abby Voelk

I found the podcast right around the first episode, so this was the first video of yours I saw. Joined the Patreon pretty early because it was refreshing to encounter Swifties that weren’t cupcakes. folklore is in the middle of my ranking. My favorites are RED/reputation/evermore/TTPD (aka Messy Taylor) 🫶 EDIT: and you walking into the video with all of the merch not saying anything KILLS me everytime, so damn funny.

shannymac

Watching you react to your younger self is pure gold. The pandemic seems like a million years ago.

Christopher Marshburn

I was a listener of the podcast before you uploaded your first video! Funnily enough, I discovered it by googling “Taylor swift podcasts” and yours appeared on the swiftlyneutral subreddit by coincidence lol

BluePen -

choking on my beverage at “panties in the pool”

alleahmae

The first video of yours I encountered was your reputation deep dive via TikTok and I quickly moved over to YouTube to watch it in full and then binged the rest of your videos! After that I started listening to the podcast and joined the patreon. Folklore is a top 3 album for me. I learned all about Taylor Swift exclusively through eoas and swiftologist!

Meg✨

the first swiftologist video i encountered was one of your midnights predictions videos! i was honestly so gagged when i watched one of your videos for the first time because i was so used to having to watch the slop that the swiftie tiktokers would create. i honestly cannot remember what made me join the patreon, it must have been when y’all plug it at the start of every EOAS episode that I thought of joining. folklore for me is definitely somewhere in my top 5, however i (similarly to you and madeline) have literally quit ranking Taylor’s albums.

Jac

1. Red tv reaction 2. Not a swiftologist video. It was an EOAS episode from a bit before the Eras Tour started 3. Idk it changes every time i open apple music 😭😭😭

Alejandro

the part where you start googling riverdale during betty had me dying omg

jessica

This was so fun. New series please. Your face when she says "im on some new shit" - is iconic

Michelle Forge

The first video I watched was the Matty Healy timeline. I was a casual listener before, but after TTPD came out, I got curious about the lore and dove in. I’ve always loved celebrity gossip, so the Matty saga was right up my alley. From there, I binged more videos and got hooked on the yearly recaps. I loved the dynamic between you and Madeline and ended up joining Patreon for more. I think it was the London live show where you hilariously trashed the Lover era that sealed the deal. You’re still the only Patreon I support because the content is consistently great and genuinely feels worth it. You've become a staple in my weekly podcast lineup!

Alex

Not that whole video being an Easter egg for the song Glitch

Darcy Keating

1. The first video I saw from you was the first video roasting merch from her site I’ll never forget your reaction to that hideous dusty rose crop sweatshirt with her face plastered all over it LMAO ever since then I’ve been SAT 2. The joever TTPD video was I think the tipping point of me signing up for the Patreon! I was frothing at the mouth for alllll the TTPD content I could get my grubby little mitts on 3. I’ve never been able to definitively rank them but folklore is at least a top 3!!

Kat 🤍🌿

This was great. Love you reacting to yourself. The way you yelled at yourself during seven was so real. Definitely sat for Evermore reaction reaction. Joever videos was the beginning of my swiftologist journey I joined the Patreon for TTPD reactions. Folklore #5 for me.

Jessica

“That’s a nice color on me” you are everything LMFAO

Kayleigh

Love this and absolutely do more of these! My first video was talking about the rep sessions and it took me two sittings to finish it because I was absolutely SEETHING with jealousy lmfao I don’t remember when I subbed to the patreon…maybe around midnights?? Love folklore sm she’s probably around 5-6 in my ranking at the moment

S.

Your reaction to Betty had me CREASING like lmfaooooooo

Ria

"Panties in the pool" is giving Footnote 😭😭 im screaming this was so good

ducky

1. Taylor swift and matty Healy timeline! I was hooked! 2. I listened to all the public episodes of evolution of a snake and needed more! 3. Impossible to rank, theyre all gorgeous girls!

Emma S

1. It's Joever! 2. I needed all the TTPD content I could get my hands on 3. I have had a hard time picking favorites my entire life, but folklore is certainly in the top couple albums. For a million reasons, but hearing seven for the first time as someone who lived in an abusive home was more meaningful than I'll ever be able to say.

MK

First Swiftologist encounter was the Joever video 😅 I was looking for information because I was feeling quite stunned, and it was refreshing to hear you explain clearly how we could be sure the news was true, how celebrity-media relationships work, and offering thoughts as to what could happen going forward. Your hand-heart Swiftie energy combined with thoughtful pop culture analysis was not something I had come across before. That's what drew me (and I'm sure most of your followers!) to your channel. Congratulations on 5 years!

Ilina Jha

I actually found EOAS before your YT! It was somewhere around episode 3 or 4. I just liked y'all so much I followed on Twitter which led me to YouTube and the rest is history. Joined the Patreon the day it was launched IKTR. No idea what the first video I watched was but I'm kinda locked in for life. So keep it up!!! Swiftie since '07/'08 but folklore holds my #1 spot... but TTPD kinda threatens her sometimes if I'm being real.

hannah 🍌

1. The first video I saw was the Joe and Taylor breakup video! 2. I joined about three months later I didn’t realize there was content I was missing !! August 2023 3. It ranks 8! I love folklore but I listen to it probably the 2nd least

Kristi

Yes I love you reacting to past you :D

Maya

1.the first video I watched was the folklore reaction 2. The first snammys made me want to join the Patreon 3. Folklore is number 2 right behind evermore

Brandon H

PLEASEEEE

Zachary Hourihane

not Riverdale 😂😂😂 I can't remember what my first swiftologist video was but it was sometime during midnights promo! the phone a snake preview on the podcast made me want to join the Patreon to get more of that. and folklore is 4th in my album ranking after 1989, rep, and evermore :)

Isabel

1. TTPD reaction clips on TT, then TTPD vid on YT 2. Not one in particular, just wanted more content once I got through many of the previous podcast eps 3. #1!

Olga M

No clue what the very first Swiftologist video I saw was, but I think around Midnights era was when I started tuning in consistently. Joined the patreon pre-TTPD bc I knew I wanted to see the uncut reaction and just allll the content around that (and y’all did not disappoint!). Folklore is def at the top of the ranking for me, tied with Speak Now because I’m incapable of choosing between those two!

Katrina Kauffman

my first video is we need to talk about Ashley 😭😭😭i will never forget madeline cooking her bones while vaping… no duo could get more real than that

Shane

Fun fact: When I first heard Mad Woman, I thought she said, "Or does she mouth-fuck you forever?"

Ashley C

‘with you i swim with you i surf’ kills me😭😭😭

emma

1. Can’t remember the first video (probably something eras tour related) 2. Wanted more EOAS content! 3. Folklore is probably my #1

Meagan

I don’t remember what the first Swiftologist video I saw was. I really like your videos because you can differentiate between an interesting melody and a boring one. I wanted to join the Patreon because I wanted more content from you

Remy Zerber

gratefulologist

Oleksii

1. Rep secret sessions was the first Swiftologist video I stumbled upon! 🥰🐍 2. It was actually (I can't remember which video this was in) but in one of the first videos I watched from you, there was a taste of Lover/Me! snark and I was like 👀 cause I'd never seen any Lover hate on a Swiftie YT account before, even though I always personally thought of it as a flop ofc it just felt like one of those things we don't say out loud 😭😂😂 and that just pulled me in deeper and deeper 3. Folklore is currently sitting pretty at number 2 in my rankings, just below Evermore 🤎 though I may have to re-assess again soon

Maaria

I don't know if this like unpopular or not but I still think when she said hide in the closet, she meant it literally... like that's just where kids hide and this to me sounds more like it's about a kid that she knew that was abused and now as an adult she has a deeper understanding of the situation idk... I wasn't getting homosexual :D

Maria

1. Joever videos accompanying you’re losing me drop (May 2023). 2. Your reactions to the TTPD tracklist in Feb 2024 told me I needed even more of a ki… I decided to join Patreon in time for the new release 3. I think folklore is 5th (plus or minus a spot depending on season… maybe 4th since it’s July right now?)

Sophia

I luv u Zack. This was the 1st thing I ever saw from you and have been following ever since. It really is amazing EVERYTHING that has happened in the past 5 years 🤯🫶

Cocogigi

This was my first swiftologist video 😭 I love it so much.

Reagan Crockett

1. I think one of my first videos of yours must’ve been reacting to the Taylor’s Versions. I liked that you were honest when some of the rerecordings weren’t good! That or Midnights reactions which was delicious. 2. I joined sometime during the Eras tour and the whole Matty interlude happening. I remember thinking I needed to know how y’all were yapping about that, and I’d already been listening to the podcast for a while. 3. folklore is in my top 3!

Natalia

Omg imagine knowing back then that she would dedicate the 1 to the Rat!

Maria

the switch up i have done on that song should be studied. greatest song ever recorded

Zachary Hourihane

Also yes PLEASEEEE do this for evermore

Leonardo

1. The book "Spare" by Harry 2. I'm a new subscriber. I just needed to see HMHAS and Marina reaction after your tiktoks xD 3. 1)Speak Now 2)Evermore 3) FOLKLORE!!!!!

Phyo Agga Kyaw

1. I believe it was the midnights reaction. Began listening to EOAS shortly after that 2. Joined the patreon after Joever 3. I hate ranking ts albums... but probably between 4-6

Madison G

1.) the first video I watched from you was your Joever reaction I think? I honestly forget 2.) I joined the Patreon because I wanted to see your full I Luv It reaction haha. Good times. 3.) folklore is kind of middle of the pack in terms of TS albums

Lila

What was the first Swiftologist video you encountered? TTPD REACTION ​Which one made you want to join the community on Patreon? VMAs ​And where does folklore land in your album ranking...👀? Top 5

Dana Hinton

Not with you I swim with you I surf 💀😭

Kat

I saw a random tt of you and was like woah who’s this divaaaa then youtube stalking then obsessed with eoas that i finally caved to patreon and substack!! Happy birthday swiftologist thank you for keeping me company at work🫶 also peace best song in the world its one of the only ones that i go back to no matter what lols

Jomazel

1. First vid of yours I saw was ranking Taylor’s exes post Red TV 2. I joined the patreon literally as soon as it was announced cause I’ve been following you for over a year at that point. 3. Folklore is not only my favorite Taylor album but my favorite album period.

Gianna

In summation: the vape

Leonardo

Several years ago, when I was just a casual listener, I revisited Red and really liked it. When Red first came out I was 17 and had experienced a bad break up not too long before, so We Are Never and I Knew You Were Trouble were on repeat. 🫶 Anyway! I found myself wanting to hear more, so I poked around on the internet and found EOAS on Spotify. I started at the beginning, listening to the yearly episodes and taking in all of the mess, purses and Tay-positivity and Tay-negativity moments. I binged it all and subscribed to your channel. I was enthralled. With Taylor, and with you and Madeline. You guys are so funny and relatable. I always appreciate how thorough and thoughtful you are in your content, and you can tell that you two have love and respect for Taylor, even when poking fun. I credit EOAS with introducing me to THE girly pop and making a full Swiftie out of me. 💖🐍

Ashley

betty being about sleeping with a teacher KILLED me😂😂

Gianan

Panties in the pool is definitely a lyric from Fresh Out the Summer

Chas

1.I liked the video about the street style in 2023 2.it was the podcast episode going through billboards 25 pop stars of the 21st century 3.4th or 5th

arnav

I actually found you through Tik Tok. It was a screen record of you reacting to Taylor announcing TTPD

Jonpier Veliz

It’s your Debut baby! Your Bluebird Cafe. 🦋

Dana Hinton

“Is this about riverdale” KILLED me

Carey

U should make this a series!! So fun to watch

Grace

Happy birthday swifologist 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 so thankful to have found your channel/content/EVOL. I took a break from the online fandom/discourse around late 1989 and rejoined shortly after folklore, and finding your channel felt like the perfect context to engage again in Taylor discourse but in a mature, smart more "adult" version of my teen years lol, still fun but with way more perspective and reality. 1. First video I honestly can't remember, but I know it was 2021. I think it was speak now related but I don't see it on your channel rn? I'm a speak now girlie so I immediately clicked when I saw the title/thumbnail and even tho I don't remember the context I remember I was like "whoah, an actual swiftie who isn't mind numbingly positive and has critical thinking skills... Slay" 2. I think it was honestly once I started listening to the pod. I found your YT first, then finally listened after hearing you mention it consistently in your vids. Became obsessed with the pods format and I'm so grateful for the rest 💜 3. Folklore is honestly in my top 5. Most amazing album ever. Probably my #3 on personal favs but maybe #1 on a more "objective" scale, if that's even possible

Dania Marin

1. Reaction to the Eras Tour it was sooo funny it got me hooked 2. I joined when TTPD came out to see the reactions 3. Top 3

Averi

Congratulations! My first video was the Secret Session, I joined after seeing the TTPD reactions, Love Folklore, but I Love all the albums - just depends how I'm feeling that day.

WhiteWalker68

1. I don't remember at this point 2. I started re-watching the video you uploaded for free so I decided i needed to get to the other side of the paywall and get that content. 3. Folklore is probably 8 in my ranking

Samuelline

Dying for Madeline to react to her Chloe or Sam reaction

Carey

1. I remember very well it was Fearless TV reaction and then I started to listen to the podcast to gain all the knowledge about the whole lore lol 2. I joined the Patreon right before The Eras Tour 3. Probably 6th or 7th

Mr. Watermelon

i'll def do evermore i don't pay her dust like some people (taylor swift)

Zachary Hourihane

not the prince harry roast....period!!

Zachary Hourihane

I WAS NEVER A GAYLOR. STOP THE ATTACKS !!!!

Zachary Hourihane

OMGGG the joever reportage was truly boots on the ground journalism <3

Zachary Hourihane

Happy birthdayyy divaaaaa

Zachary Hourihane

now that was a spicy first entry....

Zachary Hourihane

Guys I was never a gaylor I was bamboozled by folklore asklndlakjsdf

Zachary Hourihane

Guys he has addressed this before, he was never a gaylor! You can recognize that something can have a tone without saying she’s gay.

Carey

I never knew gaylorologist existed???!!!!!

Fahad Al s

1. It was the video where you talk about how billionaires are not exempt from criticism even when you’re taylor swift… I was glad someone said it and then I couldn’t stop binging your videos🫡 2. Joined for extra smart content because I struggle to find insightful videos sometimes 3. Folklore is my non plus ultra TS album, I have a special connection to it and I don’t know if that will ever change

Krisztinne

1, maybe an unpopular opinions? honeslty cant remember 2. i had gotten of relistening to eoas public on walks and needed motivtion to go on walks hahaha 3. 1!

Tess

can we please please do more of these reacting to your reactions, for both you and madeline PLEEEEKKKK

Lauren

IJBOL I forgot about “with you I swim, with you I surf” 😭😭😭

Zach B

I blacked out at the Dress mention during Mirrorball. In the sense that

Tom

I LOVE epiphany! Zach I swear I hate the songs you love and love the songs you hate 😂

JWJo

Ik that Swiftologist's birthday was a few days ago but this was posted on my bday too!! I vividddly remember discovering you with your video about the secret sessions and then immediately binging ur earlier videos. No specific video made me wanna join patreon I was just waiting until I had a better paying job LMAOO Folklore is likeee my 4th behind ttpd and speak now and 1989 Well done on 5 years. You are amazing 💜 see u in London!

Fraser M

omg happy birthday swiftologist!!!!! you have brought so much insightful, funny and interesting content into my world that has genuinely deepened my experience of taylors music, and also how i engage with and understand pop culture! i think the first vid(s) i encountered of yours was the joever dispatches LOL that was a time... that was when i fell down the lore rabbit hole and started watching your vids more regularly, listening to all the podcast eps (esp the yearly ones and album reviews). i joined the patreon when i ran out of content i think i truly cannot recall i feel like ive always been here bc i go back and watch older content too its all timeless and funny to me. tbh folklore is still my #1 i fear... my sad writer girl in the woods i love you forever <3 it kinda changed everything for me and speaks to me in insane almost incomprehensible ways. every time i listen to it it just takes me back to A Place. maybe that place is just lockdown... it also converted me from being a casual enjoyer (which i was since fearless and i was like 7... shes my other #1 album) to actively following her career and seeking out more content about her music. i applied for my full time swiftie card after folklore and then did aaalll my homework (largely thanks to evolution of a snake <3) anyway thank u for the 5 years of analytical, clever content! hope to see u in sydney one day... manifesting it works out for u guys and for me <3

jam

1. I believe it was the secret session video 2. I needed More EOAS content ASAPPPPPPPP 3. Folklore is probably top 5....but I think I've matured into an Evermore girlie but I've also banned myself from rankings so that's all I can say

Lauren

I had no idea you were previously a gaylor this is killing me

isobel

2) think it took me a little while to join Patreon but may end of 2020 - pandemic blues’s craving for more content! 3) folklore prob number 3 it meant a lot to be as I am sure it does many others due to time it came out

Hayley Unwin

Also five years since folklore is crazy 🥲 I swear it just came out!

Abby

Aww loved this - happy anniversary! The reaction vids I definately the main ones I would rewatch so would love to see more of these for sure. Answer to your questions: 1) believe I actually found swiftologist vids initially via the podcast on Spotify - think fearless tv may have been first vid I watched

Hayley Unwin

1) I think it was the prince Harry book lol 2) I wanted more podcast! 3) it’s #1 some days and some days it’s unlistenable idk anymore I retire from ranking

Carey

Thanks for this video Zach! Love you diva 😍 In answe to your questions: 1. I think I came across your videos in 2020 because I was a new swiftie and wanted to learn as much lore as I could, and loved your analytical lense. 2. I joined Patreon as soon as it was announced because I loved your videos and EOAS. 3. Folklore is my #1 album. The album that made me a die hard swiftie. The album that inspired my Eras tour outfit. Folklore is my ride or die ❤️

Anna Parker

The first swiftologist video I came upon was your “You’re Losing Me is very revealing” video, the one that made me want to sub to the Patreon was the EOAS “Torturedpoetology part 1” episode… and folklore is # 9 🫣

Ethan Strahota

I agree, do it for Evermore too. This was so enjoyable to watch! Keep up the good work!

Alex Mihu

1. I think it was the eras tour reaction (a classic) but maybe a bit before that tbh 2. Then I started listening to the pod, then joever happened and I decided I needed to be plugged in to swiftiedom!! 3. Probably 5th or 6th? Love folklore but I'm an evermore girl

Abby

i was one of the "stupid bitches" who needed an explanation of what a track 5 is. i had heard taylor talk about the importance of a track 5 in a long pond studio sessions clip and was super confused. i though this was general thing about pop albums or so, but i was not familiar with the ts track 5 lore at all, because i'm not an og swiftie... . to sum up: i appreciated the explanation! :-D

maryna

My first YouTube video was the matty healy predictions/recap in prep for ttpd when we thought there would only (!) be a three track run about him. I knew then this was a channel made for me 😅 I joined the Patreon not long after once I started listening to the pod religiously

Abby

i went back on my youtube history to find out my first watched videos of yours was the anthology decoding videos and then the ashley video (LOL). i subscribed to the patreon in feb this year when i had run out of free EOAS content to consume!! folklore is top two for me im afraid, she’s that girl. happy anniversary folklore/swiftologist 🫶🫶

chelsea 🫶

Happy 5 year birthday to the Swiftologist 🫶🏼

Bella

Swiftologist having a conversation with past Swiftologist is everything 😂 😂 ‘babe don’t get bogged down in the details it’s not worth it’

Bella

1) Speak Now TV reaction 2) The podcast is hilarious and I wanted to see more of your guys’ opinions/reactions more 3) Top 4 after 1989, TTPD, Red

zach

I discovered your channel around when Midnights was announced. Started following the podcast bit by bit a few months later. But I became obsessed at the end of 2023 and listened to all of the old podcast episodes and then in early 2024 came to the patreon. Really greatful for yours and Madeline's content, it really fills my weeks in the best possible way. And folklore is currently my 3rd fav (after RED and Speak Now)

vlada

I started watching with the Midnights videos. Joined (I think) with the eras/TTPD videos. Folklore is my number 4. My ranking is Evermore, TTPD, Speak now and then folklore. Everything below that changes constantly.

JWJo

happy anniversary!!! when ttpd was announced, i needed to know more about the taylor lore, so i went to youtube and clicked around and was very interested to hear a video saying, being a billionaire is bad even if you're taylor swift. i joined the patreon to know everything you had to say about ttpd when it finally came out. and foklore is my #3

Rūta

Is that a horse?

grayson

I can't even remeber how long it's been it's been literal years lol. As I was getting into taylor I liked the reaction videos but I wanted to find someone who gave her and her music the proper analyzation critique and praise it deserved, I found that with you and I couldn't be happier.

Bryan Ford

We love you diva

Marcella Mura

not swiftologist channel birthday being the same day as my bday .. congrats diva!!

Sam

the way i literally remember watching this when it came out ……. history that some ppl wouldn’t understand

tyler

You guys got me on the Patreon when I found out the London show was there. As for first swiftologist video… no idea. lol

Anton

My first swiftilogist video was your midnights predictions! I joined the patreon after the EOAS No it’s Ashley episode! Folklore is my 2nd fav album (after TTPD) So grateful for the Swiftologist Multi Media Conglomerate to entertain me! Ur the best!

Casey Dodd

Sooooo ready for this

swiffer haz

Yay! happy folklore season. I remember this 😂

lisam

“If this is about the Kennedys I’m going to kill myself” kills me every time😭😂

Jordan kuzniak

Yessss I was literally just watching this !!

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