I can't stop thinking about "The Last Great American Dynasty"

I always knew it. The T B in TBSkyen stands for "Taylors Bestie"

So touching to see tb highlight smaller creators like Taylor swift 🎺

2:10 "I'm nowhere the vocalist she is" sings like a fucking angel

"April Fools video that is actually totally sincere" is, I think, my favorite genre of video. I really like how more and more youtubers have been using the "excuse" of April Fools to make stuff that's kind of weird and outside their wheelhouse and maybe conceptually silly, but that is clearly an actual video they sincerely wanted to do.

I already said this in live chat, but the way this video juggles a nuanced discussion of Taylor Swift's image, our interactions with media, rumors, history, etc, and your own personal relationship with this song? Beautiful, brilliant, THIS is the reason for the teardrops on my 🎸

We need that cover as a standalone video 🎸

video essay (10 hour version) (skyen's version) (from the vault)

The world waits with baited breath for the punchline to this April Fools joke. Is the joke that there is no joke? The anticipation is killing me!

Was not expecting such a high quality video on April 1st but you never fail to deliver 🎸

Skyen decision to redirect all of his content toward Taylor swift by erasing all the previous videos was a surprise, but he really did get the essence of a real swiftie. On a side note, I'm looking forward to analysis of her fashion on 2BSkyen Also, day 1 of commenting on all Swift vids since one piece is gone And 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 as always

TBSkyen being a swiftie wasnt on my 2024 Bingo Card but here we are and as someone who rly doesnt listen to her songs, i am super enjoying this!

I like the Idea that Taylor Swift, Notorious cat lover, wasn't too fond of it being a cat that got dyed key lime green so she changed it to a dog

Ngl, the "slightly problematic" is doing some heavy lifting /hj 🎸

The Last Great American Dynasty (Skyen's Version) when? , Jokes aside this song is one of the most top tier songs on Folklore with "My Tears Ricochet", "Exile", "The Lakes", and "Cardigan" honestly Folklore is just a top tier album🎸

🎻TBSkyen you have the voice to do a cover of something and I hope at some point you consider that option! Anyway good video as always and I do look forward to seeing if this continues as a series! Music is always a fun topic! 🎻

A TB Skyen Taylor Swift video was NOT something that I thought I needed, but after watching I realized that I needed it like yesterday!!! 🎸🎻🎹

Skyen, you have fed a very hungry part of me that was still learning how to process the media I enjoyed when I was in Highschool, and I couldn't be more grateful. Also this was cracked, and very touching at the same time, like holy crap 🎸

I think that's one of Taylor Swift's biggest talents, is making a situation very niche to her, incredibly relatable. Digging to the core of the emotions, wants, and needs of a situation, while also making the situation specific enough that it's still hers, and yet vague enough that anybody could relate. I mean folklore and evermore as albums are at their core about her losing the rights to her masters, something that would be incredibly hard to sympathize with normally. And yet it has songs of betrayal and hurt and loss that so so many people can relate to. I mean you're here relating to a song about buying a mansion another millionaire once owned, because it's so much more than just that, and I think it's why her and her music are so beloved 🎸

That twist at the end was one of the best, most impactful perspective swerves I've seen in a video essay--not that I didn't already know that Taylor Swift was a megastar, but the framing device coming to such a clean cap is delightful. I sympathize a lot with the sentiments you share so I appreciate your sharing that insight and giving me a neat song to listen to more often in the future. Also, screw you for making me remember offhand "Hey, she did You Belong with Me," and getting that stuck in my head for the next month. 🎸

I'm only about 10 minutes in, but I'm starting to wonder why this Indie folklorist would want to write a song about an already wealthy woman becoming even more wealthy, but framing it as the struggle of a small-town girl suddenly having to deal with fame/fortune.