Is This A Multi-Beef Track?! | Bad Blood Reaction (Robert's Version)
In this Patreon exclusive episode (EP3), we sit down for Robert’s full reaction to Bad Blood by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar and the iconic cinematic music video that helped define the 1989 era.
Before hitting play, we give Robert some context about the transition into Taylor’s first full pop era and discuss how themes like numerology and visual storytelling show up throughout her work. We also share the behind-the-scenes story of how the collaboration with Kendrick Lamar even happened — from Taylor lip-syncing his music in interviews to the one-session studio story that brought the remix together.
As we watch the video, we dive into the massive celebrity cameo lineup, millennial nostalgia baked into the visuals, and the cultural impact the Bad Blood video had at the time. Robert has a huge reaction to seeing familiar faces like Mariska Hargitay and we end up telling the full story of Taylor naming her cats after iconic TV characters and the long-running friendship that followed.
We also explore the real-life inspiration behind Bad Blood and the public fallout between Taylor and Katy Perry, while raising an interesting fan theory: could Kendrick’s verses on the remix contain subtle references to Drake during the early stages of their rivalry?
The conversation expands into Taylor’s fight to reclaim ownership of her masters, her decision to re-record her catalog as “Taylor’s Version,” and what it means when artists prioritize passion for the craft.
We close the episode by setting up the next chapter in our Taylor vs Kanye timeline series: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things!
Stay Tuned!
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CHAPTERS:
TAYLOR SWIFTIES - 0:00
A CRUMB OF CONTEXT - 03:10
BAD BLOOD BEGINS - 05:23
HOW WE GOT HERE - 07:20
TAYLOR VS KATY - 09:33
RUN IT BACK KENDRICK - 11:45
MILLENNIAL MEMORIES - 13:00
KARMA IS A CAT - 14:55
CAMEO VOLUNTEERS - 17:05
TAYLOR & DRAKE COLLAB? - 18:30
FINISHING IT OUT - 20:00
TAYLOR'S VERSION - 21:05
FOR THE LOVE OF IT - 30:11
DO YOU THINK IT'S FOREVER? - 32:45
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Comments (31)
Rewatching this, and I'm wondering if you were thinking of showing him the Apple commercial with Drake and this song, that's why it was a oh since this is Patreon we can thought, since it was said around the talk of that commercial
You’re thinking of Fetty Wap. Here’s a link to him talking about the financial/life/management advice Taylor gave him https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DBQCFUBrq/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Ignore the random commentary. I had a hard time finding the interview but when you started talking about it, I immediately knew this was what you were talking about.
Idk if you guys know this, but when Taylor left big machine and signed with UMG she negotiated her own contract to say all other artists in UMG would own their own masters or she would not sign. She also negotiated better pay especially for newer artists and creative control over their careers. She has been known to fight for smaller artists for about a decade now
I predict at some point, she won’t be putting out anything for a while and then - bam - she’ll publish a book of poetry or a novel. She won’t ever stop. They’ll be at least one album of kids songs, maybe a book for kids, and then “Feminine Rage: The Musical” will appear on Broadway. She has a copyright or registered something for that title.
Haha, love the Taylor Swiftie intro to this, I would totally buy some Taylor Swiftie merch! Love the reaction, by the way, when you (Corina) were talking about the re-records and you said an example "Georgia's Version" it made me smile coz my youngest daughter's name is Georgia lol <3 I definitely don't see her stopping after 13 albums. She kept saying near the end of the Eras Tour there is going to be more coming. ALSO I am surprised you two didn't ask Robert's opinion if the Kendrick verses may be about Drake....I know when you first showed Rick, you guys were kinda debating on whether or not they were, but didn't mention it to Robert. All in all, I love this reaction, and I cannot wait for more :)
Love this reaction and I don't think she'll ever be done. I can see her starting a label and signing new artists and producing and writing music but I don't think she'll ever leave the industry and I hope she never does. LONG LIVE
Did Robert say he doesn’t see her working behind the scenes? Oh we really need to introduce him to behind the scenes director and producer Taylor. I love how rappers can showcase their skills with freestyles on interviews but most pop artists don’t have that outlet. Maybe just in documentaries. I love that Taylor releases these recordings for us all to see her process.
I think he meant in an executive capacity like being a producer for other people instead of her own.
well done.
“I love songs” 😉 I know Robert hasn’t seen the Eras doc but he’s so on point with her! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Taylor has helped many younger/newer artists deal with the industry/contracts/law https://hls.harvard.edu/today/how-taylor-swift-changed-the-copyright-game-by-remaking-her-own-music/
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“She’s playing chess,” and he doesn’t even know about the Eras Tour Stage and the dancers positions during Mastermind when she says “checkmate.”
Haha well and Rick is a HUGE chess guy 😅 I’ve kept the secret for so long and can’t wait to show them when we watch the eras 😍😍
Damn of course I was sleeping when you dropped this
Haha sorry! Was supposed to put it out much earlier yesterday but our son’s 13th birthday was Saturday so our whole weekend schedule was thrown off.
I don't know if you do reactions to interviews, but you may want to at least check out her interview on New Heights where she gets into more depth on the whole topic of her masters among other things. Even if you don't react, at least give it a watch. 2 hours of Taylor just talking with the 2 Kelce brothers.
We have. That’s where we got the info about owning masters vs owning publishing rights. It’s the only place she’s broken it down like that before to my knowledge. But thanks 😊
I don't think she can stop making music its what she does its how she processes things. I truly believe even if she stops touring has a big family she will still be making music and releasing it to us fans cause that's the person she is. I mean during the release of 1989 she hosted fans at her houses across the country and baked them cookies and then played them the album before it was available
That’s fair too! It honestly started as a debate of like what else she could potentially do because she’s so talented. There’s all these theories around that she’s writing books under a pseudonym and she’s been directing music videos for awhile now so it got me thinking if she’d ever want to direct movies or anything. Idk I just think she’s so talented and there’s so many things I’d love to see her get her hands on because of the impact she’s able to make on industry standards. It’d be fun to see her act again too I think, but idk if anyone could afford her now 😅 but yea I don’t think she’ll ever stop writing and singing 🫶🏼
I hope now that Robert has seen the begining of the Katy Perry drama you guys will react to the end of it with You Need To Calm Down! It's such a fun song and video. 🫶
Yess! This is one of the songs I want to do and the video before he sees it on Eras Tour because it’s the condensed version 🫶🏼
Taylor has been such a pioneer for artists and their work, pay and rights. Against streaming companies, Apple, Spotify, her Taylor’s Versions… she is the first to do this and a lot of people are following her lead. Even by releasing her music video for “Opalite” only on Spotify and Apple vs YouTube because those views don’t count towards reward shows now. She started that and now many people are doing that. She’s an incredible business woman. I agree- I don’t think she’s going to stop at 13 at all. I agree, she is too much in her prime and in demand. I think she’s going to open her own production company and signing/helping other artists. She LOVES music and her fans. Please let TS13 be a rock/rap album though!! Please! That’d be GOLD. 🙏🏼 As much as Taylor respects Eminem, I have always wanted them to do a collab. I know that she sang a part of his song in Detroit when he was in the audience during her “Speak Now” tour. She did a great job, too. It was completely ad-libbed, but she gave him his flowers right to his face. They’d be so great together!!
Agree they’d be a fun collab! There’s also an interview where he ridicules Kanye for the 2009 VMA thing 😅
Rick is correct. Taylor is not going to up and stop making her own music after TS13
No absolutely not! The original conversation was just discussing what else she could do and then the conspiracies started in the DMs and comments 🤣 all for fun 🫶🏼
I'm not sure where you heard the story about her flying somebody out and helping them for a week with contract negotiations, because I think that might be a little bit of fake news, but there have definitely been a lot of people that have said that her being so open in the public about what she went through with her Masters helped them to understand and negotiate their contracts better!
Yea it could have been a false story idk but I thought I remembered seeing the guy talk about it on an interview but who knows 😅 but yess the point stands that she definitely has paved a path many artists can follow. Something that seemed so taboo before Taylor is now widely acceptable and that change happened over the course of less than a decade. It’s insane how impactful she is.
It is said to be about the dancers but people that have been around for Taylor's whole career agree that it's probably more to do with the fact that Katy had always been nice to Taylor but then she started dating John Mayer (after his gross relationship with Taylor) and THEN did the thing with the dancers so Taylor took all of that as very much 'backstabby' imo! Also, since I know how much you guys like hearing about Taylor being petty, she had this video premiere at the MTV VMAs when Katy Perry was hosting it!🤣
Ahhhh gotcha! Yea I hadn’t heard that part of it before so that’s good to know! Also what is it with Taylor getting a bit of revenge at VMA events?! Performing Innocent a year after the Kanye incident, premiering this video while Katy is hosting etc 🤣 so funny and I LOVE the pettiness 😍