"Writing For Validation Leads To Imitation!" - Taylor Swift - The Icon Sessions (Grammy Museum)

🎧 Want to watch my extended, unedited reaction? My full Taylor Swift reactions collection is on Patreon — link below ⬇️ 👉   / 1298494   Starting into Taylor's Icon Sessions, a full 20-year retrospective at the Grammy Museum. Early on she talks about being a storyteller first and foremost, which got me reflecting on where I actually differ — growing up, the melody and how a song made me feel always came before the lyrics or the story for me. There's also a great stretch on writing from a place of truth rather than chasing validation, and on how Taylor's curated her relationship with fans over the years — which had me thinking about artists who go the complete opposite way and stay totally private, like Cillian Murphy. 0:00 Intro — settling in for the 20 year retrospective 2:14 Storyteller vs. feeling — where I differ from Taylor 6:28 The country music demographic comment 12:27 Music as solitude, therapy, and love 13:16 Writing from truth, not for validation 15:39 Curating the fan relationship, and the Cillian Murphy comparison 🎧 More of my reactions coming soon. 📌 Want to watch my extended, unedited reactions? Full versions and more (Billie Eilish, Lana Del Rey, and others) are available on Patreon — link below. 👉 Patreon: www.patreon.com/izzyizenstain 👉 Follow along: www.instagram.com/izzyizenstain #TaylorSwift #ReactionVideo #MusicReaction #GrammyMuseum