What Happened to New Romantics? (PRODUCTION BREAKDOWN)

Did you prefer New Romantics or the NEW New Romantics, and what exactly happened during this change? Today, we analyze Taylor Swift's hit song to determine why the drums, vocals, and synths don't quite feel the same!

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 YOU ASKED FOR THIS
00:28 Different Drums
03:07 Varying Vocals
05:32 Separated Synths
07:29 Share Your Thoughts!

[SperosNest]

Hi again everyone, thank you all for suggesting this video, it was a lot of fun to put together! After all of this, I'm curious, which do you think is better? OG or TV? Was there anything I missed and anything you wanted to note? Anything I should cover next? 👀 Share your thoughts and start some discussions in the comments! I hope you all enjoyed this analysis of New Romantics!

And like before, NO FIGHTING OR YOU WILL BE SENT TO SWIFTIE JAIL. HAVE FUN!

[blakeisbell]

For me the crowd vocal is the thing that murdered the TV

[thebedrockobserver]

The original AHHHs sound raw, energetic, and full, while the TV's AEHHHs.... It sounds like children screaming 🙃

[NerdyLlama]

I think comparing the OG and the TV version of Out Of The Woods is also a good video topic. Both versions are produced masterfully, but for some reason I find the TV's sound more epic.

[shar]

Woah this was the best Taylor's Version comparison I've seen! All the others were a lot less technical and didn't really *show* the viewer what they were talking about. But with yours, all the examples were so clear and informative.

[ajparker]

What I love about this video is that it’s very visual, so entertaining and educational

[ronizku]

I feel that 1989 (Taylor's Version) in general was the worst one yet, it misses all the things we fell in love with.

[JohnReySicuan]

We are so invested. Consider her "Wonderland" I've heard lots of changes.

[dcastroantonio]

The way she sings in the original seems firmer but also natural. It seems like she is singing with her voice the way it is. In the re-recording, Taylor seems to sing not naturally, but rather through techniques to achieve something similar to what she did in the original one. But anyways, the way she sings seems good to me and flows very well throughout the song.

[kikimi]

i first noticed this issue on red tv and people thought I was crazy, especially the night and day difference of the original IKYWT and WANEGBT to her recordings. anyway, people have different tastes and i just prefer the original one

[hollow]

this is my favorite taylor swift song, and you genuinely make it so much easier to understand music production. now i can know exactly why i like the og better.

[aqsireyrey]

Need you to do this with all the rerecordings

[number-]

I legit love this video so much! It was so well written and the visuals were SO helpful. New romantics is my favorite song of all time and now I finally understand why I HATED the tv! Thank you!

[nelloismello]

I think 3:07 sums up all of the TVs. Less youthful and less emotion for a more professional performance.

[FelipeTerra-xc]

For me 5:01 on the og is simply " aAa ah Ah AH", but on the TV is "waAa-ah Ah AHH"

[GabeKanae]

I think the TVs are significantly more balanced than the originals. Honestly, it is really impressive how close they got every sound considering that hundreds and hundreds of hardware knobs and settings that cannot be recalled had to be re-created and re-mixed.

[dakotalee]

I’d love to see what they did different on Out of the Woods! That’s one of the few where I actually prefer the TV to the original.

[vanillackehad]

The original is literal pop perfection and could not be duplicated. Period

[denisabogdan]

Excellent work! I've picked up on some of these just listening casually, but to see the side by side like this is awesome, your content is so educational! You're amazing. I've shared this with all my friends.

[CarloGojoCruzHalasan]

Can you do Out of the Woods? I honestly believe it is the best re-recording in 1989 for adding some snare in the interludes after each chorus. And the vocal layering at the last chorus is so top tier and more present