“Plan your watch parties or grab your blanket and curl up into a ball,” she wrote.ĭuring her 2019 NPR Tiny Desk Concert, Swift said she was “proud” of “All Too Well” and still surprised by the song’s popularity.
11, All Too Well: The Short Filmstars Sadie Sink and Dylan O’ Brien and was shot on 35mm film, with cinematography by Rina Yang. And because the song never received the music video it deserved, Swift wrote and directed an entire short film for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” which will also premiere on Nov.
Swift released “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” as one of the nine “From the Vault” songs on Red (Taylor’s Version), her long-anticipated re-recording of Red that arrived on Nov. Swifties have been clamoring for the mythical 10-minute version of “All Too Well” ever since, and nearly a decade later, she’s delivered. “It started out probably being a 10-minute song, which you can’t put on an album.” Fans disagreed. “It took me a long time to filter through everything I wanted to put in the song,” she said. In 2012, during a Good Morning America interview, Swift said she condensed it to its five-minute runtime with the help of co-writer and friend Liz Rose, calling it the “hardest” song to write for Red. I was like, ‘I actually really like this, but it’s definitely like 10 minutes long and I need to pare it down.’” “I ended up taking it home and listening to it. “I remember my sound guy was like, ‘Hey, I burned a CD of that thing that you were doing in case you want it,’” she recalled. Swift dived into the song’s “serendipitous” creative process on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums podcast, saying it started with her ad-libbing lyrics in the studio, including the F-word. But there was always more to the story.Īs told by Fanlore (and Swift), “All Too Well” was originally 10 minutes long. “Now, I play it and I think of the times I’ve played it in a stadium or an arena or my living room with you guys screaming the words back to me,” she told fans before a 2018 performance. Over time, the meaning of “All Too Well” changed for Swift, from a devastating breakup track to an anthem of unity for her fans. Swift memorably performed the song at the 2014 Grammy Awards instead of a single, spawning iconic hair-whipping GIFs in the process. 69 on its recently updated 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Rolling Stone even placed “All Too Well” at No. “All Too Well” was never released as an official single, but it still frequently tops critics’ lists of Swift’s best songs, including rankings from Rolling Stone and NME. Regardless, Swift’s love life at the time created one of the most hard-hitting, heart-wrenching breakup songs of our time, with its intricate storytelling and detailed lyrics - from a scarf left in a drawer to dancing in refrigerator lights - making it a favorite among both Swifties and critics. Originally featured on her fourth studio album Red in 2012, Swift is rumored to have written “All Too Well” after breaking up with Jake Gyllenhaal in 2011, though she’s never confirmed it. When it comes to Taylor Swift’s biggest hits, “All Too Well” is in a league of its own.
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