All too well

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All too well
Taylor Swift
publication October 22, 2012
length 5:31
Genre (s) Country
Author (s) Taylor Swift, Liz Rose
Producer (s) Taylor Swift, Nathan Chapman
Label Big Machine Records
album Red

All Too Well is a song by the US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from 2012. It appeared on her fourth studio album Red and was produced and written by the singer herself, with the assistance of Nathan Chapman and Liz Rose .

background

Taylor Swift wrote All Too Well after six months of writer's block caused by the painful end of their relationship at the time . Co-writer Liz Rose described the song as the most emotional and deep they had ever written together. Since the song was released, rumors have lingered that the man featured in the song was actor Jake Gyllenhaal . This went so far that his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal was repeatedly asked about a line of text in which she is alleged to be mentioned, as stated on the talk show Watch What Happens Live .

The version of the song, originally conceived by Swift, lasted 10 minutes, but it was drastically shortened before it was released in order to fit better into the album.

Music and lyrics

Musically All Too Well the Country are allocated and within this genre a guitar-driven ballad . In terms of content, the title is a storytelling song that deals with the end of a love affair. The first-person narrator indulges in memories of many small incidents that occurred during this and which are of particular importance to her. These include dancing in front of an open refrigerator , singing in the car or falling the leaves of the trees . Swift switches back and forth between past and present , contrasting the positive feelings during the relationship with the negative ones afterwards. In retrospect, she wonders why love failed - whether it was due to miscommunication, whether it was asking too much or he “tore up the masterpiece”. A recurring motif is a scarf that was the beginning of the story Forgot her lover of the singer in the house of the sister and will be taken up again towards the end of the song: her ex has kept this because it reminds him of the initial innocence and their smell has .

criticism

All Too Well was received enthusiastically by critics and is regarded by critics and fans as Swift's magnum opus as well as a prime example of her skills as a copywriter with a flair for detailed storytelling. Time and Insider considered the song in their decade reviews , listing it among the 10 and 8 best songs, respectively. In retrospect, the 2010s years of Pitchfork it landed at number 57. Rolling Stone chose it in 2019 for best Taylor Swift song and the fifth-best titles of the decade, and in 2018 for neunundzwanzigstbesten song of the 21st century . Also Refinery29 joined the judgment and described the piece in a separate article as their best and cited as key to its impact and popularity the text that relies on very specific observations and details and einbinde this course in history. In an otherwise rather mixed review of the album Red , All Too Well was named Swift's best song to date by Slant Magazine and praised the transition from the quiet coffee house atmosphere to Arena Rock , while at the same time more and more details of the relationship are revealed. The highlight was the line “And you call me up again just to break me like a promise / So casually cruel in the name of being honest”.

The singer testified that although the piece was not a single, it would be one of those that her audience sang the loudest with at concerts. However, it would have taken about three years for the title to achieve its status. Since then it has been considered one of their masterpieces among their followers.

success

All Too Well was able to position itself in the US and Canada , where it reached positions 80 and 59 respectively. In the former country, it was awarded a gold record.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Album credits. Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Facts about the song. Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Rolling Stone Article. Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Lyrics. Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ Time's "The 10 Best Songs of the 2010s". Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ Insider's "The 8 best and 8 worst songs of the decade". Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  7. ^ Pitchfork's "The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s". Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  8. ^ Rolling Stone's "All 153 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked". Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  9. ^ Rolling Stone's "The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s". Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  10. ^ Rolling Stone's "The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century - So Far". Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  11. ↑ Refinery29 article. Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  12. ↑ Slant Magazine review of "Red". Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  13. ↑ Showbiz Cheat Sheet Article. Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  14. ↑ US charts. Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  15. ↑ Canadian Charts. Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).
  16. ↑ US awards. Accessed January 16, 2020 (English).