"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" was released as a single from her new album Red August 13, 2012 and broke all sorts of records.
What is this song about?
What is this song about?
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Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center on September 6, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com |
Taylor was in the recording studio and "this guy walks in that was a friend of my exes and starts talking about how he�s heard we were getting back together and that was not the case,� Swift said. �When he leaves, Max and Johan [the writers] are like, �So what�s the story behind that?� And so I start telling them the story of break up, get back together, break up, get back together, just, ugh, the worst.� (Taylor Swift, interview with ABC Cynthia McFadden)
It took a while to figure out, but the song is about Jake Gyllenhaal. Here are the clues, mostly from the video:
- The opening is a city scene much like New York where they had their romance.
- She is wearing a gold bracelet and scarf in the video, the bracelet a gift from her birthday from Jake and the scarf is an item of his she wore when she dated him. An item the "boyfriend" gives her in the video.
- In one of the scenes there is snow. Taylor and Jake dated in the winter and it was definitely snowing. They dated from October 2010 to December 2010, and then a little in January and February 2011.
- The "ex" is wearing a blue puffer jacket, one like Jake wore while they were dating. His was full sleeve, the "boyfriend's" was sleeveless.
- They broke up in December 2010 and he tried to get back together a month later in January/February 2011, "We haven't seen each other in a month."
- In one of the scenes Swift is seen with teacups and plates in a kitchen, Taylor and Jake had coffee dates while they were together.
- The boyfriend has a beard, much like Jake did while they were dating.
- Last of all, the boyfriend looks a little like Jake.
