the 21 line is her dad watching her be upset on her bday because jake didnt show up and taylor was waiting for him to come and her dad said "its supposed to be fun turning 21"
@@shahedhammad2729 Adding on that, you should listen to and react to: “The moment I knew” from her Red album. In that song you’ll get the a wide view and be able to picture how that birthday felt like to her.
“Brooklyn broke” is an expression/slang for a person who is rich but dresses like a “poor person” because it’s cool (think: the Brooklyn hipster asthetic). To be “Brooklyn broke” is to be a rich person dressing like a “normal person” (beanies, jeans, flannel, etc). Jake Gyllenhaal has been, in the past, known for that aesthetic in his lifestyle (and he lived/lives in Brooklyn).
@@Scorpio13-59 Ew. Yeah. Don’t let that guy near your couch, Jake 😝 Or maybe it was Jake’s million dollar couch he was thinking about, during the incident…? 🤔😂 🤣🤣🤣 Let me stop 🤣🤣🤣
The crumpled up piece of paper line is one of my favorites. When you write on paper and get frustrated and crumple it up and throw it on the ground, what you wrote is still there and that paper will “remember” it even though you tossed it aside. If you pick the paper back up and uncrumple it and try to smooth it out, it will never be completely flat again. It will have creases and dents no matter how hard you try to fix it. Such a perfect analogy for a relationship or person. What you do or say to someone will stay with them and becomes a part of who they are. They will never fully be as they were before you even after trying for years to “smooth” themselves out. It just becomes part of their story.
The thing I love most about Taylor is how beautiful of a picture she paints. It’s literally like a movie. You can literally see it happening as she sings. And how swifties can see that in her is the best thing ever. Bc she’s a songwriter. Yes she can sing, but she writes these songs like they’re stories. It’s magic.
"I'll forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to" feels so devastating to me personally. Whenever I would spend a long enough time apart from a toxic person, memories of good times would cause me to romanticize our time together. I would bring them back into my life, only to be hurt all over again, and the cycle repeats...
Hi Violet, it is frustrating that the comments and the subsequent comments to the comments are not easily linked together. Perhaps it was another comment that I made which caused confusion. I knew about Taylor’s 21st Birthday, in which she was horribly let down by that man, who doesn’t even deserve for us to call by name. I commented on the reference you made to “22” and how I never associated them before. This is one of the reasons why I am so grateful for the Swiftie community. I’m still a new Swiftie. I began to fall in love with all things Taylor, on Jan 1, 2022. I’ve been alternating between deep dives and becoming more fluent in Taylor’s catalog since then. I love it when Swifties bring up points like you did with “22”. Thank you for getting back to me. Gosh, I must have listened to the both versions of “All too well”, and the short movie at least a hundred times, and still, at the first freaking chords, my eyes always well up. Taylor is a phenomena that I do not believe the world has EVER seen before and I dare say, won’t ever again! PS i love ur name. are you a pisces? cool folk. i’m obviously also a water sign. I personally think that pisces are more intuitive and we are both feisty as well. 😁
@@Scorpio13-59 Yes I am a Pisces, born 3-16-59. I am guessing you to were born in 1959. I love waterfalls and the sound of the beach waves, but don't care for swimming, weird. right? Anyway, to this day I am still finding easter eggs in Taylor's music videos. In fact, I just connect the dots with "Look What You Made Me Do" MV, her in the cage singing you locked me out and threw a feast, anyway someone mentioned Karlie Kloss. I then remembered that Taylor once let Karlie stay at her house and Karlie had a party there while Taylor was gone. Tailor lifting those motorcycles in that same MV was Taylor's way of saying she is the reason Big Machine is where they are. But in the end of course, he sold Big Machine, Scott knew she was his bread and butter. Anyway, I am always glad to help out, even though I have been a fan since the beginning, I am still learning new things. I have always had strong intuitions, and that has always helped me throughout life.
This is one of the most emotionally cutting diss tracks I’ve ever heard 😅 truly some of the best story telling she’s done. Her words paint the picture effortlessly and her double and sometimes triple entendres give me something new on every listen ❤ can’t wait til you see the short film!
She said in an interview that the scarf is a metaphor. Make that what you will. For anyone wondering which interview, it was at the Toronto Film Festival, the interview is easy to find on YT and she looks like an absolute queen 👑
You got sooooo much of that on the first listen. So satisfying to watch someone fully appreciate it during a first reaction. Im excited for you to see the short film.
One of my favorite small details is the end, where she keeps repeating herself. Its a mantra, as if she is reminding herself that it was real, she didnt exaggerate or make it up, she was there, it was this bad, all of this did happened
“I was never good at telling jokes but the punchline goes…” She had another song on Red (“Begin Again”)about dating someone after Jake Gyllenhaal where she says “i think it’s strange you think I’m funny because he never did”. It’s a great song but it’s sad that a 21/22 yr old felt that way.
I didn't go back and read all the comments so I may be repeating what someone else already said. When the Red album was first released Swifties fell deeply in love with the original version of All Too Well. Taylor was surprised at how quickly it became a favorite and how strongly people resonated with the lyrics. At one point Taylor mentioned the original version was 10 minutes long but she had to cut it down to a reasonable length. For years upon years upon years Swifties have talked about and asked about and begged to hear the 10 minute version. When Taylor re-recorded Red not only did she bless us with the 10 minute version but we got an amazing short film out of it too. All Too Well was my favorite song on Red years and years ago and it still remains one of my top 10 Taylor Songs. Thank you for another intelligent reaction. And as usual I love how you pay attention to the lyrics. Have the loveliest of days!
Oh no it’s 2AM here again and saw this just when I thought about going to sleep 😂 I’ve been waiting for this reaction!!! Probably one of my favourite lyrics by Taylor!
This is the only reaction which is 30mins long I have watched my entire life lol and the fact it is just one song and not an entire album shows how interested I am of your analysis😊
Also, very interesting possible interpretation of “lovers stay my age” as being stunted because of trauma. I think lots of us interpret “I get older but your lovers stay my age” as a callback to earlier in the song when “you said if we had been closer in age, it would have been fine, and that made me want to die.” So Gyllenhaal’s excuse for breaking up with Taylor was that they were too far apart in age but he proceeded to date multiple women younger or the same age as Taylor. As of 2024, he is dating Jeanne Cardieu who is 28 (he is 43). When they started dating, she was 22 (just 1 year older than Taylor was when SHE dated Jake FOURTEEN YEARS AGO). So…it’s not a *great* look for him.
Yeah... But it's also BS cause he dated women than himself before he dated Taylor and he dated women older than he was after Taylor too. And he only started dating again officially like a year and a bit after Red came out... So technically Taylor couldn't have known who and how old his next girlfriend was going to be. It's a great line... And it has some truth for sure... But toxic Swifties treat it and far too many other lines in songs they are gospel... And to be fair to Gyllenhaal... He's been with Jeanne for 6 years now. He seems to be fairly serious about it 🤷♀️ It's frustrating because Taylor keeps telling her fans that songs like these are written in the heat of the moment, and that often extreme lyrics are how she felt right then... But they may not be fair or accurate because they are only her peraeption of a two-sided moment or relationship. It is an incredible snapshot of an extreme feeling during that time though and it was absolutely valid for her to feel that way.
Saeed...😂😂😂 I am so happy you had fun while filming this video, lol!!! Seriously though, such a GREAT, GREAT reaction, I really enjoyed it, thanks so much. 👏 👏 👏
Such a great song and its a lot of fun diving into these lyrics. Although they can be very sad at times, its just the quality of writing that makes it so much fun. Thanks for watching! Have a wonderday :)
The line you mentioned you were going to think about..."And I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to. ".....to me means that they broke up just long enough that she forget all the things that were going wrong before the split. And she only remembered the good stuff. If you do the short film, i hope you will also do the behind the scenes of Taylor directing. So good! Thanks!!!!
@karinrommel5925 agreed. I think it also speaks to how, especially when you are young, it's easy to convince yourself (or be gaslit into thinking) that the problems were "not that bad" or even your fault. That it could work if some change is made. The positives can hold so much weight that we forget just how bad the negatives were until we are back in that situation again and remember how low they made us feel.
Oh, I LOVE this reaction. Appreciate the thoughtfulness so much. Looking forward to seeing you react to the short film because it adds such an interesting layer of complexity. And then, if you haven’t, I would react to “Moment I Knew” and finally, “The Manuscript”. Imo, all of those help fill in this very interesting narrative.
@@elizajoisreading I feel like it's too early for the manuscript. He needs a lot more backstory first. Dear john and WCS for starters, and some 1989 and lover era songs for the "boys who were her own age"-part. One needs to be fully emerged in Taylor lore to fully appreciate the manuscript 😅
She wrote several songs that are most likely about Jake. For the petty Taylor (who is awesome) song, listen to the live version of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" from the 1989 Tour and then the music video. Jake hates pop music, so she literally set out to make a pop tune that would get stuck in people's heads and get played everywhere.... so he couldn't escape it. "The Moment I Knew" is about her 21st birthday and Jake not showing up.
He 100% was. He was having a lot of interviews downplaying the fact that they ever dated, even now SO many fans still believe they only dated for 3 months... Publicly yes, but they had an on and off again relationship ("We are never ever getting back together") in secret for a very long time after that. And that is why she keeps saying, you and I know the reality of what we were.
@@yara5502 yes....but again, you aren't necessarily going to get this from the context of this song alone. Saeed doesn't know the rest of the songs about Jake on Red where she describes how on again, off again they were. And the lyrics of this song only indicate that they broke up and got back together-ish once... And not even for how long that might have happened. I don't think it's fair to assume someone could pick that up from the lyrics of this song alone.
I’m sooooo happy you did his one-in my top faves. This song is so beautifully sung and written and completely heartbreaking at the same time. You really feel how much this relationship tore her up. You nailed it Saeed!! You really get her writing. Line after line it hits you,m like a ton of bricks; it’s loaded!😂 I cant wait for you to see the short film🧣😍👍🏽 she actually said in an interview the scarf is a metaphor for something, I didn’t realize that for years! You got it right off the rip😂 impressed! Ironically they were both photographed during their courtship wearing the same scarf on and off so it has always kept me wondering! Bravo👏🏽
What a great song! So glad i checked out. Its loaded for sure 😅. Now i definitely need to watcht the short film. Thanks so much for watching. Have a great weekend.
Since you are already at the Red era, I dare you to react on "Ronan" without crying 😂 It is a song by Taylor Swift that was inspired by the true story of a young boy named Ronan Thompson, who passed away from cancer, just before his fourth birthday. Taylor Swift wrote the song after reading a blog by Ronan's mother, Maya Thompson, who documented her experiences and emotions during Ronan's illness. By watching this, you can also help since all the proceeds from this song go to charities that support cancer research and related causes.
The chords in this song are very repetitive until the final verse “and i was never good at telling jokes..” where she flips from C-G-Am-F to C-Am-F-G. For me the repetition is to explain that she was not imagining things despite the gaslighting; the chord change represents the change in her view of things. She now understands that he was making fun of her for not being funny (i was never good at telling jokes) but in fact she sees what is really funny which is him being with younger people even though he claimed that the reason for their breakup was the age difference. She sees herself broken after a relationship that felt like a war. She thought Jake was her soulmate (maybe they even talked about it; “sacred prayer i was there”) and she asks whether the twin flame (the relationship with a soulmate) paints him blue (sad) and if he was as hurt as her afterwards. This song is so honestly vulnerable and relatable for many people. Thank you for your reaction ❤
I think the best thing to do to understand the ”turning 21” line is for you to react to The Moment I Knew next. And remember that taylors birthday is december 13th to really understand that onen
Taylor has written several songs about this relationship (most of the Red album). It's very interesting how the songs connect to each other. It'd be cool if you listened to them! To complement All Too Well, aside from the obvious (short film), I'd reccomend listening to "The Moment I Knew", it'll be very enlightening regarding the "it's supposed to be fun, turning 21" line. I think you'd really enjoy the album too! Songs that are most likely about her relationship with Jake: 1- State of Grace 2- Red 3- I Knew You Were Trouble* 4- Treacherous* 5- All Too Well 7- I Almost Do 8- We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 10- The Last Time 12- Sad Beautiful Tragic (not sure about this one actually) 17- The moment I knew (!!!!!) 18- Come back... Be here* *these are also believed to be about Harry Styles (as you can imagine, there's no consensus). Also, I only listed the Original Deluxe album, but there are also Vault tracks. I would highlight three you should listen in this context: Better Man, Babe and I Bet You Think About Me (the last one is SO Jake really, you'll understand it better after the short film). Fun fact: Red TV is the only rerecording that got two music videos (I Bet You Think About Me and All Too Well Short Film).The fans always joke about Red being her favorite child. Sorry for the extra long comment. As you know by now, we can't help ourselves when it comes to Taylor.
I didn't read every comment so I dont know if it's been mentioned but she revisits this on her latest album TTPD with the song The Manuscript. Gives some insights into how Taylor now feels about it, all these years later.
Great reaction Saeed, thank you 😊 I don't think you over a analysed at all. The lyrics definitely danced around that imagery and she was definitely ambiguous about whether it was about her own virginity or not for 10 years (it wasn't in the end) ... So you weren't imagining things 😂 I think you got emotional because that is around the time in the song that she is coming to the final stages of her grief. Around that time in the song when she wonders if she will ever be her old self again connects so intuitively to be with any kind of depression or grief from any kind of time period of mental struggles. I think that line "I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it" is probably my personal favourite from the song. I connect to it personally on so much more than just the level of a break up. It really speaks to me and she emotes it so well with her vocal and the instrumentals and the production on that segment too. It really just is a masterpiece of a song 😉
Its really is a masterpiece. Thanks for adding your thoughts too this. Now that you pointed out that line about finding yourself it even hit me harder. So relatable.
14:04 “then you call me up again just to break me like a promise. So casually cruel in the name of being honest.” This hits me HARD. Once had a longtime boyfriend call me up a year after we broke up (on good terms) just to tell me he had cheated on me when we dated, and that’s really why he’d wanted to break up. He just wanted to get it off his conscience and “be honest.” I was like “….. thanks for that totally unnecessary slap in the face. I’m gonna go spiral now, thanks for the honesty!” 😭
When she does this song on the eras tour, They have snow falling as she sings the first fall of snow ❄️ and how it glisten as it fell. I watched every live stream concert.She is awesome 💯
The scarf was real, but it was navy blue, gray and red. They were photographed walking together with Taylor wearing it, after it was over Jake was photographed wearing it. Since Taylor's album was called Red, the scarf became red. Taylor dated John Mayer before Jake, the songs from that awful relationship sound like he was her first. But Jake emotionally broke her.
Yeah... I'm not sure that's fair... Jake emotionally broke her THEN... John Mayer left her with so much PTSD that she wrote songs about the trauma on Midnights AND TTPD 😭😭😭 I heard that she always said that Jake wasn't a bad person. He was just a terrible boyfriend. Mayer traumatised her. And he's done it to many other exes (Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Love Hewitt, etc.).
@@Violet316 she actually said in an interview once that the scarf is a metaphor but she wouldn’t elaborate on what it represented so a lot of swifties think it’s a hint to her virginity as well.
@@Cmyers16 Taylor dated John Mayer before Jake. I doubt if John and Taylor were only playing cards and writing songs all during that relationship. I think that some fan made up the scenario that the scarf was not a scarf and other fans just ran with it. Being the person that John Mayer was/is, it seems unlikely that their relationship was platonic especially since he was 32 and she was 19 years old.
@@vidsorama2 I think the lines in Dear John, “I took the matches before fire could catch me,” is about that she’s left the relationship before they fully had sex. Her talking about the scarf as a metaphor makes it seem fairly clear that it does represent her virginity, not just a literal scarf.
@@susansather7763 Opinions vary. Only the two of them know for sure. With John's personality and record of relationships, a platonic dating relationship with a much younger woman seems unlikely. I thought that the the line about fire not catching her meant that he did not get the chance to destroy her mentally and emotionally the way that he had done with other young women who dated him. It appears that her "WCS" hindsight trauma surfaced after she wrote "Dear John". I'm just glad that she got out of both toxic relationships with a willingness to still be open to love.
with the short film i think you should react the behind the scene as well Taylor talks more about her vision there and it's not a long behind the scene video
The 21st birthday is one of the most important ones in the U.S. because it’s when you can legally drink. Years 16, 18, and 21 are big ones. That age is especially significant in this song because he ruined such a right of passage for her. Her dad watched her missing out on experiencing what should have been one of the most fun nights of her life and when he said it’s supposed to be fun turning 21, I feel like he’s both pointing out how unhealthy the relationship is and how she should be out there enjoying that carefree time between childhood and full adulthood. But instead she’s being held back from living in the present because she’s stuck trying to be the person an older man wants. But he didn’t even have the decency to show up to an extremely important celebration of her life after promising he would. Missing any birthday party would’ve been bad, but it being the 21st adds a lot of context to how deeply it hurt her. And her dad. I can’t imagine watching my kid go through that situation and just wanting them to be young and happy for as long as possible. She also dated John Mayer when she was 19 and he was 32, so this isn’t the first time they would’ve watched a man almost as close to their age as their daughter’s steal her youth and happiness from her. I’m not sure what the scarf metaphor is about, but I don’t think it’s virginity. Or at least not in the traditional sense. There’s a line in “The Manuscript” (about John Mayer) from TTPD that implies that they probably had a physical relationship. I dislike the entire idea of virginity and I feel like Taylor probably does too. I think the scarf is more about emotional connection. Maybe a level of emotional connection that made the physical one the most significant for her up to that point? Who knows. But the rest of the song feels so deep and poetic that it seems reductive (maybe even crass?) for it to simply refer to an outdated construct like virginity. I know she wrote it a long time ago, but even in 2010 I feel like that would be a little out of character for her.
Thanks for sharing this info. At 21 i traveled to the US and ordered a beer at Madison Square Garden and got carded. Felt like an American for a second 😄 I ofcourse have no idea about the actual situation or what happened. Was just speculating as a writer. And my brain has seemingly an easy time to travel towards the darker side of things. Its an incredible song and really well written as always. Thanks again for watching.
Really enjoyed your reaction it feels like it came from a real and honest place which is all we can ask for! I will definitely look at more of your videos because I like how genuine you are! Please continue to react to Taylor videos she has so many amazing lyrics to unpack!
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words. Really enjoyed the songs i have reacted to so far. A lot of fun diving deep into her lyrics. Amazing songwriter!
This was in my opinion one of the most respectful diss tracks until I heard loml from TTPD I know she's not a "rapper" or claims to be but her spins are HARD!!
There was an interview I saw that Taylor confessed it was a metaphor for losing her v. But there's no way as much as I love ur reactions that I believe u would get this without either doing research or watching other reactions. Probably research. Anyways on the part about Jake missing her 21st b day party ....after that there's a lyric video called "the moment I knew" which is a continuation of that event and will give more context to what happened. It's also an amazing song with lots of tea. U may wanna react to that next if ur not going to do the short film but th short film will put that all into perspective to where it will make more sense. It also has a scene that I won't spoil and actress Sadie sink and actor Dylan Obrein as Jake. Swifties one thing I never see is anyone pointing out in the short film credits where the guy at the end...she has him casted as " JAKE LYON" 😉 JAKIE POO
@@madchatter102no, she didn't confirm it was a metaphor for her virginity. She TOLD us on Would've Could've Should've who she lost her virginity to and it wasn't JG.
you did an amazing job with this reaction. not that you dont with your others - but this was phenomenal. getting the significance of the scarf on your first listen is amazing. also, i think you'll LOVE the short film - its one of her greatest videos in my opinion. i like the idea of you seeing it now because as we all do when we hear a song - we visualise in our heads certain scenes or lines.. and the video puts that all into context with taylors depiction of the song and how it actually was. cant wait for your reaction to it!
"I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to" to me means that she has accepted the loss of the relationship, she has gone through the grieving process and started to move on with her life, and that's when he comes back and wants to rekindle it. She has gotten some distance from the pain, but he shows up and re-opens the wounds and reminds her of how much pain he caused. It reminds me of a line in the song "Renegade" by Big Red Machine that she features on. The song is about trying to love someone who is not in a place mentally/emotionally where they can be a good partner in a relationship. The line is: "You fire off missils 'cause you hate yourself, but do you know you're demolishing me? And then you squeeze my hand as I'm about to leave". I can say that it is a shitty and selfish thing to do, to not let a person - that you can't love - to move on, but I have done that myself and can't really throw stones. Well, maybe I can just admit to being a shitty and selfish person sometimes.
Taylor watched the door waiting for her bf to show up to her 21st birthday. Her dad watched her being sad and told her it’s supposed to be fun turning 21 😊
I see someone explained Brooklyn Broke. I think the line about her skin and bones, I’m a soldier returning half her weight, is likely referring to her loosing weight from stress or sadness from the breakup and not eating which led to her losing weight when she was already very skinny to begin with
1. 21 is a big birthday in the US because we can drink! 2. Many people would agree you’re correct about the scarf metaphor. Thank you for such consistently insightful and enjoyable reactions!!! Can’t wait for you to see the short film 😍
Jake's family was wealthy and they were from Brooklynn, so she's referring to that. In other songs she refers to him being wealthy and her coming from a working family background. Now that you've absorbed the lyrics, you need to react to the Short Film, directed by Taylor Swift. Nice job!
That’s not even the mini movie video. He was 32 (I think) she as 20. She was as still very young. There was really a scarf. He still dates young girls even though she’s growing older
I heard a song today for the 1st time, and I thought Saeed would love this one. This Brooks and Dunn Believe, its great story telling that will pull at the heart strings.
I reacted to it, but tis currently blocked on UA-cam. I put it on my patreon in the meantime, but as soon as its unblocked i will post it here. Incredible song. Thanks for thinking of me !
From the Genius website for the phrase Brooklyn broke my skin and bones and her being a soldier returning half her weight: “While this line could be geographically alluding, it could also be referring to his ways of making her insecure and speaking down on her (especially through their age gap). Throughout the entirety of the Red album(s), she has made it clear that he made her insecure in the relationship. There’s a popular saying “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” It’s clear he put her through some sort of verbal abuse, so Taylor’s saying his words did in fact hurt her. He broke her spirit and appearance down. This is not the only time she’s used the phrase “skin and bones” in this album, either. In Treacherous, she sings All we are is skin and bones Trained to get along While before the two of them seemed to be connected through this “treacherous” relationship, in the end it was her who was the broken one. Taylor has also spoken out about her unhealthy relationship with food which began around this time and another way to describe someone who is very slim is that they are skin and bone. She could be further hinting at the breakdown of the relationship pushing her further towards those unhelpful habits.”
❤❤So glad you enjoyed this.. the short film will be much easier to follow now that you have already heard the lyrics and broke those down ... looking forward to the review of the short film ❤❤ Another Taylor Swift suggestion; "Exile" with Bon Iver , Other good story songs; -"Bsnch Seat" Chase Rice ... - "Why" Rascal Flatts ❤
You are on the money about the scarf comment. She is asked about it in an interview and she didn’t deny it, she doesn’t want to straight up say it obviously. She talks about leaving her innocence behind and someone not “calling it what it was” which is why this short relationship had such a harsh impact on her. She also talked in the end about “holding my lifeless frame” and I think that’s a glimpse into how she felt used and empty in the end. She thought he loved her and saw a future with her so she gave away something she couldn’t get back and it’s haunting her.
my fave track 5 sad song😭 it's crazy how she performs this every show, the 10 min version. Also I wonder if you have seen the "All Too well Short Film"? So good!
I appreciate that you take the time to think about everything and analyze what you're hearing. I feel like recently a lot of people have been using Swifties for views and they take ZERO time to actually think about what they are hearing. It's rather insulting to Taylors work. So I appreciate you.
This song is connected to the song The moment I knew. And the Manuscript from TTPD. I would suggest that you do The moment I knew before you do All too well the short film. It will give you more background
No, The Manuscript is about John Mayer. Many contextual clues back up this argument and there are none to back up the song being about Jake. One if John Mayer's biggest hit songs is Slow Dancing In A Burning Room. In The Manuscript, she literally has a line, "and the slow dance, was alive with the spark"... Which is also connected to "Sparks Fly" and the imagery from the bridge of Dear John (both songs about John Mayer). She's also never said on any song that her relationship with Jake traumatised her. But she definitely said on 3 songs that her relationship with Mayer did.
@@emmavink I completely disagree! In the manuscript she’s talking about a man who is older then her, “in the age of him she wished she was 30 (the age Jake was when they dated) “Then the actors Were hitting their marks” is a reference to her writing and filming All too well the short film. “And the slow dance Was alight with the sparks And the tears fell In synchronicity with the score” is referring to the actors dancing in the kitchen in the refrigerator light. And the line and the tears fell.. is referring to the scene when Sadie is lying in bed crying and the tears feel in synchronicity with the music, with Taylor’s directions. The song is about her doing the short film and the re-recordings and not a bit older and with more experience look at her work and earlier recordings with another person and “And at last She knew what the agony had been for” she says “The only thing that's left is the manuscript” The only manuscript we know of is the manuscript for All too well short film. But at the end of the song she talks about her music. She’s saying that she’s finally realizing that even though she’s been through toxic and bad relationships, relationships that has hurt her, broke her. Yet, because of these relationships, her experiences she created music. Different eras full of music. Music about her stories. But that now the stories aren’t hers anymore.
@@josefinasoderholm6488 generally, that is what The Manuscript is about. Yes. But it is NOT about Jake Gyllenhaal. She has not one ONE SONG ever expressed concern that she was "too young" or that her relationship with Gyllenhaal was ever inappropriate. Gyllenhaal was NOT 30 for the 2 months they were together. He was 29. Mayer was 32 when they were together. Taylor wrote 3 entire songs where she says that Mayer love bombed, groomed and traumatised her (Dear John, Would've Could've Should've, and The Manuscript). And she IS NOT sleeping in her mother's bed in the short story. She's sleeping in her own bed. The actors are not specific to the short film at all. They are the actors in her life. Like the entire Manuscript is the script OF HER LIFE. Not of a music video at all. Hint: she's directed far more than one music video. Also, on Would've Could've Should've, she makes it VERY clear that what Mayer did to her has affected every relationship she ever had after him. Even with Gyllenhaal. She's never once said she regrets having been with Gyllenhaal. The opposite is true. She made sure she'd remember him by releasing a 10 minute breakdown of what happened. Versus Dear John, Would've Could've Should've, and The Manuscript where we hardly get any real physical imagery at all except for them comparing licences, and him trying to make her believe the huge age gap was ok. The age gap between Mayer and Taylor was 13 years. The Manuscript is Track 31... 13 in reverse. I don't have to shoe norm her lyrics to make one disjointed argument work. You can't ignore the amount of context clues you are ignoring.
@@emmavink So it’s about All too well, but not about Jake Gyllenhaal? 😊 But it’s ok, you can choose to believe that it’s about John Mayer. But you won’t convince me of that. (Or the many many people who like me think it’s about Jake Gyllenhaal and All too well.) And why would Taylor make another song about John saying that it wasn’t right of him to start a relationship with her when it was this big age-gap when she’s already have Dear-John and would’ve could’ve should’ve? And if Sayed listens to it he will get to make his own mind up
@@josefinasoderholm6488 no. It's not about All Too Well in any way. I very clearly said so. There is no SPECIFIC reference to All Too Well alone that can't be equally applied to any of her other work and work just as well in the context of the lyrics. You can try to dodge the Slow Dancing In A Burning Room reference all you want to. She mirrors that title virtually directly on The Manuscript. She literally also references Sparks Fly and Dear John lyrics. They don't even do a slow dance in the refrigerator light on the All Too Well short film 🥴
after you watch the ATW short film you should listen to the song The Moment I Knew from RED as well. it will give you a lot of context to the line "it's supposed to be fun, turning 21"
I’m curious now what your thoughts are on Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve.. because she gives that same gut feeling and I think there’s a lot of debate about that topic.
There can't be much debate. She says it quite plainly on Would've Could've Should've. And says that the pain was pleasure... She never confirmed or denied the scarf was a metaphor for her own virginity 🤷♀️
@@SaeedReacts. I would suggest reacting to Dear John and Would've Could've Should've in the same video. It's a continuation of the same story about 13 years apart. Very powerful, but the way they speak to each other over the years makes for a holistic experience of that incident in her life.
You should definitely listen to dear john and could’ve would’ve should’ve They are about her and john mayer , they dated when she was 19 and he was 32 or 34 not sure They are Brutal ! Thank you for the amazing reactions to taylor songs
Brooklyn broke is used to describe someone who has a lot of $ but, dress like they don't. Ya know...vintage Levi's & T's, a toboggan or baseball cap, etc. Very much Jake's style back then. I think Jake also lived in Brooklyn so, has a double meaning in this song if so.😊
the 21 line is her dad watching her be upset on her bday because jake didnt show up and taylor was waiting for him to come and her dad said "its supposed to be fun turning 21"
@@shahedhammad2729 Adding on that, you should listen to and react to: “The moment I knew” from her Red album. In that song you’ll get the a wide view and be able to picture how that birthday felt like to her.
I kept hoping he’d back up and get that it was her Dad that said it. But loved the reaction as usual!!!💜
21 is also the drinking age in the US (it’s 18 in Europe in a lot of countries). So 21 is often a big birthday for Americans
@@KelliDBH He should see it when he watches the film.
Definitely listen to The Moment I Knew to get more context on this!
“Brooklyn broke” is an expression/slang for a person who is rich but dresses like a “poor person” because it’s cool (think: the Brooklyn hipster asthetic). To be “Brooklyn broke” is to be a rich person dressing like a “normal person” (beanies, jeans, flannel, etc). Jake Gyllenhaal has been, in the past, known for that aesthetic in his lifestyle (and he lived/lives in Brooklyn).
Thanks for shedding some light on that
And he has a “million dollar couch” 😝😂
@@lonbub6832 as long as Vance stays off of it! 😂😂😂
@@Scorpio13-59 Ew. Yeah. Don’t let that guy near your couch, Jake 😝
Or maybe it was Jake’s million dollar couch he was thinking about, during the incident…? 🤔😂
🤣🤣🤣 Let me stop 🤣🤣🤣
@@lonbub6832 🤣🤣🤣
The crumpled up piece of paper line is one of my favorites. When you write on paper and get frustrated and crumple it up and throw it on the ground, what you wrote is still there and that paper will “remember” it even though you tossed it aside. If you pick the paper back up and uncrumple it and try to smooth it out, it will never be completely flat again. It will have creases and dents no matter how hard you try to fix it. Such a perfect analogy for a relationship or person. What you do or say to someone will stay with them and becomes a part of who they are. They will never fully be as they were before you even after trying for years to “smooth” themselves out. It just becomes part of their story.
My gawd, this is some beautiful insight. 💔❤
The thing I love most about Taylor is how beautiful of a picture she paints. It’s literally like a movie. You can literally see it happening as she sings. And how swifties can see that in her is the best thing ever. Bc she’s a songwriter. Yes she can sing, but she writes these songs like they’re stories. It’s magic.
Well said! I love that as well.
this should definitely be followed by "i bet you think about me" and both music videos; first all to well. PLEASEEE I NEED THAT
I think i might check out the short film first. Will add your recommendation to my list. Thanks
@@SaeedReacts. also her song The Moment I Knew, before I bet you think about me.
"I'll forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to" feels so devastating to me personally. Whenever I would spend a long enough time apart from a toxic person, memories of good times would cause me to romanticize our time together. I would bring them back into my life, only to be hurt all over again, and the cycle repeats...
Jake is the reason we have "22".
i never thought about a link with 22! interesting.
@@Scorpio13-59 He ruined her 21st birthday.
Hi Violet, it is frustrating that the comments and the subsequent comments to the comments are not easily linked together. Perhaps it was another comment that I made which caused confusion. I knew about Taylor’s 21st Birthday, in which she was horribly let down by that man, who doesn’t even deserve for us to call by name.
I commented on the reference you made to “22” and how I never associated them before.
This is one of the reasons why I am so grateful for the Swiftie community. I’m still a new Swiftie. I began to fall in love with all things Taylor, on Jan 1, 2022. I’ve been alternating between deep dives and becoming more fluent in Taylor’s catalog since then. I love it when Swifties bring up points like you did with “22”.
Thank you for getting back to me.
Gosh, I must have listened to the both versions of “All too well”, and the short movie at least a hundred times, and still, at the first freaking chords, my eyes always well up. Taylor is a phenomena that I do not believe the world has EVER seen before and I dare say, won’t ever again!
PS i love ur name. are you a pisces? cool folk. i’m obviously also a water sign. I personally think that pisces are more intuitive and we are both feisty as well. 😁
@@Scorpio13-59 Yes I am a Pisces, born 3-16-59. I am guessing you to were born in 1959. I love waterfalls and the sound of the beach waves, but don't care for swimming, weird. right? Anyway, to this day I am still finding easter eggs in Taylor's music videos. In fact, I just connect the dots with "Look What You Made Me Do" MV, her in the cage singing you locked me out and threw a feast, anyway someone mentioned Karlie Kloss. I then remembered that Taylor once let Karlie stay at her house and Karlie had a party there while Taylor was gone. Tailor lifting those motorcycles in that same MV was Taylor's way of saying she is the reason Big Machine is where they are. But in the end of course, he sold Big Machine, Scott knew she was his bread and butter. Anyway, I am always glad to help out, even though I have been a fan since the beginning, I am still learning new things. I have always had strong intuitions, and that has always helped me throughout life.
@@Violet316 I rest my case! I NEED you! Swifties with experience are so helpful for us newbies. Violet, you are a very cool gal! 💗
This is one of the most emotionally cutting diss tracks I’ve ever heard 😅 truly some of the best story telling she’s done. Her words paint the picture effortlessly and her double and sometimes triple entendres give me something new on every listen ❤ can’t wait til you see the short film!
It really is 😄
Looking forward to the short film.
There is a behind the scenes of the short film which is great as well
She said in an interview that the scarf is a metaphor. Make that what you will.
For anyone wondering which interview, it was at the Toronto Film Festival, the interview is easy to find on YT and she looks like an absolute queen 👑
You got sooooo much of that on the first listen. So satisfying to watch someone fully appreciate it during a first reaction. Im excited for you to see the short film.
Incredible song. Looking forward to the short film. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.
One of my favorite small details is the end, where she keeps repeating herself. Its a mantra, as if she is reminding herself that it was real, she didnt exaggerate or make it up, she was there, it was this bad, all of this did happened
Yes! Its like a mantra! Thanks for pointing that out.
Yes she was victimized by a master gas lighter
“I was never good at telling jokes but the punchline goes…”
She had another song on Red (“Begin Again”)about dating someone after Jake Gyllenhaal where she says “i think it’s strange you think I’m funny because he never did”. It’s a great song but it’s sad that a 21/22 yr old felt that way.
Re the scarf. Well done! Correct!
Thanks for letting me know !
Came here to say the same thing!
I didn't go back and read all the comments so I may be repeating what someone else already said. When the Red album was first released Swifties fell deeply in love with the original version of All Too Well. Taylor was surprised at how quickly it became a favorite and how strongly people resonated with the lyrics. At one point Taylor mentioned the original version was 10 minutes long but she had to cut it down to a reasonable length. For years upon years upon years Swifties have talked about and asked about and begged to hear the 10 minute version. When Taylor re-recorded Red not only did she bless us with the 10 minute version but we got an amazing short film out of it too. All Too Well was my favorite song on Red years and years ago and it still remains one of my top 10 Taylor Songs. Thank you for another intelligent reaction. And as usual I love how you pay attention to the lyrics. Have the loveliest of days!
Ooh, so basically the fans asked for the directors cut 😄. Thats awesome!
Thanks for sharing that.
Have a great weekend!
And when she did this song live the fans got her through it and it helped her to feel their power and love
Oh no it’s 2AM here again and saw this just when I thought about going to sleep 😂 I’ve been waiting for this reaction!!! Probably one of my favourite lyrics by Taylor!
Oh no 😅 And its a pretty long video 😄
Its an incredible song.
@@SaeedReacts.Long but worth it!!!! The song is incredible and so is the short film! Looking forward for you to watch it one day!
This is the only reaction which is 30mins long I have watched my entire life lol and the fact it is just one song and not an entire album shows how interested I am of your analysis😊
I am honored you chose to spend some time with me! Thank you!
Also, very interesting possible interpretation of “lovers stay my age” as being stunted because of trauma. I think lots of us interpret “I get older but your lovers stay my age” as a callback to earlier in the song when “you said if we had been closer in age, it would have been fine, and that made me want to die.” So Gyllenhaal’s excuse for breaking up with Taylor was that they were too far apart in age but he proceeded to date multiple women younger or the same age as Taylor. As of 2024, he is dating Jeanne Cardieu who is 28 (he is 43). When they started dating, she was 22 (just 1 year older than Taylor was when SHE dated Jake FOURTEEN YEARS AGO). So…it’s not a *great* look for him.
Yeah... But it's also BS cause he dated women than himself before he dated Taylor and he dated women older than he was after Taylor too.
And he only started dating again officially like a year and a bit after Red came out... So technically Taylor couldn't have known who and how old his next girlfriend was going to be.
It's a great line... And it has some truth for sure... But toxic Swifties treat it and far too many other lines in songs they are gospel... And to be fair to Gyllenhaal... He's been with Jeanne for 6 years now. He seems to be fairly serious about it 🤷♀️
It's frustrating because Taylor keeps telling her fans that songs like these are written in the heat of the moment, and that often extreme lyrics are how she felt right then... But they may not be fair or accurate because they are only her peraeption of a two-sided moment or relationship.
It is an incredible snapshot of an extreme feeling during that time though and it was absolutely valid for her to feel that way.
@@emmavink I mean, fair observations. I get where you’re coming from.
Saeed...😂😂😂 I am so happy you had fun while filming this video, lol!!! Seriously though, such a GREAT, GREAT reaction, I really enjoyed it, thanks so much. 👏 👏 👏
Such a great song and its a lot of fun diving into these lyrics. Although they can be very sad at times, its just the quality of writing that makes it so much fun. Thanks for watching! Have a wonderday :)
The line you mentioned you were going to think about..."And I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to. ".....to me means that they broke up just long enough that she forget all the things that were going wrong before the split. And she only remembered the good stuff.
If you do the short film, i hope you will also do the behind the scenes of Taylor directing. So good! Thanks!!!!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Makes so much sense!
@karinrommel5925 agreed. I think it also speaks to how, especially when you are young, it's easy to convince yourself (or be gaslit into thinking) that the problems were "not that bad" or even your fault. That it could work if some change is made. The positives can hold so much weight that we forget just how bad the negatives were until we are back in that situation again and remember how low they made us feel.
That song hit me hard for so long. Different parts of the song for different parts of my life. I feel you.
Oh, I LOVE this reaction. Appreciate the thoughtfulness so much. Looking forward to seeing you react to the short film because it adds such an interesting layer of complexity. And then, if you haven’t, I would react to “Moment I Knew” and finally, “The Manuscript”. Imo, all of those help fill in this very interesting narrative.
Thanks so much for the kind words and the suggestions! Much appreciated!
I lost it listening to the manuscript the first time...all the feels
@@elizajoisreading I feel like it's too early for the manuscript. He needs a lot more backstory first. Dear john and WCS for starters, and some 1989 and lover era songs for the "boys who were her own age"-part. One needs to be fully emerged in Taylor lore to fully appreciate the manuscript 😅
Isn't would've should've could've also about Jake?
@@shelleynull6532 no, about John Mayer.
You have to watch the lyric video (The Moment I Knew) It's about her 21st Birthday.
Will add that one to my list. Thanks!
I really enjoy your face expressions while listening ❤ also I've watched all your Taylor reactions and you are so intelligent and insightful
Thanks so much for watching my video's and for the kind words ❤️
She wrote several songs that are most likely about Jake. For the petty Taylor (who is awesome) song, listen to the live version of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" from the 1989 Tour and then the music video. Jake hates pop music, so she literally set out to make a pop tune that would get stuck in people's heads and get played everywhere.... so he couldn't escape it. "The Moment I Knew" is about her 21st birthday and Jake not showing up.
The Red scarf is a metaphor that she used because this song is on her Red album.
There was an actual scarf though. She was photographed wearing it, and months after Jake and she broke up, he was photographed wearing it.
I've wondered if he was gaslighting her, which is why she kept saying she was there and remembered it all too well.
I think the short film suggests that more directly. I wouldn't necessarily get that from the lyrics themselves outside of that context.
He 100% was. He was having a lot of interviews downplaying the fact that they ever dated, even now SO many fans still believe they only dated for 3 months... Publicly yes, but they had an on and off again relationship ("We are never ever getting back together") in secret for a very long time after that. And that is why she keeps saying, you and I know the reality of what we were.
@@yara5502 yes....but again, you aren't necessarily going to get this from the context of this song alone.
Saeed doesn't know the rest of the songs about Jake on Red where she describes how on again, off again they were. And the lyrics of this song only indicate that they broke up and got back together-ish once... And not even for how long that might have happened.
I don't think it's fair to assume someone could pick that up from the lyrics of this song alone.
That's what I've always thought. Like she's trying to convince herself she isn't crazy and remembers it all exactly how it happened.
Yes absolutely
I’m sooooo happy you did his one-in my top faves. This song is so beautifully sung and written and completely heartbreaking at the same time. You really feel how much this relationship tore her up. You nailed it Saeed!! You really get her writing. Line after line it hits you,m like a ton of bricks; it’s loaded!😂 I cant wait for you to see the short film🧣😍👍🏽 she actually said in an interview the scarf is a metaphor for something, I didn’t realize that for years! You got it right off the rip😂 impressed! Ironically they were both photographed during their courtship wearing the same scarf on and off so it has always kept me wondering! Bravo👏🏽
What a great song! So glad i checked out. Its loaded for sure 😅. Now i definitely need to watcht the short film.
Thanks so much for watching. Have a great weekend.
She’s amazing, thank you for reacting to this.
Thanks for watching.
Since you are already at the Red era, I dare you to react on "Ronan" without crying 😂
It is a song by Taylor Swift that was inspired by the true story of a young boy named Ronan Thompson, who passed away from cancer, just before his fourth birthday. Taylor Swift wrote the song after reading a blog by Ronan's mother, Maya Thompson, who documented her experiences and emotions during Ronan's illness.
By watching this, you can also help since all the proceeds from this song go to charities that support cancer research and related causes.
That is a heartbreaking story.
Will add this song to my list.
Thanks for telling me about it.
I double dog dare you!!!😂
@@SaeedReacts.you got a lot of songs on your list now. I hope you don’t ever stop doing Taylor reactions. I’m actually learning so much from you!
The chords in this song are very repetitive until the final verse “and i was never good at telling jokes..” where she flips from C-G-Am-F to C-Am-F-G. For me the repetition is to explain that she was not imagining things despite the gaslighting; the chord change represents the change in her view of things. She now understands that he was making fun of her for not being funny (i was never good at telling jokes) but in fact she sees what is really funny which is him being with younger people even though he claimed that the reason for their breakup was the age difference. She sees herself broken after a relationship that felt like a war. She thought Jake was her soulmate (maybe they even talked about it; “sacred prayer i was there”) and she asks whether the twin flame (the relationship with a soulmate) paints him blue (sad) and if he was as hurt as her afterwards.
This song is so honestly vulnerable and relatable for many people.
Thank you for your reaction ❤
Thanks for taking the time to share some background and thoughts. Amazing song!
And ever since, I been like, “eff Jake.” 😂
…and soooo many more Taylor songs! I am so looking forward to it. I like your assessments!
I think the best thing to do to understand the ”turning 21” line is for you to react to The Moment I Knew next. And remember that taylors birthday is december 13th to really understand that onen
Will check that one out.
I’ve heard this song hundreds of times and never thought about how the sister’s house would be Maggie’s until you said it 😭😭 lol
Taylor has written several songs about this relationship (most of the Red album). It's very interesting how the songs connect to each other. It'd be cool if you listened to them!
To complement All Too Well, aside from the obvious (short film), I'd reccomend listening to "The Moment I Knew", it'll be very enlightening regarding the "it's supposed to be fun, turning 21" line. I think you'd really enjoy the album too!
Songs that are most likely about her relationship with Jake:
1- State of Grace
2- Red
3- I Knew You Were Trouble*
4- Treacherous*
5- All Too Well
7- I Almost Do
8- We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
10- The Last Time
12- Sad Beautiful Tragic (not sure about this one actually)
17- The moment I knew (!!!!!)
18- Come back... Be here*
*these are also believed to be about Harry Styles (as you can imagine, there's no consensus).
Also, I only listed the Original Deluxe album, but there are also Vault tracks. I would highlight three you should listen in this context: Better Man, Babe and I Bet You Think About Me (the last one is SO Jake really, you'll understand it better after the short film).
Fun fact: Red TV is the only rerecording that got two music videos (I Bet You Think About Me and All Too Well Short Film).The fans always joke about Red being her favorite child.
Sorry for the extra long comment. As you know by now, we can't help ourselves when it comes to Taylor.
Thanks for taking the time to share this. Had no idea there were more songs about Jake.
I didn't read every comment so I dont know if it's been mentioned but she revisits this on her latest album TTPD with the song The Manuscript.
Gives some insights into how Taylor now feels about it, all these years later.
Must check that one out too at some point. Thanks for telling me about that.
Great reaction Saeed, thank you 😊 I don't think you over a analysed at all. The lyrics definitely danced around that imagery and she was definitely ambiguous about whether it was about her own virginity or not for 10 years (it wasn't in the end) ... So you weren't imagining things 😂
I think you got emotional because that is around the time in the song that she is coming to the final stages of her grief.
Around that time in the song when she wonders if she will ever be her old self again connects so intuitively to be with any kind of depression or grief from any kind of time period of mental struggles.
I think that line "I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it" is probably my personal favourite from the song.
I connect to it personally on so much more than just the level of a break up. It really speaks to me and she emotes it so well with her vocal and the instrumentals and the production on that segment too.
It really just is a masterpiece of a song 😉
Its really is a masterpiece. Thanks for adding your thoughts too this. Now that you pointed out that line about finding yourself it even hit me harder. So relatable.
14:04 “then you call me up again just to break me like a promise. So casually cruel in the name of being honest.” This hits me HARD. Once had a longtime boyfriend call me up a year after we broke up (on good terms) just to tell me he had cheated on me when we dated, and that’s really why he’d wanted to break up. He just wanted to get it off his conscience and “be honest.” I was like “….. thanks for that totally unnecessary slap in the face. I’m gonna go spiral now, thanks for the honesty!” 😭
Sorry to hear that. 🫂❤️
So casually cruel in the name of being honest kills me every time
When she does this song on the eras tour, They have snow falling as she sings the first fall of snow ❄️ and how it glisten as it fell. I watched every live stream concert.She is awesome 💯
The scarf was real, but it was navy blue, gray and red. They were photographed walking together with Taylor wearing it, after it was over Jake was photographed wearing it. Since Taylor's album was called Red, the scarf became red. Taylor dated John Mayer before Jake, the songs from that awful relationship sound like he was her first. But Jake emotionally broke her.
Yeah... I'm not sure that's fair... Jake emotionally broke her THEN... John Mayer left her with so much PTSD that she wrote songs about the trauma on Midnights AND TTPD 😭😭😭
I heard that she always said that Jake wasn't a bad person. He was just a terrible boyfriend. Mayer traumatised her. And he's done it to many other exes (Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Love Hewitt, etc.).
@@Violet316 she actually said in an interview once that the scarf is a metaphor but she wouldn’t elaborate on what it represented so a lot of swifties think it’s a hint to her virginity as well.
@@Cmyers16 Taylor dated John Mayer before Jake. I doubt if John and Taylor were only playing cards and writing songs all during that relationship. I think that some fan made up the scenario that the scarf was not a scarf and other fans just ran with it. Being the person that John Mayer was/is, it seems unlikely that their relationship was platonic especially since he was 32 and she was 19 years old.
@@vidsorama2 I think the lines in Dear John, “I took the matches before fire could catch me,” is about that she’s left the relationship before they fully had sex.
Her talking about the scarf as a metaphor makes it seem fairly clear that it does represent her virginity, not just a literal scarf.
@@susansather7763 Opinions vary. Only the two of them know for sure. With John's personality and record of relationships, a platonic dating relationship with a much younger woman seems unlikely. I thought that the the line about fire not catching her meant that he did not get the chance to destroy her mentally and emotionally the way that he had done with other young women who dated him. It appears that her "WCS" hindsight trauma surfaced after she wrote "Dear John". I'm just glad that she got out of both toxic relationships with a willingness to still be open to love.
with the short film i think you should react the behind the scene as well Taylor talks more about her vision there and it's not a long behind the scene video
The 21st birthday is one of the most important ones in the U.S. because it’s when you can legally drink. Years 16, 18, and 21 are big ones. That age is especially significant in this song because he ruined such a right of passage for her. Her dad watched her missing out on experiencing what should have been one of the most fun nights of her life and when he said it’s supposed to be fun turning 21, I feel like he’s both pointing out how unhealthy the relationship is and how she should be out there enjoying that carefree time between childhood and full adulthood. But instead she’s being held back from living in the present because she’s stuck trying to be the person an older man wants. But he didn’t even have the decency to show up to an extremely important celebration of her life after promising he would. Missing any birthday party would’ve been bad, but it being the 21st adds a lot of context to how deeply it hurt her. And her dad. I can’t imagine watching my kid go through that situation and just wanting them to be young and happy for as long as possible. She also dated John Mayer when she was 19 and he was 32, so this isn’t the first time they would’ve watched a man almost as close to their age as their daughter’s steal her youth and happiness from her.
I’m not sure what the scarf metaphor is about, but I don’t think it’s virginity. Or at least not in the traditional sense. There’s a line in “The Manuscript” (about John Mayer) from TTPD that implies that they probably had a physical relationship. I dislike the entire idea of virginity and I feel like Taylor probably does too. I think the scarf is more about emotional connection. Maybe a level of emotional connection that made the physical one the most significant for her up to that point? Who knows. But the rest of the song feels so deep and poetic that it seems reductive (maybe even crass?) for it to simply refer to an outdated construct like virginity. I know she wrote it a long time ago, but even in 2010 I feel like that would be a little out of character for her.
Thanks for sharing this info. At 21 i traveled to the US and ordered a beer at Madison Square Garden and got carded. Felt like an American for a second 😄
I ofcourse have no idea about the actual situation or what happened. Was just speculating as a writer. And my brain has seemingly an easy time to travel towards the darker side of things.
Its an incredible song and really well written as always.
Thanks again for watching.
The song the moment I knew is about this
Really enjoyed your reaction it feels like it came from a real and honest place which is all we can ask for! I will definitely look at more of your videos because I like how genuine you are! Please continue to react to Taylor videos she has so many amazing lyrics to unpack!
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words. Really enjoyed the songs i have reacted to so far. A lot of fun diving deep into her lyrics. Amazing songwriter!
Taylor sings this song on the eras tour, The 10 minute version.
i have been WAITING for this one
This was in my opinion one of the most respectful diss tracks until I heard loml from TTPD
I know she's not a "rapper" or claims to be but her spins are HARD!!
This was my most played song on Spotify last year 😅 it’s amazing, she’s such a great songwriter.
love that song and im glad i found your channel!! amazing reacts and its really helping me to improve my vocabulary
Incredible song! Thank you so much for being here. Have a great weekend!
yes a lot of fans have speculated that the scarf is both literal and figurative -- her virginity or innocence or impurity
There was an interview I saw that Taylor confessed it was a metaphor for losing her v. But there's no way as much as I love ur reactions that I believe u would get this without either doing research or watching other reactions. Probably research. Anyways on the part about Jake missing her 21st b day party ....after that there's a lyric video called "the moment I knew" which is a continuation of that event and will give more context to what happened. It's also an amazing song with lots of tea. U may wanna react to that next if ur not going to do the short film but th short film will put that all into perspective to where it will make more sense. It also has a scene that I won't spoil and actress Sadie sink and actor Dylan Obrein as Jake. Swifties one thing I never see is anyone pointing out in the short film credits where the guy at the end...she has him casted as " JAKE LYON" 😉 JAKIE POO
@@madchatter102no, she didn't confirm it was a metaphor for her virginity. She TOLD us on Would've Could've Should've who she lost her virginity to and it wasn't JG.
I recommend to check The Moment I Knew and I Bet You Think About Me, these 2 songs give even more context to some things she said on All Too Well.
you did an amazing job with this reaction. not that you dont with your others - but this was phenomenal. getting the significance of the scarf on your first listen is amazing.
also, i think you'll LOVE the short film - its one of her greatest videos in my opinion.
i like the idea of you seeing it now because as we all do when we hear a song - we visualise in our heads certain scenes or lines.. and the video puts that all into context with taylors depiction of the song and how it actually was. cant wait for your reaction to it!
Thanks for watching and the kind words. Definitely looking forward to watch the short film. Hope i can get to it soon.
Have a great day.
"I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to" to me means that she has accepted the loss of the relationship, she has gone through the grieving process and started to move on with her life, and that's when he comes back and wants to rekindle it. She has gotten some distance from the pain, but he shows up and re-opens the wounds and reminds her of how much pain he caused.
It reminds me of a line in the song "Renegade" by Big Red Machine that she features on. The song is about trying to love someone who is not in a place mentally/emotionally where they can be a good partner in a relationship. The line is: "You fire off missils 'cause you hate yourself, but do you know you're demolishing me? And then you squeeze my hand as I'm about to leave". I can say that it is a shitty and selfish thing to do, to not let a person - that you can't love - to move on, but I have done that myself and can't really throw stones. Well, maybe I can just admit to being a shitty and selfish person sometimes.
personally, i think you would like her song "would've could've should've"
That one is on my todo list.
Taylor watched the door waiting for her bf to show up to her 21st birthday. Her dad watched her being sad and told her it’s supposed to be fun turning 21 😊
ure right about the scarf ! she said in an interview it was a metaphor, and that she didn't wanted to give further explanation haha
I see someone explained Brooklyn Broke.
I think the line about her skin and bones, I’m a soldier returning half her weight, is likely referring to her loosing weight from stress or sadness from the breakup and not eating which led to her losing weight when she was already very skinny to begin with
Thanks for shedding some light on that.
That is heartbreaking, but again such a creative way of describing that.
When you spoke about Buying New York I knew I have found my people!! Taylor reaction plus the funniest reality show this year
There used to be these marathons of that show on and i would watch it all day :D
1. 21 is a big birthday in the US because we can drink!
2. Many people would agree you’re correct about the scarf metaphor.
Thank you for such consistently insightful and enjoyable reactions!!! Can’t wait for you to see the short film 😍
And does everyone wait till their 21 😅?
This song is incredible! Looking forward to the short film.
@SaeedReacts. 😂 I think only a few do. but at 21 you can drink in public, restaurants/bars.
Please watch her performance of this song on SNL. It is PURE ART. ❤
You're correct about what the significance is with the scarf x
She was 19
Oh man, you are missing out. This one has a fantastic 10 minute movie/video, directed by Taylor & it's amazing. Yes, it is about Jake.
He isn't missing out. He said on his intro that he is going to watch the short movie. We all told him to react to the lyric video first.
Will check out the short film as well 😃
As a fun and cheeky song/video for the same muse for Taylor, please try “I bet you think about me” too!
Taylor seems to have a visual mind set, She remember's , That's why she is the genius that she is.❤
She really does! Great storyteller!
Jake's family was wealthy and they were from Brooklynn, so she's referring to that. In other songs she refers to him being wealthy and her coming from a working family background. Now that you've absorbed the lyrics, you need to react to the Short Film, directed by Taylor Swift. Nice job!
Thanks for shedding some light on that. Definitely checking out the short film.
First pause; i just thinking: “oh my sweet summer child” “you never saw coming” she haunting you, just wait
😂 Absolutely
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Great reaction to a beautiful song. Taylor is a master storyteller 💔
Amazing storytelling! Thanks so much for watching.
That’s not even the mini movie video. He was 32 (I think) she as 20. She was as still very young. There was really a scarf. He still dates young girls even though she’s growing older
No no no no no. John Mayer was 32 when Taylor was 19.
Jake was 29 when Taylor was late 20/21.
I heard a song today for the 1st time, and I thought Saeed would love this one. This Brooks and Dunn Believe, its great story telling that will pull at the heart strings.
I reacted to it, but tis currently blocked on UA-cam. I put it on my patreon in the meantime, but as soon as its unblocked i will post it here.
Incredible song.
Thanks for thinking of me !
IT IS ABOUT THE SCARF!
From the Genius website for the phrase Brooklyn broke my skin and bones and her being a soldier returning half her weight:
“While this line could be geographically alluding, it could also be referring to his ways of making her insecure and speaking down on her (especially through their age gap). Throughout the entirety of the Red album(s), she has made it clear that he made her insecure in the relationship. There’s a popular saying “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” It’s clear he put her through some sort of verbal abuse, so Taylor’s saying his words did in fact hurt her. He broke her spirit and appearance down.
This is not the only time she’s used the phrase “skin and bones” in this album, either. In Treacherous, she sings
All we are is skin and bones
Trained to get along
While before the two of them seemed to be connected through this “treacherous” relationship, in the end it was her who was the broken one.
Taylor has also spoken out about her unhealthy relationship with food which began around this time and another way to describe someone who is very slim is that they are skin and bone. She could be further hinting at the breakdown of the relationship pushing her further towards those unhelpful habits.”
Great breakdown 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks so much!
The SNL version is so good
She confirmed, that the scarf is a metaphore for something else, but she never said for what.
Ooooow, incrível!! Uma das minhas favoritas... Ela é poética e cirúrgica (pode isso?) com uma caneta nas mãos.
He stood her up at her 21st birthday! 💔💔💔 The song about that is, "The Moment I knew." 😔
Heartbreaking
i can’t wait!!
The "Brooklyn broke my skin & bones" refers to a bicycle accident. Jake apparently was famous for riding a "Brooklyn" brand bicycle
I read it somewhere, the scarf does resemble virginity. I was screaming when you get that insight too!
I definitely felt it could mean that. People seem to have a few different interpretations. It is a powerful metaphor for sure!
❤❤So glad you enjoyed this.. the short film will be much easier to follow now that you have already heard the lyrics and broke those down ... looking forward to the review of the short film ❤❤
Another Taylor Swift suggestion;
"Exile" with Bon Iver , Other good story songs; -"Bsnch Seat" Chase Rice ...
- "Why" Rascal Flatts ❤
Also looking forward to watch this short film. Very interested to see this play out.
Thanks for watching and the recommendations!
Many people believe the scarf represents virginity
She teased fans with that for 10 years until she told us on Midnights that she lost her virginity to John Mayer 😭
the song the moment i knew is about her 21st birthday party thats meantioned in this song.
Just got my ATW-TMV personalized license plate a few days ago. ❤😊
You are on the money about the scarf comment. She is asked about it in an interview and she didn’t deny it, she doesn’t want to straight up say it obviously. She talks about leaving her innocence behind and someone not “calling it what it was” which is why this short relationship had such a harsh impact on her. She also talked in the end about “holding my lifeless frame” and I think that’s a glimpse into how she felt used and empty in the end. She thought he loved her and saw a future with her so she gave away something she couldn’t get back and it’s haunting her.
Thanks for adding some background on that. Incredible song and very powerful writing.
my fave track 5 sad song😭 it's crazy how she performs this every show, the 10 min version. Also I wonder if you have seen the "All Too well Short Film"? So good!
I have not yet. Definitely want to see it.
I appreciate that you take the time to think about everything and analyze what you're hearing. I feel like recently a lot of people have been using Swifties for views and they take ZERO time to actually think about what they are hearing. It's rather insulting to Taylors work. So I appreciate you.
I really enjoy diving into great writing. It has been an amazing journey discovering her music.
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words.
This song is connected to the song The moment I knew. And the Manuscript from TTPD.
I would suggest that you do The moment I knew before you do All too well the short film. It will give you more background
No, The Manuscript is about John Mayer. Many contextual clues back up this argument and there are none to back up the song being about Jake.
One if John Mayer's biggest hit songs is Slow Dancing In A Burning Room. In The Manuscript, she literally has a line, "and the slow dance, was alive with the spark"... Which is also connected to "Sparks Fly" and the imagery from the bridge of Dear John (both songs about John Mayer).
She's also never said on any song that her relationship with Jake traumatised her. But she definitely said on 3 songs that her relationship with Mayer did.
@@emmavink I completely disagree! In the manuscript she’s talking about a man who is older then her, “in the age of him she wished she was 30 (the age Jake was when they dated)
“Then the actors
Were hitting their marks” is a reference to her writing and filming All too well the short film.
“And the slow dance
Was alight with the sparks
And the tears fell
In synchronicity with the score” is referring to the actors dancing in the kitchen in the refrigerator light. And the line and the tears fell.. is referring to the scene when Sadie is lying in bed crying and the tears feel in synchronicity with the music, with Taylor’s directions.
The song is about her doing the short film and the re-recordings and not a bit older and with more experience look at her work and earlier recordings with another person and
“And at last
She knew what the agony had been for” she says “The only thing that's left is the manuscript” The only manuscript we know of is the manuscript for All too well short film. But at the end of the song she talks about her music. She’s saying that she’s finally realizing that even though she’s been through toxic and bad relationships, relationships that has hurt her, broke her. Yet, because of these relationships, her experiences she created music. Different eras full of music. Music about her stories. But that now the stories aren’t hers anymore.
@@josefinasoderholm6488 generally, that is what The Manuscript is about. Yes. But it is NOT about Jake Gyllenhaal.
She has not one ONE SONG ever expressed concern that she was "too young" or that her relationship with Gyllenhaal was ever inappropriate. Gyllenhaal was NOT 30 for the 2 months they were together. He was 29. Mayer was 32 when they were together.
Taylor wrote 3 entire songs where she says that Mayer love bombed, groomed and traumatised her (Dear John, Would've Could've Should've, and The Manuscript).
And she IS NOT sleeping in her mother's bed in the short story. She's sleeping in her own bed.
The actors are not specific to the short film at all. They are the actors in her life. Like the entire Manuscript is the script OF HER LIFE. Not of a music video at all.
Hint: she's directed far more than one music video.
Also, on Would've Could've Should've, she makes it VERY clear that what Mayer did to her has affected every relationship she ever had after him. Even with Gyllenhaal.
She's never once said she regrets having been with Gyllenhaal. The opposite is true. She made sure she'd remember him by releasing a 10 minute breakdown of what happened.
Versus Dear John, Would've Could've Should've, and The Manuscript where we hardly get any real physical imagery at all except for them comparing licences, and him trying to make her believe the huge age gap was ok.
The age gap between Mayer and Taylor was 13 years. The Manuscript is Track 31... 13 in reverse.
I don't have to shoe norm her lyrics to make one disjointed argument work. You can't ignore the amount of context clues you are ignoring.
@@emmavink So it’s about All too well, but not about Jake Gyllenhaal? 😊
But it’s ok, you can choose to believe that it’s about John Mayer. But you won’t convince me of that. (Or the many many people who like me think it’s about Jake Gyllenhaal and All too well.) And why would Taylor make another song about John saying that it wasn’t right of him to start a relationship with her when it was this big age-gap when she’s already have Dear-John and would’ve could’ve should’ve? And if Sayed listens to it he will get to make his own mind up
@@josefinasoderholm6488 no. It's not about All Too Well in any way. I very clearly said so. There is no SPECIFIC reference to All Too Well alone that can't be equally applied to any of her other work and work just as well in the context of the lyrics.
You can try to dodge the Slow Dancing In A Burning Room reference all you want to. She mirrors that title virtually directly on The Manuscript. She literally also references Sparks Fly and Dear John lyrics.
They don't even do a slow dance in the refrigerator light on the All Too Well short film 🥴
Oh it’s happening! Don’t think I’ve ever been the first person to watch a UA-cam video before 😂
Hey! Thanks for being here! And first! 🥳🥳🥳
He was supposed to be at her 21 birthday party.
🙃
And he didnt show? Heartbreaking 😞
@@SaeedReacts. yeah 🥹 he didnt show up…. And thats why 22 exist, a happy song, a happy birthday
Did I see you tear up 😢❤
Some of these lyrics hit me hard. Incredible song! ❤️
after you watch the ATW short film you should listen to the song The Moment I Knew from RED as well. it will give you a lot of context to the line "it's supposed to be fun, turning 21"
Will have to remember that! Definitely want to learn a bit more.
After you react to the short film, you may want to react to "I'll Bet You Think About Me." It is connected.
Thanks for letting me know about that.
Great reaction and interpretation!😍 Do the short film is great
Thanks! Will check it out.
Her dad watched her sad at her own party, waiting for Jake to show up. I picture him putting a hand on her shoulder and saying that 🥺
Heartbreaking 😞
I’m curious now what your thoughts are on Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve.. because she gives that same gut feeling and I think there’s a lot of debate about that topic.
There can't be much debate. She says it quite plainly on Would've Could've Should've. And says that the pain was pleasure...
She never confirmed or denied the scarf was a metaphor for her own virginity 🤷♀️
That is one of the songs on my (long) to do list. Definitely will check it out.
Thanks for watching.
@@SaeedReacts. I would suggest reacting to Dear John and Would've Could've Should've in the same video.
It's a continuation of the same story about 13 years apart. Very powerful, but the way they speak to each other over the years makes for a holistic experience of that incident in her life.
You should definitely listen to dear john and could’ve would’ve should’ve
They are about her and john mayer , they dated when she was 19 and he was 32 or 34 not sure
They are Brutal !
Thank you for the amazing reactions to taylor songs
Those are on my to do list 😃
Thanks so much for watching!
And then follow up would’ve could’ve should’ve after dear john
Oh Maggie lives in Brooklyn. I am assuming she was vacationing.The brownstone house was cold.
One of the most painful song ever made 😢
The twin flame bruise is because they are both Sagittarius.
Yep, this is about Jake Gyllenhaal.
Brooklyn broke is used to describe someone who has a lot of $ but, dress like they don't. Ya know...vintage Levi's & T's, a toboggan or baseball cap, etc. Very much Jake's style back then. I think Jake also lived in Brooklyn so, has a double meaning in this song if so.😊
Ooh! Thanks for shedding some light on that!