#all too well taylor’s version
jake gyllenhaal doing breathing exercises rn telling himself just gotta get through this week buddy just gotta get through this week
It’s been a few days and I’m still not over All Too Well (TV), the 10-minute version, and the short film…so I’m going to word vomit about it, of course.
This isn’t even about All Too Well as a song honestly (even though I personally believe it’s a musical masterpiece, of course). More importantly, though is the catharsis.
It’s nothing new that TS is amazing at putting in her emotions in a song and making them so, so relatable. It’s one of the reasons why she’s loved so much by her fans, but she is also loved and important because she has consistently made the case that young love and heartbreak isn’t frivolous and unimportant the way in which “serious” media and “adults” tend to portray it. This has stayed true from her music in Taylor Swift through the cardigan-betty-august trio in folklore(I can’t remember if evermore has any songs that refer, specifically, to young love). Her music reassures you that your emotions are valid, that it’s okay to feel love and pain with intensity no matter how young you are and how casual the relationship might seem to the people around you. This is probably why I loved the original version of All Too Well so much; the sheer rawness of the song, and the emotion in every live performance that you could see so, so clearly. And that,inmy opinion, is why so many Swifties have such a deep connection to this song in particular. Red may have been a mosaic of emotions, but this made you see her pain when she performed. How could anyone who loved her not feel a connection?
And then you have the new versions in 2021. And they’re even more special, because now they represent the strength of experiencing pain but making your way past it. The SNL live performance of the 10-minute version? Not only was the performance great in itself, but to see her look so strong while singing this raw expression of her heartbreak and–in this version–anger, GOD. I loved it, and I cried.
As fans, we’ve seen TS be happy and at peace and seeing this version of her take up the songs that represent a bruised, broken part of her and making it clear that she has taken the pain and made it into something so amazing is fucking INSPIRING okay. Love you Taylor, I’m so glad you’re happy now.
Fuck you J.G., ugh.
Actually, nah. I refuse to make this about this man now. This should be about Taylor and her skills and growth and emotions.
The feminine urge to have a CHAT with Jake Gyllenhaal
All Too Well - Taylor Swift
okay so who wants to make me fall in love with them and then break up with me and break my heart before november 19th so i can fully appreciate and understand red (taylors version)?
anyone up for it….??
