![]() Speaking to Rolling Stone in 2020, Swift noted that it was the only time she built an entire record around the idea of a relationship crumbling. That’s what makes Red so striking – it’s Swift’s only album that deals exclusively with a break-up. Taylor Swift has written plenty of break-up songs, but most of her albums have bigger themes. To this day, Red remains Taylor Swift’s ‘only true break-up album’ Taylor Swift performs onstage during Z100’s Jingle Ball 2012. She said it has been “amazing to watch” the way “All Too Well” has grown in popularity over the years, adding that she always knows it’ll garner a huge reaction when she sings it live. I didn’t see that happening with that song.” Reflecting on the the song’s enormous following, Swift said: “I never imagined that would happen because it wasn’t a single and it didn’t have video and all these ways I was taught music permeated culture. Speaking to Rolling Stone in 2020, Swift admitted that she never thought the song would take on a life of its own – in fact, she thought it was “too dark, too sad, and too intense”. The song, which is widely thought to be about the end of Swift’s relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal, is still reducing people to tears all across the world. Taylor Swift never thought ‘All Too Well’ would amass such a huge followingĪlmost a decade on, “All Too Well” remains one of the best and most enduring songs from Red. The album marked a turning point in Swift’s career, sending her down a new path of pop music domination.Īs she releases her version of Red, we look back at some of the incredible things you probably didn’t know about one of Taylor Swift’s best-loved albums. All these years later, it holds a special place in fans’ hearts.īut Red is also significant in more ways than one. ![]() It was that magical intensity that propelled Swift to the top of the charts back in 2012 when Red was first released. ![]() Most artists have probably written about heartbreak at some stage – but few have done it with as much intensity as Taylor Swift did on Red. Red captures the raw, visceral pain that comes when a relationship crashes and burns. For many people, Taylor Swift’s Red is the quintessential break-up album – and it’s not hard to see why. ![]()
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