jake gyllenhaal is who were never getting back together about.
jake gyllenhaal is who were never getting back together about.
who is were never getting back together about?
jake gyllenhaal
after writing "speak now" (2010) entirely solo, swift opted to collaborate with different songwriters and producers for "red". thus, she called max martin and shellback, two songwriters and producers whose work she admired, to discuss a possible collaboration. the trio conceived the concept for "we are never ever getting back together" shortly after a friend of swift's ex-boyfriend walked into the recording studio and spoke of rumors he heard that swift and her former flame were reuniting. after the friend left, martin and shellback asked swift to elaborate on the details of the relationship, which she described as "break up, get back together, break up, get back together, just, ugh, the worst". when martin suggested that they write about the incident. swift began playing the guitar and singing, "we are never ever...", and the song flowed rapidly afterwards. she described the process as one of the most humorous experiences she had while recording, and said the musical partners matched her expectations. an audio clip of her sarcastically speaking about breakups can be heard before the final chorus. the song is reportedly about swift's ex, jake gyllenhaal, as the two had broken up in january 2011 but had been seen on a date a few days later. after the release of the music video, more clues linking the song to gyllenhaal emerged; with the actor in the video looking like gyllenhaal, giving her a scarf – as gyllenhaal had reportedly done. a bracelet swift wears in the video is speculated to look similar to that which gyllenhaal was rumored to have given swift for her birthday.
we are never ever getting back together
upon initial release, the song received positive reviews from music critics. robert myers of "the village voice" felt that the song, while "good", was "not swift at her best" and speculated that the decision to release it as a lead single was made for commercial reasons: "i doubt 'never ever' is even close to being the best song on "red"; it's a teaser, an indication to her fans of what's coming up. that sounds like commercial calculation of the worst kind, but i don't think it is. swift's connection with her audience is possibly more important than her connection with her boyfriends. and there is one brilliant touch: the spoken bit that comes after the middle eight." grady smith of "entertainment weekly" drew comparisons with avril lavigne and praised the "undeniable, instantly catchy hook". while describing the song as "joyous", he nevertheless expressed concern that the song's "juvenile sensibilities" marked a regression following swift's work on "speak now". jody rosen of "rolling stone" noted that the song's "hooks, plural, have a zing that's more stockholm than nashville. but it's unmistakably taylor: a witty relationship postmortem, delivered in inimitable girlie-girl patois. and this bit – "i'm just, i mean, this is exhausting. like, we are never getting back together. like, ever" – might be the most sublime spoken-word interlude in pop since barry white died."
we are never ever getting back together