What's amazing is that she wrote this when she was 21. This is the extended recording from later. It's phenomenal.

Her constantly repeating that she remembers it makes me wonder how much gaslighting was involved in the end of the relationship.

This song now holds the record for longest song to ever hit #1 on the billboard charts beating American Pie (8 min 42 seconds) who held the record for almost 50 years.

I feel like this whole thing is you scolding Jake unknowingly 😅

“Cause in this city's barren cold i still remember the first fall of snow and how it glistened as it fell i remember it all too well” that line always Makes me tear up.its just the way how she sing it😭💔

"So casually cruel in the name of being honest" is one of my favorite lines from her

She really is s very good songwriter and this is why she has a lot of fans. I am 77 yrs old but I love her and I have seen her when she perforned in Miami years ago with my daughter. Now she is really, really big and is still relatable and nice to her fans.

Idk if anyone shared this but Taylor said she wrote this in one sitting and was just venting and this all came out of her mouth. Her mom said please tell me you were voice recording that! And they were lol and she shortened it for the first version and so grateful we got the original 10 min version now.

I got to sing this live with 73,000 people in Pittsburgh last weekend and I will never forget those 10 mins

First and foremost Taylor Swift is a poet. That’s what I feel she’ll be most remembered for 100 years from now.

She plays that entire song on the guitar at every show of her tour, every weekend! It’s unreal! I never thought about the paper like you described it! Always love getting a new way of thinking of the lyrics from other people reacting to it! I’m so glad you enjoyed it.

The soft, repeating "I was there, I was there" at the end breaks my heart every time. Breakups are so hard to get past and you kind of never quite completely do. I felt this one so hard.

I love the repetitiveness of the song as it feels like she starts out with it being unconvinced with herself she's remembering it correctly as it she's been gaslight and then it ends with her repeating it to say to him I was there I do remember what you did... do you?!! So powerful 👏

When she talks about her dad saying "it's supposed to be fun turning 21" she is referring back to a song The Moment I Knew on her Red album which relays how he promised to come to her 21st birthday party and never showed - never told her he wasn't coming. Most of her discography is all related - she refers back to things in other songs and when you get to know her story they all mean so much more.

My 10 year old Son heard you say "Taylor Swift is good" & without missing a beat says "we already knew that" 😂😂😂 He is a major Taylor fan especially her Reputation album.

there is nothing better than a masterpiece and a great listener, thank u for doing this!

“You kept me like a secret but i kept you like an oath” punched me in the heart

For me, the line "I'll forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to" hit SO hard because I would literally keep myself so busy that I would never think about him until I did and when I did, I always romanticized our times together. I magically didn't remember any of the messed up things he did that caused me to leave in the first place. Then I would inevitably go back to him just to end up broken all over again and repeat the cycle. Also, to your point about repetition being hell, Taylor has quoted a saying that's something to the effect of "let your heart remain breakable, but never by the same hand twice" which I believe to be just such stellar advice for not just romantic relationships but friendships and familial relationships.

I’m lovinggg seeing the hater to swiftie pipeline from so many people lately! She really isn’t given enough credit for her talent, because the way the media has portrayed her. I’ve been a fan since ‘06! The very beginning, and I’ve always been teased and I was straight up bullied in middle school for loving her so much. I went to the Eras Tour in Nashville & she is incredible live, she’s such an amazing performer.

I’ll echo the recommendations of dear John and wouldve could’ve should’ve (in that order!!) she wrote dear John when she was 19, after breaking up with John Mayer (who was 32) and then WCS last year when she was 32, now the age he was when they dated, reflecting. It’s a masterclass in storytelling both times. Also if you want one where she was the “bad guy” in the relationship check out Back to December! She knows when she’s owed an apology, but she also knows when she owes an apology. A hard lesson to learn!

The outro is like the feeling of memories fading, but still there, lurking in the depths. Waiting to emerge again... so good!

So excited to watch this reactions!!! Being a swiftie is hard because other people judge you, but it is si worthy! Her music is amazing. You probably know The song we are never Ever getting back together. Please react to that song but The version of the 1989 world tour!!! You will not regreat it!!! She is an amazing live performer

The story about this 10 minute version: originally it's a little song on her Red album. She loved it but it never was a single, but she played it at her shows and people related to it so much. Then there was an interview she did around that time when she was talking about how it used to be like 10 minutes long, just her riffing with her band and it kept going and going, but of course you can't put that on an album, so had to cut it down. Ever since that interview, her fans have been asking about this 10 minute version, for years. When she decided to do the re-recordings, she included this on Red (Taylor's Version).

I was a metalhead guy in highschool and I'm still but these years I was up to listen to everything and lately I became a fan of Taylor Swift Sometimes you can relate to her songs and this one is my favorite, I think is her best song Lyrics, sound, everything

The eras concert was the best show I've ever been to. No competition, absolutely incredible. In addition to being an amazing songwriter, she puts together and runs a huge production night after night that changes depending on the venue. She loves her fans, and she wants every seat to have the best experience possible.

She thought no one would like this song. I don't know anyone who can't relate. She tried her hand out with directing and did a 14 minute short film of this song and it is perfect!

She is super talented and so many people don’t give her a chance. I love new swifties

20:38 there’s a double meaning in that, apart for the literal interpretation you gave… in another song she’s talking about thinking of leaving an emotionally abusive relationship and she says “gain the weight of you then loose it”… here she says she’s returning half her weight because she had his weight as well and now that it’s over she doesn’t anymore… her songwriting is absolutely genius! (Other song is Tolerate It, Evermore album - also a deep cut btw) Also, one of my favourite lyrics is “the idea you had of me, who was she, a never needy ever lovely jewel, whose shine reflects on you” which is such a fucked up thing to say, especially being Taylor Swift… she basically felt he was using her to be relevant in the media, steal a little of her thunder, but only wanted the image of being the guy who dates Taylor Swift without caring about Taylor as a person… and somehow it’s still so relatable in so many levels!

Love it! The short film was also directed by Taylor, it's great. This line always gives me chills "cause in this city's barren cold, I still remember the first fall of snow.. and how it glistened as it fell.." kind of like when the relationship is over and you're heartbroken, you go back to the first memories of falling in love. That's what you remember about them. Such a gut punch

The first version Taylor released came out when I was 18 and just had my first heartbreak and I would listen to it and cry while singing it in the car every single day. 11 years later, I’m 29 and sometimes the song still brings a tear to my eye. The lyrics are everything!!! ❤

great reaction!! i know you’ve been getting a lot of recommendations (as you should be, none of them are bad) but you seriously need to do an album reaction to ‘folklore’ and ‘evermore’, you’ll LOVE it

For us swifties she’s always been amazing! So glad to finally see people opening their eyes to the masterpiece of Taylor Swift ❤

Taylor’s amazing, her songwriting is incredible and this song is a masterpiece. Such a fun reaction!

When I first heard your reactions I had an inkling you were a fellow Philadelphian hahah, knew I liked you! Highly suggest Wouldve, Couldve, Shouldve, Dear John (both about John Mayer who she dated when she was 19 and he was 32🥴) The Archer, Afterglow, Maroon, Getaway Car, dress, Peace, Cardigan, Marjorie, tolerate it, happiness…. I could go on and on lol I’m excited to keep watching your Taylor journey. She’s the goat at storytelling

I am so excited for your reaction!! Truly one of her best masterpieces.

This is amazing! DEFINITELY watch the video though, it's very well done and the actors are absolutely amazing!

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet but this song is about Taylor and the actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She was 20 and he was 30. He broke up with her AFTER dating her for several months and said she was to young for him. The joke is that he has continued to this day to date women who are 20-22 years old and he’s in his forties now. Don’t confuse this relationship with another one that Taylor has had with John Mayer, she was 19 and he was 32, that didn’t end well either. She has not dated older guys after Jake. By the way,Taylor is 34 now, so a lot of time has passed, but some of her greatest songs have come from those relationships, she loves breakup songs and we love them too! Love your videos! So happy to have found you!💜

Dude this song KILLS me. Always awesome to see other people be impacted in the same way I was lol

Your reactions are so fun! Would love to see you watch her AMA performance of ‘I Did Something Bad’ as well as her NPR Tiny Desk performance which really show cases her talent & versatility.

You’ve reacted to the poppy hits so I’m glad you’re doing this one 🫶🏻

Yes, I was with a man who "love-bombed" me -- telling me all the time how we were gonna grow OLD together -- more like I got OLD after a few months. Exactly, "future faking" -- spot on! This song had me a forty-seven-year-old bawling I could relate so much. I'm telling ya though this woman could write a book. She's already a producer. It's like we empathic people are magnets for narcissists. It's like they can sniff us out. She wrote in another song .."I never trust a narcissist but they love me" -- Taylor Swift Also that lyric in All Too Well "And I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to" is SO relatable. Because isn't it the case how quickly we forget why we are better off without them when they talk us into taking them back? Great lyric!

The "just between us, did the love affair maim you too?" always hits so damn hard for me, but this whole song is just a beautiful piece of writing

OMG the best thing about this video is you're from Philly! I moved away decades ago and miss the accent. Had no idea before I tuned in. So weird. When I don't look at the screen you sound like my brother. LOLOL Love the song, though. My favorite of hers. I'm new to the fandom but this one stuck in my brain. I spend a lot of time listening to people react to this song while I'm at work and you are the first person to mention the crumpled up piece of paper and the metaphor it symbolizes. I have waited what seems like forever for someone to bring that up. "I'm a soldier who returned half her weight" Referred to the anorexia she suffered from when she was young.

Loved your reaction!

Going through heartbreak right now and listening to this song is tough as fuck. It's been a month already and I've been trying to convince myself I'm fine but lately I've been feeling like I can't even lift my body off my bed. Tough year. Moved countries and finally breaking up with my significant other after eight years is just too much to take in.

I just commented on another of your vids about this song. Can’t wait to watch! Enjoy and get ready for the feels lol

Thx for your reaction! I loved how you wanted to sing along with Taylor! This song is a true masterpiece and I thank you for taking the time to listen to it :)

Great seeing someone actually listening to the lyrics!

The short film definitely adds another layer to this song! I would highly recommend checking it out, even if it’s not ultimately a reaction video. I think you’d really enjoy it, because it’s like hearing the song again for the first time, but with a visual.

Honestly man you are not the only who never understood the Taylor hype dont be too hard on yourself! In a world where SO many music stars are perfectly designed products by record labels, its easy to assume when you see a big star that they are too! But she is the real deal shes been writing her own songs and chords since she was 12! Her debut album went 7 times platinum and I believe she wrote that around age 14! Shes the anomaly!

when you forget you’re watching a reaction video and you just jam to the music

This is actually impeccable! And also a converging of my two favourite areas of music

I know it's a bit random but I recently got into Paramore again (they also opened for Taylor Swift's the eras tour) And I would like you to listen to 'Let The Flames Begin' live at bbc radio 2013. That is epic. Any live of this song is for me. Also, a newest one, always Paramore 'All I Wanted' live at bonnaroo music festival 2023 (this is literally from some days ago) and we have hd footage of both! 😊👋🏻

What a great reaction to this song! Subscribed! ❤

Great review! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Thanks for reacting... loved every second of it...

I really enjoy and like your Taylor reactions! I can't wait to watch your next move into the Swifties world haha ❤

Thank you for this. ❤

she amazing!

I love listening to your intake and analysis

Now that you had watched this.. Then u must react next to The Moment I Knew, remember the line it is supposed to be fun turning 21? She's talking about her 21st bday when Jake didn't showed up and she make a whole song about (The Moment I Knew) it hits different when u already listened to All too well and knew the context.

Simply, a masterpiece!

Taylor Swift IS so fucking good! I’m glad you recognize it.

The short film to this song gives SO MUCH perspective and is absolutely beautiful, highly recommend you check it out even if you don’t film it!!

I’ve watched a lot of different reactions to this song and your reaction was gold!! I love that you get so angry 😡 because we all feel the same way about what happened to Taylor, he was so much older and should have known better she was still a kid. Bravo on a wonderful reaction ❤

the reason this song makes me cry is because, she is so vulnerable. sharing something that happens to allot of us. this is about a young women head over heels and chooses to give over her innocence. because in her heart she thought he was the one that was going to love her forever. right here in this line from the song. (But you keep my old scarf from that very first week because it reminds you of innocence, and it smells like me You can't get rid of it. 'Cause you remember it all too well, yeah.

Masterpiece❤❤❤

7:40 my last two boyfriends I really thought I was going to marry but to them I guess I was just another girl that they dated and when they were done they left. They looked at me as disposable but they weren’t that way to me. 😭 I’m fine now 😂😂

Please do her 15 min all too well short film!!!!!

KZfaq randomly recommended this to me, I knew the accent immediately 😂 Delco resident here

My gosh man! thank you so much for listening and literally reading the lyrics! Thank you!!

Check out her short film of this song!!! ❤ love all your reactions of Tay ❤

hiii it won’t let me buy a coffee for a song request ?? :’) love your taylor vids, even if someone necessarily isn’t into her music it’s still such a disservice to completely write off her talents

Some interpret the red scarf as her virginity. I'm not really sure though.

Taylor in All Too Well to Jake: "Alls well that ends well but im in a new hell everytime you double cross my mind" Taylor in Lover to Joe: "Alls well that ends well to end up with you" I see other people mentioning all the song crossreferences and this is one of my favorites, basically saying she experienced hell but eventually got to experience heaven even if it wasnt for forever.

She's a genuine full blown storyteller/poet

"A soldier returning half her weight" is referring literally to amputation wounds, loss of limb. Just as you took "crumpled up paper" as irreversible damage, this one is an even more horrific reference than the feeling of post-breakup depression. (I scrolled to see if this had already been mentioned; sorry if I missed it.)

She's the only artist that I see every time she's in concert.

The delco accent is making this for me 😂❤

I honestly think she’s a lyrical genius and I’m a very reluctant fan.

Original all too well is the true masterpiece

Taylor is a full on poet

“ I get it”… yea, we’ve all been there. She’s a force.

U should react to „love it if we made it“ by the 1975 (maybe the studioversion and then a live version from this years festivals)

I’m sure that has been mentioned here but the scarf is her innocence. 😢

The songs Cardigan August and Betty all tell a story

Super interesting to hear a guy's perspective on this song told solely from the female perspective

Love your commentary, you are so spot on and funny! Lol taylor is definitely THAT bish

This song was originally released on her standard “Red” album in 2012. Back when she released the song on that album she had to edit and cut it down to around 5mins coz it was too long. It became a fan favourite even though it was never released as a single. During an interview around that time, she mentioned that the song was originally 10mins long. And since then fans have kept asking her to release the original 10min version. When she ended up rerecording all her past albums due to her masters being sold by her old record label, she decided to release the original 10min version of this song on the new re-recorded album.

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That asshole happened 😸luv this reaction ❤🧣

Go watch the short film that she also directed

You def need to watch the actual video to this one, it explains a lot more visually.

Ciao Angelo, how did you do to stop smoking real cigs?I am having a hard time quitting. Please share.

I don’t like her first albums but folklore and evermore these album Omg the lyrics are fantastic

The Moment I Knew is a continuation of this doomed relationship.

I really hope someone asked for a reaction to the video. 😂

lol I’m from South Philly

Great review. I like all music but this song just takes me out.