It's so heartbreaking to remember how god damn young Taylor Swift was when she wrote these songs. She was at the top of the charts, the topic of every headline and butt of every joke, pouring her heart into some of the most brilliant songs ever written- at 21. This song would be near impossible to listen to, if we didn't have the advantage of hindsight to know how happy she is now.
True..im glad she's happy now..but she still sings it with such passion..i truly believe she still loves Jake or what she hoped it would be.. in the innocent part of herself..which makes it more heartbreaking now
@@heatherhapgood6235 lol no she probably don’t even think about jake in that way and that’s why she sings that she thought love was burning red but she realized that is golden. She’s happy now and she found true love. She already said how the fans changed this song for her so it’s natural that she sing with such passion
You are sooo right about the fade out being necessary. Many would skip it but when one can feel the depth of this song, the fade out really tends to heal the heart wrenching pain one feels through this song. Listen, feel the pain and let go in the end
Insightful comment …. even having not experienced such a heartbreak, you empathise with her … she knows how to put words together that are emotionally charged descriptions. Now I’m raving…!!! 🐑🐑🇳🇿🇳🇿
Exactly! People who are complaining about the fade out being so long, what do you want? A long song with so many emotions running through it and then it just stops abruptly? No man, the fade out is so important in songs like this because it gives you time to recover and recollect yourself from that whole experience. It’s like calming down after you screamed out a bunch of angry/emotional sh!t. Love the fadeout.
I think if you’ve ever had that one relationship that tore you up inside when it ended, you feel this song in your bones. As a 20 year old university student, I dated someone 9 years older. This song just captures that feeling of being young and hopeful and having your idealism absolutely crushed under someone else’s cynicism because the gap in your life experiences is a chasm. I was also skeptical that the 10 minute version would live up to what we all wanted from it, but man, it’s truly exceptional. Taylor has a real gift.
I didn't even dated a guy much older (just a few years) but he crushed absolutely everything in me. I'm over it now (I'm kinda suprised the song doesn't hit nearly as much as it did anymore) but most of the pieces are still shattered on the floor and I just can't pick them up (kinda like "I see the permanent damage you dkd to me" 🙈) it's concerning how many of us have this experience.
@@jankova0013 I feel like she tore parts of this out of my diary. We started dating a few months before my 21st birthday, and he broke up with me about a week after a stalking/carjacking incident that left me suffering severe anxiety, and about 2 weeks before my birthday. He said he just didn’t have time to deal with everything I needed at that moment. It felt like I was the bad guy there. I’m over it now, but this song and the film have me thinking about how many of us have gone through something like this.
This. A lot of people don’t get it - they’re like “she dated him for like two months”. But if you’ve had that experience like I did too, of someone that you feel like you’re going to be with forever because you have so much in common and then they leave you, this song is so relatable. My favorite line of the new song is “Any time now, he’s gonna say it’s love. You never called it what it was.”
@@Davrainbow Yes and you fall much harder and faster when you’re young, like she was. He was obviously turning on the charm while holding part of himself back and that (holding back) is something you do as you get older and gain more experience. Such a power imbalance, really. So many people blew it off as a short term thing (including him) but by doing that, they robbed her of her agency and right to feel what she was feeling. So so sad. Ronan is the saddest song in existence but this one is right up there with it now, for me.
That argument in the short film… IVE HAD THAT ARGUMENT! I swear, it’s verbatim. The way Taylor can capture the specific, yet universal is her superpower
The original all too well is undeniably the fandoms favorite song because of the emotion it draws from us all. Even those who haven’t experienced this feeling it’s so beautifully written and her most descriptive. She told us years ago that the original version was over ten minutes long and we just found out it was because she was in rehearsal and just freestyling and venting with her band and her mother grabbed the recording of the rehearsal. After a decade we finally annoyed taylor enough to give us the full version of the song. You aren’t alone in being moved by it, we’ve all been moved by it since red was originally released and all of us as a whole are so happy we get to experience this song for the first time again with new lyrics and more to the story.
This version had a certain 53 year old man who was driving down the highway at 75mph in a police car bawling his ass off. That guy looked a lot like me.
I am 63 years old and from the first time I heard "All Too Well" it took me right back to a relationship I had when I was 29, 30, 31. Each time I hear it (and I always have to play it twice) I am that 29, 30, 31 y/o again. Now hearing Taylors version, this 10 minute song I am remain deeply moved & impressed. It touches me on so many levels that it is hard to describe. I can not wait to see the short film Taylor produced, wrote and directed. The first time I heard this song was when Taylor sang it at the Grammy awards and immediately I was struck by it. IT IS A CLASSIC. I'm a boomer and when I was coming up artists were creating songs on so many different levels/genres all over the spectrum. "All Too Well" is on the order of Carole King, Carly Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen, etc., classics all (damn right ok boomer). The memory of love never fades. Thank you, Taylor #WellDone
I think this song is so amazing because anyone can put themselves in Taylor’s shoes, and picture ourselves in this story that’s why this song is so amazing
Literally never experienced a relationship or breakup , but this song always teared me up, now the 10 minutes version is doing that too. edit: thanks for the likes!
This song is so good that it makes me wish I had experienced heartbreak which people think is weird but it's like even the saddest of emotions are beautiful in their own right
@@turkuyaren I'm 37 years old. Don't waste time on people who don't value your time and make an effort to show for life's important events. I spent 10 years waiting on my ex (smooth talker, narcissistic liar who took advantage of my naivety) and it took years of therapy to get over him because of his charming, completely fictional words. Run like hell and thank me later! It doesn't matter if you're Taylor Swift or just some Ordinary Joe, find someone who shows up for you and whose words line up exactly with their actions - and accept nothing less. If that's not what is happening, run like hell. There, I just saved you a ton of heartbreak! ❤️
I love the outro. It’s like she’s soothing herself, reminding herself it really did happen, she was there and she didn’t make it up. It’s how you feel after a breakup and suddenly you’ve lost everything. It feels like a nightmare and you’re constantly saying “but I was there, we were happy, I remember it all”. It’s truly incredible how she manages to put these indescribable feelings and thoughts into words we can all relate to.
I didn't know I needed an attractive and knowledgeable dude with an eight week old kitten reacting to my favorite song of all time. Life truly does weird things.
When Blake said, "I remember this song," it felt like he also remembered the pain he once felt. I hope we're all okay haha Taylor does things to us lol
honestly, i think everybody is completely understanding as to why it was difficult to talk at length about this song. ive never gone through a real relationship or a breakup, and this song still made me tear up, and im not even an emotional person. also, one of my first thoughts at hearing the fade out was "haha blake HATES fadeouts.... i think he'd LOVE this one"
people are saying that anyone who has experienced a breakup will feel this in their bones, but I also think we should talk about how this can apply to friendship break ups even-I know some of the lyrics are exclusively relating to romantic relationships but as someone who has experienced many broken friendships, I can definitely relate to this too and it holds a special place in my heart
This version definitely hits anyone hard. I understand how difficult it is for you reacting as the lyrics itself will left you speachless...including me who's experienced this kind of emotions. Thanks for this video. Looking forward to other videos from you.
It's difficult to keep my attention for a 3 minute song sometimes, but Taylor did this perfectly and it doesn't feel like 10 minutes go by at all. That is what's called great song writing
I feel like the shift on the lyrics from “I remember” to “you remember” isn’t talked about enough because it applies to those relationships in which one of them pretends it wasn’t as meaningful as it was, however it’s just pretend and Taylor knew that.
I think the “crumpled up piece of paper lying here” is a description of the heartache most of us have felt at one time in our lives. Great reaction, thanks!
Rolling Stone listed it as one of the 100 best songs of the 21st century. It's a searing emotional roller coaster. It makes everyone emotional to some degree. You would be wrong if you didn't feel that. Great reaction.
I am 61 years old, happily married, 4 kids, 4 grandkids and this song took me way back to my senior year in high school with a guy I loved with every cell in my body who broke up with me after graduation. Looking back, I didn’t think I could live without him. This song brought back every single one of those feelings, even some I never realized I had until now
not a taylor swift fan in general but she is a tremendous artist, musician and song writer. this all too well version is probably one of the best songs in recent memory. the most impressive aspect on the SNL performance was 10 minutes of lyrics without a break. that’s remarkable in itself.
When original 5+ minute version of this song was released, you could hear the pain in her voice. Now that she’s older and time has passed, it’s not as noticeable in her voice. However, lyrics are truly heartbreaking. Makes you want to give Taylor a big hug 🤗💕
I appreciate that you mentioned that the specific details in her writing actually makes the song more relatable. I feel like the conventional wisdom is that a pop song has to be general to be relatable but she proves that's not true.
I feel like if Taylor ever saw this video she would FREAK OUT over Blake's kitten XD. Like what a T Swift thing to do having a cat in the reaction video
Blake are u okay?? I hope everything's alright.. Hearing the song itself absolutely shattered my heart all over again, but watching your reaction is just heartbreaking 🙁
I have to say...your reaction was a lot like mine. I didn't know what to expect. My daughters are die hard Taylor fans. I have always liked her descriptive lyrical style. This version, however, hit me hard. She is definitely a true craftsman. I was stunned. My first boyfriend was older than me, and it ended like this. She captures the joy and excitement of the feelings of love, and then the darkness and pain of the fall. Then the strength it takes to pick up the pieces and move on, but the memory will always be locked away in the secret place in your heart. A true masterpiece. Thanks for sharing.
I love how descriptive this song is. It's songs like these that you can really tell what Taylor's roots are because this sort of narrative storytelling isn't seen very often outside of the Country genre
I’ve just read an interview with Taylor and another with Jake G….who seemed to embrace that Taylor wrote about their three month relationship and told her he’d listened to the album at the time of its release… and found it bittersweet and like flicking through a photo album .. which was a kind and mature response … because Taylor, to her credit, captured it’s emotional integrity quite beautifully. 🐑🐑🇳🇿🇳🇿
Blake, I so appreciate you being open about your emotions. She has been ripping my heart apart for years especially the original of this and the phrase "because it smells like me". She's the best.
I think the specificities help you remember the parallels in your own life. She paints a picture in your mind on what happened. Then, your mind draws parallels on what happened in your life that conveys the same mix of emotions. It doesn't matter that the specifics doesn't match because the emotion did.
Absolutely - that is gifted songwriting! When you can paint a picture with your words that makes people of all ages and walks of life relate in countless ways, you've created a masterpiece. If you haven't heard it, listen to "invisible string" off of..... Shoot. Either Folklore or Evermore. One of the last lines is "hell was the journey but it brought me heaven".... And it feels full circle.
when you said it sounds more pop. technically, taylor wanted the album to be more on a pop side but her ex label didn't not allow it. but now in the new version, she has the power to change it a bit to what it's supposed to sound like to her likings.
“This one really hits” is just the Taylor Swift effect. Thanks for sharing your authentic self and reaction ❤️ I don’t really watch producer reactions but I come back every time to yours!
Jake Gyllenhaal, DIED DEAD UH HUH, People don't realise how fragile anyone is at the age of 19/20/21, I'd go as far as to say that we're the most fragile at this age as a collective. Anyone that we're with during these years leaves a very permanent impression in our lives be it wonderful or scarring. I'm close to being 23 now but no matter what I do now I'll always be carefully catching the red flags that I ignored at this age, then again Taylor's lived a lifetime since. I'm so glad that this exists, that this talks to people slightly younger in age who don't know anything about themselves yet and questioning whether they're acting crazy or acting a lil too extra. This made me cry but also so proud of where she and I both of us have come in our respective journey's since. ❤️ Love how expressive you are emotionally :')
We waited nearly 10 years for this and I couldn't stop sobbing the first time I heard it in full. All Too Well has always been one of my absolute favorite songs of Taylors. Even at the Eras tour I couldn't help crying while I screamed my heart out. It was SO therapeutic and cathartic... "I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it."
If Taylor was watching I think you having a kitten running around would only make her love this more. But really, it's such a talent to keep the audience's attention going in a 10 minute song when the attention span of the modern world is so fast.
I was skeptical, too; but every time I have listened to this new 10 minute version, I fall in love with it more. You are so right, it is perfect. Taylor nailed it. Thanks for doing this video. I'm a new viewer and I appreciated you sharing your impressions and thoughts on the "refreshed" song.
This song for sure hits hard even when you've never experienced these emotions. I for one have never been through anything like this but the song is so powerful and I feel the pain.
No need to apologize for getting emotional! I've never been in a relationship so I've never experienced a breakup but this version still absolutely wrecked me. Her lyrics have always been my favorite thing about her because of the stories they tell. Also your cat is adorable 💕
Even if I am in a happy relationship, this version made me feel like I am going through a break up. Taylor Swift is definitely something else, my heart hurts.
"You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath." Most amazing line and your face doesn't react one bit. How on earth do you keep your chill?!?!
I listened to this song when I was about 24 and going through a serious break up. It was the shorter version, but it still broke me but somehow made me feel better because I was able to relate to someone. Taylor is a lyrical genius simply because she can help a girl that she’s never met feel like someone understands her.
The 10 min version is so cathartic, especially after the 5min mark. Youre like woah, yeah you effing tell that Tswift. It's so amazing and being in the same age group as Taylor, you feel like grew up with her and realize we all ended up okay. Just the way she showed "Her" at the end of the short film.
Thank you for allowing yourself to be affected by this, Blake, and sharing your vulnerability. It's definitely my top reaction video from you because of it. We need to see your humanness, too, and it was very touching to me.
what I love about this version of all too well is that it feels like the calmer version of the one on the 2012 red album. Although its the full length, it's like, there's no reason to be frustrated anymore. Don't get me wrong, the song still emits anger and sadness through her voice but I think for her there's a sense of peace knowing that she's been able to say what she's wanted. I'll be screaming the lyrics like I'm in pain though.
From my understanding she actually wrote the 10 minute version kind of on the spot as she was feeling the emotion. Then released the 4-5 minute one. But her singing it now that she’s on the other side of the pain, may give it a different sound
I think vocally is what gets me the most. Her delivery takes me there to the point of breaking but then I don’t because we begin to accept at the right second
IM0 around the time she mentions snow, the song starts emitting winter vibe although it had an autumn vibe before when she mentioned autumn in the beginning
I just got married yet I sob to this song because I feel HER heartbreak and remembering being gaslighted in past relationships. It is the most beautiful song I've ever heard.
My 1989 and Lover reactions are also up on the Patreon for anyone that wants to check them out :)
Please react to the"if I can't have love I want power" album by halsey!
you should react to the 1975's music
Will you be doing Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster album?
Can you put the reputation one on there too if it’s gone from CZcams? 😩
Please react to ALL TOO WELL: THE SHORT FILM 🎥
idc what anyone says but the outro is definitely one of the best parts of the song.. it's like her calming down after a break down.
I feel the same
Its calming her down but slowing down time
True!
Exactly, it’s like she’s reflecting on a memory
True! And the short film vividly visualizes it.
“You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath” DESTROYED ME
Sadie has a purity ring on in the short film. So... yeah.
Edit: And it's removed after the bedroom scene.
The line that got me was, "before you lost the one realnthing you ever had"
@@cr293737 wait really?!
@@witchchlochlo1826 Apparently. That's what all the Swifties are sayin'. They're a pretty vigilant crowd. I also tracked it on my 2nd watch.
@@cr293737 *jaw drops*
not everybody can make a 10 minute pop song and not make you feel like it's too long and dragging!
Take note also:
Two Songwriter made this?! ❤💔☕💄🍁🧣
Isn't all to well country though?
@@JesusGomez-ob2qt the original is pop country, 10 minute version is poo
@@kylies7763 I think you might want to edit that 😂
@@kylies7763" the 10 minute version is Poo 💩" pls 😭😭💀
It's so heartbreaking to remember how god damn young Taylor Swift was when she wrote these songs. She was at the top of the charts, the topic of every headline and butt of every joke, pouring her heart into some of the most brilliant songs ever written- at 21. This song would be near impossible to listen to, if we didn't have the advantage of hindsight to know how happy she is now.
Well said thank you
True..im glad she's happy now..but she still sings it with such passion..i truly believe she still loves Jake or what she hoped it would be.. in the innocent part of herself..which makes it more heartbreaking now
She was 21 and she set heartbreak to music. It’s astounding, and almost all of us can relate.
Agree!
@@heatherhapgood6235 lol no she probably don’t even think about jake in that way and that’s why she sings that she thought love was burning red but she realized that is golden. She’s happy now and she found true love. She already said how the fans changed this song for her so it’s natural that she sing with such passion
You are sooo right about the fade out being necessary. Many would skip it but when one can feel the depth of this song, the fade out really tends to heal the heart wrenching pain one feels through this song. Listen, feel the pain and let go in the end
Insightful comment …. even having not experienced such a heartbreak, you empathise with her … she knows how to put words together that are emotionally charged descriptions. Now I’m raving…!!! 🐑🐑🇳🇿🇳🇿
It's the perfect amount of time to wipe your tears and take a couple deep breaths, and you definitely need them
Exactly! People who are complaining about the fade out being so long, what do you want? A long song with so many emotions running through it and then it just stops abruptly? No man, the fade out is so important in songs like this because it gives you time to recover and recollect yourself from that whole experience. It’s like calming down after you screamed out a bunch of angry/emotional sh!t. Love the fadeout.
Absolutely Right!!!!
Yes! It gives me time to let the emotion go.
It’s okay Blake… I seriously think this song hits everyone. 🥺❤️
It does
That’s the exact spot I had to stop for a second, too!!
SO TRUE!
I never dated but still this song makes me cry sm
in the wise words of Sarge Jeffords, "SHE MAKES ALL OF US FEEL THINGS"
I think if you’ve ever had that one relationship that tore you up inside when it ended, you feel this song in your bones. As a 20 year old university student, I dated someone 9 years older. This song just captures that feeling of being young and hopeful and having your idealism absolutely crushed under someone else’s cynicism because the gap in your life experiences is a chasm. I was also skeptical that the 10 minute version would live up to what we all wanted from it, but man, it’s truly exceptional. Taylor has a real gift.
I didn't even dated a guy much older (just a few years) but he crushed absolutely everything in me. I'm over it now (I'm kinda suprised the song doesn't hit nearly as much as it did anymore) but most of the pieces are still shattered on the floor and I just can't pick them up (kinda like "I see the permanent damage you dkd to me" 🙈) it's concerning how many of us have this experience.
@@jankova0013 I feel like she tore parts of this out of my diary. We started dating a few months before my 21st birthday, and he broke up with me about a week after a stalking/carjacking incident that left me suffering severe anxiety, and about 2 weeks before my birthday. He said he just didn’t have time to deal with everything I needed at that moment. It felt like I was the bad guy there. I’m over it now, but this song and the film have me thinking about how many of us have gone through something like this.
This. A lot of people don’t get it - they’re like “she dated him for like two months”. But if you’ve had that experience like I did too, of someone that you feel like you’re going to be with forever because you have so much in common and then they leave you, this song is so relatable. My favorite line of the new song is “Any time now, he’s gonna say it’s love. You never called it what it was.”
@@Davrainbow Yes and you fall much harder and faster when you’re young, like she was. He was obviously turning on the charm while holding part of himself back and that (holding back) is something you do as you get older and gain more experience. Such a power imbalance, really. So many people blew it off as a short term thing (including him) but by doing that, they robbed her of her agency and right to feel what she was feeling. So so sad. Ronan is the saddest song in existence but this one is right up there with it now, for me.
That argument in the short film… IVE HAD THAT ARGUMENT! I swear, it’s verbatim.
The way Taylor can capture the specific, yet universal is her superpower
It’s okay Blake, we all cried to this song
we BAWLED
It was a bad idea to watch this at work.. bawling!!!!
Taylor: Fuck the patriarchy!
Blake: Nice 😃
Lol
another thing i love about this is that it established why she was so happy to be 22 because she was able to celebrate it the way she couldn’t at 21
🤯🤯🤯
never realized that 🙁🙁
OMG holy shit you’re so right!!
Okay, a cat and a Taylor Swift song makes everything much much better(the cat is so very cute🥺)
I WAS THINKING THIS OMG
8:08 EVERYONE want to cry at that "You call me up again just to break me like a promise" line 🥺😭
YES!! Best and most 💔 line
It’s the “So casually cruel in the name of being honest” for me 😞😭😭❤️
I still cry on that line too 🥺
It the "I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here" that kills me
@@emig7674 same
The original all too well is undeniably the fandoms favorite song because of the emotion it draws from us all. Even those who haven’t experienced this feeling it’s so beautifully written and her most descriptive. She told us years ago that the original version was over ten minutes long and we just found out it was because she was in rehearsal and just freestyling and venting with her band and her mother grabbed the recording of the rehearsal. After a decade we finally annoyed taylor enough to give us the full version of the song. You aren’t alone in being moved by it, we’ve all been moved by it since red was originally released and all of us as a whole are so happy we get to experience this song for the first time again with new lyrics and more to the story.
🙌🥺
a little weird that so many people have such a strong parasocial relationship with a singer..
"we finally annoyed taylor enough" 💀💀💀
We should thank the sound engineer who thought to record it
Exactly!! We have more to the story now + a short film to prove it which makes me so happy
i’ve never seen Blake this speechless. we all feel the same with this version🥺, she’s a lyrical genius, periodt
This version had a certain 53 year old man who was driving down the highway at 75mph in a police car bawling his ass off. That guy looked a lot like me.
You remember all too well.
Thanks for sharing. Speaks to how powerful song is.
This song is timeless. Taylor Swift is timeless.
I am 63 years old and from the first time I heard "All Too Well" it took me right back to a relationship I had when I was 29, 30, 31. Each time I hear it (and I always have to play it twice) I am that 29, 30, 31 y/o again. Now hearing Taylors version, this 10 minute song I am remain deeply moved & impressed. It touches me on so many levels that it is hard to describe. I can not wait to see the short film Taylor produced, wrote and directed. The first time I heard this song was when Taylor sang it at the Grammy awards and immediately I was struck by it. IT IS A CLASSIC. I'm a boomer and when I was coming up artists were creating songs on so many different levels/genres all over the spectrum. "All Too Well" is on the order of Carole King, Carly Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen, etc., classics all (damn right ok boomer). The memory of love never fades. Thank you, Taylor #WellDone
omg
Peggy I just want you to know that I love you.
@@jessicalutz0315 thank you, Jessica!
I think this song is so amazing because anyone can put themselves in Taylor’s shoes, and picture ourselves in this story that’s why this song is so amazing
Ok boomer done right. Stay cool 😊
I think we can all agree this one hits too close to home 😭😭😭 taylor is just on another level
I've literally never gone through a breakup and this song still gives me all the feelings
@@PolliitoAle lol same, I be crying my eyes out even tho I’ve never been in a relationship
Literally never experienced a relationship or breakup , but this song always teared me up, now the 10 minutes version is doing that too.
edit: thanks for the likes!
Same
Same here. I’ve been heartbroken platonically but either way this song just does it for me
Literally Same
Same
This song is so good that it makes me wish I had experienced heartbreak which people think is weird but it's like even the saddest of emotions are beautiful in their own right
6 years after its original release this song single-handedly got me through my break up and it still takes me right back
9 years actually.
@@lucasbernardo6950 yes, i was talking about my breakup 3 years ago.. i just realized how weirdly i worded this comment
This song came out and my boyfriend of three year broke up with me. This album brings everything back. It’s amazing
Me too. I heavily associate this song with my first heartbreak
@@turkuyaren I'm 37 years old. Don't waste time on people who don't value your time and make an effort to show for life's important events. I spent 10 years waiting on my ex (smooth talker, narcissistic liar who took advantage of my naivety) and it took years of therapy to get over him because of his charming, completely fictional words. Run like hell and thank me later! It doesn't matter if you're Taylor Swift or just some Ordinary Joe, find someone who shows up for you and whose words line up exactly with their actions - and accept nothing less. If that's not what is happening, run like hell. There, I just saved you a ton of heartbreak! ❤️
In this video there are 3 of the things I love most in the world.
1. Taylor Swift
2. Cats
3. All too well (10 minute version)
stop because for a split second i thought you meant cats (2019) 😭😭😭
Are we talking about the musical or the animals? Also, the movie doesn't exist.
Taylor’s ability to be specific, yet universal, is her superpower
It's definitely okay, this song hits so immensely hard it's unreal
I love the outro. It’s like she’s soothing herself, reminding herself it really did happen, she was there and she didn’t make it up. It’s how you feel after a breakup and suddenly you’ve lost everything. It feels like a nightmare and you’re constantly saying “but I was there, we were happy, I remember it all”. It’s truly incredible how she manages to put these indescribable feelings and thoughts into words we can all relate to.
She has a better voice, more control, and clear enunciation - Love IT!
Totally!
That’s so true. Some of the old songs I like them more now
no bc the way this song just ripped out everyone’s hearts and tore them to shreds-
I didn't know I needed an attractive and knowledgeable dude with an eight week old kitten reacting to my favorite song of all time. Life truly does weird things.
Right? We truly do live in a society. 😂
the best glow up is watching the lyric video for this song and seeing Taylor recording this with a smile on her face
ikr it’s such a weird thing that i’m watching her recording it happily but i’m dying watching and listening to the song
To think that she was just 21 or 22 when she wrote the entire ten minute version. The talent this woman posessed even at such a tender age.
it’s okay blake we are all crumbling here, this is her best song, has ever been
A cat in a video about Taylor couldn't be more appropriate 😍🥰️
When Blake said, "I remember this song," it felt like he also remembered the pain he once felt. I hope we're all okay haha Taylor does things to us lol
SIDE NOTE: i literally can identify jack antanoff production ANYWHERE because of you
Right?!😭😭😭
Blake reacting to All Too Well (10 Minute Version) with a cat in his lap is certified Taylor s Version
honestly, i think everybody is completely understanding as to why it was difficult to talk at length about this song. ive never gone through a real relationship or a breakup, and this song still made me tear up, and im not even an emotional person.
also, one of my first thoughts at hearing the fade out was "haha blake HATES fadeouts.... i think he'd LOVE this one"
Same, there's very few songs that make me tear up and this is one of them
Sameeee
This has production by Jack Antanoff written all over it, and I'm here for it
people are saying that anyone who has experienced a breakup will feel this in their bones, but I also think we should talk about how this can apply to friendship break ups even-I know some of the lyrics are exclusively relating to romantic relationships but as someone who has experienced many broken friendships, I can definitely relate to this too and it holds a special place in my heart
Well said
I thought I was only one feeling this way. 😭 I relate this with my broken friendships too.
i was feeling the same. Having a broken friendships also relatable with the song.
I feel the same thing
Friendship breakup is one of the worst feeling. And you’re right I think this song apply there as well
nothing more on brand than listening to Taylor Swift whit a cute cat
This version definitely hits anyone hard. I understand how difficult it is for you reacting as the lyrics itself will left you speachless...including me who's experienced this kind of emotions. Thanks for this video. Looking forward to other videos from you.
When Blake said, "This takes you on a journey." And I was like , yes it does everytime I listen to this song . 🥺
Fr it’s like a trance. Very few songs do that for me
It's difficult to keep my attention for a 3 minute song sometimes, but Taylor did this perfectly and it doesn't feel like 10 minutes go by at all. That is what's called great song writing
I feel like the shift on the lyrics from “I remember” to “you remember” isn’t talked about enough because it applies to those relationships in which one of them pretends it wasn’t as meaningful as it was, however it’s just pretend and Taylor knew that.
I think the “crumpled up piece of paper lying here” is a description of the heartache most of us have felt at one time in our lives. Great reaction, thanks!
the people have waited for this
that's trueree
Rolling Stone listed it as one of the 100 best songs of the 21st century. It's a searing emotional roller coaster. It makes everyone emotional to some degree. You would be wrong if you didn't feel that. Great reaction.
The chimes and horns and fade out makes this sounds like a fairy tale or a book you are reading- it gives it such a dreamy vibe
"It absolutely needs to be 10 minutes. You have to get all that out in it. It's perfect"
I agree with you 💯
I am 61 years old, happily married, 4 kids, 4 grandkids and this song took me way back to my senior year in high school with a guy I loved with every cell in my body who broke up with me after graduation. Looking back, I didn’t think I could live without him. This song brought back every single one of those feelings, even some I never realized I had until now
not a taylor swift fan in general but she is a tremendous artist, musician and song writer. this all too well version is probably one of the best songs in recent memory. the most impressive aspect on the SNL performance was 10 minutes of lyrics without a break. that’s remarkable in itself.
When original 5+ minute version of this song was released, you could hear the pain in her voice. Now that she’s older and time has passed, it’s not as noticeable in her voice. However, lyrics are truly heartbreaking. Makes you want to give Taylor a big hug 🤗💕
I appreciate that you mentioned that the specific details in her writing actually makes the song more relatable. I feel like the conventional wisdom is that a pop song has to be general to be relatable but she proves that's not true.
right now we're witnessing Blake break in front of us as he listens to All Too Well. yea it felt like going through 5 different divorces for me too.
That kitten is paid to make this video wholesome
I feel like if Taylor ever saw this video she would FREAK OUT over Blake's kitten XD. Like what a T Swift thing to do having a cat in the reaction video
Blake are u okay?? I hope everything's alright.. Hearing the song itself absolutely shattered my heart all over again, but watching your reaction is just heartbreaking 🙁
the way you recognised jack,,,great minds :)
I have to say...your reaction was a lot like mine. I didn't know what to expect. My daughters are die hard Taylor fans. I have always liked her descriptive lyrical style. This version, however, hit me hard. She is definitely a true craftsman. I was stunned. My first boyfriend was older than me, and it ended like this. She captures the joy and excitement of the feelings of love, and then the darkness and pain of the fall. Then the strength it takes to pick up the pieces and move on, but the memory will always be locked away in the secret place in your heart. A true masterpiece. Thanks for sharing.
I love how descriptive this song is. It's songs like these that you can really tell what Taylor's roots are because this sort of narrative storytelling isn't seen very often outside of the Country genre
it’s insane how this song which is so specific to taylor and her experience yet so many people worldwide relate so much to it
I’ve just read an interview with Taylor and another with Jake G….who seemed to embrace that Taylor wrote about their three month relationship and told her he’d listened to the album at the time of its release… and found it bittersweet and like flicking through a photo album .. which was a kind and mature response … because Taylor, to her credit, captured it’s emotional integrity quite beautifully. 🐑🐑🇳🇿🇳🇿
Where can I find it?
where can i find it? would u mind to drop the link?
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taylor actually reached out to jake gyllenhaal and when asked in an interview she said that thats how he responded.
@@saumya6470 Not sure if that's true. Interview doesn't exist on Jake's part. He was ok at time but now he doesn't seem so.
Blake, I so appreciate you being open about your emotions. She has been ripping my heart apart for years especially the original of this and the phrase "because it smells like me". She's the best.
I think the specificities help you remember the parallels in your own life.
She paints a picture in your mind on what happened.
Then, your mind draws parallels on what happened in your life that conveys the same mix of emotions.
It doesn't matter that the specifics doesn't match because the emotion did.
This comment tho
Absolutely - that is gifted songwriting! When you can paint a picture with your words that makes people of all ages and walks of life relate in countless ways, you've created a masterpiece. If you haven't heard it, listen to "invisible string" off of..... Shoot. Either Folklore or Evermore. One of the last lines is "hell was the journey but it brought me heaven".... And it feels full circle.
That “you call me up again just to break me like a promise” will ALWAYS hit me home 💓 even if I keep hearing it repeatedly
"And it would glisten as it fell, I remember it all too well" It's just my favourite, gets me everytime.
This 10 mins version literally changed my perception about the 5 mins version ...
when you said it sounds more pop. technically, taylor wanted the album to be more on a pop side but her ex label didn't not allow it. but now in the new version, she has the power to change it a bit to what it's supposed to sound like to her likings.
I believe she is in the top 5 songwriters i've ever heard and i've heard a lot in my 68 years, including non 'pop' writers.
I agree!
“This one really hits” is just the Taylor Swift effect. Thanks for sharing your authentic self and reaction ❤️ I don’t really watch producer reactions but I come back every time to yours!
Jake Gyllenhaal, DIED DEAD UH HUH, People don't realise how fragile anyone is at the age of 19/20/21, I'd go as far as to say that we're the most fragile at this age as a collective. Anyone that we're with during these years leaves a very permanent impression in our lives be it wonderful or scarring. I'm close to being 23 now but no matter what I do now I'll always be carefully catching the red flags that I ignored at this age, then again Taylor's lived a lifetime since. I'm so glad that this exists, that this talks to people slightly younger in age who don't know anything about themselves yet and questioning whether they're acting crazy or acting a lil too extra. This made me cry but also so proud of where she and I both of us have come in our respective journey's since. ❤️
Love how expressive you are emotionally :')
We waited nearly 10 years for this and I couldn't stop sobbing the first time I heard it in full. All Too Well has always been one of my absolute favorite songs of Taylors. Even at the Eras tour I couldn't help crying while I screamed my heart out. It was SO therapeutic and cathartic... "I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it."
I agree. ❤
If Taylor was watching I think you having a kitten running around would only make her love this more.
But really, it's such a talent to keep the audience's attention going in a 10 minute song when the attention span of the modern world is so fast.
I was skeptical, too; but every time I have listened to this new 10 minute version, I fall in love with it more. You are so right, it is perfect. Taylor nailed it. Thanks for doing this video. I'm a new viewer and I appreciated you sharing your impressions and thoughts on the "refreshed" song.
This song for sure hits hard even when you've never experienced these emotions. I for one have never been through anything like this but the song is so powerful and I feel the pain.
No need to apologize for getting emotional! I've never been in a relationship so I've never experienced a breakup but this version still absolutely wrecked me. Her lyrics have always been my favorite thing about her because of the stories they tell. Also your cat is adorable 💕
Even if I am in a happy relationship, this version made me feel like I am going through a break up. Taylor Swift is definitely something else, my heart hurts.
The 6 people who disliked this video are Jake Gyllenhaal and his 5 burner accounts.
She is playing this song tomorrow on SNL... I hope you check it out. I think all swifties got emotional on this song
"You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath." Most amazing line and your face doesn't react one bit. How on earth do you keep your chill?!?!
I thought this a few times, too!!
I found that line was one of the most sublime...
could I have the timestamp?
@@justjahh_ 6:51
I thought the same thing!
lmaooo the “nice” at 5:15 💀
Seeing her sing this live is in my top 5 life experiences
i can see the pain in your eyes when the bridge started lol
I listened to this song when I was about 24 and going through a serious break up. It was the shorter version, but it still broke me but somehow made me feel better because I was able to relate to someone. Taylor is a lyrical genius simply because she can help a girl that she’s never met feel like someone understands her.
HI! I posted an acoustic cover of this song on my channel! it was such a hard song to sing:( so it would mean A WHOLE LOT if you check it out!!! 🍂🍂🍂🍂
The 10 min version is so cathartic, especially after the 5min mark. Youre like woah, yeah you effing tell that Tswift. It's so amazing and being in the same age group as Taylor, you feel like grew up with her and realize we all ended up okay. Just the way she showed "Her" at the end of the short film.
Honestly, i find it worrisome when someone isn't affected by this one.
The craziest part to me is that it doesn't feel like it's ten minutes. That's how much it needed to be that length.
Thank you for allowing yourself to be affected by this, Blake, and sharing your vulnerability. It's definitely my top reaction video from you because of it. We need to see your humanness, too, and it was very touching to me.
Blake don’t worry, I was driving home listening to this song for the first time, and had to pull my ass over to SOB….
what I love about this version of all too well is that it feels like the calmer version of the one on the 2012 red album. Although its the full length, it's like, there's no reason to be frustrated anymore. Don't get me wrong, the song still emits anger and sadness through her voice but I think for her there's a sense of peace knowing that she's been able to say what she's wanted. I'll be screaming the lyrics like I'm in pain though.
From my understanding she actually wrote the 10 minute version kind of on the spot as she was feeling the emotion. Then released the 4-5 minute one. But her singing it now that she’s on the other side of the pain, may give it a different sound
i’ll miss screaming the old one with her but i do love this new one with extra lyrics and different tone to it all too well is my fav
We want All too well 1 hour version
"And I was thinkin' on the drive down: Any time now
He's gonna say it's love
You never called it what it was" hits
The cat confirms that this is really a Taylor Swift video😂
that's okay, Blake! this song is so intense and hits us! Taylor's such a songwriter!
I think vocally is what gets me the most. Her delivery takes me there to the point of breaking but then I don’t because we begin to accept at the right second
My day start with this song. Its been an year now, i have been listening to this song daily, atleast once.
This was a cinematic experience man
IM0 around the time she mentions snow, the song starts emitting winter vibe although it had an autumn vibe before when she mentioned autumn in the beginning
SHE MAKES ALL OF US FEEL THINGS!!!
B99
My favorite channels are all reacting to Taylor and I’m here for it! What a day :)
I just got married yet I sob to this song because I feel HER heartbreak and remembering being gaslighted in past relationships. It is the most beautiful song I've ever heard.