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All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)
You're not crazy for remembering it all too well. Sometimes the memories are how you finally see the truth. 🧣 #AllTooWell
Who it's for
This extended version is essentially narrative processing: it moves through a relationship from its warm beginning to its painful end and then to years later, the same arc people use in journaling or therapy to make sense of a loss.
Feelings it meets
What it is
This extended version of "All Too Well," co-written by Taylor Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, was released in November 2021 on Red (Taylor's Version). It adds three new verses to the original 2012 song and follows a relationship from its idyllic early days through mistreatment and a lack of commitment to the breakup and its aftermath.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music (widely available). Companion short film, All Too Well: The Short Film (written and directed by Swift, starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien), is on T.
Before you start
Heads up: Emotional mistreatment and explicit lyrics.
Age: Ages 14+
Life has become richer by the love that has been lost.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 223
