August 13, 2012 –
Taylor Swift released the first single, from her fourth studio album, Red, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, on this date.
The song was written by the singer with the Swedish hitmaking duo of Shellback and Max Martin. Taylor told fans worldwide in a webchat on August 13, 2012 that the scornful yet fun song is about one of her former beaus and is what she refers to, in jest, as “a really romantic song… touching and sensitive… to my lovely ex-boyfriend.” When asked whom the tune is about, she replied with a smile, “I’m trying not to be too cryptic with it, but I’m trying not to give it all away.” My daughters, ardent Swifties tell me the song’s subject is the actor Jake Gyllenhaal, who dated Swift in late 2010 and early 2011.
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