![]() "Avalon," by American folk exploder Rhiannon Giddens and Italian border-leaper Francesco Turrisi, works that kind of alchemy. The most powerful incantations make you dance. Even as moored as it is in Swiftian fanlore, "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)" proves itself to be Swift's most authentic song, a significant credit to her vast discography that sets the record straight once and for all. The edited five-and-a-half-minute version is blame-free and even nostalgic, but the 10-minute version of "All Too Well" is a seething, scorched earth tragedy as Swift, rightfully so, transforms into the crazed woman she's been made out to be all along. New, meticulous lyrical details reveal that from the inside, the highly publicized and theorized relationship in question was unequal. In returning to a past relationship that left her with outsized discomfort, she bridges youthful grief with mature perspective. The most powerful weapon in Swift's arsenal is her ability to deploy a collective memory of her romantic life. With this 10-minute version of cult classic "All Too Well," Swift extends compassion to her vulnerable younger self through damning, targeted lyrics - "And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punch line goes, 'I'll get older, but your lovers stay my age' " - and studious observations. At 31, Swift has now released Red (Taylor's Version), revisiting some unprocessed wounds with nine years of distance, freeing her to relish an anger she once restrained herself from expressing. "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)"Īt 22, Taylor Swift released 2012's Red and came of age in the interstices between country and pop, heartbreak and freedom. Stream NPR Music's 100 Best Songs of 2021: Spotify / Apple Music / Tidal / Amazon Music / YouTube Music If you find yourself losing steam or feeling down or wondering when things will finally turn around, feel free to skip the rest of "All Too Well." (Jk, Taylor!) (Oh, and you can find our 50 Best Albums of 2021 here.) It's our sincere hope that as you make your way through our 7-hour playlist of the year's 100 best songs, you'll feel the same. In other words, we could be human again, and it felt good to be back. Perhaps we kept some truths concealed during dire straits, so as not to appear frivolous (or feral) in the face of unforgiving circumstance. Maybe, after 20 months behind masks, we felt like revealing ourselves again. Perhaps the crowning of Cardi and Megan's "WAP" last year signaled a transgressive sea change. Change."Only here to sin." That admission from NPR Music's song of the year lies at the heart of many of the stories told across these 100 tracks. We been though the worst, Made it though the weather. (pain), But Loveīut When it hurts, I can make it better. Or worstīut When it hurts, I can make it better. For you love, I want this together even though it get better. And I know there's no replacing what we had going on. But you stay on my mind, So believe me.Ĭause you have my heart don't break it (Oh no don't break it girl)Ĭause when times get tough, Don't hate me (ohhhh)Īnd it all adds up, we gon make it (gotta make it)Ĭause when you mad, I know you can't fake it (ohhhhhhhhh)Ĭause baby sometimes, I can tell just by your face this part of us been gone for so long (so long). And you still make me know that you need me.Īnd I know sometimes you don't believe me. Girl you still hold me close when you see me. ![]() For so long.īut When it hurts, I can make it better. And I just don't want you to leave me, Even tho I give you reasonsĬause baby sometimes, I can tell just by your face this part of us been gone for so long. And girl I know it's you, Cause you complete me. Make you Breakfast in bed while your yawningĪnd I don't do everything, how you want itīut you can't say your man, Don't be on itĬause I know true love aint easy. Girl I'll still kiss your the head in the morning
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