Swift rose to mainstream prominence with her sophomore studio album, Fearless (2008), a country pop record with crossover appeal. Aided by the top-five singles “Love Story” and “You Belong with Me”, Fearless was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Swift's third studio album, Speak Now (2010), blended country pop with elements of rock and featured the top-ten singles “Mine” and “Back to December”.
Drawing inspiration from various pop, rock, and electronic genres, Swift's fourth studio album Red (2012) saw her transcending her country roots. She completely moved to pop with her synth-pop fifth studio album, 1989 (2014), and expanded the electropop sound on her next two studio albums, reputation (2017) and Lover (2019), which respectively embraced urban and retro styles. The four albums spawned a string of international top-five singles, including “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”, “I Knew You Were Trouble”, “Shake It Off”, “Blank Space”, “Bad Blood”, “Look What You Made Me Do”, “ME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)”, “You Need to Calm Down”, and “Lover”.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Swift experimented with folk and alternative rock on her eighth and ninth studio albums, folklore and evermore (both 2020), whose lead singles “cardigan” and “willow” topped charts around the world. She also released the critically acclaimed documentaries Miss Americana and Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions that year. Swift's tenth studio album, Midnights (2022), marked her triumphant return to pop after two folk albums. The album set the record for biggest first day and first week ever on Spotify, spawned the hits Anti-Hero and Lavender Haze, and sold over 1.5 million copies in its first week becoming not only the biggest debut of the decade but also Swift's biggest debut ever. She would make history by becoming the first artist to occupy the entire top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 with tracks from Midnights. Following Midnights, Taylor Swift announced her eleventh studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department” (2024) which was released on April 19, 2024. She announced this record at 66th Annual Grammy Award Show accepting the award for Best Pop Vocal Album for her previous album, Midnights (2022) in honour of receiving her 13th Grammy.
Additionally, Swift began re-recording her back catalog in November 2020 as a result of a publicized dispute with talent manager Scooter Braun and her former label Big Machine, regarding the acquisition of the masters of her back catalog. In April 2021, Swift released a re-recorded issue of her 2008 album Fearless, titled Fearless (Taylor's Version). It debuted at number one in the US. Swift continued releasing re-recorded versions of her back catalog in November, 2021 with the release of Red (Taylor's Version), a 30 track re-issue of her 2012 critical smash. The album debuted at #1 in the US, spawned the #1 hit All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault), and broke the record at the time for biggest first day for a female album on Spotify. Red (Taylor's Version) was a critical and commercial hit, and proved that Swift's ambitious, yet ongoing plan to re-record her first 6 albums was well worth it.
Along with the release of Red (Taylor's Version) came All Too Well: The Short Film (2021), Swift's filmmaking debut. The 15 minute romantic drama was based on the lyrical content from Swift's 2012 fan favorite “All Too Well” starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien. It had a limited theatrical release in major cities, and Swift held special screenings of the film throughout 2022 at various film festivals. In December, 2022 Taylor announced that she would be making her feature directorial debut with Oscar-winning studio Searchlight Pictures.
Following the release of Midnights, Swift would embark on her first tour in five years, The Eras Tour—a retrospective tour covering the entirety of her discography. During her ongoing tour, Swift would release her next two re-recorded albums, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) in July and 1989 (Taylor's Version) in October of 2023. The former of which would land Swift as the woman with the most number-one albums (12) in Billboard 200 history, surpassing Barbra Streisand. The latter was her sixth album to sell one million copies in a single week in the US, her largest album sales in a week span. “Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)”, the lead single for 1989 (Taylor's Version), would peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
At the 66th annual GRAMMY Awards, Taylor Swift surprised viewers by announcing her eleventh studio album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. On April 19, 2024, the album was released globally, breaking records: it became the first ever to amass 1 billion Spotify streams in a week and sold 2.6 million units in its first week in the US. Swift dominated the charts, monopolizing the top 14 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 and securing the top 10 positions on Australia’s ARIA Singles Chart. The lead single, Fortnight, featuring Post Malone, quickly soared to the number-one position on the Hot 100. Additionally, just two hours after the album’s release, Swift surprised fans with a reissue titled THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY, which included 15 extra songs.
Swift has released several songs for film soundtracks. She co-wrote two songs for the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack— “You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home” and “Crazier”, and contributed two songs to the Valentine's Day soundtrack, including the single “Today Was a Fairytale”, which was her first number one on the Canadian Hot 100, and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. She also contributed two original songs to The Hunger Games soundtrack album: “Safe & Sound - from The Hunger Games Soundtrack”, co-written and recorded with The Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett, and “Eyes Open”. “Safe & Sound” won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. In 2013, Swift recorded “Sweeter than Fiction”, a song she wrote and produced with Jack Antonoff for the One Chance film soundtrack, which received a Best Original Song nomination at the 71st Golden Globe Awards. Swift and English singer Zayn Malik, mononymously known as Zayn, released a single together, “I Don't Wanna Live Forever”, for the soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades Darker (2017). She also recorded an original song called “Beautiful Ghosts”, which she wrote with Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Cats's soundtrack (2019). In 2020, Swift's documentary Miss Americana featured the song “Only the Young” which was written after the 2018 United States elections. In 2022, she released an original song titled “Carolina” for Where The Crawdads Sing (2022) inspired by the novel written by Delia Owens.
With sales of over 200 million records worldwide, Swift is a best-selling music artist. Her accolades include 14 Grammy Awards, including four Album of the Year wins, which makes Swift the artist with the most awards for that category in history, two Brit Awards (including a Global Icon award), an Emmy Award, 28 [https://guinnessworldrecords.com/]Guinness World Records, 32 American Music Awards (the most wins by an artist), and 23 Billboard Music Awards (the most wins by a woman). She ranked eighth on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists Chart (2019) and was listed on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time (2015). Swift has been included in various power rankings, such as Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2010, 2015 and 2019) and Forbes Celebrity 100 (placing first in 2016 and 2019). She was named Woman of the Decade (2010s) by Billboard, Artist of the Decade (2010s) by the American Music Awards, and Person of the Year (2023) by Time Magazine.
Taylor Swift is the Music Industry.
We Are Never Getting Nice Things
Taylor Swift Lyrics
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Saying, "This is it, I've had enough"
'Cause like, we hadn't seen each other in a month
When you said you needed space (what?)
Then you come around again and say
"Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me"
Remember how that lasted for a day?
I say, "I hate you," we break up, you call me, "I love you"
Ooh, ooh, ooh
We called it off again last night
But ooh, ooh, ooh
This time, I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never ever, ever getting back together
We are never ever, ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever, ever, ever getting back together
Like, ever
I'm really gonna miss you picking fights
And me falling for it, screaming that I'm right
And you would hide away and find your peace of mind
With some indie record that's much cooler than mine
Ooh, ooh, ooh
You called me up again tonight
But ooh, ooh, ooh
This time, I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never ever, ever getting back together
We are never ever, ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends
Talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me)
But we are never ever, ever, ever getting back together
Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah
Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah
Oh
I used to think that we were forever ever, ever
And I used to say, "Never say never"
Ah, so he calls me up and he's like, "I still love you"
And I'm like, I'm just, I mean this is exhausting, you know?
Like we are never getting back together, like, ever
(No) we are never ever, ever getting back together
We are never ever, ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never, ever, ever, ever getting back together
(We) ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh (getting back together)
(We) ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh (getting back together)
You go talk to your friends
Talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me)
But we are never ever, ever, ever getting back together
The song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" is a catchy breakup anthem performed by Taylor Swift. The song is written from Swift's perspective and is about an on-and-off relationship with a former lover. The lyrics depict a relationship that was tumultuous, with Swift describing the first break-up as the end of the relationship. However, her lover comes back again with promises of change, and the cycle of breaking up and getting back together repeats. Swift points out how exhausting it is to go through the same thing again and again, and finally declares that they are "never ever getting back together."
The chorus of the song is a repetitive declaration that the relationship is over for good. Swift talks about the communication between the two and how the former lover tries to reach out to her through their friends, but Swift is firm in her decision to end the relationship. In the second verse, Swift admits that she's going to miss some aspects of the relationship, such as having heated arguments and falling for it. She also points out that her ex-lover finds his peace of mind in indie music, which is much cooler than her music.
Overall, the song is a relatable and empowering anthem for anyone who has been through an on-and-off relationship and finally declared that it's over for good.
Line by Line Meaning
I remember when we broke up, the first time
I remember the first time we broke up.
Saying, "this is it, I've had enough"
I said we were done for good.
'Cause like, we hadn't seen each other in a month
We hadn't seen each other for a month, which was a problem.
When you said you needed space (what?)
You said you needed space, which confused me.
Then you come around again and say
Then you came back and said.
"Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me"
"Baby, I miss you and I promise to change."
Remember how that lasted for a day?
But that only lasted for a day, if that.
I say, "I hate you," we break up, you call me, "I love you"
We argue, break up, and then you call me saying you love me.
We called it off again last night
We broke up again last night.
But ooh, ooh, ooh, this time, I'm telling you, I'm telling you
But this time, I'm serious and I mean it.
We are never ever, ever getting back together
We are never getting back together, ever.
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
You can talk to anyone you want, including me, but it won't change my decision.
But we are never ever, ever, ever getting back together
But just to be clear, we are never, ever getting back together.
I'm really gonna miss you picking fights
I'll miss the way you used to pick fights with me.
And me falling for it, screaming that I'm right
I'll miss how I always fell for your traps and ended up yelling that I was right.
And you would hide away and find your peace of mind
I guess you'll still try to find peace by yourself.
With some indie record that's much cooler than mine
By listening to indie records that are cooler than mine.
You called me up again tonight
You called me again tonight.
Ah, so he calls me up and he's like, "I still love you"
You called me up and said you still love me.
And I'm like, I'm just, I mean this is exhausting, you know?
But it's exhausting and I can't keep doing this with you.
I used to think that we were forever ever, ever
I used to think we would last forever.
And I used to say, "never say never"
And I used to say, "never give up hope."
(No) we are never ever, ever getting back together
No, we are never ever getting back together.
We are never ever, ever getting back together
We are never ever getting back together.
(We) ooh, ooh, ooh
(We) ooh, ooh, ooh.
Oh (getting back together)
Oh, I'm not interested in getting back together.
You go talk to your friends
You can talk to your friends.
Talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me)
You can also talk to me and my friends.
But we are never ever, ever, ever getting back together
But to be 100% clear, we are never getting back together, ever.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Martin Max Sandberg, Johan Karl Schuster, Taylor Alison Swift
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@paulanji
@Slow Internet me too!
mean was the first taylor song i ever heard when i was like like 6 and when i heard it, i instantly became a swiftie. that song and the whole album have such a special place in my heart.
and the fact that taylor wrote the album with ZERO co-writers. insane.
i also really like the production and how different it is from most taylor albums. there's almost a pop punk vibe to it imo.
i feel like speak now tv will be released last for some reason, maybe because it's sonically the most complex.
i think she's gonna release them in the order of:
1989, debut, reputation, speak now.
@jesusalfonsourreagomez6373
It was so nice throwing big parties
Jump into the pool from the balcony
Everyone swimming in a champagne sea
And there are no rules when you show up here
Bass beat rattling the chandelier
Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year
So why'd you have to rain on my parade?
I'm shaking my head and locking the gates
[Chorus]
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, darling
Because you break them
I had to take them away
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, honey (Oh)
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
It was so nice being friends again
There I was, giving you a second chance
But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my hand
And therein lies the issue
Friends don't try to trick you
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
And so I took an axe to a mended fence
But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately
(Mm-mm)
If only you weren't so shady
[Chorus]
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, darling (Yeah)
Because you break them
I had to take them away
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (Nice Things) Things (Baby), honey
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This Is Why We Can't Have
[Bridge]
Here's a toast to my real friends
They don't care about the he-said, she-said
And here's to my baby
He ain't reading what they call me lately
And here's to my mama
Had to listen to all this drama
And here's to you
'Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do
Haha, I can't even say it with a straight face
[Chorus]
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, darling (Darling)
Because you break them
I had to take them away
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice (Uh-uh) Things (Oh no), honey (Baby, oh)
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, darling
(And here's to my real friends)
Because you break them
I had to take them
(And here's to my baby)
Nice Things, honey
(He didn't care about that he-said, she-said)
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said
about me?
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
@eljayv3192
It was so nice throwing big parties
Jump into the pool from the balcony
Everyone swimming in a champagne sea
And there are no rules when you show up here
Bass beat rattling the chandelier
Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year
So why'd you have to rain on my parade?
I'm shaking my head, I'm locking the gates
This is why we can't have nice things, darling
Because you break them, I had to take them away
This is why we can't have nice things, honey
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have nice things
It was so nice being friends again
There I was giving you a second chance
But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my hand
And therein lies the issue, friends don't try to trick you
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
And so I took an axe to a mended fence
But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately (mmm-mmm)
If only you weren't so shady
This is why we can't have nice things, darling
Because you break them, I had to take them away
This is why we can't have nice things, honey
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have
Here's a toast to my real friends
They don't care about the he said, she said
And here's to my baby
He ain't reading what they call me lately
And here's to my mama
Had to listen to all this drama
And here's to you
'Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do
Hahaha, I can't even say it with a straight face!
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (darling)
Because you break them, I had to take them away
This is why we can't have nice (uh-uh) things (oh no), honey (baby, oh)
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (oh)
And here's to my real friends
(Oh) because you break them, I had to take them
And here's to my baby
(Oh) nice things, honey
They didn't care about the he said, she said
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have nice things
@noorhossain9469
''.AHAHAH!!I cant even say it with a straight face!'' Man, I love this woman!!
@swiftieforever1116
Me too!
@arianamoonlight2956
Me too!
@red541
@Swiftie Forever Me too
@kendall57
imagine the rerecorded version of that line!!! gonna be epic
@devkedia2945
😂😂😂
@joshuaserrato3495
“But you stabbed my back while shaking my hand”
Her wordplay is on another level!!!
@user-ux1vj9vx7s
Cool lyric, But that’s not what word play means
@Independent365
REALLY? Thats a huge overused cliche , but okay lol...
@tamekkaknuth9612
In end it back fires and blows up in faces like dynamite or grenade