Taylor Swift throws a dance party in just-released video for her latest breakup gossipy hit, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," the first radio single off of Swift's upcoming fourth studio album, "Red," which relates to the intensity of her emotions during a series of failed relationships that were often very public. "All those emotions," she said, "spanning from intense love, intense frustration, jealousy, confusion, in my mind, all those emotions are red. There's nothing in between; there is nothing beige about any of those feelings."Swift's finest songs are flawless in their construction and showcase her effortless, preternatural mastery of pop conventions. Inspired by an incident, the empowering kiss-off to an ex, is a pop song with bubblegum pop influences while the lyrics depict Swift's frustration at an ex-lover who wants to re-kindle their relationship. Swift told fans worldwide in a web-chat 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."
With its thumping kick drum, clipped syncopation, and mildly snarky lyrics, it's a teen dream in the vein of Swift's other sing-along jams like "Love Story" or "You Belong with Me," the guitar-based country-pop has anthemic in a slick pop way, rather than her usual modern country way. The track sounds like a brighter, more-polished Avril Lavigne tune, with an undeniable, instantly catchy hook in typical Swift fashion. It's such a welcome departure and a bread-and-butter breakup song, only without the hope of a story-book ending.
Swift, looks like so happy she's "Never Ever Getting Back Together" with one of her exes that she's having a blast dancing party exuberantly along with a group of friends in the Declan Whitebloom-directed clip. There is a capricious, childlike quality to the clip, and the 22-year-old superstar clad in a vintage-inspired, daisy-printed, squirrel-print pajamas and bright red lipstick, which only emphasizes her smile and how thrilled she is to have kicked her ex to the curb. So while it may seem that with her defiant new single, Swift may be venturing into more mature territory, her latest video should assuage her fans' fears.
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