the way she illustrated the whole “this story was mine, and now it’s ours” with this short film with the book reading at the end and the wet eyes of the audience listening to her read…..it took me out
The all too well short film got 2 things really really well.
The first is how uncomfortable it felt to see them together, not because they lacked chemistry, their chemistry was fantastic but because I kept thinking she’s a kid.
The second was that fight. You could see the red flags before it, in the stop where Dylan screamed on the phone and threw the car keys. In the way he drank and loudly talked while Sadie stayed quiet on her corner and shook of her hand.
The fight itself felt like something you’ve seen or lived. Trying to point out how the other person hurt you and them brushing it off since they don’t think they hurt you then you are being over dramatic and needy for making such a big deal about it.
Kudos to Dylan and Sadie for their acting, they got it all perfectly.
but imagine you’re 19 going through this and you write the most beautifully heartbreaking song that you’re AFRAID to put it on your up coming album… and once you do release your next album… you become a national lighting rod for slut shaming for the next 2-3 years because you dated an average amount of people like a normal young girl does. Imagine going through that heart break enough to write a full album off of, and the world calling you a slut and that you go through guys faster than a train. I’m literally going to fight someone with my bare fists.
The fact is that every gaslighter ever says “you’re misremembering things” or “you remember things that never happened” or “you remember things wrong.” Now that we saw the ATW short film and know that, yes, the J/T relationship involves a lot of gaslighting, the phrase “I remember it all too well” hits SUPER hard in a place that I didn’t even know I could be sucker-punched. I’m in awe. Mad respect for you Taylor. Thanks for showing us what the song was really about 10 years later.
