Taylor Swift reveals why Jake Gyllenhaal broke up with her and how much it hurt
The artist has re-recorded the song 'All too well', which has always been speculated that it was dedicated to the interpreter and in which she details the brief relationship they had a decade ago
Her relationship was brief and almost unknown until she herself composed an album in which she gave some brushstrokes about it. What really happened then between Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal were mere speculations, rumors that now the interpreter herself has decided to clear up.
Taylor has considered that the time has come to tell his truth and he does so in the reissue of the album Red, which he released precisely after this romance, and specifically in the new version he has recorded of the single All too well, which now has a duration of 10 minutes. In the lyrics, which were always considered to be dedicated to the actor, he points out that the interpreter of Spiderman: Far from home broke up with her due to the age difference that separated them from her.
"You said if we had been closer in age, maybe it would have turned out well / And that made me want to die," intons Taylor. So Jake was 29 and she was 21 and it was said that it was the media hype they received precisely because of this difference that ended their relationship. This separation was, it seems, a very difficult moment for Taylor as can be seen in another fragment of the song.
"They say that everything that is right, ends well, but I go through a new hell / Every time you cross my mind." In another of the sentences she seems to also reproach Jake: "And I was never good at telling jokes / But the joke says: 'I'll get older, but your lovers are still my age." Currently and at 40 years old, the interpreter is dating the 25-year-old model Jeanne Cadieu, from whom he is separated by fifteen years (with Taylor he takes nine).
This melody was attributed to Swift and Gyllenhaal's relationship because of the story it tells in which it portrays trips and escapades that coincide with those of the ex-partner, but above all because it starts with the detail that the artist would have supposedly forgotten a scarf in Maggie Gyllenhaal's house. "Now you've sent me my things and I'm going home alone / But you've kept my old scarf since then / Because she reminds you of innocence and still smells like me."
She has been asked many times for this reference and, although she has not wanted to give clear confirmation, she has not denied her comments either. Another of the songs on the album, The last time, would also be dedicated to the actor and Taylor has spoken about this on occasion.
“It's about the experience I had with a boy who was not entirely trustworthy. I never knew when he was going to leave, or when he would return, but he always came back, "she told NPR. The song portrays a woman who tries to be strong and who doesn't trust the same excuses over and over again.
Regain control over your music
Taylor Swift has started a path in her musical career that is quite a declaration of intentions. With more than 10 years of musical career behind him, he is reissuing his albums, with the intention of regaining control over his compositions after the rights to these ended up in the hands of the investment fund Shamrock Holdings after a maneuver by his former representative Scooter Braun that she did not know. She released Fearless again and now sees the light of Red (Taylor's Version), which includes six previously unreleased tracks.
For the presentation, Swift recreated Diana of Wales's so-called revenge dress (in 1994, Diana shocked the international press with her sexiest bet on the same day that the romance between Charles of England and Camila Parker Bowles was made public) , a powerful message that accompanies the meaning of the album, which revolves around heartbreak.
In the songs of the interpreter, references to her previous relationships with Taylor Lautner or Joe Jonas have always been guessed, with whom she maintains an excellent relationship as could be seen these days when she was seen together walking with Sophie Turner, woman of the singer. Taylor maintains a discreet relationship with British actor Joe Alwyn, 30, with whom she has been around for five years.
