Ahead of Taylor Swift rereleasing Speak Now, Us goes “Back to December” in honor of the Grammy winner’s rerecordings.
When Swift was once operating on her third studio album, she had been related to Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner and John Mayer. Her dating together with her Valentine’s Day costar has been lengthy rumored to be the foundation at the back of the album’s 2nd single.
Swift and Lautner dated for a number of months in the fall of 2009, calling it quits that December. “He liked her more than she appreciated him. He went far and wide he could to see her, but she didn’t travel a lot to see him,” a supply instructed Us Weekly on the time. “They determined they were higher as pals.”
When the musician launched Speak Now in October 2010, she explained to Yahoo! Music that “Back to December” had a unique message than her different breakup anthems.
“Up till now, I haven’t in reality felt like I really wanted to express regret to someone,” she admitted at the time. “It’s just necessary.”
In the track, Swift sings, “You gave me roses and I left them there to die / So this is me swallowin’ my pride / Standin’ in front of you sayin’ I’m sorry for that night time / And I am going again to December at all times.”
The lyrics also address Lautner’s “tan skin” and “sweet smile,” their “gorgeous occasions” in the summer of 2009 and understanding she “beloved” him that fall.
“It’s almost word-for-word. It is a track and a conversation that wanted to happen because I don’t want to hurt other people. If you unintentionally do so, you’ve were given to make that better,” Swift informed USA Today on the time of the track. “I believe so comfy making a song about these details and those relationships and listing instances, dates, main points, names. But when it comes to an interview and so they say, ‘Are you courting this person?’ or ‘Did you date this person?’ or ‘What’s your present dating standing?’ I all at once really feel very shy.”
Lautner, for his phase, used to be compelled to address the tune when his Scream Queens costar Lea Michele introduced it up all through a Facebook Live. “Didn’t she write a song about you?” the Glee alum asked in August 2016.
“That’s what she does,” he replied. “She writes songs.”
Michele pushed tougher, asking, “I believe it’s one thing a few sweater and a hat, right? … It’s like, your hat in December!”
Lautner gave in and mentioned, “It’s known as ‘Back to December.’”
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Years later, the Abduction actor were given engaged to another Taylor — Tay Dome — in November 2021. Swift, for her phase, has been dating Joe Alwyn since 2017.
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