JAKARTA - Throughout the weekend, we can see many people on social media sharing links or footage of Taylor Swift's short film All To Well. Celebrating mass heartbreak. Taylor Swift reminds us how close she is. His works. Her love story. Fill his heart and head.
The song and short film All Too Well was released to coincide with the release of the re-recorded album "Red (Taylor's) Version". Unlike the previous version which was only five minutes long, this time Taylor Swift released the original full version of the song All Too Well with a duration of more than ten minutes.
In the song Taylor Swift tells a love story with a painful separation process. Taylor Swift sings it poetically, metaphorically, but also in detail. So detailed that fans can theorize about the story behind the song. A story that is hard to forget.
"'Cause there we are again in the middle of the nightWe're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator lightDown the stairs, I was thereI remember it all too well, yeah."
The short film All Too Well confirms all the assumptions of fans, which is actually quite clear. Taylor Swift, as director, writer, and actor made this short film personalized. He describes in detail every visual translation of song lyrics.
The setting of the place shown, the car being driven to the actors in the short film show important details from the story of All Too Well. This short film hooks Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) and Dylan O'Brien (The Maze Runner).
Sadie and Dylan represent a huge age difference. Their appearance led fans to Taylor Swift's love story with Jake Gyllenhaal. Out of the context of the authenticity of the story, Taylor Swift turns out to be a good writer of video clips, although not an okay film writer.
We will find many scene jumps, especially in shows that represent memories. We will also find the story transitions that feel rough. Watching All Too Well as a short film, it feels a lot of technical flaws.
But enjoying it as a video clip, All Too Well feels well composed because actually the visual aspects are displayed with reference to song lyrics. If you go deep into the plot, Taylor Swift writes the lyrics of the song All Too Well with random chronology, like memories that appear uncontrollably. The feeling that Taylor Swift describes through a quote from Pablo Neruda in the opening of the short film.
"Love is so short, forgetting is so long."
The close and alluring Taylor Swift"All Too Well relates to me, hahaha," wrote Windi Astari in response to a VOI text message, Monday, November 15.
According to Windi, one important value of Taylor Swift is authenticity. That's right. Taylor Swift creates almost all of her hit numbers herself. These things are believed by Windi to strengthen the personal impression in Taylor Swift's works.
"I like singers whose work is personal. So close, yes. At least emotionally. What he goes through, honestly, I can feel some in the process of my life," he added.
Azwina Asmi confirmed feelings similar to Windi. Azwina, who has followed Taylor Swift since her early days playing ballads and country music, even mentions Taylor Swift as a friend of hers.
"In the movies, I grew up with Harry Potter. As for music, I think Taylor Swift is one of them. There are many others. But I rarely like female singers. Taylor Swift is one of them, and in fact I really follow her. Especially after the transition, right," Azwina to VOI.
The transition that Azwina was referring to was the one that occurred in 2014, when Taylor Swift released her single, Shake It Off. At that time, Taylor Swift, who is known as a ballad and country musician, stepped out of her comfort zone and became a pop singer.
Stars welcome Taylor Swift. Country star Brad Paisley responded happily to Taylor Swift's musical transformation. To E! Online, Paisley said Taylor Swift brought a refresh, which helped Taylor Swift get closer to more people.
"He dared to state the change even though it was risky. As if (Taylor Swift) wanted to say 'I will evolve beyond what you know so far,'" Paisley said.
Shake It Off was a real success. Released August 18, 2014, Shake It Off sold more than 544,000 copies within a week. Billboard calls this the record for selling the best-selling single song in 2014. Shake It Off also tops Billboard's The Hot 100.
As a country musician, Taylor Swift is also brilliant. He was among the 40 highest-earning musicians in 2013. He raised 39 million US dollars that year. In addition, Taylor Swift's success is confirmed by the seven Grammy Awards she has collected during the ballad.
A study of Taylor Swift's songs was conducted by researchers at Northwestern University. They study the elements in Taylor Swift's music and their impact on the listener's brain. There's a reason why we keep repeating a song, right?
One common thread that sparks joy from Taylor Swift's songs is described by researchers as a "melodic turning point." This turning point gives rise to surprises between different parts of the song, be it verse, chorus, and even bridge.
An example of a song the researchers presented was Our Song, an early number by Taylor Swift. This kind of song structure scrambles listeners' expectations. Listeners tend not to be able to predict what will happen in part to part of a Taylor Swift song.
"In Swift's music, this turning point is often achieved by using a one-note melody in one part of the song... When a chorus soars high on a musical scale, it's like a flow of energy," the BBC article reads.
Researchers are also using brain imaging techniques to explore how our brains respond to certain music. The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure activity in different brain regions when participants listened to unfamiliar music. This 'shock' reaction was captured when he heard Taylor Swift's song.
Besides being arranged in a surprising structure, Swift's songs also elicit interactions between the brain's working systems and the structures involved in analyzing and recalling memories. The researchers also concluded that Swift's songs had a stronger appeal to emotionally dominant sentimental people.
Close, captivating, mover
Beyond the sensations of closeness and fascination, Taylor Swift is also a mover. In 2014, Billie Eilish was in a choir.
She was still studying piano at the time, when Taylor Swift predicted the future appearance of Billie Eilish in her speech as the recipient of Billboard's Woman of the Year award at the 2014 Women in Music event.
Billie Eilish remembers that. The feelings that arise when hearing Taylor Swift's past speech were shared by Eilish in her speech as the recipient of the same award --Billboard's Woman of the Year-- in 2019.
"In 2014, she (Taylor Swift) won this award. And she basically said, 'Right now, your best lady of the year is somewhere in piano lessons, in choir, and we need to take care of her,'" Eilish said. , showing that he still remembers the details of Taylor Swift's words.
"And I was eleven years old at the time. And I was in the choir learning to play the piano. And you (Taylor Swift) took care of me. Thank you," added Eilish, then 17 years old.
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