Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal: what went on between them?

New version of “All Too Well”
Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal: why their brief romance is causing a sensation again

For Swifties (that’s how Taylor Swifts hardcore fans are called), Easter, Christmas, and New Years coincided this weekend. Because Taylor Swift has re-released her successful album “Red”. In the course of this, the singer released a new, ten-minute version of the hit “All Too Well” including a short film she shot herself.

Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal: a brief romance

It wasn’t long before a name was mentioned: Jake Gyllenhaal. Because in “All Too Well” Swift sings about – not really subtly – her short-lived relationship with the actor. A review.

In October 2010, Swift and Gyllenhaal attended an edition of the comedy show “Saturday Night Live” and the rumor mill began to simmer. A little later, Swift was a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres talk show, where she skilfully avoided questions about Gyllenhaal, but did not deny the relationship. “I’m always optimistic about love,” said the singer at the time.

Just a month later, paparazzi got what they wanted: pictures of Swift and Gyllenhaal walking through New York City. There they had celebrated Thanksgiving with Gyllenhaal’s sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. But the love did not last long. At the beginning of January 2011, the separation became known, which is said to have started from Gyllenhaal and apparently seriously injured Swift.

“All Too Well”, a scarf and the big age difference

With the release of “Red” in 2012, fans got their first insight into the short romance with the “Guilty” star. “Left my scarf there at your sister’s house, and you’ve still got it in your drawer even now” she sings in the song. “I left my scarf in your sister’s house and you still have it in your drawer.” Swifties were sure it was Gyllenhaal, although Maggie Gyllenhaal later told her that she knew nothing about a scarf.

In the short film, which was released with the release of the new “All Too Well” version, the ominous scarf is also shown. But why does Swift seem not to let go of the relationship with Gyllenhaal completely, even so many years later? There are several theories for this.

For one thing, it’s not unusual for Swift to sing about her exes. It is her way of dealing artistically with events from her life. And her success proves her right. And yet the relationship with the now 40-year-old seemed to have been particularly formative.

Her fans see one reason for this in the large age difference between her and Gyllenhaal. Swift was only 20 at the time of their relationship, turned 21 in December 2010, Gyllenhaal was 29. “You said if we had been closer in age it might have been good. And that made me want to die “, she sings in” All Too Well “, also:” And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punch line is: I’m getting older, but your friends stay my age. ” Gyllenhaal’s new girlfriend is 25-year-old model Jeanne Cadieu.

Short film for the song

In the short film for the song, actors Dylan O’Brien and Sadie Sink play lovers. Scenes full of happiness are followed by the first argument, then later the separation. The casting of O’Brien and Sink is in all probability no coincidence: the age difference between the two is almost as great as that between Swift and Gyllenhaal.

“I was wondering why they cast someone as young as Sadie, I was wondering how she would fit into all of this, and then it hit me: she is exactly the same age as Taylor when she was with Jake was and Dylan is much older. Taylor really did that, “wrote one user about the film after it was released. “Her [Taylors] Genius scares me, “commented another.

When asked by talk show host Jimmy Fallon what her ex-boyfriends might think of the newly released songs, Swift simply replied, “To be honest, I haven’t thought about your experience.”

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