Taylor Swift and her famous 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together': 12 years, 12 curiosities

With the great legacy that is leaving Taylor Swift and his already extensive discography, it is almost impossible not to celebrate something new in his honor every day. Precisely for that reason, we are now celebrating 12 years of We Are Never Ever Getting Back Togetherone of her most famous songs, not only because of the recognition given to it by her fans, but also because it was an unprecedented success in the artist's career, being her first big hit worldwide.

On the occasion of her twelfth anniversary, we are going to leave you with twelve interesting facts about this topic, although knowing that Taylor Swift is a singer who never does anything without a clue, we could really leave you with many more, given that her repertoire is full of secrets and curious stories about her fateful romances, but, above all, it is full of milestones and stories to tell.

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1. The story

The lyrics represent Taylor's frustrations with a former lover, this time it was the actor Jake Gyllenhaalwho wanted to rekindle their relationship again and again, even though she told him “No” over and over again. The singer uses the metaphor of the passage from autumn to winter to talk about the end of love.

2. The beginning of the Easter Eggs

This song was one of the first in which the artist launched herself into the world of Easter Eggsthat is, the hidden messages. On this occasion, an audio clip in which she speaks sarcastically about their breakups can be heard before the final chorus.

3. One of the best songs of 2012

Rolling Stone magazine named the song as the second best song of the year 2012At the same time, Time magazine ranked her fourth in its year-end poll. She also received numerous nominations, including at the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and also at the People's Choice Awards for Favorite Song of the Year.

4. Country music is not dead

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Not only does it have the country-pop version that we know, but the song also has an edition that moves further away from pop and closer to country, as it has more instruments typical of that musical style.

5. An instant success

This was Swift's first big global hit, as we said. Even though the singer was already well-known, this was undoubtedly her breakthrough beyond American borders. The song was a commercial hit almost instantly, becoming the first number 1 by Taylor Swift on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

6. Taylor Swift, a pioneer in many ways

Today we know that Taylor Swift has been a pioneer in many subjects. In this case, the music video for We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together It was the first music video to be released on platforms with 4K resolutionAs of today, it has 786 million views on YouTube.

7. The actor's face looks familiar to us

Continuing with the curiosities about the video clip, the main actor of this one, it turns out, has a certain resemblance to Jake Gyllenhaal, who we had said was the one responsible for the existence of this song.

8. The first single from a glorious era

This single was the first from her fourth album, one that marked a real turning point in her career. After her debut, Fearless and Speak Now arrive Grid. With We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together At the head, the artist later surprised the world with hits like All Too Well, I Knew You Were Trouble either 22among others… without a doubt, a glorious era.

9. Displacing Tik Tok… but not the platform

The song set the record for the highest digital sales of a song, surpassing the previous record held by Kesha with Tik Tokwhich sold 610,000 digital copies in its best-ever week. Taylor's tally was 623,000 copies.

10. This is how Tony Aguilar baptized her

On the best music radio in our country, WECB, the presenter of the program Del 40 Al 1, Tony Aguilar, baptized Taylor as “The singer of endless titles”since this was the longest title he had given to a song up to that point.

11. It was played at the 40 Principales Awards 2012

WECB has always been on Taylor Swift's side, and precisely at the beginning of 2013, the singer of We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together She was one of those in charge of setting the pace for the 2012 Premios 40 Principales gala, when this music station had not yet been renamed.

12. A very cinematic song

The American has lent her voice to several soundtracks, such as Sweetener Than Fiction for An Incredible Talenteither I Don't Wanna Live Forever for Fifty Shades Darker. But Taylor can also boast that they have covered the song we are talking about today in a feature film. Hitting the Note 2 includes among his album of versions We Are Never Ever Getting Back Togetherperformed by the Barden Belles, characters from this famous film.