In the video, her boyfriend is played by Stephen Colletti, of Laguna Beach and One Tree Hill fame, and shows the pop star finding out he's been cheating on her with another girl. "To me, 'White Horse' is about what, in my opinion, is the most heart-breaking part of a break-up - that moment when you realise that all the dreams you had, all those visions you had of being with this person, all that disappears." Swift said that this song is about the immediate heartbreak that comes after a breakup. He sent me back a long e-mail saying, 'Oh, my God!'" 'White Horse' "So I wrote this song called 'Hey Stephen', and when my album came out, I sent him a text message: 'Hey, Track 5'. "There was this guy who opened a couple of shows for me on tour and I talked to him a couple of times, but he never knew that I liked him," she said. In a 2009 interview with the New York Times, Swift said "I don't hesitate" about naming guys in her songs. It's easy to assume this one's about a guy named Stephen. In the music video, her love interest is played by Justin Gaston who briefly dated Miley Cyrus in 2008. He just says, 'Marry me, Juliet, I love you, and that's all I really know.' You want a guy who doesn't care what anyone thinks, what anyone says. "When I wrote the ending to this song, I felt like it was the ending every girl wants to go with her love story," she said. Though the song is based around Romeo and Juliet, Swift once said that it was inspired by a relationship she had that her parents didn't approve of. (YouTube) 'Love Story'Īrguably Swift's most iconic song, 'Love Story' has been a playlist staple since it was released in 2008.
Taylor Swift in the 2008 music video for 'Love Story'. She and Abigail are still best friends, in fact, Swift was her bridesmaid when she got married in 2017. She said of writing it: "I just decided I really wanted to tell that story about our first year of high school because I felt in my freshman year, I grew up more than any year in my life so far." 'Fifteen' is about being 15 years old, dealing with boys and school and life in general. The singer first confirmed in 2019 that she would rerecord her songbook, which includes Taylor Swift (2006), Fearless (2008), Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014) and 2017’s Reputation to offset the controversial $300 million deal between Scooter Braun and Big Machine Label Group founder Scott Borchetta.This one's straightforward –– it's about her friend Abigail, who she name-checks in the song. Perfectly Fine.” Keith Urban also joins the singer for a collaboration on “That’s When” and singing harmonies on “We Were Happy.” Earlier this week, Swift also released another vault song, “Mr. In February, Swift offered fans the first preview of the new Fearless album by releasing a rerecorded version of her 2008 single, “Love Story” called “Love Story (Taylor’s Version).” Just last month, Swift unveiled her first song “from the vault” called “You All Over Me,” which featured country singer Maren Morris. The album, which includes hit singles “You Belong With Me” and “Fifteen,” went on to win the Grammy for album of the year in 2010 - Swift has since become recognized as the only female solo artist to have won that top prize three times. Though Fearless is Swift’s second album, it is the first of her Big Machine releases that she’s rerecorded. Swift even enlisted help from singers Olivia Rodrigo and Conan Gray who shared videos of themselves dancing and singing along to Swift’s “You Belong With Me” and “White Horse.”
As fans anticipated the reimagined album, on Thursday, Swift shared snippets of her rerecorded songs on various social media platforms ahead of the release.