History Music / AllTooWell

* DanceOfRomance: One of the happier memories in the lyrics is about "dancing in the kitchen to the refrigerator light".

-->Hey, you call me up again just to break me like a promise\\

* SongOfManyEmotions: She is hurt ("Hey, you call me up again just to break me like a promise"), doubtful and somewhat regretful ("Well, maybe we got lost in translation, maybe I asked for too much"), and angry at her ex ("But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up") and at the same time, she [[LoveNostalgiaSong reminisces about the happiness they have lost]].

** The entire song took an even sadder / darker turn with the ex gaslighting the narrator. Instead of just remembering the relationship, the narrator also fighting back against his dismissal of her feeling and assert that she remembers "all too well" everything between them.

** The narrator's ex dumped her for being immature and said maybe if they were the same age, it would've worked out... and then continues dating people about her age.

* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: At the end of the short film "Her" has written a book presumably about the heartache of her youth as "Him" looks on from outside a book reading.

* ParentsAsPeople: The narrator's father is described a concerned father but ultimately failed to protect her from the boyfriend's behavior and bought into the boyfriend's facade:

** One line reveals that it isn't just an unspecified occasion her love interest is missing, but her ''21st birthday''. Also serves as a wham line for the whole ''Red'' album, as it recontextualizes both "22" and "The Moment I Knew."

The video would go on to win Video of the Year at the 2022 [[UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward MTV Video Music Awards]], in addition to winning Best Longform Video and Best Direction.

The video would go on to win Video of the Year at the 2022 [[UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward MTV Video Music Awards]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: The boyfriend absolutely has some nastier tendencies that are hidden by his easygoing, friendly disposition. It's unclear whether these are two sides of a complicated, seriously flawed individual, or if the niceness was just a mask for his real personality.

* {{Epigraph}}: The film opens with a quote from Creator/PabloNeruda, fitting the LoveNostalgiaSong.

** One line reveals that it isn't just an unspecified occasion her love interest is missing but her ''21st birthday''. Also serves as a wham line for the whole ''Red'' album, as it recontextualizes both "22" and "The Moment I Knew."
--->But then he watched me watch the front door all night, willing you to come\\
And he said, It's supposed to be fun...turning twenty-one.
** Towards the end. it's clear Swift isn't pulling any punches with how scathing she can get:

-->But then he watched me watch the front door all night, willing you to come\\

-->And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punchline goes:\\

The song is about the singer reminiscing on a past relationship and trying to reconcile the painful feelings of the breakup with the woman she has now become. Though never released as a single, "All Too Well" has had remarkable legs thanks to its lyrical attention to the smallest details of heartbreak. Swift has teased it is a CelebrityBreakupSong about Creator/JakeGyllenhaal.

The original version of the song is already quite long by itself (clocking in at 5:28, it was the longest song on the original album), but the draft was ten minutes long before Swift partnered with Rose, a collaborator for many songs on her first two albums, to trim it down to a more manageable form. In 2021, both versions of the song were included on ''Red (Taylor's Version)''.

The ten-minute version was also accompanied by a romantic drama short film/music video (''All Too Well: The Short Film'') directed by Swift and starring Creator/SadieSink and Creator/DylanOBrien as the two ex-lovers.

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* BrutalHonesty: "All Too Well."

The original version of the song is already quite long by itself (clocking in at 5:28, it was the longest song on the original album), but the draft was ten minutes long before Swift partnered with Rose, a collaborator for many songs on her first two albums, to trim it down to a more manageable form. In 2021, both versions of the song were included on ''Red (Taylor's Version)''. The ten-minute version was also accompanied by a romantic drama short film/music video (''All Too Well: The Short Film'') starring Creator/SadieSink and Creator/DylanOBrien as the two ex-lovers.