Taylor Swift sings "Out of the Woods" again. The release of "1989" (Taylor's version) allows Swift to listen to the 2014 album again like the first time and reanalyze fan-favorite songs like "Out of the Woods," which features Swift's most recent One of the most intense and vivid bridges. Yes, the story behind it is as horrific as the lyrics sound.
Before the original's release in 1989 , Swift stated that "Out of the Woods" was "the best example of the sound of this album" and marked her transition from country to mature pop. It proved to have a lasting impact, with two of Swift's later songs referencing it.
On the Jack Antonoff-produced song, Swift reflects on a romance that spiraled out of control, recalling sweet moments like "moving the furniture so we could dance," before launching into the repetitive, up-tempo chorus, to express her feelings of panic and anxiety.
It didn't take long for fans to connect the dots with Harry Styles, whom Swift reportedly dated for a few months in late 2012, as the lyrics contained some telling clues Point to their love affair.
paper airplane necklace
In a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone , Swift said "Get Out" was about a relationship that was "a struggle every day."
In typical Swift fashion, she wouldn't reveal the name of her ex, but she did confirm that Styles was the last person she dated and said the two are now "friends," all but confirming the 1989 couple. The song is about him.
The first sign that the two were together was when Swift was spotted wearing Styles' famous airplane necklace. In the second verse, she sings "your necklace is hanging around my neck" and "two paper planes flying," suggesting that Styles may be the subject of the song.
Alleged snowmobile accident
Swift detailed the song's bridge, detailing an accident that landed both of them in the emergency room. "Remember when you hit the brakes too fast? Got 20 stitches in the hospital room," she sings. "When you start crying, baby, I cry too, but when the sun comes up, I watch you."
Rolling Stone reports that Swift said the bridge was inspired by a snowmobiling ride with her ex, where he lost control and damaged the bridge so badly that she saw her life flash before her eyes.
That experience seems to serve as a metaphor for the entire song, with the snowy, icy woods representing their fraught relationship. "Forget making plans for life - we just want to survive until next week," she said at the time.
The ex she was with was never confirmed, but fans speculated that Styles was the person she was referring to in the alleged snowmobile accident.
Both Swift and an unnamed ex-boyfriend had to go to the emergency room, although Swift clarified that she was "not injured." To her surprise, however, the emergency room visit times were kept secret.
"You know what I've found works better than NDAs?" she said at the time. "Look someone in the eye and say, 'Please don't tell anyone about this.'"
"Is it over now?" "connect
As fans discovered when Swift released "1989 ," "Out of the Woods" shares some DNA with one of the album's From the Vault tracks, "Is It Over Now?" This has led fans to believe that the new song is also about her relationship with Styles.
Swift appears to reference the same snowmobile accident in the second verse, singing: "When you lose control/Red blood, white snow." In the next line, she references her much-publicized 2013 video of her on a boat The photo, which was reportedly taken while on vacation following her breakup with Styles.
"Question...?" Contact
A closer connection to "Question...?" Taken from Swift's 2022 album Midnights , which is literally "Out of the Woods." At the beginning of the song, Swift reuses the line "I remember..." from the chorus of the 1989 song.
Naturally, the line led fans to think Swift wrote "Question...?" while reflecting on her relationship with Styles, possibly after they spoke again at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
Whatever the inspiration for "Get Out," it clearly had a lasting impact on Swift's music.
