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The tune “All Too Nicely” has develop into one among Taylor Swift’s most iconic and beloved hits, however the tune didn’t all the time really feel like a winner to Swift.
In his new ebook Heartbreak Is the Nationwide Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music, Rolling Stone journalist Rob Sheffield revealed how his love for the tune truly rubbed off on the pop star.
“I’m consistently updating the [Rolling Stone ranking of Swift’s songs], shifting songs up or down as they alter for me over time, all the time dishonest to maintain ‘Fifteen’ at fifteen,” Sheffield, 58, writes within the ebook. “However two issues won’t ever change: ‘All Too Nicely’ at primary, ‘Dangerous Blood’ on the backside.”
He went on to recall a dialog he shared with Swift, 34, backstage on opening night time of the Repute Stadium Tour in Glendale, Arizona, in Could 2018. “She warned me backstage she had a shock. ‘I added ‘All Too Nicely’ to the set due to you,’ she stated. ‘It’s primary in your checklist,’” he stated Swift instructed him. “’You modified my thoughts about that tune. You satisfied me it was greater than only a Crimson Tour tune.’”
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Sheffield continues: “My trusty poker face should have failed me, as a result of she seemed involved and requested, ‘Is it okay I instructed you this?’ She sang a solo acoustic-guitar model that night time — it was uncommon, I used to be there.”
As Sheffield notes, Swift proceeded to play “All Too Nicely” throughout the present’s shock tune set a handful of instances all through the tour, whereas his least favourite observe, the 1989 observe “Dangerous Blood,” bought a everlasting spot on the tour’s setlist. “Simply in case you’ve bought her confused with any individual who listens to opinions,” he quips.
Heartbreak Is the Nationwide Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music, which hit bookshelves on Tuesday, November 12, serves as Sheffield’s deep-dive into Swift’s decades-long profession. The journalist goes into deep element about his love for “All Too Nicely,” which is closely rumored to be about Swift’s temporary relationship with ex, Jake Gyllenhaal.
“I’ve stored listening, writing about it, butchering it at karaoke. It goes the place I’m going,” he writes. “When she first introduced she was unleashing the long-rumored ten-minute model, I hoped it’d add a cool footnote to my favourite tune. However now it’s simply the tune.”
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Swift launched “All Too Nicely” as part of her fourth studio album, Crimson, in 2012 and carried out it all through The Crimson Tour, which ran from 2013 to 2014. Very similar to the Repute tour, Swift additionally pulled out the fan-favorite observe for a Los Angeles cease on the 1989 World Tour in 2015.
The tune gained extra fame when Swift launched her Crimson (Taylor’s Model) rerecorded album in 2021, which featured the long-awaited 10-minute model of “All Too Nicely.” She tailored the prolonged tune right into a 2021 brief movie starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien and continues to carry out the observe in its entirety throughout the Crimson set of her record-breaking Eras Tour, which concludes subsequent month in Canada.
“It destroys crowds each night time on the Eras Tour. It set a brand new report because the longest number-one hit in historical past, dethroning ‘American Pie.’ (The courtroom was adjourned; the headband was not returned.),” Sheffield writes. “However it solely exists as a result of followers known as her bluff — after she talked about the unique draft, individuals stored asking about it, as if she had it hidden in a sock drawer. She should have wished many instances that she’d stored her mouth shut. However all this speak impressed her to return and open up a narrative she thought was completed. Simply think about, these additional verses have been sitting there for years gathering mud, simply ready for his or her time.”