Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com“Back to December,” another new song from Taylor Swift’s upcoming album Speak Now, has hit iTunes, and it’s making headlines because, for the first time, she’s the one who needs to apologize for her behavior in a relationship. Swift, known for her autobiographical songwriting, has already admitted it’s “almost word-for-word” a conversation that she had with a young man whose heart she broke. She wouldn’t name him, but fans are assuming it’s Twilight‘s Taylor Lautner. In the tune — a melancholy mea culpa with the kind of driving chorus and age-appropriate yet universal honesty that makes Swift’s songs hits – she says she’s sorry for the last time he saw her (“You gave me roses, and I left them there to die”) and that she wishes she realized what she had (“I’d go back to December, turn around, and change my own mind/I go back to December all the time”). At the risk of going Teen Beat on you, here’s why the Lautner guess isn’t a bad one:
- “Then I think about summer all the beautiful times/ I watched you laughing from the passenger side/ And realized I loved you in the fall/” — They filmed Valentine’s Day in summer 2009. She was photographed, smiling, in his passenger seat last October. And she sung about him in her Saturday Night Live opening monologue in November.
- “When your birthday passed, and I didn’t call” — Lautner turned 18 in February.
If you’ve heard the track, does it sound like a hit? I’m sorry for the boy’s heartbreak (“You gave me all your love, and all I gave you was goodbye”), but grateful that Swift has a new side of love to write about — regret.
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i’m no taylor swift fan at all (and HATED speak now from last week), but i sorta like this one. it’s got a nice sound and thank God for her singing something at least a little different.
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It can’t be about Taylor Lautner, because that implies their relationship was real and not some PR manufactured gimmick.
who cares
You do.
not really, brah
Tsk. I do. >:)
Really?? ur basing ur conclusion it’s Lautner on TWO things?
There are a lot more clues in the song if you know the details & listen to it.. “I miss your tan skin” “you held me in your arms that september night, the first time you ever saw me cry…” after the VMAs with the Kanye situation.
I don’t see how her singing about him on SNL is evidence that was when she decided she loved him. How about this, was she dating Taylor in December? Did they break up before his birthday, although using his birthday is in Feb. as a clue is lame. Everyone has a birthday.
They did break up in December. Search google for “taylor swift lautner people.com overblown” and the original article they posted about the breakup was dated Dec 29.
and the fact that in the lyrics booklet the word highlighted with correlation to this song is “TAY”.. she has clues in the lyrics booklet that directly give away every song.
This should have been her first single, i think. Its much better than Mine. Whether it’s about Lautner or not, its a really good song. And i’m not even a very big fan of hers.
I don’t really care who it’s about, but it’s great to hear a new perspective from her.
i hate this whore
Then do not listen to her. If there is one thing Taylor is not, it is whore. Maybe your just mad because a girl like her would never look at you.
she slept with john mayer how is that not whorish
Taylor Swift’s parents would wrap her in duck tape and strap her to a chair and forbid her to ever date John Mayer. She comes from very protective parents and she is known for being clean. She is the anti selling sex for sales and also being a slut/whore herself.
Plenty of parents are overprotective. That don’t always stop your daughter from being a ho.
How in the world do you know that Taylor slept with john mayer? That is a rumor.
it’s the truth, john mayer has slept with everybody. ask your mom
@Emily, learn grammar. “That don’t always” makes you sound uneducated.
Who cares who this song is about. This is a great song period!
When she proves that she can sing live just as good as her auto-tuned recordings, then MAYBE I will give a rat’s behind about her. Until then, I’ll focus my energy on real artists who can actually keep pitch in front of an audience.
most of those “real artists” that you may be referring to lip-sync!
potch didn’t refer to any “real artists” by name, dumbass
I said MOST and artists that he “MAY BE” referring to.. I didn’t mention any artists by name either! So, think before you call people names! DUMBASS
@huh?:
Unless you can read minds through a computer screen, you honestly don’t have clue which artists sup is referring to. So you are indeed the dumbass in this case.
Sorry, I meant potch, not sup.
There are plenty of artists who choose to sing live who can actually sing well. I’m not going to start listing them off. But you can just trust me on that one.
I’ve heard way better “didn’t know how good I had it” regret type songs. What’s going on with Taylor’s writing on this album? Other than Mine her storytelling is really poor with all these songs.
This is boring and it’s only selling point of interest is how it might be about another celebrity. Since the celebrity in question isn’t one I care about and I always thought they were in a showmance, I can’t get into the song.
@potch Is that a joke? you will focus your energy on real artists who can blah blah? I mean what are you doing here wasting your precious time on taylor? People should learn to focus on artists they love, life will be so much better that way. I, for one don’t like Lady gaga but never have I ever gone to a lady gaga’s post. I have no idea whats up with her except when she is played on the radio. I don’t give a FcUk about artists I don’t like.
Thank you Marine. Seriously, why do people spend so much time putting down artist that they claim not to like or listen to when they could be spending their precius time online chatting about their artist that they do like. Get a life people!!
Right you are, Marine. But one little caveat, this isn’t a Taylor Swift fan site, so people who aren’t fans of hers do reserve the right to comment as well. Sure, some posts will consist of nothing more than childish insults, but some others will actually make a significant point, whether you agree with them or not. There is no rule stating that you can only comment on a person if your opinion is a positive one. Really, the places where T-Swift “haters” truly have no place in are forums and fan sites. And this applies to every celebrity.
I have to say, I LOVE THIS SONG. I love the cover for this song, she looks so grown-up! This song has universal appeal. It is a very personal song as I assume she wrote it about her own life…yet people of all ages can relate to it. I’m 23 by the way. There have been so many times in life I’ve regretted not returning someone’s love only to realize later on how wrong I was…and how I wish I could go back to that time. This is why Taylor Swift will have a long-lasting career. She writes personal songs that have universal appeal, that’s very hard to do.
Preach amy! Preach! Very excited for this girl’s album…
Haters are gonna hate. I just wish this was the first single released from her album, it would debut #1 on Billboard. Oh wellz…better late than never. Her album is even more highly anticipated now!!!
Yeah! Haters gonna hate!! I love this girl! She’s the real deal!!! Going to buy her album when it comes out!
God, I love this girl! I can relate and it’s scary how accurate especially the details! Oct 25 please come faster! I love all the singles. I can relate to them one way to another. And yeah! Haters gonna hate!