My music video

After thinking long and hard about which song I would like to do for my music video I have finally decided I am going to do the song ‘We are never getting back together’ which is by Taylor Swift. I have chosen this song because I personally really like it and I am also a big fan of Taylor Swift music. I find her that her music is fun, relatable and catchy which is why she is so successful in the music industry.

The music video

History of the song

The song ‘we are never getting back together’ was recorded by an American singer and song writer, Taylor Swift. The song features in her fourth album ‘Red’ which was released in 2012. The song was the lead single from the album on the 13^th August 2013 by Big Machine Records. It was very successful because Rolling Stone named the song the second best song of 2012 and it took the fourth spot in Time’s end-of-year poll. It has also received a Grammy nomination for record of the year and also a People’s choice award nomination for favourite song of the year. It was the first song in Taylor Swifts career to reach number one on the Billboard hot 100.

What is the song about?

The song is about Taylor Swift’s frustrations towards an ex-boyfriend who wants to rekindle their relationship but she doesn't want to. This is depicted through the lyrics of the song and also the scenes and shots in the music video.

The plot of my music video

Overall the music video portrays the girl sharing her emotions and feelings as to why she is never going to get back together with her ex boyfriend. This is clearly shown through the lyrics of the video as the words depict negative thoughts and feelings towards him. This would allow the audience to understand and in some way relate to the artist as they may have gone through a similar situation in their past relationships.The different shots and scenes throughout the video portray the boy and girl having rough times in their relationship especially from the girls point of view including arguments and then her finally deciding that she doesn't want to be with him. However, in some parts of the music video it does show the reminiscing of the fun and good times which they had together and the girl wishing that it could always be like that. Yet, in conclusion the music video shows that the actor will be happier without him in her life, although they did spend some good times together and thought that there relationship would last forever unfortunately it didn’t work out that way. I believe that the music video will give the message towards other females who are in a tough relationships that they need to be strong like the artist in the video and stand up for themselves and do the right thing. I feel that people would be able look up to the artist and it shows that females are strong powerful characters.

Lyrics to the song

I remember when we broke up the first time
Saying, "This is it, I've had enough," 'cause like
We hadn't seen each other in a month
When you said you needed space. (What?)
Then you come around again and say
"Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me."
Remember how that lasted for a day?
I say, "I hate you," we break up, you call me, "I love you."

Ooh, we called it off again last night
But ooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you

We are never ever ever getting back together,
We are never ever ever getting back together,
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

Like, ever...

I'm really gonna miss you picking fights
And me falling for it screaming that I'm right
And you would hide away and find your peace of mind
With some indie record that's much cooler than mine

Ooh, you called me up again tonight
But ooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you

We are never, ever, ever getting back together
We are never, ever, ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me)
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

Ooh, yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Oh oh oh

I used to think that we were forever ever
And I used to say, "Never say never..."
Uggg... so he calls me up and he's like, "I still love you,"
And I'm like... "I just... I mean this is exhausting, you know, like,
We are never getting back together. Like, ever"

No!

We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

We, ooh, getting back together, ohhh,
We, ooh, getting back together

You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me)
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

In this copy of the lyrics to the song it does not include a specific verse where Taylor Swifts voice changes intonation and instead of singing she is speaking the lyrics. I think that this is a significant part of the song because it shows the context in the song and shows Taylor Swift in a different light without her singing. The dialogue uses colloquial relaxed language creating a fun and friendly connection with the audience making it seem like Taylor is talking to her friend, the friend being the audience. The dialogue ‘like we are never getting back together, like ever’ is chatty and the kind of language which two friends would be gossiping about discussing problems with boys. This would allow the audience to be able to relate to Taylor Swift creating a personal connection with her.