We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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"

[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
We called it off again last night, but
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
This time, I'm telling you, I'm telling you

[Chorus]
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


[Verse 2]
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

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Taylor Swift refuses to continue an on-and-off relationship with her boyfriend and declares that “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”.

The song was released as the lead single for Taylor Swift’s fourth studio album, Red. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year and was Swift’s first #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What did Taylor Swift say about "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"?
Genius Answer

She described the process of writing this song as one of the most humorous experiences she’s had while recording. She explained some of the song’s background to USA Today

It’s a definitive portrait of how I felt when I finally stopped caring what my ex thought of me. He made me feel like I wasn’t as good or as relevant as these hipster bands he listened to…So I made a song that I knew would absolutely drive him crazy when he heard it on the radio. Not only would it hopefully be played a lot, so that he’d have to hear it, but it’s the opposite of the kind of music that he was trying to make me feel inferior to.

She also sarcastically explained the song as a “really romantic song……touching and sensitive…….to my lovely ex boyfriend.”

Live Performance
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How was the music video for this song made?
Genius Answer

The music video for “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” was shot by Declan Whitebloom who also worked on the music videos for “Mean” and “Ours”.

The video was shot with a Sony F65 and was shot as one continuous take with no edits and is cited as the “world’s first ever true 4k music video”.

Director, Declan Whitebloom, tells Film and Digital Times

We had 5 sets with varying degrees of complexity. Her apartment with a trick wall that backed away, leading to a live “split-screen” type scene of her on the phone. Boyfriend on the phone in a bar. A cardboard cut-out car with rear projection. A walk through a park where the seasons change at the same time. Then we end up back where we started. With many one-take videos, people usually stay in the same wardrobe. But we tackled it with Taylor’s team who do her quick-changing on tour. They were able to change her seamlessly while moving from set-up to set-up. There were so many moving parts and balls in the air I wasn’t sure whether we could pull it off. But everything clicked and it ended up working like a charm. We had these areas on set that they called the “car wash” where Taylor was meant to change. I’m not sure she ever went into one of these car washes. She just changed on the fly while everything else was moving. Taylor literally would run. There would be a person on each arm and each leg putting stuff onto her. Whether Velcro or whether she was wearing three outfits and one of them would come off to reveal the next, it was all meticulously designed with the costume designer. He was involved from the get-go. When people see it they will ask, “How did they do that?”

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Credits
Produced By
Production Coordinator
Recording Engineer
Assistant Recording Engineer
Mastering Engineer
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Guitar
Recorded At
Conway Studios and MXM Studios
Release Date
August 13, 2012
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