What a bad day to be Jake Gyllenhaal — but a great day to be a Swiftie.
Taylor Swift’s new, personal rendition of “Red” was finally released early Friday morning, Nov. 12, after months of teasing the re-recording.
The album came complete with a 10-minute rendition of “All Too Well” — which is supposedly about ex-boyfriend Gyllenhaal — and Swifties everywhere couldn’t resist posting their wittiest trolls while listening to the heart-wrenching, 10-minute tune.
“Wow I can’t believe today is jake gyllenhaal’s last day of peace like ever,” tweeted content creator Ellie Schnitt, while writer Glennon Doyle even chimed in, “Damnit jake gyllenhall how dare you.”
While the 31-year-old singer has never confirmed the inspiration for the song, Swifties everywhere have widely accepted the Gyllenhaal theory. In the song, she alludes to key moments in their relationship, including singing about their nine-year age gap: “You said if we had been closer in age, maybe it would have been fine.”
In the following verses, she adds, “He said, ‘It’s supposed to be fun turning 21,’” hinting at their breakup right before Swift’s 21st birthday.
“It never would have been possible to go back & remake my previous work, uncovering lost art & forgotten gems along the way if you hadn’t emboldened me,” Swift tweeted about the 30-song tracklist, which is nearly double the number of cuts on the original “Red,” released in 2012. “Red is about to be mine again, but it has always been ours. Now we begin again.”
Taylor’s Version of “Red” features tracks from the original album — like “22,” “I Knew You Were Trouble,” “Stay Stay Stay” and “Everything Has Changed” — as well as new songs like “Babe,” produced by Jack Antonoff, and “Nothing New” featuring Phoebe Bridgers, who herself tweeted about the fact that she was 18 when the album was first released.
Antonoff, a friend who helped produce the longer rendition of “All Too Well,” tweeted: “Honor of a lifetime to produce the 10 minute version of all too well.”
Fans also flipped out upon hearing Swift curse on the track, singing, “F–k the patriarchy.”
Critics everywhere are scoring Swifts re-recording high, with Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone writing that “her greatest song just got greater” in a review touting that she made the “classic” album “even better” than its first release.
“This is the golden age of something good and right and real,” he continued, saying the re-release is a symbol of her growth. “And for Swift, the golden age is really just beginning.”
This weekend, fans can only hope Swift will perform “Red” hits during her appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” with guest host and Emmy nominee Jonathan Majors (“Lovecraft Country”).
Her on-screen appearance on the late-night sketch show will come just 24 hours after the release of her 35mm “All Too Well” short film that accompanies “Red (Taylor’s Version),” which is set to debut at 7 p.m. EST on Nov. 12.
