New Taylor Swift content means new easter eggs, and lucky for Swifties, Red (Taylor’s
Version) and the iconic ‘All Too Well’ short film were full of them.
Let’s get into it!
On Friday Taylor Swift dropped the All Too Well: The Short Film, starring Dylan O’Brien
and Sadie Sink as the star crossed couple whose tragic love story plays out against
the 10-minute version of All Too Well.
The video is definitely brimming with Easter eggs… and thanks to Swifites we’ve been
able to identify some of them.
First, let’s talk about Sadie’s wardrobe.
There's a scene where Sadie wears a black turtleneck and sports red lipstick, which
Taylor also wears in the film.
If you’ve been paying attention to Tay’s TikTok, like we have, you’ll likely recall
that same look, in the videos she was creating to promote Red’s vinyl release.
And speaking of fashion choices, one of the biggest stand outs was the red scarf we see
Sadie wearing in one of the early scenes that she leaves behind on the stair railing at
his “sisters house”, rumored to be Jake’s sister Maggie’s house.
You may have also caught Sadie wearing Dylan’s plaid flannel shirt after their breakup in
the video…
Yep, that one!
And there was also a moment in the film that looked like the mirror image of a real life
moment between Tay and her ex Jake Gyllenhal.
Taylor, definitely understood the assignment!
Another moment to discuss is the age gap between Dylan, who is 30, and Sadie who is 19… which
happens to be very close to the age gap that was between Taylor and Jake..
Coincidence?
We think not!
Fans clearly caught on to this one as well.
This fan explained, “dylan o'brien being 30 years old and sadie sink being 19 = almost
the same age jake and taylor were when they dated...oh she knows what she's doing EVERYTHING
is intentional.”
Others pointed out how people sharing that they felt uncomfortable by the age gap, well
that was the whole point, tweeting things like, “it’s so funny seeing people talk
about the all too well short film like “the age gap makes me uncomfortable…” like
yes.
that’s the point.”
This fan even shared the birthday receipts, “perfect casting is perfect” I mean, we
love when Switifies deliver facts!
And speaking of folks named Jake… in the credits of the film, we see a man from the
back watching from the window as a woman aka Taylor is signing her book - he’s got on
the scarf, he’s standing in a snowstorm, and the credits refer to him as wait for it…
Jake Lyon - now say that outloud.... yeah, we heard that too!
This Swifite wrote, “”I’m sorry but she got someone named JAKE LYON to play “him,
later”???
Truly the queen of Easter eggs and spite.
Living for it.”
And speaking of the credits, the words “written and directed by Taylor Swift” pop up on
the screen right at the 13-minute mark
Though Taylor has never confirmed that Jake is the subject of ‘All Too Well’, there
seems to be all too much evidence pointing to him…
For instance, Dylan wearing a beanie and sporting a beard, which is very Jake.
Plus, those fall scenes definitely paid homage to Jake and Taylor’s outings during Thanksgiving
weekend in 2010...
Now, circling back to the other easter eggs.
In October, Tay posted a short snippet on TikTok of herself writing the words, “Just
between us did the love affair maim you too?”
Now that we’ve seen the video, we know those words are lyrics from the 10-minute version
of “All Too Well,” and the book she’s writing in, is the blue-covered All Too Well
novel-slash notebook now available for purchase!!
Another fan felt that they had cracked the code on which Taylor’s version we can look
forward to soon as well...
And that line, ““Not weeping in a party bathroom / Some actress asking me what happened,
you / That’s what happened, you.”
people are saying its about Jennifer Anniston who approached Taylor at the 2011 People’s
Choice Awards, offering her words of encouragement…right after Tay’s reported split from Jake.
​​I've investigate the all to well short film and this is why Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
is coming next
In the TikTok they show moments of the All To Well Film against Taylor’s speak now
lyrics, from cards on the ground, of the main characters sitting there by the water, and
even the string of lights over Sadie’s bed as evidence that Speak Now is coming up next!
And some fans realized that Taylor is dropping hints that she’s way happier now that she’s
found love with Joe Alwyn, showing the b-day party scenes from All To Well, vs Lover, writing,
“wow how did I never know that she was trying to tell us in the lover video that
now she has someone who shows up at her party”
We are sure there are plenty more hidden easter eggs that we didn’t get to cover in this
video, so we’ll continue to hunt them down, and make sure to watch out for more Taylor
content.
For more on Taylor Swift’s Red, you can click right over here for another video!
Then, let us know what easter eggs you found and what you found to be the most surprising
in the comments below.
I’m your girl Sussan Mourad, you can find me on socials @Sussan_Mourad, I’ll catch
you later, bye guys!