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The sixth track on Red finds Taylor Swift celebrating her early twenties by having some (reckless) fun.
The song was written when Taylor Swift celebrated her 22nd birthday. The hidden message in the album booklet is “Ashley, Dianna, Claire, Selena”. These are the four names of some of her friends: Ashley Avignone, stylist, Dianna Agron, actor known for playing Quinn on Glee, Claire Kislinger, jewelry designer, and Selena Gomez, singer / former Disney star, who celebrated her 22nd birthday with her. In fact, Swift tweeted photos of them dressed as hipsters, and they appear in the music video for this track.
The song is however not only about the birthday celebrations but tells the coming-of-age story where she is changing from a teen to an adult. It tells of the confusing times of being in your 20s – where you are “happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time”.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It feels like a perfect night To dress up like hipsters And make fun of our exes, uh-uh, uh-uh It feels like a perfect night For breakfast at midnight To fall in love with strangers, uh-uh, uh-uh
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah We're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time It's miserable and magical, oh, yeah Tonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines It's time, oh-oh
[Chorus]
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22 Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you You don't know about me, but I'll bet you want to Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we're 22, 22
[Verse 2]
It seems like one of those nights This place is too crowded Too many cool kids, uh-uh, uh-uh (Who's Taylor Swift, anyway? Ew) It seems like one of those nights We ditch the whole scene And end up dreaming Instead of sleeping
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah We're happy, free, confused, and lonely in the best way It's miserable and magical, oh, yeah Tonight's the night when we forget about the heartbreaks It's time, oh-oh
[Chorus]
(Hey!) I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22 Everything will be alright (ooh) if you keep me next to you You don't know about me, but I'll bet you want to Everything will be alright if (alright) We just keep dancing like we're 22 (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) 22 (I don't know about you) 22, 22
[Bridge]
It feels like one of those nights We ditch the whole scene It feels like one of those nights We won't be sleeping It feels like one of those nights You look like bad news I gotta have you I gotta have you Ooh, ooh, yeah
[Chorus]
(Hey!) I don't know about you But I'm feeling 22 Everything will be alright if (ooh) you keep me next to you You don't know about me But I'll bet you want to Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we're 22 (whoa, oh) 22 (dancing like) 22 (yeah, yeah), 22, (yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Outro]
It feels like one of those nights We ditch the whole scene It feels like one of those nights We won't be sleeping It feels like one of those nights You look like bad news I gotta have you I gotta have you
