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“I never imagined that [All Too Well would become such a favorite] because it wasn’t a single, and it didn’t have a video and all these kinds of ways I was taught music permeated culture, I didn’t see that happening with that song. Now, I remember playing it on the Grammys because the fans wanted to hear it a lot, but I truly didn’t think it would become something that had the life of a song beyond a lot of the songs I did that had singles, music video kind of assets going on. It really was amazing to watch, and I truly can’t believe when I play it now live and everybody in the crowd knows every word. I’m truly astonished by it and I think that’s one of the most beautiful things about this album for me, wen I look back on it. I’m like, ‘Wow, I really didn’t pick that one as being one. I thought it was too dark, too sad, too intense, just too many things. You know? It’s fun when things surprise you like that.”