Back to December

Taylor Swift's music video for Back to December came out today. I love it! It's Taylor Swift. :)

I love the simplicity of this video. It's totally not how I pictured the music video to be. I pictured a lot of flash back moments, you know, back to before December. The happy moments of their relationship. Then some flash backs to December when she broke his heart. In this video, there is no interaction between them. It's just her. It's just him. But they are thinking about each other. It feels like this is the moment in December when she made him go. All of his stuff is packed and on her floor. Then it's in his car. He's gone. The letter in the jacket pocket was a good way for closure without them being together. He breathes out at the end after reading the letter, and keeps walking. Finality. He knows it's over, and now he knows how she feels. They both feel the pain of their relationship ending. But that's it. It's still over. I love Taylor in this. She is just thinking and singing and being. Her outfit is perfect for regret, as is her hair and the way she moves. Sorrowful and slow. Her tear. The snow is awesome. On the outside with him. On the inside with her. Back to December. It connects them somehow. Inside, it lands on everything. Everything is cold and a memory, now that he is gone. The guy did a good job too. He's obviously not who you picture when you hear this song (he's not Taylor Lautner,) but his facial emotions and body language was perfect. His sad eyes. His red nose. The way he shivers, not only because of the cold, but of the memories of her, with her. He's walking all around, different places, maybe places they've been together. He's walking through their relationship. Thinking. Wondering. I liked it when the camera was on Taylor's back, and the wind ruffles her shirt and hair and she looks over her shoulder. Like she feels him. Like he's there. Her hand on the window for goodbye, as if she's watching him leave all over again. Him in the car, hands on the wheel. He looks out the window. At her house? After the goodbye? I like all of the different camera angles. The wide shots. The close up shots. The snow. The sun. It's so personal. So real.