Everything Has Changed
Feat. Ed Sheeran | Single | RED (2012) | RED (Taylor's Version) [2021]
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Background and Composition
«We, for real, were sitting on my trampoline in my backyard because we had been writing a song and I was like, ‘Hey, I just got a trampoline. You want to see it?’ And so, he brought the guitar for some reason. We ended up writing an entire song out there. For portions of the song, we were bouncing around ‘cause it’s a trampoline, and it’s fun, and the combined maturity level of both of us is 8 years.»
Taylor Swift
The Beginning of the Sweeran Friendship
«We had both reached out to each other’s camps at the same time. I showed up at his hotel in Arizona and we just wrote songs all day. Then he came and hung out at my house in LA and we spent all night sitting on the kitchen floor laughing, writing songs and harmonizing.»
Taylor Swift
Music Video
Live Performances
Ten years later, Taylor performed the song solo on piano on “The Eras Tour” (2023-2024) during her show on July 22, 2023, in Seattle. On July 6, 2024, she also performed it as an acoustic surprise song in Amsterdam, as part of a mashup with “Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)” (2006) and “So High School” (2024). On August 15, 2024, she played “Everything Has Changed” together with Ed Sheeran at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the first time they sang the song together since their performance in New York back in 2013. They then switched into a mashup of “End Game“, their collaboration on reputation (2017), and Ed’s hit song “Thinking Out Loud” (2014).
Critical Reception
Commercial Performance
Taylor's Version
«'Everything Has Changed' is a song that I wrote with Ed Sheeran, and I think this is the one that we wrote on a trampoline in my backyard — how cute is that? He is a friend that I will just cherish forever, and looking back to the phases that we were at in our lives back then...It was shortly after this that we went on tour together. We had so many hilarious times, and this was the song that started all of it. And now when I think about this song, I think about how we'd make faces at each other onstage, and try to make the other one crack up. For me, this song is just about all the memories, all the fun times, the friendship montage — that's what I see in my head when I think about this. And it was really fun to get to go in, and I was really, really grateful that Ed wanted to redo all his stuff on RED, so, yay!»
Taylor Swift
Lyrics
[Intro: Ed Sheeran]
“You good to go?”
[Verse 1: Taylor Swift]
All I knew this morning when I woke
Is I know something now, know something now I didn’t before
And all I’ve seen since 18 hours ago
Is green eyes and freckles
And your smile in the back of my mind making me feel like
[Pre-Chorus: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you, know you, know you…
[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
‘Cause all I know is we said, “Hello”
And your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name
Everything has changed
All I know is you held the door
You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours
All I know since yesterday
Is everything has changed
[Verse 2: Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift]
And all my walls stood tall, painted blue
I’ll take ’em down, take ’em down
And open up the door for you
And all I feel in my stomach is butterflies, the beautiful kind
Makin’ up for lost time, taking flight making me feel right
[Pre-Chorus: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you, know you, know you…
[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
‘Cause all I know is we said, “Hello”
And your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name
Everything has changed
All I know is you held the door
You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours
All I know since yesterday
Is everything has changed
[Bridge: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
Come back and tell me why
I’m feeling like I’ve missed you all this time
And meet me there tonight
Let me know that it’s not all in my mind
[Pre-Chorus: Taylor Swift]
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you, know you, know you…
[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
‘Cause all I know is we said, “Hello”
And your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name
Everything has changed
All I know is you held the door
You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours
All I know since yesterday
Is everything has changed
[Outro: Taylor Swift]
All I know is we said, “Hello”
So dust off your highest hopes
All I know is pouring rain
And everything has changed
All I know is a new found grace
All my days, I’ll know your face
All I know since yesterday
Is everything has changed
[Intro: Ed Sheeran]
“You good to go?”
[Verse 1: Taylor Swift]
All I knew this morning when I woke
Is I know something now, know something now I didn’t before
And all I’ve seen since 18 hours ago
Is green eyes and freckles
And your smile in the back of my mind making me feel like
[Pre-Chorus: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you, know you, know you…
[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
‘Cause all I know is we said, “Hello”
And your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name
Everything has changed
All I know is you held the door
You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours
All I know since yesterday
Is everything has changed
[Verse 2: Ed Sheeran]
And all my walls stood tall, painted blue
I’ll take ’em down, take ’em down
And open up the door for you
And all I feel in my stomach is butterflies, the beautiful kind
Makin’ up for lost time, taking flight making me feel right
[Pre-Chorus: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you, know you, know you…
[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
‘Cause all I know is we said, “Hello”
And your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name
Everything has changed
All I know is you held the door
You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours
All I know since yesterday
Is everything has changed
[Bridge: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
Come back and tell me why
I’m feeling like I’ve missed you all this time
And meet me there tonight
Let me know that it’s not all in my mind
[Pre-Chorus: Taylor Swift]
I just want to know you better, know you better, know you better now
I just want to know you, know you, know you…
[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
‘Cause all I know is we said, “Hello”
And your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name
Everything has changed
All I know is you held the door
You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours
All I know since yesterday
Is everything has changed
[Outro: Taylor Swift]
All I know is we said, “Hello”
So dust off your highest hopes
All I know is pouring rain
And everything has changed
All I know is a new found grace
All my days, I’ll know your face
All I know since yesterday
Is everything has changed
[Taylor Swift]
I used to think that love was for dreamers
“Love at first sight,” I never believed it
Had my head on tight, I lived in the real world
But that was until I met you
Now everything is changed
[Ed Sheeran]
Yesterday I was drinking my sorrows away
On the edge of forever, storing my heart away
On the verge of letting my heart go stray
And that’s when I met you
And now everything is changed
[Taylor Swift]
Oh darling, you look like your soul is lost
What could’ve happened to make you feel so low?
Don’t let the liquor ease your hurt
Don’t let your heart go cold
[Ed Sheeran]
Oh darling, don’t worry, I’ll be just fine
What’s a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this?
If I weren’t drinking then I’d be crying
And I think that’s something we’d both rather miss
[Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran]
But I guess that’s just how the cookie crumbles
You give your all and watch as your heart tumbles
Down and down until you can’t feel anymore
[Ed Sheeran]
That’s the thing about love
That’s the reason why I’ll never fall again
It hurts when it’s supposed to make you feel good
[Taylor Swift]
Well if that’s what love is
Then I don’t ever wanna try it out
But something tells me I should
Even though we’ve only met each other
We’ll work it out together until everything is changed
Until everything is good
Artist | Taylor Swift | |||
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Albums | RED RED (Taylor’s Version) | |||
Feature | Ed Sheeran | |||
Released | October 22, 2012 | |||
Recorded | May 28, 2012 | |||
Re-Released | November 12, 2021 | |||
Studios | Ruby Red (Santa Monica) Kitty Committee (Belfast) Decoy (Suffolk) Black Rock Ranch (Tennessee) | |||
Genre | Folk Pop | |||
Length | 4:05 | |||
Labels | Big Machine Records Republic Records | |||
Songwriters | Taylor Swift Ed Sheeran | |||
Producer | Butch Walker | |||
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