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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">How Did It End?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30bdd63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30bdd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bonus Track | THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY (2024)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9740215 elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"9740215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b16286\" data-id=\"6b16286\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ce5982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ce5982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cHow Did It End?\u201d is track twenty-one on <em>THE ANTHOLOGY<\/em>, the double album edition of Taylor\u2019s eleventh studio album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/\">THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2024). It was released on April 19, 2024, through <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/republic-records\/\">Republic Records<\/a>. Written by Taylor and Aaron Dessner, the song is a metaphorical \u201cpost-mortem\u201d of a relationship, suggesting a detailed examination of its demise.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afc8b9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afc8b9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cHow Did It End?\u201d delves into the emotional aftermath of heartbreak and the societal reactions that accompany it. It moves beyond just the narrative of the breakup, rather exploring deeper themes of personal loss, societal voyeurism, and the quest for understanding what happened.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6291201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"6291201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__6291201\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1bbef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae1bbef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background and Release<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a1b23c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a1b23c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor released her tenth studio album, <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/midnights\/\"><em>Midnights<\/em><\/a>, on October 21, 2022, to widespread commercial and critical success. It was eventually nominated for six awards at the <em>66th Annual Grammy Awards<\/em> on February 4, 2024. That night, Taylor won the categories for \u201cBest Pop Vocal Album\u201d and \u201cAlbum of the Year\u201d for <em>Midnights<\/em>. In her acceptance speech for the former, she revealed a new studio album, titled <em>THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT<\/em>, and announced its release date of April 19, 2024, which she had been keeping secret for nearly two years. Its cover artwork was subsequently posted on her social media accounts, along with a photograph of a handwritten note.\n<br><br>\n\u201cHow Did It End?\u201d was part of the surprise double-album, <em>THE ANTHOLOGY<\/em>, which was released on April 19, shortly after the album\u2019s standard edition. It was later added to Taylor\u2019s \u201cOld Habits Die Screaming (Depression)\u201d playlist on <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/brand-deals\/apple-music\/\">Apple Music<\/a>.\n<br><br>\nThe song is speculated to be about Taylor\u2019s split from her partner of six years, <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/joe-alwyn\/\">Joe Alwyn<\/a>, which was announced on April 8, 2023. A source told <em>Entertainment Weekly <\/em>at the time that \u201cit was more of Taylor\u2019s decision to break up, but both of them realized that they weren\u2019t completely right for one another. They had been together for such a long time and were spending so much time together, but their personalities were just too different.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bc49be elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9bc49be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9146010430\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e143e67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e143e67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrical Theme<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a1728f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a1728f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cHow Did It End?\u201d captures the essence of incompatibility and the struggle to maintain a connection when fundamental differences prevail.\nThe repeated, <em>\u201cHow did it end?\u201d<\/em> reflects a societal obsession with the details of personal failures and breakups. This curiosity is depicted as an \u201cempathetic hunger\u201d that descends upon those around, who are eager to learn about the personal details of others\u2019 lives. When promoting her documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/videography\/filmography\/miss-americana\/\"><em>Miss Americana<\/em><\/a> in January 2020, Taylor described how she perceives the public reacting to things happening in her personal life:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f53c95c elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"f53c95c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abFor so much of my life in the public eye, when I get sad, or upset, or humiliated, or angry, or go through a really horrible time...I feel people lean in with this hunger.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91cf272 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91cf272\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn \u201cHow Did It End?\u201d, Taylor critiques this voyeuristic aspect of society, where people are more interested in the spectacle of a breakup rather than the emotional well-being of those involved. The mention of people gossiping about the relationship\u2019s end in public places like shops underscores this theme of public scrutiny and the spread of rumors.\n<br><br>\nThroughout the song, Taylor also touches on the emotional toll of the breakup through imagery and metaphors. The line <em>\u201cMy beloved ghost and me \/ Sitting in a tree \/ D-Y-I-N-G\u201d<\/em> poignantly expresses the feeling of dying inside due to the loss of a loved one.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd94338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"dd94338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9146010430\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d59399b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d59399b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Live Performances<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afdbb06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afdbb06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cHow Did It End?\u201d received its first live performance acoustically on piano on May 19, 2024, in Stockholm during one of Taylor\u2019s shows on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>\u201d (2023-2024). The live audio was released on July 11, 2024. In Toronto on November 23, 2024, she paired the song with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/midnights\/midnights-songs\/you-are-losing-me\/\">You\u2019re Losing Me<\/a>\u201d (2023).\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-337b840 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"337b840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Reception<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa19bc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa19bc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoisin O\u2019Connor of<em> The Independent<\/em> listed \u201cHow Did It End?\u201d as the 20th best song of 2024, writing: \u201cBuried like a treasure in the 31-song tracklist of <em>THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT\u2019<\/em>s \u201cAnthology\u201d edition is \u2018How Did It End?\u2019 \u2013 a stark piano ballad in the vein of 2020\u2019s sepia-toned <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/evermore\/\"><em>evermore<\/em><\/a>. Over arpeggiating notes that rise and fall like waves on a shoreline, Swift alludes to the gleeful press frenzy surrounding another public heartbreak: \u2018Come one, come all\/ It\u2019s happenin\u2019 again\/ The empathetic hunger descends\u2026\u2019 Then comes the tussle between mature acceptance and childish disbelief: \u2018The deflation of our dreaming\/ Leaving me bereft and reeling\/ My beloved ghost and me\/ Sitting in a tree\/ D-Y-I-N-G.\u2019 Songwriting of the most exquisite kind.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a689c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a689c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commercial Performance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5551ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5551ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpon the release of <em>THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT<\/em>, \u201cHow Did It End?\u201d debuted at No. 35 on the B<em>illboard Hot 100<\/em>, during the chart week ending on May 4, 2024.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244eb13 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"244eb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09dedcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09dedcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrics<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6e7c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6e7c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>[Verse 1]<\/strong><br>We hereby conduct this post mortem<br>He was a hothouse flower to my outdoorsman<br>Our maladies were such we could not cure them<br>And so a touch that was my birthright became foreign<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Chorus 1]<\/strong><br>Come one, come all<br>It\u2019s happening again<br>The empathetic hunger descends<br>We\u2019ll tell no one except all of our friends<br>We must know<br>How did it end?<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Verse 2]<\/strong><br>We were blind to unforeseen circumstances<br>We learned th\u0435 right steps to different danc\u0435s<br>And fell victim to interlopers\u2019 glances<br>Lost the game of chance, what are the chances?<br>Soon they\u2019ll go home to their husbands<br>Smug cause they know they can trust him<br>Then feverishly calling their cousins<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Chorus 2]<\/strong><br>Guess who we ran into at the shops<br>Walking in circles like she was lost<br>Didn\u2019t you hear they called it all off<br>One gasp, and then<br>How did it end?<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Bridge]<\/strong><br>Say it once again with feeling<br>How the death rattle breathing<br>Silenced as the soul was leaving<br>The deflation of our dreaming<br>Leaving me bereft and reeling<br>My beloved ghost and me<br>Sitting in a tree<br>D-Y-I-N-G<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Pre-Chorus]<\/strong><br>It\u2019s happening again<br>How did it end?<br>I can\u2019t pretend like I understand<br>How did it end?<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Final Chorus]<\/strong><br>Come one, come all<br>It\u2019s happening again<br>The empathetic hunger descends<br>We\u2019ll tell no one except all of our friends<br>But I still don\u2019t know<br>How did it end?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae99dfd elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--skin-framed elementor-share-buttons--color-custom elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"ae99dfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn 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href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/biography\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Album<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/\">THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Released<\/th><td>April 19, 2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Recorded<\/th><td>2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Studio<\/th><td>Long Pond (Hudson Valley)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Genre<\/th><td>Alternative<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Length<\/th><td>3:58<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Label<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/republic-records\/\">Republic Records<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Songwriters<\/th><td>Taylor Swift<br \/>Aaron Dessner<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Producers<\/th><td>Aaron Dessner<br \/>Taylor Swift<\/td><\/tr><tr><th class=\"infobox-header description\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><h6>THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT CHRONOLOGY<\/h6><\/th><\/tr><tr><td class=\"infobox-full-data\" colspan=\"2\"><table><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/the-tortured-poets-department-songs\/chloe-or-sam-or-sophia-or-marcus\/\">Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus<\/a><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><strong>How Did It End?<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-tortured-poets-department\/the-tortured-poets-department-songs\/so-high-school\/\">So High School<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbec89c elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bbec89c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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Bonus Track | THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY (2024) \u201cHow Did It End?\u201d is track twenty-one on THE ANTHOLOGY, the double album edition of Taylor\u2019s eleventh studio album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT\u00a0(2024). It was released on April 19, 2024, through Republic Records. Written by Taylor and Aaron Dessner, the song is a metaphorical \u201cpost-mortem\u201d of a relationship, suggesting a detailed examination of its demise.\u201dHow Did It End?\u201d delves into the emotional aftermath of heartbreak and the societal reactions that accompany it. It moves beyond just the narrative of the breakup, rather exploring deeper themes of personal loss, societal voyeurism, and the quest for understanding what happened. Table of Contents Background and Release Taylor released her tenth studio album, Midnights, on October 21, 2022, to widespread commercial and critical success. It was eventually nominated for six awards at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on February 4, 2024. That night, Taylor won the categories for \u201cBest Pop Vocal Album\u201d and \u201cAlbum of the Year\u201d for Midnights. In her acceptance speech for the former, she revealed a new studio album, titled THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, and announced its release date of April 19, 2024, which she had been keeping secret for nearly two years. Its cover artwork was subsequently posted on her social media accounts, along with a photograph of a handwritten note. \u201cHow Did It End?\u201d was part of the surprise double-album, THE ANTHOLOGY, which was released on April 19, shortly after the album\u2019s standard edition. It was later added to Taylor\u2019s \u201cOld Habits Die Screaming (Depression)\u201d playlist on Apple Music. The song is speculated to be about Taylor\u2019s split from her partner of six years, Joe Alwyn, which was announced on April 8, 2023. A source told Entertainment Weekly at the time that \u201cit was more of Taylor\u2019s decision to break up, but both of them realized that they weren\u2019t completely right for one another. They had been together for such a long time and were spending so much time together, but their personalities were just too different.\u201d Lyrical Theme \u201cHow Did It End?\u201d captures the essence of incompatibility and the struggle to maintain a connection when fundamental differences prevail. The repeated, \u201cHow did it end?\u201d reflects a societal obsession with the details of personal failures and breakups. This curiosity is depicted as an \u201cempathetic hunger\u201d that descends upon those around, who are eager to learn about the personal details of others\u2019 lives. When promoting her documentary Miss Americana in January 2020, Taylor described how she perceives the public reacting to things happening in her personal life: \u00abFor so much of my life in the public eye, when I get sad, or upset, or humiliated, or angry, or go through a really horrible time\u2026I feel people lean in with this hunger.\u00bb Taylor Swift In \u201cHow Did It End?\u201d, Taylor critiques this voyeuristic aspect of society, where people are more interested in the spectacle of a breakup rather than the emotional well-being of those involved. The mention of people gossiping about the relationship\u2019s end in public places like shops underscores this theme of public scrutiny and the spread of rumors. Throughout the song, Taylor also touches on the emotional toll of the breakup through imagery and metaphors. The line \u201cMy beloved ghost and me \/ Sitting in a tree \/ D-Y-I-N-G\u201d poignantly expresses the feeling of dying inside due to the loss of a loved one. Live Performances \u201cHow Did It End?\u201d received its first live performance acoustically on piano on May 19, 2024, in Stockholm during one of Taylor\u2019s shows on \u201cThe Eras Tour\u201d (2023-2024). The live audio was released on July 11, 2024. In Toronto on November 23, 2024, she paired the song with \u201cYou\u2019re Losing Me\u201d (2023). Critical Reception Roisin O\u2019Connor of The Independent listed \u201cHow Did It End?\u201d as the 20th best song of 2024, writing: \u201cBuried like a treasure in the 31-song tracklist of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT\u2019s \u201cAnthology\u201d edition is \u2018How Did It End?\u2019 \u2013 a stark piano ballad in the vein of 2020\u2019s sepia-toned evermore. Over arpeggiating notes that rise and fall like waves on a shoreline, Swift alludes to the gleeful press frenzy surrounding another public heartbreak: \u2018Come one, come all\/ It\u2019s happenin\u2019 again\/ The empathetic hunger descends\u2026\u2019 Then comes the tussle between mature acceptance and childish disbelief: \u2018The deflation of our dreaming\/ Leaving me bereft and reeling\/ My beloved ghost and me\/ Sitting in a tree\/ D-Y-I-N-G.\u2019 Songwriting of the most exquisite kind.\u201d Commercial Performance Upon the release of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, \u201cHow Did It End?\u201d debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, during the chart week ending on May 4, 2024. Lyrics [Verse 1]We hereby conduct this post mortemHe was a hothouse flower to my outdoorsmanOur maladies were such we could not cure themAnd so a touch that was my birthright became foreign [Chorus 1]Come one, come allIt\u2019s happening againThe empathetic hunger descendsWe\u2019ll tell no one except all of our friendsWe must knowHow did it end? [Verse 2]We were blind to unforeseen circumstancesWe learned th\u0435 right steps to different danc\u0435sAnd fell victim to interlopers\u2019 glancesLost the game of chance, what are the chances?Soon they\u2019ll go home to their husbandsSmug cause they know they can trust himThen feverishly calling their cousins [Chorus 2]Guess who we ran into at the shopsWalking in circles like she was lostDidn\u2019t you hear they called it all offOne gasp, and thenHow did it end? [Bridge]Say it once again with feelingHow the death rattle breathingSilenced as the soul was leavingThe deflation of our dreamingLeaving me bereft and reelingMy beloved ghost and meSitting in a treeD-Y-I-N-G [Pre-Chorus]It\u2019s happening againHow did it end?I can\u2019t pretend like I understandHow did it end? [Final Chorus]Come one, come allIt\u2019s happening againThe empathetic hunger descendsWe\u2019ll tell no one except all of our friendsBut I still don\u2019t knowHow did it end? 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