Composition and lyrics
Who helped Taylor Swift write We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together?
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
The three minute and twelve second song features electronic heavy production and a pop music vocal styling, a musical transition for Swift. An alternate edition was recorded for country radio featuring a different instrumental arrangement. The country arrangement replaced the guitar, drum machine, and synthesisers with a banjo, mandolin, fiddle, steel guitar and snare drums. It was written in the key of G Major with a common time signature and a slow tempo of eighty-six beats per minute Moderate Rock beat, with Swift's vocals spanning one octave & four notes, from G3 to D5. The track features an acoustic guitar (some of its sounds are reversed) and various synthesizers over an electronic drum beat. The song was written by Swift, along with Max Martin and Shellback. The lyrics discuss Swift's frustration towards a former male lover who wants to rekindle their relationship.