Breathe (Taylor Swift song)

"Breathe" peaked at number 87 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Swift performed the song live on August 18, 2018, in Miami Gardens, Florida, for the Reputation Stadium Tour.

[1][2] Continuing the romantic themes of her first album, Swift wrote songs about love and personal experiences from the perspective of a teenage girl to ensure her fans could relate to Fearless.

According to the mixer Justin Niebank, the two admired the simple arrangement and "the fact that on 'Bubbly' you could really sense that it was just an honest person sitting in a room surrounded by musicians".

[11] Verizon Wireless used the song in a promotional campaign; it offered an exclusive ringtone of "Breathe" for contest winners.

[15] On the Miami Gardens, Florida, concert as part of her Reputation Stadium Tour on August 18, 2018, Swift performed "Breathe" as part of a "surprise song" for the mid-show acoustic session; she told the crowd that she was "99 percent sure" she had never performed the song live before.

In the song's verses, the narrator acknowledges that people change and grow apart, though she is upset because she knows the person "like the back of her hand."

[28] Gary Trust, also from Billboard, wrote in January 2010 that the track had a commercial success potential that "could keep Swift's string of smashes stretching into 2011".

[31] Bruce Mitchell of the Kelowna Capital News described the song as mature and lovely,[32] and John Law of The Sudbury Star opined that the track, alongside "You're Not Sorry", "offers clues of the artist [Swift] may become" with "hooks that'll level the competition".

[34] Jim Abbott of the Orlando Sentinel opined that the acoustic arrangement of the track was a "quieter" moment on the album that showed Swift's "most appealing side".

"[20] In less enthusiastic reviews, Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine thought Swift should have chosen another collaborator as he believed Caillat was inert,[35] while Larry Rodgers in The Arizona Republic wrote that the pop-rock arrangement sounded dull.

[36] About "Breathe" not winning the award, Caillat said, "I love 'Breathe' with Taylor, but I've been performing 'Lucky' with Jason all around the world the last year, so I'm happy it won.