This mournful ballad was the only time on 1989 that Taylor collaborated with Nathan Chapman, the main producer of her first four albums.
Asked by Pop Crush which of her 1989 tracks does she listen to the most on her iPod, Taylor replied: "I think the one that I kept going back to, over and over and over again, is a song called 'This Love,' actually. It's a song that I wrote by myself. It's kind of like hypnotic in a way, and it kind of is somewhat romantic and wistful and relaxing."