I Don't Wanna Live Forever#Charts

Taylor Swift wrote "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" with Sam Dew and its producer Jack Antonoff, for Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017).{{Cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=2016-12-09 |title=Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik Join Forces on Fifty Shades Song 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever': Listen |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-fifty-shades-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-7616811/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122092451/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-fifty-shades-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-7616811/ |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Billboard}} It was Swift's first original song since her 2014 studio album, 1989.{{Cite news |last=Yahr |first=Emily |date=December 9, 2016 |title=Why is Taylor Swift on the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack? Here are five theories. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/12/09/why-is-taylor-swift-on-the-fifty-shades-darker-soundtrack-here-are-five-theories/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116181826/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/12/09/why-is-taylor-swift-on-the-fifty-shades-darker-soundtrack-here-are-five-theories/ |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |access-date=February 4, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

Universal Music Group released "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" for download onto the iTunes Store and streaming onto Apple Music on December 9, 2016, as the soundtrack's lead single.{{Cite web |last=White |first=Jack |date=2016-12-09 |title=Zayn and Taylor Swift release surprise new single I Don't Wanna Live Forever |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/zayn-and-taylor-swift-release-surprise-new-single-i-dont-wanna-live-forever__17437/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209020002/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/zayn-and-taylor-swift-release-surprise-new-single-i-dont-wanna-live-forever__17437/ |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=2025-02-04 |publisher=Official Charts Company}}{{Cite press release |title=Watch the Music Video for Zayn {{!}} Taylor Swift's 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)' from the Fifty Shades Darker Official Soundtrack |date=January 27, 2017 |publisher=Universal Music Canada |url=https://www.universalmusic.ca/press-releases/watch-music-video-zayn-taylor-swifts-dont-wanna-live-forever-fifty-shades-darker-fifty-shades-darker-official-soundtrack/ |access-date=February 4, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930185342/https://www.universalmusic.ca/press-releases/watch-music-video-zayn-taylor-swifts-dont-wanna-live-forever-fifty-shades-darker-fifty-shades-darker-official-soundtrack/ |archive-date=September 30, 2023}} It was released to US hot adult contemporary radio on December 12 and US contemporary hit radio on December 13, through Big Machine and Republic Records. The song was made available for streaming onto Spotify on December 16.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=2016-12-16 |title=Zayn & Taylor Swift's 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' Headed for Top 10 Hot 100 Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/zayn-taylor-swift-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-top-10-hot-100-debut/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519163651/https://www.billboard.com/pro/zayn-taylor-swift-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-top-10-hot-100-debut/ |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Billboard}} In Italy, Universal and Sony Music Italy released the song for radio airplay on January 13, 2017.

Swift's vocals were recorded by Antonoff at Rough Customer Studio in Brooklyn, New York City, and Zayn's vocals were recorded by Daniel Zaidenstadt at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, California. All instruments were played by Antonoff, and the track was mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Swift's vocals were recorded by Antonoff at Rough Customer Studio in Brooklyn, while Zayn's by Daniel Zaidenstadt at the Record Plant in Los Angeles. According to Antonoff, it took him one week to put the track together, combining Swift's vocals that he recorded and Zayn's vocals sent from Los Angeles. The track was mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound Studio in New York.

"I Don't Wanna Live Forever" is 4 minutes and 5 seconds long. It is a mid-tempo{{Cite news |last=Hunt |first=Elle |date=2016-12-09 |title=Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik release surprise duet for Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/09/taylor-swift-and-zayn-malik-release-surprise-duet-for-fifty-shades-darker-soundtrack |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=December 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209194716/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/09/taylor-swift-and-zayn-malik-release-surprise-duet-for-fifty-shades-darker-soundtrack |url-status=live }} R&B,{{Cite web |date=2016-12-09 |title=Taylor Swift & Zayn Malik - 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2016/12/09/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-dont-wanna-live-forever/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Wonderland |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330024330/https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2016/12/09/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-dont-wanna-live-forever/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Feeney |first=Nolan |date=December 9, 2016 |title=Zayn & Taylor Swift's 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/09/taylor-swift-zayn-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-ew-review |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211142242/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/09/taylor-swift-zayn-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-ew-review |archive-date=December 11, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly}} electropop,{{cite web |last=Mylrea |first=Hannah |date=September 8, 2020 |title=Every Taylor Swift song ranked in order of greatness |url=https://www.nme.com/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2740117 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908194608/https://www.nme.com/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2740117 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |access-date=July 3, 2022 |website=NME}} and dance-pop ballad{{Cite news |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=December 9, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift, Zayn Team Up for Sultry Fifty Shades Darker Song |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/zayn-taylor-swift-team-for-sultry-fifty-shades-darker-song-w454824 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208003443/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/zayn-taylor-swift-team-for-sultry-fifty-shades-darker-song-w454824 |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |newspaper=Rolling Stone}} driven by finger snap beats.{{Cite web |last=Paulson |first=Dave |date=December 9, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift releases new song for 50 Shades sequel |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/12/09/taylor-swift-releases-new-song-50-shades-sequel/95199302/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=The Tennessean}} Issy Sampson of The Guardian categorized it as a slow jam.{{Cite news |last=Sampson |first=Issy |date=2017-01-06 |title=Zayn & Taylor Swift's I Don't Wanna Live Forever: a breathy, sexy, slow jam |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/06/this-weeks-new-tracks |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126153128/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/06/this-weeks-new-tracks |archive-date=November 26, 2024 |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=The Guardian}} Many critics regarded the production as sultry.{{Cite magazine |last=Bruner |first=Raisa |date=2017-01-27 |title=Watch Taylor Swift and Zayn's Sultry New Music Video |url=https://time.com/4648633/taylor-swift-zayn-50-shades-video/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413203346/https://time.com/4648633/taylor-swift-zayn-50-shades-video/ |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Time}} Swift and Zayn sing the track using breathy vocals and falsetto harmonies.{{Cite magazine |last=Lansky |first=Sam |author-link=Sam Lansky |date=2017-02-09 |title=If There's Pain In Fifty Shades, There's Pleasure In Its Soundtrack |url=https://time.com/4664997/fifty-shades-darker-soundtrack/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213121039/https://time.com/4664997/fifty-shades-darker-soundtrack/ |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Time}} The lyrics are about romantic yearning between two ex-lovers{{Cite web |date=2017-02-08 |title=Zayn & Taylor Swift - 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)' |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2017/02/08/zayn-taylor-swift-dont-wanna-live-forever-fifty-shades-darker/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609083848/https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2017/02/08/zayn-taylor-swift-dont-wanna-live-forever-fifty-shades-darker/ |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Wonderland}} and include self-interrogation about what the relationship means; Swift's narrator sings at one point: "Wonder if I dodged a bullet?/ or just lost the love of my life?" Some lyrics were influenced by the dynamics of the Fifty Shades characters Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele ("I've been looking sad in all the nicest places").{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Alyssa |date=2016-12-09 |title=Taylor Swift Now Making Breakup Songs With Zayn Malik |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/news/a41321/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-song-i-dont-wanna-live-forever/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322131942/https://www.elle.com/culture/music/news/a41321/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-song-i-dont-wanna-live-forever/ |archive-date=March 22, 2023 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Elle}}

Nolan Feeney of Entertainment Weekly gave "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" a B+ rating. He contended that Swift succeeded in showing her sensual, sultry side and Zayn's falsetto vocals were impressive. Sampson thought that the single continued the trend of "soundtracks that are better than the actual film", highlighting Swift's vocals for reaching "notes she hardly ever attempts" and the finger snap production as "on-brand" for the Fifty Shades franchise. Hannah Mylrea of NME thought that the track was more enticing than the Fifty Shades movie and described it as "a bit of a banger". In June 2022, Business Insider ranked "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" as Swift's second-best soundtrack song, behind "Safe & Sound" (2012).{{Cite web |last1=Ahlgrim |first1=Callie |last2=Larocca |first2=Courteney |date=2022-06-26 |title=All 8 of Taylor Swift's soundtrack songs, ranked |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-soundtrack-songs-ranked-2022-6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207174920/https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-soundtrack-songs-ranked-2022-6 |archive-date=2023-02-07 |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=Insider |language=en-US}} Billboard in April 2024 ranked the single as Swift's second-best collaboration, behind "Exile" (2020) featuring Bon Iver, opining that Swift and Zayn gave the track enough character for it to become more than just a soundtrack single.{{Cite magazine |last1=Danielle |first1=Pascual |last2=Weatherby |first2=Taylor |last3=Dailey |first3=Hannah |date=2024-04-19 |title=Taylor Swift's Top Collaborations, Ranked: Critics' Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-taylor-swift-collaborations-songs/the-last-time-feat-gary-lightbody/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526192841/https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-taylor-swift-collaborations-songs/the-last-time-feat-gary-lightbody/ |archive-date=May 26, 2023 |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Billboard}}

In a less enthusiastic review, Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone ranked it 251st out of Swift's total 274 songs as of April 2024, deeming the track uninteresting and Swift and Zayn's vocals boring.{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=April 25, 2024 |title='I Don't Wanna Live Forever' (2016) |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/i-dont-wanna-live-forever-with-zayn-malik-2016-195396/ |access-date=February 4, 2025 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910200409/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/i-dont-wanna-live-forever-with-zayn-malik-2016-195396/ |url-status=live }} Vulture's Nate Jones listed it at number 203 on his ranking of Swift's 245 songs as of April 2024, calling it a "wan duet".{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Nate |date=2024-05-20 |title=All 245 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |url-access=limited |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Vulture |archive-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913234630/https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |url-status=live }} Lucy Ford of British GQ also deemed "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" a lesser entry among Swift's singles, saying that its "harsh falsetto and whimper of a crescendo" made it fall flat.{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Lucy |date=2022-10-11 |title=Every Taylor Swift single, ranked |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/best-taylor-swift-songs |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=British GQ |archive-date=October 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011083033/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/best-taylor-swift-songs |url-status=live }}

In the United States, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" debuted at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Zayn's second top-10 single as a solo artist and Swift's 20th top 10. On the Digital Song Sales chart, it debuted at number one, becoming Zayn's second song as a solo artist and Swift's 11th song to reach number one.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=December 19, 2016 |title=Rae Sremmurd Tops Hot 100, Zayn & Taylor Swift, J. Cole Debut in Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/hot-100-rae-sremmurd-sixth-week-zayn-taylor-swift-j-cole/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113102204/https://www.billboard.com/pro/hot-100-rae-sremmurd-sixth-week-zayn-taylor-swift-j-cole/ |archive-date=January 13, 2024 |access-date=December 21, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}} The single peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated March 4, 2017, becoming the highest-charting single from the Fifty Shades franchise, surpassing Ellie Goulding's "Love Me like You Do" (2015) and the Weeknd's "Earned It" (2014), which both peaked at number three.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694385/hot-100-ed-sheeran-katy-perry-bruno-mars|title=Ed Sheeran Tops Hot 100, Katy Perry Debuts at No. 4 & Bruno Mars, Rihanna & The Weeknd All Hit Top 10|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=February 21, 2017|access-date=February 22, 2017|archive-date=February 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223114700/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694385/hot-100-ed-sheeran-katy-perry-bruno-mars|url-status=live}} It was Zayn's second top-five single as solo artist and Swift's 11th top-five single on the Hot 100.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=30 January 2017 |title=Migos Hold Atop Hot 100, Alessia Cara Hits Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/hot-100-migos-bad-and-boujee-alessia-cara/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203191421/https://www.billboard.com/pro/hot-100-migos-bad-and-boujee-alessia-cara/ |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |access-date=February 4, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}} On Billboard{{'}}s airplay charts, the single peaked at number two on both Adult Top 40 and Mainstream Top 40.{{Cite magazine |last=Feinberg |first=Scott |date=2017-09-07 |title=Taylor Swift & Zayn Malik's 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' to Get Oscar Push From Universal Pictures |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-oscar-campaign-universal-pictures-7957673/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005071411/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-oscar-campaign-universal-pictures-7957673/ |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Billboard}} It reached over a million in sales by July 2017{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=4 July 2017 |title=Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. & Ed Sheeran's 'Shape of You' Lead Nielsen Music's Mid-Year 2017 Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/nielsen-midyear-2017-charts-kendrick-lamar-ed-sheeran/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420083117/https://www.billboard.com/pro/nielsen-midyear-2017-charts-kendrick-lamar-ed-sheeran/ |archive-date=April 20, 2022 |access-date=February 4, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}} and 1.4 million by November 2017,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8046939/taylor-swift-career-album-song-sales-ask-billboard |title=Ask Billboard: Taylor Swift's Career Album & Song Sales |date=November 26, 2017 |access-date=November 26, 2017 |first=Gary |last=Trust |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=November 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126192431/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8046939/taylor-swift-career-album-song-sales-ask-billboard |url-status=live }} and was the tenth-best-selling song of 2017 in the United States, selling 1.108 million copies within that year.{{cite magazine |author=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=3 January 2018 |title=Ed Sheeran's Divide Is Nielsen Music's Top Album of 2017 in U.S. |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8085932/ed-sheeran-divide-nielsen-music-top-album-2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227232707/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8085932/ed-sheeran-divide-nielsen-music-top-album-2017 |archive-date=27 December 2018 |access-date=4 January 2018 |magazine=Billboard}} The Recording Industry Association of America has certified the single four-times platinum for surpassing four million units.

"I Don't Wanna Live Forever" peaked at number one in Sweden and reached the top five on many charts across Europe: it peaked at number two in Austria, Belgian Wallonia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Norway, Portugal, and Switzerland; number three in Hungary; number four in Bulgaria, France, and Ireland; and number five in Italy and the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |last=Griffiths |first=George |date=2024-04-23 |title=Taylor Swift's Official Top 40 biggest songs in the UK revealed |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swifts-official-top-40-biggest-songs-in-the-uk-revealed/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website= |publisher=Official Charts Company |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603093230/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swifts-official-top-40-biggest-songs-in-the-uk-revealed/ |url-status=live }} In Asia–Pacific, the song peaked at number two in Malaysia, number three in Australia, and number four in New Zealand. The single has been certified diamond in Brazil (double diamond), France, and Poland; seven-times platinum in Australia and Canada; four-times platinum in New Zealand and Norway; triple platinum in Italy; double platinum in Denmark, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom; triple gold in Germany; and platinum+gold in Mexico.

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Directed by Grant Singer,{{Cite web |date=2017-01-27 |title=Taylor Swift & Zayn Malik Premiere 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' Video |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-premiere-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210194054/https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-premiere-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-video/ |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Radio.com |publisher=CBS News}} the music video for "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" was released on January 27, 2017, through both Zayn and Swift's official YouTube and Vevo accounts. A behind-the-scenes video was released the same day.{{Cite magazine |last=Stutz |first=Colin |date=2017-01-28 |title=Taylor Swift Calls Zayn 'Really Special' in 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' Behind-the-Scenes Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-zayn-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-behind-scenes-video-7669960/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516040146/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-zayn-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-behind-scenes-video-7669960/ |url-status=live }} The music video was shot at the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel in London, England. It opens with Zayn walking into the hotel while being surrounded by paparazzi. After getting into his room, he smashes objects like glasses and lamps.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Trey |date=January 27, 2017 |title=Watch Zayn, Taylor Swift Get Destructive In 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' Music Video |url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/en/music-news/watch-zayn-taylor-swift-get-destructive-in-i-don-t-wanna-live-forever-music-video-1.2360095.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |publisher=iHeartRadio |language= |archive-date=November 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106142828/https://www.iheartradio.ca/en/music-news/watch-zayn-taylor-swift-get-destructive-in-i-don-t-wanna-live-forever-music-video-1.2360095.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Brill |first=Karen |date=2017-01-27 |title=Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik Do Angst the Sultry Way in 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' Music Video |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/01/see-music-video-for-taylor-swift-zayn-song.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410062136/https://www.vulture.com/2017/01/see-music-video-for-taylor-swift-zayn-song.html |archive-date=April 10, 2024 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Vulture}} Swift is then seen wearing dark lipstick, black lingerie, an unbuttoned jacket, and walking down a dark hallway. She then angrily smashes the mirror and writhes around on bed as close-up shots focus on her makeup and messy hair.{{Cite web |last=Fuller |first=Gillian |date=2017-01-26 |title=See Taylor Swift's Vampy Side in 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' Teaser |url=https://www.allure.com/story/i-dont-wanna-live-forever-taylor-swift-teaser |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Allure |archive-date=November 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126181320/https://www.allure.com/story/i-dont-wanna-live-forever-taylor-swift-teaser |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Gonzales |first=Erica |date=2017-01-27 |title=Taylor Swift and Zayn's Music Video Is as Sexy As You'd Expect |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/news/a19944/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-music-video/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |archive-date=March 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312102948/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/news/a19944/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-music-video/ |url-status=live }} Towards the closing moments, there are brief scenes of the two together as lights flash around them.{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Josiah |date=January 27, 2017 |title=Watch Taylor Swift and Zayn's Sultry Fifty Shades Darker Music Video |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/watch_taylor_swift_and_zayns_sultry_new_music_video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228220000/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/watch_taylor_swift_and_zayns_sultry_new_music_video |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Exclaim!}}{{Cite web |last=Prakash |first=Neha |date=2017-01-27 |title=Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik Are Scorned Lovers in the 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' Music Video |url=https://www.self.com/story/watch-taylor-swift-and-zayn-malik-music-video |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Self |archive-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322022449/https://www.self.com/story/watch-taylor-swift-and-zayn-malik-music-video |url-status=live }}

Exclaim! wrote that the video had a noirish and cinematic quality, while Allure highlighted Swift's persona in the video as her powerful and confident embrace of her sexuality. Billboard summed up the video's narrative as being "fueled by the torture of love".{{Cite magazine |last=Lindner |first=Emilee |date=2017-01-27 |title=A List of Everything Taylor Swift Has Destroyed in Music Videos |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/taylor-swift-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-video-destruction/1-everything-taylor-swift-has-destroyed-in-music-videos/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Billboard}} Vulture wrote that the video features Zayn and Swift "sexily [bearing] the weight of their romantic distress" but found Zayn's acting unconvincing and the video overall a little uncomfortable. The video shooting was reported by The Sun to have caused damage and "set fire" to the hotel room.{{Cite web |last=Britton |first=Luke Morgan |date=2017-01-25 |title=Watch Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik break things in 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' video preview |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-video-preview-1960006 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=NME |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203073603/https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-zayn-malik-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-video-preview-1960006 |url-status=live }}

On February 2 and 3, 2017, Swift and Zayn posted video recordings of them singing their acoustic version "I Don't Wanna Live Forever". Swift's video, tweeted by AT&T,{{Cite magazine |last=Romaine |first=Jenna |date=2017-02-02 |title=Watch Taylor Swift Rehearse 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' Acoustically |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-acoustic-video-7677733/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623040146/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-acoustic-video-7677733/ |url-status=live }} shows her playing the guitar and singing the track for one minute, recorded during a break from her rehearsals for DirecTV's upcoming concert.{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=2017-02-03 |title=Taylor Swift And Zayn Share Acoustic Versions Of 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' Without One Another |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1922874/taylor-swift-and-zayn-share-acoustic-versions-of-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-without-one-another/music/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Stereogum |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007235415/https://www.stereogum.com/1922874/taylor-swift-and-zayn-share-acoustic-versions-of-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-without-one-another/music/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Maloney |first=Maggie |date=2017-02-03 |title=Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift Both Released Acoustic Versions of 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' |url=https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/news/a25204/zayn-taylor-acoustic-i-dont-wanna-live-forever/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Marie Claire |language= |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720170436/https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/news/a25204/zayn-taylor-acoustic-i-dont-wanna-live-forever/ |url-status=live }} Zayn's black-and-white video shows him singing the full song in a dimly-lit studio over a backdrop of sparse acoustic guitar.{{Cite web |last=Wiest |first=Brianna |date=2017-02-03 |title=You Need to Watch Zayn Malik Sing 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' Solo |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/zayn-malik-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-solo-version |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Teen Vogue}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2017-02-03 |title=Zayn Malik Released His Own Acoustic Take on Taylor Swift Callabo 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever': Listen |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/zayn-malik-solo-acoustic-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-7677878/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130052702/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/zayn-malik-solo-acoustic-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-7677878/ |url-status=live }}

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Swift performed "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" live several times in 2017. She first performed an acoustic version of it during DirecTV's pre-Super Bowl "Super Saturday Night" event in Houston, Texas, on February 4.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/03/23/taylor-swift-dont-wanna-live-forever-acoustic/ |title=Watch Taylor Swift perform acoustic version of 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' |last=Bacle |first=Ariana |date=March 23, 2017 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126155202/https://ew.com/tv/2017/03/23/taylor-swift-dont-wanna-live-forever-acoustic/ |url-status=live }} In December, she sang "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" at KIIS FM's Jingle Ball in Inglewood, California, on December 1,{{cite web |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/taylor-swift-performed-end-game-with-ed-sheeran-at-jingle-ball/ |title=Taylor Swift Rocks Jingle Ball, Debuts 'End Game' With Ed Sheeran: Watch |date=December 2, 2017 |last=Aciz Stanton |first=Leanne |magazine=Us Weekly |access-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128103313/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/taylor-swift-performed-end-game-with-ed-sheeran-at-jingle-ball/ |url-status=live }} at B96 Chicago and Pepsi Jingle Bash 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, on December 7,{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Joshua |date=December 8, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift and Backstreet Boys Defy Fest Formula at Jingle Bash |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-jingle-bash-review-allstate-1209-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210212547/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-jingle-bash-review-allstate-1209-story.html |archive-date=December 10, 2017 |access-date=December 11, 2017 |website=Chicago Tribune}} at iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour 2017: Z100 Jingle Ball in New York City on December 8,{{Cite magazine |last=Weatherby |first=Taylor |date=December 9, 2017 |title=Charlie Puth Tributes Chris Cornell, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Team Up Again & More From iHeartRadio's Z100 Jingle Ball in NYC |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/concerts/8062831/iheartradio-jingle-ball-nyc-recap-msg-z100-taylor-swift-ed-sheeran-charlie-puth |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210054441/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/concerts/8062831/iheartradio-jingle-ball-nyc-recap-msg-z100-taylor-swift-ed-sheeran-charlie-puth |archive-date=December 10, 2017 |access-date=December 11, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}} and at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball in London, England, on December 10.

On her Reputation Stadium Tour, Swift sang "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" as a "surprise song" at the June 9, 2018, concert in Manchester, England.{{cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=May 26, 2018 |title=All the Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Has Performed on Her Reputation Stadium Tour B-Stage (So Far) |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8458025/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-b-stage-songs-list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527060413/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8458025/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-b-stage-songs-list |archive-date=May 27, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}} She sang it again at the Eras Tour as a "surprise song" at four shows:{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=December 11, 2024 |title=All the Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Has Performed on The Eras Tour |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-eras-tour-surprise-songs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319011405/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-eras-tour-surprise-songs/ |archive-date=March 19, 2023 |access-date=February 5, 2025 |magazine=Billboard |language=}} on piano at the June 3, 2023, show in Chicago;{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |date=June 5, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Appears to Hold Back Tears As She Sings Emotional Version of 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' |url=https://people.com/taylor-swift-sings-emotional-version-of-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-chicago-eras-tour-7508344 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=People |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517044945/https://people.com/taylor-swift-sings-emotional-version-of-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-chicago-eras-tour-7508344 |url-status=live }} as part of a piano mashup with "Dress" (2017) at the March 2, 2024, show in Singapore, which was live streamed via Swift's Instagram account;{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=2024-03-02 |title=Taylor Swift Livestreams Reputation-Era Surprise Song Mashup From Singapore |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-stream-singapore-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-dress-reputation-1235620562/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=Billboard |language= |archive-date=July 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724194647/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-stream-singapore-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-dress-reputation-1235620562/ |url-status=live }} as part of an acoustic guitar mashup with "Imgonnagetyouback" (2024) at the July 28, 2024, show in Munich, Germany;{{Cite web |last1=Perkins |first1=Njera |last2=Watts |first2=Marina |date=July 29, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Performed This Song Live for the First Time Ever at 2nd Munich Eras Tour Show |url=https://people.com/taylor-swift-performed-dont-you-first-time-munich-eras-tour-night-2-8684675 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=People |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209183841/https://people.com/taylor-swift-performed-dont-you-first-time-munich-eras-tour-night-2-8684675 |url-status=live }} and as part of an acoustic guitar mashup with "Mine" (2010) at the November 15, 2024, show in Toronto, Canada.{{Cite web |last=West |first=Bryan |author-link=Bryan West (journalist) |date=November 17, 2024 |title=Watch: Taylor Swift sings 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' in Toronto with this track |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/11/15/watch-taylor-swift-sings-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-in-toronto/76269326007/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=USA Today |archive-date=November 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117062445/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/11/15/watch-taylor-swift-sings-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-in-toronto/76269326007/ |url-status=live }}

At the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in 2018, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media.{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=2017-11-28 |title=Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-2018-complete-nominees-list-8047027/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118154354/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-2018-complete-nominees-list-8047027/ |archive-date=November 18, 2022 |access-date=2025-02-10 |magazine=Billboard}} Although Universal Pictures ran a campaign to push the song as an Academy Award contender, it ultimately was not shortlisted, leading Variety to describe it as a "snub".{{Cite web |last=Burlingame |first=Jon |date=2018-01-23 |title=Oscar Nominations: Score and Song Surprises Include Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey Snubs |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/oscar-nominations-original-score-song-taylor-swift-snub-1202673695/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401174044/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/oscar-nominations-original-score-song-taylor-swift-snub-1202673695/ |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Variety}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack{{cite AV media notes |title=Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |title-link=Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |year=2017 |page=1 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Republic Records |id=00602557372571}}

Recording

• Recorded at Rough Customer Studio (Brooklyn, New York)
• Zayn's vocals recorded at Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
• Taylor Swift's vocals recorded at Rough Costumer Studios (Brooklyn, New York)
• Additional vocals engineered at NightBird Recording Studios (West Hollywood, California)
• Mixed at MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
• Mastered at Sterling Sound Studios (New York City, New York)

Management

• Published by Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Songs LLC/Ducky Donathan Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Sonata/By the Chi Publishing (SESAC), UPG Music Publishing (BMI) and 1320 Music Publishing (SESAC)
• Zayn appears courtesy of RCA Records
• Taylor Swift appears courtesy of Big Machine Records

Personnel

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• Zayn – lead vocals
• Taylor Swift – lead vocals, songwriter
• Jack Antonoff – producer, songwriter, instruments, vocals recording (Taylor Swift)
• Sam Dew – background vocals, songwriter
• Daniel Zaidenstadt – vocals recording (Zayn)
• Saltwives – additional vocals engineer
• Şerban Ghenea – mixing
• Tom Coyne – mastering

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Category:Songs written by Sam Dew

Category:Song recordings produced by Jack Antonoff

Category:Male–female vocal duets

Category:Number-one singles in Sweden

Category:Fifty Shades film music

Category:Contemporary R&B ballads

Category:American dance-pop songs

Category:British dance-pop songs

Category:Electropop ballads

Category:Breakup songs

Category:Universal Music Group singles

Category:Songs written for films