On Thursday morning Taylor Swift stunned her fans by announcing that she was dropping yet another new album, this one in time for the holiday season. The album will be called evermore and is available for digital pre-order right now.
It’s a stunning amount of output from Swift, who already released folklore this year, which I reviewed (very positively) earlier this year. Couple that with the long pond studio sessions, a Disney+ film that showed her performing the songs off folklore with collaborators Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver and Jack Antonoff, and it has been a very busy few months indeed for Swift.
Swift announced the track list and shared the cover art in a tweet on Thursday morning:
Ever since I was 13, I’ve been excited about turning 31 because it’s my lucky number backwards, which is why I wanted to surprise you with this now. You’ve all been so caring, supportive and thoughtful on my birthdays and so this time I thought I would give you something! pic.twitter.com/wATiVSTpuV
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020
Considering the collaborators noted (The National, Bon Iver, and Haim) and the somewhat similar album art, it would seem this record is a natural extension of folklore, and perhaps all these songs were recorded in a flurry of activity during the pandemic. (Update: In another tweet, Swift made clear this was a “sister” album to folklore. There you go.)
evermore again is available for digital pre-order now, and appears will be released as soon as midnight tonight. Fans can purchase the digital edition for $9.99 and will receive an exclusive digital booklet as part of the order.
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