Taylor Swift will release her ninth studio album tonight. The project is called evermore, and the record is described as the “sister record” to her eighth album folklore, which was released in July.
“To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs,” Swift said in a series of tweets announcing evermore and its creation following folklore. “To try and put it more poetically, it feels like we were standing on the edge of the folklorian woods and had a choice: to turn and go back or to travel further into the forest of this music. We chose to wander deeper in.”
evermore was created with Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, William Bowery, and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, who collaborated with Swift on folklore. Swift also promised some “new (and longtime) friends” would appear on the record.
I’m elated to tell you that my 9th studio album, and folklore’s sister record, will be out tonight at midnight eastern. It’s called evermore. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020
To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs. To try and put it more poetically, it feels like we were standing on the edge of the folklorian woods and had a choice: to turn and go back or to travel further into the forest of this music. We chose to wander deeper in. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020
I’ve never done this before. In the past I’ve always treated albums as one-off eras and moved onto planning the next one after an album was released. There was something different with folklore. In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020
I loved the escapism I found in these imaginary/not imaginary tales. I loved the ways you welcomed the dreamscapes and tragedies and epic tales of love lost and found into your lives. So I just kept writing them. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020
And I loved creating these songs with Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, WB, and Justin Vernon. We’ve also welcomed some new (and longtime) friends to our musical kitchen table this time around… — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020
The album’s release at midnight will also come with a music video for a new song called “Willow,” Swift said on Twitter.
Tonight the story continues, as the music video for “willow” drops at midnight eastern. pic.twitter.com/T3o0nsANpY — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020
Read The FADER’s review of folklore here. In November, Taylor Swift shared the concert film Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions on Disney+.
Taylor Swift announces new album evermore
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