taylor swift’s “folklore”: track-by-track review
On July 23rd, Taylor Swift made an announcement that no one saw coming — the imminent dropping of her 8th studio album within 24 hours. Inspired by her COVID-19 isolation, she created what is easily her most lyrically, vocally, and sonically mature and complex album to date. It’s a highly nuanced emotional wrecking ball that moves, inspires, and leaves little doubt as to Swift’s genius as a songwriter and musician.
Click here to see a track-by-track review of folklore’s sister album, evermore
the origin of folklore
Taylor Swift’s 2020 calendar was a busy one. In January, she dropped the revealing feature-length documentary Miss Americana on Netflix to critical acclaim. The next week she released the ambitious music video for “The Man,” the feisty and defiant feminist anthem that served as the fourth official single from Lover (her seventh studio album released a few months prior).
Then it was time to get ready for Lover Fest. Rather than go on her usual grueling schedule of a globe trotting mega-tour to support Lover (her previous two tours played 85 shows in 10 countries and 53 shows in 7 countries, respectively), she opted for a relatively subdued 17 shows in 11 countries for the so-called Lover Fest. But that was quickly called off when COVID-19 ravaged the globe. She was one of the…
