RERECORDING MASTERS FOLKLORE BEST ALBUM

After building a musical catalogue based on her own life and experiences, Taylor Swift
focuses on telling others' stories on folklore, her eighth studio album that she
recorded “in isolation” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike her previous album
rollouts, it wasn’t preceded by any press or fanfare—Swift announced it via social media
a mere sixteen hours before its release.
Most of the collaboration on the album was done in isolation, with co-writing and
production by Aaron Dessner of The National, one of Swift’s favorite bands, long-time
collaborator Jack Antonoff, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, and the mysterious William
Bowery, who Swift later revealed to be Joe Alwyn, her boyfriend as of the album’s
release.
The songs tell various stories about both real people and fictional characters — notable
examples include “the last great american dynasty,” which Swift wrote about Rebekah
Harkness, and “betty,” about a teenage boy apologizing to a girl he cheated on. The
latter is part of what Swift calls the “Teenage Love Triangle” — it intertwines
with “cardigan” and “august.”
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the 1 Lyrics 

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cardigan Lyrics 

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the last great american dynasty Lyrics 

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exile (Ft. Bon Iver) Lyrics 

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my tears ricochet Lyrics 

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mirrorball Lyrics 
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seven Lyrics 

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august Lyrics 

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this is me trying Lyrics 

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illicit affairs Lyrics 

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invisible string Lyrics 

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mad woman Lyrics 

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epiphany Lyrics 

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betty Lyrics 

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peace Lyrics 
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hoax Lyrics