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evermore is definitely more "indie" and has less "pop" sounding songs than folklore (I'm a pop guy so I'm just a little bit disappointed in that respect). I guess this is because Aaron Dessner produced 14 out of the 15 songs. Jack Antonoff only did 1 song. "dorothea" was the first song written for the album, and "happiness" was the last (it was finished just last week). So here were my rankings after one listen: 1. marjorie 2. no body, no crime 3. tolerate it 4. dorothea 5. ‘tis the damn season 6. champagne problems 7. happiness 8. evermore 9. long story short 10. gold rush 11. cowboy like me 12. willow 13. ivy 14. coney island 15. closure After a couple of listens this list has changed. LOL I'll post my one week, and one month rankings. What a great tribute to her grandmother! It's so relatable and made my tear up thinking about my own grandparents who are gone. This was a fun song. LOL Aaron Dessner's post on Instagram: It’s only been 5 months since folklore was released. But truth be told @taylorswift and I never actually stopped exchanging ideas and somehow we've finished a sister record called evermore that I love just as much. These songs are wilder and freer, sometimes in strange time signatures and darker hues, but very much a continuation of what we started with folklore. I can't begin to express my gratitude and respect for Taylor -- I never cease to wonder at her seemingly boundless talent as a singer and a songwriter and storyteller. It’s been the experience of a lifetime to work so fast and furiously with her. As with folklore, @jackantonoff, @blobtower and William Bowery all contributed brilliant ideas and songwriting — the same alchemy and teamwork continued. This time my brother @brycedessner contributed much more as well— helping write and produce Coney Island and orchestrating the entire record. I’ve never done anything creatively of any value without Bryce helping to elevate it, as he does here again. As important, @heyjonlow has been my brother in all of this work too -- I could never have conceived of this without him by my side every step of the way. And Justin @blobtower , who has taught me so much, is here again too, lending his insane talents. If that wasn’t enough, my bandmates in @thenational , Matt, Bryan and Scott along with Bryce, are here too. We learned to write songs and make records together. Hearing Matt sing with Taylor and the entire band perform on Coney Island — things have come full circle. And there are so many other friends who have made very significant contributions to this record (more later on them later)

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Wow!! She's been giving out clues for a couple of weeks now, but NOBODY guessed it would be a new album because that's crazy. LOL Most people were guessing a music video for Exile or August (she mentioned she was shooting a music video when the election was called for Biden), or a collaboration with Paul McCartney. She posted another "not a lot going on at the moment" picture but that was days before the Long Pond Studio Session, so we just assumed it was for that, and nobody thought about a new album even though that was the same clue she posted for folklore. I wonder if these songs are ones that didn't make the folklore cut or if these were written and produced after folklore - if they were, maybe they were recorded in September when Jack/Taylor/Aaron were together and did the Long Pond Studio Session. In any case, we are definitely the luckiest fan base. She's so amazing to us.

Taylor gives her first interview, talking about Folklore, to Entertainment Weekly: Taylor Swift broke all her rules with Folklore — and gave herself a much-needed escape - The pop star, one of EW's 2020 Entertainers of the Year, delves deep into her surprise eighth album, Rebekah Harkness, and a Joe Biden presidency.

Agreed that Billboard needs to make changes to the Hot 100. But how? What about giving more points to radio play and streaming and less to sales? With sales, you can basically buy your way to #1 if you get enough of your fans to purchase the single. At least with big radio play, it means more people have heard of it, and there's longevity too. Also, don't allow these pay-and-play on radio where companies pay radio stations to play a song every hour for 24 hours - I only know of this because Taylor did it for some of her lead singles. Hitting #1 used to be big and "special" but now it's just getting ridiculous with so many #1s and one-week-wonders.

Called it! I love that piano piece at the beginning of 'exile' - can't believe Joe create that, and the first verse. I would not be surprise if they wrote more songs together in the future. The Long Pond Studio Session was so good! Taylor, Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff play the entire album in Aaron's studio, and they talk a bit about each song. Here's the link to download it for those who don't have Disney+ : https://eu.cdn.ir-cdn.xyz/dl/1/454913/437266/300370/302f253b46cdcce18182f2cea79482fe1c/movies/f/Folklore_The_Long_Pond_Studio_Sessions_2020_720p_WEB-DL_5.1CH_Tars_30NAMA.mkv

She's definitely the odds on favourite to win, however, upsets happen and Taylor's been on both ends. In 2010, she upset Gaga and Beyonce. In 2014, Daft Punk upset Taylor and Kendrick Lamar. The Weeknd getting 0 nominations was a shock. I had Blinding Lights winning ROTY because it's easily the biggest hit on 2020 but not even getting a nomination was ridiculous.

6 nominations! Finally, she's back in the AOTY category. Going for win #3. 🤞 Also, Taylor is the first woman to receive 5 nominations in the SOTY category. 👏

I'm good with this. Split the party.

Both speeches were so good!! I miss hearing what a President sounds like.

A real family, unlike the skin-crawling Trump family.

Amazing!

Yes!!!!!!!! Finally!!!!! As a Canadian, thank you, America!! LOL.

Haha!! This is like the one day that lasted 76 episodes......this election feels like that. 😂

That's so brilliant!! 🤣 Who was the guy with the cigarette at 1:35, and who was Elon Musk as? When I saw Spiderman, I said, "That's has to be Pete." 😂

Pennsylvania!!! Just call the election now and end this madness. LOL

We celebrate tomorrow! 🥳🎉

So what do you make of no other networks calling Arizona for Biden?

Even so, I don’t trust Fox News. If they are the first to project Biden as the winner for the presidency, I won’t believe.

Arizona only at 84% reporting. Only Fox News and AP have called it - that’s worrisome. I’m going to need Georgia to come through to make me feel better tonight.

AP taking a long time to call Michigan, yet it took them 1 second to call Arizona. What up with that, AP? The fact that nobody else has called Arizona for Biden is making be a bit uneasy.