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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.

Michigan!! Woohoo!! Just one more state!

Okay thanks. The Nevada numbers making me a bit nervous. lol

Yes! Wisconsin! So Biden just needs two out of PA, Nevada, Michigan, Georgia and NC, right?

I couldn’t sleep well. Only slept for about 3 hours......and I’m not even American! 😂 Glad to wake up to some decent news. Let’s go Michigan, Wisconsin, PA, Georgia!