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If there’s one thing we know about Taylor Swift it is that she works hard. released earlier this year, his documentary, Miss Americana, the high intensity of Swift’s life – and control of such intense pressure finds me under – they were bared for all to analyze. But then swept the crown pandemic and probably eliminated their pop star slate. Swift was left with their privacy as lockdowns all of us in our homes with shutters. In social media it was neither silent nor cryptic strategically active: she appeared for the first time in a long time, how he lived his life and drinking wine on her couch like most of us, large projects on ice. But in their downtime, curtains drawn for their fame, Swift was creating. July 23 release of folklore, their eighth 16-track album, came as a surprise even loyal following: only 11 months after the lovers, it was the first time that they put out less of a project could be considered a two-year plan, not interfere with the Swift wide exciting release past Alb; announced on Thursday their work, it is rolled out on Friday and then sit over the weekend and enjoy the warm response. A new sound in folklore release, Swift was clear and direct about their intentions and their work. He shared the names of all the important people he worked: the pop producer and long-time musical partner Jack Antonoff, which they called “musical family;” Their “musical heroes”, the rock band The National Atmospheric Aaron Dessner and God indie Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; a mysterious employee named William Bowery called. This, and grayscale, woody pictures, they teased the release with announced its new direction: pop-folk alternative. In its offer, confessional songs and melodies, there is evidence of other artists such as Lana Del Rey, for which he openly expressed admiration brought before, to “knit” and Phoebe Bridger on “Seven”. E ‘the sparkling Postal Service reference intro on “Dynasty Last Great American”, the blissed-out orchestras walls of sound on “Epiphany”, the key portion elegiaca Sufjan Stevens on “invisible thread.” Despite her as favorite in the Nashville country scene begins, Swift has always been a musical chameleon. It grew rock-pop of 1989 stretched in hip-hop on the thorny reputation went to the loud pop lovers. Folklore is what many fans have joined all been waiting for: an indie long, emotionally wrought album. His heart is popular narrative. Its production is any kind has heard of what fans and loved in the past decade to dissolve album. His vision is a gray-blue soundscape: an autumn album for us in the heat of it was left, the first completed project of this type of Swift, a truly melancholy ballads space that dwell in the past indicated in the first line . But these ballads were often the most touching work. Folklore meets exactly where it is strongest at this time. And the rest of us? Still corrective pandemic still engaged in important discussions about our racial history of the country, might also something about this very leisurely pace. “And some things that you can not just talk,” It would be useless to break any Swift opera; poetic songwriting can be boring, and she tells many stories of many characters points, with many regrets stirring. Swift was in the past one of our confessional pop star in their music, which are often reduced their personal archives for the material. Folklore is a bit ‘more, well, folklore: “The boundaries between fantasy and reality and the boundaries between truth and fiction were almost indistinguishable,” he added in an advance statement about shared lyrical content. But when he announced in advance buried between words to decompress them plenty of Easter eggs for her fans will. The opener “The 1” in a hymn what could have been. The terms “a” from everything, of course, remains unclear. But we were a bit ‘, do not you think? Twenty, throws a few pennies in the pool and if my wishes come true Roaring had been. As an avid listener knows, Swift loves riff on the past. He likes to weave in references to their old music, follow a trail of breadcrumbs for fans from age to age. “Kissing in the car and downtown bar was all we needed,” sings the “sweater”, and it sounds a bit ‘like an echo of their texts on lover “Cornelia Street” ( “We were in the back seat, drunk a bit’ more than drinks at the bar “). And when he sings “She moved stars around my scars” on the same song, closest followers may blink for “guitar string scars” from behind “lovers.” Every song that gives a sort of lyrical eye, strengthening the universe that Swift did, even though they have expanded their new layers of fantasy and character. “Mad Woman”, for example, the story is a “Misfit merry widow get revenge,” according to their reference to social media. But lines like “and women like to hunt witches of” rake back for them was the reputation ( “They burn all the witches, even if you’re not a” sings “I have something Bad”). Some songs are more mysterious than others. “Exile” by Bon Iver, reeks with the pain of separation. “Hoax”, a quiet piano ballad, details of an imperfect relationship, but sustainable. ( “No more sadness done in the world,” it is a devastating universal memory of this bittersweet feeling.) “The dynasty Last Great American”, however, is specific and historically: the story of socialite Rebekah Harkness, the status of the residents of Swift inherently expansive Rhode Island Estate. A dive “Epiphany” Swift in the experience of another historic figure his grandfather, Dean when he landed on the beaches of Guadalcanal in 1942. “And some things,” sings after a harrowing time of war to describe “You just can not talk.” OK, but what about “Betty”? captured one of the songs on folklore, as soon as online attention is “Betty”, sees late-album track that Swift return more directly to their rural roots. (. Cue plaintive harmonica) In his notes, Swift said: “It is a collection of three songs that refer to me as a teenager in The Love Triangle. These three songs explore a love triangle from all three the prospects of people at different times of their lives “the consent of the public brought the three songs to believe in question are” Betty “” knitted ‘and’ August ‘. Interwoven, tell a story of betrayal, pain and sweet Angst teenager. But “Betty” can also be read as a loosely autobiographical, what some fans are very interested in doing. The other two figures of the trio, James and Ines, happen to be the names of the two daughters of friends Swift Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, deepening their connection to their true friends and Swiftian world we know. In both cases, the path of the track prospects and emotions Swift fans trio gifts with a lot of material to be analyzed outlined the way unravel the mystery of Swift feelings and their new album connotations. The quarantine quarantined album, any album release finds new resonance. move with the least number of events to attend, even live music largely canceled many artists and their work will find new projects related tense audience, whether they come from Taylor Swift. But Swift, Swift was always meant to evoke a powerful reaction. made last year, Taylor Swift public dispute with music manager Scooter Braun on its catalog of music titles and has raised the issue of ownership artists on the music they have created. Before then, often called the tabloid control. Your answer will often write them all out: Address of past relationships, heartache digging and frustration, he insists on carrying capacity. The folklore is that there are fog songwriting smarter and less on speculation about his personal life and complicated visual clues, it suggests that it is linked to a long shelf life. Quarantine made us go all the old memories of the mouse and ask what is real yet. Folklore is not the pop star album, take the worries away and replace them with glory. This is an artist who lost their ambitions looking back and always a little ‘extended in the storage haze, an old favorite sweater for comfort dig
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