And that thing is my 8th studio album, folklore," she said, letting fans know she poured all her whims, dreams, fears, musings into the 17 tracks. Like a photo album full of imagery, and all the stories behind that imagery", [9] described "Cardigan" as a song that explores "lost romance and why young love is often fixed so permanently in our memories," [10] and pointed-out the self-written track, " My Tears Ricochet", as the first song she wrote for the album. Swift extended her record for the most concurrent Hot 100 debuts ever among women (16), and eclipsed Nicki Minaj as the woman with the most Hot 100 entries (113). In a December 2020 Entertainment Weekly interview, Swift said the lyrics, melodies, and production of Folklore are the way she wanted them, without subjecting to others' expectations.

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It was accompanied by a music video posted to YouTube, directed by Swift and produced by Jil Hardin. Billboard noted a unique radio roll-out for Folklore, where few of its tracks were simultaneously promoted to multiple radio formats. Its characters (Betty, James, and Inez) are named after the daughters of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Jalen perform live knows that he is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. Departing from the mainly upbeat pop production of its predecessors, Folklore consists of mellow ballads driven by neo-classical instruments, pursuing indie folk, alternative rock, and electro-acoustic styles. Critics mostly categorize Folklore as an alternative, indie folk, and electro-folk album departing from the pop maximalism and synth-driven sound of Swift's previous works. Antonoff, with whom Swift worked on five songs from the album, operated from New York City while Sisk recorded Swift's vocals in Los Angeles. Speaking about his collaboration with her, Dessner commented "there's a palpable humanity and warmth and raw emotion in these songs that I hope you'll love and take comfort in as much as I do.

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At the 2020 American Music Awards, Swift scored four nominations: Artist of the Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Music Video for "Cardigan" and Favorite Pop/Rock Album for Folklore, and won the first three, [236] extending her record as the most awarded artist in the show's history with 32 American Music Awards.In 2023, Swift embarked on the Eras Tour, which consisted of 10 acts, the seventh of which is dedicated to Folklore. Mad Woman" tackles the taboo linked with female anger, [70] using sarcastic remarks at sexism, [58] [84] as Folklore 's moment of vituperation.

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Bernstein, Jonathan; Blistein, Jon; Blake, Emily; Dolan, Jon; Ehrlich, Brenna; Freeman, Jon; Grow, Kory; Hoard, Christian; Leight, Elias; Martoccio, Angie; Shaffer, Claire; Sheffield, Rob (December 7, 2020). Folklore was released eleven months after Lover—the fastest turnaround for a Swift studio album at the time, beating the one year and nine months gap between Reputation (2017) and Lover. Its tracks "The 1", [152] "Cardigan", [153] "The Last Great American Dynasty", [154] "Exile", [155] "Mirrorball", [72] "Seven", [156] "August", [157] "This Is Me Trying", [158] "Invisible String" [159] and "Betty" [160] were also named among the best songs of 2020. She styled herself, including hair, makeup and wardrobe, and prescribed Garrabrant a specific moodboard.

A routinely great artist, much of Sufjan's universal appeal comes from his skills as a gifted narrator, pairing personal musings on love and devotion with commentary on American culture, whilst welding folk and electronica, the ambient and existential.