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Folklore is a body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people.
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Folklore is a body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people.
Folklore may also refer to:
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres and her narrative songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and widespread media coverage. Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at age 14 to become a country artist. She signed a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2004 and a recording contract with Big Machine Records in 2005. Her 2006 self-titled debut album made her the first female country singer to write or co-write a US platinum-certified album entirely.
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has released 9 original studio albums, 2 re-recorded studio albums, 4 extended plays, 3 live albums, and 19 other minor works. One of the best-selling music artists, she has sold an estimated 114 million album units worldwide. As of 2019, her US albums sales stood at 37.3 million and her UK albums sales 3.34 million. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Swift has accumulated 46 million certified album units in the United States. As of November 2021, she is the woman with the most weeks (55) at number one on the US Billboard 200.
Aaron Brooking Dessner is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band the National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums; as a co-founder of the indie rock duo Big Red Machine, teaming with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon; and as a collaborator on Taylor Swift's studio albums Folklore and Evermore, both of which contended for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 and 2022, respectively, with the former winning the accolade.
Folklore is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was a surprise album, released on July 24, 2020, via Republic Records. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Swift cancelled the concert tour for her seventh studio album Lover (2019); during quarantine, she conceived Folklore as "a collection of songs and stories that flowed like a stream of consciousness".
"Cardigan" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released as the lead single of her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020), on July 27, 2020, via Republic Records. Written by Swift and its producer Aaron Dessner, "Cardigan" is a slow-burning, folk, soft rock, and indie rock ballad, with a stripped-down arrangement of a tender piano, clopping drums, and melancholic violins.
"August" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the eighth track on her eighth studio album Folklore (2020), which was released on July 24, 2020. "August" was written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, with additional production from Joe Alwyn. It is a dream pop and guitar pop ballad with soft rock guitars, strings, and vocal reverberation.
"Seven" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from her eighth studio album, Folklore, which was released on July 24, 2020, via Republic Records. Swift co-wrote the song with its producer, Aaron Dessner.
"Exile" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, featuring American band Bon Iver. It is the fourth track on Swift's eighth studio album, Folklore (2020), which was released on July 24, 2020. "Exile" was written by Swift, Joe Alwyn, and the band's frontman Justin Vernon, with production by Aaron Dessner and Alwyn. Republic Records sent "Exile" to US alternative radio stations on August 3, 2020.
"The Last Great American Dynasty" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It appears as the third track on her eighth studio album, Folklore, which was released on July 24, 2020, via Republic Records. Its lyrics were written by Swift, inspired by the life of a former owner of her Rhode Island mansion—American socialite Rebekah Harkness—one of the wealthiest women in the United States history. Aaron Dessner composed and produced the song.
"My Tears Ricochet" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the fifth track on Swift's eighth studio album, Folklore (2020), which was released on July 24, 2020, through Republic Records. The track was produced by Swift, Jack Antonoff and Joe Alwyn.
"Invisible String" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the eleventh track on her eighth studio album, Folklore, which was released on July 24, 2020 through Republic Records. Swift wrote the song with its producer Aaron Dessner.
"Mad Woman" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, from her eighth studio album Folklore (2020), which was released on July 24, 2020, through Republic Records. The song was written by Swift and its producer, Aaron Dessner. "Mad Woman" is a ballad that confronts gaslighting and the sexist taboo regarding women's anger.
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions is a 2020 American documentary concert film directed and produced by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released to Disney+ on November 25, 2020. The documentary is set at Long Pond Studio, an isolated recording studio in a forested area in Hudson Valley, New York; she performs all of the 17 tracks of her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020), whilst discussing the creative process behind the songs with her collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. Swift made her debut as a film director with the documentary, which is her fourth film to be released on a streaming service, following the releases of The 1989 World Tour Live (2015), Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018), and Miss Americana (2020).
Evermore is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was a surprise album released on December 11, 2020, via Republic Records, less than five months after Folklore, her eighth studio album. Evermore was a spontaneous product of Swift's extended collaboration with her Folklore collaborator Aaron Dessner, mainly recorded at his Long Pond Studio in Hudson Valley.
"Willow" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on December 11, 2020, through Republic Records. It is the opening track of her ninth studio album, Evermore (2020), serving as its lead single. "Willow" is a chamber folk love song making use of several metaphors to convey the singer's romantic state of mind, such as portraying her life as a willow tree, over picked guitars, glockenspiel, flute, strings, and percussion.
"No Body, No Crime" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, featuring guest vocals from American rock band Haim. It was released to US country radio by Republic and MCA Nashville on January 11, 2021, as a single from Swift's ninth studio album Evermore (2020).
"Champagne Problems" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the second track on Swift's ninth studio album, Evermore, which was released on December 11, 2020, through Republic Records. Swift wrote the song with Joe Alwyn and produced it with Aaron Dessner. "Champagne Problems" is a lo-fi ballad written from the perspective of a troubled girlfriend who turns down her lover's earnest marriage proposal due to her own mental health struggles. The song depicts the narrator taking responsibility for the breakup and mourning the faded relationship. It is built around a guitar riff and oom-pah piano.
"Long Story Short" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the twelfth track on her ninth studio album, Evermore, which was released on December 11, 2020, by Republic Records. Swift wrote the song with its producer Aaron Dessner. Distinct from the album's general softer pace, "Long Story Short" is an upbeat indie rock, folk-pop, and synth-pop song with elements of early 1980s pop, driven by energetic guitars, drums and strings. In the autographical song, Swift describes surviving a darker part of her life, alluding to the tumultuous events that inspired her 2017 album Reputation, which revamped her state of mind, followed by how she discovered her soulmate, healed emotionally, and reorganized her life to pursue contentment.
"This Is Me Trying" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the ninth track on her eighth studio album Folklore (2020), which was released on July 24, 2020, by Republic Records. "This Is Me Trying" was written by Swift and Jack Antonoff and produced by the latter two along with Joe Alwyn. It is an orchestral pop and dream pop song supported by an organ, slow-paced beats, and horns.
"'Tis the Damn Season" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the fourth track on her ninth studio album Evermore, which was released on December 11, 2020, by Republic Records. It was written by Swift and its producer Aaron Dessner.