Taylor Swift to release second surprise 2020 album, evermore
By Lacy Baugher
Good things can still happen in 2020! Taylor Swift announces a second, “sister” album to her blockbuster pandemic release folklore will drop at midnight.
Well, maybe 2020 isn’t a complete loss. Hot on the heels of releasing her surprise eighth studio album, folklore, the apparently unstoppable Taylor Swift is about to drop her ninth.
Titled evermore, the album is apparently the “sister record” to folklore, which means fans likely can expect more of the same general vibe and feel.
It will release on December 10, at midnight Eastern. (That’s tonight.) Downloads of evermore will also include a digital booklet with 16 photos, and the deluxe physical release will feature a pair of tracks not attached to digital editions if you are looking for a reason to buy both.
Swift announced the news on social media, basically breaking everyone’s brain.
I’m elated to tell you that my 9th studio album, and folklore’s sister record, will be out tonight at midnight eastern. It’s called evermore.
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020
📷: Beth Garrabrant pic.twitter.com/xdej7AzJRW
“To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs,” Swift said on Instagram.
“To try and put it more poetically, it feels like we were standing on the edge of the folklorian woods and had a choice: to turn and go back or to travel further into the forest of this music. We chose to wander deeper in.”
The album will feature 13 new tracks – including, be still my heart, another team up with Bon Iver.
Ever since I was 13, I’ve been excited about turning 31 because it’s my lucky number backwards, which is why I wanted to surprise you with this now. You’ve all been so caring, supportive and thoughtful on my birthdays and so this time I thought I would give you something! pic.twitter.com/wATiVSTpuV
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020
“I’ve never done this before. In the past, I’ve always treated albums as one-off eras and moved onto planning the next one after an album was released,” Swift said.
“There was something different with Folklore. In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning. I loved the escapism I found in these imaginary/not imaginary tales. I loved the ways you welcomed the dreamscapes and tragedies and epic tales of love lost and found into your lives. So I just kept writing them.”
The music video for “willow,” the first track on the album, will also be released tonight at midnight Eastern, and Swift herself will take questions on the clip’s YouTube premiere page.
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On a scale of 1 to incoherent screaming, how excited are you for evermore? Sound off in the comments.