After releasing Lover in August 2019 -- an 18-song album, her longest track list to date -- Taylor Swift returned with the 16-song Folklore less than a year later, offering a daring new vision of her artistry without a bad song in the batch.
Along with the orchestral arrangements (Swift worked primarily with Jack Antonoff and The National’s Aaron Dessner on the new album) and bold, exploratory songwriting, Folklore should be marveled at because of its consistency, as an hour-plus of ideas is presented with zero lags or missteps.
Yet, of course, we already have our favorites, the Folklore tracks that immediately stand out and, we expect, will be returned to most frequently.
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