On the morning of December 10, Swift shocked fans with a surprise album announcement The big star first teased the potential for big news by posting nine images to Instagram over a four-minute period; the full set of nine images would be combined to reveal the album art
Then at 9:04 am ET, she officially announced, "I am pleased to tell you that my ninth studio album, and sister to Folklore, will be released tonight at midnight Eastern It's titled 'Evermore'"
As she said, this is the sibling disc to her July record, Folklore Swift said the following about the process of making this album To put it more poetically, I feel like we were standing on the edge of a folklore forest and we had a choice to make, to turn back or to journey deeper into this musical forest We chose to wander further into the depths
Swifties have already sensed that the album's release two days before her 31st birthday means something to her As Swift tweeted, "Ever since I was 13, I've been looking forward to turning 31
The album's release coincided with the release of the first video from "Evermore" Swift posted that the video for "willow" would be released at midnight upon the album's release She also said she plans to interact with fans, posting, "See you all on the YouTube premiere page chat before midnight to answer some questions"
Through her social media posts, Swift revealed the album's full track listing, guests, and some of the staff Familiar guests include Bon Iver, The National (his guitarist Aaron Dessner helped produce "Folklore"), and the band Haim
Swift has also tweeted that Jack Antonoff, William Bowery (aka Swift's boyfriend Joe Alwyn), Aaron Dessner, and Justin Vernon were among her collaborators in the songwriting process
The standard edition of Evermore contains 15 songs, while the deluxe edition includes two bonus tracks: "right where you left me" and "it's time to go"
Here is the full track list:
** = bonus track on the deluxe edition
TS9 "Evermore" dropped December 11 at midnight on all major platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music
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Physical editions are available at storetaylorswiftcom starting at $999
And as promised, Swift released her first video for the album Evermore, "Willow" It has a fairy-tale feel and a bit of a hygge aesthetic
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