Taylor Swift.Photo: Beth Garrabrant
Taylor Swifthas another gift for fans on her 31st birthday!
Anderfjärd takes the romantic ballad and turns it into a haunting, but upbeat, track, perfect for any dance party.
The remix comes just two days after Swift alsoreleased a music video for the single,in which the star — who’s beendating actor Joe Alwynsince 2016 — sings of being deeply in love. The track was co-written with The National’s Aaron Dessner (who also contributed tofolklore).
In the music video, Swift picks up where she left off from her “cardigan” video. Crawling into her piano — wearing her cardigan, of course — she emerges in a forest, under a willow tree.
“The more that you say, the less I know/ Wherever you stray, I follow/ I’m begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans/ That’s my man,” Swift sings in the chorus.
Taylor Swift in “Willow” music video.Taylor Swift/YouTube
After releasing her last album,folklore,in July, Swiftannouncedevermore’s release on Thursday morning,telling fans, “to put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs.”
“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,” she wrote onInstagramand Twitter.
“I’ve never done this before,” she continued. “In the past I’ve always treated albums as one-off eras and moved onto planning the next one after an album was released. There was something different withfolklore. In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning.”
In one of her posts teasing theevermorealbum, Swift told fans she’s been “excited about turning 31” since she was 13.
“It’s my lucky number backwards, which is why I wanted to surprise you with this now,” she wrote on Instagram. “You’ve all been so caring, supportive andthoughtful on my birthdaysand so this time I thought I would give you something!”
“I also know this holiday season will be a lonely one for most of us and if there are any of you out there who turn to music to cope with missing loved ones the way I do, this is for you,” Swift added.
source: people.com
