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evermore

Evermore is the ninth Taylor Swift's studio


album,
wich is the ''sister'' album to folklore, in fact
was realeased five months after it.
This is a new genre that Taylor has been
exploring and it kinda of centers around telling
stories that aren't necessarily her own narrative.
In a post, Taylor explained that her excitement
over turning 31 (her lucky number, 13,
backwards).
Track 1, which is also the lead single of
the album, is titled ''willow''.
Taylor herself says it is about intrigue, desire
and the complexity that goes into wanting
someone. By compering her life with her
lover to a willow tree. She is saying that it is
strong but can sometimes look out of
control.
'champagne problems' is the second song of the
album.
The song details the relationship of a man and a
woman. The woman turns down the man's proposal
right before christmas and surprise him and all of his
family members. It seems as though the protagonist
has a history of mental illness, which is stigmatized
through gossip as ''champagne problems''. With a
bittersweet ending the protagonist wishes that the man
will find a woman who won't hurt him the way she did.
Track 3 titled 'gold rush'.
The song is about jealousy
specifically being attracted to
somebody that everyone else is
attracted to as well. In one line she
sings 'my mind turns your life into
folklore' which is an obvious nod at
the preceding album.
track 4 titled 'tis the damn season'. Taylor
has alluded to the fact that the protagonist
in the song is 'Dorothea' who sung about
on track 8.
The song centers around Dorothea returning
to her hometown during the holidays and
rekindles with an old flame. She hopeful that
this will work out despite her inevitably
returning to LA.
Track 5 is 'tolerate it'.
This song is about giving
somebody uncoditional love
and wanting to receive the
same, but being ignore it and
only tolerate it.
Track 6 titled 'no body no crime.'
This is a murder mystery song that centers around the
protagonist 'Este', who is actually Taylor's longtime
friend. Este's husband was cheating on her, which is
mentioneted in the first verse. Suddenly Este goes
missing and the huband reports his missing wife.
Taylor believes that the husband murdered Este and
Taylor begins to revenge him. The husband is killed
and everybody belives that the mistress killed him.
When in reality Taylor is the one who murdered him.
Track 7, 'happiness', is about the end of a relationship
where hope still exists. She acknowledges that when
you're with somebody you become a different version
of yourself. She sings 'there'll be happiness because of
you' shows how just because the relationship made her
happy it doesn't mean that she unhappy before them
or will be unhappy after them. She changes the lyrics in
'There'lle be happiness after me but there was
happiness because of me'.
Track 8 is 'dorothea' which is mentioned earlier in
track 4.
'Dorothea is a girl who left her small town to chase
down Hollywood dreams' as stated by Taylor. This
song seems to be sung from the perspective of an old
hometown fling who perhaps the one mentioned in 'tis
the damn season'. It's about this narrator only sees
Dorothea on the television and how he wishes she
would come back.
Track 9 'coney island', discusses being so
consumed in a relationship that you almost
lose a part of yourself. It evokes a feeling of
loss and nostalgia similar to tolerate it.
Where the effort given in the relatioship was
not equal on both sides.
Track 10 'ivy', tells the story of a woman
having an affair, cheating on her husband.
People think that 'ivy' is about Emily
Dickinson and her relationship with Susan
Gilbert and the subsequent marriage to
her brother and it makes sense if we see it
from Susan's perspective.
Track 11 is 'cowboy like me'.
'This song discusses two people who fall in love whole
hanging out at fancy resorts trying to score rich
romantic beneficiaries' as stated by Taylor. These two
people start seeing each other after they have a first
dance together, it leads to more and taylor dresses this
in the line ''never wanted love just a fancy car'. These
two people had the same interests and personal gain but
ended up falling in love because of their similarities.
When started as a dance ends up with love which is
referred to the line 'dancing is a dangerous game'
track 12 is 'long story short'.
This song is a overview of how she
been viewed in the public including
her feud with Kanye West, being
deemed as a serial dater and any
other controversies.
track 13 'marjorie' is a tribute to her late
grandmother Marjorie Finlay, similarly track
13 on folklore was a tribute to her
grandfather Dean. Marjorie was an opera
singer and can be heard on the background
vocals on this track. In her statement about
evermore Taylor says that her grandmother
still visits her even if it's only in her dreams.
'Closure' is the 14th track on evermore. It is a wild
industrial-folk number with Nine Inch Nails-style
drums.
The track is supposedly about Taylor’s former
friendship with model Karlie Kloss. Lyrics like
“staying friends” and “new life” suggest that they
are no longer friends, especially as Taylor and
Karlie have no longer been seen together. As she
recently married, Karlie’s “new life” has spent
large amounts of time with her extended
Kushner family, Scooter Braun, and new friends.

The titular closing track on the standard edition of


evermore is a meditative piano ballad tracking the
narrator’s journey from a seemingly unending period
of deep depression and hurt to a place of hope.
Like ''happiness'', “evermore” deals strongly with themes
of mental health, though this track lays out a more
linear path towards healing.

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