Taylor Swift still has more ‘folklore’ tricks on her knit sleeve


The individual collection includes the original voice memo that was sent to co-producer Aaron Dessner.

Taylor Swift thanks fans for all the Folklore love releasing a limited-edition individual “Cardigan” collection featuring the original idea from the voice memo he sent to co-writer / producer Aaron Dessner with alternate lyrics.

The song package for Swift’s acclaimed eighth album comes with the voice memo that Swift sent to Dessner on April 27 this year after he compiled his instrumental tracks for the song, both available at 7 “($ 8 ) and 12 “($ 13) vinyl and CD editions ($ 5) until midnight on July 30.

The special announcement came with a handwritten note from Swift, in which she said, “Thank you for all the love you have shown. Folklore. It has been the most magical creative adventure of my life so far, and I wanted to share with you a recording of how it all started: the first recording I sent Aaron for ‘Cardigan’, including the original lyrics and many ramblings. “

The single “Cardigan” also comes with a note in which Swift describes her songwriting process and sings a cappella about the original song.

Folklore It has obtained more than 500,000 equivalent album units in the United States in its first three days of release, according to initial reports from Nielsen Music / MRC Data. The set was released on short notice on Friday, July 24.

From those reports, Folklore in just his first three days, he already passed the oldest week 2020 for any album, captured earlier this month by the arrival of Juice WRLD’s Legends never die, which launched with 497,000 units in the week ending July 16. The last album to get at least 500,000 units in a week was Swift’s previous LP, Lover, which leaned to number 1 on the Billboard 200 list dated September 7, 2019, with 867,000 units earned in the week ending August 29, 2019.