Taylor Swift Reveals ‘folklore’ Was Inspired By Ireland
Taylor Swift reveals her 2020 album folklore was inspired by the “storytelling” of Ireland. While performing in Dublin, Ireland, over the weekend, the “mad woman” singer, 34, sent her fans into a frenzy after declaring that her eighth studio album “belongs to them.”
folklore Was Inspired By Ireland
The pop icon released her folklore in July 2020 and revealed to her Irish crowd that she wrote the songs for the album two days into the COVID-19 lockdown. In videos captured and shared on social media, Swift says, “folklore in general — it just belongs to Ireland. How I imagined the album world looking [in] Ireland. Storytelling with lots of different characters. You guys have that on lock, too. That’s very Irish, the storytelling.”
While wearing the colors of the Irish flag, she added, “I had to create an album where the imaginary world that I pretended to go to every single day while I was writing it… I gotta be honest, kinda seemed like Ireland. So we’re back to where we belong. folklore belongs with you guys!” The audience roared in acceptance of her words, with more fans adding their thoughts on it on X (formerly Twitter).
One person added a scene from Friends with the words, “So this is a song about a love triangle between 3 people I made up. There’s a girl we’ll call her Betty.” Another fan said, “my heart was so full when taylor talked about the inspiration behind folklore being irish folklore and that’s why she will always be my fave album!!” A third Swiftie hilariously stated, “As a folkwhore I don’t know if I’ll ever recover from Taylor calling folklore her most Irish album and that she imagined herself in somewhere that looks like here when she wrote it [watery eyes smiling emoji, sobbing emoji].” Added another fan: “Not to alarm anyone but Taylor was just yapping about story telling and how the Irish are the best at it and like…legend has it that St. Patrick drove the SNAKES out of Ireland. So do with this info as you will [clown emoji].”
When Swift released folklore, she announced on social media that the record consisted of songs she has “poured all of my whims, dreams, fears, and musings into.”
While Swift was performing in Dublin, Julia Roberts, Stevie Nicks, and Travis Kelce were in attendance.
5 Lyrically Depressing But Fun Songs To Dance To On Taylor Swift's Record
Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, has already come with surprise after surprise. From the double album release to the songs shading Kim Kardashian, Matty Healy, and Joe Alwyn, TTPD has “left no crumbs,” as they say.
What stood out to us most about the 31 songs is that Swifties — whether happy and in love or going through it — all loved her dark and cheeky lyricism. Despite whatever mood you are in, it seems as though the pop icon has managed to perfectly balance vulnerable, crushing lyrics of hurt and heartache, all while giving her fans something to dance to and smile through the pain.
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I am not a Swiftie, but I can recognize when Swift, 34, has a hit. As a songwriter, Swift can be clever, and her usage of advanced vocabulary absolutely shines on this album. At other times, as pointed out by others on social media, Swift can be a little juvenile with some of her lines, making us wonder what the hype is all about.
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However, compared to other successful pop artists of today, no one else does it like Taylor Swift. She reaches her fans worldwide with her lyricism and musicianship. Every album is an event, and this one is no exception. TTPD has been compared to her 2020 album, folklore, with fans commending her use of synths on this album as well.
Longtime collaborator and friend Jack Antonoff shared his love for Taylor on X (formerly Twitter) and listed his favorite tracks on the record, both of which actually ended up on our list as well. “!! FOTS heads lets go !!” he writes of the 7th track, “Fresh Out The Slammer.” He later hyped up track 4, “Down Bad,” as it “heads as well.”
Take a look below at X Lyrically Depressing But Fun Songs To Dance To On TTPD:
