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© 2020 Taylor Swift
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the 1
03:30
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cardigan
03:59
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the last great american dynasty
03:50
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my tears ricochet
04:15
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mirrorball
03:28
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seven
03:28
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august
04:21
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this is me trying
03:15
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illicit affairs
03:10
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invisible string
04:12
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mad woman
03:57
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epiphany
04:49
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betty
04:54
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peace
03:54
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hoax
03:40
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the lakes
03:31
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A mere 11 months passed between the release of Lover and its surprise follow-up, but it feels like a lifetime. Written and recorded remotely during the first few months of the global pandemic, folklore finds the 30-year-old singer-songwriter teaming up with The National’s Aaron Dessner and long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff for a set of ruminative and relatively lo-fi bedroom pop that’s worlds away from its predecessor. When Swift opens “the 1”—a sly hybrid of plaintive piano and her naturally bouncy delivery—with “I’m doing good, I’m on some new s**t,” you’d be forgiven for thinking it was another update from quarantine, or a comment on her broadening sensibilities. But Swift’s channelled her considerable energies into writing songs here that double as short stories and character studies, from Proustian flashbacks (“cardigan”, which bears shades of Lana Del Rey) to outcast widows (“the last great american dynasty”) and doomed relationships (“exile”, a heavy-hearted duet with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon). It’s a work of great texture and imagination. “Your braids like a pattern/Love you to the moon and to Saturn,” she sings on “seven”, the tale of two friends plotting an escape. “Passed down like folk songs, the love lasts so long.” For a songwriter who has mined such rich detail from a life lived largely in public, it only makes sense that she’d eventually find inspiration in isolation.
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1. the 1
by Taylor Swift
- Acoustic Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Drum Programming
- Aaron Dessner
- Electric Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Mellotron
- Aaron Dessner
- Percussion
- Jason Treuting
- Performer
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Aaron Dessner
Thomas Bartlett
Yuki Numata Resnick
Jason Treuting - Lyricist
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Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Engineer
- Kyle Resnick
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Mixing
- Jonathan Low
- Producer
- Aaron Dessner
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Synthesizer
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Thomas Bartlett
Aaron Dessner - Synthesizer Bass
- Aaron Dessner
- Viola
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Violin
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Composer
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Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Recording
-
Aaron Dessner
Jonathan Low - Studio Personnel
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Jonathan Low
Aaron Dessner
Randy Merrill
Laura Sisk
Kyle Resnick - Vocal Engineer
- Laura Sisk
- Composer Lyricist
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Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Unknown Contributor Role
- Bryce Dessner
2. cardigan
by Taylor Swift
- Bass
- Aaron Dessner
- Cello
- Clarice Jensen
- Drum Programming
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James Mcalister
Aaron Dessner - Electric Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Mellotron
- Aaron Dessner
- Percussion
- Aaron Dessner
- Performer
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Clarice Jensen
James Mcalister
Yuki Numata Resnick
Benjamin Lanz
Dave Nelson
Aaron Dessner - Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Composer
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Engineer
-
Aaron Dessner
Bella Blasko
Kyle Resnick - Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Mixing
- Jonathan Low
- Producer
- Aaron Dessner
- Recording
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Jonathan Low
Aaron Dessner - Synthesizer
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Benjamin Lanz
Aaron Dessner - Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Trombone
- Dave Nelson
- Viola
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Violin
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Studio Personnel
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Randy Merrill
Laura Sisk
Aaron Dessner
Kyle Resnick
Jonathan Low
Bella Blasko - Vocal Engineer
- Laura Sisk
- Composer Lyricist
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Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Unknown Contributor Role
- Bryce Dessner
3. the last great american dynasty
by Taylor Swift
- Bass
- Aaron Dessner
- Drum Programming
- Aaron Dessner
- Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Composer
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Drums
- Jt Bates
- Electric Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Keyboard
- Aaron Dessner
- Percussion
- Aaron Dessner
- Performer
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Jt Bates
Rob Moose
Aaron Dessner - Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Slide Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Synthesizer
- Aaron Dessner
- Viola
- Rob Moose
- Violin
- Rob Moose
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Unknown Contributor Role
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Rob Moose
Bryce Dessner - Mixing
- Jonathan Low
- Producer
- Aaron Dessner
- Recording
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Aaron Dessner
Jonathan Low - Studio Personnel
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Jonathan Low
Randy Merrill
Aaron Dessner
Laura Sisk - Vocal Engineer
- Laura Sisk
- Composer Lyricist
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Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner
4. exile
by Taylor Swift, Bon Iver
- Drum Programming
- Aaron Dessner
- Featured Artist
- Bon Iver
- Electric Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Percussion
- Aaron Dessner
- Performer
-
Aaron Dessner
Rob Moose - Lyricist
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Justin Vernon
William Bowery
Taylor Swift - Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Mixing
- Jonathan Low
- Producer
-
Aaron Dessner
Joe Alwyn - Synthesizer
- Aaron Dessner
- Primary Artist
-
Taylor Swift
Bon Iver - Viola
- Rob Moose
- Violin
- Rob Moose
- Composer
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William Bowery
Justin Vernon
Taylor Swift - Recording
-
Jonathan Low
Aaron Dessner - Studio Personnel
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Jonathan Low
Laura Sisk
Aaron Dessner
Justin Vernon
Randy Merrill - Vocal Engineer
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Justin Vernon
Laura Sisk - Composer Lyricist
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Justin Vernon
Taylor Swift
William Bowery - Unknown Contributor Role
- Bryce Dessner
5. my tears ricochet
by Taylor Swift
- Composer
- Taylor Swift
- Background Vocals
- Jack Antonoff
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Bass
- Jack Antonoff
- Electric Guitar
- Jack Antonoff
- Keyboard
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Evan Smith
Jack Antonoff - Lyricist
- Taylor Swift
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Percussion
- Jack Antonoff
- Performer
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Jack Antonoff
Bobby Hawk
Evan Smith - Piano
- Jack Antonoff
- Saxophone
- Evan Smith
- Strings
- Bobby Hawk
- Mixing
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John Hanes
Serban Ghenea - Producer
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Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
Joe Alwyn - Programming
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Evan Smith
Jack Antonoff - Recording
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Jack Antonoff
Laura Sisk
Lorenzo Wolff - Recording Assistant
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Jon Sher
John Rooney - Studio Personnel
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John Hanes
John Rooney
Lorenzo Wolff
Jon Sher
Serban Ghenea
Laura Sisk
Randy Merrill
Jack Antonoff - Composer Lyricist
- Taylor Swift
6. mirrorball
by Taylor Swift
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Background Vocals
- Jack Antonoff
- Guitar
- Jack Antonoff
- Keyboard
- Jack Antonoff
- Percussion
- Jack Antonoff
- Performer
- Jack Antonoff
- Composer
-
Jack Antonoff
Taylor Swift - Lyricist
-
Jack Antonoff
Taylor Swift - Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Mixing
-
John Hanes
Serban Ghenea - Producer
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff - Programming
- Jack Antonoff
- Recording
-
Jack Antonoff
Laura Sisk - Studio Personnel
-
Laura Sisk
Serban Ghenea
Randy Merrill
Jack Antonoff
John Hanes - Composer Lyricist
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Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
7. seven
by Taylor Swift
- Acoustic Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Bass
- Aaron Dessner
- Cello
- Clarice Jensen
- Drum Programming
-
Aaron Dessner
Bryan Devendorf - Drums
- Jt Bates
- Lyricist
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Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Engineer
- Kyle Resnick
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Percussion
- Aaron Dessner
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Performer
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Bryan Devendorf
Clarice Jensen
Aaron Dessner
Yuki Numata Resnick
Jt Bates - Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Synthesizer
- Aaron Dessner
- Viola
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Composer
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Violin
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Mixing
- Jonathan Low
- Producer
- Aaron Dessner
- Recording
-
Aaron Dessner
Jonathan Low - Studio Personnel
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Kyle Resnick
Jonathan Low
Randy Merrill
Aaron Dessner - Composer Lyricist
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Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Unknown Contributor Role
- Bryce Dessner
8. august
by Taylor Swift
- Bass
- Jack Antonoff
- Electric Guitar
- Evan Smith
- Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff - Flute
- Evan Smith
- Guitar
- Jack Antonoff
- Keyboard
-
Evan Smith
Jack Antonoff - Percussion
- Jack Antonoff
- Composer
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff - Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Performer
-
Jonathan Low
Evan Smith
Jack Antonoff
Bobby Hawk - Saxophone
- Evan Smith
- Strings
- Bobby Hawk
- Synthesizer Bass
- Jonathan Low
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Mixing
- Jonathan Low
- Producer
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
Joe Alwyn - Programming
- Jack Antonoff
- Recording
-
Jack Antonoff
Mike Williams
Laura Sisk
Jon Gautier - Studio Personnel
-
Laura Sisk
Jack Antonoff
Randy Merrill
Jon Gautier
Jonathan Low
Mike Williams - Composer Lyricist
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Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
9. this is me trying
by Taylor Swift
- Composer
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff - Background Vocals
- Jack Antonoff
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Bass
- Jack Antonoff
- Electric Guitar
- Jack Antonoff
- Keyboard
-
Jack Antonoff
Evan Smith - Lyricist
-
Jack Antonoff
Taylor Swift - Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Organ
- Jack Antonoff
- Percussion
- Jack Antonoff
- Performer
-
Evan Smith
Jack Antonoff
Bobby Hawk - Saxophone
- Evan Smith
- Strings
- Bobby Hawk
- Mixing
-
John Hanes
Serban Ghenea - Producer
-
Jack Antonoff
Taylor Swift
Joe Alwyn - Programming
- Jack Antonoff
- Recording
-
Jack Antonoff
Laura Sisk
Lorenzo Wolff - Recording Assistant
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John Rooney
Jon Sher - Studio Personnel
-
Laura Sisk
Jon Sher
Serban Ghenea
John Rooney
Randy Merrill
John Hanes
Jack Antonoff
Lorenzo Wolff - Composer Lyricist
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Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
10. illicit affairs
by Taylor Swift
- Accordion
- Evan Smith
- Lyricist
-
Jack Antonoff
Taylor Swift - Electric Guitar
-
Jack Antonoff
Evan Smith - Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Background Vocals
-
Jack Antonoff
Evan Smith - Composer
-
Jack Antonoff
Taylor Swift - Bass
- Jack Antonoff
- Drum Programming
- Jack Antonoff
- Studio Personnel
-
Laura Sisk
Serban Ghenea
Randy Merrill
Jack Antonoff
John Hanes - Keyboard
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Evan Smith
Jack Antonoff - Pedal Steel
- Mikey Freedom Hart
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Mixing
-
John Hanes
Serban Ghenea - Programming
- Evan Smith
- Recording
-
Laura Sisk
Jack Antonoff - Percussion
- Jack Antonoff
- Performer
-
Jack Antonoff
Evan Smith
Mikey Freedom Hart - Saxophone
- Evan Smith
- Producer
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
Joe Alwyn - Composer Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
11. invisible string
by Taylor Swift
- Acoustic Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Bass
- Aaron Dessner
- Cello
- Clarice Jensen
- Drum Programming
-
Aaron Dessner
James Mcalister - Electric Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Performer
-
James Mcalister
Clarice Jensen
Aaron Dessner
Yuki Numata Resnick - Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Engineer
- Kyle Resnick
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Composer
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Mellotron
- Aaron Dessner
- Percussion
- Aaron Dessner
- Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Synthesizer
- Aaron Dessner
- Viola
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Violin
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Composer Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Mixing
- Jonathan Low
- Producer
- Aaron Dessner
- Recording
-
Aaron Dessner
Jonathan Low - Studio Personnel
-
Jonathan Low
Kyle Resnick
Randy Merrill
Aaron Dessner - Unknown Contributor Role
- Bryce Dessner
12. mad woman
by Taylor Swift
- Acoustic Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Bass
- Aaron Dessner
- Cello
- Clarice Jensen
- Drum Programming
-
James Mcalister
Aaron Dessner - Electric Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Performer
-
Aaron Dessner
James Mcalister
Yuki Numata Resnick
Clarice Jensen - Lyricist
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Engineer
- Kyle Resnick
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Composer
-
Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Percussion
-
Aaron Dessner
James Mcalister - Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Synthesizer
-
Aaron Dessner
James Mcalister - Viola
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Violin
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Composer Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Mixing
-
John Hanes
Serban Ghenea - Producer
- Aaron Dessner
- Recording
-
Aaron Dessner
Jonathan Low - Studio Personnel
-
John Hanes
Randy Merrill
Aaron Dessner
Kyle Resnick
Jonathan Low
Serban Ghenea - Unknown Contributor Role
- Bryce Dessner
13. epiphany
by Taylor Swift
- Cello
- Clarice Jensen
- Drums
- Jt Bates
- Electric Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Performer
-
Dave Nelson
Yuki Numata Resnick
Aaron Dessner
Kyle Resnick
Clarice Jensen
Jt Bates - Lyricist
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Engineer
-
Dave Nelson
Clarice Jensen
Jt Bates
Benjamin Lanz
Kyle Resnick - Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Mixing
-
John Hanes
Serban Ghenea - Producer
- Aaron Dessner
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Synthesizer Programming
- Aaron Dessner
- Trombone
- Dave Nelson
- Trumpet
- Kyle Resnick
- Viola
- Yuki Numata Resnick
- Composer
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Recording
-
Jonathan Low
Aaron Dessner - Studio Personnel
-
Benjamin Lanz
Kyle Resnick
Laura Sisk
Clarice Jensen
John Hanes
Aaron Dessner
Dave Nelson
Serban Ghenea
Randy Merrill
Jt Bates
Jonathan Low - Vocal Engineer
- Laura Sisk
- Composer Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Unknown Contributor Role
- Bryce Dessner
14. betty
by Taylor Swift
- Composer
-
Taylor Swift
William Bowery - Bass
-
Jack Antonoff
Aaron Dessner - Clarinet
- Evan Smith
- Drums
- Jack Antonoff
- Guitar
-
Jack Antonoff
Aaron Dessner
Josh Kaufman - Harmonica
- Josh Kaufman
- Mellotron
-
Mikey Freedom Hart
Jack Antonoff - Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Mixing
-
John Hanes
Serban Ghenea - Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Lyricist
-
William Bowery
Taylor Swift - Recording Assistant
- John Rooney
- Organ
- Jack Antonoff
- Pedal Steel
- Mikey Freedom Hart
- Percussion
- Aaron Dessner
- Producer
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
Aaron Dessner
Joe Alwyn - Performer
-
Aaron Dessner
Jack Antonoff
Mikey Freedom Hart
Josh Kaufman
Evan Smith - Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Saxophone
- Evan Smith
- Recording
-
Laura Sisk
Aaron Dessner
Jack Antonoff
Jonathan Low - Studio Personnel
-
John Hanes
Aaron Dessner
John Rooney
Jonathan Low
Serban Ghenea
Laura Sisk
Randy Merrill
Jack Antonoff - Composer Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
William Bowery - Wurlitzer Organ
- Mikey Freedom Hart
15. peace
by Taylor Swift
- Bass
- Aaron Dessner
- Performer
- Aaron Dessner
- Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Composer
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Lyricist
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Engineer
- Justin Vernon
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Mixing
- Jonathan Low
- Producer
- Aaron Dessner
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Recording
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Jonathan Low
Aaron Dessner - Synthesizer Programming
- Aaron Dessner
- Studio Personnel
-
Randy Merrill
Aaron Dessner
Justin Vernon
Jonathan Low
Laura Sisk - Vocal Engineer
- Laura Sisk
- Composer Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Unknown Contributor Role
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Justin Vernon
Aaron Dessner
16. hoax
by Taylor Swift
- Guitar
- Aaron Dessner
- Performer
-
Aaron Dessner
Rob Moose - Piano
- Aaron Dessner
- Composer
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Lyricist
-
Aaron Dessner
Taylor Swift - Engineer
- Rob Moose
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Mixing
- Jonathan Low
- Producer
- Aaron Dessner
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Recording
-
Aaron Dessner
Jonathan Low - Synthesizer Bass
- Aaron Dessner
- Viola
- Rob Moose
- Studio Personnel
-
Laura Sisk
Jonathan Low
Randy Merrill
Aaron Dessner
Rob Moose - Vocal Engineer
- Laura Sisk
- Composer Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Aaron Dessner - Unknown Contributor Role
- Rob Moose
17. the lakes
by Taylor Swift
- Background Vocals
- Jack Antonoff
- Drums
- Jack Antonoff
- Primary Artist
- Taylor Swift
- Lyricist
-
Jack Antonoff
Taylor Swift - Electric Bass
- Evan Smith
- Mastering Engineer
- Randy Merrill
- Electric Guitar
- Jack Antonoff
- Composer
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff - Flute
- Evan Smith
- Keyboard
-
Jack Antonoff
Evan Smith - Performer
-
Evan Smith
Bobby Hawk
Jack Antonoff - Saxophone
- Evan Smith
- Strings
- Bobby Hawk
- Engineer
-
Mike Williams
Jon Gautier - Mixing
- Jonathan Low
- Producer
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff - Programmer
- Jack Antonoff
- Recording
-
Jack Antonoff
Laura Sisk - Studio Personnel
-
Laura Sisk
Jonathan Low
Randy Merrill
Jack Antonoff
Mike Williams
Jon Gautier - Composer Lyricist
-
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff
Technical Specifications
- Volume
- 1 volume only
- Tracks
- 17 tracks available
- Type
- ALBUM
- Format
- Digital Media
- Duration
- 1 hour, 7 minutes and 10 seconds
- Explicit
- None
- Coverart
- Available and up to 3000x3000 px
- Booklet
- Not available
- Max Quality
CD Quality (Lossless)
16bit / 44.1 kHz
Stereo
- Audio Extension
Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF
Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA
- Archive Format
- Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR
- Lyrics
- All tracks have lyrics
- Synchronized Lyrics
- All tracks have synced lyrics
- Genres
- Alternative
- Label
- Taylor Swift
- Music Distribution Service
- UMG Global
- Country
United States
- Language
- English (United States)
- Popularity
- Popularity 0/10
- Release Date
- Jul 23, 2020
- Track Preview
- Available
- Delivery Charge
- Free
- Delivery Method
- Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site
- UPC
- 602435145020