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Evermore
Cover artwork of evermore, a picture showing Swift in braided hair from behind, in front of a barren field
Studio albumby
Taylor Swift
ReleasedDecember 11, 2020(2020-12-11)
Recorded2020
Studio
Genre
Length60:38
LabelRepublic
Producer
Taylor Swiftchronology
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (From the Disney+ Special)
(2020) 		Evermore
(2020) 		Fearless (Taylor's Version)
(2021)
SinglesfromEvermore
  1. "Willow"
    Released: December 11, 2020
  2. "No Body, No Crime"
    Released: January 11, 2021
  3. "Coney Island"
    Released: January 18, 2021

Evermoreis the ninth studio album by the American singer-songwriterTaylor Swift.It was asurprise albumreleased on December 11, 2020, viaRepublic Records,less than five months after her previous studio albumFolklore.Evermorewas a spontaneous product of Swift's extended collaboration with herFolklorecollaboratorAaron Dessner,mainly recorded at his Long Pond Studio in theHudson Valley.

Swift describedEvermoreas an offshoot of "the folklorian woods" —anescapist,cottagecore-inspired direction she first ideated withFolkloreduring theCOVID-19 pandemic;she regards them as sister albums.Evermoreblendsalternative rock,indie folkandchamber popstyles, carried byfingerpickedguitars, somber pianos, lavish strings, and sparse percussion.Impressioniststorytelling andmythopoeiadominate its lyrical technique. The subject matter has been described as an anthology of tales about love, marriage, infidelity, and grief, exploring the complexities of human emotion. American bandsBon Iver,Haim,andthe Nationalappear as guest performers on the album.

Earning widespread acclaim from critics,Evermorewas praised for itscharacter studies,experimental production, and Swift's nuanced vocals. Reviews regarded the album a sequel or a counterpart toFolklore,and various publications listed it in their 2020 year-end rankings.Evermorewas nominated forAlbum of the Yearat the64th Annual Grammy Awards,a second consecutive nomination for Swift in the category after winning it withFolkloretheprevious year.Dessner and Long Pond have achieved mainstream notability sinceEvermore'srelease.

The album reached number one in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Greece, New Zealand, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Republic Records reported over a million copies ofEvermoresold in its first week globally. It was Swift's eighth consecutiveBillboard200number-one debut, spending four weeks atop the chart, and achieved various chart feats in Australia, the UK and the US; in the latter, the tracks "Willow","No Body, No Crime",and"Coney Island"impactedpop,country,andalternativeradio stations, respectively. "Willow" became Swift's seventhBillboardHot 100number-one song and her second in 2020 after "Cardigan",making her the first ever act to simultaneously debut atop bothBillboard200 and Hot 100 charts two times.Evermorewas 2021's best-selling alternative music album andAmericanaalbum in the US and the UK, respectively.

Background and conception

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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... I've never done this before. 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. I loved theescapismI found in these imaginary/not imaginary tales. I loved the ways you welcomed the dreamscapes and tragedies and epic tales of love lost and found into your lives. So I just kept writing them.

Swift introducingEvermore,Instagram[1]

During theCOVID-19 lockdowns,on July 23, 2020, American singer-songwriterTaylor Swiftannounced her eighth studio album and firstsurprise album,Folklore,and released it the next day. Produced by herself, first-time collaboratorAaron Dessner,long-time collaboratorJack Antonoff,and then-boyfriendJoe Alwyn,the album was a critical and commercial success, becoming thebest-selling album of 2020and winningAlbum of the Yearat the63rd Annual Grammy Awards.[2]On November 25, 2020, aconcert documentarytitledFolklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions,shot at Dessner's Long Pond Studio inHudson Valley,was released toDisney+.It detailed the making ofFolklorewith performances of its songs.[3]

After releasingFolklore,Swift continued to work remotely with Dessner, who would send her instrumental tracks, to which she would write the lyrics.[4]She stated the rave reception ofFolklorefurther encouraged her to experiment further with its musical style.[5]Soon after, Swift's sessions with Dessner resulted in a project that was a natural extension ofFolklore,[4]which eventually assumed its individual identity asEvermore.Dessner dubbedEvermorea "weirdavalanche"effecting fromFolklore.[6]In comparison to its predecessor, the development ofEvermorewas a more experimental process, during which the duo did not subject themselves to any limitations.[4]In anApple Musicinterview toZane Lowe,Swift statedEvermoregave her a feeling of "quiet conclusion and sort of this weird serenity" after putting outFolklore,[5]and correlated it with the themes of those albums, saying one ofFolklore'smain tropes was "conflict resolution"—" trying to figure out how to get through something with someone ", whereasEvermoredeals with "endings of all sorts, sizes and shapes", and the pain and various phases of those closures.[7]

On December 10, 2020, three days prior to her 31st birthday, Swift posted nine photos on Instagram, which together formed an image depicting the singer's back, with her hair in a braid and facing a forest. In another post across her social media, she announced her ninth studio album, titledEvermore,releasing at midnight. She revealed the track-list, and a music video for its opening track, "Willow",which would premiere on YouTube alongside the album release.[1][3]Referring to lockdown regulations in light of theCOVID-19 pandemic,Swift wrote: "You've all been so caring, supportive and thoughtful on my birthdays and 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".[3]Prior to the "Willow" music video premiere, Swift said she likensEvermoreto fall and winter, in contrast to its predecessor's spring and summer.[8]

Writing and recording

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Like its predecessor,Evermoreis also a product of remote collaboration and virtual communication,[5]and was recorded in total secrecy.[4]Dessner produced or co-produced all of the tracks except "Gold Rush", which Swift and Antonoff produced.[9]All of the tracks, except "Cowboy Like Me", were recorded at Long Pond Studio, whereFolklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessionswas shot.[4][9]

After the release ofFolklore,Swift wrote two songs, "Closure" and "Dorothea",forBig Red Machine,which is asupergroupby Dessner andJustin Vernon,the frontman of Americanindie folkbandBon Iver;the songs ended up onEvermoreinstead. To celebrateFolklore,Dessner casually composed an instrumental track "Westerly", named after the location ofSwift's Rhode Island home.An hour later, Swift wrote "Willow" to the track and sent it back to him.[6]She wrote the title track "Evermore" with Alwyn (alias William Bowery) and sent it to Vernon, who added abridge.Dessner realized they were creating a counterpart toFolkloreonly after the duo wrote more than seven songs. He composed "Tolerate It"on a piano in10
8time signature and sent it to Swift, conjuring a scene in her mind upon hearing the track; she sent it back with finished lyrics. Dessner stated he "cried when [he] first heard" its lyrics.[4]

Swift traveled to Long Pond Studio to filmFolklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions.Once filming was complete, Swift stayed at Long Pond overnight, to record with Dessner and Antonoff. The next morning, she approached Dessner in his kitchen with "'Tis the Damn Season",which she wrote during the night.[6]Dessner cited the song as one of his favorite works ever, and that it could have just remained as an instrumental, but instead, Swift's "incredible storytelling ability and musical ability took it and made something much great".[4]"No Body, No Crime"was inspired by Swift's" obsession with truecrimepodcasts/documentaries ".[10]She wrote the song on arubber-bridge guitarand mailed Dessner a voice memo, after which he started producing it. Swift had specific ideas on how she wanted the song, including a guest feature from Americanpop rockbandHaim,who recorded their vocals atAriel Rechtshaid's Los Angeles home and forwarded it to Swift. The song's harmonica and guitarriffswere played by Josh Kaufman, who also played the harmonica on "Betty"fromFolklore;JT Bates played the drums, and also did the same on "Dorothea".[4]

"Marjorie",the album's thirteenth track, is a tribute to American opera singer and Swift's maternal grandmother,Marjorie Finlay(pictured in 1949), who inspired Swift's passion for music.

Aaron Dessner and his twin brother,Bryce Dessner,sent Swift some of the instrumentals they made for their band, Americanindie rockbandthe National.One of those was what would become "Coney Island".Swift and Alwyn wrote its lyrics, and recorded it with her vocals. After listening to the demo, the Dessner brothers felt that the song was very related to the National, and envisionedMatt Berninger(the band's lead vocalist) singing it, andBryan Devendorf(the drummer) drumming it. Aaron Dessner informed Berninger, who was "excited" about the idea. The band assembled, Devendorf played the drums, while his brotherScott Devendorfplayed the bass and pocket piano; Bryce Dessner helped produce the song.[4]

"Marjorie"was an instrumental precursor to" Peace ", the fifteenth track onFolklore.The latter'sdroneis present in the former's bridge. The backing rhythm of "Marjorie" was composed with an AlloversHi-hatGenerator, a software developed by producer Ryan Olson, which had been used in many Big Red Machine songs. The instrument takes any sound and splits them into samples, and regenerates them in randomized musical patterns. Dessner went through the patterns, picked his favorite parts, looped them, developed them into an instrumental, and sent it to Swift, who wrote "Marjorie" to it, a song about her maternal grandmother and opera singer,Marjorie Finlay.She also sent a folder of Finlay's opera records to Dessner, who sampled some of it on the song. "Right Where You Left Me" and "Happiness"were written days beforeEvermorewas finished. Dessner had been working on the composition of "Happiness" since 2019, thinking it would be a Big Red Machine song; Swift, however, admired its instrumentals and ended up finishing its lyrics, which was also the case with "Right Where You Left Me".[4][11]The last few weeks of recordingEvermoreoverlapped with the recording ofFearless (Taylor's Version)—Swift's firstre-recordedalbum; she recorded "Happiness" and "You Belong with Me (Taylor's Version)"on the same day.[7]

Vernon was more involved inEvermorethanFolklore.He played the drums on "Cowboy like Me" and "Closure", guitar and banjo on "Ivy", and contributed backing vocals in "Marjorie". For "Closure", he processed Swift's vocals through his Messina vocal modifier,[4]which distorted her softtimbreinto a robotic growl.[12]"Cowboy like Me" was recorded at Scarlet Pimpernel Studios, located in the UK, owned byMarcus Mumford,the lead singer of Englishfolk rockbandMumford & Sons;Mumford provided backing vocals on the song.[13]In "Ivy", Dessner added sleigh bells to invoke winter-oriented emotions, coinciding with the song's wintry imagery. He intentionally added "a wintry nostalgia" to most of the music inEvermore,leaning towards the idea Swift told him. Dessner saidmixingthe album's 17 songs was a "Herculeantask "and that the sound engineer Jon Low thought it would not be finished on time.[4]

Music and lyrics

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Man singing into a mic
Evermorecontains two duets: "Coney Island"withMatt Berningerofthe National(picturedleft), and the title track withJustin VernonofBon Iver(right).

The standard edition ofEvermoreis one hour long, consisting of 15 tracks, while the deluxe adds two bonus songs.[14]Haim, the National and Bon Iver provide guest vocals on "No Body, No Crime", "Coney Island", and "Evermore", respectively.[15]Critics have dubbedEvermorea sequel and a companion record toFolklore.[16]

Composition

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Evermoreis an indie folk,[17]folk-pop,[18]alternative rock,[19]andchamber rockrecord[20]withcountryinfluences.[13]It has its predecessor'sminimal[21]andlo-fi[22]styles, but looser and more experimental in nature.[23][2]The album is characterized by its acoustic core[24]and wintry mood, consisting of sparse arrangements,[25]slow-burning melodies, burbling,[26]fingerpickedacoustic guitars, swaying electric guitars,[19]soft,[27]smooth,[28]and somber[13]pianos, warm and woozy synthesizers,mandolin,[19]twangy banjos,[29]throbbingdrum machines,[25]lush strings,[30]electronicthrums,[27]subtle layers ofMellotrons,flute, French horn, and cellos.[24]Swift's mellifluous vocals are backed by gauzy harmonies[28]and "misty atmospherics".[19]

Rolling Stonewrote thatEvermoredeepens Swift's goth-folk vision.[12]Hitsdescribed the album's sonic palette as "watery" and "hypnotic".[22]The Daily Telegraphsaid that there is no sense oftempoor urgency in its songs, departing from the stadium-suited tempos of Swift's earlier works.[28]EsquirenotedEvermore'sfocus on "sonic details and nuances rather than bighooks."[3]According to criticTom Hull,while Swift remains attentive to "production details",EvermorefollowsFolklorein abandoning "pop glitz" in favor of "straightforward songcraft" due in part to the pandemic shifting Swift's focus from arenas to homely settings.[31]Stereogumdescribed it as "a soft, meditative, consciously quiet" album of "restorative old-school singer-songwriter music".[32]InSlate'sopinion,Evermorehas a more spacious ambience with lots of break, unlike the "maximalist-minimalism "ofFolklore,which had "layers upon layers of restrained instrumental lines".[33]

Themes

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The cover of 1938 book Rebecca
The cover of 1925 book The Great Gatsby
The fifth track, "Tolerate It", was inspired byDaphne du Maurier's 1938 novelRebecca,whereas the seventh track, "Happiness",contains references toThe Great Gatsby,the 1925 novel byF. Scott Fitzgerald.

Evermoreis an intimate album[34]heavily rooted in elaboratefirst-personstorytelling fromthird-person perspectives,[23]character studies,[19]and narrativemythmaking.[12]It ventures deeper inside theimaginary worldSwift built withFolklore,[16]blending facts and fiction.[34]Both albums share a commonescapistconcept,[30]but in contrast toFolklore's moreintrospectiveand romantic nature,Evermoreis bolder, uninhibited,[23][34]playful,[35]andimpressionistic,[24]delving extensively into Swift's ideas of adult love and pain.[36]The songs generallyruminate[24]themes of forbidden love, romantic neglect, forgiveness,[28]marriage, and infidelity,[37]revolving around a set of distinctive characters, such as embattled couples, scorned friends, and complicated women.[25]Evermorealso analyses conflicted emotions and possibilities,[22]aside "noirishtwists "in plots.[28]

Like its sister album,Evermorelyrically incorporates nature, landscapes andobjects in the sky,such ascrescent moon,sunrise,comets,amber skies,precipice,willow,cloverandivy.[38]Swift's trademark turns of phrase[23]andwordplayare also abundant.[18]Varietyobserved that "warmth amid iciness" is a "recurring lyrical motif".[24]American Songwriteropined thatEvermorehas Swift mostly writing "the 'unhappily ever after' anthology of marriages gone bad".[34]Slatealso called it an anthology, emphasizing "her leap away from autobiography into songs that are either pure fictions or else lyrically symbolic in ways that don't act asromans à clef".[33]Stereogumlabeled the album "observational fiction".[32]Pitchforknoted that Swift remains a versatile, expressive vocalist, and a "wordy" lyricist to "magnify sad, small moments."[13]Music theoryprofessor Alyssa Barna said Swift adopts a static, colorless timbre for both vocals and instrumentation in the album.[39]Spinremarked the "exceedingly complex human emotions" she unravels inEvermorewith "precision and devastation".[18]

Songs

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Evermoreopens with "Willow", achamber folk[40]love song[24]propelled by picked guitars,[21]glockenspiel,orchestrations, programmed drums, and a "breathless chorus".[36]"Champagne Problems"is a mournful[41]ballad[36]with spacious,[13]oom-pahpiano chords entwining with a guitararpeggioand choir vocals.[21]It depicts a struggling girlfriend whose mental issues disrupt her romantic relationship,[16]leading her to turn down her lover's proposal.[21]"Gold Rush" is a nimblechamber popsong[42][12]with drums, horns, violins, swiveling shifts in tempo,[36]and a "dreamy" chorus. Its frenzy verses arecoupletsdelivered in a pulsating rhythm over persistent beats,[23][43]with ared herringin itsintroandoutromade of "layered vocals". Expressing jealousy and insecurity towards an attractive subject, "Gold Rush" limns the narrator's infatuation for the subject using adaydream,[36][44]and depicts her distaste at her own incapacitation in the face of beauty, comparing it togold rushes.[45]

The sixth track, "No Body, No Crime",is amurder ballad.It features American rock bandHaim(pictured), and was promoted to UScountry radio.

The fourth track, "'Tis the Damn Season ", is aChristmas song.[19][26]It sees a female narrator arrive for her holidays at hometownTupelo,where she encounters her former lover and ends up in bed with him despite knowing the rekindled flame will not lead anywhere.[25][19]It is built around an electric guitar riff, and the narrator is revealed to be a character named Dorothea, later in the album.[34]"Tolerate It" recounts a young woman in anage-gap relationship,[43]and depicts her internal agony and resentment towards her aloof, unappreciative partner.[34][32]It is a slow-building[26]ballad[46]guided by a "muffled" piano and tensesynth-beats.[26]Its plot was inspired byRebecca,the 1939 novel by English authorDaphne du Maurier.[47]"No Body, No Crime" opens with police sirens.[43]It is a "twangy",[36]cinematic,[16]country,[23]pop rock,[34]andcountry rocksong,[19]featuring Haim'sharmonies.It tells a "macabrerevenge tale "[36]of a woman named Este murdered by her husband in favor of hismistress.The narrator is a friend of Este and takes revenge by murdering the unfaithful man.[16]

"Happiness", the melancholic seventh track, is anambient[12]ballad[30]driven by "hazy" synthesizers, hi-hats, violin, bass,[48]organs,[21]piano and drone.[32]The song channels astream of consciousness,[42]in which the narrator empathizes with the subject[30]after their divorce,[48]contemplates the split, and apologizes for "losing track of the facts", and affirms happiness will be found again.[36][26]It contains references toThe Great Gatsby.[49]"Dorothea" is anAmericanasong[4]from the perspective of the male subject in "'Tis the Damn Season ", who stays in Tupelo while his high-school lover, Dorothea, moves to Los Angeles for a Hollywood career.[16][34]He narrates his stories of her, such as a skipped prom and feelings of separation,[36]and yearns for Dorothea's return to the simple rural life,[19]over ahonky-tonk piano,[12][42]tambourineand guitars.[36]It has been compared to "Betty" due to their similar perspectives.[34]

"Cowboy like Me"
"Cowboy like Me" is ablues,country,andfolk rocktune driven by guitar,harmonica,andmandolin.
"Evermore"
The title track is aballadabout depression and hopelessness, led by a gonging piano.
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The ninth track, "Coney Island", is an alternative rock,[19]waltz[18]and indie-folk duet[25]with Berninger.[36]The song depicts suburbannostalgia[16]and recollects a couple's memories inConey Island;[36]Swift's melodious vocals contrast Berninger's mumbledbaritone.[28]"Ivy" is afolksong[21]with "elastic vocals"[42]and a "jaunty chorus",[36]documenting a married woman's infidelity,[34][30]over a ticking arrangement[34]of banjo,picked guitar,[21]trumpet, and Vernon's gentle harmonies.[13]It conveys her temptation for her secret lover[21]and the realistic consequences that may hinder their affair,[34]using a metaphor of ivyvinesgrowing over a stone house to represent her deep-rooted attachment.[46]

Swift sings about two "gold-digging"con artistsin the eleventh track,[33]"Cowboy Like Me"; they unexpectedly fall in love with each other while frequenting resorts and deceiving the rich.[34]It is an alternative,[36]country,[13]folk rock,[20]andbluestune,[23]with hushed guitars, harmonica riff,[41]mandolin, piano,[36]lap steel,[24]and Mumford's backing vocals.[23]"Long Story Short"is a pop-infused indie rock song with a rousing post-chorus hook,[36][42]explosive guitars, strings, crisp beats of live drums and drum machine. Swift retreadsReputation(2017) in the song,[42][33]summarizing her life's worst moments[41][25]and emotional healing.[36]"Marjorie" details Swift's grief over her grandmother Marjorie Finlay, a former opera singer,[23]who died when Swift was 13 years old.[36]Its lyrics consist of Finlay's advice to her granddaughter, as well as Swift's memories and regrets.[13]It includes soft tracks of Finlay singing over "buzzing" synths,[16][41]pizzicatostrings,[21]drone,pulse,cello,[25]and a "pulsing keyboard arrangement".[13]

"Closure", the fourteenth track, is Swift's kiss-off to the song's unnamed subject,[13]a reply to their "self-serving" request,[16]insincere kindness,[36]and pretentious amity.[21]It is anindustrial folksong[20]characterized by an unusual5
4time signature,[21]and a "skittering" production ofbrass,[36]piano, to-and-fro strings,[22]electronic creaks, "clattering percussion",[21]and synth drums.[16]The standard edition of the album ends with the title track—a piano ballad that progresses into a dramatic bridge after a tempo shift, where Swift is joined midway by Vernon's signaturefalsetto[23]in acall and response.[18]Swift navigates depression, desolation and negative notions in her verses, in contrast to Vernon's optimistic and supportive verses that attempt to help her, resulting in a realization that pain is temporary.[50]The deluxe edition ofEvermoreincludes two bonus tracks: "Right Where You Left Me" is a country and folk-pop song,[51]portraying the fate of a love "frozen in time", over twangy guitars.[52][53]In contrast, "It's Time to Go" is about the narrator's knowledge of when to exit a relationship, such as a friendship, featuring tales of divorce and losing a dream career to an unfit individual; the song contains references toSwift's dispute over her masters.[53][54]

Art direction

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The visual aesthetic ofEvermoretakes upon awintrytheme, ayuletideversion of thecottagecore,woodland aesthetic ofFolklore.[34][25]Timestated thatFolkloreis a muted, autumnal palette of sounds and feelings, whereasEvermoreis its winter companion with lingering sadness and regret.[55]WhileFolkloreadapts agrayscalemonochrome,Evermoreemploys colors.[56]The Times of Indiaopined thatEvermoreembraces "1960s-eraLaurel Canyon".[57]

Cover artwork

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The cover artwork ofEvermoreshows Swift in a barren field,[55]facing away from the camera, looking over the bare trees in the distance.[38]She is seen standing at the edge of a forested area, while on the cover ofFolklore,she was seen inside a forest.[56]Her hair is styled in aFrench braidand she wears a single-breasted, brown and orangecheckedflannelcoat, taken from a collection by English designerStella McCartney.[58]Stylistcalled the hairstyle "messy-yet-chic".[59]Adam Reed, UK editorial ambassador for French beauty companyL'Oréal,admired Swift's braid and described it as "simple, supernatural and timeless".[59]According toConsequence,the cover artwork is "gorgeous in its simplicity", and has Swift facing a field, insinuating "she's inviting the listener to see the field through her eyes."[60]FollowingEvermore'srelease, replicas of the flannel coat Swift wore on the cover artwork quickly sold out onFarfetch.[61]The album cover was the third most-searched album cover of 2021 on the internet, afterKanye West'sDonda(2021) andOlivia Rodrigo'sSour(2021).[62]

Release and promotion

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Evermorewas released on December 11, 2020, two days before Swift's 31st birthday, todigital musicandstreamingplatforms only.[63]It is a "sister album" toFolklore,which was launched less than five months prior; both of them aresurprise albumsannounced 16 hours prior to their midnight releases.[64][65]Evermoremarked the second time Swift abandoned her long, traditional album rollout.[66]

The CDs were released on December 18, 2020.[67]The bonus tracks ofEvermoredeluxe edition, "Right Where You Left Me" and "It's Time to Go", which were formerly physical-exclusive, were released to streaming services on January 7, 2021.[53]Cassette tapesandvinyl LPsofEvermorewere released on February 21, and May 28, 2021, respectively.Billboardreported that the delayed release of the album's physical formats is owed to its surprise release and the time-consuming manufacturing process of physical albums, specifically the vinyl copies.[67]Limited number of autographed CDs were sold at selectindependent record stores.[68]

On December 14, 2020, Swift appeared onJimmy Kimmel Live!to promote the album.[69]On a December 2020 episode ofHoward Stern'sSirius XMradio show, English singer-songwriterPaul McCartneyrevealed that Swift originally decided to postpone the release ofEvermoreby one week to respect the original December 11 release date of his eighteenth studio album,McCartney III;upon learning this, McCartney decided to release his album on December 18 instead so that Swift could move forward with herEvermorerollout as initially planned.[70]Three six-song compilations consisting of tracks from bothEvermoreandFolklore,titledThe Dropped Your Hand While Dancing Chapter,The Forever Is The Sweetest Con Chapter,andThe Ladies Lunching Chapter(all stylized inall lowercase), were released to streaming platforms on January 21, January 27, and February 4, 2021, respectively.[71][72]

Singles

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"Willow"
"Willow",thelead single,is a romanticchamber folksong propelled by a melodious guitar riff,glockenspiel,and strings.
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"Willow" was released as thelead singleofEvermore,alongside the album itself, on December 11, 2020.[73]The song was accompanied with a music video directed by Swift.[74]The single debuted at number-one in Australia, Canada and the United States. In the US, it scored her seventh number-one song, second number-one in 2020 (after "Cardigan"), and the third number-one debut of her career." Willow "toppedHot Alternative Songs,Adult Top 40andDigital Song Salescharts as well.[75]According toBillboard,three of the album's tracks were sent to differentradio formats—a plan that was adapted forFolkloreas well. "Willow" impacted USadult contemporaryandpop radiostations on December 14 and 15, 2020, respectively;[76]"No Body, No Crime" was sent to UScountry radioon January 11, 2021.[77]"Coney Island" was promoted to USadult album alternativeradio on January 18, 2021.[78]

Critical reception

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Evermoreratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.0/10[79]
Metacritic85/100[80]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[35]
And It Don't StopA−[81]
Clash8/10[82]
Entertainment WeeklyA[41]
The Guardian[19]
The Independent[26]
NME[23]
Pitchfork7.9/10[83]
Rolling Stone[12]
The Sydney Morning Herald[16]

Evermorewas met with widespread critical acclaim upon release, with emphasis on its kinship withFolkloreand Swift's expansion of her musical boundaries.[84][85]AtMetacritic,which assigns anormalizedrating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received anaveragescore of 85, based on 29 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[80]

Describing Swift as an unrivaled songwriter, Brodie Lancaster ofThe Sydney Morning HeraldfoundEvermoretraveling deeper into the singer's fictitious narratives, and praised the depth and variety of its characters.[16]NMEcritic Hannah Mylrea opined that Swift pushes her indie reinvention further inEvermore,terming it a "freewheeling younger sibling" whileFolkloreis the "introspective, romantic older sister"; Mylrea thoughtEvermoreis looser and more experimental, expanding on its predecessor's sonic palette.[23]In congruence,American SongwriterdesignatedFolkloreas the "archetypal older sister—a careful, yet hopeless romantic" whereasEvermoreis the "bold, scrappy younger one", with the latter being ayuletideevolution of the former's sound.[34]Maura Johnston,writing forEntertainment Weekly,asserted that Swift "levels up" onEvermoreby taking musical risks, and dubbed the sister albums a career-high for the singer.[41]

Spincritic Bobby Olivier thought the "career-redefining" album finds Swift at her prime, joining "the pantheon of songwriters who consistently deliver despite unimaginable expectations". He regardedEvermorea stronger work thanFolklore.[18]Annie ZaleskiofThe A.V. Clubalso choseEvermoreoverFolklore,and noted that the former continues the latter's "universe-building"with stronger writing and greater sonic cohesion.[25]The Guardian'sAlexis PetridissaidEvermorefurthers Swift's departure to alternative rock from mainstream pop, comparing it to her country-to-pop shift inRed(2012); he added that it proves her ability to switch genres easily.[19]Calling it heartfelt and ruminative,Neil McCormickofThe Daily Telegraphlauded the album's emotional songcraft and unhurried tempo, noting its songs are not for stadiums.[28]Patrick Ryan ofUSA Todaygave plaudits to its mystical instrumentation and escapist lyrics, stressing thatEvermoreis not a vestige ofFolklore,but rather a sister reinforcing Swift's strengths.[65]In herRolling Stonereview, Claire Shaffer saw Swift embracing new genres and ambitious storytelling, and welcomed her new artistic direction.[12]

The Independentwriter Helen Brown deemed its songs haunting and contemplative, and complimented its "tasteful" compositions.[26]Jason Lipshutz ofBillboardstated that the album is more progressive and audacious thanFolklore,although posing as a sequel at first. He explained thatEvermoreexplores the complications of adult love more extensively than its predecessor, and flaunts Swift's boldest and richest songwriting.[86]Varietycritic Chris Willman praised the album's subliminal production and Swift's agile vocals, and underlined its impressionist storytelling style that clicks only after multiple listens.[24]Stereogum's Tom Breihan namedEvermorea "full-on winter album" populated by "subtle growers" shrouded in a sedative atmosphere.[32]Jon ParelesofThe New York Timescommended its diligent sound and poised lyrics, and noted more character studies in it thanFolklore.[21]

In less favorable reviews,Kitty EmpireofThe Observerpraised the album's emotion and themes, but felt Swift is "still a little muted onEvermoreas she was onFolkloreby pastel music that smearsVaselineon her otherwise keen lens. "[87]Chris Richards ofThe Washington Postfound the album overlong, felt some lyrics were sub-par for Swift's prowess, and rejected the notion of categorizing her 2020 works as indie.[88]Mikael Wood of theLos Angeles Timesfelt that the album isFolklore's leftovers, and "simply repeats its trick", but named "Tolerate It", "Gold Rush", "Champagne Problems", "No Body, No Crime" and "Dorothea" as highlights.[20]

Year-end lists

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By the time Swift unveiled the album, many publications had already issued their year-end rankings of best albums of 2020.Evermoreranked on lists published after December 11,[89]including number-one placements fromNJ.com,[90]USA Today,[91]andVariety,[92]which it shared withFolklore.[note 1]Evermorefinished at number 20 on Metacritic's aggregated list of 2020 year-end rankings.[93]

Select year-end rankings ofEvermore
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref.
Financial Times Best 10 Albums of 2020
9
[94]
Metro Times Best New Music of 2020
2
[95]
NJ.com The 50 Albums That Saved Us From 2020
1
[90]
Our Culture Mag The 50 Best Albums of 2020
4
[89]
Robert Christgau 71 Best Albums of 2020
20
[96]
Rolling Stone Rob Sheffield's Top 20 Albums of 2020
5
[97]
Slate The Music Club, 2020
2
[98]
South China Morning Post The Best Albums of 2020
2
[99]
USA Today The 10 Best Albums of 2020
1
[91]
Variety Chris Willman's Best Albums of 2020
1
[92]

Commercial performance

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Available only via digital music and streaming platforms,[100]Republic Records reported over a million copies ofEvermoresold in its first-week worldwide, marking Swift's eighth consecutive studio album to achieve it.[101]All of the album's 15 tracks entered the top 75 of theBillboardGlobal 200chart.[102]Aided byEvermoreandFolklore,Swift was 2020's top streamed artist onAmazon Musicacross all genres.[103]TheInternational Federation of the Phonographic Industry(IFPI) named her the best-selling solo artist and female artist of 2020, and second overall.[104]

United States

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Evermoredebuted at number one on theBillboard200chart, topping it for four weeks. It opened with 329,000 units, consisting of 220.49 million on-demand streams and 154,000 digital albums, and earned the biggest sales week for an album since her ownFolklore.It is Swift's second number-one album in 2020 and eighth consecutive number-one debut, making her the third woman with eight number-ones, behindBarbra Streisand(11) andMadonna(9). AlongsideFolkloreat number three, Swift became the first woman in the chart's history to simultaneously have two albums in the top-three. The gap between the number-one debuts ofFolkloreandEvermorewas 140 days, breaking theGuinness World Recordfor the shortest gap between two chart-topping albums by a woman on theBillboard200.[63][105]The album debuted atop theAlternative Albumschart as well, dethroningFolklorefrom number one;[106]Evermoretopped the chart for 15 weeks.[107]

All of the album's 15 tracks entered theBillboardHot 100simultaneously.Evermorebecame Swift's third album to chart all of its standard tracks together, afterLover(2019) andFolklore.Swift became the woman with the most Hot 100 hits with 128, regaining the record fromNicki Minaj.With the number-one debut of "Willow", she also became first act to simultaneously place an album and a single atop bothBillboard200 and Hot 100 charts at two occasions, followingFolkloreand "Cardigan".[75][108]All tracks appeared onHot Rock & Alternative Songschart as well, except "No Body, No Crime" which debuted at number two on theHot Country Songs.Due to eight tracks fromFolkloreremaining on the chart alongside the 14 fromEvermore,Swift occupied 22 of the chart's 50 positions—the second most simultaneous entries in the chart's history, behindLinkin Park(23). On the Hot Alternative Songs, Swift claimed 16 spots, bestingMachine Gun Kelly's record.[106]

Despite its availability for the last two weeks of 2020 only,Evermorebecame one of the top 10 best-selling albums of 2020. It placed eighth onRolling Stone'sbest-sellers list, and tenth onMRC Data's best selling albums of 2020 with 283,000 sales; its sister record,Folklore,was the top seller of 2020.[109][110]

In April 2021,Evermoresurpassed a million units in the US.[111]In June, it scored its fourth week atop theBillboard200 with 202,000 units, following itsvinylrelease. 192,000 of that sum were pure sales, surpassing her ownFearless (Taylor's Version)for the largest sales week of 2021. It marked the 53rd chart-topping week of Swift's career, extending her record as the female act with the most weeks at number one inBillboard200 history and the third-most overall, behindthe BeatlesandElvis Presley.The album sold 102,000 vinyl copies the same week, breaking the former record byJack White'sLazaretto(40,000) for the biggest sales week for vinyl LPs since MRC Data's inauguration in 1991.[100][note 2]Evermorebecame the best-selling CD and vinyl album of 2021.[114]In July 2021, it became the best-selling album of the year,[note 3]with 374,000 copies sold;Evermorewas the seventh most consumed album with 818,000 total units.[116][117]

Evermoretopped the 2021BillboardYear-EndTop Album Sales[118]and Top Alternative Albums charts.[119]It further placed fourth on the year-endBillboard200 chart.[120]Swift ranked as the number-oneBillboard200 Artist,Billboard200 Female Artist, Top Album Sales Artist, Top Alternative Artist, and Top Alternative Albums Artist.[119]Selling 529,000 pure copies,Evermorewas sixth on the best-selling albums list of 2021, alongside three other Swift albums—Red (Taylor's Version),Fearless (Taylor's Version),andFolklore—in the top 10.[121]

Other markets

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In Canada,Evermoreappeared at the top spot ofBillboardCanadian Albumschart as Swift's eighth Canadian number-one album, and her second in 2020.[122]The album spent three weeks atop the chart.[123]All of the tracks debuted inside the top 50 region of theCanadian Hot 100simultaneously, except "Closure" (number 57); "Willow" became her seventh Canadian number-one hit, with "Champagne Problems" at number six, "No Body, No Crime" at 11, "'Tis the Damn Season "at 13," Gold Rush "at 14, and" Tolerate It "at 18.[124][125]In 2021,Evermorewas the country's seventh best-selling album.[126]

In Australia, Swift achieved a "Chart Double" by occupying the top spots of both albums and singles charts simultaneously.Evermoreentered at number one on theARIA Albums Chart,garnering her seventh chart-topper. Collecting her second number-one album of the year 19 weeks afterFolklore,Swift broke the record for the shortest gap between two successive number-ones, surpassing the 25 weeks betweenAriana Grande'sSweetener(2018) andThank U, Next(2019).[127][128]"Willow" debuted atop theARIA Singles Chart,accompanied by 11 fellow tracks. It marked her seventh Australian number-one song.[129]Evermorespent four consecutive weeks at number-one in Australia, tying withFolkloreas her second longest-running chart-topper, behind1989(11 weeks).[130]

In the United Kingdom,Evermoretopped theUK Albums Chartfor two weeks. It made Swift the fastest female artist to accumulate six number-one albums in the country (i2012–2020), surpassing Madonna (1997–2008), and the first female artist to score six chart-toppers in the 21st century. The album is her second number-one album in 2020 afterFolklore,establishing her as the first act to score multiple chart-topping albums in a calendar year, sinceDavid Bowiein 2016.[131][132]Evermorealso topped the UK'sVinyl Albumschart,[133]and theAmericana Albumschart.[134]On theOfficial Singles Chart,"Willow" landed at number three and gave Swift her eleventh top-five hit, while tracks "Champagne Problems" and "No Body, No Crime" arrived at numbers 15 and 19, respectively, increasing her UK top-20 hits total to 21.[135]Evermorewas the best-selling Americana album of 2021 in the UK.[136]

In New Zealand, the album launched atop theTop 40 Albums chart,while its tracks "Willow", "Champagne Problems", "No Body, No Crime" and "Gold Rush" charted at numbers three, 24, 29 and 34 on theTop40 Singles chart,respectively.[137][138]In Malaysia, "Willow" and "Champagne Problems" debuted at numbers two and 15, respectively,[139]whereas on theSingaporean Top 30 Singleschart, the tracks entered at the first and 16th spots; "Gold Rush" and "No Body, No Crime" also charted in Singapore.[140]

In many European territories,Evermoreattained its peak multiple weeks after its release. It debuted at number one in Croatia in January 2021,[141]and reached the top spot in Flanders in its sixth week on theUltratop200 Albums, after debuting at number two. It marked Swift's fifth consecutive number-one album in the Belgian region.[142]The album peaked at number two on theIrish Albums Chartin its third week. It opened at number three in its debut week, marking Swift's sixth consecutive top-three album in Ireland; it was the most downloaded and streamed album of the week. Simultaneously, "Willow" also placed at number three onIrish Singles Chart,alongside tracks "Champagne Problems" and "No Body, No Crime" at sixth and eleventh spots, respectively, rising Swift's sum of top 50 hits to 38.[143][144]On theScottish Albums Chart,Evermoreopened at number five,[145]but peaked at number three after 25 weeks.[146]On Germany'sOffizielle Top 100,the album opened at number 24, rose to number six the next week, and ascended to number five in June 2021,[147]whereas it topped theGreek Albums Chartin August 2021.[148]

Legacy and accolades

[edit]
Swift performing theEvermoreact of herEras Tour(2023)

Journalists praised Swift's fast-succeeding release ofEvermoreafterFolklore.Varietycompared it to similar moves by the Beatles[92]andU2,[24]whileRolling Stonetermed it a "hot streak" reminiscent ofPrincein 1987 and David Bowie in 1977.[97]Vulturecalled it a "major shock", as Swift is known for her traditional album roll-outs.[66]Our Culture Magand NJ.com welcomed her "artistic dedication", as Swift was also concurrentlyre-recording her back catalogin 2020.[89][90]The Sydney Morning Heraldnamed her "the queen of pandemic productivity".[149]The New York Timesfelt the album was as a crucial moment in Swift's career and creativity.[68]The GuardianandVoxopined thatEvermoreandFolklorethrew emphasis on Swift's work ethic, helped critics recognize her musicianship and view her as a dedicated singer, moving away from her popstar image in the mid-2010s.[150][151]Billboardcited the two albums as the most notable examples for how the pandemic veered music in 2020, and forced artists to amend their creative process.[152]CNNandThe Timesnamed Swift among the most prominent celebrities of the pandemic.[153][154]Swift was the world's top paid solo musician of 2020,[155]and the highest paid in the US, thanks to her revenues fromEvermoreandFolklore,[156]which according toJunkeewere "alternative experiments" taken mainstream by Swift's "sheer star power".[157]

At the2021 American Music Awards,Evermorewon theAmerican Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album,as Swift's record-breaking seventh nod and fourth win in the category. Swift was also nominated forArtist of the YearandFavorite Pop/Rock Female Artist,and won the latter for a record-breaking sixth time.[158][159]At the64th Annual Grammy Awards,Evermorecontended forAlbum of the Yearas Swift's fifth nomination in the category, followingFearless(2008),Red(2012),1989(2014) andFolklore.[160]

Croatian singer-songwriterMia DimšićnamedEvermoreas an inspiration for writing "Guilty Pleasure",her entry songrepresenting Croatiaat theEurovision Song Contest 2022.[161][162]American singer-songwriterChristina Perri,regarding her 2022 single "Evergone", toldConsequencethatEvermoreandFolkloreinfluenced her to write heartfelt, melancholic songs as opposed to external expectations for upbeat music.[163]AfterEvermore,artists such asGracie Abrams,Ed Sheeran,King PrincessandGirl in Redcollaborated with Dessner at his Long Pond Studio. Dessner stated, "After Taylor, it was a bit crazy how many people reached out. And getting to meet and write songs with people you wouldn't have had access to... I'm so grateful for it."[164]In 2023,Noah KahancreditedFolkloreandEvermorewith providing a mainstream prominence for his "brand of alt-folk".[165]Swift also embarked onthe Eras Tour(2023–2024), which consisted of 10 acts, the third of which was dedicated toEvermore.[166]

Awards and nominations forEvermore
Organization Year Award Result Ref.
Guinness World Records 2020 Shortest Gap Between New No.1 Albums on the U.S.Billboard200(Female) Won
[167]
American Music Awards 2021 Favorite Pop/Rock Album Won
[168]
ARIA Music Awards 2021 Best International Artist(Evermore) Won
[169]
Grammy Awards 2022 Album of the Year Nominated
[160]
Juno Awards 2022 International Album of the Year Nominated
[170]

Theme park lawsuit

[edit]

On February 2, 2021, a theme park inPleasant Grove, Utah,calledEvermore Park,sued Swift and her team for allegedlyinfringingits "EVERMORE" trademark, seeking to prevent Swift's further use of the word, and demanded "statutory damages of $2 million per counterfeit mark per type of goods or services sold". The park had sent acease-and-desistletter to Swift on December 29, 2020, to which the singer's team declined to abide, replying "If anything, your client's website traffic has actually increased as a result of the release of Ms. Swift's recent album which, in turn could only serve to enhance your client's mark".[171][172]The park claimed that the title of Swift's album confuses consumers, negatively affecting the park's searchability. According to their court documents, the park's visitors enquired the staff about whether the album was a collaboration between Swift and the park, and that on the dayEvermorewas announced, the traffic on the park's official website surged by 330 percent in comparison to the previous day, affecting the park's "Google footprint". It also mentioned the park'smerchandiseand original music on streaming platforms under the "EVERMORE" trademark, claiming Swift's album has made them "harder to find".[171][172]

Swift's team denied the accusations, referring to the suit as "baseless". Their letter filed in court stated "it is inconceivable that there is any likelihood of confusion between your client's theme park and related products and Ms. Swift's music and related products", and claimed that the park's merchandise— "small dragon eggs, guild patches, and a small dragon mount" —are not similar to the products on Swift's webstore. Speaking toBillboard,Swift's spokesperson called the suit "frivolous" and disputed its "true intent", highlighting a Utah Business report, according to which, the park's founder and CEO Ken Bretschneider "has had at least five lawsuits filed against him and the Evermore group by major construction companies, claiming they are owed between $28,000 and $400,000 in construction, mechanic and landscaping fees. Smaller subcontractors who did work on the park have also filed more than 20construction lienson the Evermore property ".[171][172]

On February 24, 2021, TAS Rights Management (Swift'scopyrightscompany)countersuedthe park for allegedly infringing Swift's songs "Love Story","You Belong with Me"and"Bad Blood"by regularly using them in their performances without alicense.TAS claimed that the park "blatantly ignored the numerous notices fromBMIand opted instead to continue to benefit from the free and unauthorized public performance of [the songs], despite actual knowledge of the liability and substantial penalties imposed by theCopyright Actto protect artists ", and pointed out that Bretschneider reached out to BMI" seeking a retroactive license that would cover all performances from 2018 through 2021 "after anticipating a lawsuit from Swift's side.[173]

In March 2021, Swift's spokesperson stated that both parties have resolved to "drop and dismiss their respective suits without monetary settlement".[174]

Track listing

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Evermorestandard track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Willow"
A. Dessner3:34
2."Champagne Problems"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
4:04
3."Gold Rush"
  • Swift
  • Antonoff
3:05
4."'Tis the Damn Season"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
A. Dessner3:49
5."Tolerate It"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
A. Dessner4:05
6."No Body, No Crime"(featuringHaim)Swift
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
3:35
7."Happiness"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
A. Dessner5:15
8."Dorothea"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
A. Dessner3:45
9."Coney Island"(featuringthe National)
  • A. Dessner
  • B. Dessner
4:35
10."Ivy"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
  • Antonoff
A. Dessner4:20
11."Cowboy like Me"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
A. Dessner4:35
12."Long Story Short"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
A. Dessner3:35
13."Marjorie"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
A. Dessner4:17
14."Closure"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
3:00
15."Evermore" (featuringBon Iver)
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
5:04
Total length:60:38
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Right Where You Left Me"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
A. Dessner4:05
17."It's Time to Go"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
A. Dessner4:15
Total length:68:58

Notes

  • ^[a]signifies an additional producer.

Credits and personnel

[edit]

Adapted fromPitchfork,[9]and album liner notes.[175]

Musicians

[edit]
  • Taylor Swift– lead vocals, songwriting, production (2, 3, 6, 15)
  • Aaron Dessner– production (1, 2, 4–17), songwriting (1, 4, 5, 7–14, 16, 17), drum machine programming (1, 4–5, 7, 9–17), percussion (1, 10–12), keyboards (1, 5, 7, 11–12, 16–17), synthesizers (1–2, 4, 6–7, 9–12, 14–17), piano (1–2, 4–8, 11, 13–15, 17), electric guitar (1, 4, 6–12, 16–17), bass guitar (1, 4–10, 12, 14, 16–17), acoustic guitar (1–2, 4, 6–13, 16–17),synth bass(2, 10–13, 17), mandolin (6), field recording (6), tambourine (8),high string guitar(9–10), drum kit (10), rubber bridge guitar (10), drone (13), banjo (16)
  • Bryce Dessner– production (9), songwriting (9), orchestration (1, 4–5, 7, 9–17), piano (9, 14), pulse (9), electric guitar (12)[note 4]
  • James McAlister – synthesizers (1, 5, 10, 12, 14), drum machine programming (1, 5, 10, 12), percussion (5), keyboards (5, 10), Vermona pulse (13), drum kit (14, 16)[note 4]
  • Bryan Devendorf– percussion (1, 10, 13), drum machine programming (1, 5, 9–10, 13, 17), drum kit (9, 12)
  • Yuki Numata Resnick – violin (1, 4–5, 7, 9–17)
  • Clarice Jensen – cello (1, 4, 5, 9–13, 15, 17)
  • Jason Treuting –glockenspiel(1), percussion (5, 9, 13), drum kit (9),crotales(12, 15), metal percussion (12), chord stick (13–14, 17)
  • Alex Sopp – flute (1, 15)[note 4]
  • CJ Camerieri– French horn (1)[note 4]
  • Thomas Bartlett– keyboard (1, 4, 7, 8, 16–17), synthesizers (1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 17), piano (8, 16–17)[note 4]
  • William Bowery– songwriting (2, 9, 15), piano (15)
  • Logan Coale – upright bass (2, 10–11, 14–15)
  • Jack Antonoff– production (3), songwriting (3, 10), drums (3), percussion (3), bass (3), electric guitar (3), acoustic guitar (3), slide guitar (3), piano (3),Mellotron(3), backing vocals (3)
  • Mikey Freedom Hart –DX7(3), electric guitar (3),nylon guitar(3),Rhodes(3),celeste(3)[note 4]
  • Sean Hutchinson – drums (3)[note 4]
  • Michael Riddleberger – drums (3)
  • Evan Smith – horns (3)[note 4]
  • Patrik Berger –OP-1(3)
  • Bobby Hawk – violin (3)
  • Nick Lloyd –Hammond B3 Organ(4, 16)[note 4]
  • Josh Kaufman–harmonium(4, 16),lap steel(4, 6, 11), electric guitar (6, 8, 16), acoustic guitar (8), organ (6), harmonica (6, 11, 16), mandolin (11)[note 4]
  • Benjamin Lanz – trombone (4, 10), horn arrangement (4),modular synthesizer(8, 10)[note 4]
  • Danielle Haim– vocals (6)
  • Este Haim– vocals (6)
  • JT Bates – drum kit (6–8, 10, 17), percussion (8, 16–17)[note 4]
  • Ryan Olson – Allovers Hi-Hat Generator (7, 13, 17)[note 4]
  • Matt Berninger– vocals (9)
  • Scott Devendorf– bass guitar (9), pocket piano (9)[note 4]
  • Justin Vernon– backing vocals (10, 13), triangle (10), drum kit (10–11, 14), banjo (10), electric guitar (10–11, 17),Prophet X(13), Messina (14), synthesizers (15), field recording (15), vocals (15), bass guitar (17), acoustic guitar (17)[note 4]
  • Kyle Resnick – trumpet (10, 12, 14, 17)[note 4]
  • Marcus Mumford– backing vocals (11)
  • Marjorie Finlay– backing vocals (13)
  • Trever Hagen – trumpet (14), no-input mixer (14)[note 4]
  • BJ Burton– additional production (14)
  • James McAlister – additional production (14)
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello (14–15)
  • Dave Nelson – trombone (14, 17)[note 4]
  • Stuart Bogie–alto clarinet(15),contrabass clarinet(15), flute (15)[note 4]
  • Jonathan Low – drum machine programming (16)

Additional instrument recording[note 5]

  • Kyle Resnick – violin (1, 4–5, 7, 9–17)
  • Bobby Hawk – violin (3)
  • Aaron Dessner – vermona pulse (13)
  • Robin Baynton – piano (Bowery on 15)

Technical

[edit]
  • Beth Garrabrant– photography
  • Jonathan Low –recording(1–2, 4–17), vocal recording (1–5; Swift on 6, 9; 10–14; Swift on 15; 17),mixing(all tracks)
  • Aaron Dessner – recording (1–2, 4–17)
  • Greg Calbi–mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Laura Sisk – recording (3), vocal recording (8)
  • John Rooney – assistantengineering(3)
  • Jon Sher – assistant engineering (3)
  • Ariel Rechtshaid– vocal recording (Danielle and Este Haim on 6)
  • Matt DiMona – vocal recording (Danielle and Este Haim on 6)
  • Robin Baynton – vocal recording (7; Swift on 9; Mumford on 11; 16)
  • Sean O'Brien – vocal recording (Berninger on 9)
  • Justin Vernon – vocal recording (Bon Iver on 15)

Charts

[edit]

Certifications and sales

[edit]
Certifications forEvermore
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[234] Platinum 70,000‡
Austria (IFPIAustria)[235] Gold 7,500‡
Belgium (BEA)[236] Gold 10,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[237] Gold 40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[238] Platinum 20,000‡
France (SNEP)[239] Gold 50,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[240] Gold 25,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[241] 2× Platinum 30,000‡
Norway (IFPINorway)[242] Gold 10,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[243] Platinum 20,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[244] Gold 20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[245] Platinum 300,000‡
United States (RIAA)[246] Platinum 1,000,000‡

*Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates and formats forEvermore
Region Date Format(s) Edition(s) Label Ref.
Various December 11, 2020
Standard Republic [15]
United Kingdom December 18, 2020 CD Deluxe EMI [247]
United States Republic [248]
Various January 7, 2021
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 [249]
Japan January 22, 2021 CD Japanese Universal Music Japan [250][251]
Brazil January 29, 2021
Deluxe Universal [252]
Various February 21, 2021 Cassette tape [253]
May 28, 2021 Vinyl EMI [254][255]
United States June 3, 2021 Digital download Fan edition Republic [256]

See also

[edit]

Footnotes

[edit]
  1. ^Folklorewas also placed in nearly all of the 2020 year-end lists that includedEvermore
  2. ^Swift later broke her own record, first with the release of her second re-recorded album,Red (Taylor's Version).[112]then with the release ofMidnights.[113]
  3. ^30byAdelebecame the best-selling album upon its release in November 2021.[115]
  4. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrsThis performer is also credited with recording their instrumentation.
  5. ^Several performers are also credited with recording their own instrumentation, as noted in the 'Musicians' section.

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