Grammys 2021: Taylor Swift Performed the Medley of Fans' 'Folklore' Dreams
03/14/2021 09:26 pm EDT
Just months after releasing Lover, Swift surprised fans when she announced in July 2020 she would be dropping a new album, folklore. At the time, the singer revealed she wrote and recorded the entire album amid coronavirus-related lockdowns, adding that she "poured all of my whims, dreams, fears, and musings into" the project.
Swift brought that passion to her medley performance of "cardigan," "august," and "willow." Fans on Twitter
The album was released on July 24 with a 16-song tracklist, including "the 1," "cardigan," "Betty," "invisible string," and "exile." Swift collaborated Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver, Jack Antonoff, William Bowery as well as engineers Laura Sisk and Jon Low and Serban Ghenea and Low, who mixed the album, for the project.
Folklore went on to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the largest one-week sum of 2020. It also became the best-selling album of the year. The album marked Swift's seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, with all of the 31-year-old's albums save for her eponymous debut earning the achievement.
Taylor Swift Grammy Nominations:
At Sunday night's awards ceremony, Swift is nominated in seven categories. Folklore is nominated for Album of the Year (her fourth Album Of The Year nod) and Best Pop Vocal Album. "Cardigan" is nominated Song of the Year and Pop Solo Perofrmance, with "exile," Swift's collaboration with Bon Iver, up for Pop Duo/Group Performance. Hers song "Beautiful Ghosts" from Cats, meanwhile is nominated in the Song Written for Visual Media category.
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