“exile” by Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver, Thursday, December 2, 2021
Taylor pulled a Beyoncé in late July of last year. Pulling a Beyoncé is a record industry term for releasing a studio record without any promotion or explicit social media hints. The term comes from in December of 2013 when Beyoncé released her self-titled album on iTunes without warning. The album quickly shot to number one, and so did Swift's folklore , an album written and recorded at home during quarantine. Swift worked on the project with producers Jack Antonoff and The National 's Aaron Dessner . For me on the first few listens, the album was underwhelming. I knew that there was something there, and I was pretty sure that this album would be a defining record of the new decade, but it was hard to get into the right mood for this album, much like other Jack Antonoff's masterpiece, Lana Del Rey's Norman Fucking Rockwell. However, the catchy ballad "exile" featuring Bon Iver was a good excuse to dive into the record today. YOU NEVER GAVE A WARNING SI