However, despite their similarities, each album stands on its own.
Her next two albums only furthered her legacy in pop music.
However, withfolklore,Swift returned to her singer-songwriter roots.
In a world inclined to putting people in boxes,folkloreproved Swift is not easily contained.
Each song flows seamlessly into the next, while some of the songs onevermorefeel a little out of place.
However, withfolklore, she was able to better curate her tracklist.
The love triangle is one of the best examples of Swift’s incredible storytelling skills.
On the other hand,evermorefeels like Swift was a little less careful.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing and is actually quite experimental.
folkloreinitially had 16 tracks before Swift released “the lakes” as a bonus song.
The first album was so critically acclaimed and beloved that it madeevermorefeel less significant, like an afterthought.
Swift quickly ended theLoverera altogether when she releasedfolklorein July 2020.
At the time, the world felt scary and uncertain, sothe upbeat, bubbly nature ofLoverwas pretty irrelevant.
Instead,folklorewas full of uncertainty, doubt, and confusion.
It was the perfect pandemic album, and it showed up at the perfect time.
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It was the perfect pandemic album, and it showed up at the perfect time.
People were more likely to have a laid-back, isolated summer, andfolklorewas the perfect laid-back album.
Swift’sfolkloreera was truly unbeatable and could never be recreated.
