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Show Notes:

We discuss every track on Taylor Swift’s new album, folklore, and share our many thoughts and theories. Things get heated. The original recording was 3.5 hours long, and we still didn’t cover it all. We’ll make a mini episode in the future discussing things we cut out, forgot to say, and anything new that has happened with the album since its release. Oh, also — new era, new cover art. We hope you like our new logo!

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Time Stamps:

• 1:15 – about folklore
• 10:28 – the 1
• 17:34 – cardigan
• 23:56 – the last great american dynasty
• 27:50 – exile
• 34:38 – my tears ricochet
• 38:25 – mirrorball
• 43:45 – seven
• 50:49 – august
• 57:28 – this is me trying
• 1:00:35 – illicit affairs
• 1:08:47 – invisible string
• 1:16:46 – mad woman
• 1:21:45 – epiphany
• 1:25:45 – betty
• 1:32:42 – peace
• 1:34:49 – hoax
• 1:39:14 – the lakes speculation
• 1:41:42 – critical reviews/charting stats about folklore so far

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Things mentioned:

• Co-writer Aaron Dessner’s interview with Vulture talking about each track on folklore
• The Red String of Fate — the East Asian legend Kressie was trying to remember when discussing Invisible String. Originating from Chinese mythology, the red string of fate is “thought of as an invisible red cord around the finger of those that are destined to meet one another in a certain situation as they are ‘their true love.'”
• Taylor’s post about the meaning of folklore: