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Evermore

January 01, 1970

For other uses, see Evermore (disambiguation).

Evermore (stylized in all lowercase) is the ninth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was a surprise album released on December 11, 2020, via Republic Records, less than five months after her previous studio album Folklore. Evermore was a spontaneous product of Swift's extended collaboration with her Folklore collaborator Aaron Dessner, mainly recorded at his Long Pond Studio in the Hudson Valley.

Evermore
Studio album by
Taylor Swift
ReleasedDecember 11, 2020 (2020-12-11)
Recorded2020
Studio
Genre
Length60:38
LabelRepublic
Producer
Taylor Swift chronology
Singles from Evermore
  1. "Willow"
    Released: December 11, 2020
  2. "No Body, No Crime"
    Released: January 11, 2021
  3. "Coney Island"
    Released: January 18, 2021

Swift described Evermore as an offshoot of "the folklorian woods"—an escapist, cottagecore-inspired direction she first ideated with Folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic; she regards them as sister albums. Evermore blends alternative rock, indie folk and chamber pop styles, carried by fingerpicked guitars, somber pianos, lavish strings, and sparse percussion. Impressionist storytelling and mythopoeia dominate 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 bands Bon Iver, Haim, and the National appear as guest performers on the album.

Earning widespread acclaim from critics, Evermore was praised for its character studies, experimental production, and Swift's nuanced vocals. Reviews regarded the album a sequel or a counterpart to Folklore, and various publications listed it in their 2020 year-end rankings. Evermore was nominated for Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, a second consecutive nomination for Swift in the category after winning it with Folklore the previous year. Dessner and Long Pond have achieved mainstream notability since Evermore's release.

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 of Evermore sold in its first week globally. It was Swift's eighth consecutive Billboard 200 number-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" impacted pop, country, and alternative radio stations, respectively. "Willow" became Swift's seventh Billboard Hot 100 number-one song and her second in 2020 after "Cardigan", making her the first ever act to simultaneously debut atop both Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts two times. Evermore was 2021's best-selling alternative music album and Americana album in the US and the UK, respectively.

Background and conception edit

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 with Folklore. In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning. I loved the escapism I 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 introducing Evermore, Instagram[1]

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, on July 23, 2020, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift announced her eighth studio album and first surprise album, Folklore, and released it the next day. Produced by herself, first-time collaborator Aaron Dessner, long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff, and then-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, the album was a critical and commercial success, becoming the best-selling album of 2020 and winning Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.[2] On November 25, 2020, a concert documentary titled Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, shot at Dessner's Long Pond Studio in Hudson Valley, was released to Disney+. It detailed the making of Folklore with performances of its songs.[3]

After releasing Folklore, 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 of Folklore further 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 of Folklore,[4] which eventually assumed its individual identity as Evermore. Dessner dubbed Evermore a "weird avalanche" effecting from Folklore.[6] In comparison to its predecessor, the development of Evermore was a more experimental process, during which the duo did not subject themselves to any limitations.[4] In an Apple Music interview to Zane Lowe, Swift stated Evermore gave her a feeling of "quiet conclusion and sort of this weird serenity" after putting out Folklore,[5] and correlated it with the themes of those albums, saying one of Folklore's main tropes was "conflict resolution"—"trying to figure out how to get through something with someone", whereas Evermore deals 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, titled Evermore, 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 the COVID-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 likens Evermore to fall and winter, in contrast to its predecessor's spring and summer.[8]

Writing and recording edit

Like its predecessor, Evermore is 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, where Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions was shot.[4][9]

After the release of Folklore, Swift wrote two songs, "Closure" and "Dorothea", for Big Red Machine, which is a supergroup by Dessner and Justin Vernon, the frontman of American indie folk band Bon Iver; the songs ended up on Evermore instead. To celebrate Folklore, Dessner casually composed an instrumental track "Westerly", named after the location of Swift'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 a bridge. Dessner realized they were creating a counterpart to Folklore only after the duo wrote more than seven songs. He composed "Tolerate It" on a piano in 10
8 time 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 film Folklore: 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 true crime podcasts/documentaries".[10] She wrote the song on a rubber-bridge guitar and 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 American pop rock band Haim, who recorded their vocals at Ariel Rechtshaid's Los Angeles home and forwarded it to Swift. The song's harmonica and guitar riffs were played by Josh Kaufman, who also played the harmonica on "Betty" from Folklore; 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, American indie rock band the 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 envisioned Matt Berninger (the band's lead vocalist) singing it, and Bryan Devendorf (the drummer) drumming it. Aaron Dessner informed Berninger, who was "excited" about the idea. The band assembled, Devendorf played the drums, while his brother Scott Devendorf played the bass and pocket piano; Bryce Dessner helped produce the song.[4]

"Marjorie" was an instrumental precursor to "Peace", the fifteenth track on Folklore. The latter's drone is present in the former's bridge. The backing rhythm of "Marjorie" was composed with an Allovers Hi-hat Generator, 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 before Evermore was 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 recording Evermore overlapped with the recording of Fearless (Taylor's Version)—Swift's first re-recorded album; she recorded "Happiness" and "You Belong with Me (Taylor's Version)" on the same day.[7]

Vernon was more involved in Evermore than Folklore. 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 soft timbre into a robotic growl.[12] "Cowboy like Me" was recorded at Scarlet Pimpernel Studios, located in the UK, owned by Marcus Mumford, the lead singer of English folk rock band Mumford & 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 in Evermore, leaning towards the idea Swift told him. Dessner said mixing the album's 17 songs was a "Herculean task" and that the sound engineer Jon Low thought it would not be finished on time.[4]

Music and lyrics edit

 
 
Evermore contains two duets: "Coney Island" with Matt Berninger of the National (pictured left), and the title track with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver (right).

The standard edition of Evermore is 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 dubbed Evermore a sequel and a companion record to Folklore.[16]

Composition edit

Evermore is an indie folk,[17] folk-pop,[18] alternative rock,[19] and chamber rock record[20] with country influences.[13] It has its predecessor's minimal[21] and lo-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] fingerpicked acoustic guitars, swaying electric guitars,[19] soft,[27] smooth,[28] and somber[13] pianos, warm and woozy synthesizers, mandolin,[19] twangy banjos,[29] throbbing drum machines,[25] lush strings,[30] electronic thrums,[27] subtle layers of Mellotrons, flute, French horn, and cellos.[24] Swift's mellifluous vocals are backed by gauzy harmonies[28] and "misty atmospherics".[19]

Rolling Stone wrote that Evermore deepens Swift's goth-folk vision.[12] Hits described the album's sonic palette as "watery" and "hypnotic".[22] The Daily Telegraph said that there is no sense of tempo or urgency in its songs, departing from the stadium-suited tempos of Swift's earlier works.[28] Esquire noted Evermore's focus on "sonic details and nuances rather than big hooks."[3] According to critic Tom Hull, while Swift remains attentive to "production details", Evermore follows Folklore in abandoning "pop glitz" in favor of "straightforward songcraft" due in part to the pandemic shifting Swift's focus from arenas to homely settings.[31] Stereogum described it as "a soft, meditative, consciously quiet" album of "restorative old-school singer-songwriter music".[32] In Slate's opinion, Evermore has a more spacious ambience with lots of break, unlike the "maximalist-minimalism" of Folklore, which had "layers upon layers of restrained instrumental lines".[33]

Themes edit

 
 
The fifth track, "Tolerate It", was inspired by Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca, whereas the seventh track, "Happiness", contains references to The Great Gatsby, the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Evermore is an intimate album[34] heavily rooted in elaborate first-person storytelling from third-person perspectives,[23] character studies,[19] and narrative mythmaking.[12] It ventures deeper inside the imaginary world Swift built with Folklore,[16] blending facts and fiction.[34] Both albums share a common escapist concept,[30] but in contrast to Folklore's more introspective and romantic nature, Evermore is bolder, uninhibited,[23][34] playful,[35] and impressionistic,[24] delving extensively into Swift's ideas of adult love and pain.[36] The songs generally ruminate[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] Evermore also analyses conflicted emotions and possibilities,[22] aside "noirish twists" in plots.[28]

Like its sister album, Evermore lyrically incorporates nature, landscapes and objects in the sky, such as crescent moon, sunrise, comets, amber skies, precipice, willow, clover and ivy.[38] Swift's trademark turns of phrase[23] and wordplay are also abundant.[18] Variety observed that "warmth amid iciness" is a "recurring lyrical motif".[24] American Songwriter opined that Evermore has Swift mostly writing "the 'unhappily ever after' anthology of marriages gone bad".[34] Slate also 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 as romans à clef".[33] Stereogum labeled the album "observational fiction".[32] Pitchfork noted that Swift remains a versatile, expressive vocalist, and a "wordy" lyricist to "magnify sad, small moments."[13] Music theory professor Alyssa Barna said Swift adopts a static, colorless timbre for both vocals and instrumentation in the album.[39] Spin remarked the "exceedingly complex human emotions" she unravels in Evermore with "precision and devastation".[18]

Songs edit

Evermore opens with "Willow", a chamber 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-pah piano chords entwining with a guitar arpeggio and 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 nimble chamber pop song[42][12] with drums, horns, violins, swiveling shifts in tempo,[36] and a "dreamy" chorus. Its frenzy verses are couplets delivered in a pulsating rhythm over persistent beats,[23][43] with a red herring in its intro and outro made of "layered vocals". Expressing jealousy and insecurity towards an attractive subject, "Gold Rush" limns the narrator's infatuation for the subject using a daydream,[36][44] and depicts her distaste at her own incapacitation in the face of beauty, comparing it to gold rushes.[45]

 
The sixth track, "No Body, No Crime", is a murder ballad. It features American rock band Haim (pictured), and was promoted to US country radio.

The fourth track, "'Tis the Damn Season", is a Christmas song.[19][26] It sees a female narrator arrive for her holidays at hometown Tupelo, 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 an age-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 tense synth-beats.[26] Its plot was inspired by Rebecca, the 1939 novel by English author Daphne du Maurier.[47] "No Body, No Crime" opens with police sirens.[43] It is a "twangy",[36] cinematic,[16] country,[23] pop rock,[34] and country rock song,[19] featuring Haim's harmonies. It tells a "macabre revenge tale"[36] of a woman named Este murdered by her husband in favor of his mistress. The narrator is a friend of Este and takes revenge by murdering the unfaithful man.[16]

"Happiness", the melancholic seventh track, is an ambient[12] ballad[30] driven by "hazy" synthesizers, hi-hats, violin, bass,[48] organs,[21] piano and drone.[32] The song channels a stream 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 to The Great Gatsby.[49] "Dorothea" is an Americana song[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 a honky-tonk piano,[12][42] tambourine and guitars.[36] It has been compared to "Betty" due to their similar perspectives.[34]

 
"Cowboy like Me"
"Cowboy like Me" is a blues, country, and folk rock tune driven by guitar, harmonica, and mandolin.
"Evermore"
The title track is a ballad about 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 suburban nostalgia[16] and recollects a couple's memories in Coney Island;[36] Swift's melodious vocals contrast Berninger's mumbled baritone.[28] "Ivy" is a folk song[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 ivy vines growing over a stone house to represent her deep-rooted attachment.[46]

Swift sings about two "gold-digging" con artists in 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] and blues tune,[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 retreads Reputation (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] pizzicato strings,[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 an industrial folk song[20] characterized by an unusual 5
4 time signature,[21] and a "skittering" production of brass,[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 signature falsetto[23] in a call 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 of Evermore includes 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 to Swift's dispute over her masters.[53][54]

Art direction edit

The visual aesthetic of Evermore takes upon a wintry theme, a yuletide version of the cottagecore, woodland aesthetic of Folklore.[34][25] Time stated that Folklore is a muted, autumnal palette of sounds and feelings, whereas Evermore is its winter companion with lingering sadness and regret.[55] While Folklore adapts a grayscale monochrome, Evermore employs colors.[56] The Times of India opined that Evermore embraces "1960s-era Laurel Canyon".[57]

Cover artwork edit

The cover artwork of Evermore shows 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 of Folklore, she was seen inside a forest.[56] Her hair is styled in a French braid and she wears a single-breasted, brown and orange checked flannel coat, taken from a collection by English designer Stella McCartney.[58] Stylist called the hairstyle "messy-yet-chic".[59] Adam Reed, UK editorial ambassador for French beauty company L'Oréal, admired Swift's braid and described it as "simple, supernatural and timeless".[59] According to Consequence, 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] Following Evermore's release, replicas of the flannel coat Swift wore on the cover artwork quickly sold out on Farfetch.[61] The album cover was the third most-searched album cover of 2021 on the internet, after Kanye West's Donda (2021) and Olivia Rodrigo's Sour (2021).[62]

Release and promotion edit

Evermore was released on December 11, 2020, two days before Swift's 31st birthday, to digital music and streaming platforms only.[63] It is a "sister album" to Folklore, which was launched less than five months prior; both of them are surprise albums announced 16 hours prior to their midnight releases.[64][65] Evermore marked the second time Swift abandoned her long, traditional album rollout.[66]

The CDs were released on December 18, 2020.[67] The bonus tracks of Evermore deluxe 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 tapes and vinyl LPs of Evermore were released on February 21, and May 28, 2021, respectively. Billboard reported 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 select independent record stores.[68]

On December 14, 2020, Swift appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote the album.[69] On a December 2020 episode of Howard Stern's Sirius XM radio show, English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney revealed that Swift originally decided to postpone the release of Evermore by 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 her Evermore rollout as initially planned.[70] Three six-song compilations consisting of tracks from both Evermore and Folklore, titled The Dropped Your Hand While Dancing Chapter, The Forever Is The Sweetest Con Chapter, and The Ladies Lunching Chapter (all stylized in all lowercase), were released to streaming platforms on January 21, January 27, and February 4, 2021, respectively.[71][72]

Singles edit

 
"Willow"
"Willow", the lead single, is a romantic chamber folk song propelled by a melodious guitar riff, glockenspiel, and strings.
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"Willow" was released as the lead single of Evermore, 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" topped Hot Alternative Songs, Adult Top 40 and Digital Song Sales charts as well.[75] According to Billboard, three of the album's tracks were sent to different radio formats—a plan that was adapted for Folklore as well. "Willow" impacted US adult contemporary and pop radio stations on December 14 and 15, 2020, respectively;[76] "No Body, No Crime" was sent to US country radio on January 11, 2021.[77] "Coney Island" was promoted to US adult album alternative radio on January 18, 2021.[78]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
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]

Evermore was met with widespread critical acclaim upon release, with emphasis on its kinship with Folklore and Swift's expansion of her musical boundaries.[84][85] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 85, based on 29 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[80]

Describing Swift as an unrivaled songwriter, Brodie Lancaster of The Sydney Morning Herald found Evermore traveling deeper into the singer's fictitious narratives, and praised the depth and variety of its characters.[16] NME critic Hannah Mylrea opined that Swift pushes her indie reinvention further in Evermore, terming it a "freewheeling younger sibling" while Folklore is the "introspective, romantic older sister"; Mylrea thought Evermore is looser and more experimental, expanding on its predecessor's sonic palette.[23] In congruence, American Songwriter designated Folklore as the "archetypal older sister—a careful, yet hopeless romantic" whereas Evermore is the "bold, scrappy younger one", with the latter being a yuletide evolution of the former's sound.[34] Maura Johnston, writing for Entertainment Weekly, asserted that Swift "levels up" on Evermore by taking musical risks, and dubbed the sister albums a career-high for the singer.[41]

Spin critic Bobby Olivier thought the "career-redefining" album finds Swift at her prime, joining "the pantheon of songwriters who consistently deliver despite unimaginable expectations". He regarded Evermore a stronger work than Folklore.[18] Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club also chose Evermore over Folklore, and noted that the former continues the latter's "universe-building" with stronger writing and greater sonic cohesion.[25] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis said Evermore furthers Swift's departure to alternative rock from mainstream pop, comparing it to her country-to-pop shift in Red (2012); he added that it proves her ability to switch genres easily.[19] Calling it heartfelt and ruminative, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph lauded the album's emotional songcraft and unhurried tempo, noting its songs are not for stadiums.[28] Patrick Ryan of USA Today gave plaudits to its mystical instrumentation and escapist lyrics, stressing that Evermore is not a vestige of Folklore, but rather a sister reinforcing Swift's strengths.[65] In her Rolling Stone review, Claire Shaffer saw Swift embracing new genres and ambitious storytelling, and welcomed her new artistic direction.[12]

The Independent writer Helen Brown deemed its songs haunting and contemplative, and complimented its "tasteful" compositions.[26] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard stated that the album is more progressive and audacious than Folklore, although posing as a sequel at first. He explained that Evermore explores the complications of adult love more extensively than its predecessor, and flaunts Swift's boldest and richest songwriting.[86] Variety critic 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 named Evermore a "full-on winter album" populated by "subtle growers" shrouded in a sedative atmosphere.[32] Jon Pareles of The New York Times commended its diligent sound and poised lyrics, and noted more character studies in it than Folklore.[21]

In less favorable reviews, Kitty Empire of The Observer praised the album's emotion and themes, but felt Swift is "still a little muted on Evermore as she was on Folklore by pastel music that smears Vaseline on her otherwise keen lens."[87] Chris Richards of The Washington Post found 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 the Los Angeles Times felt that the album is Folklore'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 edit

By the time Swift unveiled the album, many publications had already issued their year-end rankings of best albums of 2020. Evermore ranked on lists published after December 11,[89] including number-one placements from NJ.com,[90] USA Today,[91] and Variety,[92] which it shared with Folklore.[note 1] Evermore finished at number 20 on Metacritic's aggregated list of 2020 year-end rankings.[93]

Select year-end rankings of Evermore
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
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Our Culture Mag The 50 Best Albums of 2020
4
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Robert Christgau 71 Best Albums of 2020
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Rolling Stone Rob Sheffield's Top 20 Albums of 2020
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Slate The Music Club, 2020
2
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South China Morning Post The Best Albums of 2020
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USA Today The 10 Best Albums of 2020
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Variety Chris Willman's Best Albums of 2020
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Commercial performance edit

Available only via digital music and streaming platforms,[100] Republic Records reported over a million copies of Evermore sold 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 the Billboard Global 200 chart.[102] Aided by Evermore and Folklore, Swift was 2020's top streamed artist on Amazon Music across all genres.[103] The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) named her the best-selling solo artist and female artist of 2020, and second overall.[104]

United States edit

Evermore debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, 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 own Folklore. 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, behind Barbra Streisand (11) and Madonna (9). Alongside Folklore at 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 of Folklore and Evermore was 140 days, breaking the Guinness World Record for the shortest gap between two chart-topping albums by a woman on the Billboard 200.[63][105] The album debuted atop the Alternative Albums chart as well, dethroning Folklore from number one;[106] Evermore topped the chart for 15 weeks.[107]

All of the album's 15 tracks entered the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. Evermore became Swift's third album to chart all of its standard tracks together, after Lover (2019) and Folklore. Swift became the woman with the most Hot 100 hits with 128, regaining the record from Nicki Minaj. With the number-one debut of "Willow", she also became first act to simultaneously place an album and a single atop both Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts at two occasions, following Folklore and "Cardigan".[75][108] All tracks appeared on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart as well, except "No Body, No Crime" which debuted at number two on the Hot Country Songs. Due to eight tracks from Folklore remaining on the chart alongside the 14 from Evermore, Swift occupied 22 of the chart's 50 positions—the second most simultaneous entries in the chart's history, behind Linkin Park (23). On the Hot Alternative Songs, Swift claimed 16 spots, besting Machine Gun Kelly's record.[106]

Despite its availability for the last two weeks of 2020 only, Evermore became one of the top 10 best-selling albums of 2020. It placed eighth on Rolling Stone's best-sellers list, and tenth on MRC 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, Evermore surpassed a million units in the US.[111] In June, it scored its fourth week atop the Billboard 200 with 202,000 units, following its vinyl release. 192,000 of that sum were pure sales, surpassing her own Fearless (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 in Billboard 200 history and the third-most overall, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley. The album sold 102,000 vinyl copies the same week, breaking the former record by Jack White's Lazaretto (40,000) for the biggest sales week for vinyl LPs since MRC Data's inauguration in 1991.[100][note 2] Evermore became 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; Evermore was the seventh most consumed album with 818,000 total units.[116][117]

Evermore topped the 2021 Billboard Year-End Top Album Sales[118] and Top Alternative Albums charts.[119] It further placed fourth on the year-end Billboard 200 chart.[120] Swift ranked as the number-one Billboard 200 Artist, Billboard 200 Female Artist, Top Album Sales Artist, Top Alternative Artist, and Top Alternative Albums Artist.[119] Selling 529,000 pure copies, Evermore was sixth on the best-selling albums list of 2021, alongside three other Swift albums—Red (Taylor's Version), Fearless (Taylor's Version), and Folklore—in the top 10.[121]

Other markets edit

In Canada, Evermore appeared at the top spot of Billboard Canadian Albums chart 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 the Canadian Hot 100 simultaneously, 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, Evermore was 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. Evermore entered at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart, garnering her seventh chart-topper. Collecting her second number-one album of the year 19 weeks after Folklore, Swift broke the record for the shortest gap between two successive number-ones, surpassing the 25 weeks between Ariana Grande's Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019).[127][128] "Willow" debuted atop the ARIA Singles Chart, accompanied by 11 fellow tracks. It marked her seventh Australian number-one song.[129] Evermore spent four consecutive weeks at number-one in Australia, tying with Folklore as her second longest-running chart-topper, behind 1989 (11 weeks).[130]

In the United Kingdom, Evermore topped the UK Albums Chart for 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 after Folklore, establishing her as the first act to score multiple chart-topping albums in a calendar year, since David Bowie in 2016.[131][132] Evermore also topped the UK's Vinyl Albums chart,[133] and the Americana Albums chart.[134] On the Official 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] Evermore was the best-selling Americana album of 2021 in the UK.[136]

In New Zealand, the album launched atop the Top 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 the Top40 Singles chart, respectively.[137][138] In Malaysia, "Willow" and "Champagne Problems" debuted at numbers two and 15, respectively,[139] whereas on the Singaporean Top 30 Singles chart, 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, Evermore attained 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 the Ultratop 200 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 the Irish Albums Chart in 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 on Irish 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 the Scottish Albums Chart, Evermore opened at number five,[145] but peaked at number three after 25 weeks.[146] On Germany's Offizielle 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 the Greek Albums Chart in August 2021.[148]

Legacy and accolades edit

 
Swift performing the Evermore act of her Eras Tour (2023)

Journalists praised Swift's fast-succeeding release of Evermore after Folklore. Variety compared it to similar moves by the Beatles[92] and U2,[24] while Rolling Stone termed it a "hot streak" reminiscent of Prince in 1987 and David Bowie in 1977.[97] Vulture called it a "major shock", as Swift is known for her traditional album roll-outs.[66] Our Culture Mag and NJ.com welcomed her "artistic dedication", as Swift was also concurrently re-recording her back catalog in 2020.[89][90] The Sydney Morning Herald named her "the queen of pandemic productivity".[149] The New York Times felt the album was as a crucial moment in Swift's career and creativity.[68] The Guardian and Vox opined that Evermore and Folklore threw 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] Billboard cited 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] CNN and The Times named 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 from Evermore and Folklore,[156] which according to Junkee were "alternative experiments" taken mainstream by Swift's "sheer star power".[157]

At the 2021 American Music Awards, Evermore won the American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album, as Swift's record-breaking seventh nod and fourth win in the category. Swift was also nominated for Artist of the Year and Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, and won the latter for a record-breaking sixth time.[158][159] At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, Evermore contended for Album of the Year as Swift's fifth nomination in the category, following Fearless (2008), Red (2012), 1989 (2014) and Folklore.[160]

Croatian singer-songwriter Mia Dimšić named Evermore as an inspiration for writing "Guilty Pleasure", her entry song representing Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.[161][162] American singer-songwriter Christina Perri, regarding her 2022 single "Evergone", told Consequence that Evermore and Folklore influenced her to write heartfelt, melancholic songs as opposed to external expectations for upbeat music.[163] After Evermore, artists such as Gracie Abrams, Ed Sheeran, King Princess and Girl in Red collaborated 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 Kahan credited Folklore and Evermore with providing a mainstream prominence for his "brand of alt-folk".[165] Swift also embarked on the Eras Tour (2023–2024), which consisted of 10 acts, the third of which was dedicated to Evermore.[166]

Awards and nominations for Evermore
Organization Year Award Result Ref.
Guinness World Records 2020 Shortest Gap Between New No.1 Albums on the U.S. Billboard 200 (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 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, called Evermore Park, sued Swift and her team for allegedly infringing its "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 a cease-and-desist letter 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 day Evermore was 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's merchandise and 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 to Billboard, 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 20 construction liens on the Evermore property".[171][172]

On February 24, 2021, TAS Rights Management (Swift's copyrights company) countersued the park for allegedly infringing Swift's songs "Love Story", "You Belong with Me" and "Bad Blood" by regularly using them in their performances without a license. TAS claimed that the park "blatantly ignored the numerous notices from BMI and 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 the Copyright Act to 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 edit

Evermore – Standard edition 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" (featuring Haim)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" (featuring the 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" (featuring Bon Iver)
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
5:04
Total length:60:38
Evermore – Deluxe edition
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
Evermore – Japanese deluxe edition[175]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Willow (Dancing Witch version)" (Elvira remix)
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
Elvira Anderfjärd3:04
19."Willow (Lonely Witch version)"
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
A. Dessner3:34
Total length:74:36
Evermore – Fan edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Willow" (90's Trend remix)
  • Swift
  • A. Dessner
  • Kane Cooper
  • Ernie Lake
3:45
Total length:72:03

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer.
  • All track titles are stylized in all lowercase.

Credits and personnel edit

Adapted from Tidal,[15] Pitchfork,[9] and album liner notes.[176]

Musicians edit

  • Taylor Swift – lead vocals, songwriting, production (2, 3, 6, 15)
  • Aaron Dessner –  production (1, 2, 4–17), songwriting (1, 4, 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

  • Taylor Swift – executive producer
  • 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 – assistant engineering (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)

Design edit

Charts edit

Certifications and sales edit

Certifications for Evermore
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[235] Platinum 70,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[236] Gold 7,500‡
Belgium (BEA)[237] Gold 10,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[238] Gold 40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[239] Platinum 20,000‡
France (SNEP)[240] Gold 50,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[241] Gold 25,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[242] 2× Platinum 30,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway)[243] Gold 10,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[244] Platinum 20,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[245] Gold 20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[246] Platinum 300,000‡
United States (RIAA)[247] Platinum 1,000,000‡

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

Release history edit

Release dates and formats for Evermore
Region Date Format(s) Edition(s) Label Ref.
Various December 11, 2020
Standard Republic [15]
United Kingdom December 18, 2020 CD Deluxe EMI [248]
United States Republic [249]
Various January 7, 2021
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 [250]
Japan January 22, 2021 CD Japanese Universal Music Japan [251][252]
Brazil January 29, 2021
Deluxe Universal [253]
Various February 21, 2021 Cassette tape [254]
May 28, 2021 Vinyl EMI [255][256]
United States June 3, 2021 Digital download Fan edition Republic [257]

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Folklore was also placed in nearly all of the 2020 year-end lists that included Evermore
  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 of Midnights.[113]
  3. ^ 30 by Adele became the best-selling album upon its release in November 2021.[115]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s This 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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For other uses see Evermore disambiguation Evermore stylized in all lowercase is the ninth studio album by the American singer songwriter Taylor Swift It was a surprise album released on December 11 2020 via Republic Records less than five months after her previous studio album Folklore Evermore was a spontaneous product of Swift s extended collaboration with her Folklore collaborator Aaron Dessner mainly recorded at his Long Pond Studio in the Hudson Valley EvermoreStudio album by Taylor SwiftReleasedDecember 11 2020 2020 12 11 Recorded2020StudioKitty Committee Los Angeles Long Pond Hudson Valley Scarlet Pimpernel Exeter Ariel Rechtshaid s house Los Angeles GenreAlternative rock chamber rock folk pop indie folkLength60 38LabelRepublicProducerAaron Dessner Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff Bryce DessnerTaylor Swift chronologyFolklore The Long Pond Studio Sessions From the Disney Special 2020 Evermore 2020 Fearless Taylor s Version 2021 Singles from Evermore Willow Released December 11 2020 No Body No Crime Released January 11 2021 Coney Island Released January 18 2021Swift described Evermore as an offshoot of the folklorian woods an escapist cottagecore inspired direction she first ideated with Folklore during the COVID 19 pandemic she regards them as sister albums Evermore blends alternative rock indie folk and chamber pop styles carried by fingerpicked guitars somber pianos lavish strings and sparse percussion Impressionist storytelling and mythopoeia dominate 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 bands Bon Iver Haim and the National appear as guest performers on the album Earning widespread acclaim from critics Evermore was praised for its character studies experimental production and Swift s nuanced vocals Reviews regarded the album a sequel or a counterpart to Folklore and various publications listed it in their 2020 year end rankings Evermore was nominated for Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards a second consecutive nomination for Swift in the category after winning it with Folklore the previous year Dessner and Long Pond have achieved mainstream notability since Evermore s release 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 of Evermore sold in its first week globally It was Swift s eighth consecutive Billboard 200 number 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 impacted pop country and alternative radio stations respectively Willow became Swift s seventh Billboard Hot 100 number one song and her second in 2020 after Cardigan making her the first ever act to simultaneously debut atop both Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts two times Evermore was 2021 s best selling alternative music album and Americana album in the US and the UK respectively Contents 1 Background and conception 2 Writing and recording 3 Music and lyrics 3 1 Composition 3 2 Themes 3 3 Songs 4 Art direction 4 1 Cover artwork 5 Release and promotion 5 1 Singles 6 Critical reception 6 1 Year end lists 7 Commercial performance 7 1 United States 7 2 Other markets 8 Legacy and accolades 8 1 Theme park lawsuit 9 Track listing 10 Credits and personnel 10 1 Musicians 10 2 Technical 10 3 Design 11 Charts 11 1 Weekly charts 11 2 Year end charts 12 Certifications and sales 13 Release history 14 See also 15 Footnotes 16 References 17 External linksBackground and conception editTo 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 with Folklore In making it I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning I loved the escapism I 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 introducing Evermore Instagram 1 During the COVID 19 lockdowns on July 23 2020 American singer songwriter Taylor Swift announced her eighth studio album and first surprise album Folklore and released it the next day Produced by herself first time collaborator Aaron Dessner long time collaborator Jack Antonoff and then boyfriend Joe Alwyn the album was a critical and commercial success becoming the best selling album of 2020 and winning Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards 2 On November 25 2020 a concert documentary titled Folklore The Long Pond Studio Sessions shot at Dessner s Long Pond Studio in Hudson Valley was released to Disney It detailed the making of Folklore with performances of its songs 3 After releasing Folklore 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 of Folklore further 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 of Folklore 4 which eventually assumed its individual identity as Evermore Dessner dubbed Evermore a weird avalanche effecting from Folklore 6 In comparison to its predecessor the development of Evermore was a more experimental process during which the duo did not subject themselves to any limitations 4 In an Apple Music interview to Zane Lowe Swift stated Evermore gave her a feeling of quiet conclusion and sort of this weird serenity after putting out Folklore 5 and correlated it with the themes of those albums saying one of Folklore s main tropes was conflict resolution trying to figure out how to get through something with someone whereas Evermore deals 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 titled Evermore 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 the COVID 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 likens Evermore to fall and winter in contrast to its predecessor s spring and summer 8 Writing and recording editLike its predecessor Evermore is 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 where Folklore The Long Pond Studio Sessions was shot 4 9 After the release of Folklore Swift wrote two songs Closure and Dorothea for Big Red Machine which is a supergroup by Dessner and Justin Vernon the frontman of American indie folk band Bon Iver the songs ended up on Evermore instead To celebrate Folklore Dessner casually composed an instrumental track Westerly named after the location of Swift 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 a bridge Dessner realized they were creating a counterpart to Folklore only after the duo wrote more than seven songs He composed Tolerate It on a piano in 108 time 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 film Folklore 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 true crime podcasts documentaries 10 She wrote the song on a rubber bridge guitar and 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 American pop rock band Haim who recorded their vocals at Ariel Rechtshaid s Los Angeles home and forwarded it to Swift The song s harmonica and guitar riffs were played by Josh Kaufman who also played the harmonica on Betty from Folklore JT Bates played the drums and also did the same on Dorothea 4 nbsp 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 American indie rock band the 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 envisioned Matt Berninger the band s lead vocalist singing it and Bryan Devendorf the drummer drumming it Aaron Dessner informed Berninger who was excited about the idea The band assembled Devendorf played the drums while his brother Scott Devendorf played the bass and pocket piano Bryce Dessner helped produce the song 4 Marjorie was an instrumental precursor to Peace the fifteenth track on Folklore The latter s drone is present in the former s bridge The backing rhythm of Marjorie was composed with an Allovers Hi hat Generator 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 before Evermore was 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 recording Evermore overlapped with the recording of Fearless Taylor s Version Swift s first re recorded album she recorded Happiness and You Belong with Me Taylor s Version on the same day 7 Vernon was more involved in Evermore than Folklore 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 soft timbre into a robotic growl 12 Cowboy like Me was recorded at Scarlet Pimpernel Studios located in the UK owned by Marcus Mumford the lead singer of English folk rock band Mumford amp 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 in Evermore leaning towards the idea Swift told him Dessner said mixing the album s 17 songs was a Herculean task and that the sound engineer Jon Low thought it would not be finished on time 4 Music and lyrics edit nbsp nbsp Evermore contains two duets Coney Island with Matt Berninger of the National pictured left and the title track with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver right The standard edition of Evermore is 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 dubbed Evermore a sequel and a companion record to Folklore 16 Composition edit Evermore is an indie folk 17 folk pop 18 alternative rock 19 and chamber rock record 20 with country influences 13 It has its predecessor s minimal 21 and lo 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 fingerpicked acoustic guitars swaying electric guitars 19 soft 27 smooth 28 and somber 13 pianos warm and woozy synthesizers mandolin 19 twangy banjos 29 throbbing drum machines 25 lush strings 30 electronic thrums 27 subtle layers of Mellotrons flute French horn and cellos 24 Swift s mellifluous vocals are backed by gauzy harmonies 28 and misty atmospherics 19 Rolling Stone wrote that Evermore deepens Swift s goth folk vision 12 Hits described the album s sonic palette as watery and hypnotic 22 The Daily Telegraph said that there is no sense of tempo or urgency in its songs departing from the stadium suited tempos of Swift s earlier works 28 Esquire noted Evermore s focus on sonic details and nuances rather than big hooks 3 According to critic Tom Hull while Swift remains attentive to production details Evermore follows Folklore in abandoning pop glitz in favor of straightforward songcraft due in part to the pandemic shifting Swift s focus from arenas to homely settings 31 Stereogum described it as a soft meditative consciously quiet album of restorative old school singer songwriter music 32 In Slate s opinion Evermore has a more spacious ambience with lots of break unlike the maximalist minimalism of Folklore which had layers upon layers of restrained instrumental lines 33 Themes edit nbsp nbsp The fifth track Tolerate It was inspired by Daphne du Maurier s 1938 novel Rebecca whereas the seventh track Happiness contains references to The Great Gatsby the 1925 novel by F Scott Fitzgerald Evermore is an intimate album 34 heavily rooted in elaborate first person storytelling from third person perspectives 23 character studies 19 and narrative mythmaking 12 It ventures deeper inside the imaginary world Swift built with Folklore 16 blending facts and fiction 34 Both albums share a common escapist concept 30 but in contrast to Folklore s more introspective and romantic nature Evermore is bolder uninhibited 23 34 playful 35 and impressionistic 24 delving extensively into Swift s ideas of adult love and pain 36 The songs generally ruminate 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 Evermore also analyses conflicted emotions and possibilities 22 aside noirish twists in plots 28 Like its sister album Evermore lyrically incorporates nature landscapes and objects in the sky such as crescent moon sunrise comets amber skies precipice willow clover and ivy 38 Swift s trademark turns of phrase 23 and wordplay are also abundant 18 Variety observed that warmth amid iciness is a recurring lyrical motif 24 American Songwriter opined that Evermore has Swift mostly writing the unhappily ever after anthology of marriages gone bad 34 Slate also 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 as romans a clef 33 Stereogum labeled the album observational fiction 32 Pitchfork noted that Swift remains a versatile expressive vocalist and a wordy lyricist to magnify sad small moments 13 Music theory professor Alyssa Barna said Swift adopts a static colorless timbre for both vocals and instrumentation in the album 39 Spin remarked the exceedingly complex human emotions she unravels in Evermore with precision and devastation 18 Songs edit Evermore opens with Willow a chamber 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 pah piano chords entwining with a guitar arpeggio and 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 nimble chamber pop song 42 12 with drums horns violins swiveling shifts in tempo 36 and a dreamy chorus Its frenzy verses are couplets delivered in a pulsating rhythm over persistent beats 23 43 with a red herring in its intro and outro made of layered vocals Expressing jealousy and insecurity towards an attractive subject Gold Rush limns the narrator s infatuation for the subject using a daydream 36 44 and depicts her distaste at her own incapacitation in the face of beauty comparing it to gold rushes 45 nbsp The sixth track No Body No Crime is a murder ballad It features American rock band Haim pictured and was promoted to US country radio The fourth track Tis the Damn Season is a Christmas song 19 26 It sees a female narrator arrive for her holidays at hometown Tupelo 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 an age 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 tense synth beats 26 Its plot was inspired by Rebecca the 1939 novel by English author Daphne du Maurier 47 No Body No Crime opens with police sirens 43 It is a twangy 36 cinematic 16 country 23 pop rock 34 and country rock song 19 featuring Haim s harmonies It tells a macabre revenge tale 36 of a woman named Este murdered by her husband in favor of his mistress The narrator is a friend of Este and takes revenge by murdering the unfaithful man 16 Happiness the melancholic seventh track is an ambient 12 ballad 30 driven by hazy synthesizers hi hats violin bass 48 organs 21 piano and drone 32 The song channels a stream 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 to The Great Gatsby 49 Dorothea is an Americana song 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 a honky tonk piano 12 42 tambourine and guitars 36 It has been compared to Betty due to their similar perspectives 34 nbsp Cowboy like Me source Cowboy like Me is a blues country and folk rock tune driven by guitar harmonica and mandolin Evermore source source The title track is a ballad about depression and hopelessness led by a gonging piano Problems playing these files See media help The ninth track Coney Island is an alternative rock 19 waltz 18 and indie folk duet 25 with Berninger 36 The song depicts suburban nostalgia 16 and recollects a couple s memories in Coney Island 36 Swift s melodious vocals contrast Berninger s mumbled baritone 28 Ivy is a folk song 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 ivy vines growing over a stone house to represent her deep rooted attachment 46 Swift sings about two gold digging con artists in 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 and blues tune 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 retreads Reputation 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 pizzicato strings 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 an industrial folk song 20 characterized by an unusual 54 time signature 21 and a skittering production of brass 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 signature falsetto 23 in a call 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 of Evermore includes 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 to Swift s dispute over her masters 53 54 Art direction editThe visual aesthetic of Evermore takes upon a wintry theme a yuletide version of the cottagecore woodland aesthetic of Folklore 34 25 Time stated that Folklore is a muted autumnal palette of sounds and feelings whereas Evermore is its winter companion with lingering sadness and regret 55 While Folklore adapts a grayscale monochrome Evermore employs colors 56 The Times of India opined that Evermore embraces 1960s era Laurel Canyon 57 Cover artwork edit The cover artwork of Evermore shows 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 of Folklore she was seen inside a forest 56 Her hair is styled in a French braid and she wears a single breasted brown and orange checked flannel coat taken from a collection by English designer Stella McCartney 58 Stylist called the hairstyle messy yet chic 59 Adam Reed UK editorial ambassador for French beauty company L Oreal admired Swift s braid and described it as simple supernatural and timeless 59 According to Consequence 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 Following Evermore s release replicas of the flannel coat Swift wore on the cover artwork quickly sold out on Farfetch 61 The album cover was the third most searched album cover of 2021 on the internet after Kanye West s Donda 2021 and Olivia Rodrigo s Sour 2021 62 Release and promotion editEvermore was released on December 11 2020 two days before Swift s 31st birthday to digital music and streaming platforms only 63 It is a sister album to Folklore which was launched less than five months prior both of them are surprise albums announced 16 hours prior to their midnight releases 64 65 Evermore marked the second time Swift abandoned her long traditional album rollout 66 The CDs were released on December 18 2020 67 The bonus tracks of Evermore deluxe 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 tapes and vinyl LPs of Evermore were released on February 21 and May 28 2021 respectively Billboard reported 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 select independent record stores 68 On December 14 2020 Swift appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote the album 69 On a December 2020 episode of Howard Stern s Sirius XM radio show English singer songwriter Paul McCartney revealed that Swift originally decided to postpone the release of Evermore by 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 her Evermore rollout as initially planned 70 Three six song compilations consisting of tracks from both Evermore and Folklore titled The Dropped Your Hand While Dancing Chapter The Forever Is The Sweetest Con Chapter and The Ladies Lunching Chapter all stylized in all lowercase were released to streaming platforms on January 21 January 27 and February 4 2021 respectively 71 72 Singles edit nbsp Willow source source Willow the lead single is a romantic chamber folk song propelled by a melodious guitar riff glockenspiel and strings Problems playing this file See media help Willow was released as the lead single of Evermore 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 topped Hot Alternative Songs Adult Top 40 and Digital Song Sales charts as well 75 According to Billboard three of the album s tracks were sent to different radio formats a plan that was adapted for Folklore as well Willow impacted US adult contemporary and pop radio stations on December 14 and 15 2020 respectively 76 No Body No Crime was sent to US country radio on January 11 2021 77 Coney Island was promoted to US adult album alternative radio on January 18 2021 78 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 8 0 10 79 Metacritic85 100 80 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 35 And It Don t StopA 81 Clash8 10 82 Entertainment WeeklyA 41 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 19 The Independent nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 26 NME nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 23 Pitchfork7 9 10 83 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 The Sydney Morning Herald nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 16 Evermore was met with widespread critical acclaim upon release with emphasis on its kinship with Folklore and Swift s expansion of her musical boundaries 84 85 At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications the album received an average score of 85 based on 29 reviews indicating universal acclaim 80 Describing Swift as an unrivaled songwriter Brodie Lancaster of The Sydney Morning Herald found Evermore traveling deeper into the singer s fictitious narratives and praised the depth and variety of its characters 16 NME critic Hannah Mylrea opined that Swift pushes her indie reinvention further in Evermore terming it a freewheeling younger sibling while Folklore is the introspective romantic older sister Mylrea thought Evermore is looser and more experimental expanding on its predecessor s sonic palette 23 In congruence American Songwriter designated Folklore as the archetypal older sister a careful yet hopeless romantic whereas Evermore is the bold scrappy younger one with the latter being a yuletide evolution of the former s sound 34 Maura Johnston writing for Entertainment Weekly asserted that Swift levels up on Evermore by taking musical risks and dubbed the sister albums a career high for the singer 41 Spin critic Bobby Olivier thought the career redefining album finds Swift at her prime joining the pantheon of songwriters who consistently deliver despite unimaginable expectations He regarded Evermore a stronger work than Folklore 18 Annie Zaleski of The A V Club also chose Evermore over Folklore and noted that the former continues the latter s universe building with stronger writing and greater sonic cohesion 25 The Guardian s Alexis Petridis said Evermore furthers Swift s departure to alternative rock from mainstream pop comparing it to her country to pop shift in Red 2012 he added that it proves her ability to switch genres easily 19 Calling it heartfelt and ruminative Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph lauded the album s emotional songcraft and unhurried tempo noting its songs are not for stadiums 28 Patrick Ryan of USA Today gave plaudits to its mystical instrumentation and escapist lyrics stressing that Evermore is not a vestige of Folklore but rather a sister reinforcing Swift s strengths 65 In her Rolling Stone review Claire Shaffer saw Swift embracing new genres and ambitious storytelling and welcomed her new artistic direction 12 The Independent writer Helen Brown deemed its songs haunting and contemplative and complimented its tasteful compositions 26 Jason Lipshutz of Billboard stated that the album is more progressive and audacious than Folklore although posing as a sequel at first He explained that Evermore explores the complications of adult love more extensively than its predecessor and flaunts Swift s boldest and richest songwriting 86 Variety critic 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 named Evermore a full on winter album populated by subtle growers shrouded in a sedative atmosphere 32 Jon Pareles of The New York Times commended its diligent sound and poised lyrics and noted more character studies in it than Folklore 21 In less favorable reviews Kitty Empire of The Observer praised the album s emotion and themes but felt Swift is still a little muted on Evermore as she was on Folklore by pastel music that smears Vaseline on her otherwise keen lens 87 Chris Richards of The Washington Post found 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 the Los Angeles Times felt that the album is Folklore 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 edit By the time Swift unveiled the album many publications had already issued their year end rankings of best albums of 2020 Evermore ranked on lists published after December 11 89 including number one placements from NJ com 90 USA Today 91 and Variety 92 which it shared with Folklore note 1 Evermore finished at number 20 on Metacritic s aggregated list of 2020 year end rankings 93 Select year end rankings of Evermore 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 editAvailable only via digital music and streaming platforms 100 Republic Records reported over a million copies of Evermore sold 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 the Billboard Global 200 chart 102 Aided by Evermore and Folklore Swift was 2020 s top streamed artist on Amazon Music across all genres 103 The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI named her the best selling solo artist and female artist of 2020 and second overall 104 United States edit Evermore debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart 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 own Folklore 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 behind Barbra Streisand 11 and Madonna 9 Alongside Folklore at 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 of Folklore and Evermore was 140 days breaking the Guinness World Record for the shortest gap between two chart topping albums by a woman on the Billboard 200 63 105 The album debuted atop the Alternative Albums chart as well dethroning Folklore from number one 106 Evermore topped the chart for 15 weeks 107 All of the album s 15 tracks entered the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously Evermore became Swift s third album to chart all of its standard tracks together after Lover 2019 and Folklore Swift became the woman with the most Hot 100 hits with 128 regaining the record from Nicki Minaj With the number one debut of Willow she also became first act to simultaneously place an album and a single atop both Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts at two occasions following Folklore and Cardigan 75 108 All tracks appeared on Hot Rock amp Alternative Songs chart as well except No Body No Crime which debuted at number two on the Hot Country Songs Due to eight tracks from Folklore remaining on the chart alongside the 14 from Evermore Swift occupied 22 of the chart s 50 positions the second most simultaneous entries in the chart s history behind Linkin Park 23 On the Hot Alternative Songs Swift claimed 16 spots besting Machine Gun Kelly s record 106 Despite its availability for the last two weeks of 2020 only Evermore became one of the top 10 best selling albums of 2020 It placed eighth on Rolling Stone s best sellers list and tenth on MRC 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 Evermore surpassed a million units in the US 111 In June it scored its fourth week atop the Billboard 200 with 202 000 units following its vinyl release 192 000 of that sum were pure sales surpassing her own Fearless 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 in Billboard 200 history and the third most overall behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley The album sold 102 000 vinyl copies the same week breaking the former record by Jack White s Lazaretto 40 000 for the biggest sales week for vinyl LPs since MRC Data s inauguration in 1991 100 note 2 Evermore became 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 Evermore was the seventh most consumed album with 818 000 total units 116 117 Evermore topped the 2021 Billboard Year End Top Album Sales 118 and Top Alternative Albums charts 119 It further placed fourth on the year end Billboard 200 chart 120 Swift ranked as the number one Billboard 200 Artist Billboard 200 Female Artist Top Album Sales Artist Top Alternative Artist and Top Alternative Albums Artist 119 Selling 529 000 pure copies Evermore was sixth on the best selling albums list of 2021 alongside three other Swift albums Red Taylor s Version Fearless Taylor s Version and Folklore in the top 10 121 Other markets edit In Canada Evermore appeared at the top spot of Billboard Canadian Albums chart 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 the Canadian Hot 100 simultaneously 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 Evermore was 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 Evermore entered at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart garnering her seventh chart topper Collecting her second number one album of the year 19 weeks after Folklore Swift broke the record for the shortest gap between two successive number ones surpassing the 25 weeks between Ariana Grande s Sweetener 2018 and Thank U Next 2019 127 128 Willow debuted atop the ARIA Singles Chart accompanied by 11 fellow tracks It marked her seventh Australian number one song 129 Evermore spent four consecutive weeks at number one in Australia tying with Folklore as her second longest running chart topper behind 1989 11 weeks 130 In the United Kingdom Evermore topped the UK Albums Chart for 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 after Folklore establishing her as the first act to score multiple chart topping albums in a calendar year since David Bowie in 2016 131 132 Evermore also topped the UK s Vinyl Albums chart 133 and the Americana Albums chart 134 On the Official 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 Evermore was the best selling Americana album of 2021 in the UK 136 In New Zealand the album launched atop the Top 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 the Top40 Singles chart respectively 137 138 In Malaysia Willow and Champagne Problems debuted at numbers two and 15 respectively 139 whereas on the Singaporean Top 30 Singles chart 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 Evermore attained 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 the Ultratop 200 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 the Irish Albums Chart in 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 on Irish 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 the Scottish Albums Chart Evermore opened at number five 145 but peaked at number three after 25 weeks 146 On Germany s Offizielle 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 the Greek Albums Chart in August 2021 148 Legacy and accolades edit nbsp Swift performing the Evermore act of her Eras Tour 2023 Journalists praised Swift s fast succeeding release of Evermore after Folklore Variety compared it to similar moves by the Beatles 92 and U2 24 while Rolling Stone termed it a hot streak reminiscent of Prince in 1987 and David Bowie in 1977 97 Vulture called it a major shock as Swift is known for her traditional album roll outs 66 Our Culture Mag and NJ com welcomed her artistic dedication as Swift was also concurrently re recording her back catalog in 2020 89 90 The Sydney Morning Herald named her the queen of pandemic productivity 149 The New York Times felt the album was as a crucial moment in Swift s career and creativity 68 The Guardian and Vox opined that Evermore and Folklore threw 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 Billboard cited 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 CNN and The Times named 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 from Evermore and Folklore 156 which according to Junkee were alternative experiments taken mainstream by Swift s sheer star power 157 At the 2021 American Music Awards Evermore won the American Music Award for Favorite Pop Rock Album as Swift s record breaking seventh nod and fourth win in the category Swift was also nominated for Artist of the Year and Favorite Pop Rock Female Artist and won the latter for a record breaking sixth time 158 159 At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards Evermore contended for Album of the Year as Swift s fifth nomination in the category following Fearless 2008 Red 2012 1989 2014 and Folklore 160 Croatian singer songwriter Mia Dimsic named Evermore as an inspiration for writing Guilty Pleasure her entry song representing Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 161 162 American singer songwriter Christina Perri regarding her 2022 single Evergone told Consequence that Evermore and Folklore influenced her to write heartfelt melancholic songs as opposed to external expectations for upbeat music 163 After Evermore artists such as Gracie Abrams Ed Sheeran King Princess and Girl in Red collaborated 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 Kahan credited Folklore and Evermore with providing a mainstream prominence for his brand of alt folk 165 Swift also embarked on the Eras Tour 2023 2024 which consisted of 10 acts the third of which was dedicated to Evermore 166 Awards and nominations for Evermore Organization Year Award Result Ref Guinness World Records 2020 Shortest Gap Between New No 1 Albums on the U S Billboard 200 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 in Pleasant Grove Utah called Evermore Park sued Swift and her team for allegedly infringing its 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 a cease and desist letter 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 day Evermore was 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 s merchandise and 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 to Billboard 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 20 construction liens on the Evermore property 171 172 On February 24 2021 TAS Rights Management Swift s copyrights company countersued the park for allegedly infringing Swift s songs Love Story You Belong with Me and Bad Blood by regularly using them in their performances without a license TAS claimed that the park blatantly ignored the numerous notices from BMI and 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 the Copyright Act to 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 editEvermore Standard edition track listingNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Willow Taylor SwiftAaron DessnerA Dessner3 342 Champagne Problems SwiftWilliam BowerySwiftA Dessner4 043 Gold Rush SwiftJack AntonoffSwiftAntonoff3 054 Tis the Damn Season SwiftA DessnerA Dessner3 495 Tolerate It SwiftA DessnerA Dessner4 056 No Body No Crime featuring Haim SwiftSwiftA Dessner3 357 Happiness SwiftA DessnerA Dessner5 158 Dorothea SwiftA DessnerA Dessner3 459 Coney Island featuring the National SwiftBoweryA DessnerBryce DessnerA DessnerB Dessner4 3510 Ivy SwiftA DessnerAntonoffA Dessner4 2011 Cowboy like Me SwiftA DessnerA Dessner4 3512 Long Story Short SwiftA DessnerA Dessner3 3513 Marjorie SwiftA DessnerA Dessner4 1714 Closure SwiftA DessnerA DessnerBJ Burton a James McAlister a 3 0015 Evermore featuring Bon Iver SwiftBoweryJustin VernonSwiftA Dessner5 04Total length 60 38 Evermore Deluxe editionNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length16 Right Where You Left Me SwiftA DessnerA Dessner4 0517 It s Time to Go SwiftA DessnerA Dessner4 15Total length 68 58 Evermore Japanese deluxe edition 175 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length18 Willow Dancing Witch version Elvira remix SwiftA DessnerElvira Anderfjard3 0419 Willow Lonely Witch version SwiftA DessnerA Dessner3 34Total length 74 36 Evermore Fan editionNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length18 Willow 90 s Trend remix SwiftA DessnerKane CooperErnie Lake3 45Total length 72 03 Notes a signifies an additional producer All track titles are stylized in all lowercase Credits and personnel editAdapted from Tidal 15 Pitchfork 9 and album liner notes 176 Musicians edit Taylor Swift lead vocals songwriting production 2 3 6 15 Aaron Dessner production 1 2 4 17 songwriting 1 4 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 Taylor Swift executive producer 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 assistant engineering 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 Design edit Beth Garrabrant photographyCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance of Evermore Chart 2020 2022 PeakpositionArgentine Albums CAPIF 177 1Australian Albums ARIA 178 1Austrian Albums O3 Austria 179 2Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 142 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 180 20Canadian Albums Billboard 181 1Croatian International Albums HDU 141 1Czech Albums CNS IFPI 182 8Danish Albums Hitlisten 183 2Dutch Albums Album Top 100 184 3Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 185 7French Albums SNEP 186 68German Albums Offizielle Top 100 147 5Greek Albums IFPI 148 1Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 187 20Icelandic Albums Plotutidindi 188 18Irish Albums OCC 189 2Italian Albums FIMI 190 26Japan Hot Albums Billboard Japan 191 19Japanese Albums Oricon 192 16Lithuanian Albums AGATA 193 5New Zealand Albums RMNZ 194 1Norwegian Albums VG lista 195 3Polish Albums ZPAV 196 46Portuguese Albums AFP 197 1Scottish Albums OCC 146 3Slovak Albums CNS IFPI 198 20Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 199 11Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 200 3Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 201 4Swiss Albums Romandie 202 5UK Albums OCC 203 1UK Americana Albums OCC 204 1US Billboard 200 205 1US Top Alternative Albums Billboard 206 1US Top Rock amp Alternative Albums Billboard 207 5 Year end charts edit 2020 year end chart performance for Evermore Chart 2020 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 208 472021 year end chart performance for Evermore Chart 2021 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 209 15Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 210 23Canadian Albums Billboard 211 9Danish Albums Hitlisten 212 45Dutch Albums Album Top 100 213 71German Albums Offizielle Top 100 214 65Irish Albums IRMA 215 21New Zealand Albums RMNZ 216 24Portuguese Albums AFP 217 62Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 218 55Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 219 56UK Albums OCC 220 31US Billboard 200 221 4US Top Alternative Albums Billboard 119 12022 year end chart performance for Evermore Chart 2022 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 222 59Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 223 99UK Albums OCC 224 76US Billboard 200 225 68US Top Alternative Albums Billboard 226 62023 year end chart performance for Evermore Chart 2023 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 227 36Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 228 48Canadian Albums Billboard 229 46Dutch Albums Album Top 100 230 96Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 231 83UK Albums OCC 232 42US Billboard 200 233 29US Top Alternative Albums Billboard 234 2Certifications and sales editCertifications for Evermore Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 235 Platinum 70 000 Austria IFPI Austria 236 Gold 7 500 Belgium BEA 237 Gold 10 000 Canada Music Canada 238 Gold 40 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 239 Platinum 20 000 France SNEP 240 Gold 50 000 Italy FIMI 241 Gold 25 000 New Zealand RMNZ 242 2 Platinum 30 000 Norway IFPI Norway 243 Gold 10 000 Poland ZPAV 244 Platinum 20 000 Spain PROMUSICAE 245 Gold 20 000 United Kingdom BPI 246 Platinum 300 000 United States RIAA 247 Platinum 1 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history editRelease dates and formats for Evermore Region Date Format s Edition s Label Ref Various December 11 2020 Digital downloadstreaming Standard Republic 15 United Kingdom December 18 2020 CD Deluxe EMI 248 United States Republic 249 Various January 7 2021 Digital downloadstreaming 250 Japan January 22 2021 CD Japanese Universal Music Japan 251 252 Brazil January 29 2021 CDLP Deluxe Universal 253 Various February 21 2021 Cassette tape 254 May 28 2021 Vinyl EMI 255 256 United States June 3 2021 Digital download Fan edition Republic 257 See also editCultural impact of Taylor Swift List of Billboard 200 number one albums of 2020 List of Billboard 200 number one albums of 2021 List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of the 2020s List of number one albums of 2020 Australia List of number one albums of 2021 Australia List of number one albums of 2020 Canada List of number one albums of 2021 Canada List of number one albums from the 2020s New Zealand List of number one albums of 2021 Belgium Footnotes edit Folklore was also placed in nearly all of the 2020 year end lists that included Evermore Swift 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