Taylor Swift

folklore: the long pond studio sessions (from the Disney+ special)

To the people who gave this a 0, you clearly did not listen to this. Giving 0’s are just as bad as the bots who give 100’s.

How the fuck did I sleep on this for over a week. I mean when it has "Disney+ special" in it's name it's kinda hard not to go *okay maybe I shouldn't rush to hear this* but wow now that I did I just wanna hear it again and holy fuck how the fuck did she take an album that's THAT good and make it even better? Well by making it live apparently.

This version of folklore is lot less..."Pop" y'know (it's still folk pop though), it's more raw and the instrumentation is more ... read more

Wow, I'm not usually a fan of acoustic versions because the production of a track is a key element on whether I end up liking it or not. But , I feel like this version of "folklore" does the opposite, it's almost as if you could feel Taylor's emotions through her voice in a different angle that we don't get to see quite often. It's not perfect by any means but this is probably the best she has ever sounded.

Edit 11/27: I think I may have been underestimating this. It’s an improvement on nearly every track if you listen closely enough her vocals are absolutely stunning here, even more so than the recorded. And also, I love Mirrorball as a full blown country song.

This really is something special. Pretty much as good or very close to as good as all the originals. Perhaps a couple tracks fall just a teeny bit short, but a couple also soar in this format. Can’t wait to get to know both ... read more