Taylor Swift took to social media to share the ‘authentic model’ of ‘The Lakes,’ the bonus observe on her Grammy Award-winning album, ‘Folklore,’ which she says helped her and her followers ‘escape the actual world collectively.’
Taylor Swift, 31, is celebrating the one-year anniversary of her shock album, Folklore, with a never-before-released model of its bonus observe. The singer took to her social media accounts to share a hyperlink to the unique model of “The Lakes” together with a particular publish that thanked her followers for his or her assist, which made the album turn into the best-selling album of 2020. She additionally shared never-before-seen black and white pictures of herself strolling exterior alongside a rocky space and posing whereas smiling and maintain two cups.
“It’s been one yr since we escaped the actual world collectively and imagined ourselves someplace easier,” Taylor wrote within the caption for her publish. “With tall tall timber and salt air. The place you’re allowed to put on lace nightgowns that make you appear to be a Victorian ghost each day & nobody will facet eye you trigger nobody is round. It’s simply you and your imaginary cabin and the tales you make as much as go the time.”
“To say thanks for all you could have completed to make this album what it was, I needed to provide the authentic model of The Lakes,” she continued earlier than mentioning the names of the characters in a few of Folklore‘s songs. “Comfortable 1 yr anniversary to Rebekah, Betty, Inez, James, Augustine, and the lives all of us created round them. Comfortable Anniversary, folklore. 🌿”
As soon as Taylor shared the brand new celebratory publish, it didn’t take lengthy for her followers to react with a number of excited and supportive feedback. “It’s so good!” one fan exclaimed in regards to the authentic model of “The Lakes.” One other shared that they’d “goosebumps” listening to it and a 3rd known as it “SO GOOD.”
Different followers took the time to thank Taylor for placing out Folklore with pics of them holding the album in addition to tales of the way it modified their lives. “This album pulled me out of a despair {that a} pandemic and abusive relationship triggered. The songs and tales shared assist me escape in a approach no different media has,” one fan defined whereas one other mentioned, “Folklore felt like the massive hug that I wanted.”
Folklore, which is Taylor’s eight studio album, gained Album of the 12 months on the 2021 Grammy Awards and have become a staple in her music profession. It included the hit single “Cardigan” and different memorable tunes that grew to become the proper observe listing for the summer season. She adopted it up with the shock launch of Evermore on Dec. 11, 2020.