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Taylor Swift, Bon Iver
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- Album
- folklore
- Released
- 2020
- Genres
- Alternative
- Length
- 4:46
- Tempo
- 76 BPM
- Label
- Taylor Swift
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About this song
The song prompted many comparisons to Swift's 2012 track "The Last Time," which also deals with the downfall of a relationship. It is one of many folklore songs to contain a movie motif, and it is Swift's first collaboration with Bon Iver, whom she had called one of her musical heroes.
What it's about
The song describes two ex-lovers seeing each other after a breakup. Vernon voices confusion about how quickly a former partner moved on, while Swift reflects on repeated warning signs that the relationship was no longer working.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 1 other song, like “๋࣭⚝my mind,, subsiding macrocosms 🀦₊✧ by Kyeler W”.
- Covered 8 times, including “Exile by Bastille”.
- Written by Joe Alwyn, Justin Vernon and Taylor Swift.
- Produced by Joe Alwyn and Aaron Dessner.
- Recorded at Kitty Committee Studio (Los Angeles and Long Pond (Hudson.