Do you remember the feeling of comfort when your parents read a storybook to you? Do you recall the dwindling sparkle of the holiday lights around a room while you watch a movie? Can you recollect the warmth of a fire in a fireplace as it illuminates the living room on Christmas Eve? The only way to describe “evermore,” Taylor Swift’s album that dropped on Dec. 11, is that same incandescent feeling of childhood..
Swift’s ninth album was written in isolation as the sister album to “folklore,” which was released in July. This album breaks from the first, as it is no longer her personal narrative of her own life. Instead, she tells a myriad of new stories disconnected from herself. Each song takes a whimsical storytelling angle. Whether it be the tale of small town murder mystery in “no body, no crime” or telling the story of her grandmother in “marjorie,” Swift breaks the memoir storytelling barriers that once defined her career.