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i think “use my best colors for your portrait” is so heartbreaking because we all know the experience of trying to paint a positive picture of someone to our friends and family even if we know they’re toxic. like deep down you know they’re toxic but you’re are too afraid to admit it so instead you paint a false picture in order to convince yourself and others

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Ever since I was 13, I’ve been excited about turning 31 because it’s my lucky number backwards, which is why I wanted to surprise you with this now. 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. There are 15 tracks on the standard edition of evermore, but the deluxe physical edition will include two bonus tracks - “right where you left me” and “it’s time to go” ⌛️ All *digital downloads* of the album will include an exclusive, digital booklet with 16 brand new photos. You can pre-order evermore now here.

📷: Beth Garrabrant

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Tonight the story continues, as the music video for “willow” drops at midnight eastern. I’m forever grateful to the following creatives who have helped and guided me to be able to direct my own videos: Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, producer Jil Hardin, 1st AD Joe ‘Oz’ Osbourne, Co-1st AD Ev Salomon, Exec Producer Rebecca Skinner, editor Chancler Haynes, set designers Ethan Tobman and Regina Fernandez and visual effects geniuses Grant Miller and David Lebensfeld. Thank you to our medical inspector who made sure every precaution was taken for our safety. I’ll see you guys in the YouTube premiere page chat before midnight to answer some questions 🧙‍♀️

📷: Max Wanger

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I’m elated to tell you that my 9th studio album, and folklore’s sister record, will be out tonight at midnight eastern. It’s called evermore. 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. And I loved creating these songs with Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, WB, and Justin Vernon. We’ve also welcomed some new (and longtime) friends to our musical kitchen table this time around…

📷: Beth Garrabrant

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There’s nothing like just apple picking in the Fall, the first cold New York weather hitting you, the fashion sense steaming up, and the fresh apple cider and donuts.

I LOVE THE FALL. 

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I was walking home on broken cobblestone just thinking of you when she pulled up like a figment of my worst intentions. She said “James, get in, let's drive.” Those days turned into nights, slept next to her, but I dreamt of you all summer long...

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ok so august is absolutely from the perspective of the girl James cheated on Betty with

the repetition of “cause you were never mine” and the part where she says “remember when i pulled up and said ‘get in the car’” 

and then in Betty, from James’s perspective, there’s “if i told you it was just a summer thing” and “she said ‘james get in, let’s drive’”

the teenage love triangle is cardigan (Betty), august (girl #2) and Betty (James)

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WHAT WERE WE DOING 24 HOURS AGO???? NOT COUNTING DOWN TO AN ALBUM THAT'S FOR SURE!!!!!

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blue

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when you’re proud of your buns so you post them on the internet