Taylor Swift will release a new album, folklore, at midnight Eastern tonight (July 23). She announced the surprise Lover follow-up without fanfare this morning via Instagram. The album’s 16 tracks feature no pre-release singles. The National’s Aaron Dessner co-wrote or produced 11 tracks, and Bon Iver co-wrote and sings on one. Other collaborators include Jack Antonoff and William Bower. “Most of the things I had planned this summer didn’t end up happening, but there is something I hadn’t planned on that DID happen,” she wrote of the record. See her full announcement below, along with the album art and tracklist.
A video that Swift wrote and directed (with social-distancing measures) for new song “cardigan” will come out tonight. A bonus track called “the lakes” will appear on deluxe physical editions of the album, Swift wrote on Instagram. A live album released without Swift’s clearance was released this year; read “That ‘New’ Taylor Swift Live Album Feels Like the Unauthorized Cash Grab It Is” on the Pitch.