Taylor Swiftโs Surprise New Album Release: Fans React As โFolkloreโ Suddenly Becomes Viral
KEY POINTS
- Taylor Swift surprised her fans and the world as she released her album
- โFolkloreโ is Swiftโs 8th studio album
- Swifties react to Swiftโs latest album, causing an uproar on social media
- Swift wrote the tracks of โFolkloreโ while in isolation
- Limited edition deluxe CDs and vinyl will be available for 1 week only
- Standard Edition has 16 tracks, while, Deluxe Edition has a bonus track
Taylor Swift is taking the music industry by storm, once again, as she released her new album, “Folklore.” Different reactions from fans have been overwhelming and just a few hours after it was unveiled, it has trended on social media.
Who would’ve thought that the 30-year-old singer’s new album would drop just 24 hours after she told the world it was coming?
Fans of Swift couldn’t help but get excited after “Folklore” became available in the market. Netizens had been talking —reacting— about Swift’s new album on Twitter with #Folklore, which made it a trending topic on the said social media platform.
AMERICANS DONT KNOW HOW TO SPELL๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ #Folkore pic.twitter.com/Ng9TXyxG2D
— kenzie ใโ EVERMORE (@imnewyorkcity_) July 24, 2020
One Swift fan described “Folklore” as “Red’s” older sister. After describing how beautiful the album was, the fan said that Swift has outdone herself.
Emotions have been overflowing since the “Cats” actress released “Folklore” and these were just some of the reactions from Swift’s overwhelmed fans.
You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same
— Kait (@knorx97) July 24, 2020
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
You turned into your worst fears
And you're tossing out blame, drunk on this pain #Folkore pic.twitter.com/6jtxQLhTRh
Me listening to Taylor Swiftโs new album tonight #Folkore โ๐ผ๐ pic.twitter.com/McLVT7Y2gG
— lexis tx ๐ (@LexisBravo) July 24, 2020
IT WOULDVE BEEN FUN IF YOU WOULDVE BEEN THE ONE #Folkore pic.twitter.com/knfi95Knv9
— fpj โท (@peytreya) July 24, 2020
it would've been fun,
— ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ (@vegakristine) July 24, 2020
if you have been the one#Folkore pic.twitter.com/FVLwHhIVqP
Several fans thought Swift’s music with perfection. Under Twitter’s #Folklore topic, one fan said that Swift didn’t know how to make a bad album and that the only thing bad about “Folklore” was it has an ending.
There was nothing but praises and celebration from Swifties for this album.
#Folkore is music at its finest. Every track makes you ๐ฅบ #folkloreTonight #folkloreoutnow pic.twitter.com/3CI4r7IVsj
— ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐ช๐ฐ๐ท๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐น๐ฒ (Taylorโs Version) (@RockstarSwiftie) July 24, 2020
Credit where itโs due ! This is a stunning album ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ #Folkore pic.twitter.com/GA7v4SnKZB
— Adrian Cramp ๐ (@adie1967) July 24, 2020
Swift stunned her nearly 87 million Twitter followers when she announced the release of “Folklore,” yesterday (July 23.) Her tweet revealed that she poured all her “whims, dreams, fears and musings” into the latest album.
Surprise ๐ค Tonight at midnight Iโll be releasing my 8th studio album, folklore; an entire brand new album of songs Iโve poured all of my whims, dreams, fears, and musings into. Pre-order at https://t.co/zSHpnhUlLb pic.twitter.com/4ZVGy4l23b
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 23, 2020
The said tweet gained more than 333,000 retweets, nearly 35,000 comments and more than 800,000 likes just several hours after its upload online.
Swift, additionally, said that she made 8 deluxe CDs and 8 deluxe vinyl because “Folklore’s” her 8th studio album. The CDs and vinyl, which was designed to have unique covers and rare photos, would only be available for 1 week.
Swift’s latest album has a standard version, with 16 tracks, and a deluxe version, with “The Lakes” as a bonus song.
folklore will have 16 songs on the standard edition, but the physical deluxe editions will include a bonus track โthe lakes.โ Because this is my 8th studio album, I made 8 deluxe CDs & 8 deluxe vinyls available for 1 week๐ Each has unique covers & photos https://t.co/zSHpnhUlLb pic.twitter.com/tG34e0MpgJ
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 23, 2020
You can get the bonus song โthe lakesโ on the 8 deluxe CD editions, 8 deluxe vinyl editions, and the cassette edition of folklore that are available at https://t.co/zSHpnhUlLb ๐
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 24, 2020
๐ท: Beth Garrabrant pic.twitter.com/ZpecT2hLD0
Swift described how a tale becomes folklore. She said these were the stories passed down from one generation to another and whispered around. She penned the songs in isolation and the product was her “Folklore” studio album.
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