вЂњEstablishing and contributing to a musical community matters so much to Aaron,вЂќ Swift wrote. The new album also draws on, as Dessner said, вЂњalmost everyone IвЂ™ve made a record with.вЂќ That includes his twin brother, Bryce, who is also a member of the National, along with the songwriters Robin Pecknold (of Fleet Foxes), AnaГЇs Mitchell (whose musical based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, вЂњHadestown,вЂќ will reopen on Broadway in September), Sharon Van Etten, Lisa Hannigan, Naeem, Ben Howard and others. Reshifting the Power:В The new 10-minute versionВ ofВ a bitter breakup song from 2012 can be seen as a womanвЂ™s attempt to fix an unbalanced relationship by weaponizing memories.Дessner founded Big Red Machine with Justin Vernon, who records as Bon Iver and is known outside indie circles for working with Kanye West.Fearless:В For the release of вЂњFearless (TaylorвЂ™s Version),вЂќ the first of the rerecordings, Times critics and reporters dissected its sound and purpose.Swift released two new albums, вЂњ FolkloreвЂќ and вЂњ Evermore.вЂќ In debuting a new sound, she turned to indie music. A Fight for Her Masters: Revisit the origin story of SwiftвЂ™s rerecordings: a feud with the powerful manager Scooter Braun.After releasing two quarantine albums, the singer is in the process of releasing the rerecordings of her first six albums. The pandemic has been a time of renewal and reinvention for Taylor Swift. The Cultural Impact of Taylor SwiftвЂ™s Music 1 hit - started the collaboration that grew into SwiftвЂ™s two career-repositioning 2020 albums, вЂњFolkloreвЂќ and вЂњEvermore.вЂќ The creative partnership didnвЂ™t end there: She wrote and sings вЂњRenegadeвЂќ for DessnerвЂ™s own indie recording project, Big Red Machine, and supplied the title for its second album, вЂњHow Long Do You Think ItвЂ™s Gonna Last?,вЂќ which arrives on Aug. And then a few hours later, she sent that song, вЂCardigan.вЂ™вЂќ вЂњShe said, вЂJust send anything, even the weirdest random sketch that you have,вЂ™ and I sent her a folder of stuff IвЂ™d been working on. вЂњI was flattered and said, вЂSure,вЂ™вЂќ he continued. Would you ever be up for collaborating remotely with me?вЂ™

вЂњOne night I was just sitting at dinner,вЂќ Dessner recalled, вЂњand I got a text saying, вЂThis is Taylor. Swift had been a fan of DessnerвЂ™s long-running indie-rock band, the National, and she contacted him out of the blue as the pandemic shutdown was beginning.

It was the first notes - G F E-flat F - of a music file he sent to Taylor Swift in March 2020. Aaron Dessner sat down at the black upright piano in his Long Pond Studio, pressed the soft pedal and played a four-note phrase that had changed his life. And Mobb DeepвЂ™s Prodigy delivers on the threat with his astonishing first verse: вЂњRock you in your face, stab your brain with your nose boneвЂ¦вЂќ ItвЂ™s the kind of thing that should get you locked up for life.COLUMBIA COUNTY, N.Y. ItвЂ™s the sound of a looming threat that could exist in any era. IIвЂќ so timeless is that itвЂ™s also somewhat generic. II,вЂќ Mobb DeepвЂ™s Havoc combined three equally mercurial jazz samples: Herbie HancockвЂ™s вЂњJessica,вЂќ вЂњDaly-Wilson Big BandвЂ™s вЂњDirty FeetвЂќ and Quincy Jones вЂњKitty With The Bent Frame.вЂќ The songs are so obscure (at least to hip hop fans), their presence in the track remained somewhat of a mystery for a decade and a half. II.вЂќ That slow drum beat and those sirens seemingly ripped out of a horror film. ThereвЂ™s something immediately terrifying about вЂњShook Ones, Pt.

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