'With this song, it made more sense to let it be part of the whole record rather than pulling it out and being like, 'Here’s the Taylor song'' (via toofab)
"With this song, it made more sense to let it be part of the whole record rather than pulling it out and being like, 'Here’s the Taylor song.'"titled"The Alcott," and Aaron Dessner has some advice for fans.Founding member Dessnerabout the collaboration, which is not the first between Swift and The National -- and of course Dessner is one of the pop star's favorite collaborators, with him helping write most of"folklore.
The National was in the later stages of working on their album when they sent their song over to Swift. Dessner notes that they had been producing more upbeat rock songs for the album, so this was a change of pace for the group. "This was more my version of a Leonard Cohen or a Nick Cave song," said Dessner."Then Matt wrote this beautiful song to it, and it suddenly felt like this might be the one I could share with Taylor."
"We hadn’t even talked about inviting her to be on the record," Dessner said of his"Evermore" collaborator."Partially because no one was on the record at that point and, also, I never want to put pressure on anybody unless it really makes sense. But there was something about that song I thought she’d really respond to."
The musician also spoke on how Swift added her personal touch to the song, changing it from the original idea that they had sent her.
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