If musical soul mates are present, Taylor Swift And Aaron Dessner Will be a strong contender for the title.
The pair have worked together on several albums, including Swift’s highly anticipated 11th record, Tortured Poets Department, Dessner, a founding member of the rock band The National, has lent his production and writing skills to several of Swift’s tracks, including beloved tunes like “Willow” and “Cardigan.”
Outside the studio, the two often praise each other greatly, as Dessner explained. “Broken Record” Podcast The “wonderful moment” occurred during their songwriting session in April 2023. “We’ve become really close friends and she couldn’t be sweeter and funnier,” he said. “Legitimately, she’s a very sweet, super-intelligent, insightful person.”
Keep scrolling for the full timeline of Swift and Dessner’s friendship:
March 2014
dessner previously crossed paths With Swift on the set of Saturday night Live, The National was featured as a musical guest on the sketch comedy show Lena DunhamSwift’s close friend hosted the show. Five years later, the pair reunited when Swift attended a national concert in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
“He talked a lot to my brother [Bryce] And me,” he told in an interview pitchfork, “Then we realized what a big fan she was, and how sweet and insightful she was.”
April 2019
Swift contacted Dessner via text and suggested the pair collaborate his album folk literature, “I got a message and it said, ‘Hey, this is Taylor. Would you be willing to write a song with me sometime?’ I said, ‘Wow,'” he said. pitchfork,
July 2020
folk literature It contains 11 songs written by Dessner, including “Seven” and “Hoax”. dessner later opened up About the experience of recording the album amid the COVID pandemic, explaining how the songs came together in such a complicated time.
“I thought it would take a while to come up with song ideas and I had no expectations of what we would be able to achieve remotely. But a few hours after sharing the music, my phone lit up with Taylor’s voice memo of a completely written version of a song – the momentum never really stopped,” she wrote via Instagram following the album’s surprise release. He further said that he has “rarely” “been so inspired by anyone.
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November 2020
Swift, a frequent collaborator with Dessner jack antonoffStarred in Disney+ documentary Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, The film, shot at Dessner’s Long Pond Studios in Hudson, New York, was in talks with the cast about bringing folk literature Live performance as well as life.
While the trio were filming the documentary, they began planning their second collaboration: Evermore,
December 2020
Evermorea sister album folk literature, also features several songs sung by Dessner, including “‘Ivy” and “Willow”. That same month, Dessner told Board He imagines that he and Swift “will in some ways make music together forever.”
July 2021
Intense took to instagram To share Big Red Machine’s song “Renegade”, which he co-wrote with Dessner. “When Aaron came into my life, I was taken into his world of free-flowing creativity, where you don’t think much, you just make music,” she captioned her post. “His generosity and humility of spirit flowed into every part of his life.”
October 2022
However Dessner did not share any writing credits on the standard edition. swift’s 2022 album, MidnightFans were pleased to learn that he participated in the deluxe edition of the album, co-writing and producing “The Great War,” “High Infidelity” and “Wold’v, Kud’v, Shud’v.”
After the bonus tracks were dropped, Dessner Tweeted“Congratulations to @taylorswift13 @jackantonoff and everyone who contributed to the fantastic main album and [applause] “Even through the chaotic 3am deluxe shifts…incredibly honored as always to help make songs with you.”
June 2023
Swift brought Dessner on stage for the first live performance of “Seven” during The Era’s Tour in Pittsburgh. “Many of you know who this guy is,” he told the crowd. “This is someone I would classify as a soulmate. He is an incredible musician, instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and this entire tour would not have been possible without him.
April 2024
Dessner worked with Swift on 17 songs for her album The Tortured Poets Department, including “So Long, London,” “Clara Bow,” “But Daddy I Love Him,” “Lomal,” “Chloe or Sam or Sophia.” or Marcus” and include. “how did it end?”
Dessner wrote via Instagram after the album’s release, “We started working on these songs two years ago and it feels like they have kept up with us and lived a lot of life during the process, creating beautiful and unexpected… have developed in a manner.” “It’s hard to believe that Taylor and I have recorded over 60 songs together (17 on this compilation!!) in the 4 years since we started working together on Folklore in 2020. I’m so proud of our amazing talents. I am forever grateful to Taylor for sharing and trusting me with her music. I believe that these songs are some of the most intense, complex, vulnerable and poignant that Taylor has ever written. I am constantly amazed by his skills as a songwriter and performer.
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