folklore
by Taylor Swift
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Jul 24, 2020
User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 17537 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 15,823 out of 17537
  2. Mixed: 241 out of 17537
  3. Negative: 1,473 out of 17537
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  1. illicit13
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Great album. Taylor constantly raising her bar high. Every album new style. This is what ARTIST OF THE DECADE really means.
  2. SwiftSpears
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Taylor’s best album by a mile, lyrical masterpiece with some of the best songs in her career, highlights go to mirrorball, my tears ricochet, august and seven
  3. brianthekatycat
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Taylor does it again, she proves she's a lyric genius, literally a goddess, the album is so good
  4. Catiazx
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I loooved this album. It's Taylor's best album without any doubt. She's the only artist I know that can do country, pop and alt and be good at all of them. 10/10!!
  5. JoCat99
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album is the clear example of what Taylor Swift is made of: lyrics full of stories, clean production and this unique Taylor’s voices that fits perfectly with the concept.
  6. Eli127
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Muito bom! Eu estou amando essa nova fase da Taylor e o álbum está simplesmente incrível!
  7. gabrield
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  8. may_ank_yadav
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    It’s such a beautiful album. This is Taylor at her best. It’s like putting balm on all your inner wounds. Beautiful!
  9. Amusi
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Aquí un KatyCat apoyando el hermoso trabajo de Taylor, todas las canciones son hermosas.
  10. Victoriamgarcez
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    An amazing and incredible beautiful album! Taylor Swift knows how to reinvent herself! A queen
  11. Hschoch5
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Love this album. The storytelling is reminiscent of childhood loves and really encompasses relationships in all aspects. Glad to see Taylor going back to the deep easter egg ways with this albums hidden treasures around every corner.
  12. Fernando2410
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. GRAN ALBUM! EXCELENTE TRABAJO EL DE TAYLOR! A SEGUIR APOYANDOOOOOOOO!!, ❤️❤️❤️❤️… Expand
  13. Cutesheep17
    Aug 28, 2020
    4
    Amazing album best one she’s ever done it’s one of those listen over and over albums
  14. cezarmello
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    wonderful, light and calm, she came back with everything in this quarantine
  15. Dianamich
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Es un álbum increíble, Taylor nunca nos decepciona, siempre tan talentosa haciendo arte
  16. salutealbum
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    My favorite album of hers already. I’ve been waiting for her to make an album for years
  17. Inkeyjay
    Aug 28, 2020
    8
    This album broke me and I cant really listen to cardigan without crying thanks taylor
  18. Arbey
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Es un álbum muy bien producido y sin duda uno de los mejores trabajos de taylor
  19. Lilian1
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    It's her best album, lyrical masterpiece, always reinventing herself, love it so much.
  20. taylorswiftsa
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Album of the year. Hands down. Such carefully crafted, sonically cohesive magic. Taylor Swift has done it again.
  21. fernandaportell
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Álbum perfeito! Exile melhor faixa e nada mais importa se não a minha opinião
  22. Davrangells
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Taylor good job, your álbum is amazing and powerful your voice is radical and sweet… Expand
  23. Iampablod
    Aug 15, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perfect album, I love so much, so good! Composition, perfomance, expression!… Expand
  24. adrianvela16
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    AOTY, ROTY, SOTY, ya veo arrasando en los grammys, nada nuevo en dios reinventandose
  25. lestherrecto
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    i love this album so much. Cheers to Taylor Swift for this amazing work of hers.
  26. sacidofolklore
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    album of the year along with "ungodly hour", "smile" and "future nostalgia", support women who are boycotted by men (even women) who think they are superior at women who work hard just because they have a degree in criticism, which they don't value and don't honestly criticize
  27. sw1zzle
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Impecable masterpiece, unlike Katy who makes **** music and is the worst singer that made success in the past
  28. Wisteria
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I absolutely admire Swift’s ability to describe a whole scene with her songs. Folklore is like a storyteller, and the lyrics are genius. This is a no-skips, I hope to listen to many more albums like this.
  29. magsss
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    the lyrics are beautiful and her voice sounds amazing!! truly a masterpiece!
  30. Yaelss
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Taylor Swift always bring us happines and art, lets support Taylor Swift and Katy perry. Don't let the haters win.
  31. aksh_p
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Deserves the album of the year. sonically cohesive with great storytelling and lyrics.
  32. BrandonAkem19
    Aug 28, 2020
    9
    Como katy Cat este album me parece increible las letras lo son todo taylor se destaco en este album
  33. Davidrs2842
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Amo este trabajo de Taylor por sus melodías y letras, me ayuda a relajarme un poco cuando siento que estoy alterado... good! Katycat presente
  34. DieDa
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Un álbum demasiado hermoso nquenme da mucha nostalgia y me recuerda a los 2015
  35. Haunted13
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Amazing, showstopping, unstoppable, gorgeous... she's the mother I never had
  36. Riveracesar
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Una obra maestra de la Titan del Pop,en verdad es un muy buen álbum,este año nos dejó un buen sabor de boca musicalmente hablando con este regalo de Taylor Swift
  37. chillin13tay
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Simplemente una obra maestra de principio a fin, tenemos a la Taylor Swift que tanto nos gusta, que nos cuenta una historia en cada canción, que te cuenta sentimientos y te hace sentir identificado con sus letras, letras profundas y hermosas. Mis favoritas the 1, my tears ricochet, cardigan, exile, august, invisible string y mad woman.
  38. Neverrealyoveer
    Aug 28, 2020
    8
    This is an amazing record, I was specting a pop album, but she's always turning her sounds and making new lyrics, loving it.
  39. adelevocal
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Taylorswift is my favorite people in the world love you so much as embarrassing but you know that
  40. Alex1203
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    siempre se esta reinventado y creando arte, me encantaron las canciones, la amo :)
  41. laurine
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Folklore is one of the best if it's not the best album of Taylor's discography. The all album is literally a magical poem. I don't know how but she keep surpassed herself and her level was already really high. TAYLOR SWIFT IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
  42. LucasGabriel00
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Talvez meu álbum favorito da Taylor Swift .... totalmente viciado na voz da Taylor e cada música cada verso cada produção é impecável....… Expand
  43. Nadiaprinsloo21
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Love this album especially during this time!!!! I’ve always been a TS fan and just love her so much!!!!
  44. charles_av99
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    She just keeps switching it up on us constantly but never losing any power in her lyrics or storytelling. A much needed escape for everyone.
  45. amandawainer
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    cultural reset the album of the year every single song is a 10/10 her best album by a miles honestly
  46. MarcosVin
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    The album is amazing, each phrase is a poem and each song a work of art. I love it
  47. Ibrahimalja
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    One of her best albums, she made it PERIODT. Little Monsters Sucks
  48. pAlet
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Taylor siempre a dado mucho y espero y siga con una música tan hermosa , nunca nos deja de sorprender:)
  49. SONIAMARIA365
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is amazing, Taylor Swift is iconic, Exile deverser a silgle, Folklore is perfect!… Expand
  50. daylightlovers
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    phenomenal, show stopping, brilliant, her best! she has divulged into the sound of alternative this time around and has done it beautifully. all tracks, 1-16 have a story behind them and must be heard, this is her most well written and mature album, proud to be a part of this release, it’s an event in pop history!
  51. Shivam_Murari
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Taylor Swift has a habit of presenting an unexpected finesse on the table every single time but her ability to best herself every single time and leave us shocked and thrilled is something no other artist has. Certainly not her contemporaries. Folklore, like its name, will be passed down for generations.
  52. HugoGM14
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. folklore is an album with many deep and beautiful lyrics. Listen to it, it's a very good experience, every song has a history behind itself, I really loved it, I hope you like that too.… Expand
  53. Imunkowns
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    since her first interviews she's spoken about how songwriting and storytelling means to her and in folklore she climaxed. every song on this album is telling a story and i really loved the love triangle idea! i imagine someone is telling stories about a long lost city which is not here anymore and the story of their lives and how they faded whenever i listen to this album. Taylor Swift didsince her first interviews she's spoken about how songwriting and storytelling means to her and in folklore she climaxed. every song on this album is telling a story and i really loved the love triangle idea! i imagine someone is telling stories about a long lost city which is not here anymore and the story of their lives and how they faded whenever i listen to this album. Taylor Swift did this album only in three months which is mind-blowing. gonna listen to this album nonstop in this autumn/winter along with her old album RED.… Expand
  54. Quiqueg89
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Éste podría ser sin duda uno de sus mejores álbumes, experimentando nuevos géneros musicales y con unas letras exquisitas, sin caer en lo repetitivo como algunas de sus contemporáneas
  55. yaretzi_swift13
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Taylor Swift is the ultimate artist, writer, and person. This album is the best of the year 2020, I love how Taylor experiments with different stimuli
  56. DiegoAmador13
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    una obra de arte, lo mejor para escuchar mientras estás en cuarentena, voz melodiosa y líricas hermosas
  57. Diegofms
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album is a masterpiece, each song tells a perfect story. It's so emotional and perfect. Love folklore and love Taylor.
  58. Borrasquillo
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Es un álbum asombroso, es un viaje musical a lo largo de este disco hay tantos sentimientos encontrados. De verdad es un álbum asombroso.
  59. pabloponcer
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the besttttttttttttt álbum offff taylor!!!!
    and the besttttttttttt of the year, no matter what!!!!!    … Expand
  60. yazeedah
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The most amazing album on this year there is amazing feelings on this album I just love it… Expand
  61. iraklis_t
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I think it's the best album she's ever made. I like all the songs and I think she should get a Grammy For best album of the year It also has very nice lyrics with nice meaning
    Love you Taylor
  62. Smi
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este es uno de los mejores álbumes de Taylor amo las canciones en especial cardigan y Exile… Expand
  63. vickyvalleb
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Best album she has ever made. The lyrics and storytelling it’s something that you’ll always find in Taylor’s albums but in this one it goes deeper and in a more mature way
  64. jeffnunesz
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    this album is a masterpiece, just showing one more time that taylor swift is the music industry
  65. MerlinCco3_
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Un álbum increíble, con una conexión perfecta entre una canción y otra, miss Swift nos demostró una vez mas que pasa cuando ella toma un lápiz y un pedazo de papel y lo convierte en un álbum.
  66. ErickCervantes
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    La verdad el álbum está muy bien planificado, tiene excelente produccion, excelente letra, dirección y si entramos en detalles jamás acabaría, todo el álbum es una obra de arte que muy difícilmente otro artista lograría.
  67. Gaelgp
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Just magical and beautiful, every song tell a different history, and it’s a new version of the musical industry, Taylor Swift.
  68. heloo_ferreira
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I've been one of Taylor's admires for 11 years and is a fact for me that this is her best album. Since 1989 I haven't seen so many beautiful letters in one album. It definately made this moment of the world a bit easier to handle.
  69. Adjamirarruda
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    perfeita, amei dms, album coesao, e cheio de aclamacao, obg taylor por tudo
  70. Alulu_13
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    It's a very beautiful album. There is a lot of growth, which is something she's always showed in all her albums. It's her best one yet.
  71. hmn13
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    lyrically this album is so beautiful and I cannot stop listen to it. taylor is a genius.
  72. Mariositi
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    Simply wonderful, don't fall on the words of bad critics that just want to demeritate the master piece this album is
  73. Acoto3009
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Definitivamente es el mejor album que Taylor ha he hecho, todos deberían escucharlo.
  74. LuisH
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Este álbum sin duda es uno los mejores del año, August, Seven, Betty, en fin... todo el álbum es bueno
  75. Nicholl
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    10, me encanta todo el álbum, la letra y el ritmo que tiene cada canción es único.
  76. Thelakeflyer
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I think this is the Best album of the year, I love all of the songs the Way Taylor can tell stories through songs is amazing, it seems like i'm reading a book
  77. Paulmarcelos
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    I love Folklore. It's the best Taylor Swift album ever heard. Exile and Seven are my favorite songs
  78. vmccall
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    In Folklore, Taylor Swift puts his soul into incredible verse. I am delighted with the genius of this artist.
    Em Folklore, Taylor Swift põe sua alma em versos incríveis. Estou encantado com a genialidade dessa artista.
  79. celary
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Álbum muito coeso e com letras que conversam entre si, além disso melodicamente é o melhor trabalho de Taylor Swift.
  80. Nahuel13
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    10/10 My tears ricochet !!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Cardigan!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Hoax!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  81. Javie
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is amazing album … Expand
  82. Idelsa
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Best album ever, Taylor is one of the best songwriters of all time and this magnificent artwork proves it
  83. Yzmtz
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Me encanta tay saco un lado increíble que nadie sabía que tenía y algo diferente a lo que nos da siempre.
  84. thisisrevenge
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    An amazing album, this is album is everything 2020 needed, it is magic to my ears
  85. Josss
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Increíble como cada canción hace que te envuelva en la historia que esta cuenta. Demostrando como siempre que es una gran compositora en cualquier género que se proponga. Me encantó!
  86. Alfonsod123
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    New era from Taylor, is the same taste lyrically (even better) with a new sound! And her voice is so relaxing and beautiful
  87. jsara
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    One of Taylor’s best albums yet. It really shows her songwriting abilities on another level. Everyone song was a classic and I fell more and more in love with the album as I went through it.
  88. snuffl
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    Her best album so far. proud of her and the music she is making, I stan the right Queen.
  89. Josue13
    Aug 28, 2020
    9
    One on her best albums until now. She always gives us different sounds and music.
  90. starsdo
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Absolutely stunning album. Her lyrics are insane and though the sound is a departure from what she normally produces, she makes it work wonderfully.
  91. Jpbertelle
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Este álbum é maravilhoso,amo cada música dele.Cardigan e August são as minhas favoritas!
  92. leocastillo05
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Old Taylor can't come the phone right now.. Why? Oh, she is having a lot of new records and she doesn't need any man to win what she wants. Beautiful album!
  93. katypfan
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    The album is a master piece, I loved every second listening it. All the songs are beautiful.
  94. Juanherardo
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Soy katycat y realmente lo que estaba pasando hace un rato de que varios falsos katycats estaban haciendo no se vale si folklore es un álbum tan arte al igual que smile los dos son unas joyas buenos ritmos y más que nada Katy y tay son amix de nuevo ahora si folklore es un álbum genial muy profundo y en realidad amo cardigan y the 1
  95. gabifolk
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Esse álbum é maravilhoso! Possuiu uma sonoridade incrível, diferente e inovador de tudo o que a Taylor já fez. Arte define o Folklore. Taylor foi muito perspicaz em casa faixa.
  96. gokdeniz
    Aug 28, 2020
    2
    Çok sıkıcı olmuş yaz sıcağında asla çekilmez bir albüm tam bir sonbahar albümü ama her zamanki gibi grammy bağımlısı Taylor grammy'de hatırlanmak amaçlı böyle hareketlerde bulunuyor. 2 puanı da my tears ricochet ve mad woman için veriyorum.
  97. 1thundercloud
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
  98. CristopherB22
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Taylor es la artista más fantástica que he conocido en mi vida, cada canción de Folklore me encantó desde el primer momento. Desde The 1 hasta The lakes, Taylor nos da en sus letras una honestidad de sentimientos y nos traslada a historias cautivadoras, simplemente mágico. Lo diré siempre, Taylor Swift es la mejor cantautora del mundo.
  99. Eliassalass
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Simplemente arte puro, es algo diferente y eso me gusta mucho, todos deben escucharlo por que les hará pasar un buen momento
  100. lastkiswiftie
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    best taylor swift album!! With mature and amazing lyrics, it doesn't have one single skip!!
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Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Uncut
    Aug 13, 2020
    90
    It's a sharp turn to the left for Swift and a fine reminder that she is more than just a gleaming pop phenomenon, but a remarkable songwriter too. [Oct 2020, p.36]
  2. DIY Magazine
    Aug 7, 2020
    90
    A modern-folk masterpiece which finds her moving from her previous pop bangers into stunningly simple yet sharp melodies, ‘folklore’ will be going down in Swiftie history as one of her most unexpected, and undoubtedly one of her best.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Aug 3, 2020
    60
    These 16 tracks (17 on the deluxe version) play out quite pleasurably in their entirety, the joins between Swift, Dessner and Antonoff ultimately only of niche interest. But Swift’s powerful songs reach their climaxes with bittersweet orchestrations, rather than blows to the solar plexus or a ringing in the ears. Everything hovers; little truly lands.
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