Taylor Swift debuts drops album 'Evermore,' music video for 'Willow'
The album is a followup to 'Folklore'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Taylor Swift is hard at work this year.
The singer-songwriter, who will turn 31 on Sunday, has debuted her surprise album "Evermore," a "sister record" to her "Folklore," which arrived in July.
Along with the album release, the star dropped a music video for the song "Willow," which she directed herself.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The video opens on Swift, seated in a cozy cottage before following a golden string into the back of her piano, which transports her to a small, forested island.
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Swift peers into the water and sees not only her reflection staring back, but also that of a man, though he's not there next to her.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Next comes a brief scene of a young blonde girl -- presumably a younger version of Swift -- following the same golden string.
Back as an adult again, Swift strums a mandolin at a fair, trapped in a glass box and unable to reach a man watching her perform -- the same man from the reflection.
Eventually, the golden string leads the singer into the woods, where she takes part in a magic ritual, missing the man again by only seconds before she leaves, following the string back home.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}But who is waiting for her back in the cottage? None other than the man from her various run-ins.
The two embrace one another and smile before the credits roll.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Taylor Swift dropped her album 'Evermore' and debuted a music video for the song 'Willow.' (Getty Images)
Like many of Swift's tunes, "Willow" is a love song about dedication.
"The more that you say, the less I know / Wherever you stray, I follow," she sings in the chorus. "I'm begging for you to take my hand / Make my plans, that's my man."
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The title of the song comes from the lyric, "Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind."
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"Evermore" is available to stream and download and contains 15 songs, including "Willow" and the title track, which features Bon Iver.