b'Just five months after releasing her Grammy-nominated album \\u201cfolklore,\\u201d Taylor Swift surprised fans with a continuation of sorts \\u2014 her ninth studio album \\u201cevermore.\\u201d Working with many of her \\u201cfolklore\\u201d collaborators, Swift says that the team \\u201ccouldn\\u2019t stop writing songs.\\u201d Like its sister album, \\u201cevermore\\u201d shies away from over-the-top pop production, and leans into Swift\\u2019s craft. Stripped of the highly produced synth layers from her \\u201cLover\\u201d and \\u201cReputation\\u201d era, Swift\\u2019s lyrics and vocal performance shine in their unvarnished restraint. On this hour-long album, Swift shows her ingenuity with the building blocks of songwriting, giving us more of her signature Swiftian strengths: Lyrics, melody and story.\\xa0\\n\\nMore\\nRead "Figure It Out: The Linguistic Turn in Country Music" by\\xa0Jimmie N. Rogers and Miller Williams\\xa0in Country Music Annual 2000\\nListen to Jenny Owen Youngs album Night Shift for more rubber bridge guitar and great songs\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'