Aaron Dessner and Taylor Swift.Photo: Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Taylor Swift’s songwriting abilities can leave even a professional wordsmith speechless — at least, according to Aaron Dessner, who saidthe pair’s recent collaborationsleft him “flabbergasted.”
“I learn a lot from Taylor because she’s so talented, so hardworking and so sharp in her ideas, storytelling and sense of melody and rhythm,” Dessner, who rose to fame as a founding member of The National, toldNME.
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Dessner, meanwhile, co-produced and helped Swift write bothFolkloreandEvermore, and sang with the star on “Coney Island.” Together, they won the Grammy award for album of the year for Folklore.
The collaborations came about when the coronavirus pandemic hit, as Swift explained that she began to pick Dessner’s brain on The National’s songwriting process.
“He told me they work remotely a lot because they all live all over the world,” she explained in aVevo “Footnotes” video. “When quarantine hit and I found myself wanting to write, I reached out and he was really wanting to create too. It’s been one of the most effortless collaborations and I’m very lucky to have met him.”
The pop superstar is currently gearing up for therelease ofRed (Taylor’s Version), which will drop on Nov. 19 as her second re-recorded LP after this spring’sFearless (Taylor’s Version).
The re-recordings come after Scooter Braunbought her former record label Big Machine, giving him control of the masters of Swift’s first six albums. (Hesold the masters for $300 millionto Shamrock Holdings in November).
Red (Taylor’s Version)will include nine songs “from the vault,” including a long-awaited 10-minute version of “All Too Well,” and collaborations withEd Sheeran,Phoebe BridgersandChris Stapleton.
source: people.com
