Fans Can Stream Taylor Swift's New 'Folklore' Film at Midnight

Swifties rejoice—Taylor Swift is releasing filmed studio sessions for her album Folklore tonight on Disney+. The movie not only includes live versions of songs like “Betty” and “Cardigan,” but also conversations with Swift and her co-producers Aaron Dessner, the guitarist for the Nationals, and Jack Antonoff, frontman for Bleachers.

This morning, Swift announced the movie’s release on social media. “Well it’s 11/24 and 24-11=13 so I’ve got an announcement,” she said referencing her longtime connection with the number 13. “You haven’t seen this film before [sic] folklore: the long pond studio sessions will be out tonight at midnight PST on @DisneyPlus! #folkloreOnDisneyPlus."

Swift dropped the album this past July, after a similar surprise announcement. The record, which was met with significant critical praise, became Swift’s seventh consecutive number-one album and broke the Guinness World Record for most streams in one day of any album by a female artist. In October, Folklore became the first album in 2020 to sell more than a million copies, while just last weekend she took home three titles at the American Music Awards, breaking her own record as the person with the most AMAs.

In the trailer for Folklore: the Long Pond Studio Sessions, she mentions the importance of making this album in quarantine. She says, “This could have been a time where I absolutely lost my mind, and, instead, I think this album was a real flotation device.”