folklore circles, by wait what

folklore circles

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Slightly heavier weight than the standard dad hat. Embroidered 'folklore circles' text on front, 'mac miller vs. taylor swift' on back. woven wait what tag on the left side. Self Fabric closure with D-ring slider and tuck-in strap.

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Limited edition poster commemorating the release of the folklore circles album. 11" x 17", printed on thick 12pt cardstock paper. Ships from San Francisco.

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1.	the complicated 1 [mac miller vs taylor swift] 03:12	buy track
2.	cardigan wings [mac miller vs taylor swift] 04:47	buy track
3.	the last great american program [mac miller vs taylor swift] 03:50	buy track
4.	exiled to 2009 ft bon iver [mac miller vs taylor swift] 05:11	buy track
5.	ricochet back to earth [mac miller vs taylor swift] 04:22	buy track
6.	disco a day [mac miller vs taylor swift] 03:29	buy track
7.	good news comes in sevens [mac miller vs taylor swift] 04:33	buy track
8.	rights of august [mac miller vs taylor swift] 05:24	buy track
9.	this is me hurting feelings [mac miller vs taylor swift] 03:36	buy track
10.	jet-fueled affairs [mac miller vs taylor swift] 04:00	buy track
11.	a string that never ends [mac miller vs taylor swift] 03:28	buy track
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13.	dunno, epiphany? [mac miller vs taylor swift] 04:24	buy track
14.	betty in the woods [mac miller vs taylor swift] 04:47	buy track
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about

what a strange time to be making music. what a strange time, really, to be doing anything at all.

the day folklore came out, my sister was visiting, and we listened to the album straight through. it feels rare for an artist as talented as taylor swift to have the creative freedom to make an album free of the frills of label involvement, songwriting edits, and demands for singles (or at least the well-crafted appearance of those absences). folklore sounds like she's let you into her imagination, an invented world she's guiding you through and introducing you to characters throughout.

this kind of worldbuilding in music feels most cohesive to me when it's the product of an artist with an intensity and intentionality of vision. mac miller's swimming and circles albums are a really special brand of creating that landscape from the outset. when swimming came out, I was flying to berlin and listening to it on repeat, bleary-eyed by the time I landed. I remember thinking how wild a ride it had been since I started listening to him. and then, a month later the ride was over.

mac miller's death felt surreal to me then and it still does now. I first heard him summer 2010, when he was eighteen and recording music videos with his friends. he had this undeniable charisma and exuded the kind of raw joyful energy that comes from making music with your friends. his eight-year journey as an artist feels like multiple careers' worth of progressions - some of his projects sound like they were made by completely different people, and swimming felt like this incredible artistic reinvention. and then circles served as this kind of perfect companion, filling in with more optimism: even in struggling, he's still an idealist.

I hadn't realized it before embarking on this project, but taylor swift and mac miller share more in common than I'd realized. born about two years apart on either side of pennsylvania, each achieved initial fame as late teenagers, dabbled across genres, and amassed rabid fanbases on meteoric rises to fame. but the string that tied them together for me wasn't biographical, rather, each record felt like they were worldbuilding. they both bring you into a constructed world, narrating the tensions, the unmet ideals, the occasional bad behavior by ostensibly good people. the feeling I got from each of these records was what tied them together initially, and then spent a lot of time exploring that throughout the course of the album.
I had a lot of fun finding the overlaps in emotions and sentiments, melodies and cadences between these tracks, and I hope you enjoy this record as much as I enjoyed making it. stay safe out there and wear your mask.

credits

released January 29, 2021

thanks to my friends who listened to tracks, been wonderful people, and helped keep me sane throughout the last year (and many long before that): Mom, Dad, Ramsay, Alex, Josh, Chels, Brandon, Parker, Cal, Marie, Ramon, Nate C, Dylan, Kate, David, Shawna, Lexie, Andrew, Ami, Mux, Meg, Viktor, Shae, Alex, Will, Emmie, Rosen, Constance, David, Adi, Zack, Kate, Nate, ST, Jenelle, Roger, Steph, Harry, Kalina, Michele, Steven, Gina, Nik, Wadams, Carly, Mark, Ed, Emily, Jesse, Nihar, Viv, Sunita, Shane, Nic, Matt, pod club, sports + stuff.

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Debut album the notorious xx garnered 1M+ plays in 10 days and critical acclaim from New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and The Guardian UK, who dubbed it “the best mashup album of the year.”

10s of millions of plays since, topped Hype Machine several times, & shared stages with Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Capital Cities. Played stadiums & clubs in NYC, Vegas, Toronto, and Bangkok. ... more

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