{"id":2770,"date":"2020-08-29T19:57:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T19:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=2770"},"modified":"2025-09-16T20:29:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:29:55","slug":"seven","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/","title":{"rendered":"seven"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2770\" class=\"elementor elementor-2770\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"5131a13e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1053ca7a\" data-id=\"1053ca7a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8f4fc8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"a8f4fc8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0961939\" data-id=\"0961939\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d57926e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d57926e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40e111b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"40e111b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-790c56d\" data-id=\"790c56d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68afc23b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68afc23b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">seven<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30bdd63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30bdd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">folklore (2020)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9740215 elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"9740215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-646e55d elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-sidebar\" data-id=\"646e55d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sidebar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<aside id=\"search-5\" class=\"widget widget_search\"><form role=\"search\" method=\"get\" class=\"search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/\">\n\t<label for=\"search-field\">\n\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Search for:<\/span>\n\t\t<input\n\t\t\ttype=\"search\"\n\t\t\tid=\"search-field\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"search-field\"\n\t\t\tautocomplete=\"off\"\t\t\t\t\t\tplaceholder=\"Search...\"\n\t\t\tvalue=\"\"\n\t\t\tname=\"s\" data-swplive=\"true\" data-swpengine=\"default\" data-swpconfig=\"default\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" class=\"search-submit\" value=\"Search\">\n\t<\/form>\n<\/aside>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd043b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"bd043b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f738e74\" data-id=\"f738e74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15464fa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"15464fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63f85dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"63f85dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b16286\" data-id=\"6b16286\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ce5982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ce5982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;seven&#8221; is fittingly track seven on Taylor&#8217;s eighth studio album, <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/\"><em>folklore<\/em><\/a> (2020). It is a story about a childhood friend who seemed to have an unhappy life at home. Taylor reflects back on her innocence when she was seven years old, and how she thought that all problems could be easily solved.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-826d1f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"826d1f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__826d1f3\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b10d779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b10d779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background and Lyrical Theme<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e56ab06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e56ab06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAll tracks of <em>folklore<\/em> were conceived by Taylor as imageries and visuals from her deep subconscious, a result of her imagination &#8220;running wild&#8221; while isolating herself during the Covid-19 pandemic. &#8220;seven&#8221; was the second song that Taylor and her co-writer and producer, Aaron Dessner, wrote for the album, following &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/cardigan\/\">cardigan<\/a>&#8220;. Dessner recalled that &#8220;cardigan&#8221; and &#8220;seven&#8221; laid out the roadmap for writing the rest of the album. He classified the song as &#8220;wistful and nostalgic&#8221;, a contrast to its &#8220;hazy&#8221; predecessor &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/mirrorball\/\">mirrorball<\/a>&#8221; and the following track &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/august\/\">august<\/a>&#8220;, which he viewed as the most pop song on the record. He feels that &#8220;seven&#8221; is as a defining moment of <em>folklore<\/em>, commemorating friendship and nostalgia. Taylor herself said the following in the 2020 documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/videography\/concert-movies\/folklore-long-pond-studio-sessions\/\"><em>folklore: the long pond studio sessions<\/em><\/a>:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80a3e5 elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"e80a3e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abWith \u2018seven\u2019 I was looking back. When I see a kid throwing a massive tantrum in a grocery store, part of me is like, \u2018Man, I feel you. When did I stop doing that when I was upset? When did I stop being so outraged that I would throw myself on the floor and throw the cereal at my mom?' So the idea is, \u2018Please, picture me in the trees before I learned civility. I used to scream anytime I wanted.\u2019 Obviously, we can\u2019t be throwing tantrums all the time and we learn that that\u2019s not the right thing to do. But there\u2019s something lost there, too.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ac303d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ac303d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;seven&#8221; is a nostalgic and &#8220;wistful&#8221; folk song innocently presenting the pureness of childhood friendship being dragged out of a seven-year-old Taylor by her inability to comprehend the emotional and physical abuse of her friend from their parents. Two little girls in the Pennsylvania woods, trying and failing to understand each other. It\u2019s a lost childhood bond, from the perspective of a kid too young to recognize that her friend\u2019s angry dad is the ghost in their family\u2019s haunted house. (The traumatizing fathers on <em>folklore<\/em> are a plotline in themselves.) The little girls dream of escaping, running away to be pirate twins, but there\u2019s no resolution \u2014 just a mystery that gets more confusing as she tries to live with it. Aaron Dessner told <em>Vulture<\/em> in 2020:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b3262a elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"3b3262a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abIt\u2019s kind of looking back at childhood and those childhood feelings, recounting memories and memorializing them. It\u2019s this beautiful folk song. It has one of the most important lines on the record: 'And just like a folk song, our love will be passed on.' That\u2019s what this album is doing. It\u2019s passing down. It\u2019s memorializing love, childhood, and memories. It\u2019s a folkloric way of processing.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Aaron Dessner<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdffcc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdffcc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Live Performances<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ab57a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3ab57a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor first performed \u201cseven\u201d as part of the concert film and documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/videography\/concert-movies\/folklore-long-pond-studio-sessions\/\"><em>folklore: the long pond studio sessions<\/em> <\/a>(2020), together with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. On &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>&#8221; (2023), &#8220;seven&#8221; serves as a spoken interlude, introducing the &#8220;<em>folklore<\/em> act&#8221; of the show. On June 17, 2023, Taylor chose it as the first surprise song for her &#8220;The Eras Tour&#8221; show in Pittsburgh. Aaron Dessner was the surprise guest and accompanied her on piano. Taylor introduced Aaron and the song by saying:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9fb1aa elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"f9fb1aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abOh look, Aaron Dessner is here! [...] This is what I would categorize as a 'soulmate collaborator'. He is the most incredible musician, instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and without him <i>folklore<\/i> wouldn't have happened. [...] And I wanna say something really quick: All night, I'm looking out into this crowd and there are so many amazing dads here, who brought their kids (or they have kids but they didn't bring them). Anyway, there's a lot of people who are either fathers or father figures. To me, it counts exactly the same. So, tomorrow is Father's Day, and you [Aaron] are a really good one. And I was thinking about the song we're gonna play. I'm not trying to brag, but I actually have a really, really incredible dad! He's just the best and I love him so much. And the song we're about to play has to do with really fond memories of childhood and growing up in Pennsylvania. It also mentions a friend's father and how, you know, when somebody doesn't have a good dad and how hard that can be for them. So, if anyone here has a complicated relationship with their dad...or if you wanna think of the people who have played a father figure role in your life tomorrow and tonight. I'm just really grateful for my dad, for you [Aaron], and for anyone out there who has spent hours and hours to be at this show with their kid. Thank you for that.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d31c1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d31c1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Reception<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-037a069 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"037a069\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeveral critics pointed to the song as highlight on <em>folklore<\/em>. Rebecca Karpen of <em>PopMatters<\/em> described the song as &#8220;heartbreaking&#8221; and found its narrative &#8220;horrifying&#8221;, with a young Taylor failing to understand her friend&#8217;s abuse, stating that it made her &#8220;cry in the middle of 4th Avenue in broad daylight.&#8221; Rob Sheffield of <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> ranked it as the 19th best song in Taylor&#8217;s catalogue at the time, praising the &#8220;mystery that gets more confusing she (sic) tries to live with it.&#8221; In a review published in <em>The Guardian<\/em>, Laura Snapes described the loss of innocence depicted in &#8220;seven&#8221; and the self-interrogation it reflects as &#8220;devastating.&#8221; <em>Slate<\/em>&#8216;s Carl Wilson opined that &#8220;writing of child abuse with this lightness of touch is a feat&#8221;. In an <em>NPR<\/em> critics roundtable, Ann Powers chose &#8220;seven&#8221; as a standout on <em>folklore<\/em>, arguing it defined <em>folklore<\/em>&#8216;s underlying web of memory. Ryan Leas of <em>Stereogum<\/em> wrote that it &#8220;leveled [him] each listen&#8221; and ranked it as his 4th favorite song of 2020.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65da3d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65da3d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commercial Performance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26475f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26475f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFollowing the release of <em>folklore<\/em>, &#8220;seven&#8221; debuted at No. 35 on the <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em> chart alongside the album&#8217;s 15 other songs and at No. 11 on the <em>Rolling Stone Top 100<\/em>. Additionally, the song debuted at No. 7 on the <em>Billboard Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs<\/em> chart. The song reached the top 20 in Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244eb13 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"244eb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-725f79f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"725f79f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrics<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6e7c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6e7c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>[Verse 1]<br \/><\/b>Please picture me<br \/>In the trees<br \/>I hit my peak at seven<br \/>Feet<br \/>In the swing<br \/>Over the creek<br \/>I was too scared to jump in but I, I was high<br \/>In the sky<br \/>With Pennsylvania under me<br \/>Are there still beautiful things?<\/p><p><b>[Chorus 1]<br \/><\/b>Sweet tea in the summer<br \/>Cross your heart, won&#8217;t tell no other<br \/>And though I can&#8217;t recall your face<br \/>I still got love for you<br \/>Your braids like a pattern<br \/>Love you to the moon and to Saturn<br \/>Passed down like folk songs<br \/>The love lasts so long<\/p><p><b>[Bridge]<br \/><\/b>And I&#8217;ve been meaning to tell you<br \/>I think your house is haunted<br \/>Your dad is always mad and that must be why<br \/>And I think you should come live with me and we can be pirates<br \/>Then you won&#8217;t have to cry<br \/>Or hide in the closet<br \/>And just like a folk song<br \/>Our love will be passed on<\/p><p><b>[Verse 2]<br \/><\/b>Please picture me<br \/>In the weeds<br \/>Before I learned civility<br \/>I used to scream<br \/>Ferociously<br \/>Any time I wanted, I, I<\/p><p><b>[Chorus 2]<br \/><\/b>Sweet tea in the summer<br \/>Cross my heart, won&#8217;t tell no other<br \/>And though I can&#8217;t recall your face<br \/>I still got love for you<br \/>Pack your dolls and a sweater<br \/>We&#8217;ll move to India forever<br \/>Passed down like folk songs<br \/>Our love lasts so long<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1382e3 elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--skin-framed elementor-share-buttons--color-custom elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"c1382e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_x-twitter\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on x-twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_tumblr\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on tumblr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-tumblr\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_reddit\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on reddit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_telegram\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on telegram\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-telegram\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48a9ee8\" data-id=\"48a9ee8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7ab6c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d7ab6c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"folklore by Taylor Swift (Republic Records, 2020)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC90YXlsb3Jzd2lmdHN3aXR6ZXJsYW5kLmNoXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvZmlsZXNfMjJhMzI3NmZlMi5qcGVnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19\" alt=\"folklore by Taylor Swift (Republic Records, 2020)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2-900x900.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a5535 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"40a5535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tGeneral Information\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fed76dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fed76dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><th>Artist<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/biography\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Album<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/\"><em>folklore<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Released<\/th><td>July 24, 2020<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Recorded<\/th><td>May\u2013July 2020<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Studios<\/th><td>Kitty Committee (Los Angeles)<br \/>Long Pond (Hudson Valley)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Genre<\/th><td>Folk<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Length<\/th><td>3:29<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Label<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/republic-records\/\">Republic Records<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Songwriters<\/th><td>Taylor Swift<br \/>Aaron Dessner<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Producer<\/th><td>Aaron Dessner<\/td><\/tr><tr><th class=\"infobox-header description\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><h6>FOLKLORE CHRONOLOGY<\/h6><\/th><\/tr><tr><td class=\"infobox-full-data\" colspan=\"2\"><table><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/mirrorball\/\">mirrorball<\/a><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><b>seven<\/b><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/august\/\">august<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a2e2ba elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5a2e2ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tSong Certification\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cd7426 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cd7426\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"RIAA 1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NjQ4OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RheWxvcnN3aWZ0c3dpdHplcmxhbmQuY2hcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjFcLzAyXC8xLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6489\" alt=\"&quot;Platinum&quot; certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. Signifying 1,000,000 units sold.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf629df elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cf629df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tSong Artwork\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-489feaf elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"489feaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 5\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"489feaf\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"folklore by Taylor Swift (Republic Records, 2020)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC90YXlsb3Jzd2lmdHN3aXR6ZXJsYW5kLmNoXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvZmlsZXNfMjJhMzI3NmZlMi5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNDg5ZmVhZiJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"folklore by Taylor Swift (Republic Records, 2020)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">folklore (2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 5\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"489feaf\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"folklore (deluxe edition) by Taylor Swift (Republic Records, 2020)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NzgwLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvdGF5bG9yc3dpZnRzd2l0emVybGFuZC5jaFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMFwvMDhcL1RheWxvcl9Td2lmdF9mb2xrb3JlX21lZXRfbWVfYmVoaW5kX3RoZV9tYWxsX2VkaXRpb24ucG5nIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNDg5ZmVhZiJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Taylor_Swift_folkore_meet_me_behind_the_mall_edition.png\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Taylor_Swift_folkore_meet_me_behind_the_mall_edition.png\" alt=\"folklore (deluxe edition) by Taylor Swift (Republic Records, 2020)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Deluxe Cover \/ \"meet me behind the mall\" Edition<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 5\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"489feaf\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"folklore: the long pond studio sessions: Digital Cover (Republic Records, 2020)\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDAwMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RheWxvcnN3aWZ0c3dpdHplcmxhbmQuY2hcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzExXC90YXlsb3Itc3dpZnQtZm9sa2xvcmUtZGlzbmV5LWFsYnVtLXRnai5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0ODlmZWFmIn0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/taylor-swift-folklore-disney-album-tgj.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/taylor-swift-folklore-disney-album-tgj-1024x1018.jpg\" alt=\"folklore: the long pond studio sessions: Digital Cover (Republic Records, 2020)\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">folklore: the long pond studio sessions: Digital Cover (Republic Records, 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 5\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"489feaf\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"folklore\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTIyMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RheWxvcnN3aWZ0c3dpdHplcmxhbmQuY2hcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzEyXC9nOXZyYWYtZm9sa2xvcmV0aC1wcmV2aWV3LW0zLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjQ4OWZlYWYifQ%3D%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/g9vraf-folkloreth-preview-m3.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/g9vraf-folkloreth-preview-m3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"folklore: the saltbox house chapter\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">folklore: the saltbox house chapter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 5\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"489feaf\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"folklore\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTIyMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RheWxvcnN3aWZ0c3dpdHplcmxhbmQuY2hcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzEyXC90dW1ibHJfZjA2MDNmNGI2M2M2OGU0ZDFhZDM5M2Y2NWNkZTUxMjVfNzA5ZTMwZWNfMTI4MC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0ODlmZWFmIn0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/tumblr_f0603f4b63c68e4d1ad393f65cde5125_709e30ec_1280.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/tumblr_f0603f4b63c68e4d1ad393f65cde5125_709e30ec_1280.jpg\" alt=\"folklore: the escapism chapter\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">folklore: the escapism chapter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a82248 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8a82248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tLive Performance\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be4be72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"be4be72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=YxUMKc-pqAI&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c80c4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"70c80c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tLyric Video\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7b8f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3f7b8f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=pEY-GPsru_E&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e21a623 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e21a623\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tOfficial Audio\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-568661f elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"568661f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=llshN1pcGoY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b50a61 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8b50a61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tOfficial Live Audio\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ffcbb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0ffcbb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=qOO8tC3vkNo&amp;list=OLAK5uy_kBCcQO_p5kZzSJDsJ7wA5WSSQ_FUL4Xu0&amp;index=24&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-115bb83 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"115bb83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tSpoken Interlude (Poem)\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2525ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"b2525ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=WExgp4_p82U&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>seven folklore (2020) &#8220;seven&#8221; is fittingly track seven on Taylor&#8217;s eighth studio album, folklore (2020). It is a story about a childhood friend who seemed to have an unhappy life at home. Taylor reflects back on her innocence when she was seven years old, and how she thought that all problems could be easily solved. Table of Contents Background and Lyrical Theme All tracks of folklore were conceived by Taylor as imageries and visuals from her deep subconscious, a result of her imagination &#8220;running wild&#8221; while isolating herself during the Covid-19 pandemic. &#8220;seven&#8221; was the second song that Taylor and her co-writer and producer, Aaron Dessner, wrote for the album, following &#8220;cardigan&#8220;. Dessner recalled that &#8220;cardigan&#8221; and &#8220;seven&#8221; laid out the roadmap for writing the rest of the album. He classified the song as &#8220;wistful and nostalgic&#8221;, a contrast to its &#8220;hazy&#8221; predecessor &#8220;mirrorball&#8221; and the following track &#8220;august&#8220;, which he viewed as the most pop song on the record. He feels that &#8220;seven&#8221; is as a defining moment of folklore, commemorating friendship and nostalgia. Taylor herself said the following in the 2020 documentary folklore: the long pond studio sessions: \u00abWith \u2018seven\u2019 I was looking back. When I see a kid throwing a massive tantrum in a grocery store, part of me is like, \u2018Man, I feel you. When did I stop doing that when I was upset? When did I stop being so outraged that I would throw myself on the floor and throw the cereal at my mom?&#8217; So the idea is, \u2018Please, picture me in the trees before I learned civility. I used to scream anytime I wanted.\u2019 Obviously, we can\u2019t be throwing tantrums all the time and we learn that that\u2019s not the right thing to do. But there\u2019s something lost there, too.\u00bb Taylor Swift &#8220;seven&#8221; is a nostalgic and &#8220;wistful&#8221; folk song innocently presenting the pureness of childhood friendship being dragged out of a seven-year-old Taylor by her inability to comprehend the emotional and physical abuse of her friend from their parents. Two little girls in the Pennsylvania woods, trying and failing to understand each other. It\u2019s a lost childhood bond, from the perspective of a kid too young to recognize that her friend\u2019s angry dad is the ghost in their family\u2019s haunted house. (The traumatizing fathers on folklore are a plotline in themselves.) The little girls dream of escaping, running away to be pirate twins, but there\u2019s no resolution \u2014 just a mystery that gets more confusing as she tries to live with it. Aaron Dessner told Vulture in 2020: \u00abIt\u2019s kind of looking back at childhood and those childhood feelings, recounting memories and memorializing them. It\u2019s this beautiful folk song. It has one of the most important lines on the record: &#8216;And just like a folk song, our love will be passed on.&#8217; That\u2019s what this album is doing. It\u2019s passing down. It\u2019s memorializing love, childhood, and memories. It\u2019s a folkloric way of processing.\u00bb Aaron Dessner Live Performances Taylor first performed \u201cseven\u201d as part of the concert film and documentary folklore: the long pond studio sessions (2020), together with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. On &#8220;The Eras Tour&#8221; (2023), &#8220;seven&#8221; serves as a spoken interlude, introducing the &#8220;folklore act&#8221; of the show. On June 17, 2023, Taylor chose it as the first surprise song for her &#8220;The Eras Tour&#8221; show in Pittsburgh. Aaron Dessner was the surprise guest and accompanied her on piano. Taylor introduced Aaron and the song by saying: \u00abOh look, Aaron Dessner is here! [&#8230;] This is what I would categorize as a &#8216;soulmate collaborator&#8217;. He is the most incredible musician, instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and without him folklore wouldn&#8217;t have happened. [&#8230;] And I wanna say something really quick: All night, I&#8217;m looking out into this crowd and there are so many amazing dads here, who brought their kids (or they have kids but they didn&#8217;t bring them). Anyway, there&#8217;s a lot of people who are either fathers or father figures. To me, it counts exactly the same. So, tomorrow is Father&#8217;s Day, and you [Aaron] are a really good one. And I was thinking about the song we&#8217;re gonna play. I&#8217;m not trying to brag, but I actually have a really, really incredible dad! He&#8217;s just the best and I love him so much. And the song we&#8217;re about to play has to do with really fond memories of childhood and growing up in Pennsylvania. It also mentions a friend&#8217;s father and how, you know, when somebody doesn&#8217;t have a good dad and how hard that can be for them. So, if anyone here has a complicated relationship with their dad&#8230;or if you wanna think of the people who have played a father figure role in your life tomorrow and tonight. I&#8217;m just really grateful for my dad, for you [Aaron], and for anyone out there who has spent hours and hours to be at this show with their kid. Thank you for that.\u00bb Taylor Swift Critical Reception Several critics pointed to the song as highlight on folklore. Rebecca Karpen of PopMatters described the song as &#8220;heartbreaking&#8221; and found its narrative &#8220;horrifying&#8221;, with a young Taylor failing to understand her friend&#8217;s abuse, stating that it made her &#8220;cry in the middle of 4th Avenue in broad daylight.&#8221; Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone ranked it as the 19th best song in Taylor&#8217;s catalogue at the time, praising the &#8220;mystery that gets more confusing she (sic) tries to live with it.&#8221; In a review published in The Guardian, Laura Snapes described the loss of innocence depicted in &#8220;seven&#8221; and the self-interrogation it reflects as &#8220;devastating.&#8221; Slate&#8216;s Carl Wilson opined that &#8220;writing of child abuse with this lightness of touch is a feat&#8221;. In an NPR critics roundtable, Ann Powers chose &#8220;seven&#8221; as a standout on folklore, arguing it defined folklore&#8216;s underlying web of memory. Ryan Leas of Stereogum wrote that it &#8220;leveled [him] each listen&#8221; and ranked it as his 4th favorite song of 2020. Commercial Performance Following the release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19,"parent":4106,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2770","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>seven | Taylor Swift Switzerland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cseven\u201d is a song on Taylor Swift&#039;s eighth album, folklore (2020). It tells the story of a childhood friend who had an unhappy life at home.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"seven | Taylor Swift Switzerland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cseven\u201d is a song on Taylor Swift&#039;s eighth album, folklore (2020). It tells the story of a childhood friend who had an unhappy life at home.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Taylor Swift Switzerland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-16T19:29:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura H\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c5b36d61c1b813e10f12fbf17a1ee34c\"},\"headline\":\"seven\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-29T19:57:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-16T19:29:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1444,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/\",\"name\":\"seven | Taylor Swift Switzerland\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-29T19:57:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-16T19:29:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"\u201cseven\u201d is a song on Taylor Swift's eighth album, folklore (2020). It tells the story of a childhood friend who had an unhappy life at home.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"folklore (2020)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/seven\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Albums\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"folklore\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Songs on folklore\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/albums\\\/folklore-album\\\/folklore-songs\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"seven\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/\",\"name\":\"Taylor Swift Switzerland\",\"description\":\"The most reliable source for all things Taylor Swift in Switzerland.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Taylor Swift Switzerland\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/logo-2020.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/logo-2020.png\",\"width\":1176,\"height\":399,\"caption\":\"Taylor Swift Switzerland\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c5b36d61c1b813e10f12fbf17a1ee34c\",\"name\":\"Laura H\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/898f916710e50dc65e38963bfb96d052e6abc6f66dfd2452bbe5c6b93a175a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/898f916710e50dc65e38963bfb96d052e6abc6f66dfd2452bbe5c6b93a175a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/898f916710e50dc65e38963bfb96d052e6abc6f66dfd2452bbe5c6b93a175a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laura H\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/taytay1989\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"seven | Taylor Swift Switzerland","description":"\u201cseven\u201d is a song on Taylor Swift's eighth album, folklore (2020). It tells the story of a childhood friend who had an unhappy life at home.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"seven | Taylor Swift Switzerland","og_description":"\u201cseven\u201d is a song on Taylor Swift's eighth album, folklore (2020). It tells the story of a childhood friend who had an unhappy life at home.","og_url":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/","og_site_name":"Taylor Swift Switzerland","article_modified_time":"2025-09-16T19:29:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura H","@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/c5b36d61c1b813e10f12fbf17a1ee34c"},"headline":"seven","datePublished":"2020-08-29T19:57:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-16T19:29:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/"},"wordCount":1444,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg","inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/","url":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/","name":"seven | Taylor Swift Switzerland","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg","datePublished":"2020-08-29T19:57:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-16T19:29:55+00:00","description":"\u201cseven\u201d is a song on Taylor Swift's eighth album, folklore (2020). It tells the story of a childhood friend who had an unhappy life at home.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/files_22a3276fe2.jpeg","width":1200,"height":1200,"caption":"folklore (2020)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/seven\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Albums","item":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"folklore","item":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Songs on folklore","item":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/folklore-album\/folklore-songs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"seven"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/#website","url":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/","name":"Taylor Swift Switzerland","description":"The most reliable source for all things Taylor Swift in Switzerland.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/#organization","name":"Taylor Swift Switzerland","url":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo-2020.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo-2020.png","width":1176,"height":399,"caption":"Taylor Swift Switzerland"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/c5b36d61c1b813e10f12fbf17a1ee34c","name":"Laura H","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/898f916710e50dc65e38963bfb96d052e6abc6f66dfd2452bbe5c6b93a175a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/898f916710e50dc65e38963bfb96d052e6abc6f66dfd2452bbe5c6b93a175a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/898f916710e50dc65e38963bfb96d052e6abc6f66dfd2452bbe5c6b93a175a81?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Laura H"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch"],"url":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/author\/taytay1989\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2770\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}