{"id":843,"date":"2020-08-23T12:27:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T12:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=843"},"modified":"2026-10-18T18:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T17:41:33","slug":"cornelia-street","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/lover-album\/lover-songs\/cornelia-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornelia Street"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cCornelia Street\u201d is track nine on Taylor\u2019s seventh studio album, Lover<\/a><\/em> (2019). Released on August 23, 2019, \u201cCornelia Street\u201d was written solely by Taylor and explores how places can become deeply intertwined with the memories and emotions associated with a relationship.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe song reflects on the significance Cornelia Street held in Taylor\u2019s memories of her early relationship with her partner at the time, Joe Alwyn<\/a>. She rented an apartment on the Greenwich Village street in 2016 and 2017 while her Tribeca apartment was being renovated. She has described \u201cCornelia Street\u201d as one of her favorite songs on Lover<\/em>.\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
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor began working on Lover<\/em> during a week in New York in July 2018 while still on the “reputation Stadium Tour<\/a>,” before the album\u2019s main recording sessions began after the tour concluded that November. She approached its creation from a markedly different creative place than its predecessor, reputation <\/a><\/em>(2017). In an interview with Vogue <\/em>in 2019, she described Lover<\/em> as a \u201cnew beginning\u201d and a \u201clove letter to love, in all of its maddening, passionate, exciting, enchanting, horrific, tragic, wonderful glory,\u201d while recalling that she wrote from an \u201copen, free, romantic, whimsical place.\u201d\n

\nTaylor wrote \u201cCornelia Street\u201d alone in a bathtub. She revealed the unusual writing setting at her City of Lover<\/a><\/em> concert in Paris in September 2019, where she also described the song as one of the most personal tracks on the album and \u201cnearest to her heart:”\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\u00abI wrote this song, actually, when I was in the bathtub. A lot of the time I'll write songs about nostalgia and memories. I use songs almost like photographs so I can go back and remember exactly what it was like to experience it.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe song was one of only three tracks on Lover<\/em> written entirely by Taylor, alongside the title track<\/a> and \u201cDaylight<\/a>.\u201d All three were produced by Taylor and Jack Antonoff, with \u201cCornelia Street\u201d recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York. Lover<\/em> was released on August 23, 2019, with \u201cCornelia Street\u201d appearing as its ninth track.\n

\nThe real-life house referenced in the song has since become a Swiftie landmark in its own right. Taylor\u2019s former rental at 23 Cornelia Street became a pilgrimage site for fans, particularly after news of her reported 2023 breakup with Joe Alwyn<\/a>, when fans gathered outside the house, left flowers and sang lyrics from the song. The fa\u00e7ade has since been repainted, helping to make the property less immediately recognizable as the house associated with Taylor and, in turn, discourage the steady stream of fan tourism.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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