Taylor Swift has just released a new song titled The Archer. Available for download and streaming, the new song arrived in the middle of Swift’s Instagram live session today, in which she said that it’s the fifth track on Lover. She also explained her tradition of putting the most “honest, emotional, vulnerable, and personal” songs in that slot because her fans started to notice a pattern within her earlier albums.
“It’s not the next single, it’s just a song I love on the album,” she said in an Instagram Live video chat. “I know that can be confusing with the songs that come out. I haven’t made a video for it or anything. It’s just a glimpse into another side of the album I wanted to show you” — the turning “Red” side.
There’s a lot that’s covered, emotionally,” she said about the coming release. “And I really wanted to give you track 5 before album came out. Track 5 is kind of a tradition that really started with you guys, because I didn’t realize I was doing this, because as I was making albums, I don’t know why, but instinctively, I was putting a very emotional, honest track as track 5,” she said, pointing to a succession of songs that includes “White Horse,” “Dear John,” “All Too Well,” “All You Had to Do Was Stay” and, from her last album, “Delicate.” At some point it became deliberate, Swift said. “Because you noticed this, I kind of started to put the songs that were really honest, vulnerable and personal as track 5. That has definitely happened in the case of track 5 on ‘Lover.’”
Listen and download Archer by Taylor Swift below.
