LISTEN: ‘The Archer’ just released by Taylor Swift

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After a series of teasers and a hint in her previous music video, Taylor Swift released a new song titled “The Archer” from her upcoming album Lover to be released in August 23. Following “ME!” and “You Need to Calm Down,” “The Archer” marks the third song from the album though Swift clarified on Instagram Live that the song is “not a single.”

The new song is a somber, synth-heavy ballad produced by Jack Antonoff which is centered around the metaphor of the archer, which is the birth sign of Taylor Swift. The song follows Swift’s informal tradition to make the fifth track on her record the emotional and personal centerpiece like “White Horse,” “All Too Well” and “Delicate”.

According to Rolling Stone, Swift also announced that the deluxe editions of Lover would include a total of 120 pages from her old diaries, which she kept since she was 13. Pages will include “pictures drawn, photos of that time in my life,” along with original lyrics to songs like “All Too Well.”