:Coney Island (Taylor Swift song)

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, Taylor Swift wrote and produced her eighth studio album, Folklore, with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff.{{cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=November 24, 2020|title=Taylor Swift to Release New Folklore Film, The Long Pond Studio Sessions|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-folklore-movie-long-pond-studio-sessions-1094615/|access-date=December 21, 2024|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124135743/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-folklore-movie-long-pond-studio-sessions-1094615/|url-status=live}} Surprise-released on July 24, 2020, it was met with critical acclaim and commercial success.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-the-lakes-original-version-folklore-one-year-anniversary-9605979/|title=Taylor Swift Releases 'The Lakes (Original Version)' on Folklore One-Year Anniversary: Listen Now|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|date=July 24, 2021|access-date=December 21, 2024|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=July 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706043752/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-the-lakes-original-version-folklore-one-year-anniversary-9605979/|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |date=December 5, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's Cowriter Aaron Dessner Recalls Her 'Cooking Everyone Breakfast and Dinner' at Her Home (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/aaron-dessner-recalls-taylor-swift-cooking-everyone-breakfast-and-dinner-exclusive-8410981 |access-date=December 21, 2024 |magazine=People |archive-date=December 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219141428/https://people.com/aaron-dessner-recalls-taylor-swift-cooking-everyone-breakfast-and-dinner-exclusive-8410981 |url-status=live }} The album incorporated new styles for Swift and departed from the maximalist pop sound of her previous works.{{Sfn|McGrath|2023|p=79}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9429444/grammys-taylor-swift-folklore-pop-or-alternative|title=Will the Grammys Classify Taylor Swift's Folklore as Pop or Alternative?|first=Paul|last=Grein|date=August 4, 2020|access-date=December 21, 2024|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125051611/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9429444/grammys-taylor-swift-folklore-pop-or-alternative/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5915313/best-albums-2020/|title=The 10 Best Albums of 2020|url-access=limited|last1=Bruner|first1=Raisa|first2=Andrew R.|last2=Chow|magazine=Time|date=November 27, 2020|access-date=December 21, 2024|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128223940/https://time.com/5915313/best-albums-2020/|url-status=live}} In September{{nbsp}}2020, Swift, Antonoff, and Dessner assembled at Long Pond Studio in the Hudson Valley to film Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, a documentary that features Swift performing all of the seventeen tracks of Folklore and discussing the creative process and inspirations behind the album.{{Cite web |last=Winn |first=Layne |last2=Larramendia |first2=Eliana |date=November 24, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Announces Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions Intimate Concert Film for Disney+ |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/taylor-swift-announces-folklore-long-pond-studio-sessions/story?id=74371758 |access-date=December 21, 2024 |publisher=ABC News |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124100153/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/taylor-swift-announces-folklore-long-pond-studio-sessions/story?id=74371758 |url-status=live }} After filming, the three celebrated Folklore{{'s}} success and unexpectedly continued writing songs while staying at Long Pond.{{Cite magazine |last=Havens |first=Lyndsey |date=December 18, 2020 |title=Aaron Dessner on the 'Weird Avalanche' That Resulted in Taylor Swift's Evermore |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9502756/aaron-dessner-taylor-swift-evermore-interview |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222181838/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9502756/aaron-dessner-taylor-swift-evermore-interview |archive-date=December 22, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2021}} The result was Swift's ninth studio album, Evermore, which she described as a "sister record" to Folklore.{{Cite magazine |last=Shaffer |first=Claire |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Deepens Her Goth-Folk Vision on the Excellent Evermore |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-evermore-folklore-1101778/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134023/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-evermore-folklore-1101778/ |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |access-date=June 14, 2021 |url-access=limited}} It was surprise-released on December 11, 2020, with "Coney Island" appearing as its ninth track.{{Cite web |last=Rosa |first=Christopher |date=December 10, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Is Releasing Her 9th Album, Evermore, Just Five Months After Folklore |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/taylor-swift-is-releasing-her-9th-album-evermore-just-five-months-after-folklore |access-date=March 31, 2024 |website=Glamour |archive-date=March 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331125611/https://www.glamour.com/story/taylor-swift-is-releasing-her-9th-album-evermore-just-five-months-after-folklore |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Isobel |last2=O'Connor |first2=Roisin |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Releases New Album Evermore – Everything We Know So Far |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-evermore-new-album-folklore-stream-b1769308.html |access-date=January 4, 2024 |website=The Independent |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104034822/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-evermore-new-album-folklore-stream-b1769308.html |url-status=live }} Republic Records released the song to US adult album alternative radio on January 18, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/future-releases|title=Future Releases on Triple A (AAA) Radio Stations|publisher=All Access Music Group|access-date=January 10, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110230056/https://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/future-releases|archivedate=January 10, 2021|url-status=dead}}

Dessner and his twin brother, Bryce, sent Swift some of the instrumentals they made for their band, the National, including the instrumental of "Coney Island". Swift and William Bowery wrote its lyrics and recorded her vocals. After listening to the demo, the four collectively observed that the song was closely connected to the National, envisioning Matt Berninger (the band's lead vocalist) singing it and Bryan Devendorf (the drummer) playing its drums. Dessner informed Berninger, who was "excited" for the idea; the band assembled to work on the track.{{cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=December 18, 2020|title=Aaron Dessner on How His Collaborative Chemistry With Taylor Swift Led to Evermore|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aaron-dessner-interview-taylor-swift-evermore-1105853/|access-date=December 19, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222181909/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aaron-dessner-interview-taylor-swift-evermore-1105853/|url-status=live}}

Dessner recorded "Coney Island" at Long Pond with Jonathan Low, who recorded Swift's vocals with Robin Baynton and mixed the track. Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone mastered it at Sterling Sound Studios in Edgewater, New Jersey, and Sean O'Brien recorded Berninger's vocals at Knobworld Studios in Los Angeles. Dessner provided drum machine programming with Devendorf and played acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, high-string guitar, and synthesizer; his brother Bryce played piano and synthesizer and was the orchestrator for the cello (Clarice Jensen), drums (Devendorf and Jason Treuting), violin (Yuki Numata Resnick), and percussion (Treuting). Devendorf's brother, Scott, played bass guitar and pocket piano for the track.

File:Coney Island beach and amusement parks (June 2016).jpg, an entertainment area in New York City.|alt=Coney Island shore in New York City]]

At 4 minutes and 35 seconds long,{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/evermore-deluxe-version/1547315522|title=Evermore (Deluxe Edition)|last=Swift|first=Taylor|author-link=Taylor Swift|publisher=Apple Music (US)|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 2, 2025|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107054116/http://music.apple.com/us/album/evermore-deluxe-version/1547315522|url-status=live}} "Coney Island" is an alternative rock and indie folk song written in the waltz tempo.{{efn|Attributed to The A.V. Club{{'s}} Annie Zaleski,{{cite web|last=Annie|first=Zaleski|author-link=Annie Zaleski|date=December 14, 2020|title=Taylor Swift's Powerful Evermore Returns to Folklore{{'s}} Rich Universe|url=https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-s-deeply-affecting-evermore-continues-folk-1845875463|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214155657/https://music.avclub.com/taylor-swift-s-deeply-affecting-evermore-continues-folk-1845875463|archive-date=December 14, 2020|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=The A.V. Club}} The Guardian{{'s}} Alexis Petridis,{{cite web|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=December 11, 2020|title=Taylor Swift: Evermore – Rich Alt-Rock and Richer Character Studies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/11/taylor-swift-evermore-rich-alt-rock-and-richer-character-studies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211050548/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/11/taylor-swift-evermore-rich-alt-rock-and-richer-character-studies|archive-date=December 11, 2020|access-date=June 14, 2021|work=The Guardian}} and Spin{{'s}} Bobby Olivier.}} Swift sings with a breathy head voice and a mezzo-soprano singing voice, while Berninger sings with a baritone vocal range from the second verse through to the end of the song.{{efn|Attributed to Olivier, The Washington Post{{'s}} Sonia Rao, and Beats Per Minute{{'s}} Ray Finlayson.{{cite web |last=Finlayson |first=Ray |title=Taylor Swift — Evermore |url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-taylor-swift-evermore/ |website=Beats Per Minute |access-date=January 5, 2025 |date=December 15, 2020 |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205073538/https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-taylor-swift-evermore/ |url-status=live }}}} The narrative revolves around a story set in Coney Island, an entertainment area in New York City, where Swift and Berninger alternately express the viewpoints of two former lovers who contemplate their past relationship and blame each other.{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Wilson (writer) |date=2020-12-11 |title=Taylor Swift's Evermore: A Track-by-Track Review |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/culture/2020/12/taylor-swift-evermore-review-new-album-track-by-track.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505080320/https://slate.com/culture/2020/12/taylor-swift-evermore-review-new-album-track-by-track.html |url-status=live }} The lyrics convey the emotion of feeling lost in a failed romantic relationship ("Breaking my soul into two looking for you/ But you're right here/ If I can't relate to you anymore/ Then who am I related to?").{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/12/11/taylor-swift-evermore-the-national/|title=How Taylor Swift and Indie Rock Band the National Became Unlikely Collaborators|newspaper=The Washington Post|url-access=limited|date=December 11, 2020|first=Sonia|last=Rao|accessdate=January 18, 2021|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122090859/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/12/11/taylor-swift-evermore-the-national/|url-status=live}} Berninger sings in his verse about the feeling of self-absorption that resulted in losing the partner ("The question pounds my head/ 'What's a lifetime of achievement?'/ If I pushed you to the edge/ But you were too polite to leave me").{{Cite web |last=Donovan |first=Thom |date=March 2, 2024 |title=The Melancholy Meaning Behind 'Coney Island' by Taylor Swift and the National |url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-meaning-behind-coney-island-by-taylor-swift-and-the-national/ |access-date=January 5, 2025 |website=American Songwriter |archive-date=March 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305112015/https://americansongwriter.com/the-meaning-behind-coney-island-by-taylor-swift-and-the-national/ |url-status=live }} In the refrain, Swift sings, "I'm on a bench on Coney Island, wondering where did my baby go", before rhyming it with "the bright lights, the merry go", in a reference to merry-go-rounds.

Some music critics praised the vocal chemistry between Swift and Berninger and considered "Coney Island" a highlight from Evermore.{{efn|Attributed to Olivier, The Daily Telegraph{{'s}} Neil McCormick, Vulture{{'s}} Craig Jenkins,{{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|date=December 14, 2020|title=Taylor Swift Is Done Self-Mythologizing|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review.html|accessdate=January 18, 2021|work=Vulture|url-access=limited|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123021423/https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review.html|url-status=live}} Rolling Stone{{'s}} Rob Sheffield, and The Line of Best Fit{{'s}} Ross Horton.{{Cite web |last=Horton |first=Ross |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Returns for a 2020 Victory Lap on Evermore |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=The Line of Best Fit |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211090203/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review |url-status=live }}}} Spin{{'s}} Bobby Olivier described it as a "wonderfully dark duet" and lauded the fusion of Swift's and Berninger's vocals,{{cite web|last=Olivier|first=Bobby|date=December 11, 2020|title=Taylor Swift's Evermore Is an Undeniable Folk-Pop Masterpiece|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/12/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222181845/https://www.spin.com/2020/12/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review/|archive-date=December 22, 2020|access-date=January 28, 2020|website=Spin}} and Stereogum{{'s}} Tom Breihan similarly considered it the darkest track on the album, alike "The Last Time" in Swift's fourth studio album, Red (2012).{{cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=December 12, 2020|title=Premature Evaluation: Taylor Swift Evermore|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2110665/taylor-swift-evermore-review/reviews/premature-evaluation/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211215716/https://www.stereogum.com/2110665/taylor-swift-evermore-review/reviews/premature-evaluation/|archive-date=December 11, 2020|access-date=December 12, 2020|website=Stereogum|language=en}} The Daily Telegraph{{'s}} Neil McCormick deemed it one of Evermore{{'s}} "strangest songs" and believed that Berninger's performance elevated the song's quality; he added that Swift's "lucid and melodious" vocals counterpointed "the mumbled intensity" of his baritone.{{cite web|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|date=December 11, 2020|title=Taylor Swift, Evermore Review: A Dramatic Excursion down the Musical Roads|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-evermore-review-dramatic-excursion-musical-roads/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211051654/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-evermore-review-dramatic-excursion-musical-roads/|archive-date=December 11, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020|work=The Daily Telegraph}} Variety{{'s}} Chris Willman compared "Coney Island" to "Exile" (2020), another similar duet on Folklore, and found the lyric "We were like the mall before the internet/ It was the one place to be" a "rare laugh line".{{cite web|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=December 11, 2020|title=Taylor Swift Has Her Second Great Album of 2020 With Evermore: Album Review|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/reviews/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review-1234851525/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211071725/https://variety.com/2020/music/reviews/taylor-swift-evermore-album-review-1234851525/|archive-date=December 11, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020|website=Variety}}

Some critics commented on the songwriting and Berninger's vocal performance. The Guardian{{'s}} Alexis Petridis thought "Coney Island" had lackluster songwriting that lacks in depth and believed it would have been a forgettable track without Berninger's performance. On the contrary, Pitchfork{{'s}} Sam Sodomsky and Beats Per Minute{{'s}} Ray Finlayson opined that his vocals felt out of place on the song.{{cite web|last=Sodomsky|first=Sam|date=December 15, 2020|title=Taylor Swift — Evermore|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-evermore/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215214944/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-evermore/|archive-date=December 15, 2020|access-date=December 15, 2020|website=Pitchfork}} The latter felt "Coney Island" sounded like a conversation between a father and his daughter rather than two romantic partners due to the vocal differences between Swift and Berninger. The track appeared in rankings of Swift's discography by Rolling Stone{{'s}} Rob Sheffield (26 out of 274){{Cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|date=October 26, 2024|title=All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/|access-date=December 21, 2024|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215023910/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/|url-status=live}} and Vulture{{'s}} Nate Jones (181 out of 245).{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Nate |date=May 20, 2024 |title=All 245 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |access-date=December 21, 2024 |website=Vulture |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920043247/https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}

"Coney Island" debuted at number 45 on the Billboard Global 200 chart dated December 26, 2020. In the United States, it reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, number 18 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart, number 32 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 chart, and number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track peaked at number 31 in Canada, number 42 in Australia, and number 150 in Portugal. It reached number 8 on the Ultratip Bubbling Under 100 chart in Flanders and number 75 on the Audio Streaming chart in the United Kingdom. The track received gold certifications in Australia, Brazil, and New Zealand, and a silver certification in the United Kingdom.

Swift performed "Coney Island" on piano as a "surprise song" three times on the Eras Tour (2023–2024).{{cite web |last=Gomez |first=Dessi |date=December 8, 2024 |title=All the Surprise Songs Taylor Swift Played on Her Eras Tour |url=https://deadline.com/feature/taylor-swift-surprise-songs-eras-tour-1235928594/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=January 2, 2025 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920043301/https://deadline.com/feature/taylor-swift-surprise-songs-eras-tour-1235928594/ |url-status=live }} She played it for the first time at the first Atlanta show on April 28, 2023.{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=April 29, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Coney Island' Live for the First Time — Without the National |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-coney-island-without-the-national-atlanta-1235317781/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 5, 2025 |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512080127/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-coney-island-without-the-national-atlanta-1235317781/ |url-status=live }} She performed it with Sabrina Carpenter as part of a mashup with Swift's single "White Horse" (2008) at the first Sydney show of the tour on February 23, 2024; Billboard{{'s}} Hannah Dailey picked the performance as one of the best 25 moments from the tour.{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=February 23, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Announces 'The Albatross' Edition of Tortured Poets Duets with Sabrina Carpenter at Eras Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-the-albatross-edition-eras-tour-announcement-1235613344/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 5, 2025 |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822132546/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-the-albatross-edition-eras-tour-announcement-1235613344/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=December 13, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Remembered: 25 Best Moments from the Pop Star's Historic Trek |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swifts-eras-tour-best-moments/the-special-guests/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 6, 2025 }} Swift played the track in a mashup with her song "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" (2024) at the sixth show in London on August 17, 2024.{{Cite magazine |last1=Avila |first1=Daniela |last2=Watts |first2=Marina |date=August 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Sings Fan-Favorite Reputation Track for First Time During Eras Tour: 'You Deserve Something of This Caliber' |url=https://people.com/taylor-swift-sings-i-did-something-bad-as-surprise-song-london-eras-tour-show-8696903 |access-date=December 21, 2024 |magazine=People |archive-date=September 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921185229/https://people.com/taylor-swift-sings-i-did-something-bad-as-surprise-song-london-eras-tour-show-8696903 |url-status=live }}

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Evermore.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Evermore |year=2020 |type=CD deluxe edition liner notes |publisher=Republic Records |id=B003340502 |last=Swift |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Swift}}

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• Taylor Swift – lead vocals, songwriter
• The National – featured artist
• Aaron Dessner – songwriter, producer, recording engineer, drum machine programmer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, high-string guitar, synthesizer
• Bryce Dessner – songwriter, producer, orchestrator, piano, synthesizer
• Bryan Devendorf – drum machine programmer, drums
• Scott Devendorf – bass guitar, pocket piano
• Matt Berninger – vocals
• William Bowery – songwriter
• Jonathan Low – mixer, recording engineer, Swift's vocal recording engineer
• Robin Baynton – Swift's vocal recording engineer
• Sean O'Brien – Berninger's vocal recording engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
• Steve Fallone – mastering engineer
• Jason Treuting – drums, percussion
• Yuki Numata Resnick – violin
• Clarice Jensen – cello

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• {{Cite journal |last=McGrath |first=John |date=2023 |title=The Return to Craft: Taylor Swift, Nostalgia, and Covid-19 |journal=Popular Music and Society |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=70–84 |doi=10.1080/03007766.2022.2156761 |doi-access=free}}

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