On the four-year anniversary of Taylor Swift's "Folklore" album release, she explained to a sold-out Eras Tour crowd how she crafted and created her eighth era two days into the pandemic.

This is high art, folks! This is peak Storytelling ... I never expected her to produce a 16-track, no-skips album of cohesive, shimmering, emotional folk-pop. And yet, this feels like the Taylor ...

"I feel like consuming other people's art and storytelling sort of opened ... a part in Taylor Swift's creative process for her album folklore. The "Cardigan" singer, 30, appears on the cover ...