Yesterday, Justin Vernon went to Instagram Live to preview new music for fans. During the listening session, he shared a brief excerpt from an upcoming collaboration with Taylor Swift, as Stereogum points out. Listen to this below.
As reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Vernon also played unreleased music featuring the voices of Robin Pecknold and Anais Mitchell of Fleet Foxes. It’s unclear if the song with Swift is for Bon Iver or Big Red Machine, Vernon’s project with Aaron Dessner’s national, which produced Swift folklore i forever albums.
In an interview with Billboard starting in September, Dessner was asked about the possibility of the pop singer getting started on a future Big Red Machine project, to which he replied, “I can’t really say, so I guess I won’t even say yes. nor no “.
Swift was a guest Colbert last night to promote the release of their new version of Without fear. Vernon collaborated with her on two songs released last year, “Exile” and “Evermore.”
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