Taylor Swift directed Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions.
The 2020 documentary concert film shows Swift performing all 17 songs from Folklore at Long Pond Studio while discussing the album’s writing and production with collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. It marked Swift’s directing and producing role in a film centered on her own album-making process.
Long Pond Studio is located in the Hudson Valley of New York. The secluded setting became closely associated with Folklore because Swift and Dessner worked there during the album’s remote, pandemic-era creation.
The film is also important to “august” listeners because it presents a live studio performance of the song. That version is not the same thing as the original album recording, and the documentary’s release helped introduce the track’s creative background to viewers beyond ordinary audio streaming.