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Who Is Aaron Dessner? Meet Taylor Swift’s Collaborator and The National Founding Member

Taylor Swift has collaborated with The National's Aaron Dessner for two albums, and fans can expect his work in The Tortured Poets Department. Meet him.

Get back to the When Taylor Swift dropped Folklore amid the COVID-19 pandemic, serving fans with an entirely new folky-alternative sound, listeners were quick to zone in on album collaborator Aaron Dessner. With so much alternative and folly experience under his belt, it’s no wonder that Taylor wanted to collaborate with Aaron for two of her studio albums (and three, once The Tortured Poets Department is released in April 2024). Aaron’s The National, as well as Bon Iver and Haim, all contributed to the album and offered listeners an additional foray into the cottagecore-rooted world Taylor created.

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