"My Tears Ricochet" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020). She produced the song with Jack Antonoff and Joe Alwyn. "My Tears Ricochet" infuses arena and gothic styles of rock music and gospel. The production incorporates choir-inflected layered vocals, mellow synths, and shuddering drums, bringing forth a soundscape that critics described as haunting and sorrowful. Its lyrics are a narration by the ghost of a dead woman, which finds its murderer, who she once loved dearly, at its own funeral.
Swift performing "My Tears Ricochet" on the Eras Tour (2023)
Folklore (Taylor Swift album)
Folklore is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was a surprise album, released on July 24, 2020, via Republic Records. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Swift canceled the concert tour for her seventh studio album Lover (2019). She conceived Folklore during quarantine as "a collection of songs and stories that flowed like a stream of consciousness", working with producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff virtually; Dessner and Antonoff operated from recording studios in the Hudson Valley and New York City, respectively, while Swift recorded her vocals in a home studio at her Los Angeles residence.
Rebekah Harkness, the former owner of Swift's Rhode Island house, is the muse behind the third track "The Last Great American Dynasty".
In the seventeenth track "The Lakes", Swift sings about her vacation with her lover to Windermere, the largest lake in England.
American indie-folk band Bon Iver is featured on fourth track "Exile", which critics picked as an album highlight. It was one of the best-charting songs of Folklore.
Swift performing the Folklore act of her Eras Tour (2023)