Taylor Swift Brings Ren Faire Energy to Grammys with folklore Medley

Taylor Swift, in her year-long quest to inspire all of us to channel our inner woodland nymphs, performed a medley of songs off of her eighth and ninth studio albums, folklore and evermore, at this year’s Grammys, on a very elaborate magical forest set (think the Shire by way of Los Angeles soundstage). Starting the performance laying on a bed of fake moss and staring directly into camera (evoking her latest music videos), Swift kicked off the medley with “Cardigan,� before joining her producers and collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner in their open concept log cabin for “August.� The three then emerged to the front of the stage (forest clearing?) to finish things off with “Willow.� Swift was in the running for six Grammys on Sunday night, including album of the year for folklore and song of the year for “Cardigan.�