Taylor Swift is giving fans a deeper look into her family history. The “cardigan” singer dropped her ninth album, evermore, at midnight on Friday, Dec. 11 and fans have been decoding and digging into all of the hidden gems from the surprise project.
While some Easter eggs were a bit more difficult to catch on to, the Grammy winner made the introduction of her late grandmother a simple one. The 30-year-old wrote a touching tribute to her late grandmother Marjorie Finlay—her mom Andrea Swift’s mom and opera singer—on track 13 aptly titled “marjorie.” “I should’ve asked you questions, I should’ve asked you how to be/Asked you to write it down…
Taylor idolized Marjorie in her youth and even decided she wanted to become a singer because of her. When Marjorie tragically passed in mid-2003 when Taylor was just 13 years old (yes, Taylor was actually 13 when Marjorie passed), the soon-to-be pop star decided to follow her dreams and moved to Nashville with her family.
The rest, as they say, is history. And now, Marjorie’s memory is immortalized in a song Taylor wrote for her second quarantine album “evermore,” simply titled “marjorie.” It details the lessons her grandmother taught her and the memories she has of the esteemed television personality.
