Carolina

Inspired by and written for the 2022 movie "Where the Crawdads Sing", “Carolina” follows the life and adventures of a young girl named Kya as she grows up isolated in the marsh of North Carolina. Swift wrote the haunting song entirely by herself, with frequent collaborator Aaron Dessner on the production side.

Fans discovered that the official page for the movie on Instagram was hinting at the song to be released on June 24, 2022. A day before, Taylor’s team page on Twitter officially confirmed the release date.

Swift shared on Twitter:

"About a year & half ago I wrote a song about the story of a girl who always lived on the outside, looking in. Figuratively & literally. The juxtaposition of her loneliness & independence. Her curiosity & fear all tangled up. Her persisting gentleness & the world’s betrayal of it. I wrote this one alone in the middle of the night and then Aaron Dessner and I meticulously worked on a sound that we felt would be authentic to the moment when this story takes place. I made a wish that one day you would hear it. ‘Carolina’ is out now"

Producer Aaron Dessner shared on Instagram:

"As always, it was such a pleasure to produce a song with @taylorswift – and Carolina is one of my absolutely favorite songs she’s written. Can’t wait for everyone to hear it!"

When first announcing the song via her Instagram on March 22, 2022, Swift said:

""Where The Crawdads Sing" is a book I got absolutely lost in when I read it years ago. As soon as I heard there was a film in the works starring the incredible Daisy Edgar Jones and produced by the brilliant Reese Witherspoon, I knew I wanted to be a part of it from the musical side. I wrote the song “Carolina” alone and asked my friend Aaron Dessner to produce it. I wanted to create something haunting and ethereal to match this mesmerizing story."