Taylor Swift on Tuesday shared a third song from her forthcoming Lover – not the next single, she said on Instagram Live, but “just a song I love on the album.”
Swift said she wanted to release “The Archer” to give fans “a glimpse into another side of the album.” It’s track 5 on the album, which is significant for Swifties. (The singer had teased “The Archer” on social media by sharing a GIF from her “You Need To Calm Down” video of an arrow hitting a bullseye with the number “5” in the bullseye.)
“Track 5 is kind of a tradition that really started with you guys, because I didn’t realize I was doing this, because as I was making albums, I don’t know why, but instinctively, I was putting a very emotional, honest track as track 5,” Swift explained.
“Because you noticed this, I kind of started to put the songs that were really honest, vulnerable and personal as track 5. That has definitely happened in the case of track 5 on Lover.”
During her Instagram Live session, Swift announced the release of four deluxe editions of Lover (available at Target stores in the U.S. and via her website) that include pages from her diaries.
“I’ve always used the metaphor of, I open up my diary and share it,” she said of her music, “but this is taking it a step further. This is actually doing it.” The album comes out Aug. 23.
Listen to "The Archer" below: