"Cardigan" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released as the lead single for her eighth studio album, Folklore, on July 27, 2020, via Republic Records. Written by Swift and its producer Aaron Dessner, "Cardigan" is a folk, soft rock, and indie rock ballad, with a stripped-down arrangement of a piano, drums, and violins. The song's lyrics discuss a romance lost in memories, from the perspective of a female narrator named Betty, one of the several fictitious characters narrated in Folklore.

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