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Taylor Swift and Guillermo del Toro have a rather interesting relationship and one of the singer’s albums shows it.
Taylor Swift’s admiration for Guillermo del Toro is not only mutual, but also well known among the fandom. of the singer who at the end of last year confessed that if she could change her place of life with a person, she would choose the Mexican filmmaker.
“Imagine having that imagination, that visual vocabulary, and that amazing body of work. Have those narration ranges and somehow print your distinctive and artistic mark on each work”, the singer highlighted at that event,” said Taylor Swift at an event The Hollywood Reporter.
The connection between Guillermo del Toro and Taylor Swift
Guillermo del Toro, for his part, responded to the praise of Taylor Swift and said that he admired her a lot, because in addition to being “a very accomplished director, incredibly eloquent and insightful about what she is trying to do and what she will do”They also have interests in common.
“We have many, many common interests. AND his interest in fables and myths and the origins of fairy tales it’s pretty deep”mentioned Del Toro, who also gave a very special book to the American singer.
The Mexican filmmaker is a fan and friend of the singer
“I gave her some books that I thought would be interesting for her, among them, very important, a book that was useful for me to create ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ called The Science of Fairy Tales, that codifies and talks about the tradition of fairy tales”, detailed at the time.
The gift was very surely to the liking of Taylor Swift, because It was precisely that film by Guillermo del Toro that inspired the singer to create one of the albums highlights from his discography in recent years: Yes, we’re talking about ‘Folklore’
Taylor Swift and her album inspired by the work of Guillermo del Toro
It was on July 24, 2020 and in the midst of the recently started COVID-19 pandemic, when Taylor Swift surprised her fans with the release of ‘Folklore’, album that he created during isolation, from a distance and with the help of Aaron Dessner, from The National, and his faithful producer Jack Antonoff.
Beyond the moment in which it was published, this album caught the attention of Taylor fans (and even those who are not) thanks to the musical change it presented, since These songs presented a more organic album where strings, metals and harmonious voices predominated.
Regarding the lyrical content, ‘folklore’ also represented a change in Taylor Swift’s way of working, since On this album, the singer-songwriter began to write songs based on fantastic characters and stories. Leaving aside his characteristic stamp of writing stories about personal experiences.
In the case of ‘folklore’, this eighth album by Taylor Swift was inspired in Guillermo del Toro. This was confirmed by Taylor herself during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, where she spoke about how the filmmaker was her muse.
Guillermo del Toro’s movies that inspired Taylor Swift
“I remember seeing two Guillermo del Toro movies in a row: The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth”Taylor Swift said when recounting how seeing these movies for the first time, during the pandemic, changed her way of writing songs.
“My whole world became folktales, forests and mythical creatures. I was so dazzled by those movies. Obviously, ‘The Shape of Water’ is one of my favorite movies. But he hadn’t seen those two movies in his repertoire. You end up with me telling stories from other people’s perspectives.”, Taylor said at the time.
Although the friendship between Taylor Swift and Guillermo del Toro still seems somewhat unexpected to many, There is no doubt that both are famous who have millions of followers thanks to their great creativity. Or what do you think about it?
