Who's Marjorie? and 6 Other Burning Evermore Questions, Answered

Who's Marjorie? and 6 Other Burning Evermore Questions, Answered
The busy bee herself.

Maybe now Taylor Swift will put the pen down, and Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner can go home. A mere three weeks ago, as she was telling all of us that she had “not a lot going on at the moment,” Taylor, in fact, had a lot going on. A few days later she released the folklore: long pond studio sessions, detailing folklore’s inception and creation, and last night she dropped the surprise sister album, evermore. All of this while building anticipation for the rerecording of her previous catalogue, which she gave everyone a taste of with a Match commercial starring Ryan Reynolds. She’s given fans a treasure trove of new music with two albums in one year, and with that, plenty of questions.

Who is Marjorie?

As Taylor confirmed in a note prior to evermore’s release, “marjorie” refers to her grandmother, who, she says, “still visits me sometimes … if only in my dreams.” She also released a lyric video for the song, which features images and videos of her grandmother Marjorie Finlay, including clips of her playing piano with a young Taylor. A singer herself, Marjorie Finlay had a modest career as an opera singer and was a major influence on Taylor’s musical pursuits. Finlay died in 2003, but as Taylor repeats in the song, “what died didn’t stay dead,” as her inspiration continues in her granddaughter’s life. Clips of Taylor’s grandmother singing can be heard in “marjorie,” where Taylor credits her grandmother on backing vocals.

Who is Dorothea?

“The girl who left her small town to follow her Hollywood dreams,” but you can call her Dorothea. Well, who is she? Really, anyone we want her to be. It could be Taylor, who grew up in West Reading, Pennsylvania, before moving to Nashville and onward. She could be one of the actresses from the many classic films Taylor watched at the beginning of quarantine. She could even be the queer counterpart to Betty from folklore.

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