Taylor Swift

"’tis the damn season" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the fourth track on her ninth studio album "evermore", which was released on December 11, 2020, by Republic Records. It was written and produced by Swift and Aaron Dessner. In the liner notes of the album, Swift wrote that one of the song storylines on evermore was about “what happens when [Dorothea] comes back [from Hollywood] for the holidays and rediscovers an old flame.” This likely refers to “‘tis the damn season” given the lyrical mentions of both Los Angeles and the winter holidays. Notably, "evermore" was released two weeks prior to Christmas 2020, making the title timely yet ironic. Swift also teased the title in an Instagram story two days before she announced the album. Producer and co-writer Aaron Dessner told Rolling Stone: "That song, to me, has always felt nostalgic or like some sort of longing. And the song that Taylor wrote is so instantly relatable, you know, ‘There’s an ache in you put there by the ache in me.’ I remember when she sang that to me in my kitchen — she had written it overnight during The Long Pond Studio Sessions, actually." This song debuted #39 on Billboard’s Hot 100, being the fourth-highest charting song off the album.