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Follows the girl James had a summer affair with, focusing on her feelings of being a "summer thing".

"Cardigan" is the lead single from Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album, folklore , released on July 24, 2020. The song marked a major artistic shift toward an indie-folk and "cottagecore" aesthetic, written and produced in collaboration with Aaron Dessner during the COVID-19 isolation period. Taylor Swift - cardigan

The track is primarily written from the perspective of a fictional character named . It is the first part of a "Teenage Love Triangle" trilogy on the album, which explores a single story from three different perspectives: Follows the girl James had a summer affair

James's attempt to apologize to Betty at age 17 after his mistake. The track is primarily written from the perspective

Years later, Betty reminisces on her first love with James and the pain of his infidelity.