Behold Taylor Swift's 6-Day Journey To 'Christmas Tree Farm' From Start To Finish

Taylor Swift has given Swifties around the world a lot this year. Additionally to releasing her seventh studio album, Lover, back in August, the "You Need to Calm Down" songstress gave fans a cheerful new Christmas track early this month inspired by her childhood residence in Pennsylvania. Right now, the pop star's back at it again with a behind-the-scenes video on the making of that track, which took her all of six short days to prepare and share with the world.


Yep! In a new video posted to Swift's YouTube channel today (December 23), she brings fans by way the method of creating "Christmas Tree Farm," from coming up with its general theme on December 1 to dropping it much less than a week later on December 6. "So the idea I have for the song is 'Christmas Tree Farm,' 'cause I grew up on one," she explains. "These are chords I don't generally use, so bear with me, nevertheless it's about how you're in the city and you're stressed out and your life is feeling really low nevertheless in your heart is a Christmas tree farm."


From there, Swift plays a rough, first-draft version of the initial verse on piano, mumbling over the lyrics that she didn't write nevertheless. Then, she brainstorms what the starting of the track should sound like. "We could begin it with the starting being some categorize kind of sad starting, like — I'll think of it in a second." And thus she did. In the second clip that was taken just one day later, the "Lover" singer mapped out the "expensive" and "luxurious" intro with producer Jimmy Napes.


Once the verses and chorus were all offered out, the next step in the expedited process was laying it down in the studio. Right after recording the lead vocals, Swift gave fans an indoor look at the 10-piece gospel musical group as they recorded the epic harmonies heard on the track's thunderous bridge. Cut to the end, also it was time to release "Christmas Tree Farm" for all to hear. "Hi, we're done with the song," Swift mentioned, "It's done. We're going to put it out. We hope you like our Christmas song."


To mention that fans simply admired the song could be a total understatement. Following the track's release, Swifties took to social media to freak out over the song with each other and to rejoice in the fact that, this year, they had a new Christmas bop by their all-time preference artist. Merry Swiftmas to all, and to all a good night.