I can’t believe I get to work with Aaron Dessner. When Aaron came into my life, I was ushered into his world of free-flowing creativity where you don’t overthink, you just make music. His generosity of spirit and humility bleeds into every part of his life, and that’s why so many artists have jumped at the chance to be a part of his collaborative project, Big Red Machine. A song we wrote (which also features ⚡️Justin Vernon✨) is out today! It’s called Renegade. Thanks Aaron for asking me to show up at your party.

—Taylor Swift via Instagram

Everytime we write a song together we both, sort of, are a little bit dumbfounded by it. Or sort of like, how is this possible? Because it feels like the shoe fits so well, somehow, and I think something about the way that I think or the way that I relate to music emotionally and then her incredible acumen or her way of tracing music and her storytelling and her sense of melody; there’s something that really clicks. And this song, “Renegade,” it’s as good as anything we’ve made together I think, and it’s also something that I emotionally was really struck by the first time I heard it – just the way she talks about how anxiety and fear get in the way of loving someone or, you know, create an inability for someone to love and I think it’s incredibly relatable but it’s expressed in the context of this fairly experimental sound world… The way it came together as a song, it just really sums up the whole Big Red Machine record.

– Aaron Dessner via Apple Music

“Renegade” debuted at #73 on the Hot 100 during the week ending July 17, 2021.