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Recorded in Oahu, Hawaii, and produced by RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, the album, which went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, also features contributions from Jay-Z, Rihanna, John Legend , Pusha T, Rick Ross, and Kid Cudi.

I fantasized ’bout this back in Chicago
Mercy, mercy me, that Murciélago
That’s me the first year that I blow
How you say broke in Spanish? Mi no hablo
Me drown sorrow in that Diablo
Me found bravery in my bravado
DJs need to listen to the models
You ain’t got no fuckin’ Yeezy in your Serato?
Stupid, but what the hell do I know?

Prior to working with Swift, Vernon worked with evermore co-producer, The National’s Aaron Dessner, on the “Big Red Machine” (also the name of the duo’s band), in addition to contributing the track “Brackett, WI” for the album Dark Was the Night , which benefitted Red Hot Organization , an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS.

Gray November
I’ve been down since July
Motion capture
Put me in a bad light

I replay my footsteps on each stepping stone
Trying to find the one where I went wrong
Writing letters
Addressed to the fire

And I was catching my breath
Staring out an open window
Catching my death
And I couldn’t be sure
I had a feeling so peculiar
That this pain would be for
Evermore

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