willow” is the lead single of evermore, Swift’s second surprise album of 2020 and her ninth record overall. She released the accompanying music video at midnight EST on December 11th, 2020, alongside the evermore album.

Swift hinted at this song title twice during the folklore era: the first being a framed willow tree photo in an Instagram post,
and the second in a tweet thanking Rolling Stone for ranking folklore as the best album of 2020.