Luckily, there are a few things assuaging Swifties' fears. Swift made it a point to mention when the album was first released that, true to its name, folklore is a mix of fantasy and reality. "Picking up a pen was my way of escaping into fantasy, history, and memory," she wrote on Instagram . "I’ve told these stories to the best of my ability with all the love, wonder, and whimsy they deserve. Now it’s up to you to pass them down." One of the songs is about her World War II-fighting grandfather, and others are about a " teenage love triangle ." Fans believe the tracks "Invisible Strings" and "Peace" are Alwyn-dedicated love songs — the romantic interest in the former is a fro-yo shop worker, like Alwyn used to be growing up in London.