"When we started thinking about making a song for the film, Nick felt like the perfect artist to do it," explains director Clint Bentley.
“I’d taken a swing at [‘Cardigan’] and ‘Willow’ and a couple of others, and I wasn’t having a lot of luck, so Aaron sent them to Taylor,” Matt Berninger recalled.
The National previously worked with Swift on her Evermore track, "Coney Island," and the star is set to be featured on the band's "The Alcott."