A Utah theme park is suingTaylor Swiftover the name “Evermore.”
In December, the singer/songwriter, 30, surprised fans with abrand-new album titledEvermore, which came just months after she dropped her hit albumFolklore. Evermore Park, an amusement park in Pleasant Grove, Utah, is now claiming Swift’s merchandise using the name infringes upon their trademark, filing a lawsuit against the artist earlier this week.
“Utah Businesssays, ‘he owes millions of dollars in construction, mechanic, and landscaping fees to workers across the valley who have yet to be paid’ … with ‘a collection of more than 20 construction liens on the Evermore property.’ The true intent of this lawsuit should be obvious.”
Attorneys for the park did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Opening upabout herEvermorealbumhours before its release, Swift explained she “just couldn’t stop writing songs” while in isolation.
“To try and put it more poetically, it feels like we were standing on the edge of the folklorian woods and had a choice: to turn and go back or to travel further into the forest of this music. We chose to wander deeper in,” she wrote at the time.
“I’ve never done this before,” she continued. “In the past I’ve always treated albums as one-off eras and moved onto planning the next one after an album was released. There was something different withfolklore. In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning.”
Swift said she “loved the escapism I found in these imaginary/not imaginary tales.” She added: “I loved the ways you welcomed the dreamscapes and tragedies and epic tales of love lost and found into your lives. So I just kept writing them.”
source: people.com
