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Swift wrote "Invisible String" with Dessner, who produced the song.<ref name="DessnerVulture">{{cite web |last=Gerber |first=Brady |date=July 27, 2020 |title=The Story Behind Every Song on Taylor Swift's ''folklore'' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-aaron-dessner-breaks-down-every-song.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728234347/https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-aaron-dessner-breaks-down-every-song.html |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2021 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref> Dessner composed "Invisible String" using [[Fingerpick|finger-picked]] [[Strum|strums]] created by putting a rubber bridge on a guitar.<ref name="DessnerVulture" /> He said that the rubber bridge "deadens the strings so that it sounds old" that created his vision of a [[Folk music|folk]] song at its core.<ref name="DessnerVulture" /> Dessner added a beat that resulted in what he called a "sneaky pop song";<ref name="DessnerVulture" /> [[Annie Zaleski]] from [[The A.V. Club|''The A.V. Club'']] characterized "Invisible String" as a folk song with "heart thump-steady vocal [[Backbeat|backbeats]]",<ref name="AVClub22">{{cite web |last=Zaleski |first=Annie |author-link=Annie Zaleski |date=July 4, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift writes her own version of history on ''folklore'' |url=https://music.avclub.com/taylor-swift-writes-her-own-version-of-history-on-folkl-1844498450 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727053604/https://music.avclub.com/taylor-swift-writes-her-own-version-of-history-on-folkl-1844498450 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2021 |work=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> while [[MusicOMH|''musicOMH'']]'s Chloe Johnson dubbed it a "chaotic clash" of folk, pop, and [[blues]], with a [[song structure]] rooted in [[country music]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Chloe |date=2020-07-24 |title=Taylor Swift ''Folklore'' |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-folklore |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=[[musicOMH]]}}</ref>
Several critics commented that the arrangement was spare but melodious and left room for Swift's conversational sing-speaking style.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=July 24, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift frees herself from tabloid drama on ''Folklore'' |url=https://www.thefader.com/2020/07/24/taylor-swift-folklore-album-review-2020-national-essay |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=[[The Fader]]}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Harvilla |first=Rob |date=2020-07-27 |title=Taylor Swift Is Singing About More Than Taylor Swift—and Rediscovering Herself in the Process |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/7/27/21339589/taylor-swift-folklore-review |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Thompson (journalist) |last2=Powers |first2=Ann |author-link2=Ann Powers |last3=McKenna |first3=Lyndsey |date=July 28, 2020 |title=Let's Talk About Taylor Swift's ''Folklore'' |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/896193188/taylor-swift-folklore-critics-roundtable |access-date=December 15, 2013 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> [[Jon Caramanica]] of [[The New York Times|''The New York Times'']] found the production "airy and earthy".<ref name="NYTimesReview222">{{cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=July 26, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift, a Pop Star Done With Pop |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-folklore-review.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910132513/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-folklore-review.html |archive-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> Recorded at Dessner's Long Pond Studio in the [[Hudson Valley]] and [[La Gaîté Lyrique]] in Paris, France, "Invisible String" was [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] by Jonathan Low. According to ''Folklore''<nowiki/>'s [[liner notes]], Dessner played acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, [[Mellotron]], percussion, piano, and [[synthesizer]], and he [[Programming (music)|programmed]] the [[Drum machine|drums]] with <bdi>James McAlister</bdi>. Dessner's brother [[Bryce Dessner|Bryce]] was the [[orchestrator]] for [[cello]] (played by Clarice Jensen), [[viola]] and [[violin]] (Yuki Numata Resnick).<ref name="booklet" />
== Lyrics ==
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Music critics acclaimed the lyrics and theme of "Invisible String". Chris Willman of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' commented that its theme added a "sweetness" to ''Folklore'', whose other tracks mostly explored the dark and bittersweet feelings from unfulfilled romance.<ref name=":12" /> Caramanica said it was the only "truly hopeful-sounding song" on the album and contained some of Swift's most vivid lyrics.<ref name="NYTimesReview222" /> According to the ''[[New Statesman]]''<nowiki/>'s critic Anna Leszkiewicz, "Invisible String" showcased a more intimate theme than other album tracks and was ''Folklore''<nowiki/>'s "romantic high-point".<ref name=":14" /> In [[Slant Magazine|''Slant Magazine'']], Jonathan Keefe lauded how the track employed "protracted metaphors" and the passive voice to convey Swift's "new peak in her command of language".<ref name=":722" /> Katie Moulton, writing for ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'', picked "Invisible String" as an album essential and complimented that it demonstrated Swift's mature perspective with "piercing" lyricism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moulton |first=Katie |date=July 24, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift's ''folklore'' Dismantles Her Own Self-Mythologizing: Review |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/07/album-review-taylor-swift-folklore/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724185604/https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/07/album-review-taylor-swift-folklore/ |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2021 |website=[[Consequence of Sound]]}}</ref>
The song's production received similarly positive comments. Caramanica and Leszkiewicz found it to be restrained and nuanced,<ref name="NYTimesReview222" /><ref name=":14" /> and Keefe lauded it as a masterful construct of song structure.<ref name=":722" /> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''<nowiki/>'s Julian Mapes praised "Invisible String" as one of the "loveliest" songs on ''Folklore'' for its "delightfully plucky" instrumentals.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mapes |first=Jillian |date=July 27, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift: ''folklore'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-folklore/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828191233/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-folklore/ |archive-date=August 28, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2021 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> Zaleski was impressed by Dessner's "ornate" arrangement that created a "sonic intimacy" highlighting Swift's vocals.<ref name="AVClub22" /> In a similar vein, Lyndsey McKenna from [[NPR]] said Swift's vocals and the instrumentals, which resembled the music of the Nationals, were a "natural marriage".<ref name=":2" /> Mikael Wood of the [[Los Angeles Times|''Los Angeles Times'']] placed the song second on his ranking of all ''Folklore'' tracks; he deemed its lyricism "very cleverly phrased" and Swift's vocals "whimsical and luscious".<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=July 26, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift's ''Folklore'': All 16 songs, ranked |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-07-26/taylor-swift-folklore-songs-ranked |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329230604/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-07-26/taylor-swift-folklore-songs-ranked |archive-date=March 29, 2021 |access-date=June 7, 2021 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> ''[[PopMatters]]'' writer Michael Sumsion opined that the song
In her list ranking all 161 songs by Swift back then, Hannah Mylrea of ''[[NME]]'' placed the song at number 31, calling it a "sweet ode to Swift’s past relationships, and how they lead her to where she currently is".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|date=September 8, 2020|title=Every Taylor Swift song ranked in order of greatness|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917054150/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916|archive-date=September 17, 2020|access-date=June 7, 2021|website=[[NME]]}}</ref>
==Credits and personnel==
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