Taylor Swift has published the complete version of her song “Carolina,” the latest new song she has shared after the release of her late 2020 album “Evermore.”

At noon today, June 24, the singer released the official lyrics video and visualizer for “Carolina” on her YouTube page. “Carolina” is also available on many streaming sites, including Spotify.

The song was initially teased in the trailer for the upcoming film “Where the Crawdads Sing,” produced by American actress Reese Witherspoon, in March. “Carolina” is supposedly included in the film’s soundtrack as the end credits theme.

According to a statement acquired by Variety yesterday, June 23, Witherspoon hailed Swift’s song for the film “the greatest gift.”

“Taylor Swift writing a song for the film based on these characters was the greatest gift that we could have received.” “We got a call from Taylor and her team to tell us she had written a song, ‘Carolina,’ that incorporates so many of the haunting elements of the movie,” she said.

Witherspoon also recalled speaking with Swift about the song’s inspiration and creative process, describing the “Lover” singer as a beautiful songwriter who understands so much about folk and country music.

However, Swift explained on her Twitter page today that “Carolina” took some time to release because she penned it more than a year ago.

“About a year and a half ago, I wrote a song about the story of a girl who always lived on the outside, looking in. Figuratively and literally,” she said. “The juxtaposition of her loneliness and independence. Her curiosity and fear all tangled up. Her persisting gentleness and the world’s betrayal of it.”

“I wrote this one alone in the middle of the night and then @AaronDessner and I meticulously worked on a sound that we felt would be authentic to the moment when this story takes place,” she added. Swift was referring to producer Aaron Dessner with whom she collaborated for her previous albums “folklore” and “evermore.”