"The 1" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, for her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020), which was released on July 24, 2020, through Republic Records. The song was a released as a digital promotional single on October 9, 2020, in Germany. As the opening track of the album, the song was written by Swift and Aaron Dessner, with production from the latter.