Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift has released her 10th album, Midnights, after weeks of hints. The 13-track album includes “Snow On the Beach,” which features Lana del Rey, ...

Swift appears in the [songwriting credits](https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/taylor-swift-midnights-song-writers-credits-zoe-kravitz.html) for every song on Midnights and teamed up with [minion](https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/diana-ross-tame-impala-minions-soundtrack.html)/collaborator Jack Antonoff for most of the album. Swift has sorted her discography into [three different vibes](https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/taylor-swift-fountain-quill-glitter-gel-pen-playlists-apple-music.html): fountain pen, quill pen, and glitter-gel pen. Over the past two months, she revealed her track-list titles through [surprisingly straightforward TikToks](https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/taylor-swift-introducing-midnights-track-names-on-tiktok.html). [Midnights](http://www.vulture.com/2022/10/taylor-swift-midnights-theories-clues-tiktok.html) o’clock. [Described](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1564100815069106176/photo/2) by the singer as “a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams,” Midnights was first [announced](https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/taylor-swift-new-album-release-date.html) during Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards in August. After a monthslong wait, [Taylor Swift](https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html) has dropped her tenth studio album.

Taylor Swift revealed very little about her 10th studio album, “Midnights,” before it was released on Friday – she didn't sit for any interviews and just ...

In “Anti-Hero,” that honor went to the line, “Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby / And I’m a monster on the hill.” This was a new level of candor from an album that, as [multiple critics](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-review-midnights-lyrics-b2207166.html) agreed in [early reviews](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-midnights-1234611211/), was pretty dark music for Swift. “I’ll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror. “Not to sound too dark, but, like, I just struggle with the idea of not feeling like a person.” But you know, this song really is a real guided tour throughout all the things I tend to hate about myself. [usual cryptic hints](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/20/taylor-swift-midnights-easter-eggs/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) about what fans could expect.

Taylor Swift has released seven extra songs to coincide with a surprise special edition of her latest album 'Midnights'.

I think of Midnights as a complete concept album, with those 13 songs forming a full picture of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour. The pop icon shared a link to stream the special edition album and further explained the concept: "I'm calling them 3am tracks. The 'Anti-Hero' songstress wrote: "Surprise!

Critics praise the "fantastic songs" on Midnights, but some add there is "not a smash hit in sight".

On the twinkly Bejeweled she announces that she's "going out tonight", but the beats remain sleepy and sluggish. Swift's always as elusive as she is allusive." Swift is currently gearing up for a busy few months. Otherwise Midnights sounds ready for bed." All the while she keeps things just cryptic enough to keep the tension crackling and the speculation buzzing. But it also sees her re-engage her pop sensibilities, with lyrics that explore more personal subject matters. "As Swift has returned to her archive for to undertake the project of re-recording her previous albums, it's clear slipping back into her past self has unlocked something brilliant and fresh in her songwriting," she wrote. "The subtle melodies of Midnights take time to sink their claws in," she added. "But Swift's feline vocal stealth and assured lyrical control ensure she keeps your attention. [the Guardian's Alexis Petridis said](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/21/taylor-swift-midnights-review-small-hours-pop-rich-with-self-loathing-and-stereotype-smashing) Midnights "delivers her firmly from what she called the 'folklorian woods' of her last two albums back to electronic pop". Midnights is the 32-year-old's first original album in two years and sees her return to a more mainstream sound than the more muted, acoustic tone of her previous two albums. The Guardian said Midnights is a "cool, collected and mature" record which is "packed with fantastic songs".

Utah Governor Spencer Cox, pro soccer player Alex Morgan and others tweeted about Taylor Swift's “Midnights” album.

“do you and your loved ones have an emergency plan in case taylor surprise-announces a tour? do you and your loved ones have an emergency plan in case taylor surprise-announces a tour? “Liz Truss has just resigned so she can listen to midnights in full tomorrow without the pressure of being prime minister. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/emilyfavreau/status/1583288380237832192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1583288380237832192%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=about%3Asrcdoc). She didn’t need to capture those long nights, but that insomnia has made her discography, and legacy, all the richer.” [tweeted](https://twitter.com/sci_swiftie/status/1583074774648967168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1583074774648967168%7Ctwgr%5E6d3d3f4d6b1f5c70451c782417aee8a5c1d4d25a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fsci_swiftie2Fstatus2F1583074774648967168widget%3DTweet). Friday morning only saying “Special very chaotic surprise”. It offers a laid-back feel while still including catchy lines the artist has become known for. So it’s 3am and I’m giving them to you now. I’m calling them 3am tracks. It was more new music. Swift dominated social media discourse Thursday night landing the top spot for trending topics on Twitter and the No.

On her 10th studio album, she's not only offering us her most personal reflections but imparting them with poetic grace and an elevated level of ...

You see, all the wisest women had to do it this way/ 'Cause we were born to be the pawn in every lover's game/ If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." Ending this journey with a thumping ode to her own shrewdness – presented, of course, with a coy wink – Swift leaves us with her triumphant final assessment: "I laid the groundwork and then just like clockwork/ The dominoes cascaded in a line... Another lyrical playground for fans who relish digging deep (who, among Swift's public enemies, might this one be targeting?) and also loved the snarly sounds of Reputation. The first single from Midnights is an unflinching internal study of screw-ups and apologies. With Antonoiff's assist, she digs into her past and leaves an enticing trail of bread crumbs. In a darkened room with headphones on, it feels as if Swift is directly unspooling stories of her life, and her colourful wordplay ("I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say," she sings on Lavender Haze) and clever enigmas (we've got questions about Question...

Taylor Swift pulled a move few celebs dare attempt: breaking big,“chaotic” news at 3 A.M. After hyping up the very early-morning announcement, ...

Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). And Midnights will be here SO SOON!!!” [Alyssa Bailey](/author/1382/alyssa-bailey)Senior News and Strategy Editor “Midnights is a wild ride of an album and I couldn’t be happier that my co pilot on this adventure was @jackantonoff,” she wrote on Instagram. Earlier that evening, she shared a teaser video for all the music videos she shot for Midnights. Midnights is a collage of intensity, highs and lows and ebbs and flows. The tracks are “The Great War,” “Bigger Than the Whole Sky,” “Paris,” “High Infidelity,” “Glitch,” “Would've, Could've, Should've,” and “Dear Reader.” You can listen to them all

Featuring 13 songs and collaborations, Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' was released on 21 October and marks her 10th studio album.

The announcement of “ She said, “And I guess theoretically when you’re in the lavender haze, you’ll do anything to stay there and not let people bring you down off of that cloud.” With Midnights, it’s a return to the pop genre for her. She also shared a video revealing that if one collects all four album covers, it actually turns into a clock when arranged in a square. She calls it one of her favourites that she’s written so far. “Karma” “Question…?” “Anti-Hero” Since August, Swift slowly trickled down information and released small snippets of what the music album would be like. “Maroon” Swift dropped hints over the last couple of months but had essentially remained tight-lipped about the songs and tracklist. Just when curious fans were up for yet another re-recording of her old albums, she announced her 10th studio album Midnights at the 2022 VMA Awards on 28 August.

Ranking the swearist lines in Taylor Swift's new album Midnights which contains some of her strongest curse words including shit, fuck, damn, and cheap-ass.

The lean-back rhythm of her patter here is Taylor trying on her most world-weary “I’m washed” posture on the album. Taylor puts a “fuckin’” right in the center of this album’s biggest singsong pop chorus, pacing out words like a metronome so that she has to hit both syllables of “fuck-in” hard (and, yes, there’s no “g”). Okay, now we’re fucking — though, really, we’re only fuckin’ because Taylor is resistant to ever pronouncing the “g” at the end of the word. [inspired by Mad Men](https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-reveals-mad-men-inspiration-behind-midnights-track-lavender-haze-3327307) (a show that is primarily set in the ’60s, but whatever), which puts Taylor in the position of a sort of Betty Draper raging against the feminist mystique or something. She’s easing up to the bolder swears later on in the album. And for all of her use of “fucking,” she tends to only use swears as intensifiers, not as descriptors of actually explicit acts.

Taylor Swift's brand new album Midnights was released today (October 21) and fans are obsessed with the eighth song Vigilant S**t.

This has to be one of her best works yet.” I don’t dress for friends And I don’t dress for villains Lately I’ve been dressing for revenge I don’t dress for men I don’t dress for women

U.S. music superstar Taylor Swift released her 10th studio album "Midnights" on Friday, as well as additional tracks made during the record making process.

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The singer-songwriter's 10th studio album is a return to the pop pipeline, with production from her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff.

Target, which has had a long relationship with Swift, has its own exclusive LP version (on “lavender” vinyl) as well as a CD with three exclusive tracks. The most ingenious or shameless part — take your pick — of Swift’s vinyl strategy is what she has done with the back covers. In a sense, “Midnights” is Swift’s return to the pop pipeline after her digressions of the past couple of years. Swift is releasing four standard versions of “Midnights” on vinyl, each with its own disc color and cover art; they also correspond to four variant CD versions. Swift’s friendship with Kravitz, as fans know, is close enough that she once acted as an [uncredited assistant](https://wwd.com/business-news/media/nyt-great-performers-2020-list-tv-tiktok-michaela-coel-sarah-cooper-1234672957/) on a pandemic-era remote photo shoot of Kravitz for The New York Times Magazine. [kitschy videos](https://www.tiktok.com/@taylorswift/video/7147533441326648618?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1) on TikTok that revealed song titles, one at time, taken from Ping-Pong balls in a basket, as if on a decades-old local TV spot. [making an album with Antonoff](https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a39035654/zoe-kravitz-interview-march-2022/), is listed as one of the six songwriters of the first track, “Lavender Haze,” alongside Swift, Antonoff, Mark Anthony Spears (a.k.a. But an important factor in the sales and chart prospects for “Midnights” may be Swift’s embrace of physical music formats like CDs and vinyl LPs, which, because of the way Billboard crunches data about how music is consumed, can have a major impact on chart positions. Swift’s marketing this time has involved a series of “I find myself running home to your sweet nothings.” “Folklore” won The marbled vinyl has been pressed and sorted into collectible variants.

In the lead-up to the release of “Midnights,” Taylor Swift herself said this 10th record of hers was inspired by haunting late-night thoughts and, ...

(Laura Dern, the Haim sisters and Swift wrote and directed the video, which follows a Swift tortured by monsters like ghosts, bathroom scales and judgey people at parties. There is a moment of silliness about midway through, after a verse in which Swift sings about a dream she had about a future daughter-in-law who kills her for money, but Swift left her out of her will.

The first of Taylor Swift's Midnights' music videos is here, just 8 hours after the album's release. True to her schedule, Swift released “Anti-Hero” at 8 ...

“When I was 15 and putting together my first album, I wanted to recreate the experience I used to have for my fans in a reimagined approach. “I thought that I was supposed to feel like I was going to pass out at the end of a show, or in the middle of it,” she said in the film. [said in her Miss Americana documentary](https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a30652074/taylor-swift-overcoming-eating-disorder/), “[Although] it’s only happened a few times, and I’m not in any way proud of it,” there have been times in the past when Swift has seen “a picture of me where I feel like I looked like my tummy was too big, or…someone said that I looked pregnant…and that’ll just trigger me to just starve a little bit—just stop eating.” She added that the eating disorder affected her on her 1989 tour. True to [her schedule](https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a41647575/taylor-swift-midnights-release-week-schedule-spoilers/), Swift released the [“Anti-Hero”](https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a41727143/taylor-swift-anti-hero-lyrics-meaning-joe-alwyn/) visuals at 8 A.M. The Chicks ‘Fly’ album was my favorite because their photos depicted all the meanings of the word ‘fly’ in very theatrical ways.” The song, which [explores one of the album's themes, “self-loathing,”](https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a41013043/taylor-swift-midnights-album-release-date-news-singles-tour/) pits Swift against her own dark side.

The first video from Midnights depicts a raucous night out with Swift, herself, and all her insecurities.

Scooter Braun, the record executive behind the sale of Swift’s catalog, said in September that he [regrets](https://pitchfork.com/news/scooter-braun-says-he-would-have-handled-taylor-swift-catalog-acquisition-differently/) how the situation was handled. [Midnights (3am Edition)](https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swift-releases-7-new-songs-just-hours-after-new-album-midnights-listen/) at 3 a.m. [Midnights](https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swift-releases-new-album-midnights-listen-and-read-the-full-credits/), [Taylor Swift](https://pitchfork.com/artists/28495-taylor-swift/) has released the music video for “Anti-Hero.” In the visual, which you can watch below, Swift contends with all the neuroses and anxieties described in the song, helped along by her anti-hero, also played by Swift.

Her 10th album is a culmination of 16 years in the spotlight, and Taylor Swift leaves nothing unsaid.

Like a knife to the gut, “Anti-Hero” is an instant self-hate anthem for the ages. Swift is cut open, bleeding to the world in this song, proclaiming herself a “monster” in a sea of “sexy babies” (it makes sense, trust us). I’m the problem, it’s me”

Taylor Swift drinks with herself and more in her hilarious anti-hero music video.

The highlight of the “Anti-Hero” music video comes in the middle when Swift holds her own funeral, which is attached to the lyrics, “I have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money / She thinks I left them in the will.” Swift’s two kids are played by comedians John Early and Mike Birbiglia. [Taylor Swift](https://variety.com/t/taylor-swift/) meets the anti-hero version of Taylor Swift in the official music video for “Anti-Hero,” the first lead single off the Grammy winner’s new album, “ [Midnights](https://variety.com/t/midnights/).” So what is anti-hero Taylor Swift like? Despite these new songs, Swift wrote on social media that the original 13 songs on the main album represent her definitive vision for “Midnights.” As she wrote, “Those 13 songs form a full picture of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour.”

On the heels of her highly anticipated album 'Midnights' and the world premiere of her new music video for “Anti-Hero,” fans around the world can now visit ...

Swift also has five music videos in YouTube’s Billion Views Club, two of which (“ [Shake It Off](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM)” and “ [Blank Space](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg)”) are part of a small group of videos to have crossed the 3 billion views mark. For the first time ever, Swift is inviting her fans around the world to share their anti-heroic traits to the soundtrack of the newly released track, “ [Anti-Hero](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1kbLwvqugk),” only on YouTube Shorts. Her music has charted on YouTube’s Top Songs chart in over 50 markets, and her recent release of [“All Too Well [10 Minute Version] (Taylor’s Version)”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tollGa3S0o8) peaked at #1 on the Global and US charts. Once you’re ready, head over to YouTube Shorts to start your own #TSAntiHeroChallenge creation and follow these simple steps: An anti-heroic trait could be as simple as always grabbing the last slice of pizza, clapping at the end of movies, always putting your feet on the car dashboard, using the same word to start your daily Wordle, leaving your clean laundry in the basket until the next time you do it, pretending you didn’t already watch the next episode of the series you watch with your pals, or even treating your cat like a human. The #TSAntiHeroChallenge is inspired by one of Swift’s favorite songs ever written, track #3 on her new album.

After the magical and chaotic night that was the Oct. 21 release of "Midnights," Taylor Swift's tenth studio album, fans have thoughts and we're sharing ...

[#12amalarm](https://twitter.com/hashtag/12amalarm?src=hashtag_click) [#3amalarm](https://twitter.com/hashtag/3amalarm?src=hashtag_click) [#TSmidnighTS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TSmidnighTS?src=hashtag_click)" [the tweet](mailto:If you live with a very devoted @taylorswift13 fan, you may need a little extra help from your favorite @TODAYshow mug this morning. [tweeted](http://Happy Taylor swift album release night. I haven’t listened to the album yet, but my gf did and now she’s giving herself bangs). my favorite religious experience" 21 release of "Midnights," Taylor Swift's 10th studio album (which crashed Spotify upon its release,) the Swifties have been deployed to share their thoughts on the internet. [@taylorswift13](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13) fan, you may need a little extra help from your favorite [@TODAYshow](https://twitter.com/TODAYshow) mug this morning. Turns out, Swift had another seven tracks up her sleeve, bringing the count of songs on the album to 20. Appropriately, Swift released the original 13 tracks on the album at midnight on Friday. Another user explained the ritual of listening to "Midnights" for the first time and the spiritual experience that comes with a new Swift album drop. [his tweet.](http://Taylor Swift's music is such a gift to the world, and the way she fosters community is so brilliant, and I love Midnights, and everyone should be able to love what and whom they love earnestly and without irony or cynicism or apology.) [now-famous salad dressing.](https://www.today.com/food/olivia-wilde-salad-dressing-recipe-rcna52939) [The tweet](http://Olivia Wilde listening to vigilante shit while making her salad dressing) reads: "Olivia Wilde listening to vigilante s--- while making her salad dressing" One of the songs people are having some of the biggest reactions to is "Vigilante S---" for its more sensual undertones, a departure from the sound of the remainder of the album.

Taylor Swift “Midnights,” (Republic Records) “All of me changed like midnight,” Taylor Swift confesses halfway through her latest album, the aptly named and ...

But Swift presents “Midnights” as something different: a collection of songs that don’t necessarily have to go together, but fit together because she has declared them products of late night inspiration. Track one, “Lavender Haze,” pairs a muffled club beat and high-pitched backing vocals from Antonoff with stand-out, beckoning melody from Swift. “Midnight Rain” could be a thesis statement for the project she’s described as songs written during “13 sleepless nights,” an appropriate approach to the concept album for someone who has long had a lyrical appreciation for late nights (think “Style”: “midnight, you come and pick me up, no headlights…”). [the 13 tracks of “Midnights,”](/article/what-to-stream-October-2022-midnights-music-movies-TV-f70b362a01e904e5b23adeb62c822dd0) a self-aware Swift shows off her ability to evolve again. It’s among the album’s most sonically interesting, an indie-pop beat that feels reminiscent of her producer Jack Antonoff’s work on Lorde’s “Melodrama,” but also fresh and captivating. The song’s chorus begins: “He was sunshine, I was midnight rain.” And continues: “He wanted it comfortable, I wanted that pain.

Picture of Taylor Swift greeting fans. Wesley Lapointe / Getty; The Atlantic. October 21, 2022. Share. Taylor ...

And the thing that got people excited in the music industry is more people saw him in Fortnite than would see him in a real-life concert. So it’s not a virtual world, but it’s a virtual community. And it’s not real time, in the sense of people hanging out in the same space. But because they don’t have avatars and they’re not meeting in a virtual space, it’s not technically a metaverse? Are Swifties actually living more of a true metaverse experience than the people using that platform? But the virtual community has to be as strong as the technology piece. In the book, Stephenson even mentions that it’s mostly just the wealthy who use VR headsets, and regular folks just use a regular computer. Au: Well, the fact that she’s created this kind of virtual office for herself, that’s—let’s call it metaverse-ish, especially if she ends up using it somehow in the future. It looks like it could be something out of The Sims or something. She has, in a way, created a virtual universe in which fans can experience the launch. That’s another thing that drives me crazy: the assumption that it has to be in VR. He is currently writing a book called [Why the Metaverse Matters](https://venturebeat.com/games/wagner-james-au-will-tell-us-why-the-metaverse-matters-in-a-book/).

The Easter eggs in Taylor Swift's “Anti-Hero” ranged from deeply personal (Swift addressing her past eating disorder by showing herself on a “Fat” scale) to ...

“[Although] it’s only happened a few times, and I’m not in any way proud of it,” there have been times in the past when Swift has seen “a picture of me where I feel like I looked like my tummy was too big, or…someone said that I looked pregnant…and that’ll just trigger me to just starve a little bit—just stop eating,” Swift said. Swift references her own past eating disorder and harmful self talk during a scene where she weighs herself with her “evil” twin alongside her. “To go from feeling like you’re being looked at as a daughter to this grotesque feeling of ‘Oh, I was actually his prized calf that he was fattening up to sell to the slaughterhouse that would pay the most.’” Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). “I thought I knew what betrayal felt like, but this stuff that happened with him was a redefinition of betrayal for me, just because it felt like it was family,” Swift said. “So I was at a party like a couple months ago and I had two and half mojitos, and then the next day, [#DrunkTaylor was like #1 trending](https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a28669864/drunk-taylor-swift-meme/) on Twitter, because, you know, I go from like zero to legitimately thinking I’m a wizard within like two drinks,” she said. The Easter eggs in “Anti-Hero” ranged from deeply personal (Swift addressing her past eating disorder by showing herself on a “Fat” scale) to peak internet culture (Swift recreating the evil Kermit meme). In the last 10 years I have watched as women in this industry are criticized and measured up to each other and picked at for their bodies, their romantic lives, their fashion, or have you ever heard someone say about a male artist, I really like his songs but I don’t know what it is, there’s just something about him I don’t like? The cat ears on one ghost are very “22” in particular while the cowboy hat on another could be a nod to her country music roots. [“Drunk Taylor,](https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a38304579/taylor-swift-drunk-nothing-new-meme/)” which trended on social media in August 2019 when videos surfaced of her dancing drunk at a party. If fans want to take a hopeful read into it, maybe this could be a sign that Taylor's Version of the album is coming soon. Thinking about the fact that that went as far as it did, and then we’ve got this happening [ [the post-lasik surgery video clip](https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29363672/taylor-swift-lasik-surgery-footage-reaction-video/)]?

Taylor Swift moves away from the experimental magic of folklore and evermore and delivers a giddy, self-reflective crusade with Midnights.

After multiple listens—and wishing that the 3 AM songs were part of the core album—it’s evident she embraces the chaos (what’s new, right?). The album illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of the Swift-Antonoff partnership—the duo tends to “regress” every so often but knows how to tap into their forte, too. As it turns out, Midnights is an eccentric blend of [Lover](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-is-done-proving-herself-on-the-resonant-lo-1837578581) and [1989](https://www.avclub.com/with-1989-taylor-swift-finally-grows-up-1798181732), with a dose of [Reputation](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-has-a-big-drunken-night-out-on-reputation-1820342108)’s retribution for good measure. There are more gems here like, “I’ll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror / It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero,” and the polarizing line, “Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby.” ( On three of the tracks, she collaborates with The National’s Aaron Dessner yet again, including on “The Great War,” which features poetic imagery and lyrics about surviving the battlefield of a tumultuous bond and is enhanced by Dessner’s production. And then there’s “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve,” a fiery but tragic indictment of the older man she dated at 19 who took advantage of her naïveté. An early standout, it charts her exhaustion from giving in to her worst thoughts and impulses (“When my depression works the graveyard shift / All of the people I’ve ghosted stand there in the room / I should not be left to my own devices”). The singer’s “sleepless nights” have spawned an odyssey that’s cutthroat and shimmery. Swift opens Midnights with “Lavender Haze,” a definite bop that celebrates her unperturbed love life (reminiscent of “Call It What You Want To).” And she closes the core album with a pair of tracks that cleverly confirm her relationship, starting with track 12, the amorous ballad “Sweet Nothing,” co-written by Swift and William Bowery (Joe Alwyn’s pseudonym). [Taylor Swift revealed she categorizes her lyrics](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-new-insight-songwriting-process-1849562389) in three distinct ways: Quill, fountain pen, and glitter gel pen, conjuring the perfect weapon to rousingly convey her words. That’s immediately followed by track 13, “Mastermind,” in which a Machiavellian Swift confesses her schemes to secure his love. That’s not a complaint, of course, because Swift is the certified queen of serving up bangers.

Taylor Swift's track 17 on "Midnights," "High Infidelity," has Swifties searching for where the singer was on April 29 after a lyric referenced the date.

Swift went out shopping on April 29, 2014, according to photos from her outing. On this day in 2018, Swift posted a photo of herself rehearsing for her upcoming tour. Could this be an Easter egg that she's finally going on tour again? She wore a one-shoulder, black sparkly dress to the party in Los Angeles. [new single](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOkQ4T5WO9E) with Rihanna: "This Is What You Came For." Swift originally shared the photos, but has since deleted the post.

The best lyrics on Taylor Swift's Midnights, based on her five feelings she had when writing the album: self-loathing, fantasizing about revenge, ...

Since the track was announced, people were quick to make connections to last year’s Swift release, Red (Taylor’s Version), as she describes the various shades of red, all in a darker hue. Swift challenges the antiquated ideas of weddings here, addressing the “ She pokes fun at those criticisms by calling karma “her boyfriend,” her longest relationship to date. For someone who isn’t afraid to write songs about those important in her life, Swift shows a new vulnerability by being too afraid of admitting that she’s falling in love. She references her eating disorder that she revealed during her Miss Americana Netflix documentary, able to see her destructive behavior with larger clarity as a 32-year-old woman. It is our time to rise up and ask them a million questions knowing the answers will be painful no matter what. Swift has been battling marriage rumors almost as long as she’s been battling serial dater rumors. (Though careful, Taylor, with how you phrase it; you don’t want to become a meme like The ideal night of swimming in your own sadness and pity definitely includes calling yourself a narcissist and then considering every nice thing you’ve ever done a big evil scheme to make you look like a good person. Assuming this song is about her feud with Scooter Braun, she’s taking no prisoners by bringing up his divorce and Sexy baby has to be an inside joke, right? [has finally arrived](https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/taylor-swift-midnights-album-stream.html) and encapsulated all of our late-night thoughts.

New album makes it clear that Swift has taken a step forward in the indie-pop genre.

But Swift presents “Midnights” as something different: a collection of songs that don’t necessarily have to go together, but fit together because she has declared them products of late night inspiration. Track one, “Lavender Haze,” pairs a muffled club beat and high-pitched backing vocals from Antonoff with stand-out, beckoning melody from Swift. And like always, we’re just along for the thrilling late-night ride. [the 13 tracks of “Midnights,”](https://apnews.com/article/what-to-stream-October-2022-midnights-music-movies-TV-f70b362a01e904e5b23adeb62c822dd0) a self-aware Swift shows off her ability to evolve again. “Midnight Rain” could be a thesis statement for the project she’s described as songs written during “13 sleepless nights,” an appropriate approach to the concept album for someone who has long had a lyrical appreciation for late nights (think “Style”: “midnight, you come and pick me up, no headlights…”). The song’s chorus begins: “He was sunshine, I was midnight rain.” And continues: “He wanted it comfortable, I wanted that pain.

"It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero," but if Taylor Swift wants to consider herself one, Swifties will never get tired of it.

The part in the music video could be a nod to the singer's tradition of leaving secret encoded messages for her fans to ponder. She also explained that the "Anti-Hero" track is an honest song about herself. Depicting how it all played out in her dreams, the music video stars, Mike Birbiglia, John Early, and Ellis, portrayed her grown-up future family, providing just the right amount of comedy over the deeply personal and emotional track.

A pop phenomenon and lyric wizard once said, “Karma is real.” That was Taylor Swift in 2016 when asked by Vogue what she believed to be the most important.

[“Karma”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1imWezhl2T0) is about an unbothered state of mind. “All I started thinking of was, ‘How do I hint at things, like how far is too far in advance?,” Swift said. After all, Swift [did say,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K0RzZGpyds) “The world moves on … (In The idea of “Karma” has an outsize place in the Taylor Swift universe, thanks to a prevalent fan theory. It’s just a question Swifties have been asking for years now. “Can I hint at something three years in advance? [initially revealed](https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch1Ed_Su6Qw/) her 10th studio album would explore the subjects and thoughts of sleepless nights across her life. This album would have come between “1989” and “Reputation.” Instead, fans think it was replaced with “Reputation.” but not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma.” [“The Man” ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqAJLh9wuZ0)from her “Lover” album/ [Blake Lively re-creating “The Man” wall scene](https://www.instagram.com/p/CWUo4ayAnzd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) on the set of the “I Bet You Think About Me” music video to mischievously laughing when revealing the title of the track during her [“Midnights Mayhem With Me”](https://www.tiktok.com/@taylorswift/video/7151244297432665390?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7153338511659959854) series.

Lyrically, Taylor Swift's new album, Midnights, is as Swiftian as ever, meaning sometimes it's hard to tell what the hell she's talking about through all ...

She’s had plenty of musician boyfriends (Joe Jonas, John Mayer, Harry Styles, Calvin Harris), and this could be about any of them, though I sincerely hope it’s not Styles — he has [enough drama](https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/olivia-wilde-jason-sudeikis-salad-dressing.html) for the time being. This is the chorus of “Maroon,” to which I say, Taylor, where are your shoes? This is on the song “Karma,” which, well, you can probably guess what it’s about. I appreciate that Taylor threw an encouraging little lyric into the album’s last song, “Mastermind,” even though it kind of sounds like something a Disney villain would say. There are too many specific references here for them to be random, but the studious Swifties on Reddit will have to decode it for me. Here, Taylor is threatening her rude boyfriend that she will go out and flirt with someone who appreciates her more, but I feel I must warn her that any dude talking about auras is not going to be a better option. You can really see the thesaurus coming in handy here. I strongly suspect Swift had a thesaurus on hand while writing, because the range of vocabulary on display is truly impressive. I hope she’s found some more uplifting parties where the guests support her dreams. Nowhere in New York is it safe or sanitary to stand, let alone dance, without shoes on. [history](https://thecut.com/2021/11/where-the-hell-is-taylor-swifts-scarf.html) that her songs almost always have specific reference points, many of them from her life. In its first 24 hours of existence, Taylor Swift’s new album, Midnights, has given us a lot to chew on.

Taylor Swift invites fans into the darkest part of her psyche in the "Anti-Hero" music video, starring John Early, Mike Birbiglia, and Mary Elizabeth Ellis.

[Midnight Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MYZFOPgesg)”). In one scene of the video, her partying pop star alter ego gives a scolding shake of the head as she steps on a scale that reads “FAT.” Later, on the track “ [You’re On Your Own, Kid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cboN_o7CvU),” Swift sings, “I hosted parties and starved my body,” referencing the eating disorder she first disclosed in her documentary [Miss Americana](http://avclub.com/film/reviews/miss-americana-2020). On “Anti-Hero,” there’s something tragic about being too big to fail (“Pierced through the heart, but never killed”). “I wake up screaming from dreaming / One day, I’ll watch as you’re leaving / And life will lose all its meaning,” she sings. “I struggle with the idea that my life has become unmanageably sized,” she says in that same Instagram video. [Anti-Hero](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-mad-men-midnights-track-inspiration-1849642378?_ga=2.198626031.1966672911.1666014527-1488648406.1652714420)” it becomes clear that the person she’s really desperate to have stay by her side is us, the audience. “This song is a real guided tour throughout all the things I tend to hate about myself.” “I just struggle with the idea of not feeling like a person,” Swift admits in an [that make me, ](https://youtu.be/TjLVEs9LHpw?t=149) [me](https://youtu.be/TjLVEs9LHpw?t=149),” as Swift herself would say: glitter, cats, multiple Taylors, an elaborately staged funeral, lots of wine. Club’s Saloni Gajjar writes in her [B+ review](https://www.avclub.com/a-review-of-taylor-swifts-album-midnights-1849681836), “Midnights is a giddy, buoyant, somewhat messy return to pop; a heartbreaking confessional gift wrapped with confetti.” It includes “all the things [Taylor Swift](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-underrated-songs-obscure-tracks-1849666689?_ga=2.128354380.1966672911.1666014527-1488648406.1652714420) album is upon us, and the world has descended into Midnights mayhem.

Taylor Swift's latest album “Midnights” has dropped, and it might be setting a new standard for China's digital music industry. Within a day of its release, ...

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NEW YORK, Oct 22 — Taylor Swift returned to pop yesterday with the debut of her 10th studio album, a record called Midnights inspired by her late-night ...

She later appears in a coffin at her own funeral. The pop record followed folk albums Folklore and Evermore, which Swift recorded while quarantining during the Covid-19 pandemic. NEW YORK, Oct 22 — Taylor Swift returned to pop yesterday with the debut of her 10th studio album, a record called Midnights inspired by her late-night thoughts, and she also released a video of her “nightmare scenarios” in the genre of a horror flick.

Swift's Midnights swiftly unseated Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti for most Spotify streams in 24 hours.

Truly, it’s (Taylor’s Version), and we’re just living in it. Spotify didn’t release specific numbers for Midnights and its one-day performance, but we do know who Swift unseated to score the honor: Bad Bunny, whose Un Verano Sin Ti posted its own record, with 183 million day-one streams, back in September of 2021. Guinness says Red scored 90.8 million streams during its first 24 hours on Spotify back in 2021, which means Midnights has blown way past that number today.)

Taylor Swift's newly released album, Midnights, has already broken a Spotify record: it's the most-streamed album in a single day for the music streaming ...

[Midnights](/culture/entertainment/taylor-swift-reveals-full-track-list-for-midnights-out-this-month/), has already broken a [Spotify](/tech/services-and-software/10-spotify-features-to-make-listening-better/) record: it's the most-streamed album in a single day for the music streaming service. [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/) tweeted the news just after 6 p.m. ET after the album's release at midnight ET on Oct.

Taylor Swift wrote and directed the music video for "Anti-Hero." Here are all the easter eggs we found in her new "Midnights" music video.

The lyrics of "The Archer" detail her insecurity about her relationships and experience with betrayal, as she sings "I've been the archer / I've been the prey." The 32-year-old musician pays homage to Marjorie with a photo of her hung on the wall behind her in "Anti-Hero," as pointed out by a fan on Twitter. ["The Archer"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpKc3C9V3w) when a man shoots her with a bow and arrow in "Anti-Hero." If that isn’t enough, he's recording a podcast episode during the funeral on his phone, which fans think is a callout to Kim K recording her ex-husband Kanye's phone call with Taylor in 2016. "I just need to make a better record," she said in the documentary. In "Anti-Hero," her "daughter-in-law" is also named Kimber and could potentially be inspired by Kim Kardashian (whose full name is Kimberly, BTW). One of the first shots in "Anti-Hero" already seems to parallel Taylor's self-directed music video for her Lover track, "The Man" (which is also chock-full of Easter eggs, including one for her Midnights song, "Karma"). The latter is likely a reference to Taylor's own experience with her body image in the public eye, which she addressed in her 2019 documentary, Miss Americana. It's no mystery that Taylor is a highly respected award-winning artist, and in the past, she has been criticized for her success — notably at the Grammys. The sheeted ghosts all wear accessories that call back to Taylor's past eras, including a cowboy hat to represent her self-titled debut country album and cat ears and floral sunglasses that could be a direct reference to her original music video for "22." Part of Taylor's exciting release week festivities is the music video for "Anti-Hero," which was written and directed by the "All Too Well" filmmaker herself and features comedians Mike Birbiglia, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, and John Early. On top of that, her official fan page [Taylor Nation posted a calendar](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj0noTOr-1C) marked with important dates and fun Midnights events to look forward to, like appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Graham Norton Show.

LOS ANGELES: Taylor Swift's 10th album “Midnights,“ marking a gradual return to pop for the US singer-songwriter, sparked an online fan frenzy followi...

In “Midnights,“ which includes the smooth vocals of Lana Del Rey in the duet “Snow on the Beach,“ Swift evokes a certain dreamy mystique, complete with nighttime ruminations -- her reflections on growing older and the complications of love. The pop sound marks a departure from “Evermore” and “Folklore,“ her two previous albums which were written during the pandemic, the latter of which won Album of the Year at the 2021 Grammys. Swifties from the United States to France and Britain were forced to wait patiently for hours to get their first earful of Swift's latest sound on the streaming platform -- released at the stroke of midnight.

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Which social media strategies are winning long-term loyalty and how can your brand build memorable and shoppable moments in the space? [Midnights](https://www.adweek.com/lostremote/taylor-swift-will-release-midnights-teaser-during-prime-videos-thursday-night-football/67526), was released Friday, and to celebrate, Instagram added a Taylor Swift chat theme inspired by the album. Find out at Social Media Week Europe, 7–9 Nov.

Star thanks fans for helping new release, Midnights, break record for most-streamed album in a single day.

this is our first album we’ve done with just the two of us as main collaborators,” she wrote. In a post on her Instagram to mark the album’s release, she shared a photo of herself with her collaborators, and singled out Antonoff as her “co-pilot”. Taylor Swift has thanked her fans for “doing something mind blowing” as her new LP broke the Spotify record for most-streamed album in a single day.

Swifties, we've got you covered! With the release of 'Midnights', here are some of the iconic Taylor Swift outfits from this new era.

In this clip, she was revealing ‘Snow on the Beach’, a song featuring Lana Del Rey. [Midnights](https://www.lifestyleasia.com/kl/culture/music/what-we-know-about-taylor-swift-new-album-midnights/) campaign. In her inaugural clip for Midnights Mayhem with Me, Taylor wore a delicious shade of brown. She paired the acid green cardigan with a classic: Levi’s High-Rise Denim Shorts. Donning a simple polo shirt with brown pants, it’s not the top or bottoms that stole the show in this episode where she revealed the title of track 6, ‘Midnight Rain’. In this episode, she unveiled the title of the song ‘Lavender Haze’. Although this may appear to be the oddball of this era’s iconic Taylor Swift outfits, we are still here for it. This time around, she dialled up the cosy factor to give us another version of her iconic Taylor Swift outfits. In Episode 11 of Midnights Mayhem with Me, Taylor unveiled the song ‘Labyrinth’. It was a plaid-on-plaid occasion, and this time around, she wore her hair down. She is wearing an earthy brown turtle neck and dark olive corduroys and completed the look with gold accessories. A clear departure from her folklore and evermore aesthetics, this new Swiftian era will take a turn towards the vintage.