Taylor Swift

The album treads aggressively familiar territory—but with new wisdom and confidence. By Spencer Kornhaber. A portrait of Taylor Swift. Beth Garrabrant.

On the delightfully trollish “Anti-Hero”—“Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby, and I’m a monster on the hill”—she makes the highly specific insecurities of a celebrity land as a (The lovely “Snow on the Beach,” for example, is almost ruined by a pointless Janet Jackson reference.) But the concision of Swift’s songcraft and the nuances of her phrasing should keep the listener tuned in. (Please diagram this double negative: “Karma’s a relaxing thought / aren’t you envious that for you it’s not?”) For the opener, “Lavender Haze,” the cartoon-villain smolder of her voice has human creaks and squeaks. “Maroon” and “Question…?,” two songs about hot memories, churn with a near-tragic blend of energy and frustration. That knack for relatability is her superpower—one so potent that it almost makes Midnights’ insularity seem noble. [Reputation](https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/11/reputation-taylor-swift-first-review/545561/) in 2017 and [Lover](https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/taylor-swift-lover-review-faith-religion/596725/) in 2019—tinged with extremity and experimentation, brilliance and [cringe](https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-song-review/588118/). The concept behind the album title—Swift documenting “13 sleepless nights” over her lifetime—is an excuse to tour through old obsessions: exes, haters, feuds, her beau’s talent for distracting her from all of the above. Yet compositionally, Midnights is sleek and sturdy in a way that no previous album of hers is. Last year, she expanded an old ballad, “All Too Well,” [into a 10-minute saga](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/11/snl-taylor-swift-all-too-well-red/620706/) that flickered with controlled fury. What’s distinct about her return to synth pop is just the flavors she stirs in: oozing bass, surmountable melancholia, and the same type of confession and awkwardness that appears 45 minutes into an office happy hour. The choice of moodily distorted vocals feels especially dated; putting humanoid whale moans in an album’s first moments, as Swift and Antonoff have done, is like opening an IPAs-and-bacon bar in 2022. Transcending expectations is its own expectation, and Midnights makes clear, with modest poignance, that Swift has burned out on her own hype.

Swift shuns a return to stadium-ready pop for another low-key release.

Snow on the Beach will get a lot of attention due to the backing vocals of another superstar, Lana Del Rey, but both artists have voiced a dozen ballads that are more memorable. On Midnight Rain, over slow-motion beats and layers of digital drones, she laments that a past lover couldn’t change as fast as she did. As a younger woman, on her song 22, she was kookily enjoying “breakfast at midnight”. The acoustic guitar is returned to the back of the wardrobe and electronic soundscapes are here again, with help from long-term collaborator On Anti-Hero she imagines laughing at her descendents from hell after being murdered for her money. Later, on Labyrinth, she’s thinking of an ex: “You know how much I hate that everybody just expects me to bounce back just like that.”

The pop titan's tenth record pivots away from her lockdown creations and recent re-recording project, offering up brighter sounds.

“Best believe I’m still bejewelled/When I walk in the room/I can still make the whole place shimmer”, she asserts on ‘Bejeweled’. “I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser”, later adding: “When my depression works the graveyard shift/All of the people I’ve ghosted stand there in the room”. Choice lyrics have since been shared on [ a New York billboard](https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-announces-new-single-and-reveals-midnights-lyrics-on-new-york-billboard-3330110), while [Jack Antonoff](https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-confirms-that-jack-antonoff-worked-on-new-album-midnights-3311933) and [Zoë Kravitz](https://www.nme.com/artists/zo-kravitz) were announced as collaborators on the project; even a long-awaited [ UK tour seems to be confirmed](https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-confirms-uk-midnights-tour-is-happening-3330368), her first since 2018. [Starboy](https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-weeknd-starboy-review-1874057)‘, shuffling beats and muted vocals supporting Swift’s lyrics that rail against intrusive questioning: “All they keep asking me/Is if I’m gonna be your bride/The only kinda girl they see/Is a one night or a wife”. A collection of songs “written in the middle of the night”, the announcement of this album came as something of a surprise. There’s a newfound confidence in the words, Swift unashamed to share every side of herself. On album closer ‘Mastermind’s bridge, Swift lays herself bare: “No one wanted to play with me as a little kid/So I’ve been scheming like a criminal ever since”, she sighs over cinematic strings. She adds: “To make them love me and make it seem effortless/This is the first time I’ve felt the need to confess”. Lana Del Rey collaboration ‘Snow On The Beach’ is the closest the record veers towards the lush indie-folk of ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’, interweaving Del Rey’s distinctive vocals with Swift’s. If the aforementioned is the album stuck on for pre-drinks before going Out-Out, ‘Midnights’ is what plays in the rideshare home, city lights swirling past when the night is winding down but you’re on the hunt for the afters. [a string of short clips](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFrwwKRs/) where Swift revealed the track listing of the album song by song, also saw her divulge that [Lana Del Rey](/artists/lana-del-rey) would be appearing on the record. This we know, for sure: she’s never been one to stick to any specific sound, with experimentation and musical left-turns a recurring theme.

The subtle melodies of Midnights take time to sink their claws in. But Swift's feline vocal stealth and assured lyrical control ensures she keeps your ...

The album ends with “Mastermind”, which seems to be about Alwyn again – and includes a confession that, like “all wise women”, she engineered some aspects of their romance. But the swipes at a “spiderboy, king of thieves” waving a “web of opacity” would suggest it’s about her ex, Spider-Man star Jake Gyllenhaal (who famously dumped her by text, breaking her heart and [ inspiring the album Red, which she recently re-recorded](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-all-too-well-jake-gyllenhaal-b1955730.html)). But Swift’s feline vocal stealth and assured lyrical control ensure she keeps your attention. The slower, grimier texture of “Maroon” is a dive back into a past relationship (place your bets). The effect is of a woman in stilettos hunting a shadow. Through it all, the low vibration of the synth is stalked by the treble rattle of a snare drum. But as the vocal layers build, she shakes off the judgement effortlessly: “Talk your talk and go viral / I just need this love to spiral.” She unpicks the unwieldiness of her stardom with terrific, surreal imagery. Against the throb of a synth bass, she appears to be addressing the misogynistic media obsession with whether or not she’s marrying actor boyfriend All the while she keeps things just cryptic enough to keep the tension crackling and the speculation buzzing. But in an Instagram post, Swift explained that she had happened upon the phrase while watching Mad Men and found it was vintage slang for a dreamy love glow. Playing Midnights will make you feel as though you’re sleeping over at her house while she spills secrets and settles scores into the night.

Taylor Swift has dropped the "Anti-Hero" music video from her new album, Midnights, and its her own multiverse of madness.

One of her children says, upon realising they’e been left nothing as punishment for their narcissism and manipulation: “There’s probably a secret, encoded message that means something else.” [October 21, 2022]

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!

'Midnights' is, as Taylor Swift explained in a statement when her tenth studio album was revealed, “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout ...

“Best believe I’m still bejewelled/When I walk in the room/I can still make the whole place shimmer”, she asserts on ‘Bejeweled’. “I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser”, later adding: “When my depression works the graveyard shift/All of the people I’ve ghosted stand there in the room”. A collection of songs “written in the middle of the night”, the announcement of this album came as something of a surprise. ‘Lavender Haze’ evokes The Weeknd’s 2016 album ‘Starboy‘, shuffling beats and muted vocals supporting Swift’s lyrics that rail against intrusive questioning: “All they keep asking me/Is if I’m gonna be your bride/The only kinda girl they see/Is a one night or a wife”. [ Taylor Swift](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/taylor-swift) explained in a statement when her [ tenth studio album was revealed](https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch1Ed_Su6Qw/?hl=en), “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life”. [a string of short clips](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFrwwKRs/) where Swift revealed the track listing of the album song by song, also saw her divulge that [Lana Del Rey](/artists/lana-del-rey) would be appearing on the record.

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".

Taylor Swift's Midnights might be her most relatable album yet, and it comes at a time where we all feel so disconnected.

In a world of change, Taylor is my continuity, despite the fact she always surprises us. Midnights, her tenth album, is a stranger whose face you vaguely know. She is a lyrical talent who crosses genres, who exists in a vacuum of her own talent.

Following Red (Taylor's Version) and Fearless (Taylor's Version), this album marks the first wholly new music from Taylor Swift since 2021.

Taylor is known for doing callbacks to previous songs and hiding easter eggs for fans. Taylor has also already teased video content for several of the songs but there’s no word yet on when we can expect to see them in full. It’s possible this tour will cover several albums, including Midnights, folklore, evermore, and the two re-releases of older albums.

Taylor Swift's tenth album, Midnights, takes a dark, shimmering turn with silky electro-pop accompanying her ever-vivid storytelling.

This is a world of fever dreams, of nightly concerns being met with an “all-encompassing love glow” – a description of the song’s title, which Fans will of course already be aware of her partner Joe Alwyn’s writing credit on penultimate track ‘Sweet Nothing’, under the pseudonym William Bowery – a moniker that was also credited on folklore and evermore tracks ‘exile’, ‘betty’ and ‘champagne problems’. [Taylor Swift took to the stage at the MTV VMAs two months ago and announced her brand-new album](https://whynow.co.uk/read/taylor-swift-announces-new-album) Midnights, it was certainly a moment worth cherishing.

Taylor Swift's Midnights visual album credits contain an easter egg that the internet has gone wild for.

[Lana Del Rey](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/woman-of-the-year-lana-del-rey), who appears on the album for only a handful of words, once covered the track “Blue Velvet”, a song which shares a name with the cult ‘80s noir David Lynch film starring Dern. [David Lynch](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/best-david-lynch-films) is rightly beloved online. The singer tweeted a trailer for the music videos that accompany her new album, Midnights, explaining that they are “to explore visually the world of this record,” and ensuring Twitter stayed up another five hours laboriously screenshotting the footage.

A Harry Styles and Taylor Swift party night is coming to Revolution bar in Queen Street, Norwich.

Cheaper advance tickets are available on Eventbrite for £7 and there will be more on the door and it is for over 18s only. It will be a club event with DJs playing homage and celebrating the two chart-topping acts. Stay out too late and enjoy bangers from the back catalogue of two of the world's biggest popstars in a Norwich bar.

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.

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”

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.

Taylor Swift has released her 10th album, Midnights, along with a new video and a surprise seven additional songs. Critics have so far shared positive ...

On some tracks, though, Swift brings out the F-word, as on “Snow on the Beach” and “Maroon”. / And if I was a child did it matter if you got to wash your hands?” At the top end of the list is “Question...”, featuring a pop verse that packs a punch. Swift sings: “If you tasted poison you could’ve spit me out at the first chance/ And if I was some paint, did it splatter on a promising grown man? Ready For It”, the two digits can be seen in big numbers on the left-hand side of the frame at 0:20 “Labyrinth” / 4:07 “Bejeweled” / 3:14 In the music video for “... “Question...?” / 3:30 “Anti-Hero” / 3:20 ‘Midnights’ has, of course, 13 tracks. “Maroon” / 3:38

Taylor Swift has shared the music video for 'Anti-Hero', the lead single from her new album 'Midnights', which explores her "insecurities".

The singer added that it’s about coming to terms with one’s flaws and plus points in working to truly accept who you are as a person. She also parties with her ant–hero alter-ago. [fans have spotted a Janet Jackson reference in Taylor Swift‘s new collaboration with Lana Del Rey, ‘Snow On The Beach’](https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/taylor-swift-midnights-review-3333258), and just hours after she released ‘Midnights’ Swift has surprised fans with a [deluxe edition of her 10th album, adding to it an extra seven tracks](https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-adds-seven-bonus-tracks-to-midnights-on-surprise-3am-edition-3333345). [four-star review](https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/taylor-swift-midnights-review-3333258), NME‘s Hannah Mylrea noted that it’s a “shimmering return to pure pop” that “pivots away from her mellow lockdown creations and recent re-recording project, offering up brighter, future-facing sounds”. [Taylor Swift](https://www.nme.com/artists/taylor-swift) has shared the music video for [‘Anti-Hero’](https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-says-new-song-anti-hero-hears-her-delve-deepest-into-her-insecurities-3322351), the lead single from her new album [‘Midnights’](https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/taylor-swift-midnights-review-3333258). [the US pop star said that ‘Anti-Hero’ hears her delve the deepest she ever has into her “insecurities”](https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-says-new-song-anti-hero-hears-her-delve-deepest-into-her-insecurities-3322351).

The singer revealed she wrote and directed the music video, which plays out her 'intrusive thoughts'

Watch my nightmare scenarios and intrusive thoughts play out in real time.” The [singer](/topic/singer) shared the video for Anti-Hero on October 21, the day the album dropped, much to the delight of her [fans](/topic/fans).

T. aylor Swift has released her 10th studio album Midnights to much fanfare, with critics publishing a string of glowing reviews. In the American singer- ...

[NME](/topic/nme) agreed with this assessment and provided the same rating, hailing the album as “a shimmering return to pure pop”. Describing Midnights as “essentially an old-fashioned singer-songwriter album about human weakness”, he added that “Swift is doing what she has always done: taking themes of the heart and cementing them to solid Nashville songcraft”. With a rating of four stars, Neil McCormick of The Telegraph wrote that the album has “a sensuous electro-digital sound”.

The pop singer confronts her own flaws and calls everyone a “sexy baby” on the lead single from Midnights.

[1989](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989/), the neurotic image analysis of [reputation](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-reputation/), the dense lyricism of [folklore](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-folklore/) and [evermore](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-evermore/). But after so many years of defending the moral high ground—from ex-boyfriends, [rappers](https://pitchfork.com/news/66882-taylor-swift-kanye-and-kim-are-lying-committing-character-assassination/), [label executives](https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swifts-music-ownership-controversy-with-scooter-braun-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters)—Swift [started to admit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpKc3C9V3w) her own fallibility. Swift and trusted collaborator [Jack Antonoff](https://pitchfork.com/artists/32408-bleachers/) keep the production simple—a methodical drum loop, simmering synths—focusing in on a series of vignettes in which Swift is haunted by past mistakes.

Taylor Swift has released her 10th album, Midnights, along with a new video and a surprise seven additional songs. Critics have so far shared positive ...

On some tracks, though, Swift brings out the F-word, as on “Snow on the Beach” and “Maroon”. At the top end of the list is “Question...”, featuring a pop verse that packs a punch. [Taylor Swift](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/taylor-swift) made several revelations with the release of her latest album, Midnights. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. “Do you really wanna know where I was April 29th? [Taylor Swift](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/taylor-swift) has responded to the consistent speculation about her relationship with [Joe Alwyn](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/joe-alwyn) in the Midnights track, “Lavender Haze”. [Taylor Swift hits out at Joe Alwyn marriage rumours on ‘Lavender Haze’](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-lavender-haze-joe-alwyn-midnights-b2207784.html) From celebrity feuds to her [relationship status](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-lavender-haze-joe-alwyn-midnights-b2207784.html) with her boyfriend, [Joe Alwyn](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/joe-alwyn), Swift laid it all out on the table, including one previously unknown fact about herself. In a video posted to TikTok, Swift gives her fans a rundown of the week’s album-related events, including the album release (tick) and the music video drop for her single “Anti-Hero” (tick). [Taylor Swift fans tell singer she ‘broke Spotify’](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-midnights-bonus-songs-spotify-b2207592.html) [Swift temporarily crashed Spotify upon the release of the seven bonus tracks](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-midnights-bonus-songs-spotify-b2207592.html).

Taylor Swift teased lyrics from 'Midnights' earlier this year during her 2022 New York University commencement speech.

Fans who pre-ordered the album [will be able to access an exclusive pre-sale](https://www.nme.com/news/music/heres-how-to-buy-taylor-swift-tickets-uk-midnights-tour-dates-3332659) for tickets. Instead she spins these new stories through sleek synth-pop, in common with ‘1989’ or [‘Lover’](https://www.nme.com/reviews/taylor-swift-lover-review-2541084), but the razor-sharp production of these albums is more subtle this time around.” At one point she addressed out-of-town relatives and friends of the graduates with, “Let me say to you now: Welcome to New York – it’s been waiting for you.” And I am a doctor now, so I know how breathing works.” The line “I should not be left to my own devices…” appeared on a huge screen in Times Square, New York City. [Swift began a week-long run of lyric reveals](https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-announces-new-single-and-reveals-midnights-lyrics-on-new-york-billboard-3330110) in partnership with [Spotify](https://www.nme.com/tag/spotify).

Swift cricises the expectation that she is engaged on her new song Lavander Haze.

She first explained that she learnt the phrase, “lavender haze” while watching TV show Mad Men and discovered it meant an “all-encompassing love glow". No deal," the star belts. She sings: “All they keep asking me is if I’m gonna be your bride.

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.

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.

Where was Taylor Swift on April 29th? Turns out, her Midnights track "High Infidelity" could be about Calvin Harris.

On the 28 April, she was at Gigi Hadid’s birthday dinner and on 1 May she was gearing up for the first Monday in May’s Met Gala. But where was Taylor Swift on 29 April? She’s about to take a long break.” Following the song’s release, it was discovered that Taylor Swift actually co-wrote the hit under a pen name, Nils Sjoberg. “You know, we haven’t even spoken about it. Whose eyes are the constellations in?

Her new record sees her turn away from the intimate indie songwriting of her two last albums, Folklore and Evermore, in favour of electronica, synth-pop and ...

[Spotify users reported a huge spike in outages](https://news.sky.com/story/spotify-users-report-huge-spike-in-outages-as-taylor-swifts-new-album-midnight-drops-12726142) after the new album landed on the platform. It sees her turn away from the intimate indie songwriting of her two last albums, Folklore and Evermore, in favour of electronica, synth-pop and sometimes even hip-hop influenced beats. Her new record sees her turn away from the intimate indie songwriting of her two last albums, Folklore and Evermore, in favour of electronica, synth-pop and sometimes even hip hop-influenced beats.

T. aylor 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. The pop- ...

this is our first album we’ve done with just the two of us as main collaborators,” she wrote. Congratulations, @taylorswift13,” the platform’s official account tweeted. [aylor Swift](/topic/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.