Midnights

There is an unlikely art house inspiration behind the collaboration between Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff on her acclaimed new album, “Midnights”: French filmmaker Claire Denis’ “Stars at Noon.”In one of her multiple Instagram posts around the album’s release, Swift noted that while she and producer-musician Antonoff have worked together for nearly a decade, “Midnights” is the first to feature the two of them as “main collaborators.”“Midnights actually really coalesced and flowed out of us when our partners (both…

Taylor Swift launched a midnight buffet of spoils early Friday following the release of her latest album, “Midnights.” Among the goodies? Seven bonus tracks and a music video for the song “Anti-Hero.”Announcing the project in August and teasing it for weeks with playful gimmicks on TikTok, Swift delivered her 10th full-length studio album at the stroke of midnight (Eastern time) — and caused Spotify to crash briefly.Then, three hours after the release, the global superstar dropped an additional seven tracks, granting…

| If you were like us and stayed up until midnight to listen to Taylor Swift's new album Midnights, then you know what it means to be a Swiftbrony — one of the hardcore fans of Taylor Swift. But you aren't alone. Did you know that many of your favorite comic book superheroes from Marvel and DC are also huge Swiftbronies? In fact, many superheroes also stayed up waiting for the release of Midnights. Each superhero has their own reason for loving Taylor Swift, and they each did something special while waiting for the…

Taylor Swift has remained low-key about her relationship with her boyfriend Joe Alwyn. But this time, the pop singer has chosen to give fans an insight into their romance with the release of her highly-anticipated album Midnights. The latest album seems to be a most personal album of hers yet. The singer details their love on a track named Sweet Nothing and even enlisted his help as a co-writer. Taylor explained that her latest 13-track record tells the ‘stories of 13 sleepless nights, scattered throughout my life,’…

Taylor Swift’s long-awaited album Midnights is here.This time around, the singer worked with producer Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey, Zoë Kravitz, Sounwave, Sam Dew, Jahaan Sweet, Keanu Torres, William Bowery, and more.Telling fans to expect “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life,” Swift wrote on social media, “This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. The floors we pace and the demons we face. For all of us who have tossed and…

When the clock struck midnight, a new music era began for Taylor Swift as she debuted her 10th studio album, Midnights. When announcing the album, Swift hinted that it would share more personal stories, something she moved away from with her Folklore and Evermore albums, and described it as “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.” “This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams,” Swift wrote. “The floors we…

Taylor Swift’s pin-sharp new album, “Midnights,” closes with a song in which the pop superstar patiently explains to someone — perhaps many millions of someones — that their intimate relationship wasn’t a product of kismet but of design.“I laid the groundwork,” she sings over a blippy electronic groove, her voice edging slightly ahead of the beat, “and then just like clockwork the dominoes cascaded in a line.” The tune is called “Mastermind,” which is what Swift calls herself in the chorus, neatly rhyming the word with…

It’s one of the weirder aspects of 21st century pop that every major new album feels like a puzzle to be solved. Nothing is ever just announced, promoted, then released. Instead, breadcrumbs of mysterious hints and visual clues are very gradually dropped via the artist’s social media channels. Fans pore over them and formulate excitable theories as to what’s about to happen. Articles are written collating said fans’ theories and weighing up their potential veracity. Sometimes, it goes on longer than the actual album’s…

Anticipation is building as global pop sensation Taylor Swift is about to drop her tenth album, Midnights.Swift’s first album of new songs in almost two years, scheduled for release at midnight Friday morning in the eastern US, is expected to mark the singer’s official return to pop after 2020’s more alternative and introspective Folklore and Evermore.Multiple clips purporting to be from the album have already surfaced online.The leaks first appeared on social media platforms Twitter and TikTok before they were taken…

Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated new album, “Midnights,” is finally upon us. Are you ready for it?In August, the pop idol announced that she would soon be releasing her 10th studio album. Swift had just made history that night as the only artist to win the Video Music Award for video of the year three times.During her acceptance speech, Swift said — to shrieks and cheers from the crowd — that she “thought it might be a fun moment to tell” her fans about a new project in the works.“This is a collection of music written…