The album was released internationally in the middle of considerable secrecy, with no information other than the release date and some of its sources of inspiration.
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Dreams, imaginations, and even nightmares attack Midnights, Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album, returns to the road of electronic music, but not so much to disco as to circulate in the middle of the night via mental pathways between mist and flashes of headlights automobiles towards a daybreak on the beach.
The album was released at dawn throughout the world, with no previous warning other than the release date and some of its sources of inspiration, which were generally sleepless evenings (thus the title, "Midnights" in Spanish). either self-sabotaging or dreaming about retribution.
She also revealed the names of the 13 songs, their composers (she appears as the main author on all of them), and the existence of a collaboration with Lana del Rey ("Snow on the Beach"), which had been speculated by her fans as both had become regular artists of the same producer, Jack Antonoff, with whom he repeats here in a work full of small details.
This release's secrecy, which demonstrates that the artists are fully confident in their work, is unprecedented in the modern music industry, whereby artists often try to maximize album sales by gradually releasing new songs as "singles" leading up to the full-length album's debut.
Swift has yet to release an official single that would allow her to outline the style of Midnights; would she stick to the "indie" and intimate sound of her most recent LPs, "Folklore"(2020) and "Evermore"(2020?), or would he return to the pop field that also brought him so much joy in "1989′′(2014) or "Lover"? (2019).
He's taken a middle ground approach this time. Here, synthesizer production and digital treatment of voices predominate, in contrast to the organic and "folkie" component of his two previous efforts, but without losing any of the album's dreamy aura or impression of unreality.
It's as if the "Cardigan" interpreter, unable to sleep, got in her car at 3 a.m. and drove straight to the beach she describes in "Snow On The Beach," with the help of Lana del Rey, whose contribution is limited to being an immaterial presence, like the choir of a protective spirit.
This pursuit of mood is unceasing, and it's most obvious in cuts like "Maroon" and "Vigilante Shit," both of which recall the celebrated Swiftian vengeance anthems "Bad Blood" and "Reputation," albeit with a cold-blooded twist.
"Even though I don't initiate drama, I always know how things will conclude. Don't be down, do something about it; on the weekends, I don't dress up for my pals; these days, I do it just to spite them "Before there's any room for confusion about who will be getting this musical payback, he breaks into song. Someone like Scooter Braun, who made her re-record a lot of her albums.
Lighter compositions, such as the album's opener "Lavender Haze" or "Anti-Hero," the latter of which will be the official single, take us back to another familiar side of him, the 1980s, which he tackled in "1989."
Curiosities include Swift's 6-year boyfriend Joe Alwyn ("Sweet Nothing"), with whom she has previously written cuts like "Exile," and Lana del Rey and Jack Antonoff, whose names appear on most of the songs. Zöe Kravitz also appears as a co-author on two songs ("Karma" and "Lavender Haze").
Since "Midnights," with its 13 tracks, is completed in under 45 minutes, it is one of his shortest albums, and its success over the course of more than 10 minutes, "All Too Well," necessitates a review of the composer's previous work.
Swift also released a music video for "Anti-Hero" alongside the album, and she is rumored to be making an announcement about a major international tour scheduled for 2023, which would mark her return to the concert stage after an absence of five years.