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Taylor Swift's "Midnights"
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Taylor Swift's Midnights is the tenth studio album from singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, which was released on October 20th, 2022. Midnights follows Swift's 2020 release Evermore and was written by Swift in collaboration with Jack Antonoff. The album was unveiled at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, with the debut teased on her TikTok leading up to the release date. Internet discussions following the release focused on Swift's lyricism, her references to her past relationship with John Mayer in her track "Would've Could've Should've" and Spotify reportedly crashing after numerous fans attempted to stream the release at once. The song "High Infidelity" also resulted in an influx of speculation about its meaning, which some perceived as Swift recounting a personal moment that involved cheating. The album received largely positive acclaim, with some naming it one of the most anticipated records of all time.
Background
Taylor Swift's release and promotion of_Midnights_ differed from her surprise release of Evermore, her ninth studio album. The album was first announced at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards,[1] followed by a graphic shared on her Instagram and Twitter that was memed and parodied at the time. [2]
Swift then released a video series on TikTok called "Midnights Mayhem with Me," consisting of 13 episodes between September 21st and October 7th, 2022, where she randomly released the names of various songs from the album. The first video[3] in the series gathered over 10.7 million plays and 2 million likes in nearly a month (seen below, left). The last[4] video in the series gathered 10.4 million plays and 1.5 million likes in two weeks (seen below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7145677990385454378
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7151677137337208110
Reception
The album received widespread acclaim upon release, gathering an aggregate score of 94 from nine critic reviews according to Metacritic[5] as of October 21st, 2022.
Online Presence
Midnights Lyrics
Discussions surrounding Swift's lyricism were prevalent online soon after her album release, with various users sharing screencaps of what they considered to be questionable songwriting. On October 21st, 2022, Twitter[6] user @mountbellyache posted a tweet sharing the lines "Lock broken / Slur spoken" from the 17th track on Midnights, named "High Infidelity." The tweet gathered over 5,000 likes in nearly a day (seen below).
![Taylor Swift Lyrics mount bellyache @mountbellyache taylor swift homophobic era Midnights High Infidelity Taylor Swift Lock broken Slur spoken 3:57 AM - Oct 21, 2022. Twitter for iPhone 331 Retweets 31 Quote Tweets 5,534 Likes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/250/e47.png)
The track "High Fidelity" also mentions the date "April 29th," as expressed in a tweet from the Twitter account[12] @SwiftNYC on October 21st, gathering over 2,000 likes in less than a day (seen below).
“Do you really want to know where I was April 29th? Do I have to tell you how he brought me back to life? Put on your records and regret me. I bent the truth too far tonight.” – Lyrics from High Infidelity #TSmidnighTS
April 29, 2016 🤔 pic.twitter.com/8kBrYhilzU— Taylor Swift Updates (@SwiftNYC) October 21, 2022
On October 21st, Twitter[13] user @miaaxenn posted a tweet with a meme questioning as to what happened on April 29th, gathering over 500 likes in under a day (seen below).
![Taylor Swift High Fidelity mia !! @miaaxenn. 9h losing my s--- over high infidelity. taylor swift what happened on april 29th girl 2 A Never Ask A Woman Her Age 122 A Man, His Salary Taylor Swift Where she was on April 29th 681 1](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/316/020.png)
Also on October 21st, 2022, Twitter[7] user @EwdatsGROSS posted a tweet questioning a lyric from Swift's track "Anti Hero," where she said, "Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby." The tweet gathered over 15,000 likes in nearly a day (seen below).
![Taylor Swift Lyrics Everybody Is A Sexy Baby SPOOKY 1984's George Whorewell @EwdatsGROSS Taylor I love you but what is this 1 line selected 46 of 149 characters diways Tooting for the anti- allu- hero Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby And I'm a monster on the hill Too big to hang out Slowly lurching toward your favorite city 12:18 AM - Oct 21, 2022. Twitter for iPhone X â €](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/253/0af.png)
John Mayer / "Would've Could've Should've"
The 19th track on Midnights, titled "Would've Could've Should've," is purportedly about Swift's brief 2010 relationship with artist John Mayer, who was 32 years old when Swift was 19. On October 21st, 2022, Twitter[8] user @midnightsmars posted a tweet about Mayer, gathering over 13,000 likes in nearly a day (seen below, left). Also on October 21st, Twitter[9] user @bythepocketfuI posted a tweet regarding Mayer, gathering over 2,000 likes in less than a day (seen below, right).
![Taylor Swift John Mayer mars (midnights version +) @midnightsmars john mayer was sleeping peacefully but was awoken at 3am with a chill down his spine 3:32 AM - Oct 21, 2022. Twitter Web App 1,243 Retweets 66 Quote Tweets 13.1K Likes 27 +]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/261/477.png)
![Taylor Swift John Mayer grace @bythepocketful john mayer Scooter Braun @scooterbraun Amazing night in Nashville 3:42 PM 11/14/19 Twitter for iPhone 144 Retweets 2,358 Likes 27 nick! @nicktendoswift - 11/14/19 Replying to @scooterbraun AND YOUR LAST 94 163 3:43 AM - Oct 21, 2022. Twitter for iPhone 1,131 :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/267/477.png)
Spotify Crash
Spotify user reports after Swift's album release indicate that the app crashed soon after midnight[10] due to a suspected influx of Swifties attempting to stream Midnights. On October 21st, 2022, Twitter[11] account @Popbase posted a screenshot of the Spotify home page indicating an error, gathering over 60,000 likes in nearly a day (seen below).
Spotify crashed following the release of Taylor Swift’s new album #TSmidnighTS. pic.twitter.com/exmM3UPd7l
— Pop Base (@PopBase) October 21, 2022
Various Examples
![Midnights Meme Mike (limited edition Rina Sawayama hat) @mikesmicYT me trying to work out if im holding the left or right airpod 12:48 AM - Oct 20, 2022. Twitter Web App 2,438 Retweets 64 Quote Tweets 39.3K Likes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/270/166.png)
![Midnights Meme Pop Base @pojbase - Oct 20 Breaking News: Liz Truss resigned as UK Prime Minister because she wants more time to stream Midnights by Taylor Swift. She's a Swiftie. 21 490 4,216](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/273/acc.png)
![Midnights Meme dani: MIDNIGHTS TIME @halleysatellite anti-hero by taylor swift vigitante s--- by taylor swift #MidnightsTaylorSwift #Midnights 12:38 AM - Oct 21, 2022. Twitter for iPhone 3,202 Retweets 154 Quote Tweets 13.2K Likes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/274/acd.png)
![Midnights Meme myrthe @delicatelyred Jack Antonoff on Midnights (2022): SYNTHS 12:45 AM - Oct 21, 2022. Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/278/385.png)
![Midnights Meme nate of the living dead @MNateShyamalan being online for a taylor swift album drop is honestly one of the top ten most terrifying things you can witness. 12:58 AM - Oct 21, 2022. Twitter for iPhone 381 Retweets 30 Quote Tweets 6,427 Likes 27](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/272/d7f.png)
![Midnights Meme kaitlyn @fearlesskait â €: midnights tour is age restricted because she's going to bring a man on stage during vigilante s--- and sacrifice him 1:34 AM - Oct 21, 2022. Twitter for iPhone 7,666 Retweets 430 Quote Tweets 70.9K Likes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/463/275/d5c.png)
im able to instantly detect if jack antonoff worked on a song due to a visceral hatred of his production style pic.twitter.com/qebe0nugXS
— caleb gamman (@calebgamman) October 21, 2022
Search Interest
External References
[1] Yahoo – Swift New Album
[2] Twitter – taylorswift13
[3] TikTok – taylorswift
[4] TikTok – taylorswift
[6] Twitter – mountbellyache
[7] Twitter – EwdatsGROSS
[8] Twitter – midnightsmars
[9] Twitter – bythepocketfuI
[10] TMZ – Spotify Crash
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