The feelings are mutual!
21.10.2022 - 20:37 / usmagazine.com
Searching for clues! Taylor Swift is known for hiding tons of Easter eggs in her lyrics, and her latest album, Midnights, is no exception.
The Grammy winner, 32, announced her 10th studio album in August at the MTV Video Music Awards while accepting the trophy for Video of the Year. “This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams,” the “Lover” songstress wrote via Instagram at the time. “For all of us who have tossed and turned and decided to keep the lanterns lit and go searching — hoping that just maybe, when the clock strikes 12 … we’ll meet ourselves.”
Before the album’s Friday, October 21, release, Swift teased fans with plenty of videos and social media posts about her new music. In one Instagram post, the Pennsylvania native revealed that opening track “Lavender Haze” is about her romance with Joe Alwyn. The “Cruel Summer” musician and the Conversations With Friends alum, 31, have been dating since 2016.
Swift explained that she borrowed the phrase “lavender haze” from an episode of Mad Men, adding that the song’s lyrics are about trying to stay in a bubble of happiness in the face of adversity and invasive questions. “My relationship for six years, we’ve had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it,” she told followers earlier this month. “And so this song is sort of about the act of ignoring that stuff to protect the real stuff.”
Shortly before the release of Midnights, the Amsterdam actress teased a “chaotic surprise” set to drop on Friday at 3 a.m., three hours after the album debuted on streaming services. Fans who stayed up late learned that Swift’s big reveal was seven additional songs.
“Surprise! I think of Midnights as a complete
The feelings are mutual!
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, Taylor Swift's diehard fans have pulled a collective all-nighter to dissect every moment of the pop star's latest album. (I know—I was one of them.) In fact, the internet has been tracking Swift's every move ever since she announced Midnights while accepting her (for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)”) at the 2022 VMAs. And for good reason! The singer is known to plan her projects years in advance, which only fuels the speculation that surrounds every sly reference and easter egg she famously drops into her work. Take Karma, for example.
to her boyfriend of six years, , and on her latest album , she 's finally addressing the matter. Just not in the way you may have wanted. Rather than confirming or denying her betrothal, —in true Swift style—instead shares her feelings about the media circus about her relationship status. On “Lavender Haze,” which is the first track from Midnights and not a strain of cannabis, Swift sings: “I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say/ the 1950s shit they want from me/ I just wanna stay in that lavender haze.” In a separate verse, she adds, "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."This content can also be viewed on the site it from.As she explained on Instagram earlier this month, the 32-year-old happened upon the phrase “lavender haze” while watching Mad Men. “ I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool.
Taylor Swift has revealed some more lyrics from ‘Midnights’ on a billboard in London – check out the posts below.The singer-songwriter is set to release her 10th studio album this Friday (October 21). It’ll feature the single ‘Anti-Hero’ as well as a collaborative song with Lana Del Rey called ‘Snow On The Beach’.At midnight on Monday (October 17), Swift began a week-long run of lyric reveals in partnership with Spotify.
upcoming album “Midnights”— which drops Friday — by revealing a new lyric each night this week at the stroke of 12 on a billboard in cities around the world. The first lyric was revealed at the witching hour Monday on a huge video screen in Times Square — and read, “I should not be left to my own devices.”“Listeners around the world have spent many a midnight with Taylor Swift. Through life’s triumphs, celebrations, and hardships, Taylor’s music and lyrics have always been a source of comfort when the clock strikes 12 and beyond,” Spotify, which is teaming with Swift, said in a statement.