Taylor’s Full Midnights Tracklist Features A Collab With This Singer
It’s crazy they’ve never worked together before.
It’s almost midnight. Taylor Swift’s tenth studio album Midnights arrives on Oct. 21, and Taylor has done a good job of drumming up anticipation for the album. First, she announced the new record at the VMAs on Aug. 28. More recently, she’s launched a TikTok series, Midnights Mayhem With Me, where the Grammy-winning singer reveals one song from the 13-song tracklist every few days using a bingo machine and numbered balls.
Taylor has yet to release a single (or even a snippet, for that matter) in the lead-up to the album’s release, so fans are left to piece together the album’s sound from her few statements and mysterious TikToks.
“This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams,” Taylor said in a statement about the LP when she announced it. “The floors we pace and the demons we face. 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 twelve … we’ll meet ourselves.”
Here’s everything Taylor has revealed about the full Midnights tracklist.
1. Lavender Haze
Taylor revealed the opening track on Midnights is called “Lavender Haze.” She also posted a “behind-the-song” video on Instagram where she that the title was a phrase she first heard on Mad Men.
“It turns out that it’s a common phrase used in the ’50s where they would just describe being in love,” Taylor said. “Like, if you were in the lavender haze, then that meant that you were in that all-encompassing love glow. And I thought that was really beautiful.”
2. “Maroon”
Maroon is about to be everybody’s favorite color because it’s the second track off Midnights. Interestingly, Taylor announced her song’s title while wearing the iconic “Red” ring.
3. “Anti-Hero”
Could Taylor be entering her villain era? She revealed the third track is called “Anti-Hero.” She made this announcement while answering the phone upside down, though it’s unclear if that was intentional.
She also posted an explainer on Instagram where she revealed “Anti-Hero” is one of her favorite songs she’s ever written. Taylor described it as an “honest” track that dives into her insecurities.
“I struggle a lot with the idea that my life has become unmanageably sized. Not to sound too dark, but I struggle with the idea of not feeling like a person,” Taylor said. “Don’t feel bad for me, you don’t need to. This song is a real guided tour throughout all the things I tend to hate about myself. We all hate things about ourselves, and it’s all of those aspects of the things we dislike and like about ourselves that we have to come to terms with if we’re going to be this person.”
9. “Bejeweled”
Taylor revealed that the ninth track on her album is called “Bejeweled.” Considering she wore a crystal-covered dress to the 2022 VMAs, where she announced her Midnights album, could Taylor have secretly teased this song title all the way back in August? I hope so.
11. “Karma”
“Karma” has been a word on many Swifties’ minds since 2016, when Taylor was rumored to be releasing an album of the same name. When she announced “Karma” as the 11th track on her Midnights album, she couldn’t help but smirk and laugh. Is this track connected to the rumored secret album? It’s unclear. What’s certain though is the track will surely be much-discussed once it drops.
13. “Mastermind”
The first song Taylor revealed was the last on the album’s tracklist, titled “Mastermind.” Like her album 1989, the Midnights tracklist contains her lucky number of songs: 13.
Choosing TikTok as a platform for teasing a time-themed album was a smart choice for Taylor. It also makes sense, considering how many people are counting down the days, hours, and seconds until Midnights’ release.
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