![]() ![]() With familiar themes and lyrics like, “The only kinda girl they see is a one-night or a wife,” and “I’m damned if I do give a damn what people say,” the track is exciting, and smoothly transitions into Maroon which echoes her Red era with more synth and sensuality, although that might also have to do with the song’s name. The album has a promising start with Lavender Haze and Maroon the former having a synth-pop base, layered with smooth lyrics encapsulating the speculation that swirls around (really, all of her relationships) but in this case, her six-year old relationship with actor Joe Alwyn. Taylor Swift announces new album at MTV VMAs ![]() Understandable, considering Midnights is marketed as an album that is akin to Swift’s late night stream of consciousness, when feelings of love, heartbreak, anger, agony, and self-loathing all creep out. Her raw emotions in classic albums like Fearless and Red were able to evoke the emotions - good or bad - that you felt in your gut. But, the writing of the songs strayed far from Swift’s usual artistry. After nine studio albums, the most recent ones being a flirtationship with different genres (I say flirtationship because the success rate here was varied) I wasn’t surprised to see that Midnights was an amalgamation of these past endeavours. Prepared to get into my feelings and draw obscure connections to my date from her lyrics, I hit play on Friday morning. ![]() In an age of ghosting, situationships and several phone calls with my girlfriends about dating in 2022, the one thing that we held on to was the knowledge that Taylor Swift would soon give us a space to really get into our feelings. ![]()
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