Find out Thirteen Unknown Things about Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’

The global pop icon Taylor Swift surprised all her listeners at the MTV Video Music Awards with the announcement of her upcoming album ‘Midnights’. The album is going to be released on the 21st of October. The artist said that ‘I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that my brand new album comes out October 21, and I will tell you more at midnight’. After some time she released photos of the album, which confirms the news.

Right after the announcement, it created a buzz among everyone and all her fans are not able to wait for the album anymore. Before this album, last time she announced the news of the album and gave a timer for the album ‘Reputation’. This was also almost five years ago. She is giving little hints about this new album to her fans. Among everyone, a lot of questions are being emerged regarding this album release. Here are thirteen questions that will help everyone to wait for seven weeks till the album’s release-

1. What is the need of giving a timer?

Taylor is a worldwide famous singer-performer and clearly, she doesn’t need to do anything special to create a buzz among her listeners. This kind of act of her leaves her listeners to anticipate the release. Maybe these kinds of excitement among everyone encourage her even more. Everyone has noticed that the artist was not appearing much in any kind of gatherings and shows. She was last seen in a public appearance in June at the Tribeca Film Festival for her short film. The film was named ‘All Too Well’. On this matter, she said that ‘People often greatly underestimate how much I will inconvenience myself to prove a point’. So, all these inconveniences were for this upcoming album.

2. What is the purpose of making ‘Midnights’?

When the artist was asked what was the purpose or idea behind making this album, she said ‘We lie awake in love and in fear, in turmoil and in tears,” she wrote. “We stare at walls and drink until they speak back. We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t — right this minute — about to make some fateful life-altering mistake. This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. 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.’

She also added by saying ‘Midnights, the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life, will be out Oct. 21. Meet me at midnight’.

3. What is the reason behind releasing it in October?

This album ‘Midnights’ is going to be released exactly right after ten years of her album ‘Red’. This album of her was released on 22nd October 2012. All of her albums have been released in the same month only the album ‘Reputation’ was released in November 2017. So, it can be said, this album is a symbolic return.

4. What is the story behind the album cover?

In the cover, Taylor has been seen holding a lighter in front o a shower curtain. And this reference doesn’t go with her in any way because she never smokes or promotes this kind of thing. That is why it is a little unpredictable to say something on this part of the album.

5. What are the other photos on this album about?

This album is going to be available in vinyl too. And for that, there are four different photos have been finalized. The pictures are being seen in Blood Moon, Jade Green, Mahogany, and Midnight Blue. The whole energy of the pictures is giving retro vibes, where not only the artist but the whole setup has an essence of the seventies. With these types of vinyl, she is trying to add the flavor of retro.

6. What about the vinyl?

Surprisingly, Taylor is releasing this album in every mode on the same day. The pieces of vinyl are also going to be released on 21st October. This is single vinyl and it is going to be 22 minutes per side. It is quite unusual for Taylor Swift because no vinyl of her is this short. Her other vinyl like ‘Folklore’, ‘Evermore’, and ‘Lover’ is nearly one hour long. ‘Reputation’ was 56 minutes long and the debut one was also 48 minutes. That means this vinyl is going to be much shorter than her other vinyl.

Read more: Taking a Break from Her Re-Recordings, Taylor Swift Announces Brand New Album ‘Midnights’

7. Is this album also about breakups, betrayals, and breakdowns?

On this matter regarding the album, Taylor has said at the Tribeca Film Festival that ‘I’ve never seen an exploding helicopter. I’ve never seen anybody go and blow somebody’s head off. So why should I make films about them? But I have seen people destroy themselves in the smallest way’. She added more by saying ‘I felt that’.

From this, it is being clear that the album ‘Midnights’ is going to be very much different from her other creations.

8. Why the album is not named 2 A.M.?

There is a special bond of 2 A.M. with Taylor Swift. In her previous work, there is a lot of reference to 2 A.M. in many songs, she said that she last time saw the face of her ex at 1.58 A.M. a phrase also known that ‘Night time, Tay time’. So, by keeping all the references she could have easily named the album 2 A.M.

9. What Taylor tries to say through midnight?

Taylor Swift has a different attachment with midnight. Her creations like ‘Style’, ‘Happiness’, ‘The Moment I Knew’, and ‘All Too Well’ has a special reference to midnight. There is also a saying about ‘22’ that ‘It feels like a perfect night…to join our list!’. It can be said that with Midnights she expresses herself much deeper. That is why it becomes easier to connect with the listeners.

10. What is the connection between Taylor and Emily Dickinson?

Taylor is very much fond of 19th-century poems. A phrase she uses a lot and follows is ‘Keep the lanterns lit and go searching… We’ll meet ourselves.’ It has been written by Dickinson in 1855. Taylor’s thinking and the writing of Dickinson are quite intertwined with each other. it can be said that Taylor is obsessed with this philosophy and tries to implement it in her creation. Dickinson was also very fond of writing about Midnights and it can be said that Taylor has been inspired by this.

11. When Taylor’s Version is going to come up next?

Everyone is assuming that Taylor is going to give another TV this year. In May she dropped ‘This Love (Taylor’s Version)’ which is a remake from the 1989 ballad. Later on, she also gave ‘The Old Taylor Collection’. Maybe she is going to release more content like these in the coming days.

12. Where are Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner?

The artist hasn’t said anything about the producers. She has collaborated with the duo of the industry Jaaron Desstonoff. This collaboration has always been a gem. These three people have always come up with amazing things. But it cannot be surely said, she will collaborate with them one more time or not because she is quite choosy when it comes to producers. If it stays as it is then this album will be a great piece of work.

13. Is Taylor going back to pop look or sticking with the cottagecore?

In her last creations like Folklore and Evermore, she has been seen in cottagecore. It is still not being predictable how she is going to present the whole album. But one thing can be said that she is coming back after a few times, so whatever she will do is going to be worth watching.

These are the thirteen unknown facts about Taylor Swift’s upcoming album ‘Midnights’. Everyone is eagerly waiting for the album to drop. She is all ready conquering the world with this. So let’s wait until it comes out.

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