Taylor Swift’s new album “Midnights”
Taylor Swift’s new album called Midnights has 13 songs that I can only describe as a mixture of country and pop. The songs are “Lavender Haze,” “Maroon,” “Anti-Hero,” “Snow on the Beach,” “You’re on Your Own Kid,” “Midnight Rain,” “Question…?”, “Vigilante Shit,” “Bejeweled,” “Labyrinth,” “Karma,” “Sweet Nothing,” and “Mastermind.” The album contains songs that have hit the top 100 billboard like “Anti-hero,” which was in the number one song on the billboard for five weeks in a row as of Dec. 2, 2022. “Anti-hero” I found to be very relatable as the story progressed. Each song tells a different story that listeners can relate to. As you listen to each song from this album, it takes you through an arrangement of emotions that are expressed not only in the lyrics but also within the harmony and melodic accompaniment in the songs.
“Bejeweled” and “Anti-hero” have their own music videos that tell the story of the song in more detail. The music video for “Bejeweled” takes a hit at the classic Cinderella story with a twist where Cinderella isn’t looking for their prince. The “Anti-hero” music video expresses the self doubt that is in everyone’s mind. It goes through how hard it is to fit in a world where you feel like you are the villain of your own story and how to accept yourself for who you are. This is a good album to listen to when you need help feeling the emotions that most of us have repressed for years. Overall I liked this album, but when I compared Midnights to her other albums like Red and 1989, it scaled 7.5/10.
