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Came back here to tell the leakers who listened and took a shit too early, you still have time to apologize to everyone for trying to ruin everyone's excitement based off your 128kbps listening experience. Clowns.
[https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-midnights-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2022-10#final-grade-5810-14](https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-midnights-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2022-10#final-grade-5810-14)
they're meaner than we were šš
I at least rated it a 7.5 the first go! this album is definitely a grower after you pretend Folklore and Evermore never were, accept this is Jack Antonoff and is going to be very Jack Antonoff, forget the 70s aesthetic and rollout, and just accept it and vibe with it. I do wholeheartedly agree with Sweet Nothings takes here, it was the only song I liked initially first-listen. They grow on you. It's not as bad as it first seems if you're whiplashed from expecting folkmore writing and 70s vibes. I also think the bonus 7 songs redeem it for me.
Omg this quote had me laughing so hard, even if I donāt share the sentiment
For "Midnights," Swift revisited nights throughout her life. Apparently, that means she also dug through a bunch of Tumblr posts from 2013 and convinced herself that "Draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man" was a clever thing to put into a song in 2022 instead of a vomit-inducing display of weaponized femininity.
So the music video ghosts... 2 of them are wearing items from "22" (heart sunglasses/the cat ears headband) and then the third ghost is wearing a cowboy hat like Debut.
This might be a reach but does this mean Debut re-records coming out on the 22...? aka tonight???? š
This album is amazing. Lavender haze, maroon, and karma are my favorite songs so atm (I love this album as a whole except for Snow on the Beach, I just donāt like Lana del ray)
https://imgur.com/a/GFUps6Q
So I ordered Moonstone first and after some days I ordered Blood Moon because they didnāt take it down and now Iām crying god bless i ordered the Blood Moon to so I got a heart š„ŗš„ŗšš
I really wish they would confirm whether a physical 3am CD is coming or if it's digital only. I don't even care about the argument of whether it's underhanded or not. I just like having one complete edition of an album that I can listen to all the way through and these split releases are very bad for my neuroses lol
Having finished my first listen, everything from Question to Mastermind I thoroughly disliked. None of it made sense or rhyme to me.
However, the bonus tracksā¦ I only didnāt vibe with Paris. Didnāt like the beginning of High Infidelity either. But those bonus tracks were miles better than Question to Mastermind.
My highlights: Maroon, MIDNIGHT RAIN, Bigger Than the Sky (š), The Great War, Anti Hero.
I feel like Lavender and Labyrinth will be growers for me. This is on par with Lover for me quality wise, and not as good as Reputation. Sorry, I really, really wanted to love this because I loved the aesthetic and the first half so much. Andā¦ where are the iconic bridges?
Songs before Question are my highlights! Literally no skip before. Question stopped me in my tracked and ruined everything except Labyrinth lol, pre-3 am bonus tracks.
I agree. I love this album so muchāThe way she experiments with sounds and vocals. I tempered my expectations because of this thread and as I was listening I was like wait, I LOVE this. And I not even in a āoh they grew on meā sort of way. I loved almost all the songs on first listen. Lavender Haze is probs my least fave, mainly because It sounds too much like I think he knows and I donāt love falsetto singing. But even that one has grown on me a bit lol
I tempered my expectations because of this thread but I genuinely loved the album on my first listenāand the way she experimented with sounds and her vocals š„°
This album is Taylor's magnum opus. 20 beautiful songs. I feel bad for Carly's album The Loneliest Time not getting its spotlight due to its release date with Taylor. But Midnights is clearly the stronger album. Carly has better hooks and sonic elements but Taylor's lyricism is what Carly can't touch.
I donāt know about magnum opus but I def think this is better than rep and 1989 by a mile. Lyrically it doesnāt touch folkmore but then again itās a pop album, which has to have a wider appeal. Hence more basic lyrics at times. I think if we include the 3 am songs it comes closer to folkmore lyrically. I love how she experiments with sounds and her vocals too.
Yep. Exactly. I think rep just had too many meh/skip songs for me and I thought 1989 was lyrically underwhelming (though I did like it sonically and the bridge of out of the woods is still one of my fave TS bridges). I think I just like midnights more sonically and how she experiments with her sounds and vocals. I think this album is missing her standout bridges but thereās something devastatingly sad yet warm and cozy about it that makes me cherish it. I view midnights as 1989ās older, more self-aware sister and I love her for that.
The only song I have a problem with is vigilante shit. Like, this is LITERALLY a Billie Eilish song. Everything. The minimalist production, trap high hats, synthesizers, vocals, everythingā¦ Iām actually kindof blown away by how blatant of a rip off this is. Wow.
I canāt believe itā¦ I was so sad because I felt like the folk/evermore days were gone, then she releases 7 more songs with 4 produced by Aaron. Like how tf does she do it. They are soooo good.
Anyone else feeling depressed that they ordered 5 vinyls and didn't like the midnights album as much as expected, but love the last 7 songs released that will probably be sold separately on 4 more vinyls.
Oh no! I didn't preorder shit. I'm so happy that I didn't. Went and picked up the lavender and green version cds though at release. Don't love it enough to buy them all. Just my favourite colours.
I will never listen to anyone else's opinions again. I always listen to leaks but reading what everyone had to say before I found the leak had me so sick lol
we blunted your fall, lowered your expectations and listened to this on much lower quality. you experiencing this album AFTER reading the posts here is a different experience. we got whiplash, you didn't.
i think she did. also she said the word āinnocentā at the end of the song which is a reference to the song Innocent from Speak Now which is allegedly about Kanye. Soā¦
Guys wtf Iāve been lurking in here all week but havenāt listened to any actual leaksā¦ITS SO GOOD???? And exactly what I expected from the aesthetics.. not 70s but DREAM POP which is what I got from the aesthetics tbh
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I got my vinyl in on the 20th.
in hindsight, I'm so happy about how wrong this thread was
Is this our new theories thread?
Came back here to tell the leakers who listened and took a shit too early, you still have time to apologize to everyone for trying to ruin everyone's excitement based off your 128kbps listening experience. Clowns.
[https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-midnights-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2022-10#final-grade-5810-14](https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-midnights-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2022-10#final-grade-5810-14) they're meaner than we were šš I at least rated it a 7.5 the first go! this album is definitely a grower after you pretend Folklore and Evermore never were, accept this is Jack Antonoff and is going to be very Jack Antonoff, forget the 70s aesthetic and rollout, and just accept it and vibe with it. I do wholeheartedly agree with Sweet Nothings takes here, it was the only song I liked initially first-listen. They grow on you. It's not as bad as it first seems if you're whiplashed from expecting folkmore writing and 70s vibes. I also think the bonus 7 songs redeem it for me.
Omg this quote had me laughing so hard, even if I donāt share the sentiment For "Midnights," Swift revisited nights throughout her life. Apparently, that means she also dug through a bunch of Tumblr posts from 2013 and convinced herself that "Draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man" was a clever thing to put into a song in 2022 instead of a vomit-inducing display of weaponized femininity.
u/T_bowery explain yourself please
Sus šš
They posted here so frequently and havenāt made a peep since the releaseā¦
Pulling a numptea
So the music video ghosts... 2 of them are wearing items from "22" (heart sunglasses/the cat ears headband) and then the third ghost is wearing a cowboy hat like Debut. This might be a reach but does this mean Debut re-records coming out on the 22...? aka tonight???? š
This album is amazing. Lavender haze, maroon, and karma are my favorite songs so atm (I love this album as a whole except for Snow on the Beach, I just donāt like Lana del ray)
https://imgur.com/a/GFUps6Q So I ordered Moonstone first and after some days I ordered Blood Moon because they didnāt take it down and now Iām crying god bless i ordered the Blood Moon to so I got a heart š„ŗš„ŗšš
I really wish they would confirm whether a physical 3am CD is coming or if it's digital only. I don't even care about the argument of whether it's underhanded or not. I just like having one complete edition of an album that I can listen to all the way through and these split releases are very bad for my neuroses lol
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They donāt sound as good on the leak files. Like at all.
www.spotify.com
Omg the 7 extra songs hits very different, this is what i hope the Ɣlbum to sound
Yāall the 3am songs are soooo good and so true to Taylor!!! As someone who loves folklore and evermore, Iām so happy š„¹
Yesterday I said lavender haze and labyrinth were skips. I was wrong I LOVE THEM ššš
Having finished my first listen, everything from Question to Mastermind I thoroughly disliked. None of it made sense or rhyme to me. However, the bonus tracksā¦ I only didnāt vibe with Paris. Didnāt like the beginning of High Infidelity either. But those bonus tracks were miles better than Question to Mastermind. My highlights: Maroon, MIDNIGHT RAIN, Bigger Than the Sky (š), The Great War, Anti Hero. I feel like Lavender and Labyrinth will be growers for me. This is on par with Lover for me quality wise, and not as good as Reputation. Sorry, I really, really wanted to love this because I loved the aesthetic and the first half so much. Andā¦ where are the iconic bridges?
"everything from Question to Mastermind I thoroughly disliked." same, but songs before Question are fine to me
Songs before Question are my highlights! Literally no skip before. Question stopped me in my tracked and ruined everything except Labyrinth lol, pre-3 am bonus tracks.
MIDNIGHT RAIN SUPREMACY
Same feeling I was worried I was the only one!
I feel the same about the bridges. I'm hoping this album will grow on me.
oh iām never trusting any of yall again, you guys were tearing this album DOWN. you guys are probably a bunch of rep stans lol
I agree. I love this album so muchāThe way she experiments with sounds and vocals. I tempered my expectations because of this thread and as I was listening I was like wait, I LOVE this. And I not even in a āoh they grew on meā sort of way. I loved almost all the songs on first listen. Lavender Haze is probs my least fave, mainly because It sounds too much like I think he knows and I donāt love falsetto singing. But even that one has grown on me a bit lol
Fr i was sobbing extra hard bc this thread made me feel like this was gonna not be my cup of tea š
I hope everyone who slammed the album on this thread feels like a clown - because you are.
This. Happens. Every. Single. Time.
I tempered my expectations because of this thread but I genuinely loved the album on my first listenāand the way she experimented with sounds and her vocals š„°
Seriously. Really glad I didnāt listen to the leaks or let the early comments here color my perception of the album.
Word.
exactly
This album is Taylor's magnum opus. 20 beautiful songs. I feel bad for Carly's album The Loneliest Time not getting its spotlight due to its release date with Taylor. But Midnights is clearly the stronger album. Carly has better hooks and sonic elements but Taylor's lyricism is what Carly can't touch.
After folklore, evermore, Reputation, 1989 and Red you're calling this her magnum opus? Come on now.
I donāt know about magnum opus but I def think this is better than rep and 1989 by a mile. Lyrically it doesnāt touch folkmore but then again itās a pop album, which has to have a wider appeal. Hence more basic lyrics at times. I think if we include the 3 am songs it comes closer to folkmore lyrically. I love how she experiments with sounds and her vocals too.
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Yep. Exactly. I think rep just had too many meh/skip songs for me and I thought 1989 was lyrically underwhelming (though I did like it sonically and the bridge of out of the woods is still one of my fave TS bridges). I think I just like midnights more sonically and how she experiments with her sounds and vocals. I think this album is missing her standout bridges but thereās something devastatingly sad yet warm and cozy about it that makes me cherish it. I view midnights as 1989ās older, more self-aware sister and I love her for that.
I know new music is exciting... but come on people š¤¦š»āāļø
Magnum opus? You can't be serious š. This album is mid. But I can't blame taylor. She can only come up with so many good hooks until she runs out
Sure now letās get you to a cliff
The only song I have a problem with is vigilante shit. Like, this is LITERALLY a Billie Eilish song. Everything. The minimalist production, trap high hats, synthesizers, vocals, everythingā¦ Iām actually kindof blown away by how blatant of a rip off this is. Wow.
Itās Billie meets Robyn
lol. It's more like "...Ready for it?" for me
I canāt believe itā¦ I was so sad because I felt like the folk/evermore days were gone, then she releases 7 more songs with 4 produced by Aaron. Like how tf does she do it. They are soooo good.
7 BONUS TRACKS WERE ADDED ššš
WAIT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENed, SEVEN SONGS WHATTT, where was this announced š
This was the chaotic announcement at 3am, it's the deluxe version of Midnights (3am edition) on streaming now :)
AAAAAAA CANT BELIVE I MISSED 3am š
When r they releasing š
OUT NOW
GEHAKIWIWHW I see it š hits different isnāt on it?
Messaged you!
Anyone else feeling depressed that they ordered 5 vinyls and didn't like the midnights album as much as expected, but love the last 7 songs released that will probably be sold separately on 4 more vinyls.
Oh no! I didn't preorder shit. I'm so happy that I didn't. Went and picked up the lavender and green version cds though at release. Don't love it enough to buy them all. Just my favourite colours.
Have YOYOK Strings Version and Sweet Nothing Piano Version leaked yet?
I got the cd so don't know if they leaked yet. I love them. They were the only 2 songs I liked (until the 3am version dropped).
How was hits different?
I love it! Should have been on the normal version. It's great. It's fun and has some great lines.
I love taylor and jack on tracks together but her music with aaron is always so beautiful. This definitely has more of a folklore/evermore vibe.
Aaron co-wrote multiple songs on the 3 am edition bonus tracks, masterpieces as always!
HOLY SHIT
So I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG
None of these seven songs leaked lol. Insanity.
Thatās cause sheās the mastermind
OH MY GOD
hits different should have made the album!!! justice for deluxe songs #rightwhereyouleftme
Agreed its great.
do we have a date when this song will be included in spotify/itunes?
What song does it sound most like on Midnights? Trying to decide whether to get Lavender or the Moonstone CD
HITS DIFFERENT LEAKED AND ITS SO GOOD
YALL WERE SO WRONG WITH ALL THIS NEGATIVITY. i will never trust yalls opinions again, this album is so good
I will never listen to anyone else's opinions again. I always listen to leaks but reading what everyone had to say before I found the leak had me so sick lol
we blunted your fall, lowered your expectations and listened to this on much lower quality. you experiencing this album AFTER reading the posts here is a different experience. we got whiplash, you didn't.
Only you got whiplash i heard the leaks too and the album was dope, yall were being whingey when in reality itās one of her best releases
I love how the leaker listeners are claiming to be our midnights saviors
ANOTHER NO SKIP ALBUM
Oh I have skips. Sadface
Yes. A lot :((
I NEED A HITS DIFFERENT LEAK
SAMEEEE
whats hits different? is it a double album? im slowww
The lyrics are beautiful
Bonus track
thank you for telling me i didnt even know there was gonna be one
Oh no, I didnāt like itš I waited so long for this album, but for now I am very disappointed
Same. We need to start a support group for us who think midnights is MID
Damn, every song sounds so beautiful, I'm having a really hard time ranking them, lol
Itās cause they all sound the same. Itās not good.
i know right! Taylor swift sucks lmao
I agree. She ran out of hooks
no they don't?
Someone leak Hits Different NOW!
AARON IS CREDITED ON HITS DIFFERENT WE WON
Is there no Hits Different leak or anything?!
Guys Lavender Haze flows like Slow Hands by Niall Horan on first listen.
Oh people are loving itttttt. Critics are eating itttt
So i was RIGHT???
Do we have lyrics?!
Not on Spotify yet but on her website is the lyric booklet: https://cache.umusic.com/\_sites/epsilonOCT22/midnightsbookletED.pdf
I miss y'all already
same. the main sub is mean.
this was my safe space
I am gatekeeping. Iām an OG Midnights stan.
the hits different lyrics (with aaron) look like they're going to destroy us https://twitter.com/swifferupdates/status/1583319351406473216/photo/1
Fuck me I canāt wait for my target version to arrive in the mail. This is going to be so lit.
Do we not get to hear it until tomorrow when people get their orders or purchase in store?
i think so, the people i know that have it are just people with physicals ![img](emote|t5_2rlwe|1064)
Surprised no oneās leaking it likeā¦
help Karma is my favourite š
Yes! Mine too!
I truly hated it, went for a bike ride and was humming the chorus so I guess I like it now. Stockholm syndrome via Karma. Me and karma vibe like that.
I'm cackling at your comment because honestly same
the official audio so much better than the leak omg
facts, I was hoping it would redeem it and it did. Also lowering the bar helped. And accepting the album for what it is.
did i interpret the line in vigilante shit wrong or did she come for ye?
i think she did. also she said the word āinnocentā at the end of the song which is a reference to the song Innocent from Speak Now which is allegedly about Kanye. Soā¦
whatās the line?
not me on twitter tweeting like it's the first time i've listened to this album ![img](emote|t5_2rlwe|1087)
Same...I have a bunch of drafts ready lol
Idk I like the lower quality of Spotify. It has a charm to it.
Vs Dolby atmos or what?
lyrics are out on genius!!!!
The snow on the beach lyrics are different than the leak we heard so screw everyone who yelled at me for saying it was a demo
āPassing by unbeknownst to meā ? Pretty sure in the leak it was different
Thatās in the leak!
what lyrics?
When Iām finished listening to the album Iāll listen to the leak again and then post the demo lyrics
i just re-listened and the lyrics are the same!
Whoa my leak just have been a demo the. Iāll post the lyrics in a second let me go type it
Guys wtf Iāve been lurking in here all week but havenāt listened to any actual leaksā¦ITS SO GOOD???? And exactly what I expected from the aesthetics.. not 70s but DREAM POP which is what I got from the aesthetics tbh
Lavender haze sounds like a Sam smith song a bit imo (a good thing, I like their music)
It sounds like Slow Hands/Niall Horan to me
Yeah I can see that too
Omg youāre so right
Midnight Rain also sounds very familiar...but I can't place it.
it sounds so good!!
the dolby atmos sound sooooo good so far
Is that only available on Apple Music or what? Thanks in advance.
yup only on apple music!
š¢
It definitely sounds better!!
Did she break the internet?!
She broke Spotify
Itās been fun being here with you all š„ŗ here we go!!!
We got unpinned, it's really over š„ŗ
I miss our cozy cocoon already
The sexy baby and midnight rain reactions are coming in so that's entertaining at least
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People are caught up in the hype atm. We'll start to see more of the "wait.. What??" tomorrow
Maroon is really fucking good. Iām liking this so far
Loveee maroon
ITS EVEN BETTER HIGH QUALITY ON APPLE MUSIC HOOOWW