What is “Anti-Hero” about?
Did Zoe Kravitz really appear on the album?
EW has the answers to all your burning Midnights questions.
After months of speculation and Easter egg-searching,Taylor Swift’s 10th albumMidnightshas finally made its bow.
With Swift, nothing is ever as simple as it seems.
Below, EW attempts to make sense of it all.
It’s Ms. Sure, one could argue because “Question…?”
is also maybe about her looking back on that relationship.
A mastermind, indeed.
Meanwhile, “Sweet Nothing” feels like it could belong onFolkloreorEvermore, lyrically and musically.
“Maroon” seems like a grown-up version of “Red,” etc.
Vulnerability is strength
By returning to more personal songs, Swift also got more vulnerable.
She describes a dream about a future daughter-in-law killing her for money.
She writes, “I gave my blood, sweat.
and tears for this.
I hosted parties and starved my body.”
This is the first time I’ve felt the need to confess."
Karma is a cat
Swift’s legendary status as a cat queen remains intact.
First, she brought in Catwoman herself to collab on “Lavender Haze.”
Well, just hours after the release ofMidnights, she released seven new songs vault tracks of sorts.
Dessner produced both of Swift’s last two albums, but was, until now, absent fromMidnights.
/ I should’ve known."
And, perhaps more interestingly, both songs make reference to her being 19.
Midnights, and its 7 bonus tracks, are available to stream now.