Taylor Swift - Midnights
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RainOnFire
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Katy's Part of Me and Kelly's Stronger leaked months in advance and became #1 singles, so there's a precedent. But you're right in the sense that it's very impressive All of the Girls charted as high as it did with less than 24 hours notice of it being available and then it being buried on digital platforms. It probably would've gone Top 10 if people could actually find it!
This album's soundscape is not it and has limited replay value for me. It's trying to be a return to pop but it all sounds so...grey. Even if she's lyrically regressed from the folk singer/songwritery duology, she's still a great worthsmith overall on the album, but the soundscape is so blah.
His songs usually hit, so this is unsurprising.
Lavender Haze acoustic has been released
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I kinda love this. The melody, the harmonies... I will be playing this quite a bit
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I kinda love this. The melody, the harmonies... I will be playing this quite a bit
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I'm...obsessed with this? The different chord progression, the strings, it gives it all a completely different feel.
The acoustic version of “Lavender Haze” is so much better than the original.
Yeah, the overly produced vocals clash with the acoustic vibe. Other than that it's very nice.
I agree with this… the songs are great but the production is stale. I think she needs to work with someone new.
I think Midnights is just missing that absolutely massive banger of an album track that she usually has a couple of on each collection - New Romantics, Getaway Car, August, All Too Well, Out Of The Woods, Cruel Summer, All You Had To Do Was Stay, This Is Me Trying. Like when I think of my all time fave Taylor songs it’s mainly album tracks. There’s a handful of album tracks on Midnights which are good, but to me there aren’t any that are knock you off your feet incredible.
I think You're On Your Own, Kid and Would've, Could've, Should've both fulfil this spot for me and then some. I'm surprised anyone doesn't find them significant in her discography.
Yeah, the next album could do with a fuller production. Hard to think Antonoff produced Out Of The Woods as well, since it's the complete antithesis to Midnights. Also I don't know why he's grown so shy of proper percussion. Like all those tracks that intentionally avoid a snare drum (The Archer, Labyrinth, Mastermind) - are they subdued or just artificially holding back? I like those songs but I still wish they would go a bit harder.
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I think someone in this thread, or the Eras thread put it perfectly when they said Midnights feels like an inessential Taylor album. Like, without it you're not missing a lot - kinda like a filler episode of a 22 episode long season. I have songs I enjoy on the album but nothing has me in a relentless grip like Cruel Summer, Blank Space, Clean, Don't Blame Me, and all of folklore and evermore still do till this day.
It works as a great 'return to pop' album after her moment in the wildnerness during covid but I feel it doesn't take her musicality or artistry to the next level. I'm more than excited to see what she does next.
It works as a great 'return to pop' album after her moment in the wildnerness during covid but I feel it doesn't take her musicality or artistry to the next level. I'm more than excited to see what she does next.
I adore Antonoff's work overall and actually appreciate the subtle production on Midnights, but both Taylor and Lana need to move on and work with new blood.
"Anti-Hero" and "Vigilante Shit" are the only two tracks I'd bother keeping from this.
Trying to delve into her discography and see what the fuss is all about - started with this, now in the tail end of "Lover", feels like her albums suffer from Mary J. Bligeitis, a serious lack of A&R pruning, with an excess of songs burying a very tight 10/12 track project in there somewhere.
Trying to delve into her discography and see what the fuss is all about - started with this, now in the tail end of "Lover", feels like her albums suffer from Mary J. Bligeitis, a serious lack of A&R pruning, with an excess of songs burying a very tight 10/12 track project in there somewhere.