Taylor Swift - Midnights FULL TRACK LIST Reaction + Analysis 🕛 🫶 ✨ .... FEATURING LANA DEL REY?!
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- the full midnights track list has been announced and I am still processing it.
however, that did not stop me from jumping to conclusions.
especially because...LANA DEL REY! is featured on snow on the beach.
let's dig into it all 😊😊😊😊
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I love that, in the space of a little more than 24 hours, Taylor very gently debunked the two most harebrained TS theories- Karma (as a lost album) and Gaylor. Queen shit 💅
friendly reminder that taylor has said that she's straight :))
@@amberd854 of course, and the fact that all her public relationships have been with men also indicates that she’s straight, or would like to be publicly perceived as straight.
@@amberd854 she has stated that she's not a member of the LGBTQ+ tho
@@elenagerhardy2636 she literally said after being asked why she was advocating for lgbtq+ rights that she, and I quote, didn't realise until recently that she could advocate for a community she was not a part of. not a part of. meaning she is not lgbtq+.
@@amberd854 i genuinely thought it was just speculation so i could see why gaylors were speculating (obviously saying anything like that that harms anyone is not okay in any circumstance so i’m not defending that), but i never realized that she’s actually outright said “i’m straight” in any capacity but now that i do know that i’m so much more ready to shut down gaylors :) thanks for the info!
taylor swift and lana del rey are both among the greatest songwriters of this century and now both of them will be in one song can you imagine the collapse????? im not fucking ready😭😭😭
the incoming slay!
@@theswiftologistLolol Lana wasn’t even there 😂
The only Taylor Swift dissection we all need ✨✨
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Before the video comes out I wanted to say thank you Zack for constantly being on the pulse of what Taylor is up to and keeping us fellow Swiftologists up to date on all the tea! We love you ❤️
i saw someone say that taylor is associated w/ winter and colder weather, and how lana is associated with summer and the beach and i can’t stop thinking about it
👀👀👀👀
I got a new hobby: to watch tracklists reactions after the album was released!
Lol 😂 I'm doing the same thing
Watching your soul leave your body when you hear Taylor say "featuring lana del rey" that was me too! My two favs coming together
it was suchhhhhhhh a trip 😮
Imagine if she said “featuring ed sheeran”😂
@@canoe2455 my soul would have left my body forever (and not in a good way)
i love “snow on the beach” as a title for this collab. especially with your interpretation of it. both taylor and lana made references to the beach in that context multiple times. like lana’s 13 beaches and even the last great american dynasty (which btw those are major highlights in their discographies). im VERY excited
so true king! speak on it!
In Long Pond she described Hoax as her first time writing a song that was about a bunch of different fractured situations that had similar emotional threads and I think that's going to be the lyrical vibe of Karma, but maybe more upbeat sonically?
Dying for a single here but also kind of obsessed with how Taylor knows we’re feral for it and refuses to give in. Give us nothing Queen yas!!
go girl, give us nothing !!
@@theswiftologist SWEET nothing 😍
O queen deprave us,, make us starve ,,make us long and hunger,,for that sweet relief of the soul🥵
I’m getting ‘Folklore’ on the streets; ‘1989’ in the sheets! 🙌🏻
What on earth?
I can't hear 'Labyrinth' without thinking Bowie and I would actually scream if we got some of his psychedelic and glam sort of sound on that track
I also love your break down of Sweet Nothing - that's one I also had trouble picturing but the way you describe it really fits
I also think Question is going to be very short and almost like an interlude between the 2 sides
She says "you're on your own" on the doctorate speech
I loveeee that you mentioned “Sweet nothing” vs. the more common phrase “sweet nothings” classic fountain pen modification of a common phrase! I also really liked your prediction for it-would love if she dived into feeling like a sweet nothing/her whole good girl complex thing. My initial reaction was that it sounded like an unhappy relationship that looks nice on the surface (*cough* Calvin Harris *cough*) like you have all these cute pictures but there’s just a nothingness underneath. Honestly the title is so intriguing that idc if I’m completely wrong!
An observation: “Sweet Nothing” is also the name of the track Calvin did with Florence + the Machine.
my ears perked up at that too!
There is a difference between sweet nothings and sweet nothing, I believe. Sweet nothings imply sweet little expressions you say to your lover. Sweet nothing implies just that…nothing, or insincere words.
Yes!! The lyrics of “Sweet Nothing” are the perfect depiction of a romance with no depth 🤔
@@TheGrandOFF girl this could be the Calvin song 😳
Oh my gosh, I am mostly excited for the Lana collab, and the Labrynth song!!!
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I’m wondering if Snow on the Beach will build on all the sea/nautical imagery on Evermore…
“my waves meet your shore ever and evermore”
“guilty guilty reaching out across the sea you put between you and me”
“I’m on waves out being tossed”
“Eyes like sinking ships on waters”
“I’m like the water when your ship rolled in that night” etc etc. and there are more! I feel like she uses this theme to comment on The Cancellation™️ and falling in love during it etc so it’ll be interesting to see if SOTB is about the same subject matter or something else entirely.
Insightful commentary as always, ty!!
Yes!!!
@@MermaidCore_ 👀👀👀
ooh interesting
Swiftologist... your analyses are truly unparalleled. Will forever stan this channel
Tysm for watching ❤❤❤
Bless you for having the strength to cover all this content. I was way to tired to try to stay awake, you are truly dedicated haha. I was really hoping we could get a single this morning 🙃
So so happy you get a Taylana collab 🤩🤩 I just know it’s going to be amazing..
Thank you thank you thank youuuu for such a quick turnaround on this video!! It is just amazing to discuss all of this with you
it’s my pleasure ♥️♥️♥️
Ready for this!!
I just know, track 5 is literally gonna destroy me, the idea of being alone is an extremely vulnerable topic for anyone let alone a huge popstar and for one of the best songwriters ever it'll be really intriguing to see how she puts the feeling into words
Ready for this!
I am also claiming midnight rain with you. The next big banger!!
we are onto something...
Loving the recent uploads!! Great video as always
I'm so excited for the new album! You should definitely make videos about Lana! I would be so interested in hearing your commentary.
I’ll start after midnights comes out 😂
Genuinely excited to watch this😭your observations are always interesting and you're just so magnetic i find myself just waiting on you to release a video on the latest midnight tea😭
thanks so much queen ❤
Have been waiting for this video ❤
Can’t wait to hear what song she chooses as her first single!! I just know the music videos this era are gonna be 🔥🔥🔥
I love your videos! I'm a new swiftie and I'm just so enchanted by Taylor's way of telling stories through her writing, I love hearing your thoughts on her and her songwriting, and at the same time learning so many new things about her :) your videos are so interesting to watch, keep it up! also screaming and crying about snow on the beach, I CANT WAIT!!!! love from singapore ❤
I was waiting the entire day for you to drop this video.
i love this channel already!! literally obssessed with TS
Love the NEW room aesthetics!
I literally screamed when I heard about the Taylana collab... I don't know if I'm emotionaly ready for it! I also don't know if I can handle a new track 5...Im gonna be a wreck on release day! 😅 Great video!
Hey zack! Always looking forward to your videos! Keep up the good work:)
glad you like them
LOVE your thought process omg I really hope the songs are exactly what you described them as...especially sweet nothing
LANA FEATURE!!! SCREAMING WITHOUT THE S 💅😩
Congrats on 9k swiftologist!
Thanks for getting this out so fast! And w such good quality✨
always ❤
I like your idea for Sweet Nothing! My first thought was something similar to The Way I Loved You. Like 'this person I'm with is super sweet but I'm not feeling anything deeper'
Hello before TTPD release day!
she has referred to her albums as jewels twice now- my tears ricochet and the bracelet. so im guessing its probably about her first album? like her first jewel and how that made her feel? or obviosuly bout scott. could be about something entirely different but idk y i have a feeling it's gonna be bout her debut. also cus there are already titles that allude to being about the masters situation as of now and she has said it's about 13 sleepless nights scattered across her life so i dont see 2-3 songs being bout the same situation.
I love this train of thought
Love your predictions and feel like a lot of them may very well come true! Personally, I'm most excited for Anti-Hero, Mastermind, Midnight Rain, Sweet Nothing, and Question...?
If I may add a few thoughts:
1) When I think of Snow on the Beach, I think of the contrast between a super fun, summer day that you're supposed to enjoy as a young adult and the snow coming into cancel/change plans OR add an obvious sense of devastation; creating this foggy snowfall that blocks out the sun. This makes me think of perhaps certain parts of the 1989 era (the grammys night you mentioned?) and the lyric "forcing laughter, faking smiles"- all the times where she should have been happy, grateful, and having fun, but SOMETHING was weighing down on her preventing from feeling that way, OR that there was a relative impermanence that she sensed about the moment (ie, snowmelt). Then I thought about the inclusion of Lana- someone who doesn't necessarily portray herself as forcing any emotion she is not truly feeling for the sake of public image. If there is snow on the beach, she is not going to pretend it is a sunny day. Taylor, though, might, especially in the past! Maybe this is her further coming to reckon with the impermanence and emotional authenticity of those moments! Haha this was definitely a longer analysis than I thought it would be and I could be very wrong, but that was the first thing that came to mind! I also think Sweet Nothing could have similar themes... explore meaning v. meaninglessness in public image.
2) Question...? at the beginning of Side B makes me think that, in the same way that this is literally a transitional song on the record, it will be about a transitional song in her musical life. It makes me picture her in a conference room with record executives, announcing her transition to pop, and the immediate silence that followed. It's kinda giving sassy vibes! "Does anyone have any questions for me?" (condescending)
I should probably go put as much effort into my school essays as I did this comment but I'd be interested in hearing further thoughts!
Why do I love you so much? Haha love all your takes!
Sweet Nothing immediately made me think of the CH song with the same name… interesting choice! Loving all your vids btw! ❤
Thank you so so much for all this content you've been feeding us with. Honestly, I love hearing your thoughts and predictions about midnights. It's been such an exciting journey since the announcement of the album and I'm so glad we get to go through all this chaos along with your thoughtful videos.
Also, I'm claiming track 6. I feel like midnights rain is going to be such a cathartic, up-beat moment. It's really giving "dancing in a storm in my best dress fearless" and that sounds perfect to me.
Again, thank you, and please take a break lol, we don't want you to get burned out.
thank you for watching!! trust and believe I’ll be MIA this week 😂
If you look closely, in the video where she announces Bejweled, she's wearing a similar sweater to one that Sadie wears in the all too well short film, and we also have the lyric "a never needy ever lovely jewel" so I think it might be related to that?
I feel like the only time that she came really close to talking about the re recordings and Scooter with more blatancy was in “It’s Time To Go”. I feel like this song gets over looked since it was a bonus butttttt it gives me chills and cuts right into my heart. Very relatable on so many levels.
“Fifteen years, fifteen million tears
Begging 'til my knees bled
I gave it my all, he gave me nothing at all
Then wondered why I left
Now he sits on his throne in his palace of bones
Praying to his greed
He's got my past frozen behind glass
But I've got me”
I cannot wait to see how she will call him out in any way. The classy pettiness is astounding!! I’m super excited about Lavender Haze, Bejeweled, and Labyrinth…These track titles stood out to me. Obviously Snow on the Beach…that’s just a given!!Hail Queen!!!! 🙌🏼
I can’t wait for your reaction & breakdown. 😊
You and me both legend
i LOVE your 'Sweet Nothing' Theory!
Hi!
Debo admitir que ayer estaba un poco irritado leyendo tus tuits sobre cada título de canción a cada hora, debido a que no eran de sorpresa, asombro ni incertidumbre ya que habías leído el leak. (I know, u have no selfcontrol when a leak happens) pero luego, fuí inmediatamente complacido al ver que la mente maestra te golpeó por completo con la colaboración de Lana Del Rey. Bien merecido. Aún me río. Te quiero y amo tus vídeos. Me han acompañado mucho estos meses. Xoxo from Chile.
Thank you for the food we are about to receive!
Thank you for getting my brain in check 😂 No coherent thoughts from me until I watch your videos. Can't wait to see you grow! 😌
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I'm fully convinced that the last 5 track titles were all announced last night because they got leaked. I don't think that was the plan.
After listening to Wildest Dream and Without You I've always wanted her to collab with Lana
It's finally happening and I'm so happy
You're On Your Own, Kid sounds so intriguing. I have no clue what will be my fave song, but this title is the most juicy to me.
This got me so hyped for Labyrinth
I think Mastermind is also one of these phrases that she will flip on its head! Since Mastermind is the last track, and they tend to be more introspective and meaningful, 'closing a chapter'- type of songs, my theory is that it is going to be about being a master of your own mind. Taylor will talk about how she managed to combat her anxiety and sleepless nights by coming to terms with the fact that some things she just can't control, only her reactions are within her power to control. It's going to be a positive ending to this album, full of night terrors and turmoil.
I feel like Mastermind will have a similar upbeat production to CUFF IT by Beyonce on her new album. I think it will definitely be in detail about her overcoming the turmoil and night sweats, but in a celebratory way. If the theory about the album being split in half like Act I and Act II where the beginning is all turbulent and the latter is reclaiming her sense of being, I think we will end on an intricate and dancy tune.
Damn I'm almost an hour late and I was waiting for a new swiftologist video to come out earlier.
He didn't expect the Lana feature for SOTB.. loved your reaction.. honestly, same 😅
taylor and lana on the same jack antonoff produced song??? i’m gonna die but it will be worth it.
we will be fed 🎉
Definitely claiming Labyrinth 😍
So excited to see how this video ages
The prayers are, as ever, a #blessing
Bejeweled is probably about jake because on the tiktok she wears the same sweater as sadie in the all to well short film and also "ever lovely jewel"
And also midnight rain is just everything I love rain especially when I’m going to sleep
I want a depressing and sad disco album.
retweeeetttttt
Blessed to have you in this new TS era.
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your thoughts on sweet nothing are so interesting
I love your prayer sm 😭😭😂
Girl I can listen to you talking for HOURS on end. You're unbelievably smart and well spoken🧠.
I always feel smarter after watching your videos. I never consider things the way you do. I'm suuuuper curious to hear Bejeweled. Dunno why it just feels like my song.
I LOVE the title “Snow on the Beach.” I can’t even explain why hahaha. And I love the play on “Sweet Nothing” ughhh.
I think Labyrinth will be a single. The jade edition cover has a record with a maze image on it.
Has anyone mentioned Taylor potentially being inspired by Maggie Rogers putting out Notes From The Archive in Dec of 2021 before putting out her second album Surrender. Looking back before going forward
I think her inspiration to go back and go forward came from her own re-recordings haha
LARV UR VIDS !!
karma hasn’t left my mind since yesterday
Additionally I saw that there is the traditional Target deluxe version of Midnights cd. What 3 extra midnight songs could there also be? I mean in a song context or subject context of what else you’d be writing about at midnight
I recently learned that there is a Calvin Harris's song called sweet nothing, which kinda supports the theory of it being about the night she won grammy for 1989!
I am SO happy that I ordered the Lavender version from Target!
Do you think Taylor decided to release the rest of the tracks because of the leaks? Do you think there will be a lead single some time between now and October 21st?
for sureeee she released bc of the leak! I hope so but I’m not banking on it 🤞🏻
I feel she only did this game of revealing the songs gradually for Karma. She somehow created a tension everybody felt, but without knowing what to expect as a result or what the peak point will be. Except that she knew. The peak point was Karma. And after Karma was revealed I do not think there would have been another reason for keeping the same pace. She knew it. She kept it as long as she could and then stoped it when she thought was the time. She is really smart on this marketing thing. I also think the 4th track featuring Lana will be one of the singles.
@@dianastingaci7019 girl no she hurried it up because of the leak, this has happened every era since red. the track list never survives when it's not a surprise release. keep up! it had nothing to do with karma lmfao
Also regarding Snow on the beach, for me sounds like some kind of reverse thing. Like people only like the beach when is sunny and warm. Nobody think about it when the dark settles and the cold is coming. Even tho the beach keeps her own beauty even then. So I feel maybe it will be about the emotions that come when we are being left alone because of our mistakes. And keeping the same tone, the next track You're on your own, kid will make sense and I feel it will be about dealing with those emotions and accepting them.
Actually what comes to my mind when I think about „mastermind“ is how Taylor is very very often referred to as and called mastermind by her fans and maybe the pressure that comes with it to always foreshadow everything, hide Easter eggs and always have everything perfectly thought through (also in regards to lyrics, metaphors, stuff like that). Basically always be the smartest and best person in the room, when maybe she feels lost herself and not at all like a „mastermind“.
I always thought that Midnight Rain would be about her and Joe meeting at the dive bar. We shall see...
my instinctual feeling about bejeweled was the exact opposite of yours lol. it sounds VERY bitter/accusatory to me. i just can't imagine taylor describing herself as "bejeweled" unironically, she would pick a better word. i feel like it has to be about someone who hurt her and the way they might flaunt their wealth (by bejeweling themselves). i'm excited regardless of what it's about, track 9s tend to be some of her best!
I can def see that too!
Do you think sweet nothing could be about calvin Harris? Because he has a song called sweet nothing lol....just a thought
Based on titles alone, I claim Lavender Haze and Snow on the Beach, because I love lavender and there's something about the phrase "Snow on the Beach." Maybe it reminds me of my beloved "tis the damn season," idk.
i had a shitty day, but this made me almost forget about it
now i live for Sweet nothing and You're on your own, kid
I think bejewweled is about m and surrounded by all of her great achievements ( being « bejewelled » by her success ) or a confident bop about being dressed beautifully on the red carpet ( after all it’s a sleepless night )
That little cat figurine I see u ✨✨
based on the track list i believe it will be split into two sides. side 1 will be all the sadder, softer songs (based off titles) and side 2 will be the rock/pop era we've always wanted. thanks zack for confirming this!
also i think question...? will be the middle ground between the two!
agreed!!
i'm claiming question and sweet nothing, cause i want to either be surprised or be disappointed lmao
Taylor and Lana cursing in one song I am gonna die
Between lavender haze and anti-hero, I feel like this album is very introspective (it's about sleepless nights after all), and I can't wait to see her thoughts on her own fame and the struggles it comes with.
I screamed when she announced the Lana del ray collab and immediately thought of you
Ok, before I see this I'm just going to say what my very first thoughts were when seeing the tracklist all in order...
It looks like a possible chronological narrative of her side of everything from the beginning of her career to now, I think possibly reflecting on her own image and emotions...
1. Lavender Haze - The start of her career when everything was too good to be true, living in a haze
2. Maroon - Going from being on top of the world and experiencing this first love, fiery, passionate, Red... Then everything goes dark... more like maroon... plus it connects to track 2 on Red being Red
3. Anti-Hero - Taylor went through a tough time for a while before her conflict with Kanye... She was beginning to see the cracks with her record label, her parents went through their divorce, she had been done dirty by every guy she dated, and then attacked by the media for it and painted as if there was something wrong with her bc she couldn't keep a man and was a serial dater = slutty 😔 All this at an age when you really start getting a feel for the world and it had to have hurt so bad, made her realize all her heros weren't what she thought, or possibly she could be referring to herself as the anti-hero 🥺
4. Hopefully about running away to her RI Mansion (about 45 minutes from Meee 🤩🥳 it's amazing, and in such a gorgeous little town and beach, that's the thing she has to be drawn to, for sure!)
5. You're on your own, Kid - moving to New York?
6. Midnight Rain - I'm thinking this is when everything really fell apart and maybe there was a particular night when she knew it was imploding and it was raining 😭
6. Question...? - Self exile - Questioning everything
7. Vigilante Shit - Reputation - Enough said
8. Bejeweled - Coming out on top - Shining/Bejeweled
9. Labyrinth
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10. Karma- I'm thinking are connecting maybe... And we all know what our thoughts are on Karma!
11. Sweet Nothing - Joe - Sweet nothings keeping her up in the night 💚
13. Mastermind - (first off - ending on her number) She's the puppet master - Always in control of E V E R Y T H I N G in every way... Her career is what it is because she has made it that way, and then some "dummies" tried to steal it from her so she yanked their strings and showed them who's the MASTERMIND! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Obviously this could all be wrong, or partially right, but this was my first gut reaction.... Thoughts?
You nailed it
omg our bejeweled predictions are so different. i think it might be of a sad/unpleasant situation/feeling/person that she "bejeweles" to basically gaslight herself into thinking it's something valuable and beautiful. but i do think it's gonna be an upbeat smash pop hit im so excited
I am soooo happy that we have a proper new album rollout!! I haven’t been this excited since 1989. Like, I’m always excited for a new album but rep was a special circumstance and after I heard Me!, I seriously considered not being a fan anymore and I was so not anticipating the album. The current predictions I’m working with:
- I’m claiming sweet nothing as my track
- snow on on the beach won’t bang as hard as I want it to
- question..? Is going to be mean as hell and I’m ready for it
- lavender haze is not going to be worth the current controversy it’s causing in the depths of twitter
- midnight rain might be Cornelia street esque
- side a will be happy and side b depressing as fuck
I thought I had, Sweet Nothing is also song by Calvin Harris, could it be a "this is what you came for" moment, where she wrote part of the song/ had a different concept for the song that he ignored?
And, what do you think we will get next? do you think the sped up release of midnight mayhem was only because of the leak, or that she will give us something else before the 21st?
Florence + The Machine and Taylor collab when? 😭
What if sweet nothing is the no Taylor era when she was with joe, it was sweet and she was nothing in the media. She could live her life without intrusion for the first time
Ah-Men honey! Amazing prayer along with everything else!