Oct 21 (Reuters) – Taylor Swift returned to pop on Friday with the debut of her tenth studio album, a document known as “Midnights” impressed by her late-night ideas, and he or she additionally launched a video of her “nightmare situations” within the style of a horror flick.
The 32-year-old singer-songwriter described the 13-track “Midnights” as “a collage of depth, highs and lows and ebbs and flows.”
“Life may be darkish, starry, cloudy, terrifying, electrifying, scorching, chilly, romantic or lonely. Identical to Midnights,” Swift wrote on Instagram.
The pop document adopted folks albums “Folklore” and “Evermore,” which Swift recorded whereas quarantining through the COVID-19 pandemic. “Folklore” was named album of the 12 months on the Grammys in 2021.
The primary single from “Midnights,” known as “Anti-Hero,” was launched with a video starring Swift as a girl alone at evening in a Seventies dwelling invaded by ghosts. She later seems in a coffin at her personal funeral.
“Watch my nightmare situations and intrusive ideas play out in actual time,” Swift stated in regards to the video.
One other music, “Snow On The Seashore,” featured backing vocals by Lana Del Rey, a singer Swift stated she had lengthy admired. “Lavender Haze,” was impressed by a time period Swift stated she first heard on tv sequence “Mad Males” about being in love.
The “Shake It Off” and “Unhealthy Blood” singer, who has received 11 Grammys throughout her profession, additionally revealed on Instagram in a single day that she was releasing seven further songs that didn’t make it onto the brand new document.
Preliminary opinions from critics had been optimistic.
“Her tenth album returns to the dazzling synth-pop of information like ‘1989’ and ‘Fame,’ with lyrics caught between a love story and a revenge plot,” Rolling Stone journal stated.
Within the Los Angeles Occasions, pop music critic Mikael Wooden stated the “Midnights” album “heralds the return of a pop music mastermind.”
Reporting by Sarah Mills, Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Lisa Richwine;
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