In Taylor Swift’s “Midnights,” the Easter Eggs Aren’t the Point

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“The Swiftie is a most ardent scholar, laden with theories, her interpretative goggles strapped on well before the appointed hour of an album’s release.” proseb4bros reviews Taylor Swift’s new album, “Midnights.”

of “Fearless” and “Red” , completed as part of an ongoing plan to acquire ownership of music made under contract with her old label. The brief period since has felt like a lull for Swift, an interregnum between artistic theses, which makes it an apt occasion for a looser concept album such as this. As the story goes, “Midnights” came together in a series of middle-of-the-night sessions with Swift and the producer.

The new album over-all is sleek but not sparse—not as stadium as “State of Grace,” and not so far removed from “Delicate”—residing somewhere in the electronic pop of it all, and bearing the mark of Antonoff’s perpetual drum machine. Swift’s lyrics, as ever, invite interpretation. Fans are already speculating that “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve,” from the “3am” set, is about her once-upon-a-time romance with John Mayer.

The music video, directed by Swift and starring herself as several concurrent good and worse versions of herself, underscores the point. It is literal to a fault, matching words to their corresponding images on cue. The bridge begins, “I have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money,” and so the video pauses for a sketch of a funeral.

 

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Vocal technique…. Diplomatic method to describe lack of ability

Okay, mb I’ll listen again

proseb4bros Snore

proseb4bros Sure, sure. Or, she said the word over and over in her head until it started to sound strange. But yeah, let’s go with your metaphorical thing.

proseb4bros This J.K Rowling wrote a lot. And I mean a lot. It is not easy to keep all of the stories of all those characters telling that one story of Harry Potter. Amazing. And though, I don't fully agree with her, I also don't want to rip off anything from this artist either. 😉

proseb4bros Put me in jail for it, but this is a free ass country. Why not say how we feel? 😉

proseb4bros The midnight scheme comes from J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter. The woman was a single parent. Poor. Out of Welfare. And you know what? We don't know if she was abused by her significant other. Leaving a woman like without any means to support herself, especially with a child is hard

proseb4bros I wonder what scholar she got this whole thing from?

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