How Zoe Kravitz, Dylan O’Brien Seem

A real Mastermind! It wouldn’t be a Taylor Swift album with no few surprises — and Midnights has greater than its justifiable share. 

Previous to Swift, 32, releasing her tenth studio album on Friday, October 21, the pop star revealed that Zoë Kravitz can be credited as a songwriter on the opening observe, “Lavender Haze.”

The music, nevertheless, additionally options background vocals from the 33-year-old Huge Little Lies alum. The observe — which is about ignoring rumors and hypothesis and staying blissful in your “love bubble” along with your “new love” — was additionally cowritten by Swift, Jack Antonoff, Mark Anthony Spears, Jahaan Akil Candy and Sam Dew. 

The Folklore songstress snuck in one other acquainted face for her observe 4 collaboration with Lana Del Rey. “Snow on the Seaside,” an ethereal observe about realizing you’re falling for somebody on the similar time they’re falling for you, is cowritten by Swift, Antonoff, 38, and Del Rey, 37, but additionally options longtime Swiftie Dylan O’Brien on drums. 

The Teen Wolf alum, 31, beforehand labored alongside Swift for her 10-minute “All Too Properly: The Quick Movie,” which costarred Stranger Issues actress Sadie Sink. The video was launched in November 2021, coinciding with the Evermore crooner’s rerelease of her 2012 album, Crimson. 

The Maze Runner star has been a fan of the “Shake It Off” singer for years. In April 2021, he gushed in regards to the pop famous person and located himself having a tough time developing with a favourite observe from her discography. 

“Oh, my goodness, like ever?” the New York native joked to Coup de Primary on the time when requested his high Swift bop. “T. Swift, I imply, it’s superb — give any of the remainder of us, like, xi months in quarantine and we glance again on it, like, ’S—t, I ought to have performed extra.’ Give Taylor Swift six months in quarantine and he or she writes 50 hit songs. It’s unimaginable.”

He then added that the music “Mirrorball” from 2020’s Folklore “doesn’t get sufficient credit score,” saying, “I’m an enormous ‘Mirrorball’ fan. I like ‘My Tears Ricochet’ and ‘Mad Lady,’ ‘Epiphany’ [and] ‘The 1.’ There’s so many extra, however these are my highlights.”

O’Brien turned from fan to good friend, nevertheless, after filming “All Too Properly,” with the Love and Monsters star telling Leisure Tonight in July that the pair — together with 19-year-old Sink — had fashioned “somewhat group chat.” The Not Okay actor additionally accompanied Swift to the 2022 VMAs in August, the place they took house the Moonman for Video of the Yr. 

Following his gig within the music video, O’Brien pledged that he can be blissful to work with the Grammy winner once more in any capability — together with a possible future function movie. 

“She would make a extremely, actually good director. If it’s one thing that her coronary heart’s in, Taylor can do no matter she needs,” he gushed to ET. “She may simply direct a function and it’d be one thing I’d join, for positive.”