Taylor Swift’s New Album ‘Midnights’: Each Lyric Easter Egg

Looking for clues! Taylor Swift is thought for hiding tons of Easter eggs in her lyrics, and her newest album, Midnights, isn’t any exception.

The Grammy winner, 32, introduced her tenth studio album in August on the MTV Video Music Awards whereas accepting the trophy for Video of the Yr. “It is a assortment of music written in the course of the night time, a journey by way of terrors and candy goals,” the “Lover” songstress wrote by way of Instagram on the time. “For all of us who’ve tossed and turned and determined to maintain the lanterns lit and search around — hoping that simply perhaps, when the clock strikes 12 … we’ll meet ourselves.”

Earlier than the album’s Friday, October 21, launch, Swift teased followers with loads of movies and social media posts about her new music. In a single Instagram submit, the Pennsylvania native revealed that opening observe “Lavender Haze” is about her romance with Joe Alwyn. The “Merciless Summer time” musician and the Conversations With Pals alum, 31, have been courting since 2016.

Swift defined that she borrowed the phrase “lavender haze” from an episode of Mad Males, including that the track’s lyrics are about attempting to remain in a bubble of happiness within the face of adversity and invasive questions. “My relationship for six years, we’ve needed to dodge bizarre rumors, tabloid stuff, and we simply ignore it,” she instructed followers earlier this month. “And so this track is type of in regards to the act of ignoring that stuff to guard the true stuff.”

Shortly earlier than the discharge of Midnights, the Amsterdam actress teased a “chaotic shock” set to drop on Friday at 3 a.m., three hours after the album debuted on streaming providers. Followers who stayed up late realized that Swift’s huge reveal was seven extra songs.

“Shock! I consider Midnights as an entire idea album, with these 13 songs forming a full image of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour,” the “Out of the Woods” artist wrote by way of Instagram on Friday. “Nevertheless! There have been different songs we wrote on our journey to search out that magic 13. I’m calling them 3am tracks. Recently I’ve been loving the sensation of sharing extra of our inventive course of with you, like we do with From The Vault tracks. So it’s 3am and I’m giving them to you now.”

A kind of bonus tunes — “Would’ve, May’ve, Ought to’ve” — instantly sparked fan hypothesis that it was about John Mayer, to whom Swift was briefly linked in 2009. “And I rattling positive would’ve by no means danced with the satan / At 19, and the God’s sincere fact is that the ache was heaven / And now that I’m grown, I’m afraid of ghosts,” the Cats star sings within the observe, which additionally contains the road: “Give me again my girlhood, it was mine first.”

After the track appeared on-line, Swift followers took to social media to share theories in regards to the “New Mild” singer, 45. “One thing tells me john mayer simply jumped out of his sleep with a pant,” tweeted one listener. “I do know he felt a shift.”

Hold scrolling for a full breakdown of every observe on Midnights.