Taylor Swift gives insight into her personal life as brand new album Midnights receives rave reviews

Taylor Swift elated her devoted fans as she dropped her highly-anticipated tenth studio album Midnights on Friday.

The singer, 32, is already receiving high praise from fans and critics, alike, just hours after releasing the playlist.

Deemed an evening of ‘celebration,’ her admirers flooded social media with their first impressions as they eagerly worked their way through her latest musical release.

Taylor previously explained that her latest 13-track record tells the ‘stories of 13 sleepless nights, scattered throughout my life’, with several of the numbers lifting the lid on her romance.

Having dated her fiancé Joe Alwyn since 2016, she detailed their love on a track named Sweet Nothing, and even enlisted his help as a co-writer. 

There is also speculation among listeners that she revealed Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ fourth baby name as Daisy May on a song titled, You’re On Your Own, Kid. 

Now, MailOnline takes an in-depth track-by-track look at the Pennsylvania-born star’s new LP.

Song One: Lavender Haze

An upbeat R&B opener and love song about tuning out marriage rumours to appreciate her relationship, it was inspired by a line she heard on AMC’s Mad Men and establishes the LP’s overall vintage musical tone from the mid-80s.

Song Two: Maroon

Over a slow synthesised beat that erupts into an electronic chorus, Taylor’s voice is evocative of Stevie Nicks. The song is a remembrance of a previous love, whose ‘lips I used to call home’.

Song Three: Anti-Hero

In an ABBA-esque track, Taylor admits she’s never delved ‘this far into my insecurities’, adding, ‘It’s me, I’m the problem’ in the deep-thinking song.

Snow On The Beach (featuring Lana Del Rey): Taylor, revelling in the heat of love, sings, ‘My smile is like I won a contest.’ It is a song about love fate and how ‘strange but f***ing wonderful’ it is, and is accompanied by strings.

Song Four: Snow On The Beach (featuring Lana Del Rey) 

Taylor, revelling in the heat of love, sings, ‘My smile is like I won a contest.’ It is a song about love fate and how ‘strange but f***ing wonderful’ it is, and is accompanied by strings.

Song Five: You’re On Your Own, Kid

Taylor’s voice crescendos when she realises she is being gaslighted and that friends may let you down, accompanied by lovely intertwining guitars.

Listeners have also speculated that she revealed close friends Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ fourth baby name as Daisy May on the track. She sings, ‘I see the great escape, so long, Daisy May / I picked the petals, he loves me not.’

The Gossip Girl star revealed her pregnancy in September as she showed off her baby bump at the 10th Annual Forbes Power Women’s Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC.

Song Six: Midnight Rain

Taylor is the self-confessed guilty one this time, ending a relationship because ‘he wanted it comfortable, I wanted that pain.’ Taylor pitches drops her vocals down to duet with herself in Frank Ocean fashion.

Song Seven: Question…?

‘Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room and everyone was making fun of you, but then 15 seconds later they were clapping you?’ Taylor wonders in the song’s lyrics.

Song Eight: Vigilante Sh*t

Taylor plays a seductress threatening an ex while ‘dressing for revenge,’ a short but techno-infused number. ‘Think of me as thick as thieves with your ex-wife.’

Song Nine: Bejeweled

The singer tells the story of how a relationship ended because ‘familiarity breeds disdain’, proving to her former lover that she is still capable of making ‘the whole area shine’.

Song 10: Labyrinth

She explores the vulnerability and peril of falling for someone while singing, ‘Oh oh, I’m falling in love.’

Song 11: Karma

Fare are convinced this is the namesake track to an album previously planned for a 2016 release following a fallout with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West over her reference as ‘that b***h’ in Famous.

However, in her own words. Taylor told Apple Music: ‘Karma is written from a perspective of feeling like really happy really proud of the way you life is, feeling like this must be a reward for doing stuff right and it’s a song that I really love because I think we all need some of those moments you know we can’t just be beating ourselves up all the time. You have to have these moments where you’re like you know what karma is my boyfriend and that’s it.’

Song 12: Sweet Nothing

Written alongside her boyfriend Joe, under the pseudonym William Bowery, the ballad features the lyrics: ‘All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing.’

Song 13: Mastermind

‘Check mate, I couldn’t lose,’ Taylor sings on the song, while acknowledging her ability to perceive love ‘by design’ because ‘I’m a mastermind, now you’re mine.’

Taylor Swift dances in sparkly lingerie in new teaser for her Midnights music videos as fans and critics go wild as she drops highly-anticipated album… which addresses engagement rumours with Joe Alwyn

Taylor Swift treated fans to teaser clips of the forthcoming music videos for her highly-anticipated tenth studio album Midnights, which dropped early Friday.

In the footage that aired earlier on Thursday Night Football, Swift delivered a feast for the eyes as she danced around in sparkly lingerie in one exciting sequence. The clip featured the instrumentals from one of the album’s soon-to-be hit hits, including the lead single Anti-Hero – with the music video now released.

And fans have gone wild over the new release, taking to Twitter’s #2 Trending spot as they stormed the social platform with declarations of love for the album – which is written about 13 sleepless nights across her life.

Midnights also features some sweet odes to Taylor’s boyfriend of six years Joe Alwyn, and addresses rumours of an engagement between the pair in love song Lavender Haze.

It appeared to be a hit among reviewers too, receiving four and five stars from a slew of publications- including The Guardian and The Independent, with the latter’s Helen Brown describes: ‘It will make you feel as though you’re sleeping over at her house while she spills secrets and settles scores into the night.’

In the album video teaser, Taylor explained: ‘I just wanted to first of all say thank you so much to Amazon for giving me an opportunity to show you guys a first look teaser trailer of the secret projects that I’ve been working on for a really long time,’ the songstress explained. ‘Those projects are the Midnights music movies, the music videos that I’ve made for this album to sort of explore visually the world of this record.

‘And I love storytelling, I love songwriting, I love writing videos, I love directing them. And this was a really fun opportunity to work again with the cinematographer Rina Yang, who was my collaborator on the All Too Well 10-minute short film.’

Swift said she and her collaborators ‘really wanted to challenge ourselves to do different things this time around and stretch,’ adding, ‘I’m really proud of what we made and I really hope you like them. We worked with some amazing actors, which you’ll find out more about at the end of the teaser trailer.’

Deemed an evening of ‘celebration,’ fans of Swift flooded social media with their first impressions as they eagerly worked their way through the album’s 13 infectious tracks. 

Many Swifties expressed their love for the album’s lead single Anti-Hero and its relatability, with one fan feeling as though Swift ‘looked into my brain’ while penning the lyrics.

Another said that Anti-Hero is the ‘anthem of my life.’ 

‘The exciting thing about a new Taylor Swift album is not only new music but a new personality to annoy all my friends and family with,’ joked one Twitter user, who was clearly digging Swift’s pop resurgence. 

Along with Anti-Hero, fans voiced their love for the tracks Karma and Sweet Nothing. 

While critics rejoiced at the new release too, as Billboard‘s Jason Lipshutz calls Midnights a ‘focused, legacy-extending new project’ for Swift, who has been an unstoppable force since bursting onto the music scene in 2006.

‘A dazzling bath of synths complementing lyrics caught between a love story and a revenge plot,’ describes Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone. 

While also leaning into a pop-synth sound that all too familiar to Swift, The Guardian‘s Alexis Petridis reminds listeners that ‘something of Folklore and Evermore’s understated nature hangs around Midnights.

Taylor also shared her thoughts on the engagement rumors surrounding her and boyfriend of six years Joe, opening up the album with a track titled ‘Lavender Haze’ singing: ‘All they keep asking me/ Is if I’m gonna be your bride/ The only kinda girl they see/ Is a one night or a wife.’ 

She then appeared to hit back at the outdated line of questioning: ‘I’m damned if I do give a damn what people say/ The 1950s s*** they want from me.’

 The album also appeared to feature a number of sweet tributes to Joe, who even co-wrote track Sweet Nothing.

Notable names appearing in the clip include actress Laura Dern, Haim members Alana Haim, Danielle Haim and Este Haim, model Laith Ashley, music producer Jack Antonoff, comic Mike Birbiglia and John Early, actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis and burlesque staple Dita Von Teese.

The teaser opens with a visual of Swift seated at a kitchen table with her back to the camera as she gazes at a window with the drapes drawn.

Just as the clock strikes midnight, Swift opens the curtains to get a look at the night sky.

Swift, clad in a furry blue jacket, is then seen blowing a pink smoke ring towards the camera before a flurry of footage plays on screen.

In the fast paced clips, Swift is seen with her head emerging from pink bath water before commanding attention on stage in a showgirl-inspired rhinestone dress and wavy blonde tresses.

A hot-and-heavy dance scene shows Swift jumping into the arms of a shadowy stranger before it cuts to a slow-motion clip of Swift being pushed backwards off of a bed.

In one quirky scene, seemingly inspired by director Wes Anderson’s whimsical style, Swift is shocked after getting an arrow to the heart by a well-dressed man with a bow in hand.

Shortly after, a distraught Swift lets out a scream as she accidentally pulls her corded phone off the wall.

Donning a glittering cloak, the Mean singer is transported to a cosmic realm that she gazes at in wonder.

Showgirl Swift returns in the midst of a high-production dance routine before a dressed down Swift is captured sitting at a desk as a computer monitor lights up her makeup-free face.

In a montage, the Grammy Award-winner is seen in varying looks including just a T-shirt while lying in bed with a mystery man as well as a Marie Antoinette inspired getup.

One eerie scenes shows Swift peeking out from inside of a coffin before running down a hallway in fear. The horror continues as Swift stares into a mirror only to catch a double of herself standing behind her.

The teaser concludes with Swift’s version of Marie Antoinette offering the camera wink as the title card flashes on screen. 

Midnights features 13 new songs and four bonus tracks on varying platforms.

The 13 song names are: Lavender Haze, Maroon, Anti-Hero, Snow On The Beach (featuring Lana Del Rey), You’re On Your Own, Kid, Midnight Rain, Questions…?, Vigilante Sh**, Bejeweled, Labyrinth, Karma, Sweet Nothing and Mastermind.

Apple Music version does offer one bonus tracks, titled Meet me at midnight.

The album was released as the clock struck 12AM on Friday, but Taylor wasn’t finished there as she dropped seven more shock tracks in an extended ‘3AM version’ of the new release just three hours later.

The bombshell means that fans who have already bought the album will need to buy the 3AM Version to listen to the full 20 tracklist.

The extended alum features new tracks ‘The Great War,’ ‘Bigger Than the Whole Sky,’ ‘Paris,’ ‘High Infidelity,’ ‘Glitch,’ ‘Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve,’ and ‘Dear Reader’ – and are all available to stream on Spotify.

Meanwhile, Midnights: Lavender Edition – which is a Target exclusive – features one bonus song and two remixes: Hits Different, You’re On Your Own, Kid (Strings Remix) and Sweet Nothing (Piano Remix).

Taylor wrote the album about 13 sleepless nights across her life, but took to Instagram in the early hours to explain that there were seven more songs made in he process to getting to those main tracks.

The songstress explained: ‘Surprise! I think of Midnights as a complete concept album, with those 13 songs forming a full picture of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour. 

‘However! There were other songs we wrote on our journey to find that magic 13. I’m calling them 3am tracks.

‘Lately I’ve been loving the feeling of sharing more of our creative process with you, like we do with From The Vault tracks. So it’s 3am and I’m giving them to you now,’ she concluded.

The announcement sent fans, who were already in a frenzy over the 13-track Midnights, into even more of a meltdown.

Ahead of the album’s release, Taylor tweeted Thursday: ‘Hey guys, it’s Taylor. If you tune into the Thursday Night Football game on Amazon Prime, I’m going to be showing a first look at the secret projects that I’ve been working on very hard for a very long time, getting ready for the Midnights album.’

Swift answered questions from fans about the album from SiriusXM Hits 1 listeners. Asked if the album contains upbeat material, Swift said, ‘Yes, absolutely.

‘The concept of the album Midnights is the extreme emotions you might be feeling in the middle of the night,’ she said. ‘What keeps you up at night? And so, it’s reflecting back on certain nights of my life of why I was awake in the middle of the night.’

Swift said the material covers a range of emotions ‘from grief to sadness, to fear, to anger, to flirtation or daydreaming about someone, or falling in love or feeling overconfident.

She added: ‘You know, it’s, I think it’s just a really intense time of day. So, I wanted to cover lots of different aspects of that.’ 

Swift said that good dance songs on the album include Karma, Lavender Haze and Vigilante S***.

Swift told fans that all of the material on the Midnights is new, saying it all ‘New work.’

She added: ‘Nothing is left over from a different album. It might have been, you know, ideas or concepts or things I’ve thought of maybe making in the past, but I didn’t write anything until I was making this album.’

Swift said it is a ‘fun thing’ for her to reflect back on past work.

‘That all does usually lead to something, but you know, if we’re reflecting back on eras past and music that I’ve made in the past, I think you’ll find that there’s a really good reason for that,’ she said. ‘But it doesn’t necessarily have to do with this album.’

Swift earlier this week stepped up the promotional push for her tenth studio album, Midnights. 

On Wednesday, the pop superstar took to social media and revealed: ‘Our last midnight before Midnights,’ along with a 1970s retro promo photo of Swift laying back on a couch in a room full of wood paneling. 

Midnights marks yet another phase in the singer-songwriter’s massive song output in recent years, where she’s released four studio albums since Lover dropped in August 2019.

‘Our last midnight before Midnights’ is a play with words on the fact this will be the last midnight before the new record is released on Friday, October 21.

Always one to want to build up drama ahead of a new project, Team Swift also teamed up with Spotify to help build up the hype by releasing snippets of lyrics from Midnights.

The 32-year-old singer has been revealing random lyrics on billboards all across the world of late, as reported by Billboard.

The first lyrics started popping up in New York City’s Times Square on Monday, October 17. At the stroke of midnight, a massive vertical sign on one end of the plaza lit up with the lyric ‘I should not be left to my own devices.’

The next space was in London, England, with just a five word excerpt from her album: ‘I polish up real nice.’

In the latest reveals, a Sao Paulo, Brazil, train station lit up at midnight local time showcasing in bright purple lettering and the lyric: ‘Just like clockwork, the dominoes cascaded in a line.’ 

There’s also one on the side of Nashville’s 1720 West End building, displaying the words: ‘Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room?’

Come midnight Thursday morning, October 20, fans may very well have another lyric billboard to pore over — but only time will tell what that location will be.

In recent weeks, the songstress took to social media to showcase the four different album covers she has printed for the vinyl editions.