Taylor Swift shocked followers Sunday night time with the announcement of an all-new album, “Midnights,” set to return out Oct. 21.
The reveal of the album got here throughout her climactic speech on the MTV Video Music Awards, as she accepted an award for video of the 12 months, though she waited till midnight to disclose the identify of the forthcoming document on her social media, together with not-quite-complete album artwork.
“We lie awake in love and in fear, in turmoil and in tears,” she wrote. “We stare at walls and drink until they speak back. We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t — right this minute — about to make some fateful life-altering mistake. This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. The floors we pace and the demons we face. For all of us who have tossed and turned and decided to keep the lanterns lit and go searching — hoping that just maybe, when the clock strikes twelve … we’ll meet ourselves.
“Midnights, the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life, will be out October 21. Meet me at midnight.”
Earlier, on the shut of the awards present, Swift stated, “You guys, I’m just so proud of what we made, and I now that every second of this moment that we wouldn’t have been able to make this short film if it weren’t for you, the fans,” she stated, accepting for “All Too Well (10-Minute Version).” “Because I wouldn’t be able to re-record my album [‘Red (Taylor’s Version),’ which included the winning song] if it weren’t for you. You emboldened me to do that. And I had sort of made up my mind that if you were going to be this generous and give us this, I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that my brand-new album comes out Oct. 21. And I will tell you more at midnight.”
The album artwork for “Midnights,” as offered, appears to emulate old style LP jackets wherein the songs are listed on the entrance cowl — however for present functions, she simply has them listed as “Track One,” “Track Two” and so forth, as much as 13.
Unlike her different current releases, the place the vinyl got here out months after the digital variations due to the sneak assaults and pressing-plant backups, the product web page for “Midnights” signifies that the LP model — pressed in a moonstone blue marbled version — will ship on the Oct. 21 date that each different version comes out.
Unlike different current celebrity releases, the place the celebs have been no less than recognized to be at work within the studio previous to their initiatives being introduced, Swift had stored this one fully underneath wraps till now. Many of her followers had been anticipating to see one other version in her “Taylor’s Version” sequence of re-recordings of her Big Machine catalog earlier than the tip of the 12 months. But this launch will consist solely of contemporary materials — her first such album since “Folklore” and “Evermore” each got here out as shock releases 5 months aside in 2020.
Since these final two authentic albums got here out of the identical burst of inventive power working with the identical producers throughout the pandemic, there’s been curiosity as to no matter she would transfer on to subsequent would proceed in that extra subdued, acoustic, Americana vein, or convey her again extra in keeping with the pure pop of 2019’s “Lover” and the albums that preceded it. The singer has not but revealed what type the new album will probably be in or whether or not Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff will probably be again as producers.