I get late 90s indie vibes from the album cover. Not that I necessarily think this is going to be Taylor's Modest Mouse album or whatever.
― peace, man, Monday, 29 August 2022 13:53 (one year ago) link
Analyzing the cover art reminds me of the (traumatic) whiplash that was "Lover" cover reveal -> "ME!" released as lead single
― abcfsk, Monday, 29 August 2022 13:55 (one year ago) link
Ha ha. Yeah, ouch, important warning. Anyway, I think what I was thinking was that it might fit in The Great Millennial Colour Drought
― peace, man, Monday, 29 August 2022 13:59 (one year ago) link
"... and when I'm up all night, I call Max and say, 'Let's make a banger about how boys are poopyheads!'"
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 29 August 2022 13:59 (one year ago) link
"me!" came before the album cover, iirc the whiplash was just from the teasers for it?
― ufo, Monday, 29 August 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
I don’t predict anything like synthpop, but we’ll see…
― Porcine-lina of the Pig Oceans (morrisp), Monday, 29 August 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
Yeah the whiplash came from the various teaser images on Instagram and the mural that was painted to promote the release of "Me!", which all happened in April 2019. It wasn't till June that she announced the album Lover, its August release date and shared its cover art, and then a day later released "You Need to Calm Down".
― MarkoP, Monday, 29 August 2022 15:01 (one year ago) link
Carly Rae Jepsen, Arctic Monkeys and this all on the same day, going to be a good day to be alive― Bee OK, Monday, August 29, 2022 1:59 AM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglinkHuh, didn't even know Arctic Monkeys were still around.I'll check out Taylor and CRJ but will def skip AM.― The Ghost Club, Monday, August 29, 2022 2:05 AM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglinkI looked it up. Tegan and Sara and Dry Cleaning too― Bee OK, Monday, August 29, 2022 2:05 AM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Bee OK, Monday, August 29, 2022 1:59 AM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Huh, didn't even know Arctic Monkeys were still around.
I'll check out Taylor and CRJ but will def skip AM.
― The Ghost Club, Monday, August 29, 2022 2:05 AM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I looked it up. Tegan and Sara and Dry Cleaning too
― Bee OK, Monday, August 29, 2022 2:05 AM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
What is this Meghan Trainor erasure?
― peace, man, Monday, 29 August 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
Ok I was mistaking cover art for teaser images - regardless I remember similar Lana del Rey-vibes being predicted before ME! destroyed such notion.
Though the album itself did strike various poses
― abcfsk, Monday, 29 August 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
I got a “Taylor Nation” email promoting the pre-orders, complete with flickering flame and new “TS” monogram in the blue Helvetica.
― Porcine-lina of the Pig Oceans (morrisp), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 14:15 (one year ago) link
"a journey through terrors and sweet dreams" sounds like its describing a david lynch movie imo
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
hear me out, what if this is her house album like Drake and Beyonce
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
Seems pretty unlikely to me, given the midcentury aesthetic of the photos
― Porcine-lina of the Pig Oceans (morrisp), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
If folklore is for everyone who needs to go to therapy and evermore is everyone who is finally going to therapy then midnights is for everyone still going to therapy even when it feels like it isn't helping— Rita (@ritalara) August 29, 2022
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 16:29 (one year ago) link
"Is it confirmed those track titles will be renamed? Because that would be cool if they were all just named “Track One,” Track Two” etc"
It's unlikely, but I hope she goes full-on Scott Walker circa Climate of Hunter and writes a song suite about kicking locusts in the bollocks. Or something. With half the tracks given names and the other half given numbers.
And if you compare the covers they both look as if there was originally a cigarette, but it was airbrushed out. I want to hear Taylor Swift punching meat.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
"Babe, I just can't seeif you're the one for mewill it all work out?Or will we kick locusts in the bollocks untilthe black-blood spittlefills the sliced eye-holesof the fetid pig mulch"
― Ashley Pomeroy, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
This is her 5th "Lead single in August, album in October."
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
Guessing she purposely sticks with this schedule because the grammys new years day is Sept 1.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
she released a single? where?
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 20:44 (one year ago) link
Yeah, you had me looking!
(I believe the Grammy eligibility period ends Sept. 30 – so Midnights won't be eligible until the 2024 awards, but if she releases a single in the next month I guess that will be eligible at next Feb.'s ceremony)
― Porcine-lina of the Pig Oceans (morrisp), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link
Oh my bad I didn't pay attention to whether a new song came out.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 20:57 (one year ago) link
Also weird to make an observation like that when the last time she did the August single, October album strategy was 5 albums ago with 1989.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 21:07 (one year ago) link
last two albums obviously did not have a leading single as they were surprise releases
― akm, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
xp i think it's a good and interesting observation regardless of when it happened last
― alpine static, Thursday, 1 September 2022 00:59 (one year ago) link
Taylor Swift unveils all four variations of the cover for her 10th studio album, ‘Midnights.’ pic.twitter.com/N10AbwBLvR— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) September 1, 2022
alt covers are clarifying, there's clear 70s vibes
― ufo, Thursday, 1 September 2022 11:51 (one year ago) link
jazz-tinged soft-rock taylor would also be totally acceptable
― ufo, Thursday, 1 September 2022 11:55 (one year ago) link
When Look What You Made Me Do meets Everything You Did.
― peace, man, Thursday, 1 September 2022 12:02 (one year ago) link
Just hoping it doesn't end up sounding like Daddy's Home.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 1 September 2022 13:16 (one year ago) link
Gah, what are those covers reminding me of? The Clientele? American Analog Set? Saint Etienne? Some indie band.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 September 2022 13:27 (one year ago) link
Ivy...Superdrag
― akm, Thursday, 1 September 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
The first version made me think of Nightsongs by Stars.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 1 September 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929a6f6ea9e61561daa54a8/1:1/w_320,c_limit/67d15fe4.jpg
a little?
― Indexed, Thursday, 1 September 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
White borders and helvetica similar to the Cardigans singles artwork from the Gran Turismo period
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 1 September 2022 14:56 (one year ago) link
xp i think it's a good and interesting observation regardless of when it happened last― alpine static, Wednesday, August 31, 2022 8:59 PM (yesterday)
I think so too. I messed up the lead single part, but she is "big biz" and clearly likes tactically shooting for holiday-season sales or something.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 1 September 2022 15:09 (one year ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Album-Covers-That-Have-A-Specific-Design-With-The-Helvetica-Font-That-I-Wish-Was-Utilized-In-More-Album-Covers/641235?page=1
― gman59, Thursday, 1 September 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
oh it's the album cover & she just doesn't want to reveal the track titles yet that's such a goofy move lolThis becomes even funnier as more covers are revealed.
― Porcine-lina of the Pig Oceans (morrisp), Thursday, 1 September 2022 16:03 (one year ago) link
On MIDNIGHTS she said the movies that have inspired it are 1) 70s movies of two romantic leads “unravel” before you — Kramer vs Kramer2) Marriage Story and The SouvenirDefinitely not ready for the emotional landscape of this coming album lmao pic.twitter.com/ddRZe2Xc5K— Elamin Abdelmahmoud (@elamin88) September 9, 2022
the!!! souvenir!!!!!!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 September 2022 14:18 (one year ago) link
sorry that may actually be the list of filmic inspirations for the “all too well” video
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 September 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
Now wanting a music video where John Mayer screws up making pancakes for his kid while Taylor’s trying to do an interview in the living room.
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Saturday, 10 September 2022 17:20 (one year ago) link
xp i think it’s about the album? next tweet says
(Context for this was talking about movies as inspiration — as she was writing, some movies dovetailed with the process: for 1989, she was watching John Hughes movies; for Folklore, lots of Guillermo del Toro; for Evermore, Sense and Sensibility)— Elamin Abdelmahmoud (@elamin88) September 9, 2022
― just sayin, Saturday, 10 September 2022 22:08 (one year ago) link
Lavender isn't really my color – but this morning I preordered the Target Exclusive CD, with three bonus tracks.
(...although I notice now they're titled "Bonus Track One," "Bonus Track Two (Remix)," and "Bonus Track Three (Remix)." So I guess it's one add'l song and two remixes.)
― mosh pit insurance agent (morrisp), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 22:21 (one year ago) link
Antonoff highly visible in this “Making of Midnights” Insta reel
― Obviously Five Beliebers (morrisp), Friday, 16 September 2022 23:12 (one year ago) link
📹 | Taylor Swift will be announcing the #TSmidnightTS tracklist via TikTok!— The first track she has announced is Track 13 titled ‘Mastermind’ pic.twitter.com/6rrz3aqhqm— Taylor Swift News 🕰️ (@TSwiftNZ) September 21, 2022
lmao
― ufo, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 07:24 (one year ago) link
the goofy deadpan vibe here is a good sign
― ufo, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 07:25 (one year ago) link
lol
Some crazy ass theorising going on at the moment e.g. https://www.tiktok.com/@chacofemme/video/7145338640280014126?_t=8VrbzTQMTti&_r=1
― Tim F, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 08:44 (one year ago) link
anyway i'm very excited for taylor's muzak album
― ufo, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 08:55 (one year ago) link
this is good
― Indexed, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 13:44 (one year ago) link
I hope “Mastermind” isn’t a clumsy pun that indicates the final track is about Scooter Braun (or her masters in general).
― Obviously Five Beliebers (morrisp), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
I hope it's a tribute to special master Raymond J. Dearie.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
I just assume that Mastermind she'll tell us that Automator's on the planet Earth, and he's going to stop the war of the worlds.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
Swift is handling the tragedy right. And Christ the Redeemer is wearing a Swift shirt for charity.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 19 November 2023 01:05 (four months ago) link
"Cristo Redentor (Taylor's Version)"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 19 November 2023 01:27 (four months ago) link
She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirtsShe's Cheer Captain, and I'm the Redeemer
― low-sorbitol frootloop (morrisp), Sunday, 19 November 2023 01:41 (four months ago) link
"You're Losing Me" is a pretty good song; probably better than anything else on Midnights. But it still has that dull, flat sound and vocal affectations (which I don't care for) that are typical of the album...
― This field is required (morrisp), Friday, 1 December 2023 17:14 (three months ago) link
chubble chubble chubble
― maelin, Friday, 8 December 2023 21:18 (three months ago) link
'state of grace' is such an incredible opener, honestly. discovered the acoustic version this week. those bass notes, god damn.
― maelin, Friday, 8 December 2023 21:19 (three months ago) link