Taylor Swift Midnights

2022 - 10 - 19

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Zoë Kravitz, Joe Alwyn appear on Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' (Los Angeles Times)

The credits for Swift's upcoming 'Midnights' reveal her partner Joe Alwyn and actor Zoë Kravitz both helped the Grammy-winner craft a selection of songs on ...

“Absolutely love her and I really hope you love this song as much as I do.” Last week, she shared details [on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CjmXQ8dLsyo/) about her collaboration with singer Lana Del Rey on the song “Snow on the Beach.” “We chose to do it so the people first and foremost would listen to the music before dissecting the fact that we did it together,” he told Clarkson. “Like, if you were in the ‘Lavender Haze,’ that meant you were in that all-encompassing love glow, and I thought that was really beautiful,” she said. Alwyn also helped craft three songs on the “Folklore” follow-up album, “Evermore,” including the title track. ‘Midnights’ will be Swift’s fourth new album in as many years (six including her remakes of older LPs). “The fact that I get to exist at the same time as her is an honor and a privilege and the fact that she would be so generous as to collaborate with us on this song is something I’m going to be grateful for for life,” Swift said of Del Rey. “We did it under the name William Bowery. “My relationship for six years, we’ve had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it. It sounds like a kind of Agatha Christie character that should be wearing a monocle with a big mustache.” Her only competition? [who stars ](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-10-14/stars-at-noon-review-margaret-qualley-claire-denis-a24) [alongside Margaret Qualley in Claire Denis’ “Stars at Noon](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-10-14/stars-at-noon-review-margaret-qualley-claire-denis-a24),” helped pen the song “Sweet Nothing.” He is credited officially as William Bowery, a pseudonym he also used for his credits on Swift’s albums “ [Folklore](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-07-24/taylor-swift-folklore-album-review)” and “ [Evermore](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-12-10/taylor-swift-evermore-folklore).” In her Disney+ special, “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions,” the “All Too Well” singer revealed “William Bowery is Joe” and said that he wrote the chorus for the track “Betty” and that he came up with the first verse and piano accompaniment for “Exile” on the album.

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Midnights: What we know about Taylor Swift's songwriting (BBC News)

Taylor Swift is a musical chameleon. Over the course of 16 years and nine albums, she's switched genres from country to pop to alternative to folk.

"I was a lot different than all the other kids, and I never really knew why," she said. "It felt too hot of a microscope. The more it seems like an open letter the better. "Taylor is texting you the day before: 'Here are the lyrics, here's a line, here's a melody. That's how I operate," Swift told the Mail On Sunday in 2009. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,'" said Ryan Tedder, who worked on the songs Welcome To New York and End Game. "I had this song called Picture To Burn, that's talking about how 'I hate your truck,' and 'I hate that you ignored me,' 'I hate you,'" she once told MTV, while discussing her debut album. It can get complicated on every other level, but the songwriting is still the same uncomplicated process it was when I was 12 years old." Her lyrics are detailed and relatable, whether she's singing about teenage crushes on Begin Again ("You don't know why I'm coming off a little shy/But I do." She had a lot of information. Swift generally changes lanes every two albums, so Midnights is unlikely to have the indie-folk feel of her pandemic-era releases On Friday, she will release her latest record, Midnights, described as "the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life...

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Cat lady Zoë Kravitz has two writing credits on cat lady Taylor Swift's ... (The A.V. Club)

The feline-friendly duo were also joined in the studio by Joe Alwyn and Jack Antonoff.

Continuing to discuss the track, Swift touches on her six-year relationship with Alwyn. “We’ve had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it,” she adds. “I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool, and it turns out that it’s a common phrase used in the ’50s where they would describe being in love. On the official track listing, Alwyn uses his pen name William Bowery—Alwyn also contributed to Swift’s 2020 albums folklore and evermore. [list](https://twitter.com/TheSwiftSociety/status/1582398539564744704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1582398539564744704%7Ctwgr%5Ecb3b71ec92aeb5fd074e89cf2fa08b207ed1b885%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etonline.com%2Ftaylor-swifts-midnights-credits-reveal-joe-alwyn-and-zoe-kravitz-collaborations-192940), Kravitz contributed to the album’s opening track, “Lavender Haze,” and the eleventh track, “Karma.” On both tracks, Kravitz and Swift are also joined by Swift’s frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff. The track listing for Taylor Swift’s new album Midnights has been revealed, and Catwoman herself Zoë Kravitz is credited as a writer on two different songs.

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Inside Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' songwriting credits (Capital FM)

Taylor Swift's new album 'Midnights' features songwriting credits from none other than William Bowery, Lana Del Rey, Zoë Kravitz as well as frequent ...

(Taylor Swift & William Bowery) (Taylor Swift & Jack Antanoff) (Taylor Swift) (Taylor Swift, Jack Antanoff & Lana Del Rey) (Taylor Swift, Jack Antanoff, Zoë Kravitz, Mark A Spears, Keanu Torres & Jahaan Sweet) (Taylor Swift, Jack Antanoff, Zoë Kravitz, Mark A Spears, Jahaan Sweet & Sam Dew)

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Taylor Swift Shares Something Sweet That 'Kept Me Up at Night ... (Billboard)

Taylor Swift shared two new things that kept her up at night and inspired her album 'Midnights' in exclusive Spotify videos. Get the details.

And in Times Square, another read revealed “I should not be left to my own devices.” In each of the four videos, she shares one concept that she fixated on during her middle-of-the-night songwriting sessions that resulted in her Oct. The billboards don’t say which songs the lyrics are taken from, however, leaving it up to the imagination of the singer’s fans for now. “Wondering what might have been.” Two short videos filmed by Swift appeared earlier this week on the streaming service’s Midnights pre-save page, and as of Wednesday (Oct. [Taylor Swift](https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/) first [announced](https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch1Ed_Su6Qw/) her fast-approaching 10th studio album Midnights, she shared that its songs were based on “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.” But what exactly kept the [pop](https://www.billboard.com/t/pop/) star tossing and turning?

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Midnights: Taylor Swift drops her new album tomorrow, here's what ... (ABC News)

Bundled into a magical Instagram Reel, the schedule for the week of release includes two music video releases (Anti-Hero and a mystery song), two talk show ...

when you realise that someone feels the same way that you feel at the same moment." Since September, Taylor has been teasing fans with track names through her Midnights Mayhem With Me TikTok series. "This song is a real, guided tour through all the things I tend to hate about myself." She came across the phrase while watching Mad Men — presumably with Alwyn — and discovered it was a commonly used in the 50s to mean "you were in that all-encompassing love glow". "If the world finds out that you're in love with somebody, they're going to weigh in on it," she explains. While Kravitz is probably better known for her acting credits, she’s a solo artist, one half of the electro pop duo LOLAWOLF, and — like Swift — also a frequent collaborator with Jack Antonoff. "The song is about falling in love with someone at the same time they're falling in love with you … According to the credits released on Apple Music this week, William Bowery is listed as a co-writer on Sweet Nothing and there is at least one song about him. The album was also rumoured to be a full exploration of her feud with Kanye. "Lana Del Rey, in my opinion, is one of the best musical artists ever," Swift says to the camera. It was no surprise when Swift's friend and frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff appeared in a The Making of Midnights video on her Instagram. Bundled into a magical Instagram Reel, the schedule for the week of release includes two music video releases (Anti-Hero and a mystery song), two talk show appearances and a "special chaotic surprise" for 3am US time (6pm AEDT) on album release day.

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Taylor Swift reveals 'Midnights' lyrics on massive Nashville billboard (The Tennessean)

The pop-country star's 10th studio album arrives on October 21.

Swift's 12th album follows re-recorded "Taylor's Version" takes on her 2008 album "Fearless" and 2012's "Red," both released in 2021. The floors we pace and the demons we face. "We lie awake in love and in fear, in turmoil and in tears.

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Taylor Swift's Midnights drops soon. Here are the conspiracy ... (Vox)

From Gaylor to #KarmaIsReal: The many theories of Taylor Swift fans, explained.

But it is in its way a counterpart to the kind of silly and harmless fan speculation behind the Karma theory. [Someone who is interested in bringing a queer reading to Swift’s songbook](https://www.vox.com/21337354/folklore-taylor-swift-kaylor-betty-gay-lesbian-subtext).” A person who is very certain that Swift is straight and that her longterm partnership with Joe Alwyn is for real, but also feels “ [Betty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TAPqXkZW_I)” is a deeply queer song, might identify as a Gaylor. In the lead-up to announcing her 2019 album Lover, Swift took to dressing in rainbows (the symbol of gay pride!) and declared she had a big announcement to come on April 26 (Lesbian Visibility Day!). Swift laces her music with Easter eggs, and then she invites her fans to go hunting for them. Next to one of the karma tags is a sign that says, “MISSING / IF FOUND RETURN TO TAYLOR SWIFT.” [#KimExposedTaylorParty](https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/21/21189239/taylor-swift-kanye-west-famous-leaked-phone-call-kanye-west-is-over-party), when Kim Kardashian released excerpts of tapes that appeared to catch Swift in a messy public lie, and the public rapidly turned on her. As with the Karma theory, we’ll begin with a track title reveal. Can we hint at something three years in advance?” The quote is an allusion to [her management team triumphantly tweeted out](https://twitter.com/taylornation13/status/1577882756159348736) a gif from the “Man” video showing the karma-tagged wall. “But not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma.” [as always seems to be the case with Swifties](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2016/10/conspiracy-theories-taylor-swift). The first we’re going to call the Karma theory.

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