Lavender Haze

Taylor Swift has released the music video for “Lavender Haze,” the first track on her album 'Midnights.' The singer has explained that the lyrics apply to ...

Swift has previously explained that the lyrics to “Lavender Haze” apply to her current relationship with [Joe Alwyn](https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/joe-alwyn-profile-conversations-with-friends.html). “And I thought that was really beautiful.” [Senate’s new favorite singer](http://www.vulture.com/2023/01/ticketmaster-senate-hearing-live-nation-recap.html) has finally dropped the music video for “Lavender Haze,” the first track off her album Midnights.

Taylor Swift unveiled the much anticipated music video for her Midnights opening track, "Lavender Haze."

“Those projects are the Midnights Music Movies, the music videos that I made for this album to sort of explore visually the world of this record,” she said at the time. [Bejeweled](https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-bejeweled-music-video-1235160502/)” visual just two weeks after dropping the first Midnights music video, which was for the album’s No. [teaser video](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1583286291516772352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1583286291516772352%7Ctwgr%5E954b4790e83e66b54a19e9682c30ccb3ad8c0db0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2022%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Ftaylor-swift-midnights-trailer-1235409770%2F) for all of the album’s music videos during [Thursday Night Football](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-midnights-teaser-thursday-night-football-1235159020/), mere hours before Midnights hit streaming services Oct. [Taylor Swift ](http://billboard.com/music/taylor-swift)encouraged her fans to “meet me at midnight” on Friday (Jan. Swift shared the Cinderella-inspired “ 27), when she unveiled the much anticipated music video for her [Midnights](https://www.billboard.com/t/midnights/) opening track, “ [Lavender Haze](https://www.billboard.com/t/lavender-haze/).”

"Lavender Haze," which is the first track off Swift's recent "Midnights" album, references a phrase sometimes used in the 1950s to describe the feeling of being ...

"My relationship for six years, we've had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it," Swift explained of her trick to prolonging the couple's honeymoon phase. "And I guess, theoretically, when you're in the 'Lavender Haze,' you'll do anything to stay there and not let people bring you down off of that cloud," she added. "And 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 just describe being in love.

Yes, Taylor Swift is once again meeting fans at midnight and with good reason: The singer just dropped her music video for “Lavender Haze” and we're ...

"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." As the Grammy winner previously explained, her entire album is comprised of stories from restless nights in her life. 21 Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj9ir4EOrL4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) celebrating the album's debut. "My relationship—for six years, we've had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it," she continued. It naturally ends with her falling asleep on a cloud in a starry sea of swimming koi fish.

Taylor Swift released the music video for her Midnights song “Lavender Haze” on January 27, and it's full of easter eggs. Here, all of them explained.

Swift appears to be alluding to multiple Midnights tracks and their lyrics in the video. Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). “Our Song” is from her debut album. [“Lavender Haze”](https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a41715111/taylor-swift-lavender-haze-lyrics-meaning-joe-alwyn/) at, well, midnight. The back of her different album versions form a clock. “When I was 15 and putting together my first album, [...] I decided to encode the lyrics with hidden messages using capital letters,” she said. “That’s how it started, and my fans and I have since descended into color coding, numerology, word searches, elaborate hints, and Easter eggs. “Lavender Haze is track 1 on Midnights,” she said So this song is about the act of ignoring that stuff to protect the real stuff.” And I thought that was really beautiful.” She added, “I guess, theoretically, when you’re in the ‘lavender haze,’ you’ll do anything to stay there. Swift explained on Twitter shortly after the video's release that it served as a mood board for the album.

The music video for Taylor Swift's 'Lavender Haze,' written and directed by the singer, was released today at—when else?—midnight.

The scenes are interspersed with glamour shots of the singer floating in a lavender pool of water. In the clip, Swift is lying awake beside her lover, played by trans model Laith Ashley, when a thick purple fog billows out from beneath the bed. The song’s video, written and directed by Swift, was released today at—when else?—midnight.

Taylor Swift's 'Lavender Haze' music video left Swifts with a million questions, including 'what is Joe Alwyn's star sign?' and 'what is a koi fish?

As well as creating the feeling Tay’s living in a fish bowl, they also allude to the fact she’s re-releasing ‘Speak Now’ in her string of re-recordings. ‘Lavender Haze’ being the purple dream that it is, naturally matches Tay’s whole ‘Speak Now’ aesthetic which was, you guessed it, purple. [Which Albums Is Taylor Swift Re-Recording?

A few hours after dropping a surprise teaser, Taylor Swift has released the official music video of “Lavender Haze,” the first song in her chart-topping ...

Fans of the artist have been speculating for months about which album could be re-recorded next.

At another point, the camera pans to a stack of vinyl album covers. And it turns out that it's a common phrase used in the '50s where they would describe being in love," she said in an Instagram video. LOOK AT HER ICONIC KOI FISH GUITAR OMFG— scarlet witch (@leafmelonelys) In a scene in the video, she is watching the weather forecast on TV and Nashville, where she lives, appears to be 13 degrees. The number 13 is referenced in almost all Swift videos in some way and is her lucky number because she was born on 13 December. "Like my relationship for six years we've had to dodge weird rumours, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it. The fish imagery seen elsewhere in the video could also be a possible reference to the Pisces sign. "And I thought that was really beautiful." The colour was also one of the themes in Swift's previous music video, Bejewelled, which saw the singer in an elevator pressing a purple-coloured button for the third floor - a possible reference to her third album. On her Speak Now world tour, Swift often performed with a guitar that had koi carp fish painted on it and in both the Bejewelled and Lavender Haze videos, koi fish pop up a few times too. [in the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8DLofLM7No) (which contains explicit language) - Swift is seen swimming in a purple pool, whilst her home appears in lilac hazy hues. [Swift describes the video](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1618837769325023235) as a "sultry sleepless 70s fever dream" and says story boarding the music video for Lavender Haze helped her "conceptualise the world and mood of Midnights".

Taylor Swift's third Midnights video has erupted in a glorious purple puff onto our feeds, with "Lavender Haze" debuting at midnight on Thursday.

It's not the only Lover era parallel [fans have picked up on(Opens in a new window)](https://twitter.com/runawayswiftme/status/1618842032579162115) either. [a possible connection to Swift's video for "Lover"(Opens in a new window)](https://twitter.com/swiftmyuniverse/status/1618841856527454212) from her previous album. [Laith Ashley(Opens in a new window)](https://twitter.com/laith_ashley), who appears as Swift's beloved partner through the clip. It's been called out by fans as a reference to Swift's Midnights track "Maroon," and it's opening lyric: "When the morning came we were cleaning incense off your vinyl shelf / 'Cause we lost track of time again." This could be a reference to the track "Paris" from Midnights. Here's just a few they've spied in the video.

Taylor Swift released a music video for "Lavender Haze" on Friday, which included a groundbreaking co-star.

[Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn64VxVjiUP/?hl=en): “Thank you @taylorswift for allowing me to play a small part in your story. It seems she wants to just stay in that lavender haze, indeed. Your storytelling abilities through your music and visuals continues to leave me in awe, inspired, and hopeful. You are brilliant and this is an experience I will never forget. Swift wrote and directed the video, which included all things lavender – but more importantly, a groundbreaking co-star. [Taylor Swift](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/10/21/taylor-swift-releases-seven-additional-songs-midnights-album/10562646002/) released a music video for " [Lavender Haze](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8DLofLM7No)" on Friday, her latest off new album " [Midnights](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/10/21/taylor-swift-midnights-album-review/10553445002/)" released in October.

The latest video from “Midnights” sees Swift dropping easter eggs left, right, and center.

Fans of a certain inclination noted that the title and a specific strain known for its occasional purplish hue share the same name—a fact that Swift may be alluding to with the shot of her blowing a Cheshire Cat–like ring of smoke in the video. Of course, Swift being Swift, she peppered plenty of Easter eggs into the video to keep her eagle-eyed fans talking. An ensuing party scene sees Swift lounge in Ashley’s arms before pushing down the walls of her apartment to find herself floating in space.

Taylor Swift released a new video for "Lavender Haze" from the Midnights album ahead of her upcoming Eras tour.

The weather report may be a subtle reference to “ [Midnight Rain](https://youtu.be/Odh9ddPUkEY),” while the video’s love interest appears as the TV meteorologist recalls the lyric “Karma is the guy on the screen coming straight home to me” from “ [Karma](https://youtu.be/rg18Kf4en2o).” [Rock onSock Affairs](https://go.linkby.com/CSZYJPXU) The koi fish gliding through space, for instance, may point to a [guitar she played](https://twitter.com/leafmelonelys/status/1618838634765094912?s=20&t=JQe6GfYuQaMqX7tqtIAf7Q) on the Speak Now tour, and even the color purple has an association with her third album. It’s the continuation of Swift’s work becoming a closed loop wherein everything is a reference to itself. [Swift shared](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1618837765269098496?s=20&t=AX88R14FhHkkSG1OC9adZg) on social media at the time of the video’s release. [“Anti-Hero” music video](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-midnights-anti-hero-music-video-1849687681), [Taylor Swift](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-underrated-songs-obscure-tracks-1849666689) poked fun at her fans for looking for Easter eggs everywhere (and at herself for leaving them). The video is characterized by some classic Swiftian heavy-handed visual metaphor (a literal gray cloud hangs over her head while she sings how her lover doesn’t “really read into my melancholia”).

Taylor Swift recently released the music video for her single, "Lavender Haze." Here's a breakdown of the song's lyrics.

After looking it up, Taylor discovered that "if you were in Lavender Haze, you were in that all-encompassing love glow." She also dished on how relatable the song is to her fans just as much as it is to her. I just wanna stay in that lavender haze "I happened upon the phrase when I was watching Mad Men," she recounted on Instagram. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/JohnMayer/status/1618592216573935619) details announcing his Solo Tour 2023 at 7:50 a.m. On Friday, January 27, Taylor Swift debuted the official music video for her new single "Lavender Haze."