"I don't start shit, but I can tell you how it ends," she sings, seemingly having revealed that she gave a wife the evidence needed for a pricey divorce settlement. The song is supposedly a stiletto to the heart of Swift's former manager-the one who sold the singer's master recordings out from under her. "The only kinda girl they see/ Is a one-night or a wife." There are also shades of Lorde-another collaborator of Swift's producer Jack Antonoff-on "Vigilante Shit," with its ice-cold beats. "All they keep asking me/ Is if I'm gonna be your bride," she seems to be saying to longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn. You can hear it on bubbling "Karma" and "Lavender Haze," which finds Swift feeling constrained by society's prudish expectations on celebrities-the constant questions about engagements, marriage, children. It's ironic that Maggie Rogers borrowed a touch of Swift's folksy side for her latest record, because Midnights often sounds like Rogers' electro-pop. The vocals on"Midnight Rain" are slowed and warped to a David Lynch-ian place.
It's synth pop that's not trying to be perfect (which isn't to say every move Swift makes isn't calculated): Sometimes the sounds are warped, even grotesque. For the singer's 10th album, she's revived the best bits of her 1989 album-the chill of "Blank Space," "Style"-and re-thought them for the moment. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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