midnights

this album isn't even a year old yet which is baffling. i feel like i've listened to these songs for years already at this point but i guess that's more a testament to my spotify habits. it feels like we get some of the tongue in cheek sort of lyricism here that we did in blank space which i love, and still have really vulnerable and touching pieces throughout it. i think while there's not really a cohesive feeling to it that i can draw from the album itself, hearing her talk about this album as what keeps her up at night actually makes it feel more complete.

  • lavender haze
  • this is such a solid intro song and gets me directly into the vibe of the album--it feels like hearing music from outside the bar you left as you're walking back home and thinking.

  • maroon
  • maybe it's just my personal experience, but this feels like a captured moment that i've lived before and it's so beautiful.

  • anti-hero
  • this reminds me a lot of blank space in how it lampoons the media's portrayal of her, but also does feel more vulnerable in that the she may actually see herself as the problem.

  • snow on the beach
  • probably the weakest song on the album, wish there was more lana, wish there was more of just something to hold onto in the song.

  • you're on your own, kid
  • heartwrenching. i cry almost every time i hear it. it feels like watching all the hours i poured into a passion i am no longer involved in just going down the drain.

  • midnight rain
  • oddly feel like this song is underrated? like it's such a good mix of a pop song i wanna sing alone in my bedroom and also something more touching.

  • question...?
  • is this a phenomenal song? no, but i think it is still a good song for what it's trying to accomplish

  • vigilante shit
  • this falls into my 'it's a bit cringey but i love it' taylor swift bucket

  • bejeweled
  • when i actually listen to the lyrics, i love this song even more than just bopping to the music and vibe

  • labyrinth
  • i love the motif of the heartbeats underneath it all, maybe it's not actually there but it always feels like it is.

  • karma
  • what a phenomenal dancing song. this is the song i wanna be bouncing around with my friends to when we're all just a lil bit too drunk.

  • sweet nothing
  • this song is so genuinely romantic and sweet, but i can't help but wonder about whether the sting of it is that in the end it is all sweet nothing

  • mastermind
  • i didn't love this song as much as i do now, but seeing the eras tour performance totally sold me on it

  • the great war
  • god this is one of my favorites from the album, the lyrics are just so meaty. also bc i have a lot of ships that go to it

  • bigger than the whole sky
  • another hard song to talk about, but beautiful.

  • paris
  • this song is just so fun. like it's not lyrically brilliant but i do wanna re-listen to it a lot.

  • high infidelity
  • the whole song being "yeah i cheated, so what?" is really funny to me for some reason. but i also love the brutalness of it.

  • glitch
  • the kind of taylor song i'm never actively seeking to re-listen but always end up loving when it comes on shuffle

  • would've could've should've
  • tear my heart open and eat it in front of me. this song is devastating but is so kind to her younger self in a way that feels extremely relatable. like no, i wasn't some evil villain or some weak victim, i was a confused child/teenager just trying to do what she thought was right. and even if i'd shake myself now to say that i was wrong, i can't blame myself.

  • dear reader
  • i like it, but have i relistened to it much at all? no.

  • hits different

    this song makes me want to dance around and listen to it and it feels like a song that would come on in the uber back from a bar at 2am when i've had too many negronis and im thinking about texting my ex

  • you're losing me
  • heartbreak heartbreak heartbreak heartbreak

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