i canāt stop talking about this but midnights by taylor swift was misunderstood by a lot of people online who thought that it wasnāt thematically cohesive.
itās an ALMOST concept album. thatās it. itās an album that you have to imagine through the lens of being up at night and unable to sleep. the songs (mostly) fit pretty neatly into one of three categories. itās either about a current love (lavender haze, sweet nothing, the great war etc.), an ex (question, maroon, midnight rain etc.) , or about people you hate/want revenge on (karma, vigilante shit etc.) thatās the shit EVERYONE thinks about when theyre trying to fall asleep and canāt.
and even the songs that donāt fit into those categories like anti hero or bigger than the whole sky are 100% canāt sleep thoughts. oh so you hate urself? great. oh youāve experienced deep undying grief??? itās a baby concept album. thatās it.
ALSO what holds midnights together is the sonic palette. it SOUNDS like one album. the way she does her synth on the album fits both the concept and runs across everything on it. (except youāre losing me. i love youāre losing me but it doesnt sound like the rest of the album but also it lowkey was her joe alwyn breakup song so)
overall i <3 midnights its my favourite album.














