Incoming chart battle! Who will come out on top as Taylor Swift's Midnights and Arctic Monkeys' The Car vie for the UK's Number 1 album?

Long live Taylena! Selena Gomez is just like Us — listening to Taylor Swift’s Midnights the moment it dropped.

A true Mastermind! It wouldn’t be a Taylor Swift album without a few surprises — and Midnights has more than its fair share. 

, Taylor Swift's diehard fans have pulled a collective all-nighter to dissect every moment of the pop star's latest album. (I know—I was one of them.) In fact, the internet has been tracking Swift's every move ever since she announced Midnights while accepting her (for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)”) at the 2022 VMAs. And for good reason! The singer is known to plan her projects years in advance, which only fuels the speculation that surrounds every sly reference and easter egg she famously drops into her work. Take Karma, for example.

to her boyfriend of six years, , and on her latest album , she 's finally addressing the matter. Just not in the way you may have wanted. Rather than confirming or denying her betrothal, —in true Swift style—instead shares her feelings about the media circus about her relationship status. On “Lavender Haze,” which is the first track from Midnights and not a strain of cannabis, Swift sings: “I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say/ the 1950s shit they want from me/ I just wanna stay in that lavender haze.” In a separate verse, she adds, "All they keep asking me is if I'm gonna be your bride/ the only kinda girl they see is a one night or a wife."This content can also be viewed on the site it from.As she explained on Instagram earlier this month, the 32-year-old happened upon the phrase “lavender haze” while watching Mad Men. “ I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool.

NME on the red carpet of the Mercury Prize 2022, Self Esteem revealed her love of singing Arctic Monkeys while “spangled” – as well as telling us about meeting Mr Blobby and progress on her next album.Rebecca Lucy Taylor – aka Self Esteem – was shortlisted for her acclaimed second album ‘Prioritise Pleasure‘, up against Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’,  Yard Act’s ‘The Overload’, Kojey Radical‘s ‘Reason To Smile’ and Harry Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’ for the prize last night, but ultimately lost out to Little Simz’s ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert‘.‘Prioritise Pleasure’ had been among the bookies’ favourites to win, but Taylor told us that she was paying no mind to the odds.“I’m in a better head space of thinking, ‘Genuinely, I’m someone that’s been nominated’; that’s all I asked for and all I wanted,” said Taylor. “Genuinely, my life has changed this year.

Taylor Swift‘s partner Joe Alwyn has been named as a co-writer of a new track on her upcoming album ‘Midnights’.Titled ‘Sweet Nothing’, the song is the penultimate track on Swift’s tenth album, which will be released this Friday (October 21).Alwyn appears under the pseudonym William Bowery, the name which he was also credited for his contributions to Swift’s 2020 albums ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’.As the release date of ‘Midnights’ approaches, Swift has gradually been revealing more information about her highly anticipated new record. So far, she has confirmed that the album’s first single will be ‘Anti Hero’, while IndieWire recently revealed that two of its tracks, ‘Karma’ and ‘Lavender Haze’, were co-written with Zoë Kravitz.In addition, the album will feature a collaboration with Lana Del Rey called ‘Snow On The Beach’.

Taylor Swift's co-writers have been revealed! The album's credits list includes quite a few familiar names and one highly recognizable pseudonym. In addition to Swift's frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff, who is credited on 11 of the LP's 13 tracks, Zoe Kravitz is also named as a co-writer on «Lavender Haze» and «Karma.» Swift's boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, is also listed under his familiar songwriting pen name, William Bowery, on the song «Sweet Nothing.» Alwyn previously contributed to Swift's 2020 albums and  on the tracks «Exile,» «Betty,» «Champagne Problems,» «Coney Island» and «Evermore.» Alwyn's secret alias was eventually confirmed by Swift herself in her Disney+ special,

Lenny Kravitz is listed as a co-writer on Swift’s “Midnights” song “Lavender Haze.”Swift, Jack Antonoff, Mark Anthony Spears, Jahaan Akil Sweet, and Sam Dew are also credited for the track.Some Twitter fan accounts claim that Kravitz also co-wrote “Karma,” but as of publication, she is not included in Apple Music’s list of songwriters for the tune. Swift co-wrote 11 of the album’s 13 songs with Antonoff.

Zoë Kravitz has co-written two tracks on Taylor Swift’s upcoming album ‘Midnights’.The singer-songwriter is set to release her 10th studio album this Friday (October 21). It’ll feature the single ‘Anti-Hero’ as well as a collaborative song with Lana Del Rey called ‘Snow On The Beach’.As reported by IndieWire, Kravitz has co-written tracks titled ‘Karma’ and ‘Lavender Haze’.Last month, Swift confirmed that her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff had worked on ‘Midnights’.

Taylor Swift has revealed some more lyrics from ‘Midnights’ on a billboard in London – check out the posts below.The singer-songwriter is set to release her 10th studio album this Friday (October 21). It’ll feature the single ‘Anti-Hero’ as well as a collaborative song with Lana Del Rey called ‘Snow On The Beach’.At midnight on Monday (October 17), Swift began a week-long run of lyric reveals in partnership with Spotify.

Taylor Swift has announced details of the first single from her upcoming album ‘Midnights’, and shared some of its lyrics on billboards.The singer will release her 10th album on Friday (October 21), and has already confirmed an interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon the following Monday (October 24).In a social media post, the singer has now confirmed a host of other events happening in the week around the album’s release, including the release of an official video for the single ‘Anti-Hero’ at 8am EST (1pm BST) on album release day.Swift declared the track ‘Anti-Hero’ to be “one of my favourite songs I’ve ever written”, and noted of its significance: “I really don’t think I’ve delved this far into my insecurities in this detail before.”On Thursday (October 20), a teaser trailer will be shown in the third quarter of Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video, while a “special very chaotic surprise” is also set to take place at 3am EST (8am BST) on Friday. Lyric videos will then follow later that evening.See the full calendar of events for album release week below, alongside a Spotify billboard in New York City’s Times Square, which revealed the lyric: “I should not be left to my own devices.”A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)A post shared by Spotify (@spotify)Swift is yet to preview any material from ‘Midnights’, instead promoting it with a series of videos explaining the stories behind tracks.

Taylor Swift has been announced to appear on an upcoming episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, marking her first late-night talk show engagement for the year.Celebrating her 10th album, ‘Midnights’, Swift will sit down for a chat with Fallon on Monday October 24 – three days after ‘Midnights’ is released on October 21. She won’t perform on the show, though; Meghan Trainor will appear as that episode’s musical guest, with others appearing across the week including the duo of Zedd and Marren Morris (on Tuesday October 25) and Selena Gomez (on Wednesday 26).Swift is yet to preview any material from ‘Midnights’, instead promoting it with a series of videos explaining the stories behind tracks.

continues. Taylor Swift shared new details about another track on her upcoming album, out Oct. 21, this time opening up about the LP's lone feature from Lana Del Rey — «Snow on the Beach.» "'Snow on the Beach' featuring Lana Del Rey is track four on  and I cannot get through that sentence without grinning because I am such a massive fan of Lana Del Rey," Swift gushed, addressing their collaboration in an Instagram video post.She described the song as being «about falling in love with someone at the same time as they’re falling in love with you, sort of in this sort of cataclysmic, fated moment where you realize someone feels exactly the same way that you feel… at the same moment.» She compared it to a feeling of, "'Wait, is this real? Is this a dream? Is this for real? Is this happening? Is this really happening?' Kind of like it would be if you were to see snow falling on a beach.«The 32-year-old superstar promised to reveal more about working with Del Rey in the future, describing her as „one of the best musical artists ever.

Taylor Swift has revealed that an episode of Mad Men inspired the title for her ‘Midnights’ track ‘Lavender Haze’.The singer-songwriter is due to release her 10th studio album – the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’ – next Friday (October 21).After teasing track titles one by one, Swift recently revealed the full tracklist for the record, which includes the Lana Del Rey collaboration ‘Snow On The Beach’ and ‘the song ‘Lavender Haze’.The meaning behind ‘Lavender Haze’ has now been decoded in a new video by Swift, who said that she happened upon the phrase while watching the iconic TV show.“I happened upon the phrase ‘Lavender Haze’ when I was watching Mad Men and I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool,” she said, “and it turns out that it was a common phrase that was used in the ’50s where they would just describe being in love.“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.”A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)Elsewhere in the same video, Swift discussed how the song reflects on her six-year relationship with actor and Conversations With Friends star Joe Alwyn.Swift said: “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.“I think a lot of people have to deal with this now, not just ‘public figures’, because we live in the era of social media. If the world finds out that you’re in love with somebody, they’re going to weigh in on it.”She added: “We’ve had to dodge weird rumours, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it.

Taylor Swift has finally unveiled all of the track titles on her upcoming Midnights album.

Taylor Swift is counting down to on a promotional blitz, revealing her forthcoming album's complete track list, a high-profile collaboration, a tease about how boyfriend Joe Alwyn inspired what is sure to be one of her sweetest new songs. In the middle-of-the-night hours between Thursday and Friday, Swift kept her fans up with hourly-updates on her TikTok series that revealed her new song titles one-by-one. The big finale was with track No.

Taylor Swift has revealed that Lana Del Rey features on her upcoming new song ‘Snow On The Beach’.Swift confirmed the collaboration during the final instalment of ‘Midnights Mayhem With Me’, the video series through which she’s been drip-feeding the track titles from her forthcoming album ‘Midnights’ (out October 21).“Our LAST EPISODE! The season finale of ‘Midnights Mayhem With Me’, with QUITE the twist of an ending…,” Swift captioned the clip.In the video, she told viewers: “Track four is called ‘Snow On The Beach’. Featuring… Lana Del Rey.”The star has now revealed all 13 song names from ‘Midnights’, including ‘Vigilante Shit’, ‘Midnight Rain’, ‘Anti-Hero’, ‘Bejeweled’ and ‘Mastermind’.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift kept the “Midnights” oil burning later than usual late Thursday night and early Friday morning, revealing not just the name of one song at midnight, as has been her custom in the buildup to the Oct. 21 album release, but all five of the remaining mystery track titles, one per hour, until she finally reached a grand finale at 4 a.m. ET. And that final track reveal had — as she promised — “QUITE the twist of an ending,” with Lana Del Rey being revealed as making the only featured appearance by a guest on the album. Del Rey will make her cameo on a song titled “Snow on the Beach,” which will be track 4 on “Midnights.” The other four tracks whose titles were revealed over the course of the wee hours were “Lavender Haze,” set to be the first track on the album; “You’re on Your Own,” track 5; “Labyrinth,” track 10; and “Sweet Nothing,” track 12.