Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift took the fans by surprise on Sunday night with the announcement of her new album, Midnights which is set for October 21, 2022 release. She the made the announcement during her speech at the MTV Video Music Awards 2022, where she accepted an award for Video Of The Year.
“We lie awake in love and in fear, in turmoil and in tears,” she wrote along with the announcement on social media. “We stare at walls and drink until they speak back. We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t – right this minute – about to make some fateful life-altering mistake. This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. 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.”
“Midnights, the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life, will be out October 21. Meet me at midnight,” the caption read as she revealed it is a 13-track full length album.
During her acceptance speech at MTV Video Music Awards 2022, Swift said, “You guys, I’m just so proud of what we made, and I now that every second of this moment that we wouldn’t have been able to make this short film if it weren’t for you, the fans,” she said, accepting for “All Too Well (10-Minute Version).” “Because I wouldn’t be able to re-record my album [‘Red (Taylor’s Version),’ which included the winning song] if it weren’t for you. You emboldened me to do that. And I had sort of made up my mind that if you were going to be this generous and give us this, I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that my brand-new album comes out Oct. 21. And I will tell you more at midnight.”
In 2020, Taylor Swift released two part albums Folklore and Evermore. She has also dropped Taylor’s Versions of re-recordings of her previous albums.
