We're a week away from a brand new Taylor Swift album! All we know is the tracklist and aside from the vague descriptions of a couple of songs, there's nothing else to go on. I thought it would be a fun post to rank the titles based on first impressions of the names, without knowing anything musically, and see if any of my opinions line up with the songs themselves!
Before I get started I just wanted to talk a little about the tracklist as a whole as I think Midnights is my favourite Taylor track title era. The names are so interesting and have me feeling even more desperate to hear the songs than usual. I'm also obsessed with the concept (this album being about 13 sleepless nights throughout her life and the stories behind them) and how the track titles fit into that. I have a few predictions, for example I think Karma will be referencing back to the topics of Reputation era, perhaps even 1989 (if we think of it from the Karma theory perspective) and that Midnight Rain may have been inspired by Fearless era Taylor. If anyone is interested in a full Midnights Predictions post, let me know! Anyway, I'll stop theorising and get to the rankings.
I actually love every single track title from this album (which is rare even for Taylor Swift albums on first impressions, a lot of song titles of hers haven't rolled off the tongue for me until I fathomed the song as a whole, yes Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince comes to mind lol) so even the tracks right at the bottom I am super excited for. I'm always a bit nervous pre-tracklist but my GOD do I feel reassured by these iconic titles!!!
1. Snow On The Beach
2. Lavender Haze
3. Midnight Rain
4. You're On Your Own, Kid
5. Question...?
6. Maroon
7. Karma
8. Sweet Nothing
9. Bejeweled
10. Anti-Hero
11. Labyrinth
12. Mastermind
13. Vigilante Shit
*UPDATE* since writing this post, target has announced the title of it's exclusive bonus track! I'm actually obsessed with the name 'Hits Different' and think I would rank the deluxe edition as follows:
1. Snow On The Beach ft Lana Del Rey
2. Lavender Haze
3. Hits Different
4. Midnight Rain
5. You're On Your Own, Kid
6. Question...?
7. Maroon
8. Karma
9. Sweet Nothing
10. Bejeweled
11. Anti-Hero
12. You're On Your Own, Kid (strings remix)
13. Labryrinth
14. Mastermind
15. Vigilante Shit
16. Sweet Nothing (piano remix)
And that's my first ranking of midnights done! I can't wait to look back at this once I've heard the songs. I wonder if I'll agree with any of it...
What track are you looking forward to the most based on the title alone? Comment below!
Looking forward to hearing lavender haze- can almost smell it! Xx
ReplyDeleteNot long now- 5 days! :D
DeleteThe tracks I’m most looking forward to based off the names are, ‘Snow on the beach’, ‘You’re on your own, kid’, ‘Midnight rain’, ‘Lavender haze’ and ‘Labyrinth’ :))) It’ll be interesting to see if our opinions change once we’ve heard the songs. Keep up the great work!! <3
ReplyDeleteA lot of the same favourites as me! I'm really fascinated to find out what the story being Labyrinth will be! Maybe once we've heard the album in full we can talk all about it in the comments of my Midnights Review (which should come a few days after the release)! Thank you for taking the time to chat it's made my day :D
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