Midnights

Grammy ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2024

Midnights is the tenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 21, 2022, by Republic Records. Swift conceived it as a concept album about nocturnal ruminations inspired by her sleepless nights. The autobiographical songwriting explores broad emotions such as regrets, self-critique, fantasies, heartbreak, and infatuation, using confessional yet cryptic lyrics that allude to her personal life and public image.

Swift and Jack Antonoff produced the standard edition of Midnights, which features a subdued electronic soundscape consisting of mid-tempo rhythms, retro synthesizers, sparse drum machine beats, and digitally manipulated vocals. Music critics categorize the album into pop styles of synth-pop, electropop, dream pop, and bedroom pop. The songs infuse electronica, hip hop, R&B, and alternative elements. Sounwave, Jahaan Sweet, and Keanu Beats shared credits on two tracks, and Aaron Dessner produced additional songs for an extended 3AM Edition that was surprise-released three hours after the standard edition.
Swift announced Midnights at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards and unveiled the standard track list via the video-sharing platform TikTok. In the United States, Midnights was Swift's 11th consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200 and her fifth to sell over one million first-week copies; it was the best-selling album of 2022. Its songs, led by the lead single "Anti-Hero", made Swift the first artist to monopolize the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Midnights topped the charts of many other territories across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas; it received multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Music critics regarded Midnights as an amalgamation of Swift's past albums; they praised her songwriting for its engaging narratives and musical constructions. Most complimented the production as restrained and tasteful, although some found it derivative. Many publications featured Midnights on their lists of the best albums of 2022 and dubbed the album's critical and commercial successes a testament to Swift's enduring popularity. The album and its tracks received six nominations at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024, winning Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. To support Midnights along with her other albums, Swift embarked on the Eras Tour (2023–2024).