“Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift, Friday, November 4, 2022
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Remember what I said about Taylor Swift steering away from narcissism in folklore and evermore ? Well that version of Taylor can’t come to the phone right now, at least not at Midnights , particularly the album’s lead single “ Anti-Hero .” Two weeks ago Taylor Swift released her tenth studio album, Midnights to unprecedented chart and sales success. And this week, tracks from Midnights populate every spot on Billboard’s Top 10 of the Hot 100 . I’M THE PROBLEM, IT’S ME. I still have yet to spend a meaningful amount of time with Midnights . The little time I have spent with it made me feel a little underwhelmed after spending so much time with the lush instrumentation and lyrics on folklore . Midnights is a return to form for Taylor Swift the pop star, but as I read more about the record and spend a little more time with it, it seems to be a return to form with a new richness absent of pre- folklore Swift. I think my initial impression is wrong, but I haven’t been listening to m