Taylor Swift Fans Find Strong Ties To Her Past In New 'Midnights' Visuals
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift offered a taste of the visuals from her new album “Midnights,” and her fans are already noticing the parallels to her past.
Although Swift released “Midnights” on Friday, she teased parts of the music videos for the album during a “Thursday Night Football” broadcast.
Swift, who worked with “All Too Well: The Short Film” cinematographer Rina Yang on the videos, could be seen puffing out a purple cloud of smoke in the shape of a clock, wearing jewelry-laden dresses and attempting to smash a guitar in the teaser.
The visuals star a number of celebs, including actor Laura Dern, musicians the Haim sisters and model Laith Ashley.
Watch the teaser below:
Here’s the teaser trailer for the videos I’ve made for Midnights 🌌 Thank you @amazonmusic for premiering this, the first video for Anti-Hero will be out tomorrow at 8am ET. And Midnights will be here SO SOON!!!https://t.co/jjqUNkpPkepic.twitter.com/xzmqXa5Cqy
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) October 21, 2022
Swifties worldwide, including Twitter user @ThrowbackTaylor, were quick to find moments in the teaser that appeared to allude to the singer’s past visuals and music. This included an apparent reference to Swift’s song “The Archer,” a shot of a castle that seemingly goes back to her video for “Love Story” and a colorful ensemble akin to looks from Swift’s “Lover” era.
+the archer pic.twitter.com/KQGuDRaDZ5
— anti hero🕛 (@ThrowbackTaylor) October 21, 2022
end game pic.twitter.com/Zt8yTwG8ro
— anti hero🕛 (@ThrowbackTaylor) October 21, 2022
AND THIS SCREAMS FROM THE SHORT-LIVED LOVER ERA pic.twitter.com/tXKc0HzyR5
— KULAS 🌙 (@artnikulas) October 21, 2022
love story pic.twitter.com/rRH6unEuwL
— anti hero🕛 (@ThrowbackTaylor) October 21, 2022
I SAW EVERMORE SJDHEKSKSKSNNDJE pic.twitter.com/nrGCEuNqkR
— rishabh (10:13 minute version) (@irishabhrox) October 21, 2022
Others, including Twitter user @TSwiftNZ, pointed to a koi fish guitar Swift previously used and a hooded look that was similar to the garb she wore in the video for ”...Ready For It?”
The visuals from the “Midnights” teaser aren’t the only thing fans think is tying the new album to Swift’s past. Twitter account @ThrowbackTaylor put lyrics from past Swift songs up against tracks from the new album and the new records ― including “Anti-Hero” and “Sweet Nothing” ― to reveal similar themes.
antihero x the archer pic.twitter.com/MMlraozvHw
— anti hero🕛 (@ThrowbackTaylor) October 21, 2022
mastermind x paper rings pic.twitter.com/9m6GcNiiu8
— anti hero🕛 (@ThrowbackTaylor) October 21, 2022
anti hero x afterglow pic.twitter.com/stBWYhxvL6
— anti hero🕛 (@ThrowbackTaylor) October 21, 2022
invisible string vs mastermind pic.twitter.com/Ca39nMf6Ax
— anti hero🕛 (@ThrowbackTaylor) October 21, 2022
— anti hero🕛 (@ThrowbackTaylor) October 21, 2022
In a Twitter thread posted early Friday morning, Swift thanked her collaborators, including Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey and Zoë Kravitz.
“Midnights is a collage of intensity, highs and lows and ebbs and flows,” Swift wrote. “Life can be dark, starry, cloudy, terrifying, electrifying, hot, cold, romantic or lonely. Just like Midnights. Which is out now.”
Midnights is a wild ride of an album and I couldn’t be happier that my co pilot on this adventure was @jackantonoff. He’s my friend for life (presumptuous I know but I stand by it) and we’ve been making music together for nearly a decade HOWEVER…https://t.co/jjqUNkGSmepic.twitter.com/v7LboJJ9Ik
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) October 21, 2022
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.