/ 24 October 2022

Swift’s hero status secured

Singer/songwriter Taylor Swift arrives on the red carpet for the Time 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York on April 23, 2019. (Photo by ANGELA  WEISS / AFP)        (Photo credit should read ANGELA  WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Singer/songwriter Taylor Swift arrives on the red carpet for the Time 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York on April 23, 2019. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Taylor Swift’s Midnights has deepened her legend status, with Spotify confirming it has become the most-streamed album in a single day. The people have spoken – as have the critics… Industry leader Rolling Stone says Swift has returned to “the dazzling synth-pop of albums like 1989 and Reputation, with lyrics caught between a love story and a revenge plot.” Not so complimentary was the New York Times, calling her new songs “capable and comfortable but often insufficient”. As the woman herself has sung, “haters gonna hate (hate hate hate hate)”… The album’s first single Anti-Hero is getting a lot of buzz for its ‘Easter eggs’. They’re the hidden messages and symbols in her lyrics and videos that she leaves for fans to decipher. Oh yeah, it’s a whole rabbit hole to go down if you have a spare moment – or a week…

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