Taylor Swiftisn’t here for the “weird rumors” about her six-year relationship with boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
OnMidnights' opening track, the Grammy winner, 32, sings aboutfacing engagement buzzover the last several years with her actor beau, 31.
“I’m damned if I do give a damn what people say/ the 1950s s— they want from me/ I just wanna stay in that lavender haze,” sings Swift on the love song. “All they keep asking me is if I’m gonna be your bride/ the only kinda girl they see is a one night or a wife.”
“I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool,” said Swift. “And it turns out that it’s a common phrase used in the ’50s, where they would just describe being in love.”
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Onseveral songs throughoutMidnights, Swift gives peeks into her love story and life with Alwyn.
“Now I’m all for you like Janet/ Can this be a real thing/ Can it?” she asks on the tender love song “Snow on the Beach” (which features Lana Del Rey), referencing Janet Jackson’s 2001 hit “All for You.”
Later in the album, Swift seemingly gives insight into her emotional state during the early days of their romance.
Swift also teamed up withAlwyn (aka William Bowery)for “Sweet Nothing,” a ballad about finding safety in their love bubble.
“They said the end is coming/ Everyone’s up to something/ I find myself running home to your sweet nothings,” sings Swift, who previously revealed that “William Bowery” — who co-wrotetracks onfolkloreandevermore— is Alwyn.
“I spy with my little tired eye/ Tiny as a firefly a pebble that we picked up last July/ Down deep inside your pocket we almost forgot it/ Does it ever miss Wicklow sometimes?” she sings elsewhere on the track, seemingly referencing the timeshe and Alwyn spent in Belfastwhile he filmedConversations with Friendslast year.
And finally, the final track onMidnightssees Swift admitting to being a “Mastermind” in her relationship — a revelation that her lover fully embraces.
“So I told you none of it was accidental and the first night that you saw me nothing was gonna stop me/ I laid the groundwork and then saw a wide smirk on your face/ You knew the entire time,” she sings at the album’s close.
Upon the album’s release, Swift shared a heartfelt post on Instagram celebrating her latest project.
“Midnightsis a wild ride of an album and I couldn’t be happier that my co pilot on this adventure was @jackantonoff,” she wrote about her longtime friend and producer, who isengaged to actress Margaret Qualley. “We’d been toying with ideas and had written a few things we loved, butMidnightsactually really coalesced and flowed out of us when our partners (both actors) did a film together in Panama. Jack and I found ourselves back in New York, alone, recording every night, staying up late and exploring old memories and midnights past.”
source: people.com
