'Midnights' Mayhem: The Best Fan Reactions To Taylor Swift's New Album
By Rebekah Gonzalez
October 21, 2022
The Swifties are not okay, in the best way possible! "I do NOT apologize for the person I will become once midnights by Taylor Swift is released," @swifterous wrote in a viral Tweet on Midnights eve (October 20th).
Swift also got a little sentimental ahead of the release, writing to fans, "Midnights is a collage of intensity, highs and lows and ebbs and flows. Life can be dark, starry, cloudy, terrifying, electrifying, hot, cold, romantic or lonely. Just like Midnights."
At midnight sharp on Friday, October 21st, Swift unveiled her highly-anticipated tenth studio album to much fanfare. Just hours before the drop, the singer-songwriter revealed that Midnights is basically a visual album, meaning every song will have a music video starring her, actress Laura Dern, and the HAIM sisters.
As if that wasn't enough chaos for the early morning, at 3:00 A.M., Swift revealed that the "special very chaotic surprise" she hinted at was 7 completely new songs. She took to Twitter to announce the Midnights (3am Edition). "Surprise! I think of Midnights as a complete concept album, with those 13 songs forming a full picture of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour. However! There were other songs we wrote on our journey to find that magic 13. I’m calling them 3am tracks," she explained.
Surprise! I think of Midnights as a complete concept album, with those 13 songs forming a full picture of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour. However! There were other songs we wrote on our journey to find that magic 13.https://t.co/jjqUNkpPke pic.twitter.com/LKI3GmpPRF
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) October 21, 2022
Swifties were beside themselves at all of these surprises, especially because many of their theories about the upcoming release proved to hold some weight. Fans theorized that Swift would be dropping more music in tandem with Midnights and they also guessed that the singer holding her phone upside down during the tracklisting announcements meant they would be getting lots of music videos.
All that to say, there's a lot to react to and fans (even some famous ones) headed to Twitter to cope. Check out all of the best and funniest fan reactions to Midnights below:
all taylor swift stans rn: pic.twitter.com/EsBJKr34Lx
— t (@swifterous) October 21, 2022
Me and my fellow Swifties dragging ourselves to work after #Midnights pic.twitter.com/seLCNeC6qq
— Nick Lawton (@NickLawtonTV) October 21, 2022
taylor swift releasing a new album: pic.twitter.com/zw2woKDZ4Q
— t (@swifterous) October 20, 2022
ed sheran texted me saying happy midnights day i love it when dad supports mom
— maisie peters is not another rockstar (@maisiehpeters) October 21, 2022
MIDNIGHTS BY TAYLOR SWIFT pic.twitter.com/OCHumzr4hp
— t (@swifterous) October 21, 2022
me carefully choosing which song from midnights to put on my instagram story today pic.twitter.com/1krWlzVrna
— jessica (@enchantedjess13) October 21, 2022
Only Midnights in the Building. pic.twitter.com/9VFKGpujIu
— Only Murders in the Building 🕵🏻♀️ 🕵🏻♂️ (@OnlyMurdersHulu) October 21, 2022
me with midnights by taylor swift pic.twitter.com/7PF6Z9XhnO
— t (@swifterous) October 20, 2022
Karma? Oh yeah she’s the breeze in my hair on the weekend 💋 pic.twitter.com/S4yh84P7Yj
— Harry Hill (@veryharryhill) October 21, 2022
— jackantonoff (@jackantonoff) October 21, 2022
Me waking up to see that Taylor Swift released 7 more songs on #Midnights pic.twitter.com/hnmHHkySNT
— Briar Ro’Maeve (@BriarRomaeve) October 21, 2022
I listened to midnights by Taylor swift be careful guys pic.twitter.com/foxW13LdAR
— Chrissi (@FearlessFreak13) October 21, 2022
yes thank you midnights #MidnightsTaylorSwift pic.twitter.com/qCcCmv7j9s
— c 💌 (@celestialswiftt) October 21, 2022
It’s like Taylor rolled the best aspects of 1989, reputation, and Lover into one joint, called it Midnights, smoked it and hot boxed us all.
— zoe’s rooting for the anti-hero 💙 (@adorkablyswift) October 21, 2022
mastermind x paper rings pic.twitter.com/9m6GcNiiu8
— hi i’m the problem (@ThrowbackTaylor) October 21, 2022
Taylor Swift's music is such a gift to the world, and the way she fosters community is so brilliant, and I love Midnights, and everyone should be able to love what and whom they love earnestly and without irony or cynicism or apology.
— John Green (@johngreen) October 21, 2022
THE TAYLOR SWIFT MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS pic.twitter.com/mxWAiAV18j
— regina (@futureofrep) October 21, 2022
I don’t dress for women, I don’t dress for men, lately I’ve been dressing for revenge. pic.twitter.com/YPBmG8DxOa
— Homo Honey (@DixPeyton) October 21, 2022
Might have watched this 20x times ! Let's go @taylorswift13 ✨🕛 https://t.co/iguDt49qJH
— Reese Witherspoon (@ReeseW) October 21, 2022
Karma is my song turn that shit UP!!!! pic.twitter.com/OY0bLVtZgh
— Mike (limited edition Rina Sawayama hat) 💿 (@mikesmicYT) October 21, 2022
I love that Taylor Swift’s work is always a reminder that feelings don’t expire. You can reminisce over a relationship that happened years ago. You can be haunted by no one wanting to play with you as a kid. You can want revenge for those that wronged you in high school.
— Meet Sav at Midnight 🌙🕰 (@SavLovesSwift) October 21, 2022
did taylor swift think she could write "when my depression works the graveyard shift, all of the people i ghosted stand there in the room" and i wouldn’t think about it for the rest of my damn life
— Liz Bissonette (@lizbissonette) October 21, 2022