Midnights

Midnights is the tenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 21, 2022, by Republic Records. She conceived Midnights as a concept album about nocturnal ruminations inspired by her sleepless nights. The confessional lyrics explore regret, self-criticism, fantasies, heartbreak, and infatuation, with allusions to her personal life and public image.

Swift and Jack Antonoff produced the album's standard edition, which incorporates synth-pop, electropop, dream pop, and bedroom pop, with elements of electronica, hip-hop, and R&B. Its electronic soundscape is characterized by mid-tempo rhythms, analog synthesizers, sparse drum machine beats, and digitally manipulated vocals. Sounwave, Jahaan Sweet, and Keanu Beats co-produced two tracks; Antonoff and Aaron Dessner co-produced songs for an extended 3am Edition that was surprise-released three hours after the standard edition.

Swift announced Midnights at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards and unveiled the standard tracklist on the video-sharing platform TikTok. Midnights topped the charts and has received platinum certifications in markets across Europe, Asia–Pacific, and the Americas. In the United States, it became Swift's 11th consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200, her fifth to sell over one million first-week copies, and the best-selling album of 2022. Its songs made Swift the first artist to monopolize the Billboard Hot 100 top 10; the lead single "Anti-Hero" peaked at number one and the singles "Lavender Haze" and "Karma" peaked at number two.

Music critics regarded Midnights as an amalgamation of Swift's earlier albums, emphasizing the synth production and narrative lyrics. They praised her songwriting for engaging compositions and narratives; most complimented the production as restrained and tasteful, although some found it conventional. Midnights was featured on numerous rankings of the best albums of 2022. At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards (2024), Midnights made Swift the first artist to win Album of the Year four times, and it also won Best Pop Vocal Album.