Midnightsis her fifth album in three years, a pace practically unheard of in modern pop music.
But just like its immediate predecessors, nothing aboutMidnightssounds rushed.
Despite the restless-slumber concept that drifts through the songs, a serene acceptance lurks behind her fluttering eyelids.
Taylor Swift.Beth Garrabrant
It’s a warm murmur wrapped in a weighted blanket.
That’s the case even when Swift banks off themes she’s explored before.
(It’s funnier than it sounds.)
But that was the younger Swift.
Swift ties the threads together in the closing cut, “Mastermind.”
In dreams, no one ever sees the contradictions.B+
Midnightsis out now.
