(Los Angeles) Taylor Swift’s tenth album, Midnightswhich marks the American singer’s gradual return to her pop leanings, caused blackouts in several countries on Spotify when it was posted at midnight Thursday night.
Posted at 3:15 p.m.
In the United States, France and the United Kingdom, for example, fans of the star had to wait patiently to discover this new opus on the platform of streaming.
Many angry Swifties have posted screenshots displaying the error message: “Something is wrong. Try again. “A technical problem that has often been solved within the hour.
Enthusiasts were then able to discover the 13 songs entirely centered around the fateful hour when the clock strikes twelve. Midnights is “the story of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life,” Taylor Swift tweeted, and all the tracks “form a complete picture of the intensity of this crazy, mystical hour.”
With this new disc, the 32-year-old singer-songwriter abandons the indie-folk vein of her two previous albums written during the pandemic, evermore and folklore — honored with the title of best album of the year at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
Far from the acoustic charm of these works of confinement, the melodies of Midnights pour more into electro-pop, with the use of synths, rhythms inspired by dubstep and effects capable of giving an androgynous side to the voice of the singer, who after starting out in country has become a major star pop.
The tone of the album, where pop diva Lana Del Rey lends her suave voice for a duet on Snow on The Beach, remains voluntarily stripped. Taylor Swift shares her nocturnal ruminations, her reflections on the inexorably advancing age and on the implications of love, without ever being unleashed on the twelve strokes of midnight.
This new opus is generally hailed by the Anglo-Saxon press. The British daily The Guardian thus underlines the “calm, serene and mature” side of a disc “filled with fantastic songs”.
However, some critics regret the absence of a leading and catchy title. “It is difficult to identify a lightning hit on Swift’s hushed third album”, laments the newspaper The Independent.
True to form, Taylor Swift has also reserved some surprises for her fans. Midnights exists online in an extended version, titled 3 a.m. Editionwith seven additional titles.