Album Reviews

Midnights a testament to Swift’s assured songwriting skills

Taylor Swift’s latest album wrestles with topics that include public image pseudo-analysis, enemies, frenemies, lost love and healthy relationships

Taylor Swift: in the past 24 months she has released Folklore and Evermore, two of indie-folk’s most reflective records, and now Midnights

Taylor Swift, Midnights (Republic/Universal)

There’s no stopping Taylor Swift and her unfeasible on-the-money creative prolificacy. In the past 24 months she has released Folklore and Evermore, two of indie-folk’s most reflective records, and re-recorded her second (Fearless) and fourth (Red) albums with previously unreleased bonus tracks. Midnights, then, has a lot to live up to, and to say it does so and more is as much a testament to Swift’s assured songwriting skills as ...