Taylor Swift ‘surpassed’ Drake as officially the most listened to artist in sportifi history with 72.4 billion streams

At around 11:00 a.m. on October 21 (Vietnam time), US&UK female singer – Taylor Swift officially released the 10th studio album in her singing career titled “Midnights”. According to the previous revelation of the “Safe and Sound” singer, the album “Midnights” tells about 13 sleepless nights in her life. This is Taylor Swift’s return after nearly 2 years since the surprise release of two albums, “Folklore” and “Evermore” (2020).

 

The songs in the album “Midnights” remind critics of the melody of the album “Lover” Taylor Swift released in 2019. The Guardian newspaper assessed that with the new compositions, Taylor Swift once again affirmed her material. “folk jungle” in his musical style. Most of the tones on the album are low-key and influenced by dubstep, and the rhythms are also inspired by ringtones or house noises. Folk material in “Evermore” is also found in some details of “Midnights”.

The Guardian concluded: “This is an album that completely rejects the neon-hued sounds that pop stars love to return to. The music is powerful enough to cut through the noise.” . Every noise is like mist, making the atmosphere calm.” This site also gave Taylor Swift’s new album a perfect score of 100/100 on Metacritic with the comment: “It is the great confidence that binds ‘Midnights’ together. One thing is for sure is the ability Swift’s compositions bring many delicate and brilliant touches.”

The British newspaper The Independent also gave a score of 100 to the album “Midnights” that Taylor Swift just released 1 day ago. “The delicate melody in ‘Midnights’ takes time to sink in. But  Swift’s voice and her lyrical control will draw you in,” they commented.

Rolling Stone is no exception, giving absolute admiration for this comeback product: “Her 10th studio album has returned with melodies compiled from the essence of albums like ‘1989 ‘, ‘Reputation’. In addition, the lyrics alternating between a love story and a revenge conspiracy theory are also extremely interesting.”

World-famous newspapers such as Los Angeles Times, Spin, American Songwiter, The Telegraph… also gave quite high scores to the album “Midnights”. Currently, Taylor Swift’s album has 88/100 rating points on Metacritic (sometimes reaching 90-98 points).

Fans estimated that there were about 5 million album listens after just 1 minute of “release”. In addition, Spotify also updated that after 18 hours, Taylor Swift’s album “Midnights” officially broke the record for online streams in the first 24 hours. It is known that the previous record belonged to Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” with 155 million streams.

Taylor Swift said the album “Midnights” includes thoughts that flood the mind in the middle of the night. She wondered about relationships, public image, enemies and the “child” inside that was gradually taking over her. However, the songs in the album are still full of sweetness and affection, not completely nightmares, this is the special feature of this product.