Taylor Swift

The 32-year-old singer used her acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards to reveal her 10th studio album is on the way.

Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Folklore and Evermore all hit No 1 in the UK in the space of 259 days, beating the record of 364 days set by the Beatles between 1965 and 1966. It remains to be seen whether Swift will continue on her progression away from the country music that made her a child star, and the pop sound of her early twenties. She started the project in order to regain ownership of her work, after music mogul Scooter Braun bought Swift’s former label in 2019 – and with it the master recordings of her back catalogue.

Taylor Swift announced a new album, 'Midnights,' her first of original material since 2020's 'Evermore,' at the 2022 VMAs.

Swift had previously won the video of the year trophy twice, for the “Bad Blood” and “You Need To Calm Down” visuals in 2015 and 2019, respectively. Folklore and Evermore were both nominated for album of the year at the Grammys, at the 2021 and 2022 ceremonies, respectively; Folklore won the top prize, giving Swift a record-tying three career wins in the category. Following the release of Evermore in December 2020, Swift began rolling out the re-recorded versions of her first six studio albums, a project she announced in 2019 after being unable to buy back her master recordings. While accepting the video of the year award — the third of her career, a [VMAs](https://www.billboard.com/t/vmas/) record — for her “All Too Well” short film, Swift revealed that her next full-length is out on Oct. The floors we pace and the demons we face. “We lie awake in love and fear, in turmoil and in tears.

While accepting Video of the Year at the 2022 VMAs, Taylor Swift announced she'll release 'Midnights,' an album of brand new material, in October.

[Fearless (Taylor’s Version)](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-fearless-taylors-version-1153454/) and [Red (Taylor’s Version) ](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-red-taylors-version-1255956/)last year, and the song “ [Carolina](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carolina-where-the-crawdads-sing-1372872/)” for the soundtrack to Where the Crawdads Sing earlier this summer. She served as the [first global ambassador](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-record-store-day-ambassador-1287821/) at this year’s Record Store Day, [ inducted Carole King](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-carole-king-rock-hall-induction-speech-1249480/) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, from New York University (while delivering an [incredible commencement speech](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-nyu-speech-1355121/)). 21, marks her first new music since 2020’s [Folklore](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-leaves-her-comfort-zones-behind-on-the-head-spinning-heart-breaking-folklore-1033533/) and [Evermore](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-evermore-folklore-1101778/) and her 10th studio album. In addition to winning “Video of the Year” at the VMAs, Swift took home the award for Best Longform video and Best Direction. (The caption read “Shining just for you tonight” — a lyric from the Folklore favorite.) [third win](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mtv-vmas-2022-complete-winners-list-1234583058/) for her 10-minute version of “ [All Too Well](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-all-too-well-short-film-favoritre-moments-1257506/)” during Sunday evening’s broadcast.

Taylor Swift won the top honor at MTV's annual Video Music Awards on Sunday for the 10-minute version of her 2012 breakup song "All Too Well."

Lizzo, dressed in a Barbie-pink outfit and combat boots, followed with "2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)." "I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here," Minaj said. Nicki Minaj was celebrated with the Video Vanguard award for her career of hits. "This year has been so wild," she said, and dedicated her award "to all the queer kids out there." "All Too Well" is one of the past hits Swift re-recorded after a dispute with her former record label. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Taylor Swift wins video of the year for the third time and other record setters at 2022 MTV VMAs.

Minaj first won in the category with “Super Bass” (2011) and repeated with “Anaconda” (2015) and “Chun-Li” (2018). *NSYNC won in the category with “Bye Bye Bye” (2000) and “Pop” (2001). They had been the Push artist for December 2021 for their hit “Rock With You.” This is the group’s first VMA. This is Eilish’s first win for song of the year. Swift also won best long-form video for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version).” Swift is the third winner in this sporadically presented category. The genial superstar won best pop for “As It Was.” As part of One Direction, Styles won best pop video 10 years ago for “What Makes You Beautiful.” Styles is the second artist to win in this category both as part of a group and as a solo act. “Industry Baby” also won for best art direction and best visual effects. “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)” is the first video that was directed by the artist without a credited collaborator to win video of the year. [BTS](https://www.billboard.com/artist/bts/) for best K-pop and Anitta beat [Bad Bunny](https://www.billboard.com/artist/bad-bunny/) for best Latin. His competition included two albums that he is almost certain to face again in the Grammy competition for album of the year – Adele’s 30 and Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti. [Beyoncé](https://www.billboard.com/artist/beyonce/) (29), [Madonna](https://www.billboard.com/artist/madonna/) (20) and [Lady Gaga](https://www.billboard.com/artist/lady-gaga/) (18). Swift is the first artist to win video of the year three times.

The legendary country and pop artist announces her first album of all new material in two years.

[publicized dispute](https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/11/15/taylor-swift-vs-big-machine-how-did-we-get-here/4202070002/) with talent manager Scooter Braun and her former label, Big Machine, regarding the former's acquisition of her masters when Big Machine was sold to the manager in 2019. Regarding the latter, her recent win makes her the first artist ever to win a Video of the Year for a video she directed herself. The floors we pace and the demons we face. With her win, she became the first and only artist not only ever to win a third Video of the Year trophy (Beyoncé, Eminem, and Rihanna have won twice). CT announcement of "Midnights," her 13th album, expected to be released on October 21. This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams.

Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (Monday afternoon NZ time) before she closed out the show with a ...

“I dedicate this to Taylor and his family,” he said. "That I could become one of the biggest stars in the world without having to change my culture, my language, my jargon. She earned her 69th nomination for her 14th studio album “Madame X.” “I have been saying it and I always believed from the beginning that I could become great," he said. The song propelled their nominations, landing them in competition for artist of the year along with Drake, Bad Bunny, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Lizzo. “I know with every second of this moment that we wouldn’t be able to make this short film if it weren’t for you - the fans," she said. To bring Fergie into the mix in this way means the world to me. Glamorous was one of the most important songs of my childhood.” The 59-year-old actor floated from the ceiling while wearing the iconic astronaut outfit with his face digitally inserted into a custom helmet. Folklore won album of the year at the 2021 Grammy Awards. He kicked off his performance inside a mock airplane walking down the aisle while performing his hit song First Class, which was sampled by Fergie’s Glamorous. “I thought it would be a fun moment to tell you that my new album comes out Oct.

Taylor Swift has wowed fans with a surprise appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards today, where she made a huge career announcement.

that my brand new album comes out October 21st, and I will tell you more at midnight." We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren't - right this minute - about to make some fateful life-altering mistake. Swift was nominated for five VMAs this year, all for her All Too Well short film: Video of the Year, Best Long-Form Video, Best Cinematography, Best Direction and Best Editing. "This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams." We stare at walls and drink until they speak back. The 32-year-old music megastar won the final award of the night, Video of the Year, where she dropped the major news she'd be releasing a brand new album on October 21.

Taylor Swift announced a new album, Nicki Minaj shouted out female genitals and Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance in a strange, profane evening.

[MTV](https://www.theguardian.com/media/mtv) for supporting us for 1,000 years or more” while Flea, in an effusive and curse-laden addition, said he loved “cockroaches and dirt and trees, and every human being … “I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here,” Minaj said in her speech. [Johnny Depp made several surprise cameos](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/29/johnny-depp-mtv-vmas-2022-surprise-appearance), his head digitally superimposed on the helmet of MTV’s floating astronaut mascot. [her 2021 re-recorded album Red](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/12/taylor-swift-red-taylors-version-review-republic), was the only artist to double-up on televised awards. There were not one but two lifetime achievement awards, given to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Minaj. She won previously in 2015 for Bad Blood and 2019 for You Need to Calm Down.

Taylor Swift won the top honour at MTV's annual Video Music Awards for a 10-minute version of her 2012 breakup song 'All Too Well'.

Lizzo, dressed in a Barbie-pink outfit and combat boots, followed with '2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)'. 'All Too Well' is one of the past hits Swift re-recorded after a dispute with her former record label. "I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here," Minaj said.

Taylor Swift surprised fans Sunday night with the announcement of an all-new album, “Midnights,” set to come out Oct. 21.

But this release will consist entirely of fresh material — her first such album since “Folklore” and “Evermore” both came out as surprise releases five months apart in 2020. Earlier, at the close of the awards show, Swift said, “You guys, I’m just so proud of what we made, and I now that every second of this moment that we wouldn’t have been able to make this short film if it weren’t for you, the fans,” she said, accepting for “All Too Well (10-Minute Version).” “Because I wouldn’t be able to re-record my album [‘Red (Taylor’s Version),’ which included the winning song] if it weren’t for you. The singer has not yet revealed what style the new album will be in or whether Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff will be back as producers. And I had sort of made up my mind that if you were going to be this generous and give us this, I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that my brand-new album comes out Oct. “We lie awake in love and in fear, in turmoil and in tears,” she wrote. The floors we pace and the demons we face.

The LP, described by Swift as “the story of 13 sleepless nights,” is due Oct. 21. It will be her 10th studio album, and her fifth release in just over two ...

The last artist to [sell a million copies in a week](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/arts/music/adele-30-billboard-chart.html) was Swift, with “Reputation” in 2017. But, particularly with its robust offerings on physical media, the album has a strong possibility of becoming one of the year’s biggest commercial successes, rivaling releases like Harry Styles’s “Harry’s House” (which had the biggest opening of the year, thanks in part to “This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams,” she added. “Midnights” will come too late to qualify for the next Grammy Awards; the eligibility window for the 65th annual ceremony closes on Sept. About an hour later, her website began taking orders. In 2020 she released a pair of LPs recorded in quarantine, “ [Drake](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/arts/music/drake-honestly-nevermind-billboard-chart.html), [Lizzo](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/arts/music/lizzo-about-damn-time-billboard-chart.html), [Post Malone](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/arts/music/kate-bush-stranger-things-billboard-chart.html), [Megan Thee Stallion](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/arts/music/rod-wave-beautiful-mind-billboard-chart.html), even [BTS](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/arts/music/bts-proof-billboard-chart.html) — few have had huge debut weeks or much staying power on the charts; one of the few new releases that has held fast in the Top 5 lately is Beyoncé’s “ [Renaissance](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/arts/music/beyonce-renaissance-billboard-chart.html),” which also had the biggest opening for a woman this year. Swift teased the announcement of “Midnights” late Sunday in an acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards, where “All Too Well: The Short Film” — from her “Red” rerecording project — won three awards, including video of the year. [Folklore](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-folklore-review.html)” and “ [Evermore](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/arts/music/taylor-swift-evermore-review.html).” (“Folklore,” which arrived in July 2020, won the Grammy for [album of the year](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/arts/music/grammy-awards-beyonce-taylor-swift.html).) And in 2021 came “ [Fearless (Taylor’s Version)](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/music/taylor-swift-fearless-taylors-version.html)” and “Red (Taylor’s Version),” the first of her planned series of rerecorded simulacra of her old albums — a move, [prompted](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/arts/music/taylor-swift-rerecord-albums.html) by the sale of Swift’s old record label without her participation, that gave her new control over her recordings. [vinyl sales](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/arts/music/harry-styles-harrys-house-billboard-chart.html)), Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” and Disney’s “Encanto” soundtrack. [Bad Blood](https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-movie-songs-synchs-1989-super-pets/),” from that album, was used in the soundtrack to “DC League of Super-Pets,” a new animated comedy film. [described on social media](https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch1Ed_Su6Qw/?hl=en) as “the story of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.”

"Midnight" was a Swiftian songwriting motif long before the Grammy winner announced her 10th album.

Start polishing the Grammys (or at least [the VMAs](https://www.avclub.com/mtv-cant-decide-who-vmas-are-for-taylor-swift-knows-1849468137?_ga=2.67536085.55624759.1661777948-1488648406.1652714420)) now! [Spotify](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-former-bulwark-against-streaming-breaks-1848055244?_ga=2.71838551.55624759.1661777948-1488648406.1652714420). [Red](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-s-red-taylors-version-is-a-sweeping-pro-1848067892?_ga=2.33063162.55624759.1661777948-1488648406.1652714420), it’s reserved for her happy, free, confused, and lonely friends, the quirky we’re-so-bad playfulness of “22”: “It feels like a perfect night/For breakfast at midnight.” But this is Taylor Swift we’re talking about, so midnight inevitably turns romantic. (“Midnight” will presumably be harder to Just add “midnight” to the list of concepts that Swift can claim cultural ownership of, alongside red scarves, the month of August, not being able to come to the phone right now (why? In fact, “midnight” specifically has been mentioned on five of her nine albums so far, in some of her biggest singles. [copyright](https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-back-in-court-prove-she-wrote-shake-it-off-1849395283?_ga=2.258827086.55624759.1661777948-1488648406.1652714420) than “ [this sick beat](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjl4oiCsuz5AhUDhIkEHdJWCFcQFnoECAgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avclub.com%2Ftaylor-swift-now-owns-the-phrase-this-sick-beat-all-1798276012&usg=AOvVaw1yMQqqpG53pwl7B7vTLB9c).”) Specifically, the new album comes out on October 21, 2022. “We lie awake in love and in fear, in turmoil and in tears. Not the things I hate… Or the things that haunt me in the middle of the night.” Given that she’s now releasing an entire album on the latter, this manifesto no longer rings precisely true. (For the Easter egg collectors, the Spotify animations not only highlight “midnight” lyrics, but also other consequential Swiftian nights from “I Almost Do,” “Treacherous,” “The Archer,” “my tears ricochet,” and “hoax.”) The concept album also slots in nicely with the ongoing [re-recording project](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwju55jNsuz5AhWYK1kFHdUSAqsQFnoECAkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avclub.com%2Fscooter-braun-refutes-taylors-version-of-master-recor-1847162252&usg=AOvVaw1Ugt2odcP9P4fig_M_vx1w): since the tracks are all about midnights “scattered throughout [her] life,” Swift can use this record to nod to her previous “eras,” for which there are a handful more records to re-sell (and plenty of merchandise to hawk). “This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams.

Taylor Swift announced her upcoming 10th studio album 'Midnights' during the 2022 MTV VMAs. Here's everything we know so far about it.

Midnights would be Swift’s 11th album to top the chart, which would put her in a tie for third place with Streisand, Bruce Springsteen and Drake for the most No. [Billboard 200](https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/) — and she’s already had 10 releases reach the peak position — she would tie Barbra Streisand for the most No. “The floors we pace and the demons we face. Customers will be able to purchase the record on CD, vinyl and cassette tape, with the first two options including thematically perfect “blue moonstone” marble-colored discs. A square photo of Swift wearing sparkly blue eye shadow and her trademark red lipstick, holding the flickering flame of a lighter close to her face, rests in the bottom right corner of the album’s artwork. It occupies maybe just over half of the full cover, bordered on the top and left side by minimalistic, off-white negative space. “I had made up my mind that if you were gonna be this generous, and give us this …” she began, holding up the award. We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t – right this minute – about to make some fateful life-altering mistake.” She later confirmed the date in her Instagram post that night. Swift posted a short description of the album’s content on Instagram and, oh man. She also updated her website to match her fast-approaching new era, though it crashed almost immediately, likely due to the amount of traffic it received from Swifties eager for more information. “And I will tell you more at midnight,” she added pointedly.

Not a ton of wild ensembles or red-carpet drama to be vicariously enjoyed from the safety of our couches—but at least we got a little manna from pop-music ...

The floors we pace and the demons we face. “We stare at walls and drink until they speak back. Not a ton of wild ensembles or red-carpet drama to be vicariously enjoyed from the safety of our couches—but at least we got a little manna from pop-music heaven in the form of [Taylor Swift](https://www.vogue.com/article/ode-to-taylor-swift-annual-fourth-of-july-party) announcing a [brand-new album.](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/taylor-swift-announces-all-new-album-for-fall-2022-1235352890/)