As someone with the correct opinion that the track is one of the best on "Lover," I'm thrilled by this direction. Production-wise, it reminds me of "False God" but at a faster tempo. Lyrically, it's quintessential Swift, who excels at redirecting common turns of phrase: Put "Damned if I do, damned if I don't" on her desk, and she'll hand back "I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say." Larocca: "Lavender Haze" is an immediate yes. Swift's artful revolt results in one of the strongest couplets on the entire album: "All they keep asking me is if I'm gonna be your bride / The only kind of girl they see is a one-night or a wife." (Every bait and switch was a work of art, haven't you heard?) Swift teased "Lavender Haze" by telling fans she cribbed the title from an episode of "Mad Men," claiming it's a "common phrase that was used in the '50s" to describe being in love.īut the song itself isn't a picket-fence fantasy, rather a critique of that very expectation ("the 1950s shit they want from me").
I have spent many hours imagining what "Midnights" might sound like - agonizing even, since Swift declined to give us any singles or snippets beforehand - but I did not anticipate a return to the moody-pop landscape of "Delicate" and "Dress" (the two best songs on "Reputation").
"Lavender Haze" is the opening track on "Midnights."Īhlgrim: When those watery synths first entered my eardrums, I felt my eyes light up like a little kid's. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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