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鈥淢idnights,鈥� Taylor Swift鈥檚 highly-anticipated 10th album, dropped on Oct. 21. The album features 13 songs and an additional seven bonus tracks in the 鈥�3am Edition鈥� (deluxe album). Since the album鈥檚 release, 鈥淢idnights鈥� has broken many records including the most streamed album in a week with 549 million streams as well as Spotify鈥檚 most streamed artist and album in a day, and it has made Swift the first artist to occupy the entire top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. 鈥淢idnights鈥� is Swift鈥檚 first self-directed autobiographical album and it is by far the most 鈥渃ryptic and machiavellian鈥� yet. The haunting melodies and captivating lyrics create something for everyone. 鈥淢idnights鈥� encapsulates a feeling of development and growth even if it comes with loss, a reflection on the love, fame and other changes in her life. As usual from the mastermind herself, 鈥淢idnights鈥� brims with coded poetry, easter eggs and exquisite lyrics. Here are our top four songs decoded.

鈥淢aroon鈥� is the second track from 鈥淢idnights.鈥� 鈥淩ed鈥� is the second track from Swift鈥檚 fourth album, 鈥淩ed.鈥� Is this coincidental? We think not. While 鈥淩ed鈥� explores the raw emotions one goes through during different stages of love, 鈥淢aroon鈥� explores the honest and more regretful side of a relationship. In the chorus, Swift sings, 鈥淎nd I lost you / The one I was dancin鈥� with / In New York, no shoes / Looked up at the sky and it was maroon.鈥� Swift often plays with colors that convey different emotions, like burning red symbolizing the fiery stages of love, blue symbolizing the feeling of losing someone and grey symbolizing the stages of missing someone who was once a central part of life. Throughout the song, Swift uses over five shades of red to capture the emotions felt near the end of a relationship. 鈥淩ed is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it is on both ends of the spectrum,鈥� Swift said. 鈥淥n one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other hand, you鈥檝e got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration.鈥� 鈥淢aroon鈥� highlights all stages of love and loss symbolized by colors.

In the 13th track of 鈥淢idnights,鈥� Swift recounts the night she met Joe Alwyn, her current partner. Having already addressed falling for Alwyn at the Met Gala in her song 鈥淒ress鈥� from her sixth album 鈥淩eputation,鈥� Swift fleshes out the details of that night in 鈥淢astermind.鈥� Previously referencing the idea of fate in her song 鈥渋nvisible string,鈥� Swift uses the verse 鈥淥nce upon a time, the planets and the fates and all the stars aligned / You and I ended up in the same room at the same time鈥� to allude to the theme of fate in the beginning of her love story. However, she slowly builds up to a rejection of fate, instead placing herself above the whims of the universe when she sings, 鈥淲hat if I told you none of it was accidental / And the first night that you saw me, nothing was gonna stop me / I laid the groundwork and then just like clockwork / The dominoes cascaded in a line.鈥� Swift takes full responsibility as the 鈥渕astermind鈥� behind their union, finally revealing that the subject of the song was a willing accomplice: 鈥淚 laid the groundwork and then saw a wide smirk on your face, you knew the entire time / You knew that I鈥檓 a mastermind / And now you鈥檙e mine.鈥�

On the album鈥檚 鈥�3am Edition,鈥� 鈥淏igger Than The Whole Sky鈥� is a heartbreaking song that explores themes of grief and loss. While Swift has not shared or confirmed the inspiration behind the lyrics, many fans believe that this song is about losing a loved one. Swift sings in the chorus, 鈥淕oodbye, goodbye, goodbye / You were bigger than the whole sky / You were more than just a short time / And I鈥檝e got a lot to pine about / I鈥檝e got a lot to live without / I鈥檓 never gonna meet / What could鈥檝e been, would鈥檝e been / What should鈥檝e been you / What could鈥檝e been, would鈥檝e been you.鈥� Here, Swift describes the fleeting loss that she experienced which was nevertheless gut- wrenching. As such, many fans speculate that this song could potentially be about a pregnancy loss, combining a different level of grief with devastating, life-altering effects. Swift鈥檚 song allows people to find comfort in it and relate to it an empowering way. Another potential interpretation of this song is the narrator addressing their younger self and mourning the life they could have lived. This song relates to the album鈥檚 themes of revisiting regrets, self-made enclosures and life-altering changes.

In the 鈥�3am Edition,鈥� 鈥淲ould鈥檝e, Could鈥檝e, Should鈥檝e鈥� explores the devastating aftermath of Swift鈥檚 relationship with John Mayer. The two singers dated in 2009, when he was 32 and she was 19. As the 19th track, the song points out Swift鈥檚 age during the infamous relationship. 鈥淲ould鈥檝e, Could鈥檝e, Should鈥檝e鈥� references the 13-year age gap that left Swift broken and blaming herself for the pain she went through. In the chorus, she sings, 鈥淎nd the God鈥檚 honest truth is that the pain was heaven / And now that I鈥檓 grown, I鈥檓 scared of ghosts / Memories feel like weapons.鈥� This line captures the complex feelings of having been preyed on by men at a young age and the difficult journey of recovery. The vulnerability throughout the song exposes her honest emotions as she looks back on the relationship. 鈥淲ould鈥檝e, Could鈥檝e, Should鈥檝e鈥� is a sequel to 鈥淒ear John,鈥� which Swift released in her third album, 鈥淪peak now.鈥� In 鈥淒ear John,鈥� Swift sings, 鈥淒on鈥檛 you think nineteen鈥檚 too young / To be played by your dark twisted games / When I loved you so?鈥� Here, Swift sings about feeling like her girlhood was stolen, which she also references in 鈥淲ould鈥檝e Could鈥檝e Should鈥檝e鈥�.