#midnights mirrorball

[slowmotionlovepotionn]

midnights - mirrorball theory!!

(extremely long)

okay so we have all heard the theories about midnights being lover's sister album and the original ts8 that was planned before the pandemic. but let me do a small recap for those who haven't seen the theories

so taylor has talked about how with folklore and evermore those were the first albums where she didn't immediately start planning what's next after finishing and releasing an album. so she started planning ts8 after the release of lover this is from her apple music interview:

we can see that there was a shift in eras towards the end of 2019 the rainbow of colours suddenly went dark and muted.

the same kind of vibes we are seeing now with midnights

back to mirrorball...

taylor wrote mirrorball after loverfest got cancelled (and her original plans for ts8 were also put on hold)

"they called off the circus (loverfest) and burned the DISCO down (ts8)" - disco was very popular in the 70s/60s just like this kind of album cover...

taylor also said in the long pond studio sessions that she imagined mirrorball happening at a lonely bar IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

and there's been many many nods to mirrorball since this era began, for example the maker of Taylor's VMAs dress used mirrorball lyrics in the caption they wrote

another clue is the fact that the countdown on the merch store has MIRRORED numbers underneath JUST LIKE THE MIRRORBALL LYRIC VIDEO

and speaking of the mirrorball lyric video IT HAS THE SAME COLOURS AS THE MIDNIGHTS CDS

and if all that wasn't enough, taylor swift used an actual mirrorball in the lover era, in an interview about easter eggs WHILE talking about how she leaves easter eggs for things that won't come out till WAYYY later in interviews

so anyway i think midnights will have huge mirrorball vibes (and yes i'm OBSSESSED with mirrorball)

[sprnklersplashes]

It's hilarious when people are like "taylor swift's songs are engineered to be as generically relatable as possible" because then you actually listen to the songs in question and she's just like

"I am a SELF-DESTRUCTIVE MONSTER who ruins everything I touch, I MANIPULATED everyone into liking me, my potential has been WASTED due to circumstances of MY OWN CREATION, I go back to an EMPTY HOUSE because everyone in my life has moved on, I am a BLEEDING OPEN WOUND, all my kindness is really just NARCISSISM IN DISGUISE, I will BREAK MYSELF FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT, I STARVED MYSELF in order to be saved by an idealised romance, I can go ANYWHERE except for THE PLACE I CALLED HOME, I will SPIRAL UNCONTROLLABLY if left to my own devices, I AM THE INSTRUMENT OF MY OWN DESTRUCTION, THIS WAS INEVITABLE"

[mutateddinonugget]

born to be bejeweled, forced to be a mirrorball

[thegreatkarma]

the anti hero, the archer, this is me trying, mirrorball, nothing new, castles crumbling, foolish one girlies

[none-of-it-was-accidental]

i can do it with a broken heart is just the bejeweled girls admitting they're actually mirrorball girls

[meritsv]

[labyrinthaze]

You'll find me on my tallest tip-toes

[your-darling-gaze]

And I'm still a believer, and I don't know why...

And I've never been a natural, all I do is try, try, try...

[louiaffairs]

it girls!! 🪩★

[spideyns]

TAYLOR SWIFT HEADERS

like if u save/use or credit @evrllarks on tt

[chloe-or-sam-or-sophia-or-marcus]

they got the cages, they got the boxes and guns they are the hunters, we are the foxes a n d w e r u n ⁀➴ | THEY | edit: @chloe-or-sam-or-sophia-or-marcus

[daisyswift3]

“Don’t put me on display ‘cause you don’t own me. Don’t try to change me in any way”

“We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t—right this minute—about to make some fateful life-altering mistake… For all of us who have tossed and turned and decided to keep the lanterns lit and go searching—hoping that just maybe, when the clock strikes twelve… we’ll meet ourselves.”

The entire Eras Tour is a commentary on fame. It isn’t just abt her masters, it’s abt Taylor Swift the brand. It’s abt her finally deciding to put her happiness before her fans. Gaga’s Applause followed by You Don’t Own Me. The Archer transitioning into Fearless w the lover house burning down. The seven spoken word poem. Don’t Blame Me/LWYMMD w the bird cage. Wildest Dreams/Bad Blood w the lover house burning down again. Giant Anti Hero Taylor screaming at the audience to see her. The (closet) door descending during Karma. The Late Night Edition that’s available exclusively at the shows w “Dear Reader you’re losing me.” It’s all addressed to the fans. She’s done being a mirrorball trapped in a display case.

[folklorelover22]

Midnights 🕰️💙✨

[immgonnagetyouback]

im trying everything to keeo you looking at me because beauty is a beast that roars down on all fours - clara bow x mirroball

[gods-silliest-goose]

i am mentally stable i am mentally stable i am mentally stable

[mmemirrorball]

I love how with every surprise song there is a troupe of swifties online devastated that they weren’t there to witness it live bc every one of her songs is someone’s favorite bc her discography is that fucking good