Midnights Does Not Deserve Album of the Year. Here's Why. 

*chefs kiss* When I envision using chat gbt, your speeches and breakdowns are how I imagine I would (could😂) sound.

This man need more comments

Taylor herself mentioned this was one of her most personal and intimate albums, so while it may be more cryptic, I think it's perfectly poetic. I believe she was a little less on the nose with this album, possibly as some of it spoke to her failing relationship with Joe, and as we all know, she was very private while in this relationship, and Joe would have been unhappy (and rumor has it, was unhappy in the end, with some of the songs pointing to their private life). Anyway, I do love this album - and it's always difficult for me to consider they don't deserve awards (they're all like my children, I love them all no matter what!). ;)

😂😂😂😂😂 mf she won

@@TheSwiftNator13rt

I'm a (very) mild gaylor and I agree, keep sexuality speculations out of journalism.

amen girlie

That’s because there journalists called music critics, and then there are ‘journalists’ who frankly write about anything to get the attention of the audience.

@@whoisdis8201 compare taylor to gaga. Two polar opposite examples. With taylor, critics dance around actual criticism afraid to be too opinionated for fear of backlash or alienating their audience. Every critique cushioned by something positive purposely. With Gaga they do the opposite, every positive note is cushioned with negativity. Because its been established that its okay to disrespect her they feel free to be as negative as they want. They even have people review her that straight up cant stand her (looking at slants sal cinquemanni, every damn time lol). They dont do that with Taylor, theyre not *allowed* to. My point being, most mainstream music journalism these days is a joke. Its not valid, and a lot of the positive reviews arent genuine. You say we overlook the negative but in actuality youre overlooking the way its all manipulated to push forth perceptions and narratives they want people to buy into

@@GhostOfEvermore okay lol

that was a terrible point… he said that while showing the official grammy poster that contained three 5 star reviews of midnights (?) she’s clearly showcasing the recognized quality of the album.

And That's On Periodt.

thats just bullshit shut up lmao

Nope, not silenced at all. It's a nonsensical argument to try and pretend that his own subjective opinions of the albums in question is subjective fact.

thank you 🥰

An even bigger problem for it there is that the only song you mentioned as accomplishing the theme of the album, that is even being considered for album of the year was anti hero, the rest weren't a part of the standard album and that's the one being nominated

The fact that WCS isn't part of the standard edition of the album makes me so mad because if there's one song in the entire record that captures de feeling of "being kept awake at night by momenta in the past" it is definitely this one

At least spell the name of the song right

What about labyrinth? You’re On your own kid ? Maroon? And to be fair Question is pretty deep too! Don’t let the lighthearted melody deceive you in to thinking it isn’t..

⁠@@Rebecca-bz6phI think the problem with some of the songs you mentioned is yes, I guess for example in Labyrinth having that feeling of oh I’m falling in love is something that keeps you awake at night…. I just wish it was more descriptive and more personal. The thing I can’t stand with some of the songs on Midnights is how vague they are. Taylor’s biggest strength is story telling, and sadly I didn’t feel she utilised it enough for the concept of Midnights which was about “13 sleepless nights throughout her life”. The song Labyrinth could be about anyone cause of how severely vague it is. I just think some of the songs on Midnights are very surface level and not clear, and fans wanted more storytelling and personal lyrics due to how she framed the album when it was announced. Personally I think a lot was going on BTS with Taylor and Joe which she didn’t feel ready to share yet. I think the Eras tour had been planned secretly for a while and she needed a big pop album to go back on the road with. And that gives you Midnights. Something about the album feels off… I have always felt like Taylor put up a wall and didn’t want to share too much which is fine. But I think in conclusion this led to many fans being disappointed cause of the way it was marketed.

so true I didn't think of that!

Respectfully, I disagree! Midnights very much stands on it own. It is the most streamed album in 1 day in Spotify history and it had 10 songs in the top 10 of Billboard 100. It quite literally is one of her most successful albums and the most successful album in the past year.

@@slugger1236 success doesnt equal long term impact. it was the most streamed album on its 1ST DAY and had ten songs DEBUT in the top ten yet Cruel Summer (a 5 year old song) is currently outpeaking all the midnights singles which had remixes, radio push and music videos. She has many older albums doing just as well as Midnights on the Billboard 200 currently. And anyways, having these stats aren't the only metric...Kacey Musgraves won in 2019 with album that peaked at number 4 cause the music was THAT good. And artists like SZA/Olivia both had a #1 album & single with these records...not to mention SOS actually spent more weeks at number 1 then Midnights...oop

@@north406 Personally, I don't believe any other album in Cotension has had the same level of impact globally that Midnights had.

You are saying that midnights is getting all of the success because of eras tour but you are using cruel summer as an example of a song that stands on its own which is hilarious to me because it is also got so successful because of the tour only. It went viral on tik tok after she performed it on the tour, before that it was only a fan favorite lol. Although I do not think that midnights deserves aoty but it does very much stands on its own in terms of success. It is also very consistent. Yes eras tour has boosted it but eras tour has boosted her entire discography, not just midnights because bear in mind, it's called the 'eras' tour and not 'midnights' tour

Exactly my thoughts

I feel that way, too. Just thinking back to the release of Midnights, everyone was dissecting the songs in relation to her known past relationships and Taylor lore, but some stuff didn’t really make sense until we learned about her split with Joe. I love the album and Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve is a masterpiece IMO. It’s been in heavy rotation for me, but I don’t think it’s her best album and that’s fine-I know she struggles with that drive for perfection but she’s literally at the top of her game with her tour and level of respect among her peers and fans. I think AOTY should go to either Lana or Sza. I love Olivia, too, and Guts has some fantastic songs, but I still think Lana and Sza are a notch above.

Completely agree. One of my biggest issues with Midnights is Taylor’s biggest strength is storytelling, diaristic/confessional writing. When the album was announced I was so hyped cause of the way it was marketed (13 sleepless nights throughout my life). I really felt like Taylor could knock it out of the park and have a field day with the concept of the album. And then when I listened to the album, something felt off. It felt like Taylor was severely holding back from being honest on the record. Hence why so many lyrics/songs feel very vague and surface level. Take Labyrinth for example, having a song be about that feeling of not being able to sleep cause you have fallen in love with someone is a great concept. But the song lacks severely (I acc don’t mind the song), but Taylor can do better than that IMO. It’s so vague and surface level it could be about literally anyone. It doesn’t reveal anything about her personally which goes against the whole theme of the album which is about different nights throughout her life. Same can be said for others songs like Snow On the Beach etc. I do also question whether Taylor can make a good pop record nowadays. Another issue I have with midnights is it’s such a bloated album when you include the 3AM tracks etc and if you put some of the better extra songs on the main body it would maybe be a much better album. IDK something is off with midnights and it annoys me cause I can’t point my finger on what exactly.

100%. This album as a concept would be executed better now that their relationship is publicly over and she can really dig into those emotions through songwriting.

​@@sophiahames6821 I think I can help you here, cause sometimes my subconscious keeps bothering my consciousness with something I am about to understand, but still not doing it -- and only recently I finally did for Midnights. She fooled us. Her five years relationship with Joe was over. *_Five_* , not six. They were full blown broken apart when she released the album in October 2022. That thing when we saw them popping up in secretive restaurants ( I mean, without a paparazzo making it public in the way in OR the way out, which is strange, and then someone leaking pictures from them inside) and then reports claiming they had actual gallons of wine through the night, that was her trying to win him back, reconciliate, a turkey leg crave relapse 3 am, if you will. And it did not work, so she decided to actually release "Hits Different" as a bonus and then "You're losing me", trying some new hand bags we didn't like and all that jazz. So because the album was made *_while inside the process of breaking up_* , the first songs all parallel the current (ending) ship with previous ones -- the songs are about both relationships at the same time (it's actually genius, thinking of it now 😮😅): 💜Lavender: Speak Now Era, Taylor Lautner, a shorter tan skinned love interest; she used the koy fish guitar back then, but Pisces is Joe's sin and all; only two stable relationships she truly knew* ♥️Maroon: I think she's finally seeing resemblances between her relationship with Jake and her relationship with Harry; that's why the song seems to reference both; trying to escape the age gap pattern in the arms of a younger man, she felt right into the trap of another artsy psychologically avoidant type of guy; 💛Anti hero: maybe I'm the problem🤍 Snow OTB: actually about Harry: she associated him with beach, in her mind, at first, because we all didn't know yet but they first MET at LA; then after the first big break (and a long six months), what we saw, the Central Park date with, seagulls, a random niece and fox sweaters, was actually a time of Harry use relapse, it was weird but... 🩵YOYOK: let's reflect some more, shall we 💙 *_M I D N I G H T R A I N_* : I think she did it, but I can't prove it, she's admitting to be Dorothea 😮 💜 Question: _"Is it over now"_ , Reputation's version 🖤VS: Reputation (Reputation's version) 🩷 Bejeweled: Prince Jack, really? Not being subtle about this being a Jake song, but it's elevated to abother level when you think this is her doing what she *_"wanted"_* to do with _"Red"_ , this how empowered the young-woman_coming-of-age™ in her wanted to feel -- but didn't cause she remembered it all too well; 🩶Labyrinth: FINALLY DIRECTLY ADRESSING THE SIT 🙄 🔮Karma: she decides she doesn't need to have an actual boyfriend super right now in order to these lyrics to be true; she realizes she is the moment, she is everything, she is Barbie, and the Universe just reaponds to that; 🍃 Sweet Nothings: she did an effing double interview with the legendary Sir Paul himself, let's not all forget about that, will we? She recicled this song she wrote with Turkey to occupy position #12 because she realized that's what she wants a relationahip to be💁🏻 🕰️MegaMind: having just concluded what she does and doesn't want, compares herself to a Beattle and come to terms with the Universe, she draws the final conclusion she is the ultimate arbitrer of her life, and that's ok, that's empowering, that's important. We came full circle with a cohesive 13 songs album. *(apparently even Taylor herself discards Calcium Hydroxide, cuz if she was feeling like in a long term while the ship was on, looking in hindsight she was being envied all the way, which she considers emotional betrayal, so it doesn't count. That's what "High Infidelity" is about, I guess, like... "You were bf, dude, I trusted you, and you were seeing me as an enemy the whole time, no wonder I felt so insecure and attention seeking the whole time, you know what, you deserve to be Loki-ed)

100% agree. Honestly even Folklore and Evermore. Yes i believe some of what she said that she was storytelling and some songs like Betty, August and Cardigan are made up situations HOWEVER the rest of the albums are very telling into where her relationship with Joe was going and coincides with a lot of the thoughts on Midnights. I don’t see her ever saying that though for image and maybe to shed the stereotype she used to have that all she sings about is boys and her relationships (which is fine)

I agree! Why settle for midnights when she has the skill to make something better

that's exactly what i was thinking!

i will never stop clowning for rock taylor

ROCK TAYLOR WHEN 😭

AND MIDNIGHTS WON ALBUM OF THE YEAR 🤪

Honestly, I was sold as new Taylor Swift listener (I do not identify as a Swifty) when I listened to Folklore amd Evermore and I was so excited about the next album and I gotta say I ended up disappointed. I really could not get the hype about Midnights.

This is a really insightful opinion, I agree with it. I wasn’t necessarily disappointed initially about Midnights, but that is probably just because those songs are all bops. Now that I think about my experience with these albums, yeah… it couldn’t have been more different. Something is missing that I felt like was incredibly close in the folkmore era.

Yeah it's too try hard and is campaigning to the locals

thank you for saying this!

I completely agree I’m also nervous cause Taylor thrives on these kind of accolades so I don’t want her to put out musics(that’s is still good) that chases more commercial success that can get her just as much praise as something like a folklore or fearless or 1989.

AGREE!

@@sarahxyzmartin1636folklore wasn’t about commercial success at all. taylor’s already so commercially successful that people are going to get sick of it. it’s like she said, as a woman in the music industry she constantly has to reinvent herself to stay relevant. the pop star thing has been her mainstream reputation since like 2014, i feel like it may be a better career move to tone down the capitaylism and focus on the art because it will make her more timeless in the long run. but she doesn’t have to- she’s set for life. she could disappear if she wanted. but this career for her has always been about, obviously the music, but she doesn’t make that kind of music anymore that she dreamed of in childhood. being Taylor Swift is also about the fans, the crowd cheering. Long Live. she doesn’t want to see her castles crumbling, she wants to stay the queen of pop and make everyone love her. it would make waves if she did another genre switch up, and there are so many areas she hasn’t explored. but she could totally just play it safe. i don’t know if she’d be artistically satisfied with that, but maybe her satisfaction with her public image and fame would matter more? idk. i have no idea what’s going on in her head but i can only clown for a rock album until TS11

I’m hoping we get some new collaborators for TS11. I’m okay with more Aaron Dessner but I think Jack needs to take a backseat. Don’t get me wrong, I love his songs but some variety and innovation is needed. Still holding out for that soft rock album she teased Midnights to be.

so we're all hoping for a rock album here? yes PLEASE

i feel lana deserves the win but sza is certainly worthy as well!!

Completely agree in every way! TEAMSOS

Red is her worst album

@@moonflower8829Uh oh, that’s such a bold statement to make😂

@@moonflower8829oohhhh we don’t wanna do that….

I personally think that 1989 didn’t deserve AOTY, but Red did, the Grammys are just f ed up

My point and purpose is proven every time the insane people do their worst 😅 thank you for watching!

so undeserved

​@@ostrichesarecool2635 so deserved*

@@ostrichesarecool2635well deserved

@@tyerry9803 guts is such a good album and she deserved one for vampire at least and I’m standing on that 🥲

If you’re going that route then evermore would be speak now and midnight is red. So it would like if midnight loses we’ll get another life altering album like 1989 did

​@@katelynnrice4983yes! there's also a pattern so far to taylor's aotys - Fearless won, 2 albums didn't, 1989 did, two albums didn't, folklore won - if ts11 wins aoty that'll be such a funny coincidence.

coincidence is a wild take when she lobbies so hard for these wins lol @@takemetothelakes13

@@takemetothelakes13!!!!!!

because they're HATERS

this deserves the best comment award! It's refreshing to see swifties here on using their critical thinking and unbiased opinions. As a swiftie myself, I stopped following swifties on twitter. It was giving me a headache with all the hate speech they give to other female artists, especially Olivia.

be for real, AOTY isn’t just about some reviews on metacritic. guts doesn’t come close to midnights’ dominance and impact. SOS is the only album that deserves AOTY other than midnights.

@@0123thalles Midnights only achieved that dominance and impact because it’s Taylor Swift. She could hold a microphone up to her ass and fart, and it would go platinum.

From the future: you were right

If you think GUTS or SOS are better than Midnights you need your ears checked. I could see SOS but Guts was such a disappointment and its complete collapse from every major music market shows that.

GUTS over Midnights is wild

Yeah I agree. SOS had good singles but it has a bunch of filler songs. As a coherent album where every song could be a single?? Eh idk. Same with guts. And actually I would argue it is a more cohesive album than sos. And going to midnights I personally love it. Cohesive. Not over bloated with filler songs. It’s my 2nd favorite taylor swift album. Reputation being the first. The mood, the sounds the lyrics all fit perfectly. The writing is much deeper than 1989 I would say. So I actually do think midnights deserves that album of the year

personally i think that what was i made for will win soty, and is deserves it much more than anti hero.

Yall continually putting guts in the list with Sza and Lana are CRAZY.

i agree 100%. like i want that so badly for her

I want Lana to win

olivia or sza deserve it 100%

I want Lana to win sza is good as well.. but was guts that great…..? And I think midnights isn’t undeserving

Lana.

thank you so much!!

they can't read/are delusional/are obsessed w me etc etc we have to cheer because it only helps me in the long run engagement wise .... let them act the fool !

I completely agree, well spoken

Yes! It’s not a personal attack against her or the swifties

Exactly. I relate with Olivia Rodrigo 's GUTS way more! Doesn't mean I dislike Taylor. I love her so much and she's so talented!

Agree let others have a chance

I completely agree with you. It was a fun and new album, yes. We all streamed Anti-hero many times for sure, but like Zach said, it wasn’t a career-defining moment for her… and I’m a HUGE swifte😂😍

I think if SOS wasn’t on this years grammy then midnights would deserve it

Agreed! I feel like there were elements from past albums that were incorporated into each song

I think it’s intrinsically connected to the taylor’s version project too because of the the vaults. I often wondered why she would need one album for “songs from nights throughout her life” if the vault tracks exist but I guess it supports this nostalgia and lore driven era. Smart to tie midnights in I guess but you’re totally right, it wasn’t made to stand on its own and it clearly doesn’t

Exactly!

thank you so much!

my pick as well!

Please lord, give Lana her award she so thoroughly DESERVES

Personally I want GUTS to win because it shows so much maturity and career growth from SOUR but ocean Blvd deserves it very much as well

​@@honestlyali28guts: sour part two

I agree. I wish both folk/ever won, but at least she won a grammy in the same genre.

FR EVERMORE DESERVED IT

100% Evermore supremacy

THIS!!!

I don’t think it’s safe choice actually. Because she would have been the only person ever to have 4 AOTYs. I think that’s kind of risky move for the Grammies.

@@katherinepierce7948She’s been the only person to do achieve a lot of things recently, and hasn’t gotten much pushback (in comparison to the praise). I’d be interested if her undeservingly winning AOTY would start to shift the public eye in that way.

@@katherinepierce7948 I 100% agree. I’m seeing everywhere, from swifties and general music critics, that midnights does not deserve to win. It really feels like that’s the consensus. So if the academy chooses midnights, it will a) put the Grammys under fire for being biased, and b) catapult Taylor to the already fast-approaching destination of overexposure. If she wins it will truly not be a safe choice for the Grammys OR Taylor.

​@@hannahthomas4044the tay hate train has been on the rise for a while now

i agree. and her refusal to discuss the album could be an extention of this idea of loneliness and introspection. i feel that the vagueness is intentional on the album - like maybe she felt she didnt need to tell us everything - like im sure other artists are not as candid with their audience as taylor is - it could be that she is trying that on for size. we dont need to know which song refers to which night in her life, as long as i can sit out late at night and vibe to this album while having an existential crisis, or simply vibing to the loopy production. i feel us being able to decode taylor's songs and their source material in the past albums and no tbeing able to do it rn is what is causing this "disconnect". but i dont think this is necessarily a bad thing, given that this is the case with most other artists. i think while a case can be made in terms of other contenders being better (i havent heard the records all the way through so idk) as a lone, singular body of work, i cant say midnights doesnt deserve it but neither can i say it definitely does.

also- to the lana part- maybe taylor was trying to do something like her and give us vague ranblings? and i mean this respectfully - like is it unfair to see her work in context of what she has always done - given us confessional insights and dock marks if she doesnt stay the course? cause the songs on midnights are a lot like my own unhinged, middle of the night weird thoughts, which are unstructured and many times inconclusive. cause i then see this as more of an experiment gone wrong with taylor trying on a different voice and i agree that great doesnt always mean excellent, and midnights isnt excellent. for me its a very mood based album - i have to be in a specific frame of mind to listen to it, as opposed to most of her other works

I agree. Midnights isn't even in my top 5 Taylor Swift albums, which doesn't mean it's bad. It just means that she can do so much more better than this artistically. Also, I'm one of those people who don't understand Lana's music, I'm sure she's brilliant. I wish I'm one of those people who loves her music. Could say the same about guts not my thing. I don't really enjoy pop punk. SOS is truly the album of the year in my opinion. It's great both lyrically and sonically. I would love for SOS to win. I also think Taylor winning album of the year for Midnights would do more harm than good to her. Even in the music world every other artist would feel discouraged and grow resentment towards Taylor because it's truly not fair when you award Taylor just for putting out music like every other award shows!

Agree, Midnights leaves a lot to interpretation and that is one of my favourite things about it

I adored midnights, even more than folklore and evermore. Not saying I’m a music scholar but some enjoyment of art is specific to the person. Beauty is in the eye (ear) of the beholder.

Yeah. I think she already is confirmed as a voting member on the music branch for the oscars

Taylor would vote for Lana 💗

This never said it was gonna lose he’s talking about the quality and wether it deserves it or not. We know the Grammys rewards mediocracy… this isn’t a shock, for example them giving best pop album to sweetener despite it being Ariana’s worst album ever, or snubbing NFR and thank u next for when we all fall asleep where do we go?, or snubbing melodrama. Not a surprise that they snub excellent bodies of work like SOS, or tunnel under ocean vlv

Wow, thank you!

@senseshchepin thank you for this comment! I think Zach is very well spoken and makes great points, but maybe because he has been such a TS fan for so long and is so familiar with her work he had expectations that were just not met with midnights. And that is completely fine. I like his criticism. However, as someone who was never super familiar with TS until last year (of course i knew some of her songs, but didn't REALLY listen to full albums until the re-recordings) I find Midnights quite different than all of her previous albums, and different in a good way. More mature, more mysterious, yes... sometimes confusing, but so what? Do we really need to dissect and understand every single lyric in order to enjoy a song? Why is it ok for Lana, but not for Taylor? As a new fan, my take is that Taylor likes to experiment and she tries to consistently give us something different. Midnights is precisely that attempt to jump into something very different from her Folklore/Evermore and back into Pop, but not the pop she has done before: very curated, planned, a cohesive story to tell, etc. Midnights, as you mentioned above, could be interpreted as an attempt at literature modernism, and I'm ok with it being vague, rambling or even confusing at times. Granted, the "15 seconds later they were clapping too" is interesting. Is it the AOTY? At the end of the day, it is an album I truly enjoyed and listened to it the most in comparison to the other nominees. I think it is deserving of a nomination for sure. Personally, Im rooting for Lana because I also really loved TUOB and the fact that the women does not have a grammy is a CRIME. Also really enjoyed GUTS and would not be upset if it wins. Cant say I have listened to SOS enough to have a fully formed opinion.

ive had it for years haha

Right ❤❤

thanks for watching!!

Luke-warm is such a perfect way to describe Midnights. Okay High's, pretty low low's, not the best when put into Taylor Swift standards.

thank you legend

Anything except guts.

thank you for noticing the editing!!

@@theswiftologist you’re welcome ! So good ♥️

Completely agree

PERIOD!!! Renaissance was an AOTY if I’ve ever seen one, the fact that she didn’t win was sickening.

@@blondematcha fr

And they SCREWED IT. How are they gonna hide the fact that they're biased with who they award when they gave AOTY to midnight's? They're just proving again and again who are the important ones

periodddddd

The truths and opinions are completely different. And the truth is, Midnights won Album of the year. Thats the only truth from now on. So knock it off 😎

@@5106530preachhhhhh

And you hated Midnights and said it would never win a Grammy,!!! well,well

@@jeannie779 no one said it wouldnt! we just retain the right to our opinion that it wasnt the deserving candidate :)

It’s really bizarre lol. But they’re just helping my videos on the algorithm with all the engagement so….im gonna let them rock!

@@theswiftologist That's very true and a great outlook on it. I can't wait to hear your take on the grammys this year as well! You are a breath of fresh air in this fandom :)

@@theswiftologistI am a huge swiftie since Fearless and I was honestly disappointed when Midnights won because it was truly mid and also now it will only lead to more overexposure for her

@@theswiftologistjust for a short time girl. So enjoy what you have 🤣

And ppl come here just to say you were wrong. We dont really give a sht what you say or even watch your video or channel.

I didn't say it was all chart manipulation. I actually directly said "I would never contest it was a massive hit." But the chart manipulations had a hand in that.

​@@theswiftologistshe had a massive fan base so Anti-Hero has a lot of streamings but impact wise it isn't as widespread like Blank Space or Shake it off?

It is tho

I disagree humbly as a rep girl. It bangs and is a non-skip album for me. I don’t care about the drama- the songs are very romantic and a little dark and sexier than her usual stuff. It was album of my 2017,2018, 2019… and counting 😂

Yep, Reputation is her weakest album after debut.

Yeah

It's sad that these smaller artists never get in the big categories. I think Lana should win with Ocean Blvd, but the Hozier album is spectatular and definitely deserved a nomination. The new Mitski album is also great and WAY better than Midnights

@@NathanHautain yeah, I absolutely love midnights but it's not the Best album ever

i still can't fathom that he wasnt nominated. such a deserving artist. all things end should definitely be nominated for something

Thank you so much!

Fr they are so toxic

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