Taylor Swift’s Upcoming Album ‘Midnights’ Is Inspired By Her Relationship?

Singer Taylor Swift in 'Midnights Mayhem with Me' reveals the names of each song from her upcoming album 'Midnights'

On Thursday night, at the stroke of midnight the singer shared the title of yet another track on the album

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which is set to drop October 21, reports ‘People’ magazine

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“The tension is palpable,” the 32-year-old singer Taylor Swift said, spinning the cage of numbered ping-pong balls until one

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which she revealed to be the album’s first track – pops out.

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“Track one is called ‘Lavender Haze’,” Taylor Swift announced, quoted by ‘People

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The ‘Bad Blood’ singer took to Instagram, where she shared a reel explaining the inspiration behind Midnights’ opening song

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‘Lavender Haze’ is specifically inspired by her relationship with longtime boyfriend, actor Joe Alwyn

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“Like my relationship for six years, we’ve had to dodge weird rumours, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it,” Swift said

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Swift hinted that there would be more to come, writing in her Instagram caption

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