


I think the reason this is so hard to process is that Taylor's music for the last 5 albums has been dripping in this exploration of a deep, real love that we obviously all felt would last a lifetime and it's hard to accept that sometimes that just isn't how things are meant to be
There’s nothin’ left here, all our best years are behind
What a brutal way to die, but you choose it every time
So, where do we go now?
imagine being harry styles performing at the grammys, looking out into the crowd and seeing that the only person dancing is the woman you committed vehicular manslaughter with

dear reader is for the people who seek solace in books. for people whose favorite/comfort characters are misunderstood. for readers who use books as an escape. for people whose comfort characters keep them sane. for people who are open books but secretive at the same time. for people who still believe that true love exists despite it all. for people who have large groups of friends but still feel alone at times. for people who daydream. for people who live a thousand lives by reading and dreaming and hoping. for people who never want to say goodbye to their characters.


you’re on your own kid is for all the people who were bullied for being different when they were in middle school who thought that their career dreams were their ticket out of their suffocating hometowns & loneliness (“someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me” from mean, anyone?)… but after all the years of sacrifice & work (“I gave my blood sweat and tears for this”) when they finally made their dreams come true, they looked around & realized that they were still dealing with the same loneliness and insecurities of their youth, just from a better view
Midnights is for the girls who worked hard to get a life of their own, but now feel empty, it's the album you listen to when you're alone in the kitchen with no partner to cook with, no friends to go out with, no parents to comfort you. It's for the jo march girls, who gave up everything and everyone and pretend like it's alright but cry themselves to sleep every night, it's for the girls who stare at the ceiling for hours after coming home, it's for the masterminds, the people pleasers, for the girls who think they're unlovable, it's for the autumn/winter girls, it's for the girls who love rain and gloom, it's for the girls who read the most gut wrenching books to feel emotions, it's the ultimate sad girl album.
Green Mountain, October 2022