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Taylor Swift Drops Midnights Bonus Tracks & New Music Video
This Midnights mastermind has a caller squad.
Taylor Swift's 10th album arrived, precise fittingly, astatine midnight connected Oct. 21, followed by seven bonus tracks astatine 3 a.m. While she wrote 1 opus solo ("Vigilante S--t"), she collaborated connected respective with her Folklorian friends Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, arsenic good arsenic 1 with fellow and muse Joe Alwyn. But those weren't the lone stars she tapped for her sleepless nights album.
The self-reflective "Anti-Hero" euphony video features actors Mike Birbiglia, John Early and Mary Elizabeth Ellis arsenic Swift's big sons and daughter-in-law, making mayhem astatine her funeral.
And as Swift revealed connected TikTok up of its release, Lana Del Rey lent her ethereal talents to "Snow connected the Beach," which Swift described arsenic being astir "falling successful emotion with idiosyncratic astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic they're falling successful emotion with you, successful this benignant of successful this cataclysmic, faded infinitesimal wherever you recognize idiosyncratic feels precisely the aforesaid mode that you feel, astatine the aforesaid moment."
But the Grammy winner also had a fewer tricks up her bejeweled sleeve for Midnights, including astonishment opus credits for member Austin Swift, All Too Well abbreviated movie prima Dylan O'Brien and longtime person Zoe Kravitz.
Keep speechmaking to see which celebs were progressive successful the making of Midnights.
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Joe Alwyn
Her fellow of six years, Joe Alwyn contributed to the medium nether his pen sanction William Bowery, credited arsenic a songwriter connected "Sweet Nothing." The way is astir uncovering solace successful his love, arsenic she sings, "I recovered myself a-running location to your saccharine nothings / Outside they're propulsion and shoving / You're successful the room hummin' / All that you ever wanted from maine was saccharine nothing."
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Jack Antonoff
Swift's collaborator for much than a decade, Antonoff was her right manus connected Midnights, producing and co-writing astir of the songs.
"I couldn't beryllium happier that my co aviator connected this escapade was @jackantonoff. He's my person for beingness (presumptuous I cognize but I basal by it)," Swift wrote connected Instagram, earlier noting what makes this grounds peculiar to them: "this is our archetypal medium we've done with conscionable the 2 of america arsenic main collaborators."
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Aaron Dessner
"Always person to retrieve things aren't needfully however they seem," Aaron Dessner cryptically tweeted connected Oct. 18 aft fans noticed the Folklore and Evermore collaborator didn't person a penning recognition connected immoderate of the original Midnights tracks. However, Swift aboriginal revealed helium worked connected respective of the 3 a.m. bonus songs, including "The Great War," "High Infidelity" and "Would've, Could've, Should've."
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Zoe Kravitz
The High Fidelity actress—who was in the aforesaid quarantine bubble arsenic Swift back successful 2020—has songwriting credits on the opener "Lavender Haze," on with Swift, Antonoff, Mark Anthony Spears, Jahaan Akil Sweet and Sam Dew.
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Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey contributed arsenic some a co-writer and vocalist connected the dreamy "Snow connected the Beach."
As Swift enactment it successful 1 clip, "The information that I get to beryllium astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic her is an grant and a privilege and the information that she would beryllium truthful generous arsenic to collaborate with america connected this opus is thing I'm gonna beryllium grateful for for life."
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Austin Swift
The existent question present is how precisely did Swift's member Austin Swift lend to her way "Question... ?" The opus credits database him arsenic a contributor for "Unknown, Other" connected the song, which, according to Rolling Stone, sampled her ain 1989 opus "Out of the Woods."
Eagle-eyed fans noticed that the carnal transcript of the medium credits Austin Swift for providing "crowd applause" on the jam.
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Dylan O'Brien
The Teen Wolf histrion besides mysteriously received an "Unknown, Other" recognition connected "Question... ?" which the physical copy reveals arsenic "crowd applause." Meanwhile, his engagement successful "Snow connected the Beach" is much instrumental: He's listed arsenic a drummer connected the Lana Del Rey track.
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Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Elizabeth Ellis plays Swift's murderous daughter-in-law successful the "Anti-Hero" euphony video, wearing 1 of the artist's Fearless dresses to her funeral. It brings her lyrics to life: "I person this imagination my daughter-in-law kills maine for the wealth / She thinks I near them successful the volition / The household gathers 'round and reads it / And past idiosyncratic screams retired / 'She's laughing up astatine america from hell!'"
Ellis previously acted successful It's Always Sunny successful Philadelphia, Licorice Pizza with HAIM (more connected that later) and, fittingly, Masterminds.
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Mike Birbiglia
The stand-up comedian, who has appeared successful Billions and Don't Think Twice, portrays 1 of Swift's greedy sons successful "Anti-Hero."
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John Early
The Search Party histrion besides hilariously plays 1 of Swift's grown sons successful "Anti-Hero," rocking immoderate headphones and a colorful bomber jacket at Swift's hectic ceremonial onscreen.
"Watch my nightmare scenarios and intrusive thoughts play retired successful existent time," Swift teased, "with immoderate assistance from the fantabulous @birbigs, @bejohnce, and @maryelizabethellis who fabulously portray… get acceptable for it… my grown sons and girl successful law?"
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Laura Dern
Kravitz is not the lone Big Little Lies histrion progressive successful Midnights. According to Swift's teaser trailer, Laura Dern volition beryllium featured successful 1 of her upcoming movie projects tied to the album.
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HAIM
The teaser trailer besides discloses that sisters Alana, Danielle and Este Haim (of the set HAIM) volition beryllium featured successful the movie projects, after recently collaborating connected Evermore's "no body, nary crime" and opening for Swift's 1989 tour.
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Laith Ashley
Laith Ashley volition beryllium featured in an upcoming euphony video, too. As Out mag noted, the trans histrion appears to represent a emotion involvement onscreen. "You are magic," Ashley wrote to Swift connected Instagram. "Thank you for letting maine play a tiny portion successful your story."
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Pat McGrath
Celebrity constitution artist Pat McGrath has a cameo successful a Midnights movie arsenic well. Fans deliberation the collab was teased astatine the MTV VMAs successful August: McGrath did Swift's constitution for the event, where the vocalist revealed her upcoming medium connected the way. The quality adept captioned the dazzling looks, "SWIFT SEDUCTRESS" and "TAYLOR-MADE BEAUTY."
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Dita Von Teese
The burlesque dancer is also acceptable to look successful a Midnights video, but her relation is inactive unknown.
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