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Hours earlier than Taylor Swift‘s Midnights hit shops and streaming providers, the pop celebrity teased her tenth studio album through the Thursday Night time Soccer recreation on Oct. 20 between the New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals.
After an introduction from Swift herself, a visible spectacle was unleashed on followers, that seems to point out a collection of scenes from music movies — presumably for all 10 tracks on her new album.
Credit on the finish of the teaser revealed a forged of featured characters, in alphabetical order: Jack Antonoff, Laith Ashley, Mike Birbiglia, Laura Dern, John Early, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Haim (Alana, Danielle & Este), Pat McGrath, Swift herself and Dita Von Teese.
In her intro, Swift referred to as the primary look a “teaser trailer of the key tasks i’ve been engaged on for a very very long time. These tasks are the Midnights Music Films, the music movies that I made for this album to form of discover visually the world of this report. I like storytelling, I like songwriting, i like writing movies, I like directing them, and this was a very enjoyable alternative to work once more with the cinematographer Rina Yang, who was my collaborator on the All Too Properly 10-minute quick movie. So we actually wished to problem ourselves to do various things this time round and stretch, and I’m actually pleased with what we made and I actually hope you want them. We labored with some wonderful actors that you simply’ll discover out extra about on the finish of the teaser trailer,” she concluded, referencing the credit.
We’ll have to attend for the arrival of Midnights and the primary music movies — for “Anti-Hero,” arriving at 3 a.m. ET — for extra particulars.
Forward of the Thursday Night time Soccer recreation on Amazon Prime, Taylor introduced the trailer by telling followers: “You’ll see it earlier than the Midnights album got here out, so meet me there?”
If you happen to’re a Swiftie and don’t have a Prime account but, you possibly can be part of as we speak and revel in a free 30-day trial and watch the Midnights teaser in tonight’s recreation. After your first free month, Amazon Prime will value $14.99/month, or $139 for the annual plan.