{"id":807,"date":"2022-10-31T10:50:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T14:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=807"},"modified":"2022-10-31T10:50:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T14:50:06","slug":"midnights-by-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=807","title":{"rendered":"Midnights by Taylor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Abigail Ali<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Midnights\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/151w1FgRZfnKZA9FEcg9Z3?si=bb4e273802734ae6&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor Swift released her latest album and it has received mixed reviews. The album features heavy synths, voice modifications, and more electronic inspired sounds. While this isn&#8217;t completely unheard of within Swift&#8217;s past discography, this is certainly the first time the singer has leaned into this realm of music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;The songs here are filled to the brim with syrupy synths, giving the album an astral, slow-motion effect, as if Swift were trapped in a reverb chamber.&#8221; &#8211; The New York Times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the more notable songs to use excessive voice modifications is &#8220;Midnight Rain&#8221; where the singer&#8217;s vocals are extremely edited, which came as a shock originally. Critics have also pointed out excessive vocal stacking throughout several songs within the album. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Throughout the album, on songs like &#8216;You\u2019re On Your Own, Kid&#8217; and &#8216;Maroon,&#8217; Swift\u2019s vocals are stacked together to the point of suffocation.&#8221; &#8211; The New York Times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the experimentation within the album and harsh criticism by the media, I think the album works. Though a major shift from the whimsical, simply sweet music from Swift&#8217;s past two albums &#8220;Folklore&#8221; and &#8220;Evermore,&#8221; I think Swift took a shot at reinvention which is what she does best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Not to toot my own horn, but I like the weirdness of \u2018Glitch.\u2019 The breakdown part is everything it was meant to be. This is so amazing to me.\u201d &#8211; Mark Anthony Spears, Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abigail Ali Taylor Swift released her latest album and it has received mixed reviews. The album features heavy synths, voice modifications, and more electronic inspired sounds. While this isn&#8217;t completely unheard of within Swift&#8217;s past discography, this is certainly the first time the singer has leaned into this realm of music. &#8220;The songs here&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=807\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Midnights by Taylor Swift<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions\/817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}