The song is about “falling in love with someone at the same time they fall in love with you”, says the musician
Taylor Swift gave a preview of “Snow on the Beach”, his next Midnights piece with Lana Del Rey. His 10th studio album will be released on October 21.
The singer posted a clip to Instagram Tuesday at midnight, where she gushed about her collaborator: “I’m such a fan,” she said. About the song, Swift shared that it’s about “falling in love with someone at the same time they fall in love with you, kind of in that kind of cataclysmic, fatal moment where you realize someone ‘one feels exactly the same as you feel.’ She equated this with wondering, “Wait, is this real? Is it a dream?’… A bit like seeing snow falling on a beach.
It’s the third Midnights track she’s given the behind-the-song treatment so far, after “Lavender Haze” and “Anti-Hero.”
She previously explained that “Lavender Haze” was named after a phrase she first heard on Mad Men. “Turns out that’s a common phrase used in the 50s where they would just describe being in love,” she said in a video she shared on Instagram. She also explained that “Anti-Hero” was among her favorites because of its honesty. “I really don’t think I’ve delved into my insecurities into this detail before,” she said in an Instagram video.
Ahead of her new album’s arrival, the musician shared episodes of “Midnights Mayhem With Me” on TikTok, where she revealed just one song title at a time. She had unveiled eight of the 13 track titles until last Thursday until Friday, when she dropped the names of the remaining five songs.
Beyond Deployment Midnights‘, Swift shared that the artwork on the four colored vinyl pressings of Midnights combine to assemble a clock and teased the return of frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff in a video captioned “The making of Midnights.”