The songs infuse electronica, hip hop, R&B, and alternative elements. Music critics categorize the album into pop styles of synth-pop, electropop, dream pop, and bedroom pop. Swift and Jack Antonoff produced the standard edition of Midnights, which features a subdued electronic soundscape consisting of mid-tempo rhythms, retro synthesizers, sparse drum machine beats, and digitally manipulated vocals. The autobiographical songwriting explores broad emotions such as regrets, self-critique, fantasies, heartbreak, and infatuation, using confessional yet cryptic lyrics that allude to her personal life and public image. Swift conceived it as a concept album about nocturnal ruminations inspired by her sleepless nights. Midnights is the tenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 21, 2022, by Republic Records.
