Taylor Swift Shares How Joe Alwyn Inspired 'Midnights' Opening Song, 'Lavender Haze'

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Taylor Swift is counting down to on a promotional blitz, revealing her forthcoming album's complete track list, a high-profile collaboration, a tease about how boyfriend Joe Alwyn inspired what is sure to be one of her sweetest new songs.

In the middle-of-the-night hours between Thursday and Friday, Swift kept her fans up with hourly-updates on her TikTok series that revealed her new song titles one-by-one.

The big finale was with track No. 4, «Snow on the Beach,» featuring Lana Del Rey. But her most exciting disclosure came after announcing the album's opening track, «Lavender Haze,» when Swift hopped over to Instagram with a video detailing the song's catalyst. «I happened upon the phrase 'Lavender Haze' when I was watching and I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool, and it turns out that it was a common phrase that was used in the '50s where they would just describe being in love,» she explains. «Like, If you were in the 'Lavender Haze,' that meant you were in that all-encompassing love glow, and I thought that was really beautiful.»She continues, «and I guess theoretically when you're in the 'Lavender Haze,' you'll do anything to stay there and not let people bring you down off of that cloud.

And I think a lot of people have to deal with this now -- not just, like, quote-unquote public figures — because we live in the era of social media and if the world finds out that you're in love with somebody, they're gonna weigh in on it.»Unsurprisingly, Swift says she has plenty of experience in this lane — specifically when it comes to her longtime love, Alwyn. «My relationship for six years, we've had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it,» she shares. «And so this song is sort of about the.