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Nov 2024
1h 24m

Midnights Declassified: Two Years of Rev...

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About this episode

The Snakes revisit Taylor Swift’s most amorphous and ambiguous record to date: her tenth studio album, Midnights. Has ambiguity persisted or ceased after two years of shocking revelations –– from the Joever of it all to the Matty Healy interlude? Diving deep into the lyrics on each track, pared with the luxury of hindsight, an answer to this Question…? is found.


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