Taylor Swift released her 10th studio album, "Midnights," on Friday.
This is the first set of all-new songs that Swift has released since "Evermore" in 2020. The renowned singer-songwriter has been busy rerecording her first six albums, including "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" and "Red (Taylor's Version)," which were both unveiled last year.
Amid rumors of another rerecording on the horizon, Swift surprised fans by announcing "Midnights" in August. She described the album, coproduced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, as "the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life."
"This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams," she explained in a statement. "The floors we pace and the demons we face. For all of us who have tossed and turned and decided to keep the lanterns lit and go searching — hoping that just maybe, when the clock strikes twelve... we'll meet ourselves."
Three hours after the album's release, Swift unveiled the extended "3am Edition" with seven additional tracks. However, Swift clarified that she sees the original 13-track edition as "a complete concept album" and these were "other songs we wrote on our journey," offered as bonus peeks into her creative process.
Insider's music team (senior reporter Callie Ahlgrim and senior editor Courteney Larocca) listened to the new album on our own, jotting down our initial thoughts track by track.
Here is what we thought of each song on "Midnights" upon first listen. (Skip to the end to see the only songs worth listening to and the album's final score.)