Taylor Swift’s 10th studio album, “Midnights,” arrived on Friday morning. And surely only an artist of Swift’s stature could expect her audience to patiently wait for the payoffs here.

Every time Taylor Swift has sung about midnight ahead of new album Taylor Swift's highly anticipated new album, "Midnights," comes out on October 21. Sept. 12, 2022, 1:54 PM EDT ...

Swift announced "Midnights" to her audience of 91.3 million Twitter followers on Aug. 28. It's the 10th studio album she's released, not counting the two re-recordings of "Fearless" and "Red" in 2021.