Taylor Swift’s ‘Lavender Haze’ is About Guarding The 'Real Stuff’ in Relationship With Joe Alwyn

Taylor Swift has discussed the significance of the song ‘Lavender Haze’ from her upcoming album ‘Midnights’.

The follow-up to 2020's ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore,’ the singer- songwriter's 10th studio album is scheduled to be released soon. The album's complete tracklist, which includes the Lana Del Rey collaboration ‘Snow On The Beach,’ was recently made public by Swift.

Swift also revealed some information on the creation of the song ‘Lavender Haze’ in a social media video.

“I happened upon the phrase ‘Lavender Haze’ when I was watching Mad Men,” the star explained. “I looked it up because I thought it sounded cool, and it turns out that it’s a common phrase used in the ‘50s where they would describe being in love.”

“If you were in the lavender haze, then that meant that you were in that all-encompassing love glow, and I thought that was really beautiful.”

Swift continued: “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.”

“I think a lot of people have to deal with this now, not just ‘public figures’, because we live in the era of social media. If the world finds out that you’re in love with somebody, they’re going to weigh in on it.”

The singer continued by discussing her six-year relationship with actor Joe Alwyn.

“We’ve had to dodge weird rumours, tabloid stuff and we just ignore it,” Swift added. “This song is sort of about the act of ignoring that stuff to protect the real stuff.”

Under the alias William Bowery, Alwyn got co-writing credits for the albums 'Folklore' and 'Evermore'. It is unknown at this time if he made a contribution to Swift's upcoming ‘Midnights’ album.

Swift announced last month that Jack Antonoff, a longtime collaborator, contributed to the upcoming album.

Other song titles from the album ‘Midnights’ include ‘Vigilante S**t’, ‘Midnight Rain,’ ‘Anti-Hero,’ ‘Bejeweled’ and ‘Mastermind’. See the whole tracklist below.

1. ‘Lavender Haze’
2. ‘Maroon’
3. ‘Anti-Hero’
4. ‘Snow On The Beach’ featuring Lana Del Rey
5. ‘You’re On Your Own, Kid’
6. ‘Midnight Rain’
7. ‘Question…?’
8. ‘Vigilante S**t’
9. ‘Bejeweled’
10. ‘Labyrinth’
11. ‘Karma’
12. ‘Sweet Nothing’
13. ‘Mastermind’

Talking about ‘Midnights’ previously, Taylor Swift explained: “This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams.”

“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.”

---Silviya.Y