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Taylor Swift's 'Anti-Hero' Lyrics Are An Earnest Portrait of Her 'Self ... (ELLE.com)

Taylor Swift's new album Midnights explores the things that keep her up at night, and “self-loathing” is among them. Here, we tackle how the track ...

Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). Nor would this be the first time the artist has detailed such worries: Other examples include “Call It What You Want” (“I recall late November, holdin’ my breath / Slowly I said, “You don’t need to save me / But would you run away with me?”) and “Delicate” (“This ain't for the best / My reputation’s never been worse, so / You must like me for me” and “Is it cool that I said all that? In the years since 2016, the singer has kept a significantly lower profile—and has been involved with substantially less drama in the news. (The two started dating in the fall of 2016, when Swift felt her reputation was at its worst.) It was the only way I could preserve my mental health and also tell the story of what it’s like to go through something so humiliating.” [“self-loathing”](https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a41013043/taylor-swift-midnights-album-release-date-news-singles-tour/) would be among them.

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Taylor Swift Dreams That Her Future Daughter-In-Law Will Kill Her ... (Bustle)

On "Anti-Hero," the lead single on 'Midnights,' 11-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift delivers some of the most confessional lyrics of her 16-year career.

“Anti-Hero” has the honor of being the first song from Midnights to receive a music video, which is set to premiere on Oct. We all hate things about ourselves, and it’s all of those aspects of the things we dislike and like about ourselves that we have to come to terms with if we’re going to be this person. Swift opened up about writing “Anti-Hero” in an Instagram video after announcing the track title on Oct. “It must be exhausting, always rooting for the anti-hero.” Given Swifties’ proven dedication to her music and ability to decode her seemingly endless amount of A second Midnights music video will be unveiled on Oct. [her new album Midnights](https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/a-new-taylor-swift-album-is-coming-she-announced-at-the-vmas) — but her fans are likely to disagree.

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Taylor Swift explains the soul-crushing meaning behind her Anti ... (PopBuzz)

What are Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero lyrics about? Here's what she's said about the meaning behind the song.

Taylor then went on to explain: "This song is a real guided tour throughout all the things I tend to hate about myself. Not to sound too dark but I just struggle with the idea of not feeling like a person." She opens the ballad singing: "I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser." It also contains another iconic Taylor Swift bridge. Ahead of Midnights' release, Taylor explained the meaning behind her 'Anti-Hero' lyrics and it is truly soul-destroying. The floors we pace and the demons we face."

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Why Taylor Swift's self-loathing 'Anti-Hero' already hit a nerve with fans (The Washington Post)

Taylor Swift revealed very little about her 10th studio album, “Midnights,” before it was released on Friday – she didn't sit for any interviews and just ...

In “Anti-Hero,” that honor went to the line, “Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby / And I’m a monster on the hill.” This was a new level of candor from an album that, as [multiple critics](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-review-midnights-lyrics-b2207166.html) agreed in [early reviews](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-midnights-1234611211/), was pretty dark music for Swift. “I’ll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror. “Not to sound too dark, but, like, I just struggle with the idea of not feeling like a person.” But you know, this song really is a real guided tour throughout all the things I tend to hate about myself. [usual cryptic hints](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/20/taylor-swift-midnights-easter-eggs/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2) about what fans could expect.

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Taylor Swift Trolls Her Future Children in Music Video for "Anti-Hero" (Cosmopolitan.com)

Taylor Swift is out here trolling her future children in the music video for "Anti-Hero."

I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me) [described it on Twitter](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1583429735480451072) as watching "my nightmare scenarios and intrusive thoughts play out in real time." On top of releasing Midnights at midnight, [Taylor dropped seven unexpected bonus tracks at 3:00 am](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a41732337/best-tweets-taylor-swift-7-more-songs-midnights/) (what is sleep?), and then gave us the "Anti-Hero" music video at 8:00 am.

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Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" Music Video | POPSUGAR Entertainment (POPSUGAR)

Taylor Swift will release a visual album alongside her Midnights album, starting with her music video for Anti-Hero. Watch all the videos here.

[@amazonmusic]for premiering this, the first video for Anti-Hero will be out tomorrow at 8am ET. [Taylor Swift](https://www.popsugar.com/Taylor-Swift) released the music video for "Anti-Hero," the first of many off Swift's " [Midnights](https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-midnights-album-48931902)" album. The singer [previously announced the song's title](https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-midnights-track-list-48955268) before she finally shared the release week schedule for her 10th studio album, which also dropped on Oct.

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Taylor's "Anti-Hero" Music Video Is Riddled With Brilliant Easter Eggs (Elite Daily)

Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" music video dropped Friday, Oct. 21, and fans were quick to decipher the many Easter eggs in it. Let's unpack them all.

While this scene is obviously a nod to her “pierced through the heart” lyric in “Anti-Hero,” it’s also reminiscent of her song “ Then, later on, Swift also plays out the second verse of her song by literally being “too big to hang out” with the rest of her friends. Swift also has a song called “Marjorie” on her Evermore album. Then, during the funeral scene, Swift hides a few Easter eggs in her will. Give the video a rewatch below. According to [the release schedule](https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-midnights-album-release-week-schedule-details), she was planning to drop a music video for “Anti-Hero” just hours after releasing her latest album. The “Anti-Hero” music video only adds to the meaning behind the song because it brings Swift’s darkest thoughts to life but in a humorous way. But that’s not the only reference Swift seems to make in her video. It’s a visual representation of the following “Anti-Hero” lyrics: “When my depression works the graveyard shift/ All of the people I’ve ghosted stand there in the room.” Afterward, she’s seen weighing herself on a scale in the bathroom. [Anti-Hero](https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-midnights-anti-hero-lyrics-meaning),” is a major hit with Swifties because the lyrics are so vulnerable. For example, at the beginning of the video, she gets scared by ghosts following her around the house.

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Taylor Swift's 'Anti-Hero' Lyrics Are a 'Tour' of Everything She 'Hates ... (StyleCaster)

The album features 13 songs—and seven bonus tracks in the deluxe version, Midnights (3am Edition)—written by Swift and collaborators like Jack Antonoff, Aaron ...

It was the only way I could preserve my mental health and also tell the story of what it’s like to go through something so humiliating.” Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission of the sale. “The first thing that kept me up at night that helped inspired the Midnights album is self-loathing,” she said. In a video on her Instagram in October 2022, Swift explained that “Anti-Hero” is a “guided tour” of her insecurities and the things she tends to “hate” about herself. When you say someone is canceled, it’s not a TV show. Read on for what we know about the inspiration behind Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” lyrics and why the song is one of her most “honest” tracks yet. What are Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” lyrics about? Swift also revealed in a video for Spotify in October 2022 that “self-loathing” was one of the five themes of Midnights, along with fantasizing about revenge, wondering what might’ve been and falling in love. “Midnights is a collage of intensity, highs and lows and ebbs and flows. Meet me at midnight.” Swift also explained in a tweet at the time about how Midnights represented the “highs and lows and ebbs and flows” she’s experienced in her life in the past several years. The floors we pace and the demons we face. [Midnights](https://stylecaster.com/taylor-swift-midnight-theories/), which was released on October 21, 2022.

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