Taylor Swift's first single ('Anti-Hero') of her new album Midnights showcased a new level of candor, referencing 'depression,' as multiple critics agreed in early reviews that it was pretty dark music for Swift.
“It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me,” she sings in an earworm chorus that instantly will get stuck in your head. “I’ll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror. / It must be exhausting, always rooting for the anti-hero.”
The lyrics contained another classic Swift conundrum: You have absolutely no idea what she’s singing about, while at the same time knowing there’s likely a deeper meaning that you’re missing, which you’ll probably find out later when she drops. 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.”
People on social media lost it trying to figure out what “everybody is a sexy baby” could mean: Is it an inside joke? A veiled insult? A reference to the that mocked the idea of men being drawn to women who act young and helpless, guest starring Cristin Milioti as a self-described “very sexy baby”?The internet was stumped, and the song offered further mystery with, “Did you hear my covert narcissism lightly disguised as altruism / Like some kind of congressman?” Not to mention the verse where Swift admits, “I have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money / She thinks I left them in the will.
Yet it’s clear that despite its dark message and confounding lyrics, Swift wants the world to pay special attention to “Anti-Hero” — not only is it the first single, but she immediately changed her Twitter and Instagram bios upon the album’s release to read, “I’m the problem, it’s me.” Fans know she could eventually release a detailed explanation of what exactly she means in the song or leave it a mystery forever — with Swift, there truly is no in between.
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