If Taylor Swift wanted chilly onerous proof that her followers adore her, they only gave her some. On Friday, Oct. 21, Spotify introduced that Swift’s “Midnights” had damaged the file for the most-streamed album in a single day — for these retaining rely, she smashed the file lower than 24 hours after “Midnights” was launched. (POPSUGAR reached out to Spotify for an actual variety of occasions the file was streamed however didn’t obtain a direct response.) For her half, the “Anti-Hero” singer tweeted her because of her followers for making her primary so rapidly.
“And earlier than the clock might even strike midnight on October twenty second, Taylor Swift broke the file for most-streamed album in a single day in Spotify historical past. Congratulations, @taylorswift13,” Spotify tweeted. The Grammy winner rapidly reshared the tweet alongside a message to everybody who listened to “Midnights” on its launch day. “How did I get this fortunate, having you guys out right here doing one thing this thoughts blowing?! Like what even simply occurred??!?!” she wrote.
Swift smashed the earlier file, which was held by “Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti” file in May 2022. Although the precise variety of occasions “Midnights” was streamed on its first day has but to be revealed, Spotify beforehand confirmed Bad Bunny’s album had 183 million day-one streams.
“Midnights” formally dropped at midnight on Oct. 21 and briefly prompted Spotify to crash within the course of, in line with Downdetector. The album consists of 13 songs written across the idea of sleepless nights. “Midnights is a collage of depth, highs and lows and ebbs and flows,” Swift tweeted when the album was launched. “Life might be darkish, starry, cloudy, terrifying, electrifying, sizzling, chilly, romantic or lonely. Just like Midnights. Which is out now.”
Shortly after “Midnights” started streaming, Swift stunned followers with seven extra songs that she dubbed “3 a.m. tracks.” She shared the information together with her followers on Twitter writing, “Surprise! I consider Midnights as a whole idea album, with these 13 songs forming a full image of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour. However! There had been different songs we wrote on our journey to seek out that magic 13.”
She continued, “I’m calling them 3am tracks. Lately I’ve been loving the sensation of sharing extra of our artistic course of with you, like we do with From The Vault tracks. So it is 3am and I’m giving them to you now.”
How did I get this fortunate, having you guys out right here doing one thing this thoughts blowing?! Like what even simply occurred??!?! https://t.co/7kDKDrBwiD
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) October 21, 2022