Swifties and pop music fans alike were able to celebrate and listen to the release of Taylor Swift’s new album, “Midnights,” which is available on all music platforms and record stores; the album was released at midnight eastern time on Oct. 21.

“Midnights” is an average album compared to her previous work. There are enjoyable moments, but overall the album is consistently mellow and gentle with not many climatic moments or excitement.

The album is a letdown compared to her previous albums. The songs on the album don’t have as much life as we’re used to hearing with Swift, as the vocals remain consistent throughout the album and in some songs could’ve had more help from the other instruments.  

My personal highlights off the album include, “Anti-Hero,” “Labyrinth,” “Bejeweled,” and “Karma.”

It’s quite a change from her previous two albums, “Folklore,” and “Evermore,” both of which had more variety and more life to the songs, with hits such as “Champagne Problems,” and “Cardigan.”

When I say more life, I’m mostly talking about the vocals having more emotion and more twists and turns instead of the gentle, smooth vocals on “Midnights,” which don’t sound bad because Swift has an amazing voice, but it can turn off any listener with a short attention span or anyone who isn’t used to the style of singing.

“Midnights” is Swift’s 10th studio album.

The first release of the album contains 13 songs, running at 44 minutes. Swift later released a second version of the album titled, “Midnights (3am Edition),” with the same 13 tracks and seven bonus tracks that missed the cut on the first release. 

“There were others songs we wrote on our journey to find that magic 13, I’m calling them the 3am tracks,” Swift said in an Oct. 21 Instagram post, just hours after the first release of the album.

Though the album lacks memorable moments, it is far from being unsuccessful, as it was a huge hit worldwide when midnight eastern time on Oct. 21 arrived.

According to Spotify, the top tracks off the album as of Oct. 25 were “Anti-Hero” with 53 million plays, “Lavender Haze” with 41.5 million plays, “Snow On The Beach” (feat. Lana Del Ray) with 40 million, and “Maroon” with 36 million plays. 

Also, according to Spotfiy, “Midnights,” is the most streamed album on their platform, beating out the previous record of 183 million streams, which was held by Latin artist, Bad Bunny, after the release of his last album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” in May. The exact number of “Midnights” streams from Oct. 21 has yet to be announced by the music platform.

Overall, the album is Swift’s return to a pop sound following the folk albums, “Folklore,” and “Evermore.” “Midnights,” has shades of the beautiful Swift vocals and harmonies, but lacks high energy moments. There certainly isn’t anything wrong with gentle, calm vocals, drums and basslines but it is repetitive throughout the album. “Midnights,” lacks a lot of passion that had been there on previous Swift albums.