Taylor Swift announces tenth album Midnights at VMAs

Taylor Swift has surprised fans yet again with a new album announcement in her winning speech for Video of the Year at the VMAs last night.

Swift won the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards' top honour for her 10-minute song 'All Too Well: The Short Film.' After accepting the award, Swift thanked her fans and revealed that her “brand new album“ Midnights will come out October 21.

The Tennessee native later revealed on Instagram that Midnights will feature “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.”

Taylor Swift, 'Midnights' album art.

An accompanying statement reads:

"We lie awake in love and in fear, in turmoil and in tears. We stare at walls and drink until they speak back. We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t—right this minute—about to make some fateful life-altering mistake.

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."

This was Swift’s third time taking home the trophy, which means she officially broke the record for the most VMAs Video of the Year awards with three wins. The Grammy winning musician previously earned the award with 2015’s 'Bad Blood' and 2019’s 'You Need to Calm Down.'

📹| @taylorswift13 encouraging the crowd to stand up for the 2022 Video Vanguard Winner @NICKIMINAJ at the #VMAs pic.twitter.com/OIhm8NKkLU

— Taylor Swift Updates 🌠 (@swifferupdates) August 29, 2022

“I know with every second of this moment that we wouldn’t have been able to make this short film if it weren’t for you, the fans,” she said. “Because I wouldn’t be able to re-record my albums if it weren’t for you. You embolden me to do that. I had sort of made up my mind that if you were going to be this generous and give us this, I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that my brand new album comes out October 21. And I will tell you more at midnight.”

Up until 2022, the record for most Video of the Year wins was tied between Swift, Beyoncé, Rihanna and Eminem.

Each had two awards; Beyoncé for 'Single Ladies' and 'Formation'; Rihanna for 'Umbrella' and 'We Found Love'' and Eminem for 'The Real Slim Shady' and 'Without Me'.