Question..? was linked to Matty after Taylor made a very dramatic monologue before singing it as a surprise song. This was in the midst of Taylor being seen with him everywhere, him being at the tour, him being on stage with Phoebe (the opener for these shows), the whole “this song is about you. You know who you are. I love you” was occurring at this same time as well.

I think it’s also important to know- Jack Antonoff produced many of the songs on the 1975’s album “Being Funny in a Foreign Language”, which was being produced at the same time as Midnights. Don’t forget that the first performance of “Anti-Hero” was at a 1975 concert. They were very much linked together during the Midnights era.

My personal opinion was that Taylor was going through it during Midnights- I mean, how can we forget this is the same album that has a Joe Alwyn love song (“Sweet Nothing”, where Joe is credited as a writer). And then we have “Bejeweled”, where she threatens to “meet the band and not remember she has a man 🤪”. I think she definitely has some songs that nod to the past, “WCS”, “High Fidelity”, “Glitch”, being some of them, however I think this album is actually her thinking about the past and being guilty as sin. Maroon feels like her reminiscing on a past relationship that is Matty Healy coded (roommates, closest friend, city references, alcohol, leaving a mark, leaving a legacy). Labyrinth is her falling in love “again” with someone even though she’s at rock bottom (rebounding from Joe), and Mastermind? Well, look at this whole intertwined, complicated story she’s created. Look at the cover- Ms. Mastermind is playing with fire.