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Midnight release: Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sept. 20, when she won NSAI Songwriter-Artist of the Decade. Swift’s latest album Midnight was released on Friday and crashed Spotify in the process.
Midnight release: Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sept. 20, when she won NSAI Songwriter-Artist of the Decade. Swift’s latest album Midnight was released on Friday and crashed Spotify in the process.
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