Daydream (Album)

***Daydream*** is the eleventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift, released on December 19, 2024 through Republic Records. It was released just two years after her previous studio album, Midnights and the rerecording of two other albums, reputation and 1989.

## General information

### Genre

Alternative pop, indie pop, synth-pop, R&B

### Producer(s)

Swift, Jack Antonoff, Louis Bell, Frank Dukes, Joel Little

## Background

On August 13th, 2023, Taylor Swift uploaded the music video for *Always Summer feat. Lana Del Ray*. In it, she teased the word 'December' followed by 'DD'. This likely means Daydream and was hinting towards its release date sometime in December.

On November 25th, 2024, attending the iHeart Music Awards, Taylor Swift said, "I've been working on something for a while, and as always, I can't wait to share it with you."

On December 21st, 2024, Taylor Swift shared an Instagram post captioned, "I hope everyone is having very happy holidays. I'd like to share something that I've been working very hard on to close out this year. I think it's always important to stay in the present, to be defined by what you love, and to keep working for everyone who supports you." She then shared a snippet of *Fairytale.*

On February 14th, 2024, Swift teased a picture of her doing an album cover photo shoot on social media.

On August 9th, 2024, Swift took to Instagram live to announce that her eleventh studio album would be called *Daydream*. In the same live, she hinted that she'd left easter eggs in past music videos.

On September 12th, 2024, Swift released the track listing for the album, as well as the cover.

On January 12th, 2025, Taylor Swift announced her seventh worldwide concert tour on Instagram live. She also shared a YouTube short with her fans.

## Singles

1. Fairytale
2. The Less I Know
3. Runaway to London
4. He's All Mine

### Promotional Singles

1. Stolen Kisses feat. Rihanna (3:09)
2. Cursed

## Track Listing

1. Set Me Free (2:01)
2. Fairytale (3:04)
3. Daydream (4:50)
4. Honeydew (4:41)
5. The Less I Know (3:30)
6. Runaway to London (2:52)
7. Kindhearted feat. Conan Gray (5:04)
8. Homecoming Queen (3:09)
9. The End As We Know It (3:45)
10. Cry This Way (2:31)
11. Cursed (4:53)
12. Moonlight feat. The Weeknd (3:40)
13. The Girl From The City (3:29)
14. Better With You (3:10)
15. Breathe (4:05)
16. Roses feat. SZA (4:28)
17. Where Are You Now? (3:00)
18. False Truth (2:59)
19. He's All Mine (3:02)

## Removed Songs

Over 40 songs were recorded for the album, according to Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards. On January 12th, 2025, she recalled some of the songs that had been scrapped. Taylor Swift also mentioned in an IG comment that she might turn some of the scrapped songs into Vault tracks.

1. Better Than Me
2. Starlight (feat. Ice Spice)
3. Never Cured (reworked into Cursed)
4. Fate & Destiny
5. Heaven on Earth feat. Olivia Rodrigo (got leaked, forcing it to be revoked from the album)
6. Greed (reworked into Priceless Wine, then into Honeydew)
7. Priceless Wine (reworked into Honeydew)
8. Stolen Kisses feat. Rihanna (released as a single)

## Trivia

1. This album has the same amount of singles as Taylor Swift's previous studio album, Midnights, with four studio and two promotional.
2. The longest track on the album is "Cursed", lasting for four minutes and fifty-three seconds (4:53). On the contrary, the shortest track on the album is "Set Me Free", at two minutes and one second (2:01.)
3. Set Me Free is the shortest track in Taylor Swift's entire discography.
4. Taylor Swift revealed in a private, leaked interview that her least favorite track was "The Girl From The City." In the same interview, she revealed this: "I wasn't sure about putting Roses feat. SZA on the tracklist at first. I love her, and she was great to work with, but I didn't know if it was what I wanted to get across. But then Heaven on Earth feat. Olivia Rodrigo got leaked, and so Roses sort of replaced it."
5. It's the first album of hers to have a song leaked. Taylor admitted in an interview that she had given multiple snippets to a childhood friend, who had then spread them across the Internet. She also revealed the two were no longer in contact, except that their mothers were friends.
6. Taylor Swift said in an interview for the Billboard Music Awards that some songs on the album were difficult for her to make. She said "Cry This Way" and "Breathe" were learning curves, as she had never done R&B before. She also revealed that "The Girl From The City" took the longest to record because of all the background vocals needed.
7. Swift also mentioned that she'd been wanting to venture into alternative music, and songs like "Set Me Free" and "Moonlight feat. The Weeknd" allowed her to do so.
8. She also issued a public apology to Olivia Rodrigo detailing their leaked song.