I was so pleasantly surprised to see Runaways featured in the new Forza Horizon racing game! Always felt The Midnight was peak driving music.
Forza has listed their radio station playlists on Spotify, for anyone interested ✌🏼
https://open.spotify.com/track/1KCMF9fdF7sNE74R2V46af?si=DXjwie0fRPSr\_6rh0kg6iA
I I have to share this here because I know you guys are the only ones who will understand how painful this was for me to go through because the midnight is my favorite band and the fact that I had to miss it was devastating especially for why I missed it
Part one https://www.instagram.ycom/reel/DYkYmpvoh4f/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Part Two
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYkZixvIm4S/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Apparently New Constellations has their own EU tour during the fall tour dates for The Midnight, unfortunate, as I was looking forward to seeing them, but I wonder who the new openers will be.
My wee bro and I have seen the Midnight over the past 4 years in Glasgow, Scotland (the outside venue was something special), but they don't seem to be leaving the US this year. I'm assuming its to do with the new band lineup and Tim's seemingly not liking leaving the US, but wondered if anyone's heard anything on a podcast or social media that I've missed.
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I’m so excited!!! I was going back and forth on whether to take the leap. This will be my 5th show. I’m so excited to finally get to meet Tyler! 😭
UPDATE: I went for it!!! I cant wait!!!
I'm gonna try to get tix for the extended tour for my first time seeing them. What were the prices running for the past few dates in the smaller venues/theatres?
Censored link bc idk rules abt posting links but. Check their website for the new cities!!
“First Night in Paris” originally came out as a completely instrumental track. No lyrics at all. Just synths, bass, atmosphere, and emotion. It feels exciting, youthful, romantic, cinematic. Like arriving somewhere new and feeling completely alive inside the moment.
Then on the deluxe version, they released “Last Night in Paris” using the exact same instrumental, except now it has lyrics about youth, excess, immortality, connection, and trying to hold onto moments forever.
That completely changes the meaning of the original song.
The first night feels like living the moment.
The last night feels like remembering it after realizing it couldn’t last forever.
Same music. Same atmosphere. Same city. But a completely different emotional perspective.
The title change alone tells an entire story:
First Night in Paris is entering the dream.
Last Night in Paris is realizing the dream eventually ends.
And the fact that the instrumental never changes is what makes it so brilliant. That’s exactly how memory works in real life. The places and songs stay the same, but you change. You revisit something years later and suddenly hear emotions in it that you never noticed before. Nostalgia, loss, longing, beauty, mortality.
Even the lyrics point directly at that:
“Take youth like a drug”
“I’m gonna live forever”
“Everything’s made of gods here”
The song feels less like it’s literally about Paris and more about those moments in life where you feel invincible. Nights where music, people, youth, love, nightlife, or connection make you feel bigger than yourself for a little while.
And instrumentally it supports all of it perfectly. The synths feel huge and emotional, almost transcendent. The bass keeps it grounded and physical, like heartbeat and movement and bodies in motion. The whole thing constantly feels caught between euphoria and the awareness that the moment is already slipping away while it’s happening.
That’s why the deluxe version hits so hard emotionally. They didn’t just add lyrics to an old instrumental. They turned a feeling into a realization.
The Midnight has been one of my favorite bands for a few years now. A couple years back, Tyler and I connected on instagram. After a few exchanges, we agreed to share some music.
I had a cool little synthwave / 80s instrumental vibe that I produced that I sent him. Within a day he sent back a vocal demo of what became Til The Stars Come Out.
After a few months he told me they wanted to use it for Syndicate Deluxe! It was a humbling email to receive lol.
So I re-recorded the guitar solo, cleaned everything up and Tim of course added some Midnight sauce.
Anyway, here’s a link to the post, demo / etc. Can’t believe they dug the song. Still super surreal!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYXeqHDFADC/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
EDIT: sorry I didn’t have reception and this posted like 5 times lol😭
What a song.. from that guitar that absolutely rips to the super relatable lyrics. How are their demos better than most artist's singles?
Def some hot takes in here like Crockett's Revenge or Nighthawks/Lonely City, also I just love the melody of Dream Away so its S
Keep in mind a C tier for The Midnight is still very good and I like, just not as much as some of the others.
If you can't tell I like the sax lol. Also it isnt on here but Lost and Found would be upper B lower A probably
Fav album overall is probably Nocturnal, its just my vibe
Any thoughts?
I'm 51 this year and these lines hit hard.
I don't want to be the hero in my story anymore
And I don't want to be the hero in yours
I just want to be around to watch the sun go down
I just want to watch the painted clouds pass along this desert town, 'til the stars come out
I hear you man, I hear you. The responsibility I bear at the moment is a lot and I want to just, well, as above.
And shout out to New Constellations for a phenomenal performance as well!!
Not quite at the half-million-minutes level but still my top artist.
I was a little surprised at the rank of some of their top ~120 song placements. The entries appear to come from new pre-album releases.
I discovered The Midnight when I switched from Apple to Spotify. It was just before the release of America Online from a playlist recommendation of the instrumental version of Wave.
Still wondering why they don't put America Online into the set list!
1: America Online
3: Love Is an Ocean
11: Heroes (Live)
12: Deep Blue
14: Digital Dreams
18: Sunset
19: Change Your Heart and Die
21: Gloria
24: Dream Away
31: Shadowverse
34: Dance with Somebody
41: Wave (Instrumental)
42: Land Locked Heart
54: Syndicate (Intro)
57: Gloria (Live)
60: Runaways
65: Heroes
67: Energy Never Dies, It Just Transforms
68: The Years (Prologue)
73: Monsters
75: Prom Night
77: Jason
78: The Search for Ecco
82: Summer's Ending Soon
85: Neon Medusa (Live)
89: Sentinels
90: Neon Medusa
95: Heartbeat
104: Silence
108: Static (Instrumental)
109: Nothing Beats Like a Heart
110: Seventeen
112: Chariot
115: Last Train
went alone, but left feeling like I had made friends with everyone in the building. the vibes were amazing. oakland on thursday. thanks everyone who was there and made it amazing.
if you're a long time fan like me but have never been, get up and make that happen. you don't want to miss this.
Hello, dumb question but with the new tracks released on the deluxe edition of Syndicte I saw « demo » in the last four tracks, but I don’t know what it mean in music, I mean « t’il the star come out » feel pretty complete and already a banger.
Thanks in advance for the response 🙏