This is what everyone is saying about Taylor Swift's Reputation album

Sorry, we can't come to the phone right now. Why? Because Taylor Swift just dropped Reputation and we've got it ON REPEAT.

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The star's long-awaited sixth studio album was released at midnight and it's been all everyone has been talking about ever since - despite not even being available on music streaming services like Spotify or Tidal yet.

The album, which features a collaboration with Ed Sheeran and US rapper Future, has been receiving rave reviews from Swifties around the world as well as celebrity pals who've rallied up to show their support. Even all the well respected (and usually harsh) music critics are loving it.

The New York Times, said: "Reputation' is fundamentally unlike any of her other albums in that it takes into account — prioritizes, actually - the tempo and tone of her competition. 'Reputation' is a public renegotiation, engaging pop music on its terms, not hers…She still has adversaries in her sight; there are jabs at Kanye West, and also at an ex-boyfriend or two. But here, too, she turns the magnifying glass around. Some of the most caustic and aware songwriting on this album is about herself."

Rolling Stone is similarly singing its praises, writing: "The world was expecting Reputation to be a celebrity self-pity party, after her September single 'Look What You Made Me Do,' airing her grievances about getting mistreated by other famous people…Instead, she's playing for bigger emotional stakes – this is an album full of one-on-one adult love songs. That's a daring swerve from a songwriter who's scored so many brilliant hits about pursuing the next romantic high. Taylor might love the players, but nowhere near as much as she loves the game."

The Guardian gave the album four stars, saying: "Swift is a smart cookie. She’s smart enough to write lyrics far better and wittier than the average pop fare, inverting the cliche of the love ’em and leave ’em Romeo – “I’ll carve your name on my bedpost,” she snarls – and admitting defeat when her chat-up lines fail with a sigh of “I guess I’ll stumble home to my cats – alone”. And she’s certainly too smart to put all her eggs in one basket…there’s more to Taylor Swift than dropping hints and creating drama."