Taylor Swift offered followers a great deal greater than they imagined at the 2024 Grammys, going down the bombshell information mid-acceptance speech that her brand-new cd, The Tortured Poets Department, is arriving this year.
The welcome information came as the pop celebrity was approving ideal pop vocal for her 2022 document Midnights — also known as, the last cd she introduced without cautioning throughout a honors reveal approval speech. “This is my 13th Grammy – which is my lucky number, I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that,” she teased the group from the phase at Crypto.com Arena Sunday (Feb. 4). “I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years …”
Swift took place to disclose the pending arrival of The Tortured Poets Department prior to uploading the cd’s sultry cover virtually right away after she left the phase. “All’s fair in love and poetry…,” she captioned the art work. “New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT.”
Later that evening, the 34-year-old singer-songwriter took home a historical 4th cd of the year for Midnights, yet Swifties were possibly extra ecstatic for the brand-new LP statement, particularly due to the fact that the majority of were anticipating that the artist would certainly introduce her long-awaited Reputation (Taylor’s Version) at the event rather — a lot to make sure that “Rep TV” was trending in advance of the Grammys. Swift has actually been gradually launching re-recorded variations of her initial 6 cds considering that 2021. Following Fearless, Red, Speak Now and 1989, she just has her self-titled launching and Rep delegated go — yet plainly, followers will certainly simply need to wait a bit much longer as the Tortured Poets age holds.
From the launch day to the track titles, see every little thing Billboard finds out about Swift’s 11th cd The Tortured Poets Department listed below.
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The Title
Obviously, the cd is called The Tortured Poets Department — yet followers presume there are layers to that title. Namely, Swifties fasted to keep in mind exactly how comparable it appears to a particular team conversation shared by Swift’s ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn and Paul Mescal, as exposed by the 2 stars in a December 2022 Variety meeting: “The Tortured Man Club.”
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The Cover
In the black-and-white cd cover shared by Swift minutes after revealing the cd, she presents in a black top and shorts with her arms twisted around her body, existing back on white bed linens. Similar to the initial 1989 cover, the leading fifty percent of her face is blocked.
Stylist Joseph Cassell exposed on Instagram that the picture functions Swift using a black cami storage tank top and matching skyscraper briefs from Mary Kate and Ashley’s style brand name The Row.
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When It’s Coming
As exposed by Swift in her Grammys speech, The Tortured Poets Department shows up Friday, April 19.
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The Tracklist
Swift shared the cd’s complete tracklist someday after revealing the task, disclosing that Tortured Poets has an overall of 16 tunes plus one benefit track:
- “Fortnight”
- “The Tortured Poets Department”
- “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys”
- “Down Bad”
- “So Long, London”
- “But Daddy I Love Him”
- “Fresh Out the Slammer”
- “Florida!!!!”
- “Guilty as Sin?”
- “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?”
- “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)”
- “loml”
- “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart”
- “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived”
- “The Alchemy”
- “Clara Bow”
Bonus Track: “The Manuscript”
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The Collaborators
The Tortured Poets Department tracklist included 2 significant cooperations: Post Malone, whose name is billed on course one, “Fortnight,” along with Florence + The Machine on course 8, “Florida!!!”
Both Posty and Florence Welch have actually sung Swift’s commends in the past, with the rap artist calling the pop celebrity “a great f—in’ songwriter” in an October 2023 meeting with Howard Stern, and Welch and Swift trading praises in a 2015 Billboard meeting.
“What sets Florence apart? Everything,” Swift claimed at the time. “Every time I’ve been around her, she is the most magnetic person in the room — surrounded by people who are fascinated by the idea of being near her.”
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A Possible Lyric
While sharing the cd’s cover art to Instagram, Swift additionally consisted of a picture of what seemed a transcribed verse from among the task’s tracks. “And so I enter into evidence/ My tarnished coat of arms,” checks out the message, penciled in black pink on white fixed identified “TTPD.”
“My muses, acquired like bruises/ My talismans and charms/ The tick, tick, tick of love bombs,” it proceeds. “My veins of pitch black ink.”
“All’s fair in love and poetry …,” Swift authorized off the note. “Sincerely, The Chairman of The Tortured Poets Department.”
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Travis Kelce Approves
Swift’s super star sweetheart, Kansas City Chiefs limited end Travis Kelce, exposed in a pre-Super Bowl press meeting that he reached be just one of the vocalist’s beta audiences for The Tortured Poets Department — and his evaluation was a go crazy.
“I have heard some of it, yes, and it’s unbelievable,” he informed Extra on the area at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. “I can’t wait for her to shake up the world when it finally drops.”
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How Long It’s Been in the Works
During her initial Eras Tour display in Japan on Feb. 7 — simply days after initial revealing Tortured Poets — Swift exposed that the task had actually remained in the creating a bit. “I’ve been working on it for about two years,” she informed her group at Tokyo Dome. “I kept working on it throughout the U.S. tour, and when it was perfect — in my opinion when it’s good enough for you — I finished it and I am so, so excited that soon you’ll get to hear it.”
She additionally kept in mind, “I’ve been working on Tortured Poets since right after I turned in Midnights,” which would certainly’ve been a couple of months prior to the last cd decreased in October 2022.
UMMM SHE’S FANATICInG VALUABLE #TokyoTSTheErasTour @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 pic.twitter.com/7vVRyR7xKC
— Nozomi🤍 (@belongwitTaylor) February 7, 2024
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‘The Bolter’ Edition
Swift introduced a 2nd variation of Tortured Poets called “The Bolter” throughout her Feb. 16, 2024, Eras Tour drop in Melbourne, total with an alternating cover that checks out “You don’t get to tell me about sad” on the back.
In area of “The Manuscript,” she verified that this version of the cd will certainly include a benefit track additionally entitled “The Bolter.”
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It Was Therapeutic to Write
While going over the cd throughout her Feb. 16, 2024, display in Melbourne — the exact same one she introduced “The Bolter” scandal sheet — Swift exposed that Tortured Poets is her most cleansing task yet.
“It kind of reminded me of why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life,” she shared, resting at her floral-painted shock track piano. “I’ve never had an album where I needed songwriting more than I needed it on Tortured Poets.”
You’re Losing Me is THE shock track #MelbourneTSTheErasTour 💛 pic.twitter.com/F9R9fa3Rxt
— Iasmina 💌 (@iasmina012) February 16, 2024
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‘The Albatross’ Edition
About a week after revealing the “Bolter” version of Tortured Poets, Swift introduced one more Tortured Poets installation called “The Albatross” throughout her Feb. 23, 2024, display in Sydney, Australia. Again, the 3rd variation of the cd includes its very own cover and minimal benefit track.
Merriam-Webster specifies the term “albatross” as “large web-footed seabirds that have long slender wings, are excellent gliders, and include the largest seabirds” along with “something that causes persistent deep concern or anxiety.”
“Am I allowed to cry?” checks out the back cover.
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‘The Black Dog’ Edition
At her March 3 Eras Tour efficiency in Singapore, Swift introduced the 4th — and last — variation of Tortured Poets. Titled “The Black Dog,” the concern’s cover includes a black-and-white picture of the vocalist considerably covering her arms around her head.
Complete with its very own benefit track, the “Black Dog” version’s tagline is as adheres to: “Old habits die screaming…”
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