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Taylor Swift Unleashes ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: Grammy-Winning Artist Delivers Highly Anticipated 11th Studio Album

Entertainment — 04/19/2024

The much-awaited 11th studio album by Taylor Swift, titled The Tortured Poets Department, has been officially released.

The 34-year-old singer of Bad Blооd first revealed the album’s release when attending the 2024 Grammy Awards in February of this year. She has since teased her fans with a “timetable” for the album’s release.

Taylor Swift has officially dropped her new album The Tortured Poets Department

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It is the Bad Blood singer's 11th studio album since she burst onto the music scene in 2006

Fans have speculated that the title of her most recent project was a jab at her ex-partner Joe Alwyn. Additionally, Swift seemed to make reference to the actor earlier this week when she released album lyrics on X.

There are four versions of The Tortured Poets Department in total, along with sixteen songs and an extra track called The Manuscript.

Swift announced that Fortnight, featuring rapper/singer Post Malone, would be the album’s lead single just hours before it was released.

The music video for the song, which will be released on Friday at 8 p.m. EST, has a melancholic teaser that she also shared.

Swift posted a lengthy statement on Instagram upon the album’s release on Thursday night, describing it as ‘an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time – one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.’

As the album hit streaming platforms Thursday night, Swift published a lengthy statement

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Along with her thought provoking words, the lyricist shared a slideshow of gorgeous black-and-white portraits as part of the album's artwork

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'Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it,' she wrote

“This chapter in the author’s life is now closed and boarded up,” she said. After wounds heal, there’s nothing to settle scores on, nothing to аvenge. And when I gave them more thought, I realized that many of them were self-inflicted.

This writer firmly believes that when our tears congeal into ink on a paper, they become holy. We can let go of our darkest tale once we’ve spoken it.

“And then the tortured poetry is all that’s left,” Swift said, announcing that “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is out now.”

The lyricist presented a slideshow of stunning black-and-white photos that were included in the album’s artwork in addition to her thought-provoking lyrics.

Swiftly, reactions from Taylor’s devoted fan base filled social media, with many referring to TTPD as “the best album Taylor has made.”

Many called it a “masterpiece” and complimented her lyrics, while also admitting that they were “crying” over the tunes.

She also released a moody teaser for the song's music video, which will be released Friday at 8pm EST

Fans were taken aback to learn that, just after The Tortured Poets Department was released, a two-hour countdown began on Swift’s Instagram page. As if the anticipation for a new album wasn’t enough.

It seems to be hinting at a possible surprise or new announcement for 2:00 a.m. ET.

The artist has hinted multiple times in the last few days about the significance of the hour of 2:00 a.m.

In addition, a lot of admirers conjectured that the celebrity, who has been re-recording her previous albums in the midst of a dispute over ownership of her work, may be preparing to release her version of her 2017 album Reputation.

Swift has made several references to 2:00 o’clock in recent weeks. She featured a wall clock that was stuck at two o’clock in a teaser video for the album release.