Taylor Swift’s most recent album ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ was released on April 19. Swifties believed her 6 year relationship with Joe Alwyn served as the basis to some of the heartbreaking tunes of the 11th studio album.
Taylor Swift has dropped The Tortured Poets Department!
Taylor Swift, the pop sensation has meticulously crafted some of the most unforgettable songs by revealing intimate information about her romantic relationships and heartbreaks in her last ten albums. She’s been in a romantic mood for the past five years. Her six-year relationship with British actor Joe Alwyn served as the inspiration for songs such as Delicate, Lover, Invisible String, and Lavender Haze. Then, it was revealed that they had broken up in April 2023, a month after Swift began her record-breaking Eras tour.
She dropped ‘The Anthology,’ a 15-song extension, two hours after the original album. “I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second instalment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours, ” wrote Taylor.
It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album. ✌️ I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine… pic.twitter.com/y8pyDK8VTd
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) April 19, 2024
Inside Taylor Swift’s 16-Track Album
The singer-songwriter released her debut 16-track album on Friday at midnight Eastern Time. Post Malone and Florence + The Machine collaborated on two of the tunes. The album’s various vinyl versions include four additional bonus tracks – ‘The Manuscript,’ ‘The Bolter,’ ‘The Albatross,’ and ‘The Black Dog.’ The Anthology contains the four tunes in addition to eleven more brand-new songs.
- Fortnight (Ft. Post Malone)
- The Tortured Poets Department
- My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys
- Down Bad
- So Long, London
- But Daddy I Love Him
- Fresh Out the Slammer
- Florida!!! (Ft. Florence + the Machine)
- 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
Taylor Swift Dives Deep Into Past Relationship
Taylor Swift’s fans aka the Swifties expressed their admiration for the album. In each song from her highly anticipated new album, The Tortured Poets Department, she revealed cryptic clues that fans must figure out to uncover the hidden meanings. Taylor Swift refuses to hold back when discussing the intricacies of her previous relationships with her ex-boyfriends Matty Healy and Joe Alwyn. Taylor Swift creates an intensely personal double breakup album that provides light into her feelings and experiences with cold precision.
‘But Daddy I Love Him,’ a particularly fascinating song, throws listeners with lyrics that seem to hint at her previous connection with the singer’s much-discussed ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
Breaking Down Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’
This time, the vocalist is lost and confused. She is vulnerable in a manner we have never heard of before. She sings about sobbing at the gym, comfort-eating kid’s cereal, and being so miserable she can’t even get out of bed. And even when she’s glowing from her Eras tour, the mourning shroud still covers her.
Once the songs were unveiled, Taylor penned an elaborate note on X (formerly known as Twitter) which read, “The Tortured Poets Department. 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. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted. This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it. And then all that’s left behind is the tortured poetry. The Tourtured Poets Department is out now.”
The Tortured Poets Department. 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. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and… pic.twitter.com/41OObGyJDW
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) April 19, 2024
Earlier, Taylor Swift has penned songs about her former boyfriends, including, Joe Jonas (Mr Perfectly Fine), Harry Styles (Style), Jake Gyllenhaal (All Too Well), and John Mayer (Dear John). Taylor Swift is currently dating NFL player Travis Kelce.
