WHAT WE KNOW: TAYLOR SWIFT’S NEW ALBUM ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’

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By now, anyone has has even a cursory knowledge of social media or sees trending news knows by now that the pop artist of now, Taylor Swift, has an eleventh album incoming. Tonight the pop star attended the Grammy’s where she did take home wins, but also made the ‘two year secret’ announcement of a new album, The Tortured Poets Department. We’re here to share all (the scant information) we know about this album. taylor swift’s the tortured poets department

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Apart from the album title and the cover artwork, we know very few additional things. But here is what we know.

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WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT’S THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT

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April 19th will be the release date of The Tortured Poets Department

The album will have sixteen tracks, and one bonus track.

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As is the case of most of her albums (that they have bonus tracks), that bonus track will be titled The Manuscript

Swift’s Instagram caption reads as follows “All’s fair in love and poetry… New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Out April 19 🤍”

Less than 24 hours after the album title and announcement, the tracklist is already here (likely due to leaks on social media) and is as follows:

• Fortnight featuring Post Malone
• 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!!! featuring Florence and 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
• Bonus track: The Manuscript

More Updates. Swift will release another edition of the album called ‘The Bolter,’ which will be the bonus track on that edition. The album artwork (below) is also different.

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Though there is no confirmation, in all likelihood places like Target will also sell bonus editions of the album with special cover art and photos.

THOUGHTS

While I respect that Taylor matures (as she should) and so will her art, strictly by the looks of this album, I don’t see this being a favorite. Like always I know I’ll find songs I like, but collectively I don’t see this being an album I rank highly. I think there’s a difference between maturing and doing something “just because” you’re a certain age. Swift, when making the announcement, says she kept this a secret for two years.

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Regardless of these thoughts, Taylor Swift is the only artist I consistently listen to in terms of paying attention to the new albums she releases, and keeping in that tradition, I know I’ll continue with this album too. taylor swift’s the tortured poets department

PS; I don’t know about anyone else, but today, in the aftermath of this announcement, I find all of the theories and such crazy! I barely see any of the look-what-this-could-mean or what the April release date meant in history, and even at the twenty (or so) tweets I do see, I’m exhausted. Like, how does anyone find the attention span to do this? When did music stop being music and just for enjoyment or for us to find personal meaning in?? Like, let me just anticipate the songs and enjoy them!

Over to you now, what are you hoping to discover in The Tortured Poets Department? Are you excited about this album? How do feel about the look of the album? Will you pick it up on April 19? Comment all of the thoughts below. Let’s converse.

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