Taylor Swift has finally dropped her anticipated 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department.
Is the Tortured Poets Department Out?
The album hit streaming platforms Thursday night.
How Many Songs Are in The Tortured Poets Department?
The album has a total of four versions, as well as a 16 songs and a bonus track titled The Manuscript
The 34-year-old initially announced the album while attending the 2024 Grammys earlier this year in February before she recently teased a ‘timetable’ to her fans ahead of the LP’s release.
Who Is Taylor Swift’s New Album About?
The title of her latest work had caused fans to speculate that the name was aimed at her ex, Joe Alwyn.
Meanwhile the Bad Blood singer doesn’t shy away from the speculation as she appeared to reference the actor as she shared lyrics from the album on X earlier this week …. there must really be a bad blood between them.
Hours before the album dropped, Swift revealed that the album’s lead single would be Fortnight featuring rapper/singer Post Malone.
She also released a moody teaser for the song’s music video, which will be released Friday at 8pm EST.
What Is the meaning of The Tortured Poets Department?
Swift published a lengthy statement on Instagram where she described the album 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.’
She continued: ‘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,’ concluded Swift, as she announced: ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is out now.’
Along with her thought provoking words, the lyricist shared a slideshow of gorgeous black-and-white portraits as part of the album’s artwork.
Fans React
After TTPD was released, fans were left stunned as they noticed a two-hour countdown went live on her Instagram page
It seemingly suggests a potential new announcement or a surprise coming at 2:00. a.m. ET.
The singer has dropped numerous hints in the past days that the 2:00 a.m. hour has a special meaning.
