Taylor Swift Surprise Releases 'The Tortured Poets Department' As Double Album
Friday, 19 April 2024
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Beth Garrabrant
Taylor Swift has surprised fans by releasing a double album.
Swifties were preparing themselves for the 16-track 'The Tortured Poets Department' dropping today (April 19), but have also been treated to 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology' on digital platforms. The second instalment of the record features 15 more songs. In a statement accompanying the new release, Swift revealed:
“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.”
Fortnight featuring Post Malone has been named as the record's lead single, and the track's video will premiere at 8pm EST today. Head below to check out a teaser clip the superstar singer-songwriter shared on social media. Breaking the news, she said:
"I’ve been such a huge fan of Post because of the writer he is, his musical experimentation and those melodies he creates that just stick in your head forever. I got to witness that magic come to life firsthand when we worked together on Fortnight."
Swift will continue her record-breaking Eras Tour this spring and summer in the UK and Europe. She's also got a limited North American run scheduled for the fall, with stops lined up in Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Toronto and Vancouver.
At this hearing, I stand before my fellow members of The Tortured Poets Department with a summary of my findings.
Album tonight.
Fortnight music video tomorrow at 8pm et.https://t.co/BAtr2MpPIspic.twitter.com/hWsrsXSQuW
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
The first single from The Tortured Poets Department is…………. Fortnight featuring @postmalone 🤍 I’ve been such a huge fan of Post because of the writer he is, his musical experimentation and those melodies he creates that just stick in your head forever. I got to witness that… pic.twitter.com/b6cqrHkbE1
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