"The Tortured Poets Department" Taylor Swift releases big heartbreak double album
Taylor Swift has released a new album. "The Tortured Poets Department" is her eleventh album - and surprise for all Swifties: it's even a double album.
03.07.2024, 08:16
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- Taylor Swift has released her new, eleventh album.
- "The Tortured Poets Department" is the title of the work.
- Love and heartbreak are (again) the big themes that Swift sings about.
Heartbreak is the major theme of Taylor Swift's new album, which the superstar released on Friday.
Musically, the 34-year-old, who once again worked closely with US musician Jack Antonoff on "The Tortured Poets Department", is breaking new ground.
Swift's eleventh studio album is characterized by melancholic, keyboard-heavy retro soft pop.
Two hours after Swift released the first version of the new album with 16 songs last night, there was a surprise: the musician released another version with the addition of "The Anthology" and more tracks, 31 in total. Swift wrote that "The Tortured Poets Department" was a double album.
Taylor Swift once again sings about the great theme of love
On the album's themes, Taylor Swift wrote on Instagram on Friday: "This writer is a firm believer that our tears become sacred in the form of ink on a page. When we've spoken our saddest story, we can release ourselves from it. And then only the tortured poetry remains."
Fans had already speculated before the release that Swift could be referring to her ex-partner Joe Alwyn in the lyrics, with whom she was together for several years until 2023. On Friday, some also brought British musician Matty Healy into play, whom Swift was rumored to have dated briefly in 2023.
In the title track "The Tortured Poets Department", the narrator sings about an ex-lover with whom she went through a brief, intense phase. She describes him as a "tattooed golden retriever" who smokes - fans recognized Healy, the singer of the band The 1975.