Studio album number 11 – The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift has officially been released.
Taylor Swift releases the album The Tortured Poets Department
At 11:00 a.m. April 19 (Vietnam time), the 11th studio album of Taylor Swift — The Tortured Poets Department was officially released. Introducing her new album right on the 2024 Grammy stage, Taylor Swift made the music industry “stand still”. Music fans around the world are anxiously counting down the minutes until they hear new music from the woman known as “music industry”.
From the title to the promotional information, The Tortured Poets Department is exactly the album that “exposes” Taylor Swift’s 6-year love affair with “British poet” Joe Alwyn.
Taylor Swift has officially released studio album number 11 – The Tortured Poets Department
The album has a total of 16 tracks, starting with the song Fortnight featuring Post Malone. This is also the lead single whose MV was released by Taylor Swift at 7:00 a.m. April 20 (Vietnam time). Throughout The Tortured Poets Department, the connection can be seen between the intimate material that appeared in Evermore, folklore and the synth-pop melodies of Midnights.
Taylor Swift begins the album with Fortnight
Taylor Swift created a melodic background that highlights her ability to lead the story through lyrics, a “splendidly chaotic” musical space. The songs follow the same detailed storytelling style as folklore and evermore do. However, instead of fictional characters, Taylor is not afraid to mention real characters, typically mentioning the name Charlie Puth in the track The Tortured Poets Department. Taylor Swift’s storytelling is brutally honest, as she introduces through the album title.
Taylor Swift’s storytelling is brutally honest, as she introduces through the album title The Tortured Poets Department
It’s not difficult to see the hidden meanings of Taylor’s 6-year love affair with Joe Alwyn in the lyrics. This is not a sweet love poem, The Tortured Poets Department is the complete opposite of the story of Lover, even “ripped off”. She exposed her dreamlike 6-year love affair with the “British poet”, many verses revealed the reason for the breakup, the pain and how the two pushed each other in different directions.
It’s not difficult to see the hidden meanings of Taylor’s 6-year love affair with Joe Alwyn in the lyrics
Notably, in the opening song Fortnight, the lyric line “My husband is cheating; I wanna k*** him; I love you, it’s ruining my life…” hints at Joe Alwyn’s betrayal behind his back. Taylor Swift. The singer called Joe Alwyn her husband, faced with the betrayal, she loved him, it ruined her life. Previously, Taylor planted a “hint” that the two had considered getting married, proposing 6 times through details of 6 wedding invitations displayed in the outdoor library for promotion.
The hottest thing right now is the album The Tortured Poets Department
As usual every time Taylor Swift releases a new album, the male lead of the album will become the media focus. Taylor’s details and hidden meanings about her old love story will be overturned and dissected on various platforms. The hottest thing right now is the album The Tortured Poets Department.
On the official pages, Taylor Swift describes her album: “A collection of works that reflect events, opinions and emotions from a fleeting and fateful moment – a work that is both sensational and grief in equal measure. This phase of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and the cover closed…” The singer sends a message of peace: “There is nothing to take revenge on.” , there is no point in settling once the wound has healed.”
Rolling Stone immediately gave Taylor Swift’s new album an absolute score
Taylor Swift’s music storm has now officially begun. Not only does it sweep across platforms and charts, the return of the “music industry” also makes experts unable to sit still. After 15 minutes of The Tortured Poets Department broadcasting, Rolling Stone music magazine gave a perfect score – 100 points and labeled this 16-track album an instant classic.
Rolling Stone gave Taylor’s new album a perfect score – 100 points and labeled it an instant classic
Rolling Stone conducted a comprehensive review of the album, commenting favorably on Taylor’s storytelling ability. After 10 studio albums, composing has become an indispensable part of the “Snake Queen”‘s routine. Taylor Swift’s realistic descriptions, names included in the album, and writing style containing many “easter eggs” have been raised to a new level.
Taylor Swift’s realistic descriptions, names included in the album, and writing style containing many “easter eggs” have been raised to a new level.
“You can hear a lot of comments saying that this is an album made after the Eras Tour, an album bigger than Taylor could have dreamed… The Tortured Poets Department feels like Taylor Swift is writing Folk-more ballads, but brings stadium power to the studio.
The Tortured Poets Department is reminiscent of reputation, and like reputation, it seems designed to keep many people trying to decipher it. In Summary Poem, Taylor calls it “a summary, a rewind of details/For the purpose of warning/For the purpose of reminder,” but everyone can hear it deeply in the music. . In all of these songs, Taylor truly demonstrates her motto ‘all is fair in love and poetry’. But in the way shown through The Tortured Poets Department, both love and poetry become brutal,” Rolling Stone wrote.
