Taylor Swift, Joe Alwyn and the pain of giving away ‘youth for free’
Taylor Swift released her 11th album “The Tortured Poets Department” last week − and with it, more soul-bearing lyrics like this one that are hitting deep for fans: “And I’m pissed off you let me give you all that youth…
Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’: An honest, unnecessary review
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Taylor Swift’s references on ‘Tortured Poets’ tracks: a deep dive
Taylor Swift dropped a double album on Friday for her 11th era. She released a total of 31 — the inverse of her favorite number 13 — songs. From “Fortnight” to “The Manuscript,” here are some of the references she…
Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ is a lyrical letdown
When Taylor Swift announced her new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” earlier this year at the Grammys, I was equal parts curious and unaffected. Even as a lifelong fan, I wasn’t fond of her previous effort, “Midnights,” cause I found…
Taylor Swift seems to have dropped two new songs about Kim Kardashian
Taylor Swift surprised all her fans Friday morning when just two hours after the initial midnight release of her new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” she released a secret second half of the album with 15 additional songs. Swift released…
Read Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks’ prologue, epilogue to ‘TTPD’
As she has with previous albums, Taylor Swift gifted fans with a prologue, adding contextual clues to help unlock “The Tortured Poets Department.” Only this time, there’s a prologue and an epilogue. For the opening of “TTPD,” Swift mentor and…
‘I Can Do it With a Broken Heart’
Taylor Swift, the new poet laureate of pop, released her 11th album and with it a song that is so quintessentially Taylor. Swift is an expert at Trojan horse songs: Lyrics that cut hidden beneath an innocuous, upbeat melody….
Taylor Swift’s song ‘Florida!!!’ is ‘one hell of a drug’
The only song in Taylor Swift’s discography to include three exclamation points, “Florida!!!” is one of two collaborations on “The Tortured Poets Department.” Swift teams up with Florence + The Machine for Track 8. Swift’s dad, Scott, told fans in…
Live updates as ‘Tortured Poets’ releases
Tick. Tick. Tick. When the clock strikes midnight ET, a meeting of “The Tortured Poets Department” will be called to order. Taylor Swift will begin her 11th era with a new album, which is sure to feature stacks of poetry…
Taylor Swift announces ‘Tortured Poets’ music video
Taylor Swift has released a new timetable associated with the release of her 11th era album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” A video posted to the singer’s Instagram account begins on a clock pointed at 2 o’clock. This is the same…