Could there be a Taylor Swift new album rollout without a few additional surprises? No. On Friday, the pop star released her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” an amalgamation of her previous work and reflecting the artist who — at the peak of her powers — has spent the last few years re-recording her life’s work and touring its material, filtered through synth-pop anthems, breakup ballads, provocative and matured considerations.
Quick Read
- Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” a blend of her past musical themes, which showcases her evolution as an artist.
- Swift surprised fans by dropping a second part of the album, “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology,” at 2 a.m. Eastern, containing 15 additional songs inspired by her recent poetry.
- In an Instagram post, Swift explained her creative process, noting that the additional songs stemmed from two years of writing “tortured poetry.”
- The new tracks echo the styles of her “evermore” and “folklore” albums, with significant contributions from her collaborator Aaron Dessner.
- This dual release strategy recalls Swift’s past surprise releases, including the “3am” edition of “Midnights” in 2022 and “evermore” shortly after “folklore” in 2020.
The Associated Press has the story:
Taylor Swift released double album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’
Newslooks- NEW YORK (AP) —
Could there be a Taylor Swift new album rollout without a few additional surprises? No. On Friday, the pop star released her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” an amalgamation of her previous work and reflecting the artist who — at the peak of her powers — has spent the last few years re-recording her life’s work and touring its material, filtered through synth-pop anthems, breakup ballads, provocative and matured considerations.
“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,” Swift wrote in an Instagram caption. “And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours.”
The songs are a natural continuation of the first half of the album; many return to her “evermore” and “folklore” sound, with an assist from her collaborator Aaron Dessner.
This is not Swift’s first time surprising her fans, and certainly not her first time doing so with a surprise album release. A few months after “folklore” was released in 2020, she announced “evermore” would arrive at the midnight the same day. And speaking of midnight, she dropped a “3am” edition of “Midnights” featuring seven new tracks in 2022 a handful of hours after the original release.
