‘Tortured Poets Department’ ushers in new Taylor Swift era
It’s the dawn of a new era – a new Taylor Swift era, that is.
At midnight, the 14-time Grammy Award-winning artist released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” which she first announced at the Grammys in February.
For those of you who didn’t stay up for the midnight release, here’s what we know about the new album.
While accepting the pop vocal album award for “Midnights” – her first of two wins that night – Swift thanked her fans by divulging “a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last
two years, which is that my brand-new album comes out April 19.”
The announcement came as a shock to Swifties, who had theorized that the singer would instead announce “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” at the
awards ceremony. (That the albums seem to share a B&W aesthetic didn’t help.)
WHEN DOES ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’ COME OUT?
Following a whirlwind promotional week, “The Tortured Poets Department” arrived at midnight Eastern on Friday.
Swift began making the album directly after she turned in “Midnights,” and it took her about two years to complete, she said during her first Eras Tour show in Japan on Feb. 7.
“I kept working on it throughout the U.S. tour, and when it was perfect – in my opinion when it’s good enough for you – I finished it, and I am so, so excited that soon you’ll get to hear it,” she told the crowd.
WHAT GENRE IS IT?
In Target’s product description for “The Tortured Poets Department” vinyl, the album is classified as pop, but the singer herself has not indicated where the album lands with respect to genre.
Instead, the self-proclaimed “chairman of the Tortured Poets