tortured poets Updated Apr. 5, 2024
Teacher Taylor Swift Teaches a Lesson in Heartbreak
By Justin Curto, who covers music, TELEVISION, and celeb for Vulture
Picture: Gilbert Flores/Billboard through Getty Images
Taylor Swift accepted her 13th Grammy in a manner just she would– by revealing her next Grammy winner, The Tortured Poets DepartmentSwift’s 11th album will be out April 19, and obviously, it’s got a remarkable black-and-white cover. Swift shared the surprise as she won Best Pop Vocal Album for her last initial release, Midnightscontinuing a little bit of a pattern after she revealed that album while accepting a prize at the 2022 VMAs. Now, she’s totally leaning into being a teacher (she does have a doctorate) with her very first lesson: mentor Swifties everything about the 5 phases of heartbreak and sorrow that surrounded the album statement. Get a note pad, here’s whatever we understand about Swift’s latest album.
Swift dropped a tracklist as she was on her method to Japan for the Eras trip in February. TTPD will include 16 tracks with one perk tune entitled “The Manuscript” on the basic edition. And she’s not running the department alone; Post Malone and Florence + the Machine are both included on the album, with Malone kicking things off throughout curriculum week on “Fortnight” (and not on Fortnite; sorry, players).
For the alternative collectors, Swift will launch (up until now) 4 various variations of the album, each with a brand-new benefit track: “The Manuscript,” “The Bolter,” “The Albatros,” and “The Black Dog.” While the last 3 were just readily available on her main webstore for a minimal time, if history repeats itself, they’ll probably returned once again as the album comes better.
Teacher Swift has a master’s in heartbreak anthems and has actually apparently leaned into the 5 phases of sorrow theory circling the previous month and launched “5 Stages of Heartbreak” playlists. As Apple Music puts it: “When Swifties concur upon a theory, Taylor takes an interest– so, naturally, she’s reacted by crafting a series of special playlists, selecting tunes of her own that fit each phase.” She twisted the knife a bit when she included tunes like “Lover” and “betty” to the Denial playlist (the very first phase) called after among the upcoming TTPD lyrics, “I Love You, It’s Ruining My Life.” Below are all 5 of the playlists. Here is a caution: Your preferred Swift love tune may have a brand-new significance.
The preliminary statement was a little a curveball for Swifties, who had actually been anticipating Swift to reveal her upcoming Taylor’s Version of Track record rather. The ties were certainly black, and the lies were undoubtedly white! Together with the statement and album cover, Swift published a poem on Twitter:
Therefore I participate in proof
My ruined coat of arms
My muses,
