{"id":73726,"date":"2024-02-06T01:46:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T01:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/06\/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-what-to-know\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T01:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T01:46:06","slug":"taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/06\/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-what-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018The Tortured Poets Department\u2019: What to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"


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TS11 officially has a title: The Tortured Poets Department<\/em>! Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> announced her upcoming album<\/a> at the Grammys on February 4, 2024. Fans want to know everything about the next record, including the release date, concept and more.\n<\/p>\n

What Is the Release Date for Taylor Swift\u2019s 2024 Album \u2018The Tortured Poets Department\u2019?<\/h2>\n

The Tortured Poets Department<\/em> will be released on Friday, April 19, 2024.<\/p>\n

Taylor announced the record after winning Best Pop Vocal Album for her 2022 album, Midnights<\/em>, at the Grammys. \u201cI want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I\u2019ve been keeping from you for the last two years,\u201d the pop star said. \u201cWhich is that my brand new album comes out April 19. It\u2019s called The Tortured Poets Department<\/em>. I\u2019m gonna go and post the cover right now backstage. Thank you, I love you!\u201d<\/p>\n

She kept her promise by sharing the album cover<\/a>, which featured her modeling a sheer top and high-waisted shorts and lounging on a bed. \u201cAll\u2019s fair in love and poetry,\u201d she captioned the shot. \u201cNew album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT<\/em>. Out April 19.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The announcement was especially shocking, as fans were convinced that Taylor would actually be revealing<\/a> the release date for her rerecorded album Reputation (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em> at the show. Just hours before the Grammys, Taylor changed all of her social media profile pictures to be black and white, which are the colors of the original Reputation<\/em> album. Well, it turns out that The Tortured Poets Department<\/em> also has a black and white theme!<\/p>\n

What Is the Tracklist for Taylor Swift\u2019s 2024 Album \u2018The Tortured Poets Department?\u2019<\/h2>\n

Taylor confirmed the tracklist for The Tortured Poets Department<\/em> on February 5, 2024. The back cover of the album features the titles of the songs, as well as the quote, \u201cI love you, it\u2019s ruining my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

1. Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)
2. The Tortured Poets Department
3. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
4. Down Bad
5. So Long, London
6. But Daddy I Love Him
7. Fresh Out the Slammer
8. Florida!!! (feat. Florence and the Machine)
9. Guilty as Sin
10. Who\u2019s Afraid of Little Old Me?
11. I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
12. Loml
13. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
14. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
15. The Alchemy
16. Clara Bow
17. Bonus Track: The Manuscript<\/p>\n

Fans were shocked to hear that the album had been something that Taylor was keeping a secret for two years, meaning she was planning it since the beginning of 2022. Considering Midnights<\/em> came out in October 2022, the timeline had fans questioning where the \u201cKarma\u201d singer got the inspiration for album No. 11.<\/p>\n

The timing also seemingly hinted that none of the songs would be about Travis Kelce<\/strong>, whom Taylor didn\u2019t start dating<\/a> until the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the superstar ended her relationship with Joe Alwyn<\/strong> at the beginning of 2023. However, she appeared to previously reveal that their troubles started long before that with the release of \u201cYou\u2019re Losing Me\u201d in May 2023. The song\u2019s producer, Jack Antonoff<\/strong>, later shared that the emotional breakup song was actually written in December 2021. Based on the song titles of TTPD<\/em>, fans are speculating that the album is a record about her split from Joe.<\/p>\n

What Is Taylor Swift\u2019s 2024 Album \u2018The Tortured Poets Department\u2019?<\/h2>\n

Along with her Instagram announcement of the new album, Taylor also gave some insight into what we can expect from the record.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so I enter into evidence, the tarnished coat of arms,\u201d she wrote. \u201cMy muses, acquired like bruises, my talisman and charms, the tick, tick of love bombs, my veins of pitch black ink.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also referred to herself as \u201cThe Chairman of the Tortured Poets Department\u201d in the message.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n