Several Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> fans were convinced that the name of her album, The Tortured Poets Department<\/em><\/a>, is a nod to ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> \u201cTortured Man Club\u201d group chat. Joe previously revealed the identities of the men who were in the group chat with him \u2013 Paul Mescal<\/strong> and Andrew Scott<\/strong> \u2013 and fans want to learn more about them.\n<\/p>\n Andrew is actually the creator of the \u201cTortured Man Club\u201d group chat, according to Joe. The Conversations With Friends<\/em> star said that he and Andrew \u201cwere both in the Sally Rooney<\/strong> universe and crossed over with Lenny Abrahamson<\/strong>,\u201d during an interview with Variety<\/em><\/a> in December 2022.<\/p>\n However, before Andrew starred as the \u201chot priest\u201d in the film adaptation of Sally\u2019s book Normal People<\/em>, he starred in the series Sherlock<\/em> as Sherlock Holmes\u2019 nemesis, Jim Moriarty, from 2010 to 2017. Andrew said in an interview with The Independent<\/em><\/a> that the role completely changed his career. In 2018, he took on the role of The Priest in Phoebe Waller-Bridge\u2019s<\/strong> series Fleabag<\/em>.<\/p>\n One month after the album was released, Andrew opened up about the club while speaking to Variety<\/em><\/a>. \u201cLet me tell you what that is!\u201d he told the outlet in May 2024. \u201cThey were about to play these tortured characters, and I had played a tortured character in Fleabag. It wasn\u2019t about our own characteristics!\u201d<\/p>\n He then explained that he created the group chat to connect Paul and Joe because they both had starring roles in Sally Rooney<\/strong> adaptations. However, Andrew revealed that the group chat didn\u2019t last long. \u201cI think there were three texts, like, \u2018Hey, guys,\u2019\u201d he recalled. \u201cYou know those groups that you set up, and they just collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n Paul\u2019s first role was in Normal People<\/em> as one of the main characters, Connell Waldron<\/a>, while Joe starred as Nick in Conversations With Friends<\/em>. Both Normal People<\/em> and Conversations With Friends<\/em> are books written by Sally, and the two men became friends through that connection. Paul\u2019s role in the miniseries earned him a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor.<\/p>\n Joe has previously said that the Tortured Man Club group chat \u201cis, I guess, a reflection on Connell and Nick,\u201d during an interview with GQ<\/em><\/a> in May 2022.<\/p>\n When Taylor announced the name of her album The Tortured Poets Department<\/em> at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Swifties immediately began to dig for potential clues about the album. Many fans immediately made the connection between TTPD<\/em> and Joe\u2019s group chat<\/a> and became convinced that the album would feature songs about Taylor and Joe\u2019s breakup. Social media lit up with fans sharing memes about Joe, Paul and Andrew\u2019s reaction when they learned the name of the album.<\/p>\n Days before The Tortured Poets Department<\/em> dropped, Taylor dropped hints by the way of Apple Music and revealed one word a day. On April 18, 2024, the complete sentence read, \u201cWe hereby conduct this post mortem<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n The clue sent Swifties into a flurry as they began to speculate on the meaning behind the sentence.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018WE HEREBY CONDUCT THIS POST MORTEM.\u2019 Her & Joe\u2019s relationship is the dead body. Taylor is the one examining. This album is her report on the examination of their relationship,\u201d a fan<\/a> summed it up.<\/p>\n However, some fans grew less convinced that the title was inspired by Joe<\/span><\/a> when the album was released. While Taylor has not confirmed who inspired each of the tracks on <\/span>TTPD<\/span><\/i>, many fans have speculated that <\/span>most of the album \u2013 including the titular song<\/span><\/a> \u2013 is about Matty Healy<\/strong>. She had a brief fling with the 1975 frontman shortly after she split from Joe.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWho Is Andrew Scott From the \u2018Tortured Man Club\u2019 Group Chat?<\/h2>\n
Who Is Paul Mescal?<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>Why Did Taylor Swift Fans Think the \u2018Tortured Man Club\u2019 Inspired \u2018TTPD\u2019?<\/h2>\n