• Valley’s ‘Tortured Poets’ fully embracing new Taylor Swift album

    It felt appropriate to write about Swifties celebrating the release of “The Tortured Poets Department” by streaming the album. To the joy or dismay of many Americans, Taylor Swift and her art have come to define pop culture.

    • CNN

    ‘Tortured Poets’ meet ‘Dead Poets’ in Taylor Swift’s ‘Fortnight’ video

    Taylor Swift and Post Malone are trying to get through a seemingly painful black-and-white era. The music video for “Fortnight,” the lead single off Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “Tortured Poets Department,” debuted on Friday night. The duet features the two artists in various states of melancholy reflection and despair, set in a dystopian and mostly monochromatic world. The video starts with Swift chained to a matressless iron bed frame in a white observation room. After begrudgingly...

    • KTVZ

    ‘Tortured Poets’ meet ‘Dead Poets’ in Taylor Swift’s ‘Fortnight’ video

    By Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Post Malone are trying to get through a seemingly painful black-and-white era. The music video for “Fortnight,” the lead single off Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “Tortured Poets Department,” debuted on Friday night. The duet features the two artists in various states of melancholy reflection and

    • KIFI

    ‘Tortured Poets’ meet ‘Dead Poets’ in Taylor Swift’s ‘Fortnight’ video

    By Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Post Malone are trying to get through a seemingly painful black-and-white era. The music video for “Fortnight,” the lead single off Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “Tortured Poets Department,” debuted on Friday night. The duet features the two artists in various states of melancholy reflection and

  • Drake Uses A.I. Tupac and Snoop Dogg Vocals on ‘Taylor Made Freestyle,’ References Taylor Swift’s New Album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

    The beef between Drake and what continues to be a strong sect of the hip-hop community grows deeper. On Friday night (April 19), the rapper released a song on his social media entitled “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which uses A.I. vocals from Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg on a stopgap between diss records as he awaits […]

    • CHCH

    Taylor Swift releases “The Tortured Poets Department”

    Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. From “X” to Google Trends and YouTube… the top story everyone is talking about today is Taylor Swift, and Swifties were served a treat. The superstar released her 11th album – “The Tortured Poets Department” – at midnight with 16 tracks. But two hours later, she released another 15-song album titled “The Tortured Poets Department: […]

  • ‘Tortured Poet’ Taylor Swift offers troubled tales of our time

    When Taylor Swift sings, people pay attention. Over the past two decades, her words have become the backdrop of movies, life milestones, wedding dances and long car rides. Love her or hate her, the pop star’s cultural influence is undeniable. Swift grapples with the weight of her words in her latest offering “The Tortured Poets […] The post ‘Tortured Poet’ Taylor Swift offers troubled tales of our time first appeared on OSV News.

  • I'd Be Lying If I Said Tortured Poets Department Doesn't Have Me Worried About Taylor Swift

    The Tortured Poets Department has been out in the world for several days now, and the biggest takeaway that I’m noticing from the Swifties is that it’s clear Taylor Swift needs a break from the chaos. I mean, she’s gone from strength to strength as a writer and performer, she’s clearly happy in her current […]

  • Critics love Taylor Swift's 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT'

    Taylor Swift is earning inexplicably rave reviews from music critics for her eleventh studio album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, released on April 19. It currently holds a Metascore of 84 based on 12 reviews, making it her fourth highest scored album behind 2020's folklore (88) and evermore (85) and 2022's Midnights (also 85)."Taylor became a legend as the poet laureate of teen romance. But that was kid stuff compared to the adult heartbreak of her stunning new album the cathartic confession...

  • Taylor Swift (and her tortured poets) just blew up her own Spotify records

    Taylor Swift has once again stolen a record from herself—which must be a nice change of pace, after all that shit that went down with her masters a few years back—with Spotify announcing today that Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, has already smashed the record for most streamed albums in a single day. A record previously held by one Taylor Swift, for 2022's Midnights, which just barely managed to fend off a challenge last year from 1989 (Taylor’s Version) by Swift, T. ...

  • Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ breaks records with blockbuster debut

    There was never any doubt that Taylor Swift’s latest release, “The Tortured Poets Department,” was going to be big. The question was just how big.

  • Will ‘Tortured Poets’ Be Added to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour?

    Overanalyzing a 15 second video? That’s just the beginning.