Taylor Swift reveals first single from "The Tortured Poets Department" ahead of new album's highly anticipated release

CBS News— Taylor Swift wrote about her highly anticipated new album "The Tortured Poets Department" hours ahead of its expected release. Swift took to social media Thursday afternoon to say the first single from the album was "Fortnight" featuring Post Malone.Swift praised the Grammy-nominated artist's musical experimentation and melodies "that just stick in your head forever." "I got to witness that magic come to life firsthand when we worked together on Fortnight," Swift said in a tweet."Fortnight"...

Music Business Worldwide—Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ becomes first album to cross 300m Spotify streams in a single day. The Tortured Poets Department broke multiple Spotify records in less than 24 Hours Source

Digital Music News—Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Becomes First Album in Spotify History to Cross 300 Million Streams in a Single Day. Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ breaks multiple Spotify records in 24 hours, becoming the first album in Spotify history to cross 300 million streams in a single day. On Friday, April 19, the day of its release, The Tortured Poets Department was the first album in Spotify history to have over 300 million streams […]

Variety—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 […]