In 2023, Taylor Swift achieved total pop music ubiquity. Her Eras Tour became the highest-grossing tour of all time. She was named Time’s Person of the Year. She won album of the year at the Grammys. She became a billionaire. And her whirlwind romance with Kansas City football star Travis Kelce launched a hundred Fox News conspiracy theories. Amid this chaos and success, on Friday Swift released her 6th project in three years, “The Tortured Poets Department.” On one hand, the project is proof of...
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Taylor Swift, Bbymutha, Pearl Jam, Chanel Beads, Cavalier, Ekko Astral, Lord Spikeheart, and Big|Brave. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are...
Apple Music teams were working extensively with Taylor Swift to ready her new album and its promotion long before "The Tortured Poets Department" is due to be released. Taylor Swift (Source: Apple Music) Taylor Swift was Apple Music's artist of the year for 2023, so naturally it was going to put some effort into promoting her next release on the streamer. Bringing out a new album on Apple Music is never just about pressing a button, however. Ahead of the actual launch on April 19,...
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"...
Travis Kelce and his brother Jason hosted a live show in Cincinnati on Thursday. They put on a night that was part-podcast, part-gameshow for the crowd in Ohio. READ MORE: Travis and Jason Kelce finally graduate college
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 […]
Given how famous Taylor Swift is, it's natural for fans to be curious about her exes. Over the years, her former partners have been busy with their own lives.
Not only is the first song called “Fortnight” (ignore the typo), but the lyrics from “So High School” reference both GTA and the beloved LucasArts adventure game Full Throttle. Curiously it’s not capitalized, but Swift does seem to be teasing a sequel. [Attachment: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/TgfDRP-EQ5cCLxAlLRbwH2M__Mk=/0x0:1170x1421/1170x1421/filters:focal(585x711:586x712)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25408748/img_7249.jpg]
Taylor Swift suggests she had a problem with alcohol in one of her new songs -- even though, frankly, she's no stranger to booze right now hard to tell if she's serious or not. The singer dropped her new album, "The Tortured Poets Department,"…
Six months after Taylor Swift attended her first Kansas City Chiefs game, Travis Kelce shared the reason he’s surprised the “Karma” singer wanted to date him.
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It's The Tortured Poets Department release day! On Friday, Taylor Swift