Taylor Swift's New Album, The Tortured Poets Department, Is Here, and It Is Bleak
by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair— The full Anthology edition is currently only available online as a digital album, perhaps as a measure to prevent the second half of the album leaking ahead of release, as the standard edition did. However, a recent teaser video had a notable mention of Record Store Day on April 20, which may be a hint at where fans can expect the physical edition to be found first. Through the two-dozen plus songs Swift released, the singer lays bare her turbulent past two years, which included the end of her...
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 […]
Pitchfork—8 Takeaways From Taylor Swift’s New Album The Tortured Poets Department. In the 18 months between 2022’s Midnights and Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, Swift managed to grow into an even bigger cultural force, releasing three deluxe reissues of Midnights, as well as Taylor’s Version re-recordings of 2014’s 1989 and 2010’s Speak Now. Between records, she embarked on the ongoing Eras Tour, a three-hour career retrospective that’s boosted local economies, grossed over a billion dollars, and attracted the level of media attention usually reserved...
The Guardian—Share your thoughts on Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department. We would like to hear your views on Taylor Swift’s surprise double albumWe would like to hear your views on Taylor Swift’s surprise double album, The Tortured Poets Department.Swift’s 11th studio album was released on Friday, and immediately updated with the addition of 15 unexpected bonus tracks as Swift revealed that it was a secret double album. [T]here’s a depth and maturity to this album that makes her competitors look a little wan by comparison. Clearly, the monocultural ubiquity she’s...