The 5 tracks you need to hear from Taylor Swift's surprise 'Tortured Poets' companion
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— Taylor Swift just can’t stop. Two hours after she dropped her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” late Thursday night, the pop superstar revealed that the LP’s 16 tracks represent just half of what she described as “a secret DOUBLE album.” The other half, she added, comprises 15 more songs and completes a massive collection called “The Anthology” that’s all but certain to take up nearly one-third of Billboard’s Hot 100 when its tracks hit the charts. On first listen, the bonus...
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