The National's Aaron Dessner Shares Statement On New Taylor Swift Album


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Stereogum— As you may have heard, today marks the release of Taylor Swift's new album The Tortured Poets Department, which turned out to be a surprise...

Daily Mail—Taylor Swift's longtime collaborator Aaron Dessner praises her for sharing most 'vulnerable and cathartic' lyrics of her career with new album The Tortured Poets Department. Taylor Swift's longtime collaborator Aaron Dessner said he is 'continually astonished by her skills' while speaking about their work on her latest album The Tortured Poets Department.

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...

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 […]