I’m sure most of us were expecting Taylor Swift to win “Best Pop Vocal Album” during the 2024 Grammy Awards last Sunday, February 5, 2024. Listening to “Midnights” gave us this floaty, dreamy, sort of Alice in Wonderland and romantic kind of story that only Taylor Swift would be creative enough to write – it was no wonder she won an award that night for the eleventh time in a row. As everyone watched her walked through that stage in her elegant, black-and-white gown, we all expected her to announce the release of her version of “reputation”. With all the profile picture changes leading up to that week, everyone knew it was only a matter of time before its released to the public.
What we didn’t expect was when she starts announcing her brand new album, “The Tortured Poets Department”, along with the cover photo (left) and what seems to be lines from a song in the album on her Instagram account.<br><br>In this blog post, I’ll be more than happy to share everything I know about the upcoming album and why it’s generating so much buzz on the Internet. If you’re a Swiftie like me, feel free to read on!
What's The Tortured Poets Department All About?
Based from the album title, I’m taking a guess here and say that the album’s theme sort of tells a story of artists and poets’ challenges and internal conflicts in their desperate attempt at expressing their art or their feelings.
While we don’t have a single clue on how the tracks are going to sound yet, it was said that some fans went digging and found out about the discussion Joe Alwyn had with Paul Mescal last December 2022 where both men talked about having a WhatsApp group chat with Andrew Scott called “The Tortured Man Club”.
Taylor and Joe broke up not more than four months after this discussion was aired on Vintage.
Revealed tracks
Side A
- Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)
- The Tortured Poets Department
- My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
- Down Bad
Side B
- So Long, London
- But Daddy I Love Him
- Fresh Out the Slammer
- Florida!!! (Florence + the Machine)
Side C
- Guilty As Sin
- Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?
- I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
- loml
Side D
- I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
- The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
- The Alchemy
- Clara Bow
- Bonus Track: “The Manuscript"
Inspired by her love for pop punk, post-hardcore, and metal, Rae Irene Bartolome (or Rae, as her friends call her) grew up in Metro Manila dreaming of having her own band. A graduate of De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde in Hospitality Management, she now works as an Executive Assistant. Rae spent her school years immersed in music, writing band fanfictions on Wattpad. She’s a concert enthusiast, especially for All Time Low, and hopes to catch Alex Gaskarth’s attention one day. She enjoys cosplaying, gaming, and you can easily be her friend by offering a drink or singing lines from her favorite bands like All Time Low, Pierce the Veil, Sleeping with Sirens, or Bring Me The Horizon.
