Taylor Swift has taken a career of making bold moves and somehow still finds ways to surprise us. At the pinnacle of her career, riding the high of a record-breaking fourth Album of the Year Grammy win, she drops ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, a magnificent and raw breakup album. She navigates through the aftermath of personal relationships gone public, including her split from Joe Alwyn and a brief fling with Matty Healy, laying her emotions bare with the kind of lyricism that’ll have fans and frenemies dissecting every line. All in all, Swift proves that her artistic daring keeps her on top – even when it’s about tumbling from the heights of romance.
Swifties, the Queen of Surprise has done it again, waking up the world at 2am with an unforeseen treasure trove of melodies. Dispensing with the conventional album release strategy, Taylor Swift has delivered a clandestine double feature of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, amplifying the excitement to unprecedented levels. This surprise drop wasn’t a mere handful of tracks but a hefty addition of 15 songs, ballooning the entire collection to a sonorous 31 tracks and over two hours of playtime. Sleep? Who needs it when you’ve got fresh Taylor tunes?
Surprise! Taylor Swift’s "The Tortured Poets Department" is actually a double album. #TTPD. https://t.co/iRgnLNNC0K
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