TAYLOR’S TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT TRACKLIST IS FULL OF UNHINGED SONG TITLES
Heading into the 2024 Grammys, Swifties were so focused on Reputation re-release Easter eggs that nobody saw Taylor Swift’s even bigger announcement coming. When Swift took to the stage to accept her award for Best Pop Vocal Album (her 13th Grammy overall), she shocked everyone by revealing her next release wouldn’t be one of her old albums, but a completely new one. That’s right — the dramatically named The Tortured Poets Department is coming soon, and the department chairman has already revealed the cover.
As she’s wont to do, Swift pulled a fast one on Swifties on Feb. 4. Rather than announcing Reputation (Taylor’s Version) as her diehard fans had theorized, the pop star used her moment on the Grammys stage to unveil her 11th studio album.
Swift revealed the new collection will be titled The Tortured Poets Department, a name that seems to hold the promise of the songwriter’s most literary pieces to date. Immediately after the announcement, Swift uploaded the album cover to her Instagram, and it might be her moodiest cover art yet.
As you await the new album’s release, here’s every single details Swifties should know.
The First Lyrics Are Full Of Imagery
Along with dropping the album’s cover art, Swift also included a few song lyrics in the announcement post, though it’s unclear which song this is teasing.
As I enter into evidence / My tarnished coat of arms / My muses, acquired like bruises / My talismans and charms / The tick, tick, tick, of love bombs / My veins of pitch black ink
The Tracklist Has Some Pointed Song Titles
The day after announcing the album, Swift unveiled its tracklist on Instagram. The Tortured Poets Department contains 16 tracks, followed by a bonus track. Post Malone and Florence + the Machine are featured on the album:
- Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)
The Tortured Poets Department
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
So Long, London
But Daddy I Love Him
Fresh Out the Slammer
Florida!!! (Florence + the Machine)
Guilty as Sin?
Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?
I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
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I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
The Alchemy
Clara Bow
Bonus Track: The Manuscript
The Release Date Is So Soon
Swift also surprised fans with the Tortured Poets Department release date. Her new era will begin on April 19.
