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The Tortured Poets Department updates — Taylor Swift shares ‘creepy’ trailer for Fortnight music video with Post Malone
TAYLOR Swift has released a teaser trailer for the lead single from her highly anticipated album that drops tonight.
The Grammy-winning artist revealed on Thursday that the lead single from her upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department is Fortnight featuring Post Malone – and she shared a clip from the music video just hours later.
“At this hearing, I stand before my fellow members of The Tortured Poets Department with a summary of my findings,” Taylor shared on social media.
“Album tonight. Fortnight music video tomorrow at 8pm et.”
The black and white clip shows Taylor in dark makeup and period gowns as Post Malone appears in the Poor Things-esque setting as well.
“OK CREEPY CRAZY AESTHETIC TAYLOR. I AM SAT FOR THIS,” one fan reacted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The Fortnight music video will be released at 8 pm ET on Friday after the album drops at midnight tonight.
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Travis explains why he and Taylor watched from the crowd
Travis explained his and Taylor’s decision on this week’s New Heights episode, saying that attending a concert from in front of the stage offers a superior experience.
“I expected you guys to be backstage with the musicians,” Travis’s brother Jason said in the podcast. “But it seemed like you guys were in the crowd.”
“I like to see it from the fans’ perspective,” Travis replied. “Like the people that actually, like, I’m a fan of music, I’m a fan of live shows. I want to see it from the front. We probably could have finessed it that way, but I think it’s just that much more of an experience if you’re in the pit; if you’re in the madness with all the fans.”
Taylor Swift attends Coachella with Travis Kelce ahead of album release
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift were spotted together at Coachella last weekend.
They were seen enjoying performances at the annual music festival in Palm Desert, California, with a large crowd.
Instead of staying backstage to watch the performers play, Kelce and Swift chose to have a more typical festival experience with other attendees, who must have been taken aback to see the couple simply hanging out next to them.
Many more expected to ‘fall victim’ to scams
Swift’s global Eras Tour has had a profound effect on a wide range of people and things. It has caused diplomatic tensions in Singapore, angered fans to file a lawsuit against Ticketmaster, and significant benefits for the tourism industry, local governments, and even food charities.
The highest-grossing tour ever began in the United States in March 2023 and will end in December of the same year. In June, Swift will play the first of 15 shows in the UK.
Desperate fans are more likely to turn to resale sites and social media in search of tickets now that all UK dates have sold out.
Lloyd Bank expects “many more fans fall victim to ticket scams in the coming weeks and months.”
Eras Tour scam affects fans in UK
A significant British bank claims that thousands of Taylor Swift’s admirers in the UK were tricked into purchasing phony tickets for her upcoming Eras Tour shows.
According to a statement released by Lloyds Bank on Wednesday, over 600 clients have reported being defrauded thus far, losing, on average, $414 and, in some cases, more than $1,247.
“As these figures are based solely on Lloyds Bank’s own customer data, it estimates that across the UK there are likely to have been at least 3,000 victims since tickets went on sale, with over £1 million being lost to fraudsters so far,” it said.
Taylor Swift’s mosty popular songs
Here are Taylor Swift’s most popular songs, according to Spotify:
Credit: Spotify
Courtney Love slams Taylor Swift as ‘not important’ ahead of TTPD release
Singer Courtney Love has made comments slamming Taylor Swift ahead of the billionaire’s album release, saying she “positively hates the idea” of 14-time Grammy winner.
“Taylor is not important,” Courtney told the Evening Standard. “She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.”
The singer also made similar comments about Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey.
“I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off,” she said about the Summertime Sadness vocalist.
On the Cowboy Carter singer, Love said, “I mean, I like the idea of Beyoncé doing a country record because it’s about Black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed, not that I like it much. As a concept, I love it. I just don’t like her music.”
Taylor Swift
Fearless
Speak Now
Red
1989
Reputation
Lover
Folklore
Evermore
Midnights
The Tortured Poets Department will be available to fans in just hours on April 19.
Taylor is worth billions, continued
When Swift released a re-recording of her nine-year-old album 1989, she became the first billionaire, according to Bloomberg.
The pop singer is an economic force unto herself, driving tourism dollars to the towns where she performs, thanks to the spending of her hordes of devoted fans on everything Swift.
According to the U.S. Travel Association, her Eras Tour helped local economies in the United States alone to the tune of more than $5 billion.
Swift’s relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has even increased NFL fandom and American football expenditures.
Taylor is worth billions
Taylor Swift is a self-made billionaire because her music has been the main source of her enormous riches.
In addition to pop singers, other extremely successful celebrities have become billionaires through product lines or brand collaborations that have nothing to do with their artistic endeavors.
Swift receives money from the sale of her records, music catalog, concert tour tickets, and streaming partnerships.
She also has many expensive residences all around the United States. Based on examinations of her riches, Bloomberg and Forbes estimate her net worth to be at least $1.1 billion.
All about Taylor Swift
Born December 13, 1989, Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter from the United States.
She is a famous cultural personality of the 21st century, known for her songwriting, musical variety, artistic reinventions, and influence on the music business.
Taylor began composing professionally at the age of 14 and signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 to pursue a career as a country singer.
She recorded six studio albums on Big Machine, four of which were for country radio, beginning with her self-titled album in 2006.
Taylor is one of the best-selling musicians in history, the most-streamed female artist on Spotify, and the only act to have five albums with first-week sales of over one million copies in the United States.
Spotify pop-up explained
Swifties in Los Angeles had a celebration to commemorate the release of TTPD.
A preview of part of the album’s lyrics was given at the three-day event, which took place at the Grove on April 16–18.
Throughout the course of three days, the pages of a manuscript that was the focal point of the installation revealed new lyrics at regular intervals.
Following the album’s name, Florida, on the globe, a bust of a peace sign, a quill and fountain pens, and other possible Easter eggs hidden in the pop-up library, fans flocked to social media to identify them.
When the album officially drops
TTPD will be available on Friday at 12 am ET. It is currently available for preorder on Taylor Swift’s website.
Be ready for any delays if you intend to stream The Tortured Poets Department as soon as it becomes available.
Spotify experienced a brief outage following the release of Swift’s brand-new album Midnights, caused by sheer demand.
‘Huge fan of Post’
Taylor announced her first single in an Instagram post, which features a photo with Post Malone and promotes their song Fortnight.
“The first single from The Tortured Poets Department is…………. Fortnight featuring @postmalone,” she wrote in the post. “I’ve been such a huge fan of Post because of the writer he is, his musical experimentation and those melodies he creates that just stick in your head forever. I got to witness that magic come to life firsthand when we worked together on Fortnight. Honestly can’t wait for you guys to hear this song at Midnight TONIGHT and see the video at 8pm ET TOMORROW.”
TTPD will have bonus songs
The Bolter, The Albatross, The Black Dog, and The Manuscript are the four TTPD variation editions that have been confirmed.
Each variant is called for the bonus track that it will contain. Although Swift has encouraged her fans to preorder these editions on her website, Target also carries the CD and vinyl copies of the album.
Most of the alternative editions—including The Bolter, The Albatross, and The Black Dog—are offered as CDs.
The Manuscript additional song serves as the name of the fourth variation edition, which is exclusively available at Target on CD and vinyl in “phantom clear” or “ghost white” colors.
Preorders for vinyl bundles of the other variation editions—The Bolter, The Albatross, and The Black Dog—that came with a premium CD and cassette were also available from Swift.
24 hours left to a music video release
Fans can look forward to the release of an all-new music video from Taylor Swift exactly 24 hours from now.
It is not yet known for which song the music video will be.
Credit: Instagram // Taylor Swift
TTPD details
The album features songs by Post Malone and Florence and the Machine, while Swift collaborated with Aaron Dessner on her most recent album in addition to her longtime friend Jack Antonoff.
Swift is credited with multiple solo writing credits on this album.
The singer wrote the songs Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me and My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys.
Standard tracklist for TTPD
Fans lovingly refer to The Tortured Poets Department as TTPD. It features 16 all-new songs and four bonus tracks exclusive to each edition. Here is the official tracklist:
Fortnight (featuring Post Malone)
The Tortured Poets Department
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
Down Bad
So Long, London
But Daddy I Love Him
Fresh Out the Slammer
Florida!!! (featuring Florence + The Machine)
Guilty as Sin?
Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?
I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
Loml
I Can Do It with a Broken Heart
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
The Alchemy
Clara Bow
Source says Taylor wrote two songs about Travis
Taylor, 34, is said to have written two love songs for Travis, however, it’s unclear if those are the ones he’s supposedly favorited, per an Us Weekly source last month.
“They have to do with their love story and falling in love with him,” the source said. “They’re very special.”
“Just like most people journal, Taylor writes lyrics,” the source added. “Her relationship with Travis has inspired her.”
Travis Kelce has his favorites off TTPD
Before the album’s formal release on Friday, Travis Kelce is said to have listened to every song on girlfriend Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, and to have already chosen his favorites.
The 34-year-old tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs enjoys “Down Bad” and “loml” the most, but he also “loves everything he has heard,” a source told the Daily Mail on Thursday.
Taylor Swift drops CD single
Fans can now purchase Taylor Swift’s single Fortnight featuring Post Malone off TTPD on her website.
Credit: taylorswift.com
2 pm ET easter egg, continued
Swift also shared a video on social media on Tuesday that featured a schedule for the album’s release.
A clock with a timer at 2:00 was there; this appears to be the same hour as the release of her music video for Anti-Hero and her music video for Bejeweled.
The Instagram video also featured two desks and a typewriter that resembled her website.
2 pm ET easter egg
The hours, minutes, and seconds leading up to Friday—when Taylor Swift releases her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, are being breathlessly counted down by her admirers.
Swift has now placed a real clock on her website—but perhaps for a different reason.
There is a countdown clock on the For a Fortnight page, and it is counting down to Thursday at 2 pm.
The singer’s favorite number, 13, and the typewriter-styled initials “ttpd,” which stand for the record’s title, are shown on the website’s background.
Credit: taylorswift.com
Some fans refuse to listen to reported leaks
A few fans have decided to not participate in listening to the leaks and are saying so online.
“I can’t imagine wanting to listen to it any other way than when it comes out, in track order, and experiencing it/talking about it with other Swifties,” said one fan.
“what the point of leaking something when it comes out in less than 24 hours anyway like literally just CHILL,” wrote another Swiftie.
“I support artists and their music and how they choose to share it, when they choose to share it, and where they choose to share it,” a third wrote. “Listening to this stuff early, is a slap in the face to all the work Taylor is doing to own her work. I’ll be listening on the 19th at midnight!
Fans make comment about reported lyrics
Taylor Swift fans who listened to what reports are calling leaked songs from TTPD have shared their thoughts on social media.
“Where and when tf did taylor say this,” one fan questioned.
“The Charlie Puth line is some real madness,” another tweeted. “that taylor swift ai tiktok audio about her having kelce as her last name had better lyrics omfg.”
‘Leaked’ songs shared on Google Drive
The songs were reportedly shared via a Google Drive link, but user Drew (@hydratedangel) posted a clip on X/Twitter of one of the tunes on Thursday.
Before it was removed, it had gotten one million views.
Supposed ‘lyrics’ from ‘leaked’ song
Fans who have heard the reportedly leaked TTPD are analyzing the lyrics to one of the supposed songs.
One line is being particularly prodded by fans.
Some of the lines in one of the tunes being discussed by fans included references to Charlie Puth and golden retrievers, which sent Swifties into a frenzy.
Taylor Swift’s album reportedly leaked
There are rumors that Taylor Swift’s next album, The Tortured Poets Department, has leaked, and fans are making fun of the lyrics on social media.
The pop icon’s 11th studio album will be released on Friday, April 19.
But according to reports, the 17-song tracklist leaked online on Wednesday night, two days before the album’s scheduled release.
