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The Tortured Poets Department
Studio album by
Taylor Swift
ReleasedApril 19, 2024 (2024-04-19)
LabelRepublic
ProducerJack Antonoff
Taylor Swift chronology
1989 (Taylor's Version)
(2023) 		The Tortured Poets Department
(2024)

The Tortured Poets Department is the upcoming eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, and is set for release on April 19, 2024, through Republic Records. Swift announced the album on February 4, 2024, at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards after winning the Best Pop Vocal Album award for her tenth studio album, Midnights (2022). It consists of sixteen songs, with physical format releases including a bonus track titled "The Manuscript".

Background and release

Swift released her tenth studio album, Midnights, on October 21, 2022, to widespread commercial and critical success, becoming the biggest album of the year.[1] The following year, she released two re-recorded albums, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) and 1989 (Taylor's Version), as part of her re-recording project. Midnights was nominated for six Grammy Awards at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on February 4, 2024.[2]

On February 4, the morning of the Grammy Awards, Swift teased the release of an album by changing her profile picture across all social media platforms to a black and white version of the already existing cover artwork of Midnights. This led to her fans speculating online that she was preparing to release Reputation (Taylor's Version), a forthcoming re-recording of her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017).[3] Swift's website also appeared to have crashed, replaced with the non-existent HTTP status code 321, as well as error code "hneriergrd", which fans deciphered to be an anagram spelling "red herring".[4] Fans also analyzed the source code of her website and found hidden, foreign-language words, which they then translated into English. The words found were revealed to be words in Swift's handwritten note for the album.[5]

Swift attended the Grammy ceremony and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year for Midnights. In her acceptance speech for the former, she revealed a new studio album, titled The Tortured Poets Department, and announced its release date of April 19, 2024, which she had been keeping secret for nearly two years.[6][7] Its cover artwork was subsequently posted on her social media accounts, along with a photograph of a handwritten note:

And so 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 / All's fair in love and poetry...

Sincerely, The Chairman of the Tortured Poets Department.[8]

The album, whose physical editions contain the bonus track "The Manuscript", was made available for pre-order at the same time.[9]

Cover artwork

The cover artwork of The Tortured Poets Department, photographed by Beth Garrabrant, is a black-and-white image of Swift lying on a bed.[10]

Track listing

The album consists of 16 tracks, with the bonus track "The Manuscript" only available on physical editions.[11]

The Tortured Poets Department - Physical Edition track listing
No.TitleLength
17."The Manuscript" 

Release history

The Tortured Poets Department release history
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various April 19, 2024
Republic [11]

References

  1. ^ Bugel, Safi (October 28, 2022). "Taylor Swift: Midnights becomes biggest album of 2022 after one week". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  2. ^ Wickman, Kase (February 4, 2024). "Taylor Swift Arrives at the Grammys 2024". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Smyth, Tom (February 4, 2023). "The Ties Were Black, the Lies Were White...and Now So Is Taylor Swift's Profile Picture". Variety. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  4. ^ West, Bryan (February 4, 2024). "'Error 321' Taylor Swift website crashes, sending fans on frantic hunt for 'red herring'". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  5. ^ West, Bryan (February 4, 2024). "Taylor Swift announces brand-new album at Grammys: 'Tortured Poets Department'". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  6. ^ Kuo, Christopher (February 4, 2024). "Taylor Swift announces new album during Grammy win". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  7. ^ Singh, Surej (February 5, 2024). "Taylor Swift announces new album, 'The Tortured Poets Department'". NME. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  8. ^ Shanfeld, Ethan (February 4, 2024). "Taylor Swift Announces New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' During Grammys Acceptance Speech". Variety. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  9. ^ Lynch, Joe (February 5, 2024). "Taylor Swift Shocks Fans By Revealing Brand New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' at Grammys". Billboard. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  10. ^ Sen, Mallika (February 4, 2024). "Taylor Swift announces new album: The Tortured Poets Department". Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  11. ^ a b The Tortured Poets Department release formats:
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