Taylor Swift is ready to show another side of her music career with ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. It is her eleventh album and will be released on April 19.
In this musical material, sticks to his top collaborators: His best friend, Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner.
Although the sound of TTPD (English abbreviation of the album) is still unknown, it has become the most saved album in Spotify history, according to what was announced by the streaming platformand in the album with the highest number of illegal downloads.
How many songs will TTPD have by Taylor Swift?
The album will have 16 songs and among them two collaborations: One with Florence Welch called ‘Florida!!!’ and ‘Fortnight’ with Post Malone, this piece will be the first single from the album.
On his Instagram account, Taylor Swift announced that the video would be released on April 19 at 8:00 pm (ET).
In addition to the songs, the album will have two feature films, according to Swift’s statements.
Where does the title of the album come from?
There are different theories around the name TTPD, the reason? All the names of Taylor Swift’s albumsuntil now, They are made up of one or two words and it would be the first musical material with four.
At the moment, their albums are: Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore and Midnight.
Regarding the title of TTPD, Swifties believe that the name comes from a group that her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn shared with actor Paul Mescal. In an interview for Variety in 2023, the actor confessed that the WhatsApp group was called: ‘The Tortured Man Club’.
What genre is the album?
Okay, to the details of the vinyl, the album is within the pop genre. But Swift still does not reveal more details on the subject.
Followers believe that the album could be influenced by his albums ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’since the aesthetics used in the promotion of the album point in that direction.
In addition, the participation of Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner in the production of the album suggests that it could have an indie-pop style with folk influences.
TTPD Tracklist:
- Fortnight (feat. 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!!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
- Guilty as Sin?
- Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?
- I Can Fix Him (Not Really I Can)
- loml
- I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
- The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
- The Alchemy
- Clara Bow
These are the main songs of the album and in each of the editions there is a different song: The Bolter, The Albatross, The Black Dog and The Manuscript.
In recent weeks, Taylor Swift has stepped up promotion of her album. She has collaborated with Apple Music to create playlists that represent the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
But that has not been all, he has taken his promotion to the physical world by inaugurating a kind of library in honor of the album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, with the collaboration of Spotify in Grove, Los Angeles.
Where to listen to TTPD?
The album will be available at 12:00 am (ET) on streaming platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify.
On the singer’s website, fans will be able to buy the vinyl of the four different editions.
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