Taylor Swift surprised fans at the 2024 Grammys by announcing a brand new album titled « The Tortured Poets Department. » Here’s everything we know.
Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album is on the horizon.
While onstage at the 2024 Grammy Awards to accept the award for best pop vocal album, which she won for her 2022 release « Midnights, » Swift announced that a brand new album titled « The Tortured Poets Department » will arrive on April 19.
« This is my 13th Grammy, which is my lucky number, » she said onstage. « I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that. »
« I want to say thank you to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this way, but I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans, » Swift continued. « So I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I have been keeping from you for the last two years. »
Shortly after leaving the stage, Swift shared the album cover on social media.
She also shared a prologue, which appears to be unreleased lyrics: « 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, » she concluded. « Sincerely, The Chairman of The Tortured Poets Department. »
This isn’t the first time Swift has used an award show to promote a new album. Back in 2022, she announced the arrival of « Midnights » while accepting video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards.
However, the reveal shocked fans, who had been anticipating another « Taylor’s Version » announcement. Swift still has two installments left in her rerecorded album series: 2017’s « Reputation » and her self-titled debut « Taylor Swift. »Fans are already dissecting the album announcement for Easter eggs
« The Tortured Poets Department » is a conspicuously wordy phrase for Swift, who tends to prefer one or two-word album titles.
