As Taylor Swift made her acceptance speech on stage to accept her award for Best Pop Vocal Album for her album ‘Midnights’ at the 66th Grammy Awards, she gave the trademark ‘I know something you don’t’ smirk. “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…” Swift then stunned fans by revealing her upcoming 11th album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ set to release on April 19.
Swift broke records that night by being the first artist ever to win four Album of the Year awards. Altogether, she now has 14 Grammy awards. She announced her upcoming album as she was accepting her 13th award, and if you know a few things about Swift, you might know that the number 13 is a significant number for her and that she sees it as her lucky number. As the day leading up to the night of the Grammys went on, fans were convinced that Swift would announce her next re-recording, ‘reputation (Taylor’s Version)’. On the morning of the Grammy Awards, Swifts’ website showed an error message. Swifties were quick to realize that this was not just any sort of glitch. It was all intentional. The website showed a bunch of scrambled letters. At first glance it seemed like a bunch of nonsense. But at a closer look, the unscrambled letters showed the words ‘red herring.’ This quickly took the fans by speculation of what Swift may have up her sleeves when attending the award ceremony.
Fans quickly took to social media to express their excitement for the album and are already making guesses of what the songs may sound like. Some believe it could take a more indie-sounding album, like her past albums, ‘folklore’ and ‘evermore’, while others may believe the album will lean more into a pop-rock style. The morning after the announcement, Swift then posted the track list on her social media. The track list includes songs with eye-catching titles like “So Long London” and “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can).” Along with that, the album will include two collaborations with Post Malone, and Florence + The Machine.
As anticipation for ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ builds, fans eagerly anticipate Swift’s next move on her sold-out international tour, The Eras Tour. They continue to demonstrate unwavering support, not only through attendance at her concerts and streaming her music but also through their genuine excitement
and admiration for her artistic energy, whether on stage or in the studio.
