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You’ve probably heard by now that last night, during the Grammys ceremony, as she was accepting an award, Taylor Swift announced that she has a new album coming out. Many thought that if she were revealing anything, it would be the release date of her re-recording of her Reputation album. Instead, she announced an album of totally new music. Regardless of the dubious etiquette of promoting your own brand-new product during a thank-you speech at a massive awards show (while also mentioning how many of those awards you already have), the announcement was still exciting to many, for many reasons. Here’s what we know. It’s called The Tortured Poets Department . It contains a bonus track called “The Manuscript.” The cover is an image of her laying down on big pillows, hugging herself, wearing a sheer black top from Yves Saint-Laurent and a pair of high-waisted black briefs from The Row, which is, I assume, what tortured poets do. They are in mental agony, so they wilt sexily on fluffy mattresses. Checks out. Byron would do this. So far, so good. The title, The Tortured Poets Department, seems to be a nod to her former relationship with the British actor Joe Alwyn, with whom she had apparently shared many poetic moments. Besides that Joe had seemed very drawn to English Major-y film projects, Taylor also seemed to grow her love of literature during that relationship. “Now I’ve read all of the books beside your bed,” she sings in “Paper Rings.” Her song “The Lakes” is about the time she and Joe went to the Lake District and she thought a lot about Wordsworth and how in the 19th century you couldn’t tweet. Her song “Sweet Nothing,” offers an anecdote of the time she wrote a poem and her lover (Joe) said “what a mind” in response, an event which apparently “happen[ed] all the time.” Plus, ahem, apparently, Joe Alwyn and actor-friend Paul Mescal were once in a group chat called “The Tortured Man Club.” So, you know. But rampant speculation as to the Joe Alwyn-ness of this album is […]
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