Taylor Swift surprised her fans by revealing that her album 'The Tortured Poets Department', released on April 19, was actually a double album. Two hours after the initial release, at 2am, she announced on Instagram the arrival of 'The Anthology', featuring 15 additional songs, including the four previously announced bonus tracks. These songs, along with 11 other songs, form the second part of 'TTPD'.
With a total of 31 songs, the extensive tracklist of 'The Tortured Poets Department' offers a variety of melodies and lyrics that Taylor Swift herself described as “torture poetry.” This album belongs to the last 2 years that the American singer invested to launch it on the market.
Taylor Swift and the connection with her album 'The Tortured Poets Department'
With 'The Tortured Poets Department', Taylor Swift shows the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression or sadness and acceptance, where she shares her healing process through music. The singer-songwriter also reflects on other events in her life and she reserves a space for the new love that has given her hope. On her Instagram account, the singer announced the second part of her album: “I had written a lot of tortured poetry in the last two years and I wanted to share it all with you, so here is the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs.” “Now the story is no longer mine… it's all yours.”
Recall that the American singer announced her album during the 66th Grammy Awards, which was not the expected re-recording of 'Reputation', but 'The Tortured Poets Department', a completely new album. “This is my 13th Grammy, which is my lucky number, I don't know if I've ever told you that. So I want to thank the fans by telling you a secret that I've been keeping from you for the last two years, and that's that my new album comes out on April 19,” he said.
Traklist: all 31 songs from 'The Tortured Poets Department'
- '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)
- 'lom'
- 'I Can Do It With a Broken Heart'
- The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
- 'The Alchemy'
- 'Clara Bow'
- 'The Black Dog'
- 'imgonnagetyouback'
- 'The Albatross'
- 'Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus'
- 'How Did It End?'
- 'So High School'
- 'I Hate It Here'
- 'thanK you aIMee'
- 'I Look in People's Windows'
- 'The Prophecy'
- 'Cassandra'
- 'Peter'
- 'The Bolter'
- 'Robin'
- 'The Manuscript'.
What is the meaning of Taylor Swift's songs?
Among the songs on the album Taylor Swiftt highlights 'But Daddy I Love Him', which describes a relationship in which the protagonist loves someone who is rejected and hated by those around her. Despite her opposition, the protagonist persists in her love, even when her own parents disagree, although they eventually change their mind, but late.
In 'So High School', Taylor Swift pauses to celebrate happy moments and expresses feeling “so secondary every time I look at you,” possibly referring to her current partner, NFL player Travis Kelce. Fans have compared her relationship to a typical teen romance movie, reminiscent of the song 'You Belong With Me', where Swift talked about being in love with the popular boy in high school. With 'So High School,' Swift references this idea and admits to feeling like a teenager again.
One of his songs that many are analyzing is 'ThanK you aIMee', which does not focus on romantic relationships, but rather a message of gratitude to Kim Kardashian, as suggested by the capital letters and the content of the song. Taylor Swift acknowledges the conflict she had with Kardashian and how that helped her become stronger and build an impenetrable legacy. Although the lyrics refer to an older acquaintance, the capital letters in “K”, “I” and “M” lead many to believe that it is Kim Kardashian, even though the song alludes to a different situation.
Taylor Swift album release. Photo: Instagram/Taylor Swift
In 'The Alchemy', Swift talks about being reborn and coming back stronger after being hurt, which she attributes this rebirth to her relationship with Kelce. References to football in the lyrics confirm this connection, with mentions of “touch down” and Kelce “running at it” like in a Super Bowl.
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