Fans speak about Taylor Swift's album The Tortured Poets Department at the Auckland release party. Video / Alyse Wright
Today, Taylor Swift released her much-anticipatedThe Tortured Poets Department at 4pm. Now, the pop icon has confirmed a popular fan theory and caused a mass frenzy online.
Two hours after her 11th album’s release, the Blank Space singer shocked fans by announcing there is a second halfof her latest record, and Swifties are going crazy.
Many fans have been theorising if Swift would do a double album drop and the singer herself confirmed it via X, formerly Twitter.
The message, which was posted after the first 16 songs had dropped, read: “It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album.
“I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology.”
She concluded: “15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours.”
It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album. ✌️ I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine… pic.twitter.com/y8pyDK8VTd
After beating Ed Sheeran, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus, and Olivia Rodrigo in the category, Swift grinned as she gave her acceptance speech saying: “Okay, this is my 13th Grammy. Which is my lucky number. I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that.”
Revealing she has been secretly working on her 11th studio album, she said: “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, which is that my brand-new album comes out April 19th it’s called The Tortured Poets Department.”
Megan Watts is a lifestyle multimedia journalist for the New Zealand Herald whose passions include honest journalism, backstage band chats and doing things for the plot.
