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Taylor Swift introduced that she’d be releasing her new album The Tortured Poets Division on the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 4. The singer, 34, revealed that the file could be dropping on April 19, as she accepted the award for Greatest Pop Vocal album. Taylor famous that this was her thirteenth Grammy win, and as any Swiftie is aware of, 13 is the popstar’s fortunate quantity.
After talking about how excited she was to win the Grammy, Taylor teased followers that she’d be making a really particular announcement. “I wish to say thanks to the followers by telling you a secret that I’ve been retaining from you for the previous two years, which is that my model new album comes out April nineteenth. It’s known as The Tortured Poets Division,” she mentioned.
All’s truthful in love and poetry… New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Out April 19
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Shortly after making the announcement, Taylor introduced that she would share the main points on-line from backstage on the award present. She tweeted out the album cowl, which confirmed her mendacity down on a big pillow. She additionally included a hand-written poem proper beside it. “All’s truthful in love and poetry,” she wrote together with the announcement.
The accompanying picture additionally had a poem, which can be lyrics from the album. The phrases are written: “And so I enter into proof/My tarnished coat of arms/My muses, acquired like bruises/My talismans and charms/The tick,/tick,/tick/of affection bombs/My veins of pitch black ink.” The notice can also be signed “Sincerely, The Chairman of the Tortured Poets Division.”
The announcement got here as many followers had been anticipating Taylor to announce her newest re-recorded album, with many anticipating that it will be status, particularly after the singer modified her profile image to black-and-white on social media.
The brand new album will probably be launched almost two years after Taylor dropped Midnights in October 2022. Whereas that was her most up-to-date new, full-length file, she has additionally launched two “Taylor’s Model” re-recordings of her iconic albums Converse Now and 1989 in July and October 2023, respectively.
