NEW YORK.- Taylor Swift launches tomorrow -April 19- The Tortured Poets Departmenthis eleventh studio album with which he promises to shake the universe again pop.
The launch was announced in February, during the Grammy ceremony in which Swift won the award for the fourth time. album of the ao.
And with this new album, the 34-year-old singer, who began her career in country, is betting on winning a fifth album of the year award.
Since he revealed that the album will be released on April 19, his legion of fans have been working tirelessly trying to guess the content of the songs, the guest artists and other clues.
The dominant theory is that The Tortured Poets Departmentin free translation) focuses on her ex, the British actor Joe Alwyn, with whom she was in a relationship from 2016 until last year.
Alwyn (The favourite) and his colleague Paul Mescal (Normal People) revealed in 2022 that they had a group chat titled The Tortured Man Club (The Tortured Man’s Club), in which actor Andrew Scott (Fleabag, Ripley).
Swifties believe that the title of the new album alludes to this circle.
“All’s fair in love and poetry…” said the first post Swift made on Instagram promoting the album.
Among the titles of the songs – which have already been revealed – are Down Bad, So Long, London, I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) y The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.
Post Malone and Florence + The Machine are already confirmed among the participations.
Lyrics about Taylor Swift’s ex
Swift has already used the winning formula of writing songs inspired by her ex-boyfriends, including John Mayer and Jake Gyllenhaal.
His current partner, American football player Travis Kelce, has praised the new album.
“I’ve heard part of it, yes, and it’s incredible,” Kelce told reporters in February. “I can’t wait for her to finally come out and rock the world,” she added.
And it’s not that Swift hasn’t shaken up the pop industry already in the last year.
According to various estimates, his world tour The Eras Tour It is on track to become the highest-grossing concert series in the history of music, with revenues of more than $1 billion.
And by winning the Grammy for the fourth time, she established herself as the artist with the most awards for album of the year, surpassing Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon.
With an estimated net worth of $1.1 billion, Swift also became the first artist – male or female – to break the 10-figure threshold thanks solely to income from her music.
After Beyonce and before Billie Eilish
Born in Pennsylvania in December 1989, Swift began writing songs professionally in her teens, in the country scene.
After a public dispute with his Big Machine label, and when he had already migrated to the pop genre, he made the decision to completely re-record his first six albums, to recover the rights to the material.
The move paid off, as it delighted her old fans, gained her many new ones, and helped her gain more respect in the industry.
It is expected that with The Tortured Poets Department make people talk again, although they will have to face competition from figures like Beyonc and Billie Eilish in the next awards season.
Beyonc moved the structures again with its launch at the end of March Cowboy Carterhis country-inspired album.
The weeks that separate both releases, however, give the two mega stars a chance to taste success on the charts.
Eilish, multi-award-winning young artist, releasing her third album, Hit Me Hard and Softthe 17th of May.
Despite the apparent competition, these three successful pop figures have made it clear that the only thing that matters to them is making music.
“Writing for the new album reminded me why songwriting is something that drives me in life,” Swift told fans at a recent concert. “I’ve never had an album where I needed songwriting as much as I do on this one,” she said.
FUENTE: AFP
