Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poet's Department - album discussion thread

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Hello Swifties! Thought I would start a thread to chat about TS11 or TTPD or whatever we're calling it 😁Don't know about you but the excitement is building for this old-enough-to-know-better Swiftie and I'll be taking the long way into work tomorrow so I can listen to it in Peace...(see what I did there?)

So this thread is for anyone who loves TS and wants to talk/think/muse/swoon over the newest output from the hardest-working woman in music!

Personally I'm intrigued and delighted that Aaron Dessner seems to have co-writing credits on several tracks - I'm a committed Folklore/Evermore fan and more in a similar vein will be very welcome!

(Oh, and while hopefully this doesn't need saying, please don't bother posting to say how shit/overrated/talentless you think TS is. This is a fan / appreciation thread about a specific piece of work and it would be lovely to keep it that way.)

Didn't set an alarm to wake up for it but ended up dreaming about it 😂 so I'm up and nearly finished my first listen. Nothing is grabbing me as outstanding? Which is very unusual as I LOVE taylor. Florida, Alchemy, and I can do it with a broken heart are the ones I like best so far. A lot of her songs are growers I think so will keep listening on repeat!

From Taylor's IG

"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 anymore… it’s all yours. 🤍"

OH MY GOD DOUBLE ALBUM

Oh my god. Her fucking tweet. We aren't crazy ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

I feel like I'm 12 again getting excited over a double album!

I've got work to do today, I can't be listening to a double album haha

Aaaaaah it’s on Spotify already 😍

Was pleased I'd listened to the whole thing before having to start work but now I'll have to wait all day for the others!! Nooo!! I hope the second half grabs me more than the first. God I love her schemes!

A double album! I cannot cope!

OH FUCK!

THANK YOU MOTHER 😍😍😍

That's it - I'm taking the day off work. There's no way I can focus on anything else today.

I'm liking Down Bad so far (that's as far as I've got). I enjoy Sweary Taylor and it's got me slowly bopping round the kitchen in my vile oodie and bedsocks.

I should have planned my week better so that it ended up being DH's turn to do the nursery/school run today, so I could stay home and listen.

That one didn't grab me when I first listened to it. But I just had a shower and was singing away to it in there (the lyrics I could remember!)
I think it will grow on me.

It's a double album! That's what all the '2s' were about!

I'm liking the fury - But Daddy I Love Him is scathing.

Listened to the first part in full and I really liked it! Better than Midnights IMO.

Agreed. I love "I'm having his baby, no I'm not, but you should see your faces"

Love It so far. Sonically not doing anything wild for me. But I love the lyrics!

This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we're two idiots

Love her sense of humour!

Most of the Anthology tracks are produced by Aaron Dessner 💜

The loml bridge has killed me 😩

My teen was up. Went to bed early so as to be able to wake up early and invest in listening.
I agreed to this on condition that I wasn't woken by any noise at all.

Loving the fortnight lyrics and video been released shortly 😊, halfway through so far and she's just annouced there's another 15 songs too!

Love, But Daddy I Love Him - it's such a fab "fuck off" to all the people/fans trying to meddle in her life.