By Maddie Molloy
During the 2024 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift won her 13th Grammy Award in the Best Pop Vocal Album category for her album Midnights and announced during her acceptance speech that she has a brand new album coming out. While Swift’s fans expected her to announce her fifth re-recorded album, Reputation (Taylor’s Version), the singer surprised everyone by revealing she will release her 11th studio album titled The Tortured Poets Department.
In her speech, Taylor Swift said she wanted to thank fans by letting them in on a secret she had been keeping for two years: “My brand-new album comes out April 19th,” Swift said during her acceptance speech, “it’s called The Tortured Poets Department.” The Tortured Poets Department will have sixteen songs and one bonus track. The album has two features: the first track, “Fortnight,” includes a feature by Post Malone, and the song “Florida!!!” features Florence and the Machine. The album's release date was April 19, 2024, and fans speculated from the titles of the tracks that the album will talk about to her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Joe Alwyn. It is also her first breakup album in twelve years, with this being her longest relationship.