The best Swiftie reactions to ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
Of love and poetry
The Taylor Swift fever isn’t dying out anytime soon. After winning Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights at the Grammys and going on a sold-out world tour to celebrate her past musical eras, the pop titan returns with her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. Naturally, Swifties are reacting as calmly as you think and have started to dissect every line and metaphor in the 16-track album.
As if things couldn’t get crazier in Taylor Nation, the singer-songwriter surprised her fans two hours after its release to reveal that The Tortured Poets Department is actually 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 instalment of TTPD,” she wrote on Instagram. With an extra 15 songs, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology has a total of 31 new songs, clocking in at two hours and two minutes long.
From allusions to her six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn that ended in April 2023, hints at Travis Kelce and surprisingly frequent references to her brief flame with The 1975’s Matty Healy to her most intricately constructed lyrics yet, here are the best fan reactions to how Swifties are processing The Tortured Poets Department.
Nothing prepared them for the second album drop
taylor swift dropping 15 more songs after putting out the most gut wrenching album #TSTTPD pic.twitter.com/hLaC1LCsMc
— SITA (@raspberhrriies) April 19, 2024
did taylor swift just drop a 31 songs album with no skips
— t. (@crumbshizz) April 19, 2024
uno reversed the leakers omg
— Taylor Swift in 4k (@4k_taylorr) April 19, 2024
taylor swift going from midnights to the tortured poets department: pic.twitter.com/vUpnfTKVVX
— kadriye (@tayspetsch) April 18, 2024
a taylor swift release week is just perpetually feeling like you drank too much cold brew
— katelyn (@noitskatelyn) April 15, 2024
BRB, busy memorising lyrics…
Me waking up after 31 new taylor swift songs and 4 hours of sleep pic.twitter.com/ADXdDQlwDD
— stephanie! (@swiftiestyless) April 19, 2024
how i’ll show up to tomorrow’s zoom calls after pulling another taylor swift double album all nighter pic.twitter.com/apmyKxNmNR
— kyle elizabeth 🌙 (@kylekerch) April 19, 2024
no the real question is HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO MEMORIZE ALL THESE LYRICS??? #TSTTPD pic.twitter.com/90UILdLrJv
— kadriye (@tayspetsch) April 19, 2024
not now babe mommy has 31 new taylor swift songs to memorize pic.twitter.com/ieP4WS94LJ
— 🐍 (@rephtation) April 19, 2024
the funniest thing about new taylor swift albums is how I never actively learn the new lyrics they all just sort of absorb into my brain and 2 days later I can recite them a capella without even thinking
— ellie schnitt (@holy_schnitt) April 18, 2024
Swifties doubling as detectives
THE FUCKING PARALLELS BOTH IN THE LYRICS AND IN THE SONG TITLES😭#TaylorSwift #THETORTUEDPOETSDEPARTMENT pic.twitter.com/WutaW2HwOq
— dendreo (@dendr3w) April 19, 2024
“Taylor Swift, right, was born on 13th December. Add 13 and 12 together you get 25, yeah? Her new album has 31 tracks, add that on you get 56. Now, ‘Taylor Swift’ has 11 letters so subtract 11 from 56 and you get 45. You know who wore 45 don't you? Mario Balotelli…” pic.twitter.com/dnc8Bml6Qt
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) April 19, 2024
WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK#TaylorSwift #THETORTUEDPOETSDEPARTMENT pic.twitter.com/4ZF8ZTwTWF
— dendreo (@dendr3w) April 19, 2024
About that Charlie Puth name-drop
“We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist” is truly the last thing I thought I’d ever hear Taylor Swift sing in a Taylor Swift song.
— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) April 19, 2024
Charlie Puth after he listened to TTPD pic.twitter.com/rnfJ37n9FM
— Ashley (@ashsilvers13) April 19, 2024
only downside about ttpd is that now charlie puth won’t shut up about this
— snoopy 🦦⎕ (@lwtabiior) April 19, 2024
When the lyrics are too beautiful to understand
taylor swift i love u i have no idea what u just said but im sorry that happened or im so happy for you
— bernice 🫶 (@rainstormsswift) April 19, 2024
im so impressed by everyone connecting lyrical parallels and analyzing metaphors and who shes singing about bc i am just sitting here like this #TSTTPD
pic.twitter.com/a1N9QwCp7b— kristina (@layallurlove) April 19, 2024
ive heard more words in the last hour than i have in my entire life
— babes dont threaten me(ghan) with a good time (@babyouremyqueen) April 19, 2024
The Kelce family has entered the Taylor Swift Canon Universe
Ed Kelce making it on a Taylor Swift song. Oh the lore has started.
— Leti🤍 (@dbatctortured13) April 19, 2024
imagine telling a swiftie a year ago that ed kelce would be part of the ts music multiverse #TSTTPD pic.twitter.com/LcPCynMQoB
— elizabeth 🪩 (student at ttpd) (@cateyeswift13) April 19, 2024
Travis Kelce listening to The Alchemy #TTPD pic.twitter.com/rTMOGDB39l
— Marina Watts (@marinawatts_nyc) April 19, 2024
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