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The 8 most-tortured songs on Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’

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  1. Taylor Swift’s New Album Rollout Has Spotify, Social Media Companies And More Fighting For Swiftie Attention

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  2. Taylor Swift’s Lovelorn ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Faces One Big Challenge: Fans Listen Most To Her Pop Love Songs

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    The 8 most-tortured songs on Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’

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  1. CNN

    Taylor Swift could actually become an even bigger deal after ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ (opens CNN)

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    Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ will test if there’s a ceiling to her accomplishments or if there is such a thing as flying so high you can’t see the top.

  2. Forbes

    Taylor Swift’s New Album Rollout Has Spotify, Social Media Companies And More Fighting For Swiftie Attention (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Swift has long teased fans with hints to her upcoming music, but social media companies appear to have taken the lead on hiding clues for “The Tortured Poets Department.”

  3. Glamour

    Every Single Thought We Had While Listening to Taylor Swift’s New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' (opens Glamour)

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    Glamour staff gathered for the new Taylor Swift album "The Tortured Poets Department" to share our thoughts.

  4. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Taylor Swift shocks fans by dropping second ‘Tortured Poets Department' album (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Taylor Swift shocked her fans early Friday morning by releasing a second half of her much-anticipated album "The Tortured Poets Department."

  5. Forbes

    All The Records Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Has Already Broken Or Could Break (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    "Tortured Poets Department" is Spotify

  6. Rolling Stone

    Taylor Swift Unveils Double Album 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology' (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    Taylor Swift has announced that 'The Tortured Poets Department' is actually a double album with 15 additional songs.

  7. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Taylor Swift's Apple Music clues for ‘The Tortured Poets Department,' explained (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    When it comes to deciphering clues, Swifties are only second to Sherlock Holmes. Taylor Swift has given her fans plenty to speculate about in the run-up to...

  8. Variety

    Taylor Swift Drops 15 Surprise Songs, Announces ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Is a Double Album (opens Variety)

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    Two hours after releasing "Tortured Poets Department," Taylor Swift announced 15 new songs.

  9. New York Post

    Taylor Swift unveils surprise double album ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’ — and fans go wild (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Taylor Swift has sent her die-hard fans into a frenzy after announcing that her new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” is actually a double album.

  10. WTOP Washington DC

    Music Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is great sad pop, meditative theater (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    “The Tortured Poets Department” is an amalgamation of the artist who — at the peak of her powers — has spent the last few years re-recording her life’s work and touring its material, filtered through synth-pop anthems, breakup ballads, provocative and matured considerations.

  11. Time

    Taylor Swift's TTPD Collaborators (opens Time)

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    Who Taylor Swift worked with on The Tortured Poets Department

  12. Time

    Taylor Swift's Complicated Embrace of Tortured Poets (opens Time)

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    Taylor Swift is a tortured poet on her new album—but she's not above making fun of herself, writes Stephanie Burt.

  13. The Guardian

    Breakups, fantasies and her most cutting lyrics: inside Taylor’s Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    What are the big takeaways from Swift’s new album? She’s refining her sound, confronting elements of her fanbase and done with romantic idealisation

  14. Rolling Stone

    Come for the Torture, Stay for the Poetry: This Might Be Taylor Swift's Most Personal Album Yet (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' Review

  15. Deadline

    Taylor Swift Drops ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ As Surprise Double Album With 15 Extra Tracks; Sparks Speculation Over Which Ex Is Target Of Lyrics (opens Deadline)

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    Taylor Swift Drops ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ As Surprise Double Album With 15 Extra Tracks; Speculation Rife Over Which Ex Is Target Of Lyrics

  16. The Guardian

    Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department review – fame, fans and former flames in the line of fire (opens The Guardian)

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    Subtly detailed album splits the difference between 1989’s glossy pop-rock and Midnights’ understatement – and lets her ex Matty Healy have it in no uncertain terms

  17. Rolling Stone

    Taylor Swift Busts out the Quill Pen for 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology' (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Our take on Swift's late-night double album drop

  18. Fox News

    Taylor Swift releases 'The Tortured Poets Department': 6 clues she gave fans about new album (opens Fox News)

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    Taylor Swift left clues for fans in the lead up to the release of her 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department." The singer announced the new music at the 2024 Grammys.

  19. Insider

    Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is the messiest, horniest, and funniest album she's ever made (opens Insider)

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    Taylor Swift released her new album on Friday. "The Tortured Poets Department" is full of confessions, heartbreaks, and Swift's wildest whims.

  20. Rolling Stone

    Taylor Swift Producers Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner Celebrate 'Tortured Poets' Release (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Taylor Swift's close collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner celebrated the release of the album 'The Tortured Poets Department' on social media

  21. Los Angeles Times

    Taylor Swift turns heel, owning her chaos and messiness on 'The Tortured Poets Department’ (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Swift’s 11th studio LP, 'The Tortured Poets Department,' released at midnight Eastern time, follows a busy period in the 34-year-old’s personal and professional spheres.

  22. Newsweek

    Taylor Swift album detail sends internet into meltdown (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Taylor Swift surprised fans by releasing two albums on Friday, the second titled "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology."

  23. New York Post

    Poetic justice — Taylor Swift spills bad blood on ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: review (opens New York Post)

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    Sure enough — there is plenty of “Bad Blood” spilled on Taylor Swift’s latest “The Tortured Poets Department." And with the raw honesty and specificity of her lyrics, she is clearly in her “IDGAF” era.

  24. Forbes

    All The Stars Taylor Swift Name-Dropped In ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ And Why (opens Forbes)

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    Taylor Swift dropped 31 new songs Friday morning in a surprise double-album release for “The Tortured Poets Department.”

  25. Variety

    Taylor Swift Renews Her Vows With Heartbreak in Audacious, Transfixing ‘Tortured Poets Department’: Album Review (opens Variety)

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    Taylor Swift's new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is a boldly candid breakup album, with some of her most quotable lyrics ever.

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