There are just a few hours left until the release of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, Taylor Swift’s eleventh studio album, on which she has focused for two years and which, she assured, is her “most necessary” album. Swift announced the album’s release on February 4 when she received the thirteenth Grammy of her career. Soon after, the 34-year-old singer posted her cover and title list on her social networks, and her most loyal fans were able to pre-order it on her official website.
During her world tour “The Eras Tour”, she talked about the creative process and in one of her most recent concerts in Melbourne, Australia, she said that the album is like “a lifeline” for her. “I needed to do it. She reminded me why writing songs is something that really helps me in life,” she said. On March 18, Apple Music offered subscribers the option to receive an alert when the album would be available, revealing that seven of the 16 songs that make up “The Tortured Poets Department,” plus one bonus track, have “explicit language.”
The track list features the collaboration of artists such as Post Malone, who accompanies the singer in the song ‘Fortnight’ which opens the album, and the English indie rock band Florence + the Machine, led by Florence Welch, in the song “Florida!!! “. The launch will be accompanied by a video that will be released on Friday at two in the morning Italian time. So far the singer has provided very few details about her new album and her followers have been trying to find the meaning of the supposedly hidden signals she has offered.
There’s a theory on social media that the number two is one of the signs surrounding the new project, as Swift made the peace and love sign during the Grammy launch announcement, as well as pointing out that the album it took two years of work. Likewise, at the album’s promotional pop-up store, currently located in Los Angeles, the clocks in the library-like structure read two o’clock. Some followers believe there is a possibility that Swift may be hinting at a possible “2AM Edition” version of “The Tortured Poets Department,” just like she did when she released the “3AM Edition” of the “Midnights” album.
But others believe it could be a sign of a second installment of “The Eras Tour,” which in 2023 was the first tour to surpass $1 billion in revenue.