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Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department breaks Spotify’s streaming record in 24 hours

A LOT of people have listened to Swift's new album.

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Taylor Swift fans swarm south London pub named in new album

Swift delves deep into recent relationships for The Tortured Poets Department

Evening Standard

There's No Escaping Taylor Swift or TTPD: Why the Madonna of Our Time is Having the Last Laugh

No matter where you stand on Taylor Swift, it's hard to deny she is a music, culture and style icon of our time. As The Tortured Poets Department drops, we explore her influence.

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Fans Are Convinced Taylor Swift Gave Travis Kelce’s Dad a Shoutout on ’The Tortured Poets Department'

“Oh I just know Ed Kelce is giggling and kicking his feet.”

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift Commissioned Stevie Nicks to Join 'The Tortured Poets Department'

This isn't the first time the two songwriters have collaborated.

Marie Claire

Taylor Swift’s new album is about a reckless kind of freedom. If only it sounded as uninhibited

The Tortured Poets Department depicts a spell of post-breakup mania against the perfect backdrop of the Eras tour – a thrillingly immature reality undermined by safe music

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift Says 'The Tortured Poets Department' Is the End of Her “Fleeting and Fatalistic” Era

"This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up," she says.

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Who are the people referenced in Taylor Swift's new Tortured Poets album, and what do the lyrics mean?

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Taylor Swift fans have already made Travis Kelce highlight video edits to her new TTPD songs about him

Taylor Swift fans have already made videos using her songs about Travis Kelce on The Tortured Poets Department.

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Share your thoughts on Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department

We would like to hear your views on Taylor Swift’s surprise double album

The Guardian - UK

“Why Are We Supporting Her?“: Fans Outraged Taylor Swift’s Album Appears To Defend Matty Healy

Following the release of her latest album, Swifties wondered why she would dedicate so much album space to Matty, with one saying, “All that for an album about Matty Healy.” The post “Why Are We Supporting Her?“: Fans Outraged Taylor Swift’s Album Appears To Defend Matty Healy first appeared on…

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Who is Charlie Puth? Taylor Swift name-checks singer on new album

On her new album, Swift sings “We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist”

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift’s Instagram Has A Hidden Countdown On It And Fans Have No Clue What It’s For

After months of anticipation Taylor Swift just dropped her newest album The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD). However, immediately after the album arrived, there was a mysterious countdown timer on Swift’s social media pages. Oh boy, did she have something BIG planned. playsinline>

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Taylor Swift: fans and critics react to new surprise double album The Tortured Poets Department

Swifties take to social media to dissect lyrics and celebrate Swift’s 11th album on Friday as the musician releases 15 more songs

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Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department album review: underwhelming and clunky

Predictable production choices and occasionally hollow lyricism dulls the glow of the US mega-star’s eleventh album

The Guardian - UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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

The Times of India

Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' release countdown: All you need to know

Taylor Swift is primed to release her highly anticipated record "The Tortured Poets Department" on Friday -- the 11th studio album from the megastar who is already having a blockbuster year.

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Marie Claire

Taylor Swift's Collab With Post Malone Is the First Single (and Music Video!) for 'The Tortured Poets Department'

"Fortnight" is the first time the longtime pals have worked together.