Taylor Swift announced the release of her new album at the Grammys: what’s known so far

The 66th edition of the Grammy Awards took place last night and, as usual, Taylor Swift was one of the stars of the evening. The artist left all her fans speechless with the announcement of her eleventh studio album, after receiving the award for best pop vocal album.

From the start of the gala, all expectations were on Swift, who arrived at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles just as the red carpet was winding down. The interpreter of Midnight She did not arrive alone: ​​she was accompanied by her friend and collaborator King’s wool.

Despite the delay caused by rain and traffic, the pop artist of the moment took some time with the paparazzi, and entered the ceremony late, during the host’s funny opening monologue. Trevor Noah.

Upon arrival, the rapid They were more attentive than ever to Taylor’s every move throughout the night. And they suspected their idol would make some announcement during the Grammys, then clues they deciphered through the artist’s social networks.

Around noon on Sunday, Taylor changed her profile photo on all social media sites to a black-and-white one. This may be accidental for many artists, but not for Taylor, who only does it when she is about to change “era”, i.e. when she is about to release new music.

His followers automatically thought it was the announcement of Reputation (Taylor’s version), the re-recording of their 2017 album, as the color palette matched. However, to the surprise of many, when Taylor took the stage she announced the release of a completely new album.

Details of the new album

“I want to thank my fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years, and that is that my new album is coming out on April 19th,” Swift said during her acceptance speech. “Is called The Department of Tortured Poets”, He added.

A few seconds later, and just as she herself had anticipated on stage, Taylor published the album cover on her social networks, which remains in the black and white with which she anticipated its arrival, hours before the ceremony.

Furthermore, at the same time, the pre-sale of the CD and vinyl of the album began in its official store, and, in a few seconds, there was already a virtual queue to purchase it. Prices range from $12 to $35..

It was thanks to this sale that another piece of information about the album was revealed. It will have 16 unreleased songs, plus a bonus track which will be titled The manuscript.

A historic night

It wasn’t enough for Taylor to get everyone’s attention with her surprise announcement. The artist managed to break a new record and add it to her (ever-growing) list of achievements.

It was Céline Dion who gave Taylor Swift her fourth Grammy for album of the year, with which she became a new legend, achieving the most wins in the category in history. The actress shared the triumph on stage with Lana del Rey and her producer Jack Antonoff.

Previously, Swift already had this record, but shared the podium with Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Paolo Simone. Thanks to yesterday’s victory, the singer finally became the sole owner of four of these statuettes.