Taylor Swift’s new album: when it comes out, the tracklist and everything you need to know

Taylor Swift In a few days he will release his new album, The Department of Tortured Poetstranslated into Spanish as The Department of Tortured Poets.

With an aesthetic similar to Folklore (2020), thus closing his stage Midnight (2022), there are several speculations about what this new project will be like: whether it will be a breakup album, what its genre will be, how many collaborations it will have or whether it will be part of what remains of the Eras Tour, among others. Little by little the composer answers these questions original proposals to promote his new album.

The Tortured Poets Department: when does it come out, what time and what is its tracklist?

During the Grammy ceremony, the creator of Always has confirmed the release date of his next album: it will be Friday 19 April, around 2 am in Argentina. Through its official store it was also revealed that it will have 16 songs in its standard version and one additional song for its deluxe edition called The manuscript.

A few days after the announcement, the composer confirmed in several performances of the Eras Tour three other luxury versions: The Bolter, The albatross AND The black dog. There are 20 songs in total, distributed in different versions:

1. Fortnigh (feat. Post Malone)
2. The Department of Tortured Poets
3. My boy only breaks his favorite toys
4. Down bad
5. Goodbye, London
6. But dad, I love him
7. Fresh from prison
8. Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)
9. Guilty like sin?
10. Who’s afraid of the old me?
11. I can fix it (I really can’t)
12. loml
13. I can do it with a broken heart
14. The smallest man who ever lived
15. Alchemy
16. Chiara Arco
17. The Manuscript (Bonus Track)
18. The Bolter (Bonus Track)
19. The Albatross (Bonus Track)
20. The Black Dog (bonus track)

This work will be released through Republic Records, with production by Jack Antonoffwhich he also co-produced 1989, Reputation, loversand more. There is speculation that it will be an album popespecially after it was the cover of this genre on Apple Music.

Additionally, Aaron Dessner, who produced and helped write, is said to have participated in the album. Folklore; Louis Bell, Soundwave, Bryce Dessner and Tommy Brown.

The Department of Tortured Poets: everything we know so far

On Friday, April 5, just two weeks after the release of TTPD, Taylor Swift joined forces with Apple Music to promote his next album, giving clues on the theme: five playlists that represent the different universal stages of grief.

Using the names of several songs from her new work, the singer made a selection from her repertoire to represent them rejection (I love you, it’s ruining my life), THE going (You can’t tell me about Sad), THE negotiation (Am I allowed to cry?), THE depression (Old habits die screaming) and, finally, the acceptance (I can do this with a broken heart).

This confirms the main theory that revolved around TTPD, according to which it would be an album that would tell the beginning of the end of his relationship with Joe Alwyn, with whom he broke up a year ago. The letters of Midnightespecially in the song You’re losing me, They already portrayed the crisis that was beginning in that relationship that lasted more than six years.