Were you among those who stayed up past midnight to get a first listen to Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated “The Tortured Poets Department”? You may be listening to it for the first time today; you may have had it on repeat since it dropped.
Just know: you are not alone.
Early reviews were united in effusive praise of the album. And just when we were getting ready to take off the headphones and get some much-needed sleep, she dropped the second half of what is actually a double album.
“The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album,” Swift wrote for the 2 a.m. announcement. “I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours.”
So much to listen to. So much to ponder.
What do you think? Which songs are your favorite?
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