Are you ready?
Taylor Swift announced on Sunday the release of her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department” (not “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)”) after winning an award at the 2024 Grammy Awards.
Swift, who appeared to be singing “Reputation” in a black-and-white ensemble, took to the stage to accept her award. She made a big splash for Best Pop Vocal Album with “Midnights.”
“My new album will be released on April 19th. Its title is ‘Tortured Poets Division’,” the 34-year-old said in a speech.
She hurried off stage and featured a black-and-white shot of her sprawled out on a bed on the cover with the caption, “All’s fair in love and poetry.”
The news immediately sent Swifties into a frenzy on the internet, with many of them hinting at her tendency to plant “Easter eggs” or hints at upcoming projects, making us wonder if another re-release is coming. I was wondering if there was.
Formerly Swift talked about her “Reputation” days The event, which began after Kim Kardashian’s infamous feud with Kanye West, has often been associated with the colors black and green as a “goth-punk moment of female rage.” a lot An image of a snake.
Swift seemed to give fans a hint of the piece last month when she attended the Golden Globes in a green sequined dress, complete with snake-like shades.
She then went green for nearly a week, stepping out wearing a cozy Stella McCartney sweater dress and a crushed velvet minidress in the same shade.
But her most obvious nod to “Reputation” was Jimmy Choo x Jean Paul Gaultier. thigh high boots ($2,450) The one she wore was covered in a gothic snake design, nearly identical to the font used on her 2017 album cover.
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The release of the long-awaited re-recording comes just over five years after Swift released her original album, her last album with Big Machine Records.
The album was a bold departure from Swift’s other work, but like Swift’s entire catalog, “Reputation” also dominated the charts, selling 1.3 million albums in its first week.
But if the next album suffers the same fate as her other “Taylor’s Version” releases, it will be It may even surpass the original.
In fact, her last re-recorded song, “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” had the highest first-week sales of any album since 2015 and surpassed Swift’s “Midnight,” which earned six Grammy nominations Sunday. It even exceeded.
