Are you ready for it?
Taylor Swift’s fans are going wild over a new possible clue — suggesting that the musician is adding “The Tortured Poets Department” songs.
Swift, 34, has been sharing “TTPD” content on her YouTube Shorts since the release of the 11th studio album on April 19. In one clip, her rehearsals look a bit different compared to what Swifties have already seen in concert.
“HOW IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE TTPD SIGN SHES LEANING AGAINST?! OR WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE DANCERS ARE IN TOP HATS!?! ALL OF THIS IS NEW,” one person wrote.
Dancers lined up behind her wearing top hats and holding canes did not appear in the original show.
“Since when do background dancers have a top hat and canes?!” Another fan captioned a TikTok of the scene. “Taylor Swift you have some explaining to do!!”
Even more, her YouTube Shorts video is set to “Fortnight,” her first single off the new album featuring Post Malone. The images are also black and white, which matches the look of the music video and the album’s cover art.
The “Midnights” singer will soon kick off the European leg of her Eras Tour on May 9. The three-hour and 15-minute concert has broken records, becoming the first music tour ever to hit $1 billion.
Earlier this month, she was also officially declared a billionaire by Forbes. The publication credited her ever-exploding music career and real estate portfolio for her income boost.
Here’s what to know about Taylor Swift’s new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’:
- The 14-time Grammy winner released her highly anticipated 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” on Friday.
- Swift sent her fans into a frenzy at 2 a.m. after revealing the record is a double album. Titled “The Anthology,” Swift’s late-night surprise includes 15 bonus tracks, bringing the total song count to a whopping 31.
- Swift initially unveiled her 16-song album at midnight, including collaborations with Post Malone and Florence Welch on two tracks. There are also four bonus tracks, “The Manuscript,” “The Bolter,” “The Albatross,” and “The Black Dog” that are featured on various vinyl versions of the album. The four tracks, as well as 11 new songs, are included in “The Anthology.”
- A poem about heartbreak that serves as a prologue for the album was written by Fleetwood Mac alum Stevie Nicks.
- There are several celeb names peppered throughout the album’s lyrics, the mention of singer Charlie Puth’s name took some Swifties by surprise.
- While some of Swift’s exes aren’t spared on “TTPD,” the singer, 34, does seemingly reference her current beau Travis Kelce on the new album’s track “The Alchemy” in a loving way.
- As for her exes, 1975 frontman Matty Healy is reportedly referenced throughout the 31-song-strong record. In fact, Healy — who, before their summer split, was a rebound romance for the pop superstar following her breakup with British actor Joe Alwyn after six years — appears to be the subject of the vicious takedown “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.” Other fans, however, may speculate the “sparkling summer” line is about Alwyn. There are also hints that “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” — gotta love that title — might be about 35-year-old Healy.
- As for Alwyn, Swift dropped hints at the pair’s ill-fated 6-year romance for a good — or for him, not so good — part of the album. Check out the 10 Alwyn-related references we’ve spotted.
- Read The Post’s review of “The Tortured Poets Department” here.
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Her team also filmed several concerts during the tour for an October 2023 movie theater release, which grossed an additional $261.6 million worldwide. Disney also reportedly paid $75 million for the streaming rights to the movie.
Swift, named Time magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year, is at the top of her game. Amid her ongoing success — and headline-making romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce — her “TTPD” album has already broken records too, selling 1.4 million copies on its first day.
