Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department album: Release date, tracklist, more

Taylor Swift revealed her 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department during the 2024 Grammy Awards, and the release date is finally here.

Leave it to Taylor Swift to always keep her fans guessing. When many speculated Reputation (Taylor’s Version) would be the singer’s next release, she threw a curveball and instead announced her 11th all-original studio album.

During the 2024 Grammy Awards, Swift took the stage to accept the Pop Vocal Album award when she spent most of her speech revealing the album title, The Tortured Poets Department, and other details about her new album. Moments later, she shared the album cover and a page from what will likely be the album booklet.

Here, we have a rundown of everything we know so far about Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department.

Contents

• When is the release date for The Tortured Poets Department album?
• What is the album’s lead single?
• What is the album cover art?
• What is the album tracklist?
• Who are the album’s songwriters and producer(s)?

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When is the release date for The Tortured Poets Department album?

Taylor Swift will release her 11th album on April 19, 2024. The album is currently up for pre-order. Fans can also pre-add the album on Apple Music.

According to Swift’s online store, there is a deluxe release, vinyl releases, and a collectors’ edition.

What is the album’s lead single?

As of this writing, there has been no news about what the lead-off single will be. However, Taylor announced on her Instagram on April 16 that she would release a music video on Friday at 8 p.m. EDT. which hints at it being the first single of the album.

It’s only a matter of time before Swifties analyze and investigate to uncover further details. That’s just what they do.

What is the album cover art?

Taylor Swift shared the official album cover via social media on February 4, 2024. On the cover, Swift is seen lying across a mattress, and the photo is shot in black and white to give the set-up a bit of mystery and intrigue.

Along with the cover, the singer shared a handwritten note that could indicate what the album’s themes are and/or could give a glimpse into lyrics from the album, the lead single, or even the tracklist. Time will tell what sort of cryptic messages she has embedded in the reveal.

On the second image, Swift wrote:

And so I enter into evidence

My tarnished coat of arms

My muses, acquired like bruises

My talismans and charms

Tick, tick

of love bombs,

My veins of pitch black ink

All’s fair in love and poetry

Sincerely,

The chairman

of the Tortured Poets Department

What is the album tracklist?

On February 5, 2024, Swift took to social media to reveal the official tracklist, which includes two collaborators, Florence + the Machine and rapper Post Malone.

Here is the complete tracklist, including all bonus tracks found on the vinyl variants.

1. ‘Fortnight’ (featuring Post Malone)
2. ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
3. ‘My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys’
4. ‘Down Bad’
5. ‘So Long, London’
6. ‘But Daddy I Love Him’
7. ‘Fresh Out the Slammer’
8. ‘Florida!!!’ (featuring Florence + the Machine)
9. ‘Guilty as Sin?’
10. ‘Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?’
11. ‘I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)’
12. ‘loml’
13. ‘I Can Do It with a Broken Heart’
14. ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’
15. ‘The Alchemy’
16. ‘Clara Bow’
17. ‘The Manuscript’ (Bonus track)
18. ‘The Bolter’ (Bonus track)
19. ‘The Albatross’ (Bonus track)
20. ‘The Black Dog’ (Bonus track)

On February 16, Swift revealed a second special edition of the album, which includes a bonus track called ‘The Bolter.’ Later, on February 23, a third special edition was announced, featuring the song ‘The Albatross.’

The fourth and final vinyl variant was revealed on March 3 and features the bonus track called ‘The Black Dog.’

Each release features a different cover from the regular version.

Who are the album’s songwriters and producer(s)?

Taylor Swift herself is listed as the sole writer on two songs, according to credits released by Apple Music on April 15, received writing help from her two featured collaborators (Post Malone and Florence Welch) on their songs, and shared writing credits with her longtime collaborator, producer Jack Antonoff, or more recent producer, Aaron Dessner, on the others.

The producers of the album have yet to be revealed.

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