The Tortured Poets Department updates — Taylor Swift confirms Fortnight with Post Malone as lead single on new album

24 hours left to a music video release

Fans can look forward to the release of an all-new music video from Taylor Swift exactly 24 hours from now.

It is not yet known for which song the music video will be.

Taylor doesn’t stop releasing albums

Taylor Swift has released 10 studio albums, including:

• Taylor Swift
• Fearless
• Speak Now
• Red
• 1989
• Reputation
• Lover
• Folklore
• Evermore
• Midnights

The Tortured Poets Department will be available to fans in just hours on April 19.

Taylor is worth billions, continued

When Swift released a re-recording of her nine-year-old album 1989, she became the first billionaire, according to Bloomberg.

The pop singer is an economic force unto herself, driving tourism dollars to the towns where she performs, thanks to the spending of her hordes of devoted fans on everything Swift.

According to the U.S. Travel Association, her Eras Tour helped local economies in the United States alone to the tune of more than $5 billion.

Swift’s relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has even increased NFL fandom and American football expenditures.

Taylor is worth billions

Taylor Swift is a self-made billionaire because her music has been the main source of her enormous riches.

In addition to pop singers, other extremely successful celebrities have become billionaires through product lines or brand collaborations that have nothing to do with their artistic endeavors.

Swift receives money from the sale of her records, music catalog, concert tour tickets, and streaming partnerships.

She also has many expensive residences all around the United States. Based on examinations of her riches, Bloomberg and Forbes estimate her net worth to be at least $1.1 billion.

All about Taylor Swift

Born December 13, 1989, Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter from the United States.

She is a famous cultural personality of the 21st century, known for her songwriting, musical variety, artistic reinventions, and influence on the music business.

Taylor began composing professionally at the age of 14 and signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 to pursue a career as a country singer.

She recorded six studio albums on Big Machine, four of which were for country radio, beginning with her self-titled album in 2006.

Taylor is one of the best-selling musicians in history, the most-streamed female artist on Spotify, and the only act to have five albums with first-week sales of over one million copies in the United States.

Spotify pop-up explained

Swifties in Los Angeles had a celebration to commemorate the release of TTPD.

A preview of part of the album’s lyrics was given at the three-day event, which took place at the Grove on April 16–18.

Throughout the course of three days, the pages of a manuscript that was the focal point of the installation revealed new lyrics at regular intervals.

Following the album’s name, Florida, on the globe, a bust of a peace sign, a quill and fountain pens, and other possible Easter eggs hidden in the pop-up library, fans flocked to social media to identify them.

When the album officially drops

TTPD will be available on Friday at 12 am ET. It is currently available for preorder on Taylor Swift’s website.

Be ready for any delays if you intend to stream The Tortured Poets Department as soon as it becomes available.

Spotify experienced a brief outage following the release of Swift’s brand-new album Midnights, caused by sheer demand.

TTPD will have bonus songs

The Bolter, The Albatross, The Black Dog, and The Manuscript are the four TTPD variation editions that have been confirmed.

Each variant is called for the bonus track that it will contain. Although Swift has encouraged her fans to preorder these editions on her website, Target also carries the CD and vinyl copies of the album.

Most of the alternative editions—including The Bolter, The Albatross, and The Black Dog—are offered as CDs.

The Manuscript additional song serves as the name of the fourth variation edition, which is exclusively available at Target on CD and vinyl in “phantom clear” or “ghost white” colors.

Preorders for vinyl bundles of the other variation editions—The Bolter, The Albatross, and The Black Dog—that came with a premium CD and cassette were also available from Swift.

TTPD details

The album features songs by Post Malone and Florence and the Machine, while Swift collaborated with Aaron Dessner on her most recent album in addition to her longtime friend Jack Antonoff.

Swift is credited with multiple solo writing credits on this album.

The singer wrote the songs Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me and My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys.

Standard tracklist for TTPD

Fans lovingly refer to The Tortured Poets Department as TTPD. It features 16 all-new songs and four bonus tracks exclusive to each edition. Here is the official tracklist:

• Fortnight (featuring Post Malone)
• The Tortured Poets Department
• My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
• Down Bad
• So Long, London
• But Daddy I Love Him
• Fresh Out the Slammer
• Florida!!! (featuring Florence + The Machine)
• Guilty as Sin?
• Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?
• I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
• Loml
• I Can Do It with a Broken Heart
• The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
• The Alchemy
• Clara Bow

Source says Taylor wrote two songs about Travis

Taylor, 34, is said to have written two love songs for Travis, however, it’s unclear if those are the ones he’s supposedly favorited, per an Us Weekly source last month.

“They have to do with their love story and falling in love with him,” the source said. “They’re very special.”

“Just like most people journal, Taylor writes lyrics,” the source added. “Her relationship with Travis has inspired her.”

Travis Kelce has his favorites off TTPD

Before the album’s formal release on Friday, Travis Kelce is said to have listened to every song on girlfriend Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, and to have already chosen his favorites.

The 34-year-old tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs enjoys “Down Bad” and “loml” the most, but he also “loves everything he has heard,” a source told the Daily Mail on Thursday.

‘Huge fan of Post’

Taylor announced her first single in an Instagram post, which features a photo with Post Malone and promotes their song Fortnight.

“The first single from The Tortured Poets Department is…………. Fortnight featuring @postmalone,” she wrote in the post. “I’ve been such a huge fan of Post because of the writer he is, his musical experimentation and those melodies he creates that just stick in your head forever. I got to witness that magic come to life firsthand when we worked together on Fortnight. Honestly can’t wait for you guys to hear this song at Midnight TONIGHT and see the video at 8pm ET TOMORROW.”

2 pm ET easter egg, continued

Swift also shared a video on social media on Tuesday that featured a schedule for the album’s release.

A clock with a timer at 2:00 was there; this appears to be the same hour as the release of her music video for Anti-Hero and her music video for Bejeweled.

The Instagram video also featured two desks and a typewriter that resembled her website.

2 pm ET easter egg

The hours, minutes, and seconds leading up to Friday—when Taylor Swift releases her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, are being breathlessly counted down by her admirers.

Swift has now placed a real clock on her website—but perhaps for a different reason.

There is a countdown clock on the For a Fortnight page, and it is counting down to Thursday at 2 pm.

The singer’s favorite number, 13, and the typewriter-styled initials “ttpd,” which stand for the record’s title, are shown on the website’s background.

Some fans refuse to listen to reported leaks

A few fans have decided to not participate in listening to the leaks and are saying so online.

“I can’t imagine wanting to listen to it any other way than when it comes out, in track order, and experiencing it/talking about it with other Swifties,” said one fan.

“what the point of leaking something when it comes out in less than 24 hours anyway like literally just CHILL,” wrote another Swiftie.

“I support artists and their music and how they choose to share it, when they choose to share it, and where they choose to share it,” a third wrote. “Listening to this stuff early, is a slap in the face to all the work Taylor is doing to own her work. I’ll be listening on the 19th at midnight!

Fans make comment about reported lyrics

Taylor Swift fans who listened to what reports are calling leaked songs from TTPD have shared their thoughts on social media.

“Where and when tf did taylor say this,” one fan questioned.

“The Charlie Puth line is some real madness,” another tweeted. “that taylor swift ai tiktok audio about her having kelce as her last name had better lyrics omfg.”

‘Leaked’ songs shared on Google Drive

The songs were reportedly shared via a Google Drive link, but user Drew (@hydratedangel) posted a clip on X/Twitter of one of the tunes on Thursday.

Before it was removed, it had gotten one million views.

Supposed ‘lyrics’ from ‘leaked’ song

Fans who have heard the reportedly leaked TTPD are analyzing the lyrics to one of the supposed songs.

One line is being particularly prodded by fans.

Some of the lines in one of the tunes being discussed by fans included references to Charlie Puth and golden retrievers, which sent Swifties into a frenzy.

Taylor Swift’s album reportedly leaked

There are rumors that Taylor Swift’s next album, The Tortured Poets Department, has leaked, and fans are making fun of the lyrics on social media.

The pop icon’s 11th studio album will be released on Friday, April 19.

But according to reports, the 17-song tracklist leaked online on Wednesday night, two days before the album’s scheduled release.