Taylor Swift Releases A “Secret Double Album” For ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
Swift’s surprise drop releases a whole second part to the album, adding 15 new tracks to the record’s complete edition.
Courtesy of @taylorswift
Courtesy of @taylorswift
Having released her eleventh studio album mere hours ago, Taylor Swift has just dropped a surprise second half to The Tortured Poets Department –– releasing fifteen additional songs that complement Part 1’s sixteen tracks.
This isn’t the first time that Swift put out a surprise album, following the releases of her critically acclaimed 2020 albums, Folklore and Evermore. Yet now with a total of thirty-one tracks, The Tortured Poets Department marks Swift’s longest album to date, and her first double album in her discographyDiscographyThe complete collection of an artist's recorded works, including albums, singles, EPs, and collaborations, usually arranged in order of release. A discography charts creative growth over time, and critics andGo to Discography Glossary. New additions to the record include the formerly physical-release exclusive tracks such as “The Manuscript”, “The Albatross”, “The Black Dog”, and “The Bolter”, together with several brand-new compositions that add a substantial amount of depth to the record’s narrative.
Describing the surprise release, the pop superstar took to social media to mention: “It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album. I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past two 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.”
Listen to the full edition of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology edition below: