Taylor Swift has unleashed ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ – her eleventh album.
Led by ‘Fortnight,’ the project sees Swift explore the end of a relationship as well as her complicated relationship with fame.
That Grape Juice has been spinning the LP since its release. Join us below to find out which five tracks are essential on ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’
5. Clara Bow
Taylor Swift uses her soft-rock instrumentals to showcase her complicated relationship with fame in a song that turns self-referential by the end.
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4. The Prophecy
Following in similar footsteps as ‘Clara Bow,’ Swift once again reflects on her relationship with fame and her desire to be loved for who she is above all else.
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3. But Daddy I Love Him
One of the few upbeat songs on ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ sees Swift go back to her country-pop roots and showcase how she could have fully developed that sound over the years.
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2. The Albatross
Sonically a sister to Swift’s song ‘Ivy’ from ‘Evermore,’ ‘The Albatross’ features a sparse instrumental with one of her best four-line passages in the middle of the song.
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1. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
It’s strange to think this song was not a track 5 as those tend to be Swift’s most emotional. Featuring emotional blow after emotional blow, Swift is exposed and broken in a way she has not showed to the public before as she tells the story of a doomed relationship. The best song on the project is also among the year’s best.
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Can some one en plain to me while pitchfork gave it 6,6 like the work’ s’y réveil of this year (Cowboy carter got 8,4 for eg, I mean it’s Beyoncé but Taylor isn’t that bad either)
Taylor’s songs were well written overall. Not her best. But not horrible. There weren’t any real harmonies or vocal layers. The problem was the music. The instrumentals weren’t good. It all sounds the same.
The album sucked babe LOL. Her delusional cult following fans all streamed first day, but quickly retracted the following day dropping sales a whopping 46% decline. There’s absolutely NOTHING interesting, impactful, or exciting about this album and the poorly written songs. She really thought she ATE 😂
LMAO SHE JUST MAD THAT TAYLOR BURIED THAT FAKE COWROACH BABE, SHE’S BEEN SEETHING ALL WEEK LMAO 🤣🤣🤣
But I thought Yawnce was Queen! Why hasn’t she ever done similar numbers …. The love is fake y’all can keep it HIVe😭😭😭
LMAOOO THIS POST MUST BE FOR THAT CLOWN THAT KEPT ASKING PEOPLE TO NAME BOPS OFF HER ALBUM IN THE COMMENTS LMAOOO YEAH YOU @UHoesFunny 🤣🤣🤣
LOL and my question still stands. NAME THEM! All of these songs are horrible, and same exactly the same. These songs will only be played at someone’s funeral I’m afraid
LMAO WHERE’S THE BOPS ON FLOPBOY FARTER? NOT EVEN BUBBLING UNDER I’M AFRAID LMAOOOOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cowboy Carter has been speaking for itself, name another artist besides BEYONCE that gets as much notoriety from celebrities and press from the news when she drops…I’ll wait…YOU CANT! Cowboy Carter has made such an impact already and the era has just begun. So many bops, Tik Tok challenges, and already has had 4 top 10 singles from the album, including a #1 single with Texas.
Beyonce is THEE only artist to ever debut all 8 of her solo albums at #1. I’m afraid Taylor will NEVER be able to say the same 😂 that trailer park btch locked her comments on IG bc she’s getting so much negative feedback from her fanbase and critics 😂 she hates to hear the TRUTH!
Metacritic: 78% score = D –
Pitchfork: 6.6 score = D –
Slate Magazine: “Painful to digest, and quite ‘torturous’. No pun intended.”
Fans and critics alike all hate the album. She might’ve gotten all the first day streams and sales, but the longevity and response to this album is quite telling.
Second day sales DROPPED 46%, that’s worse than any artist in 2023 and 2024. Not a single song on this album is a bop, nor deep cut. I’m afraid she’s OVER.
Hold on? Second day sales? Dropped 46% so that means it sold another 700k? So that’s already 2 million? Is this suppose to be a drag? It’s selling crazy amounts. Where did you get this 46¿ if true it’s amazing
WRONG AND LOUD 😂 I meant streaming plays. Definitely didn’t do 700k in your fcking dreams 🤣🤣🤣
Please, taylor is an album seller, not someone who’s relies on streams to sell. Streams are free.. beyonce inky did 29k pure sales in its second week . Such a low number willing to actually pay for her music.
LMAOOO FLOPBOY CARTER TANKED FROM 168k to 20k AND STILL HASN’T HIT 200K YET, LET’S SEE YOU TALK ABOUT THAT DECLINE LMAOOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
By a show of hands, who actually liked Tortured Poets Department, and truly and honestly believes it’s a great body of work. Let me know your opinion so I can drag you 😂
You need to drag your fave beyonce. Her sales are tanking for artist of her caliber. Even Gaga’s Cheek to Cheek or Rihanna’s Talk that Talk are doing better than Cowboy cerror weekly sales lol 😂
Beyonce is doing Keri Hilson “No Boys Allowed” sales now lol 😆
So basically you didn’t even listen to the album, or don’t actually like it LOL 😂 and clearly just a Beyonce hater. BYE BTCH lmaooo