Taylor Swift reveals double album in '2 a.m. surprise'. Here are the best fan reactions
The day all Swifties have been waiting for has finally arrived. Taylor Swift's 15th album, "The Tortured Poets Department," dropped at 11 p.m. CST Thursday night.
Swift, chairman of the "Tortured Poets Department," did not disappoint.
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'It's a 2 a.m. surprise'
The Eras Tour singer barely gave fans time to process TTPD before releasing an additional 15 songs under "TTPD: The Anthology."
"It's a 2 a.m. surprise," Swift wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. The double album's new tracks went live at 1 a.m. CST early Friday morning.
It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album. ✌️ I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 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… pic.twitter.com/y8pyDK8VTd
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) April 19, 2024
The secret double album's new tracks include:
"The Black Dog"
"imgonnagetyouback"
"The Albatross"
"Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus"
"How Did It End?"
"So High School"
"I Hate It Here"
"thanK you aiMee"
"I Look in People's Windows"
"The Prophecy"
"Cassandra"
"Peter"
"The Bolter"
"Robin"
"The Manuscript"
The Eras Tour singer joined Threads at midnight, which shares parent company Meta with Facebook and Instagram.
As part of the week leading up to the announcement, Swift worked behind the scenes with Threads to create a countdown when users pulled down on her Instagram page. The interface connected them to pre-follow the singer. At the stroke of 12 a.m., a new pull-down countdown revealed two hours.
TTPD's track titles are brutal. Fans speculated the album was about Swift’s six-year relationship with English actor Joe Alwyn and their breakup. Both stars kept the relationship out of the public eye. The back of the first version of the album reads, “I love you, it’s ruining me,” serving as a dagger-to-the-chest harbinger.
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Swifties react to 'Tortured Poets Department'
Swift's double album reveal had fans reacting in all caps − the social media version of screaming.
"YOU ARE LITERALLY A GENIUS AND MY WORST NIGHTMARE AT THE SAME TIME I LOVE YOU," one user wrote on X.
"TAYLOR WE STILL HAVEN’T RECOVERED FROM THE FIRST ONE," another said.
Swifties are already busy making connections between some "TTPD" lyrics and lyrics in previous albums.
i need time. #TaylorSwift#THETORTUEDPOETSDEPARTMENTpic.twitter.com/R8WVRlwZ9V
— dendreo (@dendr3w) April 19, 2024
oh okay. oh ok. oh. Oh okay pic.twitter.com/GDuWWg6Ot3
— 𝑙aura⸆⸉ (@rightwylmm) April 19, 2024
at work after 3 hours of sleep and 31 new taylor swift songs pic.twitter.com/fSU1Hcq8W6
— mirrorball 🪩 (@penthouseheart) April 19, 2024
Thank you for your service, Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy. #TaylorSwiftpic.twitter.com/ToI7gHXTz9
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) April 19, 2024
The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology is the greatest surprise Taylor Swift has ever given us.
A truly skipless double album that sounds like Folklore and Evermore got stoned with Midnights In the best way.
An emotional roller coaster of intrusive thoughts set to music.— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) April 19, 2024
How I feel after listening to 31 new Taylor Swift songs pic.twitter.com/6vSUvAikzN
— Aly Eras Tour 7/14 (@aly_saby) April 19, 2024
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: 'TTPD': Taylor Swift drops new tracks for secret double album surprise