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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forget your “reputation.” Taylor Swift has a brand new album coming out.
Accepting the Grammy for best pop vocal albumTaylor said she had been keeping a secret for two years.
“My new album comes out on April 19. It’s called ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. I’m going to go post the cover right now backstage,” he announced.
And so he did.
On his Instagram, Swift posted a black and white image of her reclining on pillows. The top half of her face and the bottom half of her legs are cut out in the low-contrast image.
“In love and poetry everything is fair…” said his caption. In just over an hour, the Instagram post alone had racked up nearly 7 million likes.
“And so I come into evidence / My tarnished shield / My muses, acquired like bruises / My talismans and charms / The tick, tick, tick of love bombs / My veins of black ink,” said what seemed to be handwritten. lyrics released after the album cover.
Inside Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, Swift’s album announcement sparked screams in the upper levels.
Swift had sparked massive speculation earlier that night when her site appeared to go down. Some theorized that she was preparing to release “Reputation (Taylor’s version),” but cryptic clues on the “accident” site indicated it could be misdirection.
So it was.
The site is back up now, focused on the upcoming album, with pre-order and merchandise options. This will be Swift’s eleventh studio album, not counting her re-recordings. His The last original album was “Midnights”. released in October 2022. Since then, he launched the billion-dollar Eras Tour and released “Speak Now (Taylor Version)” and “1989 (Taylor version)”.
Swift was accepting the Grammy for “Midnights” when she made the surprise announcement. she later chosen album of the year, The final prize of the program, for the album.
“I would love to tell you that this is the best moment of my life, but I feel this happy when I finish a song, or when I crack the code to a bridge I love, or when I’m pre-selecting a music video. or when I work with my dancers,” she said after accepting her album of the year award from Celine Dion. With it, she broke the record for most wins in that category (her other albums of the year: “Fearless,” “1989,” and “Folklore”).
As I walked the red carpet in custom Schiaparelli Couture, She paid homage to her album title and donned a Lorraine Schwartz choker with a small watch embedded in it. And yes, the time was set at midnight, even if the viewer had to tilt their head to see the hands pointing to “12.”
While a nod to the album (and reminiscent of the “tick, tick, tick” on “The Tortured Poets Department” release), the watch seemed particularly appropriate, given the superstar’s seemingly busy schedule over the next week. Swift will return to her Eras tour this week, performing for four nights in Tokyo. She You will still be able to return to the US. later in the week to see her boyfriend Travis Kelce performing at the Super Bowl.
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Sen reported from New York.