The Tortured Poets Department: A Collection of Melancholic Poems About Ex-Lovers, and Is Taylor Swift “Addicted” to Sadness?
2024: The Year of Goodbyes (It’s quite fitting that all the numbers are divisible by two, unlike the odd first digits of wedding monetary gifts). If March had us crying rivers over Ariana Grande’s “eternal sunshine”, then late April—the season of Taurus—promises a new wave of tears under the rain with Taylor Swift’s latest poetic anthology: The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD).
Through The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift reminisces about her past lovers: honoring the “White Moonlight” Joe Alwyn, bidding farewell to the once-loved Matty Healy, and expressing gratitude to her current partner, Travis Kelce.
“You’re Losing Me” serves as the “bridge” connecting Taylor Swift’s two latest eras: the Midnights era, which earned her the prestigious Album of the Year award, and the “The Tortured Poets Department” era, delivering 31 tracks to entertain her fans. Coincidentally (or perhaps orchestrated by the mastermind herself), its release aligns perfectly with Mercury retrograde, inviting her 57.6 million YouTube followers to listen and reflect on their own ex-lovers.