Taylor Swift refers to the new album as a "refuge" for miserable poets

"Country music princess" Taylor Swift stirred up the fan community with her new album of 31 songs, leaving fans breathless. However, this album makes listeners "miserable" with melodies that do not change much.

Taylor Swift has achieved great success with the album "Midnights", bringing her the prestigious "Album of the Year" Grammy Award for the 4th time. Following that success, Taylor Swift continues to make fans explode. when suddenly announcing the latest album titled "The Tortured Poets Department" on April 19.

However, Taylor Swift's new album received many mixed opinions. Some people think that the album is nothing special and is a slowdown in Taylor Swift's music. The reason given is because the number of songs is too many (31 songs), the writing time is limited because Taylor Swift participates in many different activities, and the music quality has not had a breakthrough compared to the previous one. previous albums.

In The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift is said to hint at many people, from old enemy Kim Kardashian to current lover Travis Kelce. However, fans believe that the central character of the 11th studio album of "Country Music Princess" is her ex-lover Joe Alwyn.

The romance between the British actor and the American music superstar began in 2017. After 6 years together, they thought the two would have a beautiful ending, the wedding of the century. However, they suddenly broke up in March 2023.

During the process of their passionate love, Taylor wrote nearly 20 songs dedicated to her boyfriend who is 2 years younger, with many sweet words. In particular, the album Lover (2019) most clearly shows the passion that the blonde beauty has for Joe. The most typical are Lover, London Boy, Paper King...

It can be said that among the group of ex-lovers, Joe Alwyn received the most love from Taylor and also gave her the most inspiration for her writing.

However, when love ends, sweet words turn bitter. Right from the new album's title, it shows the ironic attitude that Taylor has towards Joe. The Tortured Poets Department is believed to have originated from a WhatsApp chat group called The Tortured Man Club of Joe and actors Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal.

Going into the content, Taylor never reveals the identities of the people she puts into her music, but Swifties (Taylor Swift's fan community) are always ready to decode. According to analysis, Taylor exposed her 6-year love affair with Joe through many songs such as Fortnight, The Black Dog, So Long, London, Loml, I Can Do It With a Broken Heart, But Daddy I Love Him or The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived... Based on the lyrics, fans think that Taylor is implying that her ex-lover had an affair, was heartless, became increasingly cold and left her alone in a foreign land. In addition, the songs in the album also express Taylor's struggle and pain when she has to say goodbye to the person she hopes to build a family with.

When responding to comments from Amazon Music listeners, Taylor shared that the new album is about tragic love and loss. She recalls being highly appreciated at the beginning of a romantic relationship, but over time things went from bad to worse.

"Then suddenly they destroy or devalue us in their minds. Meanwhile, we're still clinging to the saying: 'No, no, no, you should have seen them the first time they see me'. They will go back to how they were then," Taylor explained, mentioning the fact that there are people who still hold out hope about broken, toxic relationships.

And on the other hand, many newspapers also released a ranking of the 10 worst lyrics in "The Tortured Poets Department" - many people think that Taylor Swift can't even keep up her form with writing lyrics, and many listen to them. very "cringy" cheesy and old. Many audiences joke that no poet is "miserable", but the listeners themselves are "miserable" when they have to listen to an album with melodies that don't change much, and sometimes the audience doesn't even know what to do. I know there's a new song.

But "The Tortured Poets Department" many fans and experts think the songs sound similar to many other songs with breakup themes that Taylor Swift has composed. The topic is not too new, the metaphors in the lyrics are not groundbreaking, the music is like a combination of a few previous albums but still typical of pop. Many people are quite tired of the synth bass lines used by Jack Antonoff in so many songs. Taylor Swift also seems to have no one to edit her lyrics anymore.

Despite the controversy, "The Tortured Poets Department" is still predicted to be successful on digital music charts thanks to its large fan base and Taylor Swift's charisma. The album is also highly appreciated by some experts for its meaning when expressing the thoughts and feelings after Taylor Swift's ups and downs.

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