Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: Release Date, Tracklist and More to Know

The Tortured Poets Department is the official name of TS11. At the Grammys on February 4, 2024, Taylor Swift revealed the title of her new album. Information regarding the forthcoming album, such as its concept, release date, and anything else related, is highly sought after by fans.

What Is the Release Date for Taylor Swift’s 2024 Album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’?

Taylor made the announcement following her 2022 Grammy win for Best Pop Vocal Album, Midnights. The pop artist revealed a secret she had kept from her followers for the past two years as a way to express her gratitude. On April 19, you’ll be able to get my fresh new album. The Tortured Poets Department is the name of it. Right now, backstage, I’m going to post the cover. Feeling loved by you! Thank you!

As promised, she shared the album cover—a photo of herself relaxing on a bed in a transparent top and high-waisted shorts—with the world. “Love and poetry are universal truths,” she wrote as the photo’s caption. “The Tortured Poets Department’s new album, out now. Debuting on April 19th.

Fans were expecting Taylor to announce the release date of her rerecorded album Reputation (Taylor’s Version) during the event, thus the announcement came as a huge surprise. Taylor swiftly altered every single one of her social media profiles to match the original Reputation album’s black and white color scheme in the hours leading up to the Grammys. As it happens, the Tortured Poets Department is also monochromatic!

What Is the Tracklist for Taylor Swift’s 2024 Album ‘The Tortured Poets Department?

The tracklist for The Tortured Poets Department was confirmed by Taylor on February 5, 2024. “I love you, it’s ruining my life.” and the song titles adorn the album’s reverse cover.

“Fortnight” by Fortnight, featuring Post Malone
The Department of Tortured Poets 2.

3. My Boy Is Very Picky About Which Toys He Crushes.
4. Unpleasant
5. Farewell, Metropolis
   I Love Him, Daddy, But 6.
6. New from the Slammer
   8–Florida!!! (ft. Florence and the Machine)
7. Caught in the Act
8. Little Old Me: Who’s Afraid of Her?
9. I Am Able to Help Him (No, I Am Able)
10. The Loml community
    Eleven. The Alchemy Thirteen. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived Fourteen. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
11. Lucia Bow
12. Extra Song: The Work in Progress

It came as a shock to fans when they learned that Taylor had been planning the album since early 2022, which means that she had been keeping it a secret for two years. Given that Midnights was released in October 2022, the chronology had followers wondering where the “Karma” singer drew the ideas for album number eleven.

Even though Taylor began dating Travis Kelce in the spring of 2023, the timing of their relationship gave the impression that no songs would be about him.

At the start of 2023, the celebrity’s relationship with Joe Alwyn came to an end. On the other hand, her May 2023 single “You’re Losing Me” seemed to indicate that their problems had begun much earlier. The heartfelt breakup ballad was really written in December 2021, according to the song’s producer Jack Antonoff. The titles of the songs on TTPD have fans wondering if it’s about her breakup with Joe.

What Is Taylor Swift’s 2024 Album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’?

Taylor revealed some track listings and other details about the upcoming album on Instagram, where she also announced its release.

The soiled coat of arms is my evidence, she wrote. “My love bombs’ ticking time bombs, my talisman and charms, my veins of pitch black ink, and my muses, acquired like bruises.”

Along with her title, “The Chairman of the Tortured Poets Department” was mentioned in the message.