Taylor Swift at the Grammys 2024.
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Taylor Swift, at the 2024 Grammys, announced the launch of her 11th album - The Tortured Poet's Department.
The 34-year-old further noted that she'd share the poster cover and date of release the moment she stepped off the stage.
True to her word, Swift has done just that, and her new album is out on April 19.
After accepting her Grammy award, Swift said "This is my 13th Grammy. I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I've been keeping from you for the last two years, which is that my brand new album comes out on April 19th. The album is called The Tortured Poet's Department."
Sharing the album cover, she stated "All's fair in love and poetry...", and posted a few lines that read, "And so I enter into evidence...My tarnished coat of arms, my muses, acquired like bruises....My talismans and charms...The tick, tick, tick of love bombs.....My veins of pitch-black ink.....All's fair in love and poetry...Sincerely. The Chairman of the Tortured Poet's Department."
Going into the night’s awards show, Swift fans had noticed that the artist had changed her profile picture on X, Instagram and Facebook to a black-and-white version, and many interpreted this as a hint that Swift would announce a new Taylor’s version of her Reputation album, which has a black-and-white cover.
Swift received six Grammy nominations, including nods for Anti-Hero in the best song and record of the year categories and a nomination for Midnights in the album of the year category.
“This is my 13th Grammy,” Swift said in her speech. “This is my lucky number, I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that.”
This is not the first time Taylor Swift has used an award show to announce the launch of new work. In the 2022 VMAs, Swift had announced the release of her album Midnights.
(With NYT inputs)