It’s been over a 12 months since we acquired an album from Taylor Swift. On April 19, the primary anniversary of The Tortured Poets Division got here and went, and I feel we have to take a minute to understand it and this milestone.
On April 19, 2024, Taylor Swift launched The Tortured Poets Division after which shortly expanded on it with The Anthology. We acquired 31 new songs from the singer through this double album, and followers instantly fell in love with TTPD and its dramatic, loving, poetic and heartbreaking lyrics.
Now, it’s been a complete 12 months since we heard songs like “However Daddy I Love Him” and “I Can Do It With A Damaged Coronary heart” for the primary time, and that’s type of mindblowing for a couple of causes.
To begin with, now that it’s been a 12 months, this album marked a bookend in a method for a serious, main second in Taylor Swift’s profession. In six years, she launched 9 albums – Lover (2019), folklore (2020), evermore (2020), Fearless (Taylor’s Model) (2021), Pink (Taylor’s Model) (2021), Midnights (2022), Converse Now (Taylor’s Model) (2023), 1989 (Taylor’s Model)(2023), The Tortured Poets Division (2024). Between 2019 and 2024, we didn’t wait greater than a 12 months for brand spanking new music from Swift. She was pumping out challenge after challenge, and when Midnights got here out, she additionally launched into her historic two-year-long Eras Tour.
TTPD was the final new factor to come back out throughout this period of Swifties getting one thing new to eat continuously. So, it virtually looks like an finish to this wild and wickedly profitable chapter for Swift.
On high of this, this album by itself is not like something she’s finished earlier than, as a result of it is a double album. Within the quick time between Midnight and TTPD, she was on tour, re-released two albums, and made a challenge that seemingly coated three relationships – together with her present relationship with Travis Kelce – and an intense second {of professional} success, and it was finished masterfully.
To make issues even higher, she added TTPD to her Eras Tour setlist, which modified the live performance in a major method that followers adored.
With all that in thoughts, it surprises me that there wasn’t a lot fanfare for this album’s massive anniversary.
Whereas Taylor Nation posted fairly a bit about TTPD’s massive day and Swifties’ celebrated on-line, Taylor Swift hasn’t posted on her private Instagram grid since December 11, 2024, when The Eras Tour ended. She’s been protecting a low profile since then and is taking a much-deserved break and spending time along with her boyfriend. Apart from her look on the Grammys in February, we actually haven’t seen her publicly, and there was no massive celebration for TTPD or the rest.
So, this milestone got here and went in April, and now it’s onto the following.
For the time being, Taylor Swift is taking it simple and protecting a low profile. Nevertheless, amongst Swift’s upcoming initiatives, we now have re-releases of Popularity and Taylor Swift, and followers are eagerly awaiting these (Taylor’s Variations). We’ve got no clue once they’ll come out, although, particularly because the singer has stayed fairly quiet for the final 5 months.
When she comes again, although, you understand it’ll be in an enormous method. Like saying a model new album on the Grammys massive. So, for now, let’s have fun The Tortured Poetes Division and Swift’s final extremely profitable run of albums whereas we get excited for what’s subsequent.