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| Single by Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone | ||||
| from the album The Tortured Poets Department | ||||
| Released | April 19, 2024 | |||
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| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Republic | |||
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"Fortnight" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift featuring the American singer and rapper Post Malone. It was released by Republic Records as the lead single from her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, on April 19, 2024. It was written by the artists alongside Jack Antonoff, who produced it with Swift. A 1980s-inspired ballad, "Fortnight" is a downtempo electropop, synth-pop, and new wave song built around a steady, pulsing synth bassline. Its lyrics describe an emotionally impactful, two-week romance: A woman in an unhappy marriage rekindles with a married ex-lover, and the two vow to escape to Florida.
Reviews of the song praised the vocal chemistry between Swift and Malone, but some critics found the composition weak when compared to Swift's other singles. At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, "Fortnight" was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Commercially, "Fortnight" broke the record for the highest single-day streams on the streaming platform Spotify. In the United States, the song debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, marking Swift's twelfth and Malone's fifth number-one song. It earned Swift her fifth number-one single on the Billboard Global 200 chart and peaked atop the charts in Australia, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
A music video for "Fortnight", directed by Swift, accompanied the song's release. It stars Swift and Malone as lovers, and the American actors Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles as mad scientists experimenting on Swift. Employing a black-and-white aesthetic by the Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, the video features clips of a gothic Swift in a psychiatric hospital, and a Victorian Swift romancing with Malone in an office. The video's accolades include five wins including Video of the Year at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, Best Video at the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards, Best Music Video at the 32nd Camerimage festival, and a Best Music Video nomination at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.