The Tortured Poets Department

The Tortured Poets Department
Standard cover
Studio album by Taylor Swift
Released	April 19, 2024 (2024-04-19)
Studio	Audu (Brooklyn) Big Mercy (New York City) Conway Recording (Hollywood) The Dwelling (New York City) Electric Lady (New York City) Electric Feel (Los Angeles) Esplanade (New Orleans) Hutchinson Sound (Brooklyn) Long Pond (Hudson Valley) Miloco (London) Narwhal (Chicago) Pleasure Hill (Portland) Prime Recording (Nashville) Rue Boyer (Paris) Smilo Sound (Orcas Island) Tiny Telephone (Oakland) Unknown locations (Biarritz, Los Angeles, Paris)
Genre	Synth-pop folk-pop chamber pop
Length	65:08
Label	Republic
Producer	Taylor Swift Jack Antonoff Aaron Dessner Patrik Berger
Taylor Swift chronology
1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023) The Tortured Poets Department (2024)
The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
Digital double album cover
Singles from The Tortured Poets Department
"Fortnight" Released: April 19, 2024 "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart" Released: July 2, 2024

The Tortured Poets Department^[a] is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on April 19, 2024, by Republic Records. Two hours after its release, it was expanded into a double album subtitled The Anthology, containing a second volume of songs. It was written and produced by Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Aaron Dessner.

Swift wrote and developed The Tortured Poets Department amidst heightened fame brought by the Eras Tour in 2023 and the media scrutiny on her public and private lives. Self-described as her "lifeline" album, its introspective songs depict emotional tumult, with self-awareness, mourning, anger, humor, and delusion as dominant themes. Musically, the album is a minimalist synth-pop, folk-pop, and chamber pop effort with rock and country stylings. The composition is largely mid-tempo, driven by a mix of synthesizers and drum machines with piano and guitar, whereas the visual aesthetic draws mainly from dark academia.

The album broke numerous commercial records, including the highest single-day and single-week streams for an album on Spotify. It topped the charts across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. In the United States, The Tortured Poets Department became Swift's record-extending seventh album to open with over a million units, spent a career-best 17 weeks atop the Billboard 200, and was certified six-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Its songs made Swift the only artist to monopolize the Billboard Hot 100's top 14 spots, led by "Fortnight" featuring Post Malone.

Upon release, the critical reception to The Tortured Poets Department was polarized. The majority of reviews were positive, praising Swift's cathartic songwriting for its emotional resonance and wit, but some found the album lengthy and lacking profundity. Subsequent assessments appreciated the album's musical and lyrical nuances that emerged upon further listens, and disputed the credibility of the initial critique for allegedly focusing on Swift's public image rather than artistic merit. Swift performed songs from the album in a revamped set list of the Eras Tour since May 2024. The album received six nominations at the upcoming 67th Annual Grammy Awards, including a record seventh Album of the Year nomination for Swift.
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