Taylor Swift fans go into meltdown as she launches NEW COUNTDOWN after release of The Tortured Poets Department… prompting theory she will drop another album

Taylor Swift teased fans with a mysterious countdown after releasing her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, on Friday.

After the 34-year-old superstar’s 16-song project dropped at midnight, Swift’s fans noticed a two-hour countdown go live on her Instagram page.

It seemingly suggests a possible new announcement or surprise coming at 2 p.m. am E.T.

The singer has dropped numerous hints in recent days that the 2 a.m. hour has special meaning.

Many fans also speculated that the star might be planning to release her version of her 2017 album Reputation in the same way she re-recorded her previous records amid a battle over ownership of her work.

Taylor Swift teased fans with a mysterious countdown after releasing her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, on Friday

After the 34-year-old superstar’s 16-song project dropped at midnight, Swift’s fans noticed a two-hour countdown go live on her Instagram page

Swift has teased the 2:00 hour repeatedly in recent weeks.

In a teaser video for the album’s release, she had a clock on the wall taped to 2:00.

The clocks in the library pop-up and in her mysterious Fortnight music video announcement from earlier this week have also all been set to 2 o’clock.

Her Spotify library installation of Tortured Poets in Los Angeles included a statue with a peace sign.

Swift also double-crossed during her Grammy acceptance speech, the same night she first announced the album.

An image with the album name also appeared on her account.

When the album hit streaming platforms on Thursday evening, Swift released a lengthy statement on Instagram describing it as “an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and feelings from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time – one that was both sensational and sad.” . equally.’

She continued: ‘This period in the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once the wounds are healed. And upon closer inspection, a large number of them turned out to be self-inflicted.

‘This writer is convinced that our tears become sacred in the form of ink on a page. Once we tell our saddest story, we can be free from it.

“And then all that’s left is the tortured poetry,” Swift concluded, announcing, “THE DEPARTMENT OF TORTURED POETS is now out.”

In addition to her thought-provoking words, the lyricist shared a slideshow of beautiful black and white portraits as part of the album’s artwork.

It seemingly suggests a possible new announcement or surprise coming at 2 p.m. am E.T. The singer has dropped numerous hints in recent days that the 2 a.m. hour has special meaning

Swift has teased the 2:00 hour repeatedly in recent weeks. In a teaser video for the album’s release, she had a clock on the wall stuck at 2:00 a.m.

An image with the album name also appeared on her account

When the album hit streaming platforms Thursday night, Swift released a lengthy statement on Instagram describing it as “an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and feelings of a fleeting and fatalistic moment.”

The Bad Blood singer — who recently teased a “timetable” to her fans ahead of the LP’s release — initially announced the album while attending the 2024 Grammys earlier this year in February.

The title of her latest work had fans speculating that the name was aimed at her ex, Joe Alwyn. And earlier this week, Swift appeared to reference the actor when she shared the album’s lyrics on X.

The Tortured Poets Department has four versions in total, as well as 16 songs and a bonus track entitled The Manuscript.

Hours before the album’s release, Swift revealed that the album’s first single would be Fortnight featuring rapper/singer Post Malone.

She also released a moody teaser for the song’s music video, which will be released Friday at 8 PM EST.

When Swift took the Grammys stage two months earlier, Swifties went into a frenzy when she revealed that a new album was on the way.

She did this while accepting the award for Best Pop Vocal Album. “I would like to thank the fans by telling you a secret that I have kept from you for the past two years, which is that my brand new album will be released on April 19,” she told the audience.

‘It’s called The Ward of the Martyred Poet. I’m going to post the cover backstage now,” she concluded excitedly.

At the time, she shared a black and white album cover photo, which showed Taylor lying in bed while wearing a black shirt and shorts. There was also a stream of light shining down on her.

The Tortured Poets Department has four versions in total, as well as 16 songs and a bonus track entitled The Manuscript

In the caption she had written: ‘All’s fair in love and poetry… New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Out April 19th,” followed by a white heart emoji.

She has since announced three additional versions of The Tortured Poets Department: The Bolter, The Albatross, and The Black Dog. Each version – which could be pre-ordered by listeners – also includes an exclusive track.

A day after announcing her album, Swift dropped the official track listing on the LP. She also has collaborations with other artists such as Post Malone on Fortnight and Florence & The Machine on the song Florida!!!

As if sixteen songs weren’t enough, fans learned Thursday that Swift had included a “summary poem” to the album, in which she appears to reference the end of her relationship with Alwyn, as well as the upcoming affair with rocker Matty Healy went. after.

Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department

1. Fourteen Days (feat. Post Malone)

2. The department of tortured poets

3. My boy only breaks his favorite toys

4. Bad

5. Goodbye, London

6. But daddy, I love him

7. Fresh from the slammer

8. Florida!!! (feat. Florence + The Machine)

9. Guilty as sin?

10. Who’s afraid of little old me

11. I can fix it (no, I really can)

12. Loml

13. I can do it with a broken heart

14. The smallest man who ever lived

15. Alchemy

16. Clara Boog

17. The manuscript

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