Taylor Swift has responded to some positive reviews of her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department.
The Karma hitmaker, 34, took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday and reposted a number of reviews of her latest body of work, captioning each with her own lyrics.
She shared a glowing review from Rolling Stone that described Swift on the album as “confused, bitter, furious, vulnerable, and yet more gloriously chaotic than we’ve ever heard her before.”
The singer wrote on the post, “And that’s the closest I’ve come to my heart exploding.” The phrase comes from track two, which shares the same name as the album, and Swift added two white heart emojis to it.
It comes after a magazine excluded a critic’s byline from a less than positive review of the hitmaker’s new album over fears of harassment from Swift’s fans.
Taylor Swift has responded to some positive reviews on her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department; seen in 2023
The Karma hitmaker, 34, took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday and reposted some magazine reviews of her latest body of work
The star also shared a five-star review from The Times, adding ‘These Chemicals hit me like white whine’ from her song The Alchemy.
Another positive review came from The Independent, with critic Helen Brown writing, “The whole album is a great reminder of the intense, personal connection Swift can evoke in song.”
‘She fills arenas and dominates the news agenda because listeners can identify with her star-studded dramas – her stories infuse new electricity into their own experiences.’
Taylor reposted it to her Stories, adding the line, “Everyone we know understands why it has to be this way,” another of her lyrics.
Meanwhile, Paste Magazine earlier today cited security reasons as the need to make their review anonymous.
The publication wrote in an editor’s note on were with the review. work.’
They concluded the statement with, “We care more about the safety of our staff than a name attached to an item.”
While the negative review isn’t likely to discourage any of the millions of people who have already listened to the album since it dropped early Friday morning, it does draw a heavy dose of criticism, accusing the Grammy winner of being unable to listen to the album. ‘infantilize’. the very people who appreciate her music and take her successes to the next level in the first place.’
The review also claims that TTPD’s title track features some of Swift’s worst lyricism to date.
She shared a five-star review from The Times and included ‘These Chemicals hit me like white whine’ from her song The Alchemy
Another positive review came from The Independent, and Taylor reposted it to her Stories, adding the line, “Everyone we know understands why it has to be this way,” another lyric.
The writer praised But Daddy I Love Him, saying it “really lends a hand to the talent for awe-inspiring, stagnant melodies that Swift has long demonstrated a finesse for.”
Much of the article seemed to question whether Swift could be tortured while living the lifestyle of a billionaire.
“If Swift can return to one of her dozens of beach houses around the world, lift her feet and say, ‘I am a poet of struggle,’ who’s to say that millions – perhaps billions – of people with access to a banknote app and a social media account don’t dream that dream, do they?’ they asked.
Fans were furious that the writer wouldn’t stand behind their words.
‘Where is the so-called ‘review’ of the actual album? This is just pure ragebait vomit lol,” one angry fan wrote.
“The opening line about Sylvia Plath taking her life is un-quirky and extra tacky when you add the moral criticism of Taylor’s jet use as the writer clearly doesn’t care about being empathetic unless it’s time to put Taylor down in a” music review .”‘ wrote another.
“We want a real journalist back, not this gossip article,” one fan declared.