Swifties got a double dose of sweet torture at 2 a.m. when Taylor Swift dropped another 15 tracks and announced that “The Tortured Poets Department” is a double album.
She dropped the announcement on social media with new album art and a message about her folie à deux:
“It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album. ✌️ I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours.
It wasn’t exactly a surprise to shrewd fans who picked up on all the times Swift hinted at the number two — starting with her announcement at the Grammys, where she pointedly held up two fingers.
Some of the titles and lyrics alluded to in the run-up to the album’s release didn’t turn up until the second batch of songs hit streamers. Here are the tracks:
- The Black Dog
- imgonnagetyouback
- The Albatross
- Chloe or Sam r Sophia or Marcus
- How Did It End?
- So High School
- I Hate It HEre
- thanK you aiMee
- I Look in People’s Windows
- The Prophecy
- Cassandra
- Peter
- The Bolter
- Robin
- The Manuscript
Four songs — “The Albatross,” “The Bolter,” “The Black Dog,” and “The Manuscript” — were announced as bonus tracks on the various editions of the LP. It’s unclear yet whether a full vinyl with all 31 songs will be available.
