The Tortured Poets Department updates — Taylor Swift drops shock double album with songs and lyrics aimed at Joe Alwyn

Many more expected to 'fall victim' to scams

Swift's global Eras Tour has had a profound effect on a wide range of people and things. It has caused diplomatic tensions in Singapore, angered fans to file a lawsuit against Ticketmaster, and significant benefits for the tourism industry, local governments, and even food charities.

The highest-grossing tour ever began in the United States in March 2023 and will end in December of the same year. In June, Swift will play the first of 15 shows in the UK.

Desperate fans are more likely to turn to resale sites and social media in search of tickets now that all UK dates have sold out.

Lloyd Bank expects “many more fans fall victim to ticket scams in the coming weeks and months."

Eras Tour scam affects fans in UK

A significant British bank claims that thousands of Taylor Swift's admirers in the UK were tricked into purchasing phony tickets for her upcoming Eras Tour shows.

According to a statement released by Lloyds Bank on Wednesday, over 600 clients have reported being defrauded thus far, losing, on average, $414 and, in some cases, more than $1,247.

“As these figures are based solely on Lloyds Bank’s own customer data, it estimates that across the UK there are likely to have been at least 3,000 victims since tickets went on sale, with over £1 million being lost to fraudsters so far," it said.

Taylor Swift's most popular songs

Here are Taylor Swift's most popular songs, according to Spotify:

Courtney Love slams Taylor Swift as 'not important' ahead of TTPD release

Singer Courtney Love has made comments slamming Taylor Swift ahead of the billionaire's album release, saying she "positively hates the idea" of 14-time Grammy winner.

“Taylor is not important,” Courtney told the Evening Standard. “She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.”

The singer also made similar comments about Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey.

"I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off," she said about the Summertime Sadness vocalist.

On the Cowboy Carter singer, Love said, "I mean, I like the idea of Beyoncé doing a country record because it’s about Black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed, not that I like it much. As a concept, I love it. I just don’t like her music."

24 hours left to a music video release

Fans can look forward to the release of an all-new music video from Taylor Swift exactly 24 hours from now.

It is not yet known for which song the music video will be.

Taylor doesn’t stop releasing albums

Taylor Swift has released 10 studio albums, including:

• Taylor Swift
• Fearless
• Speak Now
• Red
• 1989
• Reputation
• Lover
• Folklore
• Evermore
• Midnights

The Tortured Poets Department will be available to fans in just hours on April 19.

Taylor is worth billions, continued

When Swift released a re-recording of her nine-year-old album 1989, she became the first billionaire, according to Bloomberg.

The pop singer is an economic force unto herself, driving tourism dollars to the towns where she performs, thanks to the spending of her hordes of devoted fans on everything Swift.

According to the U.S. Travel Association, her Eras Tour helped local economies in the United States alone to the tune of more than $5 billion.

Swift's relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has even increased NFL fandom and American football expenditures.

Taylor is worth billions

Taylor Swift is a self-made billionaire because her music has been the main source of her enormous riches.

In addition to pop singers, other extremely successful celebrities have become billionaires through product lines or brand collaborations that have nothing to do with their artistic endeavors.

Swift receives money from the sale of her records, music catalog, concert tour tickets, and streaming partnerships.

She also has many expensive residences all around the United States. Based on examinations of her riches, Bloomberg and Forbes estimate her net worth to be at least $1.1 billion.

All about Taylor Swift

Born December 13, 1989, Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter from the United States.

She is a famous cultural personality of the 21st century, known for her songwriting, musical variety, artistic reinventions, and influence on the music business.

Taylor began composing professionally at the age of 14 and signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 to pursue a career as a country singer.

She recorded six studio albums on Big Machine, four of which were for country radio, beginning with her self-titled album in 2006.

Taylor is one of the best-selling musicians in history, the most-streamed female artist on Spotify, and the only act to have five albums with first-week sales of over one million copies in the United States.

Spotify pop-up explained

Swifties in Los Angeles had a celebration to commemorate the release of TTPD.

A preview of part of the album's lyrics was given at the three-day event, which took place at the Grove on April 16–18.

Throughout the course of three days, the pages of a manuscript that was the focal point of the installation revealed new lyrics at regular intervals.

Following the album's name, Florida, on the globe, a bust of a peace sign, a quill and fountain pens, and other possible Easter eggs hidden in the pop-up library, fans flocked to social media to identify them.

When the album officially drops

TTPD will be available on Friday at 12 am ET. It is currently available for preorder on Taylor Swift's website.

Be ready for any delays if you intend to stream The Tortured Poets Department as soon as it becomes available.

Spotify experienced a brief outage following the release of Swift's brand-new album Midnights, caused by sheer demand.

TTPD will have bonus songs

The Bolter, The Albatross, The Black Dog, and The Manuscript are the four TTPD variation editions that have been confirmed.

Each variant is called for the bonus track that it will contain. Although Swift has encouraged her fans to preorder these editions on her website, Target also carries the CD and vinyl copies of the album.

Most of the alternative editions—including The Bolter, The Albatross, and The Black Dog—are offered as CDs.

The Manuscript additional song serves as the name of the fourth variation edition, which is exclusively available at Target on CD and vinyl in "phantom clear" or "ghost white" colors.

Preorders for vinyl bundles of the other variation editions—The Bolter, The Albatross, and The Black Dog—that came with a premium CD and cassette were also available from Swift.

TTPD details

The album features songs by Post Malone and Florence and the Machine, while Swift collaborated with Aaron Dessner on her most recent album in addition to her longtime friend Jack Antonoff.

Swift is credited with multiple solo writing credits on this album.

The singer wrote the songs Who's Afraid of Little Old Me and My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys.

Standard tracklist for TTPD

Fans lovingly refer to The Tortured Poets Department as TTPD. It features 16 all-new songs and four bonus tracks exclusive to each edition. Here is the official tracklist:

• Fortnight (featuring Post Malone)
• The Tortured Poets Department
• My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
• Down Bad
• So Long, London
• But Daddy I Love Him
• Fresh Out the Slammer
• Florida!!! (featuring Florence + The Machine)
• Guilty as Sin?
• Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
• I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
• Loml
• I Can Do It with a Broken Heart
• The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
• The Alchemy
• Clara Bow

Source says Taylor wrote two songs about Travis

Taylor, 34, is said to have written two love songs for Travis, however, it's unclear if those are the ones he's supposedly favorited, per an Us Weekly source last month.

“They have to do with their love story and falling in love with him,” the source said. “They’re very special.”

“Just like most people journal, Taylor writes lyrics,” the source added. “Her relationship with Travis has inspired her.”

Travis Kelce has his favorites off TTPD

Before the album's formal release on Friday, Travis Kelce is said to have listened to every song on girlfriend Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department, and to have already chosen his favorites.

The 34-year-old tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs enjoys "Down Bad" and "loml" the most, but he also "loves everything he has heard," a source told the Daily Mail on Thursday.

2 pm ET easter egg, continued

Swift also shared a video on social media on Tuesday that featured a schedule for the album's release.

A clock with a timer at 2:00 was there; this appears to be the same hour as the release of her music video for Anti-Hero and her music video for Bejeweled.

The Instagram video also featured two desks and a typewriter that resembled her website.

2 pm ET easter egg

The hours, minutes, and seconds leading up to Friday—when Taylor Swift releases her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, are being breathlessly counted down by her admirers.

Swift has now placed a real clock on her website—but perhaps for a different reason.

There is a countdown clock on the For a Fortnight page, and it is counting down to Thursday at 2 pm.

The singer's favorite number, 13, and the typewriter-styled initials "ttpd," which stand for the record's title, are shown on the website's background.