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Dedicated to The Chairman of The Tortured Poets Department

The timeline of events starting with the announcement of TTPD at the Grammy Awards and analyzing every moment until the album release on April 19, 2024.

Together lets admire Taylor’s lyrical and musical prowess along with her mastery of marketing. Taylor created playlists of her music #The5StagesOfHeartbreak in line with the 5 Stages of Grief.

Members of The Tortured Poets Department:
The Chairman: Taylor Swift
The Professors: Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dressner
The New Hire: Travis Kelce
Members: Post Malone, Florence Welch, Patti Smith, Dylan Thomas
Fired: Matty Healy, Joe Alwyn

Let’s have fun putting all the puzzle pieces together.

  • Lyrics to each song and notes on the formatting of each in the CD album inserts.

As Taylor herself says – the story is ours now.

So let’s explore this story!

I. Fortnight (feat Post Malone)  –  3:48 (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, Austin Post)
II. The Tortured Poets Department  –  4:53 (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff)
III. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys  –  3:23 (Taylor Swift)
IV. Down Bad  –  4:21 (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff)
V. So Long, London  –  4:22 (Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner)
VI. But Daddy I Love Him  –  5:40 (Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner)
VII. Fresh Out The Slammer  –  3:30 (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff)
VIII. Florida!!! (feat Florence + The Machine)  –  3:35 (Taylor Swift, Florence Welch)
IX. Guilty as Sin?  –  4:14 (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff)
X. Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me  –  5:34 (Taylor Swift)
XI. I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)  –  2:36 (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff)
XII. loml  –  4:37 (Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner)
XIII. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart  –  3:38 (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff)
XIV. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived  –  4:05 (Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner)
XV. The Alchemy  –  3:16 (Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff)
XVI. Clara Bow  –  3:36 (Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner)
XVII. The Black Dog
XVIII. imgonnagetyouback
XIX. The Albatross
XX. Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
XXI. How Did It End?
XXII. So High School
XXIII. I Hate It Here
XXIV. thanK you aIMee
XXV. I Look in People’s Windows
XXVI. The Prophecy
XXVII. Cassandra
XXVIII. Peter
XXIX. The Bolter
XXX. Robin
XXXI. The Manuscript