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Taylor Swift revealed some of the inspirations behind The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD).
In a special, track-by-track experience, available to stream on Amazon Music, the pop star, 34, provided some insight to her latest record as she recalled her mindset during the creation process.
Following her 11th album's release on Friday, the 14-time Grammy winner described TTPD as 'anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.'
'This period of the author's life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up,' she told her fans. 'There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted.'
She concluded: 'This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it. And then all that's left behind is the tortured poetry.'
Two hours later, she announced The Tortured Poets Department was a 'secret DOUBLE album' as she had 'written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years' and couldn't resist sharing 'it all.'
Below find everything Swift has said about her songs including Fortnight with Post Malone, Clara Bow, Florida!!! with Florence + the Machine, Who's Afraid of Little Old Me, Down Bad and My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys.
Taylor Swift revealed some of the inspirations behind The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD), which has broke multiple records on Spotify and other music streaming platforms
Florida!!! (feat Florence + The Machine)
'I'm always watching Dateline. People have these crimes that they commit; where do they immediately skip town and go to? They go to Florida,' she tease of what inspired her to write the tune inspired by the Sunshine State.
She continued: 'They try to reinvent themselves, have a new identity, blend in. I think when you go through a heartbreak, there's a part of you that thinks, 'I want a new name. I want a new life. I don't want anyone to know where I've been or know me at all.''
And so that was the jumping off point. Where would you go to reinvent yourself and blend in? Florida!'
'I'm always watching Dateline. People have these crimes that they commit; where do they immediately skip town and go to? They go to Florida,' she tease of what inspired her to write the tune inspired by the Sunshine State
Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
'Who's Afraid of Little Old Me was a song I wrote alone, sitting at the piano in one of those moments when I felt bitter about just all the things we do to our artists as a society and as a culture,' the Cardigan hitmaker said on the interlude.
She continued: 'There's a lot about this particular concept on THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. What do we do to our writers, and our artists, and our creatives?'
'We put them through hell. We watch what they create, then we judge it. We love to watch artists in pain, often to the point where I think sometimes as a society we provoke that pain and we just watch what happens,' she reflected.
'Who's Afraid of Little Old Me was a song I wrote alone, sitting at the piano in one of those moments when I felt bitter about just all the things we do to our artists as a society and as a culture,' the Cardigan hitmaker said on the interlude
Fortnight (feat Post Malone)
'Fortnight is a song that exhibits a lot of the common themes that run throughout this album,'
