Taylor Swift and Post Malone have teamed up for a new song called ‘Fortnight’, which is the lead single from Swift’s upcoming album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. The song’s video was released yesterday, after a trailer was revealed on 19 April. The video shows Swift in dark makeup being tied to a bedframe in a white room where the furniture is upside down. The pair are later seen hammering away at typewriters, and Swift and Post Malone are also shown dramatically searching through files, throwing things and emotionally embracing on the road.
Swift is then seen being experimented on by a group of scientists, with Malone among them. Later, he performs the song in a phone box on a mountain, sheltered from the pouring rain. The album has been given a three-star review by NME, with the review stating that it, “ends up chasing its own tail with frenzied attempts to respond to critics despite Swift’s current stature”. It goes on to state that Swift seems to be striving for superstardom, while at the same time being irked by negative public opinion. The review concludes that the pitfalls in the album are all the more disappointing because Swift has proven that she can do better.
Many artists are namechecked throughout ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. The title track refers to a “Lucy”, which fans believe is a reference to Lucy Dacus of the Grammy-winning group, boygenius. The album also includes a shout out to Charlie Puth on the same song, while fans are speculating about whether ‘thanK you aIMee’ is aimed at Kim Kardashian. Swift also namechecks the cult Scottish indie band The Blue Nile on ‘Guilty As Sin?’, which appears to be another nod to The 1975’s Matty Healy, with whom Swift was romantically linked for a short period of time in 2023.
Following the album’s release, Swift will resume her career-spanning ‘Eras Tour’ in Europe next month before heading to the UK and Ireland in June. Swift is due to play eight shows at Wembley Stadium in London this summer as part of the run, with support coming from Paramore
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