The Tortured Poets Department, Swift's 11th original studio album, is billed as a concept album exploring the five stages of grief. Given this is Swift's first album since breaking up with boyfriend of six years Joe Alwyn, briefly dating the 1975's Matty Healy, and entering into a headline-grabbing relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, there's heartbreak and new love aplenty across Tortured Poets, as well as the kind of acidic self-loathing that's noticeably crept into Swift's songwriting since 2017's Reputation.
Between records, she embarked on the ongoing Eras Tour, a three-hour career retrospective that's boosted local economies, grossed over a billion dollars, and attracted the level of media attention usually reserved for the deaths of well-liked presidents. Swift was already one of her generation's biggest musicians when Midnights dropped, but everything that's happened in the interim has cemented her as an astronomical superstar.
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