Taylor Swift announces new album during Grammy win

As she accepted the Grammy for best pop vocal album for “Midnights,” Taylor Swift announced that she would be releasing her new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” on April 19.

“I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans, so I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years,” she said. “Which is that my brand-new album comes out April 19. It’s called ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’”

A post on Swift’s Instagram immediately went live, revealing the album’s artwork. She also posted a photo of a handwritten note that reads, “And so I enter into evidence / My tarnished coat of arms / My muses, acquired like bruises / My talismans and charms / The tick, tick, tick of love bombs / My veins of pitch black ink / All’s fair in love and poetry...” She signed off the poem (or lyrics) with, “Sincerely, The Chairman of the Tortured Poets Department.”

The album will be available in vinyl, CD and cassette editions and will feature a bonus song called “The Manuscript.” There is also a collectible 24-page book-bound jacket with three handwritten lyrics and never-before-seen photos.

TRACKLIST:

SIDE A

Fortnight (feat Post Malone)

The Tortured Poets Department

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

Down Bad

SIDE B

So Long, London

But Daddy I Love Him

Fresh Out the Slammer

Florida!!! (feat Florence the Machine)

SIDE C

Guilty as Sin?

Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)

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SIDE D

I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

The Alchemy

Clara Bow

Bonus Track: The Manuscript