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Taylor Swift had a giant announcement to make concerning her The Tortured Poets Division album throughout her Sunday, March 3, live performance in Singapore.
“I simply had a plan for Evening 2,” Swift, 34, mentioned to concertgoers in the course of the Eras present, which was additionally briefly broadcast stay through her Instagram. “I kinda felt you’d be [excited and loud], so I kinda wished to indicate you one thing that nobody else has seen earlier than.”
She continued, “If you wish to have a look at the primary display, I need to present you one thing. That is the ultimate version of The Tortured Poets Division. It’s the ultimate cowl … [and] there’s a tune known as ‘The Black Canine.’ I can’t wait so that you can hear it and I simply admire the passion.”
As Swift shared her TTPD variant information, a brand new cowl picture shot by Beth Garrabrant flashed on the display. Within the sepia-toned shot, Swift stood with one hand resting on the highest of her head and the opposite by her chin.
Taylor Swift is treating her followers to multiple model of her upcoming eleventh studio album. Three editions of The Tortured Poets Division, the unique and two bonus variations, might be launched on Friday, April 19. Along with the 16 songs from the usual version, every album variation will characteristic one in all three […]
Swift additionally shared the picture on her Instagram with the caption, “Previous habits die screaming.” The portrait has additionally been swapped as her new profile pic.
Swift’s TTPD announcement interrupted the acoustic part of Sunday’s live performance, the place she — as soon as once more — performed two mash-ups. First, the Grammy winner mixed “Lengthy Story Brief” from Evermore and “The Story of Us” from Communicate Now (Taylor’s Model) on her guitar. Swift’s subsequent shock tune mash-up featured 1989 (Taylor’s Model)’s “Clear” and Evermore’s “Evermore.”
Taylor Swift performs on the Nationwide Stadium on March 2, 2024 in Singapore. Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Pictures for TAS Rights Administration
One night time earlier, Swift performed a unique double mash-up for the Singapore crowd, combining “Mine” and “Starlight,” after which “I Don’t Wanna Dwell Perpetually” and “Costume.”
“This has turn into my favourite a part of the present as a result of it’s turn into very chaotic and it’s turn into a problem for me to consider new issues to do for each single metropolis,” Swift mentioned on Saturday, March 2, in regards to the acoustic set. “And hope that I’m doing one thing that you simply guys may like. It’s been a blast!”
Marcelo Endelli/TAS23/Getty Pictures Whereas Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Division got here as a shock to followers, the pop star seemingly left a number of Easter eggs hinting that her eleventh studio album was on its manner. Swift revealed her newest musical endeavor whereas accepting the award for Greatest Pop Vocal Album — her thirteenth profession win — […]
Following Swift’s remaining March live shows in Singapore, she is going to launch her subsequent album, The Tortured Poets Division, on April 19. (The Eras Tour will resume its worldwide dates on Could 9 in Paris, operating by August 20 throughout Europe and the UK.)
TTPD is Swift’s eleventh studio album and already has three bonus variations, titled “The Manuscript,” “The Bolter” and “The Albatross.” Whereas Swift hasn’t shared her lyrical inspiration, it’s closely theorized by followers that the tracks are about her breakup with Joe Alwyn.
Swift dated Alwyn, 32, for six years earlier than information broke in April 2023 that that they had known as it quits. She has since moved with NFL star Travis Kelce, with a supply telling Us Weekly earlier this month that Swift has “already written” love songs about Kelce, 34.
