Taylor Swift has just release The Tortured Poets Department album with a cast of talented artists.

‘Fortnight‘ starts the album off with additional vocals featuring Post Malone. I was expecting more of a country/acoustic sound, but was pleasantly surprised. The album has a 80s pop sound. It gives me Stevie Nicks and Kate Bush vibes.

The second track is the title song for the album. As a newly converted Swifty, I dig her lyrical abilities. They say that the analytical people of the world will focus on lyrics and the more joyful people will often focus on the beat and music composition. I’ll be honest, I do my best to focus on both.

She talks about using a typewriter, and that sends me back to the 80s for sure.

‘My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys’ resembles a metaphor that I interpret as the toy being another person in a relationship. Sadly, my dog came up to me for pets during this song. I do have it up a little louder than normal.

‘Down Bad’ has a slower beat structure but feels like one of the singles to the album despite the f bombs.

The Tortured Poets Department is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released via Republic Records. Swift wrote and produced the album with Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner.

‘So Long, London’ reminds me of the pain sometimes we go through to be able to experience joy. The bliss on Swift’s face at Coachella recently feels like an arrow that once was pulled back and it now projecting forward.

‘But Daddy I Love Him’ is a conflicting piece. It is a great addition to the album. This is just an observation, but does anyone else feel several of Swift’s song invoke a mental image of a person busting through a door and running through an open field?

Florida!!! features Florence and the Machine and provides the most range on the album. If we could get these two on tour together, I’d be down for that show. The harmony and connection between the two artists sparks a unique fire in my soul.

‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart’ feels like a true reflection of Swift’s emotional state during the recording of this album. The upbeat switch up brought a new wave energy to the album. In a sea of blue, this song brought out a yellow sun of contrast to the song selection. Can you be miserable, if you know you are miserable?

This album definitely has a PG-13/R vibe to some of the lyrics. It is sometimes claimed that films rated PG-13 are only able to use the expletive f*** once to avoid an R rating for language. I’m not offended by her choice of words, but she does have a wide range of demographics behind her listeners.

Overall, I give the album a 9/10 for the album review. She is a once-in-a-generation talent, and I’m thrilled to get to experience her original music.