Taylor Swift Drops , ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ , As Surprise Double Album.<br />Swift's new music dropped early on April 19, but fans got way more than they were expecting, Deadline reports. .<br />It’s a 2am surprise: <br />The Tortured Poets Department <br />is a secret DOUBLE album, Taylor Swift, via Instagram.<br />I’d written so much tortured poetry in <br />the past 2 years and wanted to share <br />it all with you, so here’s the second <br />instalment of TTPD: The Anthology. <br />15 extra songs. And now the story <br />isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours, Taylor Swift, via Instagram.<br />In a previous post, Swift described her new music as, , “An anthology of new works that reflect <br />events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting <br />and fatalistic moment in time – one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.”.<br />This period of the author’s life is <br />now over, the chapter closed and <br />boarded up. There is nothing to <br />avenge, no scores to settle <br />once wounds have healed. , Taylor Swift, via Instagram.<br />And upon further reflection, <br />a good number of them <br />turned out to be self-inflicted. , Taylor Swift, via Instagram.<br />This writer is of the firm belief that <br />our tears become holy in the form <br />of ink on a page. Once we have <br />spoken our saddest story, we can <br />be free of it. And then all that’s left <br />behind is the tortured poetry, Taylor Swift, via Instagram.<br />Fans have been speculating about who two particular tracks — 'The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived' and "Guilty as Sin?' — are about. .<br />Matt Healy and Joe Alwyn <br />are names that have come up.<br />Matt Healy and Joe Alwyn <br />are names that have come up.<br />Meanwhile, music journalists' reviews have been mixed when it comes to the double album drop.<br />Taylor Swift's new album, <br />'The Tortured Poets Department,' is <br />a boldly candid breakup album, with <br />some of her most quotable lyrics ever, Chris Willman, senior music writer <br />and chief music critic at 'Variety'.<br />The intrigue in the lyrics is somewhat <br />predicated on gossip and I found that <br />after three or four listens to this album, <br />or at least the first half, once you’ve <br />drained the fact out of it, I wasn’t quite <br />sure what the replay factor would be, Laura Snape, deputy music editor at 'The Guardian,' via Deadline
