Hurricane Taylor Swift is ready to break all records with the release of her new album “Tortured Poets Oath”

Storm warning on planet pop: The new album by American singer Taylor Swift was unveiled on Friday, April 19, at midnight New York time (6 a.m. Paris time).

Since the star announced his release in February Section of tortured poetsDuring the Grammy Awards – the prestigious American Music Awards during which she won Album of the Year for the fourth time – her millions of fans (“swifties”) tried to discover clues as to what awaited them.

Among the well-known elements: This eleventh album contains collaborations with the British rock band Florence + The Machine and the American rapper Post Malone, who accompanies him on the first song, fifteen days.

“I’m a big fan of mail [Malone] For his quality as a composer, his musical experiences and the melodies he composes that stay in your head forever.,” the country singer-turned-global star wrote on Instagram on Thursday. “I had the opportunity to see that magic come to life when we worked together fifteen days »She added, announcing the release of a video late Friday.

New references to ex boyfriend

According to some comments, this work will focus on her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, the British actor. The name of the work (“Circle of Tormented Poets” in French) is also taken from a group discussion called “Club de l’Homme Torment” (“The Club of the Tormented Man”) that the actor held with Paul Mescal and Andrew. Scott, and two other actors.

The tracklist – sixteen in all – does give some clues about an Englishman’s involvement: So long, London (“Goodbye London”) I can fix it (I really can’t) (“I can change it, I really can’t”) and The smallest man who ever lived (“The smallest man who ever lived”).

Returning to her former companions, without taking off the gloves, has also become a tradition for Taylor Swift, song after song. The current elected official is NFL star Travis Kelce, the last Super Bowl winner with the Kansas City Chiefs. For him, the new album “It’s unbelievable”.

The first billionaire artist thanks to music

With her recent Grammy win, Taylor Swift has done better than American music legends like Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, or Stevie Wonder. Nearly twenty years after his debut, nothing seems to be able to stop the artist.

At the age of thirty-four, at the beginning of the year she became the first artist to become a billionaire thanks solely to her income from her music. His “Eras Tour” world tour – which will pass through Paris and Lyon in the coming weeks – is expected to generate total revenues of $2 billion (1.88 billion euros), having already broken the symbolic ceiling in 2023 of $1 billion. , the first in the history of music.

The opening of the ticket office, at the end of 2022, for the start of the tour was canceled after pre-sales marked by endless waiting and numerous technical malfunctions associated with massive fan connections. His previous album was released in 2022, midnighta victim of its own success, also caused a short Spotify outage.

The Pennsylvania native has been writing songs since she was a teenager and got her start in the nation’s capital, Nashville. By gradually moving away from this American style, he gradually rose in the rankings and gained popularity.

In 2018, she left the Big Machine label and joined Universal, without the rights to her previous albums. It didn’t matter: she re-recorded her early recordings to regain control. These compositions, which each time benefit from the mention of “Taylor’s version”, succeed in convincing both her fans and the music industry, and are another tour de force for this seminal artist in American popular culture.

Beyoncé and Billie Eilish as competitors

With 283 million subscribers on Instagram, she has such influence among young Americans that the political world is beginning to imagine the impact she could have on the presidential elections in November. Even if Taylor Swift rarely speaks about this topic, Donald Trump and his Republican supporters fear its influence on a young audience.

This new album will be released on platforms three weeks after another American icon: Beyoncé and her Cowboy Carter. An act with rich country influences that could be a contender for the upcoming Grammy Awards. And perhaps like the new album by another star, Billie Eilish, He hit me hard and softwhich is scheduled to be released On May 17th.