In the midst of the whirlwind rollout of her 11th studio album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, Taylor Swift has been heavily involved in promoting and responding to critical reviews.
Swift surprised fans with the album’s announcement at the Grammy Awards and later revealed it would be a double-disc collection. She has since shared her thoughts on various reviews, posting lines from the album’s songs in reaction to positive comments.
Swift’s social media responses have included lines from the title track, ‘The Alchemy’, and ‘So High School’. She has highlighted reviews praising the album’s instant classic status, its emotional maturity, and its irresistible tales of heartbreak.
Notably, Swift has not publicly addressed a low-score review from Paste magazine, which criticized the album for infantilizing its listeners. Paste had previously received threats of violence after reviewing Swift’s 2019 album ‘Lover’, prompting the magazine to remove the author’s byline from this review.
Alongside her social media engagement, Swift has also launched a track-by-track album experience with Amazon Music, providing commentary on each song. ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ has enjoyed commercial success, becoming the most-streamed album on Amazon Music on its first day and selling 1.4 million copies in its first day of release in the U.S.
