Celebrity News April 17, 2024
Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Easter Eggs Ignite Fan Frenzy!
The clock is ticking, and the typewriters are clicking!
Ahead of the release of her new album “The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift has been teasing the Swifties for weeks.
On Tuesday, Swift broke the news that a music video would be released on Friday at 8 p.m. ET.
She posted a video that began with a clock set to 2 o’clock.
The video ended with a calendar, zoomed in on 4/19, which read, “The Tortured Poets Department Release Day," and, "8 p.m. ET music video release!!" At the bottom of the date box were 14 tally marks.
She captioned the video, “TTPD timetable.”
Many fans speculated that the tally marks suggested "Fortnight" (feat. Post Malone) would be the first music video, since a fortnight is 14 days.
Taylor also had QR code murals pop up in cities around the world, each revealing a letter to spell out "For a Fortnight."
Then, on Wednesday, a special page was added to Taylor's official website at taylorswift.com/forafortnight, with a countdown to 2 p.m. ET on Thursday.
In military time, 2 p.m. is 14, which again leads us to "Fortnight" as the lead single, possibly dropping at 2 p.m. on Thursday ahead of the full album! Fans have also speculated about a merch drop at that time.
“Extra’s” Melvin Robert dropped by Spotify’s open-air installation to celebrate “The Tortured Poets Department” at the Grove. The installation gives fans the chance to check out a poetry library full of easter eggs for the album, which many speculate is inspired by her past relationship with ex Joe Alwyn and will shed light on their breakup.
Included in the installation was a card catalog with exactly 72 boxes, six of which were pulled open with dried flowers inside. Joe and Taylor's relationship was 6 years (also equal to 72 months) long.
There was also a globe on display, with a pin in Florida. Taylor played her first Eras Tour shows after the breakup was announced in Tampa Bay. She also has a song on "TTPD" called "Florida!!!" that's a collab with Florence and the Machine.
Another notable item on the bookshelves was a statue of Diana of Ephesus, a Roman goddess associated with animals and the hunt, who was also invoked as fertility deity, per Britannica.
At the center of the exhibit, there sits an open book used to feature new lyrics. One of the lines revealed was, "Even statues crumble if they're made to wait." The book was on display surrounded by white lace reminiscent of a bridal veil and more dried-up flowers.
Another one of the lyrics displayed was, "One less temptress, one less dagger to sharpen." Could Tay be hinting about the downfall of her relationship with Joe?
Still another lyric read, "As she was leaving, it felt like breathing." Fans noted a gold bird cage in the library and a nearby statue of birds perched on a branch, notably outside the cage.
The library also had a clock set to 2 o'clock, just like in Taylor's "TTPD" timetable video.
Further, fans clued in on a quill and a fountain pen near a piece of paper in the exhibit. Taylor has previously shared that she categorizes her songs as containing quill lyrics, fountain pen lyrics, or glitter gel lyrics.
The quill lyrics, she explained, contain “words and phrasings [that] are antiquated," like in "Ivy" on "Evermore." Her so-called fountain pen songs have a “modern storyline or references, with a poetic twist," like "All Too Well," off "Red."
Glitter gel lyrics are "frivolous, carefree, bouncy, syncopated perfectly to the beat" — there were no glitter pens in sight at the pop-up!
“The Tortured Poets Department” drops at midnight on April 19, so the countdown is on!