Taylor Swift shocker: New album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” is actually a double album

Anticipation was growing at a fever pitch before Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” dropped at midnight EDT.

But the pop superstar had a huge surprise on tap: It’s actually a double album.

When Part One dropped, Swift wrote on Instagram, “All’s fair in love and poetry… New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Out now ” It has 17 tracks.

Then came the shocker, revealed in an Instagram post saying, “It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album.

✌️ I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours. .”

Hours ahead of the record’s release, Swift said on social media that its first single was “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone and its music video was released.