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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Guardian readers and Alfie Packham

‘Like eating too much chocolate’: Guardian readers on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department

Taylor Swift against black background with eyes close holding her head backwards.
Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department: ‘absolutely breathtaking’ or ‘unrelatable’? Photograph: AP

‘One of her best albums, lyrically’

As someone who has been a Swiftie for over a decade, my initial impression is that this album is one of her best lyrically, but production-wise it can get a bit repetitive by the end. While Folklore, Evermore and Midnights were full of either fictional tales or vague reminiscences, The Tortured Poets Department is a clear return to her old style of extremely personal, confessional songwriting, but still retaining the poetic lyricism she’s acquired in recent years. Some critics might find the album boring or confusing, but I think the fans familiar with her past work will have an easier time understanding the little details and references, and will have a great time analysing them.
Elena, 23, Spain

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