Taylor Swift sparks backlash by dropping 15 MORE tracks just two hours after superfans shelled
0Taylor Swift sparks backlash by dropping 15 MORE tracks just two hours after superfans shelled
Taylor Swift sparks backlash by dropping 15 MORE tracks just two hours after superfans shelled out on multiple versions of her new album The Tortured Poets Department
Just hours after Taylor Swift's fans shelled out for her new album The Tortured Poets Department, the star has been accused of trying to con them by dropping 15 surprise new tracks.
Despite already splashing out for multiple versions of the record in a bid to get their hands on all four bonus tracks, fans will have to part with even more hard-earned cash when the super-sized record goes on sale.
After releasing her new album at midnight ET (2am UK time), Taylor took to Instagram to announce her latest record was actually a surprise 'double album,' after sparking a flurry of speculation by posting a countdown clock on social media.
Captioning the post, Taylor told her followers that she'd written 'so much tortured poetry in the past two years' that she wanted to share it with her fans.
Sharing the double album was called The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, she wrote: '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.'
While the deluxe version is not yet available for Taylor's website, there were four dfferent versions of the original album available, each containing a different bonus track, are priced at £13.99 ($17.38).
The vinyl version, including bonus track The Manuscript, costs £33.99 ($42.23), while a 'phantom clear vinyl' is price the same.
This means that if Swifties were willing to splash out on every incarnation of the album, it will already set them back over £140 ($174).
It remains to be seen how much more this new supersized version of the album, and its various vinyl counterparts, will cost.
Despite the prospect of hefty price tag, many of Taylor's fans, who were still dissecting the first 16 songs, went into meltdown that there were even more tracks for them to enjoy.
Posts included: ''Swifties are insane'' babe TAYLOR SWIFT IS INSANE like girl what do you MEAN ''surprise!!'' secret double album hehe;'
'Ok Taylor Swift is incredible. She releases an album at Midnight... then 2 hours later announces it's a surprise double album and drops another 15 songs?!'
'A DOUBLE ALBUM. AND ONE OF THE SONGS IS CALLED CASSANDRA. I GET TO HEAR TAYLOR SWIFT SAY MY NAME. OK;'
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: TRACK-BY-TRACK
Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)
A tuneful duet with Post Malone and a song seemingly about a two-week fling. The slow, electronic rhythms set the early tone.
The Tortured Poets Department
Another shimmering melody, and lyrics which suggest that Taylor, modestly, doesn't see herself at the top table of tortured poets: 'You're not Dylan Thomas, and I'm not Patti Smith.'
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
Written solely by Swift, this song's dense electronic hum adds forceful notes. 'Once I fix me, he's gonna miss me,' she vows.
Down Bad
'Everything comes out teenage petulance,' sings Taylor as she bitterly surveys the fallout from an old relationship.
So Long, London
The first track to be written with The National's Aaron Dessner brings a change of pace, with a lovely, choral intro. 'So long, London, you'll find someone,' sings Taylor.
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