Taylor Swift took surprises with her at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday as the popstar announced her new album The Tortured Poets Department after her Grammy win.
The star took home the best pop vocal album for her album Midnights, besting Kelly Clarkson’s Chemistry, Miley Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation, Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts, Ed Sheeran’s – (Subtract) and as she accepted the award, her 13th Grammy — her “lucky number” — she announced a brand new album, The Tortured Poets Department, coming out on April 19.
“I want to say thank you to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this way. But I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans,” Swift said.
“So I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years, which is that my brand new album comes out on April 19.”
She added, “It’s called The Tortured Poets Department. I’m gonna go and post the cover right now backstage. Thank you. I love you. Thank you.”
Released in October 2022, Midnights marked Swift’s tenth original studio album and spawned massive hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Anti-Hero,” which hit No. 1, as well as “Lavender Haze” and “Karma,” which both reached No. 2 on the chart.
In a note posted alongside the album’s announcement in August 2022, Swift explained the concept for Midnights. “We lie awake in love and in fear, in turmoil and in tears. We stare at walls and drink until they speak b ack. We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t — right this minute — about to make some fateful life-altering mistake,” she wrote at the time.
“This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. The floors we pace and the demons we face,” added Taylor Swift. “For all of us who have tossed and turned and decided to keep the lanterns lit and go searching — hoping that just maybe, when the clock strikes twelve…we’ll meet ourselves.”
