Fans Go Crazy Over Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” Album Leak, Asking “How I Slept…”
Social media is a contentious space in general, but it becomes much more so in relation to Taylor Swift. Recently, a Google Drive link apparently including 17 songs from Swift’s much anticipated album “The Tortured Poets Department” has gone viral online. People are reacting to the link in varying degrees, with some feeling angry, sad, and delighted.
Swift’s fans are hailing and criticizing the purported leak at the same time, even though the official album is supposed to be released on Friday at midnight.
An illustration of a young lady dozing off on a glittery bed with glittery covers was uploaded by someone on X with the caption, “How I slept last night knowing I’m going to hear TTPD for the very first time tonight because I haven’t listened to any leaks.”
“Me and my bestie on our way to listen to #TSTTPD leaks,” was written by the user who also uploaded a video of two models walking.
One ardent admirer said, “I cannot imagine listening to the album with all of my friends before Taylor’s intended time.”
The term “Taylor Swift leaks” was blocked on X on Thursday.
Since they don’t think the singer would have approved of such a “leak,” the general conclusion among those who have chosen to remain “leak free” seems to be that they are the real Swifties, as her hard core fan group is called.
Swift has previously gone to considerable measures to avoid inadvertent early releases.
During a 2014 interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Swift said of her music, “I have a lot of maybe, maybe-not-irrational fears of security invasion, wiretaps, people eavesdropping.” She continued by saying that for over two years, her “1989” album could only be found on her phone, which was “covered in cat stickers and the volume buttons don’t work very well because there’s candy stuck in there.”
Swift’s eleventh album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” was released after she became the first female solo artist to win album of the year three times.
