Released today is Taylor Swift’s eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department!

Taylor Swift, a 14-time Grammy winner, enthralled fans once again with her most recent album, The Tortured Poets Department, which she released on Friday.

With 16 songs, the album provides a deep dive into the phases of sadness and mourning, allowing listeners to experience a range of feelings. Swift teams up with well-known musicians Florence + The Machine and Post Malone on two tunes in a noteworthy collaboration. Bonus songs like The Manuscript, The Bolter, The Albatross, and The Black Dog, which are included on different vinyl copies of the album, are also something fans may anticipate.

Swift posted her thoughts on her official Instagram page, characterizing the album as “an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time.” “Once wounds have healed, there is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle,” she said, emphasizing the end of a chapter in her life. The album’s anticipation reached previously unheard-of levels, as Spotify declared it to be the most pre-saved album in the history of the service. Swift’s well placed social media album teasers only heightened the excitement, as fans scrambled to interpret hints on the album’s themes and sources of inspiration.

As fans analyzed song names and lyrics, speculation regarding the album’s concentration on Swift’s personal experiences—specifically, her split with actor Joe Alwyn—grew stronger.

Swift herself revealed special Apple Music playlists that explore the five stages of grieving, confirming sadness as a major subject.

Amid the euphoria, Swift’s return to TikTok signaled the end of the spat between the platform and her record label, Universal Music Group.

The album’s release comes after her Grammy-winning hit song Midnights in 2022, which cemented her place as a major force in the music business.