The Tortured Poets Department: Perbedaan antara revisi

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'''''The Tortured Poets Department''''' (sering disebut '''''Tortured Poets''''' atau disingkat '''''TTPD''''') adalah album studio kesebelas oleh penyanyi-penulis lagu Amerika [[Taylor Swift]]. Album ini irilisdirilis pada 19 April 2024, melalui [[Republic Records]], dan ditulis danserta diproduksi oleh Taylor Swift, [[Jack Antonoff]] dan [[Aaron Dessner]]. Swift mengumumkan album ini di Penghargaan Grammy Tahunan ke-66 pada 4 Februari 2024, setelah memenangkan penghargaan [[Album Vokal Pop Terbaik (Grammy Award)|Album Vokal Pop Terbaik]] untuk album studio kesepuluhnya, ''[[Midnights]]'' (2022).

Taylor Swift menyusun ''The Tortured Poets Department'' taktidak lama setelah menyelesaikan album ''Midnights'' dan terus dikerjakan selama berlangsungnya [[The Eras Tour]] (2023–2024), [[tur konser]] keenamnya, berlangsung. Digambarkan oleh Taylor Swift sendiri sebagai album "penyelamat hidupnya",menggambarkan ''The Tortured Poets Department'' dianggapsebagai olehalbum Swift"penyelamat hidupnya" dan menanggapnya sebagai puncak luapan isi hatinyahati yang harus dituliskan. ''The Tortured Poets Department'' adalah album ganda. Bagian kedua dari album ini, yang diberi subjudul '''''The Anthology''''', dirilis tiba-tiba dua jam setelah perilisan album yang pertama. [[Post Malone]] tampil sebagai kolaborator di lagu pembuka "[[Fortnight]]", yang dirilis sebagai singel utama, dan [[Florence and the Machine]] tampil sebagai kolaborator di lagu "[[Florida!!!]]".

''The Tortured Poets Department'' adalahdidominasi sebuaholeh albumgenre [[synth-pop]] dengan gayabumbu [[Musik rok|rock]] dan [[Lagu daerah|folk]]. AlbumBasis utama dari album [[Tempo (musik)|midtempo]] ini menggunakan basis utamaadalah [[Penyintesis|synthesizer]] dan [[mesin drum]], bersama dengannamun instrumen ''live'' seperti piano dan gitar. Pokokjuga bahasandigunakan. di albumAlbum ini menyangkutmengaji penjelajahankehidupan jiwa Taylor Swift sendiripublik dan kajianpribadi atasTaylor kehidupanSwift publikdalam danpaduan pribadinya,ungkapan sambil memadukanyang tangisdepresif dan humorhumoris. Banyak pengulas musik yang memuji ''The Tortured Poets Department'' atas gaya penulisan lagu-lagunya yang bersifatdianggap [[Katarsis|katartik]] dan emosional, namun banyak juga yang mengkritisi kedangkalan tema yang dibahas, pemborosan kata-kata dan kurangnya kejelasan tujuan dibandingkan album-album Taylor Swift sebelumnya. Banyak juga yang menganggap bahwa produksi musik di album ini membosankan.

''The Tortured Poets Department'' berhasil memecahkan serangkaian rekor komersial. ''TheDi Torturedantaranya Poetsrekor Department'' melampaui ''Midnightsstreaming'' dalamtertinggi mencapaidi streaming[[Spotify]] dalam satu hari tertinggiyang untukdipegang sebuaholeh album diTaylor Swift layanansebelumnya, ''streamingMidnights'' [[Spotify]], dan menandai jumlah [[Prapesan|pre-order]] terbesarterbanyak dalam sejarah di pengecer [[Target Corporation|Target]].

Taylor Swift merilis album studio kesepuluhnya, ''[[Midnights]]'', pada 21 Oktober 2022. Album tersebut meraih kesuksesan besar baik secara komersial maupun kritis.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bugel|first=Safi|date=October 28, 2022|title=Taylor Swift: Midnights becomes biggest album of 2022 after one week|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/28/taylor-swift-midnights-becomes-biggest-album-of-2022-after-one-week|work=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123050957/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/28/taylor-swift-midnights-becomes-biggest-album-of-2022-after-one-week|archive-date=November 23, 2023|access-date=February 5, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Setelah itu, padaDi tahun 2023berikutnya, Taylor Swift merilis dua album rekaman ulang, yakni ''[[Speak Now (Taylor's Version)]]'' dan ''[[1989 (Taylor's Version)]]'', sebagai bagian dari [[:en:Taylor_Swift_masters_dispute|proyek perekaman ulang enam album pertamanya]]. Lalu pada tanggal 4 Februari 2024, di hari [[Penghargaan Grammy Tahunan ke-66]], Taylor Swift memberi bocoran akan perilisan album barunya dengan mengubah gambar profil di akun media sosialnya menjadi hitam-putih. Para penggemarnya yang disebut ''Swiftie'' berspekulasi secara online bahwa Taylor Swift sedang bersiap untuk merilis ''[[Reputation (Taylor's Version)]]'', rekaman ulang dari album studio keenamnya, ''[[Reputation (album)|Reputation]]'' (2017). Situs web Taylor Swift tampak seolah-olah tidak berfungsi, dengan adanya laporan [[Daftar kode status HTTP|kode status HTTP]] non-standar 321 yang tidak biasa, serta kode kesalahan "hneriergrd," yang oleh para ''Swiftie'' diartikan sebagai [[anagram]] ejaan "[[Ikan haring merah|red herring]]."<ref>{{Cite web|last=West|first=Bryan|date=February 4, 2024|title='Error 321' Taylor Swift website crashes, sending fans on frantic hunt for 'red herring'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/02/04/taylor-swift-website-crash-reputation-easter-eggs/72474905007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204235000/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/02/04/taylor-swift-website-crash-reputation-easter-eggs/72474905007|archive-date=February 4, 2024|access-date=February 5, 2024|url-status=live|newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> [[Kode sumber]] situs web tersebut juga berisi berbagai kata non-Inggris.<ref name="sourcecode">{{Cite news|last=West|first=Bryan|author-link=Bryan West (journalist)|date=February 4, 2024|title=Taylor Swift announces brand-new album at Grammys: 'Tortured Poets Department'|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/02/04/taylor-swift-announces-brand-new-album-tortured-poets-department/72476449007|work=[[The Tennessean]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217004741/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/02/04/taylor-swift-announces-brand-new-album-tortured-poets-department/72476449007/|archive-date=February 17, 2024|access-date=February 5, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Taylor Swift lalu menghadiri upacara Grammy dan memenangkan Penghargaan Grammy untuk [[Album Vokal Pop Terbaik (Grammy Award)|Album Vokal Pop Terbaik]] dan [[Penghargaan Grammy untuk Album Terbaik Tahun Ini|Album Terbaik Tahun Ini]] untuk ''Midnights''. Dalam pidato penerimaannya untuk penghargaan Album Vokal Pop Terbaik, Taylor Swift mengumumkan bahwa album studio barunya yang bertajuk ''The Tortured Poets Department'' akan dirilis pada 19 April 2024. Taylor Swift mengungkapkan bahwa ''The Tortured Poets Department'' adalah album yang telah dikerjakan secara rahasia selama hampir dua tahun.<ref name="nyt-kuo-242222">{{Cite news|last=Kuo|first=Christopher|date=February 4, 2024|title=Taylor Swift announces new album during Grammy win|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/arts/music/taylor-swift-new-album-grammys.html|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205030150/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/arts/music/taylor-swift-new-album-grammys.html|archive-date=February 5, 2024|access-date=February 5, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Surej|date=February 5, 2024|title=Taylor Swift announces new album, 'The Tortured Poets Department'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-announces-new-album-the-tortured-poets-department-3582273|website=NME|access-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref> Bersamaan dengan pengumuman tersebut, foto sampul album ''The Tortured Poets Department'' diunggah di semua akun media sosial Taylor Swift, bersama dengan sebuah foto catatan tulisan tangan yang, jika diterjemahkan ke Bahasa Indonesia, berbunyi:

{{Blockquote|Dan jadi saya menyerahkan bukti / Emblem saya yang ternoda / Para pujaan saya, yang saya dapatkan bagai luka memar / Jimat-jimat dan kalung-kalung saya / Bunyi tik, tik, tik dari bom cinta / Pembuluh darah saya yang dialiri tinta hitam pekat / Semuanya adil dalam cinta dan puisi...<br /><br />Hormat saya, Ketua Departemen Pujangga Tersiksa.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=February 4, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Announces New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' During Grammys Acceptance Speech |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/taylor-swift-new-album-the-tortured-poets-department-1235897622 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref>}}Swift

Menurut mencirikan ''The Tortured Poets Department'' sebagai album "penyelamat"—album yang "benar-benar perlu" dibuatnya. Dia mulai menyusun album segera setelah mengirimkan ''Midnights'' ke [[Label rekaman|label rekamannya]], [[Republic Records]], dan terus mengerjakannya secara rahasia selama [[The Eras Tour|Eras Tour]] di AS pada tahun. MenurutTaylor Swift, pembuatan album membuktikanini peranadalah integralpembuktian dari pentingnya penulisan lagu dalam hidupnya. DiaTaylor Swift menyatakan, "Saya belumBelum pernah memilikiada album di mana saya membutuhkanyang memprioritaskan penulisan lagu lebih dari yang saya butuhkan di ''Tortured Poets''." Dalam postingan Instagram yang mengumumkan perilisan album tersebut, Swift lebih lanjut mencirikan album tersebut sebagai "sebuah antologi karya baru yang mencerminkan peristiwa, opini, dan sentimen dari momensuatu masa yang singkat dan fatalistiktak dalamterhindarkan—suatu waktu—sesuatumasa yang sensasional dan menyedihkansetaraf dalam ukurankegemparan yangdan samakesuraman."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nanji|first=Noor|date=April 20, 2024|title=Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department broke Spotify record|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68863614|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423235822/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68863614|archive-date=April 23, 2024|access-date=April 24, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Tortured Poets Department'' terdiri dari enam belas lagu standardi versi standarnya dan menampilkan dua artisbintang tamu—rappertamu—penyanyi-rapper Amerika [[Post Malone]] pada single utama "[[Fortnight]]" dan band [[Rok indi|rock indie]] Inggris [[Florence and the Machine]], yang dipimpin oleh penyanyi-penulis lagu [[Florence Welch]], pada lagu tersebut "[[Florida!!!]]". Album ini terutamautamanya ditulis dan diproduksi oleh Taylor Swift dengan bantuan kolaborator lamalamanya [[Jack Antonoff]] dan [[Aaron Dessner]]; Florence Welch dan Post Malone juga ikut menulis lirik dan melodi dalam lagu kolaborasi mereka masing-masing dengan Taylor Swift.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brow|first=Jason|date=April 16, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' Songwriting Credits Reveal Familiar Collaborators|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/taylor-swifts-tortured-poets-department-credits-reveal-collaborators/|website=[[Us Weekly|US Magazine]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416225340/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/taylor-swifts-tortured-poets-department-credits-reveal-collaborators/|archive-date=April 16, 2024|access-date=April 16, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Album ini berakarberfokus pada seni penulisan lagu pribadisecara personal dan introspektif, mengeksplorasidan emosibertujuan retrospektifuntuk menganalisis perasaan Taylor Swift daridi masa lalu ketika sedang melalui serangkaian peristiwa dalam kehidupan pribadi dan publiknya.<ref name="Kupp">{{Cite web|last=Kupp|first=Josh|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Is Another Classic|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|website=[[Uproxx]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420015257/https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Beberapa kritikus berkomentar bahwa diaTaylor Swift, terinspirasi oleh hubungannyahubungan cintanya yang penuh gejolak, untuksengaja menciptakan sebuah narasi lirisdalam bentuk lirik yang berantakanamburadul, tidak terkendali, dan tidak dijagadisensor,<ref name="Roberts">{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Ellie|date=April 20, 2024|title=Album: Taylor Swift – ''The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology''|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-anthology|website=[[The Arts Desk]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421122236/https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-anthology|archive-date=April 21, 2024|access-date=April 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> berisiserta [[Referensimengutip meta|meta-referensi]]langsung kedari kehidupan pribadinya melaluilewat sindiran spesifik dan pencoretanpencatutan nama.<ref name="Breihan2">{{Cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=April 19, 2024|title=Premature Evaluation: Taylor Swift ''The Tortured Poets Department''|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2260059/premature-evaluation-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/reviews/premature-evaluation/|website=[[Stereogum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419202141/https://www.stereogum.com/2260059/premature-evaluation-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/reviews/premature-evaluation/|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> BerdasarkanMenurut ''[[The Economic Times]]'', album''The iniTortured Poets Department'' "terutamapada dasarnya mengeksplorasimengulas sifat cinta yang tidak dapat diprediksi,; mempertanyakan kegilaankewarasan dalamkita ketika kita menambatkan keberadaan kita pada sentimensebuah perasaan yang dapat hilang dalam sekejap."<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 22, 2024|title=Why is Taylor Swift being slammed for The Tortured Poets Department?|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/why-is-taylor-swift-being-slammed-for-the-the-tortured-poets-department/articleshow/109480246.cms?from=mdr|work=The Economic Times|issn=0013-0389|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> Sedangkan, ''[[Percakapan (situs web)|The Conversation]]'' mendeskripsikan lirik albumdi tersebut''The Tortured Poets Department'' sebagai "penolakan euforiagembira terhadap ekspektasitekanan masyarakatsosial".<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Murray|first=Samuel|date=April 22, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department and the art of melodrama|url=http://theconversation.com/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-and-the-art-of-melodrama-228421|website=The Conversation|access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>

Taylor Swift, saat berbicara kepada penonton di pertunjukan''The Eras Tour'' di Melbourne, menggambarkan album''The tersebutTortured Poets Department'' sebagai proyeknyakaryanya yang paling katarsismelegakan hati;<ref name="Savage3">{{Cite news|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=April 19, 2024|title=Review: Taylor Swift's ''Tortured Poets Department'' Finds the Star Vulnerable But Vicious|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68846376|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419161708/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68846376|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> di lagu "[[I Can Do It with a Broken Heart]] ," merinciTaylor bagaimanaSwift dia mengalamimerinci gangguan emosi yang dialaminya saat melakukanmelangsungkan tur''The Eras Tour''.<ref name=":42">{{Cite news|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift Turns Heel, Owning Her Chaos and Messiness on ''The Tortured Poets Department''|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-04-18/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424210757/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-04-18/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review|archive-date=April 24, 2024|access-date=April 25, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Ann Powers menulis di [[National Public Radio|NPR]] bahwa, sepanjang album, "Taylor Swift "mencoba mencari tahu bagaimanamemahami kekerasan emosional terjadiyang dialaminya."<ref name="Powers-20243">{{Cite web|last=Powers|first=Ann|authorlink=|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''Tortured Poets'' Is Written in Blood|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245630721/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review|publisher=[[NPR]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420050001/https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245630721/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Menyoroti liputan media yang berlebihan mengenai ketenaran Swift yang semakin tinggi dan kehidupan pribadinya yang penuh gejolak, Craig Jenkins dari [[Vulture (situs web)|''Vulture'']] berpendapat bahwa albumdi ini membuatnya "lebih tertarik untuk menggambar ulang batasan", dengan lagu-lagu seperti "''The Tortured Poets Department"'' danTaylor Swift "[[Butterlihat Daddyingin Imeningkatkan Loveprivasinya Him]]"setelah mengatasiterus-menerus pengawasanmenjadi terhadappusat hubunganperhatian masa lalunyamedia."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|date=April 23, 2024|title=The Performative Poets Department|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/the-tortured-poets-department-taylor-swift-album-review.html|website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423211931/https://www.vulture.com/article/the-tortured-poets-department-taylor-swift-album-review.html|archive-date=April 23, 2024|access-date=April 24, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Delusi, patah hati, dan perasaan terpenjara adalah topik utama album''The iniTortured Poets Department'',<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Ahlgrim|first=Callie|title=Taylor Swift new album 'The Tortured Poets Department' is getting mixed reviews — here's what critics are saying|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-reviews-critics-reviews-2024-4|website=Business Insider|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref> diungkapkandan melaluisemua temahal tersebut dinyatakan dalam rangkaian ungkapan kemarahan, duka,<ref name="Ahlgrim-20243">{{Cite web|last=Ahlgrim|first=Callie|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Is the Messiest, Horniest, and Funniest Album She's Ever Made|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/taylor-swiftaposs-aposthe-tortured-poets-departmentapos-is-the-messiest-horniest-and-funniest-album-sheaposs-ever-made/slidelist/109440024.cms|website=[[Business Insider]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420034341/https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/taylor-swiftaposs-aposthe-tortured-poets-departmentapos-is-the-messiest-horniest-and-funniest-album-sheaposs-ever-made/slidelist/109440024.cms#slideid=109440300|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> kematian,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Olivier|first=David|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''Tortured Poets Department'' and When Lyrics about Dying, Grief, Heartbreak Trigger You|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/04/19/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-lyrics-triggering/73381175007/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421135707/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/04/19/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-lyrics-triggering/73381175007/|archive-date=April 21, 2024|access-date=April 21, 2024|url-status=live|newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> dan humorcanda.<ref name="Roberts2">{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Ellie|date=April 20, 2024|title=Album: Taylor Swift – ''The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology''|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-anthology|website=[[The Arts Desk]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421122236/https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-anthology|archive-date=April 21, 2024|access-date=April 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Sejumlah kritikus merasa bahwa [[kesadaran diri]] dan humor yang dibawa oleh Taylor Swift meningkatkanmembuat lirik albumdi ''The Tortured Poets Department'' lebih mudah diapresiasi,<ref name=":3" /> sambilbegitu menggunakanjuga dengan penggunaan [[melodrama]] sebagai perangkatpenyokong naratifnarasi.<ref name=":52">{{Cite web|last=Murray|first=Samuel|date=April 22, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department and the art of melodrama|url=http://theconversation.com/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-and-the-art-of-melodrama-228421|website=The Conversation|access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref> Taylor Swift mendeskripsikan album''The tersebutTortured Poets Department'' sebagai album yang "fatalistik" dengan liriksejumlah ekstensifungkapan tentang "hidup atau mati" yang bersifat hiperbolik atau dramatis;. Hal ini dicontohkan oleh lagu pembuka, "Fortnight", yang tema "kerinduankangen, kerinduanrindu, mimpiangan yang hilangpupus"nya terus muncul kembali di sepanjang album. Melissa Ruggieri dari ''[[USA Today]]'' menganggap album''The tersebutTortured Poets Department'' sebagai [[antitesis]] dari ''[[Lover (album)|Lover]]'' (2019).<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|last=Ruggieri|first=Melissa|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets' is hauntingly brilliant, even the 15 surprise songs|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/19/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review/73342235007/|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref> Selain patah hati karena kehilangan cinta, tema lainnyalain termasukyang dimasukkan ke dalam ''The Tortured Poets Department'' adalah persepsi publik tentang dirinya sebagai seorang selebritiartis ("Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" dan "[[Clara Bow (lagu)|Clara Bow]]") dan menemukan kembali dirijati sendiridiri ("Florida!!!"). Callie Ahlgrim dari ''[[Business Insider]]'' mendeskripsikan konten''The albumTortured SwiftPoets Department'' sebagai album Taylor Swift "yang paling berantakan, paling hornybergairah, dan paling lucu".<ref name="Ahlgrim-20243" /> DalamMelalui ''[[The Independent]]'', Helen Brown menyatakan bahwa, penulisandi lagu''The Tortured Poets Department'', Taylor Swift mengacumemunculkan padakembali akargaya penulisan [[Musik country|musik countrynya]] untuk mengeksplorasimenciptakan sebuah narasi yang penuh detail.<ref name="Brown2">{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift, ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Review: Irresistible, Country-Hued Tales of Relationships Past and Present|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review-b2530867.html|work=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419201239/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review-b2530867.html|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> SementaraWalau beberapamayoritas kritikus berpendapatsetuju bahwa album ini bersifat otobiografiautobiografis,<ref name="Brown2" /><ref name="Telegraph3">{{Cite news|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift, ''The Tortured Poets Department'': A Sharp, Savage Attack on Her British Exes|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420045756/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Shaad D'Souza dari [[Garpu rumput (situs web)|''Pitchfork'']] berpendapat bahwa album''The tersebutTortured mengangkangiPoets kisahDepartment'' pengakuanhampir danmengarah ke cerita fiksi.<ref name="D'Souza12">{{Cite news|last=D'Souza|first=Shaad|date=April 19, 2024|title=8 Takeaways From Taylor Swift's New Album ''The Tortured Poets Department''|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/takeaways-from-taylor-swift-new-album-the-tortured-poets-department/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420200910/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/takeaways-from-taylor-swift-new-album-the-tortured-poets-department/|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Jurnalis [[CNN]] Olivier Darcy menyebut album''The ituTortured Poets Department'' sebagai "puisi yang taktanpa henti-hentinya"."<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|last=Darcy|first=Oliver|date=April 26, 2024|title=I judged Taylor Swift's album immediately after it came out. Here's why I was wrong|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/26/entertainment/taylor-swift-album-quick-to-judge/index.html|agency=CNN|access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>

Kritikus menggambarkan edisi standar ''The Tortured Poets Department'' sebagai album [[synth-pop]]{{Efn|Didiskusikan oleh Chris Willman dari ''[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]'',<ref name="Willman-2024" /> Laura Molloy dari ''[[NME]]'',<ref name="NME2" /> dan [[Neil McCormick]] dari ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''<ref name="Telegraph" />}} yang produksi [[Tempo (musik)|tempo menengahnyamidtempo]] menggabungkanyang memadukan [[Penyintesis|synth]] muram dan ketukan hampa [[mesin drum]] yang menonjol.{{Efn|Didiskusikan oleh [[Ann Powers]] dari [[NPR]],<ref name="Powers-2024" /> Anna Leszkiewicz dari ''[[New Statesman]]'',<ref name="Leszkiewicz"/> John Meagher dari ''[[Irish Independent]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meagher |first=John |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Review |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-reviews/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-review-fans-going-to-dublin-gigs-have-a-new-wealth-of-riches-to-look-forward-to/a628314177.html |access-date=April 20, 2024 |website=[[Irish Independent]] |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419110755/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-reviews/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-review-fans-going-to-dublin-gigs-have-a-new-wealth-of-riches-to-look-forward-to/a628314177.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Olivia Horn dari ''[[Pitchfork (situs web)|Pitchfork]]'',<ref name="Pitchfork"/> dan Mary Siroky dari ''[[Consequence (publikasi)|Consequence]]''<ref name="Siroky">{{Cite web |last=Siroky |first=Mary |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Gets Lost in Her Own Shadow on ''The Tortured Poets Department'' |url=https://consequence.net/2024/04/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review/ |access-date=April 20, 2024 |website=[[Consequence (publikasi)|Consequence]] |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420032541/https://consequence.net/2024/04/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} BeberapaNamun, laguada menampilkanjuga instrumentasibeberapa lagu yang lebihmenggunakan instrumentasi sederhana, digerakkan olehberbasis [[piano]]<ref name="Willman-2024">{{Cite web|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift Renews Her Vows With Heartbreak in Audacious, Transfixing ''Tortured Poets Department'': Album Review|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/album-reviews/the-tortured-poets-department-review-taylor-swift-album-1235975690/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419201323/https://variety.com/2024/music/album-reviews/the-tortured-poets-department-review-taylor-swift-album-1235975690/|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Powers-20242">{{Cite web|last=Powers|first=Ann|authorlink=Ann Powers|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''Tortured Poets'' Is Written in Blood|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245630721/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review|publisher=[[NPR]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420050001/https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245630721/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> atau gitar,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Exposito|first=Suzy|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' – And Its Surprise Companion, ''The Anthology'' – Mine The Darkness To Pop Perfection|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review|website=[[British Vogue]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419194201/https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> denganyang gayadimainkan dalam genre [[Musik rok|rock]] dan [[Lagu daerah|folk]].<ref name="Ahlgrim-20242">{{Cite web|last=Ahlgrim|first=Callie|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Is the Messiest, Horniest, and Funniest Album She's Ever Made|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/taylor-swiftaposs-aposthe-tortured-poets-departmentapos-is-the-messiest-horniest-and-funniest-album-sheaposs-ever-made/slidelist/109440024.cms|website=[[Business Insider]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420034341/https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/taylor-swiftaposs-aposthe-tortured-poets-departmentapos-is-the-messiest-horniest-and-funniest-album-sheaposs-ever-made/slidelist/109440024.cms#slideid=109440300|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Taylor Swift kebanyakan bernyanyi dengan nada vokalrendah untuk membawakan melodi yang lebihterdengar rendahseperti untuksetengah membawakanmenyanyi syairdan percakapansetengah yangberbicara, mirip [[rap]].<ref name="Powers-20242" /><ref name="Breihan">{{Cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=April 19, 2024|title=Premature Evaluation: Taylor Swift ''The Tortured Poets Department''|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2260059/premature-evaluation-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/reviews/premature-evaluation/|website=[[Stereogum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419202141/https://www.stereogum.com/2260059/premature-evaluation-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/reviews/premature-evaluation/|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alexis Petridis]] dari ''[[The Guardian]]'' menulis bahwa suaranyasuasana "membagimusik perbedaan''The antaraTortured [[PopPoets rok|pop-rock]]Department'' "terbagi antara ''[[1989 (album Taylor Swift)|1989]]'' yang dipengaruhibergenre tahun[[Pop rok|pop-rock]] 80-an dan pernyataan ''[[Midnights]]'' yang meremehkanseperti renungan subuh".<ref name="Petridis">{{Cite news|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift: ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Review – Fame, Fans and Former Flames in the Line of Fire|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/19/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review-fame-fans-and-former-flames-in-the-firing-line|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419042429/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/19/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review-fame-fans-and-former-flames-in-the-firing-line|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> MenulisMelalui untuk ''[[The Times]]'', [[Akankah Hodgkinson|Will Hodgkinson]] mendeskripsikan album ini sebagai campuran synth-pop, [[Balada sentimental|power ballad]] tahun 198080-an, dan "AOR''album-oriented rock'' emosional [[Stevie Nicks]]".<ref name="Hodgkinson">{{Cite news|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|author-link=Will Hodgkinson|date=April 19, 2024|title=Love, Men and the Story Behind Each Song on Taylor Swift's New Album|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-track-by-track-guide-zp7qjwszr|work=[[The Times]]|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://archive.phtoday/silBX20240419043009/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-track-by-track-guide-zp7qjwszr|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Josh Kupp dari ''[[Uproxx]],'' yang menjuluki album ini sebagai proyekkarya yang bertele-tele dan tanpa genre, termasuk di antara kritikus yang merasa bahwa album tersebut mengabaikan daya tarik radiomusik arus utama''mainstream''.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|last=Kupp|first=Josh|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Is Another Classic|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|website=[[Uproxx]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420015257/https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ahlgrim-20242" />

Bagian kedua dari album''The gandaTortured Poets Department'', denganyang diberi subjudul ''The Anthology'', sebagianhampir besarseluruhnya terdiri dari piano[[Balada balladsentimental|balada]] piano. Aaron Dessner memproduserimemproduksi sebagian besar volume kedua,lagu yang diinstrumentasiada olehdi ''The Anthology'', dengan iringan gitar akustik pilihan, piano lembut, dan synth halus.<ref name="Telegraph2">{{Cite news|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift, ''The Tortured Poets Department'': A Sharp, Savage Attack on Her British Exes|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420045756/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Menurut Mark Savage dari [[BBC]], paruh''The kedua iniAnthology'' menampilkan suara yang lebih "tenang" yang mengingatkan pada dua album Taylor Swift yang dirilis pada tahun 2020, ''[[Folklore (album Taylor Swift)|Folklore]]'' dan ''[[Evermore (album Taylor Swift)|Evermore]]'',<ref name="Savage2">{{Cite news|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=April 19, 2024|title=Review: Taylor Swift's ''Tortured Poets Department'' Finds the Star Vulnerable But Vicious|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68846376|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419161708/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68846376|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> sebuah pengamatan yang dibagikanjuga dikemukakan oleh Mary Kate Carr dari ''[[The A.V. Club|The AV Club]].''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carr|first=Mary Kate|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift Releases Surprise Double Album ''TTPD: The Anthology''|url=https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-surprise-double-album-ttpd-the-anthology-1851422409|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421041547/https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-surprise-double-album-ttpd-the-anthology-1851422409|archive-date=April 21, 2024|access-date=April 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Neil McCormick]] dari ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' berpendapat bahwa suaramusik yang lebih lembut inidi ''The Anthology'' memungkinkan kemunculan lirik yang lebih halus, yang mengeksplorasimemberikan studijalan karakterbagi Taylor Swift untuk menganalisis karakter fiktif ("Cassandra", "Peter", dan "Robin") danserta memperbolehkan Taylor Swift untuk lebih refleksimengintrospeksi diri ("The Albatross", "The Bolter ", "I Look in People's Windows", dan "I Hate It Here").<ref name="Telegraph2" />

== Judul dan ampulsampul album ==

Kurangnya tanda kutip pada judul resmi, sepertialbum (dalam artian ''The Tortured Poets'''<nowiki/>'<nowiki/>''' Department'',) menjadi bahan perdebatan mengenai kebenarantentang tata bahasa dalam Bahasa Inggris. Para ahli bahasa menyatakan bahwa Swift menggunakan ''Tortured Poets'' sebagai kata benda atributif, seperti dalamdi kasusjudul film drama tahun 1989, ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'' tahun 1989, dan bukan sebagai kata benda posesif yang memerlukan tanda kutippetik.<ref>Sources on the apostrophe:</ref> TeoriPara penggemar''Swiftie'' menyatakanberteori bahwa judul''The tersebutTortured merujukPoets padaDepartment'' obrolanbertujuan untuk menyindir grup yangobrolan dibagikanWhatsApp antara [[Andrew Scott]], [[Paul Mescal]], dan [[Joe Alwyn]] berjudulyang bernama "The Tortured Man Club"."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Tina|date=February 5, 2024|title=Taylor Swift fans think new album title is a dig at her ex Joe Alwyn's group chat|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/taylor-swift-fans-convinced-new-album-title-the-tortured-poets-department-dig-at-ex-joe-alwyn-group-chat-b1137084.html|website=Evening Standard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206090140/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/taylor-swift-fans-convinced-new-album-title-the-tortured-poets-department-dig-at-ex-joe-alwyn-group-chat-b1137084.html|archive-date=February 6, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Karya seniFoto sampul albumuntuk yang''The Tortured Poets Department'' difotodiambil oleh [[:en:Beth Garrabrant|Beth Garrabrant]]. adalah fotoDalam foto glamor hitam-putih yangtersebut, menampilkanTaylor Swift sedangtampil berbaring di tempat tidur mengenakan [[pakaian dalam]] hitam: atasan tembus pandang dan celana pendek pinggang tinggi.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sen |first=Mallika |date=February 4, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift announces new album: The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://apnews.com/live/2024-grammy-awards-updates-winners#0000018d-771c-d410-ad8f-ff7f0d420000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205012411/https://apnews.com/live/2024-grammy-awards-updates-winners#0000018d-771c-d410-ad8f-ff7f0d420000 |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |access-date=5 February 2024 |work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref name="Morin">{{Cite web |last=Morin |first=Alyssa |date=February 5, 2024 |title=How Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Played a Role in Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department Cover |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1394555/how-mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-played-a-role-in-taylor-swifts-tortured-poets-department-cover |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=[[E! Online]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vasquez |first=Ingrid |title=Taylor Swift Shares the Sexy Cover of New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department': 'All's Fair in Love and Poetry' |url=https://people.com/2024-grammys-taylor-swift-new-album-cover-tortured-poets-department-8558634 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=[[People (majalah)|People]]}}</ref> Menurut penata gaya Swift, Joseph Cassell, diaTaylor Swift mengenakan pakaian dari The Row dan [[Yves Saint Laurent (merek)|Yves Saint Laurent]].<ref name="Morin" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2024-02-06 |title=Everything We Know About Taylor Swift's New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' So Far |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-everything-we-know/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Baik karya seni maupun judulnya diparodikan oleh berbagai merek,''brand''—dari organisasi, tim olahraga, danhingga waralaba,waralaba—dan sertajuga menginspirasi munculnya banyak meme.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ahlgrim|first=Callie|title=All the best reactions to Taylor Swift's surprise album announcement at the Grammys|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-new-album-grammys-reactions-memes-2024-2|website=Business Insider|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207191737/https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-new-album-grammys-reactions-memes-2024-2|archive-date=February 7, 2024|access-date=February 7, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Leishman|first=Rachel|date=February 5, 2024|title=Did Taylor Swift Know Her New Album Name Would Inspire This Many Memes?|url=https://www.themarysue.com/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-the-best-memes-from-taylor-swifts-new-album-announcement/|website=[[The Mary Sue]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207190107/https://www.themarysue.com/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-the-best-memes-from-taylor-swifts-new-album-announcement/|archive-date=February 7, 2024|access-date=February 7, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Beberapa ''outlet'' media menyelaraskanmengatakan bahwa judul album dan visual dari ''The Tortured Poets Department'' terinspirasi oleh estetika visualnya[[:en:Dark_academia|dark denganacademia]].<ref name="Power-I">{{Cite news|last=Power|first=Ed|date=April 19, 2024|title=If You Expected a Taylor Swift Revenge Album, You Were Wrong|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review-revenge-album-3013042|work=[[akademisiI gelap(newspaper)|i]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422011738/https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review-revenge-album-3013042|archive-date=April 22, 2024|access-date=April 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Madden|first=Emma|date=February 6, 2024|title=What Tortured Poets Think About Taylor Swift's Album Title|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/style/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422232927/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/style/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album.html|archive-date=April 22, 2024|access-date=April 24, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

* Bryce Bordone – [[Insinyurrekayasawan audio|insinyurteknisi]] mix

* Laura Sisk – teknikteknisi (treklagu nomor 1–4, 6–11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 24, 25), teknikteknisi vokal (7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15)

* Oli Jacobs – teknikteknisi (treklagu nomor 1–4, 6–11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 24, 25)

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