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Album ini berfokus pada seni penulisan lagu secara personal dan introspektif dan bertujuan untuk menganalisis perasaan Taylor Swift di 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 Taylor Swift, terinspirasi oleh hubungan cintanya yang penuh gejolak, sengaja menciptakan sebuah narasi dalam bentuk lirik yang amburadul, tidak terkendali, dan tidak disensor,<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> serta mengutip langsung dari kehidupan pribadinya lewat sindiran spesifik dan pencatutan 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> Menurut ''[[The Economic Times]]'', ''The Tortured Poets Department'' "pada dasarnya mengulas sifat cinta yang tidak dapat diprediksi, mempertanyakan kewarasan kita ketika kita menambatkan keberadaan kita pada sebuah 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 di ''The Tortured Poets Department'' sebagai "penolakan gembira terhadap tekanan sosial".<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 ''The Eras Tour'' di Melbourne, menggambarkan ''The Tortured Poets Department'' sebagai karyanya yang paling melegakan 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]] " Taylor Swift merinci gangguan emosi yang dialaminya saat melangsungkan ''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 memahami kekerasan emosional yang 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> Craig Jenkins dari [[Vulture (situs web)|''Vulture'']] berpendapat bahwa di ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Taylor Swift "terlihat ingin meningkatkan privasinya setelah terus-menerus menjadi pusat perhatian media."<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 ini,<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> dan semua hal tersebut dinyatakan dalam 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 humoris.<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 membuat lirik di ''The Tortured Poets Department'' lebih mudah diapresiasi,<ref name=":3" /> begitu juga dengan penggunaan [[melodrama]] sebagai penyokong narasi.<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 ''The Tortured Poets Department'' sebagai album yang "fatalistik" dengan sejumlah ungkapan tentang "hidup atau mati" yang bersifat hiperbolik atau dramatis; Hal ini dicontohkan oleh lagu pembuka, "Fortnight", yang tema "kangen, rindu, angan pupus"nya terus muncul di sepanjang album. Melissa Ruggieri dari ''[[USA Today]]'' menganggap ''The Tortured 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 lain yang dimasukkan ke dalam ''The Tortured Poets Department'' adalah persepsi publik tentang dirinya sebagai seorang artis (di "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" dan "[[Clara Bow (lagu)|Clara Bow]]") dan menemukan kembali jati diri (di "Florida!!!"). Callie Ahlgrim dari ''[[Business Insider]]'' mendeskripsikan ''The Tortured Poets Department'' sebagai album Taylor Swift "yang paling berantakan, paling sange, dan paling lucu".<ref name="Ahlgrim-20243" /> Melalui ''[[The Independent]]'', Helen Brown menyatakan bahwa, di ''The Tortured Poets Department'', Taylor Swift memunculkan kembali gaya penulisan [[Musik country|musik countrynya]] untuk menciptakan 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> Walau mayoritas kritikus setuju bahwa album ini bersifat autobiografis,<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 ''The Tortured Poets Department'' hampir mengarah 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 ''The Tortured Poets Department'' sebagai "puisi tanpa henti."<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>
=== Produksi dan musik ===
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.today/20240419043009/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'', sebagian besar 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 dibuat 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 (seperti di "Cassandra", "Peter", dan "Robin") danserta memperbolehkan Taylor Swift untuk refleksimawas diri (seperti di "The Albatross", "The Bolter ", "I Look in People's Windows", dan "I Hate It Here").<ref name="Telegraph2" />
== Judul dan sampul 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 album''The Tortured Poets Department'' yang difotodiambil oleh [[:en:Beth Garrabrant|Beth Garrabrant]] adalah fotoberupa foto glamor hitam-putih yang menampilkan Swift sedang 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'', mulai organisasi, tim olahraga, danmaupun waralaba, sertadan juga 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 estetikavisual visualnyadari dengan''The akademisiTortured gelapPoets Department'' terinspirasi oleh estetika [[:en:Dark_academia|dark academia]].<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=[[I (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>
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