The Tortured Poets Department: Perbedaan antara revisi

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>

 

 

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>