I have only heard fakes.

Putting initial thoughts underneath in spoilers:

 

 

 

Florida!!!!!!!!! Instant career highlight I cannot get enough of it. Taylor’s and Florence’s vocals go together incredibly, love the lyrics and that guitar riff is to die for. I adore the production and wish more of the album was in this style (it was kind of what I was expecting the sound of this album to be). Gonna be one of my songs of the year.

 

Initial thought on the album is very positive, think I’m higher on this on first listen than I was for midnights on its first listen. This album is very Midnights meets 1989 vault with some sonic progression. But yeah more midnights-ite than I expected! I think it’s fine for this album but I do want a more significant sonic switchup on the next album!

 

I think this album flows a lot better than Midnights - especially the first 10 tracks work very well together. It’s cohesive. Also love the song lengths, I think there’s only one under 3 mins & multiple +5 mins! I would say Midnights felt like it had bigger “single” moments; nothing on here sounds like an anti-hero sized hit, or even hit potential like Lavender Haze/Karma - tho I’m sure one song on here will end up bigger than those.

 

After Florida - the next two instant standouts are Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me and The Black Dog — the former is INCREDIBLE. It’s my tears ricochet if it’s gone midnights and it works! Love love love. It already seems like the fan fave and understandably so. And I am SICK AND TIRED of her putting a masterpiece as a deluxe track!! The Black Dog is so strong melodically and lyrically, I need this on streaming asap cos whew I’m mad at her for this not being on the main album.

 

After those three masterpieces, I’m not returning to the rest until Friday so below are all one listen thoughts!

 

But daddy I love him is next in line for me - it gives me speak now vibes and I really love the melody

Then it’s Guilty as Sin and loml - both great

After that it’s (in no order, all 9/10): Fortnight, title track, my boy breaks toys, so long london (best of these lot), fresh out the slammer, the smallest man, Clara bow

 

Not completely sold on Fortnight’s hit potential on one listen, but it does sound good and it could take off.

 

The Charlie Puth lyric on the title track SENT me. Girl why?!! We are not in 2015/2016 anymore x

 

Down bad and The Alchemy are very good

 

I can do it with a broken heart is INTERESTING. It’s good but I’m not sold yet, though I could see myself loving it with a few more listens. It sounds like someone has mixed about seven midnights tracks into one!

 

I can fix him is the weakest - it’s fine but slightly filler, low-key gave me extended interlude vibes (it’s the one under 3 mins)

 

Overall I’m very happy though and can’t wait to spam stream from Friday! <3

 

 

I must say I am really disappointed with the album :/ Hopefully on repeated listens on release day, it grows on me a lot.

I must say I am really disappointed with the album :/ Hopefully on repeated listens on release day, it grows on me a lot.

 

To be fair this doesn’t scare me too much. I didn’t enjoy Midnights at all at first, I gave it a couple listens but nothing really clicked for me until a few months had past. Now I’ll admit it’s not my favourite album but there’s some solid tracks on there that I highly rate

 

I’ve managed to avoid any info about the leaks though and look forward to listening tomorrow!

OMG WHO’S AFRAID OF LITTLE OLD ME IS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!! And so is Florida!!!!!!!! Low key devvoed that Fortnight isn’t the TikTok leaked version though because I don’t like the actual song LOL

Edited April 18, 20241 yr by Starlight 13

I'm not listening to anything until Friday morning.

Shame it has leaked :( I can't wait to listen to it tomorrow !

actually surprised it leaked, not listening though,

usually it's Lana that everything gets leaked, but people like Ed S or Taylor never get leaked I thought

I wonder when the albums will be dispatched.

If anybody wants to send me the link to the leak… I wouldn’t be angry… just grateful ;-)

I'm on my third listen, and willing myself to like it more. With the exception of Florida!!! And one or two others, I find it, thus far, a chorusless midtenpo malaise.

 

I didn't love Midnights, but found myself wanting to return to it rather than a lot of these songs on TTPD. Hopefully they grow on me.

Album comes out at 5am

I'm on my third listen, and willing myself to like it more. With the exception of Florida!!! And one or two others, I find it, thus far, a chorusless midtenpo malaise.

 

I didn't love Midnights, but found myself wanting to return to it rather than a lot of these songs on TTPD. Hopefully they grow on me.

This is somewhat how I feel, Midnights didn’t as a whole grab me too much at first but there were standout songs that kept me wanting a bit more, then I found myself wanting to go back to the whole project, but I love it now.

 

I honestly fear this album will be a massive miss for her, the stans will probably eat up everything regardless, I am a huge fan tbf but I just… am not grabbed by pretty much any of this.

Fortnight is the lead single, as expected. Wonder if it’ll smash, or do a Slut and get replaced by an album track. Can see either happening.

 

I can’t get enough of who’s afraid of little old me, already a career highlight.

The first single from The Tortured Poets Department is…………. Fortnight featuring Post Malone 🤍 I’ve been such a huge fan of Post because of the writer he is, his musical experimentation and those melodies he creates that just stick in your head forever. I got to witness that magic come to life firsthand when we worked together on Fortnight. Honestly can’t wait for you guys to hear this song at Midnight TONIGHT and see the video at 8pm ET TOMORROW.

 

forafortnight.com

Cd singles available but only on us store at the minute. Really hoping we get them here on the uk one too but not expecting it :( cannot wait now, only 9.5 hours left ahhhhh

SO excited :cheeseblock:

Spotify is probably going to crash. :P

Less than FOUR HOURS til official release

I went offline to eat and there was a merch drop.