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Taylor Swift's tortured poets era was created for me and every emo Tumblr kid

Cheryl Teh   

Taylor Swift's tortured poets era was created for me and every emo Tumblr kid
  • Taylor Swift announced her new album "The Tortured Poets Department" at the Grammys.
  • "All's fair in love and poetry" is basically catnip for Tumblr-trawling '90s kids.

Taylor Swift and I are both in our 30s. And with her new album announcement, I've never felt like she understood the crisis of millennial hell, or how we got here, more than at this very moment.

"All's fair in love and poetry," Swift posted on X on Sunday night after announcing her new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," at the Grammys.

Be still, my beating '90s kid heart. Love and poetry? Say less.

Now let's talk about the tweet — the 2000s Tumblr black-and-white aesthetic that speaks directly to my emo-girl spirit. "The Tortured Poets Department," she says. All hail — where do I sign up to be a staff member?

A teaser on X does not an album preview make, and Swift might flip this whole thing on its head and give us something entirely different.

But for now, April 19 is Tortured Poets Day. I'm ready to celebrate with my Tumblr archive, my dark academia outfits, and my notebooks full of half-written poems. Long live the Department.



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