Taylor Swift is moving on to the next chapter in her life.
She just put out a new album — The Tortured Poets Department — which left fans completely mesmerised. During her Grammys acceptance speech in February, she announced the new album and explained that she's been working on it for the past two years. In Taylor Swift world, that's practically a lifetime as she's seen countless changes.
Now, she seems to have settled into a comfortable new life where she has been beaming with smiles. She explained to fans that a chapter of her life is closing in a sweet message that she penned alongside the release. The pop princess wrote: "The Tortured Poets Department. An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure."
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"This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up," she said. "There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted. This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.
Taylor Swift's next studio album revealed after tenth release broke records"And then all that’s left behind is the tortured poetry." In this case, the poetry is the songs that chronicle her life these past few years, including the impact of old rivalries, tarnished relationships, and the love she has found with someone new — Travis Kelce.
To recap, Taylor publicly split from Joe Alwyn in early 2023 which was a major ripple in pop culture considering the pair had been dating for six years. It wasn't long until Taylor linked up with Matty Healy, the signer of The 1975. While they were never confirmed to be in a full-on relationship, they were "having fun" as they got cozy.
After much public backlash, they seemed to split apart, too. After declaring she'd have an independent girl summer in a July 4th post, she went on to perform in Kansas City. Travis Kelce shot his shot and the pair started dating not long after.
Her love life isn't the only thing that's been through some turbulence. Taylor has taken center stage in the music industry as she released her tenth studio album, Midnights, in late 2022, followed by 1989 (Taylor's Version) the year after. Plus, she was crowned Times 2023 Person of the Year.