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The Department of Tortured Poets is Taylor Swift’s latest album.

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The Department of Tortured Poets is Taylor Swift’s latest album.

Beth Garrabrant/Republic Records

Taylor Swift released an epic new album it lasts two hours – and two high-profile breakups. The Department of Tortured Poets takes an in-depth look at two of the singer’s recent relationships – one with English actor Joe Alwyn and the other with Matty Healy, the lead singer of The 1975. And while Taylor Swift indulges in some bullshit on this disk, the target to which it returns most often is itself.

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