Taylor Swift shares voice note to Apple Music users ahead of 'The Tortured Poets Department' release

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 11th album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is set to be out in April and Apple Music is making it special for fans!

The music streaming platform has allowed listeners to pre-save the album and now they can hear a special voice note from the pop diva.

“Hi, Apple Music, it's Taylor. Thank you for pre-adding The Tortured Poets Department,” says the voice note from Swift.

She continues, “I'm really proud to be able to share it with you on April 19th. I can't wait for you to hear it!”

Apple Music labels 7 songs explicit in Taylor Swift's new album

The app has also made it clear that the music will be her most explicit record, and seven of these songs will be full of 'curse words or language deemed sexual, violent, or offensive in nature.'

These tracks are 'Down Bad, But Daddy I Love Him, IomI, I Can Do It With A Broken Heart, The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, Florida!!!' including the title track.

Apple Music has confirmed the genre to be Pop, as she has ruled the category for some time now, reports DailyMail.

The announcement of the new album came during the recent 13th Grammy Award where Swift received Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights.

In her acceptance speech, the ‘Karma’ singer said, “I want to say thank you to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this way.”

“But I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans,” Swift added.

“So I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I've been keeping from you for the last two years, which is that my brand new album comes out on April 19.”

Her boyfriend Travis Kelce during one of the Super Bowl 2024 conferences admitted to having heard ‘bits of the new music.’

"I have heard some of it, yes, and it's unbelievable. I can't wait for her to shake up the world when it finally drops," Travis gushed.

Internet shares their opinion on Taylor Swift's upcoming explicit album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

The Internet reacted to Taylor Swift’s new album it being her most explicit album so far.

“When does she have time to record a new album while on tour?” one user commented.

A second expressed concern after Apple Music rated it explicit, “Oh no! All the poor parents who defend and hail her as a role model to young people. One who doesn't cuss, whose lyrics are devoid of explicit language blah!blah!blah! "

“Apparently it's been two years in making, Taylor's words while announcing the album,” another shared a thought.

One person commented, “If she is going to put out explicit songs , she needs to stop behaving like a teenager, because it gets creepy.”

“Hopefully there is a “clean” version for the little swifties,” wrote a user.

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