132 Gut Reactions to Every Track on Taylor Swift’s Double Album

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( first impressions [132 Gut Reactions to Every Track on Taylor Swift’s Double Album]( Photo: Kevin Winter/TAS23/Getty Images Ahem! Attention! Attention! [Taps yardstick on podium sexily.] The first official meeting of [the Tortured Poets Department]( is officially in session. We’ve all gathered here in Donna Tartt’s storage unit to discuss Taylor Swift’s [11th studio album]( (not counting re-recordings). Does The Tortured Poets Department represent Swift’s Dark Academia era? Which songs are about Joe Alwyn, and which are about Matty Healy? Who uses a typewriter, anyway? These are just some of the topics that anonymous Vulture staffers touch upon in their initial reactions below, [broken down by track](. [Hits play on Spotify, also sexily.] Shall we begin? [read more]( [Anniversary Sale: Celebrate with $20 off unlimited access, plus get a free anniversary tote.]( [Anniversary Sale: Celebrate with $20 off unlimited access, plus get a free anniversary tote.]( The Latest TV Recaps • Summer House: [Out of This World]( • Elsbeth: [What If Parenting, But Too Much?]( • Manhunt: [The Verdict]( • Sugar: [Sea Lions and Patti Smith]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [What If We Didn’t Know Abigail Was a Vampire Movie? Oh, sorry, did I just ruin it?]( By Bilge Ebiri [The 20 Best True-Crime Documentaries on Max HBO and its sister networks have a rich history of producing compelling documentaries about bad people doing bad things.]( By Brian Tallerico [Mandisa, American Idol Star and Christian Music Singer, Dead at 47 The Grammy-winning artist rose to fame on season five of the competition series.]( By Zoe Guy [‘Hope Is Political’ Ken Loach on the end of his 60-year filmmaking career and what he’s learned about power and the working class.]( By Matt Zoller Seitz [The 9 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Time for a horror-movie double feature.]( By Savannah Salazar [Let’s Get Back on The Jinx’s Timeline Going Into Part Two What to remember about Robert Durst before the hot-mic moment that changed everything.]( By Jen Chaney [Our Favorite Tortured Poets Taylor Swift and her various modern idiots join a long line of pop-culture poets sanctimoniously performing soliloquies.]( By Rachel Simon [No One Comes Out of a Florence Welch Duet Alive Including listeners.]( By Justin Curto [All of Taylor Swift’s Famously Devastating Track 5’s, Ranked Where does Tortured Poets’ “So Long, London” land?]( By Erin Browne [Chris Stapleton’s New Single Won Late Night This Week Featuring John Stamos.]( By Bethy Squires [Who’s In? Who’s Out? An Exhaustive Timeline of Taylor Swift’s Squad. Her boyfriend, besties, and business partners.]( By Zoë Haylock [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 7-Across, Eight Letters: Like the poets in Taylor’s new album … or this clue Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty, Everett [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name a movie starring Ana de Armas and Chris Evans? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images, JB Lacroix/WireImage, Steve Granitz/FilmMagic A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved