Emergency Pod: Announcement of The Tortured Poets Department
Summary
EMERGENCY POD! The Tortured Poets Department announcement has Sara and Laura obsessed with finding clues and easter eggs. In this emergency episode, the ladies discuss the details of what we know about the album thus far and explore the theories and clues surrounding its release - including the album’s track list and its potential meanings. Turns out, Tay Tay is one well-read lady as they analyze alllllllll of her literary references in past albums, including nods to Emily Dickinson, Kurt Vonnegut, Fitzgerald, Shakespeare, and more.
What are your theories, Swifties?!
Chapters
(00:00) Emergency Pod: Taylor's Album Announcement
(08:55) The Tortured Poets Department
(10:36 ) The Timeline and Joe Alwyn
(16:57) The Significance of April 19th Release Date
(18:25) Response to Joe's Statement
(20:01) Album Art and Photographer
(21:53) The Vibe & Clues We're Pulling From the Album Cover
(24:22) The Veiled Themes in Taylor's Albums
(25:43) What The Word 'Department' Implies & Academia
(28:25 ) The Logo and Directed Projects Being Added on Taylor's Website
(30:43) Dead Poets Society!?!
(32:08) So Long London
(33:25) But Daddy I Love Him & The Little Mermaid
(34:40) Fresh Out the Slammer
(36:59) Florida!!! featuring Florence and the Machine
(38:56) Who's Afraid of Little Old Me & Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
(41:52) I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) & Matty Healy Speculation
(47:55) Clara Bow, Pointed Similarities & Bisexuality
(54:28) The Manuscript and Movie Theories
(55:20) Taylor's Past Literary References
(01:13:22) Excitement for Release
(01:14:18) Tortured Poets Department As A Recipe Would Be....
(01:17:15) Next Episode Will Be...
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