Lyrics to Taylor Swift new album The Tortured Poets Division appear to have leaked on-line. (Getty Photos)
Alleged leaks containing new lyrics from Taylor Swift’s upcoming album The Tortured Poets Division have hit the web – and have left folks divided.
Taylor Swift. You might need heard of her. A number of Grammy awards, ten, quickly to be eleven, studio albums (to not point out 4 out of a deliberate six re-recordings) purveyor of the globe-dominating Eras Tour – and that’s simply this 12 months.
To maintain her fanbase at bay in between the discharge of Swift’s re-recordings for 1989 and (presumably) Status, the Pennsylvania-born celebrity introduced whereas selecting up her most up-to-date Grammy that The Tortured Poets Division could be launched on 19 April. For these retaining observe, that’s tomorrow at time of writing.
One small drawback: some lyrics from varied of the album’s sixteen tracks (excluding its 4 bonus songs) appear to have hit the lawless land of X a day early, and although they’ve already been disabled as a consequence of copyright points, followers had been’t precisely impressed.
A snippet of a observe that in some way surfaced on X, contained the lyrics:
“You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate/ We declared Charlie Puth ought to be a much bigger artist/ I scratch your head, you go to sleep like a tattoo golden retriever.”
It’s unclear what observe the lyrics come from, however one X person claimed that the clip is from the album’s eponymous music.
Except for what a ‘tattoo golden retriever’ really is, followers have had some ideas.
“She’s simply saying sh*t [at this point] trigger wtf is a tattoo golden retriever?” one X person requested, whereas one other added: “I believe you’re the one torturing the poets Taylor Swift.”
A 3rd joked: “You’ve nonetheless bought two days… if you happen to don’t change that rattling Charlie Puth lyric.”
Based on additional stories, the snippet – and additional alleged ‘leaks’ hitting the timeline left, proper and centre – had been taken from a Google Drive containing the complete music listing.
Die-hard Swifties – Taylor followers – have jumped to the 34-year-old’s defence and urged X customers to not hearken to any leaks.
One wrote: “Please don’t unfold the leak of Taylor Swift’s new album. Bear in mind, that is Taylor’s work, respect it, identical to you’d you favourite artist. Don’t punish the artist for the way their followers behave.”
“IGNORE THE LEAKS as a result of this time tomorrow we may have a brand new Taylor Swift album,” one other added.
The album is about to incorporate collaborations with Florence + The Machine and up to date Beyoncé function, Submit Malone.
Talking about making the album throughout a current Eras Tour efficiency (through Billboard), Swift stated: ““I’ve by no means had an album the place I wanted songwriting greater than I wanted it on Tortured Poets.”
The Tortured Poets Division will likely be launched 18 April.