On the awards stage , Taylor shared: “This is my 13th Grammy, my lucky number. I don’t know if I’ve ever told everyone that. I want to thank members of the Recording Academy for voting for me, but I know that the way the Recording Academy votes is also a direct reflection of how the fans like it. So I want to thank audience by revealing a secret that I’ve been keeping for the past 2 years, which is my brand new album coming out on April 19th. It’s called The Tortured Poets Department . I’m out now. behind the scenes to post the cover photo.”
Soon after, a post on Taylor’s Instagram also showed the album’s image and a handwritten letter that read: “And so I stepped into reality/You are the fading embrace/It’s you Poetry is like a cut in my skin/It’s a lucky charm, it’s a pearl I carry/The tick, tick, tick of the love bomb/Rolling in my veins, black ink overflows/All is fair in life. love and poetry…”.
According to Taylor’s website, the standard edition of this record will include 16 songs and 1 bonus track, but their titles have not yet been revealed.
Before the Grammy Awards night took place, the female singer changed her avatar on social networking platforms to only include black and white, which is a characteristic of the album Reputation released in 2019.
Therefore, many fans expect Taylor to officially announce the Reputation re-recording. Because she wanted to regain ownership of her music, the female singer released versions ( Taylor’s Version ) for 4/6 of her early albums, except for the first record ( Taylor Swift ) and the last. ( Reputation ).
This year, Taylor has 6 Grammy nominations for her latest album Midnights . The win in the Best Pop Album category is just another stop on a year-long streak of performances and music film The Eras Tour .
After the awards ceremony, the female singer will go to Japan to continue her Asian stop, including Singapore.
To date, Taylor still holds the record for being the most nominated artist who has never won a Grammy for Song of the Year. This year, Taylor has her 7th nomination for Anti-Hero in this category, but the winner is What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish .
If she wins Album of the Year, Taylor will become the first artist to win Album of the Year four times in the history of this award. She is currently ranked alongside legends including Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon in having three winning albums, including Fearless, 1989 and folklore.