Fans may have been onto something when they thought that Taylor Swift's new album, Department of Tormented Poets, was inspired by the five stages of grief. Ahead of the LP's April 19 release, the pop star shared a quintet of personally curated playlists for Apple Music on Friday (April 5), each featuring songs from her first 10 albums that represent a distinct phase cracking.
Four of the playlists are named after the taglines of previously announced deluxe editions, with the fifth dubbed “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” after one of the song titles on Tormented Poets. First, the “I love you, you're ruining my life” The roundup includes tracks like “Style” and “Treacherous,” designed by the 14-time Grammy winner to embody the “denail” scene.
“This is a list of songs about getting so caught up in the idea of something that you have a hard time seeing the red flags, possibly resulting in moments of denial and maybe a little self-delusion,” he said in a statement. “Results may vary.”
Second, anger is heard from a playlist called “You can't call me sad,” including “Vigilante Shit”, “Bad Blood”, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and more. “These songs all have one thing in common: I wrote them while I was angry,” Swift continued. “Over the years, I've learned that anger can manifest itself in many different ways, but the healthiest way it manifests in my life is when I can write a song about it, and a lot of times, that helps me get over it. »
The next step in the “Five Stages of Heart Break” – modeled after the famous five stages of grief theory of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross – is the negotiation. For this phase, Swift compiled tracks like “You'll Be Better Soon,” “Say Don't Go” and “This Is Me Trying” into a playlist titled “Am I allowed to cry?”
“This playlist takes you on a journey through the songs I've written when I was in the negotiation stage, times when you're trying to make deals with yourself or someone you care about,” the “Anti-Hero” singer explained. “You try to make things better, a lot of times you feel really desperate, because a lot of times we have a gut feeling that tells us that things aren't going to work out the way we hope, which makes us more desperate, which makes us negotiate more.”
The fourth stage is depression, which Swift encapsulates in songs like “Champagne Problems,” “We Were Happy” and “Forever Winter” on her. “Old habits die screaming” playlist. “We will explore the feelings of depression that often permeate my songs,” he added. “While these things are really, really hard to go through, I often feel like whether I'm listening to songs or writing songs that deal with that intensity of loss and despair, it's usually at the point where I'm close to beyond that feeling.”
Finally, Swift's “I can do it with a broken heart” playlist — matching the track name 13 Tormented poets — marks the final stage of grief/heartlessness, also known as acceptance. “This is where we finally find acceptance and can start to move on from the loss or the heartbreak,” Tay said of the mix, which includes songs like “You're On Your Own, Kid,” “Closure,” “Now That We Don't Talk' and 'Long Story Short'.
“These songs represent making room for more good in your life, making that choice because a lot of times when we lose things, we gain things,” Swift added.
Swift is currently taking a two-month break from her Eras tour to prepare for the release of her 11th studio album, which she first announced while accepting best pop vocal at the 2024 Grammys for the previous LP her. Midnight. He has since shared the new project's main cover as well as details on the four deluxe editions, as well as confirming that Post Malone and Florence + The Machine are both featured on the album.
Listen to all five of Swift's Apple Music playlists before the launch Department of Tormented Poets here.
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