Taylor Swift Reveals She Wasn't Planning to Announce New 'The Tortured Poets Department' Album at Grammys

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Swift accepts best pop vocal album award at the 2024 Grammys.Photo:VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images

VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images

Swifties may have had to wait for the announcement ofTaylor Swift’snew album had she not taken homea Grammy.

During night one of her Eras Tour stop in Tokyo on Feb. 7, the pop megastar, 34, told the crowd that she was actually planning to reveal the news of her 11th studio albumThe Tortured Poets Departmentin Tokyo had she not won a golden gramophone.

“I had this plan in my head, and I told my friends — I told Jack, but I hadn’t really told many other people,” Swift told the crowd during theEvermoreset of her concert, pera fan-posted video.“I thought, ‘Okay, so if I’m lucky enough to win one thing tonight, I’m just going to do it. I’m just going to announce my new album.'”

Taylor Swift.Frazer Harrison/Getty

Frazer Harrison/Getty

She added: “I told myself if I’m lucky enough to win anything tonight, I’m just gonna do it. I’m just gonna announce it. My backup plan was that I was gonna announce tonight in Tokyo!”

During the set, Swift also revealed that she’s been working on her latest LP since right after she wrapped upMidnights.

“I’ve been working on it for about two years, I kept working on it throughout the US tour. When it was perfect in my opinion — when it was good enough for you — I finished it. I am so, so excited. Soon you’ll get to hear it. Soon we’ll get to hear it together,” the “Maroon” singer told the audience.

Swift continued: “Everyone asks, ‘Why do you make so many albums?’ It’s like, ‘Man, because I love it so much. I’m having fun. Leave me alone.'”

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Taylor Swift.Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

As the “Mastermind” musician accepted her 13th Grammy for best pop vocal album — her “lucky number” — Swift announced the brand-new album,The Tortured Poets Department,which is due April 19. (Later in the show, shemade history, becoming the first artist to ever win four album of the year trophies, this time forMidnights.)

Swift added, “It’s calledThe Tortured Poets Department. I’m gonna go and post the cover right now backstage. Thank you. I love you. Thank you.”

source: people.com