Music lovers are confusing the name of Taylor Swift’s new album with the title of a classic Hollywood movie starring the late singer. robin williams.
During her acceptance speech at the 2024 Grammy Awards on February 4th, Swift announced that her next album, The Tortured Poets Department, will be released on April 19th.
After Swift’s surprise announcement, Google announced that the 1989 drama “dead poets association” soared 588%, according to NoDepositRewards.com, an online group promoting casinos around the world.
The film, set at a fictional elite boarding school, and Swift’s album don’t seem to have much in common, other than both having the word “poet” in their titles.
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There’s the fact that “Dead Poets Society” was released in 1989 and is the title of Swift’s album. And, of course, her new album may include songs that explore the themes of sadness and heartbreak that were also featured in the film.
If you think about it, Williams plays John Keating in the film, an unconventional English teacher who inspires his young students to live by their Latin beliefs. carpe diem, or “s“Let’s wait for that day.” Didn’t Swift say something similar in her 2014 hit “Shake It Off”?
Minutes after Swift shared the news about her new album on stage at the Grammys, she posted the album’s cover art to Instagram, featuring a sensual black-and-white photo of Swift lying in bed.
“All’s fair in love and poetry…” she captioned the post.
The next day, the “Karma” singer revealed the album’s tracklist, which features collaborations with Post Malone and Florence and the Machine.
Many Swift aficionados suspect that The Tortured Poets Department will feature a breakup song or two about Swift’s ex Joe Alwyn, and the album’s title is It also points out that the name is similar to the name of a WhatsApp chat that Alwyn used to participate in, “The Tortured Man Club.”
Swift has remained silent about the content of The Tortured Poets Division, other than to reveal the song’s title and the names of her collaborators.
The singer, who has been in a high-profile romance with NFL star Travis Kelce since last summer, will resume her “Ellas Tour” in Tokyo on February 7th.
Meanwhile, Kelce, who is heading to the Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs on February 11, vowed to follow in Swift’s footsteps and take home a trophy at this year’s Grammy Awards.
This article originally appeared on TODAY.com
