Poet articles
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A Poet on Taylor Swift’s Complicated Embrace of Tortured Poets
Taylor Swift is a tortured poet on her new album—but she's not above making fun of herself, writes Stephanie Burt.
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‘Tortured Poets’ meet ‘Dead Poets’ in Taylor Swift’s ‘Fortnight’ video
Taylor Swift and Post Malone are trying to get through a seemingly painful black-and-white era. The music video for “Fortnight,” the lead single off Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “Tortured Poets Department,” debuted on Friday night. The duet features the two artists in various states of melancholy reflection and despair, set in a dystopian and mostly monochromatic world. The video starts with Swift chained to a matressless iron bed frame in a white observation room. After begrudgingly...
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‘Tortured Poets’ meet ‘Dead Poets’ in Taylor Swift’s ‘Fortnight’ video
By Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Post Malone are trying to get through a seemingly painful black-and-white era. The music video for “Fortnight,” the lead single off Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “Tortured Poets Department,” debuted on Friday night. The duet features the two artists in various states of melancholy reflection and