Taylor Swift had an enormous announcement to make relating to her The Tortured Poets Division album throughout her Sunday, March 3, live performance in Singapore.
“I just had a plan for Night 2,” Swift, 34, stated to concertgoers in the course of the Eras present, which was additionally briefly broadcast reside by way of her Instagram. “I kinda felt you’d be [excited and loud], so I kinda wanted to show you something that no one else has seen before.”
She continued, “If you want to look at the main screen, I want to show you something. This is the final edition of The Tortured Poets Department. It’s the final cover … [and] there’s a song called ‘The Black Dog.’ I can’t wait for you to hear it and I just appreciate the enthusiasm.”
As Swift shared her TTPD variant information, a brand new cowl picture shot by Beth Garrabrant flashed on the display screen. Within the sepia-toned shot, Swift stood with one hand resting on the highest of her head and the opposite by her chin.
Swift additionally shared the picture on her Instagram with the caption, “Old habits die screaming.” The portrait has additionally been swapped as her new profile pic.
Swift’s TTPD announcement interrupted the acoustic part of Sunday’s live performance, the place she — as soon as once more — performed two mash-ups. First, the Grammy winner mixed “Long Story Short” from Evermore and “The Story of Us” from Converse Now (Taylor’s Model) on her guitar. Swift’s subsequent shock tune mash-up featured 1989 (Taylor’s Model)’s “Clean” and Evermore’s “Evermore.”
One night time earlier, Swift performed a unique double mash-up for the Singapore crowd, combining “Mine” and “Starlight,” after which “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” and “Dress.”
“This has become my favorite part of the show because it’s become very chaotic and it’s become a challenge for me to think of new things to do for every single city,” Swift stated on Saturday, March 2, concerning the acoustic set. “And hope that I’m doing something that you guys might like. It’s been a blast!”
Following Swift’s remaining March live shows in Singapore, she is going to launch her subsequent album, The Tortured Poets Division, on April 19. (The Eras Tour will resume its worldwide dates on Might 9 in Paris, working by means of August 20 throughout Europe and the UK.)
TTPD is Swift’s eleventh studio album and already has three bonus variations, titled “The Manuscript,” “The Bolter” and “The Albatross.” Whereas Swift hasn’t shared her lyrical inspiration, it’s closely theorized by followers that the tracks are about her breakup with Joe Alwyn.
Swift dated Alwyn, 32, for six years earlier than information broke in April 2023 that they’d referred to as it quits. She has since moved with NFL star Travis Kelce, with a supply telling Us Weekly earlier this month that Swift has “already written” love songs about Kelce, 34.