Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and the art of melodrama
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Dienstag, April 23, 2024
Depression, Broken Heart, Grief, The Eras Tour, Noise, Smith, Death, Life, Poetry, Love, Down Bad, Creativity, Music, Language, Emotion
Lyrically, The Tortured Poets Department is a euphoric rejection of societal expectations.
Key Points:
- Lyrically, The Tortured Poets Department is a euphoric rejection of societal expectations.
- The title track declares: “You’re not Dylan Thomas, I’m not Patti Smith”, pointing to other famously troubled (or “tortured”) lyrical poets.
- “In melodrama,” he explains, “man remains undivided, free from the agony of choosing between conflicting imperatives and desires”.
- This speaks to the extremes of emotion explored in The Tortured Poets Department, including frequent references to death.