Fans may have been right when they theorized that Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, was inspired by the five stages of grief. Ahead of the LP’s April 19 release, the pop star shared a quintet of playlists she curated for Apple Music on Friday (April 5), each featuring songs from her first 10 albums that represent a different phase of heartbreak.
Four of the playlists are named after taglines from previously announced deluxe editions, and the fifth is called “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” after one of the Tortured Poets song titles. First, the summary of “I Love You, It’s Ruining My Life” includes songs like “Style” and “Treacherous,” designed by the 14-time Grammy winner to embody the “denial” stage.
“This is a song list about getting so caught up in the idea of something that you have a hard time seeing the red flags, possibly resulting in moments of denial and maybe a little bit of wishful thinking,” he said in a statement. “Results may vary.”
Second, the soundtrack to anger is a playlist called “You Don’t Get to Tell Me About Sad,” which includes “Vigilante Shit,” “Bad Blood,” “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” and more. “All of these songs have one thing in common: I wrote them while I was feeling angry,” Swift continued. “Over the years I have learned that anger can manifest itself in many different ways, but the healthiest way it manifests itself in my life is when I can write a song about it, and often that helps me recover.”. Pass it.”
The next step in the “Five Stages of Heartbreak,” modeled after Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ famous Five Stages of Grief theory, is negotiation. For this phase, Swift put together tracks like “Soon You’ll Get Better,” “Say Don’t Go,” and “This Is Me Trying” into a playlist titled “Am I Allowed to Cry?”
“This playlist takes you through songs I wrote when I was in the negotiation stage, times when you’re trying to make deals with yourself or someone you care about,” the “Anti-Hero” singer explained. “You are trying to improve things, and often you feel desperate because many times we have a visceral intuition that tells us that things are not going to turn out as we expect, which makes us more desperate, which makes us negotiate. further.”
The fourth stage is depression, summed up by Swift in songs like “Champagne Problems,” “We Were Happy,” and “Forever Winter” on her “Old Habits Die Screaming” playlist. “We’re going to explore the feelings of depression that often appear in my songs,” she added. “While these things are very, very difficult to overcome, I often feel that when I listen to songs or write songs that deal with this intensity of loss and hopelessness, that’s usually in the phase where I’m close to recovery. beyond that feeling.”
Finally, Swift’s “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” playlist, which matches the name of track 13 on Tortured Poets, marks the final stage of grief/heartbreak, also known as acceptance. “Here we finally find acceptance and can begin to move on from loss or heartbreak,” Tay said of the mix, which includes songs like “You’re On Your Own, Kid,” “Closure,” “Now That We Don’t Talk ” and “Long story short.”
“These songs represent making room for more good things in your life, making that decision because a lot of times when we lose things, we gain them too,” Swift added.
Swift is currently taking a two-month break from her global Eras Tour to prepare for the release of her 11th studio album, which she first announced while accepting best pop vocal at the 2024 Grammys for her previous LP, Midnights. She has since shared the new project’s front cover plus details about the four deluxe editions, as well as confirming that Post Malone and Florence + The Machine appear on the album.
Listen to Swift’s five Apple Music playlists ahead of The Tortured Poets Department here.
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