Taylor Swift celebrated her six Grammy nominations for The Tortured Poets Department in the middle of her latest Eras Tour concert, thanking fans for their support.
“You guys did something so amazing over the course of the last few months [with] what you did with embracing Tortured Poets Department,” Swift, 34, said during the acoustic section of her Thursday, November 14, performance at Toronto’s Rogers Centre. “It’s truly blown my mind.”
She continued, “It’s really emotional for me because this album; I wrote it during the Eras Tour. I wrote the album, made the album — all trying to keep it a secret from you guys and then announced the album and was, basically, working really hard to secretly put together a new chapter in the Eras Tour of Tortured Poets Department and we wanted to surprise you with it.”
TTPD is Swift’s 11th studio album, which was released in April one year after the launch of her Eras Tour shows. Last week, Swift earned multiple Grammy nominations for the record and an additional nod for her “Us.” duet with Eras opener Gracie Abrams.
“You guys have just been so wonderful about digging into this album and just really understanding where I was coming from and you made it, by far, the greatest debut week I’ve ever had with an album,” Swift gushed on Thursday of her fans. “You kept that album at No. 1 for nearly four months and most recently what you did — because everything that happens is a direct reflection of the passion you show — is you guys got this album nominated for six Grammys!”
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The pop star added, “It’s so wonderful, so thank you.”
Swift is already a 14-time Grammy winner, even taking home the coveted Album of the Year award four times. The 2024 ceremony, which was held earlier this year in February, is where she first announced TTPD.
Even a mastermind like Taylor Swift needs a backup plan. Swift, 34, resumed the international leg of her Eras Tour in Tokyo on Wednesday, February 7, and took a moment to celebrate her recent Grammy Awards success. During a break in the Evermore set, Swift opened up about announcing her upcoming 11th album, The Tortured […]
“I want to say ‘thank you’ to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the past two years, which is that my brand new album comes out April 19th,” she said in her acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Album. “It’s called The Tortured Poets Department and I’m going to go post the cover right now backstage. Thank you. I love you.”
After TTPD’s April release, Swift and her band added songs “But Daddy I Love Him,” “So High School,” “Fortnight,” “Down Bad,” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” and “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” to her Eras Tour setlist. Other tracks from the LP have popped up during the acoustic section, including a duet of “Florida!!!” with Florence Welch.
Swift’s Eras Tour runs through December 8.
