As you may have heard, today marks the release of Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department, which turned out to be a surprise double album called The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. She once again worked closely with Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff and the National’s Aaron Dessner, both of whom cowrote and produced extensively across the tracklist. Dessner, who entered the Swiftverse during early COVID days and has been a core contributor to her albums ever since, has chimed in this morning with a statement on the new project. Here’s what he has to say:
