Taylor Swift writes her way into the Spotify history books (her version) with “The Tortured Poets Department.”
On Friday, Swift released her new album which became the first album in the streaming platform’s history to garner more than 300 million streams in a single day. The album also became the most streamed album in a single day in 2024, according to a Spotify representative.
The album’s first single, “Fortnight”, featuring genre rapper and singer Post Malone, also made history and became the most streamed song in one day. Swift also claims the three most streamed albums in Spotify history with 2023’s “Midnights” and “1989 (Taylor Version).”
Swift is also now the most streamed artist in a single day in Spotify history following the release of “The Tortured Poets Department” and its expanded version “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology”, a collection of 31 songs about coming of age, heartbreak, and the private pitfalls and highs of his public life.
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The Eras Tour singer also references her romance with her current partner, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and with her longtime ex-boyfriend, British actor Joe Alvin. In “Tortured Poets,” Swift continues to point her pen at rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye, and his ex-wife, reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
“I don’t think you’ve changed much, so I changed your name and everything else. And one day your kid comes home singing a song that only the two of us will know is about you,” Swift sings. “thank you aIMee”, which features Kim Kardashian’s name written in capital letters while the rest is in lower case.
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The song is an apparent reference to Kardashian and Ye’s (formerly Kanye West) daughter, North West. Early last year, North West posted a TikTok featuring Kardashian, with the two dancing to “Shake It Off,” from 2014’s “1989.”