Patti Smith: Last News

Taylor Swift is known for, it’s penning candid tunes that feel like a straight-up rip from our diaries.And that continues to be the case on her conspicuously-titled new album The Tortured Poets Department, which dropped on Friday (April 19). Within 12 hours, the 31-track album –– yes, 31! –– became Spotify’s “most streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far” and ignited fierce debate amongst the amateur pop-music critics of Gay Twitter X.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.How does the indie-pop collection stack up against Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter? Are the harshest breakup ballads dedicated to Joe Alwyn or Matty Healy? What Sunshine State debauchery inspired Florence + The Machine collab “Florida!!!”? And can we get a pic of Travis Kelce with his shirt off?Nevertheless, no tear-blotted lyric caused quite as much discourse as a certain turn of phrase in the title track: “You smoked, then ate seven bars of chocolate / We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist.”Listen.OK, so Taylor was obviously recounting an inebriated conversation about fellow musicians.