Taylor Swift’s took home the best pop vocal album at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday for her album Midnights. The “Anti-Hero” artist won over Kelly Clarkson’s Chemistry, Miley Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation, Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts, Ed Sheeran’s – (Subtract).
Swift announced it was her “13th Grammy” award — her “lucky number,” and followed up with an announcement for her brand new album The Tortured Poet’s Department comes out on April 19.
“I want to say thank you to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this way. But I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans,” Swift said. “So I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years, which is that my brand new album comes out on April 19.”
She added, “It’s called the Tortured Poets Department. I’m gonna go and post the cover right now backstage. Thank you. I love you. Thank you.”
Released in October 2022, Midnights marked Swift’s tenth original studio album and spawned massive hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Anti-Hero,” which hit No. 1, as well as “Lavender Haze” and “Karma,” which both reached No. 2 on the chart.
In a note posted alongside the album’s announcement in August 2022, Swift explained the concept for Midnights. “We lie awake in love and in fear, in turmoil and in tears. We stare at walls and drink until they speak b ack. We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t — right this minute — about to make some fateful life-altering mistake,” she wrote at the time.
