Taylor Swift Is “floored” With Her ‘The Tortured Poets Department’s’ Historic Debut, Ahead of May 9 Frenzy

Published 04/29/2024, 12:40 AM EDT

Stars have a year, but Taylor Swift is having a decade to herself. With major highlights sprawling the songstress, year long, Swift’s success stories are nowhere near an end. With her re-recorded records carrying the entire 2023 single-handedly, Taylor Swift’s 'The Tortured Poets Department' album has been the 2024 highlight, so far. However, that is not all. With Eras Tour’s European leg filling up for the rest of the year, not just fans but the songstress herself is on cloud nine. 

Despite breaking back-to-back records from last year, the 14-time-grammy winner could hardly believe herself with her historic album debut, while counting the days to May 9. 

Taylor Swift shares her first reactions to The Tortured Poets Department reception by fans

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Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is breaking all records, with its debut at 2.61 million equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its first week. Thanking her fans for this, the 34-year-old expressed her disbelief at her album rankings on X. “My mind is blown. I'm completely floored by the love you've shown to this album,” wrote Taylor Swift, completely bamboozled over the numbers. ”2.6 million ARE YOU CRAZY???” added the star, referring to the crazy album debut.

Swift could not help but feel utterly “overwhelmed” by the way the fans have 'listened, streamed, and welcomed' 'The Tortured Poets Department' to their lives. With its release, Taylor Swift just bagged the fourteenth, No.1 album of her life on Billboard 200, which also outdid other major albums of the year like Vultures by Ye, in terms of sales. All of it resulted in making one of the largest streaming weeks for Swift ever. 

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That is not all, however. As her fandom widens worldwide, Swift is set to welcome spring with her Eras Tour from May 9, this time in Europe. 

Taylor Swift is all fired up for May 9

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It is safe to say one is living under a rock if they are unaware of Eras Tours’ kick off on May 9th. “I was already so fired up to get back to the tour but you doing THISS??” wrote the star in zest, thanking fans for all the love they showered on her album. She expressed how her fandom could not help but fuel all the enthusiasm she was trying to contain for kick-starting the tour at La Défense Arena.May 9th can't come soon enough,” she wrote while uploading some behind-the-screen snapshots with Post Malone for the album. 

Swift's beginning of her European leg in Paris would be her return to the concert after a two-month hiatus. During the vacays, the star made sure the fans were fed enough with more of her personal life updates, if not professional. Her love affair with the NFL star is in full bloom, with Travis Kelce addressing his beau, as his 'significant other', the previous day at a charity-turned-gala event. With a chart-breaking album, a record-breaking tour, and a fairytale romance, Swift is indeed living the best of her life.

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What do you think about Taylor Swift's token of thanks to her fans for the love shown for 'The Tortured Poets Department'? Are you excited about the Eras Tour European leg as well? Let us know in the comments below. 

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Shraddha Suman

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Shraddha Das is a Content Lead and the Sub Group Head at Netflix Junkie. Captivated by the power of storytelling and the written word at a young age, which led her to pursue a career in journalism at the Esteemed KIIT School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in Orissa. She has over 1500 articles to her name.

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