Taylor Swift announces The Tortured Poets Department bonus track, “The Bolter"

19 February 2024, 11:36 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

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During a stop in Melbourne, Australia, on The Eras Tour, Taylor Swift announced another variant of her forthcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department, which comes with a different bonus track, “The Bolter".

The original version of the album is packaged with the bonus track “The Manuscript", whilst “The Bolter” edition of The Tortured Poets Department comes with alternative album art.

She also discussed her eleventh studio album with the crowd, saying: “Tortured Poets is an album. I think more than any of my albums that I’ve ever made, I needed to make it. It was really a lifeline for me. Just the things I was going through and the things I was writing about. It kind of reminded me of why songwriting was something that actually gets me through my life.”

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Earlier this month, at the 2024 Grammy Awards, whilst accepting the award for Best Pop Vocal Album for her 2022 album Midnights – the latest album of original music – Swift revealed that she will be releasing her eleventh studio album, which includes features from Post Malone on “Fortnight”, and Florence + the Machine on “Florida!!!”.

The Tortured Poets Department is set for release on 19 April.