And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours."
The day before the big event, the singer revealed the first single off that now-double album.
According toSwift’s Instagram post, the first single is called Fortnight, and it features rapper Post Malone.
“I got to witness that magic come to life firsthand when we worked together on Fortnight.
Swift fans are somewhat used to different versions of her albums.
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So it’s possible fans have already bought multiple copies of Swift’s music.
Let’s sing out the differences.
(Exclamation points are Swift’s.)
The Tortured Poets Department is out in both digital and physical formats.
Choosing that should probably be pretty simple – how do you listen to music?
Four different editions
But then you’ll have another choice to make.
A representative for Swift didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Some fans, of course, defended Swift.
Another wrote, “Well, this is her business.
She’s here to make money, not friends.
Swift isn’t the only artist to offer different bonus tracks on different versions of the same album.
Olivia Rodrigo’s 2023 album Guts, for example, came infour limited-edition versionson vinyl.
Each album is a different color, and each color has its own bonus track.
But because of Swift’s enormous fan following, her bonus tracks have drawn more attention.
“I understand this more with Olivia,“wrote one Reddit user.
“Yes, she had a crazy successful debut.
But she’s still a new artist (and presumably was trying to avoid a sophomore slump).
Taylor doing this is giving ‘your-richest-friend-Venmo-requesting-you-$3.'”
There’s no discount for buying multiple versions of Swift’s new albums.
