Taylor Swift has broken yet another record with her latest album The Tortured Poets Department.
15.04.2024 - 19:37 / nme.com
Robbie Williams has recalled the occasion where a badly-received joke on X/Twitter made him reconsider his use of the platform.The singer was speaking to Joe Lycett for an interview in The Guardian, in which spoke about their mutual love of art. They got on to talking about Twitter and Williams was asked if he still has an account.“It would ruin my career. The last time I was on it, I did a tweet that said: ‘I quite fancy getting into shoplifting.
Has anyone got any good suggestions for shoplifting?’“The person who runs Gail’s, the bakery, said: ‘This is awful. This is a pop star who lives in a bubble. How dare he?’“I saw the backlash, and I was, like: “I don’t think Twitter is for me.” I got my fingers burned.”The aforementioned owner of Gail’s, Luke Johnson, called Williams’ post a “very poor taste joke” in a statement to the Daily Mail in October last year.“Shop staff are facing a huge increase in crime and violence.
A vastly rich ex-pop star mocking a serious social and economic problem shows a celebrity truly lost in showbiz,” Johnson said [via The Independent].Earlier this month, Williams made headlines when he praised The 1975‘s Matty Healy. In a social media post, Williams noted that he was “lamenting the death of friction, danger, personality”, while calling the music scene “boring”, but clarifying that he’s “not attacking the music itself”.Williams went on to state that he understands why everyone’s being safe: “I get it everyone’s scared. No one knows what you’ll say that will get you cancelled.
Taylor Swift has broken yet another record with her latest album The Tortured Poets Department.
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Taylor Swift‘s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ has officially gone Number One in the UK, delivering the UK’s biggest opening week in seven years and matching Madonna‘s record.The singer released her eleventh studio album last Friday (April 19), which managed to break Spotify’s record for most-streamed album in a day with 300million streams.Now, it’s been revealed that ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ sold 270,000 units to snag the Number One spot. It’s a huge step up from her 2022 album ‘Midnights‘, which sold just over 200,000 records in its first week.The huge opening week for ‘Tortured Poets Department’ also sees Swift go toe-to-toe with Madonna for the female artist with the most Number One albums in Official Charts history.
The 1975 frontman Matty Healy, has shared a response after being asked about Taylor Swift‘s ‘Tortured Poet’s Department’.Healy and Swift were romantically linked for a short period in 2023 and, while unconfirmed, it is strongly believed that Healy is the subject of several songs on ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, namely its title track, ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’ and others.Now, Healy’s mother – who has previously said that she is seen as “the Virgin Mary” among The 1975‘s fanbase – has responded after being asked about the album during an episode of Loose Women.On yesterday’s episode of the show (April 25), Welch’s co-star Nadia Sawalha addressed the elephant in the room by saying: “Taylor Swift has got a new album out. Have you heard it Denise?”Jokingly, Welch responded: “I wasn’t aware she had an album out at all, I haven’t heard anything to do with it,” before the live audience broke into laughter and guest Dermot O’Leary added, “It’s suddenly all become very awkward.”She continued, shutting down the conversation by saying: “I wish her all the best”.
Taylor Swift on her new album.The boozer, which is based in Vauxhall, south London, is mentioned by the pop star in the song ‘The Black Dog’ from the extended ‘Anthology’ edition of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.“And your location, you forgot to turn it off/ And so I watch as you walk/ Into some bar called The Black Dog/ And pierce new holes in my heart/ You forgot to turn it off,” Swift sings. “And it hits me/ I just don’t understand/ How you don’t miss me/ In The Black Dog….”The track is thought to address Swift’s ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, who lives in the same area as the pub (and inspired 2019’s ‘London Boy’).
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When it comes to iconic couples in the music industry, they don’t come stronger than Ayda Field and Robbie Williams, with the loved up couple marking their 14th wedding anniversary in 2024. Yet despite their loved-up romance and happy home life with their four children, the actress revealed it wasn’t always the case as Robbie had previously considered “ditching” her on their very first date! Reflecting on that fateful day on Thursday’s (25 April) episode of Loose Women, Ayda told panelists Denise Welch, Christine Lampard and Nadia Sawalha exactly what had happened and how one unexpected twist had led them to turn things around.
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Robbie Williams has revealed that he has “written loads of songs” and is feeling “full of purpose and loving life”.The ‘Angels’ singer made the comments during a new interview with Virgin Radio, where he insisted that he is feeling more “ambitious” than ever before, and has written a heap of new material.Williams said: “I’ve got loads of plans. I’ve written loads of songs, I’ve got my film [Better Man] at the end of this year and I’m doing Hyde Park in the summer.
The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has responded to Taylor Swift‘s newest album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ – see what he had to say below.While unconfirmed, it is strongly believed that Healy is the subject of several songs on ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, namely its title track and ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’ among others.When approached by paparazzi in Los Angeles on Wednesday (April 24), The 1975 was asked how he felt about his “Taylor diss track”. While it’s unclear which exact song the paparazzo was referring to, Healy replied: “My diss track? Oh! I haven’t really listened to that much of it, but I’m sure it’s good.”Watch Healy’s response below.Matty Healy admits he hasn't listened to all of Taylor Swift's new album 'The Tortured Poets Department' but is "sure it's good." pic.twitter.com/pKNaSwaYRA— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) April 24, 2024Since the album’s release, fans have taken to social media to dissect Swift’s lyrics, and have theorised that a hefty portion of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ focuses on Matty Healy, with whom Taylor had a brief romance in 2023, rather than Joe Alwyn, who she dated for six years.‘The Tortured Poets Department’ scored a three-star review from NME upon its release, with Laura Molloy writing: “The pitfalls that mire her 11th studio album are all the more disappointing — she’s proven time and time again she can do better.
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One of Matty Healy‘s family members is opening up about The 1975 singer’s reaction to Taylor Swift‘s new album The Tortured Poets Department.
it’s all about Taylor Swift.Swift, of course, dropped her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” on Friday. The 17-track list is filled with her infamous Easter eggs, songs dedicated to beau Travis Kelce and several lyrical hints about ex-boyfriends Joe Alwyn, Matty Healy and more.But that wasn’t enough for the 14-time Grammy winner.
Taylor Swift has name-dropped a person called ‘Lucy’ in her latest album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, and fans have begun speculating who it could be.The star’s 11th studio album arrived today (April 19) and earlier this morning Swift announced that it is, in fact, a double album and shared the remaining tracks.Since its release, fans have taken to social media to suggest that the record is about her six-year relationship with actor Joe Alwyn, as well as her brief romance with The 1975‘s frontman Matty Healy.However, it is during the second song of the album – the title track – that one line in particular has caught the attention of fans, as the pop icon goes on to refer to a person called ‘Lucy’.In the song, Swift criticises her partner’s “self-sabotaging” behaviour, and makes reference to him “coming undone” – a line which some fans are convinced is about Healy and his infamous string of controversies.In the track, Swift goes on to recall how the lover in question once told “Lucy” that he would take his own life if Swift left him.“Sometimes I wonder if you’re gonna screw this up with me, but you told Lucy you’d kill yourself if I ever leave,” she sings, also adding: “And I had said that to Jack about you so I felt seen, everyone we know understands why it’s meant to be, because we’re crazy.” In the latter, fans speculate that the reference to ‘Jack’ may be a nod to Jack Antonoff, who is Swift’s longtime collaborator and producer of the album.Ultimately, fans seem convinced that the ‘Lucy’ referenced in the title track is Lucy Dacus – a third of the Grammy-winning group boygenius and someone who has connections to both Swift and Healy.Dacus had a friendship with Healy for years, as did boygenius bandmate Phoebe
Taylor Swift has namechecked the cult Scottish indie band The Blue Nile on a track on her huge new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.On the album’s ninth track ‘Guilty As Sin?’, Swift sings: “Drowning in The Blue Nile / He sent me Downtown Lights / I hadn’t heard it in a while / My boredom’s bone deep / This cage was once just fine / Am I allowed to cry?”‘The Downtown Lights’ was the band’s biggest song, reaching the Top Ten on the American Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1989, famously also the year that Swift was born.Listen to the two tracks in question below:Aside from having similar themes to Swift’s new album – navigating difficult relationships, the aftermath of heartbreak – the reference to the song also appears to be another nod to The 1975’s Matty Healy, with whom Taylor was romantically linked for a short period of time in 2023.Healy once told Vulture that The Blue Nile were his “favourite band of all time”, and he has named ‘Hats’, from which ‘The Downtown Lights’ is taken, as his favourite album of the ‘80s. He has also stated that his song ‘Love It If We Made It’ is like “The Blue Nile on steroids”.Led by singer Paul Buchanan, Glasgow’s The Blue Nile have a devoted underground following, and are praised for their elegant, melancholic melodies and restrained, patient synth and guitar arrangements.
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