Taylor Swift fans are going wild over her newest album, The Tortured Poets Department. The double record includes 31 brand-new songs that focus on things such as devastating heartbreak, bitter feuds, breakups, new love, depression, and more. Many of the tunes are thought to be about the singer’s former flame, The 1975 singer Matty Healy. Meanwhile, others have been rumored to be about her former boyfriend Joe Alwyn, old rival Kim Kardashian, new love Travis Kelce, and fellow singer Olivia Rodrigo. However, Swift has confirmed nothing herself. Meanwhile, the album has been dissected by all who have listened to it. Now, a psychologist is weighing in on the dark themes of the record.
Dr. Robert Cuyler, the chief clinical officer at Freespira, is giving his thoughts on The Tortured Poets Department. Cuyler claims that there are many sad themes scattered within the music and lyrics of the album. He also claimed that many of the tunes may be triggering for fans. The doctor adds that the reaction to the new batch of songs has been “intense” from Swift’s loyal and massive fanbase.
Taylor Swift’s the Tortured Poets Department May Be Triggering for Fans
“It’s clear that we have intense fan involvement and identification,” Dr. Cuyler tells Fox News. He added that the songs I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) and I Can Do It With A Broken Heart are two particularly sad songs. The former is about a relationship with a broken person. The latter appears to be a song about Taylor Swift working through her depression.
“Many of these songs and tones of the album [are] triggering reflection [by] fans who are tuning into their [own] dark places as they listen to [Swift] explore some of her dark places,” Cuyler continued. “The songs are so deeply personal and unique to Taylor, yet still somehow manage to be universal in the way fans connect and relate to them,” she said.
Taylor Swift fans know that the singer usually writes posts that pertain to her personal life. However, it makes her highly relatable and her followers love her all the more for it.
