tirto.id - Taylor Swift telah merilis album terbarunya yang diberi judul The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD), pada Jumat, 19 April 2024.
TTPD merupakan album studio ke-11 Swift, sebuah album ganda yang juga diberi judul "The Tortured Poets Department: Antologi". Jarak dari album sebelumnya yang bertajuk Midnights adalah dua tahun.
Album The Tortured Poets Department berhasil menjaring kesuksesan besar dengan mencatat sebanyak 243,4 juta streaming audio on-demand di platform musik Amerika dalam sehari saja. Selain itu penjualan albumnya berhasil mencapai 1,4 juta kopi di hari pertama.
Album ini sebelumnya telah dibocorkan oleh Taylor Swift dalam ajang Grammy 2024 di Februari lalu, ketika ia hadir untuk menerima penghargaan disana.
Makna Album The Tortured Poets Department Milik Taylor Swift
Ada banyak dugaan perihal makna tersembunyi atau easter egg yang ingin diungkapkan Swift pada album The Tortured Poets Department, terutama dalam lagu yang berjudul sama.
Swifties sebagian menduga album ini bermakna isi pikiran sang biduan saat menavigasi naik turunnya hubungan masa lalu dengan Joe Alwyn mantan pacarnya. Namun ada pula yang mengira album ini mengisyaratkan suasana emosional Swift akhir-akhir ini.
Di sisi lain, lagu "The Tortured Poets Department" terlihat banyak merujuk pada hubungan Taylor Swift dengan Matty Healy, mantan kekasih terbarunya vokalis band pop rock The 1975 asal Inggris.
Dari kecintaan Healy pada mesin tik, tato dan ‘Lucy’ yang diduga merupakan teman lama Healy yang nama panjangnya Lucy Dacus. Fan menduga lagu itu memang berhubungan dengan Healy.
Lagu ini secara umum berbicara tentang hubungan yang hancur namun dalam, serta penuh dengan gejolak emosi dan patah hati. Swift memahami dan menerjemahkan dengan baik layaknya seniman puitis yang "tersiksa”.
Lirik Lagu "The Tortured Poets Department" oleh Taylor Swift
Penasaran seperti apa lengkapnya lirik lagu TTPD tersebut, simak berikut ini:
(Verse 1)
You left your typewriter at my apartment
Straight from the tortured poets department
I think some things I never say
Like, "Who uses typewriters anyway?"
But you're in self-sabotage mode
Throwing spikes down on the road
But I've seen this episode and still love the show
Who else decodes you?
(Chorus)
And who's gonna hold you?
Like me
And who's gonna know you?
If not me
I laughed in your face and said, "You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith
This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we'rе modern idiots"
And who's gonna hold you?
Like me
(Post-Chorus)
Nobody
No-fucking-body
Nobody
(Verse 2)
You smokеd then ate seven bars of chocolate
We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist
I scratch your head, you fall asleep
Like a tattooed golden retriever
But you awaken with dread
Pounding nails in your head
But I've read this one where you come undone I chose this cyclone with you
(Chorus)
And who's gonna hold you?
Like me (Who's gonna hold you?)
And who's gonna know you? (Who's gonna hold you?)
Like me
I laughed in your face and said, "You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith
This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we're modern idiots"
And who's gonna hold you?
Like me (Who's gonna hold you?)
No, nobody (Who's gonna hold you?)
No-fucking-body (Who's gonna hold you?)
Nobody (Who's gonna hold you?)
(Bridge)
Sometimes I wonder if you're gonna screw this up with me
But you told Lucy you'd kill yourself if I ever leave
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
So tell me who else is gonna love you?
Like me
At dinner you take my ring off my middle finger and put it on the one people put wedding rings on
And that's the closest I've come to my heart exploding
(Chorus)
Who's gonna hold you? Me
Who's gonna know you? Me
And you're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith
This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we're two idiots
Who's gonna hold you?
Who's gonna hold you?
Who's gonna hold you?
Who's gonna hold you?
Who's gonna hold you?
Who's gonna hold you?
Who's gonna hold you?
Who's gonna hold you?
Gonna know you?
(Outro)
You left your typewriter at my apartment
Straight from the tortured poets department
Who else decodes you.
Penulis: Cicik Novita
Editor: Yandri Daniel Damaledo
