66th Grammy Awards: Taylor Swift Wins Best Pop Vocal Album For 'Midnights', Announces New Album
Grammy Awards 2024: Taylor Swift, who took home the Grammy for best pop vocal album for 'Midnights', announced her next studio album, 'The Tortured Poets Department', during her acceptance speech.
New Delhi: Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who has unleashed a storm with her Eras tour, was feted with the honour of Best Pop Vocal Album for ‘Midnights’ at the ongoing edition of the Grammy awards.
The Recording Academy took to its official handle on micro-blogging site X and congratulated the winner.
They wrote, “Congrats Best Pop Vocal Album winner - 'Midnights' @TaylorSwift13 #GRAMMYs”.
🚨 #GRAMMYs EXCLUSIVE: @taylorswift13 just announced her new album on the show. Who's ready? pic.twitter.com/TiFnQE4PBt
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) February 5, 2024
Taylor beat her fellow nominees Ed Sheeran, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus and Olivia Rodrigo in the Best Pop Vocal Album category.
‘Midnights’ is the tenth studio album by Swift.
The singer conceived it as a concept album about nocturnal ruminations inspired by her sleepless nights.
The autobiographical songwriting explores broad emotions such as regrets, self-critique, fantasies, heartbreak, and infatuation, using confessional yet cryptic lyrics that allude to her personal life and public image.
Taylor Swift, who took home the Grammy for best pop vocal album for 'Midnights', announced her next studio album, 'The Tortured Poets Department', during her acceptance speech.
She also revealed it will be out on April 19.
Swift said in her speech, “Okay, this is my 13th Grammy, which is my lucky number. I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that. I want to say thank you to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this way, but I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans.
“So I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I have been keeping from you for the last two years, which is that my brand-new album comes out April 19th.”
“It’s called ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ I’m going to go and post the cover right now backstage. Thank you, I love you! Thank you!”
A post on Swift’s Instagram immediately went live, revealing what appears to be the album’s artwork, reports Variety
The 66th annual Grammy Awards, which recognises the best recordings, compositions, and artists are being held at the Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles Trevor Noah as the show's host.
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