Taylor Swift's New Album Surprises Mean A Sequel To Her 4-Year-Old Disney Movie Has To Be Coming

Summary Taylor Swift surprisingly unveiled The Anthology version of The Tortured Poets Department, which contains 15 additional songs.

The album's lengthy tracklist of 31 songs sets up a potential sequel to Folklore's documentary on Disney+.

A Tortured Poets Department film could feature special guests, like Post Malone and Florence Welch.

Anticipation was high for Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album The Tortured Poets Department, but the singer-songwriter managed to exceed expectations with a few surprises, including a double album drop, which indicates that a sequel to Swift's 2020 film is very likely. Prior to the album's release, Swift unveiled its number of tracks and their titles, so, fans were expecting only 16 songs. However, a couple of hours after The Tortured Poets Department was added to streaming platforms, Swift announced that she had written 15 additional songs, which were subsequently added to The Anthology edition of the album and made public.

Swift's eleventh studio album has, for the most part, received positive reviews, with critics praising the artist for her songwriting and the work's emotional and complex tones and themes. Based on the album's promotion, most assumed that it would heavily focus on Swift's expert songwriting skills, so, the reviews aren't surprising. Ultimately, The Tortured Poets Department has 31 songs for fans to pick apart and listen to over and over again until they have finally processed and learned every lyric, and it seems as if Swift should have some more tricks up her sleeve regarding the album.

The Tortured Poets Department Tracklist # Song Title Writer(s) Length Edition 1 "Fortnight" (featuring Post Malone) Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, & Austin Post 3:48 Standard 2 "The Tortured Poets Department" Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff 4:53 3 "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys" Taylor Swift 3:23 4 "Down Bad" Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff 4:21 5 "So Long, London" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 4:22 6 "But Daddy I Love Him" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 5:40 7 "Fresh Out the Slammer" Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff 3:30 8 "Florida!!!" (featuring Florence and the Machine) Taylor Swift & Florence Welch 3:35 9 "Guilty as Sin?" Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff 4:14 10 "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" Taylor Swift 5:34 11 "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)" Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff 2:36 12 "loml" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 4:37 13 "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff 3:38 14 "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 4:05 15 "The Alchemy" Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff 3:16 16 "Clara Bow" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 3:36 17 "The Black Dog" Taylor Swift 3:58 The Anthology 18 "imgonnagetyouback" Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff 3:42 19 "The Albatross" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 3:03 20 "Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 3:33 21 "How Did It End?" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 3:58 22 "So High School" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 3:48 23 "I Hate It Here" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 4:03 24 "thanK you aIMee" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 4:23 25 "I Look in People's Windows" Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, & Patrik Berger 2:11 26 "The Prophecy" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 4:09 27 "Cassandra" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 4:00 28 "Peter" Taylor Swift 4:43 29 "The Bolter" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 3:58 30 "Robin" Taylor Swift & Aaron Dessner 4:00 32 "The Manuscript" Taylor Swift 3:44

The Tortured Poets Department's 31-Song Surprise Sets Up Another Folklore-Style Disney+ Documentary

Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions Premiered On Disney+ In 2020

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Following Taylor Swift's surprise drop of her eighth studio album, Folklore, in July 2020, the artist also filmed and released a supplemental documentary concert film. Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions depicted Swift performing all 17 of the songs on Folklore at Long Pond Studio in the Hudson Valley, New York, alongside her co-collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner. Swift has released several documentaries and concert movies over the years, so it would only make sense if The Tortured Poets Department got one too (hopefully, in the same format as Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions).

Post Malone and Florence Welch, who both contributed to The Tortured Poets Department, could pop in to perform their respective songs, just like Bon Iver did in the Disney+ movie.

The Tortured Poets Department's lengthy tracklist sets up the perfect sequel to Disney+'s Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions. With 31 songs to cover, Swift's best option for a film that could accompany her eleventh album is with low-key performances and a brief (but informative) background on each song. Of course, this would theoretically be twice as long as Swift's 2020 movie, but the artist has proven herself to be a hard and relentless worker. If anyone could pull it off, it's Swift.

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The Tortured Poets Department's Song Collaborations Can Repeat An Exciting Feature Of Folklore's Documentary

Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions Featured Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, & Bon Iver

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Aside from getting to watch Taylor Swift perform all 31 of her songs from The Tortured Poets Department, a documentary film à la Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions would open the door for several surprise guests. Of course, Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, who each played a significant role in the creation of Swift's eleventh studio album, would be likely to appear. However, Post Malone and Florence Welch, who both contributed to The Tortured Poets Department, could pop in to perform their respective songs, just like Bon Iver did in the Disney+ movie.