Fans Are Having Big Reactions To Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department, And I Think We Can File Them Into Three Major Buckets

Anytime one of Taylor Swift’s upcoming projects finally drops, you better believe the Swifties will turn the internet into a hilarious tornado of content about it. Let me tell you, that’s exactly what they did with The Tortured Poets Department, and it’s honestly overwhelming in the best way. 

Since TTPD features tons of heartbreaking and brutal as well as surprisingly sweet songs, the pop star’s fans are reacting in all sorts of ways, and I think there are three buckets we can file the most common reactions into. So, let’s break them down. 

Swifties Have Heart Eyes For Travis Kelce

The love for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce has always been real, but it’s certainly heightened following the release of The Tortured Poets Department. The songs “The Alchemy” and “So High School” are seemingly about the pair, and they’re incredibly cute. With lyrics that seem to reference Swift attending the Super Bowl like “Where's the trophy? He just comes runnin' over to me” how could you not swoon? The Swifties sure were as they posted things like:

While the Grim Reaper came for lots of people in TTPD, as this post pointed out, it didn’t get Travis, and I love that for him. 

Many fans were very amused by Swift’s clever lyrics in the songs that are probably about Kelce. Remember that joke about her putting the football player on the map? Well, she might, as this fan hilariously pointed out with an A+ Jason Kelce meme:

Another fan made it clear that Travis Kelce is the winner of TTPD. While the majority of this album is very sad, as we’ll discuss, the songs apparently about him are actually the sweetest things ever, as this fan explained:

However, while Travis Kelce got the sweet songs, no one else did, because Taylor Swift was out for blood. 

Taylor Swift’s Fans Thought They Were Getting An Album About Joe Alwyn, Not Matty Healy

Do you know who didn’t seemingly get a glowing review on TTPD? The 1975’s Matty Healy. While we all expected this album to cover Swift’s breakup with Joe Alwyn, and that did happen, what was shocking was how many songs on the project seem to allude to her situationship with the rock star. 

Take “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” for example. While a banger, that song is all about a man who made Swift feel terrible during what we assume is The Eras Tour, a time when she should be celebrating everything that’s going on. It’s a truly sad track that many think is about her brief relationship with Healy, and as this fan noted this is how it makes us feel:

I’m telling you, fans were shook when they realized that so many of these songs were about The 1975’s frontman. I think this tweet describes the overall vibe among Swifties quite well:

One Swiftie posted a funny Bridgerton meme to joke about how the album is surprisingly about both Healy and Alwyn:

Another fan used a great clip from Immaculate to depict the wildness that was Swifties thinking they were getting an album about the actor, and then getting a ton of songs about the rocker instead:

Basically, Swifties were never really fans of Matty Healy, and they made that known while listening to the tracks that are probably about him on The Tortured Poets Department. 

Swifites Are In Shock That Taylor Swift Seemingly Called Out Kim Kardashian

Let’s just say that shock and awe are the proper ways to describe Swiftie’s reactions to “thanK you aIMee.” This song seemed to clarify that both Swift and her fans aren’t over the drama she had with Kim Kardashian, which was emphasized by this fan's reaction to the track:

We love using a fitting Taylor Swift meme to explain our thoughts, and that’s exactly what this fan did when they wanted to express how they felt about this song probably being about Kim K:

Referencing the lyric in the song about the subject’s kid singing Swift’s song without realizing it’s about her mother, this fan hilariously posted:

Really, the overall shock that Swift probably wrote a track about Kardashian all these years later is real. Swifties have a reputation for not holding back their thoughts about Kim K, however, this song really surprised them as this fan posted:

The album has only been out for a day, and Swifties are going wild with their reactions, and honestly, it's priceless. Taylor Swift gave us so much to unpack, that it’s obvious why there is such a wide breadth of reactions about The Tortured Poets Department. While there are many other files to make of various topics the fans have reacted to, when you look in the filing cabinet, the biggest folders in there are probably about these three subjects.