Taylor Swift Reveals Final Version of "Tortured Poets Department" Album, "The Black Dog"

Taylor Swift has announced unveiled the fourth and final limited special edition of her upcoming album “The Tortured Poets Department,” themed around a bonus track, like the previous versions. The exclusive track that gives this variant its title: “The Black Dog.”

Swift announced the “secret songs” segment at the closing night of her engagement in Singapore.

As a title, “The Black Dog” will be intriguing to fans who know it as a popular expression for depression or melancholy, as said to have first been used by Samuel Johnson in the 1700s and popularized in the 20th century through its association with Winston Churchill.

While little is known about the song, Swift did include a presumed lyrical snippet, “Old habits die screaming…,” in further announcing the forthcoming edition on social media. 

Unlike some of the previous cover art, the cover for this edition pictures Swift upright but tangled up in her arms. As with the other editions, the photography comes from a shoot by Beth Garrabant.

The color for this vinyl edition: is black.

This album version will be available only through Swift’s webstore, with a cutoff time of Wednesday at 2 PM.

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The previous limited editions of the upcoming 11th studio album, “The Manuscript”, “The Bolter”, and “The Albatross”. In addition to the 16 songs from the standard edition, each album variation will feature one of three bonus tracks coming out on April 19.