When I was writing the Fortnight music video, I wanted to show you the worlds I saw in my head that served as the backdrop for making this music.  Pretty much everything in it is a metaphor or a reference to one corner of the album or another. For me, this video turned out to be the perfect visual representation of this record and the stories I tell in it. Post Malone blew me away on set as our tortured tragic hero and I’m so grateful to him for everything he put into this collaboration. I’m still laughing from getting to work with the coolest guys on earth, Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles (tortured poets, meet your colleagues from down the hall, the dead poets). I still can’t believe I get to work with the unfathomably brilliant Rodrigo Prieto on cinematography and my team of dream collaborators: Ethan Tobman (production design), Chancler Haynes (editor), Anthony Dimino (1st AD), Jil Hardin (producer) and Dom Thomas (executive producer). Parliament aced the VFX as always. Joseph Cassell, Lorrie Turk and Jemma Muradian made these tortured looks come to life. The entire crew made this a dream to shoot. Thank you to everyone involved and everyone who has watched it!!

The first single from The Tortured Poets Department is…………. Fortnight featuring @postmalone 🤍 I’ve been such a huge fan of Post because of the writer he is, his musical experimentation and those melodies he creates that just stick in your head forever. I got to witness that magic come to life firsthand when we worked together on Fortnight. Honestly can’t wait for you guys to hear this song at Midnight TONIGHT and see the video at 8pm ET TOMORROW.

.@taylorswift13 becomes the first artist in history to occupy the entire top 14 spots of the #Hot100# simultaneously: No. 1, “Fortnight” ft. @PostMalone No. 2, “Down Bad” No. 3, “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” No. 4, “The Tortured Poets Department” No. 5, “So Long, London” No. 6, “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys” No. 7, “But Daddy I Love Him” No. 8, “Florida!!!” ft. @florencemachine No. 9, “Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?” No. 10, “Guilty as Sin?” No. 11, “Fresh Out the Slammer” No. 12, “loml” No. 13, “The Alchemy” No. 14, “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived”

At this hearing, I stand before my fellow members of The Tortured Poets Department with a summary of my findings. Album tonight. Fortnight music video tomorrow at 8pm et.