Taylor Swift says she ‘was a functioning alcoholic’ in ‘TTPD’ song ‘Fortnight’: ‘I was supposed to be sent away’

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Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” is here — so let the lyric breakdown begin.In her highly anticipated 11th studio album, Swift dropped 17 tracks at midnight Friday, and then surprised fans with an extra 15 — making it a secret double album.

And she didn’t waste any time getting personal on the first single, “Fortnight.”“I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she sings. “I was a functioning alcoholic ’til nobody noticed my new aesthetic.”“All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February/I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary,” she goes on. “And I love you, it’s ruining my life/I love you, it’s ruining my life.”It’s unknown if Swift was just taking creative liberties with her songwriting with the lyrics.The 34-year-old musician cut out alcohol before she embarked on her Eras Tour, which she kicked off following her split from ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn.“I knew this tour was harder than anything I’d ever done before by a long shot,” Swift told Time magazine for her 2023 Person of the Year cover.

She previously trained “like a frat guy,” but this time trained six months ahead of the first show.“Every day I would run on the treadmill, singing the entire set list out loud.

Fast for fast songs, and a jog or a fast walk for slow songs,” she said. “Then I had three months of dance training, because I wanted to get it in my bones.