The Tortured Poets Department

Taylor kicked off the 2020s decade by embarking on the very ambitious mission to re-record the six studio albums that were sold away from her by her old record label. Even though she had just written her two most acclaimed projects with folklore and evermore, beneath those dreamy soundscapes was an artist who had been fighting for years to manage the means, method of production, and distribution of her work. During this process, Taylor embarked on “The Eras Tour.” By the time of its last show in December 2024, it had become the highest-grossing tour in history. It was a global phenomenon that launched “Taylormania” and made Taylor herself an epochal symbol of cultural saturation on the level of the Beatles or Michael Jackson.