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“The Tortured Poets Department” excavates her private life more deeply than ever—but somehow, it’s a story we’ve heard before.

Taylor Swift has failed to beat Adele’s historic record for the biggest debut in Billboard 200 history with The Tortured Poets Department.

The trope of the mad genius is a familiar one. From wild-eyed professors to obsessive and socially inept detectives to, perhaps the most prevalent variation of all, the ‘tortured artist’: the brilliant and radical painter, composer, or writer pursued by dark and unrelenting demons. It’s a tradition that spans the centuries, from Dürer’s ‘Melacholia’, to... View Article

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