Swifties visit East Nashville record shop to get 'Tortured Poets' vinyls.

Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean
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About 30 Swifties lined up Friday morning to get their hands on one of the four vinyl variants of Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” at Grimey’s Records in East Nashville.

“I hardly slept last night, maybe about three hours” says Annie Lawrence in line to grab “The Black Dog” variant. “‘But Daddy I Love Him’ and ‘The Alchemy’ are tied for my favorite songs right now, but I have a lot more listening to do probably when I’ve had a little bit more sleep and can think through everything.”

Swift dropped her 11th era in two parts at midnight and 2 a.m. Thirty-one tracks with more than two hours of music. The only records available are the four variants of album one with a bonus song differentiating them. Her second album, “The Anthology” is not available in physical copy.

Muralists paint the album cover of Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" to celebrate the new release.
Muralists paint the album cover of Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" to celebrate the new release.

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“I feel like I have to just sit with it, because there’s so much hidden within the poems,” says fan Casey Fitzsimmons. “This is truly her best work. I was on my best friends couch and we were listening to the album when I refreshed Twitter and everyone was saying there’s a double album.”

Tomorrow, Grimey’s is celebrating National Record Store Day and expected a high number of vinyl fans to line up before opening at 10 a.m. Swift was the inaugural Global Record Store Day Ambassador. The 2024 honorary is her European opening act, Paramore. A mural announcing the group led by Hayley Williams is next to the front door along with a painted artwork replica of Swift’s album.

As Katelyn Craig waits to pay at the cash register for two variants “The Bolter” and “The Black Dog,” she wonders if the new songs will be a part of Swift’s massive three plus hour concert.

“I have so many thoughts, but I can’t process them because I’ve been so emotionally exhausted,” she says. “I feel like because it’s a double album, she won’t incorporate it and there will be something else within the next year.”

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