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Commentary: This year, the Grammys were stuck between Taylor Swift and a hard place

LOS ANGELES — Maybe the real psyop was letting us think she might not win. Accepting the pop vocal album prize for "Midnights" at Sunday's 66th Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift thanked the Recording Academy, thanked her fans — then announced the upcoming release of an LP all but certain to take her to the 67th Grammy Awards. "It's called 'The Tortured Poets Department,'" she said with a knowing ...
Taylor Swift wins the album of the year award during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.

LOS ANGELES — Maybe the real psyop was letting us think she might not win.

Accepting the pop vocal album prize for "Midnights" at Sunday's 66th Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift thanked the Recording Academy, thanked her fans — then announced the upcoming release of an LP all but certain to take her to the 67th Grammy Awards.

"It's called 'The Tortured Poets Department,'" she said with a knowing little laugh, and you had to marvel at the confidence required to base a project launch on the assumption that her name would

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