Critic gives no love to Taylor Swift new ‘cringe' album

Overall, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets of Department received raving reviews but not everyone was impressed with the new album.

Writing in NME, the critic said the hotly-anticipated music work that included 31 tracks of the Grammy winner is “flat, cringe-inducing and 'devoid of any noticeable stylistic shift or evolution.”

Explaining in the review, they said the Matty Healy-inspired album crushed under the weight of the 34-year-old stardom.

“Swift seems to be in tireless pursuit for superstardom, yet the negative public opinion it can come with irks her, and it’s a tired theme now plaguing her discography and leaving little room for the poignant lyrical observations she excels at,” the reviewer writes.

Giving a three-star out of five, the outlet opined, “To a Melbourne audience of her Eras Tour, Swift said that The Tortured Poets Department’ came from a “need” to write. It’s just that maybe we didn’t need to hear it.”

Besides the scathing review, Taylor is seemingly satisfied with the other mostly positive reviews of her eleventh album as she took to social media to share her thoughts on it.

“And that's the closest I've come to my heart exploding,” she penned.