Stevie Nicks has formally entered the TTPD chat.
The Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, 75, penned the opening prologue poem for Taylor Swift’s newest studio album, The Tortured Poets Division, which was launched on Friday, April 19. Followers who bought the vinyl or CD copy have been handled to Nicks’ handwritten phrases within the insert, alongside a easy dedication: “For T and me….”
“He was in love along with her / Or at the least she thought so / She was brokenhearted / Possibly he was too,” Nicks started. “Neither of them knew / She was means too sizzling to deal with / He was means too excessive to strive / He couldn’t even see her.”
The poem explored a doomed relationship, calling it “nearly a tragedy.” Nicks added, “He actually can’t reply her / He’s afraid of her / He’s hiding from her / And he is aware of that he’s hurting her.”
Nicks’ contribution shouldn’t come as a shock to followers who’ve adopted the famed singer’s friendship with Swift, 34, through the years. In 2010, the “Landslide” artist penned a tribute to Swift for TIME Journal’s TIME 100 collection, recounting the pair’s efficiency collectively on the Grammys that very same yr.
“She’s 20 years outdated, 5 ft. 11 in. and slender; I’m 40 years older and, to be frank, neither of the opposite two issues! I used to be not about to face subsequent to this lady on nationwide tv,” Nicks wrote. “However her little face simply lights up like a star, and I couldn’t say no.”
She went on to applaud Swift for her songwriting talents, which she in comparison with the likes of Neil Diamond and Elton John. “Taylor can do ballads that could possibly be thought-about pop or rock after which swap again into nation,” Nicks famous. “Once I turned 20 years outdated, I had simply made the intense determination to by no means be a dental assistant. Taylor simply turned 20, and she or he’s received 4 Grammys.”
Extra lately, the “Go Your Personal Approach” singer shared what she’s creatively imparted on Swift whereas chatting with TODAY in October 2023. Nicks famous that she’s at all times sincere in the case of her personal songwriting, a trait Swift has been identified to carefully embody.
“I believe that’s one thing that if Taylor Swift, who’s my buddy, if Taylor acquired something from me, that’s what she acquired,” Nicks mentioned. “I don’t ever lie in my songs — for those who broke up with me, I don’t put I broke up with you. I inform the reality, at all times.”
Swift showcased her trademark honesty on TTPD and the double album, The Tortured Poets Division: The Anthology, each of which dropped on Friday. Whereas many followers anticipated Swift to make clear her break up from Joe Alwyn, whom she dated for six years, nearly all of the brand new songs discover Swift’s temporary fling with The 1975 singer Matty Healy.
Swift even name-drops Nicks on her tune “Clara Bow,” singing within the second verse, “You appear to be Stevie Nicks in ‘75, the hair and lips . Crowd goes wild at her fingertips, half moon shine a full eclipse / I’m not making an attempt to magnify however I believe I’d die if I made it / Die if I made it.”
