Taylor shocks fans with second secret album as 'two' sign is finally decoded

Taylor Swift has shocked fans by dropping a second album two hours after releasing The Tortured Poets Department.

Fans had been speculating Swift would do a double album drop, since she had been dropping lots of 'two' symbolism since making the original announcement at the Grammys in February.

The album is called The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology and includes the original 16 tracks as well as an additional 15 songs.

The Cruel Summer singer took to Instagram to share the news two hours after her 11th album was released.

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"It's a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album. ✌️" she wrote.

"I'd written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here's the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology.

"And now the story isn't mine anymore… it's all yours. 🤍"

On Twitter, she added, "Now that you're a member of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, you may access 15 additional files from the Chairman. #TTPDTheAnthology is out now! 🤍"

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Fans on social media have been sent into a frenzy as months of speculation of a double album drop turns out to be a reality.

The new tracks include titles such as So High School, How Did It End, imgonnagetyouback, and thanK you aIMee.

Swift first announced the original The Tortured Poets Department album at the Grammys on February 4, where some eagle-eyed fans noticed she held up a two fingers in the middle of her speech.

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Since then, Swifties have been on the lookout for any other clues from the singer, who is known to leave 'Easter eggs' for her fans to try and figure out her next move.

Possibly the biggest clue came earlier this week, when she announced she would be releasing a music video for one of the songs via a short clip posted to her social media accounts.

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In the video viewers were led into The Tortured Poets Department room where there were two desks and two typewriters.

There were also two clocks shown throughout the clip, both pointing to 2am (the time at which the double album was announced on the West Coast of the US), as well as two stars on the whiteboard next to the music video announcement.

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Not only that, but Swift also included a sculpture of a hand holding up two fingers at her The Tortured Poets Department Library popup in Los Angeles.

Fans can now rest easy knowing they weren't going mad picking apart all the symbols, and that Swift has indeed dropped a second album.

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