American pop star Taylor Swift released her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, on April 19 KST.
Taylor Swift
She surprised fans right after its release with news that it was actually a “secret double album.” Instead of the announced 16 songs, she released 31 new tracks in total.
The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album…here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs.
— Taylor Swift
It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album. 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. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine… pic.twitter.com/y8pyDK8VTd
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) April 19, 2024
This sparked a new discussion among K-Pop fans, particularly BLINKs, who were shocked at the large number of songs that went live all at once. It highlighted just how limited BLACKPINK‘s discography is.
Taylor Swift with BLACKPINK’s Rosé | @roses_are_rosie/Instagram BLACKPINK | @blackpinkofficial/Instagram
They noted that with this single album alone, “Taylor Swift just released BLACKPINK’s entire discography.”
taylor swift just released blackpink entire discography what the heck
— s i n t a (@rustypinks) April 19, 2024
The American pop star has always released several songs per album while BLACKPINK is known for having only a handful of new songs each comeback. Since their debut in 2016, BLACKPINK has given fans a total of 32 songs, just one more than The Tortured Poet’s Department‘s track list.
BLACKPINK in 7 years: 32 songs
Taylor Swift in one album/day: 31 songs
me with mixed emotions cus i love them both:
pic.twitter.com/QoNUhIHUpk
— 𖤐 (@GhoulPinks) April 19, 2024
Taylor Swift’s new album is the equivalent of 99% of BLACKPINK’s entire discography.
Taylor’s new album has 31 songs in it… that’s 99% of Blackpink’s discography they’ve released 32 songs in 7 years
— ‘ (@pinkIovesick) April 19, 2024
BLACKPINK has released two full albums throughout their career: The Album (2020) with eight songs and BORN PINK (2022) with the same number of tracks. Their mini albums include Square Up (2018) with four songs and Kill This Love (2019) with five songs. They released the promotional song “The Girls” in August 2023. Each member has their own solo song as well.
Taylor Swift, meanwhile, has released almost 300 songs in total so far.
