9 Tips How to Celebrate The Release of Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department’
The only guide you’ll need on hosting the most epic Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department Release and album listening party from home!
If you're as excited about Taylor Swift's latest album, "Tortured Poets Department," as I am, then you know that it deserves more than just a casual listen. Why not turn it into a full-blown event and host a listening party with your fellow Swift-loving friends? In this guide, we'll go through everything you need to know to throw an unforgettable Taylor Swift-themed TPD album listening party.
The Release of Taylor Swifts Tortured Poets Department
The album Tortured Poets Department will be released on the 19th of April. Which is a Friday.
Once again, this is a Friday guys! What a perfect opportunity to host a listening party. Whether it’s for 2 or 200 people. It’s going to be a fantastic Friday let me tell you. Especially if you follow these tips.
#1 Taylor Swift Party Invitations
No party is complete without a ticket! Even a listening party. A similar article to this is the general how to host a Taylor Swift party article I wrote for birthdays and rereleases alike.
To which I mentioned these era tour ticket party invitations which I also think would work great for your Tortured Poets Department album release party.
Once downloaded just add the date, time and location of your Tortured Poets Department party to the file and then you can either email/message or print these out for your friends.
They make a great keepsake which really turns this “want to come over to mine and listen to the new Taylor Swift album” into a “Let’s have a party”. Least we not forget it’s being released on a Friday!
#2 Taylor Swift Friendship Bracelet Making Station
Every Taylor Swift party needs a friendship bracelet making party. For the Tortured Poets Department, I recommend keeping everything dark academia. So less bright pinks and more burgundies, whites, and blacks.
Everything you need to get started
#3 What to Wear the Tortured Poets Department era
When it comes to what to wear for this new tortured poets department era, well, get ready to deep dive. Because I’ve put together a mega post on that very subject.
It’s a serious amount of fashion inspiration. I’ve looked at what shes been wearing for the last few months and how it might relate, how you can create those same looks on a budget, what the overall vibe has been and how you can match that vibe with what you already own or cheaper online options.
It’s quite the deep dive. Mainly, the new vibe for dressing in the era of the Tortured Poets Department will be;
Tweeds
Plaid
Velvet
Preppy
Gothic
Dark Academia
But do check out the full The Tortured Poets Department Era Outfits post for specific looks and how to create them.
#4 Taylor Swift TPD Party Games and Activities
No Taylor Swift party (or any party for that matter) is complete without games and activities. As the party planning professionals, let me tell you, this is where most people are let down by any party.
For me, the best thing is a good puzzle. Gets everyone thinking, it’s great for both kids and adults. For kids it keeps them quiet and for adults you can turn pretty much any puzzle into a drinking game. Believe me.
Here at Weeno Social we’ve put together the ultimate party pack for Taylor Swift themed parties. They work great for everything from large birthday parties to small listening parties.
It’s a collection of puzzles and activities which are digital. We keep this digital so you can either send everyone the same sheets and puzzles through your phone, or print the same sheets of for everyone. It’s the cheapest and most effective way to sort out the entertainment. So you worry about the costumes and the decorations but rest assured that the activities are sorted. Check it out here or below.
And by the way, currently it’s at a massive discount so pick it up today whilst this offer stands.
This is the ultimate puzzle adventure for Swifties of all ages!
This meticulously crafted puzzle bundle digital download is a celebration of Taylor's illustrious career, featuring 9 different games and over 50 puzzles! The book also includes games and puzzles from the latest Tortured Poets Department. Making this the ONLY Taylor Swift activity pack to feature the latest era in Taylor’s career!
These are also great for any solo swiftie lover just to do in their spare time at night or when they’re bored, making it the perfect gift for any Taylor Swift lover.
Free Testers
If you want just a few of the games to test out or are not ready to make the jump into the full pack (which by the way, if you pick up whilst it’s currently discounted, will sort your entire entertainment out for cheaper than a pack of Taylor Swift balloons from amazon).
Then check out these free yet versions
#5 TPD Party Music
When it comes to the music, you’re options really are Taylor Swift Spotify, Taylor Swift YouTube or a physical copy, like a vinyl. I much prefer the vinyl idea. I bought a vinyl player on a whim thinking I’d barely use it but honestly, It’s brilliant. Especially for really listening to new music.
My Vinyl Recommendations
This here is the exact vinyl player I have. You can pick up it up in just about any color and it works well, not to mention it looks great. In-fact, when I was really getting into Taylor Swift I did a Midnights vinyl review on this exact vinyl player which you can see here;
However it is defiantly more of a visual piece. If sound quality is at the top of your list, check out this one;
Not much of a looker compared to the case vinyl player but it sure produces a brilliant sound.
After that all that’s left is to head over to Taylor Swifts official website to pick up the vinyl.
#6 Karaoke
How about performing the new music Karaoke style? It’s fun and probably the quickest way to learn the new songs.
Just keep an eye on YouTube because I guarantee within minutes of the album drop they’ll be lyric videos uploaded.
Here’s a fab karaoke machine if you don’t already have one
The reason I love this karaoke machine is that it’s the perfect in-between. It’s not so cheap and low budget that you’ll question why the hell you wasted your money in the first place.
But it’s not so high end that you feel like you need to become a professional singer just to make it worth the value.
It’s right in the middle. A powerful piece of kit but still very much something that you’ll only whip out a couple of times a year.
You can of course YouTube your favourite Taylor song and add Karaoke to the end and sing so loud you wont need a karaoke machine.
#7 Taylor Swift Food and Drink
Food
Food wise, I would get all your favourite savoury snacks, I’ll be getting crisps, pretzels, cheese and onion rolls (yep, I’m a classic vegetarian).
Just check out some of the recipes on Smartblend if you’re in need of inspiration.
For those sweet treats, I’ll be putting my oven, and baking skills, to the test by whipping up some cupcakes. I’m going to keep the buttercream/frosting simple and then I’m planning on going WILD with edible glitter, I’ll be using the Monégasque one which you can find on Amazon USA here or Amazon UK here.
As for decorating your Taylor Swift food and drink, go for the affordable print at home cake and cocktail toppers from this Taylor Swift party decoration bundle.
Drink
If you’re hosting an adult Taylor Swift party, then it’s cocktail you want. Smartblend has a bunch of Taylor Swift cocktails for you to recreate.
My favorites being;
As for kid parties or non-alcoholics, go for the Speak Now lemonade.
#8 Taylor Swift Party Decorations
As mentioned, the Taylor Swift Era bundle from Smartblend has printable decorations for anyone on a budget.
But for the Tortured Poets Department specific, here’s what I’d do…
Grey Balloons
You want to keep the theme dark, grey, and moody. These balloons do that perfectly.
Black and White Garlands
To go along with those balloons you’ll want these almost Tim Burton like black and white streamers and garlands.
Party Backdrop
Now just because this is dark and moody, doesn’t mean we can’t have a little shimmer. This is Taylor Swift after all not evanescence. So let’s go with some silver fringe, it’ll work great for our photoshoots.
Party Props
As it is the poets department, we best have some poetry books laying round to document our party.
And finally, this isn’t a must, but these black roses are screaming tortured poets department to me. Would be great to have a few scattered around. You can also pick them up in the UK here.
#9 Capture the Moment
My last top tip for making your Taylor Swift themed party a memorable one is just to take photos. That way you CAN’T forget it. Polaroids are my favorite. Between the Polaroid, the personalised invitation, the party games and friendship bracelets, you have quite the Taylor Swift party goody bag.
If you don’t have a Polaroid camera and don’t want to spend that much money, I recommend an Instax which you can pick up here on amazon USA or here on amazon UK. Just don’t forget to pick up extra film.
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