of an electoral battleground that may soon command the nation's attention. taylor swift dropped a whole load of extra songs on her new album, the tortured poets department, last night, sending her superfans into quite the online frenzy. why should you care, dear viewer? well, you're probably one of them, as swift has metamorphosed from the latest madonna—style pop princess to the human face of a fully fledged billion—dollar multinational industry, one that threatens to swallow pop music whole. how did swiftanomics become a thing? a warning, there are some flashing images coming up. we think something big's going to happen. something massive. they got 16 songs at midnight, eastern standard time. then, two hours after release, in the early hours, taylor swift added 15 more, sending heavily invested shrieks of delight echoing around the internet. here's what she tweeted. "it's a 2am surprise. "the torture poets department