Taylor Swift performs at Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 16, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift “needed” to pour her thoughts and feelings into her upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department. “I needed to make it. It was really a lifeline for me,” Swift, 34, said during her Friday, February 16, concert in Melbourne, Australia, per social media footage. “It sort of reminded me of why songwriting is something that actually