'the death of the author' is a literary theory that argues that the meaning of a piece of art is not determined by the author's intention, but rather by the reader's interpretation. once the work is published, it belongs to the reader not the writer.
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
The Tortured Poets Department. An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and
And Sylvia Plath ever wrote, “ And so it seems, I must always write you letters that I can never send.” If it’s meant to be unsaid and left buried as a torment, let it be.
At this hearing, I stand before my fellow members of The Tortured Poets Department with a summary of my findings. Album tonight. Fortnight music video tomorrow at 8pm et.