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The Real-Life Locations Taylor Swift Name-Dropped on 'The Tortured Poets Department'
13.05.2024 - 15:03 / cntraveler.com
Swiftie or not, there’s no denying the fact that Taylor Swift has taken the world by storm. The Eras Tour exploded onto the scene in March 2023, and since then, the musical icon has been touring the world, sharing her music and stories with enamored fans around the world. In the midst of this tour, Swift also casually dropped her latest release: The Tortured Poets Department and The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, a double album released two hours apart. In her 11th album, she continues to intricately weave stories of past relationships, longing, and heartbreak into her lyrics. Songs off this album reference several actual places that played a significant role in Swift’s life at the time. From pubs in London to hotels in New York, here are five places Taylor Swift sang about in The Tortured Poets Department that you can actually visit.
In her previous album Lover, Swift sang about walking through Camden Market and Shoreditch and enjoying nights in Brixton in her song “London Boy.” In her latest album, it’s, “So Long, London.” The emotional ballad lists possible reasons that led to the end of a relationship. With the lyrics, “I left all I knew, you left me at the house by the Heath,” she sings about being left behind by a former lover at the Heath.
Located a few miles from Trafalgar Square, Hampstead Heath is one of London’s most-loved green spaces—a wide expanse of woodland, butterfly houses, and ponds. Rumor has it that this was the area where Taylor and her former boyfriend Joe Alwyn either shared a home or were house-hunting while they were together. Whether or not that’s true, Hampstead Heath was meaningful enough to warrant a mention in Taylor’s newest album.
Tip from a local: Grab a coffee from Redemption Roasters, then walk into the Heath on South End Road. In the summer, you can wild swim in the ponds (there's ladies, men's, and mixed ponds) or, for the less adventurous, at Parliament Hill Lido. After taking in the view from Parliament Hill itself, walk up over the top of the Heath and pop into the beautiful Pergola gardens—this route spits you out near some of the biggest houses, much like the ones Taylor herself may just be singing about. —Sarah James, deputy digital editor, Traveller UK
“The Black Dog” is not just the title of the 17th track on the double album, but also a pub in London where Swifties descended in massive swarms after the release of the album. In the song, Taylor Swift sings about how someone she knew (speculation is that it’s either Joe Alwyn or Matty Healy) visited the bar, with lines like, “And your location, you forgot to turn it off / And so I watch as you walk / Into some bar called The Black Dog.” On April 19, the day her album released, The Black Dog
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