Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Has Blood On The Tracks

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a generational icon singer-songwriter who has not performed live in a while headlines a blowout stadium tour, giving shows that sum up the various “eras” of their career, from their earliest days as a precocious young newcomer, through their triumphant crossover into pop, to their more low-key narrative recent work. The artist inspires a following of fans that pore over their lyrics with the intensity of Talmudic scholars, attempting to unravel deep mysteries and inside jokes. The artist is romantically linked with...