Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2023, Taylor Swift is without a doubt one of the most popular and talked about celebrities in the entertainment industry across the globe. The singer-songwriter’s songwriting and entrepreneurship have very successfully managed to influence the music industry, along with overall pop culture.

Taylor Swift; currently on her Eras Tour is regarded as one of the best-selling musicians in the world along with being one of the highest-grossing female touring acts. The singer-songwriter recently announced her upcoming album; The Tortured Poets Department at the 66th Grammy Awards and her fans have pointed out that one of her tracks is a direct reference to Little Mermaid.

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Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift reveals track list for upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department

Music artist Taylor Swift appeared on the 66th Grammy Awards stage to receive the award for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights. In her acceptance speech, the singer-songwriter said Variety.

“This is my 13th Grammy, which is my lucky number. I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that. I want to say thank you to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this way, but I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans. So I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I have been keeping from you for the last two years.”

Swift continued,

“Which is that my brand new album comes out April 19th. It’s called, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.”

Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift in Karma

The artist has now shared a link for the fans to pre-save the album revealing the track list and the collaborators. Side A includes songs Fortnight feat. Post Malone, The Tortured Poets Department, My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys and Down Bad. Side B of her album includes songs So Long, London, But Daddy I Love Him, Fresh Out of the Slammer, and Florida!!! Feat. Florence + the Machine.

The Tortured Poets Department’s Side C includes Guilty as Sin?, Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) and some with Side D including I Can Do It With a Broken Heart, The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, The Alchemy, Clara Bow, and a Bonus Track: The Manuscript.

The Tortured Poets Department is scheduled for April 19th, 2024 release, and fans are very excited about some new music from Swift.

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Fans point out Taylor Swift’s ‘But Daddy I Love Him’ referencing Little Mermaid

Swifties are probably having a blast with Taylor Swift not only announcing her eleventh studio album The Tortured Poets Department but also sharing the track list with Post Malone and Florence + the Machine appearing as collaborators.

But fans were quick to note that one of the songs on Side B of her album ‘But Daddy I Love Him’ could be a direct reference to 1989’s animated movie The Little Mermaid with Harry Styles and Joe Alwyn.

In a scene from the movie, Ariel’s father King Triton finds out about her romance with Prince Eric and forbids her from going to the surface and she says the line to express her feelings for him. This is significant because Ariel gives up her voice to have a chance to find happiness after she yearns to know more about the human world.

Taylor Swift in Willow
Taylor Swift in Willow

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A fan tweeted, ‘but daddy I love him being an exact reference to the Little Mermaid because of Ariel giving up her voice to be with the love of her life’. A lot of fans pointed out how the track could be a reference to Harry Styles who happened to wear a t-shirt back in 2020 which read ‘But Daddy I Love Him’.

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Some fans also connected the song title to her relationship with actor Joe Alwyn mentioning that she had given up her voice at the time to find happiness with the actor who wanted to keep their relationship private. A user mentioned, ‘These track names are sending me lmao. Especially But Daddy I Love Him. Like okay, Ariel.’

Another user explained their take on The Little Mermaid by claiming that Ariel initially fell for Eric because he represented freedom and normal human life, things she had already been searching for forever. However, she ended up losing a part of herself in the process.

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