Breaking News: Everyone Taylor Swift Name-Drops on The Tortured Poets Department, from Charlie Puth to Stevie Nicks

Taylor Swift is writing songs and dropping names in her latest album The Tortured Poets Department.

Reflecting on a period in her life that was “both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure,” Swift sings about past heartbreaks, her time in the spotlight and more on the new album.

While there are quite a few notable songs about her former flames Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy — as well as her current boyfriend Travis Kelce — other lyrics include less subtle references to people in her life, as well as some follow “tortured poets.”

Throughout the album, Swift name-drops some big celebrities, including Stevie Nicks, Jack Antonoff and, of course, 1920s actress Clara Bow, the namesake behind her closing track.

Read ahead to see who else Swift name-drops in the album.

Swift briefly mentions Stevie Nicks by name in the track “Clara Bow” as she sings, “You look like Stevie Nicks in ’75 / The hair and lips / The crowd goes wild at her fingertips / Half moonshinе, a full eclipse.”

Additionally, Nicks plays another big role in the album: She wrote Swift a special poem that’s featured as the written prologue. “For T and me…” Nicks titled the piece, which includes an annotation that it was written in Austin, Texas.

During a previous interview with TODAY.com published in October 2023, Nicks opened up about how she believes her own songwriting inspired Swift. “I never don’t tell the truth. And I think that’s something that if Taylor Swift, who is my friend, if Taylor got anything from me, that’s what she got,” Nicks told the outlet. “I don’t ever lie in my songs — if you broke up with me, I don’t put I broke up with you. I tell the truth, always.”

Over the years Puth has been open about his own admiration for Swift, often covering her songs during his shows. “This is why she’s such a genius, man,” he said while performing her early hit “Teardrops on My Guitar” in 2021. “These are the chord changes. It’s wonderful. I think it’s wonderful

Swift continues with the name-dropping in The Tortured Poets Department as she seemingly sings about Lucy Dacus from Boygenius, who previously served as one of the opening acts for Swift’s Eras Tour. In the song, rumored to be about Matty Healy, she sings, “Sometimes I wonder if you’re gonna screw this up with me / But you told Lucy you’d kill yourself if I ever leave.