The 10 WORST lyrics in Taylor Swift’s new album – ranked! As fans slam her for being cringe and uninspired, DONNA KELCE says this record is more tortured than poet: ‘You smokеd, then ate seven bars of chocolate’

In recent months, even the quietest trill of Taylor Swift criticism has been tantamount to treason.

Dare ask, ‘what’s all the fuss about?’, and you’ll soon regret it – faced with death threats, doxing and internet pile-ons orchestrated by her rabid fanbase, the Swifties.

I learnt that the hard way, after arguing in a piece for the Mail last summer that this breakup-obsessed, 34-year-old billionairess was – whisper it – something of a cynical capitalist who can’t really dance, sing or produce anything that original.

But, after the release of her latest album – The Tortured Poets Department – and the shoddy, cringe-inducing PR leading up to it, something delicious has happened.

It seems that even the most loyal of Saint Taylor’s apostles are finally rousing from their Swift-delusion slumber and realizing that maybe – just maybe – she ain’t all that!

The criticism of the album began earlier this week when a pop-up promotional ‘library installation’ appeared in Los Angeles.

The display – sponsored by Spotify – featured bookshelves stuffed with ‘Easter egg’ clues about the upcoming release.

Books of teased ‘poetic’ lyrics scrawled on tea-stained paper – the same kind you made in fifth grade for that treasure map school project – were roundly mocked online.