The world’s greatest wine influencer has delivered again with her 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department. db scans all the lyrics and discovers how wine continues to play a critical role in her songwriting. At midnight last night, hundreds of millions of Swifties across the world eagerly took to music streaming platforms to discover what she had to say about past relationships and friendships. For the drinks business, there was only one concern: wine. As previously discussed on db, there are numerous references to wine throughout the Swift collection of albums. Indeed, she sings “August slipped away like a bottle of wine”, on ‘August’ from her album Folklore and on ‘Champagne Problems’ on Evermore she sings ‘Dom Pérignon, you brought it’. She may have most recently been photographed drinking a bottle of canned Tequila RTD, but wine is definitely Swift’s first love, if her songs, comments, social media posts and films are anything to go by. Indeed, it’s arguable that she is the world’s biggest wine influencer, boosting sales on any bottle she is pictured drinking. And we weren’t disappointed with her latest album’s continued referencing of wine. Below are the top highlights. Fortnight First stop in the booze references is in the opening track – and single – of the album, featuring artist Post Malone. Swift sings: “I was a functioning alcoholic/ ‘Til nobody noticed my new aesthetic.” This isn’t feeling promising, but things are about to get better. Florida!!! Wine takes centre stage in the haunting, Lana Del Rey-inspired collaboration with
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