Good News for Swifties: Taylor Swift Just ‘Announced’ a particular day she’ll be in UK for her just released album signing “TTPD”.

Swifties queue up for special letter from singer in boost for UK’s Record Store Day

Taylor Swift fans joined queues outside vinyl shops yesterday for the annual Record Store Day in the hope of securing a limited edition note from “the desk of Taylor Swift”.

The “handwritten” note came with a limited number of copies of the musician’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, which was released on Friday.

Spotify announced that Swift had made history as the most-streamed artist in a single day, with the most streamed album and track in a single day. The album is the first in Spotify history to have more than 300m streams in one day.

While the album itself is not an official Record Store Day (RSD) release, the note celebrated the event, which promotes independent retailers. “Happy Record Store Day!!” it reads. “Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for welcoming The Tortured Poets Department into your vinyl collection and your life.

“It’s my goal to create a memento you’ll want to keep forever, and I hope you’ll feel that with every turn of the page of the lyric book, every secret thought poured into this work. It’s an honour to be able to trust you with my feelings. Love, Taylor.”

Paddy Lacy Scott, from Rough Trade in Soho, London, said that several hundred more copies of Swift’s album had to be ordered to keep up with the expected demand.

In total, thousands more records across different genres had to be ordered, with pop music, especially by artists popular with younger generations, proving a big hit. Scott said: “We’ve had to order more Gen Z favourite pop music … so far they’re all selling well.”