Smashing Pumpkins Singer Billy Corgan Sticks Up for Taylor Swift in a Big Way following the criticism of her 31-song album, The Tortured Poets Department

An unexpected, famous fan stood up for Taylor Swift following the following criticism of her 31-song album, The Tortured Poets Department: Billy Corgan. The Smashing Pumpkins singer not only applauded her most recent work, but he was confused about how releasing more music could be a “bad thing.”

“Taylor Swift is one of the most gifted pop artists of all time. How is it a bad thing that she’s releasing more music? I can’t follow that … You can go on Spotify and just skip it,” Corgan told The Irish Times in an interview published on Monday, June 3. The rocker related to the length of TTPD — since his own band’s three-part album, Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts, was similar in length. “People complained about the length of my last album, Atum. I thought, Well, just go make your own playlist,” he said.

“Just listen to the record one time – rag over the six or 10 songs you like and make your own record. Why is this such a strange concept? Have some sense of proportionality,” the musician continued. “This hyperbolic thing – ‘They ruined Star Wars. My God, this is all too much for me to process’ – it’s all a bit childish.”

Although it was originally thought that TTPD was going to be 16 songs — as she released the album song titles in February, the additional 15 songs were a “2 AM surprise.” After the first set of songs was released on April 19 at midnight, two hours later, she gave another announcement. “It’s a 2am surprise:

The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album. ✌️I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours. 🤍” she shared on Instagram that same night. “People complained about the length of my last album, Atum. I thought, Well, just go make your own playlist,” he said.