“Fortnight” is a 1980s-influenced ballad that incorporates synth-pop, downtempo, adult contemporary, and new wave. It stars Post Malone, with cameos by Dead Poets Society (1989) co-stars, Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles as mad scientists performing MKUltra-like experiments:

Narrative: The lyrics of “Fortnight” are about the strong impacts of a two-week romance that leaves behind fleeting emotions:^[28]Swift’s narrator is a woman in an unhappy marriage, and she becomes a neighbour of an ex-lover, who is now married to another woman.^[26][46] They encounter each other on a daily basis in a suburban American town, watering the flowers in their garden and chatting about the weather.^[28] That she lives next door to her ex-lover makes her fantasize about killing the wife^[42] and resort to alcoholism to cope with her misery.^[28] In the double chorus that follows the second verse, Swift’s character finds out about her husband’s infidelity and desires to kill him also.^[42] In the conclusion, Malone’s character, representing the ex-lover of Swift’s character, fantasizes about escaping to Florida with her to escape the torturous reality that they are in.^[42]

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (2024) is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.