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Swifties queue up for special letter from singer in boost for UK’s Record Store Day
New album The Tortured Poets Department flies off the shelves as Swift breaks record for most Spotify streams in a single day
Photograph: Andy Hall/The ObserverPaddy 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 addition to buying vinyl, London-based Swifties flocked to The Black Dog pub in Vauxhall, south London, after it appeared to be name-checked in The Tortured Poets Department on a track of the same name. Swift sings: “And so I watch as you walk into some bar called The Black Dog.” The album features mentions of a number of London locations, from Hampstead Heath to Shoreditch.
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