The sad songs on “The Tortured Poets Department” are being remade into emo, EDM, hip-hop and hard rock thanks to creative fans
Nick Reiner had a problem. Reiner, a DJ and producer who goes by the moniker Major Vibes, was planning another Taylor Swift-themed party for the club Tellus 360 in Lancaster, Pa., and wanted to use the songs from her newest release, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
“And then I heard the record and I was like, ‘Okay, this isn’t really gonna work,’” Reiner said of the album, which has 31 sad songs, and not a lot of bangers. “It can’t just be a downer the whole time,” he said.
