December 6, 2023, 15:39 | Updated: March 15, 2024, 18:05
Taylor Swift is re-recording all of her past music.
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Taylor Swift has re-recorded six albums since her back catalog was sold to a private equity firm, but which songs and albums are she going back to the studio to re-record?
Taylor Swift has a whopping 10 successful studio albums to her name and has re-recorded six of them, so she owns full rights to all of her work.
We've already heard the new version of “Fearless,” which added six new songs to the tracklist that weren't on the original EP, and her re-release of “Red” took us back to 2012.
Meanwhile, the July re-release of “Speak Now” with the ultimate sad girl tune “Dear John” got us all excited.
“1989 – Taylor's Version” is Travis Kelce's latest effort after his girlfriend (who had changed the lyrics for her new boyfriend) canceled the re-release just nine years after its original release, and fans couldn't wait to hear songs he'd never heard before. Their brief relationship with Harry Styles.
And the re-release hasn't stopped Taylor from working on new music. In 2022, she released her 10th album, Midnights. The album includes not only her feel-good anthems, but also heartbreaking lyrics like “You're Losing Me.”
On the Eras tour, Taylor plays all of her albums in order on stage, making us all nostalgic. So which era of hers has yet to experience a renaissance?
Which “Taylor's Version” album will be next, and how many will she re-record in total? Here are the details you need to know…
Taylor Swift is re-recording her first six albums.
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Which albums is Taylor Swift re-recording?
Here is a list of albums that Taylor has already re-recorded or is re-recording.
- “Taylor Swift”, 2006.
- “Fearless”, 2008 – (“Fearless – Taylor’s Version” was released in April 2021).
- “Speak Now”, 2010 – (“Speak Now – Taylor’s Version” was released on July 7, 2023).
- “Red”, 2012 – (“Red – Taylor’s Version” was released in November 2021).
- “1989”, 2014 – (“1989 – Taylor’s Version” released on October 27, 2023).
- “Reputation”, 2017.
“1989 (Taylor's Version)'' is Taylor's latest re-recorded album, with 21 songs, including 5 songs from “From The Vault''.
The album is best known for “Style,'' “Blank Space,'' “Shake It Off,'' and “Bad Blood,'' and Tay, as you might expect, left behind a ton of easter eggs that hinted at his project's success. He confirmed that it is his next album. Last year's “Karma” music video.
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Taylor's self-titled debut album features songs like “Tim McGraw” and “Teardrops on my Guitar,” while “Fearless” features songs like “Fifteen,” “Love Story” and “You Belong With Me.” it was done.
“Speak Now” was nominated for “Best Country Album” at the 54th Grammy Awards, thanks to songs such as “Sparks Fly,” “Back to December” and “Dear John.” .
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With “Reputation,” Icon pivoted to a darker sound, ushering in a unique era with “Look What You Made Me Do,” and making waves with songs like “Delicate” and “Don’t Blame Me.” I kept making it. While fans eagerly await news of the re-release, Taylor recently referred to a Vault track on Reputation – Taylor's Version as “Fire!”
“Lover” was Taylor Swift's first album that she fully owned.
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Why would Taylor Swift re-record an album?
Taylor is reportedly re-recording the album after her former record label Big Machine Records was sold to Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings in a deal worth $300 million. She is currently re-recording her first six albums to keep her own music “alive.”
She credits industry pal Kelly Clarkson and her father for telling her to “redo” all her old albums.
In an interview for Billboard's “Women of the Decade'' cover story, Taylor said, “I want to use “Shake It Off'' in an ad or “Blank Space'' in a movie trailer.'' We get about a dozen requests every week, and we say no.” To each of them.
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“And the reason I'm re-recording my music next year is because I want my music to live on. I want it to be in movies, I want it to be in commercials. But I don't want that. only if you own it.” ”
Released in 2019, Lover was Taylor's first fully-owned album.
Will Taylor Swift re-record 'Reputation'?
As of November 2022, Taylor will be able to officially begin re-recording Reputation, which was released in 2017. Taylor reportedly had to wait until November 2022 to legally re-record the music.
According to Rolling Stone, this is likely due to a common clause in their contracts that prevents them from re-recording songs until “two years after contract expiration or five years after commercial release, whichever is later.”
So “reputation” may come sooner than we originally thought…
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