After eight hours, Taylor Swift’s 22-song third re-recorded album, “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” shot to the top of iTunes in 125 countries. Swift’s re-record effort, which started in November 2020 after record company Big Machine and music manager Scooter Braun refused to let the singer own the masters of her back catalogue, is halfway completed with the release of the album on July 7.
There are now three albums that Swift has to re-record: “Taylor Swift,” her fifth album, “1989,” and her sixth album, “Reputation.” With every event and announcement, the Eras Tour breaks more records. It will go on for 131 shows across five continents until coming to a finish in August 2024.
Cover of the Album
On May 5, Swift revealed the official Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) artwork at her Nashville gig. In homage to her original cover image, the artwork depicts her with traditional curls and a purple Giambattista Valli Haute Couture tulle dress. Reem Acra, who created both costumes from the original album cover, created the purple tulle garment that Swift presented on June 5.
Songs of The Album
There will be 22 tracks on Taylor Swift’s next album, Speak Now, including six brand-new songs from her back catalogue. Remixes, three more tracks, and twenty tracks total are included in the deluxe edition. “Electric Touch,” which includes Fall Out Boy, “When Emma Falls in Love,” “I Can See You,” “Castles Crumbling,” “Foolish One,” and “Timeless” are among the tracks on the album.
Four new tracks not on the 2010 original release are added to the re-released project’s track list, which also contains “From the Vault” songs with Fall Out Boy and Hayley Williams of Paramore. On July 7th, the album, which was recorded at age 32, will be released.
The new album has four “Taylor’s Version” tracks: “The Story of Us,” “Back to December,” “Enchanted,” and “Better Than Revenge.” Swift still needs to reissue three albums.
Collaborators
Swift has maintained her authorship of all 14 tracks on her album “Speak Now” even after it was previously questioned. Swift notes in an article that comes with the reissue of the album that she chose to create the record all by herself, which presented a new challenge: the record had to be excellent to satisfy her critics.
With an emotional and intellectual sharpness that Swift has never equalled, the album’s strongest tracks stand as a pinnacle in her vast discography. Except for “If This Was a Movie,” a bonus track co-written by Martin Johnson on the previous deluxe version, the new album doesn’t appear to contain any co-writers.
But there will be two featured musicians on the vault tracks: Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Fall Out Boy. Swift credited the album’s inspiration to the musicians who at the time had the biggest impact on her as a songwriter.
Lyrics
With her most recent album, “Speak Now,” Taylor Swift has modified her strategy for “Better Than Revenge.” The pop-punk song, which reflects Swift’s 19-year-old attitude and the institutionalised misogyny that produced it, is a sarcastic assessment of a girl who snatches the narrator’s lover.
The original lyrics, which mock the singer, “She’s not a saint and she’s not what you think / She’s an actress,” On “Speak Now,” though, Swift replaces the line with the less troubling “He was a moth to the flame / She was holding the matches.”
Swift made this adjustment in reaction to the criticism she received for her brief relationship with 1975’s Matty Healy, who made disparaging remarks about women of colour. Critics, however, query Swift’s attempt to hide a painful incident from her history and speculate about what she could retcon in the future.
Vault Songs
With a few recently released outtakes from her vault, Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” offers a fascinating peek into her creative process. “Electric Touch,” “When Emma Falls in Love,” “I Can See You,” and “Castles Crumbling” are among the tracks. “Timeless,” a meticulous fantasy track in which the narrator imagines herself in a string of historical romances, is the greatest of the vault tracks.
The song takes its name from Swift’s grandmother Marjorie, whose name also appears in the title of one of the tracks on “Evermore.” “When Emma Falls in Love,” which is presumably about Swift’s longtime friend and actress Emma Stone, with whom she has been close since the late 2000s, is the song that stands out the most. Swift’s lyrics allude to Emma’s potential fall in love, but a deeper examination reveals a more endearing meaning: her love and respect for her buddy.
Fans may pre-save the album on some streaming services, giving them access to preview the track lists, durations, and featured musicians. Fans may pre-save the vault tracks on a variety of streaming services, giving them an advanced look at the song titles, durations, and featured musicians. The tracks include “Electric Touch (Taylor’s Version),” “When Emma Falls in Love,” “I Can See You,” “Castles Crumbling,” “Foolish One,” as well as “Timeless.”
Conclusion
Within eight hours, “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift’s third re-recorded album, became the number one album on iTunes in 125 countries. Following Swift’s refusal to allow Big Machine and music manager Scooter Braun to hold her back library, the album’s November 2020 release has 22 tracks total—six brand-new songs and four that weren’t included in the 2010 initial release. Despite backlash for her previous connection with Matty Healy, Swift insists that she is the creator of all 14 tunes.
