Taylor Swift Drops First Re-Recorded Single Today with New 'Fearless' Album to Follow
Taylor Swift announces to fans that her first re-recorded single "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" will drop at midnight tonight, and her first re-recorded album, Fearless (Taylor's Version), will be released in April.
The singer took to her Instagram to share the news with her fans, writing, "I've decided I want you to have the full story, see the entire vivid picture, and let you into the entire dreamscape that is my Fearless album."
The re-release will include 26 songs, including six never-before released ones. "This process has been more fulfilling and emotional than I could've imagined and has made me even more determined to rerecord all my old music," Swift writes in her post.
Swift fans have been anciticipating this re-release for a while now. In 2019, Swift engaged in a public battle with her former record label Big Machine Records, when its founder Scott Borchetta sold the label and the rights to Swift's master recordings of her first six albums to Scooter Braun (owner of Ithaca Holdings and celebrity manager of Justin Bieber, Kanye West, and Ariana Grande, to name a few). Swift told her Tumblr fans at the time that this was her "worst nightmare," and claimed she had been subject to "incessant, manipulative bullying" on behalf of Braun and his clients throughout the years.
Shortly after, Swift announced to CBS Sunday Morning that she planned to re-record all her old music, starting with albums one to five in November 2020.
Her Instagram post today (which includes plenty of clues that Swifties have already started decoding) marks the beginning of a new chapter for Swift, as she looks back on her decade-long career with a new vision for her music.
