Taylor Swift drops re-recorded ‘Fearless’ album and fans have thoughts

It’s time to get Fearless, the way Taylor Swift always intended. The singer dropped her re-recorded album at midnight on April 9, marking the first of many re-recordings to come as Swift takes back ownership of her music.

Fearless (Taylor’s Version) contains all the hits you know and love, like “Fifteen,” “You Belong With Me” and “Today Was a Fairytale.” But it also has six previously unreleased songs from the vault, including “You All Over Me” with Maren Morris and “That’s When” featuring Keith Urban.

There are other notable changes on the updated album, such as Swift’s more mature voice, which makes sense considering Fifteen was only the singer’s second studio album when it dropped in 2008. (At the time, it took home Grammy Album of the Year.)

All in all there are 27 songs on the new album, including the bonus track “Love Story (Taylor’s Version) – Elvira Remix” and the little tease release she gave us earlier this week, “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” which is rumoured to be about Joe Jonas.

To put that in context, the first version of the album had 13 tracks and the platinum version featured 19.

Swifties out there are definitely in support of the singer’s new tunes, and they have been working overtime to try to hide the old album and songs from Spotify so that fans automatically get the new ones. 

As Swift previously revealed, she made the decision to re-record her first five albums after Scooter Braun (manager to singers like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato) purchased the masters to her first six albums as well as her former label, Big Machine.

Last year, Braun sold off those masters to an investment fund, pulling in $300 million in the process. Swift had been hoping to own those songs herself (especially in the wake of other public ownership battles over her music), so when they were taken from her she opted to go the route of Def Leppard and just re-record them.

At time of press, it’s unknown when Swift could legally forge ahead with a new version of her 2017 album Reputation, which also fell under that deal.

Fans got their first taste of Fearless (Taylor’s Version) back in February when Swift unleashed a new version of “Love Story” just in time for Valentine’s Day. Considering the positive reaction back then, no one should be surprised that fans are already celebrating online—just hours after the new album’s release. It’s also not shocking that the songs are already lighting up the charts.

Last November, Swift revealed that after a lengthy battle to regain ownership of her master recordings, she decided to go a different route.

“I have recently begun re-recording my older music and it has already proven to be both exciting and creatively fulfilling,” she updated fans on social media, in a letter that explained her decision not to work with Braun.

“I have plenty of surprises in store. I want to thank you guys for supporting me through this ongoing saga, and I can’t wait for you to hear what I’ve been dreaming up.”

Looks like that wait is finally (partically) over. 

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