Taylor Swift is back at it again, dropping cryptic hints on her next re-release ‘Red
(Taylor’s Version)’, and now swifties have officially figured out who her newest
collaborators will be!
So who else is feeling 22?
Let’s get into it!
Yesterday Taylor Swift was seriously ON ONE as she posted a video with the coded names
of her ‘From the Vault’ track titles while teasing her reissue of Red Taylor’s Version.
The video featured a red vault with randomly jumbled letters coming out of it as she captioned
the post, quote, "*Presses post* *cackles maniacally* Level: casually cruel in the name
of being honest.”
She also launched a web page where fans could pre-save the album and unlock “The Vault”
of previously unreleased tracks.
The catch?
To unlock ‘The Vault’ fans had to correctly guess the titles of the songs first using
those previously mentioned jumbled letters.
But to make it a little easier, Swifties could type in their guesses at tracks 21 - 30 in
a fill-in-the-blank section of Tay’s site.
And, when fans guessed the tracks correctly they’d get a photo to share on social media
with a banner that reads, quote "I unlocked the vault."
Taylor posted her “I unlocked the vault” photo first, with the caption, quote “love
is a ruthless game”
And speaking of ruthless… fans were completely confused at what the songs were at first…
With one posting quote “HOW ARE THERE SO MANY LETTERS ON EVERY SINGLE ONE?!
I figured it out the last time but idk if I will this time god I love you and your genius”
But, it wasn’t long before fans cracked the code because as we know there are no better
internet sleuths than Swifties.
This Taylor Swift News Twitter account was one of the first to reveal the track listings
and who would be featured on Red (Taylor’s Version)
Now we know who will be joining Tay on the reimagined version of Red and that list includes
Phoebe Bridgers, Chris Stapleton, and longtime collaborator Ed Sheeran.
Swifties were tweeting their delight over the collabs, with one fan sharing, quote,
“Taylor Swift ft. Phoebe Bridgers, a dream come true for the sad people”
Another listener tweeted quote, “my fall 2021 toxic trait is going to be blasting the
ed sheeran/taylor swift george strait cover, don't @ me”
Fans were also thrilled to find out that the much-awaited 10-minute version of “All Too
Well” would also be finally making its way out of the vault.
One fan shared, quote “it just hit me again that we are getting the 10-minute version
of all too well and I don’t think I’ll ever be mentally prepared for that, will have
to be the last song I listen to bc crying.”
The entire unveiled vault track listing includes: Ronan, Better Man, Nothing New [ft. Phoebe
Bridgers], Babe, Message in a Bottle, I Bet You Think About Me [ft. Chris Stapleton],
Forever Winter, Run [ft. Ed Sheeran], The Very First Night, All Too Well (Ten Minute
Version)
And although it wasn’t easy, fans were overjoyed about figuring out the track listing.
One fan shared, quote “‘i almost do’ (taylor's version) is gonna wreck me but at
least #iunlockedthevault”
Another fan shared that they had their Taylor priorities in order during work, writing quote,
“in meetings all day, casually unlocking the vault in between”
And some fans are so excited about unlocking the vault they could barely sleep, like one
Swifty who tweeted, quote “stayed up two hours after my bedtime and loved every minute
of it”
But the fun doesn’t stop there!
In true Taylor form, she posted more hints on her Instagram stories sharing new snippets
of “22” and “I Knew You Were Trouble” to the delight of fans!
And then this morning, Taylor took to Instagram
with this post to say “Congrats pals, you guessed the correct titles and feature artists
on Red (my version)” confirming Chris Stapleton, Phoebe Bridgers, Mark Foster and the first
song Ed Sheeran and Tay ever wrote together when they first met in 2012! Tay also shared,
“We’ll also be making a bunch of new ones too, since Red (Taylors Version) includes
so many songs you haven’t heard yet.”
Honestly November 19 cant come soon enough!
Red (Taylor’s Version) is set for release on November 19th and will be Taylor’s second
re-recorded album, following Fearless (Taylor’s Version) which was released in April.
And while we all wait for the fall release, we’ll keep our eyes and ears open for any
more updates!
For more on Tay’s upcoming album release,
you can click right over here to watch another Clevver video.
Then be sure to let me know who you’re most excited to hear Taylor collab with down here
in the comments, and which song you’re most ready to ugly cry to.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on socials @Sussan_Mourad, see you guys
next time!