What’s up guys, it’s Emile Ennis Jr. with Clevver News, and the re-recording of Taylor
Swift’s Fearless album has been completed as she just announced the album’s upcoming
re-release.
Just two months after dropping her surprise 9th studio album evermore, which was only
five months AFTER her surprise 8th studio album folklore, Taylor Swift got right back
on the horse (...her “White Horse”, that is), and is now set to drop the re-recorded
version of her 2008 album Fearless.
On Wednesday, it was revealed that Taylor would be appearing on Good Morning America
the following day to make a surprise announcement, and let’s just say, for now until forever,
she’s doing things “Taylor’s Way”.
In a short clip sent in to GMA this morning, Taylor shared with fans that she has officially
completed the re-recording of her second studio album, with her hit single “Love Story”
dropping tonight… and in perfect time for Valentine’s Day, of course.
In case you forgot, Taylor previously teased a snippet of “Love Story” back in December
during a Match commercial written by good friend Ryan Reynolds, to which fans believed
some of the lyrics changed to “It’s a love story, baby just SAID yes.”
But anyone who knows the inner-workings of Taylor Swift knows that this wouldn’t be
the only big announcement she shares:
“I’ve decided to add songs from the vault, which are songs that almost made the original
Fearless album.”
That’s right: We’ve officially entered into the era of “Taylor’s Version”,
which will include SIX never-before-heard songs from the vault, back around the time
we were all too busy sobbing to “Fifteen” to realize there was even MORE music just
sitting in her diary, untouched until now.
In total, that makes 26 songs, and for any Swiftie looking for Easter eggs, it’s basically
just her lucky number 13 doubled, and will include songs from the Fearless Platinum Edition,
like, “Superstar,” “Jump Then Fall,” “Untouchable”, “The Other Side of the
Door,” and “Come In With The Rain.”
The original version of Fearless sat at No. 1 for 11 weeks and is one of the best-selling
albums of the 21st century.
Taylor also won album of the year at the 2010 Grammys, making her the youngest artist to
ever win the award at the time.
Taylor shared the exciting news to Instagram with the updated album cover, and, if compared
side-by-side, is basically the same signature wavy hair flip as the 2008 version, but with
her own unique spin.
She also shared a message to Swifties, letting them know that it was a “real honor” to
get to be a teenager alongside them, and speaking more on what it means to release music that
she owns and on her own terms.
She said QUOTE, “Artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most
screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body
of work.
For example, only I know which songs I wrote that almost made the Fearless album.
Songs I absolutely adored, but were held back for different reasons (don’t want too many
breakup songs, don’t want too many down tempo songs, can’t fit that many songs on
a physical CD).”
In that message were randomly capitalized letters, which is something fans would always
look forward to on Taylor’s past albums, and typically alludes to a hidden message
Taylor wanted to relay.
So in case you were wondering why ‘APRIL NINTH’ was trending, there you have it.
The re-recorded Fearless album is set to drop on April 9th, and if you really wanna get
granular with it, one user pointed this minor detail out, saying, “Not her announcing
the new Fearless coming out on April ninth (4+9=13) with her 490th post (4+9+0=13) THIRTEEN
YEARS after the original.
She’s unhinged, I love her.”
This girl’s mind, I SWEAR, y’all…
Many fans have since been sharing their excitement about Taylor’s Version of Fearless and what
the original album meant to them as a teenager.
One user wrote, “I have always been known as the “Taylor Swift girl” at school for
as long as I remember, I would blast your songs on the bus and everyone would sing along.
I can’t wait to be able to do it all again, but this time with songs YOU own, I love you
@TaylorSwift13.”
And upon Taylor’s announcement, many Swifties felt like they were 16 again and first getting
their hands on Taylor’s albums, like this fan who wrote, “I VIVIDLY remember sitting
at my grandmas house as a little girl, reading the fearless lyric book, and feeling like
Nancy dang Drew when I started to realize there was a secret code.
@TaylorSwift13 you brought that pure adrenaline back to me this morning, THANK YOU.”
The wait is almost over until the nostalgia sets in and we finally get to tune into the
first of many re-recorded tracks, so get excited, y’all!
To see why Taylor’s evermore album was part of a recent lawsuit, click right over here
for a full Clevver rundown.
Then be sure to let me know all your thoughts on Taylor’s big GMA announcement right down
here in the comments.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr. bye guys!