‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’: Everything We Know About Taylor Swift’s Upcoming Re-Record

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Image Credit: Kristina Bumphrey/Starpix/Shutterstock Taylor Swift is re-recording and re-releasing her archetypal six albums to gain backmost the rights to her masters. She has already released her ain versions of Fearless, Speak Now and Red, and fans are certain 1989 is coming next. Taylor hinted at 1989 falling adjacent successful enactment erstwhile she released the euphony video for “I Can See You” successful July.

Taylor Swift has been gifting fans with caller and never-before-heard euphony similar brainsick implicit the past fewer years, and she doesn’t look to beryllium slowing down anytime soon. In 3 years, she’s released 3 marque caller albums (Midnights, Folklore and Evermore), arsenic good arsenic 3 re-recorded versions of her aged albums Fearless, Speak Now and Red, truthful she tin reclaim the rights to them. Although Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) just came out connected July 7, Swifties are convinced that a 1989 (Taylor’s Version) announcement is close astir the corner.

On August 9 — yes, 8/9 — Taylor volition execute the past day connected the archetypal U.S. limb of her Eras Tour, which kicked disconnected successful March 2023. The performance volition wrapper a six amusement tally astatine SoFi Stadium successful Los Angeles. Because of this milestone, coupled with the ‘8/9’ date, fans are wondering if the vocalist volition beryllium announcing 1989 (Taylor’s Version) astatine the show. Earlier this year, she confirmed the release day for Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) astatine a antithetic Eras Tour concert.

Taylor Swift performing during ‘1989’ era. (Kristina Bumphrey/Starpix/Shutterstock)

We’ll person to hold and spot if Taylor delivers connected this theory, but for now, here’s everything we cognize about 1989 (Taylor’s Version).

‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ Release Date

So far, a merchandise day for 1989 (Taylor’s Version) has not been confirmed. However, Taylor has dropped plentifulness of hits that it volition beryllium the adjacent of her six re-recorded albums to travel out. On July 7, she released the music video for her Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) opus “I Can See You,” and it concluded with a BIG 1989 Easter egg. As Taylor drove distant astatine the extremity of the video, determination was a motion supra a span that said “1989 TV.” Fans took this arsenic Taylor’s mode of letting them cognize that 1989 would beryllium coming next.

1989 was the 5th medium successful Taylor’s archetypal repertoire and determination person besides been plentifulness of “5” hints recently. In the “I Can See You” video, 5 information guards chased down Joey King and Taylor Lautner arsenic they tried to rescue Taylor and symbolically assistance her reclaim her work. Back successful October, erstwhile Taylor released the euphony video for “Bejeweled,” her quality rode an elevator and got disconnected connected level 3 archetypal (signifying medium 3, Speak Now, arsenic the adjacent release). However, she past rode the elevator up to level 5, hinting that medium 5, 1989, would beryllium aft that.

The euphony video for “Karma,” which was released successful May 2023, besides provided a 1989 hint. At the clip of its premiere, the day for Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) had already been announced, truthful determination was nary much hints needed astir that record. The “Karma” video featured Taylor posing arsenic a statue with the roman numeral MCMLXXXIX written connected it. Yes, this translates to ‘1989.’

Taylor Swift connected the Eras Tour. (Casey Flanigan/imageSPACE/Shutterstock)

On apical of each of this, Taylor randomly released a 1989 merchandise driblet connected her website successful May 2022. So, portion we don’t person an nonstop merchandise day for 1989 (Taylor’s Version), blondie is decidedly keeping america connected our toes with hints that its connected its way!

‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ Tracklist

With each of her re-records, Taylor has included caller versions of each archetypal way from the records, truthful the archetypal portion of the tracklist is easy predictable. Although 1989 hasn’t travel retired yet, fans person gotten a sneak peek astatine what to expect, arsenic Taylor has dropped the re-recorded versions of “Wildest Dreams” and “This Love” already.

The amusive doesn’t extremity there, though. She’s besides dived backmost “into the vault” of songs that didn’t marque each medium the archetypal clip around. Taylor re-recorded these (mostly) never-before-heard vault tracks from each era, arsenic well, and included those connected the Taylor’s Versions of her albums. Fearless (TV) and Speak Now (TV) some had six vault tracks, while Red had seven, arsenic good arsenic 3 different tracks that weren’t connected the archetypal mentation of Red. It’s unclear however galore vault tracks 1989 volition have, but we DO cognize that the archetypal 1989 tracklist volition beryllium included:

“Welcome To New York (Taylor’s Version)” “Blank Space” (Taylor’s Version)” “Style” (Taylor’s Version)” “Out Of The Woods (Taylor’s Version)” “All You Had To Do Was Stay (Taylor’s Version)” “Shake It Off (Taylor’s Version)” “I Wish You Would (Taylor’s Version)” “Bad Blood (Taylor’s Version)” “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)” “How You Get The Girl (Taylor’s Version)” “This Love (Taylor’s Version)” “I Know Places (Taylor’s Version)” “Clean” (Taylor’s Version)” “Wonderland (Taylor’s Version)” “You Are In Love (Taylor’s Version)” “New Romantics (Taylor’s Version)”

Who Are The Songs On ‘1989’ About?

As always, we person to reiterate that Taylor ne'er confirms who her songs are about. However, determination are plentifulness of hints that constituent to Harry Styles being her main muse for the 1989 album. The 2 dated successful 2012 and opening of 2013, which lines up perfectly with the Oct. 2014 merchandise day of 1989. One of the astir evident references, of course, is way three, “Style,” which is simply a literal play connected Harry’s past name.

The songs “I Know Places” and “Out Of The Woods” some archer a akin communicative astir a narration that seems similar it could beryllium doomed from the start. However, the song’s subjects are consenting to combat the scrutiny to effort to marque it work, adjacent if they cognize it volition extremity badly. Unsurprisingly, Taylor and Harry were the taxable of aggravated media attraction during their relationship, and were perpetually trying to get distant from the eyes that were connected them. “Out Of The Woods” really makes 2 VERY nonstop references to Harry, arsenic Taylor sings astir his “paper airplane” necklace and the stitches helium got connected his forehead aft a snowmobiling mishap erstwhile they were together.

Taylor Swift astatine 2019 AMAs. (Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup/Shutterstock)

Meanwhile, “All You Had To Do Was Stay” and “I Wish You Would” notation the ending and reconnecting successful a relationship. In the former, Taylor calls retired her person for leaving her and past trying to travel backmost into her life. But, successful the latter, aft immoderate clip has gone by, she admits that she wishes helium would beryllium portion of her beingness again. This reflects the connected and disconnected rhythm of Taylor and Harry’s relationship, arsenic it’s rumored that they had a fling successful aboriginal 2012 earlier publically getting unneurotic astatine the extremity of that year. On “This Love,” she sings astir resurrecting an aged romance, arsenic well.

These days, Taylor and Harry are connected large terms. They were adjacent seen chatting astatine the Grammy Awards successful some 2023 and 2021. Some fans are adjacent speculating that Harry could popular up arsenic a featured creator connected 1 of the 1989 vault songs!

Of course, not each of the songs are astir Mr. Styles! “Bad Blood” was written astir a feud with Katy Perry, but the ladies person since squashed their beef. “Blank Space” is simply a play connected each of the media attraction that Taylor’s emotion beingness gets, and her mode of mocking the fake stories astir her romances. The album’s pb single, “Shake It Off,” is simply a creation track, wherever Taylor sings astir shaking disconnected her haters. Meanwhile, “You Are In Love” was inspired by Taylor’s co-writer, Jack Antonoff, and his narration with Lena Dunham (the 2 person since breached up).

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