Swift made the announcement on Good Morning America Feb. 11, telling her beloved and rabid Swifties, “I’m so excited to share with you that tonight at midnight I’ll be putting out my version of my song ‘Love Story.’” Originally released in 2008, “Love Story” is largely credited with sparking Swift’s major crossover from a niche country artist to pop megastar, selling 18 million copies worldwide and peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. In early December 2020, Swift dropped a snippet of a re-recorded “Love Story” in an ad for Match.com with her pal Ryan Reynolds. She tweeted the news at the time, “Okay so while my new re-records are NOT done, my friend @VancityReynolds asked me if he could use a snippet of one for a LOLsome commercial he wrote so…here’s a sneak peak [sic] of ‘Love Story’! Working hard to get the music to you soon!!”
Taylor Swift announced the release of re-recorded version of Fearless
The album will be called Fearless (Taylor’s Version).
What time will Fearless (Taylor’s Version) be released?
If you look closely in her announcement, it appears she hid the message “APRIL NINTH” within it. We know Swift loves an Easter Egg, so we can assume that Fearless (Taylor’s Version) will be released April 9, 2021. Good Morning America confirmed it would drop at midnight.
How many songs will be on Fearless (Taylor’s Version)?
Swift said Fearless (Taylor’s Version) will feature 26 songs (six never before heard). Swift explained that she wanted to include not just the re-recorded versions of Fearless, but also the songs that almost made the original cut to tell the “whole story” and “entire vivid picture” surrounding the album.
What are the new unreleased songs that will be on Fearless (Taylor’s Version)?
On April 2, 2021, Swift teased the “From the Vault” songs that would appear on Fearless (Taylor’s Version) in a word jumble video, and it didn’t take her Swifties long to decode the titles. Swifties quickly unscrambled the titles and came up with the following tunes:
“Mr. Perfectly Fine"“We Were Happy"“That’s When"“You All Over Me” featuring Maren Morris"Bye Bye Baby"“Don’t You"Another as-yet-untitled song featuring Keith Urban
Complete Fearless (Taylor’s Version) song list
- Fearless (Taylor’s Version) 2. Fifteen (Taylor’s Version) 3. Love Story (Taylor’s Version) 4. Hey Stephen (Taylor’s Version) 5. White Horse (Taylor’s Version) 6. You Belong With Me (Taylor’s Version) 7. Breathe (feat. Colbie Caillat) (Taylor’s Version) 8. Tell Me Why (Taylor’s Version) 9. You’re Not Sorry (Taylor’s Version) 10. The Way I Loved You (Taylor’s Version) 11. Forever & Always (Taylor’s Version) 12. The Best Day (Taylor’s Version) 13. Change (Taylor’s Version) 14. Jump Then Fall (Taylor’s Version) 15. Untouchable (Taylor’s Version) 16. Forever & Always (Piano Version) (Taylor’s Version) 17. Come In With The Rain (Taylor’s Version) 18. Superstar (Taylor’s Version) 19. The Other Side Of The Door (Taylor’s Version) 20. Today Was A Fairytale (Taylor’s Version) 21. You All Over Me (feat. Maren Morris) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) 22. Mr. Perfectly Fine (From The Vault) 23. We Were Happy (From The Vault) 24. That’s When (From The Vault) (Featuring Keith Urban) 25. Don’t You (From The Vault) 26. Bye Bye Baby (From The Vault) 27. Bonus Track: Love Story (Taylor’s Version) - Elvira Remix
What does the art for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) look like?
When did Taylor Swift write Fearless and when did the original album come out?
Swift penned and recorded the songs for Fearless and Fearless (Taylor’s Version) when she was aged 16 through 18. It was released in 2008.
Why is Taylor Swift re-recording her old songs?
“Love Story” is the first track from Swift’s extensive back catalog that the singer is re-releasing in an effort to retain some ownership of her material. In July 2019, Scooter Braun bought Swift’s previous label Big Machine Records from Scott Borchetta, and the deal included the masters of Swift’s first six albums (Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989 and Reputation). She lamented at the time that the move was the “worst case scenario” for her, in part because of Braun’s associations with Justin Bieberand Kanye West. “Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it,” she wrote in a Tumblr post. “For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead, I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in.” She later revealed that she planned to re-record her first five albums beginning in November 2020, a move many credited to Kelly Clarkson for suggesting Swift do so on Twitter. Next, check out all of the Easter eggs you may have missed in Taylor Swift’s evermore album and “willow” music video.
