The best is "Don't You," a slow bop that sonically could have ended up on her "1989" album but lyrically sounds like if the main character of "Folklore"s "The 1" ran into her ex before going to therapy.
Of the from-the-vault songs, four are new releases on Friday. Keith Urban’s appearance on “That’s When” and “We Were Happy” is a nice homage to the Fearless-era, when Swift was the opening act on Urban's 2009 Escape Together tour (the pair was also featured on Tim McGraw’s 2013 song “Highway Don’t Care.”) But we probably could have done without those two, along with other vault song "Bye Bye Baby," which are pretty forgettable compared the rest of Swift's storied discography. This one is vintage sentimental Taylor at its finest (as is other vault song "You All Over Me," released in March) and we can’t stop belting out “It takes everything in me just to get up each day / But it’s wonderful to see that you’re OK." It also includes the line “casually cruel," seemingly a precursor to her greatest bridge of all time in 2012’s “All Too Well”? Perfectly Fine” (a surprise release Wednesday) gives us “Forever and Always” vibes, which is probably why it was initially left on the cutting room floor. Perfectly Fine' have ties to newer lyrics More: Taylor Swift's 50 best lyrics, definitively ranked (including 'Evermore') From the vault: Songs like 'Mr. The new release gives fans 27 tracks: All the songs from the original and platinum edition, six previously unreleased tracks from the vault and a bonus song. We've listened and found the biggest differences between 2008’s “Fearless” and 2021’s “Fearless (Taylor’s Version).” In late summer 2019, shortly after Scooter Braun's purchase of her masters ignited a public battle between the two and renewed debate over music ownership, Swift announced her plan to rerecord her first six studio albums in an effort to own her work, saying "I just think that artists deserve to own their work, I just feel very passionately about that" on "Good Morning America." She started doing so in late 2020 and “Fearless” is the first of her versions to be released. "Taylor's Version," as Swift is calling it, is a make-good on her promise to rerecord her music from before her "Lover" album. Originally released when Swift was 18 and centered in country music, the 2021 version was bound to include some “Changes." Her voice has matured, which works on tracks like "White Horse" and "Fearless" but feels odd when she sings about high school on "Fifteen." For the most part, though, the album's essence is the same and the tweaks are fun reminders for longtime fans of how Swift has developed as an artist through the years. The singer-songwriter, 31, on Friday dropped “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” a newly-recorded version of her second studio album. Taylor Swift’s first rerecorded album is here. Watch Video: Taylor Swift: How fans are interpreting her new 'Fearless' rerecordĬount to 10, take it in, Swifties.