Back in 2014, I didn’t really pay much attention to Spotify, and Apple Music wasn’t even a thing at that point. I’m a huge Swifite fan, so there was no way I was going to settle for purchasing the album from iTunes; I demanded the 19-track deluxe CD version instead (featuring extra songs and voice memos, with Polaroid pictures inside). To tell you the truth, I felt a little bit embarrassed that I was such a huge fan. On October 27 of that year, I scurried out of class without telling anyone that I was going directly to Target (remember when we had those in Canada?) to pick up my copy. I did this because I did trap the cat not want anyone to know that I was going. The fact that I had always suspected that Taylor Swift is a musical prodigy was confirmed for me when I heard that song played for the first time later that afternoon on the stereo system that belonged to my parents.
When Taylor Swift started releasing re-recordings of her first six albums last year, it was only natural for me to anticipate that 1989 (Taylor’s Version) would be a pretty nostalgic moment for me. And I believe that time is getting closer all the time.
The singer is not releasing re-recorded versions of her older albums in any specific order, but she does have a propensity for concealing hints about her upcoming work in the music industry. Swift deftly let her fans know the exact date of the release of Fearless (Taylor’s Version) in April 2021 by sending them a letter in which a few capitalized letters were arranged in such a way that they spelled out the date in a random order. The letter was entitled “April Ninth.” Then, before the release of Red (Taylor’s Version), Swift tweeted random red heart emojis and lyrics from the album until November 2021, when the album was finally made available to the public.
