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Taylor Swift treated her Swifties on Friday, July 7, as the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter released her much-anticipated “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” her third re-recorded album following “Fearless” and “Red.”
Aside from the 14 songs from the original album, “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” tracklist includes 2010 bonus tracks “Superman” and “Ours” as well as unreleased tracks and collaborations with Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Fall Out Boy.
“It’s here. It’s yours, it’s mine, it’s ours. It’s an album I wrote alone about the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies I lived out as a young woman between 18 and 20,” Swift said on her Instagram page.
“I remember making tracklist after tracklist, obsessing over the right way to tell the story. I had to be ruthless with my choices, and I left behind some songs I am still unfailingly proud of now,” she continued.
Swift concluded her message with an expression of gratitude to her fans as she wrote, “I recorded this album when I was 32 (and still growing up, now) and the memories it brought back filled me with nostalgia and appreciation. For life, for you, for the fact that I get to reclaim my work.” /ra