What we know about Taylor Swift’s rerelease of ‘1989’ and why some fans think it could be a double album
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Taylor Swift is at it again with another album rerelease. This time it’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” — when the original album came out in 2014, it was considered Swift’s full transition from country to pop.
Why is Taylor Swift re-releasing her first six albums?
In 2018, Swift discovered her music catalog had been sold to music executive Scooter Braun and made public she was not consulted about the sale. When the new owners refused to grant her ownership of her music, she decided to rerecord each of the six albums that were originally under that label.
When will Taylor Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ re-release be available?
“1989 (Taylor’s Version)” will be made available on streaming platforms, YouTube, CDs and vinyls worldwide on Oct. 27 at 10 p.m. MDT. She will have an exclusive tangerine vinyl edition of “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” available at Target.
What we know about Taylor Swift’s rerelease of ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’
The album will have a total of 21 tracks, and it will be the first rerelease Swift is dropping that has no collaborators.
Here is the tracklist:
“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).”
“Sl*t! (Taylor’s Version).”
“Say Don’t Go (Taylor’s Version).”
“Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version).”
“Suburban Legends (Taylor’s Version).”
“Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version).”
What albums has Taylor Swift rereleased so far?
The musical artist will have released four total albums once “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” comes out. Those include:
“Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” — Apr. 9, 2021.
“Red (Taylor’s Version)” — Nov. 12, 2021.
“Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” — July 7, 2023.
“1989 (Taylor’s Version)” — Oct. 27, 2023.
Why fans are theorizing Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ could be a double album
Major Swifties, what Swift’s fans call themselves, are speculating that Swift could be releasing a double album, which would feature tracks composed entirely of collaborations.
Here are some of the clues eagle-eyed Swifties have noticed that they believe means there could be a double album version of “1989 (Taylor’s Version).”
Clues from music videos
In “The Man” music video she released in 2019, there’s a scene with graffiti in a subway, and “1989” is written on the wall twice — once in white, once in black.
Swift released the “Bejeweled” music video in 2022, and when she stops on the blue fifth floor, representing her fifth album, everything is in double. She and another dancer perform a dance in martini glasses — with the aesthetic of Swift’s featuring lighter aesthetics and Swift’s iconic blonde locks. The other glass features darker features, and the dancer has dark black hair.
Clues from the original ‘1989’ tour and The Eras Tour
In the original “1989” tour, Swift’s backup dancers and singers were clad in white.
During the Video Music Awards in 2015 after the tour, she performed, and her dancers were now clad in all black.
For The Eras Tour “1989” set, Swift’s dancers are now seen in both black and white while Swift is dressed in screaming color.
Other clues
On the back covers of the “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” vinyls, Swift poses in a manner that spells out “TWO,” Popbuzz reported.
One fan reported on TikTok that her website on the “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” was glitching and made it so that everything was in negative — the background became light and everything else became darker colors.
On the original album cover, “1989” was written in black pen. “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” was written in white.
