Taylor Swift is an extremely popular American singer-songwriter. She has released 10 original studio albums, four re-recorded studio albums, five extended plays, and four live albums. She released her first album back on October 24, 2006, and has continued to produce incredible albums ever since. She has recently released 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which is a re-recorded album of one she has already released. She released the original 1989 on October 27, 2014, then the re-recorded album was released on October 27, 2023. The question being asked right now by many is what is “Taylor’s Version” and why did she release the same album again? If you don’t know the answers to those questions, you are reading the perfect article. Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about this situation. 

Background To This Album 

     Taylor Swift released the album 1989 in 2006. During that time, she was under a contract with Big Machine Records. This caused every album that she produced under them to be owned by Big Machine Records, not by Taylor Swift herself. This was a big deal because under Big Machine Records Taylor Swift wasn’t able to have full control over her music or songs. Big Machine Records was extremely controlling over Taylor Swift and her music, but Big Machine Record ended up being sold, and songs were sold with the company. She became very unhappy with the situation. The company being sold caused her to completely lose any ownership of the songs and albums produced under Big Machine Records. Taylor Swift didn’t want to let the bigger companies win, so she decided that she would create “Taylor’s Version”. “Taylor’s Version” is the same album with the same songs that were released under Big Machine Records but re-recorded and released so that Taylor Swift owned them and had the control back for her hard work and talent. She has been slowly releasing all five albums throughout the years and the newest one released was 1989 (Taylor’s Version). 

About The Songs

     The album as a whole when it first was released in 2006 was about Taylor Swift’s struggle with an eating disorder at the time and getting over past relationships. A lot of her albums reflect what was happening in her life at the time. There were a lot of rumors that some of the songs were about her relationship with Harry Styles. When she re-recorded the 1989 albums, she made it a symbol that she fought back and took back her life from her eating disorder. 

Why Is “Taylor’s Version” So Important? 

     Taylor Swift had her music rights stolen by Scooter Braun. When this happened Taylor lost all her ownership of her music. Throughout the past couple of years, Taylor has been re-recording all of her albums, which she will now own. Taylor explained that she is not rerecording for the money, but she is doing it to own her music.