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Post by Admin on Apr 3, 2021 19:53:19 GMT
Taylor Swift is rewarding fans for their efforts decoding her latest cryptic message.
The singer has unveiled the full tracklist for the re-recorded version of her album Fearless, including the six previously unreleased "vault songs" teased in a video on Friday. As Swift previously announced, the new version of the album (dubbed "Taylor's Version") features 26 tracks, including re-recorded versions of the 19 songs from the original album and its "platinum edition" re-release, plus the six "from the vault" songs and a bonus remix of "Love Story."
Fans quickly guessed the titles of the vault songs from the jumbled words released in Friday's video, including "Bye Bye Baby," "Mr. Perfectly Fine," "We Were Happy," "That's When," featuring Keith Urban, and the previously released "You All Over Me," featuring Maren Morris.
"I'm really honored that @keithurban is a part of this project, duetting on That's When and singing harmonies on We Were Happy," Swift wrote on Twitter Saturday. "I was his opening act during the Fearless album era and his music has inspired me endlessly."
"I'm counting down the minutes til we can all jump into this brave world together, filled with equal parts nostalgia and brand newness," she added.
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Post by Admin on Apr 4, 2021 2:39:29 GMT
Taylor Swift is serving brand new versions of her greatest hits, with some help from famous pals. The 11-time Grammy winner, 31, revealed two upcoming collaborations with longtime friend Keith Urban, 53, as she graced Swifties with the full tracklist of Fearless (Taylor's Version) on Instagram Saturday. http://instagram.com/p/CNNbIrsDkKn "I'm really honored that @keithurban is a part of this project, duetting on That's When and singing harmonies on We Were Happy," said Swift, who opened for the country star during his Escape Together World Tour in 2009, the year after she dropped the original Fearless. "I was his opening act during the Fearless album era and his music has inspired me endlessly," Swift shared. http://instagram.com/p/CNK2J5zjgY2 She also revealed the rest of the "From the Vault" tracks, including "Mr. Perfectly Fine", "Don't You" and "Bye Bye Baby". Swift previously dropped "You All Over Me (From the Vault)" featuring Maren Morris.
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Post by Admin on Apr 4, 2021 6:04:49 GMT
Taylor Swift teases upcoming release 'Fearless…Taylor's Version' | GMA
Mona Kosar Abdi reports the buzziest stories of the day in "GMA" Pop News.
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Post by Admin on Apr 5, 2021 22:43:41 GMT
The 31-year-old pop star will again make headlines this week when she launches Fearless (Taylor's Version), a newly recorded take of the mega-successful album that catapulted her to stardom. The project is a culmination of a multi-year battle in which Swift claims she was "stripped of [her] life's work," when her former label, Big Machine, along with the master recordings to her first six albums, were sold to powerful music executive (and Swift's sworn enemy), Scooter Braun.
"This process has been more fulfilling and emotional than I could have imagined and has made me even more determined to re-record all my music," Swift said in a statement posted to Twitter.
Swift's new album is more than a savvy business move. It's a signal to artists and content creators everywhere of a major shift in the balance of power.
And at the center of the story is a brilliant lesson in emotional intelligence.
The backstory. Why did Taylor decide to re-record her old albums in the first place?
The answer is complex. (The New York Times writes a great summary that you can read here.)
The short version goes like this:
In 2019, Braun bought the Big Machine Label Group, the music label that signed Swift as a teenager to her first recording contract and subsequently gained ownership of the master recordings (masters) of her first six albums. Swift quickly went public to describe the sale as her "worst case scenario," as she recounted stories of how Braun and his client Kanye West bullied her through the years.
Swift didn't sulk for long, though. She soon hatched a plan to regain control of her music by recording new masters of her old albums--beginning with Fearless. In doing so, Swift would now have new versions of the songs that fans loved. She could then encourage those fans to stream or buy those new versions instead of the old ones.
But there's one more important piece of the puzzle. While Swift doesn't own the masters of those early albums, she does own the publishing rights, or the copyright for the composition (the musical arrangement and lyrics) of the songs--in many cases because she wrote the songs herself.
This is significant because as the owner of publishing rights, Swift can veto use of her (original) songs when it comes to commercial use, such as in films, TV shows, advertisements, and just about anything else--in effect requiring anyone who wants to license her music to use the new versions, which she owns.
In other words, by deciding to record new masters of her older albums, Swift potentially devalues the original assets and takes control of her art.
But that's not all. In addition to recording new versions of all the songs from the original Fearless album, Swift has added six previously unreleased songs. Swift describes these as songs she "absolutely adored, but were held back for different reasons--don't want too many breakup songs, don't want too many down tempo songs, can't fit that many songs on a physical CD."
"Artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body of work."
This new album is the director's cut of Fearless. And Taylor Swift is the director.
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Post by Admin on Apr 6, 2021 22:12:56 GMT
Pop powerhouse Taylor Swift goes back to more forward, while folk icon Peggy Seeger comes to a career end amidst this week’s new music releases (all subject to change)... Album of the Week: The first fruit of Taylor Swift’s catalog re-recording project is “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” (Republic), a recasting of her 2008 sophomore release. The new set adds another seven tracks (eight on the deluxe edition) and features guest shots from Maren Morris and Keith Urban, along with recent collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner. Album Title of the Week: Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band, “Dance Songs For Hard Times” (Family Owned) Did Ya Know?: “Larry Coryell’s Last Swing with Ireland” (MVD) offers the eclectic guitarist’s final studio recordings, from May 2016 on the Emerald Isle just 10 months before his death in February 2017, working with his New & Noteworthy: Justin Bieber, “Freedom” (Def Jam) Brockhampton, “Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine” (Question of Everything/RCA) Cheap Trick, “Another World” (BMG) Merry Clayton, “Beautiful Scars” (Motown Gospel/Capitol) Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, “They’re Calling Me Home” (Nonesuch) Peggy Seeger, “First Farewell” (Red Grape) Miguel, “Art Dealer Chic Vol. 4” (RCA) Parker Milsap, “Dammit” (Okrahoma/Thirty Tigers)
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