Taylor Swift is coming clean about the uncertain fate of one of the most-anticipated projects in her ‘Taylor’s Version’ series.
After the releases of rerecorded versions of several of her early albums, Taylor’s fans have been eagerly awaiting the release of Reputation (Taylor’s Version), which would have been the final album that was original part of a batch of her master recordings that were bought by her nemesis Scooter Braun.
But Taylor — who was seen dining out in New York City on Tuesday night — hasn’t seemed to be in a hurry to release a rerecorded version of Reputation, and she signaled that fans may be waiting quite awhile as she focused on new music, including her blockbuster LP The Life Of A Showgirl.
During an appearance on the Roula & Ryan Show, Taylor at first basked in the newfound love for the divisive LP.
‘It’s pretty exciting because that always was the album where I was like, “That was my favorite that I felt like didn’t really get a fair swing of it,”‘ Taylor gushed. ‘So now that they’re like, “We love that album, we want more of it,” it’s lovely. It’s wonderful.’
But Taylor then crushed many of her fans’ hopes by adding, ‘There’s nothing coming from Reputation any time soon.’
Taylor Swift is coming clean about the uncertain fate of one of the most-anticipated projects in her ‘Taylor’s Version’ series
During an appearance on the Roula & Ryan Show, Taylor said there is ‘nothing coming from Reputation any time soon’; she’s pictured on the album cover
She added that she was trying to live in the moment, rather than focusing on the past.
‘This is so funny because we just had a new album come out, and I am so in that moment, and like, I think that this moment is a pretty fantastic one,’ Taylor said. ‘So what I would invite my fans to do is just be here with me. Be here with me on this album because this album is fantastic and we’re all having so much fun.’
Since it’s release, The Life Of A Showgirl has broken streaming records and had Swift’s best debut to date.
However, the album has also been hit with heavier criticism than usual for her lyrics, which some fans have likened to a first draft, and the compositions, which some listeners have found more generic than her most adored pop tunes.
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The hitmaker gave her fans hope that a rerecorded version of Reputation (Taylor’s Version) might appear back in May, when she debuted Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version) on an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale.
However, it’s unclear how much of the album Taylor has rerecorded, and she has previously expressed apprehension about rereleasing it.
Notably, she selected several songs from Reputation to form a playlist of her own inspirations before the release of The Life Of A Showgirl.
‘It’s pretty exciting because that always was the album where I was like, “That was my favorite that I felt like didn’t really get a fair swing of it,”‘ Taylor gushed. ‘So now that they’re like, “We love that album, we want more of it,” it’s lovely. It’s wonderful’; pictured in NYC on Tuesday
Taylor said she was trying to live in the moment, rather than focusing on the past. ‘This is so funny because we just had a new album come out, and I am so in that moment, and like, I think that this moment is a pretty fantastic one,’ she said
‘So what I would invite my fans to do is just be here with me. Be here with me on this album because this album is fantastic and we’re all having so much fun,’ Taylor added
Taylor recorded her new LP with superproducers Max Martin (R) and Shellback (L), who last worked with her on Reputation
The song that she had already rerecorded, Look What You Made Me Do, because it was one of a handful of Reputation songs that Swift made with her regular producer and songwriter Jack Antonoff, who went on to work with her on several subsequent albums but was absent from her latest work.
However, the majority of Reputation was recorded with pop superproducers Max Martin and Shellback, who sat out the rerecordings of earlier material they produced for Taylor but returned to the fold after Reputation to record The Life Of A Showgirl.
Now that they are back in Taylor’s orbit, it might offer an opportunity for them to collaborate with her to rerecord the songs they worked with her on for Reputation.
But Reputation may still present special challenges for Taylor if she hopes to rerecord it in its entirety, as it was the last of her albums that were recorded before she gained control of her masters going forward, beginning with her Lover album.
The difference in Taylor’s voice and artistry may not be as evident as on new versions of her hits 1989 and Red due to it’s later release date.