Taylor Swift’s third re-recorded album is right here. For years, Swift has been crafting kind of note-perfect re-creations of her first six albums after her makes an attempt to purchase management of her grasp recordings have been thwarted. Primarily, she’s been making an attempt to devalue the unique data as a fuck-you to the individuals who purchased them out from below her, and each followers and streaming companies have been pleased to play alongside. And since the Taylor’s Model releases are all the time padded out with different tracks from the period and unreleased choices “from the vault,” there’s some new music to be found by these of us much less invested in Swift’s private conquer her enemies.

First got here the remake of 2008’s Fearless in April 2021. Later that yr, the brand new version of 2012’s Pink arrived, spinning off the longest #1 hit in Scorching 100 historical past, the fabled 10-minute model of “All Too Properly.” Now we get a brand new tackle Communicate Now, the 2010 LP on which Swift famously penned all of the songs with out cowriters to show a degree.

Communicate Now yielded the hits “Mine,” “Imply,” and “Again To December” amongst different fan favorites, however the album is curiously underrepresented throughout Swift’s Eras Tour. Most nights she solely performs one music from Communicate Now: “Enchanted,” the tune she perhaps wrote about having a crush on the man from Owl Metropolis. After seeing the present final weekend, I can affirm that she ought to undoubtedly minimize down the variety of snoozers from evermore (no photographs on the nice “‘Tis The Rattling Season” although) and provides the individuals extra Communicate Now goodness. Perhaps she was simply ready for Communicate Now (Taylor’s Model) to return out and shall be adjusting the setlist accordingly? The tour resumes in Kansas Metropolis tonight, so I suppose we’ll see.

As followers began to acquire vinyl copies of the album, a pair tidbits made their solution to Reddit right now. One is that Swift wrote a prolonged prologue that has been transcribed right here in full. The opposite is that she modified a lyric on “Higher Than Revenge.” The unique, “She’s higher recognized for the issues that she does on the mattress,” has been changed by “He was a moth to the flame, she was holding the matches.” It echoes the change Hayley Williams made in latter-day reside performances of Paramore’s “Distress Enterprise” to take away an authentic slut-shaming intent.

Talking of Paramore, the bonus tracks on Communicate Now (Taylor’s Model) embrace visitor appearances from Williams and Fall Out Boy, each of whom have been influencing Swift’s lyrical method on the time. I ponder what she thinks of the writing on Fall Out Boy’s newest! Hear these collaborations together with the remainder of the album.

Communicate Now (Taylor’s Model) is out now on Republic. The Eras Tour hits Kansas Metropolis, MO tonight.