#taylor swift rerecording | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

ohgaylor · 2 years

Text

TAYLOR’S VERSION (THE DOCUMENTARY) CONCEPT — A revealing look into the cathartic journey of the re-recordings process, as Taylor Swift revisits her past work and everything it stands for. Alongside commentary from the many collaborators, writers, and producers she’s worked with throughout her career, Taylor Swift explores the magic behind her most prized possessions — Her songwriting. Her music. Her voice.

842 notes · View notes

redmidnights13 · 1 year

Text

Did the Bejeweled Music Video tell us the order of release for the re-records?

So, I spent and obnoxiously insane amount of time going over the Bejeweled music video because Taylor said she put a psychotic amount of easter eggs in said video. And, well, I’ve spent six years watching The Game Theorist and The Film Theorists on YouTube that I thought, “I couldn’t possibly go insane from this?” there’s a reason, I fear, that there are sixty videos by them on FNAF alone— I digress. Amidst going insane by going frame by frame in this video, I came to one theory that has stuck with me this entire endeavor: the order of the rest of Taylor’s re-recordings. Now, I know you’re probably thinking: “Anne, there’s no possible way you were able to figure this out by watching the video a few times” and to that I say “She put a psychotic amount of easter eggs so I went hunting… I lost track after the twentieth time opening the video”. I felt like keeping tally marks would just land me in a concerning place… more concerning then I where I already am. Now this isn’t the first thing I’ve ever broken apart like this, but it IS the first I’ve shared. So, without further ado— no more ramblings from a mad woman (HA see what I did there?)— my conclusion and my evidence.

Now I know quite a few people have been under the assumption that Speak Now will be Taylor’s next (myself included until I started this whole ordeal), I have reason to believe it isn’t… not yet.

You see, after the two minute cold open that, let’s be honest, was amazing, we see Taylor fixing/making a black bedazzled cloak. It’s in her lap as she sews.

Now this in it of itself doesn’t mean much right? But then she goes into the elevator and when she turns around the parallel to the …Ready For It? music video are very clear (to me at the very least)

Tell me I’m insane for seeing it!

“it’s a pose!” You say.

“That’s not true because of the EleVatOr BuTtON!” You screech.

Bear with me, my leaps go further than this.

The hand?

The hand covered in diamonds and rhinestones? Remind you of something?

Well, it sparked something in the recesses of my mind. And for a while I couldn’t quite place it, until I saw an edit on TikTok of the 1989 World Tour.

Now tell me you don’t see THAT!

If you don’t I could toss up the picture of Taylor from the Look What You Made Me Do music video and tell you it’s in reference to the bathtub full of diamonds she’s bathing in. Believe me that thought crossed my mind. However, the Out Of The Woods body suit she wore on tour just made more sense. Especially when we go back to everybody’s favorite: The elevator button!

The purple button that has made everyone else overlook the clear details in this video, never fear, I saw. I never gave up. Now this wonderful image has caused quite the tidal wave over social media. And now, I hear you again.

“Anne! It’s purple with the number three! Speak Now’s cover has Taylor in a purple dress and it always correlated with the color purple and Speak Now is her thirds album!” I hear you. Except the floor she steps gets off on isn’t exactly… Speak Now themed and neither is she. I will circle back to why the body suit being a reference to 1989 is important later. In the meantime:

This is the first image we see of the third floor. And this is how Taylor looks stepping off of said elevator.

Still looks very Reputation esc if you ask me.

This outfit makes me think about two Reputation Tour outfits. Like if these two merged together it would form the body suit above.

Now we make our way to Level 5 ( the fact that it’s blue is important. Blue is associated with 1989, and for the cherry on top 1989 is her 5th album)

Where we meet Dita von Teese looking like Taylor’s Wildest Dreams music videos character.

And Taylor is wearing the same kind of wrap that we see from the Wildest Dreams music video as well.

After the room I’m dreaming as 1989 we move onto the talent competition that (spoilers) Taylor wins. Then during the part in all of this where Prince Jack is proposing to Taylor, she looks at the camera and you’re able to get a better look at two heart shaped clips in her hair that have S and N in them respectively.

Now you might being saying: “That doesn’t mean anything, Anne!”

And you would be right. If you weren’t paying attention to the Taylor that walks out onto the balcony.

Making her debut to us in her new castle, we see Taylor wearing once again two heart shaped clips in her hair, but this time they have a T and S in them respectively.

Now this I the part where you say: “Enchanted instrumental! Love live instrumental! The dragons! The BuTtOn!” While others are still annoyed by the fact I haven’t explained why I said the diamond and rhinestone clad hand being a reference to the 1989 world tour bodysuit. And to the latter I say this:

Let’s take another nice long look at it.

Because it (the bodysuit) is directly telling us what will lead into speak now. Remember how I told you about the cloak being a reference to …Ready For It? Which came off of Reputation. From the cloak (Reputation) she pulls the bedazzled hand (1989) which presses level 3 (which is purple and Speak Now).

Level three is the diamond room with the Reputation tour bodysuits merged into one. From there we have the Wildest Dreams room level 5. And level 13 is Speak Now. Go back to the word I used to describe Taylor making her way out onto the balcony of her new castle. Debut.

Reputation

1989

Speak Now

Taylor Swift. Or as Swifties call it: Debut

Let me break it down once more:

If the cloaked Taylor here is representing Reputation, and from “Reputation” she pulls “1989″, and then we get 1989 pressing “Speak Now”. Leaving us with the order of Reputation, 1989, and Speak now.

Is this all a reach? Sure. But it wouldn’t be fun to theorize if it wasn’t. Truthfully, as a fandom we get as much stuff right as we do wrong. However, knowing how Taylor loves leaving the most obvious things in plain sight (just think back to the Midnights release era where we looked back and felt ridiculous for not putting pieces together).

Am I convinced with this theory? Am I happy with it? The short answer is: yes. If I didn’t like the ideas I put in this, I wouldn’t have made this long post about any of it.

Now I already hear you typing: “If the elevator numbers/color combinations don’t mean anything for the 3rd floor, why does it matter for the 5th?” Because if floor 3 really represented Speak Now it would have been speak now themed. The 5th floor is whites and blues with an aesthetic that Taylor leaned into with 1989, whereas the 3rd floor leaned into the aesthetics of Reputation rather than Speak Now.

Reputation being next would be a way of her reclaiming something she worked so hard on under the conditions she did. The vault will tell a whole other story. She reinvented herself for it. She had to come back stronger than a 90′s trend if you will.

The 1989 lawsuit over Shake It Off was dropped on December 12th. Finally, we have the ability to get all of our favorites off of it re-recorded and re-released. And getting Clean (Taylor’s Version) after Red (Taylor’s Version) and Reputation (Taylor’s Version) will be therapeutic. It will also be available to us when we get the Speak Now vault— I digress once again.

And Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version) would be such a poetic way of ending the re-recordings. She could have given it to us before Fearless and Red, but she didn’t. It will be the last one she releases and I think it’s symbolic.

In conclusion, it doesn’t matter if this is right or wrong. I just thought that the references were there and I would take some time to theorize and put it out there for other Swifties to chew on. Maybe something sticks, maybe it doesn’t. Either way; if you made it this far thank you. I know this wasn’t exactly short by any means. I hope that you enjoyed the ramblings of a mad woman as she tried her best to pick the brain of the Mastermind Taylor Swift. Who know’s, maybe at the very least I’ve sparked a few ideas in your mind as to what any of these things could mean.

6 notes · View notes

for-tay-id-fall-from-grace · 2 years

Text

i love being a swiftie i feel like a lawyer

#taylor swift #scooter braun #scott borchetta #idk how to write their names idc about them #big machine records #taylor told the truth #taylor swift rerecording

5 notes · View notes

swift13lover · 2 years

Text

So the one time I go to sleep early and Miss Taylor FUCKING Swift has the AUDACITY to announce a new album??? And I’m just now seeing it at work when I am supposed to just Cary on working??????

I fucking love that mad woman.

#taylor swift #taylor nation #iloveyoutaylor #swifty #lover #folklore #taylor #midnight #folklore doc #folklore documentary #fearless taylor’s version #red (taylor’s version)#taylor swift rerecording #taylor alison swift #13

4 notes · View notes

l0gan3cholls · 2 years

Text

this love is obviously from 1989 but those are three emojis...and we all know what that means

#speak now taylor’s version #speak now #1989 taylor's version #1989 #taylor swift #i love you taylor #taylor swift be like #taylor swift rerecording #ily taylor #taylor stans

3 notes · View notes

breakbleheavens · 5 months

Text

Nothing is permanent, so I’m very careful to be grateful every second that I get to be doing this at this level, because I’ve had it taken away from me before. There is one thing I’ve learned: My response to anything that happens, good or bad, is to keep making things. Keep making art.

HAPPY 34TH BIRTHDAY TAYLOR ALISON SWIFT Born December 13, 1989 | Reading, Pennsylvania.

#tswiftedit #taylorswiftedit #tswiftgif #taylor swift #*mine #*2023 #*gifs #taylorbday #[colourful]#1k #the last one is supposed to be the rerecordings dunno if it came through asdflkjahs #did smth simple this year bc I just do not have the time or energy to do smth that takes three days now that I have work #this is the third iteration of this edit that was planned lol I kept changing the layout haha

2K notes · View notes

superhaught · 1 year

Text

Publishing my Dec 2nd theory now before it’s too late.

Since so many of us have theorized that the “exile ends” thing from bejeweled music video is referring to the date Dec 2nd, I think what she will do tomorrow is announce the release dates for all four of the remaining re-recorded albums, spanning over the next couple of months.

I haven’t seen this said yet so this will be my clownery. I do believe that she will release the re-records before the tour starts to I think she will do one in December, one in Jan, one in Feb and one at the beginning of March. Maybe all of them will be released on the 13th? Or maybe 12/16 from the bejeweled clock (am i remembering that correctly?) is the first release date.

That’s what I think! It is the clown hill that I will die on.

#taylor swift #bejeweled mv #taylor swift rerecording

1 note · View note

neuroticblonde · 1 year

Text

When Taylor re-records her debut album, she should redo the Tim McGraw music video. You know, same place, same scenes, same guy (but older obviously), and close replicas of her outfits & style.

I would be sobbing from the bittersweetness of it all.

#taylor swift debut #taylor swift rerecording #Taylor swift #taylor swizzle #Swiftness #taylor nation #Tim Mcgraw song #Tim Mcgraw mv #tim mcgraw #Songs #music video #country music #The song that started it all #look how far we've come

1 note · View note

cruell-summers · 10 months

Text

there is something so amazing about Taylor writing Long Live at 19 as a goodbye letter of sorts to her fans in case her new album failed, and then rerecording and releasing it at 33 while in the middle of an incredibly successful world tour, 17 years into her career

#i love long live so much and it hits so hard #hearing it rerecorded for the first time might be a new core moment for me #📀: speak now tv #🎤: taylor swift #long live #speak now tv #speak now taylor’s version #taylor swift #the eras tour #swifties #cee speaks into the void

2K notes · View notes

ohgaylor · 2 years

Text

another day of me hoping and praying Taylor is busy making a documentary about her re-recording process and calling it something like Taylor’s Version (The Documentary) and showing us the entirety of her experience. because as a documentary filmmaker/editor, I think that story would be fascinating to tell!!!

imagine the catharsis it could bring her to not only honor her cherished songwriting process and experience in all its splendor, reclaiming her catalog and immortalizing it on film forever, but also to give herself a specific space to articulate just how painful and yet equally healing of a process it has been for her to revisit her past and reflect on her growth and who she was at the time she wrote each song and how far she’s come and how she’s changed since then

I just know that this could be such a compelling film and one to truly pay respect to her craft as a songwriter. She could also show what she is doing to help other artists to own their body of work and the way she still gets her songwriting abilities questioned as recently as this year.

She could also dive into the lore behind her songs, explore and express her process of writing with Jack and so many others over the years. I can already picture talking heads (documentary term) of her collaborators in a variety of studios discussing Taylor’s approaches and how they also left their own touches on her work and how well-versed and talented she is as a songwriter and creative

She has long said her songwriting ability is what she cherishes most. I can see Taylor describing how from the very beginning, she wrote all of her music and how much that meant to her and how rare that kind of devotion to the craft can be, how it sets her apart in a very special way and so to have her own words ripped from her, the kind of sting that leaves is a pain few words can adequately articulate

And imagine how incredible it could be if Taylor took us physically to a variety of places where she wrote and recorded her original songs and what creativity emerged from her within each while equally juxtaposing her quarantined home-studio process and what that felt like as well

And add to all of that the Eras Tour and showing how beautiful it has been for fans to come together to sing their hearts out with her, honoring each era in one concert

I could truly go on and on and on about how rich of a story and film this could be. I’m so ready. I’m just so so so ready for it!

#taylor's version documentary #yeah i went there #I’m such a documentarian #if she lets this opportunity go by I’ll never forgive her for it #myanalysis #theories #taylor swift #rerecording #taylor swift rerecording

55 notes · View notes

new-york-no-shoes · 6 months

Text

Once again thinking about what an insane privilege it is to get added context and depth about our favorite pieces of art- and in turn added context and depth surrounding who Taylor was at that time, what she was grappling with, and strategically missing pieces of the stories that made her who she is today. It’s WILD ! With every rerecord I feel more grateful and more in awe. Like what other fans in history have ever experienced anything remotely like this!?

#taylor swift #an honor and a privilege to grow up along side our little genius #like this is WILD when you think about it for too long #1989 taylor's version #1989 tv #1989 #rerecords #thoughts

720 notes · View notes

nicollekidman · 9 days

Text

without finishing i still feel confident in saying that constantly working with the same collaborators is holding her back creatively, and if she was brave enough to stop reaching for jack's bag of tricks she would grow as an artist immeasurably

#the brightest spots in this album so far are florence's and when she's clearly trying for something new bbut #a LOT of this sounds like a combination of midnights and 1989 rerecord bc jack has no range #ttpd #taylor swift

219 notes · View notes

louiaffairs · 10 months

Text

. . . when emma falls in love, i’m learning ୭🩰

738 notes · View notes

swift13lover · 2 years

Text

I know this look get a lot of love but I still think it doesn’t get ENOUGH love. Like LOOK AT HER. She looks like an ethereal, wanderlust, enchanted fairy princess. Good night.

LIKE SHE IS GORGEOUS AND HER HEADBAND LOOKS LIKE A CROWN

#taylor swift #taylor nation #iloveyoutaylor #swifty #lover #folklore #taylor #folklore doc #folklore documentary #fearless taylor’s version #red (taylor’s version)#taylor swift rerecording #evermore #taylor alison swift #1989 taylor's version #red taylor’s version #reputation (taylor’s version)

2 notes · View notes

everswift · 1 year

Text

the story of us mv is so criminally underrated. maybe i'm tacky. but the ties and plaid skirts… the leather bound books. the breakdown between library bookshelves. taylor swift in nerdy glasses and a cardigan pretending to study. paper flying everywhere. dramatically closing a book and saying “the end”

#cannot believe bmr owns it. taylor should rerecord it too #taylor swift #taylor text posts #yumi lives in delusion

1K notes · View notes

courfeyrec · 5 days

Text

i keep coming back to 'i was a functioning alcoholic til nobody noticed my new aesthetic' because i do distinctly remember conversations about how taylor seemed to be drinking a lot more and getting drunk at like every awards show she went to. and those conversations were coming from a place of concern and of hoping that she was alright and that this wasn't a problem.

so to then say 'ugh i can't believe no one noticed this problem i had' when i know that people definitely did, and on the same album say that fans who are genuinely concerned about a new relationship that you are in are just 'bitching and moaning'? what do you want from them? you're talking about so many people who do at least believe that they are coming from a place of care and concern, and you are totally dismissing them on both ends of a scale!

not to mention that her implying that since nobody (???) was noticing her ~aesthetic~ drinking problem she just stopped having it is a bit of a kick in the teeth to people who do have drinking problems and can't just stop having them, since that's not how it fucking works.

#today on things about this album that make me want to scrEAM #just the word aesthetic even being in that sentence. please stop.#i think my cynicism has just been brewing for like a whole year at this point and i finally have something to let it out on #maybe even over a year. i have been saying since the tour was announced that she should do tour and finish the rereleases during it #thats the end of eras. the tour the rerecords all finished.#and then take a break. a proper break with no anything going on.#and then take the time to make a solid new album to be released in say 2025/26 #obviously this did not happen lol #okay imma use anti tags i don't want the swifties coming for me but. these opinions are important to me and i wanted to voice them.#cannot guarentee that i will not have more to say on this matter at a later time #anti taylor swift #anti ttpd #mae posts #tw drinking #tw alcohol #tw alcoholism

95 notes · View notes