Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

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Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
A photo of Taylor Swift looking back over her shoulders in a purple dress
Standard cover
Studio album (re-recorded) by
Taylor Swift
ReleasedJuly 7, 2023 (2023-07-07)
Studio
Genre
Length104:33
LabelRepublic
Producer
Taylor Swift chronology
Midnights
(2022) 		Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
(2023) 		1989 (Taylor's Version)
(2023)

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is the third re-recorded album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on July 7, 2023, by Republic Records. It is part of her re-recording projects following the 2019 dispute over the ownership of her back catalog. Swift announced the album at the Nashville concert of her sixth headlining tour, the Eras Tour, on May 5, 2023.

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) consists of songs written solely by Swift. She produced the re-recorded versions of 16 tracks from her third studio album, Speak Now (2010), with Christopher Rowe, and six previously unreleased "From the Vault" tracks with Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner. Two vault tracks respectively featured Fall Out Boy and Hayley Williams. A country pop and pop rock album, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) incorporates various rock styles such as emo, pop-punk, and gothic rock. Its sound is characterized by prominent electric guitars, dynamic drums, and orchestral strings. Reflecting Swift's adolescence, the songs document emotions such as heartbreak, enchantment, and grievances, altogether forming a loose concept of unspoken confessions.

Music critics generally acclaimed the emotionally engaging songwriting and Swift's matured vocals, although some debated a lyrical change on "Better than Revenge" with mixed opinions. Speak Now (Taylor's Version) reached number one on albums charts of Australia, Canada, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, among others. In the United States, it was Swift's 12th album to top the Billboard 200 chart, breaking Barbra Streisand's all-time record for the most number-one albums by a female artist. All 22 of its tracks charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with "I Can See You", which was accompanied by a music video, becoming the highest-peaking at number five.

Background[edit]

Further information: Taylor Swift masters dispute

Taylor Swift signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records, an independent record label based in Nashville, in 2005.[1] As part of the contract, Big Machine released Swift's first six studio albums, from Taylor Swift (2006) to Reputation (2017).[2]

Swift performing on the Speak Now World Tour (2011–2012)

Swift wrote the standard edition of her third studio album, Speak Now, entirely herself and produced it with Nathan Chapman, who had produced both of her previous albums.[3][4] The album was released on October 25, 2010, by Big Machine Records.[5] It expands on the country pop style of her past albums with more aggressive elements of mainstream pop[6] and rock styles from the 1970s and 1980s such as pop rock, arena rock, and new wave rock.[7] Speak Now registered in the 2010 Guinness World Records as the fastest-selling US digital album by a female artist[8] and was nominated for Best Country Album at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012.[9] The New York Times wrote in 2010 that the album's strong sales proved Swift "has transcended the limitations of genre and become a pop megastar".[10]

By August 2018, Swift's contract with Big Machine had expired; she signed a new contract with Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group, which secured her the rights to own the masters of the new music she would release.[11] In 2019, the talent manager Scooter Braun and his company Ithaca Holdings acquired Big Machine Records. The masters of Swift's Big Machine-released albums, including Red, were effectively transferred to Braun, which resulted in a public dispute between Swift and Braun.[12] Swift denounced the purchase and began re-recording her first six studio albums, including Red, in November 2020.[13] By re-recording the albums, Swift had full ownership of the new masters, which enabled her to control the licensing of her songs for commercial use and therefore substituted the Big Machine–owned masters.[14]

Swift began re-recording those albums in November 2020[15] and released two re-recorded albums in 2021: Fearless (Taylor's Version) in April and Red (Taylor's Version) in November; the former is the re-recording of Swift's second studio album, Fearless (2008), and the latter is of her fourth, Red (2012). In addition to reproduced versions of the original songs subtitled "Taylor's Version", each album include several unreleased tracks denoted as "From the Vault".[a] After their release, both re-recorded albums performed better in commercial metrics than did their original counterparts.[16] At the first Nashville show of her sixth headlining concert tour, the Eras Tour, on May 5, 2023, Swift announced the third installment in her re-recording project, Speak Now (Taylor's Version).[17]

Writing and production[edit]

Further information: Speak Now § Writing and lyrics
Fall Out Boy (left) and Hayley Williams (right) feature on the vault tracks "Electric Touch" and "Castles Crumbling", respectively.

Swift said in social media posts, "I love this album because it tells a tale of growing up, flailing, flying and crashing ... and living to speak about it".[18] She emphasized the hardships she faced in her life during the time she wrote the record, noting the lyrics as containing "brutal honesty, unfiltered diaristic confessions and wild wistfulness".[19] The album consists of 22 tracks: the re-recordings of the 14 songs from the standard edition, two of the three deluxe edition tracks, "Ours" and "Superman", and six previously unreleased "From the Vault" songs that were written for the 2010 album but never included.[20] The remaining deluxe edition track "If This Was a Movie" was not included because it was the sole track on the album not written solely by Swift, and its re-recording was instead released as a standalone promotional single and as part of a Fearless (Taylor’s Version)-themed compilation on March 17, 2023. All the songs were written solely by Swift, as a reaction to those who questioned her artistic integrity as a songwriter.[21]

The re-recorded tracks were produced by Swift and Christopher Rowe, whereas the "From the Vault" tracks were produced by Swift with longtime collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. Two of the vault tracks, "Electric Touch" and "Castles Crumbling", feature American rock band Fall Out Boy and American singer-songwriter Hayley Williams, the frontwoman of rock band Paramore, respectively. Speak Now (Taylor's Version) retained all the original lyrics, except a previously controversial line ("She's better known for the things / That she does on the mattress") in the chorus of "Better than Revenge", which was replaced with "He was a moth to the flame / She was holding the matches".[22][23]

Music and lyrics[edit]

Further information: Speak Now § Composition

Composition[edit]

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is rooted in Swift's trademark country-pop sound,[24] but also stylistically embraces pop-rock.[25] Clash critic Alex Berry described the album as a seamless blend of rock, country, and pop.[26] As Swift's most "rock-focused" album, it incorporates an ensemble of rock genres,[21] such as pop-punk,[27] emo,[28] and alternative rock.[29] The melodies are characterized by rousing electric guitars, heavy drumming, orchestral elements and eruptive choruses.[21] Critics said that the re-recorded tracks have a better audio quality brought by "thicker" guitars and enhanced sonics than those of the original recordings.[21][30][31] Lyrically, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is mainly about "words left unsaid". Inspired by Swift's life between the ages of 18 and 20, it is an autobiographical album exploring the angst of late teenage and her adolescent perspectives of life, romance and career.[21][26][31]

"From the Vault" tracks[edit]

Critics opined that the six vault songs are in line with the pop-rock sound of the original Speak Now.[25] "Electric Touch", featuring Fall Out Boy, is a soaring, cinematic pop-punk song with distorted guitars and crescendo drums. Swift's "creamy" vocals are juxtaposed with Patrick Stump's sharp voice.[21][28][32] It is about the anxieties, pessimism and self-doubt over going on a first date.[31][25] "When Emma Falls in Love" is a mellow song led by piano and banjo,[24][28] presenting Swift's third person perspective of a friend's life and character.[30][28] It incorporates "stately piano balladry and swaying country-pop". Due to its character study of the subject Emma, the song has been compared to Swift's 2020 fictitious albums, Folklore and Evermore.[33]

"I Can See You" is a groovy indie rock song with elements of funk and surf rock.[28][25][33] It is driven by a "choppy" guitar riff and sinuous bass,[31][30] containing "edgy" guitars and flirtatious, sexual suggestive innuendos.[28][27][33] "Castles Crumbling" is a duet between Swift and Williams.[34] It is a smooth ballad about dealing with paranoia over losing the interest of fans,[25][24] depicting their worries worry over "how the empires they built as teens could implode at any moment." It has been widely compared to "Nothing New" (2021), a vault track from Red (Taylor's Version) featuring Phoebe Bridgers.[21][25] "Foolish One" sees Swift chastise herself for her naivety, confronting her "hopeless romantic" side with reality.[27] It is a country pop song driven by acoustic guitar strums and programmed drums.[25][35] In the ballad "Timeless", Swift finds old photos of couples in an antique shop and superimposes herself in their lives.[27] The song's arrangement mainly consists of acoustic guitars and organ, with accents of ukulele and flute.[25]

Release[edit]

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) was released on July 7, 2023, making it Swift's third re-recorded album.[36] The re-recording of "If This Was a Movie", one of the three deluxe edition songs from the original album, and the only one with a co-writer, was released as a promotional single and included on a Fearless (Taylor's Version)-themed streaming compilation on March 17, 2023.[37] The standard vinyl edition of Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is a set of three marbled violet LP records.[38] Two additional lilac and orchid marbled variants were also released.[39][40]

On June 5, 2023, Swift announced the track-list of Speak Now (Taylor's Version).[20] It also revealed the guest features of Fall Out Boy and Williams, who were cited by Swift as influences on her lyrics while writing Speak Now.[20] On June 24, 13 days before the album release, Swift teased a snippet of "Mine (Taylor's Version)" on social media.[41] On June 29, a short preview of "Back to December (Taylor's Version)" was featured in the official trailer for the second season of Amazon Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty.[42]

When the album was released on July 7, Swift premiered the music video for the vault track "I Can See You" at the first Kansas City show on the Eras Tour, which was released to her YouTube channel the day after.[43][44] Directed and written by Swift, the video stars her alongside actors Taylor Lautner, Joey King, and Presley Cash; the latter two previously appeared in Swift's video for "Mean" (2011).[45] On July 13, 2023, Swift released a digital deluxe edition of the album, featuring live recordings of "Dear John" and "Last Kiss" from the Minneapolis and Kansas City shows of the Eras Tour, respectively.[46]

Piracy[edit]

On June 9, 2023, French newspaper Ouest-France reported that a temporary worker from Le Mans, France, was arrested for stealing 10 vinyl records of Speak Now (Taylor's Version) from a warehouse and selling them on Leboncoin, a classified ads website; two copies of the album were sold for €25 each, following which he raised the cost to €50 per unit. The worker—who had been convicted 24 times before for theft, damage, drug trafficking, fraud and various other offences—was sentenced to eight months in prison. The public prosecutor stated that only the eight unsold LPs were retrieved from the worker; the whereabouts of the two sold copies remain unknown, posing a threat of leaking online.[47][48] The back cover, guest features and titles of the vault tracks leaked online before Swift could reveal them.[49]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.6/10[50]
Metacritic81/100[51]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[52]
American Songwriter[29]
Clash8/10[26]
The Daily Telegraph[53]
The Guardian[27]
The Independent[30]
Pitchfork7.5/10[35]
Rolling Stone UK[28]
Slant Magazine[54]
The Times[55]

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) received critical acclaim. On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average based on ratings from publications, the album scored 81 out of 100 based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[51] AnyDecentMusic? compiled 13 reviews and gave the album a score of 7.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[50]

Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone stated, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) "expands our image of a landmark album", with grittier production quality.[31] The same magazine's UK critic Mark Sutherland wrote, "the empowering, elemental force and simmering hurt that made the original Speak Now such a remarkable record remains strikingly intact."[28] Reviews from Annabel Nugent of The Independent,[30] Poppie Platt of The Daily Telegraph,[53] Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine,[54] Rachel Caroll of PopMatters,[32] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic,[52] and Will Hodgkinson of The Times praised the album's crisper production mix, emotional heft, added nuance of the vault songs, and Swift's strong and refined vocals.[55] Alex Hopper of American Songwriter and Kelsey Barnes of The Line of Best Fit complimented the album's catharsis for an accurate portrayal of adolescence.[34][29] Spin critic Bobby Olivier admired the album's "rock elegance" and Swift's "mature and textured vocal performance".[21]

The lyric change in "Better than Revenge" was a common point of contention in reviews, with some calling it unnecessary.[53][55][56] Others appreciated the change, opining that it is line with Swift's changed perspective as a grown woman.[22][26][54] The Guardian's Laura Snapes and Pitchfork's Vrinda Jagota said that Swift's voice, despite being "much richer" than in 2010, has lost its "youthful twang" and "teenage angst" but nevertheless considered the album's evolved songwriting and musical consistency impressive.[27][35]

Commercial performance[edit]

Upon release, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) received 126.3 million streams on its opening day on Spotify, breaking the records for the most single-day streams for any album in 2023 and for a country album ever. It also became the second most-streamed album by a female artist in a single day, behind Swift's own Midnights (2022).[57][58]

In the US, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) spent two weeks atop the Billboard 200.[59] It earned 575,000 album-equivalent units within its first four days, including over 400,000 album sales (of which 225,000 were vinyl LPs), marking the largest consumption and sales week for an album in 2023, as well as the second-largest vinyl sales week in US history, behind Midnights.[60] It debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 716,000 units, including 507,000 album sales (of which 268,500 were vinyl LPs), earning the largest week for a country album since December 2014. Swift set new records among female artists for most number-one albums in chart history (12) and most consecutive years with a new number-one album (5), surpassing Barbra Streisand and Miley Cyrus, respectively. Swift became the first woman to chart four albums in the top 10 simultaneously,[b] the first woman and living soloist to chart 11 albums simultaneously (after the Beatles and Prince),[c][61] and the first act to have nine albums sell at least 500,000 copies in one week.[62] All 22 tracks from Speak Now (Taylor's Version) debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, bringing Swift's total career entries to 212 songs, surpassing the cast of Glee for second-most of all time.[63] The album marked Swift's eighth number-one on the Top Country Albums chart, and all tracks charted on the Hot Country Songs, with seven in the top 10.[64]

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 67,000 units, surpassing the 2010 album's peak (number six) and doubling its first-week sales. Swift became the fastest female artist to collect 10 number-one albums in the UK, surpassing Madonna.[65] In Australia, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) debuted atop the ARIA Albums Chart, displacing Midnights from the top spot. It became Swift's 11th number-one album and made her the first act to replace themselves at the top spot.[66] Fifteen tracks from the album entered the ARIA Singles Chart simultaneously, with three in the top 10.[67]

Recognition[edit]

On July 10, the Washington, D.C. branch of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a mock Speak Now (Taylor's Version) back cover encouraging social media users to submit tips regarding possible criminal activity, replacing track titles with offenses such as terrorism, cybercrime, counterintelligence, civil rights, public corruption, weapons of mass destruction, organized crime, violent crime and white-collar crime.[68] To honor a record six sold-out shows of the Eras Tour at the SoFi Stadium, the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live hosted a pop-up exhibit from August 2 to September 18, 2023, displaying 11 of Swift's costumes and two of her music instruments from the "I Can See You" music video.[69] At the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) was nominated for Top Country Album but lost to Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time.[70]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Taylor Swift.

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) — standard edition track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Mine"
3:51
2."Sparks Fly"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
4:21
3."Back to December"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
4:54
4."Speak Now"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
4:02
5."Dear John"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
6:45
6."Mean"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
3:58
7."The Story of Us"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
4:27
8."Never Grow Up"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
4:52
9."Enchanted"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
5:53
10."Better than Revenge"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
3:40
11."Innocent"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
5:01
12."Haunted"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
4:05
13."Last Kiss"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
6:09
14."Long Live"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
5:17
15."Ours"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
3:55
16."Superman"
  • Swift
  • Rowe
4:34
17."Electric Touch" (featuring Fall Out Boy)
4:26
18."When Emma Falls in Love"
  • Swift
  • Dessner
4:12
19."I Can See You"
4:33
20."Castles Crumbling" (featuring Hayley Williams)
  • Swift
  • Antonoff
5:06
21."Foolish One"
  • Swift
  • Dessner
5:11
22."Timeless"
  • Swift
  • Antonoff
5:21
Total length:104:33
Speak Now (Taylor's Version) – digital webstore exclusive deluxe edition
No.TitleLength
23."Dear John" (live from Minneapolis)7:09
24."Last Kiss" (live from Kansas City)6:12
Total length:117:54

Notes

  • Tracks 1–22 are subtitled "Taylor's Version"; and tracks 17–22 are additionally subtitled "From the Vault".
  • The album's CD package consists of two discs; one containing tracks 1–16, and the other with tracks 17–22.
  • The re-recording of "If This Was a Movie", a track on the deluxe edition of the original album, was not included but instead released separately on digital platforms.

Personnel[edit]

Musicians

  • Taylor Swift – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (1–16)
  • Mike Meadows – acoustic guitar (1–16), background vocals (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13–16, 18), Hammond B3 (1–3, 5, 7, 12, 14, 16), mandolin (2, 3, 6, 7, 12, 16), clapping (4, 6), organ (4), banjo (6), electric guitar (10)
  • Amos Heller – bass guitar (1–7, 9–16), clapping (4, 6)
  • Matt Billingslea – drums, percussion (1–7, 9–16); clapping (4, 6), vibraphone (5)
  • Max Bernstein – electric guitar (1–6, 10–12, 14, 16), synthesizer (1, 5, 7, 11, 14), synth pads (3), acoustic guitar (7, 13), strings (11), keyboards (15)
  • Paul Sidoti – slide guitar (1), electric guitar (2–7, 9–16), acoustic guitar (3, 6), ukulele (15)
  • David Cook – piano (2, 5, 11, 12–14)
  • Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle (2, 6)
  • London Contemporary Orchestra[d] – strings (3, 9, 12)
  • Liz Huett – background vocals (4, 6, 7, 16)
  • Caitlin Evanson – background vocals (6, 11, 14)
  • Christopher Rowe – background vocals (9, 18, 22)
  • Brian Pruitt – drum programming (10, 13, 14)
  • Aaron Dessner – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer (17, 18, 21); electric guitar (17, 18), percussion (17, 21), piano (18, 21), drum programming (21)
  • Josh Kaufman – electric guitar, organ (17, 18, 21); piano (17, 21), acoustic guitar (17), banjo (18); keyboards, synthesizer (21)
  • Thomas Bartlett – keyboards, piano, synthesizer (17)
  • Benjamin Lanz – synthesizer (17, 18, 21)
  • James McAlister – synthesizer (17, 18, 21); drums, percussion (18, 21); drum programming (21)
  • Joe Russo – drums, percussion (17)
  • Patrick Stump – electric guitar, vocals (17)
  • James Krivchenia – drums (18), percussion (18)
  • Jack Antonoff – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar (19, 20, 22); programming, synthesizer (19, 20); 12-string acoustic guitar, background vocals, keyboards (19); drums, piano (20); Mellotron (22)
  • Sean Hutchinson – drums, percussion (19, 20, 22)
  • Mikey Freedom Hart – electric guitar (19), synthesizer (19, 20), Wurlitzer electronic piano (19)
  • Evan Smith – saxophone (19, 20, 22), flute (20, 22); electric guitar, organ, synthesizer (22), ukulele (22)
  • Eric Byers – cello (20)
  • Bobby Hawk – violin (20)
  • Hayley Williams – vocals (20)

Technical

  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing (1–16, 19, 20, 22)
  • Jonathan Low – mixing, engineering (17, 18, 21)
  • David Payne – engineering (1–16)
  • Derek Garten – editing, engineering, programmer (1–16)
  • Jeremy Murphy – engineering (3, 9, 12)
  • Aaron Dessner – engineering (17, 18, 21)
  • David Hart – engineering (19, 20)
  • Evan Smith – engineering (19, 20, 22)
  • Jack Antonoff – engineering (19, 20, 22)
  • Laura Sisk – engineering (19, 20, 22)
  • Mikey Freedom Hart – engineering (19, 20)
  • Sean Hutchinson – engineering (19, 20, 22)
  • Eric Byers – engineering (20)
  • Jon Gautier – engineering (20)
  • Bryce Bordone – mix engineering (1–16, 19, 20, 22)
  • Christopher Rowe – vocal engineering
  • Taylor York – vocal engineering (20)
  • Lowell Reynolds – editing, engineering assistance (1–16)
  • Bella Blasko – additional engineering (17, 18)
  • Benjamin Lanz – additional engineering (17, 18)
  • James McAlister – additional engineering (17, 18)
  • Thomas Bartlett – additional engineering (17)
  • Patrick Stump – additional engineering (17)
  • John Rooney – engineering assistance (19, 20, 22)
  • Jon Sher – engineering assistance (19, 20, 22)
  • Megan Searl – engineering assistance (19, 20, 22)

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Certifications for Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[115] Platinum 70,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[116] Platinum 15,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[117] Gold 10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[118] Gold 20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[119] Gold 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Release dates and formats for Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
Region Date Format(s) Version Label Ref.
Various July 7, 2023
Standard Republic [120][121]
United States July 13, 2023 Digital download Deluxe [122]
Japan August 16, 2023 CD Standard Universal Japan [123]
Japan Deluxe [124]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ This article refers to these tracks as "vault tracks" hereafter for concision.
  2. ^ Midnights, Lover, and Folklore charted at numbers five, seven, and 10, respectively.
  3. ^ Red (Taylor's Version), 1989, Reputation, Fearless (Taylor's Version), Evermore, the 2010 version of Speak Now, and Taylor Swift charted at numbers 18, 19, 21, 23, 38, 67, and 138, respectively.
  4. ^ The London Contemporary Orchestra consists of cellists Jonny Byers, Max Ruisi, and Oliver Coates; double bassist Dave Brown; violists Clifton Harrison, Matthew Kettle, Stephanie Edmundson, and Zoe Matthews; and violinists Anna Ovsyanikova, Anna de Bruin, Antonia Kesel, Charis Jenson, Charlotte Reid, Eloisa-Fleur Thorn, Galya Bisengalieva, Guy Button, Natalie Klouda, Nicole O'Donoghue, Nicole Stokes, and Zahra Benyounes.
  5. ^ On the Austrian and German charts, after Speak Now (Taylor's Version) was released, the original Speak Now re-charted with statistics combined with the re-recording. The re-recording was separated into its own chart history in November 2023.

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