“Fearless” is being born again. Taylor Swift was not just talking a good talk when she vowed to independently re-record all six of the albums she originally released on her former Big Machine label: The singer announced Thursday morning that her blockbuster sophomore album from 2008 would be the first in a series of full-album remakes that is set to roll out one by one. The first out of the shoot will be “Fearless: Taylor’s Version,” expanded to include 26 songs instead of the original 13.
The first single from the album will be out Thursday night at midnight. It’s “Love Story,” just as the first version of that song was the lead single from the first version of the album in ’08.
“i have now finished re-recording all of ‘Fearless,’ which will be coming out soon,” Swift said on “Good Morning America.” “My version of ‘Fearless’ will have 26 songs on it, because I’ve decided to add songs from the vault, which are songs that almost made the ‘Fearless album, but i’ve now gone back and recorded those so that everyone will be able to hear not only songs that made the album but the songs that almost made it. The full picture.” Six of the 13 added tracks are promised as never-before-heard.
Besides appearing on “GMA,” Swift also dropped a mini-essay about the remake campaign on social media.
Although “soon” was all Swift had to say about how quickly “Taylor’s Version” might arrive on “GMA,” fans quickly picked up on the fact that not-so-randomly capitalized letters in her social media message spell out an APRIL NINTH release date for the full album.
I’m thrilled to tell you that my new version of Fearless (Taylor’s Version) is done and will be with you soon. It has 26 songs including 6 never before released songs from the vault. Love Story (Taylor’s Version) will be out tonight. Pre-order now at https://t.co/NqBDS6cGFl
