There are few thingsTaylor Swiftdoes better than revenge — but surprising her fans is certainly one of them!
In the music video, the trio help Swift take back her albumSpeak Now. King and Presley also made appearances in Swift’s 2011 “Mean” music video.
The special surprise came the same day the “Enchanted” singer dropped the long-awaited re-recording of her 2010 albumSpeak Now (Taylor’s Version).
The new record contains new versions of both the original track listing and previously released bonus songs, plussix new “from the vault” songs, with assists fromHayley WilliamsandFall Out Boy.
Presley Cash, Taylor Swift, Joey King and Taylor Lautner.Getty
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In an additional statement shared Friday morning, the Grammy winner reflected further on the album, and explained it was pulled from “the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies” of her life between the ages of 18 and 20.
“I remember making tracklist after tracklist, obsessing over the right way to tell the story,” she wrote. “I had to be ruthless with my choices, and I left behind some songs I am still unfailingly proud of now. Therefore, you have 6 From The Vault tracks!”
Swift continued with a reference to her song “Innocent,” writing that she recordedSpeak Now (Taylor’s Version)when she “was 32 (and still growing up, now),” and that the memories it brought back filled her “with nostalgia and appreciation. For life, for you, for the fact that I get to reclaim my work.”
“Thank you a million times, for the memories that break our fall,” she concluded.
Taylor Swift.Beth Garrabrant
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The star accompanied her message to fans with a photo of her lying in the grass beneath a cherry blossom tree while wearing jeans, sandals and a blue-striped T-shirt.
While nearly all of the re-recorded songs have remained the same lyrically and sonically, Swift did make one tweak on the release in the lyrics of her hit “Better Than Revenge.”
The original song featuredthe lyrics, “She’s not a saint, and she’s not what you think / she’s an actress, whoa / She’s better known for the things that she does / On the mattress, whoa.”
In Swift’s latest release, the latter line was switched to, “He was a moth to the flame / She was holding the matches, whoa.”
The song — which explores anger toward an ex’s new girlfriend — has long faced scrutiny, and Swift addressed the criticism in a 2014 interview withThe Guardian.
“I was 18 when I wrote that. That’s the age you are when you think someone can actually take your boyfriend,” she said. “Then you grow up and realize no one can take someone from you if they don’t want to leave.”
source: people.com
